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OaiAIIA, 3l02sl)AY IMOliXIXG, MAY 13, 100J.
SINGLE COVY VIVM CENTS.
MRS. M'KINLEY IS ILL
Hai to Be Hurried '' 4o 8ai Fran-
oiico Ahead of Xu it,
t
SUFFERS WITH FELON AND REQc r
Two Landings and Loig Jonrnej IH
Bapped Her Btrtngtih
TRESIDENT ACCOMPANIES HER ON SPECIAL
Hepei to Betnrn to Bai Jon to Coma in
with Other.
ILLNESS SAID TO BE NOT SERIOUS
hr Tlrnvetr Trim tn Keep Up, '
KfTort In Too lirrnt mid Rest He
coinm ."Necessary llefnre
(In; Liuinehlnw.
BAN FRANCISCO, May 12. At 9:30
o'clock tonight Secretary Cortelyou gavo
tho following to tho Associated Press:
"Mrs. McKlnley stood tho trip from Monte
roy extremely well and Is resting comfort
ably at Mrs. Scott's. Her attack of Indi
gestion, it Is believed, will ylold promptly
to rest and remedies, while the bone felon
on her hand Is healing nicely. Dr. Hlrsch
feldcr of Han Francisco '.a In consultation
with Dr. Hixoy.
"It will not bo determined until 9 a. tn.
tomorrow whether President McKlnley will
go to San Joho or remain In this city. Ills
program for tho day will be contingent on
tho condition of Mrs. McKlnley at that
hour."
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12.Thc midden
Illness of Mrs. McKlnley has caused an un
expected chnogo in the Itlneiury of Presi
dent McKlnley. Ho arrived In this city
quietly this afternoon, several hours ahead
of tho tlmo F-licdulvd. Tho state of Mrs.
McKlnley's health was such this morning
that tho president decided to Icavo Del
Monto and bring his wife to this city im
mediately to the homo of Henry T. Scott,
whero she could huvo compictu rest for a
few days nnd whero a spoclullst could be
consulted If necessary.
A spoclnl of two earn and a locomotive
was made up from tho president's special
and at 12:30 o'clock tho president, Mrs
McKlnley, Miss Barber, the president's
niece, Secretary Cortulyou and wife, Dr.
Hixoy and H. T. Scott and wlfo left Del
Monte for San Francisco, leaving tbu re
malndcr of tha presidential party at Dol
Monte.
Only a few hundred pcoplo greeted tho
president upon his nrrivnl In this city,
Ills coming was not generally known and
'only thoso who chanced to seo the bulle
tins posted by tho newspapers, announcing
that tho president would reach tha city at
4 p. m.. awaited his train. Tho president,
In order to avoid the crowd that was cx
fected to as3orable at the Southern Pa
clflc depot at Third and Townsond streets
deft the tialii with his little party at
Vulenciu street, a station In tho soutberu
part of the cty.
Carried In Htrniuer Chuir.
Whan tho trnln, consisting of a baggago
car and tho president's special coach,
(topped at Valencia street, Mm. McKlnley
was carried In u steamer chair by two col
ored porters from tho private car to a
closed carrlagn In waiting. Sho was hcivlly
veiled and tho president and Dr. Rlxey
followed closely. Sho gently placed Id
the carriage nnd tbe president and I)r
Illxcy took seats 111 tho same vehicle. Tho
president looked pule and serious. The
rest of tho party took other carriages. Mr.
nnd Mrs. Scott had arrived at their rest
aenco ancau or tno prcBiaont anil were
waiting to recolvo their distinguished
guests. Mrs. McKlnley wns again lifted
from tho carrlagu and placed In an Invalid
chair and carried into the house.
Socrctary Cortelyou, when questioned
concerning Mrs. McKlnley's condition
iitatcd that there was nothing alarming In
her present Indisposition nnd that perfect
quiet and rest for a few days would restoro
her to bar usual health.
Some CouMder It III.
It was tho Impression, however, of those
who saw Mrs. McKlnley that sho was vory
ill and that her present stato may re
sult In au entlro change of the president's
program.
Should bis wlfa's health Improvo tho
president will carry out his Intention to at
tend tho celebration at San Joho tomor
row. If, however, her condition tomorrow
Is uo better than today, tho president will
not leave his wife's side, but will ullow
tho cabinet olllcers nnd others of bis party
to represent him at San Jose.
At 6 o'clock tonight Dr. Rlxey made
the following statement:
"Mrs. McKlnley stood tho trip from Del
Montn much better than I expected. Her
condition Is not serious. She will stay
hero at least a week and have perfect
rest. 1 think by that tlmo Bho will bo
able to continue the Journey. Sho has
been gaining strength all afternoon."
Other Somewhat ricprrnied.
DEI, MONTE, Cal.. May 12. Mrs. Mc
Klnley's Illness east a shadow upon
tho othor members of thu party
vibo remained hero and thero was
talk a first of abandoning tho
entire schedule between hero and San
Francisco, but Mrs. McKlnley especially
requested that the plans of tho party should
not bo disarranged by her departure, and
when tbe president left this morning the
understanding was that the program as
originally fixed should be curried out. The
president has himself said ho would re
join thu party as soon as Mrs. McKlnley
wus made comfortable. Tho patty Is
scheduled to leave here tomorrow morn
ing at S o'clock and after n teu-mlnuto
atop ut PiiJhio to go to Santa Cruz for a
gllmpso of tho big trees. It was not tho
expectation of thu president that ho could
be at either of thesu places, but ho thought
ho could meet the cabinet at San Jose,
whero great preparations have been made
to recolvo him uud where tho progrnm was
lor the party to spend tomorrow night.
In that case ho could enter Snn Fran
cisco Hi tho afternoon, as originally con
tcmplated, without disarranging the plaus
lor tuo onuon arranged for him thero.
It Is possible that Mrs. McKlnley's con
dltlon, if It does not improvo as rapidly
as hoped, may necessitate a curtailment
of the program lu Sail Frunclsco and for
tbe remainder of the trip,
Tho day after leuvlng New Orleans
bone felon appeared upon Mrs. McKlnley's
finger. Her hand became swollen, gavo
her considerable pain and produced fever,
which prevented her from slceplug. Dr,
Rlxey In need the felon twlco and gave her
some relief tn that way, Mrs. McKlnley
pore It nil very bravely and urged con
tlnually that tho program at the cities and
towns enrouto should not be modified In
any particular ou tier account.
MICHAEL WANTSTO COM3 OVER
llrlr Prrntiiuptlre to Itiimlnn Throne
Mo 11 1. 1 lie AIiiiIkIiI) Glntl to
Visit I'll tlt Sunt.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 20. (Corre
spondence of the Associated Press.) Grand
Duke Michael, heir presumptive to the
Russian throne, haft a keen deslru to visit
tho United States, but whether ho will he
'Mo to fulfill It depends largely on the
' lurse of events, both national and lnter
. national. In n recent conversation with
Ambassador Tower the grand duke ex
pressed a lively hope that ho might be
enabled to do so. Ho recalled tha visits
paid the United States by Grand Duko
Alexis nnd declared the latter was greatly
impressed not only with what he saw In
America, but ho had n grateful recollection
of American hospitality.
Ambassador Tower will go to Glasgow In
June as tho delegate of tho American
Philosophical society to the four hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of tho celchratluti
of tho Scotch university.
FRAU WAGNER'S ONLY DEMAND
She Will Hcnoitnce I, miner Protection
of the Other Operni If Allowed
"I'nrfllful."
RERUN, May 12. Frau Causlma Wag
ner has addressed a letter to oil tho mem
bers of the Reichstag, asking an Indefinite
prolongation of tho Hayreuth monopoly on
Parsifal." Sho Is willing to renouueo tho
prolongation of copyright on tho other
operas of Wagner If her request as to
Parsifal" Is granted. She asserts that
a certain linpressarlo offered her 1,000,000
marks for tho "Parsifal" rights for a
term of flvo years, but that she refused
to accept the proposal.
HAD THE BOERS ONLY KNOWN
(rneriil Iolc-CuriMV Snyn llrltlwh
MIkM Have Hern Driven to
Shelter Knrly.
LONDON, May 12. At a banquet of tho
Cornish association held in London last
night General Polo-Carew sold: "At the
beginning of the war had tha Dorrs fully
realized their strength and our unprepared
ness, wo could have been driven Into Dur
ban nnd Capetown nnd we would have pre
sented the spectacle of conquering South
Africa from the seaconst."
ABDUL HAMID HAS REASON
Ilia I'lirpoNf III Starting I'Iukim Scare
In to Include A kniinnIiim
Headed 111 Way.
LONDON, May 13. "Tho sultan, I lenrn."
says tho Constantinople correspondent of
tho Dally Chronicle, "concocted tbe plaguo
scare In order to enforco a quarantine that
would exclude a hand of anarchists who,
ho bad been Informed by Austria, wcro com
ing to assassinate him."
DEWET RESUMES OPERATIONS
In Reported to Hate Crmcd Into the
Trntmtnnl vlth ,000
Men.
LONDON, May 13. General Dowct, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Dally Mall from
Pretoria, has resumed operations nnd Is re
ported to have crossed Into tho Transvaal
with 2,000 men.
MORGAN LEAVES FOR LONDON
Amcrlcnii Financier Quit French (or
KiikHxI) Metrnpoll Sunday Morn
Inur Without Ceremony.
PARIS, May 12. J. Plerpont Morgan left
here for London thlR morning.
DODDRIDGE TO TAKE CHARGE
TcimcHnce Central t'nlla Former Iron
Mountain .Mummer to Vice
I'rcnldciit'N Chair.
ST. LOUIS, May 12. At a meeting of tho
board of directors of the Tennessee Central
railroad held in this city. W. R. Doddridge
formerly gcnornl manager of tho Missouri
Pacific Iron Mountain, has been elected vice
president and general manager.
Tho Tennessee Centrnl is backed by lead
Ing St. Louis capitalists and they have so
lected Mr. Doddilgc to take actlvo charge
of tho entlro property, which Is rapidly
bolng extended tn Nashville and which cm
braces coal and mineral and timber lands
in fddltlou to tho railroad.
Tho road Is already In operation for sixty
miles, extending from Harrlman Junction to
Monterey, and tho contracts call for extcu
slon of 2t5 miles. Nashville will be reached
lu tho fall. The St. Louis syndicate ha
purchased BSO.OOO acres of conl, mineral
and timber lands on the Cumberland
plateau and this property will bo developed
I'liNki-ntier Aueut for llurlliiKtnn.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. May 12,-(,SperlnI Tel
cgram.) A. 13. Martin, traveling passenge
agent of the nurllngton at Cincinnati, ha
been appointed city pussenger tigent of
tho same company In St. Joseph. Ho will
succeed F. R. MnVelty. resigned. Ho wa
prlvnto secretary to W. C. Urown, nt tha
tlmo general manager of Hie Uurllngton
lines In Missouri. Charles J. Sinker, at
present city ticket seller, has been pro
moted to city ticket agent.
Ilimy on Santa I'e KiiKlnes.
NEW YORK, May 12. Tho Internationa
Power company has Just closed un orde
for a number of locomotives for tho Atch
ison, Topeka & Sfintu Fo railway, calling
for the entire capacity of Its plant for
the remaludor of this year. These loco-
motives will bo built In Providence, R. 1.,
and Patcrson, N. J.
TROLLEY CAR GOES ROLLING
It I in I'liNNciiKcrN Are Piled lu u
llenn ,cnr Fi rt l.ee, .eiv Jeme
Sctcrnl Injured,
NEW YORK, MoT 12. Au open trolley
cur In which were packed about 115 persons
got uway from tho niotortnau near Fort
Lee, N. J., and dashed down Leonla hill.
Every person on tho car was brulsc'd, throe
were seriously hurt and one of them Is
likely to die.
Frank Suustruck, the conductor, It Is
feared mny loan his life on account of pos
sible Internal Injuries, and J. E. Robinson
and his wlfo of this city arc the two others
who wero seriously hurt. The heavily loaded
car had started down an Incline a quarter
of a mllo In length whon tho molorruan lost
control, Tho ear was going so fast that
no ono dared to Jump off. Tho road U u
winding one. At tho foot of the hill It
curves nbarply. When the front trucks hit
the curve they started around it and made
It, tho rear ones following part cf tho way."
The wrench upon tho car, however, as It
swung about was so great that tho body
was lifted and torn from the trucks and
rolled over and hit tho ground. The pas
sengers were caught In nnd under the car
and wero piled In a heap.
SWEEPS A DETROIT SUBURB
ire Dutroys $800,000 Worth of Property
at Dtlraj.
EATS UP 100,000 WESTERN UNION POLES
limit Ynnl Where Supply for Ten
MnteN In Keitt nnd CoiiNtimc All
Detroit' Department Culled
to Aiftlnt.
DETROIT, Mich., May 12. Fanned by n
thlrty-llvo mllo an hour wind fire this aft
ernoon swept tho west bank of the Rouge
river In Delray, a suburb to tho south i f
Detroit, for three-quarters of a mllo nnd
lestroyed over S00.000 worth of property.
Following nra tho losses: Salllottc & For
gaton, lumber mill, $10,000, covered by In
surance; Hrownlce & Cos. sawmill, salt
block und part of their lumber, $1.1,000, In
surance, $15,000; tho Western Union Tele
graph company, loss on cedar poles stored
In a yard which was swept by tho llatncs,
about $600,000, lusurancu unknown; Corkln,
Stlckney & Cram, loss on dredge, which
was tied up at Salllottc & Fcrgason's dock,
$ (0,000, lnturanco unknown: Multby Lum
ber, cedar poles end sawmill, $50,000, In
surance, $25,000.
Tho lira originated shortly after 1 o'clock
In tho roof of the Salllottc & Fergasou
lumber mill. Tho mill had not been run
n Ing for several months nnd the roof wns
as dry as tinder. The building was soon
In ashes, and the lire swept across a dock
to whero dredge No. 5 of the Corkln, Stlck
ney & Cram Heel of dredges was tied up
Desplto efforts to savo It, this craft was
burned to the water's edge. Great omberi
wore picked up by tbe wind and dropped
on tho roof of Drownlea & Co's. mill and
salt block, and both these buildings wcro
destroyed.
Delray has n very small Are department
nnd a cull for help was sent to tho Detroit
department, which responded with three
engines and thu llrcbont Rattle. Even the
great strenms from tho flrcboat wcro pow
eriess to cliecK tho names, which wcro
rolling down the river bank for hundreds
of feet.
lluriiH One Hundred ThoiiNiind Pole.
From tho Urownlco property the llro
Jumped over Into tho largo yard which tho
Wettcrn Union Telegraph company used as
a storage point for their cedar telegraph
poles. The yard Is the distributing point
for ten states nnd over 100,000 poles were
stored thero. The flro swept through the
great yard, which comprises about eight
acres, In less than two hours, but tho
poles blazed until far Into tho night. Tbe
streams from the flrcboat Rattlo wore ccn
tercd on this yard, but they had no effect
lu staying tho flames. Tho four-Inch streams
woro turned Into steam almost before they
renched the burning plies of poles.
Tho plant of the Maltby Lumber company
was tho lust one on the river bank and It
wns soon destroyed, together with a largo
stock of cedar poles which was stored In
tho compnuy's yard.
When darkncBS fell the glare from the
burning poles Illuminated the sky for miles
The firemen worked on tho flro almost all
night, but It .was ouly to keep It from
spreading to other property, for they real
ized that tho flro would hnvo to burn Itself
out In tho Western Union yards. While
this flro was burning tho lumber of G. A
iiiiupp re uo., in ucorse, aoout a mile rrom
Delray, was pet on flro by sparks from a
passing engine and 600,000 feet of lumber
was destroyed. The loss Is about $75,000,
covered by Insurance.
Toe ii much tienernl Store.
TECUMSEH, Neb., May 12. (Special.)
Early this morning flro dumaged tho stock
of general merchandlso of J. Howorth &
Son and tho brick building of William
Carr. Tho tire was discovered at 2 o'clock
tho alarm sounded and tho hoso companies
were soon on tho scene, but not until tho
Btock was damaged $4,000 and tho bulldln
$300. Tho emiso of tho fire is not known
Howorth & Son cnrrled $9,000 insurance
and Mr. Corr's loss Is fully covered. Lev
Young, who rnn a restaurant In the I'.-irc
ment or tne miliums, suffered n small loss
to his property, with no Insurance.
I'nrker City Sunern.
PARKER CITV. Ind., May 12. Flro to
day threatened to wlpo this town out o
existence. Vnught & Sons, church furnl
turo factory and plant: a livery stable
resldeneo nnd several smaller buildings
were destroyed, whllo half a dozen othei
houses were damaged. Tho estimated loss
Is $50,000.
lluniout (IiMvn) lliiftlncNN Uoiinck.
WAVERLV, la., May 12. Near tho whole
of the business portion of the town u
Dumont wns destroyed by flro early till,
morning. Eighteen business houses were
destroyed, entailing n loss of about $50,000,
UNITED BRETHREN PUT IT OFF
I'liNtpone Dedication of New Church
After CoiiKrcKutlon anil lot
tor Had ANNcuihled.
FREDERICK, Md., May 12. The dedlca
tlon of tho new Centennial Memorial church
on Second street, orected to perpetuato the
memory of Otterheln, Uoehrn and New
comer, tho founders of tho church and Its
first bishops, was postponed until next Sun
day.
It Is tho great event of tho centennial
cclebrutlon of the quadrennial conference
of tho United Rrethren church and an ex
teuslvo program of exercises had been ar
ranged for tho occasion, tho four bishops
nnd the ontlro conference had assembled
and the edlllco was crowded with worshipers
to wltnesa the ceremonies, but after
hasty consultation tho bishops decided to
postpono tho dedication until next Sunday
Uto law of the church provides that no
church shall bo consecrated unless the debt
has been paid In full or satisfactorily pro
video, lor.
However, rather than disappoint the pco
pie. tho greater portion of the program
wns carried out. To accommodate th
ciowd sorvlcei wero also ronducled in the
Sunday school room, presided over by
Dlshop J. S. Mills of Denver. Colo.
Services wero again held In tho opera
house this evening. The pulpits of the
various Prntestnut churches of the city
woro filled by the leading members of the
conference today.
JOINS THE NATIONAL TRADES
CIiIciiko HiilldliiK TrudcM' I.enKiie
VotCN to Alllllnle ivHh the l.'cn
erul tlrder,
CHICAGO, May 12. The now Chicago
Hulldlng Trades' league tonight vote! to
affiliate with the National Hulldlng Trades
council as Its accredited branch In Chicago.
Nutlonul Secretary II. W. Stelnblis of St.
Louis was pretcnt and assured tho league
'that as soon as Its application was received
tho charter of tho old Chicago Rulldlnc
Tradci.' council would bo revoked und the
national charter Issued to tha. new body.
This means the passing of tho last vestige
of the building trades' council whl ll cou-ducted-thu
big strike of last year.
INANCIERS TAKE DAY OFF
Wall Street Men llcKMt from llten
Conferring ou the Salj
luitu. i
NEW YORK, May 12. At the hotels.
cafrj and other places whero lluanclers have
gathered during the exciting' days of the
past week, thero wns tod.iy, on nbrencc of
anything that had tho nppenratico of a
formal conference or discussion of the
market situation. Tho men who opposed
tho Hill-Morgan Interests '.In the ero.it
Northern Pacific struggle woro all out of
town over Sunday. Tho financiers who
gatlurcd nt tho Wnldorf-Attorla talked In
formally of Saturday's bank statement and
he stock market lu general.
Thero wero friends of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
who reiterated tho statement, that that side
had completed n count of tho actual shares
In their possession nnd tbaf'they have con
trol of thu Northern Panlllc, but this
statement wns vigorously denied by parti
sans of the other side. .
James J. Hill was at tho hotel during the
day, but efforts to Interview him regarding
Northern Pacific resulted lu noncommittal
answer, with tho exception that ho stated
that tl.ere has been no change lu tho situ
ation since yesterday. 4
Retirement Mny He n'Trohlcm.
Tho Herald tomorrow will, say; "Repre
sentatives of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, say that the
stock eold by tha arbitrage houses will
definitely conic to them. Their holdings
are distributed among tho I common nnd
prefercd Issues. Soma question may arise
duo tn the retirement of the preferred
stock Ut uc. Under the terms .of tho Issue
the preferred stock Is retlrAhlo upon nny
first day of January up to 1003 at par. No
nctlon has yet been taken 'Upon the pre-
icrreri siock, wnicn ni mo present tlmo
carries equal voting power with tho com
mou. Whether this stock cflu be ordered
returned by the directors prior to the
meeting Octobor 1 next is not known. It
would seem us though a matter of this
Importance would rest with tho sharchold
crs of the company, nnd If such Is the case
Kuhn, Lorb & Co's. stock will be In exist
ence on October 1 and It wjll determlno
not only the question of control, but tho
question of retiring tha preferred Issue.
"Persons identified with the Harrlman-
Kuhn-Lucb party express belief that soma
resolution would bo passed by the directors
invoring tno retirement, ot tne preferred
stock. One of Mr. Morgan's partners, nsked
about this, replied that ho thought nothing
of tho kind would be done.'"'
STOCK EXCHANGE PETITIONED
Members Iteiiuent Committee to Defer
Deliver)' of .Northern Piiclile.
Vet Awhile.
LONDON, May 13. Tbe Btock exchange
coraniltteo has received n petition from tho
mombors of the exchange In; favor of tho
delivery of Northern Puclfio stock being
deferred until tho old shnrcBcan bo dlR
patched tn America and exchanged for now
bharoi, or otherwise, to mnko the non
voting shares "good delivery." Tho ques
tlon will bo discussed nt today's meeting
Tho Standard's article says that any ex
trcmo measures to enforco delivery of stock
will probably bo warmly resented by the
stock, exchange. Tbe .ally- )VUcongldrs'
tiiMt any sucn nrnitrary lnloriorcnco with
custom will have more 111 effects than good
good.
NO OTHER BRIDGE ITS EQUAL
llohnlicii-Mmihnttiiii Structure to Cost
with Approaches nnd l'nnxeimer
Teriiiliiul. Kluhty Million.
NEW YORK, May 12. Tho World will
say tomorrow: William J. Amend, coun
sel for tho North River Drldgo eompauy
nnd one of Its directors, yesterday mndo
tho definite announcement that, tho Penn
sylvnuia railroad Is buck of tho company's
scheme to build n bridge from Hobokcn to
Mnnhnttnn. He said that contracts wero
now being negotiated between tho brldgo
compnny nnd tho various railroad com
panies whoso trnfile will bo accommodated
by the bridge. Aa soon ns these could be
executed ho said, work on the structure
would bo commenced. It is estimated that
the brldgo can be completed within four
yea rs.
The bridge Is to be only for the trans
portation of passengers nnd tho plnn In
volves tho erection of nn enormous ter
mlnal, bounded by Sixth and Seventh nvo
nucs, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-eighth
streets.
Tho bridge wll bo tho largest In tho
world. There will bo sixteen tracks for
railroad trains and tho strength of tho
structure will be such that they can be
run at full spcil. Above them will be
trolley tracks, driveways, bicycle paths
and footways.
Tho estimated cost of tho bridge, with
Its approaches and the passenger terminal
Is $S0,000,000.
FAIR IRRITANT IS REMOVED
KxMi t Inn Mituiiucrft Hope thu
Trouble with l.nhor t'nloiiN Are
Per in a n cutty Adjusted.
RUFFALO, N. Y., May 12. Tho booth In
tho Manufactures nnd Liberal Arts building
at tho Pan-Amorlcnn exposition grounds
which bus caused so much friction between
tho labor unions and tho exposition officials
and which threatened to involve all the
men employed on tho grounds in n general
strike, was removed today, and It Is now
believed that all tho carpenters will go to
work tomorrow morning. Tho booth ob
jected to Is tho only one In any of tho bulld-
Ings manufactured In mills where non-union
men nro employed, and ns tins is tho only
cnusn nf rnmnlnlnt thnt tbo union rnrnnntnra '
have, tho olllcluls nre confident thnt thoro
will bo no more trouble.
Tho attendance at tho grounds today wnR
good, notwithstanding that It rained for
about two hours during the day when most
of tho Blghtseers visited the exposition.
Sacred concerts furnished cntei talnmcnt
for tho visitors.
TO HOOK UP THE ELEVATEDS
(viier of CIiIciiko'" Aerlnl SyMcmx
Are CouferrliiKr ()er Their
t'niiNolldatlon I'lnu.
NEW YORK, May 12. Tho Times will
say tomorrow. John J. Mitchell and O.
L. Illalr, who control tbo elevated rail
road system In Chicago, aro at the Waldorf-Astoria.
These roads aro the North
western Elevated, Lake Street Elevated,
Metropolitan Elevated, South Sldo L and
tho Union Loup. Charles T. Yerkcs and
Dr. H. LouderbucU, who wore largely in
terested In tho rouds, are also In town.
It Is proposed to consolidate tho four
roads, and Mr. Louderback expresses tho
opinion that such a consolidation will mean
a saving of i25O,00O a yrnr at least,
While hero Messrs. Mitchell and Rlair
v.lll seek to bring about a reorganization
of the folorado Fuel company. A number
of other concerns will, It U said, be taken
I Into tho ucw coupuny.
MAILS BIG STRIKE ORDER
Prtsidtnt O'Oinnsll Prsp&res Mach lists it:
. Walkout.
S GENERAL AND INVOLVES 650,000 MEN
Of These lntMHIO Are Directly Af
fected If Step HecomeM .cccnnry
.May mi Conlereiiee Itcnult
rtiKntlxluctorlly.
WASHINGTON, May 12. A general
strike, luvohlng directly 150,000 machin
ists und Indirectly 500,000 men lu metal
working trades, Is expected to take place
on May 20 unless soma arrangement is
effected lu the meantime.
This Is the statement made tonight by
President J. O'Contiell of the International
Association of Machinists, who has his
headquarters In this city. Hio demands
of tho men, thu refusal of which threatens
to prci:lpltato tho strike, Mr. O'Connell
snld, aro for a working day of nine hours
and an Increase of rj'i per cent lu wages,
or, In other words, ten hours' pay for nine
hours' work. The matter, he said, has
been uuder consideration for somo time
und every effort has been made by tho
machinists' association to uo!d resorting
to a strike, but such nctlon, he pays, la
now necessary If the worMngmeli hopo to
uttulti thu end they arc striving for.
Somo time ugo, through the cttorts of the
International association, thu latter secured
from tho National Metal Trades' associa
tion, tho employers of about 25 per cent ut
the men who would be affected by the strike,
concessions by which n general workday
of nine hours wus to become operative on
May 20 of this year. Tho question of nu
increase of wuges, however, or Its equival
ent, tho granting of ten hours' pay for nlno
hours' work, remained unsettled. Yesterday
tho representatives of the Metal Trades'
association nnd tho International Associa
tion of Machinists held n confereucu in New-
York, at which nn attempt was made to
reach nn agreement on tho wage matter, so
that tho strike proposed for May 20 could
bo avoided. Mr. O'Connell, however, says
that the employers refused to arbitrate the
question of wugea nationally, but that thoy
expressed n willingness that this muttor
should bo settled by employers locally, each
Individual caso to bo treated aa such. This
method is unsatisfactory to tho representa
tives of tho Machinist?' association, who
express the opinion that this would prolong
Indefinitely tho settlement of the question.
On his return to tho city Mr. O'Connell
promptly prepared tho order for tho strlko
and It was sent out by mall today.
Mr. O'Connell says that about 200 firms,
employers who represent probably 20
per cent of tho 500,000 men who will bo
affected by tho proposed strike, have signed
agreements for tho reduction In hours of
labor and tho IncreuBo of pay, so that tho
ngltatlon on tho subject already has bene
flted them materially. For prudential
reasons tho exccutlvo committee has de
ternilned not nt this tlmo to apply tho
strlko order to the railroad. Whether It
will bo done In tho future will depend
altogether on developments.
WHY
THE TURKS COMPLAIN
Have Improved Their I'o-tnl Service
anil Xoiv Wnut Chalice to
Show It OfT.
WASHINGTON, Mny 12. Mr. Lclshman,
tho United States minister nt Constantino
pic, up to this tlmo has not communicated
with tho State department respecting the
troublo nt tho Turkish capital over tho
efforts of the porto to suppress the for
eign postofllccB. Inquiry hero discloses tho
fact that tho United States government
Is one of n few of tho great powers which
docs not maintain nu absolutely Independ
ent postal service between Constantinople
and tho outside world,
Tho others havo a system of closed mall
pouches by which the malls aro not per
mlttcd to pass through Turkish hands
whllo In trnnsit between the border and
tho ombussles nt Constantinople. The RrR,
Ish government has n tine postofllco build
ing not far from Its embassy, und Austria
nud Frnuco also have suitable postal es
tablishments In Constantinople. These were
established originally not so much from
n lack of confidence lu the Integrity of
tho Turks as from tho very Inferior chnr
actcr of tho Turkish postotllco establish'
ment several years ugo. It Is poBslblo for
nny foreign resident residing In Constanti
nople to receive his mull directly upon
application to the postofllco at his em
bassy. The privilege is not limited to
embassy attaches or official mall, und this
fact long has been a matter of discontent
for the Turks, who, having sought to Im
prove their own postnl scrvlco by placing
It under the direction of German experta
feel that they have a right to got rid of
these forclgu ofilecH, which they claim fa
cilitate smuggling.
STABS AND STAMPS HIS WIFE
Merit! ChUm of lllnomliiKlon lleenmeM
llrutillly FurloiiN nt Sight nf
Her lllood.
HLOOMINGTON. HI., May 12. On a farm
hero today Mcrltt Chlsm killed his wlfo. As
Bho was starting to church In a buggy with
, tho two llttlo daughters of Chlsra, her
stepdaughters n quarrel arose. Chism
Jumped Into tho buggy and with a knife cut
hs wife's face nnd neck. Then ho threw
her Into the road, Jumped upon her and
' stabbed hor repeatedly. Her Hon, Harvey
Frcelnnd, aged 12, struck nt Chlbm with a
ball bat. Cblstn wrested tho bat from tbo
lad nnd struck hli wife tbrtu times with It,
j miaahlug her skull und dashing nut hor
brains. Then ,in irled ugaln to stab thu
woman. Harvey caiigtit tno nana in wnicn
he held tho knife, lu tho struggle ho drovo
tho knlfo through Harvey's hand, almost
severing the lingers, and stabbed Harvey In
tho arm. Chlsm then lied across tho fields
and tried to drow.i himself In a well. The
wnter was not deep enough and ho climbed
out and went to the houso of a son, where
ho tried to kill himself with a revolver.
Tho son prevented this and took Chlsm to
IRoomlngton, whero he gave himself up to
tho sheriff. Chlsm Is one of tho wealthiest
farmers In tho county. Ho is a man of
quick temper, but hnd never before been
guilty of crime. Ho U i'. years old,
SOVEREIGN CAMP TO BE BUSY
Committee on UcvInIoii of t)rder'n
Liivin linn Mnuy Itndlcul ChaiiKca
to I'ropnxe,
COLUMRUS, O., May 12. The sovereign
camp, Woodmen of tho World, will convene
Tuesday nud continue in session ten days.
Thero will be about 125 delegates in at
tendance. Tho organization Is now fourth
unions tho fraternal orders of tho United
States and has seventeen camps established
In tbo provln'.o of Ontario, Canada. Tho
presrnt membership Is about 130,000. A com
mittee appointed at tho last convention to
revise tha laws of tho order has been lu
session hero tho past week nud Its report
to thu sovereign camp will recommend
many radical changes.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska - Fair Monday nnd
iiicsiuiy; warmer .Monday, southeasterly
Winds.
Temperature nt Omalia Yestcrdnyi
Hour. II.'k, Hour. Ilrit.
. a. I I'J p. m f.7
It n. in It u p. ii nn
7 n. m in ;i p. m no
S II 17 'I p. m till
t ii. ii is .1 p. ii r.ti
III u. in Ml II p, n ns
ii ii, in u 7 p, m ns
I- III ft. ,N p. .Ill
) p. m r.:t
H. L. BURKET DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent tlmiilui HiisIiicn- Mini Drop
Dead lu IIIn iird of llenrt
I)lciic.
Howard L. Rurkct, one of tho prominent
business mm of Omaha, dropped dead in
the yard of his residence at Fiftieth street
aud Military avenuo Sunday morning.
Mr. Rurkct had been .1111 let cd with heart
troublo for somu time nnd It was this that
caused bis death.
The funeral wll bo held Tuesday lifter-
noon at 2 o'clock from the Second Pres
byterian church nnd will be conducted by
Rev. Dr. Stevenson. George Crook post,
Oraud Army of tho Republic, of which the
deceased was a member, will havo charge
of tho obsequies nnd the services will be
participated lu by members of the several
lodges lu which Mr. Rurkct was a member.
Mr. Rurkct was 58 yenrs of age. !!
came to Omaha lu 1S00 and engaged In
tho undertaking business.
Tho deceased leaves a number of rela
tives. His mother resides with his sister.
Mrs. M. A. Plntiey, Uurllngton, In. An
other slater, .Mis. Clara West, Is u resi
dent of Oinahn, as Is also his brothel,
Henry K, Rurkct. His wife nnd throe
daughters, Mrs. Jessie D. Dodder, Mrs.
Julia Putnam of Onmhn nnd Mrs. Clara
Hurt of Harper, Kan., survive him.
Resides the Grand Army of the Republic
Mr. Rurkct belonged to thu Kulghts of
Pythlns, Modern Woodmen of America and
tho Ancient Order of United Workmen.
HAMBURG-AMERICAN EXPANDS
Aciiulres (lie Alio Stciimnhlii
Line,
IleeoiuliiK the Lance! In
the World.
NEW YORK, Mny 12. Following the an
nouncement of tha visit to this city of
Director General Albert Uallln of the Ham
burg-American steamship lino comes the
announcement that the Hamburg-American
line has acquired tho Atlas steamship lino,
which for the Inst thirty years has plied
between Jamaica and Ilaytl. Tha lino was
formerly owned by an Englltdi corporation
but uuder the Hamburg-American line will
fly the German flag. This addition to Its
service makes the Hamburg-American
line tho largest In the world, tho entlro
tonnage being 030,000 tons, which Is di
vided among 120 vessels, sailing in thirty
different services. Uy Its acquisition of
tho Atlas lino It linn gained seven now
steamships of nn average tonnage of 3,000
tons.
General Manager for North America
Etnll L, Uoas of thu Hamburg-Amerlcun
line, when seen today, admitted that tho
Atlas lino had been acquired by his com
pahy. the deul having been consummated
the latter part of (ho week. Ho said that
tho compnny Intended greatly Improving
tho service on tho Atlas lino nnd that ho
expect.il In the neur future several new
and modern vessels would bo built for tho
South American service. The Atlas licet
consists of tho steamships Altai. Alps
Athos, Alleghany, Adirondack, Andes nnd
Alene.
Though not officially announced, It Is
claimed thai the Atlas lino was sold to tho
Hamburg-American line for cash nnd that
tho consideration amounts to between
$1,000,000 nnd $5,000,000.
JOHN M'KINLEY IN P00RH0USE
1'IlKht fif I'trot Coiitln Huh lleeu Kept
from the I'rcxldcut'n
K mm ledue, ,
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. May 12. (Speclul Tele
gram.) John McKlnley, a first cousin of
President McKlnley, wns today consigned
to tho poorhouse of Marshall county, Kan
sas. Ho bus lived live years with u daugh
ter .it Rluc Rapids. Three weeks ago liU
daughter died, leaving live small children
and the old father to tho care of her bus
baud. Tho burden was too much und tho
old man wus sent to tho poor farm. Ho Is
93 ycurs old, totally deaf and ulmo3t blind
His hair is snow whlto nnd his step Is un.
certain. Tho matter will probably bo madu
known to tho president, who has been kept
In Ignorance of tho old man's plight.
RIOPATH'S SECRETARY'S END
it
foiucN lii it Wuy thnt IndlciitcN
Suicide nud Hie Coroner So
IteportH,
GREENCASTLE, Ind.. May 12. Tucker
Woodtou Taylor, aged 10, was found dead
In his room tonight. Thu coroner wns noti
fied immediately and made nn Investigation,
discovering that It wus u cuso of suicide.
Mr. Taylor was for years confidential sec
retary of John Clark Rldpatb, historian.
Hu was also u poet of somo reputation.
Previous to his connection with Mr. Uld
path, Mr. Taylor was stenographer and
confidential secretary to N. C. Dcpauw.
He graduated from Asbury university In
1STS und was unmarried.
Accukci! Mnu Dlmipiiciirfi.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May 12. (Spe
olal.) Tho grand Jury has returned, asldo
from Its reports upon tho county Jail and
upon tho necessity of llro escapes to somo
buildings, an Indictment against Jack
Smlthwlck nnd charges him with having
Btoluu thirteen bogs of tho value of $160.
Tho Indlctmont was kept secret until the
sheriff could arrest tho prisoner. How
over, when tho sheriff went to tha Smlth
wlck homo tho uccused hnd disappeared
! 80,1 ,,,vf.rycir!lt1 n!a,,(1 t0 ,lml 1,lm ,uli
! ""veu luiiic. nu. i.oks were sioicn some
tlmo in March from County Supervisor
Hoye, ami the fact that no arrest was
made after part of tho property had been
returned led to tho petition for a grand
Jury investigation.
Fire In ll tiroeery More.
Fire nt 3:10 o'clock this morning did $500
dntnagn to thu stock of G. F. Monro Com
pany, 20S North Sixteenth street.
Mnxciiiciilx of Occnn Vesmiln Mny 11!,
At New York Arrived Rotterdam, from
Rotterdam and Houlogne; Georgia, from
Genoa and Naples: Georgian, from Liver
pool; fiudad de Cadiz, from Barcelona,
Cadiz und Malugu.
At Scllly Passed .Mlniielinhn, from Now
York, for London.
At Gibraltar I'nsRcd Llgurlu, from New
York, vbi St. Michaels, for Nnplcs nnd
C5At0'llsl of Wlght-Pussed Meiiomlnle.
from Now York, for London,
At Liverpool-Arrived HeUenlnnd. from
Philadelphia, via Qiiccnstown. Sailed-
Siberian, rrom Glasgow, ror rit. Johns, N.
y , and Halifax, N. S.
At QueeiiHtowii Bulled- Cmbrlii. from
Liverpool, for New York; Westernland,
from Liverpool, for Philadelphia.
At Dremen Sailed- Harliarorsa for South,
nmiiton and Now York.
At Southampton Sailed Darbaroska, from
PROBE BARTON CASE
OmU Capital IuroWed in Grind Jrtrj'i
IuTdtiffttiis in lliehiftu,
HUGE WATERWORKS DEAL IS AT STAKE
Cbargti of Uoodlt Attiaot tlit Atttntiou of
tbe Circuit Court,
CITV ATT0RNLN ALISBURY'S INDICTMENT
Hii Collection with Diupparnc of Bijj
Cash Dtpoiit.
ANOTHER PROPOSAL LIKE THAT TO BARTON
Achrnnkii .Mllllounlre .Vot the Only
One Who Wn. OITered Good Thlnu.
According to i;ldence Which
Jiirorn Will Conaldrr.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. May 12. (Sncclnl
Telegram.) Tho first grand Jury In thf
History ot tills county, outsldo tho federal
courts, will be sworn In tomorrow. Tho
nominal reasou for impaneling it will bo
"to Inquire Into nnd report on such mat
ters of public concern as may rightfully
como before It." Rut tho real reason Is tbo
Indictment of Liint K. Salisbury, city attor
ney of Grand Rapids, nrrested In Chlcnsn
last l ebruury on tho charge of embezzling
foO.000 from K. C. Uarton of. Omaha. Tho
Immediate eauso of tho action Is tho re
election of Salisbury by the city council of
Grand Rapids as city attorney. Salisbury
was ro-ilected Monday night and Judges
Wolcott nnd Perkins of tho circuit court
colled the grami Jury the next day.
Rp'k of tho movement nlso Is tho Clvla
club of this city. Its membership com
prlsea the better citizenship of tho city
nnd n prominent clause In Its constitution
defining Its purposes reads: "To discover
and correct abuses In municipal adminis
tration mid to secure better conditions In
all things which uffect tho people in com
mon." Intliunlloiin of Hoodie.
The Indictment of City Attorney Sails
bury by tho Coolc county giand Jury
brought to u brad all tho charges und sus
picions of boodllng on tho part of tho
members of tbo city council of Grand
Rapids which hnvo been rlfo hero for a
long time, particularly In connection with
tho wnter works question. It wns some
thing tanglblo to go nn, nnd tho demand
that nn Investigation bo had aroso all ovor
tbo city at once.
The water works matter has been beforo
tho city council for u loug time. The wnter
horo Is taken from tho Grand river and
thoro has been much complaint about Ut.
Last fall tho council ono day voted In favor
of advertising for blda for various plaus
of giving u pure wnter supply and tha
remnrkablo thing about the matter win
that It provided for an opening of tho bids
after flvo days of artvnrtlvracnt It. wai
pointed out at the tlmo that responsible
then desiring to bid on n J3.000.000 contract
would require more than flvo daya to In
vcstlgato it, as that tlmo would not glvo
them nn opportunity to walk over tho
ground, Further, tho advertising wns con
fined to the local papers nnd hud no general
circulation.
At tho end nf tho flvo days, however,
bids cauio In, and two of them, ono by a
man of the nnmo of Jackson, who proposed
to furnish water from what Is known ns
"Tbo Hnlloy Spring," and nnothor from
David Fitzgerald ot New York, to get water
from I.ako Michigan, wero considered the
only Important ones. Each wns accompanied
by what purported to bo a certified check
for $100,000. How Fitzgerald heard of the
matter out In New York nnd managed to
get hero In tlmo to go over tho ground,
make his calculations nnd mako other neces
sary things In tho flvo days of tho advertise
ment, Is not explained, and In one of tho
things tho grand Jury Is expected to look
Into.
Fltr.Kcruld (luickly Favored.
A special council cnmmmlttco brought
In n report favoring tho Fitzgerald bid.
Tho report was known to havo been pro
pared by City Attorney Salisbury, who
was In constant consultation with tho com
mittee aud much Interested In tho water
supply project.
This report declared without merit all
other projects than tho bringing of water
from Lake Michigan, nnd strongly favored
tho Fitzgerald bid. However, somo peo
ple hero who happened to bo of an In
quisitive turn of mind nnd know some
thing about financial affairs, started an
Inquiry ns to tho value of tho certified
checks for $100,000 which ucompanled tho
two main bids. They discovered that tho
Jackson check was drawn on and certi
fied by tho Empire Trust nnd Security
company of Now York City, u concern
which hnd no existence, nnd tho Fitzgerald
cheek was certified by tho alleged bank
ing firm of Edmund P. Schmidt & Co. of
f2 Broadway, New York. Inquiry at that
number showed thnt Edmund P. Schmidt
& Co. occupied desk room In a store oc
cupied by the Ponograph company and
bad not ns yet paid a Judgment entered
ngulnst It for $170 for a check which It
bad given on a bank In which It had no
deposit. This llttlo discovery threw (.ho
water supply contract badly In the air
and Mayoi Perry sent In a message In
which ho rommcntcd on the worthlcssness
of the certified checks and declared some
thing better must bo shown beforo busl
ress could bo dono with Fitzgerald.
He cokuUcn CrltlclHin.
This committeo then mndo another re
port, In which it recognized tho force of
tho criticism mndo against tha llvo days'
advertisement by recommending that an
other advertisement bo Inserted, this tlmo
for ninety days.
Then on November 5 tbo advertisement
for bids for a supply of water for Grand
Rapids were ordered Inserted for ninety
days, with the provision that tbo Hoard of
Public WorkB send all bids unopened to
tbo city council, unci bids wcro received
but not acted upon.
Then camo the Indictment of Salisbury
In Chicago In February and his subse
quent arrest and since then tho city coun
cil of Grand Rapids has lost all Interrst?
In tho water supply matter.
It Is not thn Barton caso alone, how
ovur, which tho grand Jury which Is to
meet toinonow is expected to tnko up, mor
thun tho Incidental bearings which It ma
havo on tho subject innttcr of Inquli
The caso which Prosecuting Attorney Wt
Intends to bring more especially before
grand Jury for Its Investigation 's i
of the Fitzgerald bid, which rarne ho ip
going through last October.
David Fitzgerald, who figured In the
matter hero, wus simply a contractor, no
Loss wus In the Barton matter, and tho
reul man behind him was named A. Tny-
J lor, a resident of New York City aud tho