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The Omaha Daily Bee. JffcTiUH JFI11CJ) J!), 1871. OiMAIIA, SATURDAY lOliNIXG, JULY 0, 1001 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SANTA FE CUTS DEEf Plrei lint Gun tf Opn War oaBiont Fri;ht Rate P.iduetloii. KNOCKS OFF THIRTY TO FIFTY PER CENT Haw Ichidula Iff otiv July 15 for Bouth weitiri MUteuri. 5THER TRUNK LINES TO FOLLOW SUIT UoTimint ExpaoUd to Involve Than) All Shortly. WILL BRING OLD TROUBLE TO A CLIMAX la ICxiircli-il to nrmill In I'orcliiK Out sider to Join tin- Pool After All MmiitKrr Middle Tells Why. CHICAGO, July C A rate fight of liberal proportions Is nn among the trunk lines pcratlng between Chicago unl Missouri river center. For several wetltg there has been widespread, thouRti secret manipula tions, of rates on all classes of freight In this Urrltcry, but thero had been no open rupture between any of the roads until today When It became evident that peace could not bo restored except by some drastic ac-J non (.incurs or sevorai or tuo roads ucrhu to plan open reductions In tariffs. Tho Santa Fc wus the first to art nnd today cams out with nn announcement that it would put in a scale of rates cffcctlvo July 16 between this rlty und southwestern Mis souri river points that would awako the secret rate cutters to a realization of tho nltuatton. The rates promulgated by tho Santa Fe averago reductions of from 30 to 40 aud In somo casca JO per cent below the printed tnrlf'3. It Is boltevcd that tho action of the Banta Fo will be followed by similar an nouncements, and that It will bring the long-standing secret cuts to n head and force tho lines out of the pool to become members. W. B. Blddlc, freight trafflc manager of the Santa Fe, discussing tho cut In rates, laid: "In making nn open reduction In rates we are only doing what most of our com petitors have been doing secretly tor many weeks. Our traffic between Kansas City nnd Chicago has beon decreasing week by week until It Is now only 4 or D per tent of the total trallln between these points, while one of tho weakest lines Is carrying over 16 per tent. Such a condition of affairs could only be caused by secret rate cutting by our compctlttors. To stop such business we determined to mako a wholcsalo reduction In rates openly. If this reduction proves to be Insufficient to stop secret rate euttlng we will openly make another big one. As soon as wo" are given satisfactory assur ance that all our competitors will main tain tessonablo rates wo will advance, ours to a normal basis, but not before then." HARRIMAN TRAFFIC COUNCIL fltuhbs Meets tlir .Men of the Indl vlilunl llonris nt Halt Lnkc City. SALT LAKR CITY. Utah, July 5. A meeting of tho head traffic men of the railroads In tho Harrlman system and J. C. Stubbs, trafflc director of the Hnrrlman ystcra, was held hero today and general plans discussed for the Interchange of traffic between tho roads. Tho meeting was hold for the purpoeo of arriving at a perfect understanding In regard to the new traffic relations of tho roads and tho discussion took up tho greater part of tho day. lion ml to llulld to l,o AiiKcle. SAN FIIANCISCO, July 5. Several of tho officers of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad have arrived here. In tho party nre Unttod States Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah, a director of the company; 11. C. Kerens of St. Louis, first vice presi dent; J. Doss Clark of Los Angeles, second lco president of the road, and T. E. Gibbon of Los Angeles, third vlco president nnd general counsel. They will leave for Los Angeles in a day or two. Senator Kearns aid: "This road Is going through without fall nil the work will bo done as expeditiously s circumstances will permit." Itt'SlKiift Supcrlntendency. SAN FRANCISCO, July 5. Epes Ran dolph, superintendent of tho Southern Pa cific company nt Tucson, has tendered his resignation, to take effect at the end of tho present month. He has been offered end will accept the management of tho Huntington Electric railway Interests In southern California. SEVEN MILLION FOR MUSEUM Metropolitan In .w York la lle- lilnnry Lmnlep of Jncoh S. llourrn. NEW YORK. July 5. Tho Metropolitan Museum of Arts Is made tho residuary legatee of Jacob S, Rogers, whose will has been filed for probate at Paterson, N. J. It probably will receive between $7,000,000 and 18,000,000. It for any reason the Met ropolltan Museum of Arts does not accept the gift, It will go to tho New York So ciety of Libraries, tho New York Historical library, tho American Museum of Natural History of Now York, the Ocucral Society of Mechanics und Tradesmen and tho Mer cantile Library association. The will was made Juue 2, 1892. At that tlmo Mr. Rogers estimated his estate to bo worth $8,000,000, but It Is believed tho estato Is worth much more, boido estimates plnclug It as high as $30,000,000. The be quests arc; Columbus D. Rogers, brother (now deceased). $100,000; Ella A. Rogers, daughter of Columbus, $25,000; Julta Edith Gellatly. daughter of Columbus, $25,000; three daughters nf Jason llogers, $25,000 each, and two daughters of Theodoro Rogers, $25,000 each, Theodore and 'jason Rogers are brothers of the deceased Smaller bequests are mado to the family servants. Youth firm Thirty Yours. FREISI'OUT. III.. July B.-Iloy Powell, aged IS, who was found guilty of the mur der of Woodbury Worklnger, was today given a iniriy-yenr term in me penltcn tlary. Wife .Murderer Hunged. ST. LOUIS. Julv 5. A smiclal to the Vital Dispatch from Cnrthnge, Mo., says; Ernest Held, colored, was hanged hero today for mo rouracr oi ma wue. January w, nwo, i ENGLAND'S NEW BATTLESHIPS IHsclonurc of I'lilrriirlnliiK Designs full tu Stir In .11 uc1 Public I II t ll 11 m I li nnl. LONDON, July 6. In the Houho of Com mons today Arnold Forster, the secretary of the admiralty, nnncuaced that the year's shipbuilding program Included three battle ship of a new Improved class, six cruisers of the Monmouth clnf.j and ten Improved torpedo bont destroyed " ' The ci iliac rs will,', '"''.if tons nnd have a speed of twentj '. , -'' '.s. Their armament will bo heavle." '. " Mon mouth's. It Is believed Ilia irs which arc about to be laid do. equal to anything brought against The new torpedo boat destroyers w'i. M of stronger construction. In regard to hospital ships the secretary of tho admiralty said (Ireat Britain now had In tho .Mediterranean, through the gen erosity of an American citizen, llcrnard Halter, president of the Atlantic Transport line, the well-equipped Maine. All tho new ships will be fitted with wireless telegraphy, as will the other British warships as they come In for re pairs. The secretary of tho admiralty also said there Is an absolute determination on tho part of tho admiralty to And tho best type of boiler and tho government was watch ing with Interest a combination of cyltndor and water tube boilers In the samo ship. In the House of Lords today tho earl of Scltiourne, first lord of the admiralty, In a statement of the naval position of Clreat Drltaln, said tho year 1901 would witness the completion of three armored cruisers of tho Crcssy class, four of the Formidable class and two ships of the class of the Canonus, LorJ Selbourne said the first half of 1002 would sco tho completion of two more of the Cressy class, two of the Formidable, one nrmorrd cruiser of the Monmouth and three armored cruisers of the Drake class. The first lord of the admiralty added that tho total number of destroyers built or building was 113 and of the five suhmnrlno vessels already ordered tho first would bo ready for trial next September. LONDON, July 6. Tho government's ex planations of tho naval program have failed to a'-aken great enthusiasm, but they are regarded as showing that the government Is allvo to tho necessities' of the times. Tho Dally Chronicle points out th'flt al though Lord Selbourne dwelt upon the diffi culty of getting vessels finished in time, foreign powers like Japan have no difficulty In getting enormous battleships built to tlmo In Drltlsh yards nnd publishes the contents of confidential reports on the last maneuvers of the Mediterranean fleet, tho substnnco of which, It do'lnrcs, Is well known to both Franco and Russia, al though It has been concealed from tho Drltlsh public. Tho gist of the reports, according to tho Dally Chronicle. Is that In a sea like the Mediterranean battleships have little chance nnd that Drltlsh power can only be held by destroyers, such bb, In the maneu vers, found tho fleet at sea and sank every ship. It declares that both Admiral Fisher and Lord Charles Dcresford of, the Mediterranean fleet, have demanded de- stroyors, but that none lias been sent, but It was the runnetivers which left Lord Charles Deresford to tnkef hta recent action In criticising the naval policy of the gov ernment. HE'S NO FRIEND0F AMERICA Ddwnrd MncKvny Spins Mnnlln Yarn for n Gullible London Journnl. (Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 5. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Tho Dally Express tomorrow will print an Interview with Edward MnvEvoy, who says he Is a merchant at Manila, who has just arrived hero and Is staying at the Hotel Carlton. MacEvoy declared that Agulnaldo sold out to General MacArthur and says It Is under stood tn Manila that the deal was made. with tho consent of President McKlnloy. He says Agulnaldo received $1,00.0,000 for his participation In the plot and that he Intends later to Invest In United States property. "Funston's enpture of Agulnaldo," Mr. MacEvoy says In tho Interview, "Is tho veriest rot. The Americans could never defeat the Filipinos and they had begun to realize It. They thercforo adopted tho old expedient of bribery, well knowing they would find Agulnaldo receptive. He has boon a bribe-taker and a country-seller more than once In his life." ENGLAND'S NEW WARSHIPS Three Fnrmldntile Vessels Arc Pliiimril for Construction Within the Vinr, LONDON, July 5. In the House of Com mons todty Arnold Forster, the secretary of the admiralty, announced that tho year'3 shipbuilding program Included three battle ships of a now Improved class, six cruisers of tho Monmouth class and ten Improved torpedo boat destroyers. The battleships are of 16,500 tons and twenty feet longer than those, of the for midable class. Their Indicated horsepower will bo 18,000 and their speed IS ',4 knots. Tho armor of tho new battleships will be a sheet eight to nine Inches th.clt. A pecul'ar fraturo of the new ships will bo six-Inch guns not mounted In separate caicraeit, but enclosed In a battery with seven-Inch armor. Tho ship's armament will consist of for forward fire two 9.2-Inch guns, two 12-inch guns and two 6-lnch guns. Tho oft Are will le of the same formidable character. It Is thought these ships wilt compare favorably with anything building by any European power- The nuw ships will be named tho King Edward, the Do minion and tho Commonwealth, to commem orate the great support rendered tho king and country by tho two gieat branchos of the kindred race. BUENOS AYRES IS BESIEGED Argentine ConitrcNs Rstnlillshes ItlRld Censorship on All Mesinijes .Sent tu that City. NEW YORK, July 5. Tho Western Union Telegraph company Is advlsod that the Ar gentine congrcus has declared Buenos Ayrcs in a state of siege for six months and has established censorship on all messages thereto. UUENOS AYRES, July 5. A state of siege has been proclaimed here, ThU Is duo to tho participation of anarchists In local disturbances. Quiet now prevails. WASHINGTON, July 6. The Navy de partment has received no word as to tho reported political agitation at Buenos Ayrcs and the declaration nf martial law. The Atlantic Is at Rio do Janeiro and prob ably "will visit Duenos Ayres, although thero Is not felt to be any present need of a vrssol there. The State department Is also without recent advices from Minis ter Lord. Tenders Frtiideut His Railpaatfon, to Take Efltot October 1. ENTERS ILLINOIS SENATORIAL CONTEST I'm ilk I j- Mtn- Hint He Wishes to He tiro Only llci-iiusc He llns the Other (Ireat Position In .Mind. . WASHINGTON, July 5. Charles O. es. comptroller of tho currency, has dered his resignation to the president, u take effect October 1 next. In answer to an inquiry. Mr. Dawes said: "I havo resigned because of my Inten tion to bo a candidate before the people of Illinois for United States senator. It would not be possible for me during the next yim to make a canvass for the sen ate and r.t tho samo tlmo administer to ray own cattsfactton the tmportnnt nnd re sponsible offico I now hold. I am Influenced solely in this action by what seems to me the plain proprieties of the situation." Mr. Dawes' term of office would not have expired uiitll January, 1903. His letter to the president Is as follows: WASHINGTON. July 5.-Wllllnm McKln ley, Executive Mansion, Washington; Sir In view of the Inct that I will be n candi date for the I'nlted States senate from Il linois I hereby tender my resignation as comptroller cf the currency, to take effect Octoocr 1, next. Respectfully. CHARLES G. DAWES, Ills Itecord In Oilier. Mr. Dawes entered the offlco of comp troller of the currency January 1, 1898, suc ceeding James II. Eckels, and was Imme diately confronted by tho situation In the Chestnut Street National bank of Philadel phia, which was one of tho most com plicated ever confronting a comptroller. He foucd It necessary, In tho Interest of the creditors of the bank, to oppose the general plan of a reorganization com mittee orgnnlzcd by prominent citizens of Philadelphia, and for a time ho was severely criticised therefor. His plan was followed, however, and It Is recognized as having saved to tho creditors of tho bank a Hen upon other property which was not con templated by tho reorganization committee, from which they will probably realize over $1,000,000. He frequently expressed himself as In favor of prompt action when convinced that the public Interest required action at all, and on this principle he acted in tho caso of the Seventh National bank of Now York. Early In his term ho mado a rule levying a second assessment upon stockholders of Insolvent banks whero tho first assessment hud been less than the law authorized and he established the practlcu of rebating to stockholders such portions of tho prior assessment as was determined by further liquidation to have been ex cesslvo under tho law. This ruling changed the long-established practlco of the offico and was upheld by 'the courts practically without exception. Some Kutnhlc Achievements. Comptroller Dawes also organized a sys tern of consolidation of Insolvent banks In tho last stages of liquidation in the Interests of economy, so that at the pres ent tlmo thirty-seven receiverships nre being administered by two receivers with greatly reduced expenses. He also has uniformly hastened tho liquidation of In solvent banks. Upon entering office the fag ends largely of tho national bank failures of tho 1893 panic wcro still undisposed of. During the last four years he has collected $23,- 000,009 cash from these assets, which cov cred every description of property. ' One of the most distinct features of Mr. Dawes' administration has been his an nual reports to congress. Ho came Into office at a time when the monetary system of tho country was a subject of general Interest and tho arguments ho advanced became the subject of widespread discus sion In this country and England. He ar gucd against bank asset currency In our present national bank system and op posed with vigor tho Idea of a prior Hen of the noteholder over tho depositor upon assots of Insolvent banks. During his term he prepared n complete list of statistics relating to banking In the United States. Owing to the pnssage of tho law of Mach i, 1900, the national bank system of tho country has greatly Increased. During his administration he has created 783 banks. The total number of national banks now under his supervl sion Is 4,004, having assets of $3, 630,794, 3S7. POSTMASTER F0R HASTINGS WnshlnHton View In that .Ineoli Fisher Will Get the Ap pointment. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. July 5. (Special Tele gram,) Tho papers In tho contest for the postmaitcrshlp at Hastings, Neb., were laid before the president today by Postmaster General Smith, It is generally believed here that Jacob Flsber will bo appointed Tho National Dank of tho Republic of Chicago was today appointed as a reserve agent for tho First National bank of Val ley Junction, la. Gary F. Richards of Masslllon, O., was today appointed foreman of tho quarter master's depot bulldlugs at Des Moines at a salary of $1,200. H. C, Hascall has been appointed post master at Hawthorne, Montgomery c I ity, la. Carl A, Gustavson Is appointed substitute letter carrier at Red Oak, la. Dr. T. S. Roberts Is appointed pension ex amlnlnmg surgeon at Sioux Falls, S. D. RUSSIA WANTS MORE TIME Would Keep Til r I IT liauri In Present Status Till Count Cusklnl Arrive. WASHINGTON, D. C, July B. Mr. Do "Aoiiant. the charge of the Russian embassy hero, today cnllod at tho State department and In behalf of his government formally acknowledged the receipt of Secretary Hay's note respecting the Imposition by Russia of retaliatory tnrlff duties. Tho Russian note Is understood to be Indefinite In terms. tho principal purpose being to keep tho Issuo between tho two governments in its present condition until Count Casslnl, tho Russian ambabsador, arrives at St. Peters burg and has hnd an opportunity to con for with tho foreign office officials, There Is, however, an earnest expression of desire on the part of Russia to cultlvato tho wannest relations with the United States, not only politically, but com mercially and Industrially, Hoot Comes to the nrttmrst. WASHINGTON, July 5. Secretary Root expects soon to make au extended trip of Inspection of the various military posts in we northwest. BANK NOTES JRE UNSIGNED If You Get lltnnk Money Dnted Helena It's n .Souvenir of Hljr Trnln Ilnhbery. ST. PAUL, July 5. General Auditor D. S. Elliot of the Great Northern Express com pany said today that the exact amount of the loss of the holdup at Wagner, Mont., Monday was $41,500. All but $800 was cur rency sent from Washington to the Mon tana National bank of Helena, the rest being Great Northern money In the through safe. Tho consignment to tho Montana bank consisted of banknotes printed In sheets of $10 and $20 bills. Only nine wcro signed by tho president and cashier of the bank, but all could bo readily passed with out their signatures. Mr. Elliott received information late to day that tho Identity of the men who robbed tho express safe has been established by Plnkcrton men sent from St. Paul. He did not caro to glvo out their names until satisfied that tho detectives had made no mistake. "If the Plnkertons are right," said he, tho men nre experienced hands and have held up trains on other roads." Tho report that the robbers had been surrounded, Mr. Elliot said, was not veri fied by Information received by Great North ern officials. Their horses were chnscd by a posso fifty miles south of Malta, Mont. Officials of tho express company believe that the men had fresh mounts and sup pose that they eluded their pursuers and are now In the Little Rocky mountains, a country well supplied with hiding places. The district will be guarded by a picket line and the authorities hope, to capture tho men when they try to get out. A party of cowboys has started north from Lewlstown In the Ludlth basin to in tercept tho robbers should they continue southward from tho Llttlo Rocky moun tains. KILLS PLAYMATE AND SELF Thlrtrrn-Vrnr-Olil I, nil Mnnlcrft vlth Toy nine nnd HnitCH lllmrf7 In Speedy Ilemorsp. ALBANY, N. Y July S. Raymond AI- bcrs, nged 13 years, this evening shot and killed Emanuel Koehler, a boy of 12 years, nnd then hanged himself. The boys wero playmates, and according to statements of neighbors thoy had quarreled some days ago. Albcrs Is son of Albert Albcrs, a pnlnter, and Koehler Is son .of Rev. John Koehlor. Tho shooting took place at S o'clock this evening. Young Koehler was standing on n fence In the rear of Albers' houso. He was with his 8-year-old brother, Theodore Koehler, who was tho only one who saw the shooting. The little fellow told his father tonight that tho two boys had some words and that Albers pointed a title at his brother and shot him. The boy says that Albers when ho saw' Koehler fall from tho fenco said, "I'm sorry I dirt It." Tho weapon was a 22-callber Flobert rifle. Tho ball struck Koehler In the left breast and passed through, his heart Ho died al most Instantly. When Albers saw what be had done bo ran into the house and told ul mother. Tho neighborhood was quickly alafmed and during tho excitement Albers ran away. .It was not until tho arrival of tho police that n search was made for him. Ho was found In tho cellar of his homo, suspended by the neck from the end of a ropo tied to a beam of tho floor above. When ha had learned that Koehler was dead Albers went to tho collar and taking a piece of rope tied It to a beam nnd standing on a cask fastened It about his neck. He then Jumped from the cask and was suspended In midair when found. When cut down ho was still alive, but died quickly. THRONG AROUND HIS BODY Governor PliiKrrc'n Army of Friends, the Wnrklngmtn, Pres to Ills Cnflln. DETROIT. July 5. All day and until 11 o'clock tonight tho line of humanity which came to take a last look at tho body of Gov ernor Plngrec continued unbroken. At times It extended but two blocks from (ho entrance to the city hall, but from U this evening until 11 tho crowd was enormous. Three and four abreast tho lino extended from tho Michigan avenue entrance of tho city hall, flvo blocks distant. It was the great army of worklngmcn that bad como to pay a last tribute to tho man whom they regarded as their friend. When tho doors wcro closed those who had beon In attendance nil day estimated that moro than 50,000 peoplo hnd passed by the bier. The body was left In the corridor of tho city hall all night under guard. RAID THEIR SPECIAL TRAIN Striker' Sympathisers Foree Im ported Xou-l!nlonltn to Take to the Tliulirr. CHARLESTON, S. C. July 5. A special train, bringing In twelve non-union men hired by tho Southern railway to tnko tho places of striking machinists at the South ern railway shops, was held up by friends of tho strikers at the Enston Home switch this morning and tho frightened passengers wcro compelled to disembark. The strikers rushed on the platform of the coach, forced open tho door and took the non-union men out. The now men scattered aud no effort was r.indo by the railroad officials to gat them together for work In the shops. LOCOMOTIVE DOWN PRECIPICE Five Cnra Follow It Over Cliff Into the Wisconsin lllver. MOSINEE, Wis., July 5. A locomotlvo on tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Taul rond plunged over a precipice 100 feet high nnd was burled In tho Wisconsin rlvor near here today. A bank of sand washed upon tho track caused the wreck. The onglno Jumped tho track, ran several rods upon tha ground and then pitched over the high cliff. The engineer and fireman saved their lives by Jumping. Flvo cars wero destroyed in the wreck. Henry R, Hoda, a brakeman, was probably fatally injured. CARNEGIE TURNS TO 'FRISCO Offers the Const MctrnpnlU $710,000 for I.tltrnry Ilulldlnir Ex tensive Plnn nuds. SAN FRANCISCO, July 5. Mayor Thelan Is In receipt of a letter from Androw Car negto offering to glvo $750,000 to the city of San Francisco for a library building, providing the city furnishes a suitable site and appropriates $75,000 a year for main tenance. It may be, should the offer bo accepted, that a number of branch libra ries will be constructed In addition to a main building. SHORTAGE OF TEN THOUSAND Kearatj Ootatj Treasury it Thit Amount Shy. ALFRED B. NOflLIN SAYS IT'S ROBBERY Claim He n Knocked limrtislhlp, lllx Cnsh Ilux Plundered nnd the lloom Set Allrc Ills Condition Iteportcd .Serious. (From n Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. July 6. (Special Telegram.) Auditor Weston tonight mado public a report of the condition of tho Kcarnoy county treasurer's office, showing a short age of $10,011.07 in tho accounts of Treas urer Alfred U. Norlln, who says he was held up and robbed of this amount last week. When outstanding checks are presented for payment tho shortage will Incrcoso to $10,457.50, tho records of the offico show ing that drafts amounting to $416 have not bocn paid by the banks, Tho examina tion w.ib mado by Examiners Robinson and Searlcs. Mr. Weston says tho state will. not lose anything through tho robbery. Under tho law tho county Is liable for the small amount of state funds missing, whether tho treasurer's bondsmen mnko good tho short ago or not. Tho auditor and tho exam iners refused to comment on the robbery, further than to say that the shortage was In the cash account and that thore was no way of determining whether or not all of tho money was taken at one time. Norlln'a story Is that while sitting In his office about 8:15 p. m. he was clubbed Into Insensibility nnd that when he re gained consciousness he found that tho cash box had been robbed and a Are started, which was rapidly spreading about tho interior of the room. As to tho Are, his story Is confirmed by firemen and others who hastened to tho scone at tho first alarm. Mr. N'orlin Is said to bo In a se rious condition physically and his physi cians express fear that his brain has been permanently affected. MANY ENDEAVORERS ARRIVE President, Secretary, Trennurer nnd Hundreds of Others llench Cin cinnati tor the Convention. CINCINNATI, July 5. There were many arrivals today and tonight for the Inter national Christian Endoavor convention, which begins tomorrow. Among tho ar rivals todny wero President Francis E. Clark, Secretary John Willis Daer Biid Treasurer Willjam Shaw, who came from uoston on wnat was known as tho official train. Nearly all of tho delegations were met by reception committees on their re spective trains some distance out of the city and by escorts on arriving at the dif ferent depots here. There was a large registration ot mem bers and visitors todav. - Tho business ses sions will be held to&orrow and the open-' lag mcciiDgs tomorrow nignt. Alter tne addresses of welcome and responses the annual address of Dr. Clark will bo made and the reports of Secretary Daer and Treasurer Shaw will be submitted. Advices received by the local commltteo Indtcato that alt states will bo represented by tomorrow night. Robert Johnson ot London, Ontario, one of the leading speakers, was accompanied by a large dele gation from Canada today The. California delegation Is accompanied by delegates from China, Japan, India, Hawaii and Samoa. CLOUDBURST JN MICHIGAN Floodn Da Great Dnmaste In Pencil Ilelt and Paralyse Rail road Trafflc. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 5. Western Michigan was visited by a disastrous cloud burst early today and the damage will amount to thousands ot dollars. Both tho Pera Marquetto and Grand Rapids & In diana railroads aro crippled north of here, and all northbound passenger trains aro obliged to make long detours, whllo freight traffic is paralyzed. Dams In the Flat and Rouge rivers, north of here, havo been washed out, and many mills along those streams will be idle for days. The Grand river rose three feet six Inches In four hours this morning and Is still rising rapidly. Great damage was done to fruit trees and growing crops In the western Michigan peach belt. It n III Dninafce Railroads. HELENA. Mont., July 6. Two cloud bursts between Miles City and Wlbeaux yesterday caused floods that washed out Ave bridges and several dumps. Threo work trains and 1,000 men are repairing the dam ago, but trafflc cannot be resumed for twenty-four or thirty-six hours. EXAMINES ENDOWMENT RANK Pythian Hoard nf Control Seeks to Know Ahnnt Questlonnhle Investments. CHICAGO, July 5. Investigation Into tha causes which led former officers of tho Btipremo lodgo of the Endowmont rank of tho Knights of Pythias to mako Injudi cious Investments was begun hero today. Seven officers of the society, comprising tho board of control, went Into secret ses sion and heard ovldenco dealing with tho Investment. What tho evidence was and what tho result of the Investigation now bolng made will bo unknown probably until July 10, when the board of control will report to tho convention of the supreme lodge. BRAINS HIS TWO NEIGHBORS YoilliK .Missouri Farmer Kills Them with Chili nnd Then At tempts Suicide. ST. JOSEPH, July 6, A special to tho Dally News from Albany, Mo., says: E. McConkoy, a young farmer, brained his neighbor, John Bryant, and Uryant's son with a club this morning. Ho shot himself after tho deed, but Is still alive. McCon koy Is supposed to be Insane. Movements nf Oceiin Vessels July ri. At New York Arrived: Koenlgen and LoutHe, from Bremen; Phoenlrli, irom Hamburg: Cymric, from Liverpool, Sailed: Georgia, for Genoa via Marseilles. At Liverpool Sailed- Georglc, for New York. At Yokohama Sulledi Belgian King, from Hong Kong, for San Diego and Stn Frnnclhco, At Rotterdam-Sailed: Muasdam, for New York, At Movllle Sailed: Corinthian, from Liverpool, for Montrenl; Furnessla, from Glasgow, for New York. At Quccnstnwn Bulled: New Engliml, from Liverpool, for Boston. Arrived; Luc anla, tor Liverpool, and proceeded. CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebracku Fair Saturday and Sunday! Vurlable Winds, Tenipernturc nt Oiunlin Yesterdnyt Hour. licit. Hour. l)rn. ft a. m Ill 1 p. in...... N l n. in...... II,-. - p. in H 7 n. m ...... 117 !t p. in H H II, III...... (W 4 p. m Ml O II, III...... 70 ft p. in M-'t 10 n. tn. . . . . . 7it II p. in !t 11 n. in...... 7. 7 p. io 's- lli n 77 S p. in l 0 p. m 7.S shower! save humanity ,cr York, Ohio and Gulf Stiitc Get n WrttltiK nnd mv IIiik Innd Cools. WASHINGTON. July 3. The tenth day of tho present heated term was again a scorcher except where severe thunder storms, local rains or violent atmospheric changes Induced cool weather. In Arkan sas, the East Gulf states, northern Ohio and Now York thunderstorms brought relief. In southeastern New England cooler weather prevailed, tho temperature fulling from 6 to 10 degrees. Tonight tho Weather Bureau officials again say the only prospect for relief from tho heat lies In tho occurrenco of storms. Thero Is no promise, they say, of general thunderstorms sufficient to make a consid erable, fall In the temperature. Local thun derstorms will give temporary local relief, but Weather Bureau officials say permanent relief will not come until heavy storms or local rains prevail. In Chicago n promise of a short respite from tho heat Is given. New York today had a two-Inch downpour of rain, which Bent tho thermometer down to 70. East of the Allegheny mountains tho temperaturo rose generally a few degrees over tho high est of yesterday, and In portions of the southwest It warmed up also In Arkansas and Oklahoma, maximum temperatures ot over 100 being recorded. Washington, D. C, was tho warmest place east of tho Al legheny mountains today, the maximum temperaturo recorded being 95. Thero was not much humidity, but tho air was lively and the day wns very trying. General Joseph W. Darr, who served on tho staff ot General Garfield during the civil war. Is critically ill from heat pros trattom Dr. Edmond Weston, formerly of Vermont, but who has lived In Washington for many years, died from tho effects of Iho heut Wednesday night. Somo of tho maximum temperatures re ported to the weather bureau Include the following: New York, 90; Philadelphia, 90; Chicago, 90; Cincinnati, 92; St. Louts, 100; Kansas City, 90; North Platte, Neb., 94; Dodgo City, Knn., 96; Oklahoma City, 102. CHICAGO, July fi. Cool breezes from the northwiet this evening broke tho term of hot weather, but before they came nlno persons had died, seven more were prostrated and ono man attempted autcldo. PHILADELPHIA, July 5. Deaths and prostrations from the excessive heat con tinued today, about a dozen fatalities and nearly threo tlmesv that many prostratlonc being reported. Tha maximum temperature today was reached at 1 p. rn. .when 91 was reported. It hovered around 9Q .In tho entire afternoon nnd at 8 p. m. it was standing at 88 de grees. Tha humidity tonight was Ci per cent. BALTIMORE. July 5. At 8 o'clock today tho weather bureau thermometer registered 88, and tho mercury kept on ascending un til tho maximum temperature of 94 degrees was reached, at 4 p. m. At 8 o'clock It had fallen C degrees. Thirteen deaths and eleven prostrations had been reported to tho pollco during tho twenty-four hours, ended at midnight. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. July 6. The first rain In this city since Juno 8 fell this morning and afforded great relief. There was a drop of 12 degrees In tho tempera ture. Good rains nro reported from Hot Springs and other points, though In some counties the drouth remains unbroken and crops are suffering. BUFFALO MIDWAY SUBMERGED Heavy Italn thnt Ilelleves New York's SwelterliiK Thousands Strniiips the Fair Grounds. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 5. A severe elec trical storm passed over this city tonight. Tho lightning struck in a dozen places. It hit the supply wires that bring elec trical power from Niagara Falls to Buffalo, burning out transformers nnd other elec trical machinery In the Buffalo receiving house. For over nn hour the BVreets were without electric light, except that fur nished from storo windows which had their own plants, nnd tho street cars wero at a standstill. Tho rain foil In torrents, tho water Hooding many collars. Threo young people, who left tho dock at Crystle beach In a rowboat before the storm, had not returned up to a late hour. The flash of lightning that put out the downtown electric lights nnd stopped tho street cars nlso shut off the lights at the exposition. Tho conduits were utterly In adequate to carry off the water and the grounds were flooded. Somo of the midway shows wero flooded to a depth of two foet Tho engine room beneath the machinery building was also filled with water nnd all the machinery was stopped. Ono small circuit, which supplies arc lights In the exhibit buildings, was the only ono un affected by tho storm. NEW YORK, July 6. A severo thunder storm swopt over this city yesterday and brought comfort to millions of heat-stricken New Yorkers. Tho temperaturo fell 15 do grecs In less than two hours, and over two Inches of rain fell. Some of tho sewers, unable to carry off tho tremendous volume of water, burst, flooding tho streets In various localities, and In many cases stores ond residences. Lightning struck several buildings, but no serious damage was done. HEAVY STORM STRIKES OHIO Wires Dovrn, IlrldKes Washed Atray ami Coiisldernhle DnmiiKc to Crops Itesults. DELAWARE, O., July E. Delaware county was visited by nn exceedingly heavy storm last night, the full cxtont ot which Is not yet known. Wires aro down In all directions and many bridges aro gone, Olentangy river roso twelve feet In four hours. At Ashley water covered tho st recti to tho depth of six Inches, Fields nro under water and damage to crops will be heavy. Henderson Main's barn was Btruck by lightning after tho family drovo Into It and all wero severely shocked. Mrs Bollver Hayes of Ostrander was rendered unconscious by a thunderbolt. Tho Delaware waterworks plant of tho town Is surrounded by water and thirty- six Inches more will cut off tho supply, Drnths from llent In Dnveuport. DAVENPORT, la July 6. There were two deaths hero today from the extreme beat. PEACEMAKERS IIOPE GoTtmr Ormtn'i Oammlitlonfrt Reptrt Enocnrafinj-lr from Ttlhrld. DANGER, IF ANY, IS NOT IMMEDIATE U.itiliti.i Cm. Whit. Oufl!otiig Elt- menU D!d i Ooiftrtno. UNION MAKES ITS STIPULATIONS KNOWN Want- $3 to tb Minimum Bcalt and No Frtjadic Shown. MANAGER COLLINS DECLINES TO AGREE Thinks Certain Driunnds Are Too Great and Threatens to Retire Irom District If l.ouger Annoyed. DENVER. July 5. A CAlra prevailed fo- day over tho scene of Wednesday's troublo with tho striking miners employed tu tho Smuggler-Union inino near Tcllurldu, Col. The latest information concerning the sit uation there camo to Governor Orman this ovenlng, when tho commission sent to Tellurldc tolegraphod: Conditions hero are oulet nnd seem fa vorable for settlement. Conflicting elements are in conicrenuc ami mere in uusoiuieiy no Immediate dujigcr to either life or prop erty. Wo nro Just going to the scene of troubles nt mines with Manager Collins nnd will send further Information as speedily ii h possible A few hours earlier Sheriff Dowtaln tele graphed: Thero has been nn vlft!.nr nr nrnnrt. destroyed since the 3d. I do not think I Call protect life und nrnnertv In run., m riot. It Is usually done betoro one knows It. Governor Orman was much relieved by tho receipt of tho above messago, for be foared that thero might bo an outbreak boforo his commission could arrive In Tellurldo and tako the matter In hand. Mine Manager Collins' reply to tho ulti matum of the strikers, In which he prac tically declined to accept their terms and Intimated that It would ho nccrasary to shut down tho Smuggler-Union Indefinitely it their demands wero porslsted In, was tho most prominent featuro of the situation today, Tho demands of tho miners and the refusal of tho manager to accede to them makce. It appear useless for cither side to further present Its clolms and there ap pears to bo no chance for an amicable set tlement of the differences of the contending parties until tbo governor's commission takes a hand. This commission, unless It was dolayed, arrived In Tellurldo late this aftornoon, and It Is oxpoctod that thoy will logo no tlmo In conferring with the repre sentative of tho miners' union at Tellurlde. Ono thing they nro Instructed to demand Is a surrender of the property now, hold by the strikers. It this Is not done at onee. the, governor has Instructed them to say to tho striken' representattvos-.that possosslon win be secured for the owners ot the prop erty oven it It Is necessary to call Into service the entire National guard ot the state. Factions Keel Illtter. The fesllnf between the strikers and the managers of the Smugglor-Unlon l bitter, and It is learned that It will not bo an easy matter to Induce tho men to retire from tho property. However, Oovcrnor Orman was particular to solcct men In whom tho latter element has confidence In making up his commission, and It may be tnatr representations coming from men whom tho strikers hold as their frlenda will Induce them to rotlre and await an amlcablo settlement of tbolr claims. Tho commis sion Includes: Judge Theron Stevens of Ouray, Lieutenant Governor D. O. Coates. who Is secretary of tho State Federation of Labor, and John Murphy, attornoy for tho federation. State Labor Commissioner James T. Smith, who has bocn Investigating the con ditions at the Smuggler-Union mine, re turnod to Denver today. He left Tellurlde boforo the outbreak occurred. Speaking of tho affair be said: Of course, tho miners were wrong In firing and In entering the mine. In fact. It might be called unjustifiable. But the man agement Is not blameless. The strike would havo been settled long ago if the company had shown a disposition to treat the em ployes fairly' Ultimatum and Iteply. The final ultimatum that the Miners' union delivered to the Smuggler-Union management Is as follows: "The Miners' union demands that all men working con tractu for a longer period than ten days shall receive at least 3 a day for the entire time employed. The secretary of the union must have the privilege of going upon the ground as secretary, but not to In terfere with the work during working hours, and, further, that the company must not discriminate agattist union men." Managor Collins, for the company, sent back this ultimatum: "On behalf ot the Smuggler-Union Min ing company Mr. Collins regrets that he has to decline tho above offer. The com pany Is entirely willing that the secretary of the union may havo the privilege of going on It ground, so long as ho docs not Interfere with the workmen during working hours, as has always been tbo custom of tho Smugglor-Unlon mines. "The company will further undertako not to discriminate against union men, as they havo never done In tho past. As to con tracts, It Is entirely Impossible to measure, the work done at tho ond ot ten days, as the ground by that time is only partially stripped and nono of the vein shot down at all. The company, however, has novcr had the slightest wish to lower the wages or Increase the hours in San Miguel county and will undertako to promise that at tho end of each month, when alono contracts can bo squared and measured up, any con tractors who havo mado less than 13 per shift shall be paid off at the contract price and not ro-employcd In tho same slope, un less the price ot tho contract Is raised pro rata." Many Quit the Tovru. Manager Collins told tho citizens' com mittee, which obtained the proposition and ultimatum, that unless his terms were ac cepted forthwith his company would close tho Smuggler permanently, throwing 360 rotn out of employment, and withdraw from the district. Miners are gathering In the city for tho funeral of the union miner, John Barthell, this afternoon, and despltu the efforts ot the union ofllclats to keep tbem quiet they are restless. Every union tn San Juan county Is sup porting tho Tellurlde union. A special to the Times from Telluriae says that an order has been received from the Smuggler-Union company ot Boston, Mass,, to close the mines and that a meet ing ot mine managem is being held to dls.