The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JU3SU3 JO, 1S71.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, AUGUST 21, 1001 TWELVE PAGES.
S1X(JLK COPV FIVE CEVUS.
WOMAN IS A FACTOR
Etporintendcnt's Wifo at One Mill Tikes
fctrikeru at Disadrantag.
ACTS AS ESCORT FOR NONUNION MEN
Has Befriended Workmen Too Often to Be
Melesicd Now.
LEADERS REPEAT THEIR CLO CLAIMS
Each Still Insists that Viotorj Approaches
Uis Sid-
SHAFFER SAYS DONATIONS ARE LIBERAL
AmnlK'iinntcd nclntlon's President
lliie.ka L'p III Clnliu of Popular
ftympnthy vrltli Ilriiort of tifn
rroim Contribution.
riTTSfU'KO, Aug. 20. Following tho
rapid moves of yesterday on cither hide of
thn great steel strike there was a lull
today and neither side took decisive action.
Tho contest appears to bo settling down Into
n determined struggle In which neither side
will acknowledge defeat while thoro Is hops
left. Joseph lllshop, the Ohio arbitrator,
appeared here again v to-day, but both side
promptly repudiated1 tho suggestion that
another move for peace was being consid
ered. The atcel managers succeeded In starting
the last Idlo mill at thu Clark plant and
urn evidently planning a series of exten
sions at uvcry point where there Is a chanco
of success. They will probably start the
Ktar tin mills In this city anil Increase the
force- at tho Lindsay & McCutchron mills.
An Interesting feature of the fight nt the
latter milt Is contributed by the claim of
tho strikers that Mrs, Fred Rough, wife of
tho superintendent, Is escorting tho strlko
breakers to and from the mill. She has al
ways been very popular with the mill men
and tho pickets say they would rather faco
a regiment of soldiers than do anything
Improper In her presence. They say that
In peace times she nursed tholr families and
that they cannot Interfere with her or the
men she escorts, Tho steel managers are
llso nrrauglng for more men for tho Painter
mills.
.Schwub' Itrprencntntl ve Conic.
Very I Proton, representing President
Echunb, was hero today and conferred with
leading olliclals of tho companies federated
In tho Steel corporation. Mr. ProMon and
tho olliclals whom he met would not talk
for publication.
The strikers meet tho movement to re
open tho mills with nonunion men with tho
claim that It will bo simply Impossible
to secure a sufficient number of skilled
men to operate them. Tholr mon, they de
claro, nro standing firm and must be con
sulted before tho mills run. Thoy say
they have the sttuatlpn well In hand and
despite the alleged danger of tho strike
getting tophcavy, contlnuo their work of
organization with a, view of crippling morn
plants bclorrgliiK ,to the. corporation.. They
claim that Chicago will in tho end come
out nnd that thoro Is no danger of tho
Joltet men going back to work, whatever
Chicago does.
MeMurtry Well Silt lulled.
President MeMurtry of tho American
Bheet Stool 'compnny returned today from
a tour through tho live mill towns of tho
Klsklmlnetns valley. Ho Inspected the non
union mills and also looked over the two
nonunion properties being operated at
Bcottdalc. Ho said production was above
tho maximum average for this Benson of
the year and that ho was perfectly satisfied.
District Manager P. F. Smith of tho samo
company said tho Wollsvlllo plant lacked
but six men of having every shift full;
that thu product was coming out nearly
porftct nnd that If their men woro uot
interfered with mil assaulted by the
strikers tho situation would be eminently
satisfactory. Ho said also that tho best
sentiment of tho community endorsed the
policy of tho company.
Tho tlelng up of tho Pennsylvania and
Continental tube plants of tho National
Tubo company of this city last night was
completed today. Counting both plants
about 1,800 men went out and both the
properties aro shut down.
Tho closing of tho Pennsylvania and
Continental plants completely tied up the
National Tubo company In this district
and Wheeling. The compauy has made no
effort to start up nt any point.
President Shaffer nnd his associates at
strike headquarters say donations of a lib
eral nature aro being raado to tho cause,
Thoy expressed themselves as much pleased
with tho situation today.
Tieup of Til lie lMnntH.
Tho ttoup of tho Continental nnd Penn
ylvnula tubo plants of tho National
luuo company in this city was
completed during tho night and early
nours or mo morning. Tho machln
Ists and a few other employes of tbo Penn
itylvanla works to the number of about
sixty have not gono out, but otherwlso tho
two properties uro slleut and deserted.
Tho Pennsylvania men wont llrst, quitting
nl 6 o'clock last night in rcsponso to the
call of tho organizers of tho American
Federation of Labor., who had been work
Ing among them for the Inst week. Then in
largo numbers they surrounded the Contl
cental works at Fraiikstown and called on
tho workers thorn to quit and Join the strlk
ers At midnight u laigo number nt thn
Continental men dropped their tools ami by
this morning tho last man had left tho
place. The shutting down of the two plants
ndds nbout l.ROO mon to tho force of tho
strikers. The success of tho labor organ
Izers In getting thn mon out cheered the
other strikers to n high pitch of enthuslnsm
Tho officials of tho National Tubo com
pany would uot discuss the strlko beyond
saying that they have been keenly dlBap
olnted throughout tho strlko by the atti
tude of their men and that they hope In
time they will come to their senses and
comn back,
Tho mill managers announced that an
other mill was on today nt tho Clark mill
nnd thut tho property was now running In
full, Tho other propertlus, they said, wore
running today ns they were yesterday, They
denied tho story mat thcro had been
change nt tho McCutcheon mills by taking
several nonunion meu to niber mills. Th
managers say thoy aro working ono mill as
Ubtial and that they will have a couple of
other mills on before tha end of the week
Tnrpednt'N t'liimr u Nciiaiiltmi.
The explosion of some railroad torpedoes
at Moncsscu this morning caused some ex
cltement and largo crowds gathered on th
streets and near the steel mills, Ther
were largo crowds around tho newly crip
pled tubo works In this city today, but no
disorder. V.elUvllto reports Indicate
critical situation, but the cry of the wolf
hiu been raised so often ns to dlsorde
during this strike that It U not believe
uuw,
COLOMBIAN CUR' ;v DROPS
- ,"
'r Put It nt Itnle ' f. One
lu One ivlth Vnnlw
l)iillnr.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 Tho battleship
Iowa sailed this afternoon for Panama.
WASHINGTON, D, C Auk. 20. The Navy
department has been Informed of the Hailing '
of tho battleship Iowa for Panama. The
ship will stop at Aplculo for coal. The dis
tance from San Francisco to Panama Is
3,251 miles nnd the trip will occupy about
thirteen days,
COIX)N, Colombia, Aug. 20. Tho Chlncso
assert that among the raldct6 at Emperador
station last Saturday night we're sevcrnt
negroes from Jamaica, who, after flcggUg
Chinese trailers, demanded and obtained
$200.
Exchange nt Darranqullla Is rising by
leaps nnd bounds. An American dollar Is
now equivalent to HI In Colombian pap r
money.
Dr. Itlce, Colombian nflnlster to Vene
zuela, published a letter whllo In Curacao
denying tho nsscrtlnn of Pro3ldent Castro
that Colombia had Invaded Venezuela. In
the course of tho letter ho declared em
phatically that General Ilangel Onrblras,
who Is n Venezuelan, was the chief In
vader and that It need surprise no ono if
ho were aided by a few Insurgent Colom
bians under the direction of General Urlbe
rlbe.
Thene llclltlte the Trouble.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Tho officers and
passengers of the steamship Orizaba, which
rrlvcd from Colon today, said that tho re
ports of trouble between Venezuela, and
olombla woro greatly cxnggernteJ.
"Wo neither saw nor heard anything of
any trouble while In tho harbor," said Cap
aln Smith. "I did not go ashore myself
but I know that everything was po.ic.ful
and quiet. Tho government had put a few
oldiors on the trains running across tha
sthmus, but that is often done."
Colonel J. H. Shalcr, general sup'jrln
dent of the Panama railroad, ridiculed the
reports of battles and Incursions nt tho
sthmus, and said there wan no revolution
ti Colombia; neither had thcro been any
ntcrfcrcnco with his road, He continued
Tho fact that 1 have left Colon for :i
trip to New York. Is evidence that there Is
IU ItiaUl UUI VI llUUIflt' W ilrtlV l I U V III. i
sthmus. I tend of a battle which I know
o disorder or troubio whatever at ths
I
never took place. Tln.ro wuro many l.n
tnlllons engaged and 900 dead, but thero
wcro never any such forces nnd they never
saw each other and nobody wns scratched.
eoplo who do not understand the condl
Ions down thero tako thoso stories se
lously, but thoso who nro on tho ground
o not."
Asked why the United States had sent
worships there, he said:
"Well, I suppodo that tho consular of
flclals receive Btartllng Information rs to
what Is going to happen nnd not knowing
tho people na we do, lake It seriously and
think that they must bo on tho safe sldo
and so they report to Washington nnd tbo
hips nro sent ns a matter of course.
Ileum Cnlln Cnrneiin Unlet
Henry Wlllard Ream, counsel for ono rf
tho asphalt companies, arrived today on the
steamer Muracalbo from Venezuela. Mr,
Ream said :
'Caracas Is quiet. Everything is proceed
ing as usual. The guarantees of tha can
stltutlon have, however, been suspended on
account of the Invasion 'of i Venezuela,
cording to Information received by President
Castro to that effect. War bulletins nrc
Issued at frequent Intervals. General Cas-
ro In an Interview on August 10 told rac
that ho had n force of 10.000 men at Crls
tobal commanded by his brother and that
he had lO.OoO other troops In his three
border states.
Ho ald that no option wns left to him
In tho matter; that ho must protect Vone
zuela. Martial law exists in theso time
states, Merlda. TruJIIlo and Tachlra
1 am not awnre that Dr. Rice, tho Co-
omblan minister. In leaving tbo legation in
the hands of the American charge d'affaires
had either demanded or received his pass
ports. I know, however, that ho felt it was
mposslblc for him to remain longer nnd
ho went for the purpose of communicating
with his government. General Pultdo, the
ex-mlnlstur of war, who was replacod by
General Gucrrln In tho early part of Auguit,
eft the cabinet becnuse ha could not ap
prove of tho war with Colombia,
"My sourco of Information as to tho re
ported Colombian Invasion Is tho state
ment made by Genurul Castro as above
Tho Impression 1 received from my Inter
vlow with President Castro was that ha
was fully determined to continue admin
isterlng tho nffnlrs of Venezuela along thi
aggressive lines Indicated by his recent
actions,"
Another t'nntru l'rocitiniitloii.
Conies of President Castro's official organ,
published at Caracas, which woro brought
here on tho Maracnlbo today, contain a
proclamation from tho president, In which
ho calls tho "Venezuelan patriots" to "re
Jolce, as our Hag streams In triumph ovor
tho Colombian frontier; tho enemy has
fled: tho victory is ours. On tho field of
battlo fell 800 bodies of the rebels, thel
artillery abandoned, many taken prisoners
and their banners torn." This proclamation
was Issued after tho battle of Sau Cris
tobal and Is dated August 8. Of tho same
dato and at tho smno placo (San Cristobal)
another proclamation by Clcsetlno Castro
reads In part
General Gonzalez Valencia has returned
to Invndo us by tho way of San Kostina,
probably, although he has concenlcd his
movements ns much as possible. Thinking
that possibly his advanco might bo on
Colon I gave orders to General uuiien
Cardenas In order that with his battalion
ho might meet the enemy at La Cumbre
whore, I Judge, tho enemy would have
made Its advance. In reality, slnco mid
night, thero was an assault and wo have
resisted the enemy. I tako all means to
drive back tho enemy, with nil tho pa
triotism and energy of our character. Rut
In every case you must hopo that wo will
fulfill our duty."
OVERTHROW JHE PRESIDENT
l'lnn of f'oliiiultliinti tti MnUe n Ituld
In l.'euinlor on the Wny to
Vener ur In.
(Copyright. 11)01, by Prcs Publishing Co.)
CURACOA ISLAND. Dutch West Indies,
Aug. 8. (New York World Cablegram
Special Telegram ) General Urlbc-Urlbe,
lender of the liberal revolution lu Colom
bia, publishes letters alleged to have been
written by Acting President Marroquln cf
..?.. ..inArth ihnt the nnlomhlan
v.... - "
troops have been ordered to make a raid
In Ecuador, overthrow tho present prtsldont
and then turn to Venezuela lu order to
tnko action against Castro. Rut If that
plan is really laid It may havo to Im aban
doned on account of Ihe deft a tit attitude of
tho revolutionary party In Colombia.
InveitlKiite e'lileimo I'ollee.
CHICAGO. Aug, 20.-Presldent l.lllbloin of
the Civil Service commission announced
today that the entire police department of
tho city Is to bo Investigated. Tho ses.
slons will be open to the pub"u and all
rharges brought agalnut the po.lco will be
Investigated,
KNOX ENTERS STRONG DENIAL
clarei Etiel Corporation ii a Total
, Stranger to Him.
REBUKES INSINUATING ANTI-TRUST MEN
Tell Them They Arc Wron In Ai-
11 Mi I n u III" Connection with Illu
Combine unil Dlm'iiurteiiusi In
AddrcsftliiK Him About It.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Attorney Gen
eral Knox today sent tho following letter
to tho Joint commission of the American
Anti-Trust league and District Assembly
6fi, Knights of Labor, lu reply to one fiom
the committee requesting Information from
Mr. Knox regarding tho United States Sticl
corporation:
WASHINGTON, I). C Aug. 20.-Mr. II. H
Martin, Chairman Joint Commute; of Amer
ican Anti-trust Iugue, Hlr: l have tho
honor to acknowledge the receipt of otir
letter of August II), WOI, in which you re
quest mc to obtain tor you certain ,n
lormutli.ii with reference, to certain alleged
"agreement or ugre cmeiits" be. ween the
constituent companies and Individuals who
organized tho L nlled Stutes Steel corpora
tion. You tick me to nfford you nil the In
formation that "1 may pw-sess or un d
t nl ii," nnd you Hpecillcnlly refer tu uu nl
leged "trust or syndicate ugi cement," whlc'i
you state the president of tho t'nltrd Sla e.e
riteel corporation, Mr. V. M. Schwab, "re
fused to furnish to the United Stales I.i
dtistrlal commission when on tho witness
stand before that body;" nnd you further
state that your request for Information Is
to be understood as covering liny 'otlnr
contractu of a similar kind with which you
n I e acquainted or which you enn obtain
for us.
You also stute that your rcquoHt for in
formation Is "founded upon information
nnd b.ilef Hint nt the time this contiact
or thesf contracts) was or wuio made,"
that I wns In some way olllclully connected
with tho Carnegie eoiiiounv." and you
therefore nrsume that the Information you
request must be In my "possession or con
venlontly at hand." I nm. therefore, re
quested to give you substantial facts, or, If
possible, it copy thereof.
Premise, Wrung to Ileeln Willi.
Primarily, permit me to say that your re
quest Is founded linon mi eiror.cjus iissumn
tlon. 1 do not kiiuw who tho Individuals
are who organized the t'nltrd States Steel
i.muiiiiiu ai UltTJ I1IU lit' I 'VI ouun I I.
Jet red, to usually In tho newspapers as tho
corporation ir they nro the persons re
promoters of that organization, with ti o
single exception of Mr. U. M Schwab, I
do not know, never saw and never was in
liny vay connected with any of them. I
never heard of any agreement between
them and the constituent members of the
steel corporation. Neither ut tho tm- of
the formation of the I'nittd States rite 1
corporation not nt any t me wns I olllcl.iUv
connected with the Cnrncgle Steel com
pany. 1 wns formerly one of ItH legal ml
vhers In the conduct of Its manufacturing
niM.ncs. nut was never consulted with ref
oronco to the formation of the United States
Steel corporation nor In relation to the sale
to in tt company or the Carnegie company
I huvu never seen tho miners or nuree
mcntH to which you refer nor have I been
lniormcu oi tnelr contents. I have r.o
Knowledge whatever of their oxlstenc.
their terms or scope. I am thus specific, nt
1 d'slro both to cover the tp.rlt nnd th?
luiwr ui your inquiry.
l may fny, moreover, that I have no
access to the agreement or papers to which
you refer. I know nothing of the ono to
which you refer nnd do not even know thut
such an agreement Is In existence. The In
formation which you request is not in my
possession, or "conveniently nt hand," us
jou iissume, mm u is,, tnerorore-. impos
slblo for ma to comply with any of tho re
quests sot forth In your letter,
,ntttli.,IUKlit Wny in Atf.
All this information you could at nnv
tlmo have acquired through the usual
method of direct personal inquiry, thereby
avoiding tho doubtful propriety of address
ing mo through tho medium of tin open
letter, which you concurrently delivered to
this olllee. Whether, If such papers were
accessible to me it would bo my duty to
obtain them and furnish them for use In
legal proceedings to which yoj nro n party
and the nature of which you do not explain
is a question which 1 do not caro at this
time to discuss.
If I may regard the letter us add reused to
me oiueiaiiy I will say that ir tills depart
ment Is under obligations to furnish In
formation to prospective litigants in undis
closed proceedings Its responsibilities and
l.iliorH uro necessarily irreater than tbev
luivo ever been Imagined from the tlmo of
us lormation. indeed, as there are gen
erally two parties to every controversy, it
would bo ditllcult to discharge such alleged
duty to both parties In view or conflicting
Interests. This, department wns not culled
Into being to furnish Information to private
tumulus, us umy ami us nojeci is io en
force the federal statutes as Internretcd hv
the courts wherever there Is probable causo
lor oeueving emu iney nave oeen violated.
very respcciiuny, i'. u. Iv.no.x,
Attorney General.
NICARAGUA NOT INVOLVED
roiiHitl nt MnntiKiin Siijh (but Country
It Denironn of Continued
Pence.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Cheater
Donaldson, United States consul at Man
agun, Nicaragua, has arrived hero on a two
months' leavo of nbsonco, during which ho
will visit his old homo In New York
Speaking of affairs on tho Isthmus, he said:
"I do not bellovo that Nicaragua will Join
forces with Venezueln. The republic is at
peace and the revolutionary spirit has died
out altogether. President Kclaya rule with
a strong hand and has become very popular.
He will not allow Nicaragua to become
involved In tho troubles of tho South
American states.
"In his last messngo to tho Nicaragua
congress President Zclaya took a decided
stand In favor of having tha Isthmian canal
constructed by Ihe United States. That Is
the popular sentiment.
"in commerce with Nicaragua the United
States has been making great progress dur
ing the past few years and now holds llrst
place.
"The Influenco of the United States Is
stronger In Nlcnragun than that of any
other country. President Zelnyn has often
said to mo that bo looks to tho United
States ns tho protector bf tho small re
publics and tn case of trouble would look
llrst to this country. Ho toid me not leng
ago that he would never make n treaty with
any power that would be detrimental to tho
Interests of the United States."
Neiv Suliiiiiirlne limit Launched.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. -Thn second of
tho new submarine boats for the navy wus
launched at Elizabeth, N. J., today. The
vosfcol was named the Moccasin by SIlss
Grace Day of Vlrninln, sister-in-law of
Senator Martin of that stute.
MiMfiueutH of Oeenn Vesneln, Auto i!0.
At New York Arrived Frlesland, from
Antwerp, Minnehaha, from London; Kaiser
Wllhelin dcr Grosse, from llremen; Mnnl
lou, from London. Sailed Allor, for Naples,
Lahn, for llremen, via Southampton, Cevlc,
for Liverpool,
At Marseilles Arrived Scotia, from New
York, for Leghorn and Genoa.
; At ..iutnainpimi-Arrivea-Knli.erln Mnrl.i
I There ?u. front New- York, vl.i Cherbourg,
, lor iiremen. ami jnocceueu.
At t herbourg Arrived Pennsvlvniiln.
from New York, via Plymouth, for Ham
burg, and proceeded.
At London Arrived Minneapolis, from
New York.
At Glasgow Arrlveel Astoria, from New
York
I At Sydney. N. 8. W.-Arrlvrd-Aornngl.
from Vancouver, etc.
At AiicKiauu Arriveu-Mierrii, from S.in
Francisco, etc,
At Liverpool Arrlved-Copack, from
Portland, Ore., via Manila; Dominion, from
Portland. Mo,
At Plymouth Arrived Pennsylvania,
from New York, for Hamburg, via Cher
bourg, and proceeded Sailed Oraf Walder
me, from Hamburg und lluuloguo, for New
York.
ATTORNEYS BUSY AT DENVER
llnr Asuoclntlon's Kxeentlve Conucll
l'nves Wny for Sessions
tn He Toilny.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 20. About 400
member of the American Uar association
are In the city already to attend tho tw-.nty-
fourth annual meeting which will op-n to
morrow morning nt the Tabor Grand Opera
houuc, continuing three days. Evening ses
sions will be held and the afternoons will
bo devoted to tho work, of the section of
legal education. Tomorrow afternoon tho
Association of American Law Schools will
meet In connection with tho section of legal
education. President Wetmoro of New
York will deliver his iuldrrss tomorrow
morning, reviewing the most notable
changes In statute laws mndc during the
year. The election of new members, Ihe
election of a new executive council and
rcportH of ofilcers will occupy the most of
tho morning Bcsslon.
Tonight tho executive council held a long
meeting to para upon the questions of n
large number of applicants' for membership.
Thoso favorably acted upon .Will he reported
to the general session tomorrow morning.
Tho eleventh annual corlfcrcnce of the
state commissioners for the nromotlon of
uniform legislation, which! legun yester
day, gave a hearing thlflMorenoon to a
delegation of Denver clergymen, headed by
Dr. J. D. Rankin, who .presented their
views on the dlvorco question. They con
tended that divorces are itoo easily ob
tained In many states and advocated
changes In tho laws to correct tho alleged
evils under the present systems.
After listening to tho arguments of the
ministers, tho conference resumed consid
eration of the proposed, uniform dlvorco
act, discussing the question whether section
1 should bo ollmlnntcd. This section pro
vides that "no divorce shall be granted
for any cause arising prlorjto tho residence
of the complainant or defendant In this
state, which was not n ground for divorce
in the state whero the causo arose."
Tho point had been raised that this sec
tion, If enacted Into law, would work hard
shin In many cases, particularly where a
bonaflde resldenco has been acquired by
tho petitioner.
It was finally decided to divide the pro
posed measure, making tho first section a
separate bill and recommend that both, bills
bo adopted by tho several states.
At the afternoon session theso nfuicrs
were elected: President, A. M. Eaton,
Providence, R, I.; vicu president, W. A.
Ketcham, Indianapolis; secretary, A. E.
Hcnchcl, Now York; tsslstnnt' secretary, J.
M, Ives, Danbury, Conn. w
A bill was Indorsed for a uniform Insur
ance law providing that no statement of
tho assured shall Invalidate a policy unless
It Is material to tho risk or made with In
tent to defraud, and that any provision of
a policy Intended to deprive tho Insured of
the benefit of a Jury trial shall bo void.
Tho act Is to apply to fraternal a3 well as
other Insurance companies,
A resolution was adopted providing that
tho board of commissioners shall act with
a committee from agricultural college aud
experimental stations In promoting uniform
laws regarding agricultural matters and
fertilizers especially. The ponferenre ad
Journcd without day.
DIVERGENT VIEWS K GERMANY
:te&
llerlln Paper
Indlrittf t the
Hated
Monroe Doctrine 'iHy-lie-celve
n Jnrrlnu.
RERUN, Aug. 20. The Rerlln Tagcblatt
says: "It seems fairly clear that Washing
ton statesmen have tnken sides rather
openly for Colombia, as they aro provoking
unbounded mistrust toward Senor Castro,
president of Venezuela, who Is Indubitably
ono of tho most energetic and active states
men In feoutb America. President Castro
may ono day provo the 'rochcr do bronzo'
against which tho Monroo doctrlno will be
powerless."
Tho Post says: "It is not expected that
the sending of a German War ship to an
American hnrbor would be considered ns
nn attack on the Monroo doctrine. Our
object is not political Intervention, but
meroly protection of German commercial
Interests. Therefore, certainly, nobody
would object. Tho possibility that tbo
United States could regard tho sending
of n German wnr ship ns an unfriendly
measure has not been seriously considered,
tho more so ns tho United States itself does
not consider tbo wholo conflict from a
political standpoint, but merely from a
commercial point of vlow,"
FIRE IN THE WEST INDIES
Town of tirnnil llui'U Almost Wiped
(lilt of llilntenee liy t'on
f III. 'rut I on.
ST. LOUIS. Island of Mario Oalcntc,
French West Indies, Aug. 20. (Via H.iytlen
Cable.) Tho Are which nearly destroyed
Grand Rurg, tho principal town of thn Island
(having a population of about 15,000 per
sons), broke out ycktcrday. Tho conflagra
tion Is supposed to havo been of Incendiary
origin, duo to malevolence Ml tho public
butldlngB except tho church, prison nnd
headquarters of tho gendarmerie were de
stroyed, as were some f00 houses before the
flames were extinguished. From 3,000 to
4,000 persons are without shelter and suffer
ing from want of food. The governor of
Guadeloupe, Joseph Francois, has chartered
tbo steamer llortens, which left thnt island
yesterday with tho first relief supplies of
food and money.
Public subscriptions aro being organized
at Guadeloupe. The loss sustained Is esti
mated nt over $200,000,
THIRTEEN PAST THE CENTURY
Nnpiilenn Gnleltet enn .ever cviIh
KpectiieleN In All Those
Yenrs.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 20 Napoleon
Plorro Gulcheveau, born lu Franco In 17&8,
died nt Hrcaux Rridge, La., today, aged
113 years. He was ono of tho oldest citizens
of the United States. When 05 years of
ago ho moved to Now York from France, but
ufter a short time he moved to tho land of
Evangeline.
A few weeks ngo ho was enjoying good
health, was cheerful and appreciated a good
Joke. His hair was snow white anil thick.
Ho never wore spectacles and could read
wtth but little difficulty until recently,
RESCUED MEN MAY DIE
John KiiKlne mid Ailnin Kent TnUeit
from Wnti-r WnrUs Tunnel
Very III.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 20. John Euglno
and Adam Kost, tho men who were rescued
from the water workB tunnel yesterday
after having been Imprisoned nearly six
days without food, are reported to be In n
precarious condition today nt tho hospital,
whero they wore taken. They aro In a
stupor, delirious most of the time. The
physicians, however, still bellovo tho men
will ultimately recover.
UNION PACIFIC'S BIG BLAZE
Loi of Nearly $100,000 at Council Bluffi
Transfer Depot.
SWITCH ENGINE'S TINY SPARK THE CAUSE
Tlionaiintt Peef of IlulldliiB" Hum nnd
Sliiiiy FrelKltt t'nrsi l.inlen villi
Jlcreluinillse tile Anderson
Snven llook Island.
Tho Union Pacific transfer depot at Coun
cil Uluffs wns tho sceno of another costly
flro yesterday when 1,000 fcot of the freight
platform sheds wcro burned and forty to
fifty cars, many of them laden with mer
chandise, were cither totally consumed or
badly damaged by tho Hamcs. Yesterday
afternoon's loss is estimated by General
igent Mandcrson and, other olliclals of tho
Union Pacific at from 160,000 to 1100,000. A
llttlo over two months ago the transfer
wns visited by lire aniV the storo buildings
nnd repair shops on the west of the depot
were destroyed, entailing a loss of 150,000.
Tho blazo yesterday afternoon started
from a spark from a switch engine which set
lire to tho root of the south freight plat
form Just east of tho freight depot and
olllces. Tho wind was from tho Bouth and
between the south and north platforms aro
several tracks on which freight cars wero
thickly bunched, in n few minutes both
frclghl'platfornis and a number of the cars,
some of which wero loaded with merchan
dise and others partly filled, were a mass
of flames. The flro spread with rapidity
and within fifteen minutes after tho first
alarm hud been given It looked as If tho
freight depot nnd all tho cars In tho Im
medlatn vicinity were doomed. Tho smoke
from the burning cars was Intensely heavy
and from a distance It looked as If the en
tiro depot was on fire.
Anollier lllnre Cniise Deliiy.
The city fire department responded at the
first call, but two of the companies were
lighting n small flro In tho southwest part
of the city when tho alarm was turned In
from the transfer and this delayed their ar
rival. Tho lite was n dluicult one to handle
with the apparatus at hund, ns the burn
ing cars wcro scattered nearly a quarter of
a mile along tho several tracks.
Within a few minutes after the fire
started every available switch cnglno In
tho ynrds was pressed into duty and every
effort was mado to haul the long lines of
freight cars from bjtween the burning plat
forms, fly tho time, however, that tho
engines wero able to get to work, numbers
of tho enrs were belching forth llamca nnd
In a few mlnutca It became evident that
nothing could savo them. Lino after line
of cars was pulled out cast of the depot,
thoso that were found to bo on flro being cut
out as soon as possible. It was impossible
to do anything toward saving a number
of tho cars' on the tracks next the platform
and they and their contents were burned
down to tho trucks. The heat from the
burning cars, flanked on either sldo by tho
platforms, which wcro ono mass of flames,
was so intenbo that It was with tho great
est difficulty that tho firemen could ap
proach closo enough to direct the streams
of water UDon the flames. Tho south wind
was of suftlolent Btrength to carry the Homes
dangerously closo to tho pascngor depot
ami water Had to beTiourkse'p.i) t-i pjigBcn-
gcr piattorms cas. or mo Diuiaing 19 ;oep
them from catching lire. Rows of freight
cars standing between tho north platform
and tho depot proper wcro bndly scorched
by tho Homes and Intense heat.
C'lileiiKo Sunday I.esNens Loss.
Tuesday In freight circles ut tho transfer
depot Is known ns "Chicago Sunday." which
Interpreted means that little freight Is re
ceived hero Tuesdays, comparatively none
being shipped from Chicago on Sundays.
This wns fortunate, ns but little freight
wus on the platforms, most of that left
over from Monday having been cleaned up
and loaded. Had the lire occurred ono day
later thcro would probably have been from
twenty-nvo to thirty carloads of freight
piled up 011 tho two platforms.
Standing nlongslde of tho .outh platform
wero six standard freight cars which had
been loaded with general merchandise.
Theso caught llro llrst and nil efforts to
save them wero fruitless. They were
burned to tho trucks. Several cars filled
with baled hay were also close to the plat
forms, as wcro two or throe cars laden
with baled wool. Theso cars wero con
sumed, while the contents wero partially
saved, although badly damaged. Among
tho freight cars destroyed wero Beveral
laden with agricultural Implements and
machinery, on which tho loss will bo heavy.
Olliclals of tho Union Pacific were tin-
ablu to cstlmato tho loss yesterday and
sold that It cannot bo known until tho rec
ords und waybills are checked up and tha
exact amount of mcrcluindlBo destroyed
ascertained. This will take several day.
Tho standard cars cost from $600 to 4700
nplcco and the loss In this rcspsct can bo
ascertained as soon as tho car checkers
turn In tholr reports.
As far as could bo learned Inst evening
thirty-three enrs wero destroyed and about
twenty or thirty bo badly damaged that
they will have to bo mado over. Largo
numbers of cars which wcro more or Iced
scorched will havo to bo repaluted and
otherwlso repaired.
Oltleluln on tlie Spot.
General Manager Dickinson nnd Superin
tendent Hnxtcr were soon upon th.- scene.
Mr. Dickinson said: "Wo ran placo no
cstlmato on tho loss fit this time. The.
Union Pacific carries no Insurance; that In
to say, It carries Its own Insuranco and
will havo to stand tho loss on nil the m?r
chandUo destroyed. Whether tho Union
Pacific will bo liable to the other roads for
their cars burned Is a question which will
havo to be determined. Roughly guessing,
tho loss may be estimated anywhero from
$50,000 to $100,000, but I do not think It
will exceed tho Inttor figure. The amount
of tbo Iosb will depend on the quantity of
mcrthnndlse consumed and that wilt tako
several dnys to ascertain."
General Agent Manderson expressed tho
same opinion.
Tho platform sheds which wero consumed
were ancient structures of frame and of
llttlo value. It was said yesterday after
noon that thoy will at once bo replaced
with Iron sheds.
Thanks to tho quickness of Olo Anderson,
switching foreman of tho Rock Island rrnd,
that company Inst comparatively few cars,
uot over eight 01 ten. Tho moment Ander
son saw the flro ho hurried his engine to
tho sceno nnd pulled out. his rompany's
cars, many of which woro In llames. Just
east of the freight tracks ho had to cut
off tho burning cars lu order to save the
rest. Rut for Anderson's promptness Agent
Gay said that his company would have lest
from twenty to thirty cars. Many of theso
cars wero lnden with freight nnd had been
but a few moments before turned over to
tho Union Pacific.
May IteeeUe MnoArtliur.
MILWAUKEE. Aj. 20,-MaJor General
Arthur Mai'Arthur today wired from Sun
Francisco hlf. acceptance of the tender of 11
reception by the eitlzfns of" Milwaukee
through the Merchants' and Manufac
turers' association. Tho dato set by Gen
eral MacArthur Is August 29.
CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska -Fair In Western,
Showers and tooicr in i:.istorn rortion,
Wednesday; Thursday Fair! Southerly
Winds, Recomlng Variable
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INVOLVES OMAHA PLOW FIRMS
I'red .M. I'cnxe of Chleiiuo HrliiKN
-Suit lleeiiuse He Wiin Ik no red
lu Co in It inc.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.- Papers were filed
In the county clerk's ofllce today In a suit b)
I'red M. Pease of Chicago against Charles
R. Fllnk, Chnrles Atterback and about thir
ty plow companies, and tho American Plow
company, for nn accounting of the profits
arising from tho formation of tho American
Plow compan', which Is the name of the
combination of plow Interests. In addition
to this an Injunction Is asked to prevent
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ituy ui iuc ut'ieuuuues iroin e'uniiuuiiig any 1
proceedings they have begun toward the
actual work of tha formation of the com
pany. Mr. Pease claims that he, In 1S97, con
ceived the Idea of such a combination and
talked it over with Messrs. Young, Aucrbnch
and Fllnk, but when the company was
formed ho (Pease) wns not consulted.
Among tho companies included In tho list
of defendants nro: Deere & company, Mo
lino Plow company, Rock Island Plow com
pany, Peru Plow nnd Wheel company, Mor
rison Manufacturing company. Grand De
tour Plow company, U. F. Avery & Sons,
Chattanooga Plow compnliy, Fuller &. John
son Manufacturing company, the Iliitcher
& Olbbs Plow company, Pnrlln & Oren
dorff comnny, David Hradlcy Manufacturing
compnny, J. I, Case Plow works, South Rend
Chilled Plow company, tho T. M. lllsscll
Plow company, the Princess Plow compnny.
Alcxnnder Speer & Sons, La Crosse Plow
compnny, Syracuse Chilled Plow company.
Gain Manufacturing company, Kingman
Plow company, A. R. Fnrquhnr Plow com
pany nnd the J. Thompson & Sons Manu
facturing company.
BURN HIM MORE DELIBERATELY
Teiuis Purposely I'rolniiK Torture of
Colored Man Aeeuscd of Asniiult
Nenr Wliltslioro.
DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 20. A dispatch re
ceived hero tonight from Whltsboro, Tex.,
says the negro Alf Wilder, charged with
tho murder of Mrs. Caldwell, tho wlfo of
a Grayson county farmer, at her homo on
Saturday last, was captured by a mob and
burned nt Nelson'B ranch, two and one
half miles cast of Rod ranch, early to
night. Tho mob was composed of 3Q0 mon. The
negro was taken to a tree nnd swung up
In tho nlr. Wood ond fodder wero piled
beneath his body and a hot flro made.
Then It wns suggested that the man
ought not to dlo too quickly and ho was
lot down to tho ground, whllo n party wont
to Doxtor, about two miles distant, to
procure coaloll. This was thrown ou the
flames and tho worK completed.
Wilder wns captured near Dextor this
afternoon. He had been scon tho day bo-
foro by a negro who know hlin nnd who
had Informed tho citizens of tho fnct. A
posse was at once organized nnd tho work
of bentlng the river bottoms began. It Is
said that It was the Intention of tho mob
to tako Wilder back to tho sceno of his
crime nnd thero lynch him, hut messages
by telegraph nnd telephone gave warn
ing thnt tho authorities wero repairing to
tho scene with a considerable forco nnd thy
work of execution was expedited.
At Whltsboro a great crowd had gath
cred In anticipation of n chanco to par
ticipate In the lynching nnd when it wns
learned tho work had been dono they ex
pressed grent disappointment.
Mrs. Caldwell wns a brldo of but six
months. Dexter is far from railroads
thcro nro no telegraph facilities and It will
be some tlmo before all the details of tho
lynching can bo learned.
FAMILIES SLEEP IN STREETS
More Thnn Hundred Women and
Children Kvleteil liy T111111111
IleutliiK AKentH.
TAMPA. Fla., Aug. 20. Evictions by
routine nccntfi aro causing grent excite
ment among numbers of tho Reslstcncln
union. It Is said thnt more than 100
womon nnd children slept In the streets
last night. The central committee of Ro
sIstenclR union cut down tho souphouso
allowance to ono meal a day.
Another proclamation was issued today
In the nnmo of the pcnpla of Tampa ana
surrounding country. It urges that Imme
diate steps bo taken by all parties con
cerned to have tho factories opened and
states 11 determination to protect tho In
dustry of clgnr manufacturers lu Tampa
and tho employes and laborers In cigar
factories. It closes with tho statement:
"Wo proclaim to the clgarmakers that tho
citizens will not allow any oppressions or
abuses or lll-trcatment imposed upon
them."
DENVER MEN DEMAND HEARING
Cllleiin Aeeuseil of Attempted Jury
llrlliliiK' Secure Opportunity
for i;oneiiillon.
DENVER. Colo., Aug. 20. At the request
of tho persons named, Judge Mulling today
Instructed the district attorney to fllo In
formation against II. H. Tammen and F.
G. Ronfils, proprietors of tho Evening Post;
W. J. Thomas, police magistrate, and Daniel
Sndllor, flro warden, on clinrgcs of attempt
ing to bribe tho Jurors In tho case of W.
W. Anderson, recently tried on tho charge
of Bhocttnc Mc-ssrs. Tammen and Ronfils.
Soveral of the Jurors claim to have hern
approached with tho purpose of bribery and
the gentlemen named above demanded that
thoy bo given an opportunity of proving
their innocenco of nny complicity In tho
nlleged clime.
SOUTH DAKOTA TAX DISPUTES
Ailiimx llrpresn Conipuny Objects o
I'll j Inn ! 1,11(10 for ITH'J.TO Worth
of IliislnesN,
PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) The State Hoard of Review today
considered protests from Marshall county In
regard tn town lot equalization nnd ml
Judlcotrd tho differences. On protest from
the Illinois Central Railway company the
ntsestment of that road was reduced from
$5,r.00 n mile to $5,000 a mile. The Adams
Express company protested on Us nisoss
ment of $11,000, claiming that Us not re
ceipts lu South Dakota for last year wore
only $7s2.70 in this cstlmato tho rompnny
takes no account of interstate business.
TERMS FOR BARTLEY
Governor taTajra Admits the Conditions He
Offers Ex-Treasurer.
RESTITUTION NO LONGER AN OBJECT
Heps of Bartlajr Rettorinf Any Cash Has
Beea Abandoned.
DISPOSAL OF MISSING FUNDS REQUIRED
Extcntbo Hopes Now t Oopol Onlj 'a
Partial Confoision,
UNBOSOMS HIMSELF TO HIS FRIENDS
SnMifte TnlUn Treely stIHi Cnnftilnnta
ns to Whnt lies UxuecU to
Iln with the I'nroleel
Prisoner.
(From a Stnft Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Aug. 20. (Special Tclfgram.)-
Tho sllenco maintained by Governor Sav
age regarding tho conditions of tho llartUy
parolo was broken today when ho Informed
two friends from Custer county that Hart
ley, unless he submits a comploto ltomlted
statement of tho disposition of tho missing
statu funds, will bo returned to the state
penitentiary at the expiration of the sixty-
day limit. Governor Snvngo has not taken
tho public Into his confidence, but he has
discussed tho matter freely with soveral
associates nnd to them ho has said that
there remains opon only ono course for tho
defaulting trensurer to gain permanent
freedom, nnd thnt is to tell tho people of
the stato what he did with tho money. It Is
conceded thnt tho governor does not now
demand a restitution of the funds,
To representatives of tho press Governor
Savage still refuses to talk concerning tho
conditions of tho parole, further than to
reiterate what he has already said. Ho
Insists that Hartley must comply with his
requirements or return to confinement, and
he declares that he will not say what thoso
requirements nro until Rnrtlcy has bad rea
sonable tlmo to fulfill them.
Governor Tullin l'rlvnlely.
This nfternoon D. M. Amsberry, editor of
tho Rrokon Row Republican, and a news
paper man from Sargent, Governor Savage's
homo town cnllod at the executlvo depart
ment and there they wero told separately
by tho governor tho conditions upon which
Rnrtley might obtain freedom. Apparently
tho governor made no effort tn keep tho con
versation from tho public. Tho doors of his
private office, one leading Into tho main
corridor ond tho other Into tho reception
room, wero left wide open and It Is re
ported that bystanders beard without effort
tho conversation between the governor nnd
his visitors.
In speaking of tho Interview, Mr, Ams
berry told The Rce representative tonight
that tho governor's only condition was tho
submission of an Itemized statement, show
ing who got tho money lost through tho
defalcation. Ho added that the governor
was determined In fiti demand and would
undoubtedly maintain his present attitude.
Another Interesting fact is related by one
of tho porsons who recently talked with
tho governor. It does not come from tho
governor himself, but It Is given by rc
llablo authority.
.Story Hartley Denied.
Tho story Is to tho effect that Governor
Snvngo was inducod to bellovo beforo tho
parole order wus Issued that Rartloy would
return to tho stato at least $100,000 of tho
missing money In return for tho executlvo
clemency. Mr. Hartley's closest friends,
however, deny tho report.
It Is said by persons who nro directly In
terested In tho case that when the petition
for Hartley's pardon was circulated tho
prospective signers woro nssured that Hart
ley would remain forever silent regarding
tho disposition of tho money nnd this Is
partially borno out by the petition, itself,
which follows:
To His Excellency, tho Governor of No
Jiriiska: Joseph S. Hartley entered upon
tho discharge of the duties of statu trens
urer on thu fifth day of January, 1893, nnd
served 11s such olllcer two consecutive
terms. Shortly after his Induction Into of
fice commenced 11 period of llnnnclnl ruin
unparalleled In tho history of tho United
Suites, At the expiration of hl last term
of olllco ho was unable,- through no crim
inal Intent of his own, to deliver to his
successor nil the money with which ho wns
chaiged. Ho was prosecuted for ombozzle
ment und convicted nnd, slnco June, 1M)7,
hah been Imprisoned. Ho hns 11 wlfo nnd
four children who require Ills cure, sup
port und protection, In the opinion of
your petitioners his Is 11 proper case for
the exercise of executlvo clemency nnd
they therefore prny you to grunt htm, tho
Aald Joseph S. Hartley, an unlimited, un
restricted and unconditional pardon.
Hartley Will Keep Nllciiee.
It will bo notlcod that tho petition says
nothing nbout .1 parole or commutation of
sentence, but asks for nn absolutely uncon
ditional pardon. Mr. Uartley'a frlunds de
cloro thnt ho will make no statement which
will Incrlmlnnte others and It Is oven said
by home of them thnt ho has ulroady de
cided to flatly refuse to comply with tin
governor's requirement.
Tho point hns been raised that Governor
Savnge has no power to roturn Dartley to
tho penitentiary so long ns ho compiles
with tho conditions of the temporary pa
role, which In brief nro that ho maintain
good behavior, and report regularly to tho
warden through his sponsor, C. O. Whedon.
In other words. It Is contended that tho
governor cannot limit a parolo and roturn
thn prisoner ut tho expiration of th' time
allowed, unless thn prisoner by Ills be
havior gives 8(11110 cause for the action. It
is not known whether Hartley or his at
torneys Intend to test tho legality of thj
contention.
Mr. Amsberry returned to Hroken Row
011 un evening train. Tho other Custer
county mun could not be found tonight.
WOMAN CHARGED WITH CRIME
Neiiuel to Dentil iif Mrs, Cnpplm'
Limit, I'MiviiiiI Ale.nniler, Tuke
Different I'orin.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. Recauso of start
ling evidence discovered In connection with
the death of Edward A. Alexander ol Kv:th
Vernon, Ind., who Is said .0 hnvo died
whllo In this city from tho effects of n
doso of morphine procured for Mrs. Mary
Cupples. with whom he wns In love, tho
prosecuting attorney today Issued a now
wnrrant, charging tho woman with murder
In tho first degree. The evidence Is n
beer bottle said to contain morphine, found
In a room occupied hy tho woman who Is
under arrest. Mr Moses Alexander, who
Is a prominent morchnnt of North Vernon,
Ind., has omploycd former Governor Charles
P. Johusou to conduct thu prosecution and
ho says that no expense will bo spared to
lay barn nil tho facts connocted with him
son's death.