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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JU2?J3 15), 1871.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1901 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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DOWN A HIGH BASK
Jarllnftoa Train Orniked Into Fragraanta
aid Maiy An Huit.
SOFT ROADBED CAUSE! RAIL TO YIELD
Ohtir Oar FlnnH to Dutraotitn aid
Two Othara Follow.
PASSENGERS MAIMED AMONG THE RUINS
Iowa Pcoplo Figure Ioarily 'on tha
Oainalty Lilt.
ONE OF THOSE INJURED SOON DIES
Olhrrn Are Reported In fir Fntnlly
llurt and t'nilrr the Care of ,nr
Ktoni in ."Nearby Farm
houses.
MOULTON, la., Oct. 24. (Special Tele
gram.) One of the Vorst wrecks In the his
tory of lo.wa occurred shortly after noon
today when th westbound passenger train,
Mo. 1, on the Chicago, nurllngton ft Kansas
City road went to pieces one mile west of
Exllno, In this county.
At a ctirvo In tho track on the high em
bankment the chnlr car left tho rails, drag
ging tho accommodation coach and tha com
bination smoker, mail and baggaga car
with It. Tho locomotive remained on the
, track, but the cam rolled down a sixty-foot
0 fill, seriously Injuring a dozen passenger
i and the conductor, J. A. Schovern. No one
was killed outright, but It Is thought that
four of tho victims will die. Tbo first to
succumb was James Mace ,of Unlonvllte,
Mo., who died of his Injuries lato tonight.
Drari.
JAMKS MACK, Unlonvllle, Mo., died as
.result of Internal Injuries.
Injured.
L- Wyman Seewrlght, Lancaster, Mo., In-
7 Jurcd Internally, will die.
John Seewrlght, Kansas City, breast and
back hurt, serious.
MIhi Sophie Peterson, Cedar Rapids, la.,
limbs broken and badly Injured.
Oeorge Frecland, Drowning, Mo., back In
jured badly.
Mrs, M. M. Frceland, Drowning, Mo., In
jured Intornally, serious.
Mall Clerk Moore, Bloomflcld, la., In
jured about head.
Drakcman S. A. Snyder, Carrollton, Mo.
Mary Corydon, Cincinnati, la.
James W. Huffman, Moulton, la.
Ocorgo Hcndlcy, Moulton, la.
J. IV. Whlttemoro, Lawrence, Kan.
J. W. Haynes, Drakevtlle, la.
It. R. Drowning, Keokuk, la.
Mrs. James Mace, Unlonvllle, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Morlng, Lancaster, Mo.
Mrs. Ilonly, Carrollton, Mo.
Baggagemen, name unknown, leg broken
and badly bruised.
Mrs. S. E. Record, Unlonvllle, Mo.
J. Clinton, Rxllne, la.
A. M. Farnswortb, Downing, Mo.
titKU; 1 Br'Clanan'dn.' War'rU. Mo.
Conductor J. A. Schovern, Carrollton, Mo.
Owing to tho fact that many of the In
jured are bolng cared for In farmhouses
near the sceno of tho wreck, the exact
nature of the Injuries of all cannot be
learned tonight.
.errlr-ftplkad null Gives Way.
Taesenger train No. 1, southbound, was
Bearing Exllno about 1 o'clock In tho after
noon. The train was making between forty
and fifty miles an hour and had safely
passed through the major portion of a
heavy curve. Just at the end of It repairs
bad been made to the track, Including the
placing of a new rait, whtph. It Is thought,
Jiad boon Insufficiently fastened.
The locomotive passod safely over the
weak place In the track, but the chair car
left tho rails add rolled down the steep
embankment, carrying with It the accom
modation coach, and the combination, bag
gage, express and mall car. The threo
cars were piled on tap of ono another,
broken In two and with the ends splin
tered and sides crushed.
The engineer and fireman were appalled
and supposed thoy were the only persons
on the Ill-fated train that had escaped
unhurt. They mucin all haste to the bottom
of tho gully and began dragging the dazed
passengers from tho epllntored coaches.
Those but little hurt were Impressed Into
service and the work of cartng for the more
seriously Injured was begun.
Injured Conductor In the Itticnr,
Conductor Schovern of Carrollton, Mo.,
wiui taken out, aud after he had recovered
bis senses began directing the work of car
ing for thoso badly hurt.
Tho nsslstanta of farmers was secured
nnd a hurried run was made to Moulton
with the locomotive for surgeons.
All the medical men In town were taken
back to the wreck and tho Injured passen
gers wero cared for.
Klfty sacks of mall havo been sent back
to Moulton, tome of them with holes burned
In them.
Knglneer Ong of Carrollton, Mo., and
Conductor Scov'ern were both at first re
ported dead.
The cars of tho train are lying nt the
bottom of a gully sixty feet deep and tbo
roadbed is torn up for 100 feet. No trains
can get across the place.
Exllne Is a station a few miles from the
Missouri lino In Appanoose county, Iovn,
sixty miles southwest of Ottumwa. It Is
without telegraph or telephone. It Is u flag
tatlon between Moulton and Cincinnati, la.
tlftli lnl Report.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 24.-The following mes
sage was received tonight by Howard El
liott, general manager of tho Chicago, Bur
llngton & Qulncy railroad, from tho chief
operator of tho Chicago, Burlington & Kan
sas City railway at Hannibal, Mo., regard
ing tho wreck on tho latter road at Exllne,
Mo.:
Chicago. Burlington ft Kansas City
passenger train No. 1 was ditched at Ex
llne, Mo., at 12:15 p. m. today. The bag
gage car and two coaches left the track at
a switch point near the station, About
twelve pnssengors wero hurt. Two or three
passengers were seriously, if not fatally,
hurt. The list of Injured Is:
, Mrs. W. M. Seach. Unlonvllle, Mo., face
cut.
x nud Itrsdsbaw, Pollock. Mo thigh bruised.
Conductor Schovern, .shoulder dislocated.
J. Harris, Dlngteyvllle, la.
Mrs, Emma lloyt, hand and left leg cut.
I W. Morrison, Lancaster, Mo., collarbone
Broken.
Mrs. Minor, hand cut.
J. r. Martin, Collier, Mo., leg and elbow
urulited.
i Two passengers named Mace and Sebright
wnre nrobably fatallv hurt.
The coaches wero damaged, but were
Uiuea up, put, oa trucks aad seal to iljpp.
WYOMING CENSUS ANALYZED
Washington Casls ti the Proportion
of Males and IVmalca lit ,
Various Classen,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. (Special Tele
gram. ) A census bulletin Issued today
shows thatthc are 27,000 persons of
school ago In V , of whom 13,468 aro
natUo horn malu 'l,C13 native born
females: 046 aro fori. vif males nnd 6S0
foreign born females; L . 'icgroiw and
100 fomalo negroes, nnd U' and 272
females classed as "other coiw , tho
32,08 males of mllltla ago In "... tc
23,311 are native, while 8,280 aro . ign
whites, 449 negroes and 018 other colored.
In the stato are 37.89S males of voting age,
of whom 25,661 are native whites, 10,611
foreign white, 481 negroes and 1,165 other
colored. Of the total of 37,838 adult males
In the stato 36,262 aro literate and 1,636 Il
literate. The aggregate of foreign born
adult males Is 11,335, of whom 6,260 arc
naturalized, 1,114 have filed first papers,
2,786 are aliens and 1,173 aro of unknown
citizenship.
Hallcck F. Hose of Lincoln is In Wash
ington as attorney for the Qrandvlew Build
ing association, defendant, in tbo case of
the Northern Assurance company of Lon
don, now on call In tho supremo rourt. com
ing up from tho supreme court of Nebraska.
Mr. Rose said today that tho cnio would
probably not bo reported before Monday.'
U J. Greene and It. W. Breckcnrldgo aro
here to present oral arguments In tho case
and as tbo principle Involved le ono directly
affecting tho manner In which the policies
for flro insurance nl present nro written,
it Is being watched with great Interest by
Insurance agents throughout the country.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska J. W.
CarkttHl, Elyrla, Valley county, vlco a. J.
Stanley, resigned; J. W. Sharp, Wheeler,
Wheeler county, vice a. N. Bishop, re
signed. Iowa E. Attlcson, Nanson, Chickasaw
county.
Tho postofflcca nt Cottage, Ellis and
Hughes. Harden county, Iowa, have been
ordered to bo discontinued, to bo hereafter
supplied by rural frco delivery.
C. F. Wcller, wife nnd daughter of
Omaha aro registered nt tho New Wlllard.
ROCKHILL BRINGS GOOD NEWS
Returned Special Commissioner Kx
plnlns So nit- Advnutnacs Uncle
Ham Obtained In China.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. Special Com
mlssloner Rockhlll called at the State de
partment today and reported his arrival In
Washington. Mr. Rockhlll has resumed
charge of tho Bureau of American Repub
lics. His Chinese mission Is discharged,
with the slnglo exception that he must
submit to Secretary Hay a final report ou
it.
Mr. Rockhlll brings with him a corrected
copy of the final protocol. Up to this time
the State department has not been In pos
session of this document. Indeed, as the
last revision was made on September 22,
when some very .necessary but not very In
teresting changes were made In tho pro
tocol, thero has been no tlmo for tho text
to reach tho department until Hie arrival
of Mr. Rockhlll. The department has.takcn
steps to have these protocols published for
general Information, as in them the com
mercial world will nnd much of Interest.
In these sections of the protocols It may
be noted that tho efforts of tho United
States, as exerted through Mr. Rockhlll,
what aro known as tho commercial con
cessions In the protocol wero secured.
Thus, a slnglo staple, flour, wus placed on
the ChlncHo free list. In view of tho pres
ent large murltct In China for American
flour and the enormous prospective demand
to follow, this ono concession is regarded
as of great value. Tho Improvement the
Chinese povcrnment Is pledged to make In
the naigatlon of the Pel Ho and other
Chinese arterial rivers also was obtained
entirely through tho Initiative of tho
United States government and the same
statement Is practically true of tho Im
portant reform In customs methods In
volved In the substitution of specific for
ad valorem duties upon goods entering
China.
Although Mr. Rockhlll has been named as
ono of tho representatives of the United
States to attend the American congress,
now In 3esslon In tho City of Mexico, bo
fore he went to China, he haB decided that
he will not attend tho congress, although
It was largely through his efforts that tho
congress was brought together.
MAGNATES START THIS WAY
Knrk Islnnd Rzccntlvcs nnd Vnniler
bllt Are Touring Writ.
rtnrd.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21. At tho special meet
ing of the stockholders of tho Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway company,
called today to consider an Increase In tho
number of tho executlvo committee, nn
amendment changing that body from five to
seven members was adopted, and William
H. Moore of this city and W. D. Leeds of
New York were added. No business was
transacted.
After the meeting the directors and chief
executive officers of tho nock Island com
pany, accompanied by several guests, among
them being C. N. Vanderbllt, started on an
eight days' Inspection trip of tho 6ystem.
Tho party, which comprised somo twenty
five persons, had at Its disposal a special
train of eight cars. Including a diner, nnd
the train went out pulled by tho swiftest
and largest englno In tho company's service.
Today's destination was Denver, nnd before
the return tho party -will continue tho In
spection as far south ns Fort Worth, Tex.
Mr. Vanderbllt refused lo discuss tho ob
ject of his trip over the Chicago Great
Western road with President Stlcknoy or
his presence on the Rock Island system.
SANTA FE RELIEVES PENMAN
Has .Mudc n Deal to Acquire the St.
Louis, Knnsns it South
western, TOPKKA. Kan.. Oct. 21. Tho Santa Fo
has made a deal to buy the St. louls, Kan.
sas & Southwestern road from John Pen
man, who bought It at foreclosure sale three
years ago,
A new company has Just boen formed and
a charter was Issued today to tho new con
cern, tho Kansas Southwestern Railway
company, with headquarters at Toneka,
The new company Is capitalized at $362,000.
The Incorporators arc: John Penman, Paris,
Oat.; James N. Young, Chicago; James
Glover, Bluff City, Kan.; A. A. Hurd and
E. B. Wilier. Topekn.
The road runs from Arkansas City on the
Kansas City & Southern west to Anthonv.
Tho organization of the new company is
preliminary lo the transfer of the property
to Uw fiaaU Fe, . .
OVER NIAGARA AND LIVES
Mrs. Taylor, Aged 50, Ridoa Thorn ii a
Welghttd Sarrol.
SURVIVES WITH ONLY SOME HARD BRUISES
She la n Teacher from liny City, Mich.,
nnd Needs the Money, So Planned
a Wny In Outlive tho
Ordeal.
NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y Oct. 21. Mrs.
Annlo Edson Taylor, CO years old, went
over Niagara Falls on the Canadian side
this afternoon and survived, n feat never
beforo accomplished, nnd, in fact, never
beforo attempted except In suicide. She
made the trip In a barrel. Not only did
sho survive, but sho escaped without n
broken bone, her only apparent Injuries
bolng a scalp wound one aud a half Inches
long, a slight concussion of tho brain,
somo shock to her nervous system and
bruises about the body. Sho waa conscious
when takon out of tho barrel. Tho doctors
In attendance upon her tonight said that
though sho vas somewhat hysterical, her
condition Is not at all serious and that
sho probably will bo out of bed within a
few days.
Mrs. Taylor's trip covered a mile rldo
through tho Canadian rapids beforo sho
reached the brink of tho precipice. Her
barrel, staunch as a barrel could bo made,
was twirled and buffeted through these
delirious waters, but escaped serious con
tact with rocks. As It passed through tho
smoother, swifter waters that rushed ov
Into tho nbyss It rodo in an almost per
pendicular position with Its upper end half
out of tho water.
Anvil Keeps Barrel Upright.
As It passed over tho brink it rodo at
an angle of about 13 degrees on tho outer
surface of tho deluge and descended as
gracefully as u barrel can descend to tho
whlto foaming waters, 158 feet below. Truo
to tho woman's calculations, tbo anvil
fastened to tho bottom of the barrol kept
It foot downwnrd and so It landed; had It
turned over and landed on Its head, tho
woman's head must havo been crushed In
ond her neck broken.
The rldo through the rapids occupied
eighteen minutes. It was 4:23 when tho
barrel took Its leap. It could not be seen as
It struck tho water, because of the spray,
but In less than half a minute after It
struck tho water It reappeared below. It
was carried swiftly down to tho green
water boyond tho scum, then half way to
tho Maid of tho Mist landing, whero It
was caught in what Is known ns tho Maid
of tho Mist eddy and held thero until It
floated so close to the shore that 11 was
reached by means of a polo nnd book and
drnwn up on tho rocks, seventeen minutes
after It shot the cataract.
She Will Xtver Do It Again.
Ten minutes later the woman was lifted
from the barrel nnd half an hour later she
lay on n cot at her boarding house on tbo
American side. Sho thanked God that sho
was alive; thanked all who had helped her
In any way; said sho would never do It
again, but that she was not sorry that she
had done It.. "If It would, help her finan
cially." Sho said sho, had prayed during
tho trip, except during a "few momenta"
of unconsciousness Just after her descent.
Tho barrel In which Mrs. Taylor mado
the Journey Is four and a half feet high and
about three feet In diameter. A leather
harness nnd cushions Inside protocted her
body. Air wns obtained through a rubber
tube connected with a small opening near
tho top of the barrel.
Mrs. Taylor Is a school teacher and re
cently camo here from Bay City. Mich.
All for .Museum Notoriety.
BAY CITY. Mich, Oct. 24. Mrs. Anna E.
Taylor of this city, who went over Niagara
falls in a barrel today, beforo leaving hero
said she desired to nttract the attention of
mueoum nnd theatrical managers In order
to securo money to provide a homo for her
self. She said she was the owner of a
ranch In Texas left by a relative which was
heavily mortgaged. She claimed she could
rccelvo advances of salary sufficient to meet
tho obligation.
MRS. DAN HANNA RETURNS
Nnys She No Longer Fear Her Hus
hnuil Will Try to tialn Posses-
Ion of Children.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. Mrs. Dan Hanna.
who, with her thrco boys went to Europe
last summer on Lucanla In order to prevent
the serving of a writ requiring her to pro
duce her children In court, returned today
with her children on Deutschland. She
was asked If tho court had decided that sho
should havo absolute possession of the three
boye, or If any agreement had been reached
with her lato husband, who Is now mar
ried to a schoolmate of Mrs. Hanna?
"I do not wish to talk nbout my personal
affairs," sho said, "beyond saying that I no
longer fear for the safoty nnd comfort of
my thrco boys, who nro to remain with me.
I will not say I have come back to stay, or
wbatI Intend to do."
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 24. Dan R. Hanna
Is quoted na saying, when Informed today
that his former wife had returned to this
country with her three sonB, that he would
make no further effort to gain possession of
the children.
GIVES MORGAN SILVER SERVICE
Xcw Vnrk Vnchl Club Pinna to Shorr
Appreciation of III .Many
Courtesies.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Tho New York
Yacht club held a meeting tonight at which
committee was appointed to present a
sorvlce of sliver to J. p. Morgon as n mark
of tho appreciation In which tha club holds
him. Tho resolutions which preceded this
action reclto Mr. Morgan'a gift of tho land
on which tho present clubhouse is built and
the use he gave tbo club of Columbia In
1899 nnd 1901 to defend tho America's cup.
Commodore Edwin D. Morgan and Captain
W. Butler Duncan wero also voted silver
sorvlces. Vote's of thanks were tendered
all members of the club who took part in
building and managing Constitution.
THOMAS RESIGNS PASTORATE
Kuilncnt Chicago Divine Will Here,
after Have Only I'malir Connrc
tlnu with People's L'linrh.
CHICAGO, Oct. 24. Dr. Hiram W.
Thomas today resigned as pastor of the
People's church of Chicago, an Institution
with which ho has been connected for
twenty-one years. The resignation was
made provisionally. Impaired health is as
signed as the cause for Dr. Thomas' resig
nation. I lo will retain a passive connec
tion with. Uw cburcb Crawlag. uto salary.
ARMED GUARDJ3RINGS HOWARD
I'otTcru' Attorney Succeed In HnvliiK
Witness tlroiiKht frcra VrnnUfort
Jury Mntcn Today.
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Oct. 21. James 11.
Howard was brought from Frankfort today
under a heavy guard.
When court convened; today Attorney
Smith, for Powers, had nsked for an order
to bring Howard hero from tho Frankfort
Jail to testify In tbo prisoner's bchnlf.
Howard was condemned to death for (ioc
bel's murder, but was granted a new trial.
The Judgo granted the order fqr Howard's
removal, but said If Howard was not here
by tho time tho defense closed the court
would not wait on htm.
Howard was brought on time nnd tho
defense nsked htm If he was In statchouso
squaro when Gocbol was shot.
"I wob not on the statchouso square or
In the executive building until 3 o'clock
that evening."
"Wero you shaved that day. or did you
havo n moustache?" he was nsked.
"I wob clean shaved, ns l am now," was
tho answer.
Howard was Introduced to refuto the tes
timony of cx-Chlef Justice llazelrigg, who
testified that he saw a man on the statc
houso steps with a black moustache after
Goebcl was shot.
"Arc you tho Mr. Howard who was con
victed of the murder of William Goebel?"
asked Campbell.
"Yes, and the Judgment was set aside,"
replied Howard.
Howard wus then excused nnd taken to
tho Frankfort Jail on an evening train.
The defenso rested Its ease this nfter
noon after spending tho day In Introducing
witnesses who contradicted tho witnesses
of tho prosecution. Tho . stato begun Its
rebuttal by Introducing "ex-Congressman
John II. Wilson. Wilson sworo that Lon
Butler, a witness for the defense, told him
on January 25, In Louisville, that Goebcl
would be killed beforo ho republicans
would submit to being robbed. Butler tes
tified that no such conversation hnd oc
curred. At tho night session rebuttal was Intro
duced to show that witnesses for the de
fenso had foretold tho Goebcl murder. A
dozen witnesses sworo that different wit
nesses for tho defense had said ominously:
"Goebel will novcr be seated; he will bo
killed;" "It Is fixed," or, words to like
effect. "i
The stato concluded Us rebuttal testimony
tonight nnd tho defense will not Introduce
any witnesses In rebuttal. The Jury will
bo taken to Frankfort tomorrow to view tho
sceno of the tragedy. f
JOHN KASSON ON RECIPROCITY
Ills Speech In the I'rltiolpal One nt
Illinois Manufacturers' llan
iuct In Chicago.
5
CHICAGO, Oct. 24. Six hundred business
firms were represented at the annual ban
quet of tho Illinois Manufacturers' associa
tion this evening. Thore Was but ono sot
speech on tho program for the evening, nnd
that was by John A. Kassonof Iowa, diplo
mat and tariff exsert, p
Mr. Kasson's address waa devoted .en
tirely to tho subject of reclproclty,-,wblcli
be viewed from every stadpont, dtvqtlng
bis. attention particularly to VS exposition'
of tho legal soundness of tho practice of
reciprocity ns demonstrated by the consti
tution and judicial decisions. He also en
tered at length Into the history of reci
procity; but perhaps the most Important
section of tho speech dealt with tho prac
tical results to be expected from tho
treaties pending beforo tho senate, tho spe
cial benefits to bo realized by each section
of the United States being clearly Indicated.
Ho began with a definition of reciprocity,
which, he said, was not new, nnd was sim
ply an exchnngo of rights or privileges be
tween Individuals or nations. Ho held that
this was perfectly natural and pointed lo
the 111 results of tho contrary or excluslvo
policy, as practiced among European na
tions. "We have come to tho parting of the
ways," said Mr. Kasson In conclusion. "We
mu3t go to the left on the Spanish rood
of cxclustvoncas nnd Industrial stagnation
in our home mnrkets and for our Insular
possessions; or go to the right on the
smooth hlghwny of reciprocity and Indus
trial expansion."
Informal speeches wero mado after the
addrpss of Mr. KasBon, whose remarks were
liberally applauded by his hearers.
ROBBER BURNED AT STAKE
Moh at Ilnlltoirn, l.onisinnn, AvenKCs
Ills Double Crime Clubs Wnnuiu
tn flench Cash Drawer.
COLUMBUS, Miss., Oct. 24. A negro
named Bill Morris, who severely beat Mrs.
John Ball at Balltown, La., was burned at
tho Btnko t)day. After being captured he
made an effort to Implicate others, but
thoy soon proved their Innocence. He was
taken to tho scene of his crime, tied to a
pine sapling with chains and his feet and
hands chained to his body. Pine knots and
pine straw were plied about the body nnd
saturated with kerosene and tho wholo sot
on fire. Tho negro mado no outcry when
tho flames first reached him and only when
ho was partly consumod did the spectators
notice any movoment on his part. Ho
mado no rcslstanco when bolng bound to
tho stake and said that, he deserved his
fate.
Mrs. Ball, whllo waiting on tho negro In
her husband's store, turned her back, when
the negro seized her and, dragging her
Into the road, he beat his victim on the
head with a pine knot ami thought ho had
killed her. Going back to tho store ho
took all tbo money In the cash drawer and
put coal oil on his feet aud on bis trucks
when leaving. Mrs. Ball recovered con
sciousness nnd crawled tn her father-In-law's.
He gave the alarm and tho neighbor
hood commenced a search for tho negro. Ho
was found nt his home, about four miles
from' the sceno of tho trogedy. Ho tried
to cbcape, but was shot by ono of tho
posse and Injured In tho hip.
REPORT THE WRONG MAN DEAD
llody In Mnrnue nt IlurTuIn ,nt that
of Fred Itourrx at .Mnry
tlllc. MARYVILLK. Mo Oct. 21. (Special
Tolegram.) Fred Rogers, son of Judge F.
E. Rogers of Maryvllle, who was reported
hy the coroner of Buffalo. N. Y ns dead
at the Buffalo morgue, yesterday, tele
phoned his father from Clarlnda. Ja today,
where, ho Is alive and well. Fred Rogers
is employed by Swift & Company and has
charge of tholr poultry .shipments, a con
signment of poultry was sent to New York
nnd a pass issued In Fred Rogers' name
to a man named Spauldlng nnd It Is sup
posed to be his body that Is In the mnrsue
at Buffalo. Fred Rogers la a brother of
A. P. Rogers,, who was shot and klllod lust
July by Ned Copeland, the absconding teller
ot the. Nebraska N&Ugaal basic el Omaha.
FACTS FROM THE RECORDS
Fuioniit liortioii Easily Oonfatod bj
Books at Statehonts.
THEIR CLAIMS OF ECONOMY RIDICULOUS
Republicans CluirKcd with tlitrava
Knnce llccnusc of the Legacy of
Debt Inherited from tho
1'oyntcr Administration.
(From a Stnft Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Oct. 21. (Special.) The claim
of tho fustonlsts that they mnlntalncd the
stato Institutions nt less cxpenso than tho
republicans Is not supported by tho records.
According to tho figures published by tho
fuslonlsts, It cost tho state to maintain lis
stato Institutions for tho six months be
ginning Juno I nnd ending November 30,
1900, II 19,611.61. Tho fuslonlsts have also
represented thnt It has cost tho stato 197,
600 to maintain tho stato Institutions for
the period beginning December 1, 1900, and
ending May 31, 1001.
Tho fact of tho matter Is that to tho
figures submitted by the luslonlsts, repre
senting the expense during tho last six
months of 1000, the sum of lf.3,000 should
bo added, ns thero wns this omount of bills
unpaid when tho republicans took charge.
Adding this to tho f 149,644.61 makes tho
total cost during tho last six months of
fusion $304,644.64, or more than 100,000
greater than they wero for tho first six
months under the present republican ad
ministration. It should also bo borne In
mind that tho fusloulsts havo compared the
period from Juno 1 to November 30, when
no fuel to spenk of is required at any of
tho stnto Institutions, with tho period com
prised largely of the winter mouths, when
upwnrd of $60,000 worth of cool was re
quired. Other I'lixlon Misstatements.
Another matter to bo considered Is that
Included In tho figures representing tho cx
penso under tho republicans aro claims and
bills Incurred by fuslonlsts amounting to
more than $20,000. In addition to this, tn
the amount charged up to the republicans
ard Included permanent Improvements and
repairs nt the Lincoln and Hastings asy
lums, amounting to many thousands of dol
lars, amounts which should not enter Into
the cost of maintenance. The fuslonlsts
squandered all tho money appropriated by
tho leglslnturo of 1899 and 1900 and In addi
tion tho legislature, at Its last session, wns
required to appropriate $155,000 to pay de
ficiency claims. All these claims wero for
supplies furnished the Institutions during
the Poynter administration.
No 'doubt ninny voters will recall the
startling disclosures of fusion frauds mado
In tha campaign last fall. Tho records
bear abundant testimony of high-handed
and reckless extravagance. Particularly Is
this truo In regard to tho asylum at Hast
ings. Tho total expenditures for December,
1900, at that Institution wero $24,641.09, ns
against $6,532.13 for tho samo month of
the preceding year, running the per capita
cost In thnt Institution for tbo month of
December, 1900, up to $1.11 per day.
As the official roports aro made, in periods
of elx'.m'oqths, nnd from the 1st of December
to-the .31st of Mythe. JieAyy. .bill of ex
pense. Incurred during the close of the
fusion administration are, therefore, In
cluded In the first six months under1 tho re
publican administration, though the repub
licans did not take charge of tho stato
government until tho 4th day of January
and did not take charge of the stato insti
tutions until tho 1st of February, The
bills Included by tho fuslonlsts, from De
cember 1 up to the tlmo thoy turned over
the Institutions to tho republicans, nro In
cluded In tbo estimated expense during tho
Inst six months under tho republican admin
istration. Whllo the per capita cost nt
the Hastings asylum during the month of
December wns $1.11 n day, under tho fusion
administration, tho average per capita cost
under tho republican administration slnco
that tlmo hns been less than 35 cents per
day. The per capita cost per day during
the last month of 1900, while the fuslonlsts
wore yet In control, Is more than twice
ns large ns It has over been slnco tho
asylum was established.
Treasurer Stticfcr's Conrse.
Tho fuslonlsts, through their newspaper
organs, havo had much to say about the
manner In which State Treasurer Stuefor
ts conducting his office. Tho one thing
which seems to concern them Is tho dispo
sition of tho trust funds. The records dis
close that Treasurer Stuefer has collected
more than twicn tho amount of money for tho
permnnont school fund than was collected
by his predecessor and has Invested more
than twice ns much In Interest-bearing so
curltics. The following nro the figures:
Collected by Trensurer Stuefer
for the permanent school fund
from Jan. 3, 1901, to Oct. 19.
1901 $1,034,2X1.03
Collected by Treasurer Meservo
from Jan. 3. 1900, to Oct. 19, 1900. 531,502.62
Amount collected by Stuefer In
excess of Meservo ,,.$ 502,780.11
Investment
Invested for the permnnent school
fund by Treasurer Stuefer from
Jan. 3, 1901, to Oct. 19, 1901 $1,030,1S5.70
Invested by Treasurer Mcservo
for the permanent school fund
from Jan. 3, 1900, to Oct. 19, liKM. 5n,5!3.60
Amount Invested by Treasurer
Stuefer nioru than by Treasurer
Mesenv $ 46S.6I2.N,
Trust fund Imlunees on hand
October 19. 1901 $137,410.60
October 19, 1900 221,208.50
October 19. 1899 3C9.0&4.79
This shows that the amount of trust
funds ci: hand or uninvested at' this time
Is $83,797.90 leis thnn It was October 19 of
last year and $231,644.19 less than October
19, 1S'I9, at which tlmo tho fusion state
treasurer was In charge.
Other llecord I'ncti.
Tho records olso show that tho average
dally balancu on hand In tho four trust
funds during tho entire tlmo of Treasurer
Meserve's last term, or from January 3,
1899, tc January 3, 1901, was $231,341.22, or
$113,930.62 moro than Treasurer Stuefer had
on hand tho 19th Inst. Tho records also
show that over slnco Treasurer Stuefer
has had chargo he has Invested a greater
amount (most of tho tlmo doublo tho
amount) than Treasurer Moscrve ever did.
Ills Investments at all times have been
larger than tho entire amount collected hy
Moscrve, yet at no time did Treasurer Me
serve havo less than $100,000 on hnnd and
uninvested, whllo his dally avcrago of un
invested funds for his last term was moro
than $251,000. Tho fact is that had Tress
urer Stuefor collected no more than Treas
ure Mescrvo ho would not havo a dollar
on hand of uninvested trust funds.
Iron Company Cnnnot (Jet Coal,
ALTOONA, Pn Oct. 2l.-Tlio Altoona
Iron company, the largest Industry out
side of tho Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany's shop, employing several hundred
men, has closed down indefinitely because
It Is Impobflble to secure cohI. This Is
duo lo tho car ramlnc existing on Dm
Pennsylvania lines occasioned by tho
enormous, freight tratllc. Tho local car
snops aro wonting double time to stipnly
Itio demand.
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Friday nnd
Probably Saturday; Light, Variable
Winds.
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4 p. m 7I
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DR. DETWILER BADLY - HURT
CntiKht In n !tiinnn) and .Severely
llrulsrd nud Mhnken ns a
Result.
Dr. A. K. Dctwiler experienced a dan
gerous horso nnd buggy escapade yesterday
afternoon and camo out of tho mclcc re
markably fteo from Injuries. Dr. Dctwiler
was ahout to tie his horse at Forty-third
and Center streets when tho animal started
forward suddenly, catching him between the
shaft and tho front wheel. Tho horso then
ran and kicked viciously, carrying him
along In the mlxup. Tho doctor tried to
climb up nn tho shaft but could not. The
horso wns kicking him In Ihc leg every
Jump, so ho wus afraid to drop down to tho
ground for fear of getting a horscshoo
planted on his head. Then ho lost
consciousness, and fell out of It somehow.
Ho was picked up and revived and brought
to his office In The Boo building, where a
hasty examination disclosed that no bones
wero broken, -but that tho right leg was a
bolld bruise from hip to knee.
Later In tho evening ho was attacked
with a vomiting spell nnd It Is feared that
he has suffered Internally,
BRAVE ACT 0FA YOUNG MAN
.lames Mtudevntit Stops a nnnavray
Horse aud Knvrs n Little
Hoy.
A horse hitched lo a buggy, both belong
ing to W. C. Rutscll, n blacksmith at 321
South Thirteenth street, ran awny yester
day afternoon on Dodge street. In tho
buggy wero tho 6-year-old son of Mr. Rus
sell and a driver. At Fifteenth and Dodge
streets tho driver got out of tho buggy to
adjust somo part of tho harness. Immedi
ately tho horse, a high-splrltcd and blooded
animal, stnrtcd on a run. At Twentieth
street Jumes Studcvant, residing at C003
North Forty-second street, rushed Into tho
street, caught the animal around tho neck
nnd held 011 until tho horse fell. A large
crowd who had witnessed tho runaway and
saw Studevant'tt act, soon gathered around
nnd almost smothered the young man with
their congratulations. No dnniago was done
to tho horso or buggy.
CLERGY BESTS THE LAITY
Clerical Faction In American Mission
ary Association Defeats Mntlou
to Decrease Secretaries.
CHICAGO, Oct. 24. Strife, between' tbo
clerical 'and lay lepresciitat'lves of the
American Missionary association culminated
tcnlght In a vlctoiy lor tho clergy. Tho
principal struggle arose over tho proposi
tion that thero should only bo ono corre
sponding secretary In tho association in
place of three. This plan was presented
by C. A. Hill, chairman of the executive
committee, who wns the acknowledged
leader of the laity.
Hardly had the matter been presented
when half a dozen of tho clergy were on the
floor asking for recognition. Rev. Dr. R.
II. Meredith said: "There is a personal
clement In this," and ho intimated that the
movoment was directed against tho clerical
secretaries. Theso words wero followed by
a debate which lasted for several hours.
Finally a ballot was taken nnd by a bare
majority tho clergy won.
BOYS DUEL WITH ANEEDLE
Thirteen-Vcnr-Old Dnvld Tlcrtistcln
Stnhs Harry lllmnielfarh to
Death In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 24. A large basting
needle, such as Is used by tailors, was tho
weapon with whlrh David Bernstein, aged
13, stabbed 17-ycar-old Harry Hlmmelfnrb to
death tonight. Today young brothers of tho
boys lad a quarrel. When the older boyB
met tonight on tho street near their homes
they took up thn quarrel of the little fel
lows. Illmmelfarb, who Is n coatmakcr's
helper, pulled from a half finished coat he
was carrying homo a big basting needle.
Hp plunged It Into young Bernstein's thigh
and ran. Bernstein, mad with pain, pur
sued him and drawing tho needle from his
leg, ho held Hlinmnlfarh with ono hand
whllo with the other hn drove the long
ncedlo Into bis heart. Bernstein fled to his
home, where ho was shortly afterward ar
rested. FLANDERS LIVES WOMAN DIES
Morphine Sepnrates Two In Colorado
Who ThoiiKht They Could
Not Live Apnrt,
DENVKR. Oct. 24. Mrs. Nollle Hardlfcr.
wlfo of Philip C. Hardlfcr, a contractor of
this city, ts dead from morphine poisoning
and William P. Flanders, a Lyons (Colo.)
hotel man. Is In a hospital and may dlo
from the sarao cause.
"Wo fixed It up to die together, for we
loved each other and could not live
apart," said Flanders, who Is a married
man, after the woman died today In his
room In tho Midland hotel. Should Flan
ders recover he will bo charged with
murder.
Movements of Occnn Vessels, Oct. '2i.
At New York Arrived Doutscliland. from
Hamburg. Sailed L'Aqultaine, for Hnvrai
Koenlgon Lulse, for Bremen, vln South-
"At'lloston Arrived Saxonla, from Liver
pool. At lliillfnx. N. H. Arrived Cart hagenlnn,
from Glasgow ttnd Liverpool, via. St. Johns,
for I'hlNdnlphlu.
At Niiiiles Arrived Hohenzollcrn, from
New York, for Henna,
At London Arrived Marquette, from
illasgow (Oot.i 2.1)-Sallcd Llvoiilan,
'AtH?Vntw'crp Httllcd-Ncderlniul, for Phil
adrlplila. .........
At QUeonstown Hailed Majestic, from
Liverpool, for New York.
At Hamburg Arrived Patricia, from
ow York
' At Hrow lloMil Passed Bovlc, from Now
York, for Liverpool.
At tho Lizard -Punted La Hrotagno, from
New York, for Havre.
At Hong Kong (Oct. 2S)-Sallrd Kniprssn
of China, for Vancouver, vln Hhuughal,
Nagasaki and Yokohama.
At Liverpool Sailed New Copland, for
Queenstowii and Boston; Tunisian, for
Qtinbcc and Montreal.
At Rotterdam -Arrived Amsterdam, from
Now Vnrk, via Boulogne Hur Mer. Hailed
Rotterdam, for Boulogne Sur Mer aud New
1 York,
FIRE AT ARMOUR'S
South Omihfc Tubing Plait Hu a Fertj-Thontid-Dollar
List.
FERTILIZER DEPARTMENT ALMOST RUINED
lard Wrk atm an Immtnia Amovat of
Threattatd Praatrty.
v. fv
TW HOURt OF STIFFEST SORT OF IATTLE
Grat Difficulty to Sara Frlghttntd Cattla
fram Viadioti.
INSURANCE COVERS THE PROPERTY LOSS
General MauaRer it. C. Ilnrrr 5ar tho
Wnrklns: of the Plant Will ton
tlnnc This Morulnir With
out Interruption.
Flro nlmost totally destroyed the fer
tilizer department at Armour's, South
Omaha, last night. By hard work the fire
men kept the flames from spreading and
thereby saved an Immcnso amount of prop
erty which at ono time was In danger.
Just a few minutes beforo 10 o'clock a
watchman discovered flames In the fer
tilizer building, which Is at the west end
of the north row of buildings. An alarm
was at onco sent In nnd tho big chlmo
whistle bounded n distress call which could
be heard threo miles.
In responko to tho alarm the South Omaha
department answered promptly, but the
stock yards department under Chief Am
bler turned the first stream nn tho blaze.
All of tho packing houses sent their de
partments and ns the water pressure was
excellent tbo building wns flooded In a
short time.
Tho flames spread with astonishing ra
pidity and when the roof fell tho blase
Illuminated tho stock yards nnd tho sur
rounding territory for a wide distance.
Cnnd MniinajCineiit Averts Much l,o.
As the various companies came up and
roporlcd for duly they were assigned- sta
tions, and by good management the walls
of the fertilizer building wero kept cool, and
thus tho flro was prevented from spreading.
It took over two hours of hard work tn
extinguish tho fire, nnd even then a couple
of streams were left to play on the ruins
until morning,
Tho flro attracted a big crowd and every
avallablo site In the neighborhood wtu
crowded with people. One of tbo Incident
of tho blaze was the removing of the cnttlo
from the viaducts, which extend from tho
stock yards to tho killing floors.
General Manager Kcnyon of the S(ock
Yards company was early on tbo ground
and he at once directed that tho cattle on
the viaduct be driven back to pens In
the stock yards. This was no easy task,
as the animals wero badly frightened by
tho glaroand tho poise.
Will 'Hot XmtfrtcJe lvlth Work.
After the fire was' Under 'cvbtrot'R. C."
Howe, general mannger of the plant, was
asked about the loss. Ho said thnt the
building was worth about $25,000, but thut
tho walls would bo saved. As for tho
contents, he could not say. Tho Impres
sion Is that the loss will amount to fully
$40,000. This Ib covered by Insurance. Hs
suld the flro would not lntcrfcro with the
operation of tho plant, but that work
would continue today as usual.
About two yearB ago thero was a flro
In this samo department of the Armour
plant, but tha loss was not nearly as
much as It Is now.
Spontaneous combustion or a spark from
the grinding machine Is supposed to bo
the causa of the fire.
REOPENING 0F HAMMOND'S
South Omaha Cltlccus Welcome the
Renewal of Activity at the
Plant.
Citizens generally nnd business men In
particular wero pleased to learn yester
day (hat. the Hammand plant nt South
Omnha, which has been Idlo for months, Is
lo bo reopened within tho next week or ten
days. In responso to a telegram from Ham
mond, Ind Charles S. Telch. assistant su
perintendent of tho Hammond plant at St.
Joseph, arrived here yesterday forenoon
and at onco proceeded to employ men lo
place tho plant tn condition for the com
mencement of operations. The maehlncrv
Is bolng overhauled, steam nnd water plpea
connected nnd other work necessary Is
being done as rapidly as posslhle. Buperln
tendent Folch expects a number of men hero
today from Chicago to assist In tho repairs,
He Btated thnt within a week or ten davs
tho plant will bo ready to commence
slaughtering.
In addition to tho work being done In tho
mechanical department the Nobratika Tele
phono company is putting In a prlvato sys
tem of telephones all ovor tho plant nnd
llnomen are engaged In running telegraph
wires, so that when tho working force ar
rives tho plant will bo In practically the
same condition as It was beforo it wns
abandoned, Some Improvements aro to ho
made In some departments, but thn main
objoct now Is to got to work slaughtering
cattle, hogB and sheep. Rumor has It that
many of the offteo forco will ho sent from
Hammond, to South Omaha as soon as the
plant opens.
Whon the Hammond plant was In opera
tion here beforo It employed between fiOi)
and 700 men and It Is expected that tho
samo forco will bo given work again.
With tho reopening of tho Hammond
plant It Is expected that the receipts at the
stock yards will be walerlully Increased,
as tho plant at St. Joseph has lately
taken Homo of the live Btock which would
ordinarily come to this market. Natu
rally tho management of tho stock yards
compnny ts pleased with tho prospects of
another packing house here and extraordi
nary efforts will bn mado to securo enough
stock to koep alt of thu houses running full
tlmo,
Tho reopening of this plant will make
some changes In tho government Inspection
force nnd It Is expected that some of thn
(aggers and Inspectors who wero ordered
avny when the houso closed last spring
will bo sent back hern for duty.
A number of prominent officials of the
Hammond company are expected to reach
Omaha today to look over tho ground and
do everything possible to hasten tho open
ing of the plant Thn rapacity of the plant
when working full tlmo Is 5,000 hogs, 2,000
rattlo and 2,000 sheep. Thin plant was thn
first established In South Omaha and the
present buildings cover over forty acres of
floor space.
Mill HolilliiK Suspects.
Up to a late hour yesterday afternoon
Chief Mitchell had not beard from tbo
Valoa Pacific detectives la retard to tha
l