The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNJS 10, 1871.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKNrNG, JANUARY 4, 1902 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
WFRIFF IS SIAIN URGES A G!AN ALLIANCE UHAHA HEIR OF F. D. PEAVEY shaw talks with president
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Wjamiig Oatlawt Kill Id f Farty
Stekbf Thlr OapUrt,
W, C. BICKER OF CASPER THE VICTIM
UiikIIkIi Organ Id'KiirilN Such Union
Advisable nn Check 1o Ameri
can .Alliance.
Successor to Ciikc Is Hcndy tit Any
Time to AKimnc Of-llcr.
Itttfti Priioir Fir Up Ii d
Othtn from Ambus-
O. I,. Wrlnht of Sioux Cltj' In Another
Lcitutce Meanest to )nr "Who
Wa Kind to Me n a
lloy."
A. 1. J.qmith Mtitititd in iU Will ftr
Ti Thtnitnd Dollirs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. X Governor Leslie
M. Shaw of Iowa, who Is to succeed Hon
N. rETERSEN OF LYONS GETS $2,000 Lyman J. Gago an secretary of tho treas
ury, arrived In Washington tonight. He U
staying at tho Arlington hotel and had been
thero but a short time when,. In responso to
n mcssago from tho Whlto House, ho
walked across Lafayette placo to the pros
ldont's home aud remained with him until
nfter 9 o'clock. Later tho govirnor called
on Speaker Henderson, lie will nave a
morn extender! conference with tho uresl
.ill.NNKAruLIS, Jan. 3. me win oi Frame jpnt tomorrow
H. I'cavey, tno well Known .Minneapolis Governor Shaw, accorded n hearty greet
grain man, who died In Chicago Monday lg (0 the Rrmlp of newgpa,,or mcu wi,0
morning, was men today m mis city aim weru nwnitinK him In the hotel lobby after
Is one of tho most remarkablo wilts ever ,,s return from tho White Houso. Hp was
nt .,, .. u-IiIkIi la thn I '"u uuiu. " V'umvb uio yuiuc ui iuu L-oiuij noneonimun entlve. however, when nsKed
LYNCHING basis on which the United States always -.JUo,uuu personal property ami leading questions about matters of financial
works. Is the only sure ground on which to rual cnio, cue uio ioiai win pruuuui uu pocy. Tomorrow Governor Shaw will coti
build." ol lu,D' fer with Secretary Gago an lo- tho Iatters
fnniinnin ,i, tinvinn- nvf "If wc o win ' cniciiy noiamo tor mo roan-1 wishes 111 surronderlnic tho sccrctarvsh n of
i.. rn..,mt.'P .,..! ilm Amnrlcnns opr In which It shows Mr. I'cavey's charac- ,iI0 treasury. Thn eovernor said he would
are to be believed when they declared them- ttr- The vust estate la divided Into hun- bt, rcft(y to ngsumo tho office by tho 22d or
...Iv... nnli...1 hi- nnrrlv I.iihIiicss cons d- us oi ni quests, r irsi oi an wic uusiuma tho 23d of January, but would suit the
eratlous. we would save ourselves fiom a Provided for. $1,000,000 of the life Insur- dtlto argeiy t0 Mr. Gngtfs wishes In tho
largo number of gratuitous humiliations "b " " "u matter.
and unprofitable speculations In stocks hav- tno wo sons-in-iaw, wno navo Dccn asso- ..M. experience has becnthat when a man
tne
of
any
date
power In the north, tho too exuberant aspl- company is men to bo formed and operated to the prcacnl secretary, rrculdont Rooec
rations of Pan-Amerlcanlum would bo I unuer tne name of r. II, I'cavey & to. volt nan left the arrangements for the
l orcmosi among uio personal nequesm chnuiro nract cal y to Mr. Gage,
stands out tho following: Tho governor will remain here for sev
T n f T, n t nUU. AM k.lnM . . . " .
aw uuuu ui -ui6i "-. crai uays uciorn rciurmnir 10 lowa
Kinu to me wnon a Doy, i,uuu."
Kvery employe of tho firm who has been
In tho scvlcc for three years Is given ono
month's salary, and tho executors aro In-
LONDON, Jin. 3. The Saturday Itovlew
will print a remarkably freo-spoken edi
torial tomorrow, In which It strongly ad
vises Great Hrltaln to form a working alll-
anco with Germany, "In order to check the
continued andapparently Incvltnblo ad
vance of tho United States Into South
America.
According to the Itovlew, "It Is the wisest
policy for thin country to encourage tho ad
uipii turc rnVMITTFF SWIFT ON TRAIL vancc of Germany In tho new world as the
VIGILANCE C0KMI1 Itt 5Wlt I un inmi. .ml,nl.ni, , ,i,P nverwholm-
Ing predominance of the United States,
Ktrt Tba Hnndni DtmiBid Mi w"'1" Is tho only other possible outcomo of
Obstho FljitlTSI. The Hcvlow disclaims all hostility to
the Unltitl Slates and says: "The solid in-
fROSPECT OF A SPEEDY
Cm til mil II I tr Him Horn the I'rry of
ThlevrN nml Von to (.'leiiu Uut
the UiUMlltn Itctrcut li)
Wholcsiilr.
oaoi -n.i, .. - i-v.-. . . ... .)., vniUo. v , tho pre- llu B,u """ has divided to quit an omce," said
,)-Now cars evening iuri'HOUUr -umod irmtltmlP of nnlltlcnl and commercial nro oeorgo w. I'eavoy. Frank T. Hertci- BOvcrnor philosophically, "he Is jealous
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pea irom jiiii. - HvnU. Wllh n tronir Kuroneall nowcr cs- "user mm r rcu . ciih. moy nro iu iuuu- tuo noura n0 nai, l0 Btay. I Cau como
o woodward, waviu ooie ami v. i , ... ... ... . ,,.nri,t ago thn builnesB for llvo years and a BtocK I imn i.,. mi n.n .hm,,... ,,r ii,
-(Special Tclu
gram
csca
Clarenc
Franklin. Sheriff W. C. Kicker followed
and overtook them at Garfield Peak, suv-enty-flvo
miles west of Casper. Tho Wood
wards, from a concealed position, fired on
.ho .hnrlrr nml slmL him from rlnh lo left
through the breast. At thlallmo it Is
lmnosslblo lo say how Berlous hu Is
wounded, but doctors think seriously. A
posse was started out at once for tho
econo of tho shooting. Sheriff Ittcker has
a wlfo and four children.
CASPEit. Wyo.. Jan. 3. (Special Tole
cram.) Ono hundred and fifteen men left
horo for tho placo whero Sheriff Illckorl npPRICC "WHITF LAVE TRADE"
waa shot. This posso went out on horse- UtHICS WnilCOUHVC innuu
back, but tho swiftest may not get there
checked, saving our cmplro from a crave
menace"
In conclusion the Review points out that
the United States will Inevitably gobble up
I ho weak turbulent states southward, when
It Is certain to formulate a I'an-Amnrlcau
tariff union acalnst tho remainder of tho
CABINET ON DEPORTATION
world, and then controlling Cuba, I'orto Rtructcd to rctalu tho old employes and to
Rico and tho Isthmian canal, convert thu
Caribbean Into nn American lake.
SchkIiiii Partly Devoted to HIni'iiniIoii
of llnrilNbliis or Iniinlnrn
tlon Laws.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Tho first cabinet
EFFORT FOR NEW CONTRACT
Elictrio
Ll;kt Company Faili to Git
Ounoilnaaio Aotioi.
NO QUORUM KNOCKS SPECIAL MEETING
Only Four Member of City Council
He n It" nri " Hmlilen Cull tor Ac
tion on .Street I.IkIiI
IntT Con t rue t.
'a special meeting of tho city council,
which wus called yesterday afternoon to
conveno last night for tho purpose of ex
tending tho olectrlc lighting contract for
three yenrs and passltig tho underground
wire ordinance, failed to materialize. Not
more than four members of tho council ap
peared at the city hall at the same time,
whereas It requires five to constltulo a
quorum. Oouncllmen Knrr, Hasrall, Mount
and Whltchorn ramo to tho city hall n
llttlo after 8 o'clock, nnd Councilman lloyo
walked In a few minutes before 9, but be
foro his arrival Whltehorn had loft. At
a quarter after 0 lloye announced that he
would not wait any longer, nnd then Karr,
Hascall and Mount abandoned the meeting.
PiiriioMC or the Cull.
The meeting wns tailed for tho special
puipo80 of taking action on a proposition
th.it had been received during the day from
tho New Omaha Thomson-Houston Electric.
Light compnny. Tho rompany proponed to
reduce tho price of Htrcot nro lights from
$114.50 per year to $91.50 per year, per
lamp, the reduction lo tnkti effect Inline
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair, Warmer,
Saturday: Sunday, Fair und Warmer In
i:st Portion; Southerly Winds.
Temiierntnre lit Oninhii Ycstertlnyl
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FREIGHTCARS FORM DEBRIS
Three TrnlitN Aro Wrecked. Kllllnir
nml Serlonnly Injurliiit
.Menihers of Crciv.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 3. Three trains
were piled up In a wreck Just west of "8Q"
tower on tho Pennsylvania railroad about
soven miles west of this city tonight.
According to the best reports obtainable
ono man wan killed and four badly Injured,
several others sustaining slight Injuries.
Tho killed und Injured wcro railroaders.
Thero wcro two wrecks. Tho first was
caused by un castbound mall and express
train that carries through paBscngors from
Pittsburg to Now York, running Into n side
track on which was standing nn castboun t
freight train. Tho wrcckngo was piled up
high over tho tracks and. before flagmen
could bo sent out ono of tho fastest west
bound freights on tho Pittsburg division
ran Into tho wreckage and, according to
l opens received hero Into tonight, much
of tho debris wns tumbled down Into tho
Concmnugh river.
Strenuous oflorls wero made to learn tho
names of the killed and wounded, but wlth-
dlately, provided tho city would extend tho I out avail. It was at first arranged to bring
present contract for stn-ct lighting, which i the Injure;! lo the Cambria hospital lit this
until aftor midnight tonight. Serious
thoughta are now being given tho posso,
nn somo have gono poorly clothed nnd llttlo
or no food. A grub wagon has Just started
to relievo them. Tho snow out thoro Is
French Orunn ItencttU Compiium
Mmlo Annliiftt Aliened Crlniplnir
nt Portland.
caro for thcra after they nro too old to
work.
Tho widow, Mary Dibble Pcavcy, Is given
$300,000 cash, $400,000 In trust and $300,000
llfo Insurance, also tho country home, High mctlline of fho now vear- was devoted to
Croft, and $10,000 annually for Its main- lho ,U8Cusslon of minor matters relative,
icnancc. UIO tlirco Children, .Mrs. t. L. . ,ha ....i..,. .lrlmrnlii. nnmni- them
Hcffclflr.gcr, Mrs. Fred U. Wells and George tho overcrowded condition , of somo of tho
W. Peavey, nro given $200,000 aptcco In buildings. Lack of space In tho Navy and
iruHt. .utiry u. rcavey oi atoux uiiy. muiit... .i . . HanAni,.tt., Au ,iAnt nn.i
. . t n,l Iil,.rl .. . . . . . . . T ULiJuiiiiiuui. id ili..j '
iA.Nii.o. rrancc, jiiii. o. i . u . m0tncr. is civen B33 nnnres or nan t biock .t . j, i ..... -i
--- . . ,, .it . . . rt.,i0,i I . . . 1 wiero was a iubuusbiuu ui iuu uuhuiulu uu-
ovor a toot acep, una somo oi iuu fu&cu puniisnes a leaning uiuviv ami a montn ror lire, utner ocqucsis p..,i,v nP npw bulldlnc. It was suk
aro apt to irecze. incro is no uouuv .wv. ln0 winio omvu n, .u Uested that If tho Department of Justice
Is dead. A vlgllanco coraralttco has beon paper follows up tho charges or crimping Loulso I). Clolland, Chicago, a sister. $15.- .i ,v, ci, ,i., ni ,n.iU i, nKnmmn.
organized hoto and tho men will probably mothods employed In Portland, Ore., con- 000 caBll an,i ico.OOO In truBt; James F. Pea- llnlcd ,n a gngIo building, thus leaving tho
do hung, 'i no wnoio conuuuuu iu iu on I uuiiod in u iciicr bib" vj emu. voy, unirago, iuu,uui) worm or notes can- nroaont ...,, wnr and navy building for
mo comoimcvi jmu uiujiumi, m uiiuiiio, uuitu .uniu.iti, ..u..ww. , cunvu, .u,uvu i ii tuju aim au,uuu in viovtuuri 0 U8e 0f the latter departments tho slt-
Bummary Jiwtlce. Kxcltemont Is at white published by this paper Dcccmbor 28, In stock; C. I Wright, Sioux City, $20,000; J. Latlon would bo greatly rclfovcd. ' No con
sent, ino cominuuiiy hub uucu mo ii- which mu wruuia uoncu . Jt t-. uucn, umcago, iu,uuu; a. 11. jaquun, elusion however was reached
thloves ana a general cleaning up win now general ai san rrancisco 10 uu umaha, jio.ooo; N. rotcrscn, Lyons, ncd., Qecmtnrv Gaire tnlkcd tor somo tlmo
demand a government inquiry into mo .uu- j2i00o, and L. T. Powers, Grangovlllo, La., nbout tho bar(1srilps Imposed upon foreign
Jecl . I'"UU tor ms son. dnnorted under the l-nmleratlon laws
Today's artlclo contains extracts from Tho Brandson, Frank P. Heffelflnger. Is ,nKtnn-pd thn raso rf a mother nnd
bo mado.
Uovernor Hlchnrl No Hired
OHEYKNNB, Wyo., Jan. 3. (Special Tel
egram.) Governor Richards has been ad
vised that Sheriff Rtcker of Casper, Wyo.,
was Bhot during a battle with outlaws In
tho mountains near Garfield peak, sevonty
flvo miles west of Casper. Tho tolcgram
did not say whether tho wounds received by
tho officer wero fatal or not. Sheriff Rlckor
was In chargo of a posso sent out last Tues-
letters of captains showing that olghty- givcn $25,000 In cash or stocks.
seven French sailors wero beaten aud dc- nov. Marlon D. Shutter of the Church of . v.i.. Ji ...nt, . .n..n
...j LI.. l,..l.l ,lrl. tt... ... . . .. I ulllS ....,.. .. ,ui .u.lD..uv..., " . n-.-r.
sencu uiuir uii loc ncnecmer. ami a wurra inenu oi mr, tn0 eyeBi Tn0 husbar. t Is now In this ; companies which cannot make n favorable
expires December 31 of this year, for a
period of three years. It wns also pro
posed that tho council Hhuuld puss' the
ordinance requiring tho electric light com
pany to placo all of Its wires within the
district bounded by Eighth, Eighteenth
and Howard streets and Capitol avenue, un
derground. .Mr. .Niiftli Kxplnlno.
F. A. Nash, president of tho electric
light compnny, nfter tho failure of tho
mooting last night, said:
"It Is duo to tho public that our reason
for desiring quick nctlon on tho part of
tho council should bo given out. A rep
resentative of our company Is now In New
York for tho purpose of Moating an Issue
of bonds to raise money, with which wo
propose to pay off our Indebtedness and
mnko improvements. This morning ho
wired mo that ho could float tho bonds nt a
satisfactory figure, provided I could get
matters at this end of tho lino straightened
out.
city, but later word was sent ihat they had
been taken to a Pittsburg lnstltutlou.
CONTEST FOR SEWELL'S PLACE
Inlcrctt litcrciiftf In 'niiiinluii for
I ii 1 1 ni Mule Seniitor In
.Vow .Ierncy.
TRENTON. N. J., Jan. .1. State Assessor
David Ilalrd of Camden, who Is a candldato
for United States 'senator to succeed Sell
ntor Scwell, had a long conference today
with Governor Vorhces. Mr. Ilalrd denied
ho was a candldato In tho Interests of any
ono else, nnd Insists that he has a ma
jority of tho voIob from South -Jersey. Thn
Interest In tho contest has not changed
within tho past few days and It Is now
believed that all tho candidates will stay
In trio field, nt least until tho republican
Joint caucus Is held, which will probably
not bo until after tho opening of the lcgls
This Is tho time of tho year, you J laturo on January II. The candidates aro
know, when eastern capital Is being placed
for Investment, but It ,1s not going into
month of November,
Lo Petit Pharo urges that French dlplo
nintlc action do taKcn in mis muiicr u
says:
"This scandal must cease. It extends
oven to San Francisco. It Is not worth tho
Peavey, Is given $(f,000,
day to capture tho Woodward brothers nnd " ' . . v't, ...rii.mmt to vote
two others, who escaped from the Natrona morchant marine simply
runititv (nil ' Unnrfnv nlffht Tfl nillWM r I v v" . . - . ., i. .
to fatten these pirates- ana pcrimi mem
to sell French sailors llko cattle at a
fair."
county Jail; Monday night. The outlaws are
suld to have been mounted and well armed,
friends having nlded them after they left
the Jail. It Is also reported that tho out
laws fortified themselves In a ravine and
when tho posso appeared opened flro. Rein
forcemcnts havo been scut but from Casper,
The outlaws nro headed for tho "Holo In
the Wall" country, a notorious hiding placo
for bandits
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 3. (Special Tel
FOUR ROBBERS ARE CAUGHT
Men Are Surrounded In Ilox Car.
Hound nml Taken in
Ton-n.
country. Tho case has ox Itcd' sympathy in
New York, but under tin Maw tho mother
must bo deported.
TO ATTEND THE CORONATION
Selection of Navy 'mi i ,riiy Jlpre-
aentntlvea la Canning jluoh .
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Jan. 3. Tho four
Cambdcn Point bank robbers woro captured
at Pleasant Rldgo, ten miles west of horo.
this evening. Three mcmbors of tho Lcav
enworth pollco force, a farm band and a
telegraph operator comprized tho party
which captured tho outlaws.
Tho robbers wero In a box car. Two of
them went to a grocory storo a mile from service has not yet beon considered by
their hiding placo and bought eomo crack- tho president or the secretary of tho navy,
LONDON, Jan. 3. A verdict of suicide era nnd cheosc. Tho storekeeper had been but tho prospoct that such selections will
BARON TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Mmi'a Futher Served nt WnnhliiKton
Under Appointment of Kin
ncror Nupolcon III.
Speculation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. It Is understood
thnt a way may bo found by which two.
naval offlcers of high rank will take part
In tho coronation ceremonies at London
showing. Part of tho money wo nro trying
to rnlso Is to go for tho conduit system,
but wo do not want to borrow It unless tho
Former Attorney General Griggs, John F.
Dryden of Essex, Uarltor Gummerc of Mer
ccr, Senator Stokes of Cumberland and
Congressman Gardner of Atlantic. The
candidacy of Mr. Griggs has grown con
siderably tho last few days, becauso of tho
underground ordlnanco Is passed. Furthor- i belief that ho Is favored by tho national
znoro, In order to carry out our plans for n administration.
bond Issue, nnd get a proper price for tho
bonds, It is necessary for us to show up
with somclhlnttrbcttor'than a contract with
tho city whloh has only ono year yet to
run.
Iteniinn for Propoxltlon.
"In view of these circumstances, I mado
tho proposition to tho councllmcn to reduce
tho prlco of streot lights from $114.50 to
$94.50, provided they would extend tho
earani.l A posso of mounted and well
armed men left Casper at noon today to during temporary insanity was returned by notified by tho pollco that tho robbera wero be mado has caused much speculation In
capturo or kin tne four outlaws tnat mur- a coroner's Jury this morning In the cbho headed in his direction and ho suspected navni circles.
dered Sheriff William Rtcker of Natronn at jjaron Charles Cauldroboilleau, who was who tho two strangers wore. The store- Tho present Indications nro that tho prcs
The question of selecting officers for this contract for three years and pass tho un
dcrground ordinance Tho acceptanco of
this proposition would have saved tho city
Just $0,000 on street lighting for this year
alone, and wo proposed that the reduced
prlcn should tnko effect Immediately. We
rnulil wnll nffnrrl In mnkii this concession
county at Garfield park last night. Tho re- f0Umi Bbot in a railroad carriages nt Lough- keeper telephoned to pollco headquarters ldent will select a civilian representative ' (0 tho city, becnuso wo could mako up the
pialna of tho dead omccr aro Doing taKon borough Junction Sunday. Home Payno. horo and thrco ofllccre wero sent to tho for tuo coronation nnu aiso ono omcor oi ogs to us and the gain to tho city on tho
to his homo at Casper. Ho was past mid- a iaWycr. testified that tho dead man wns scone. Tho box car was surrounded and tho army and ono officer of tho navy to ac-, increased prlco wo could get for our bonds."
c French baron nnd tho son of a former tno robbers ordered to lay down their guns company mis civilian, wuuo apun irum- jn tnS connection it is interesting to
1,'renoh consul general in Canada. The and como out ono nt a time. They obeyed this, tho navy will be represented by a nolo that tho mooting wns called In a
dead man's father married a daughter of after somo hesitation and wero bound so- squadron In English waters, with a rear hurried manner, without public notlco, at
Senator Denton of the United States." The curely, loaded Into a spring wagon arid admiral in corr me cnect or tuis a tmc, when ndvantngo might bo taken of
die ago and ono of tho old-timers, as well
as one of tho best known citizens In ccn
trol Wyoming,
Tho names .of tho outlaws aro: Clnrenco
"Woodward, ngod 22; Charles Woodward,
Tho situation, as It now presents Itself,
seems to Indicate that the chances Javor
either Mr, , Griggs,-Mr.Drydcn or Senator
Stokes.
M'COOK PASTOR IS PROMOTED
llev
Fnlher .Inuien W. Hlekey Leaven
Xelirnnkn Mlsxloit for Haul
em Parish.
FOXIlORO, Mass., Jan. 3. (Special Tolo-
gram.) Rov. Father James W. Klckey,
cloven years pastor of the mission of Mc
Cook, Nob., has Just been appointed pastor
of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church here
as nucccssor to Rov. Father Thomas Norrls
nnd has begun his labors.
Rev. Father Mickey was born In Lowell
LIVES LOST AT SEA
Foitj Ire Bend r Uiiii- it
Writk .f Walla Walla.
STEAMER COLLIDES IN FOG ON PACIFIC
0w Ok Mindnd Bwd, Faiungiri,
- Officii! and Criw.
ii
MANY ARE RESCUED BY LIFE-SAVING TUfiS
Fatid Ihip is Blraek bj Uiidotifiid
Sailing VmmI.
SINKS WITHIN THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES
Mil n l)rnti'iicd in nl m il u( 'l' M
died mill Fifty Thiiiimind l)i.llu, ,
:ciirly CiiMieit liy In.
nit I'll ncc.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3.-
Eurekn nt midnight suy tho list of ,i.m,i
wNsliiS In tho foundering of tho stounuv
waini walla has reached foiiy-oue. or
theso eight uro known to havo died. Tin
i villaining thirty-three nro nrnhablv n.irifi
on the ocean In two llfoboats aud on raft
Of tho 112 passengers and crow on Wull.i
vwiua it ro accounted for tin follows:
Lighty-four survivor nro nt Eureka, lor
at liig lagoon, near Trluldnd; ncven wero
drowned brforc reaching land nml one un
known woman died from (ho uhock und ex
poiurp nftrr reaching shore. This Iimwk
thirty-three unaccounted for. It Is thought
that nearly nil tire In boats) at con. but It M
possible homo wero drowned when the
Mcamur went down.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. A collision lit
sea early ThurMlay morning between the
steamship Wnlln Walla mid an unulcntllleil
sailing vessel resulted In tho sinking of thn
steamship nnd probablo loss of nt tenet
twenty lives.
Walln Walla, owned by the Pacific Conht
Steamship company, sailed' from San Fran
cisco January 1 for Pugct Sound points. It
carried sixty-llvo first-class passengers,
twenty-eight second-class and a crew of
eighteen men. When off tho const of Capo
Mendocino on the California coast at 4:10
n. ni. Thursday nn Iron bark, believed to be
French, loomed up In tho hnzo nnd crashed
Into Walla Walla's bow. Then tho sail
ing vessel slid oft Into tho dnrkncBs nnd f
was seen no more.
All tho passengers and crew of Walla
Walla except the few on watch wero asleep,
but wcro aroused by tho crash, Tho stecr
ngo quarters wero In the bow and It Is be
lieved that somo of tho stccrago passen
gers and crew wero crushed to death. A
big hole was in nil o In the steamer's bow and
It sank In thlrty-flvo minutes. Tho officers
and crew maintained strict discipline nnd
boats and life rafts wcro lowered. All who
were not killed In tho collision got off ex
cept Captain Hall, wno went down with
his ship. He wns picked up later by ono
of the boats uninjured, with tho exception
of a few brulseB,
Fljtht vtith Turbulent Men.
There was n choppy sea running nnd tho
small boats could not mako n landing on
tho shore. They drifted about all day and
Anally alxty-flvo people, were picked up by
tho steamer Dispatch, which took them to
Eureka. Another boat under command of
Engineer Drown and containing thirteen
persons attempted to land nt Trinidad and
was swamped. John Wilkinson, quarter
master; William Martol, fireman; L. I).
Rubo, passenger, and three unidentified
.1 rr i i ... . . . .. l.
of a prominent family. Ho was graduated m,uu"1 i "..
baron had been depressed on account ot brought to Lcnvenrorth. They gavo their arrangement
ti placo two naval
aged 30: F. S. Foots, aged 24; Jeff Frank- i,in,.i mnttnr. Ho lived in Ireland, whom names as C. F. Ellis. James McDonald, officers of hlgl. n service In conncc-
lln, aged 34. ha bad n larco estate. James Thornton nnd Hnrry Edmonds. Hon with the coio .non.
Baron Uolllcau's father waB formerly first
HelulU nf the Shootlim.
" ' u, nn m rnMCin t cimcninDc nrnuuo nnn
They woro confined in tho county Jail secrowiry oi uu, r.ut, - ww.wv... w. l,u,,u IjtNtHAL. W. H. 5fcHtVmiMa UCHU
ld, tho four men sawed their way out Canadian consul scnerai.
While in I
of Jail. Onco on tho -outside, they' were wnsniuBiuu ""
given horses nnd made their escape to the Den'01'8 daughter, thus becoming brother-
" I I.. 1 - . . n n.na.nl P.nm.nl Thn A1.1rt Ttnll.
InK Ilefure Faclna; Commerce
CommlKNlon.
California Official Kxplrea at Nntlonnl
Capital After 1'rolouncd
Illness.
ranch of tho Woodward Bros., at Gar
field park, sixty-five miles west ot Casper,
and not far from the notorious Hole-ln-tbe-
Wall country.
Sheriff Rtcker nnd two deputies took up
the trail Tuesday and reached tho Wood
ward place last night. The outlaws were
located in the barn, and as Sheriff Rtcker
advanced and ordered them to surrender
they opened fire. , Tho officer fell mor
tally wounded, nnd for twenty minutes the
liattto waged tlorcoly,, tho two deputies tak
ing refuge behind somo rocks. At tho end
of this tlmo Sheriff Rlcker called out that
ho wuh dying and asked to lu moved from
the ran go of tho flying bullots
Tho outlaws rotused to grnnt a truce and
In-law of Genernl Fremont. Tho elder Doll
leau later wns French minister to Peru nnd
married again. Mis widow is now living at
Pisa.
PRESENT GERMAN
KnlNer'a Anenl, It la Snld, Ilnuila List
of Demand to Prealdent
Cnxtro.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. General W. H.
Sennans. adiutant general of California,
died at Arlington Post this morning of In
flammatory rhoumatism nnd pnouracnla. He
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 3. Several freight
representatives of Kansas City railroads
havo left the city because of the Investlga
Hon of rates on grain and grain products
P.l t0 be mado by tho Interstate Commerce . Washington with the purpose of
w commission in tnis city on next Tnursuay. ,.., Bmn -PB01lnt. between his stato
""" nuuuouoo, uu. , KOvernment whon stricKen.
to consult wim tnoir general omcers in uni- oonural Seamans was 60 years old. a vct
cago, St. Louis and othor cities regarding . , . mmupr 0f tho
the line ot testimony they shall give before , L , tno Army and Navy ,caBU0
iuu tviiiiiiioniwiii wsittit 4iii auun . A f Ihn llnnilltllfl
IlF.RI.IN. Jan. 3. It has boen unofllclnlly nnd his deputy went to St. Joseph, Mo., nnd
announced hero that tho Qerman charge Atchison, nun., to serve suupoonas on ran
d'affaires at Caracas. Horr von Pilgrim- road officials and grain dealers in those
I!nltnl. has handed President Castro a clues ami u is stated mat aooui uny wil-
iiotn Iri which tho German claims ngaln3t ncsscs have been summoned
i. i. ... -i i.. j.,nj a in ...i.ii. The Board of Trade Issued a circular to
continued firing every time a deputy showed Hmin of the board requesting them to
ms nead. as tho horses of tho omcers thereto appear beforo the commission prepared to
had been Btampeded at tho first flro, ono . ".L " . " .'.- ..... submit full testimony showing tho effect of
Among thoso present at the bedsldo when
death camo was Mr. Emery W. Johnson of
Salem, Mass., a lifelong friend of tho gen
eral. Genoral Seamans' body will leave
here tomorrow night for San Francisco.
MAINE NEARS COMPLETION
deputy was compelled to walk back to a .refSV point. arbi.ray rates against Kansas City. It Is Vessel May De Finished by Fifth
ranch and secure a horse, upon which he "i ,,Lst,n tn , iha v n expected thnt all tho members of the inter- Annlver.ary of Former Ship'.
tho nbsenco ot Mayor Moorcs from tho
city, ho having left for Chicago in the
afternoon with Fire Chief Salter to look
after tho purchaso of supplies for tho flro
department.
WIFE AND PRISONER" WEEP
I'nthetlc Scene In Court When Man
In Convicted of
. Murder.
OXFORD, Miss., Jan. 3. Will Mathals,
charged with murdering two deputy United
States marshals named Montgomery, was
found guilty this afternoon.
Mathals had maintained n bold and do
flant air during tho trial, but when tho
lawyers began their arguments his nerve
aeomcd to fall him nnd when the verdict
was brought In ho broke down complotoly.
His wlfo was deeply affected and both wopt
bitterly. Tho caso against Whit Owens,
charged with complicity In tho murders,
will be called tomorrow.
Intenso excitement prevails over tho facts
brought out In tho trial and tho authorities
foar that tho prisoners will bo lynched.
Every man who entered tho courtroom to
day was searched for arms. Weapons wero
taken from several.
from Holy Cross college, Worcester, nnd
St. Joseph's seminary, Troy. Ho was or
dained in December, 1893, and was first
placed as assistant to Rev, Father Michael
O'Urlcn at St. Patrick's church, Lowoll.
Later ho was transferred as assistant In
St. Vincent's church, South Boston. He
went west In 1800 for his health and set
tled as pnstor of tho McCook mission, whero
ho brought about many church Improve
ments In bis cloven years' pastorate. Ho
returned to Lowoll last August.
. n . . .. 1 ni I HO IlllLH 1 II Ullt?BLlUll LU LUU VDUK.UUIUH
went to e-asper nnn organized anotner " a ..... state commission will be horo and that thev
Dosso. presmuui tuuuui, uu wuuoiuuiuu uH u.n- - ---- - ------ - . . . '
I t m -,.... Ikn Will I IIULIUUtl IU DLOOlULl IUI Dlilliai UUVD.
The whole country Is aroused nnd the nioium irom u....u,, ..Uu ... uu.c ..uCO
capturo or death of tho outlaws Is certain. "ul "" w -v. - DnoTnCCIPC PACCC IM PnilDT
I umvi i iub wnuw in uuuu i
FlrKt of the Culm KmtieislliiBT Trial
In Set for Hrarlnir
Todny.
-The outlaws havo horses and plenty of turo ttctlon with regard to Venezuela.
.. .1 1 1 I 1 I k I. I
iuu.. ..uu uiiunuiimun, ami wun a goou ., nlnr
start tho chaso will bo a long ouo before UntlWa UT WHn UIUO HHUC
they are overtaken.
CIUcuko .lien iieieni nnnuviiir lo
Hillllciitlnn of Whole Amer
lenn Colony,
FEW RAILROAD FAILURES
Only Four SI I nor l.lnea Ileeome
olveiit DurliiK the 1'nnt
Year.
Iu-
row. Scnors Lanuza and Desvernlne, attor-
(Copyright. 1002, by Press Publishing Co.)
NICE. Jan. 3. (New York World Cable
gram-Special Telegram.) Tho entire neys for K. O. Rathbone, will apply for a
CHICAGO Jan. 3. The Railway Aco to- American colony waB presont today on tho suspension oi uio iruu oi meir cncui uu
morrow will .v In nn vnor lnn thn arrival Of the Amerlcnn Ileot at VII O- tno Brouuu lum uio luitrriiKUVunea uuiuii
courts began to assume control of railroads tranche to wltucss a match betwoen tho ted by tho court as ordered, forwarded by
for the benefit of creditors wcro tho num.- Glg of tho war vessels Chtcago and Nash- it from the United States and other places,
bar of rccplvcrshltis so few as In 1001. vllle. Thoro were no prizes, but tho men havo not yot arrived uorc, and that tho tes-
Durlng the entire twelve months only four put up ovor $5,000. Tho Chicago gig won
unimportant lines, with n total mileage of Uy a minute over a courso of three miles.
but soventy-throo miles, became Insolvent,
During the same period new equipment
ordered und received represented au ex
penditure nf $200,COO,000.
Destruction.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. The new battle
ship Malno is 78 per cent completed, ac
cording to a report rocelved today at tho
Navy department. This Is such a rapid ad
vancement In the work of tho ship that
naval officials are satisfied It can be placed
In commission by February 15, 1003, which
HAVANA .Tnn. S Thn trlnln of hn mar. Will DO tno Win annivomury oi me sinning
growing out of tho postofflco embozzlements of tho former battleship Maine In Havana
In Cuba aro scheduled to begin horo tomor- haroor,
SNOW IN WESTERN KANSAS
rrcclnltiilliiii 'ut Siitllcli'iit, Hmrerer,
to Itellrtu Coiitliiueil SulTcrlliK
from llroiiKht.
TOPEKA. Knn., Jan, 3. Some snow fell
In w?icrn Kama today. In Saline county
the fall was light, not being sufficient to b
of much benclit to.tho wheat. In Florence
over eight Inches of snow fell and tho tem
perature dropped K. degrees. In many
towns tho scarcity nf wnter Is dally becom
ing more noticeable. Farmers in somo In
stances aro reduced to great extremities
to get water for their stock,
i
Tho time ot tho race was within twenty
eight minutes. Dances on board tho ships
followed.
UNSTEADY COPPER MARKET
lllnnrder line to Fcnm of Continued.
Cut In 1'rleen liy Aimil-Kniniited.
LONDON, Jan, 3. The copper market was
unsettled today, on the commencement of
ahlpmeuts ot metnl from tho United States
and fears that tho Amalgamated Copper
company contemplates a further cutting
of prices. Representatives of tho Amalga
mated company have applied to the metal
exchange for authority to add three new
brandB of American copper to tho list of
those which may already bo tendered
usaloit contracts.
TO CHRISTEN KAISER'S YACHT
Prrsldent'n ICldenl- DmiKhter Aeeept
Invitation to llrenk llottle on
Kmperor'a Craft,
tlmony already received haH not yet been Washington. Jan. 3.-Mlss Alice Roose-
translated isio ojmnisu, as nas uecn aone veUi tno e,,,e8t daughter of President Rooso-
wlth the othor documonts In the case.
If tho court does not grant an adjourn
ment of tho trial of Rnthbono until such
time as tho evidence shall be fully pro
pared, Sonors Lanuza nnd Desvernluo will
withdraw from their positions as counsel
for Rathbone on tho plea that under such
conditions their client should not be tried.
Kviiiih KeeiiH llnth Plncen,
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Dudley Evans,
who has just been elected acting president
of Wells, Fargo & Co., will retain his
present nosltlon nf second vlco president, at
oat until thn next annual mooting of the
directors, when ho may be made permanent
president of tho corporation.
KIIIn Due of Ihvn lluee.
SAVANNAH, On., Jan. 3-Erncst Out
land was hanged hero todny for tho murder
ot Tom Mltcliel one year ago. llotU wcro
I nogroea.
velt, will christen tho German kaiser's now
yacht, now building at Staten island, Now
York. This announcement was made at the
White House today. The kaiser's Invitation
to Miss Roosevelt was extended through Dr.
von Hollobcn, the German ambassador to
tho United States,
SAMPSON'S HEALTH IMPROVES
TnkcN Short Walk and Given
deuce of Enjoying the
HxercUe,
I5v.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Tho condition of
Rear Admiral Sampson today shows boiih
Improvement. Ho took a short walk and
ifftvo evidence ot enjoying thu exercise, His
family desires to add nothing to that al
ready published concerning tho symptoms
of uia maiaoy.
CAR WRECKED BY DANIMITE
Occupied liy Suttlcy Kniployes, Wlm
Escupe Without Serious
Injury.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 3. A street car
which was convoying thlrty-flvo employes
of tho Sattley Manufacturing company from
the plow works this evening was wreckod
by dynnmlto at Ninth street nnd South
Grand avenue, near tho plow works.
Thonelt the passengers wero thrown Into
a panic, no ono wns seriously Injured. The
police offlcers who woro guarding lho car
and who had Just escorted tho nonunion
men from tho plow wofks mado n vigorous
but unsuccessful search for tho perpetra
tors of the outrago.
The Sattley company has offered a roward
of $5,000 for tho arrest of tho dynamiters.
MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE
Man Ho nitcd fur KIIHiik Uncle Diem
I with Denial on IIIh
I.lpx.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 3. William A.
Scaton was hanged at 8 o'clock this morn
Ing for tho murder of his undo, Daniel
Richards, December 6, 1900, Ho died as
sorting that ho was not responsible for the
crime, Seaton, armed with nn axe, was
said to havo brained his sleeping uncle,
Daniel Richards, severely wounded Myrtle
Hapgood, aged 7, and Hazel Hupgnod, aged
5, mid sorlously cut bis ulster, Mrs. Roy
Clarke, aged 22. He slightly wounded ft
neighbor, John Kennedy, und received
pistol wound In the nock wbllo resisting
arres
COURT ENJOINS STRIKERS
DeeldeM thut Peaceful MethoiU
Lawful, However, If Prop
erly Exercised.
Are
CHICAGO, Jan. 3. Judgo ChitJaln. in the
circuit court of Cook county, today granted
the Robert Tarrant company a temporary
Injunction against striking machinists, but
In doing so delivered nn opinion, said to b9
tho direct antithesis of a recent ruling In
tho federal court.
Judgo Chotlaln said strikers bad tho
right to iiho peaceful mothods In ttnlr
fights and declared that "a patrol or picket
may not necessarily Imply force or a throat
of bodily harm." ,
In granting tho Injunction tho court ex
plained It was not because the placo was
plckoted, but bocnuso there was ovldenco
that tho plrkota had used violence. The
court doclared that persons charged with
violating an Injunction should not be
Judged by a magistrate on a chargo of con
tempt of court, but should be given a Jury
trial.
CRUSADE AGAINST THUGS
CltUeiiH Hold MnMM MectliiR to De
termine un Systematic
Action,
DENVER, Jan. 3. Fully 2,000 citizens of
Denver held a mass meeting In Lincoln
park tonight for tho purpose, of effecting
an organization to aid In ridding this city
of tho thugs that have for the last two
years maintained a reign of terror by rob
beries, murdors nnd assaults committed In
all parts of tho city. Tho immcdlato causo
of the mooting was tho murder of Harold
Frldborn and tho outraging of his 10-year
old sister on tho night of Docombcr 31.
Dr. Stephen Grant, a well known physl
clan, presided at the meeting and several
addresses wero made, after which tho mcot-
Ing adjourned to Sunday afternoon at Coll
seura hull, thn largest auditorium In the
city, when It Is expected tho permanent or
ganization will be effected.
Movement of Ocean Vcncn Jan, M,
At Cherbourg Arrived: Vnderland, from
New York, for Antwerp.
At Hamburg Arrived: Pretoria, from
Nnv York.
At tjucenstown Arrived: unmpantn, irom
New Yi rk, for Liverpool
Al iicno.i Arrived:
New York
Karamnnla, from
At Llvernocl Arrived: Rhvnlfind. from
I'hliniieipiua; uermunic, irom now vorK.
At London Bulled: Munltou, for Now
voric.
At Movlllo Sailed: Pretorlnn, from Gins
now. for Halifax.
At Halifax Arrived: Ionian, from Liver
pool, tor Du j onus, ti, u,
John McClcllan, Coal Passer William Shlnn,
Sailor O'Leary, Chief Cook Marshall and
Passongors William B. Smith nnd William
Moorchouse.
When Dispatch reached Eureka this
morning tugs wcro Immediately sent out
for missing boats. The tug Ranger picked
up ono containing eleven pnssengers and
three of tho crew.
Walla Walla was valuod at about $250,000.
It was formerly used as a collier and about
ten years, ago was converted luto a passcu-
ger vessel at a cost of $175,000. Tho vessel
was insured for ubout $200,000.
Shlpiuiin Ulvea Story.
Georgo Reise of San Francisco, a member
of the crow, gav this account:
It wns 4:10 a. m. when the French vessel
hit, Wnllu Walla In the bow. All wer
asleep, the weather was clear nnd tho sou
was rolling high. The pussengers wero
dumbfoundi'd and rushed out of their stntu
rcoms and mo hock was crowura, i.upiuiii
Hull went down inlo the Hteerngo mid
feund n family of seven fastened In a
room. Two girls of 12 and 11 years worn
fntitoni'd between timbers. Tho girls were
released nnd tho family nsslHted out ol
their berthH. Everybody prepared to Icavo
the vessel when tho captain said It would
sink. Llfo boats and rafts wero lowurod,
llfo preservers wcro nut on und tho puh
hengors wcro lowered to tho boats. Tho
vessel did not sinx until ino a. m., giving
the crow nnd passengers nmplo time to
leavo the steamer. Slxty-threo persons
were lowered, the life-saving boats then
being lllled. Tho excitement grow intenso
among tho remaining passengers: woman
screamed nnd men nnd boys hurriedly
Jumped off the Bteamer. Sevornl did not
lenve until It started to sink. Tho olllcors
were cool and collected, uoiiiB-ovorytninB
osiulcn to save tno pussengers, rno ono
nnwfl the cnuso of tho collision but tho
Hcrnnil olllcer and he was misslnir ns soon
as tho French vessel penetrated tho steam
er b how. it was iuu a snort time mini it
withdrew, leaving tho pansengora at tho
mercy of thn high sen and lumllug no na
Hlstanco whatever.
Wo wcro drirting nero and more, sixty
threo In tho lifeboats und rafts, for over
iIvm hours. The boat I wuh In had twelve
survivors, Including two women. A woman
gnve mo a reu mure to hikihii uio meauier
Dispatch. Wo woro recognized and souit
rescued.
Tho officers, lenrnlng of tho wreck,
conrchod for others. It had aboard slxty
threo passcngcrB. Dispatch wns bound from
San Francisco to Seattle, but pulled Into
this port to land tho rescuod passengers.
Captain Halt, with tho first mate, wus saved,
lho remaining olllcors being lost, Walla
Walla v-as partly submerged, both boilers,
exploding and sending ploccs of tho csscl
In overy direction. Tho tugboat Bauhner
arrived hero at 10 a. ni. with fourteen other
passengers picked up along the coaut.
Among thoso saved wero six women. A
southwestern wind had drifted them fifty
miles up tho coast from whero tho wreck
occurred, Tho sea becoming rough, It was
dangerotiH for them to land, compelling them
to romaln at sea,
Captain Hall Is at tho Hotel Eureka so
voroly Injured. Two Ufo-savlng boats and
ono raft nro yot unaccounted for.
1,1st of Snrvlvorm
Tho list of survivors at Euroka Includes
the following pussengois:
First Cabin A B. McClollan, San Fran
cisco; Mrs, C. HuBllngs, Victoria; Mrs. It.
F. Edgar, San Joso, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. Ja
cob Miller, Scattlo; Joseph Roborts, San
Francisco; Miss Gcrtrudo A, Cadlen, San
Francisco; Mrs, J, L. Tluimons, Dawauaj