v2
THE OMAHA DAILY JJEEi SUNDAY, JULY 0, 1002.
9 1
felephoaas 8ll-H.r
r-v" "A""'.: '' designs, at 19c yard.
'' too and 25c Imported Madrss od Zephyr now 15c yard.
' .'lfd add ')o' Shirting Madraa now at Htte yard.
15o and 12Ho Zephyr Olnghama now at lOo yard.
S' rlBe,':'lio aodr.Oc Dlmltlea now at lOo yard.
16c, 12Hc, 10c Lawni and Dlmltlea, 15o
Madras, ft Dlmltlea now on countere at 5c per yard.
i- v Special Solo of Etamltio Linen for Ladies'
. Shirt Waist Suits .
( Monday morning we will placa on ipeclal aala all our T5o and 5oo colored Etamlna
llnena.ln plain colon, such a cadet blue, white, green, lliht blus, navy, etc.
; Monday's price 26c per yard.
: Thompsom,Beldeh sXo.
T. M. O. A. VIUHia, COM,
tkls connection It may be recalled that
President Burt himself gave It out that
the company 'bad decided ' to Introduce
piecework In every , department of the
shops. '
, ... , .President Not Sararlsed.
A President Burt expressed . no surprise
yesterday when he learned that the black
amlths had joined the army of strikers.
He had , anticipated as much. The offi
cials NSfftrm that the road haa not yet
Offend from the effects of the strike,
despite ' the ' declarations of the strikers
that the equipment and repairing facilities
are running very low and that trains are
generally delayed becauae of deficient help
nd-taclllllea. ' ' '
On shopman aald yesterday:"
("It haa become necessary to use wheels
off freight cars on passenger coaches that
require repairing; our castings are nearly
gone and wo cannot patch up thlnga much
longer ao that the operation of tralna can
be kept up with any degree of regularity."
This man waa naked It tba new men do
satisfactory work. He replied that they
wera not capable of doing first-class work;
that only a very few were skilled workmen
nd'most ' of 'them 'evidently " never had
experience of th Vlnd that ta required
ii the shops. - .
,'- Machinists Oat at Bawlln, .
Ths machinists received word last night
front Rawlins that all union men wera idle
nd but four nonunion men wera at work J
In the abopa. Bad motive power and Irreg
ular train service were reported from this
place: ' At-Evansten the machinists have
teen unable yet to Induce thetr men
to leave. The entire force remains at
work. ' '
The company atlll keeps Its yarda and
the Imported crew from, Chicago under
eloae surveillance, guard being ' on duty
day and night. Not only are the yarda
under protection, but picket are stationed
t the Union depot and at, the entrance
of the depot yards. All these guards' art
private cltlrena. many of whom were tor.
marly in the company'e employ. No vio
lence haa been encountered and the most
erloua task aeema to be to prevent the
imported workmen from escaping to the
outside.
They Come la Street Car.
Tha first and second' carlosds of non
union man were brought Into the abop
yarda by means of a switch engine from
Council Bluffs. But by this, arrangement
new trouble arose and yesterday when ths
laat lot cam they were. glven transporta
tion In the electrlo motor from Council
Bluffa to Omaha. The switchmen in tba
yarda balked at transferring cere with non
union men aboard and declared they would
trtke it asked to do ao again. The torn,
pany surmounted this possibility of new
difficulties by having the men brought over
In the Street cars. .; ' '
Gompers Meeting; Monday.
President Samuel Gompers of the Amer
Icaa Federation of Labor and President
Jamee O'Conbell of tbe International Asso
ciation of Machinists will- be In Omaha Mon
day and will address mass meeting at
Washington hall. Aside from dealing with
th general subject of organised labor, the
peakara are expeoted to devote torn time
to th Union Paclflo strike. .
Mr. Oompera and Mr. O'Connell go from
Omaha to Ban Francisco t attend th meet
lng of the executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. ''
TO SETTLE THE GLASS WAR
Oa Mora Effort la ta Be Mad ta
Brias Ahoat Settlement
of iBTerenee.
PITTSBURG, July . One more effort la
to be made to bring about settlement of
th window glsss war that haa been rag
ing during tha last year. Prealdent J. A,
Chamber of the American Window Glaaa
company haa taken th. initiative In calling
meeting of all manufacturers In Cleveland
July 10 for the purpoae of considering the
present conditions of th glass trade and
urglag united action In brloglag about -bet
ter prices. The Invitation haa been x-
teaded to everyone Interested In th menu
feature of window glaaa and Includes th
Independent Glaaa company.
HYMENEAL
Graves-Hat havvar.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., July 8. (Special.)
Joseph Oravee and Mlak Mabel Hathaway
were married at Pawne City by Rev. Bal
lard of tba Baptist ehurth f that city, th
ceremony taking place quietly. The groom
la well known resident of, thl city, while
ine oriae na tor several years resided with
ter parenta at Guide Rock. They at once
came here to take up housekeeping tn tha
groom a residence en Grand avenue,
-Dragged'Down
In the loina.
Nervousness, on refreshing Sleep, aeipoo
If Is tithe you were dolnjt soraethtnr.
) Tba kidney were anciently called tha
rein. in your cae they are holding the
. reins ana anviiur you wio serious irouDte.
' Hood's Sarsaparllla
Act wlisT th moot" direct beneficial eflect
'Po stie-tidneyi.. HeonUlus the best and
safest tuDaiaucet tor oortauUiid and
1 tbeea arga&a.
Be. July I, lfoj.
Lacnst.
Great Clearing
Sale on
Wash Goods.
There never will be a better oppor
tunity this reason to boy t"he choicest of
-"Wash Goods at such greatly reduced
prices.
Fine Imported Fabrics that sold up
to 75c yard now on sale at 25c.
25c Imported Irish Dimities, choice
tTH AJID MVfiUJ m.
CHURCHILL FILES REPORT
Summary of Earalu of Investigation at the
Winnebago Agancy.
CONTENTS NOT GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC
Secretary Hlteheock Mates He Hopea
to Take la the- Matter and Arrtye
at Soma COaelaalon at aa
Early Date.
(Ftom Btft Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 5. (Special Tele
gram.) The long-expected report of Frank
C. Churchill, special agent of tbe Interior
department, baa been received by Secretary
Hitchcock. Mr. Churchill waa sent to the
Omaha and Winnebago agency several
weeks ago for the purpose of making an
official Inquiry Into the method practiced
by Agent C. P. Mathewaon In the leasing
of Indian landa to white people. He waa
further commissioned to examine Into
agency mattera generally. Into the methods
of tbe agency trader and generally to re
view the entire conduct'' of the reserva
tion. Mr. Churchill remained on the rem
ervatlon for several weeks, it la reported.
examining ' witnesses, taking testimony and
making a aystematle Inquiry Into the
charge that have been filed against th
agent and the general conduct of the agency.
Secretary Hitchcock said today that he an
ticipated taking up the aubject of the
charges against Agent Mathewaon In con
Junction' with Special Agent CburehlU'a re
port early, next week, and that he hoped
to reach a conclusion before bla departure
for BU Leu I:.
Whn asked, If , he could give generally
the Hidings of, Mr. Churchill, the secretary
Stated that U waa confidential matter and
Would be so treated until his conclusion
wera arrived at. From other aourcea it
waa learned that Mr. Churchill's report la
most voluminous document, comprising
not only seventy-live pagea of matter per
aonal to the mission upon which he was
sent, but embracing nearly 200 documents
of one kind and another, having bearing
upon the several specifications upon which
he waa required to report.
Speaker Headeraoa does Flahlaa;,
Speaker and Mrs. Henderaon have gone to
Saratoga for tew daya, but will return to
New York on next Saturday to meet thetr
daughter. Miss Belle Henderson, who haa
been atudylng vocal music in Europe and
who arrlvea 1 this country on that day.
Accompanied by their daughter. General
and Mra. Henderson will apend some time
on the Thousand Islands, guests of Mr. and
Mra. Irving Batcheller. The speaker will
here do his summer fishing, spending about
two weeka. in' tfcat occupation. General
Henderaon will go to Iowa to be present at
the atate convention, which la to be held
at Dea Molne. After th convention he
will-go east, to be the gueat, with Mra
and Mlaa Henderaon, of Mr. and Mra. M
M. Parker of tbla city, who have taken
cottage at Camden. Me. The latter part of
August or th first of September will find
mm again in Iowa, where he expect to
actively open his campaign on September
lo. After he haa apoken at leaat one In
each of the nine countlea which eomprtse
the Third congressional district the speaker
will go into the national campaign, having
piacea nimaeir at the disposal of the re
publican congressional committee.
J. W. Richards of Waterloo, private sec
rotary to Speaker Henderson, and Mra,
Richard will leave Washington tomorrow
for Colorado Spring, where they will spend
tne time between now and the opening of
to campaign in Iowa, In which Mr. Rich
ards will participate.
Senator Allison expecta to leave for his
noma in Dubuque' next Monday and will
remain quietly In Iowa for aome time
Asked whether he expecta to make any
speeches in the coming campaign, he atated
that be thought he had made enough of
speeches to last blm until the next session
of congress, but that he might, however,
make one or two speeches, but he had so
plana regarding tha matter.
Adam McMullen. secretary to Senator
Dietrich, and wife will leave early next
week for Nebraska, going by water to New
York, up the Hudson to Albany and thence
to Buffalo and the lakes to Chicago, and
by rail to their Nebraska horn
Ageat Mathewaon of the Omaha and Win
nebago agency will abortly receive in
atructlona aa to the manner of procedure
In the enrollment of th Omaha Indiana
for th purpose of ascertaining the per
capita amounts te be paid these Indiana
out of the appropriation of $100,000 which
the Indian appropriation bill acta aald
from their money in the treasury tor their
Individual uae. It waa expected that tbe
payment would be made In August, but
la view of the time that may elapae be
fore, the rolls are received from tha agent
and then approved by Secretary Hitch
eook. Acting CeenmUaloaer Tanner atated
today that It might be September before
ths money waa distributed.'- '
1 Chaplain w;illm T Anderson, Tenth
cavalry,' will proceed to Jot -his regimes
at Fort Kobinaon. bis sick, leave having ex
pired. John Wick ha been appointed pestmaster
at Ilk Meantaln, Carbon -county Wyo., vice
K. M. Moerke. removed.
Th postmaster at Davenport, ,Ia.i wlil be
allowed tw additional letter carriers, to
take effect November t.- . '
Rural free delivery servtc Will be estab
lished en September 1 a. -fellows la Iowa!
Fort Dodge, Webster uoty. two saute;
area covered, forty-four aquar mil; pep-
ulatlon served, 1.O00. Olsdbrook, Tama
county, three routea; area, ninety-tnre
aquare miles; population, 1,2(6. Norway,
Benton county, one route; area, thirty
aquare mile; population, 475. Preston,
Jackson county, one route; area, twenty-
one equs re miles; population. 411.
Postofllcea discontinued: Sheridan,
Poweshiek county, la., mall to Malcom;
Romeyna, Phelps county, Neb., trail to
Harden; Hatton, Albany county, Wyo., mall
to Centennial.
VALUE Of MISSOURI FARMS
Ceaeae Bareaa laaaee Report Which
Shows Then to Ba Worth
8 43,879,213.
WASHINGTON. July 6. The farms of
Missouri number 28f.8S. valued at SMS,
179,212, according to a censua report Issued
today on agriculture In Missouri for the
census of 1900'. The total vahie of farm
property waa II. 033,121,897, which includes
$28, 402, 680 as the value of farm implements
nd machinery and 160,640,004 aa tbe value
of livestock. The total value of farm prod
ucts for 1899 was $219,296,970, of which 43
per cent was In animal producta and 66 per
cent In cropa, Including forest products cut
or produced on farms. The total value of
farm products for 1899 exceed that for 1889
fcy $109,646,946, or 100 per cent. The gross
farm Income of the atata for 1899 waa $161,
144.610, and gross Income upon Investment
16 'per cent.
FOR BATTLESHIP NEBRASKA
First Consignment of Armor la
Shipped to Seattle for New
Veaael.
WASHINGTON, July 8. The armormak-
ers appear to be keeping up a ateady pace
longslde of ship construction. Todsy ths
Navy department waa Informed that the
rst consignment of armor for the new bat
tleship Nebraska had been ahlpped. It la
learned that the armormakera are turning
out their product at the rate of 10,000 tons
year, with expectation of considerably
Increasing this rate, ao that there appears
to be no prospect for complaints on the
score of nondelivery of this protective ma
terial. ATTACK THE CUSTOMS HOUSE
Commander McLean Makes Report
oa Revotntloalst la
Veneaaela.
WASHINGTON, July 6. Secretary Moody
haa received tbe following cablegram from
Commander McLean of the Cincinnati, dated
Lagulafa, via Haytl, July 4:
Topeka reports that forty revolutionists
ttacked the custom housa at Quanta yes
terday; secured four Mausers, some ammu
nition. Fled to hills on appearance of
troops. Captain visited Barcelona. Infor
mation, Matoa 3,000 men at Uric, well
armed but Inactive. Three thousand more
In state Bermudes. Estimated entire force
revolutionists in country 10,000. Small bands
revolutionists this vicinity; some firing
nights. Foreigners not molesled either side
yesterday. Two hundred and thirty more
troors who came here from Caracas re
called today In haste. Steamer Ossum goes
t-uerio caoeuo, troops. ,
MAY REPRIMAND SMITH
Generally Understood that This Will
Ba Action of Secretary Root
and President.
WASHINGTON. July 8. Secretary Root
will take the papera Id the case of Gen
eral J. H. Smith .and of Major Waller with
htm when he goea to Oyster Bay next Fri
day, with view to final action there on
them by the president. In the meantime
the secretary declines ,to. announce tbe re
sult of the trial or General Smith. But,
regardleaa of th findings' of the court-mar
tial, it is practically admitted at the War
department that. he will be .reprimanded for
carelesa and intemperate language to Major
Waller In connection with the or d era of
the Samar campaign.
KILLING IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Teamster Shoots Cltlsen of Blunt with
Fatal Effect, bat Lynching
ta Averted.
PIERRE, S. D., July 8. (Special Tele
gram.) The village of Blunt, twenty-five
mile cast of here, - waa atlrred up thla
morning 'by an alleged to b cold-blooded
murder. Milton Gunsalusman, prominent
eUlzen, waa shot In the back by Bert Lin-
ney, a teamster. There wera threats of
lynching and officer at one started for thla
city with Llnney.
State' Attorney Goodner has ' gone to
Blunt and an Inquest will be held thla aft
ernoon.
. PIERRE. S. D., July 6. (Special Tele
gram.) Fred Llnney, the man who did
the ahootlng at Blunt thla morning, ta In
jail in thla city. Under the advice of hla
attorney he declined to make . any state'
ment.
. Further reports from that town today
Indicate 'that the ahootlng waa a result
of quarrel. After the quarrel the men
aeparated. Llnney went to hla house and
secured a shotgun with which he did the
hooting. The report of the coroner' Jury
ha not been learned.
Many Woald Bay Boada.
1 SIOUX FALLS. S. D-. July 6. (Special.)
A great many bid are being receive for
the purchase of th bonds to ba aold by th
commissioners of Hanson county for th
erection of a county courthouse. Bids for
the purchaae of the bonds will be opened
July II and It Is probable that some of the
bidder will be awarded them without do
lay. Tha bond will aggregate $20,000 and
will be issued In denomination of from
$100 to $1,000. They will bear interest at
the rate of i per cent, payable January 1
and July 1 of each year.
Rata Mare Tyaeall's Foarth.
TYNDALL. 8. D.. July B. (Special Tel
gram.) Three thousand people celebrated
the Fourth here. A grand parade of In
dustrlal Interest ushered in the exercises,
Father J. R. Hlggins gave Polish oration
and Rev. John Batter spoke In the evening
An excellent ball game between Avon and
Daisy Valley waa called at the end of the
ninth inning on account of storm. Score,
f to 1- Races and other sports were post
poned on account of very heavy rain, but
fanners went home Jubilant at crop proa
pacta. ' '
laaeet Canaea Consternation.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. July 5. (Special.)
Bom alarm haa been caused among the
farmera In th vicinity of Toronto by th
appearance of some unknown Insect, which
Is causing damage to wheat fields In a 11m
Ited area. Th tnaecta are la great num
bera and attack the wheat stem short dta
tance above the ground, completely destroy
lng the grain. But few fields have thua tar
been attacked.
Ware Will Sneak at Renalon.
BEATRICE. Neb,. July 8. (Special.)
Pension Commissioner Eugene F. Ware baa
been engaged to apeak hare one day durin
th coming southeastern Nebraska district
rsunlon. The exact date for hla appear
anc haa not been made.
Elonera Retara ta Gear.
BEATRICE. Neb.. July 8 6peclal.)
Ray Phillips and Mlaa Blanche Reed. to
young people who eloped from thla etty
few days ago. were married at Oketo, Kan.
Thursday. They have gone te Fllley, where
SWIFT SUFFERS- HEAVY LOSS
, v. ' .
Fire Breaks Out in Chicago Plant and
Damaga BaaoLea $500,000,
ONE BUILDING IS TOTALLY DESTROYED
- V
Bias ftart Hear Balae ItoOaa aad
For. Time Other Pleats at th
Stock Yarda greased
Doomed.
CHICAOO. July 8. By fir which brok
out In their plant at the stockyard to
night Swift and Company Buffered a loss
which Is estimated by th officials of
tha company at $600,000. Th fir waa con
fined to one building standing at th in
tersection of Packers' avenue and Broad
way. This atructure was four atoriea high,
built of brick and waa 300 feet square.
The first floor waa occupied by th Whole
sale meat market of th company;, th
second, by tha ablpping department, and
the third and fourth, "by th general offices
of the company. Th latter are said to Bava
been the largest single office! In th
United States, more than 800 employe
working on one of - th floor in single
room. Th cause of th fir la not known,
but it waa discovered near the engine
room. It spread ao rapidly through th
building that it waa .found impossible to
sav anything in th atructure.
Th first arrival? of the fir department
were unable to check the fir and repeated
calls were sent in tor assistance, but all
the engine that the department could
gather were not able to prevent th entire
destruction of the building. Within an
hour after tbe Are waa discovered th
building waa ruined, although it continued
to blase for a long time.
The burned butldln adjoins portions oi
the plants of Armour d: Co. and Libby, Mc
Neil A Llbby, and for time the Ore de
partment bad a desperate fight to keep these
building from the flames. Th wind was
blowing strong from the southwest and at
times the flumes were touching tha aid of
Armour s building, but th firemen managed
to confine the fire to th building in which
it had broken out. All th book and office
record of Swift and Company were In th
burned building, but they are thought to be
aafe. aa they were In fireproof vaulte.
W. J. McGonlgle, the auperlntenflent or
the plant, aald tonight that the loe will
ggregate fully $500,000. There were, ne
aid. $.925 beeves In the building and great
Quantities of green hides and tallow. Th
eneral su'onlles of the company were stored
In the many markets and cellars ana very-
thing In and about the building waa de-
troyed. Superintendent McGonlgle tele
phoned to Mr. Swift, who waa at bis coun
try home near Lake Geneva, that the loss
would be total. The insurance earned by
the compan) will cover all losses.
Barn Wear Osceola.
OSCEOLA, - Neb., July 8. (Special.) A
large barn belonging to Henry Burba, Just
east of the village, was totally destroyed
by fire yesterday afternoon and no one
seems .to know the origin of the bias. Th
family waa in Osceola Celebrating the
Fourth of July and there waa no on
home but the little girl. Th barn waa In
sured for $250 and the loaa will b mere
than double the amount. It waa cna of the
largest barn in the county.
. Fire at Oakland, 111.
PARIS, III., July 6. Oakland, I1L, a town
of 1,000 Inhabitants, located west of Paris,
waa visited by very severe fir . Friday
night a result of a skyrocket falling on
the Tlbba furniture " store. That building.
long with th other buildings oa th seat
side of the square, were destroyed,- the
fire burning ell night.- Th loss is larg
considering the sire of th towa: partially
covered by Insurance.
Entire Town Destroyed.
ANADARKO. Okl.. July 8. It - was
learned definitely today that the entire
town of OetebO, a small place on the Rock
Island system. In Kiowa county, was de
stroyed by fir ' yesterday. Loaa about
$25,000; Inauranc light.
Paint Manataetarln Plant.
PHILADELPHIA, July 8. Th building
of the 8. P. Wethertll company's paint
manufacturing establishment waa deatroyed
by fire today, entailing a loss estimated at
$70,000.
HAVOC IN WAKE OF STORM
Devastation Wrongs t y flevere Gala
and Delace In Saatb Dakota
ana Minnesota.'
ST. PAUL. July 6. Special from point
In southern Minnesota end South Dakota
report one of the worst rainstorms la many
month fell last night. Around Wllmot,
8. D., considerable damage by wind was
done to farm buildings, smaller structures
being completely wrecked. Crops were
damaged in Goodhue county, Minnesota,
and in Red Wing lightning struck and
rift ma red bulldlnca.
HURON, 8. D., July 8. (Spelal Tele
gramsHeavy rain and hailstorm Friday
evening seriously damaged crops along ths
line of Spink and Beadle countlea. The
district Injured la three mile wide and
bout' twelve mile long. Windowgla
waa broke and much other damag fe-
ported. ' "'
ROTTEN ; GOLD MINING 1 DEAL
Arlseaa' Caryaratlaa Alleced t Have
Swindled Many Chicago
People.
CHICAGO, July 8. Upon allegation of dl
honest and corrupt methods of management.
by which the directors of th Model Ooid
Mining company, an Arlsona corporation,' It
ta charged, have made fortunea at th ex
pense of the stockholder. Joseph H. Mar
ahall haa secured from Judg Tuthlll th
appointment of a receiver, R. H. Thatcher,
who 1 now in charge of th company's at
fairs. Ths amount involved In th taae.
may run up to '$1,000,000, and hundred of
resident of Chicago and "vicinity, meiud
lng policemen and persons of Catholic eon
pactions, ara aald to havs been victimised.
Frank Jager la alleged to hava beet th
manipulator of the affair of tba corpora
tlon.
THREE DROWN IN RIVER
Haabaad, Wife and llstes Caaght I
Rapids at Beaten ftarhor aad
Meet Death.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich.. July $. Ru
dolph Btefflck, his wife, Mrs. SlsflJck, and
his sister, Miss Btefflck. sll rf Chicago,
were drowned here this evening in the St.
Joapeh river.
A party ot four, which Included th three
who were drowned, were unacquainted with
tne beach and tbe river current and ware
carried under by th rapid etream.- Death
resulted immediately to the hueband, wife
and sister,- while tbe fourth member of th
party, John Thorpe,' whe had gone down for
the third tame, caught a passing timber
and was saved. . . '
Carrcaey far- Catenae.
NEW TORK. July I Th aubtreaaury
today teUfrraohed tMO.OM in currency to
Chicago, presumable oa account ( tfe
crop moveiacBk
POSTPONES SMELTER CASE
Caterad Sanrema Caart Defers Aetlan
intll September In Alleged
Trwat Case.
DENVER, July 8. Th state supreme
court today deferred until the September
term consideration of th complaint filed
recently by Attorney Oeneral Post against
th American Smelting and Refining com
pany aad the other companies comprising
th smelter combination.
Attorney Oeneral Post aald he appeared
to renew hi application mad several days
go for leave to HI a suit against the
American Smelting and Refining company.
He contended that the case was of auch
vital importance that It ought to be taken
p and a decision aa to his right to ill made
at once.
Joel F.. Vail said he appeared for the
American Smelting and Refining company
t resist the application under auch rulea
aa the court might prescribe. If it were
necessary to file brlefa and argumenta he
wa prepared to do so, or If It were decided
to hear oral argumenta he stood ready to
proceed.
Th matter will be disposed of the first
day of tbe September term," said Chief
Justice Campbell, "and not before that
time. Th application waa made too late
for action at this term. The court Is not
responsible for the fact that tbe attorney
eneral did not make his application earlier
nd does not propose to be eaddled with the
responsibility tor failure to dispose of it
t this time."
It waa finally ordered by the court that
the attorney general hava three daya in
which to ill additional briefs, th Smell
ing company ten daya in which to make an
swer and th attorney general three days
in which to reply. The briefs are simply
on tbe application for leave to til and ths
case i not yet before the court.
FATE OF EXPLORER ANDRE
According; to Investigations Made by
Dr. Ferllea the Entire Part?
Waa Mardered.
CHICAOO, July 8. A special to the Rec
ord-Herald from Winnipeg says: Rev. Dr.
rerlles, Church of England clergyman,
arrived from Tork Factory, N. W. T., today
and brings authentic information of tbe
fate of the explorer Andre and hla com
panions. Two year ago, 1,800 miles north
of fork, party of Eskimos under tbe lead
ership of "Old Huskle." saw the Andre bal
loon alight en a plain of mow in that vl-
Inlty, which la about two mile north of
Fort Churchill. Three men emerged from
th balloon and aome of "Huskle'a" people
approached them out of curiosity. Aa they
did so one of Andre's companions fired off
gun.
This Is algnal to uncivilized natlvea for
battle. It was regarded as challenge and
almost Instantly the native fell upon the
three explorer and massacred them. Every
thing pertaining to the outfit was carried to
the homes of the natlvea on the bordera of
the Arctic region. "Old Huskle" himself
gave this Information to Ralph Alstine,
agent for th Hudson Bay company, and the
story, after being investigated by Dr. Fer
lie, waa told by him today. He says there
s little room for doubt, separate reports
hive cone of the atrange Implements which
the northern natlvea have in their posses
tlon, the telescope being particularly de
scribed- Th Hudson Bay company has re
cently offered reward for the recovery of
any portion of the outfit belonging to Andre
nd though natlvea have gone on the search
for them they have' never returned, bellev
lng, Rev. Dr. Ferllea says, that they will
ta aome vray be punished.
FEAR OF BEING A CRIPPLE
Thl Canaea Colonel flmythe, a Kewe
paper Maa af Denver, to Commit
SaJclde In Arkansas,
LITTLB ROCK, Ark., July 6. Colonel J.
N. 8mytbe of Denver, Colo., waa found dead
In hi room at the Merchant' hotel in thla
city at 2:30 tbla afternoon. A platol
clasped In hla right hand and a bullet hole
through hla head explained tbe cause ot his
death. A note near by gave this further
explanation:
"For cripples, paupers and mendicants I
have no use. Fearing I may get In one of
the olaaaes by reaaon of the Injury with
hlch I Was recently visited. I end tbe
doubt."
While In New Tork several months ago
Colonel Smythe severely injured his ankle
by a fall. He had been In Little Rock
about two months and waa preparing to
leave for Denver In a few days. Th cor
oner' jury held an Inquest thl afternoon
nd decided that hla death waa cauaed by a
gunshot wound self-inflicted, with suicidal
intent Colonel Smythe's wife and children
Id Denver have been notified of bla death.
Colonel Smythe waa native of Arkansas
and was 60 yeara of age. He was In the
confederate army 'and after the War he be
came connected with the Arktnaas Gazette
In this city. In 1ST be was elected elate
land eommlasloner and was aubsequently
chairman bf the democratic state central
committee. In 178 he waa an unsuccessful
candidate ' for governor of Arkansas. He
then moved to Colorado, but returned to
Little Rock In 1898 to become editor of the
Oatetta, which place he held ever two
years, then returning to Denver.
FOR NEW FOREST RESERVE
Land Commissioner Directs With
drawal af settlement la Cook aad
Lake Conntlas, Mlaneaota.
DULUTH. Minn., July 6. A letter was
received today by officials of the local land
Office from Land Commissioner Hermann dl
rectlng them to withdraw from settlement
entry or any other form of disposition lands
la Cook and Lake countlea, embracing in
11 400,000 acrea. . Thla action la taken
pending determination of the advisability
of establishing the "Lake Superior Forest
Reserve."
Nearly one-third of Lake county would
be taken up by tbe reaerve under tba plan
at proposed and a large portion of Cook
County.
Commissioner Hermann' letter states that
bona fide aettlera will be given ' their
rights, but It Is a question with land at
toraeya whether sny who have aettled on
landa would care to remain under the pro
poaed arrangement. The land Is net espe
olally rich la timber, but It la well adapted
to cattle ranching and farming. What are
believed to be rich mine hidden under
nsatb th surface will also be rendered
Inacceaatble.
With 400,000 acres act aside by the United
States government, forest reserve and
the stat of, Mlnneaota coming Into thla
territory for a like number aa Indemnity
fer what It loat en Indlaa lands the publl
tracta la northern Miaaeaota will be prac
tlcally all takea.
COLE FOR MASTER MECHANIC
Reek Islaad ' Plaeea Htm la Charce
at Xebraaka Division of
tha Road.
TOPEKA. Kan.. July 8. The Rock Island
system todsy announced the appointment of
B. O. Col master mechanic of the Nebraska
division, and D. D. Robertaoa,- master mi
banlo of the El Paso division.
PACKERS' GIGANTIC COMBINE
Deal Between Oompani 0enrammttd,
Ifith Eockefelkx 0rtral II fan.
SWIFT AND ARMOUR MERGE INTERESTS
One or Two Smaller Coaceraa Hat Tet
la Combination, bat Negotiation
Are Pending, with Favor
able Oatlook.
CHICAOO, July 5. The Inter Ocean to
morrow will aay: Tbe combination of the
glgantio companies controlling the packing
Induatry of the United State haa finally
been consummated with John D. Rockefel
ler aa the central figure In part of tbe
negotiations. Arrangement have been
mad for the consolidation ot the Swift
and Armour Interests, which have recently
obtained control of the other packing con
cerns throughout the country.
The final steps, which were taken to
day, required merely the merging ot tbe
Swift and Armour intorests. There are,
it la aald, one or two companlea yet not
wholly under thla control, but negotiations
are pending with a favorable outlook.
Swift and Company, who own the Sioux
City stockyards and the Llbby, McNeil
Llbby company' business, re
cently secured control of majority of
the atock of tbe Anglo-American Packing
company, when the Liverpool Intereata re
ported favorably allowing the company to
pass Into the hands of the combination.
The Fowlera will retain prt Interest
In the new corporation. Armour Co.
have aecured control ot tbe G. H. Ham
mond Packing company,' of part ot the
Fowler Interests, and have been nego
tiating tor the Cudahy Packing company
nd Nelson, Morrla ft Co., while Bchwar
child ft Sulzberger were already In th
hands of those promoting the combina
tion. Officials of Swift and Company said to
night that they had heard nothing ot the
reported entry of Mr. Rockefeller into the
packing business and that, ao far as they
re informed, he owna no stock In any
of the packing companlea and la not In
terested in th formation ot new com
bination between them.
ASSYRIANS BATTLE IN STREET
tkaarrel Over Tin Cap Resnlts In
Illot at La Crosse, Wis
conaln.
t.a r.RnfiSK. wis.. Julv 8. Growing out
ot a quarrel over the possession or a tin
run at a street drlnklns fountain on the
North side, a riot was precipitated at a
late hour tonight wnicn in point oi num
bers Involved and Intensity ot excitement
surpassed anything of the kind ever seen
tn this city.
Th hnttl was between th Assyrian
minnr nf tha North Side and several hun
dred railroad mer and othera. About 800
of the 800 Aasyrlans of the colony were
nnM4. Tha flettt lasted ror an nour.
Several Shots were fired and knives were
drawn, but most or tbe battle wa rougni
with clubs, sons ot the bullets taking ef
fect, but one man was stabbed several
times and several were badly beaten. Tbe
known injured:
Hans Rohrer, beaten with clubs.
Jnhn Murnhv. stabbed In the face.
Abe Lockman, beaten about the head and
fare.
Loula Wachter, struck over the head with
clubs.
Three ' Assyrians. '. unknown.' cut and
bruised. v
EDUCATIONAL MEN ' GATHER
Train Into Mlaneapolla Are Loaded
'" with Delegate to Annaal
Convention.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 6. Tonight's tralna
brought In a number of delegatea to the
forty-first annual convention of tbe Na
tional Educational association, which opens
here Monday. President W. M. Beard-
shear of Ames, la., waa unfortunate enough
to require the attention ot a physician on
hla first day here.
Mlsa Estelle Reel, national superintend
ent of Indian schools, waa among the ar
rival today. President William Rainey
Harper of the University of Chicago, Pres
ident Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
university. President Jacob G. Schurman
of Cornell and William T. Harrla, com
mlealoner ot education of th United States,
ara among the notable peraona acheduled
for addresses during the sessions.
Fully 6,000 persons are expected to at
tend the' convention, which will continue
till July 11.
DEATH RECORD.
II. C. Rasaell, Schayler.
SCHUYLER, Neb., July 5. (Special Tele
gram.) Poatmaater.H. C. Russell's funeral
occurred today: at 8 o'clock, being under
the auspices of the local post of the Grand
Army of the Republic at the Presbyterian
church. A large concourse of clttiena wit
nessed the laat rites over the remalna of
the man highly esteemed by the public and
much loved In his household. There were
present from abroad Adjutant Martin Howe
and Captain Phelps Paine and Alex Schleget
ot Lincoln, General Jamea D. Gage of Mil
ford, Commander A. V. Cole, Surgeon H. L.
Randall and J. W. Bower, of Grand Island,
J. E. .Evans of North Plaits snd Judgs John
Reese and James Whitehead of Broken
Bow. ,
Moracan McBwIaey, Hamboldt.
HUMBOLDT. Neb., , July 8. (Special.)
Morgan McSwtney, a Richardson .county
pioneer, who had for aeveral years been a
grain and .atock buyer of Dawson, died Fri
day night quit auddenly of heart dlsesse.
He waa about 60 years of age. He waa
unmarried and It 1 aald bla only relatives
are Mra. J. F. Walsh and Mlaa Minnie Mur
phy of thl city. - Funeral services will be
held at St. .Mary's Catholic church in Daw
son. G. A. Baalleabererer.
O. A. ffhallenberger died In Wsshlngton
st noon on, July 4.. Hs was a brother ot
Assistant Postmaster General Shallenber
ger, an unci of Dr.' McConahy of York,
Neb., and tbe brother-in-law ot John T.
Cathera of Omaha. The death ot Mr. Ebal
lenberger occurred on tbe thirty-ninth an
nlveraary of the battle of Gettyaburg, dur
ing which fight he acted on the staff of
General Hancock.
Charles Bchoek, Falls City.
FALLS CITY, Neb., July 8. (Special.)
Cbarlea Bchoek died at his home In this
city this morn log ot lockjaw, aged 64 yeara.
Mr. 8c hock waa an old and honored resident
ot this city. He leavea a wife and two
daughters.
Lwaie Weeka, York.
YORK. Neb., July 8. (Special.) Lout
Weeka. an old resident of York and super
intendent of th couaty poor farm, died yes
terday morning. Deceased waa well known
In York county and highly respected by all.
. William Ohm.
PLATT8 MOUTH, Neb., July 6. (Special.)
William Ohm, 14 year of age, cam to
thl elty from Chicago but oa week agb
AS
mm vilcox,
of Browning. King as Co.
KIEL UHL,
of th Dally Now,
II. K. BUFIKET,
th undertaker,
GEO. H. LEE,
Prealdent Geo. H. Lea Co., ' 1
AMES BROS.,
of Omaha, Bo. Omaha and Cheyenn.'
j. B. WEAVER,
of Th Omaha Boa. '
ROLiE MILLER
Manager Her Grand Hotel.
JOHN LI. GILLAN,
Ex-Secretary of th School Board.-
FRED PAFFENRATH,
Manager NIcoL th Tailor. .
BOB HAKER,
Of the Regent Shoe Co.
CHAS. E. BLACX,
Who Sells Hat.
What They Think of the
Omaha
Petroleum. Gas and
Goal Co.'s
PROSPECTS
If yoa are tatereeted, call ' or
telephone aad wa will tnke yoa
to tha all fields.
OFFICES
No. 208 210 Bee Building
to care tor a alck alater, Nena Nellison,. but
soon after hla arrival he was taken sick and
died Friday afternoon. -
David Phillips, PlattsmoatBh
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., July 5. (Spe
cial.) David Phillips, 90 yeara of age; died
at the bom ot his son, J. J. Phillips- yes,
terday. He was an old employ of the Bur
lington. ANNUAL OUTING OF ELKS
Omaha Lodge Will Hare Plcnlo at
Kragr'a Park Kezt Sat.
atrday.
The annual outing of Omaha lodge of
Elks will take place at Krug's park next
Saturday afternoon and evening. ' All out
ings .of Omaha Elka have shown' a deficit
n account of the heavy expenae Involved,
but thla year's - onting committee worked
on a different plan. It arranged for the
Fourth ot July ball game, tbe net financial
results to go into the outing fund. This
has given th outing committee a fine
start for next Saturday. The attractions
will be unusual. The Twenty-second In
fantry band has been engaged especially
for the occasion, and with Huster's Con
cert band, regularly employed at Krug's
park, there will be plenty of the best of
music. A feature of the progrsm will be
Relchardt'a famous Elks' march, played
by the consolidated bands. There will
be a banquet, a ahootlng match, aome ten
minute speechea by prominent Elk orators,
in addition to the regular Krug park at
tractions. Neighboring lodge will . aend
large delegations, especially from Council
Bluffs. '
Drive Family Into Storm.
During the worst of the rain last night
John McDonald forcibly expelled from the
house hi wife and three children, the
youngest ot whom Is scarcely month of
age. When the patrol wagon arrived theae
four came, drenched and ahlvering from a
patch of weed, where they had been hid
ing, and sought shelter in the covered
vehicle. McDonald was arrested " and
charged with abutting his family. Mrs.
McDonald snd the children again hid when
he waa brought from the house and would
not enter until he waa gone. McDonald is
an expressman and lives at 1424 - Blonds
street.
Knocked Down by Street Car.
Michael Meaney, while attempting to
cross the track of the Hherman avenue
line at Fourteenth and Farnam streets, waa
knocked down by a northbound car and
five deep gashes cut In the right aide of
hla face, lit waa taken to the police sta
tion and the wounds sewed up. Meaney
aid that he meant to board the approach
ing oar and waa crossing oxer to the right
aide when struck. He fell under the esr
and thosa who saw the accident at flrt
thought that hla lea- hd been cut off.
Meaney la a carpenter and Uvea at Hit
North Nineteenth atreet.
' SCIENTIFIC FEEDING
And Kaerelse Solve the Problem,
Dr. H. L. Warner In a recent Issue of the'
New York World saye:
"Only a smajl percentage of the American
people have perfect digestion and assimila
tion of food and the elimination of the waste
mattera of th body. In the matter of food
and exerclae, the whole problem of health
Is contained. By making these right, ws
can create perfect health.
"Digestive disturbance are due either to
Improper food or too much or toe uttl
proper food. . With proper food taken la
reasonable amounts, tbe Imperfect action
of th varloua processes are corrected.
"Thla la not a fad but a fact established
by th researchea of pathologists and bac
teriologists. The action of foods on th dl
gestlv snd assimilative organs I known
exactly.' The result to th blood "nd
through it to th whola ays tern la certain
and definite." .
The moat highly nutrltlv food now man
ufactured 1 Orape-Nuta. It la made front
certain parte ot the grain and put through
a mechanical process whereby the starches
are changed to grape augar and th phos
phates of ths cereals retained and thus
supply tba necessary nourishment and vi
tality to the body, brain and nerve center.
In It predjgeated form, Orape-Nuta doe
not overtax the stomach, but renders Suffl
cisnt assistance to the digestive organs to
permit of the eaay assimilation of other
food.
Thoroughly cooked at ths factory by food
expert, brlnge Orape-Nuta fmm the greetr
to you ready to aerve with th addition of
cream, and Ita crisp taste with th dalicat
sweet of the grape augar, make It pleasing
to the palate of tbe moat critical epicure,
Theae are aclentlflo facta wblefc) can b
proven by anyone and a trial of tea days
or two weeks will show what you Can do on
scientific feeding. .
The recipe book la th paekaga ehow
maay delightful ware of unm. ,.
food.
. . 'a
they will snaks their bom.
i