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Fhe ' Omaha . Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1902 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY EIVE CENTS. CONTRACT IS BROKEN XWfio Steam Sarif atlon Company Befusei , to Carry Colombian Troop. INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS LIKELY Incident May Involve Several 5atioii Before it it Ended. SUSTAINED BY BRITISH WARSHIP Wort on Fart of Government to Compel Oarrjbg of Troop Fail, ARRANGE TO BRING SUIT FOR DAMAGES C-olomblaa Officials Assart Fallur to Transport Soldiers Has Delayed . Casanala;a and. Mask Si '. Vnmm of Life. PANAMA, Colombia, Aug. 19. The British cruiser Phaeton, as cabled to tbs Associated Fress yesterday, left hers hurriedly on Sat urday and It was believed that It had sailed tor Buena Ventura, In the department Of Cauca. Inquiries mads by the correspondent of the Associated Fress regarding tha war ship's sailing, show that serious Interna tlonal complications may arise at Buena Ventura, where the Colombian authorities hare been endeavoring to compel the agents f the British steamer Ecuador, owned by the Paclflo Steam Navigation company of Liverpool.-to transport troops to ths isth mus. It was at the request of the Paclflo Steam Navigation company that Phaeton left Panama for Buena Ventura, w tiers the Colombian government has assembled 1,000 troops, under General Vslazco, Intended to reinforce the army In this vicinity, and the government officials at Buena Ventura threatened to compel tha steamer Ecuador, which was at that pert, to transport the reinforcements to Panama. ' Ths agents of tha Una, however, refused to embark ths troops and appealed to the company's representatives here, who In turn placed tha matter before the British consul, with the result that Phaeton was sent to Buena Ventura to protect British Interests. Action Caasaa Great India-nation. Tha aotlon of tha Paclflo Steam Naviga tion company In refusing to transport the troops has caused Indignation In Colombian government circles. A high official, who waa Interviewed on tha subject, said that a tsuulrnvt wmm iuu t thS 37S?&!HC2t Is 1879 with the Paclflo Steam Navigation eompany by which the government granted many liberal concession to .tha company, such as exemption from the tonnage and ether taxes Imposed by the national gov eminent, tha Importation, free of duty, of the coal necessary for the company's ateam er, and any other exemptions and privi lege granted ta other companies any time. The Colombian government, it was added. has, since tha contract was signed, paid the Paclflo Steam Navigation company over 120,000,. in subsidies la- consideration of which tha eompany agreed to transport Colombian civil and military employee, prls oners, malla and soldiers at special rates. There 1 BO olausa In the contract. It was further asserted, providing that during a revolutionary outbreak the obligation of the eompany to transport troops ceased ta be effective. In conclusion, the high official of the Colombian government referred to aald that tha present refusal of the Paclflo 8team Navigation eompany to transport Colom blan troop here may he sustained by the presence of a British war ahlp at Buena Ventura, but, nevertheless, It Is a clear violation of tha contract between the Colombian government and tha steamship eompany, made la good faith by the gov ernment, whloh has faithfully adhered to It agreement. In government circles It la claimed that the nonarrlval of tha reinforcements of troops from Buena Ventura will prolong the revolution In the Isthmus and cause un necessary bloodshed, and that, consequently, the government of Colombia has ground to claim damage from tha Paclflo Bteam Navi gation eompany. There la no doubt that tha government wilt bring ault agalns the company. An eminent lawyer haa already left Panama for Bogota, the capital, to pre sent and sustain the government's claim, which, ao cording to tb terms of the con tract, muat be decided by the Colombian courts. BAD WRECK IN NEW JERSEY Several People Killed aad a Mai fcer tajared ta la.ikip at Beltaar Station. ASBURT PARK, N. J., Aug. 19. A regu lar Pennsylvania train on the New Tork dt Long Branch railroad, bound north, waa run Into from the rear at Belmar station where It had stopped tonight, by a special Central Railroad of New Jeraey train. Tho engine of the Central train telescoped the tear ear of the Pennsylvania train. Six ears were wrecked, aeveral persona were killed and a number Injured. A little -girl was killed as she was being put aboard the waiting train. The engineer and firemen of tha Central train have not been seen sines ths collision. It Is believed they are under tha wreckage. The freight shed at the depot was demol ished and the depot badly damaged. Fltspatrlck, a brakeman, waa caught in tha wreckage and badly scalded by escap ing ateam and hot water, Brakeman Towle waa badly Injured and may die. The little girl killed, was Alice Bigger, aged 13. who lived at Rahday. The first body removed waa that of an unidentified man aged about IS. Harry Van Cott, con ductor of the Central train, waa injured, but not seriously. Engineer Llpplncott of the Central train tuck to his post. His fireman Jumped and Is said to have been Injured. Two hundred feet of roof over the depot platform fell and haa not yet been raised and no attempt to explore It has been made. Tha work of clearing away the debrla is proceeding slowly. FRATERNAL DAY AT CARNIVAL rally Eighteen Tkaasaad People At tnd tho Eavrel.es at Moaad City. MOUND CITT. Mo.. Aug. 19. (Special Telegram.) Thla was fraternal day at the midsummer carnival and fully 18,000 peo ple were In attendance, representing the dlf- falwui fiai.ruii wd-t. !t7. G, II. Schlch of Omaha delivered tha addreis. Wednes day will be Old Settlers' day, and on Thurs day United Statea Senator Dolllver of Iowa and Hon. W. J. Bryan of Nebraska will ad dress tha people. k WILL NOT LODGE AT POSEN William Will Make Headquarters at Frankfort-oa-he-Oder laetead of la Prasetaa Polaad. BERLIN, Aug. 19. Tha headquarters of the spproachlng army maneuvers have been abruptly changed from Posen, Prussian Po- and. to Frankfort-on-the-Oder, province of Brandenburg, Prussia. Emperor ''llam, the general staff and the forely ''f 'its will therefore lodge In a sympathet- ",, , lan city instead of in an unfriendly K ';.. atmosphere. V No official explanation Is procurable of the abandonment of the program which waa arranged montha ago. Even so late as Sun day the list of residences in Posen at which distinguished persons were to be quartered was announced. The official Inference Is that It would be more Judicious to make a prolonged stay at Frankfort-on-the-Oder than at Posen, be cause Polish political hostility might be ag gravated or an opportunity might be given for an unpleasant Incident. It is not sup posed, however, that the police have learned of a definite design to make trouble or In sult the emperor, who Intends, regardless or the change of program, to review the army in Posen September t and then go to i' ranitrort-on-t ne-Oder. Another view la that his majesty will not so far honor Posen aa to remain there through the maneuvers and thus give tha embittered Poles a chanoe to profit by the visit of many strangers and troopa. The field of maneuvers lies between Posen and Frankfort-on-the-Oder. hence tha latter is ss convenient geographically a Foien for tha headquartera of the army. BOERS HEARTILY WELCOMED .aad at Rotterdam aad Are Received r Municipal Authorities aad Others of Prominence. ROTTERDAM. Aug. 19. Dewet, Delarey and Botha, tha Boer generals, and their party, landed here this morning. They were given a hearty welcome by the mu nicipal authorltlea and representatives of Boer associations. Many women presented bouquet to the generals' wives. The ahlpa In the harbor displayed their flags. Tha party proceeded to The Hague. THE HAGUE, Aug. 19. A public reception was accorded to the Boer generals on their arrival here today from Rotterdam. Gen eral Fyter, In a speech, paid tribute to their berolo deeds. General Botha replied, expressing tha appreciation of the Boer of ficers at ths warmth of their reception and referring to tha consolation which It had been to them to knew that while they fought their women and children were being supported by Dutch generosity. ine time, added General Botha, had not yet arrived to make publlo all they knew, but probably at no distant data they would publish their account of the war. The visitors were escorted in procession through ths town In open carriagea and were everywhere loudly cheered by the crowda assembled. A number of Boer who served during tha war formed a guard of honor for the generals. DISASTROUS FIRE IN FOREST Many Ifaare Miles of Timber Barned and Mine BuiUlaaa Destroyed, TMIR. B. C, Aug. 19. One of the most disastrous fires which has ever occurred In West Kootenay la raging about Tmlr. Many square miles of timber bavs been burned and a number of mine buildings wiped out. Wagon reads and bridges have been de stroyed. From the cyanide worka of the Tmlr com pany to the Foghorn mine, a distance of five miles, every building haa been de stroyed. The cyanide plant was saved by the herculean efforts of the employes, who dug holes In which they Immersed them selves In water up to their necks while they bandied the hoea In ahort shifts. The buildings of the Wilcox and Black Rock mines wsre obliterated. At tha former mine the men took refuge in the tunnele, Into which the wind blew the flames, which Ignited the timber. With a meager supply of water, handled in tin cups, ths men kept the lira from spreading until danger waa past. WOMAN IS OBLIGED TO LEAVE Wlfo of a Former Prima Minister Ex pelled from Veneaaela by President Caatro. PORT OF SPAIN. Island of Trinidad. Aug. 9. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Mrs. 2 olio Bello Rodrlgues, wife of former President Andrade's prims minister. and her four children arrived here recently on a ateamer of the Royal Steamship com pany, having been expelled from Vans xuelan territory by order of President Castro. ' She waa compelled to abandon her home and family and leave the country within forty-eight hours. Hitherto the govern ments of Venesuela have alwaya regarded women aa neutrals and have never held them responsible for tha acta of their hus bands. TO INVESTIGATE ERUPTION Japanese Craleer Ordered to Land at I. land of Tort.hlma Earoato to Marcae Island. YOKOHAMA, Aug. 19. Ths Japanese cruiser Takachlho, which Is going to Mar cus Island, haa been ordered to call at the Island of Torlshlma to auccor any pos slble survivors of tbs volcanlo eruption which occurred there between August II and IS and aa a result of which all of the inhabltanta of the Island, numbering 150 persona, were reported to have been killed. SOLDIERS GALLOP TO DEATH Dnrlngr Maaeavero Near St. Peters bars; Fifty Chares lata River aad Are Drowned. LONDON. Aug. 20. In a dispatch from St. Petersburg the correspondent of the Dally Expreas aaya: "During the maneuvers near here squadron of cavalry waa ordered suddenly In charge. It galloped Into a river and fifty men are reported to have been drowned. Details of tha affair are difficult to obtain." Cablo Service Restored. NEW YORK. Aug. 19. The Commercial Cable company today Issued the following notice: We are advised of the restoration of the cauie uvi.rtu DL. fivivita mutt likluw n. Oil Discovered ia Yacataa. MEXICO CITY. Aug. 19. There Is much excitement in the peninsula of Yucatan, where petroleum ha been discovered. SCHWAB WILL NOT RESIGN President of Steel Corporation Gives Oat Statement Himieif. ARRANGING TO MAKE TRIP TO FRANCE Says tbat Bo Does Not Look Like Sick Man, bat la GolasT to Take Rest and Treatment at Mln- , ral Springs. NE. " "K, Aug. 19. Charles M. Schwab,-. tdent of the United States 8teel corpo.. on, arrived here thla even- ng. He waa accompanied by hie brother. Joseph Schwab, and his private secretary. He stepped briskly from the csr and aa he did so he said to a number of newspaper men present: "Now, gentlemen, I am go ing to tell you three things and I don't want you to ask me any further questions. In the first place, I don't look like a sick man. In the second place, I feel the neceastty of a rest and I am going to take one. In the third place I am not going to resign and have no Intention of retiring from the presidency of the United State Steol corporation." "Are you going to Europe?" Mr. Schwab waa asked. "Yes," ha replied, "but don't ask me any more questions; that's all I have to say." ALTOONA, Pa., Aug. 19. C. M. Schwab, who passed througn here today, disclosed his destination to an old Altoona friend, who talked with him stnes he has been at Loretto. He aald be was going to Francs, where he will take a course of treatment at the mineral springs of that country. His chief ailment la an affection of the nerves. The steel magnate's visit to the acena of hia boyhood evidently did bim good, aa he told hla friend. F. D. Saupp, of thla city tbat he never felt better, and Mr. 8aupp emphasised this by stating that he had never aeen him looking better. Mrs. Schwab 1b not with her husband. Sh will remain at Loretto during his ab sence. PITTSBURG, Aug. 19; The private car Loretto, belonging to Charlea M. Schwab, president of the United Statea Steel cor poration, waa attached to the day express, which left for tha east this morning. No Information could be obtained from the attendants of the car, but It waa aald Mr. Schwab and party would board the car at Cresson, Pa., for New Tork and would sail for Europe tomorrow. COACHES LEAVE THE TRACK Wisconsin Central Train Derailed While Ranalsg at Rata of Fifty Five Miles Par Hoar. NEENAH. Wis., Aug. 19. The Wisconsin Central "St. Paul Flyer" was derailed ahortly after midnight one mils west of Fremont while running at the rate of fifty five miles an hour. - Nearly 100 passengers were on the train and all of the coaches left the track except tha roar truck of tha laat aleeper. The entire train narrowly escaped being precipitated over an embankment. The cause of the accident la unknown, but waa probably due to the apreadlng of the rails. Nine persons were seriously Injured and all of the passengers were badly shaken up. Among ths Injured were: F. Zlmmerly, Oshkosh, badly hurt about head. Mrs. M. Dougherty, Oshkosh, severely bruised about body. Mrs. D. W. Agnew, Waukesha, Wis., ahoulder and knee badly bruised. Mrs. Anna Klesehold, Minneapolis, Minn., aplne Injured. A. E. Groas, Boston, 111., chest badly brulaed and internally Injured. TO AMEND SUPREME STATUTES Proposltloa la Pytblan Grand Lodge Relative to Sabordinato Lodsros Defeated. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19. Ths atten tlon of the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias waa taken up today principally with the consideration of a proposition to so amend the aupreme statutes of the order thst no member wbo haa been ac quitted of a charge by the subordinate lodge In which he holds membership can be held before the aupreme tribunal for a re hearing of the caaa. The question in volved the sovereignty of , subordiuata lodgea. The discussion waa long and at times heated. A vote waa taken and the proposition defeated by a vote of 69 to 48. Had It carried the need of a aupreme tribunal would to all purposes have been done away with, aa only such caaes aa contained questlona of law could be heard by It. ' The matter was tbs outgrowth of tne Kennedy-IUnsey case. A statute waa adopted reducing the su preme tribunal from five members to three. The following were elected members of tne supreme tribunal: John F. Alexan der, Leesburg, Va.; Tully Scott. Cripple ureek, Colo.; John A. Helcher, St. Paul, WOMEN INCITING A MOB negro Coaflned ta Ohio Jail la Dan ger of Lynching; by Mob of Both Sexes. JEFFERSON. O., Aug. 19. Because It Is believed that John Grooms, colored, as saulted two old women, Harriet and Sa brtna Hotchklaa late last night, a mob sur rounded tbs Jail today and there la danger of lynching. Orooma Is alleged to have assaulted and nearly killed the women. He la aald to have chewed an ear off of one and torn ths flesh from ths arm of the other with hla teeth. The women identified Grooms as their as sail ant and his hat and part of his clothing were found In the Hopkins home. Some of the women In the crowd are hysterical and are Inciting the men to take the law into their own hands. In tbs afternoon the negro waa bound over on the charge of burglary and at tempted felony and will await the action of the grand Jury. This procedure haa allayed much of the excitement that existed. STILLWELL RESIGNS POSITION Saperlateadeat of Iowa Dlvlaloa of Rook lelaad Railroad ts Oat. DES MOINES, Aug. 19. The resignation vf W. U. StliiWiil mm SupvaiutvudcSt Of ths Iowa division of ths Chicago. Rock Island A Pacific haa been accepted and William Given, trainmaster of the Des Moines and Fort Dodge division, appointed toTuocaed him. INTEREST. NOW IN INQUEST Coroner Will Try His Haad at Solvlna the Barthoim-MMchell Marder Mystery. CHICAGO, Aug. 19. Intereet In the Bar- tbolln-Mltchell murder mystery today cen tered upon the Inquest, which may de termine the cause of the death of Minnie Mitchell. Three men already stand accused as prin cipals or accessories of tha crime, Oscar Thompson, former roomer of Mrs. Bar tholin; John Claffy, stableman, who took care of the horse Thompson drove, and Ed ward Counselman, intimate friend of Wil liam J. Bartholin, the supposed matricide. Two new witnesses appeared today with atorles that Bartholin, the missing suspect, was seen In Chicago as late as August 15. Both men declared to the police that a man whom they balfeve to be Bartholin was waiting In a ealoon that night for some one who was to- bring him money. In spector Hunt believes it was ths missing man waiting for his friend. Counselman. Four members of the Mitchell family testified at the Inquest that they could not make a positive Identification of the body fcftind lying in the weeds on the prairie at Seventy-fourth street and believed to 'be that of Minnie Mitchell. These four per sons, tho father, brother, sister and sister- in-law of the missing girl, declared that the only Identification they could mske was that p"art of the clothing found near the body belonged to Miss Mitchell. Follow ing this Coroner's Physician Springer made a statement to the Jury, In which he termed the body as that of an "unknown or unidentified woman." Dr. Springer ststed positively that he did not believe the body to be tbat of Mlsa Mitchell be cause of the advanced stage of decomposi tion. When the body was found Miss Mitchell had been missing but eight days and Dr. Springer claimed that it would be Impossible for her body to have decom posed aa much as tha one discovered on the prairie. Inspector Hunt produced a witness who positively Identified Oscar Thompson, who is under arrest for complicity In the crime, aa one of two men on a atreet car near the place where the body was found, and a photograph of William Bartholin as tbat of the aecond of the pair. Thompson, "Dad" Claffy and Counsel- man, all of whom have been held to the grand Jury, were present at the Inquest, Dut tbelr attorneys refused to allow them to testify. The Inquiry waa continued until tomorrow morning. Inspector Hunt received -word tonight as to Bartholin's poasibla whereabout that set every bit of the police machinery in mo tion. By midnight n score of detectives were ransacking the neighborhood of Ken sington, Harvey, Pullman, West Pullman, Rlverdale and aa far south aa One Hundred and Thirty-ninth street In search of a man supposed to hold tha secret of the fugitive' hiding place. DISTILLERS IN A COMBINE Concerns Oatside of the Trn.t Abont to Go Into a Con solidation. LOUISVILLE. Kr.. . Anr. 19. The Pot say: A plan Is now .an foot to form a combination of the outside distillers In Ken tucky, and tha outside spirit distillers In Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, the proposed con- aouaation being a rlvlal of the so-called "Greenbaum blan" which waa atonn.it in it. infancy three years ago by the formation of tne preaent combine, known as tha Distill ing company of America. The plsn which has been auletlv dtscu.aait. has not yet taken definite form, but it Is proposed to Interest In the scheme tha lead ing Jobbing houses of the country and to Intereet permanently ail the distillers whose plants are bought by Including In the deal tha agreement to have the gooda manu factured In their old locations under their old brands, thereby making them customers af the new company, affording an outlet for the gooda manufactured and leaving the brands and output In the hands of the orig inal owners. It Is claimed that the outside distilleries of Kentucky would have a combined output capacity about equal to that of the trust and that the outside spirit distilleries would have a combined output greatly In exceaa of the trusts. It Is further ssserted that a new combine might offer big prices for outside properties and yet have a capitalization much less than tho bonded Indebtedness of $16,000,000 which tha Distilling Company of America has Just underwritten. FUEL FAMINE THREATENED Fifty Thousand Men May Be Throws Oat of Employment Because of Shortage In Coal. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Aug. 19. The Post to morrow will publish a atory to the effect tbat a fuel famine la threatened for the mills In this district and 60,000 men may bs thrown Into enforced Idleness through the lack of coal and coke. The trouble cornea from a scarcity of engines to move the loaded cars. It Is reported that on the sidings of tha Baltimore at Ohio railroad leading Into Plttaburg from the coal and coke regions there are nearly 6,000 loaded cars. Many of these are aald to have been ready for shipment for a week or more. DROWNS HIS FOUR CHILDREN Farmer Living; Near Sallaa, Kansas, Mardera Three Girls and Boy, Then Shoots Himself. SAUNA, Kan., Aug. 19. Joseph Ander son, a farmer living east of Salloa, in a fit of despondency today drowned hla four children, three girls and a boy. In a cistern, and then ahot himself with a revolver. Anderaon la still alive but will probably die. Financial matters had affected hla mind. The crime wss committed during the absence of the mother. The oldest child waa alx years old and the youngeat a babe of four months. Anderson left a note on a table In the parlor notifying the mother that .the 'children could be found In the cistern. ON LONG LEAVE CF ABSENCE Chinese Coaaal Geaeral at Saa Fraa - clseo to Q,ntt tha Service for Two Yeara. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19. Ho Tow, consul genral for China at the port of Saa Francisco, haa aent out a formal notice that ha Is about to take an extended leave of absence. He does not Indicate that hs In tends returning to this coast. II. Im Lv.vll iuttrrrvlcd iu commercial enterprises, which will occupy him tor two yeara or more, and he expects at that time, In the event Of hia not permanently quitting the diplomatic service of his country, to bs assigned to some ether consulate. AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATIONS Volume Containing Statements as Required j Law Has Been Issued. WHERE CONGRESS HAS SPENT MONEY Sammary Shows Grand Total of Over Eight Hundred Million Dollars Waa Appropriated by Last Connreee. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. The volume containing statements of appropriations, new offices, etc., required by law to be prepared and published at the end of each session of congress under the direction of the committees on appropriation, senate and house, has been completed for the first session of the Fifty-seventh congress by Thomas P. Cleaves and James C. Courts, chief clerks, respectively, of those commit tees. A' summary of the appropriations shows the grsnd totsl of $800,624,196.65. The details by bills are as follows: Agricultural t 6.2OS.9.00 Army 91, 730.136. 41 Mplomatlc l.M.v?5.9 District of Columbia 8.M4.4K9.97 Fortifications 7.2!Vi.9f.5.O0 Indian .flse.O-.'VlO legislative zS.SW.RKl.M Mllitnry academy 2.61!7.32t.42 Naval 78.V56,3ia.l3 Pension 139.842,230.10 Postofflce 13M16.S9.75 River and harbor 26.771. 442. n) Sundry civil 6U3.3o9.18 Deficiencies 28.'50.07.32 Miscellaneous 2.772,795.13 athmlan canal set 60.130.nnn.no Permanent appropriations 123,921.220.00 Total $300,624,496.66 In addition to the specific appropriations made, contracta are authorized to be en tered Into for certain publlo works re quiring future appropriations by congress In the aggregate sura of $262,711,465. These contracta Include $21,069,500 for additional ships for the navy and for permanent Im provements of and Increased facilities at certain navy yards; $17,943,660 for additions to old publlo buildings and the construction of new public buildings In varloua cities of the country; $38,836,180 for Improvement of rivers and harbors; $3,500,000 for recon struction of old and erection of new build ings at the military academy at West Point; and $180,000,000 for the construction of an isthmian canal. I Hew Offices and Employments. The new offices and employmenta, of a civilian character, specifically authorized number 6,386, with compensation far the year of $6,343,596; and those abolished or omitted aggregate 1,165, at an annual pay of $1,289,080.50; a net Increase of 6,221, at a yearly cost of $5,054,514.50. In addition to the new civilian employ menta ahown the volume also exhibits an Increase of sixty-five In the military estab lishments at an annual cost of $42,308; and 300 officers (Including 285 additional mid shipmen), together with 8,000 seamen In the naval establishment and 750 additional men In the marine corps with total yearly pay of $1,343,777.60. . Of the total net Increase In civilian em ploymenta, thirty-four are for the library of congress; seven for the state department; thirty-three for the navy department; 179 - for the - treasury -, department; 306 for tha postofflce department. In cluding 266 on account of the rural ' free delivery service; seventy for the depart ment of agriculture; 117, Including forty six school teachers, twenty-two policemen and aeven firemen for the government of the District of Columbia; fifty llghtouae keepers; eleven for coast survey; thirty two for the diplomatic and consular service; and 4,300 for the postal service, Including 118 assistant postmasters, 3,134 clerks In postofflces, 169 agents and othera In the rural free delivery service.' and 866 railway postal clerks. Of the net total 6,221 civil officers and employmenta authorized only 921 are out side of the postal aervlce. The number of salaries increased is, 725, at an annual coat of $118,676.10; and the number reduced Is sixteen, in the total an nual eum of $13,120; a net Increase of 709, at a coat for the year of $105,465.10, of which number 481 are the cadeta at the military academy who are given an In creased allowance of $69.50 each; thirty-one are consuls and consular clerks; sixty-four are officers of the revenue cutter service whose pay is made equal to the similar of fices of the navy; thirteen are In the Ufa saving aervlce; and thirty-two, amounting to $33,000 annually are In the department of agriculture. A comparison of the total appropriations made at the laat session of congress for 1903, $800,624,498.65, with those of the preceding or short session of the Fifty-sixth con gress for 1903, $730,338,575.99, shows an in crease of $70,285,920.66. In this amount are Included increased approprlatlona for the department of agriculture, $626,640; for the diplomatic, Diatrlct of -Columbia, legis lative, executive and Judicial and naval aervlce, $1,706,981.74; for tbs military academy, $1,864,670.74; for the postal ser vice, $14,633,910; for the whole of the river and harbor act, none having been passed at the preceding session, $26,771,442; for de ficiencies, $12,132,660.38, and for the isthmian canal, $50,130,000. On the other hand there appear reductions of $24,003,912.69 for the army; $65,056 tor fortifications; $761,442.99 for tha Indian aervlce; $5,403,000 under re quirements for pensions; $1,632,649.08 by the sundry civil act; $5,267,223.64 by miscellane ous acta, and $437,000 under permanent ap proprlatlona which cover Intereat on the public debt, making a net Increase a atated of $70,285,920.56. STATE TICKET IS SELECTED Reg-alar Republicans of Delaware Hold Convention aad Name Candidates. DOVER. Del., Aug. 19. The. "regular" republican atate convention today nomi nated the following ticket: For congress. Helsler Ball; atate treasurer, Martin B. Burrows; state auditor, P. B. Norman. The platform Indorsee the administration of President Roosevelt and pledges blm ths support of ths Delaware republicans for renomlnatlon In 1904; commends the work done by the Ftty-eecond congress, but recommends trade concessions for Cuba; indorses protection end reciprocity and especially commenda President Mo Klnley's reciprocity sentiments as ex pressed in his laat apeech at the Buffalo exposition. SUSPECT A FORMER HUSBAND Hewtoa Cross Thought to Know Something; Aboat Tints Murder. MUSCATINE, la.. Aug. 19. Newton Cross, a former cuibasd of 11 r. Jc.aie Tu man, waa arrested tonight under the be lief that he knows something of ths killing of ths woman and her husband. Dan Wil liams, who lived with the couple, 1 still missing. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecn.t for Nebraska Fair Wednesday and Thursday. Temperature at Omaha Yestrrdari Hoar. Dea. Hour. Or. 5 a. m rt 1 p. m . H4 6 a. m 8 S p. m Ml T a. m H S p. m Ha. m lilt 4 p. m Ml O a. m.J.... Ta 5 p. m 10 a. ni 7R 6 p. m T4 11 a. m Ta T p. m Tit U 11 81 p. m Til 9 p. m TO NO RIOTING AT NORTH PLATTE Peoplo of that City Object to tha' Statements of Railway Officials. NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Aug. 19. (Spe cial Telegram.) The statement as given In The Bee this morning, made by an official of the Union Paclflo, that North Platte was In a state of riot, that the property of the company waa absolutely at the mercy of the strikers. Is branded by the peaceable citizens of thla town as a malicious false hood and an open Insult to the people. To say there Is or has been a riot In North Platte is not true. To say that property to the amount of a dollar has been injured or destroyed by the strikers is also untrue. To say that the strikers are the arm of the law or have arrogated to themselves any police authority ia another untruth. To say that the marshal of this city. In conjunction with the sheriff of the county, cannot preserve the peace Is a reflection on ineir executive eoiuiy ana a aireci insin uation against hundreda of law abiding men wbo can be called upon In a moment to aid In suppressing any disturbance which may arise through the connivance of a railway official or be brought about by the atrained conditions now existing aa a result of the strike. The facts are, and all the railway officials and the governor combined are challenged to disprove It, the only action bearing any semblance to a riot was a common aaloon fight, which occurred a few daya ago between a man Imported by the railroad to do guard duty and a fellow who objected to the In sulting remarks made by the guard in ref erence to the atrlkera, and yet it haa to be advertised to the world In all the dally papers of the state that North Platte Is In a state of riot, and according to the Union Paclflo officials the militia are necessary to compel the citizens of North Platte to keep the peace. It Is a foul slander under which no citizen of North Platte will rest without a vigorous protest. A warrant has been Issued for the arreat of John N. Baldwin, general attorney for the Union Pacific Railroad company, for using abusive language toward Editor A. P. Kelly, tending to provoke an assault. Mr. Baldwin was angered bec.uot, of tclGiirams sent to The Bee by Mr. Kelly setting forth the conditions at North Platte. SAY CUDAHY SALE IS FICTION Heads of Packing; Concerns Declare Ramored Mersrer of Company to Bo t'ntru. CHICAGO, Aug. 19. (Special Telegram.) The report current today that the pack ing Interests Of the Cudahy company had been sold to a combination of Armour aV Co., and Swift and Company was denied by H. A. Valentine of Armour A Co. The report came from Omaha and was' to the effect that a price of $21,000,000 had been agreed upon to be taid to the Cudahy Interest through Michael Cudahy. The step, It was reported, was made to com plete the alleged packers' trust. Michael, John and Edward Cudahy were to retire from the packlug business for a term of yeara and turn over all their plants and the good will of the corporation. The deal waa to go Into effeot September 1. "There Is no truth In the report of any sales of the Cudahy interests so far as I know or so far aa thla company la con cerned," said M. Valentine. "There are rumors afloat to that effect, but they are not true." Michael Cudahy, for the Cudahy com pany, denied that any merger waa to take place. FIVE ARE BURNED TO DEATH Two Women and Three Children I Lose Their Lives In a New York Tenement. NEW TORK, Aug. 19. In a tenement house fire at 36 Essex atreet today two women and three children were burned to death, another woman waa burned severely about tho body and face and a man had three rlba broken by Jumping from a win dow to the pavement. The bodlea of the dead woman were burned beyond recognition. Tha Injured woman la Mrs. Rosa Moeea and the man who Jumped Is Jacob Moscovltz. A woman named Mrs. Hannah Balothln could not be found after the fire, and It waa believed that one of the burned bodies found waa hers. Nathan Liebowlser reported to the polio tbat hia four children, respectively 3, 6, 6 and 8 years old, were missing, and a search of the building resulted In the finding of the badly burned bodies of two children, supposed to be Llebowizer's. The body of an elderly woman also waa found. APPLE GROWERS TO ORGANIZE Prominent Produrars of Six Statea Meat at St. Loals to Aarltate tho Matter. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19. About twenty-five prominent apple growers of Kansaa. Ne braska, Missouri, Indiana, Arkaneaa and Illlnola are meeting here today for the purpose. It Is said, of uniting tha com mercial apple growers of the United Statea and Canada Into an organization to regulate the price of that fruit. J. H. Stanton, of the Illinois State Horticultural society, said: "For years we have been handicapped by the fact that the apple buyera or Jobbers have been able to dictate prices to us. "Now, If we are . the producera, why should we not have some voice in regulating the attuation of prices? Tbat ia what ws Intend to organize for." Movement, of Ore.. Vessels, Aug;. IV. At Boulogne Sur Mer Arrived: Potsdam, from New York, fur Rotterdam, and pro ceeded. At Bremen Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm der Oro.se, from New York via Plymouth and Cherbourg. At Antwerp Arrived: Frlesland, from New York. At Movilie Arrived: Furnesala, from New Tork, for Glasgow. At New York-Balled: Kalserina Maria Theresa, for Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg; Moltke, fur Hamburg via Cher bourg. Arrived: Kron Prlns Wllhelm, from Bremen. At Hong Kong Arrived: Doric, from San Francleco via Honolulu, etc. At Sydney, N. 8. W.-Moans, from Van couver via Honolulu and Brisbane; Ven tura, from San Francisco via Honolulu and Auckland. Important Seaport Captured Without Finn) a Singlt Shot. GOVERNMENT TROOPS EVACUATE T0WH Command Under General Velutini With drawi Without light UMunuuuuuuj GO TO THE ISLAND OF MARGARITA Embark on Steamer Ouun for a lafai Betreat BRITISH WARSHIPS ARE GATHERING Will Visit La fluayra la Few Hart and Announcement Is Causing; Considerable Speculation aa to Object. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Aug; ' 19. Newe baa Just reached here that th seaport of Cumana, In the state of Ber mudei, Venezuela, was occupied at noon to day by the Venezuelan revolutionist with out the firing of a single shot The government forces, commanded bj General Velutini and the local authorttlei of Cumana, evacuated that town last night They withdrew to the Island of Margarita! about forty miles north of Cumana, oi board tha ateamer Ossun. A report la current here tbat a numbet of British warships, under command of aa admiral, will visit La Guayra, Venesuela, In n few daya. No reasons for ths pres-. ence of the warships In question at La Guayra can be obtained and the report li causing considerable speculation. Cumana, which' ts about 200 miles east of La Guayra, waa occupied for ft fhort time by the Venezuelan revolutionist laat May. Upon thla occasion also the govern ment forces left the town without offering resistance. Cumana Is about fifty mile east of Barcelona, which waa captured by the revolutionists ths early part of this month. The revolutionists now hold the custom ports of Cludad Bolivar, LaQuayra, La Vela, De Coro, Carupano, Barcelona and Cumana. GATES FACTION LOSES OUT Court Denies Application for Injunc tion In Noted Colorado- t Caaa. DENVER, Colo., Au " Tha John W. Gates faction of th r .Jo Fuel and Iron company haa lost .ther round In It bat tle for the control of that eompany. Judge Reiner of the United Statea district eourt tonight denied the application for a pre liminary injunction to prevent officials of tha eompany from refusing to allow them to vote proxies they claim to have at tha stockholders' meeting scheduled for to morrow in thla city. The suit, which waa brought In the nama of John J. Mitchell and othera against tha Colorado Fuel and Iron company, waa bated upon the alleged fraudulent and absolutely void by-law which waa adopted by tha board of directora of tha oompany on July 30 last, and whtch the complainant charged was framed and adopted for the purpose of enabling the preaent offlolala of the Colorado Fuel and Iron eompany to dlo tate the action of tomorrow' meeting and alao to deprive the complainant and the shareholders they represent by proxy from voting at auch meeting. Judge Reiner held that all objection in the bill of complaint were met and an swered by defendant company. In denying the application for a preliminary Injunction the court was not expected to pass upon questions of law. However, he would say that on Its face the by-law provided for an orderly and lawful method of conduct ing a shareholders' meeting and that ap parently there was no other purpose In view. The by-law was adopted In good faith. The application for a preliminary Injunction would therefore be denied. The- application waa made several day ago and a brilliant array of legal talent waa represented on either aid of the caas. The court room tonight was crowded with spectators, among whom were tha leading members of the local bar, who have watched the courae of the battle with deep Interest. Mr. Gatea and hla friends listened atten tively to the reading of the decision, and aa soon as it was completed left the court room with their attorney STREET CAR JUMPS TRACK Eight Seriously Injured, Two Pay tally, la Aocldeat In Kew York City. NEW TORK, Aug. IB. Eight person were seriously Injured, two of them at least fatally Injured and ft dozen ather se verely so, tonight when on of tha heavy open atreet car of the Union railway line of the Bronx left tha tracks on Jerome Park avenue, near tha crosalng of Moabolu Parkway, and turned completely over Into ft ditch. Two of the men taken to tha Fordham hospital hare not been Identified. Their skulls were fractured and tha hospital au. thorltle aald they would likely die. Othera taken to Fordham hospital were: Michael Donohu. William Eisner. C. H. Perrln. A. L. Merrill. Bernard Feeney. Patrick Dale. R. W. Crawford. FIRE CHIEF CROKER IS OUT Goes Away on Vacation and Returns to How. Tork to Find Man , , ' la Hla Plaea. NEW TORK. Aug. 19. Edward Croker, chief of tha New Tork city fire department, waa auspended from duty today by Fire Commiasloner Sturgia. Mr. Croker, who I a nephew of Richard Croker, had been ab sent on a vacation, but returned to the alty yesterday, saying he did ao to resume his duties on advice of bla attorneys. Mr. Cro ker aald thla advice waa given because bis name had been mentioned In connection with the hearing of charges againat Chief of Conrr'!n Pyen f h 1prtrant. When the chief reached hla office yesterday he found that a new lock had been placed on his desk, so that hie key would not fit It, and that hla letter booka for -three years past had besn carried away. i