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THE OMAHA DAILY HKK: MONDAY. SEPTEM11ET? 15, 1002. y Jerk McKenna, according t McKcn a's own words, sod given a few husky punch's bout the far and hody. flail Gets Away. tfheo the fight hail reached Its crisis Hall withdrew a few feet and commanded the crowd to stand bark. Having, an he placed his hand to hta hip pocket: "Keep back, or I'll ehoot." Th injunction had some effect, for the aaailanta baited and gate Ball time to reach the company's gates, from which he waa accompanied back to the scene of the fight by a guard, who helped him carry Caldwell Into the yards. The Injured man had gone but a short distance Inside when he became limp, and be died wlitaln twenty minute. Caldwell never spoke, according to the statements made. Jack McKenna, the msn who admits be ing an aggressor In the tragical affair, has been confounded with Jack McKenna, the former t'nlon Parlfle machinist, who la now one of the strikers. The latter was not near the place where the murder occurred and had no part whatever In the affair. The McKenna who takes upon himself the responsibility for striking Rail has an un savory reputation about town and is said by the police t have been an occupant of the city jail on many occasions. Were at the Theater. According to the statement of Ball, he and Caldwell bad attended a play at Boyd's theater during the early part of the night. After the play they walked north on Six teenth atreet and took supper In a res taurant with a couple of friends whom they met there. Ball denied that either he or Caldwell had been freely Imbibing and de clared that both were entirely free from the Influence of liquor. Toung Spellman and McKenna had been drinking somewhat In the McKenna saloon at Seventeenth and Nicholas streets and bad shared tbetr luxuries with the older Spellman. One of the McKenna's, who own the saloon, stated that the men had been there during the early night. John Kerrigan, who mi one of the number under arrest, had a pair of ateel knuckles upon bla person when taken Into the police station, but the police are satisfied that be did not use them in the fight, and further more that he was not even present at the affair, despite the statement of Ball that he was positive he could Identify Kerrigan as one of the three agressors. Ball was unacquainted with the men and this Is assigned for his mistake in fixing Ker rigan in his mind as one of the principals. Kerrlaaa Nat at Flaht. Kerrig-att seems to have satined the po lice that he had left the picket line shortly bofor the fight occurred for his home to get Ms overcoat and did hot return until the af fair Was over. He was met at Sixteenth and Cass atreets by McKenna and young Spellman, who broke the news to him of the fatal encounter. The three men took a drink around, they satd, and. returned to the yards. Kerrigan I a member tf the federated board of the strikers and. bis duties compelled him, he says, to be oh guard last night. According to the statement of Raymond Chadwlck, he, Michael Spellman and Ru dolph Undberg had been detailed by the blacksmiths' union aa ita representatives oa the picket Has for Saturday eight The picket forces are made up from men out of the various unions in the strike. Vletlrn of tac Tragedy. Earl Caldwell, the victim of the tragedy, lived In Chicago with bis mother, Mrs. Mag gie Caldwell, at 438 Irving avenue. He car ried an' identification card la his pocket which revealed this Information. Caldwell tame to Omaha July to work for the Union Pacific, but on account of a lame foot returned home and did not come back to this city until September 8. when he resumed1 his work in the shops. The murdered man was a fine specimen of physical manhood, stand ing over six feet In height and weighing upwards of 170 pounds. He was 25 year cf ge. News of his untimely death was tele graphed to his mother, and Coroner Bralley received a message last night from the be reaved woman requesting that the body of her son be sent - to ber. A mad representing himself ao a brother of Caldwell, put In an appearance yester day afternoon. He kald he had reoelved a telegram In Chicago of his brother's murder and took the first train for Omaha. He made the statement to one of the strike leaders that "Earl got just what he deserved, aa he never was any good." The man's story la discredited entirely and he Is believed to be a detective, trying to probe strikers. It would not have been possible for hint to have left Chicago and reached Omaha In the time he says, ss the murder did not occur until nearly 1 o'clock In the morning. Men la Separate Cells. All the nine men under arrest may be admitted. to bail after the post mortem ex amination has been held, but not before. The police expect to land more suspects by that time. Chief of Police Donahue re fuse to allow any attorney to consult with any of the prisoners until the post mortem has been held. The men are detained in separata cells In the city jail. They were brought out one at time yesterday to make their statements, which were made to the police and Bdson Rtch, attorney for the Union Pacific. Mr. Rich was the only outsider allowed to see or communicate with the prisoners or Ball, the injured msn. This tragedy forms an epoch In the his tory of the Vnlon Pacific strike. It has al ready had a temporary effect at least upon ! the struggle between the company and Its former employes, and Jt may extend even further. Chief Donahue yesterday issued orders prohibiting all strikers from con gregating at or near the yards. In any ca-1 paclty whatever,, an4 specified that the picket llnea, should be. removed. Fourteen patrolmen were detailed tor duty at the yards. The ; pickets were summarily re moved yesterday afternoon, but they dis pute the right of the thief to take this step, and will endeavor to Regain their positions through legal 'process.' Vie President Coaloa Talk. "We deny the right of Chief Donahue to remove eur pi ke ftom the r'llr ad yards," said First Vice President P. J. Conlon of the International Association of Machinists yesterday. "That is usurping the preroga tive of a court and we contend that It transgressed the poser of the chief of police. Wf will seek redress for this wrong. The action of the chief amounts to nothing more than an Injunction and only a judge can Incus Injuaettone. "In the Brat place Chief Donahue had no causs for taking such action against the plckrU even if he did have the right, for the strikers are not guilty of this crime sad should not be made to bear the con sequences, directly or indirectly. "The crime of Sunday morning Is to be deplored and no set of Individuals regret it any more than we do. We have from the first enjoined our men to bo moderate and cautious In their conversation and conduct at all limes and never to engage in violence of any kind. The great majority of the atrlkers have observed our warnings, but of course, there are a few hot heads who are unable to govern their passions. This is not surprising. It Is the case among men of all classes." Third Vkre President George Mulberry of Tonfffhi h.rnn Miii-iM. if Tour liver Is luggisn.out of tune and you feel dull, bilious, ounaUpaled, Uie a dose at Slood'a Pills '. Awl Toa11 he all rt,U la Ut nonxifi the machinists, took the same View of the case ss did Conlon, adding: "We will en deavor to preserve our right by hsvlng this order for the removal of pickets an nulled. Such an order aa that can be Issued only through injunction proceedings and there have been no such proceeding aa yet. We are out for nothing but our rights, bue must Insist on them until w get them and we believe that the chief will be smong the first to make these conces sions." President John McNeil of the boiler makers' national organisation, who Is Id the city, spoke with great feeling of the sad occurrence of 8unday morning. "I can't believe that any striker bad a hand in the murder," said Mr. McNeil, "but at any rate we beg the public to withhold any decision or verdict In the matter until all the facta are fully known. We have been determined that tbls fight should be conducted along humane and civil lines add wlthbut violence and we don't want to be charged with this crime. There whs but one of our men among the number arrested and he, George U Perkins, was an apprentice. We will look after his esse and ascertain whether he Is guilty of any part In the crime. We are confident he Is not and feel bappy that he thus far has not been ac cused. He will doubtless be held merely as a witness. Will Protect X Uallly Man. "But In order to give him and us every chsnc we have employed Ed. P. Smith as attorney. If It should be found that any of our men were guilty of this crime In any way we would not defend him or offer any encouragement. We are not organised to promote lawlessness or foster crime and will not condone evil In any form by protecting violators of the law. We are peaceable, law abiding cltliena and abhor those who are not. We ask the public not to hastily form the opinion that, because this murder oc curred st this time it Is traceable and chargeable to the strikers, but if It should be shown ;r that some strikers ar im plicated, even then we would insist on tb public believing that wo do not sympathise with the criminals, but on the other band we would do everything In our power to bring him to justice, the same as any other outlaw." Raymond f'hadwlck'o Hlorr. This statement was made to Chief of Police Donahue and Captain Hato by Ray mond Chadwlck: "Lieutenant Mlko Spellman, Rudolph Llndberg and myself were detailed to go on picket duty at the Union Pacific shops by the chairman of the blacksmiths' union, to go to work during Saturday night. We went about 10 p. m. to the Davenport street gate, remained there about halt an hour, then went to Cans street gate and remained there until about 12:30 a. m. We saw men coming from up town. We met them at the southeast corner of Twelfth and Case. Earl Caldwell spoke up and said, 'Here, boys, I don't want any trouble. We have been In here four days. Wo came from Chicago and we are going to quit tomorrow.' "Then one of our party spoke; do not know which one. He said, 'Have you no other place to sleep except In the shops?' Caldwell said no. John Spellman struck Caiiiweii lu fate with his S:t. fc!ch knocked him down. I am quite sure that Spellman had nothing In his hand. Spell man followed Earl up. Others fought In the gutter. My attention was then drawn to Jack McKenna wrestling with Mordlca W. Ball. They Were both on the ground for about a minute, when both got up and separated, when Ball reached for his hip pocket. Ball made some remark which I did not understand and ran toward the Cass street gate. The struggle was between Caldwell and Spellman when I saw Mr. Ball running toward the gate. I make this statement of my own free will, without fear, favor or promisee." Yonna; Bpellman'a Statement. To the same officers John Spellman made this statement: ' "I met Jack McKenna at Fifteenth and Nicholas streets. Was around town and about 10:20 o'clock went to tho Cass street gates and met Ray-1 mobd - Chadwlck, Rudolph Undberg and my father, Mike Spellman, and another man I did not know. Remained there some time and then went to Twelfth and Cass streets and stood on the south east corner for about ten minutes. Saw two men coming from up town. They were 1 engaged In conversation With my father. Jack McKenna, Raymond Chadwlck and Rudolph Llndberg and another man. I was about fifteen or twenty feet away and did not hear what was said. One of the two men said he was a blacksmith helper. I then went over and struck one of the two men with tuy fist and he fell in the gutter. I struck at him twice after he tell, but I missed him. I then walked across the street alone. Before 1 left tho man I knocked down got up and ran toward the shops. I did not see anyone strike or touch the man in my presence." Young Spellman made a similar state ment to Edson Rich, atorney for the Union Pacific, la which he repeated that no one else struck Caldwell In his presence. He tells the railroad attorney that he followed up his first blow with two other while his young victim was in tho gutter and unable to rise and defend himself. Rich Conducts Examination. Mr. Rich subjected each of the nine pris oners snd Mr. Ball, the companion of Cald well, to examinations and haa stenographic reports of the statements. This Is a copy of the statement made by Ball, who said that he had teen living for the past two yeara la Denver, but was now employed as boiler maker helper In the Omaha shops: Mr. Rich You went up town sometime last evening with Mr. Caldwell Mr. Ball Yes. sir. "At what hour?" "Near 7 o'clock as well as I remember." "I was taking supper, spent tho evening up town and went In the barber shop, got shaved and went up to Boyd's theater; spent the evening, came down on the street toward the shops and met a oouple of friends there. Talked a few minutes. Tbey wont home and we came on down sod stopped1 at Mullen's theater probably ten or fifteen minutes, just while w smoked little there; cam out snd went into a restaurant and got lunch; staid there probably fifteen minutes. Walked slowly oa down towards the shop until we turned the corner and saw this gang stand ing out la the street." "Whtr did you meet this crowd?" "It was Twelfth, right at the opposite cor ner southeast corner." "Whea you went up to them, hq'w many were there?" "There were alx." "Did you knew any of them?" "No, sir; I did not knew any of them at all." "What was said?" "They were standing out in the middle of the street, you know, and w were coming down the sldewalki They saw ua coming about the time we got opposite tho saloon. They walked up and blocks ta sidewalk. We walks up ta them and slops had to step and tbey aays. 'Where are you going boys? W says 'W are going down to the shops.' They all seemed to be excited then and this yiung fellow Caldwell aays, 'We do no) want any trouble. I just came la aer last week from Chicago as soon as I get a little money I am going back.' He had not more than got the words out of his mouth whea this young fellow kit him a biff aad seat him over." Contradicts Spellman. "Did any one ef them or the man you had tho fight with, say to Caldwell. 'Haven't you ay pUcole to sleep than the shop. I have a nice room and If you will eome down you ran stsy with me.' Was that statement made?" "No. sir, no such statements ta that ass made." "Where was thla young fellow that struck Caldwell standing during the conversation?" "He was stsnding Just behind a little tow heavy set msn, ard just as Caldwell says, 'We are going back as soon as we get a little money,' why, this fellow Just csme over thst wsyflndlcstlng bow the blow was dealt) and struck htm." "Did It knock him down?" "Yes, sir. It knocked him clear over and he lit on his head and shoulders In the gutter. It Is a pretty steep bank there." "Then did the young fellow that struck him go after him?" "There was two of them jumped on him, this tall man with the club and the fellow that struck him went right over on top of him. a tall fellow, taller than the rest of them and he had a club In his hand, and he and the fellow (hat did strike Caldwell then Jumped onto him." "Then In the meantime what did you do?" "I run backwards just a quick as he struck him, dver the little bridge li st Is across the gutter there and the boy was hollering so. I made a dash to get him to get up. Just as 1 started to get to him to get him up, these four fellows Jumped for me. This fellow commenced pounding me in the face." "This little fellow that done the talk ing?" "Ye, sir." "Would you kflow him if you saw him?'' "Yes, sir." "Did you finally get away from him?" "Yes, these other fellows rushed onto me, ono fellow with knurkles hit me there. Run ning backwards fighting as beat I could, this fellow with knuckles hit me there (pointing to bis head). I stumbled and fell backwards and three of them fell on top of me. They fell to one side and I Jumped out from under them." "When you got up from them that time, where was Caldwell?" "He was down In the ditch. These others were still beating him." "Two fellows were still on him?" lee Some Oaths. "Yes, sir. I made a feint a though 1 had a revolver and says. You , I will shoot you. They Jumped off of him and quit following me. The other two Jumped off Caldwell, too." "Which way did they go?" "Tbey ran straight up the street snd he jumped up and ran toward the shop. 1 bad to back off and saw the hst laying there aad put It under my arm and backed off, and after I got past the building a little way, tbey commenced hurling rocks at me and I had to dodge them until I got to the tracks, then I broke and ran to the gate." "Could you Identify the tall man with the club If you should see him?" "I would not say I could, because It was all done so quick that I do not remember I could do that." "When you first met them and were talk ing to them, where did this tall man with the club stand?" "He stood behind me." "Cmtld you describe his hat or whether he had a beard or not?" "He had a soft felt hat. creased." "Describe the man." "Ha bad an awful prominent nose, high cheekbonea and thin face kind of sloped to a point, his chin." Posplsll was then called In and Ball Identified him beyond any question as the "tall man" who figured in the assault of Caldwell. Ball ha a hat in his possession which he claims fell off. old man Spellman' head when he was assaulting Caldwell. Posplsll Denies He Wa Thrre. Charles Posplsll made a long statement in which be declared that he was not at the Cass street jtate or near it when the tragedy occurred and said that the first he knew of It was when some of the pickets told him. He told of having drank with Johnny Spellman and McKenna and said that h was working under the directions of Mike Spellman, although not stationed at the Cass street gate. He said he could not remember where ho was when the fight occurred. John Kerrigan unbosoms himself of lengthy narrative In which he emphasises the fact that he was not present to witness the hostilities and that the first he knew of them was when he wa given the in formation at Sixteenth and Cass streets by John Spellman and McKenna. He said he had been at home after his overcoat. "SASSF.D BY THE CORPSE." A Tale Said to Have Sprang from the Wilds of Pennsylvania. That mlnlater of the gospel exchange stories among themselves that they would not tell their flock 1 well known. Not that they would be ashamed or backward to do so, but occasion I lacking. Her U a yarn brought by one, gathered In hi summer vauatlon, and printed by tho Brooklyn Eagle. It o happened that a good brother In a church In on of the rural countte la Pennsylvania passed to hi reward and all the community crowded to the church funeral to be a his virtues extolled. The minister mad most ef tho occasion, not only eulogising the departed saint, hut entering Into and discussing many detail of hi private and publio life. There was a rustle and hum of approbation In the congregation when the pastor concluded h' extended remarks and took up the hymn book preliminary to starting off the choir In appropriate aong. It happened that In the gathering there was an occasional attendant at the church who had spiritual gifts. In fact, he proi fessed among hla acquaintances to be able to communicate with departed spirit. Thla Individual, to the aurprlse of all present, as he had seemed to be dosing, arose In hi place well up la front and la a confident vole remarked: 'I wish to state that I have just had a communication from our dear brother." Everybody turned to hear what waa to com next. 'And I desire also to state," continued the speaker, "that he has beea cognisant of all that has beea said her about him. He tell me that a good many things have beea said - concerning his life here below that ar not so." Ths speaker aat down and every eye In the congregation was turned toward the minister. That worthy seemed Imperturba ble. He gathered up the hymn book again, however, and showed some internal disturb sac by putting it down again without giv- ng out the hymn. Finally he said: "Brethren and sisters, at first I thought It best to say nothing at this point. How ever, it Is due to you that I should Justify myself. I shall take back nothing I have said; neither shall I question the truth of the curious communication Just stated to eu. But I must say that in all my twenty-five years' presiding at funerals in this community this Is the first time that I have ever been aaaaed by the corpse. We will now slog hymn iio. and afterward the friend will bav a chance to view the re mains." Tommr Ryaa to Meet Kid Carter. BUFFALO, Bept. M. Tomorrow In the arena of the International Athletic club Fort Erie Tommy Ryan will make his first serious defense of the title of middleweight champion. Kid Carter, his opponent weighed ISC pounds after a live-mile run today and his friends claim he Is fit and strong at thst weight. At present Carter mm are porting money to go nn at Z to 1 While Kvan men art skins rao to IUV, FIRE WIPES OUT MANY LIVES Mat j Prpl Caught by Flamss in llaiiag lforthwast Foreiti WORD COMING IN ADD HORROR TO HORROR tamper, Pleasare Seekers,' l.oaarra and Hnnters Overtaken by the ttn.hlaa Torrent of Fire In the Timber. PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. II Driven from their home in the darkness of the night by a raging forest fire which swept every thing before It from Ariel. Cowlitx county. Wash., to Mount St. Helena, a distance of twenty-five miles, eleven people are dead, four are missing and over 200 people have been left homeless, many with not even clothes enough to cover their bodies. The deed In Cowlltt county ss far as known are: D. L. WALLACE, WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. TWELVE-YEAR-OLD SON OF MRS HAN LEY JOHN POLLOCK. HIS BROTHER AND CHILD. W. B. NEW HOUSE. MRS. GRAVES. Four men who were working on a claim belonging to James Hawthorne have not been found and It is thought they are dead. Some fifty or sixty people were ramped at the lake at the foot of Mount St. Hel ena and have not been hoard from since the fire. It Is not known whether they escaped or not. While Immersed in the river Dimmlck saw on of the grandest but most appalling sights of his life. "Great balls of fire would roll up Ilk csnnon balls," said he, "and then burst with a mighty roar. I have never heard a noise to compare with It." As soon as the fire had passed over him he rushed to a neighbor's house and found that the family had been driven from home and escaped, in the morning he set out tor assistance, but he found the roads so obstructed by trees that had fallen across them that his progress wss very slow. Story of Refnsjee. The first news of the devastation was brought to this city by Mllo Dimmlck, who experienced many difficulties In search for aid. His description Indicates that the de vastation there is great, and the destruction Is the greatest reported. He says there are but two houses standing of the twenty-five in the place. Thi fire came upon them in the night and entirely unexpectedly. "I had scarcely time to get to the river myself," Said Dimmlck, "when the flames were upon me and If I had taken time to save anyone we would not have gotten away." KALAMA. Wash., Sept. 14. News reached here late laet night that the for est fires on Lewi river have wrought sad havoc. D. L. Wallace, wife and two children were burned to death. They wire camping In the woods when caught by the fire. Their wagon wan found bufuud up, the charred bodies lying near. A 12-year-old boy of Mr. Hanley's also is dead. Mrs. John Polly and baby and a brother, namo unknown, and Mr, Newhouse and Mrs. Graves are dead; Fifteen others were found without clothing except gunnyeacke. Five logging camps are burned out com pletely. The following families have lost everything: Ellta Street, O. S. Curtis, I M. Chltty. Thomas Matthews. T. Ilk erson, H. E. Dartjand, Dr. GUIs nnd others. The worst of J he fire Is on Lewis river, about twelve niiiag above Woodland. The country I well., settled and there are doubtless other casualties not yet reported. Deatractlon Is Spreading. The fire has spread from Lewis river north to the Kalama river and fifty sections of the finest timber on the coast are destroyed. It is impossible to Rive any estimate of ths amount of damage done to property. Oak Point, twenty miles below here on the Co lumbia river, Is totally destroyed. There are to reports of lives lost, but loss of property Is estimated at about $300,000. A great fire Is also raging on the ('owe- man, In the northern part of the county. Everything combustible in Ita path was con sumed. The air Is full of smoke and falling ashes. Hill's camp Is reported destroyed; Muckley Bros.' ramp is destroyed; More land's ramp is bsdly damaged. Seven don kfy engines are ruined. Two men from Hair's camp are reported missing, people sre panic-stricken and many are almost crated with grief over their loss of prop erty. Co willi county thought it waa going to escape until today, when the reports came thick and fast, each worse than the last. Five people are dead and two missing, with only partial report from the burned dis trict. The horrible news has cast a gloom over the entire county that can hardly be described. A courier just arrived from Lewis river states that there are but two bouses standing on Lewis river from Trait' place to the head of the river, a distance of thirty miles, and that not less than fifteen persons have perished. Homeless People In Oregon. PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 14. About 300 people are left homeless In Multnomah and Clackamas counties, as a result of the for est fires that have raged for the past week. Fires have burned over a wide scope of country, but the greatest damage In this state appears to have been done In theso two counties. , In a fir that destroyed the town of Palmer, near Bridal Vale, two boys named Hamilton were caught while trying to escape from the flames and burned to death. The timber losses In Clackamas county have been Immense, and the whole length bf the Clackamas river present nothing but vistas of ruined settlements. In Eastern Multnomah the fires are under control and no further damage Is feared unlets westter is changed. In southern Ore gon excellent work has been don by the forest rangers and the destruction confined to a comparatively limited area. Eugenie and surrounding country Is now practically out of danger, though fires are still menac ing. Tillamook alao has been saved by the change in the direction of the wind and the inhabitants have good hopes of saving the town, which hss twice been almost aban doned before the raging flame. Region Swept Clean. Tb most distressing losses have been those Buffered in the vicinity ef Springfield. Clackamas county, and Lents, Multnomah county. The Bpringwater region has been utterly swept by the fires, and those who have reached points in communication with the outside world say that immediate help must be sent In order to aavs tb lives rescued from the devouring flames. Around Portland the fires ar dying down and the people la the suburbs are r eating easy for the first time since Thursday. In all parts of the Willamette and Columbia river val ley the smoke continues very dens and It is feared that the full extent of the losses will net be knows antll tb districts now cut off ar heard from. The damags by fire to forest reservations appear to have not been heavy, the most disastrous fires being confined to settle ments whtr clearing and dashing I being done. There 1 no way of securing a cor rect estimate of ths loss, but it will cer tainly exceed $1,900,000 in this state. Kip Them In the Mad. if ye have loss of appetite, headache, eoastlpalloa er biliousness take Electrl BIUr. It cures or bo nr. Oaly Mo. PILE FREIGHTERS IN DITCH Rear K.od Collision In Which Only One Maa Patter SllaM Injarlea. CRETE. Neb., Sept. 14. (Special Tele gram.) Freight trains 72 and 76 met In a rear end collision Just west of the Crete bridge? last night. Seven cars were de molished nn No. 72 and engine 340. pulling ? was ditched and badly smashed. The engineer and fireman saved themselves by Jumping. No. 72 pulled out of Dorchester five minutes ahead of 76. each train having order to take the elding at Crete for pas senger No. 9. No. 72 stopped nt the switch with the end unprotected by flagman or torpedoes. Engineer Graham of the rear train was obliged to run st a fast rate of speed In order to carry out his orders for meeting the passenger train. He supposed 72 was In the cleer. The conductor of the head train warned Orahnm at Dorchester to lookout for him at Crete. The fireman on 76 was somewhat injured In Jumping. The wrecker came down from Lincoln and has been at work. Superintendent Blgnrll also spent the night at Crete. Arrangements Ont In the State. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) Mayor Cleary. C. F. Bentley. T. O. C. Harrison and C. G. Ryan have been ap pointed a committee on reception for the President Roosevelt party on September 27, and W. H. Hanlwn, Dr. George Roeder, A. F. Huehler. Commandant Cole, Louis Veil. R. J. Bnrr. H. C. Miller, 3. R. Thompson, C. B. Norrls and R. Goehrlng a committee on general arrangements, which latter committee will meet Monday even ing to perfect all arrangements, ft Is ex pected that a large crowd will be In the city on this clay, the largest perhaps the city has ever had, a large number of farm ers always coming In nn Saturday, and this also being Ibe day for the republican county convention. Furthermore, Grand Island will be the most available point for the largo territory north on the Union Pacific and west on the Burlington. Plonerr of Yahln ton County. HOOPER. Neb., 8cpt. 14. (Special.) Christ. Ruwe, one of ths Wealthi est and most prominent farmers of this vicinity. died at hi home near Fontandle at 11 o'clock last Thurs day night. The deceased was 73 years of age and a pioneer settler of Washington county. About four years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and had been con fined to the house almost constantly slnce that time. The widow survives him and also a large family of children and grand children. The funeral was held from his late home at 12 o'clock today. Rev. Sick conducting the services. Popnllata lie! the Candidate. ST. PAUL. Neb.. Sept. 14. (Special.) The democratic and populist county con ventions were held here yesterday after noon. The conference committees agreed that the three nominations to be made should be conceded the populists. The popullBt convention then nominated F. J. Taylor for county attorney. 8. M. Frits for representative from the Forty-eighth district, and Christopher Mortsnsen for commissioner from the First district. The republicans hold their nominating conven tion next Saturday. Court nt Papllllon. PAPILLION, Neb., Sept. 14. (Special.) Tho fall term of district court will con vene In Papllllon Monday. Sentemher ! There are several criminal and a number of law and equity cases to be disposed of at this term of court. Women Occnpy the Pulpits, MITCHELL, 8. D.. Sept. 14. (Special Telegram.) Today representatives of the Women's Christian Temperance union con vention occupied the pulpits in four churches of the city and this evening a large union meeting of the delegates and the churches of the city was held at the opera house, which was addressed by Miss Brehm, president of the Illinois associa tion. The convention has been a splen did success and good reports have been made by the officers. Tomorrow after tho election of officers, the convention will adjourn. Mies Kara Smart of Sioux Falls, who has been identified as the head of tho Young Ladles' union of the state, left yesterday on her Journey to Japan, to which country she has been appointed .is a special missionary, by the International union of (he Women's Christian Temper ance union. - To Stop the Fight. FRANKFORT, Ky., Bent. 14. tiovernor Heckham tocluy directed Attorney Cenerul Pratt to proceed tomorrow with legal pro ceedings to stop tho. MeUovern-Corbrtt prlxeltght.at Louisville. ARE GLACIERS IMCHEASIXUf Enormous Area. Covered by these Great Ice Rlvere. For the last nve years physical geogra phers have been giving a great deal of at tention to the study of glaciers. One ques tion that has Interested them very mucn Is whethe since the beginning of the hls t rrin rwrlnd the elacler of the world have augmented or diminished In area. No per fectly df finite Information with regard to this nuestlon has been obtained, though some general conclusions have been roo.-hed. tt la traditional in the Alps, How ever, and some other regions that valleys now mounted bv crlaclers were formerly pasture lands. On the whole. It Is certain that for several centuries till auite re cently there waa a gradual Increase in the urea of glaclatlon. Glaciers everywhere are Jn a state ef Imml movement the v are constantly Increasing in length or shortening. Climatic variation are, of course, the cause of these oscillations, though the influence or cli mate upon glacial movement Is not yet fullv understood. When the laws govern ing the movements of glaciers sre well known the science or meteorology will be considerably further advanced than It Is today. There Is good evidence to show that in the arctic regions In the eighteenth cen tury and in part of the nineteenth, an Im portant extension of glaciers occurred. In Spitsbergen, for example, harbors which whalers had often vlHlted In the seven teenth and early In the eighteenth cen turies were filled later with glaciers, so that they could no longer be used by snip ping. The advance of glaciers In Iceland la said to have covered places that had formerly been the sites of farms and churches. Glaciers see, within the historic nerlod. to have attained their greatest ex tent about IWK). Hinee that time few cf them have grown to an important degree. Mny of them have diminished In size, and others have entirely disappeared. i nis Mbstf Brewed ia plant at clean the cleanest home kitchen lwyi open t your inspection 5 8,9 7 1 ruitori last year. phenomenon litis been observed In all parte of the world. Probably few persons Imagine that gla ciers cover so large an area as they do. The land s-.irface which are today hurled under glattnl snow and Ire are supposed to be about 4,45,000 square miles In ex tent, or more than one and one-half times as larg! as the United States. This enor mous mass of ice Is distributed very un evenly over the world, and nearly all of It Is In the polar rejlon. Outside of the perpetually frosen north and smith, only about 19.600 square miles of surface are covered with glaciers. It will be interesting to remember thru there are two distinct types of glacial phe nomenathe Alpine and the polar. One of the best examples of the Alpine type of glacier Is seen In the Mer de Glace nt Chnni'imilx. A circle of peaks surrounds a depression, which Is tilled by rompae'ed now and Ice known ns neve. This Is the reservoir, the source of the glacier. In tills depression the snow, either falling from the heavens or brought by winds and aval anche, accumulates to a great deplh. Is transformed Into neve, and begins to over flow down the mountain side, a true glacier. It Is thus seen that the characteristic fea ture of Alpine glaciers Is that they occupy depressions In relation to the surrounding topography. On the other hand, the polar glacier. In Mcatl ot being formed In a depression, c euples a culminating position above every thing else It Is an enormous rap, or cu pola, rising above the surrounding lands; It I the dominant feature far and wide. Such, for example. Is the great lee cap of Greenland, and It Is thought probable that an enormously thick sheet of Ice may cover a continental mass of land In the antarctic regions, and form the largest sheet of Ice In the world. PHKSKMK OF Hlll. Sample Instance of the Materlnl of Which Heroes Are Made. "Retaining presence of mind under try ing circumstances," said the ex-senator from Kentucky, quoted by the New York Tlmee, "Is one of the things that make heroes." Here he began to sort his morning mail. "But It Is true that two people at a mutual crisis are ready for the emergency. It was my privilege to witness such an oc currence once, though," added the ex-senator thoughtfully, as he took up a letter bearing the postmark of a Kentucky town and fingered It lovingly, "and It made an Impression on me never to be forgotten. "I was stopping for the night at the house of one of my 'horny-handed' con stituents during one of my campaigns. He had only been married a few months and the glamour of the honeymoon was over the entire place still. Jack was a sturdy young farmer and progressive. He had built a neat little cottage with wide porches and his special pride was a big cellar that occupied nearly alt the space beneath the house. He and his wife both expatiated on the wonders of that cellar and It con tents of fruit, preserves and cider. "After an evening spent In admiring the many things in the pretty little house, gifts of class, china and linen that had been bestowed upon the couple, the wife said to her husband: " "Now, Johh, take that pitcher that pretty on that Mary Jones gave us and go down In the cellar end draw some cider for the senator before fie goes to bed." "John started obediently, but at the rear of the hall, Where the entrance to the cellar stairs began, he called to his wife to bring a tamp and bold it at the head of the stairs to light him down. "Of course, I went with her and volun teered to hold the lamp. When the hue band had reached the fourth or fifth step down his heel struck something and then there., wgg an awful clatter, mingled with shrieking ejaculations bump bumpety bump ow! bumpety bump bump ow o ow! and then a sudden cessation of the bumps, followed by an Incoherent volume ot muttering. "With each bump of the husband the wife had responded wtth a Jump and a shriek, but when the end came she rote superbly to the occasion. Peering down Into the semi-gloom, where the husband was gathering himself together, she cried out plaintively: " 'Oh, Jack, Jack, did you break the pitcher?' "At that Inquiry Jack rose up and hi eye glared In the darkness. " 'No,' he fairly bellowed and then, with a perfect torrent of profane impreca tions, he called through his clenched teeth, 'but I Will.' "And he did," concluded the ex-senator from Kentucky, a he broke the seal of the letter and turned to the perusal of his morning mail. KIAKRAI.S IX OLD MEXICO. Street Cars for Henraea and Collins Peddled from Door to Door. "Did you ever see a 'street car funeral?' " The questioner was a drummer for a large eastern house and had Just returned from an extended trip throughout Mexico, re late the Washington Post. "A street car funeral?" the reporter re peated. "Ye, air! One meet with odd sights the moment be crosses the Mexican border, hut he reaches the climax in the City of Mexico itself, and from what I can learn It Is the only town In the world where 'street car funerals' are an every-day occurrence. Fu nerals, like all other things Mexican are divided into two classe. Those who ran afford luxuries procure the hesrse drawn by four black horses, with a coachman and a footman, and ornamented with gold and sli ver trappings of every description. But the poorer element must ba content with just a plain, ordinary street car, with the seats removed, a few pieces of cheap black cloth tacked here and there to lend a somber effect, and drawn by a pair of sun burned but energetic mules. "When a Mexican dies the street car com pany Is Immediately notified to have a hearse and the required number of coaches at a certain point on their track as near aa possible to the late residence of the de ceased. The coffin ia then placed upon the shoulders ot four friends snd carried from the bouse to the street car pageant In wait ing. The remains are carefully deposited on the platform ot the first car. the gaudily at tired mourners climb In the remalaing coaches, and the funeral proceeds In more or less state to the cemetery. Cigarettes sre very much in evidence, and a casual observer might well suppose from the as cending smoke that the remains were being cremated enroute. "If the mourners are extremely sorrowful they may pull down the blinds sod close tho doors, thus enjoying complete privacy. The great objection, however, to the street car funeral is the degree of speed that must be maintained in order to keep the tracks mm? ems mm cleared for rcgular'traffic. In fact. 'on one occasion Just before I -left the rap'tul. I saw the Utile mules atached to the unoml elasa hearse coming down the street at a full gallop, affording us the ustonlshlnc; combination of 'the quick and the dead' "And speaking of funerals mnlnds me tit a little Incident which occurred up in (Juer ata'ro, a town seaii miles north of the city I was sitting out In front of the adobe hod I one evening, when I noticed an old niHi going from door to door wlih a plain pln coffin on his back, He was what Is tcrmrll a 'coffin peddler.' and was trying to Induce the residents to lay In a supply of roflluK. for the aprronthing winter.' The principal' argument used In disposing of his grewsome wares was that all are bound to die sooner or later, and one might as well be supplied with all necessary requisites to a funeral." If lis a "Garland." Tha'.'s sll you need to know about a stove or range. The llonrat Referee. I'.altlmore American: "Hit him again' Slug him! Do him up!" yell the exiitet spectators of the prlsellglit when the favorite knocks down hix opponent. Calmly the referee rulses his hand for silence. When tho turmoil has died down he re marks : "Gentlemen. I beg of you to remember that tbls la not the V'nlted States senate. ' "An All-Day.Food Wheat and Pare Frnlt Comhlaed. Surprising Interest has been developed during the laat year In specially prepared foods of high nutritive va.ue, and a change, a wondrous change, haa taken place In tho daily dietary ot neany all olaeeee. 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