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ESTABLISHED JUNE . 19, 1871.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, . OCTOBER 8, 1902 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY Til HE E CENTS.
SEW HOPE FOR COAL
Operator Will Meet Gommittea Praia fram
Canfareaca with Minera' Leaders,
ROOSEVELT ASKS MITCHELL TO END WAR
Promisee Gommiiaiai te IiTiitigata GriT
accei aid leek Final lelutien.
STRIKE LEADER OPPOSES SUGGESTION
While Cnidricg Hu Sites Ba Officit
Eeplj at All ai Tat.
CmATORS MEET ALSO IN NEW YORK CITY
Decline 4o Dlscoss Situation, bat
Claim Aathraclte Will Be Skipped
la Small Qaantltlee
Tkla Weeju
BUFFALO. Oct 7. President Roosevelt
Im followed Ma abortive attempt of last
week to secure a cessation of the coal
strike by a direct appeal to Mr. Mitchell
to call oft his forces and leave a commls
alon to Investigate the matters at Issue.
To this appeal no definite reply baa yet been
received. Indeed Mr. Mitchell declines to
discuss It, although It Is reliably stated that
lie Is not disposed to accept the suggestion.
In the meantime a conference between the
committee appointed by the National Man
ufacturer and Mr. Mitchell and his col
leagues seems to offer a possible solution.
Ttlrphoar to operators.
The conference held at the Iroquois hotel
this afternoon did not resell In any definite
plan being agreed upon, but the members
of the manufacturers' committee sa.d they
were greatly pleased with the progress
made.
The. fact that communication was estab
lished with the operators by long-distance
telephone and an appointment made to
meet a committee representing them In
Philadelphia tomorrow afternoon Is looked
upon as significant. Previously It had been
announced that there existed so under
standing with the operators prior to today's
meeting and no step In that direction would
be taken until the negotiations with Presi
dent Mitchell reached a stage where such
a meeting would promise results.
At :4a Mr. Mitchell and the three dis
trict presidents went Into conference with
the manufacturers' committee behind
closed doors.
At 11.15 the coal conference waa ad
journed until S o'clock.
Mr. Parry stated that a general dtscus
alon of the. situation bad taken place, but
that nothing tangible had been agreed
upon. "Everything Is progressing favor
ably," said he, "and we have hopes that
some definite action will be taken at the
afternoon meeting."
The following gentlemen represented the
manufacturers at today's meeting: David
M. Parry, president of the Manufacturers'
association, Indianapolis; George H. Far
pour, Detroit; Richard Young, New York;
Prank Leek,-Philadelphia, and John Max
well, Indianapolis. The miner were rep
resented by President Mitchell, Secretary
Treasurer Wilson and District Presidents
T. D. Nlcbolls. Thomas, Duffy and John
Tah.
Official Statement Roaeommlttal.
At the conclusion of the afternoon session
the following brief statement was given
out:
The committee of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers has listened to the
cxulanation of the uresent atrlke difficulty
as offered oy a special committee of the
United Mine workers, at the head of which
waa John Mitchell. The committee has
learned what It could of the conditions and
now goea to Philadelphia for the purpose of
meeting a committee of mine operators
with the Idea of getting their side of the
difficulty.
The committee carries no message from
the mine workera and has no other mission
than the desire to speedily bring about a
settlement or tnia dispute.
DAVID M. PARKY, President:
(iKOKOK H. BAKBOUK of Detroit,
U1CHAKD YOUNQ of New York,
FRANK. LEAKK of Philadelphia.
Skip Some Har4 Coal.
President Fowler aald that 2,000 tons of
anthracite ot domestic slxe" were shipped
east over tbe New York, Ontario A West
ern railroad Monday.
A prominent wholesale and retail dealer
speaking ot the present scarcity of soft
coal said the presidents of the coal roada
had promised to relieve tbe situation by
rushing coal here. Next week there would
be sufficient to supply the needs, and there
would be no necessity for any ef the big
steam plants to shut down.
Domstlc sites of anthracite were selling
at $25 a ton, retail, today. Soft coal, whole
ealing at IS. 75 a ton. was selling at 110 lo
family and lit for steam trade.
IIARRlSBl'RO, Pa., Oct. 7. General or
ders placing the entire national guard of
Pennsylvania on duty In tbe strike region
were tasued today at division headquarters.
The orders designate tbe location of the
three brigades and all will be In the field
by Thursday.
Roosevelt Trlea Hew Move.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. The following
official statement was made public at the
White House this afternoon:
On M on (lav. October a Hon Carroll TV
Wright, commissioner of labor, went to
Philadelphia and gave to Mr. John Mitchell
inn following from tne president;
"If Mr. Mitchell will strcure the lmme
diate return to work ot the miners In the
anthracite regions the president will
once Hi'ilnt a commission to Investigate
Into all the matters at Usue between the
operators and miners and will do all wlthlu
bla power to obtain a settlement of thexe
questions In accordance with the report
of the commUslun."
Mr. Mitchell has tuken this matter under
consideration, but the prealdent haa not
ct imn auviaea oi any oecision.
Coaenlt with Caklaet.
The president was In consultation today
tor almost two hours with member's of the
S cabinet relative to the coal strike situation.
J He also talked over the situation with Dr
Albert Shaw and Dr. Lyman Abbott. About
. 11:20 o'clock Frank P. Sargent, commit
? sloner general of Immigration, and for
; ruany years chief of the ttrolherboop of Lo
: comotlve Firemen, arrived at the Whit
; House from bis trip to Philadelphia, where
, he went as tbe emissary of the president to
I convey to President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers' association the proposition
f President Roosevelt that the miners re-
. S'jme work, Mr. Sargent had not succeeded
. In aeetng Mr. Mitchell. The president
however, had heard from Commissioner of
Labor Wright, who saw Mr. Mitchell on the
same erraud last bight lu Pbil.-'.lelphla, and
the latter's report was that Mr. Mitchell
desired time to consider the proposition
and lay It before his associates.
. After a conference of an hour between
the president. Attorney Geners! Knox, Post
Inasler General Payne. Mr. Sargent an
General James 8. Clarkson, It was de
tided to give out the above statement.
(Coniinusl on Fifth Page)
LOUIS DECKER IS ARRESTED
Alleged Boodllna; Alderman faaaht fcr
Police After Tnt Months
la II I l I na;.
ST. LOL'IS, Oct. 7. Two patrolmen peer
ing Into a backyard In Carondolet, a sub
urb of this city, at 10:30 tonight, discov
ered Louis Decker, a former member of
the houae of delegates. Indicted a month
ago on the charge of perjury and bribery,
and placed blm tinder arrest.
Decker disappeared Immediately follow
ing the Indictments by the grand Jury and
a rewar- of $3iO was offered for his ar
rest. ' Indicted on charges ot per
jury f
He wv" f: o the Four Courts and
placed In V' fa -nds were notified of
his arrest an. ' -rn tbey would ar
range for bond f'.'' Tjorrow.
Decker said that-'. -ot been out
of the city since he :d, but bss
been visiting around ar. his frlendi
and 'relatives and a numbe. of times he
has been at hia own home. He was a
member of tbe contracting firm of Decker
t Robertson, which has the contract for
carrying the malls.
His partner. George F. Robertson, who
was also a member of the house ot dele
gates, was likewise Indicted on the charge
of perjury, but Is out on bond. The state
hopes to convict Decker on Robertson's
testimony.
At the Four Courts tonight Decker said:
"I would have given myself up long ago
If I could have arranged for bonds. As
for the charges against me, I have nothing
to say."
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Oct. 7. On an
application for a writ of habeas corpus In
the case of John Helms, the alleged St.
Louis boodlpr. Judge Gannt this afternoon
Issued an order directing Jailer Huebler
of St. Louis to appear before the court In
banc next Tuesday and show why the bond
hould not be reduced.
REBUILDING 0F MONUMENTS
Manor Hon! Flnda Meat of Ancient
Work of Italy In Deplora
ble Condition.
NEW YORK. Oct. 7. Discussing Blgnor
fionl's work In connection with the recon
duction of monuments In Venice, a dis
patch to the Times from that city by way
of London says the church of St. Mark, the
doge's palace, the procurate Vecchle, the
Zecca and the churches of Santa Maria
Glorlosa, Dei Frarl and Ss. Giovanni e
Paolo need prompt attention If catastrophes
are to be averted.
In St. Mark's there. Is a crack In the
great arch of the Apocalypse and tbe arch
sags downward almost a foot. It Is ex
pected that It will be necessary to remove
all the mosaics of tbe arch and that the
brick wall behind will have to be more
solidly constructed.
In the doge's palace diagonal lesions are
visible and It looks as though the brick
work was tumbling outward. The corre-
pondent says that this Is not surprising.
seeing that one of the chief Internal walls
was cut through In order to make room
for an elevator for the heavier hooka In
the Biblloteca "Marctana.
In the procurate Veechle there are
serious cracks, eaueed" "probably - by the
wholesale demolition of Internal walls and
tbe stacking of heavy goods In the rooms
abova tbe colonnade.
The correspondent comments on the
folly of the civil engineering corps, which
Is preparing to remove tbe Biblloteca
Marclana to the Zecca. The latter building
is already In a rickety condition from top
to bottom.
The correspondent saya It la probable that
tbe place will tumble In before the library
can be opened.
Regarding the general subsidence of
Venetian soil Slgnor Bonl believes that the
land has sunk at the, rate of about three
and a halt inches In a century.
BRITISH TRADE INCREASES
Cl Exports, However, Shave Only
Small Shlpmeate to
America.
LONDON, Oct. 7. The September etate
ment of the Board ot Trade shows an In
crease In Imports of $17,175,000 and an In
crease In export of $9,019,000.
The returns show Increases In almost all
Imports, Including $5,891,360 In manufac
tured articles, $4,735,500 In dutiable arti
cle ot food and drink,' $2,790,105 In duty-
less eatables, $4,572,460 In raw materials
and $1,560,330 In tobacco.
The mere notable Increases In the ex
ports were $3,005,000 In metals and articles
manufactured therefrom.
It Is noted that the Increase on coal
exports was only 110,000 ton over 1901, of
which only 20,000 tons went to the group
of countries In which the United State Is
Included.
Aid for American Miners.
LONDON, Oct. 7. The Miners' federation
of Great Britain, In session at Southport to
day, voted $3,000 from the central fund for
the relief of tbe striking American miners,
and adopted a resolution for tbe executive
board and different districts making ad
ditional donations for the same purpose.
EaIUh Sklpmenta at Iron.
LONDON, Oct. 7. Shipment of pig Iron
from the Mlddlesborough district to the
I'nlted States during the first nine months
of the year exceeded 100,000 tons. This la
against 3,500 tons In the corresponding
period ot 1901 and nothing at all In the two
years preceding.
Flay Is Sot Blaephemoaa.
BERLIN. Oct. 7. Paul Heyse's drama,
"Mary Magdalene," which the police for
bade, will have a presentation after all at
the Leasing theater. The police have failed
to prove that the pay Is blasphemous.
Eighteen Sklpa Wrecked.
8T. JOHNS. N. r., Oct. 7. Eighteen
fishing boata have been wrecked by a fear
ful gale off the west ot Labrador, but so
far as Is known no lives were lost.
Americans to Lssrk with Kins;.
LONDON, Oct, 7. Generals Corbln,
Young and Wood will lunch with King
Edward at Buckingham palace October 30.
DIAMOND ROBBERY REPORTED
Tea Packasjes, Valned at Eighteen
Tkonaaad Dollars, Taken frem
later Pillow af Owner.
NEW YORK. Oct. 7. Abraham Freeman,
an Importer of diamonds, whose place of
business la la Maiden Lane, reported to
the police today that ten packages of unset
diamonds, valued at $11,000, were taken
from beneath his pillow during the night.
Tbe police are puzzled as to how the
thieves forced aa entrance into the houae.
DELEGATES READY FOR WORK
Orgaaizatien af Irrigation OongrsM Per
fects d Without Oantest.
SECRETARY WILSON WIRES GREETING
rs. Mllnert MrClars of Colorado
Springs, Delivers aa Address,
Which la to Re the Only
Oae by a Woman.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct 7. At
the session of the Irrigation congreis this
morning the credentials committee made Its
report. Tbe organisation waa perfected
without contest ot any kind. The com
mftee consisted of three delegates from
each of the sixteen states in what are
termed "the arid belt," this committee ot
forty-eight upon credentials electing John
Hall of Kansas chairman and H. R. Morrow
of Roswell, N. M., as secretsry.
Fred L. Alles ot California was elected
aretctant secretary and C. J. Gavin of
Raton, N. M., reading clerk of the congress.
Before taking up tbe program of the
morning telegrams were read from Secre
tary James Wilson of tbe Department of
Agriculture and Abbott and Richardson,
government commissioners for good roada
in Oregon.
Telegram from Wilson.
The telegrams were as follows:
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7 Hnn. Thomas F.
Walsh. Colorado Surlnna. Colo.: 1 cor
dially greet the delegatus to the Irrigation
congress, your meeting to consider irri
gation proclaims the dawning of a new
day for the great went. Let the forest be
preaervea to husband the rainfall; let the
streams be led out over the valleys that
homes mv be multiplied for American
farmers and still greater prosperity come
10 an our people. ja.mks w iikuin,
secretary or Agriculture.
PORTLAND. Ore. Geora-e H. Maxwell:
Greeting to the congress. We regret keenly
mat tne engagements ot our campaign here
win prevent us trom Joining wltn you in
this most Important convention assembled
In the west Irrigation has crossed the
Rubicon and Is moving on to assured vlr-
toy In this time of your triumph. Please
say your kindest words for the cause we
represent. ABBOTT,
RICHARDSON.
Government Commissioners on Good Roads.
Secretary Maxwell of the association
made his annual report, which showed good
growth and Increase of Interest In irriga
tion generally.
Woman Delivers Address.
The only address of the congress deliv
ered by a woman was given this morning
by Mrs. Milbert McClurg of this city, who,
responding for Mrs. Denison, president of
the General Federation of Woman's Clubs,
gave "Greetings.' Mrs. McClurg said, re
ferring to the meeting of the General Fed
eration of Woman's Clubs in Los Angeles
Inst Sfay:
"The Colorado .women, later joined by
those of California, Introduced at the bi
ennial convention of the General Federa
tion ot Woman's Clubs at Los Angeles, In
May, a resolution endorsing and requesting
government aid for Irrigation. This reso
lution waa adopted unanimously. When I
first broached this proposed resolution In
the Colorado committee room one woman
demurred, saying that politics had no place
In the federation of woman's club. Mrs.
Sarah Piatt Decker, our. foremost Colorado
club woman, rejoined: 'Irrigation .Is not
politics. In the west It la religion.'
"Irrigation has always been tbe religion
of arid lands the reclaiming of the so
called desert. The early powerful civiliza
tion ot which recorded history remains waa
fostered and developed on breezy ' arid
plateaus with artificial systems of Irriga
tion. Such was that which carved the
mighty bas reliefs of Nineveh or reared the
hanging gardens of Babylon, or which
raised ancient Egypt from the ranks ot a
bankrupt nation to a rich land with teem
ing population and all tbe kindly fruits ot
earth under the beneficent Influence ot
Father Slhor.
Valae of Irrigation.
"The western world was to furnish yet
more magnificent proofs to the transcendent
value of Irrigation as tne foundation ot na
tion building. It was tb lot of Spain, says
Dr. Draper, to destroy three civilizations
superior to her own namely, that of tbe
Moors, that of the Aztecs and that of the
Peruvians. These last two empires stand
unparalleled In the power and beauty con
ferred by as perfect systems of Irrigation as
the world has seen.
"Tenochtltlan (like Venice), whose
gleaming white buildings dominated tour
azure lakes; a city built upon the waves;
and Peru, the land teeming with agricul
tural wealth from the coast valleys to the
terraced steeps ot tbe Sierras, owed their
beauty and power to the ordered ministra
tion of conducted water."
Question of Consolidation.
A decided sensation was sprung during
the morning In the action of tbe executive
committee voting to recommend that the
meetings of the Irrigation congress be
merged with those of the Transmlsslsslppi
congress next year. The executive commit
tee must. In order to be parliamentary.
make this suggestion through the committee
on permanent organization, which will re
port to the congress during the day.
When the first breath of news regarding
the proposed consolidation reached the con
gress, delegates from the several stales
sought their respective committee rooms
and held hurried caucuses. The Utah dele
gation of forty members, the largest outside
of Colorado, came to a speedy conclusion
and decided emphatically against the
merger, Chairman Kelsel stating the posi
tion of his state as follows:
Utah was the first state lo take un the
matter of Irrigation and is. therefore, bet
ter acquainted with the subject than any
other state In the union. The irrigation
congress was formed for a specific purpose
and thla purpose should be adhered to re
ligiously, w e aay go it aione ana ao not
let the tall wag the dog.
One of the strongest addreases was that
of President Slocum of Colorado college.
who told of the need of more extensive
education of the young people In applied
sciences In order that they may make the
most intelligent use ot the benefits of the
irrigation law.
Senator Patterson ot Colorado said that
he believed the Irrigation act would never
have become a law without the co-operation
and assistance ot President Roosevelt,
following this with the declaration that
no one but Roosevelt could ever have over
come tbe opposition to the bill In his own
party.
Tonight's session of ths congress waa
held at Colorado college, where a stereop
tlcon lecture on "Ancient Forms of Irriga
tion" was followed by a reception.
AID MARTINIQUE SUFFERERS
Preach Geveramcat lssrU Coleay
la Safe Part af the
Islaad.
PARIS, Oct 7. The government is pro
moting a schema to assist sufferers from tbe
Martinique dleaater to take up freah quar
ters In the southern part of the Island.
Financial aid la offklaily promised.
COLORED MEN .ARE PLEASED
Have atlafaetery- ' Interview with
Frealdrat la Resrd Attltnde
Toward Sea-race of Snath
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. TMsbop Alexander
Walters of New Jersey, BUnop 0. W. Clin
ton of NorthCarellna and Rev. L. L. Car
ruthers of New Torn, repr -venting the ex
ecutive committee of the Af re-American
council, called upon Prealdent Roosevelt to
day to ascertain his attitude toward the
movement among certain n publicans ot the
south to exclude the negrt s from partici
pating In the counsels of is party.
They were especially solicitous of ascer
taining whether tbe president endorsed the
action of the republican In North Carolina
and Alabama with this arid In view. They
were presented to the president by General
James 8. Clarkson, surveyor of the port of
New Tork. After the Interview the col
ored men expressed themselves ss highly
gratified with what the president had aald
to them.
Thry announced that the president had
stated to them that his action' In all mat
ters affecting the race was hla answer as to
his attitude towsrd the colored man; that
in appointments the character. Intelligence
and tbe esteem In which the applicant was
held In the community In which he lived
would be the first consideration, and that
no man would be excluded or appointed be
cause of his color. , ' '
That he heartily disapproved of the ef
forts of certain republicans In the south to
exclude the negroes from participation In
politics was known, so 'they reported the
president aa having stated tn those In au
thority In the mo vr meat- Morover It was
stated that the president had cited his ac
tion in removing District Attorney Vaughn
of Alabama, who was the head of the white
republican movement In tbe state, aa evi
dence of hla attitude.
It was Intimated that this attitude woutd
be further emphasized la tbe appointment
of bis successor. When Bishop Walters
and his associates departed Jiey expressed
themselves aa completely aat.sfied with tbe
president's attitude, and it Is understood
they will Issue statement defining their
position as well aa the presl ent's attitude.
WHITE TO BE AMBASSADOR
Present Secretary ot Emt assy at Loa
don Slated far Prona -tloa by
Prealdent Roaie . elt,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. lenry White,
secretary of tha United Stat a embassy at
London Is to be made arabast dor to Rome.
The late President McKlnh - Intended to
thus reward Mr. White, but found no op
portunity during hla lncumtx oy.
President Roosevelt, who 1 lS formed the
same estimate of Mr. White' abilities that
President McKlnley had, b a decided to
make him ambassador to Ro e.' ;
Tbe appointment, however Is not to be
luade liAUlltaiutU;!?. At. Xitif ( im9 ieelit
ambassador to Rome, has Ju t returned to
that post from a visit to his' home In
Massachusetts and it is exp cted that he
will remain In Rome during U coming win
ter. t
John B. Jackson, who has wcn aecretary
of embassy at Berlin sinc '-tS4.' is also
slated for an Important dlp'jsUo appoint-
H.vuv, f. p mmm Q J .HI W T 1
of the first desirable mTBlstriea that be
comes vacant. His promotion la due to
the desire to extend to the diplomatic eer
Ice tbe principle of promotion based on
merit which haa worked so well la other
branches of the government service.
TREASURY PASSES ON BONDS
City and State Paper May Tie the
Baals far Pnblle .De
posits. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. The committee
appointed by Secretary Shaw to pass upon
the character and sufficiency of stats and
iiunlrlpal bonds ar a basts for public de
posits has received about $4,000,000 ot these
bonds.
Among them are the Issues of New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Louisville, Clncin
nati and Des Moines.
The bonds of several states have also
been favorably passed upon. The sec re
tary allows In deposits 75 per cent of the
face value of these bonds when market
value is not below par.
OIL CANNOT REPLACE COAL
Naval Esglseen Experiment with
New Fnel, bat Stick te
Old.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Oil cannot com
pete with coal for naval use, at least that
Is the conclusion reached by tbe Board of
Naval Engineers, which has been making
experiments with a aeries ot burners under
a ,000-horse power boiler In this city.
They have drawn up a preliminary re
port to tbe aecretary of the navy, which
will show that out ot fourteen different de
vices presented by American Inventors for
testa not one would produce steam in com
petition with coal.
DRY DOCK ANNOYS CUBANS
Symbol of American Aatharlty Will
. Be Remove to lie me
Waters.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7. Secretary Moody
has decided to have the floating' drydock at
Havana transported to the Pensacola navy
yard as soon as It can be made ready.
It has been in contemplation to make the
needed repairs to the dock at Havana, but
tbe presence of this symbol of L'nited States
authority In the principal harbor was an
noying to tbe Cubans.
Roosevelt Appelate Democrat.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. The president
has aunolnted Thnmaa H. Rmifh
j Valtti 8t.tM dtrct .ttorneT for tbe .
I Met of Aiabama. vice W. R. Vaugban.
who was removed some days ago. Mr.
Roulesac has always been a democrat.
President Still Improves.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7. The president'
condition continue - itlsfactory to his phy
sicians. He saw quite a number of visitors
today besides members ot the ckblnet.
FIND MAD WOMAN IN CHURCH
Hides t Escape lllaaiaaary Pnraaera
and Starves for Fifteen
Days.
ATCHISON. Kan., Oct. 7. Maggls Lyuch.
a seamstress, who disappeared fifteen days
ago, was found lo tbe tower ot Sacred Heart
church In West Atchison todsy, where she
had been without food or drink for two
weeks. She was tn a semi-conscious condi
tion and too weak to raise her hand.
Miss Lynch had shown signs of Insanity
and says she hid to elude persons who
wanted to kill her. Her groans during mass
resulted la hey discovery.
FATAL TEXAS OIL BLAZE
Salad Light Ignites lamas and Daitravi
Careless Beam.
LOSS WILL REACH HUNDRED THOUSAND
Seventy-Five Tanks and Pa nape Over
whelmed In tk Second niaaater
Within a Meatk-Calm Weatker
Alone Savea Field.
BEACMONT. Tc. .. ; S Another de
structive fire, the tri....t: j month, swept
over a portion of thi 11 field tonight,
causing one probable fatality and entailing
a property loss roughly estimated at $100,
000. The fire at 2 o'clock this morning la
still burning, but practical oil men say
the flames will subside before daylight.
Thomas Rowley, a T.er In tha field.
was caught In tbe po... he flames and
sustained burns from v. he will die.
This Is believed to be tbe on. casualty.
Kaked Light Starts Mlacktef.
The fire atarted In a peculiar manner.
Shortly before midnight a workman lifted
the top of his lantern to blow out the
light. The aamosphere was heavily laden
with gas. and In an Instant there was a
flash, followed by a sheet of flame. Tbe
blaze was communicated to a amall settling
tank, owned by J. S. Corbet.t.
In an Instant a derrick adjoining tbe
tank was enveloped In firs and with re
markable rapidity the flames spread to
other derricks In the Hogg-Swayne tract,
which comprises one of the largest sec
tions of the oil fields.
The fire department and hundreds of
citizens rushed to the scene, but their
efforts to check the flames were unavailing.
Excitement ran high and In the confusion
a rumor became current that twelve or
fifteen persons had perished In the flames.
This report was reported to many outside
towns, but careful Investigation at a later
hour disproved tbe report. There are no
rushers in the Immediate vicinity of ths
fire, and unless a itrong wind should de
relop it is believed ths damage will be
confined to tbe destruction of seventy-five
derricks and twenty pumping plants.
FAST MAIL TRAIN DITCHED
Fireman Killed and Bnrled I'nder
Wreck a are and Engineer
Injnred.
PEORIA, HI., Oct. I. Tbe eastbound fast
mail train. No. t. on the Chicago, Burling
ton ; Qulncy railroad, ran Into a coal gate
two blocks east of the depot at Galva early
this morning and Is now in tbe ditch.
Tbe fireman, named Sands, living at Bur
lington, waa instantly killed and Engineer
C. B. Johnson, also of Galesburg, was prob
ably fatally Injured.
BURLINGTON, la.. Oct 7. No. S left
Burlington at 8:30 tonight, five minutes late,
In charge of Conductor Yonker and Engi
neer Johnson. When one mile east ot Galva
the train atruck aa obstruction believed to
have been a piece of coal gate which some
engineer had lost, and the entire., train of
four cara'was aitcmd.Th 'englna waa
badly wrecked and Fireman Sand of Bur
lington was killed and Engineer Johnson
injured. The entire train rolled down an
embankment a doxen feet high and the cars
were badly splintered. No one save the en
glnemen was injured so far aa can be as
certained. Trains will be delayed some
what by the wreck and will have to be sent
around by the Elmwood branch.
The body of Sands la buried underneath
the wreck.
CROPS FOR SOUTHERN STATES
Asjrlenltnral Colleges Convention la
Session at Atlanta Is to Con
sider the ttnestlon.
ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 7. One hundred and
fifty de'egates, representing every section
of the country, met here today In the six
teenth annual convention of the Associ
ation of American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment stations, which will be held
In this city during tbe next three days.
Welcoming addresses were delivered by
Governor Allen D. Candler, for tbe state,
and Mayor Livingston In bebalf of Atlanta.
Professor W. M. Liggett, president of tbe
association and dean of tbe agricultural
college of Minnesota responded. .
The opening session waa occupied with
the reports of the executive board and the
atatementa of the committees ot the as
sociation. Among matters of Importance that will
come before the convention for its discus
sion will be the subject of tbe need of tha
diversity of crops In the south. It la
understood that the convention will devote
much time to this subject.
It la stated that the beef problem tn the
southern states also will be brought before
tb association's attention.
RUNS TRAINS TO CHICAGO
Minneapolis at St. Lenta Road Extend
Agreement wit Illinois
Central.
MINNEAPOLIS. Oct T. At the annual
meeting today ot the Minneapolis a: St.
Paul .Railroad company Director George
Crocker, Edwin Langdon and H. E. Hunt
ington, whose terms had expired, were re
elected. H. E. Huntington has taken the
place of John W. Mackay, recently de
ceased. In about thirty days the company will
begin running trains to Chicago In con
nection with the Illinois Central railroad,
thus shortening Its lines about forty miles
and reducing Its running time to a point
where It can successfully compete with
other Twin Clty-Chlcago lines. At ths
same time It will dtacontlnue running to St.
Louis over the Rock Island and Burling
ton tracks and will enter over tbe Wabash,
using the Iowa Central lfne from Albert
Lea to Albla, la.
TAX FIXER TO AID STATE
Jokn Healy Will Testify Aaalaet
Colleagues In C'hlcagro
Reaaatlon.
CHICAGO, Ooi. 7. John J. Healy. Jr..
one ot the defendants In the Masonic Tem
ple tax case, has turned states' evidence.
Tbe announcement was made officially In
court today, when Healy was granted a
separate trial front the other defendants.
Corporation Counsel Walker has brought
suit against County Treasurer Samuel B.
Raymond and his bondsmen to recover
damage for Interest alleged to have beea
withheld In the way of taxea and for i
per cent damages. Hs says the total dam
ages wlU reach $527,001
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska-Fair Wednesday.
Thursday Fair and Cooler In West Por
tion. Temperatare at Omaha Veaterdavi
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NEARLY DENUDE CEMETERIES
Indiana Ghoals Tell How Ice Was
Barlcd In Place of
C'arpaea.
INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. T. The grave rob
bers, whose methods were recently exposed
here, have made ' statements that they
worked at various times throughout the gas
belt.
They say the cemeteries about Anderson,
Alexandria, El wood, Fairmount and several
other placts have been robbed o? hundred!
of bodies. A cemetery at Fairmount has
been visited ao often that very few bodies
remain. The detectives have the names of
several white men Implicated. Rufus Cant-
.All our. urmi- -
undertaker, said that the bodies of Dorle
Snowden. Albert Tanner. Ed Johnion. and
several other men 'supposed to be burled
In the cemetery, were taken to a medical
college and the caskets burled with large
pieces of ice In them to make up the
weight.
When the detective and Cantrell visited
the cemetery this afternoon. Harry Spears,
the proprietor, admitted the graves of
Dorle Snowden, Ed Johnson and others were
empty.
He admitted further that many other
graves In the cemetery were empty and hi
could tell them by a little mark he had
placed on each. The grave of Mrs. Katarlna
Derringer, who died six weeks ago, wss
opened at the German Catholic cemetery
today and found to be empty.
TRAVELING MAN A BURGLAR
He Poaca aa a Reapeclabl Cltlsea and
Robs Twenty-Fear Honses
la St. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Oct. 7. (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs. Charles Payne, wife of the
traveling man held here on the charge of
robbing twenty-four houses, arrived here
today from Omaha. Mrs. Payne did not
know her husband was a burglar until in
formed of it yesterdsy by ths chief of
police at Omaha.
Payne has been1 known as a traveling man
and has a respectable appearance. He had
lived in Omaha only a short time and the
chief of police there believes he has robbed
houses there. He visited St. Joseph and
Kansas City often.
Mrs. Payne had Just written a letter to
Chief ot Police Frans of this city asking
him to look for her husband, from whom
she had not heard since he was arrested.
Payne' -was caught with marked colna In
hie pocket which had been atolen from tha
houses .robbed. Ha haa a baby 4 months
0n s. J j- m-t , .i -r . ' .
BORROW OMAHA FAIR IDEA
Kansaa City and St. Lents Paradea
Electric Ploata la Fall
Carnivals.
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 7. The spectacular
feature ot the fall carnival, the parade of
the Priests of Pallas, took , place tonight,
a score of elaborate floats representing va
rious flowers and propelled and Illuminated
by electricity, passing through the principal
business streets, which were thronged with
people. The number ot visitors Is much
larger than any previous season and tbe
weather Is perfect.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7. The twenty-fifth an
nual Veiled Prophets' street pageant and
ball, annually conducted under the auspices
of the Merchants' exchange, was held to
night. It Is estimated that 100.00 visitors
attended. Seventeen floats commemorative
of the purchase ot .the Louisiana territory
constituted the street parade. After It had
passed the Veiled Prophets' ball was held
at tbe Merchants' Exchange, of which Miss
Maud Wells, daughter of the mayor, was
crowned queea.
WIFE WAGES FIGHT TO END
Give Husband Weapons After Ho Is
Mortally Wonnded In
Saloon Brawl,
SCOFIELD, Utah. Oct. 7. In a general
fight In the saloon of Anton Bartnlck be
tween a crowd of Slavs and Marshal Hugh
Hunter and his deputies, Bartnlck was
killed and Deputy Marshal Nalley probably
fatally wounded.
While Bartnlck, mortally wounded, lay
on the floor his wife placed a revolver in
his hand. This waa knocked from his grasp
and she gave him a knife, urging him to
keeptoa fighting, but he waa too weak.
START ON NEW CUSTOM HOUSE
Secretary Shaw and Ea-Seeretary
Gave Speak at Corner Stono
Lnylnaj.
NEW TORK. Oct. 7. The cornerstone of
the . New ,York customs house waa laid
today. The ceremonies were made Impres
sive by the presence of a number of com
mittees ot prominent men from the leading
mercantile and Industrial organizations and
detachments of militia and regular troops.
Speeches were made by Secretary of the
Treasury Sbaw and former Secretary Gage.
INSISTS ON SUPREME COURT
Attorney General of Colorado De
clares He Can Sao Smelter Com
bine In So Other.
DENVER. Oct. 7. Attorney General Post
announced today that he will reflle his suit
against the so-called Smelter trust In the
supreme court declaring be can begin In
no other court. He will present a new com
plaint slightly changed, on or before Oc
tober 20.
Movements of Ocean Veaacls Oct. T.
At New York Arrived Sardinian, from
Genoa and Naples; Ksramlna. from Genoa.
Balled Wiuoher, for Hamburg, via Plym
outh and Cherbourg; Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grorae, for Bremen, via Plymouth and
Cherbourg; f'rtealand. for Antwerp, via
Southampton; Bovlc, for Liverpool.
At lAr,don Arrived Minnehaha, from
New York.
At Browhead Paaaed Majestic. from
New York, for Uuermluwn and Liverpool.
At Havr Arrived Hathor, from Ta
coma, San Franrtsro, etc, for Hamburg.
At Boulogne 8ur Mer Arrlved-Kotter-dam,
Irom New York, tor Kotteidaru, and
proceeded.
At St. Johns. N. F. Arrived Siberian,
from Glasgow and Liverpool, for HtlU
sad PhiWeiphia.
PARADE THE EVENT
Thousands in Wathicgten Review Praoft
lion af Grand Army Man.
NAVAL VETERANS ALSO ARE IN LINE
rtrtj-Fiva of Thair Attociatisis Tallow
Land lighter.
RECEPTION IN THE PENSION BUILDING
Cemmiwioist War Md AuiaUnU Ear
Opan Home.
eamanaenmmn
REUNIONS OCCUPY THE AFTERNOON
Cabinet Member and Old Generals
Are the Orators-Good Tim Ca
tlnnes Well Into tk Xlfkt
Prcaldeat Oat Today.
WASHINGTON. Oct. j.-Thm .,.n.ki-
which ushered in the opening of tha Grand
Army of the Republic encampment yester-
j""' : " " '""eeoea today by cloudy weather.
lf " """a- n no ffct on the spirits
7. . crwi1' hlcn r'r awarmed
If" l "anner-deckcd streets and hurried
, ,fc y. v'nue t0 uk their places
Mr . . .n'v" P, which wsa to be
the principal event of the mnrnin.
Before 9 o'clock the roped-oft sidewalks
were packed with blue-coated veterans and
other visitors, while the air was filled with
the blare of bands and tha steady tramp of
uniformed soldiery, tailors and marines
marching to their allotted places In the
line. It was estimated that over 100 000
visitors were In the city. The parade was
me command of Geueral Heywood
eommandsnt of the marine corps, as mar
anal of the day. and consisted of all the
troops located In and absut Washington,
marines from the Washington Guard. Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard, the
Spanish Veterans. Sons of Veterans.
High School Cadets and the association of
ex-prlsoner of war. acting as escort for
tbe naval vetersns.
The column started at 10 o'clock and
marched, through the densely packed streets
to tbe accompaniment ot almost contlnuoua
cheers to the White Hour.e. where the es
corting bodies halted and formed to review
the naval veterans, who filed past and dis
banded near the state, war and navy build-
K"T"' Veteran Aaaoclatlon.
About forty-five naval veterans' associa
tions participated. Among them were the
following: Admiral Foote Naval associa
tion, St. Louis; Farrsgut Naval association.
Vallejo, Cel.; Admiral Dupont Naval aoso
clatlou. Fort Wortn. Tex.; Comiaodors Hop
kins' Soldiers' Home Naval association
California; United States Veteran Navy, and
the Naval Legion of San Francslco.
Tha parade was reviewed from ths stand
In front of the White Houae by Admiral
Dewey and Commander-in-Chief Torrance.,
With them were Secretaries Moody and
Root, Admiral Taylor and moat of tbe mem
bers of the fllplomatlc Sorpg now" Inth city-Even-while
the parade wis la progress
the reunions of some of the army corps
were taking place In the tented city on the
White House lot The 8econd army corps
assembled In Grant tent, the association ot
the Fifty-third Pennsylvania regiment In
Farragut tent, the First brigade of tbe
Second division of the Twelfth army corps
In Meade tent and the cavalry corps ot tbe
western army In Sherman tent.
All day long a constant stream of visitors
and veteran moved by the temporary
White Houae and looked bp at the window
of the room on the aecond floor which la
occupied by tbe president. At times hun
dreds of people were congregated on the
sidewalk opposite; often veteran ascended
the steps and Inquired of th president's
condition. All expressed their satisfaction
when told that the president might bo out
tomorrow.
Reception In Pension Bnlldlngt.
Pension Commissioner War thla after
noon tendered a reception to th member
of the Grand Army of tha Republic In the
pension office building. Th entire staff
ot 1,400 employes constituted th reception
committee. Following tbe formal meeting
of tbe commissioner and General Torrance
and hia ataff, the public exercises began
on the tented grand atand erected at tbe
aide of the great court of the building,
which waa a mass of flaga and bunting.
Secretary ot Agriculture Wilson,. Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior Ryan, Com
missioner ot Patent Moore, Chief Clerk
Bayley of the Pension bureau and a num
ber of leading Grand Army officials occu
pied seats on the platform and a vast con
course of people crawded the court and
thronged the tiers of balconies. Tbe ex
ercises opened with the sounding ot the
assembly call and battle imitations on
drums by A. F. Sprlngsteln. Commissioner
Ware then delivered an address ot weloome,
to which a feeling response waa made by
General Torrance. Tbe reception to the
comrades then began, lasting two hour, to
th music ot patriotic alra played by bands
and sung by choruses. A long line of the
veterans passed In front of tha platform,
where General Torrance, Commissioner
Ware and Deputy Commissioners Daven
port and Kelly shook hands with them.
Regimental Reaaloaa.
During, tbe day there were a number
ot reunions of regiments, division corps
and armies.
All ot them were aeated In the large
tents, at Camp Roosevelt. They began at
10 o'clock In the forenoon and there was
an almost continuous flow ot oratory and
song from that hour until lata at night.
Tbe meeting ot the forenoon were those
ot ths Second army corps, tbs Fifty-third
regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers and
ths First brigade of tbs Second division of
ths Twelfth army crrp. Colonel Charles
Lyman of Washington presided over the
Second corps meeting and th principal
speakers were Colonel W. 8. Sballenberger,
second assistant postmaster general; Cap
tain N. M. Brooks, superintendent of th
railway mall aervlce, and Colonel Nathaniel
Shotwell of Massachusetts.
During th afternooa meetings were held
as follows: The Spanish war veterans at
the Grant tent, the Fourth army corps at
the Sherman tent, th cavalry of the Army
of the Potomac at tha 8herldaa tent, tbe
Twelfth army corps at Farragut tent and a
Joint assemblage of patriotic woman at
Meade tent.
The huge tent which has been given the
name of General Philip Sheridan was
crowded during the afternoon. The princi
pal speskers were: Secretary Root, Gov
ernor Bliss of Michigan, General 1. H.
Wilson, Rev. J. R. Bristol of this city.
General Edgar Allen of the Ninth Michi
gan cavalry and Captain William Potter
ot the Ninth Pennsylvania cavalry, presi
dent ot ths Soldiers' and Sallora' Rights
league.
Secretary Root's address coall4 aa-
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