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THE' Omaha Daily Bee. .fc 1:STA1ILIS111 JUNE 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MOHXISCJ, OCTOHER 31, 1902-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. s 4 1 i X VISIT THE COAL MINES Arbitration GommUi'.on Begins Tour to , Examine ia Anthraolta Begion. MARKLE'S Jen are on strike once more f ' ' . Independent Opiratori Who Discriminated ' : Lose Chance to Mine CoaL " MITCHELL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STOPPAGE "i Thinks Prominent Sinkers Art Being Vio- . tlmized aud Will Not Assent TROOPS WILL BE ORDERED HOME MONDAY lorn Have Already Left and Rest Will Go Soon Necessary Arrange urmtt Hare Been Mad . lor Them. SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 80. The seven commissioners appointed bjr t President Roosevelt to adjust tbe differences exist ing between the anthracite mine workers and their employers today made a tour of the extreme tipper coal Held and ssw every step taken In the production ot coal from the time It Is blasted to the point where It Is Sent to market. ' The arbitrators had an Interesting ASf nd returned to their lintel at 6:30 tonight, grimy from coal dm and -tired after eight busy, hours. They had to endure rosny dis comforts, making their 'way through wet , places In tbe mines, almost crawling along some of the gangways and passing through clouds of coal 'dust In t the breakers. Not Withstanding this, their eagerness for in formation was not diminished and they ex- . pect to ut in another hard day'a work to morrow J -. ,.. t ' Blahop Asks Many oestlona. Bishop Spalding asked, more questions than any one of the other. .He was usually to the center. of a group ot commissioners and asked many questions of those who are employed n and about the mines. Today's tour consisted of an Inspection ot No. 2 .mine of the HUlslde Cot and Iron company, operated ty the Erie company, and the coal breaker of the Delaware'' ft Hudson company. TA?- former Is located at Forest City;' twenty-two miles north of this city,- and the breaker at Carbondalo, four tnllos south of Forest City. On the run up the Lackawanna valley the commissioners viewed with interest the mining towns long tbe Delaware ft Hudson railroad. The start was. mails precisely at 10 o'clock. In the party wvre the seven com missioners, Recorders Mosely and Nolll and , four stenographers. Accompanying them were: R. A. Phillips, general Vperlntend nt of thV Delaware, Lackawanna ft West ern company ; E.-R. Hose, general Superin tendent, ot the Delaware ft Hudson;' W. A. May. general manager ot the Erie; J. R. Bryden,' general superintendent of the New York. Ontario ft Vestern, and B. Thome, general manager ot tpo Tsinple Iron., com pany. ..I.ThcSje fljcjsls repr1eseiVed.tbft,jom panies, an'i) tW misers KCi t .represented by ThsJB-'l Nlcholli, president of this dis trict' ot the United Mine 'Workers-, Henry Collins, national orgau'.zer for this dis trict; 'Rev. Peter Roberts of Mahanoy City and James MarWlck of ,N'w York, tho lat ter an expert. - A. special train ot two Pullman cars and a day coach, which was chartered at the expenss of the commissioners, carried the party. Tbe rear car was used for observa tion purpose,' ' In.-it . was' a larsre map showing the coqf beds from Scranton to the northern edgs -of the field at Forest City. The commissioners studied It carefully and Its many features were explained to them by Mr.'. Watktns, who la an expert in coal mining and was formerly an independent coal operator. The arbitrators also care fully noted tbe many mining villages passed by the train. , At each of the sta tions a small group ot persons gathered. Miners gta'a.d Silently By, When tho party arrive at Forest City a crowd, among whom were some mine workers, greeted It. There was no demon stration, the workers standing silently by. A short drive wss taken through the town to give the commissioners an opportunity to view, the konjee ot the mine workers, and thea the en t lr party wsa bundled Into three small ears. What Is known as a "loklo," a small locomotive, drew the cars to tbe No. shaft, a mils distant down tbe valley. As the mine was wet and dirty the com pany officials provided rubber overshoes, overalls, Jumpers and miners,' caps. Judge Cray and Bishop Bpalding were the first to don tbs uniform and listened good-naturedly to chafing Inquiries aa to their atatus in ths union. After the party had been rigged out and provided with miners' lamps, which they either carried In their bands or fastened to their caps, the descent ot tho shaft was msde. At the foot they were Joined by the president and another member of the Forest City local union ot the miners' or ganisation. The hospital at that point was Inspected and then the commlslsoners got Into a train of six mine cars and were hauled about a mile and a halt underground In a .southwesterly direction. Accompanied by Mr. May, Mr. Klcholls and one or two oth ers, they went down a plsne to what Is known as a thin vein of coal, where they saw miners Ore a blast. Accident Kept Secret. The thin vein runa Into the Clifford mine adjoining. In the Clifford, a few hours before the commlslsoners arrived, a Hun garian was killed 'almost Instsntly by the falling ot a portion of the root. . He was doubled up and his lamp failing to go out set fir to his clothes, almost roasting him alive. The newspaper correspondents wero casually Informed of this before the com missioners went down, but the arbitrators were left la ignorance. The vein was explained to tb commis sioners, who asked many questions ot the miners working It From these they re turned to the main gangway and Inspected an aversge vein, that Is, a vein about six or eight feet thick. In going to some ot the 'bressis"; the commlslsoners had al most to. crswl. This was a particularly Irksome matter for Judge Gray, who Is the tallest man (a the commission. On tho return journey to tbe foot of the shaft Bishop Spalding came across a LI thunlso boy who wss employed aa a door-tender.- His face was black from coal dust, but In the dim light of the lamp on his cap, tbs bishop noticed bis handsome fea tures. He ssked the boy many questions as to bis age, the character ot his work and the wages he received. The other com missioners also plied Clin with questions. Near this shsft tbe car in which Judgo Cray, General Wilson and Messrs. Clark aud Parker were seated jumped tbe track (Continued oo Fifth Page.) GERMANY SENDS TO FAIR Dr. Lewald Will Represent that Coon v try at St. Loots and "alls Jfext Month. BERLIN, Oct. 30. The anpolntment of Dr. Lewald as Imperial V -0 commis sioner to the St. Louis e '',,. will be announced In two or three . Emperor William has approv U'- " lection of Dr. Lewald, whose wora ' Chicago exposition was so satlsfacV. His name hss gone before the Bundesrath for confirmation. If he Is Immediately con firmed he will sail on Prince Wllhelm, leav Ing Bremen November 4. for New York, and In this case he will return to Germany before Christmas snd begin to arrange for the exhibits. The cabinet will suggest a vote of $500,000 to defray the expenses of the German offi cial exhibits at the fair. The government quite expects the agra rians to object to this appropriation, and as it will have to deal with a hostile ma jority, 1500.000 seemed the most desirable amount, but It may be diminished In ths final revision of the budget before it Is sub mitted to the Reichstag at the end ot No vember. Mr. Crldler. the former third assistant secretary of state In the United States, and C. W.' Kohlsaat have arrived here. The embassy will ask that Mr. Crldler be granted an audience with the emperor. VIENNA, Oct. 30. The ministry proposes shortly to summon a conference of repre sentatives of the Austrian chambers of commerce to discuss the question ot an Austrian exhibit at tbe St. Louis exposition. TO PAY OFF AMERICAN DEBT Whether It Will Be Done with Mer chandise or Gold N Oae Can Telt 1 LONDON, Oct. 30. "There Is undoubt edly a strong movement toward paying oft the American Indebtedness In London, but, whether It can be done with foodstuffs' and merchandise, or whether it will necessi tate the Importation of gold the best posted man In tbe world could not tell at the present moment." This Is the opinion of the bead of the best known Anglo-American bank In Lon don, who, discussing the financial situation with a representative of ths Associated Press, added: Of course, bringing gold from New York at this time of the year would not be a normal course of things, but the controlling fnctor In the xltuation is the amount of New York's debt to London, and that no one could estimate without going through every bill box In London, and also ascer taining the actual amount of stocks held on the Stock exchange for American com mittment. There Is no special reason, so far as I am aware, why a large amount of gold should be wanted here now. No large na tional loans aie Impending or anything of that "sort, but on the other hand, there Is so much money tied up in profitless In vestments that really It Is a hard job to get rash to pay the butcher's bill. Take South Africa, where they have shot away about t5u0.oii0.ono. That makes a big hole In the nation's savings. Then the list of South African securities on the Stork exchange represents about l.Suo, 000. 00O tied up In stock that does not aver age a half per cent dividend. Consequently ready money Is scare. I here Is no marae.i nere now lor anyimng and nobody Is buying for Investment, but whether It will come to taking gold from America. I am quite sure nobody is yet In a position to say. BOTHA IS LOYAL TO BRITAIN Complains that Ignorance la Esglasd Forces Foreign Appeals for Aid to Boers. , LONDON, Oct. 80. The Contemporary Re view publishes an article by General Botha, In which he insists upon the loyslty of the Boer leaders to Great Britain. He expresses regret that the language of some of their continental appeals hss been misinterpreted and reiterates his fervent desire to co operate with tbe British government in smoothing over the effects of the war. General Botha says' It. is humiliating to have to appeal to foreigners for funds to aid his countrymen and be believes if Eng lishmen realized the pitiable conditions of their vanquished foes thers would be no need to make appeals tor help. In conclusion, be urges a complete am nesty, which would remove the most potent cause of estrangements between Britons and Boers.. SWAYNE IS SAFE IN BERBERA Jio Fnrthcr Movement to Be Made Until British Force Is Mask Larger. ADEN, Arabia. Oct. 30. Colonel Swayne. tbe British commissioner in Somaliland, has reached Berbera In safety. His wounded are doing well. No -further movement of the British troops against the Mad Mullah will be mads until a large force Is col lected, which will be about two months bence. There Is no doubt that the Somaliland levies showed the white feather in ths re cent fighting with the Mullah's followers. Colonel Cobbe Is In command at Bohotle, Somaliland, where the guns have arrived. The garrison there Is not threatened. BOLIVER IN GREAT DANGER City Likely to Be Bombarded and Fears Expressed for Safety of Europeans. PORT OF SPAIN, Island ot Trinidad. Oct. SO. The Veneiuelan transport Ossan, tow- i Ing a schooner loaded with troops. Is pro . ceedlng hence towsrd ths Orinoco river. It Is believed here that the vessels will 1 there meet the Veneiuelan war ships Boll ' vsr, Restaurador and Zumbador and that '. they will renew the bombardment of the I city cl Bolivar, where there are a number ; ot Europeans, for whoss safety great fears j are expressed. j SUCCOR STARVING REBELS Haytlaa Government Throws Them la Jail. Where Food la Free. PORT AU PRINCE. Haytl, Oct. 30. Forty i followers of General Plrmln, tbe revolu I tionary leader, and five members ef tbe Chamber of Deputies who were left with out means of support by him at Mathrew town, Inagua Island, Bahamas, have re turned to Port Au Prince. With the exception of the deputies they were all Imprisoned. British Cable la tempi etc. VANCOUVER. B. C, Oct. 30. Ths laying ot the cable from British Columbia to Aus tralia will be completed tomorrow. But a series ot tests lasting three weeks will be made before tbe cable la taken over from ths contractors. DAWSON RETURNS TO VOTE Council Bluffs Mai Talks of Condition! Prevailing in BraziL TH0MFS0N WILL FIND A WARM WELCOME Coming; Report ot Adjntant General ... Corbln Will Recommend the Re v . Establishment ef the - Army t'nnteen. (From a Stsff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. (Special Tele gram.) Thomas C. Dswson, secretary of the American legation to Brazil, accom panied by his wife, arrived In Washington today. Mr. Dawson stopped In Washington to pay his respects to Secretary Hay, and Intends to leave for his former home. Coun cil Bluffs, tomorrow. "I have sixty days' leave of absence,"; said Mr. Dawson, "and really my chief aim f at present Is to get home to cast my vots. I have been away from borne, off and on, for many years, but have generally managed to teturn at least every few years to ex ercise my right of franchise In my home town." Mr. Dawson came from Brazil by way of Cherbourg, France. "There is an Eng lish line." he said, "running direct from Rio to New York, but accommodations are inferior and there have been accidents and delays Innumerable. Therefore I preferred what seemed the longer route via Cher bourg, thence to New York by the Ameri can line. I hope that ere long the circuit by way of Europe will not be necessary and that we will have direct communication with South America under American man agement." Mr. Dawson only beard of the transfer ot Minister Brysn to Switzerland and the appointment of Mr. Thompson to Rio on bis arrival in France. As to this change Mr. Dawson said: "The transfer was a complete surprise to Mr. Bryan. He has been anx ious to secure an European post for somo time and I am sure he is grateful at be ing named to such a delightful place as Berne. He has well earned the change by bis four years' bard and exacting work In Brazil. Mr. Thompson will find many friends already made for him and will be warmly welcomed by the Brazilian govern ment and people. "There are great business opportunities In Brazil," concluded Mr. Dawson, "rubber forests, coffee plantations, corn lands, elec tric power installations, mines, etc., and people there will welcome American capi tal and enterprise when tbey begin to be turned toward foreign countries. Careful, Intelligent Insight Into commercial relations of North and South America will be vastly helpful to both countries." Corbln Favors the Canteen. The annual report of Adjutant General Corbln, to b made public shortly, contains a strong recommendstion for the re-establishment of the army canteen. Special at tention is called to the reports of general officers of the army on the effect of the present system on the her'th and morals of soldiers. These reports all Indicate an increased number Of desertions snd that mors men have been tried for drankenoess Ir. tbe absence of the can tea -than when It was la extstencs. General Corhtn there; fore urges the re-establlnhment ot tbe can teen. Assistant Land Commissioner Richards returned today from a vacation spent In Wyoming. He reports the western states generally In a flourishing condition snd predicts a general republican victory at the approaching election. People generally support the republican administration in view of the prevailing prosperity. F. H. Newell, chief hydrographer of the geological survey, has returned from the west, where he went to select sites for irrigation reservoirs. He will submit his selections to the secretary of the Interior and if they meet the secretary's approval j the sites will In all probability be utilized I at once. Among the sites selected are ' the following: One on Big Horn river, Wy oming; Sweetwater, Wyoming; Grand river and Gunnison river, Colorado. ARRESTED FOR LOANING CASH Cashier of Equitable Life Charged with Embeaalement Says He Lent Money. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Cornelius T. Griffiths, acting cashier of the District of Columbia and Maryland branch of the Equitable Lite Assurance compsny and un til three weeks ago cashier In full charge of the local office, was arrested tonight, accused of embezzling $4,600. The arrest was made on complaint of Joseph Rowes, cashier of the Baltimore brsnch ot the company. Griffiths said of the accusation tonight: "It waa not really an embezzlement. I loaned the mouey to agents ot tbs com pany who needed funds. They want to go back on me and did not make good when tbey said they woujd." OSCAR WON'T FIX CASH DUE Samonn Award Reaches Washington, bat Says Kothlng as to Payment. WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. The full text ot tho decision of King Oscar in the Samoan case haa reached Washington. As indicated In the cable advices, the de cision is adverse to the contention of the United Statea and Great Britain, that their sailors were properly used to repress the rebels. The judgment Is on ths one point of re sponsibility, but the arbitrator has not yet fixed ths amount of ths money liability, which must cow be determined by blm. GIRL DECLINES DOCTORS Snflerlng from Typhoid She Persists as Christian Scientist la He. fnaing Medical Aid. WASHINGTON, Oct. 80. Miss Louise Hoge, tbe daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. James Holmes Hoge of Evanston, III., has been 111 with typhoid fever for some days. Ths Hoge family are Christian Scientists and, despite the wishes of the family sbs was visiting, she declined to call la a physician. CRUISER IS JN QUARANTINE Yellow Fevef Places Montgomery Under Yellow Flag at Porte Rico. WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. The Navy de partment has been notified that the cruiser Montgomery is In quarantine at San Juan, Porto Rico. It has just returned front a visit to Colombia and a &se of yellow tsvar baa appeared aiuoug ths crew. TWO DRIVEN TO SUICIDE Man Implicated Makes Complete Con feaslon ef His Pnrtj In Chicago Tas Franks. I: .CHICAGO, Oct.' 30. Ths Dally News ssys: To Stste's Attorney Deenen and bis uncle. Police Inspector Wheeler, Luke Wheeler, the convicted tax Oxer, hss re vested In all its ramifications the gigantic plot that collapsed with (he discovery of tbe Masonic Temple tax frauds. Tomorrow, unless the present program Is charged. Wheeler will go before the grand jury and in a formal declaration, under oath, reiterate the statements msde to the prosecutor. Wheeler's confession places him in a new light and If accepted literally removes from him the stigma of the ihargs of building up a defense with tbe tombstones of tbe dead. The consplrscy, or rather tbe series ot conspiracies, drove two men to suicide, according to the confession. .According to Wheeler, the Masonlo Tem ple fraud wss merely Incidental to an ex tensive series of operations, reaching back into the past aud made possible through lax methods, coupled with a desire on the part of the responsible prominent business houses to evade taxation. - Moreover, according to Wheeler's declar ation, the promissory notes be was placed on trial for forging were bona tide and legiti mate paper. He said that a public official at Springfield sought to blackmail the clique, threatened exposure and prosecution against one in particular and worried blm Into ending his life. Tbe Second suicide involved in the case was due. Wheeler ssys, to fear that the fugitive (Wheeler) would confess when be was brought back from Canada. - FIGHT FOR LOW CATTLE RATE Chicago Live Stock Exchange Claims Interstate Commerce Orders Are Disregarded. CHICAGO, Oct. 80. Subpoenas were served today -for a beariag before tbe In terstate Commerce commission in Chicago on November 6. Ths complaint Is made by the Chicago Live Stock exchange to the ef fect that orders msde by tbe Commission are being violated by the western roads and thst cattle Interests are being dis criminated gainst In the matter ef trade. Tbe following were summoned to appear and testify: ' E. B. Boyd of the Rock Island, M. C Markham of the Illinois Central, Darius Miller of the Burlington and J. V. Ma- honey, chairman of the western trunk line committee. One or two others will be served as soon as they return to the city. Indications point to a determined strug gle, between western railroads and ths com mission, and it Is stated th,t It the com mission reaffirms Its former ruling regard ing rates on the raw material tbe matter will be taken to the supremt court for de cision. In 1896 the commission ruled that the rates on tbe raw material vhould not be higher than rates on the flnl ihsd product. This ruling is being violated with respoct to cattle from Missouri e Vt points to Chicago. The rate on cat la 4s 23 cents, while ihe rata nn dressed (r -it and nark ing house products Is 20 ceUf 4 TbeTtrowble was started by tho Great Western, which reduced rates on packing house products from Missouri river points to 18H cents and 20 cents. CRAZY OR GIGANTIC LIAR Opinion of Brooklyn Police Concern Inn; Man Who Confesses that He Is m Murderer. NEW YORK, Oct. 30. William C. John son, who gave himself up to tbe Brooklyn authorities last night, declaring that he was the slayer ot Albert C. Latimer, who was shot at his home In July lsst, was ques tioned today by tbe police. He told what purported to be a story of the killing of Latimer, Implicating a man named Walsh, a stranger whom he said be met In New York. He could not tell v. hers Walsh was. He was remanded till November 7 to give the police time to look him up. Johnson, when asked to describe the shoes, lantern and cap found on the Lati mer premises following the shooting, tailed to do so. At the close of the prisoner's examina tion Detective Captain James Reynolds said to him that he was either crazy or a liar. Johnson told tbe police be lived at 464 North Eighth street, Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 80. Nothing Is known In this city of William C. Johnson, who surrendered to the Brooklyn police, stating that he bad killed Albert C. Lati mer In Brooklyn on July 2. The address given by Johnson. 464 North Eighth street, is a stable and has been tor several years. No person by the name of Johnson is known In tbe neighborhood. LEGAL BATTLEiS RESUMED Fight of Gates and Others for Control f Colorado Fnel and Iron Company. ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 80. Judge D. C. Beaman and A. N. Stevenson, attorneys ot the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, ap peared before Judge Sanborn In the United States court of appeals in this city today and prsyed for - an appeal from the order of Judge Caldwell, who. In ths United Ststes circuit court at Denver, October 2, 1903, appointed a master-ln-cbancery to conduct and supervise the election of officers for the Colorado Fuel and Iron company to de termine who had a right to vote. C. N. Waterman of Denver opposed the application. The bearing was adjourned until tomorrow awaiting ths arrival from New York ot W. B. Hornblower. who will join with Mr. Waterman In opposing the application. The appeal is ths result of the controversy between John W. Gates and his associates and the officials, directors and other stock holders for control of ths fuel company. ENGINEER KILLED IN WRECK Twe Unknown Tramps Also Meet Deatk la Aecldent on the Monen Rente. OXFORD, O., Oct. 30. The express tor Chicago over the Cincinnati, Hamilton ft Daytoa and the Monon routes, collided with two runaway freight cars here last night, wrecking the engine, baggage car and mall care. Engineer Edward Conn and two unknown tramps were killed. The wrecked cars were burned. None of the passenger coaches left ths track and none of the sixty passengers were hurt, although all were badly shaken. Tbs freight cars were detached from a train that took the siding here to allow the Chicago express to pass, and bad gained terrific speed when tbey Struck the ps ssagsr train. STOCK YARDS TO COMBINE Gigantio Merger with Hundred Million Capital is Now Afoot PACKESS WILL ORGANIZE COMPANY FIRST Afterward game Firms Will Amalga mate Yards la Omaha, Kansns City, Chicago, St. Joseph, St. Loals and Elsewhere. CHICAGO, Oct. 3L The Record-Herald tomorrow will say: Two big consolida tions are planned by beef Interests. The packers will combine first, and then effect a merger of all the stock yards In the country. With the exception of the Chlcsgo stock yards, which are controlled In Boston, all the properties Involved are owned and con trolled by the owners of the principal beef packing Interests. The different yards that will probably be included In the deal; aside from the Chi cago yards, are those at South Omaha, Kansas City, Esst St. Louis, St. Joseph, Fort Worth and Sioux City. The Armour Interest Is probsbly the larg est In the Kansas City yards. Ths Armours, Swift and Morris control the East St. Louis yards, the Swifts own the St. Joseph yards, the Armours and Swifts own the Fort Worth yards, the Armours, Swifts and Cudahys control tbe Omaha yards and the Swifts control at Sioux City. While the control of the Chicago yards Is held In Boston, the Chlcsgo packers have large holdings of tbe stock also and their recommendations would undoubtedly have great weight with the eastern capitalists. The plan for consolidating the various stock yards bss not progressed as yet to a point where the amount of stock required lias been more than discussed. It would undoubtedly run well to $100,000,000, ex clusive of tbe amount required for the packing companies' combination, which Is said to be $500,000,000. TO OPEN IMPORTANT MINES Ventnre Is In Western Pennsylvania and Ontpnt Expected te Reach 120,000 Tons Dally. PITTSBURG, Oct. 30. Work had just been started on a most Important mining venture In western Pensylvanla. Guffey and Queen, the well known oil producers, associated with the old Car negie Steel company Interests, have formed the Great Lakes Coal company, with $5,000,000 capital, have acquired 25.000 acres ot coal near Brady's Bend, have be gun the opening of ten large mines and will open five more, giving them a Cally output of 120,000 tons. It is the Intention of the company to enter aggressively In the Great Lakes coal trade during the coming spring and prepa rations have already been made to stock the cosl In the coming spring and ship It at the opening of navigation to Con neaut harbor over the Pittsburg, Bessemer ft Lake Erie railroad. Over 1.000 men have been pat to work constructing- eighteen ' miles of what will be a fifty-mile line; from Red Bank to New Castle, thoroughly opening ths mon ster trsct. It Is the expectstirtn that this road, known as ths Western Allegheny, will become an Important link In the Pennsylvania system to relieve the freight congestion of tbe Pittsburg district. GENERAL BELL CALLED THIEF Manila Newspaper Sued for Saying He Tried to Steal Pnhlle Money. MANILA, Oct. 30. Libel proceedings have been Instituted against the Llbertas, a Spanish newspaper published In Manila, on account of an article attacking General J. Franklin Bell and bis plan of aiding the people of Batangas and La Guna, Luzon, and of tbe Island of Mlndoro. This plan was put Into effect after the cessation of hostilities. It consisted of selling rice and supplying seeds and farm Implements and resulted In profits amount ing to $28,000. The residents of all the towns In Ba tangas petitioned General Bell to take steps to have his plan of aid continued. General Bell thereupon decided to place the $28,000 in bis possession In the bands of the com mission and it will be expended among th9 people whence it wss derived. After this transfer of funds bad been mads Llbertas published an article charging Gen eral Bell with an attempt to stesl this fund and take It with him to the United States, but saying the commission bsd forced him to surrender the money. IRON FIRMS FORM TRUST Twenty Million Dollars Capital Al lowed to Malleable Fen a dries' Combination. SHARON, Pa., Oct 80. A combine of malleable Iron plants has been formed. The National Malleable Casting company, owning plants at Sharon, Toledo, Cleveland and Indianapolis and Chicago, refused to enter, with two other concerns. The capital of the new concern Is placed at $20,000,000. The firms Involved are: Pratt ft Helaworth. Buffalo. N. Y.; Mich igan Malleable Iron company, Detroit, Mich.; Whlteley Malleable Iron company, Muncle, Ind.; Chicago Malleable Casting company. West Pullman, 111.; Mollne Mal leable Iron company, St. Charles, 111. It Is stated that Judge Gary and Max Pam of New York are the promoters. AGREE AS TO CHAIN PRICES Makers Combine te Form Association and Enter Into Gentlemen's Agreement. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Oct. 80. Ths Independ ent chain manufacturers of western Penn sylvania, Ohio and some points In ths west bave formed the Chain Manufactur ers' association, for ths purpose of main taining prices, snd bave adopted a "gen tlemen's agreement." An arrangement with regard to prices will also be made with the Standard Chain company. SMALLPOX VISITS SCHOOL Evanston Pnplla Are Sent Heme to Escape Ravages of Dread Disease. CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Twenty-four esses of smallpox have been discovered among the pupils of St. Nicholas German Catholic school of Evanston. Tbs school was closed today by tbs Board t Health. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair Trlday and Saturday. Temperatare at Omaha Yesterd ayl Hnnr. Deg. Honr, Drg. B a. m ...... 4)1 1 p. m H3 fl a. m 4H B p. m ' T n. m ...... 4.1 R p. ra ...... K1 a. m 43 4 p. m...... ; a. m 4 R p. m...... a lo a. an 4) fl p. ni nu It a. in...... lit T p. m Bl ia m MO M p. m M 9 p. m. . . , , . B4 APPOINTS BOARD OF REVIEW W. J. Heater and Victor Rosewater Will Act with Taa Commis sioner Fleming. At a special meeting held at B o'clock yesterday afternoon the city council unani mously approved Mayor Moores appoint ment of William J. Hunter and Victor Rosewater as members ot the Board of Review. William J. Hunter is the well known grocer wbosi place of bucdneas Is on North Twenty-fourth street, while Victor Roseaater Is on the editorial staff ot Ths Bee. The two members of ths Board ot Re view named by the mayor will act with the tax commissioner In adjusting tbe cur rent tax levy on real and personal property. Tax Commissioner Fleming has said that hs hss material In his hsnds whereby tbe taa lists may be Increased by millions ot dol lars If the board Is so disposed. The schedules to be returned by the four franchise corporations tbe gas, street rail way, telephone and water works companies and the banks were sent out on Friday last with the request that they be re turned within ten days, which would make them due on November 8, and the limit ot time for tbe completion of the assessment Is November 14. Thus far the work has progressed well, and Mr. Fleming stated yesterday that he expected the greater por tion of It would be finished within a few days. Burt Murray was appointed supervisor of registration In tbe Sixth district of the Ninth ward to serve In place of H. E. Bell, who Is by reason of Illness unable to serve. SIX INJURED IN BIG BLAZE Minneapolis Fire Canses Heavy Dam nge and Harts Half Doits Men. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 30 Six firemen were injured at midnight in a blaze tbat entailed a damage estimated at $250,000. The six-story building occupied by the Minneapolis Paper company and owned by J. C. Oswald ft Co. was gutted. The stock, valued at $200,000, was insured. Captain George Smith was leading t squad of meu up a ladder on an adjoining structure on First avenue, when the ladder broke, precipitating six men to the ground. Captain Smith suffered internal injuries that may prove fatal. Firemen George Cheney and Frank Hessik were also badly hurt. ' The other three firemen were able to reach ths hospital without assistance. Several adjoining buildings were Ignited, but the efforts of the department succeeded in practically confining the damage to tbe J. C. Oswald ft Co. building. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 31. Tbe stock ot H. F. Strall ft Co., coffee, tea and spice importers, wss destroyed. The loss ot this firm Is estimated at $20,000. The fire department now puts tbe total damage at less than $200,000. OMAHA MAN MAKES BAD LOAN Debtor la Jail on'Morder Charge and Wants Authorities to Pay Htm. NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (Special Tele gram.) Deputy Assistant District Attorney Pechner said today that George Oheni ot Omaha had complained to blm that he loaned Louis Dlsbrow, Indicted on a charge of murdering Miss Lawrencs and Bert Fos ter, $1,300 five months ago on Dlsbrow's declaration that he was the son ot wealthy parents and that be could repay blm. Ohem bad never been paid and he asked Mr. Pscbner what could be done for him. ! He was referred to the Queens county au :' thorltles. Ohem ssys that the authorities were responsible for the debt, but refuses to state on what grounds he bases bis claim. Ths ehsnces are that his money is lost. SHOT FOR JJ0J MARRYING Doable Divorce and Refasal to Wed Leads te Murder and Salclde. PUEBLO, Colo.. Oct. 80. Frederick Rob erts, owner of a foundry at Sslt Lake City, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Charles A. Cooper at a lodging house In this city shortly before noon and afterward com mitted suicide. The cause of the tragedy Is said to have been Mrs. Cooper's refusal to marry Rob erts. Mrs. Cooper wss recently divorced from Charles E. Cooper, now of Wyoming. She wss named as co-respondent In a divorce suit brought at Sslt Lake City about a year ago by Mrs. Roberts, but this chsrge was subsequently withdrawn and Mrs. Rob erts obtslned a dlvorcs on the ground of cruelty and desertion. STUDENTS', STRIKE SETTLED Lansing College Boys Accept Offer of Faealty to Retry . Case. LANSING. Mich., Oct 80. A mass meet Ing of the striking Michigan Agricultural college students wss bsld today, at which a proposition by ths fsculty to end the dis pute was accepted. Tbe proposition suggested thst ths stu dents resums class work and a new commit tee of the faculty rehear their grievances, snd that students bave Ihe right of appeal to the State Board of Agriculture. Movements of Oress Vessels Oct. .to. At New York Arrived : Patricia, fiom Hamburg, Boulogne and Plymouth: An chorta. from Glasgow. Bailed: La Bavole, for Havre; Laurentlan, for Glasgow. At Liverpool Arrived: Iie!genland, from Philadelphia. Bal ed: Buenos Ayres, Brit ish. Kaslawsy, for 8t Johrs and Phila delphia; Merlch, loi- Boston via Queens, town. At Queenstown Sailed: Westerland, for Philadelphia; Tensonlc. for New York. At Plymouth Arrived: Columbia, from New York At Hamburg Arrived: Graf Waldersee, from New York. . At St. Vincent Passed: Abydos Tacoma, for Hamburg At Hamburg Balled: Glympla, for Ta cuma. At Havre Arrived: La Touralne, from New York. At Southampton Arrived: Bouthwark, from New York; bt. Louis, from New York. SANTA MARIA ANGRY Guatemala Mountain May lepaat Mont Feiee i Famous Horror, THREE TOWNS MENACED BY DESTRUCTION Flames and Deadly Gaei Eat Up All Around Burning Voloano. MEN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AND LIMBS Even ia Caiital Detonations Are Heard and Great Ezoitement Frerails. COFFEE PLANTATIONS BURIED FEET DEEP Sand and Ashes Blot Oat Bashes So that Third ef Crop Is Already De stroyed and Maeh ef Rest Endangered. BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. $0. The entire coffee sons of Guatemala has been destroyed by the flames and smoke from Santa Maria's blsttng mouth. Eruptions threaten the de struction ot every living thing within resah of the fumes and fire that pours from ths burning mountain. Messrs. Castls Bros, are the authority for the above fearful report. They are coffee Importers, who have their own plan tation In the volcanle district, who becom ing alarmed at newspaper reports of dis turbances In Guatemala cabled tor Informa tion. Louis Hlrsch, g representative of the firm, said today: "Last Monday I wired our representstlves In Guatemala, asking tor news ot the erup tion of Santa Maria and last night I re ceived In reply this cablegram: " 'It Is true. Enormous losses. Horrible volcanic eruption. 'Coffee sons destroyed. " Our lives are In danger. " 'Further reports will follow. "The coffee districts referred to," ex plained Mr. Hlrsch, "are the Costa Cues and Costa Grands. They are the finest plantations In the country. It the coffee district is destroyed, as the cable seems to Indicate, one-third of tbe crop It ' most likely Involved. "This volcano, Santa Maria, Is locsted be tween Retalhulen and Quezaltenango. The towns In the neighborhood most likely to be destroyed are San Fellp, Mazaltenango and Quezaltenango. Tbe volcano has been deed or sleeping for many years. "I was In the district lost April, at tbs time when earthquakes rscked the coun try, but no volcanic eruptions occurred or seemed likely then." ' WASHINGTON, Oct 80. A cablegram was received st the State department today from Consul General McNally. He reports that the eruption of the volcano at Santa Maria, adjoining Quezaltenango, contlnu s. The olty Is covered with six inches of vol canic matter; rich coffee plantations on ths coast side are burled tinder seven feet of sand and ashes from the volcano, and detonations ,frora the . eruption were, beard, in the capital. There have been frequent esrthduskes and another eruption la reported In the De partment ot Tombador. Much excitement prevails. Soafrlere May Erapt Again. KINGSTOWN. St. Vincent, B. W. I., Oct. 30. Henry Powell, curator of the govern ment botanical station here; t. P. QUlnton of the British botanical station In Sierra Leone and E. W. Foster ot the botanical station at Lagos, accompanied by guides, visited the Soufrlere volcano on October 28 and spent an hour and a half on the sum mit. , Tbe party found the crater In activity. It was emitting volumes of steam and throwing up numerous cones of ashes from the fissure close under the Southern wall to a height of forty feet, bdrifag the last half hour the crater became Violent, ' ' Mr. Powell, who from bit' frequent visits. Is well acquainted with tbe features of the mountain, Is satisfied that the new crater shows no sign of having been In eruption. The old crater ia now deepest in Its center. Voksnic ejections almost red bot and ' smoking profusely bave been heaped up , around the interior walls of the crater to ' height of several hundred feet. The rim i ot the crater Is considerably wider than It , was and the depression on the westers rim i has been much lowered.- In the center is I a caldron of boiling water and closs under the southern wall Is located tbe fissure from which large volumes ot steam and ashes are seen to emerge. Ths steam and ashes follow the trend ot the depression under the southeastern wall and gaining the summit of tbe volcano are blown to the westward, thus giving the appearance of having come from the new crater. The configuration ot the mountain bas been considerable altered. The sea Is still encroaching on the land at tbe Walllbou estate. The Walllbou river I dry at its mouth, but far Inland it is running with fair volume In the small channels. There wss slight eruption of tbe Soufrlere the night of October 28, when ! loud groaning noises were beard and a cloud : of dark vapor waa thrown out. Tbess dls i turbances hsve continued and are causing ' much excitement at Georgetown, where ' earth tremors are continually felt. ' From the aDoearance of the volcano an other eruption of a serious nature can be expected. The administrator of tbe St. Vincent dis trict visited ths Georgetown district on Oc tober 14. He advised ths governor of the Windward Islands that It Is advisable te permanently locate the people of the dis turbed part ot tho Island at North Union, which is at a distance from tbe volcano. FOOT BALL DRIVES BOY MAD lajarea Spine In Practice Game aad Is Now Inmnte of aa Asylnm. i PANA, III.. Oct. SO. A a a result of a game of foot ball several weeks ago, Ar thur Ham, a bigb school 'student and son of Prof. L. B. Ham ot the high school, baa gone violently insane and was today trans ferred to an asylum In St. Louis. Several weeks ago, while engsgsd ta a practice game, be Injured bis spine. SHOW HURRY TO GET WED Man and Woman Married Within Two Honrs of Divorcing Other Spon.es. OTTUMWA. Ia.. Oct. 30 Within twe hours after aecuring a divorce from hie Insane wife, James Dunning today married Mrs. Zelpha Eyre. A few hours previously ahs bad secured a legal separation from aa Insane ausbane.