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t The Omaha Daily Bee. X' V ESTABLISHED JUXU 10, n i OMAHA MAN IS 1IURT Union Pwiflo Engineer Injorod in Wreck at Eogers, Nebraska, EIGHT PASSENGERS AND CREW WOUNDED Uwt Holiday Passsngers Buffer In Colli Between Trains. COLORADO SPECIAL SMASHES FREIGHT Catches Bear Can When . Banning Forty Miles an Hour fASSENGERS GIVE WILLIAM BAY MEDA Traveler Appreciate Braver? of Mas Who Stack by Eaniae and Sab' erlbe Haadsome Testimonial , , I to AJd Ballerina; Man. ROGERS. Neb., Deo. 24. (Special.) The Colorado special, No. 11, on the Cclon Pa clflc, waa wrecked here yesterday morning nd several people seriously Injured. The train waa a little over an hour late, but the engineer, William Bay, slowed down coming into town, and It was owing to-this fact that the wreck was no worse. An astbound freight was doing some switch- ing at the time and the engine and sev . eral cars bad been taken onto the elevated track, leaving the remainder of the train n the sidetrack. The crew of the freight bad calculated on the passenger being later tnan it waa and the engine was caught Just over the switch. The crew of the , freight. Including the engine crew, seeing a collision was Inevitable, jumped and es eaped Injury. Escaping steam obscured the view of En glneer Day of the passenger and he did not aee the danger or the flagman sent back by the freight crew until It wss too lata to atop the train, though Its speed was mate rlally checked before the crash cam by the aettlng of the emergency brakes. ff-V- I . . A wugiu 01 ne ireigat tram was badly smashed by the fore of the collision and that of the passenger was disabled so that another one was pressed Into service to take the train on. The Injured: William Bay, engineer of the Colorado pedal, Omaha, hips hurt, bruised and out. Charles Hodgsdta, fireman passenger, Jumped; spine hurt. A. W. Cole, Chicago, limbs bruised, head cut. Miss E. M. Murray, Orchard, Cal., cut and cruised slightly. Mrs. M. J. Wilson, Lyons, la., right knee ana neaa cruised. N. P. Reed, druggist, Ottumws, la., baok wrecnea. H. A. Walton, train porter, right hip bruised. The freight, eaatbound, waa about to take a aiding when tho passenger, westbound. croinoa into it nead-on. The two engine were nearly demolished th tender of the paasenger telescoping the Baggage car, and th dining car waa con alderably damaged. Th passengers took up a subscription to buy a gold medal for Mr. Bay la recogni tion of his bravery. EnaMaeer' Story. Engineer Bay, who Is at bis home. 611 Sixteenth street, this olty, waa not very communloatlv on the subject of th ac cident which occurred near Rogers, but In response to questions said: "No. 11. the Colorado special, was an hour and fifteen minutes late at Rogers Tuesday morning and as w reached that place a freight train In charge of Engi neer Tinner and Conductor Sag waa tak ing a aiding to let ua pas. Evidently some thing was wrong with th air, for the train did not get In the clear when we came around th curve. W were running slowly with th air on and the train was hardly moving when th collision occurred. My fireman, Charles Hodgson, Jumped Just be fore th collision and my foot was on the atep Just as th engine struck. I was thrown off and bruised up so that I eould not continue the run. Hodgson was hurt In Jumping, and It la believed that he In jured his spine and la worse Injured than I am. Th train waa In charge of Con ductor Arthur Blakely. He waa standing In th aisles of on of th coachea when the train met and was thrown against a aeat and his side bruised. The crew of th freight train had evidently aeea the col lision was Inevitable, for they bad left th train before th or ash. "Everything was fortunate for th trains and th Injured persons. Th wrecking erw waa but fourteen miles from the seen of th accident working on the wreck which took place Monday at Ames crossing. Two engine were being sent light to Grand Island and In a short time these had been attached to the two trains, th two dam aged engine removed from th track and th train proceeded. Doctor were on the ground within twenty-live minutes of the Urn th aooldent ocourred, but their ser floe war little needed. POLICEMAN IS FOUND GUILTY taads Guard la Pall I'alform Whll Chleaaro Jewelry Store La Belaar Looted. CHICAOO. Dc. 24. Policeman Patrlok Mahoney was found "guilty" and Dan Cur ran, a confederata, "not guilty" of bur glary by a Jury, which returned Ita verdict In Judge McEwan'a court today.. Th burglary ot Hagemann' Jewelry Store, with which th defendants were charged, netted th robber 110,000, of which 17.000 waa recovered by th police. James Clark and an accomplice were con victed and aerved term In th penitentiary. Vpon his release Clark told a atory to th state' attorney which resulted la the arrest of Curran, a saloon keeper, and Mahoney, a policemfu, well known and respected among his fellows. Clark testified that Mahoney la full uni form stood guard whll th Jewelry store Waa being looted. CHIEF ISAPRACHER IS DEAD ! Fame as Creek ladlna Passe Away la Oklahoma, Acad 51aty Tears. OVTHRIH. Okl.. Dee. 24 Chief Its praeher of th Creek Indians died suddenly tonight at Okmulgee, I. T., at the age ot SO, been prominent la Creek affair yeara and waa connected with treaty of Importance between th State government and the Indians Tng that time. He waa recently chosen to represent th tribe la Washlagton oa znatter of Importance eonaeoted with th lrea aaUea, . 'a had r sixty Su? TO WATCH CROWN PRINCESS Kleaj Ueere Beads Officer to Or to Observe ha Actloa of Loalse. rn.. .... Deo. 14. The Lokal Anielaer today prints a dlspatoh from Dresden sayJ ng that King Oeorge of Saxony has sent several of his high officials to Oenoa to observe and report on the action of th fugitive Crown Princess Lou lee. The Protestant clergy hope that Berlin will bring pressure to bear for a divorce. The crown prince beat the crovn prin cess, according to an editorial statement In the Vosslche Zeltung, one of the a.ost careful newspapers published In Berlin, which adds: "Their disagreements reached this crisis In Juno, after Prof. Olrcn became the children's tutor. The prlnceas at that time considered seeking a divorce and visited her best friend. Prlnceis Theresa of Bavaria, who dissuaded her. The prin cess, however, after returning to Dresden did not resume, martial relations." The sympathy of the people of Dresden seems wholly with the princess, who Is of cheerful, pleasure-seeking '' disposition. The crown princess loved to torment her, forbidding her many books, among them some by Tolstoi. Zola and Nltszche. Prof. Andre Olron Is described as an Idealist of th extreme type. It I related that his family once considered confining his In an asylum because he refused a leg acy on the grounds of delloaoy of feeling. ijnksden. Saxony, Doc. 24. It Is re ported here that the crown princes of Sax ony left a written confession of her rela tions with M. Olron, together with a dec laration of her unalterable intention of never returning to the Baxon court. The court has no official information as to the present whereabouts of the princess, but It is Known hero that she Is going tq Men- tone, France, to reside. It Is believed that the pope will b an pealed to to grant an absolute divorce. VIENNA, Dec. 24. The princess, through m. Lacnenoll, a former president of Swlti eriana, has Informed th Neuse Welner Tageblatt that she Intends to taka Immedi ate steps to seotire a divorce, but will not return to Salzburg for tear of being placed in an asylum. in two other letter to her Intimate friend. Princess Theresa of Bavaria, she complains bitterly of her treatment at th Saxon court, where she always was sub Jected to the strictest discipline. She says the official statement In her case are In correct. HOMELESS PEOPLE FREEZING Condltlna ot garvlvor o Earthquake la Astatte Resala It Pit labia. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 24. Whll full detail of the reoent earthquake disaster at Andljan, Russian Central Asia, ar not obtainable, owing to lack of eommunlca tion, the brief dispatohea received her da- scribe the situation as horrible. The temperature ha fallen to the treat ing point and thousand f persons ar tomeleei. Ca aecxlotvof th city baa been completely destroyed.' Only one cotton gin and one church ar standing. Th first shock drovs the Inhabitants generally In doors, otherwise the loss of lit would hav been much greater. Notwithstanding the offers ot free trans portation, they ar remaining In the vicin ity ot the city, which will be rebuilt. A substantial start haa been mad In the collection ot a relief fund. Andljan Is a cotton centen and export 40,000,000 pounds of cotton annually. Th population, numbering 56,000 souls, was growing rapidly. Th people were engaged n cotton raising and ginning. Of twenty gins nineteen hav been destroyed. Th people ar not Ilk Russians. They ar private owners of land, but live In cities and towns. Th houses In Andljan are principally on story high and are built of unburned brick. The War department her Informs your correspondent that everything Is be ing aone to relieve the suffering and bar racks In which the population will be housed ar being built. A letter Is expeated her within a week. The mall from Andljan ordinarily take ten day to reach St. Petersburg. LEAVE LONDONER CHRISTMAS Esodas to th Country and Coatlncnt Take All of the Smart Set. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Deo. 24. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) London has rarely been ao thronged as during the last ten days, when the crush of eautnacea and fashionable people In the West End equalled mat ot the height of the aeason. Today there was a general exodu to th country and abroad, the trafflo to Pari being quite unparalleled at any preceding Chrlatmaa. The king Is keeping, the festival In true country style at Sandrlngham, where he haa large family party gathered together and la providing all manner of Junketings tor hls(tensnts and th countryside. Th ar rangement for the queen's dinner to the soldiers' widows on Saturday ar now com plete, an act of kindness whloh It la an open secret the munificence ot Sir Thomas Llpton enabled her to provide. The Anglo-American contingent haa all left London. The duke and duchess of Manchester hav gone to Parta. Mrs. Ar thur Psget Is with the duke of Devonshire's party ar Chatsworth, which alio Includes Blr Charles Hartopp. Mrs. Chauncey and her slater. Lady Newborough, are staying at Rufford Abbey with Lord and Lady 8a vile, where there la to be theatricals ir and Lady Essex are spending Christmas with their children at their villa in Caa- alobury Park, the mansion Itself being let. MISSIONARIES NOT ALARMED F.apres No Fear Becaaao of tho War Ilka Mevesaeat ot General Tangr Fa aiaagr. LONbON. Deo. 14. A dispatch from Shanghai aays th missionaries and others at the capital ot th province ot Kansu report that although Oeneral Tung Fu Slang la undoubtedly accumulating stores and men th local authorities attribute thla actloa to hla fear of arrest and do not expect any aggression on his part. Th Chinas officials regard with sua plcloa th circumstantial reports of seriously organised rebellion north of llukdoa. In reference to which th Tar tar general In three Manchurian provinces recently memorialized the throne. Astar Alda Hoptal. LONDON, Dee. 24. William Waldorf As tor ha given 1260.000 t build a new out patient department tor th hoap.ltal for alck children la Oreat Strand afreet. It will be dedicated to the memory of bis daughter, OwendoUna, who tied, recently. OMAHA, TIIUliSDAT HOLIDAY TRAINS COLLIDE , Men Die in freight Smash on Colo rado is Southern. I - SNOW bk AVMICHIGAN ENGINEER Keatarhy Elevated Car Wrecked la Air, Pennaylvaala Limited Crashes lata FrelarM aad HI roar Englae Slay Two. TRINIDAD, Colo., Dec. 24. Seven men were killed in a freight wreck which oc curred one and a half miles north of here on the Colorado 4k Southern about 8:15 this venlng. The dead: ELMEE PIERCE, Engineer. J. FOX, fireman on extra freight. M DERMOTT. brakeman on extra. J. W. OOLDTRAP, engineer on regular ireignt. KINO, machinist on regular. DECKER, fireman on regular. L. P. RICHARDS, brakeman on regular The Injured: rred Gilbert, riding on extra, badly cruised on bead The cause of the accident, according to a statement by the engineer of the extra train, was that the regular had been over looked, the extra running without orders expecting to meet passenger No. 2 at Bowen, ten. miles north of here. At 6:37 extra No. 48, southbound freight, In charge of Conductor Bronson, pulled out of tho yards here. Lees than ten miles further on. Just a they were rounding a sharp curve not more than a mile from the Col orado t Southern yards, they saw regular freight No. 28 bearing down upon them not i more than 100 yards distant. Before any of the seven trainmen could Jump the two trains crashed together. Fourteen cars of the regular train were completely wrecked and seven of the extra demolished. Both the engines are complete . wrecks. The bodies of the dead are atlll under the wreckage. Craah la Blinding; Storm. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 24. During a heavy now storm at 7:80 this morning, Detroit train No. 2 on the Per Marquette railroad, crashed Into the rear end of Saginaw train No. 32, at McCord, a flag station fifteen miles east of here. Train No. 32 left Grand Rapids at o clock, ten minutes ahead of No. 2. It was flagged at McCord and was Just start ing out again when No. 2 came along. The engineer of No. 2 did not see the rear lights of the Saginaw train until too lat to stop his train. No cars were tele coped, although the force ot the collision mashed platforms and threw passengers and train crew about aerlously, The following were Injured: Mrs. M. J. KIley, Grand Rapids, cut about the bead and chest. L. E. Cook, Noads, badly Injured James Scovllle, Clarksvllle, mail clerk. badly hurt. Express Messenger -Griffith, badly hurt. -E. A. Wood, baggageman, slightly cut en the head.,, ,.v , ... . Tralas Collide la Air.' LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dee. 24. Sis persons were Injured, several seriously, in a col lision between' a street car and a Big Four freight train on a siding on the Water street trestle In this city today. The ele vated' bar was thrown from the trestle to the ground, eighteen feet below. The injured: James Williams, Nsw Albany, leg crushed. ' August E. Rater, New Albany, bruised. W. T. Adams, chief of polloe. New Al bany, back wrenched and bruised. Frank Trunk, New Albany, cut by glaas. Walter Deer, New Albany, bruised.. Brack Spice, Big Four switchman, lea hurt. Bad Wrack on Pennaylvaala. PITTSBURG. Dec. 24. The Pennsylvania limited, running almost an hour late. crashed Into the rear end of the Leetsdale accommodation train at Quaker Valley sta tion tonight at 11 ..o'clock. The big engine of the limited plowed Into the rear car, which waa pushed through the one ahead, making the two cars the length of one. The crash' was heard for a mile, and the limited, running at the rate of flftV-flve mile an hour, carried th train from Quaker Valley to Edgeworth, almost half a mile, before " could be atopped. Many were Injured, some of them probably fa tally. The injured: Charles Hopkins of Leetsdale, left arm mangled and cut off, left leg broken and left eye gouged out; badly bruised; will die. John D. Caraon of Sewtckley, nose broken, badly cut and bruised; serious. John Strltxeyer of Newcastle, both legs fractured. H. T. Potter, residence not ascertained, bruised and cut about th head and body. M. J. Joyce ot Leetsdale, right leg broken and badly bruised and cut by falling glass. Many other paaaengers were eut and bruised. Th limited waa uninjured ex cept that the engine waa disabled. Two Dl oa Bin Foar. BLOOMINQTON. III., Dec. 24. Whll crossing the Big Four tracks near Irving ton today Isaac MacCormick and Robert uonmore, termers or Champagne county, were struck by a passenger train. Mac Cormick was killed and Conmor probably fatally Injured Both Tralas Demolished. MARIETTA. O.. Dec. 24. Th north bound Ohio River railroad paaaenger train, leaving Willlamstown at 9:30, collided with a freight on mil south, ot Waverly, W. V' thl" mornlD- Th freight was taking rights allowed to the passenger train. Both engines and trains ar reported demol ished and perhaps some killed. A. J. Queen of Marietta Is among th se riously Injured. Physician from Marietta have beea dispatched to the aoene. eight ryles from Marietta. MAY PREVENT AN "ELECTION Deadlack Betweea th Heaee aad Sea. ate of Colorado Is Now Probable. DENVER. Dec. 24. The state canvass ing board today awarded the certificate ot election aa representative In th die puled San Juan district to C A. Cooper, republican. The house will eonaln thirty-four repub licans and tblrty-on democrats and th senate eleven republican and twenty-four democrata. Th republican leaders ar planning to unseat fifteen democratic members-elect of the house oa th ground of fraud and thus secure a majority oa Joint ballot. . This atep, if taken, will probably result In a deadlock between the house aad sen ate which may prevent U election f V'nited Itatos soBator. . I MOUSING, JURY ACQUITS MISS BIGGAR Other Defendaat la tha Caa However, Fan ad Qallty of Conspiracy. Are FREEHOLD, N. J., Dee. 24. Laura Blggar wss acquitted and Dr. Charles C. Hendrlck and Bamuel Stanton, formerly Justice ot the peace, ware found guilty by th Jury today In th case against the defendants on th charge of having conspired to get control ot the entire estate of Henry M. Bennett, capitalist of Pittsburg. Pa. Th Jury, whloh retired at 9:20 last night. remained out all night end today asked the vwun ii me jury mignt convict two ot the defendants and acquit one. Th oourt said such a verdict would be legal and later In th day th verdict, ae stated, waa re turned. Mlsa Blggar laid claim to th entire es tat of Bennett, who died recently, lsavtn a large fortune, as his wife and the heir of a child of Bennett, which aha said was born to her after his death and which soon died. Dr. Hendricks was her physician and the proprietor of a sanitarium In which abe said the child" was born. Stanton said he had united Miss Blggar aad Bennett In mar rlage and a certificate signed by him played an important part In tha ease. The claim of Miss Blggar was oontested by persons who laid claim to being the rightful heirs of Bennett and they made the charge of conspiracy. Under the will Miss Blggar was bequeathed a large part ot the estate. BUGGY TRUST FORMED NOW Bl Combine Obtain Control of Kluety Per Cent of Polo aad Shaft Factories. AUBURN, N. T., Dec. 24. A combination of the abaft and pola cotnpanlea of th country, to be known as the Pioneer Pole and Shaft company, haa been Incorporated in west Virginia with a capital of 13,000,000. The following companies have entered the combine: Kile-Ford company. Akron the Bradley company, Ashtabula; the Troy Bending company. Trey; the Warner Pole and Shaft company, Cincinnati: the Wei llngton Bending company, Wellington: the Wellington Pole and Shaft company, Sid ney; the Carroll Pole company, the Buck eye Manufacturing company, Anderson; me Anderson Pole and Shaft company, An derson; J. H. Smith ft Co., Muncle.. Ind.: the Memphis Bending company, Memphis, and the Campbell Dean Manufacturing company, Tullahoma, Tenn. Theae factoriea turned out laat year more tnan 90 per cent ot the entire product ot ine united states. The offlcere are: President, W. A. Sny der; vice president, a A. Lambert; seer tary and treasurer. Frank N. Kipling. YOUNG STRATTON MARRIED Soa of Lata Colorado Millionaire Wad Mis Josephine A.-i,aurabe of Wisconsin. OSHKOSH, Wis... Deo. - 24. Inaae Harr Stratton and Miss Josephine A. Larabee were married this morning at the. home of me Driae a mother. Tho groom Is a eon ot the late Colorado millionaire. Considering the prominence of the couple, the wedding Was decidedly quiet In It character. . There were no decorations In the parlor where the ceremony was performed .and they were unattended. Besides their Im mediate relatives, William N. Cooler, a col lege chum of the groom, was present. Fol lowing the wedding, a dinner Waa served 'n the dining room, where no decorations were to be found. Mr. Stratton gave his business as a banker at Colorado Springs. The' couple left tor the west at 1 o'clock. NATION BEGINS TO BUILD World'a Fair Federal Str'actare Will 1 Bo Started la n Few Daya. ST. LOUIS. Deo. 24. Grata B. Strickler has been assigned by James Knox Taylor, supervising architect of the Treasury de partment, to auperlntend the erection of the United States government buildings at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Mr. Strickler resched the city today and had a conference with the director ot works. . The site for the buildings is now being prepared and will probably be ready for the commencement of operations within fifteen days. If the weather conditlona are fa vorable. Th, vnvortiniBnt n.n.n... , i i I hihii 1 T . J B -" vTiiiua. For both of these buildings the contract has already been closed. WILL SURROUND NERO'S DEEP Paelfle Cable Cannot Cross Deepest Hole la All Oeenn Bed. HONOLULU. Dec 17. (Via San Fran cisco, Dec. 24.) 8. 8. Dickinson, special . . v . r i . .. cui v ia, iumiserciai racinc l ie e company, returned tod.v from v.i. ' Mid- attar cnoosmg cable landing sites at way Island, Ouam and Manila. He urveyea a route arouna Nero deep, a hoi In the ocean bed between Guam and Midway, where th survey ship Nero re ported to be th greatest ocean depth In the world. r - Mr. Dickinson's level went down 4,500 fathom at this point, and then he chose a route around It. It being deemed Im practicable to lay a cable over it. REPORTER MAKES BIG HAUL Old Mllwaakee Newspaper Man Of. fered Two Million Dollars for Iroa Properties. . 8ACLT 8TE. MARIE. Mich., Dec. 24. Chase 8. Osborn, state railroad commis sioner, who not many yeara ago waa a re porter on the Milwaukee New, and hla associate hav been offered 12,000,000 for their Iron ore properties In the Sudbury district, north of the Canadian Soo. Th offer to purchase Is said to com from th Clergue Interest, and is on rea son th loan ot $3,600,000 by a Lake Superior company haa juat been concluded. MISSOURIAN ASKS RECOUNT wSJa Waata Ballots Cheeked Over Which Elected Batler to Coacrea. , ST. LOUIS, Dec. 24 George C. R. Wsg oner, who 1 contesting Mr. Butler's else tlon, will on Friday make forauU appllca tloa to th Board of Commissioners for a rooouat In the sixty-four precincts of th Twelfth congressional aletrttt. 25, 1002-TEN PAGES. POOL ROOM BLOWN TO BITS Gasoline Tank Explodes at Hot Rprtngs, Arkansas, Wrecking; Building. THIRTY-TWO PERSONS ARE BADLY INJURED Over Oao Haadrod Watehlagt Ticker at Tint of Disaster, Fire of Whoa Will Probably Die from Wonad. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Dec. 24. By an ex. pioaion or gas r gasoline this afternoon in the cellar of the Turf Exchange, a club nouse ana poolroom operated by Cham bers s walker, the building was badly wrecaea and thirty-two persons were In jurea, twenty of whom are In a serious conauion. The most serious were R. C. Chambers, one of the proprietor; uoiu logs ana wrists broken. wiinam Helwlg, a blind bath house manager; both legs broken: will die. J. Si Meeks, Hot Springs; badly bruised ana cut. Joseph Klnnsy, Hot Springs; legs uruarn. , Flnnegan, plumber. Hot Springs; both legs broken. James Cowen, Hot Springs; both legs William Metzcer. a hov. Hni Rnrinn. er oroaen ana skull fractured; will die. James Coushlln. Dlumbnr. Hnt Snpin. leg broken. C. O. Parker. Milwaukee; both legs broken. Al F. Hotchklff. Hot Snrlnirs. knee frae- mrea. i. noipr. Hot SDrlnffe: both 1e uroKea. H. Oeorge, leg broken. r. ranneia. Cincinnati: less hrnkeV i us crusuea. Walter Powers. St. Louis: arm broken. Eugene Daly. Hot Sorlnra: both l... uroneu. Thomas Phelan. telearanh operator not Bprlug; badly cut. C. R. Donnelly, 890 State street. Chi. cago; forearm and knee broken; will die. J. uurch, Chicago; leg broken: not ax. pected to live. W. 8. Mclnterney. Louisville. Kv in. ternal injuries; probably will die. Henry Llndsey. New York: inlurari hmit lower limbs. J. C. Crawford. Cincinnati: lea and wri.t broken. Twelve others sustained, alight bruises. Room Crowded at Time. When the explosion occurred about a this afternoon the room was crowded with snore than 1C0 persona. Just as a race at New Orleana wa balnr called by the operator the floor rose and terrino explosion threw the bulldlna to the ground. The upper floor and the brick walls fell on the struggling mass of men The entire house looked as though a tor nado had plowed through Its center. The front glass window were broken and both sides of the structure were shattered by the concussion. - The news-ot the disaster aoread ranldlv and soon Central avenue was Jammed with people. Reports wcr current that sev eral persona had been killed. The police and firemen took charge of the building, and the work of reacue began. Men were pulled from under the debris In a terribly natierea state, one of the most pitiable signis was wnen Billy Helwlg, the blind manager ot the Lamar bath house, waa taken from the ruins. Helwlg Is widely known to thousands , of visitors who visit the Springs annually. R. C. Chambers, one of the proprietors of the Turf exchange, is one of the lessees of the Fort Erie race track. His condition serious. The wounded were taken in charge by tho local physicians and every thing Is being done to alleviate their suf ferings. It Is said that a driver of a gasoline wagon waa filling a tank in the cellar when the explosion occurred. The police have made a full investiga tion, and arrested Ben Murray, who Is al leged to be responsible for the disaster In carelessly handling the high combustible. The bank roll of the pool room, consist ing of $56,000, was blown away, but the greater part of It has been recovered.' RICH MINE .OWNER MISSING Pack Male Wander lato Camp and It 1 Interpreted that Ho ha Been Murdered. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal.. Dec. 24. John Doyle, a wealthy mine owner, has been . . missing for two weeks and foul play la unnccleil Doyle left Gray's Landing, on the Colorado river, well provisioned for a trip to Balton. nine milea distsnt, to take ! i no piacrs 01 iwemy Mexicans who had refused to work. A week later Doyle's pack and saddle animals wandered Into Ehrenburg with everything Intact. Ebrenburg is in an op posite direction from 8alton and It Is sur mised that some of the Mexicans waylaid and killed Doyle and led the animals to ward the Mexican aettlement to conceal the crime t.,i- .... .w. "geet owner In the rich we.nown'HiV ST" tlt": negotiations for the sale of the mines to a Pittsburg syndicate. AIM OF WOMAN IS DEADLY Fire Once nt ' Maa aad Kill Instaatly and Is Aeqaltted by Coroner' Jary. Hit BRADFORD. Pa.. Dee. 24. At Ollvedale.' a small hamlet near here, yesterday after coon, Mrs. Edward Burdlck tkot John Ryan dead In defense of. her honor. Ryan entered tha woman'a apartments during her husband's absence. She saw him coming, and fearing trouble, got the pfstol out of a drawer and held It under her apron. When be attarked she fired one at her as sailant, killing him Instantly. A coroner's Jury returned a verdict of Justifiable homicide. Ryan,, who was a la borer employed about th place, had been drinking heavily for several days. BOYS FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH Had Ran Away from Chicago ladas. trial Heme aad Ware Galas; to Rock ford. WOODSTOCK. 111.. Dee. 24.-Hllling Holm and Frank Smith, aged t and 10 year, re spectively, were found frozen to death In a cornfield near her today, and their com panion, Arthur Carlson, aged 10. was tound bedly frozen, but allv. Th boy ran away from th Chicago Industrial Horn her on Monday, having told their companion that they were going to apend Christmas at their former home la Rockierd, SLNOLE COPT TII1IEE CENTS. ' i CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska-Fair In Eat. Snow in Went Portion Thursday; Continued Cold; Friday Warmer. With Fair in Bouth ana snow in JNorth Portion Tetnperatnre at Omaha Yeaterdayi Ho". Ier. Hoar. Dear. 8 ft 1 9. m T 6 n , . A a p. m........ H T m... 4 n p, m S B 4 4 p. m H a. m 4 5 p. m T 10 m R e p. at T 11 m ; n r p. ns fl 12 m u SALT TRUST AGAIN IN COURT Fresh Bankraptcy Proceeding; Are Inatltated and Fraud 1 Alleged. TRENTON. N. J Dec. 24 A new suit was Instituted In the United States court today to have the National Salt company adjudged bankrupt. A former suit was dls missed by Judge Klrkpatrlck because of proceeding instituted In the New Jersey court of chancery for the appointment of receivers. The complainants In the present case are James P. Lee of Tuxedo Park, Wllllsm H. Berger of New York and Ophelia T. Jones of Brooklyn, who allege that In August. when the officers of the company were cognizant that It was insolvent, they trans ferred property to the value or 11,202,000 to Milo M. Beldlng for 2450.000, who was aft erward permitted to obtain Judgment for 12.18,000 for a balance claimed as a creditor It is charged that this claim was purely colorable" and In the Interest ot the In ternational Salt company, with which he was connected. PAPER CAPITAL NO GOOD Oil Company Promoter Arrested for I'slnsr Mall with Intent to Dcfraad. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. William Baer Ewlng, secretary of a concern known aa the Standard Oil Promotion and Investment company, has been arrested here by post- office Inspectors under an Indictment re cently returned against him in San Fran cisco. He Is charged with having used the malls with Intent to defraud, and many persons are said to have Invested money In his company under representations that It had subscribed capital of 12,500,000 and money on deposit in San Francisco banka and that men of large means had united In the venture to promote the oil In dustry of the Pacific coast. Ewlng was taken before a United States commlsslore. today, when th hearing was continued until Friday. CAB DRIVERS GO ON STRIKE St. Loala Men Tars Their. Rlsr Into the Barn Promptly nt ' Midnight. ST.LOUIS, Dec. 25. Promptly at mid night 259 cab and carriage driver all over the city turned In their rlga besauee of the failure of their employers to grant a demand for higher wages. About eighty five liverymen and undertakers are affected by the strike. There are 670 member of the local union of cab and carriage drivers. Aa a nnmher of the largest firms of liverymen and under takers compiled with the demands tbelr driver did not go out. HILL TRAVELS THROUGH SNOW Broken Wire Lead to Fears that Mas;, nate Wonld Paaa Chrlatmaa In Drift. ST. PAUL, Dec. 24. James J. Hill re turned tonight from a trip to the Pacific coast. A blizzard has been raclna through out North Dakota and, as the telegraph ! lines were aown, no word could be re ceived from Mr. Hill's special train, and it was fear-d that It might be snow bound. It weathered the storm, however, and arrived at St. Paul only a few hours late. SMOKE SMOTHERS ORPHANS Small Fire Nearly Caasea Traaredy la Loaiavllle Preabyterlan Aaylara. LOUISVILLE, Dec. 24. A small blaze In the atoreroom of the Presbyterian aay- , lum in this city tonight caused a panic among tne Inmates. The building filled with smoke, trut the matron managed to get all the children out safely with the exception of two little boys, who were rescued by a fireman after they had been almost suffocated. MRS. D0CKERY IS BETTER Goveraor' Wife Sleep Two Hoar and Doctor Are More Hopefnl. JEFFERSON CITY. Dee. 24 Mr. twi.- f Cnd,t,n " 10 S--""".. l?rJh ""I ?T,enhouri - ton'a-At she slept from 6 o'clock until nearly 8. me appearance, tonight ware so reaa urlng that her physicians were Inclined to entertain hopea tor her recovery. NEBRASKA MAN IS KILLED Oa of Ten WhOae l ive. Are Blotted Out by Prematare Explosion of Dynamite. 8APULPA, I. T. Dec. 24.-Whlle working on the Arkansas Valley Western grade twelve miles northwest of Sapulpa, two men were killed and one wounded by a premature eploslon of dynamite. The dead are William Corry of Nemaha. Neb and Jolin Flynn of South McAlenter I T Movements of Ocea Vessels Dec. 24. At NeW Yfirk ivrltrail. . !Jv.rnni a.iT. " o I'"."-... -ic. rrom eW6n7cymric: for Liverpool: BUth New .lL'" M"""u. "cm At Glasgow Arrived: Laurentlan. from Caaael, from New new i or it. At Hremen.Arrtv,i4 York. At Southampton Arrived St. Paul, from vA.An,QWr,rIAr,",ved: Finland, from New York. Sailed Huin.,iunj ...L ,.!,,: 7 phl(1 ' ...v.. .u, nuiaqei- - At yvri!wl-8ailed: Havreford.. for Phil adelphia: Teutonic, fur New York At Sydney-Arrived: Ventura, from 8an Francisco via Honolulu and Auckland. Franri"" 8a"ed: Anubl". n At Hong Kong-Arrived: Athenian, from Vancouver via Honolulu and Yokohama; a.mpreas of China, from Vancouver via Yokohama Yortk.Lt"1008"ed: Me,11' Ior New At Maplea sailed: Vancouver, tg Bioo. REQUEST IS RECEIVED Booserelt Now Has Definite Prsposal to Arbitrate Yeneruelan Trouble, TOO EARLY FOR ANSWER TO BE MADE President Wants Time to Examine Docu-. ments Before Replying. MM WILL NOT LONG DELAY HIS DECISION Blockade Constitute! Erer Present Daager Which Executive Would Eemore, REBELS ANNOY CASTRO GOVERNMENT Revolatloaary Leaders Plan to Take Caracas Kow Armistice 1 Over and Coantry I Disrooted by Foreign Complication. WASHINGTON, Dec, 24. Th eronosal of Great Britain and Germany that Presi dent Roosevelt arbitrate the Venesuelan dispute have reached Washington. They are In such form that the president can accept or reject the proposition out right. So far, the messages havlna been received while the president was absent from th White House, he haa bad no opportunity to consider them, and until he doea so his de cision cannot be "known. For the same reason the Information can not be gathered here as to the details of the proposals, and although great Interest 1 felt here as to tha extent of the limita tions which the allies will ask to bo placed on the arbitration, curiosity on that point must remain unsatisfied until the president haa finally made uo his mind what h win do. Decision Will Be Speedy. It Is known that he le dlsnosed to aet with ' all speed In this matter, for he realizes that the conditions on the blockade line ar such that almost any moment an unpleas ant Incident may occur through the ob atlnacy of some skipper or from a genuine misunderstanding aa to th terms of th blockade which may diminish th chancea of a peaceful settlement of the Venezuelan troubles. The Navy department ud to noon had re. celved no word from Commander Dlehl ot the Marietta concerning hla reported pro test against the action ot the blockading squadron at Caracas in refusina ta allow the Red Diamond liner, Caracas, to remain in ine narbor yesterday Irng enoua-h to dls. charge Ita cargo. No request for instruc tions has come from nlm. ' The officials of the department tiava en. tire confidence in Commander Dlehl'a hii. Ity to handle the situation, and unless they near someming from him In the ahane of a proteat against the action of th allies. me? win max no move. A a rule. It la agreed that a blaokaJi , fleet can do pretty much as It likes. It la ' intimated, aa a possible reason for tha position taken by the allies In declining to allow Caracas to remain In the harbor at night, that at dark It would be fllfflcult to exerciae any surveillance ot what waa being taken out of Its hold. For the name reason the alllea mar have oeclded that It should not return to the harbor today, but should take on Us pas sengers outside. Rebel Growing; Active. WILLEMSTAD. Island of Curacoa. n. J3. (By Boat from La Cuayra. The revo lutionists, strengthened br tha imnnamhii. Ity of the government's e. t oresslna tha smuggling of arms and ammunition Into th ' country, and by the fact that it has no ' longer any fleet at Ita disposal, have made answer to President Castro's proposition that they turn their arms, against the for eigners who have attacked Venezuela by referr'nK him to General Matos, their only chief capable of dealing with the matter. The rebel have regained courage. Th government, which signed with them an armistice of ten day, which enda tomor row, has 3,600 men at Barqulalmeto and 2,600 near Caracas, but all others who had enrolled themselves to fight against the foreigners have retired. The revolutionists have planned a march on Caracas by three roads. The leaders, Ramos, Antonio Guevara, Urbaneta and Penaloz, with 2.B00 men. will march via Guatlre. Antonio Fernandez, Oslo and Crespo Torre, with 2,600 more, have left Camanagua, and General Rolando, with 2.600 troops, will go from Alta Oracle, Ammunition Is expected to arrive vry day near Tucacu. The situation for President Castro Is considered to be again perilous. Attacked by foreigners and bis own countrymen, he can with difficulty resist the shocks, as the government's resources have vanished. The president's departure for La Victoria is for the purpose of trying to check the near advance to the capital of the revolu tionists. General Mate will leave Coraooa shortly. Paaseacer Are In ttnaaders. LA GUATRA, Dep. 24. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The Dutch Tf 7n VrTS,1 Halt? and" Ven.T Uel ergo. Urgent sieamunip rrlns Wlllem II. which left Now rlsions. wa. stopped by warship, on reaoh Ing the line of blockade off thla port to sort tn- oay. ine commander of th allied squad ron refused to allow th vessel to land Ita cargo, but gave permission for passengers and mall, to go ashore. . The La Guayra port authorities, ' how ever, would not let the passengers land or re-embark because the steamship's agenta here declined to pay the port charges, which would have to be paid If the cargo had been discharged at the wharf. The Venezuelan officials ridicule the blockade. They say the country la self sustaining and that the greatest sufferers by the foreign blockade are the foreign merchants. Complication, are arising over merchant vessel, a. the alllea are making new regulations every day. The allies have captured ten email Ve.' nezuelan veaaels, worth all told perhaps $60,000, and now have them anchored ho tween the warships. The Venezuelan soldier, who have been encamped In the mountains behind La Guayra since the allied warships came have gone to La Victoria, forty miles southwest' of Caracas, where President Castro la watching tbe threatening movements of the revolutionists. Merckssl Vessel Haver Aroaad. CARACAS, Dec. 24. Th steamer Cara cas wss cruising today before La Ouayra. The steamer Merida of tbe same Una has left Wlllemstad, Curocao, for Maracatbo, where it will attempt to ascertain whether the blockade is effective. There is much indignation among the people of La Guayra with 81gnor de Riva and Herr von Pilgrlm-baltaszl. who are considered responsible tor the bombard ment ot Puerto CabeUo. The enrols frees V