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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MOM DAY MOltNINO, JUNE 8, 1903. SINGLE COPY T11KEE CENTS. HUNDRED DIE AT SEA!PLAGUE . Two French Pinenger Steamers Collide Ou'side Marseilles Harbor. BOILER EXPLODES AS VESSEL SINKS Terrified People Clin; to Ship at it Plunges to Ocean' i Bottom. RESCUE WORK RENDERED DIFFICULT Kuu Cause Eddj in Water Which Bother Those Bring ng Aid. FIVE SCORE ARE PLUCKED FROM DEATH Mill Fleet Gather Round Doomed Craft aad Manage to 1t Hail tho People from "Watery Grave. MARSEILLES, June 7. More than 100 persons, passengers and crew, were drowned near Marseilles today in a collision De- twoen lnsulalre and Llban, passenger learners belonging to the Fraiaslnet Bteum hlD company of Marselllea Llban sank, 117 passengers and firemen being saved, while the remainder perished. The steamer Llban left Marselllea this moraine on Its regular trip to Baatla, Cor sica, and was run down and sunk by ln sulalre off the Mai re islands. The collision was witnessed from the Dtlot boat Belchamp, which Immediately teamed up to render aid. The force of the collision had cut a great bole in umiii aide and It was already making water rapidly. The captain saw that the only chance was to run the teamer aground. and Llban was headed full speed for the shore, but within seventeen minute aftor the collision, and while still In deep water, the fore part of the steamer plunged be neath the waves and a few minutes later it had dJaaDDeared. Shies Strive to Ala. In the meantime Belchamp, the steamer Balkan, also belonging to the Fralsslnet company, and other vessels had drawn nesr and were making desperate efforts to res cue those on board. Belchamp rescuod forty persons. Balkan rescued thlrty-sevon n&asenaers and UD 10 tne pnwan . known that In addition seventeen ot the crew were also saved. Officers of Balkan describe the scene fuat before Llban disappeared as a ter rible one. As the vessel was sinking It wee Inclined to such an angle that Its masts struck the water, causing an eddy ' which made the work of rescue moat dim cult. A mass of human beings waa cling ing to the foundering vessel and uttering despairing cries as It went down. lAt the urn time the boilers expioaea, ininsy tnM the horrors. For a few moments the Mini were seen struggling, in tne sea, then the waves closed over them and all waa client. Of about 200 passengers who were aboard Llban It Is feared half were amwnad. . Balkan launched three boats and the Other" Vessels did all possible to save the viattma In the short time mat eiapseo between the collision and the sinking of IJh.lL ' Up to I this afternoon thirty bodies had been recovered. LATE OMAHA MAN IS UtAU W. . Carroll Paasoo Away at Wash. tagtea After Loner Connection f with Union Pnetno. i '. nrmm a Staff Correspondent) ' WASHINGTON. June T. (Special Tele- . gran.) William James Carroll, formerly of Omaha, where he waa connected with - the Union Pactflo. died In this city last evening at the Portner apartment house, Three years, ago Mr. Carroll ruffered from bromldlo poisoning. This affected his heart and resulted in his death. He was 46 years . of age, having been born In Ireland. He served In the British army in eany man hood and was recipient of a number of medals for bravery. . Mr. Carroll will be recalled by older employes of the Union Paciflo, having been connected with the law department of that railroad under A. J. Popplnton and John M. Thurston. When Senator Thurston left the Union Paclfio to enter the senate. Mr. ' Carroll shortly after followed his chief, returning to his native country to settle an estate left him by his mother. He re turned to America last August, taking up ' his residence In "Washington. He is survived by a wife and daughter, Funeral will be held tomorrow morning interment will be made In Rock Creek cemetery. MANY SHOTS FLY AT JACKSON Tewm Marshal nonexistent I s sheriff "Winks at All Disorder. JACK SON. Ky.. June T. There waa much firing In and about the town tonight. The soldiers counted 163 shots. There Is town marshal since James Cockrlll wns killed and-Sheriff Callshan makes no ar rests. Judge Red wine today reversed his older no that Curtis Jett and Thomas White v occupy the same cell again. The prisoners bad a long conference today with their counsel. The Marcum people expect no conference In the trial. The friends of Cockrlll have asked Gov ernor Beckham to have some other Jurtjre In place of Judge Redwlne on the bench during the trials this week. MINNESOTA FORESTS BLAZE Thousands of Dollars Worth of Timber le Destroyed by . Fire. SPARTA, Minn., June 7. A forest fire has been burning In the vicinity of Ely lake all day, doing great damage to stand ing timber and destroying thousands of dollars worth of cord wood. Unless rsln falls soon there will be heavy Inns of timber, as fires may be seen burn .lng in a dosen different directions. Llftlaa- Terumseh Mortaaaea. TECUM8EH. NEB., June 7. (Special.) During the month of May there were 13 farm mortgages filed In Johnson.. county, whlih amounted to $-S,lW; nineteen were released, amounting to 137.740. Of city mortgages four were f.led aggregating tl.S&O, while two were released which amounted to $70. iHirinic the s.me -;u fifty-three chattel mortgages wnl nn re cord, valued at 1W1. and thlrty-tao -v-re released Involving a financial considera tion IUiJi. Government Prohibits Stndy of Deadly Microbes la Berlin. BERLIN, June 7. In consequence of the eath from plague at the Berlin hospital f the young "Viennese physician. Dr. Milan Baches, the government has decided to forbid further experiment with plague germs, the risk of spreading Infection being considered greater than the knowledge gained in studying the deadly microbes Justifies. Dr. Baches caught the plague in Dr. Koch's bacteriological laboratory for In fectious diseases. The laboratory is iso lated and the most minute precautions are taken at the doors and windows to prevent the escape ot the germs. No one is allowed to approach or enter the building except the Investigators. The order forbidding experiments was determined upon at a conference yesterday at the ministry of education of the sani tary and police authorities. In which the emperor s physician, Dr. Leuthold, pror. Renvers and other noted specialists par ticipated. Dr. Baches was sent here by the Austrian government, who Intended to use his services in perfecting the sanitary arrangements in Bukowlna. KING AIDS THE HOSPITALS Edward Loads His Presence to ipeclal Service at St. Fail'i Cathedral. ' ( LONDON, June 7. King Edward test! fled anew to his. Interest In the hospitals by attending the "Hospital Sunday" serv Ice at St Paul's cathedral today, this be lng the first occasion he has visited the cathedral since the thanksgiving service after his Illness last year. It is Intended to Inaugurate a week of special effort In tho collection of funds for the London hos pitals. Accompanied by Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria the king drove in an open carriage in semi-state to the cathe dral. The streets were densely crowded), The Prince and Princess of Wales and several other members of the royal family together with the lord mayor and cor poration of London, and many members of the Lords and Commons Were present AUSTRIAN MINERS MIGRATE Iron Stagnation Caasea Whole Colo nies to Leave for Halted states. VIENNA, June 7. There Is a wholesale emigration of miners and workmen in the Iron districts of Austria to the United Btates In consequence of the unprecedented stagnation of the Iron Industry. Hundreds of men have been discharged since the beginning of tho year and the mines and Iron works are operating short time. Wages have fallen 60 per cent and In many Instances the men are earning less than 60 cents a day, and their families are suffering severely. There is faint hope of any Immediate Improvement In the situation and whole colonies of workmen are leaving the country. CONGER CALLS COUNT CASStNl Asks Ray e Investigate Interview la Which Rasslaa Slated Aaahasaador. PEKING, Juno 7. United Btates Mir. 1st er Conger has cabled Secretary Hay suggest ing an Inquiry Into the authenticity of tie published Interview with the Russian am bassador. Count Cassinl. The count waa reported to have denied the correctness of Mr. Conger's wtatement of the Russian demands on China and to have expressed surprise that Minister Con ger should have acted upon unreliable In1 formation. LCUBET WILL VISIT KING Prestdeat Dao la London Heat Mea.h Theagh Italian Monarch Delays Trip. LONDON, June 7. President Loubet will arrive in London on July on bis visit to King Edward and will remain three days at the St Jamea palace as the king' guest King Edward has reoelved a telegram from the king of Italy, regretting his In ability to pay a visit to the English oourt during the summer, but promising to come to London with Queen Helena In No vember. MILITIA MARCHES TO RESCUE Kaaaaa Troops Tram Fifty Miles to Protect Prisoners (rose Lynching. TOPEKA, Kan., June 7. A message from St Francis this evening says Chauncey Dewey and his cowboys, under arrest for the alleged murder of the Berry family last week, are yet safe. The settlers have formed a sort of military organisation, Is understood, and are outspoken In their determination that Dewey and his men shall not escape. A rallltla company from Osborne Is now on Its way to St. Francla More than fifty miles of the distance will have to be cov ered by an overland march, however, an It will be Tuesday before they can rea" there. The sheriff of Cheyenne county thinks he can protect the men until that time. BISCUIT MAKERS CALLED OUT Kalloaal Company's Men Are All Asked to Qalt Work on r Taesday. CHICAGO, June 7. A genersl strike of all the National Biscuit company's hands Is to be called on Tuesday, according to a statement made at a meeting of the Chi cago Federation of Labor by Delegate Mr. Intntih, representing the Cracker Bakers' union. Mr. Mcintosh made the declaration that National Secretary Harsbecker of the Bakers' and Confectioners' International union had Issued the general strike order in conformity with the sctlon of the recent convention, where, he said, It had been do clded to make a fight on that concern be cause It refused to treat with the unions. Sagar Fnrtory for Whentland. WHEATLAND. Wyo.. June 7-8neclnl It Is stated positively here that Wheatland will get a beet sugar factory, and that arrangements for the building and the com mencement of work on the structures have hrra made. The factory will probably be located on the fiat Just east ot the C. at 8. depot TULLOTH CONTINUES FIGHT Beiterates Postal Charges and Denies These Brought Against Himself PRESIDENT OPENS REFORMED CHURCH Derlaree Arriving Imnlirasti ghonld Bo Speedily Cared for by Members of Their Owa Faith Already Resident la Conntry. WASHINOTON, June 7.-8eymour W. Tulloch, formerly cashier of the Washing ton city postofnee, has written to Postmas ter General Payne In response to replies received from Postmaster Merrltt of the Washington postofnee and others to the charges of maladministration he - made against the local poetofflce. The large part of Mr. Tulloch's letter was in defense of counter charges made by Mr. Merrltt. Mr. Tulloch says the charge that under his, Tulloch's, regime as cashier quarterly pay rolls were required to be signed in blank even if true would but produce a "smile In Washington, where probably the greater portion of governmental employes sign pay rolls In blank." . He says, however, that the fact Is the this custom, usual elsewhere, was prohl , Hed eighteen years ago by the then pc master and the only payrolls signet? blank were for postal clerks at a dist' or for employes expecting to be absr t their request and as a personal favo' i the privilege of signing In advance, requiring the voucher to be mad ne auditor to be personally signed . the employe. He says at the time of payment figures had been previously filled In and that false payment could not but have been detected easily and fraud was Impossible. The Charge that a "false voucher" had been put in while Mr. Tulloch was cashier, he says, was only an attempt to discredit him and even Mr. Merrltt admits that the tran saction was directed by the postmaster, recognised by the assistant postmaster and ths money retained paid to persons duly designated. The facts, however, be says, are thnt substitutes named by the Civil Service commission served the postofnee without extra pay except when they fill tempo rarily the places of clerks and receive their pay. As some clerks failed to pay their substitutes the postmaster directed that previous to payment of .clerks who had been absent the signed receipts In full of the substitute should be put in the clerk's pay envelope and the amount It called for retained and paid to the substitute by his division superintendent Hard Drinkers Aro Fined. The particular Instance cited by Post master Merrltt, he says, was where an em ploye after a drunken spree was fined rather than dismissed and the money di vided by his superintendent among the substitutes for services rendered, the post master, by written order directing the cash ier to do this. Mr. Tulloch declares that while In office he did report irregularities to his immedi ate superiors and the Inspectors. . He de nies the charge that he was mercenary with :ie late postmaster, Mr. Willett and says Mr. Willett has suggested a.ymenTtd" Ui writer for settling his accounts and that he offered to do it for Mr. Willett person ally for nothing, but later It was arranged that some of the clerks should do the work, which related chiefly to Porto Rico. -Mr, Tulloch's letter then continues: In closing, may I say it has not yet beon shown to. the contrary In any ot the re plies you have published. (1). That irregular payments were made fro i.. local funUs instead of by the proper disbursing olltcer or the department (2) . That an attempt waa made to cause all employes to bond under a single blanket bond with some of the favored companies. (3) . That the regulations of the depart ment were violated in forcing a letterbox. which prominent officials were said to be Interested In, upon the public even to the unauthorised use of the postmaster's au thority and aaalnst his Drotest (4). That payments were directed for ar ticles not delivered. (5,1. That persons were paid two or three salaries ana performed mtie or no service. (t. That a physician was Illegally ap pointed whose position was a sinecure. I have been told that a 1300 operating table was purchased for private use and charged to the department as postal furniture. (7). That promotions were suggested upon proviso of division with bis officials In the department (8). That persons were appointed from whom no service was required upon a com Dlliaentary roll. (ir). That arrears In Porto Rico were not fully recovered (10) . That useless junkets were frequent to Porto Rico and Cuba. (11) . That persons paid for the military postal service had their salaries continued for months after ceasing all service. (12). That salaries were also continued after service had ceased to take up irreg ular expenses. President Consecrates Church. Speaking at the consecration ot the Grace Memorial Reformed church today, President Roosevelt said This church U consecrated to the serv loe ot tne Loi d and we can serve Him by the way in which we serve our lellow men. This church is consecrated to service ond duty. It was written ot old tual "by their fruits ye shall kuow them,", and we can show the faith that Is in us, we can show the sincerity ot our devotion by Ue fruits we bring forth. . The man who Is not a tender and con siderate husband, a loving and wise father is not serving the Lord when he goes to church, so with woman; so with all who come here. Our being in this church, our communion here with another, must. If we are sincere, show Its effect on our Uves out side. Mast Care for Strangers. We of the Reformed church have a duty to perform in this great country of ours, a country still In the making, for we have the duty peculiarly incumbent upon us to take cure of our brethren who come each year from over sens to our shores. The man going to a new country is lorn by the roots from all his old associations and there is a period of great danger to him In the time before . he gets his roots down In the new country, before he brings himself in touch with his fellows In the new land. For that reason 1 always take peculiar Interest in the attitude of our churches toward the immlKrants who coma to these shores. I feel that we hou!d lUw,VM. .hows peculiarly watchful over them because f)f however, snows our own history, because we or our fathers ' peritonitis and came nere unner line condition. Now that we have established ourselves let us to It that we stretch forth the hand of help, the hand of brotherhood towar-l the new comers and help them as speedily tu ios slhlo to shape themselves and lo R.-t Into such relatiins that It will be easy fur them of Tu!y 'ufln'rty"' Jn'c'umEnV uVnTuTf tnese Kerormea cnurcnes. But we are. not to to excused If we self ishly sit down and enjov s-ifta that nave been siven to us and do not Kir- them, with our poorer fellows com I nit from rverv nart of the world, who manv of them stand In the need of such a helnliig hand who too often mrt many peon'.e anxious tit asnclat with them for th"lr d'lilment. and tno few anxious to associate with them for their good. Many Trips for President. Arrsngerrtrts are being made for Resi dent Roosevelt's trip to Cleveland this week to sttend the wedding of ' Senator Hanna's daughter. The president, accom panied by his daughter, Miss Alice, Secre tary lxeb and perhaps two or lhr-e ethers, will leave on a special train nt I p. in. Tues day. The party wll! arrive In Cleveland be tween S and 7 on WednesJ-iv r.iornlr.g. On the return trip the president n-i.l iarty (Continued oa Second Pag. GRAFTERS OVERRUN DAKOTA Swindle Farmers with Bogus Talking Machine Orders Altered to felt Clreamstanres. BIOUX FAUA B. D., June 7.-(SpecIal ) J-An army of grafters has been turned loose to prey upon the people of South Dakota, snd more especially the farmers, many of whom they regard as an "easy mark." But the experience of some of the "graf ters" has proved to them that the average Bouth Dakota farmer haa had his eye teeth cut. A new scheme to separate the farmer and his money Is reported from Valley Springs, In the eastern part of Minnehaha county. Two swindlers are necessary to work the schemes. One of them first, visits the homes of Intended victims and offers to sell a phonograph, his original price being $20. If the intended victim does not "bite" readily because the price Is considered too high, the fakir reduces his price to as low as IT, giving as an excuse that he wishes to Introduce the machines In the neighbor hood, and It might aid him In making other sales. In cases where farmers have signed or- 'or the machines, a confederate of ths i- .ler appears a few days later with ;? i. In one Instance the confederate pro od in order which showed that the .mer had signed an order not only for the nonographs, as he had supposed, but for ourteen records at $20 each as well. - The farmer refused to pay this sum, whereupon the swindler agreed to take $20 In settlement of the claim, finally dropping the $11. It Is likely this scheme will be worked elsewhere In the state, as well as In north western Iowa and southwestern Minnesota. FUGITIVE vFEL0N ARRESTED Alleged Fraadalent Postal Clerk Caught After Many Days' Search. BIOUX FALLS, 8. D., June7. (Special.) Geo. A. Toung, former clerk In the post- office at Fifleld, Wis., who has been a fugi tive from justice for some time, has been located and arrested at Slsseton. He waa brought to Sioux Falls by Deputy United States Marshall Collins and lodged In the county jail pending the Issuance of an order by Judge Carland, of tho United Btates court In this city, for his transfer to Wisconsin for trial: Toung Is charged with having attempted to defraud the government by making false returns of the sales of stamps and other business transacted by the Fifleld postofflce during the quarter year ending Sept SO, 1900. ThV matter of granting an order for his transfer to Wisconsin will come before Judge Carland tomorrow. HAYES MUST SERVE HIS TERM Fall Vwo Years for Criminal As- saalt Mast Bo Worked Oat. BIOUX FALIJ3, B. ' D., June 7. (Speolal.) Rlchfird WM convicted at tho county of criiniaAgr aesamU and sentenced to a term of 2 years In the Bloux Falls pen itentiary, will have to serve his term, not withstanding he made a strenuous flu it to have the lower court reversed. ' A few days after being placed in the penttentinry he appealed his case to the state supreme court, which lias now affirmed the judgment of the lower court. When he perfected his appeal he was transferred to the Moody county jail at Flandreau, where he remalnded pending the decision of the supreme court. He will now be returned to the penitentiary to serve his two-year term. Pays I'p After Forty Years. SIOUX FALLS. 8. D., June 7. (Special.) That Uncle Bam always pays his debts, notwithstanding that he sometimes Is very low about It, Is again proved by the case of Rev. 8. H. Stevens, a clergyman of Gregory county. He has just received a draft from the United Btates government In payment ot a bill which has been due him for nearly forty years. The interest ing feature of the matter is that the amount was only about $30. In carrying this trivial sum on the books at Washing ton, and investigating the claim, there Is no doubt the government has expended hundreds ot dollars. The payment Is a refund of money advanced by the clagy man during the war of the rebellion for clothing and traveling expenses. Find Cine to Baekns. LARAMIE. Wyo.. June '7. (Spectat.) A horse believed to belong to Geo. Backus, who Is charged with cutting JYed Tucker's throat with a razor, lias been seen In the hills In the Horse Creek country, and It ts thought Backus Is still In, hiding there. A report from the country says Backus threatened to kill himself after committing the alleged assault upon Tucker. lowans Move to Wyoming. WHEATLAND. Wyo.. June 7. (8pecial.) Colonization Agent Mason has arrived with a large party of Iowa and other eas tern farmers who are seeking homes In this section. The party, numbering over thirty, is looking over the flats and judging from the favorable expressions from them, all, or nearly all, will take up land and move their families here at once. Many Wyoming Cattle Die. WHEATLAND. Wyo., June 7.-(Speclal.) Ranchmen from the Laramie Peak coun try report that a large number of rattle have died In that section from exposure and a ntrange disease which at flrst was believed to be anthrax fever. An Investigation, that the cattle died from that the malady did not spread to other herds. Rawlln RAWLINS, Man I.oaes Finger, Wyo., June 7 (Special.) i George Jordan, employed In the shops, lost ". b on his hand. SEEKS TO MAKE FAIR EXHIBIT Adventnrons Sailor Strives to Twice Cross Oeeaa la Small Dory. GIXJUCESTER, Mass., June 7. Howard Blnckhurn. who has already made two voyages across the Atlantic alone In small dories, started this afternoon In his fifteen foot dory, America, In a third attempt to cross the ocean, with Havre as his ob jective point. His Intention Is to return via Gibraltar, the West Indies, Porto Rico and Cuba nnd exhibit his bont at the St. Louis expo sition. A large crowd nn the wharves and cratt la tho harbor gave him a hearty sendoU, BARNES FUR SUPREME JUDGE Republicans Around 8:ate House Bay Nor folk Man Has a Certainty. NO SOUTH PLATTE CANDIDATE IS LIKELY Action ot Lancaster Coaaty Conven tion la Instructing for North Platto Caadldato is laprece deated aad Remarkablo. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 7. (Special Telegram.) AH the politicians around the state house look upon It as a certainty thai the repub lican nomination for supreme Judge will go to Judge J. B. Barnes of Norfolk with out a contest The action ot the Lancaster county convention last week. Instructing the delegation from this county to the state convention for Judge Barnes Is sup posed to havi settled the whole thing. Although It seems to have created scarcely a ripple of excitement on the political sea, this resolution is really en tirely unprecedented and truly remarkable when all the circumstances are taken into consideration. Judge Barnes is one of the present supreme court commissioners. He .was a candidate for appointment on the commission when it was originally named and was a candidate for the nomination for supreme judge two years ago, when he was beaten out by Judge Sedgwick and thon transferred to the place on tho commission, made vacant by the promotion of Judge Sedgwick, in the convention of two years ago Lancaster county was neither for Sedgwick nor Barnes, but stayed by Judge S. P. Davidson of Tecum seh until the band wagon was In sight. The fact that Lancaster county, which typifies the Bouth Platte county, should come out the first thing for a North Platte candidate Is accepted as notice that no South Platte competitors will enter the race. In fact it will have a determining Influence to keep them out of the race. Aside from Davidson and Barnes, two years ago the only other prominent aspir ant was Judge W. W. Keysor of Omaha, who has since given up his place on tho district bench and removed trom the. state. Judge Letton of Fairbury had covetous eyes on the supreme judgeship a little while ago, but his friends dissuaded him from shying his castor on tho proposition that he was not properly located geo graphically to get In. Unless, therefore, some disturbing factor appears the republi can convention, so far as the head of the ticket is concerned, is likely to bo a one man show. The two places of regents are always minor considerations to be dis tributed with a view to strengthening the Ucket Fnsloa Candidate Settled. ' The Identity of the fusion candidate for supreme judge is equally well known oven at this early day. It may be that there will bo no fusion In the sense that we have bad fusion In Nebraska for the past five years, but Chief Justice Sullivan, when renominated by both democrats and populists, will be the fusion candidate just the same. Both democratic and popuhst state committees have been called to meet in. Uncola-Tuesday.. June 21, .to arrange for the nominating conventions of their re spective parties. Discussing the matter. the Independent which Is the official popu list paper, declares that It Is Incumbent upon the populists to meet In convention and nominate Judge Sullivan and Regents Von Forell and Kenower. "Bui," it adds. ''there is no need of a two-ring-convention to do this. No need of an all-night session getting together. If the democrats, when they meet In convention, feel that the populist nominees are the proper ones they can indorse the populist ticket" , This would Indicate that the populists contemplate holding their convention sep- erarely and ahead of the democratic con vention just to have the satisfaction of making the nominations first and putting the democrats in the attitude ot endorsing the populist candidates. Inasmuch as the democrats are looking for the substance Instead of the shadow, and can by this means have the head of the ticket con ceded to them so easily it would not be surprising If they should fall In with the idea. The weak point In the scheme, as pointed out by one of the state house re publicans. Is that after the populists have named Judge Sullivan the democrats could get together and put up a straight demo cratlo ticket, leaving the populists holding the sack. The prospects appear to be so good tor republic! success that It will not make much difference whether the populists and democrats trot tandem or In double harness or get hitched each to their own vehicles. LIQUOR MENH0LD MEETING High Water Keeps Many Away from Gataerlag Held at Falls City. FALLS CITT. Neb., June 7.-8peclal).-The Nebraska Retail Liquor Dealers' asso ciation, which met here last week, was not largely attended on account of the high water. It was with great difficulty that thirty members were got together, that number being a quorum, but It was done. The association will meet In Omaha In June, 1901. The following officers were elected: James Nevels, president; A. M. Tillman, vice president; Henry Keating, secretary, Hans Petersen, treasurer i H. C. Bchults, A. H, Koop, J. W. Hobson, executive committee C. E. Fields, official editor. Had the weather been favorable several hundred delegates would have been here. School Monies Apportioned. FALLS CITY, Neb., June 7. (8pecial County Superintendent Crocker la sending out the June apportionment this week. Richardson county shows ss follows: Amount certified by state supt $7,J90.n Derived from fines and licenses 80.00 Fractional remainder from last quarter .61 Fractional remainder from last inree quarters 16.64 Total amount to be apportioned. . $7.47.96 Fraction remaining unapportloned..$ 12 50 Amount apportioned 7,476.40 Number districts entitled to share.. 104 Number school chlldrea entitled to share 6,762 Waters Delay MeeJYag. HUMBOLDT. Neb., June 7. (Special.) The meeting of group No. 1 ot the State Bankers' association, which was to have been held at Falls City the 10th and 11th of this month, haa been postponed on ac count of the Impassable conditions of the roads until July 6. The Sunday school convention of Richardson county, which was advertised for the last week, has also been put off until June 16-1$. Holiness Men Meet. TECI'MCEH. NER, June 7. (Special ) The Johnson county Holiness Association held a meeting In Vesta yesterday. A num ber of prominent workers from over stats were In attendance. ih, CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair Monday and Tuesday. Temperatare nt Omaha Testerdayi Hoar. lies. . W4 . W . tut . TO Hoar. 1 w. a p. ;i i. 4 p. B p. p. T p. Deg. tl a. i l a. i T a. I A a. i O a. O a. i Ml fill TS T4 72 m m in . . m. . . . m ..... . n. . . . . 72 T4 TT SO 11 i. i lli m. . OMAHANS GEJ-RICH VICTIMS New York Man Charged with Swind ling "Westerners by Tnrf Belting Scheme. NEW YORK, June 7.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Bradford Clarke, jr., who the police allege secured thousands ot dollars from victims In all parts of the country by promising that he could show them how to beat the races, was held In the Brooklyn polloe court today. He was ar rested at his office In the Court street building. Detective Captain Formosa Is trying to get one of the alleged victims to prosecute. Captain Formosa says Clarke, alias Cart- wright, Is a well-known swindler and has his picture In the rogues' gallery. The prisoner recognised his picture and ac knowledged his Identity. Detectives Brady and McCluskey, who made the arrest, claim that they have the names of thousands of victims and fully 600 letters from western people who were patrons of Clarke during the last three months, asking him for some return on their, investments. Clarke Is a good-looking. well-dressed man 36 years old. The police today gave out the names of the following whom they claim are victims of the swindler: From Omaha Mrs. S. E. Winder, 108 Bouth Fourteenth street; W. J. Wilson, W. Fead, treasurer's office: P. T. Bar ber, O. L. Hampton. Twelfth and Harney streets. Lincoln. Neb. J. H. Plnkarton. 881 North Twenty-seventh street; J. Si Leonhart, 1427 O street. f Des Moines, la. Matt Kane, KG Fourth street; Mrs. C. P. Myers, 1128 Second street; W. F. Stallings, 411 Walnut street; M. W. Thaw, 609 Manhattan building. Cedar Rapids, la. Claude Earl, 1016 South Eighth street. OFFICER SHOOTS PRISONER , Policeman Goodrich Dangerously . Woaads a Man Who Ran from Illm. Last evening about 10 o'clock, while run ning away from the officer who sought to arrest him, Elmer Scott, hailing from Sioux ' City, was shot and dangerously wounded by Police Officer Goodrich. The shooting occurred near Thirteenth and Capitol avenue. The young man broke away from the officer and soon after re celved a ball from a 38-callber revolver In the small of the back. He was attended to at once by Police Burgeon Trostler, who had him taken to Clarkson hospital. Officer Goodrich found the man begging on the streets near Fifteenth and Douglas streets and proceeded to walk him down to the station. When nearing the corner of Thirteenth and. Dodge streets Scott broke away from the officer and ran. Good rich followed him and commnndeVd him to halt, but as he kept on running the officer commenced firing at him. Three shots were fired, one In the air, one went wild and one found lodgment In the man's back. Scott le a burly young fellow, but the only charge against him was begging on the street. The operation on Elmet rcott at the Clarkson hospital showed bullet had enter ed his back near the center and about one Inch below the last rib, going straight through and coming out In front about two Inches above and to the right of the navel. In Its course It had gone through the stom ach, perforated two places m th intestine and cut slightly Into the kidneys. After the operation the doctors announced that Scott had only a fighting chance for Ufa, but It is admitted that he is a very dan gerously wounded man. Officer Goodrich went to his home at midnight at the end of the beat MR. MICKEY PUNCTURES FAKE Denies Intention to Taka Personal Supervision of Police Boards la Omaha and Soath Omaha. Governor John H. Mickey spent Bunday In Omaha as the guest of W. G. Templeton, having come up from Lincoln Saturday evening and returning to .he capltol this morning. The visit was purely a social one, the governor and his host attending church In the morning and going over to Council Bluffs to see friends In the after noon. Speaking of the report circulated to the effect that he was about to take a hand In the management of the police affairs of South Omaha and of Omaha, by calling upon the police commissioners he had appointed for the two cities to Insist upon a stricter enforcement of the Slo cumb law, the governor said: "There Is nothing whatever In (he story. I have appointed men as police commis sioners competent In my judgment to take care of all these matters and the responsi bility rests with them. It Is not my njace to interfere with their management of po lice affairs unless complaints against them are filed with me officially." LABOR TEMPLE SAFE ROBBED laldenllflcd Man Steals I'nloa Cash In iter Custodian's Very Eyes. A daylight robbery of the sneakthlef order was reported about 6 on Bunday even ing by W. T. Peck, superintendent of the Labor temple, Fifteenth and Dodge streets. He said the safe was relieved of $ In cash and a number ot checks for small amounts were taken by some unidentified person. The robbery took place while Mr. Peck was In the room, but as the stfe was not locked It did not need expert work. The checks, mostly Issued In favor of the teamsters, carpenters, mason tenders and street railway men's unions. No clue as yet has been obtained. Movements of Ocean Vessels Jrne T, At New Tork Arrived: Carpathla. from Liverpool and Queens town; La llretagnn. from Havre; I ucanla, from Liverpool and Queenstown; St. Paul, from (Jueen.itown and Cherbourg. At Gibraltar Passed: Algeria, from Leg horn snd Naples for New York. At Beechy Head Passed: Frederick Der Grosso. from Bremen and Cherbourg for New York. At the Ise of Wight Psssed: Potsdam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne for New York. At The Lisa rd Passed: Minnetonka, from New York for London. At Liverpool Arrived: Celtic, from New York via Qun-nwuwn. At Movlll. Arrived: Columbia, from N'-w 1 York for Glasgow: Iaurentlan, from New I York for OImbkow; Parisian, for Montreal I and Quebec lor Liverpool. HUNDREDS IN PERIL Mississippi Drowns Cereral and fiurror.nd: Boores When Levee Break BLACK WALNUT RELIEF DIFFICULT Bridges Block Large Steamers, but Liitlo Boats Finally Make Trip. FOUR TOWNS ARE UNDER THE RIVER Stream Still Kise', with Prospeot of Going Far Higher. PUMPING STATION REPORTED TO BE SAFE One nrlde la Already Damaged and Several Others In Danger of Going Down Before the Having Cnrrent. ST. LOUIS, June $. A small steamer from Bt. Charlrs succeeded In reach ng Black Walnut this morning snd the two hundred Imperilled people, terrified and In great distress . for food snd shelter were taken from the Island in safety. All were rescued, particulars hsve not been learn- . ed. At one o'clock a levee near Madison, .on which gangs of men were working gave way and fifteen men. employes of the Amer ican Car and Foundry Works, lost their lives. About 160 men, It is reported, are Imprisoned on a section of the levee thnt Is slowly crumbling and nil means ot es cape has been cut off. Word has been sent to the Bt. Louis side to rush the private yacht Annie Russel to the rescue. Annie ' Russel started to Black Walnut this afternoon and could not fores Its way against the current and It Is feared It cannot make Its way to Madison." BT. LOUIS, June 7. Like- a mlllrnce the Mississippi Is surging past Bt. Louts with a stage of 36.9 feet at 7 tonight, making a rise of pne and a half feet since the same hour last night The government forecast Is that the rise will continue rapidly until, after midnight, and then for the next two days will creep up slowly, probably reach ing thirty-eight feet before receding. No word was received today from the 200 people Imprisoned at Black Walnut. The river has sprrsd round the Island until It Is a veritable sea with a swift current and although every effort has been made to reach them, nothing was accomplished today and there has been no means of communication. Bridge Blocks Steamers' Passage. Between Black Walnut and St I-juls tho Belle Fontaine bridge stretches across the Missouri and the high stage of the ' river precludes any large steamer passing underneath. No steamer Is available at Bt. Charles to go down the river.' Spread Eagle, moored at Alton, 111., above St Louis, was hurriedly manned and started for the Imperiled colony late lust night but was forced to turn back at "the Belle Fontaine bridge. A private yacht here waa manned by a company of policemen today and started for Blsck Walnut, as the craft sat low enough In the water to pass all bridges. But another factor had to be reckoned with, and that was the swift current All steam was turned, on and the yacht's screw churned the muddy waters, but It made no headway against the current, and after vainly stemming- the flood for several hours without making 100 yards, returned to shore and the venture was abandoned. None of the large river boats In Bt Louis harbor capable of forcing their way with their powerful engines against the mill race current can pass under Eades bridge and Merchants' bridge, and if they could, the Belle Fontaine bridge, which Is lower, would prevent thorn reaching Black Wal nut. Black Walnut Is located In a broad and fertile valley of the Missouri and the land surrounding Is said to be the richest wheat land in tha state. Aside from loss of life. If such catastrophe occurs, the property loss will be heavy, as the entire valley Is under water and homes have been washed away, farms depleted and stock drowned. Trippers View the Flood. ' Excursionists poured Into Bt. Louis In vast throngs today and the big excursion steamers, loaded to the guards, piled up and down the harbor all day. An are of curious humanity stretched high above the torrent from Missouri to Illinois, completely obliterating the top of Eades bridge. The flood stage tonight has broken all past records at St. Louis since May 19, 167 when the high water mark was 17. 6 feet. The highest mark known here was reached during the great flood of June 27, 1884, when 41.4 feet was attained. Other high water records here have been made as follows: May 10, 1876, 32.6 feet; May 6. 1881, 3S.7 feet; July 6, 1882, 616 feet; June 26.1883. S4.T feet;, May 19, 1892, 82 feet, and May 1, 1897. tl feet. The high water records ot 1844 and 1868 are not official, as there waa no government station here during those years, but there are many people living here who remember both. Earth to stem the threatened breaks in railway levees In East Bt. Louis was taken from tha World's fair site today and an army of men with wagons hurried It across the bridge to strengthen the water harriers. Rumors have been current that the (lood would shut off the Bt. Louis pumt.ng sta tion and stop the city's water supply. These rumors have been without foundation, as the river must rise at least eight feet more before the pumping station will be in danger. i Just below St. Louts and In the vicinity of the River Des Pros Is the little fisher men's settlement of Happy Hollow. The denizens live in flatboats for the most part and until today had been beyond the rav ages of the flood, but the advancing water Invaded tho tract today and the Inhabit ants had to hurriedly move out. Some families moored tholr houseboats substan tially and remained. Fonr Towns Bnrled. All Venice, Madison, portions of Granite City and 16.000 acres of rich bottom farm ing land are In the grip of the flood north of F.aB St. Louis. Houses have been swept from their foundations and set alrlU. The east approach to the Merchants' bridge is reported severely injured. A sec tion of the forty-foot embankment has been eaten away where the East St Louis street car Una passes under the bridge. Passing through a break In the Chicago & Alton roadbed, the water banks up again: the bridge approach, and, having a narror.v space In which to pass through. It shoots Into the lowlands like a cataract. The current Inside the dike consequently rushes north, or up stream, and houses that have been swept Into that current by the rush ing waters la some places have found
