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The Omaha. Daily Bee. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, JUNE 17, 1903-TEN PAGES. ( KING IN NAME ONLY Pewr WUl BiSubwrienttoBerYian Army or Follow Alexander. MILITARY DECIDE TO KEEP POWER Berolutionary Leaden Bea'ly Dicta o: and Guards for Titular Monarch. NO WORD GOES TO NEWLY ELECTED RULER GoTernment Bints Down on Expenses and Btops Those Reeking Pardons. ANTI-REPUBLICANS ARGUE STRONGLY Olrc Editor Choice Bftwffn Mon archical View and Star Part la Execution and Then Make Him MlnUter. LELGRADE. June 16 The position of King Peter I promise to be little more than that of a royal captive. The real gov ernment of the country will be a military dictatorship under the leaders of the rev olution. Colonel Misrhln and Colonel Mltrchllltsch. The new king; la almoat without any personal adherents, and the ruling spirits of the army would just as readily murder him aa they did his prede cessor. At the present moment the whole coun try Is under military rule, and, although no prefects In the country districts have been revoked, each is accompanied by an army officer who attends him wherever he goes, even to the telephone. This policy has led to one good result not a single case of disorder anywhere has been reported. Forceful Arguments Needed. Extremely forcible arguments were found necessary to repress the radical aspira tions of a republic. The foremost advocate of a republican form of government was L. Jubomlr Bchlokovlcs, editor of the Bel grade Odjek. Finding him Impervious to arguments, the conspirators Invited him to a dinner at the Officers' club last Satur day. During the dinner his host told him that unless he agree to support Prince Peter there would be one head less In Bel grade that night. M. Bchlokovlcs yielded to the force of this reasoning and accepted the situation. He Is now minister of Justice. In the new government. In spite of semi-official statements made this morning that the delegation of the National Assembly elected to offer the crown to the newly chosen king had al ready started. It Is still here. JThe govern ment declares that the number of Its mem bers, twenty-four, would entail too great a cost on the country In the way of traveling expenses, but the real reason of the delay la that the government found some of Its members averse to King Peter. These members sought the opportunity to become reconciled to him at the expense of the country. Now that the ministry has cut oft their traveling expenses their desire to make the Journey will be greatly dlmln toned,"- and- the delegation will probably consist 01 a aoxen msmrjers at mo mom. It 1 believed that the army will try to make secret terms with the new king by which It will retain the supremacy It gained by the tragedy, but whether Peter will agree to the conditions Is uncertain. The chamber met at 10 o'clock this morn Ing and adjourned to the cathedral, where a great thanksgiving service. Including a Te Deum, was celebrated. Extraordinary lack of Interest Is shown b the majority of the people In the evonts arising out of the revolution. The notice Issued by the municipal authorities yester day, calling on the Inhabitants to decorate their houses in honor of the new king, ha met with scant attention and the town by no means has a festive appearance. The Illuminations last evening were not brll llant. A military band marched through the town playing lively airs, but a heavy rain soon cleared the streets. Remove Signs of Tragedy The town I perfectly calm and quiet Is apparently assured. Ouns boomed lit honor of King Peter, the church bells rang merrily, simultaneously along the main street marched a funeral precession. Accompanied by all the pan oply of the Greek church, a regiment of soldiers, with Its band was carrying the grave the remains of a young lleuten ant. to whom had been accorded the tltl of the "army's hero," a title which was gained as follows The commandant of a division encamped in the environs of Belgrade was surprised In the palace by the conspirators on the night of the assassinations and managed to escape. He found a mounted orderly, took his horse and galloped to the encamp ment of his division te summon some of the regiments to the assistance of the king Just before reaching the camp, the lleuten ant who was burled today overtook the commandant and in the sanguinary fight which ensued the commandant waa killed and the lieutenant was mortally wounded dying yesterday. The new royal ciphers are reaching the military depots today and will be served out to the army before the arrival or Kin Peter. The portraits of the late King Alexander are being removed from the walls of pub llo offices and placed in lumber rooms. Workmen were busy all day and night at the palace removing all signs of the AMERICANS BANQUET LIPTON Knight Foretells Another Dinner with "Blooming; Old Mas;' as Table Ornament. LONDON. June 16.-8lr Thomas Llpton's last night In England prior to leaving for New York was signalised by a dinner party at the Carlton, given in his honor by George T. Wilson of New York, at which the leading Amer is In London and many distinguished B v were present. The room was profu. '''' "ated with Brit ish and American '. ,mt Sir Thomas had an Z"- welcome from the company, whlci. ' -t the L'nlted Slates consul general, "Vl mont of New Tork; Lord Deerhk. " Fairfax, members of Parliament, Christopher Fumes. Sir Gilbert ParajT, Sir Hiram Maxim and Designer George Watson. Mr. Wilson struck a note which was fol lowed by the other American speakers. In saying that while not wishing Sir Thomas would lift the cup, Americans would rather see him successful than any other living Britisher. In reply Sir Thomas said: "I have strong hopes that I shall soon be employed in get- ng Insurance on the famous cup. I have had advantages which I have never had before. 'From what I hear Reliance Is a wonder. for which I am glad, for we want to win against the best that America Is able to produce. If my hopes are fulfilled I am certain the American people will not grudge me my success. I wish to say in conclusion, gentlemen, that I hope to meet you all again when I return, but with the difference that we hall have that blooming old mug on the table in front of us." RISH LAND BILL IN DANGER Wyndham Quarrels with Redmond and Government May Go Down to Defeat. LONDON, June 16. A deadlock has arisen between Chief Irish Secretary Wyndham and the Irish leader, John Redmond, as a result of today's debate In the House of Commons,. In which John Redmond's amendment to the Irish land bill abolishing the minimum price at which the landlord may Bell, was opposed by Mr. Wyndham nd rejected by the House. This dead- ock Imperils not only the Irish land bill. but the existence of the government. During the present, session the ministry has more than once escaped defeat because of the support of the nationalists, and while Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal policy ren ders the government's position precarious. the support of the Irish members is more than ever necessary to the ministers. Sev eral unionists supported John Redmond In tha division lobby after having In the course of the debate vainly advised Mr. Wyndham to agree to a compromise.. As a matter of fact, had the Irish leader challenged a division earlier In the even ing the government would then have been defeated and Mr. Redmond's omsslon to thus snatch an advantage from the ab sence of many unionist members seems to Indicate his desire to do everything possi ble to ensure the passage, ot the bill, and endeavor to induce the government to re consider Its position. The whole body of nationalists voted in support of John Redmond's amendment. with the result that the government's ma jority was reduced to 41. . DEWEY'S MEN KEEP SILENT Two Cowboys Go to Jail Bather Than Describe tLe Berry Shooting. WILL STAY MUM TO SAVE OWN SKINS Armed Men Surround Dock while Preliminary Hearing is On Spectators Searched for Weapons. ST. FRANCIS. Kan., June lO.-Wlth an armed guard standing as a solid wall be tween them and the curious public, Chauncey Dewey, W. J. McBrlde and Clyde Wilson faced Justice Hall for their pre liminary hearing this morning. They are charged with the murder of Daniel Berry and his three sons two weeks ago In a fight on the range near the Berry ranch. No one was allowed to enter the court house until he had been searched for weapons and the strictest watch was kept on all. The soldiers sat with their backs to the court and faced the crowd, thus having an opportunity to view everyone who en tered the room. The line extended clear across the room from wall to wall. The array of legal talent here Is probably the greatest ever witnessed at a preliminary hearing In Kansas. The state is represented by Prosecuting Attorney Hotchklss, Attorney General Cole man and Attorneys Murphy, Noble and Colby of Beatrice, Neb. The defense Is represented by Senator Hesslng and Attor neys Harvey, Scott and Moreland. It was not until nearly 10 o'clock that the prisoners were brought Into court. They appeared Indifferent to the gaze of the crowd. WOODMEN DOWN TO BUSINESS After the Wrlroailit Addresses the Delegates Take Ip Regulnr . Order. mi Work. HUNGARIAN CABINET IS OUT Resignation Offered by Premier Quickly Accepted by the Emperor. ia BUDA-PEST, June 16. Premier Dessell announced today In the lower house of the Hungarian Diet that he had tendered his resignation to Emperor Francis Joseph on Sunday last and that his majesty has accepted It. Report that the cabinet Intended resign ing had been in circulation prior to the essembllng of Parliament, so there was considerable tension in the house when It assembled. The entrance of the premier was the signal for. an outburst of cheers from his supporters, while the opposition retorted with scoffing shouts ot "What a happy funeral." The premier, rising, said: I have repeatedly set forth the principles and views which have guided my policy in regard to the opposition manifested by ob structionists to the army bill. On those occasions I said my policy could only be followed as long as harmonious views prevailed among all the factions concerned. As such harmony no longer exists, I tendered my resignation to the king on Bunday and his majesty has been pleased to accept it. I beg the house to adjourn pending the formation of a new cabinet. Tha emperor has directed M. Stefan Tlaza, a member ot the lower house, to form a cabinet. State Deala-natea the Charge. Attorney General Coleman announced that the prisoners would first be given a hearing on the charge of murdering Bruce Berry. The witnesses were then called and all answered. The Dewey cowboys, although In town, had not been served with the state's sutpoenaes and another long wait followed. Ed Tucker, one of Dewey's cowboys, the first witness called, created a sensation by refusing to answer any of the questions put to him by Attorney General Coleman for the state. Tucker said he would refuse to answer questions because he understood there was a warrant out for his arrest, and State benator Hesslng, attorney for the defense, volunteered that the witness was acting under counsel's advice on the ground that his answer might Incriminate him. The Dewey cowboys have. It is stated, re fused to testify and this has successfully blocked the purpose for which the state had subpoenaed them. Tucker, continuing to refuse to reply to questions. Attorney General Coleman ap pealed to the court and asked that he be committed to Jail until he would answer.. In Jail for Contempt. Justice Hull agreed and Tucker went to Jail, where ho was followed a minute later by. At . Wlnship, another oewb7 who re fused to talk. , Birch Berry . was then called. He told his story and accused. Chauncey Dewey of firing the first shot, which struck Roy Berry. McBrlde, he said, fired the second shot, which struck Bruce Berry. Roy Berry wss the next witness. He was shot through the face during the assault on the Berry ranch and was brought into the courtroom on a stretcher. Asked by Attorney Genera! Coleman who shot him he replied in a weak voice that It was Chauncey Dewey. He Insisted that he and ills father had no trouble with the Deweys of a serious nature before the kill ing, although there had been a number of disputes about minor matters. Attorney Hcssln for the defense asked Berry If he was armed on the day of the tragedy. He replied that he was, but that none of the Berrys had made any effort to use their arms. Mrs. Alpheus Berry said on the after noon of the murder Will McBrlde and an other man, whose name she did not know. called at the house and asked If the Berrys were at home. Afterward she heard the shooting and saw the finish of the tragedy, but did not know who fired the shots. Dr. G. Pogg of Bird City said he was called to the Berry house after the mur der. He made an examination, but could not te'l whether the bullets entered from behind or In front. George Shafer, P. E. Waldln and L. L. Capron, neighbors of the Berrys, did not see the shooting, but immediately after hearing the reports of the guns went to the ranch and found the bodies of the unfor tunate men lying on the ground. INDIANAPOLIS, Juse 1. The thirteenth session of the head camp of the M dern Woodmen of America began here today. After the welcoming address, to which Lieutenant Governor Northrott of Illinois responded, the convention took up the regu lar order ot business. At the last national convention a de termined effort was made to secure the admission to the society's Jurisdiction of several large cities. Including St. Louis and San Francisco. The society's law bars all cities having 200,000 or more popu lation. The committee submits an amendment to the Woodmen law providing that the executive council may. In Its discretion, establish and maintain local camps In any part of the excepted cities, if upon In vestigation it finds It safe and desirable territory. The committee also rsoommends that the basis of representation fee left as at pres entone delegate for each 1.B00 members or major fraction, but that hi no case shall there be more than 525 delegates elected to the national conventlvi. The report of Major C. W. Hawes, the head clerk for the two years. January 1, 1901, to December $L 1WS, shows that on the latter date the Woodmen had 664.1H6 beneficial members carrying a total Insur ance of Sl.ltt,285.nOO. .The net gain was 12fi 30. and the net sain in insurance $348, 087,500. There was si si a net gain of 1.959 local camps, the t-jtaljbelng 10,65-1 In good standing December TIM 11 During the term 5,!n? death claims were paid, the disbursements aggregating 110, 736 435. On January 1, 1901. there wss a balance of $903,487.10 In the benefit fund and bal ance of $345,863 20 in the general or expense fund. The per capita expense of management for the year 1901 was 74 cents and for the year 1902 83 cents. Touching on the admission of large cities to the Woodmen Jurisdiction the head con sul says: The chief objection to the admission of large cities heretofore has been the diffi culty in selecting the proper risks. There Is no ouestinn but there Hre lots of splendid risks in them cities whose membership would be of great advantage. I fully be lieve that under the direction of the execu tive council means could be provided for the proper selections. Consul Northcott gives a large part of his report to the question of rate readjustment. submitting several tables of rates. The credentials committee recommended In its report that both the contesting dele gatlons from Kansas be seated, each dele gate at one-half vote. Johnson, the leader of the antl-admlnlstratlon forces, moved CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS No Appointment! BaTO One Confirmed Owing to Deadlock. MAYOR SWITCHES NAMES AND OFFICES Does Xot Abandon Any of His Selec tions, bat Places Them In Connec tion with Different Jobs, bnt 11 Are Rejected. FATAL CHURCH CELEBRATION Shrine Burned and Ob Man Killed Daring Corpse Christl Procession. NEW YORK. June 1. In a church pro cession of Corpus Christl the temporary shrine has been burned and one man killed by a cannon shot, says a Herald dispatch from Point Paltrle, Guadeloupe. Political opposition, this being a French colony, caused the church to make a great tragedy and repairing the damage caused ! demonstration. The procession was nearly by flying bullets preparatory to the lnatal latloii of the new ruler. It appears very unlikely that an official account of the crime will be published. The absence of all regret among the educated class Is most striking and leads to the conclu sion that either the assassinations were extremely popular or the Servians are the most Impassive people In the world. Aa a matter of fact the whole country Is governed by a few men and In many cases the peasantry are Ignorant of the cause of the change. prlaee Nicholas Extols Kins Peter. CKTTINJB, Montenegro, June It The proclamation of Prince Peter as king of Servia waa received with the greatest satisfaction by Prince Nicholas, King Peter's father-in-law, and the Montene grins generally. Salutes were fired, which rung sod bands paraded the town, which waa beflagged and illuminated at night. Prince Nicholas made a speech to an immense crowd, enrolling the virtues and bravery of the Illustrious ancestors ot King Peter and at the same time con demning the manner In which King Alexander waa assassinated. Milan's Sen Hot a. Claimant. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 11 The report published In New York that Madame Chris tics and son. Milan, whose father was the late King Milan of Servia, had left Con stantlnople for the Servian frontier, la un founded. They have not left Coustantl- Continued mm BsoonA Pag- two miles long. A small cannon which waa hauled about for saluting purposes was discharged In a large crowd. Mr. Sarrnud, a merchant who was stand Ing nearby, had one side blown away and was killed Instantly POPE LEO JS IMPROVING Doctor Finds Patient Mack Better and Makes' Changs ia Treatment. ROME, June 16. Dr. Lapponl visited the pope today and changed his treatment. The doctor says newfound the pope better. Wet Weather la London. LONDON. June 16. Not since 1879 has so wet a spell been known at this season. The rainfall for June then was four Inches. Although the month is not yet half over those figures already have been passed. Three and a half inches fell during the last six days, Saturday and Bunday alone being responsible for more than one inch and a half. Remembering this la Ascot week. It will be understood that half ot London is in despair over the unfavorable weather. Thirty Bnlarlaaa Killed. 8ALONICA. Turkey, June 1. Several conflicts have recently occurred In Mace donia between Insurgent bands and Turkish troops. Borne thirty Bulgarians bav been killed and rriinj wounded, an amendment to the report that his dele gation be seated to the exclusion of the other. He spoke for the amendment, re viewing the differences. Trueman Plantse of Warsaw, 111., replied for the credentials committee. The vote stood 129 to lit against the Johnson amendment and the report of the credentials committee . ts adopted. The election of ofnV.-.wlil be held to morrow and the que of readjustment of. rates will be taken r; on. Thursday. At the military ' camp of the Foresters the day was devoted to -the prise drills. About half of the teams have drilled. The Rock Island. 111., team leads so far with a percentage of 98. Dubuque, Ia., 4s sec ond with 89. GET SOMETHING TO ARBITRATE Chicago Hotel Strikers Finally Agree to Peaeefnl Settlement of Differences. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska-Fair Wednesday. Warmer In North Portion; Thursday ralr. Temperatare at Omaha Yesterdayi Hoar. Dear. Honr. Dear. 6 a. m .1 1 p. m 7:4 a. m ii a p. m T4 Ta. m ..... . e 8 p. nt ..... T;l K i, n ST 4 p. m T a. m T ft p. m To 10 i, n 7 e p. ra T 11 t. m T p. m Til mm Tl ft p. m TO p. ra ..... . 4M Another engagement of the battle be tween Mayor M wires and the councllmanlc majority over minor appointments came off In the council chamber last night. The mayor submitted the same objectionable list of names, somewhat askew as to posi tions, because they had been submitted the limited number of successive times be fore. In addition a number of appoint ments not before handed In were turned down. As an aggressive move, President Zimman had Introduced and passed a reso lution abolishing the offices of city cla.m agent and abstractor and ousting the in cumbents, and an ordinance repealing the ordinance creating the office of gas In spector and assistant license Inspector was read the first and second times and re ferred. The confirmation of two appointments to the board of engineers, Henry Sohroeder and George Cornelius, evoked a lervent Thank God" from Mayor Moores. wno had seen every one of his other appointees rejected. He sent the names of the unsuc cessful candidates in last night as follows: For Inspector weights and measures, Al fred Bugh; custodlar. city hall, John C. r.vnch: clerk of nolle court, F. T. Moats; insnector. Thomas P. Mahammltt; poundmaster, Willis F. Gerke; superintend ent markets. Lee E. urier; ncen-o snectnr. Ram W. Scott; assistant license Inspector, John Matthleson; at city hall, engineer, James S. England; fireman, B. W. Christie; elevator conductors, Frank E, rje Fred C. Anthony and Albert F, Mayne; Janitors, John G. Pegg. Herman Cromwell; Janitor at city Jail. Olle Jack son. Some Routine Business t, ...tnmohlle BDeed ordinance and the , - .si r in ordinance authorixlng an ibuo . renewal bonds were read the third time and passed. An ordinance having for its purpose a contract wltn tne oi- nv for the supplying ol inter section markers free was defeated. By request Councilman O'Brien Introduced and ... io. hv title and referred an ordinance prohibiting the use of slot ma -v.i-. minors and formuaing mo tlon of any machine of the kind If wlnlngs .m m anything but merchanaise, City Attorney wngni seni - test against tne appoi"""- - -...i.t.nt rttv attorney, for which an or dinance has been introduced In the coun cil. The letter was placea on ui. m.. u..h Asohall company u a.. ..u.k" on Paving Contractor John Grant, who submitted the lowest bid for asphalt repair. Monday. The common ca tion, averred that the Nebraska Bltullthlc company ha. not been , bid was not technically correcT. further that-th comply with the contract and start work wZn ten day. because he hs. no paving nlant. City Engineer Rosewater. Mr. Grant ?l-a,ntl "nresentatlv. of the Barber com- - ' n.rnenter SDoke on the mat rTr OranT .aid that the bulk of the 'r hi. nlant arrived Tuesday and had been unloaded from the car, that he was ready to take tne cuuw - fh. pror bond and that '"corporation ,n r.nnred and would be filed. papers wc. .- For Macadam ravina. DUBUQUE WARS WITH MILITIA Mob Attacks Powar Plant aad Pre vents street Care from Running. DUBUQUE, Ia,. June 16-RiotIng attended the efforts of the street railway company to resume operations today after a shut down of five weeks on account of a strike. The local company of state militia was called out. but the "rioters were not sup pressed until they had been in sharp con flict with the militia and the police. There was no serious trouble until this evening aftr all cars had been withdrawn from the streets and the soldiers marched to the company's office to guard the non union employes. A mob of 2,000 persons fol lowed and attacked the company's power plant, breaking every window In the build ing. They were dispersed by the .police and militia. From the power plant the mob marched to the car barns, where it broke Into the building and before the militia could reach the scene had wrecked the windows of all the cars and practically wrecked the cars. When the troops nrrlved the mob ceased the work of destruction. After lining up the soldiers In front of the barn Captain Thryft addressed the mob. While he waa speaking several bricks were thrown from tho rear of the crowd over the heads of the soldiers. Thryft ordered the soldiers to load and get ready to fire. This order awed the mob, which then dispersed. MORE TROOPS FOR MORENCI General Baldwin Decides to Keep I'p Force of Soldiers to Carb Strikers. DENVER, Colo.. June !. Awaiting ad vices from Washington, General Baldwin today sent orders for one troop of the Third cavalry to proceed with all haste from Fort Apache, Arts., to Morencl. Yesterday It was believed the spirit of the strike was broken and Colonel Lebo, commanding five troops of the Fourteenth cavalry at Morencl, was ordered to return his command to Fort Grant and Huachuca, but more recent developments have shown the advisability of keeping federal troops on the spot. WABASH WARS WITH TROLLEYS Cnts Rates to Meet Competition Indiana Interurbun Cars. of LOGANSPORT. Ind.. June 18 War has been declared by the Wabash Railroad company against the Fort Wayne & South western and the Wabash-Logansport trac tion companies. The Wabash agent In this city has re ceived an order to make the fare between this and all points along the line to and Including Fort Wayne the same as that charged by the Interurban companies. This Is the first rate war In Indiana between the railroads and the lnterurbans. CHICAGO. June 16. Indications tonight are tint the hotel and restaurant strike begun last week will be settled by arbitra tlon, and that the strikers will return to work on Thursday morning. Such strong pressure from outside labor organizations was brought to bear on the Joint board o the striking unions it has at last consented to a proposition which virtually ends the strike. The strikers have held out all along against submitting their grievances to ar bitration, but they now ask that arbitra tion be adopted to bring about a peaceable adjustment or the difficulty. The Hotel Keepers' association will meet tomorrow to consider this proposition and it is said to night they will accept It. The restaurant keepers will coincide In any action taken by the hotel keepers. "Our association was founded to nettle disputes between employers and employes by arbitration, and we have stood on that ground." said Paul Blatchford, secretary or tne xioiei jveepers association, tonight "We are not going to stand on any ques tion of courtesy in "his affair If we can settle it by arbitral, in. If the offer of peace from the striking unions is made In writing it will undoubtedly be agreeable to the hotel men." WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFE Accused of Murdering James Barton, tho Father of Her Divorced Husband. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. , June 16. (Special Telegram. The trial of Mrs. Agatha Bar ton, nee Stull, for the alleged murder of James Barton, postmaster at Arvada, father of her divorced husband, was com menced last Friday. Two days were con sumed In securing a Jury. A large num ber of witnesses have been examined and there remalr.s about fifty yet to testify The case will not go to the Jury before Saturday night and probably not until next week. Snmi startling evidence Is to be sprung at the last moment. It is said, by the defense. Mrs. Barton is undergoing the trying ordeal well and will likely hold up until the end. BRIBE LEE TO KEEP .SILENT Boodlers Offer S.1.O0O a Month If Former Lieutenant Governor . .. Flees Grand Jury. ST. LOUIS, June 16. Former Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee told the grand Jury today that he had been offered $1,000 a month to place himself beyond the resch of the grand Jury until after the boodle Investigation Is ended. The proposition was made to him Just after he went to Kansas City from Jefferson City. Mr. Lee said he was approached by some man he did not know, who offered him $1,000 a month In cash to keep clear of the grand Jury The grand Jury Is anxious to take up n a resolution Introduced by Council man Nicholson the Board of ruDl'c n;or" i the Investigation into the beer ta bill, is, Instructed to prepare speclllcauons I but tho sheriff is having great difficulty DYING MAN TAKES REVENGE Shoots Two Highwaymen Who Hare Aided Third in Slaying Him. MISSOULA. Mont. June W. Pat Dono van, a well known rancher and politician at Clinton, was shot and fatally wounded by three highwaymen Juat before dawn this morning. As he lay dying on the ground Donovan returned the fire, killing one end ! severely wounding another of his assail ants. The highwaymen rode up to Donovan In the darkness Just outside Clinton and op ened fire without a word. Donovan sprang behind the porch of a house nearby and returned the fire. Neighbors hurried to the scene. The un injured highwayman gathered the dead one on his saddle and leading the third man's horse galloped off. A posse has thus far failed to come up with the murderers. POLITICS NOT IN QUESTION Cbatterton Declares Wyoming Favors Forest Reserves Within Timber Belt Only. TWO WARRANTS ARE ISSUED They Are for Persons Involved In tho Postern re Department Scandals. WASHINGTON. June 1.-The federal grand Jury here resumed the consideration of postofflce department cases today. It la said that two warrants were Issued at the district attorney's office today for the arrest of persons Involved in the scandals. No Information can be obtained aa to where the persons are against whom the warrants ax directed. CHEYENNE. Wyo. June 1.-Oovernor Chfutorton hur written another letter to Secretary Hitilcock at Washington on the subject of tor it reserves. In the course of which he bt: I desire most emphatically to assure vnu that neither the pople of Wyoming nor j myseir are piuying pontics. I tie forest reserve question is a simple but 'Urgent buKinesa proposition. Neither the people nor myself are opposed to forest reserves. We believe In them, but want them con fined to the tlmtwr area and supervised on budiness principles. Railroad Man Daagerously III. 8EDALIA. Mo, June 14. J. J. Frer, for , . i .nd reoavlng and to aa rthie for competitive bids for doing each class of work, the macadam to go down upo" street, now floored with cedar block The council voted unanimously for the resolution. Nicholson had passed also a es'o Huo" directing the Board of Public Works to have the weed, cut along the .Treeti especially In the v.c.n.t, ot the schools, at an expense not to exceed $1,000 out of the S-eneral fund. It was directed further that the work be don. by city prisoners as much as possible. The Mav payroll, of the public works de- a n9niYi. wr ordered ?efer?cd to the comptroller with Instruc tions to include tnem in an ui'i""" ordinance, if in hi. Judgment the city can legally pay the claims. Comptroller Lo beck already hi. put himself on record ad- Acommunlcatlon from Building Inspec tor Wlthnell announced the appointment of Thomas Falconer as assistant building in spector and Richard P. Grotte us clerk In his office, as authorised by the council In a recent resolution. City Clerk Elbourn sub mitted the name of . Slmonson as deputy In his office. t. Routh Sldo Second Ward Improve ment club filed a protest against the re pairing of North Sixteenth street and com mending the action ot Councilman Hoye In this matter. T6 Open Bancroft Street. t. rlutlon the council agreed to can ... . .,,ir taxes In order to Cet KUW WUH" . gain possession of a small strip of ground .m. the onenlng of Bancroft street .a th. construction of a subway under tho railway tracks of the Union Pacific. The r-ttoerty Is that owneo Dy paran Conrad O. Fisher and which was once for a nacking house. The slot machine ordinance is partially ..ni.inl bv Its Utle. which Is as follows: "An ordinance to prohibit the use of trade chines slot machines or any mechanical device whatsoever by minors in the city ot Omaha, to prevent the wrongrui operation of such machines and the payment of money prlxos or the equivalent thereof on the same, and to prescribe penalties for the unlawful use or operation mn-eui. inn penalties are fines ranging between $10 and two. How minors enn be required from using "any mechanical device whatsoever" Is not explained; and the ordinance is so worded as to pern It the exchange of mer chandise for "beating" the machines. As agreed upon In committee meeting the auto ordinance prohibits careless and reck less driving and fixes a maximum speed of seven miles an hour In the district bounded by Leavenworth, Twentieth and Isard streets, and twelve miles In other parts of the city. Councllmen Hoye and Nicholson voted against the ordinance, the former because he thought the speed limit too hle;h and the other because he thought It too low. The ordinance authorising new rules for the advisory board was taken from the files, where it has been several months and referred to the Judiciary committee. In finding witnesses. FORTUNE SEEKING AN OWNER T Parties Wanted at One Time Were Residents of Davenport, Nebraska. NEW TORK. June !. (Special Tele gramsAmbrose Hlckey and Mary Hlckey, his wife, formerly of Colllnstown, Ireland. have fallen heir to a considerable estate In their native country. John Fox, a brother of Mary Hlckey, la engaged in a careful search of this country for them. They were last heard from at Davenport, Neb, This was some time ago. Fox, whose ad dress Is 22 Brabason street, Dublin, Ire land, wants anyone knowing anything about them to communicate with him. The New York police have been notified, but cannot find any trace of their ever having been In this city. REMITS THE STEVENSON FINE Bricklayers' International I'nlon Re. fuses to Con Arm Action of Omaha Local. I Word was received In Omaha last night that the Bricklayers' International union had remitted the fine levied against C. A. Stevenson by the local union last week, at the time the few members remaining In the city voted to return to work without se curing recognition for their organisation. The local union undertook to fine Mr. Stevenson $100 because it was asserted that he had voted against its wishes as the business agent of the Building Trades coun cil, which, by the way, is composed of a number of unions, the majority of which had Instructed Mr. Stevenson to vote as he dd several years general manager of the Santa Ke railroad and prior to that time general superintendent of the Missouri, Kaiutas A Texas railroad, who has been bedfast for two weeks, la today pronounced critically alii wilA uraemia polsoclng. Rsnters Roads Angry with West. CHICAGO. June 1. The Central Passen ger association again discussed the pro posal to demand full fares on all tickets sold by western lines over lhe.r eastern connections. G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT RATES Lako Shore Violates Agreement aad May Preelpitata Gen. oral War. CLEVELAND., June It- Rate clerks of the Central Passenger association will meet In Cincinnati next Thursday to try and have the Lake Shore abandon its rate announced from Cleveland to San Francisco for the Grand Army encampment. The rate named Is said to be an infringe ment of differentials by other lines, and unless the Lake Shore compiles with the wish of the clerks a general overturning of rates to tho Pacific coast la probable. Movements of Ocean Vessels Juno 16. At New Tork Arrived: Frledrich Der Orosiie. from Bremen; I-rfthn, from Naples Kal-r Wllhelm II. from Bremen: I.'.in- bardia, from Genoa and Naplen: Moneralliin. from Glaxgow. 8b I led: Kalxer lllielm Der Grouse, from Bremen, vU Plymouth and Cherbourg. At Uverp.Hl Sailed: Oceanic, for New York via Queenxtown; Saxoniu, for Boxton via Qut-enstown. At Delaware Break water Passed in: Prnnlnnd. from Antwerp. At Glasgow Arrived: Astoria, from New York. At Ant werp Arrived: Kroonland, from New York. At Souihsmpton: Arrived Manltou. from New York for Iiidtn. Rnd Troc.Vd. At Cherbourg Arrived: Kron Prliir Wll helm. from New York via, Plymouth for Bremen and vroceeded. HASTE TO BURY DEAD BurriTon and Friendly Volunteers Inter Viotimi of Heppner Disaster. PLAGUE FEARED IF WORK IS DELAYED Hundred and Fifty Bodies Already Fnt Away in Wooden Boxes, CITIZENS ARE CRAZED WITH GRIEF Tear Madly Through Streets Seeking Perished LoTed Ones. THRILLING RESCUE SCENES REPORTED Telegraphist Sacrifices Life in Vain Endeavor to Giro News to World M'holo Families Ball Away la Houses. HEPPNER, Ore., June 1. Th work of burying the dead who lost their lives in the terrible calamity Sunday evening has prog ressed steadily today and this evening ISO bodies had been recovered and burled. At least 150 more are missing and at this time the most reliable estimates place the num ber of dead at 300. All day long help In the shape of provisions, blankets and men has poured in. The Oregon Railway and Navigation track was opened as far aa Lexington, nine miles away, this afternoon and from now on the work ot relief can proceed more expeditiously, aa the wagon road from here to Lexington Is good and supplies can be brought in by team In a few hours after they reach the end of the railroad. It will probably be several days before the track Is opened all the way, as the roadbed Is washed out for almost the entire distance. The scene from the hillside overlooking the town Is one of desolation. Huge plies of wreckage. In many places fifty feet high, fill the canyon for half a mile below the town. As the debris which Is covered many feet deep by mud. Is cleared away more bodies are found. Immense boulders weighing tons were rolled along by the flood and deposited In the midst of the town or lodged against buildings. Craaad Fvoplo Frantic. THE DALLES, Ore., June 1. A tele phone message from lone says: A pall of devastation and death hangs over Heppner. Frantic, half erased people are charging about the ruins hunting for loved ones. Dozens of families have been wiped ous. In the fifty-foot wall of water that swept through the town dozens of bodies were carried down Willow canyon for miles. In the rush of subsiding waters during Sunday night cries of distress were heard In monumental piles of debris and tho first volunteers worked like demons to hunt out and find perishing wounded, but In many cases It was too late by th time the vlo tims were located In the darkness.- Among the Incidents ot the catastroph was the saving of three lives by Julius . Kelthley, 70 years , pld.who rod on, ml la and a half on th roofs of houses 'and pulled In three people from the flood. Jim Kernan, the Oregon Railway and Navigation agent, met his death at the telegraph key trying to raise Portland to Inform the outslae world of the Impending calamity. His little daughter, Katie, who was saved by remaining In the station house, saw her father and mother lost In he whirl of the mad waters. Katie stood by while her father waa calling the Portland office when the flood swept In tho lower floor and curled around him. Mrs. Kernan rushed out of the house and started for a high point of ground. Kernan bravely sought to save his wife and both were lost. One of the most thrilling adventures was that of Tom Shuter, who, with his family, were carried down stream In his uouse for a mile and a half. His wife and two child ren stepped Into the upper rooms. Be low town the house shot across th creek to the west side, where It lodged In the debris, 150 yards from th canyon bank. Shuter then took his two little ones on his shoulder and swam 200 yards In th boiling torrent. He landed the children and then struck out for the house and rescued his wife. The McBrlde family, which was lost, went down In their house. A force of seventy-five men nr digging graves on the hillside. Prompt measures are being taken to prevent a plague. Th weather promises to become hot and re lief corps to clean up the town Is badly needed. Dead and Mlastag. TONE. Ore., June 1. A list of the dead or pilsslng. aa nearly as known, is aa follows: JAM ICS MATLOCK. MRS. TOM MATLOCK. J. S. IIOCKEL AND TWO CHILDREN. SON OF WILLIAM AYRES. W. WALLLN. WIFE AND DAUGHTER. MANDY JONES. MRS. JAMES JONES. A. CREIGER. PERCY DAWSON, BABY AND TWO BOYS. MRS. NORA FLOREIN. MRS. ADA CURTIS AND BABY. MRS. M. C. E. REDFIELD. BLANCHE REDFIELD. . KERNAN. VABHTI ANDREWS. PEARL JONES AND FAMILY. JAMES WILLIS. FRED KRUG, WIFE AND FOUR CHIL DREN. MR. AND MRS. DAW80N AND FOUR CHILDREN. STOLTER FAMILY. TOM HOWARD, WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN. M'BRIDE FAMILY OF BIX. HARRIMAN, WIFE AND FATHER. LIPTZ AND CHILD. ABK WELLS AND WIFE. MRS ASHBAUGU AND SIX CHIL DREN. DR. M 8WARD. CHRISMAN. GEORGE THORNTON, WIFB AND CHILD. MRS. KEITHLY AND GRANT80N. MR. AND MRS. OUNN. , MR8. PADBERO. MAUD LELEFER AND MOTHER. GROVER WRIGHT. MR. AND MRS. LONG AND FIVU CHILDREN. ORA ROBERTS. MAUD KEITHLEY. MRS. ROBERT HYND AND TWO CHIL DREN. FRED OXLET. ALICE BOYLUS. WILBUR BEARD AND FAMILY. FLORENCE FRENCH. ZEDDA M'DONALD. NELLIE HOWARD. FRED WILLIS. ED REED, WIFE AND BABY. PUES LOONEY. MRS. HENBY. R. O. UAKT AMD WIFB.