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T The Omaha Daily Bee. KSTAIILISIIRD JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1003. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. i FUNERAL TOO SELECT Cardinals Protest at Arrangement! Which Barred Them from Pepe'i Bin. OREGLIA WILL PUNISH UNDERLINGS Beta of Sacred College Promise! to Bet Matters Right QUICK ELECTION OF POPE IS EXPECTED Ecc'eiiartioi Dee' are Belief That ConolaTO Will Hot Last Over Two Day ITALIAN MINISTER QUITS MASS IN HUFF Chilean Preacher Asserts Temporal Power Must Re Restored, Than Precipitating Trouble In South America. ROME. July 16. Several thousand of the faithful crowded St. Peter's today to pay tribute before the sarcophagus con taining the remains of the late pontiff, on Which la the following Dimple Inscription In gilded letters: "Leo XIII Pont Max." Meanwhile requiem masses continued In the chapel of the Sacrament, as well as many other Roman churches. ljo'a will was read today. .While nom inally leaving the estate at Carplneta to his nephew Ludavlco Poccl, It really makes no change, as the whnlo family property, amounting approximately to $110,000, had already been divided among the three nephews. Count Camlllo having; already sold his share. The congregation again today made fur ther progress with the arrangements for the conclave. Cardinal Gibbons arrived to day, but did not attend the meeting. Wall to Shot in Cardinals. A wall la being built around the apart ments where the conclave will be held. It la already 10 feet high. Some of the Italian bookmakers here proposed to con duct public getting on the chances of the papal candidates, and In order to obtain permission to do so offered to donate their gains to charitable Institutions. The gov ernment, however, promptly refused the re quest. At the alxth meeting of the congregation of cardinals held today forty-five cardinals were present. Jardlnal Delia Volpe, voicing also the opinions 'of some of his colleagues, criti cised some of the ceremonies In connection with the Interment of Ieo XIII last night because the cardinal did not participate in the entire procession and complained gen erally of the lark of order. Cardinal Oreglla replied that he had al ready noticed this and would punish those who were responsible. Monalgnor Merry Del Val communicated the report from Santiago Chill, of the In cident which occurred there during the celebration of the requiem for the late pope, which was attended by the president of the republic and all the authorities, in delivering the eulogy on the late pontiff protested against the usurpation of papal territory by Italy, whereupon Count Cufrchl Boasso left the church and lowered the Italian nag which had been holBted at the legation as a algn of mourning. The Incident produced an unpleasant tmpres slon on the sacred college, being the first discordant note In the universal mourn ing. Will Follow Ancient Ceremony. The oeremonial of the conclave estab- hu Oreirnrv TV la to hj fnllnnroH at the coming meeting. The cardinals have decided during the conclave to eat in com mon trrder to facilitate their work) A local paper quotes the response of Cardinal Svampa to a question as to wheth er he believes the conclave would be of lengthy duration aa follows: "On the contrary, I think It will be short. I believe that two days will suffice to reach an agreement. Another paper quotes Mgr. Francises, Nava as to the possibility or the election of a pope who would reconcile the Vatican and the Quirlnal thus: "No pope ever hated Italy, The govern menl must reconcile useii to tne none. Certainly Italy on the occuaion of the ueath of Leo showed itself well disposed for a reconciliation. The will of the late pope was read today - after the meeting of the congregation Only that portion which deals with the dis position of the personal papal estate was made public. The rellgloua testament was not disclosed. It was opened by Cardinals Itaropolla, Mocenni and Cretonl, the exec utors. The relatives of the late pontiff were not preat nt, although Invited. Pope's Will Published. That portion made public is as follows In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Uhoat, as the end or our mortal career is spproachlng we put In this holo- f;raph will our lust desires, before all we lumoly supplicate the Intinite bounty and charity of lite blessed I.ord to condone tho faults of our life, and receive healgnantly our spint in -no Destine iernity whlci we specially hope through the merits or Jesus, the redeemer, trusting to Him nacre 1 heart, an ardent furnace of charity and fount of spiritual life and humanity. We also Implore as mediators the biessed Vlr gin Mary, mother of Uod, and our own much beloved mother and that legion of saints whom in our lite we venerated In miat'iui way. Now coming to dispose of the family patrimony, which Is ours according to the deed OI aivisiou umwn up oy mo notary t-uruta Frunchl. December 17. 1-.S2. we au- point as heir of this patrimony our nephew Count Ludavlco Peed, son ot Giovanni liattlsta, our deceased brother, trum thl- uriioertv must lie deducted thut airea.l innated to Count Rlcardo. Knottier nephew on the occasion of his marriage., according to a deed or r ruruary u. iso. oy Notary V'ranchl. l'.uualiy from tins property mils be deducted all the estate ti the Carpiueto Romano belonging to the Holy See, accord ing to the declaration In our chirog.ab, February 11, lsul. In this our testamentary deposition ,i have not thought of our othor nepiirw, Camlllo, and our nieces, Anna anil Maria, eon and daughters of our brother. Giovanni Baltlata. r or them we have in iiie. t rop erly provldod decorous maintenance on the occasion ot their marriage. We dejlaia that no oik of our family can claim uny light in anything not contemplated in the present document, because all the other belongings ot whatever nature which have come to us as pontiff, consequently are and in any rase we wish to be, the pr p erty of the Holy Bee. We conhde the exact execution of this, our disposition, to Cardinal Mariano, Ram polla our secretary of Male. Mario Mo cenni and Serafino Cretonl. This declara tion Is to he our last will. The Vatican, Koine, this eighth day of JUlyaiUACHIMO PECCI. LEO PP XIII. GIBBONS ARRIVES IN ROME DeaUs Himself to All bat Cardinals Till After the Con- clave. ROME. July J6. Cardinal Gibbons arrived today accompanied by Father t'.arvsn. his secretary. He was met by Mgr. Kennedy and Father Hertsog. They drove to the (Continued oa Sooond Pa-). DESTROYING AGENT A HEALEFI Hadlum Declared llarmfal. Yet Able to Make Blind See and Slek Well. (Copyright, ir03. hy Press Publishing- Co.) VI '"A. July 2)1. (New York World Cab ' brai ''' " f,l"'1'1' Telegram.) A celc ' 7')iirg scientist, Irofessor E. 8. LonOu, '' highest authority on the new railt. )i are pronounced tho greatest dlsix 'Hern times bu reguln eye .'oii tins sub- cause they may makt, sight, has published an ti Ject In which he says: Itndlmn has all the charm of the un expected In science, which had no premoni tion ot its extent in nature. Kadium had never been foreseen or foretold. When It peared it seemed to protest against some cientlllc principles such as the theory of lie indivisibility of atoms, etc. And the physlologlcn! and pathological qiinlltiea of auium wnen tney were discovered were quite as great a surprise again. i ne etiect or raoitim rats unon living organisms Is shown in two ways: in one use the effect of Ihe rays Is lelt Imme diately; In the other it Is felt alter being atent for a longer or a shorter nerlod. The first case reters to eyes, the second lo an ntner organs These theories have leen practically ap plied already. The blind can be taught to write, read and draw. A boy of 11 who lost Is eyesight when he was twelve montns old. hut who retained a slight perception of the difference of light and uarkness, learned ne letters of the alphabet frst and then earned to read. 1 here is no living tissue in the world upon which radium rays have no effect, hxperlments have been made with the seed of plants, bacterlaous cells, frogs, worms, J;iiinea pigs, rations and human beings, tadlum rays were noticed to do all these different organisms barm. I he germs of Dlants and animals ex posed to radium raya lose the power of growing. The skin of animals and human oeiiiKs exposed to nullum will show no effect at first, but after a time a swelling sets In which becomes an open wound that muses to neai. Mice placed in a box with radium sickened after a few days and died of congestion of the lungs. ijiipus it nu otner sum diseases have been treated with radrum ravs and enruurailnf results have beei. obtained. There Is no knowing what the future has n store for humanity after the dlacftverv of radium. CHEAP SILVER, DEAR TRAVEL Mexican f.overnment Allows Rail- roads to Boost Tariffs to Off set Depreciation. MEXICO CITY, July 26. The govern ment has Issued a decree granting the rail roads such an Increase In their passenger and freight rates as will practically put them on the same basis as though receipts were In BO-cent dollars. The decree was Issued In response to a request from the Mexican Central and the Mexican and In ternational railroads that they be per mitted to increase their rates on account of the continued depreciation of the sliver. The decree says that during the remain der of the present year railroad com panies shall be authorized to make a 15 per cent Increase in their tariffs, except upon corn, -wheat, cotton, firewood, char coal, coal and all articles of export. It be ing understood that inasmuch as this au thority Is granted In favor of the present rate of exchange, it will be suspended should exchange fall to 220 or less. The government's action la praised as an Indication of its desire to do Justice to corporations, having sold Interests to meet abroad , and which- have" to buy heavily n the United States and elsewhere at gold prices. The Increase in rates applies to passengers as well as to freight charges. PLOT TO OVERTHROW TURKEY Bulgarians and Servians Sail to Seek United Country Hostile to Porte. VIENNA. July J8.-The Universal Bu charest pub'tshes a sensational story of plot to bring about a union of Servla and Bulgaria, which involves the deposition of Prince Ferdinand and the substitution of the Karageorgevltch dynasty and which would also, accordlng'to the story. Inci dentally result in the settlement of the Macedonian question. According to the report a secret meeting was recently held at Belgrade of Bulgarian parliamentarians, prominent Servians and Macedonians, at which 'the details of the scheme were agreed upon. They are sild to Include a military convention and a cus toms union. The plotters also are said to have resolved to carry out their program If possible by legal means. Including a vote of the Bulgarian parliament. The plotters are said to have argued that such a united kingdom could overthrow Turkey, and the Mucedonlan troubles and guarantee a greater future both for Servla and Bul garia. The story is discredited here, being re garded as fantastical. SERVIAN HEIR DEGENERATE tsar Receives Doctor's Adverse Re port on King Peter's Eld est Son.. ST. PETKRSBCRO, July 2.-A special ist In the treatment of backward children, at the command of the imperial govern ment, examined and observed Prince George, the eldest son of King I'eter Kara georgevltch, of Servla, during the past week and has reported to the emperor that the boy Is a degenerate. Prince George was born In 1888 and is therefore sixteen years of age. He was reared practically under the direction of the Russian court, and a report printed Just after the Belgrade tragedy said he waa eduratcd to occupy the throne of Servia. LONDON TUBES ARE FLOODED Heavy Halna Drown Out Newspapers lull Stop I ndergrouad Trains. LONDON. July 36. Heavy rains on Sat urday night over the south of EnglanJ caused serious floods and great damage in London. The underground railway was flooded and many printing rooms of Ixndon newspapers built In the underground district between Fleet street and the Embankment were unable to print Sunday editions until late this afternoon. The heavy rains coincided with a heavy tide on the Thames, covering several low lying districts. Japs Stick to Telegraph Line. YOKOHAMA. July a.-Jd. Pmvloff, the Russian minister to Cores, having objected to the Japanese telegrsph line from Seoul to Fu Sun, which was constructed prior to the Russian line, the Corean government asked Japanese Minister Hayashi to remove the line. The latter has deciinad to do so. Say tailors Make Trouble. MADRID, July 96 -Reports have been published here of excesses Indulged in by nHore of the L'nltvd States squadron at Lisbon. PROCTER REPLIES TO SMITH Repudiate! Late Postmaster 0 neral'a At- Uci on OitiI Service. IRREGULARITIES CHARGED TO MINISTER Late Cabinet Officer Declared Respon sible for Policy which Practically Nulllfled Law Governing Postal Appointments. "WASHINGTON, July 2. Chalrmin Proctor of the Civil Service commission has replied to the recent letter of former Post muster General Smith concerning his re port on the Investigation of the Washing ton poatomce, and also to an editorial ar ticle in the Philadelphia Press. The reply to Mr. Smith's formal letter Is aa follows: The Honorable, the Postmaster General: Bir My attention has leen culied to uie iiei, iiiiii-ii juiy n, o I lion, l lliiil-'B Kinory Smith, as It annealed in the imioIh: i press of July W. If uns letter were based on tho facts disclosed hy the records, or could be read In connection with the com mission's letter and tne report of the In vestigation upon whlcli It was baaed, there would be no necessity for remark or reply. gniiih's Letter Incorrect. t'nder the circumstances there are cer tain parts of Mr. Smith's letter which de mand attention. The relevancy of a por tion of the commissions letter has lx-cn denied by Mr. Smith, although the essen tial facts it contained have not been con troverted. Concerning the question of relevancy. It may be stated that the pres ent postmaster general requested the com mission to Investigate and report whether the civil service law and rulea hud oeeii and were bcuin complied with in the Wash ington postomce, and -that as the Investi gation showed thut the postottlce occupied, to a considerable extent, the position of ti bureau to the department In the mutter of appointments and other changes, somo of the departmental affairs necessat ily came within its scope. This was especially true with regard to persons appointed In outside offices for the purpose of classi fication and afterward transferred to tho Washington postoftice and later to the i'e parlinent. as well as In the cases of per sons appointed as laborers, but Irregulsriy assigned to classified duty In the Washing ton postofflce who were afterward ap- fiointod in the rural free delivery service ust before its classification. Mr. Smith says the one-third of Mr. Proctor's letter which immediately con cerns the Washington postofnee may prop erly be left to the answer of the postmaster, whom It directly concerns. The facts as disclosed by the Investiga tion show that the department and not the postmaster was responsible for most of the violations and evasions of the civil service law and rules in the Washington postofflce. It is therefore an evasion and not refutation of parts recited in this let ter, to say that It may be more properly left to the answer of the postmaster. The answer of the postmaster Is already re corded In the report of the Investigation In the statements signed by him. When questioned as to the responsibility for the Infractions of the civil service rules -in the Washington postofnee, he said: Wishes Blame Transferred. "As most of the appolrtments of the peo ple who have In any degree violated the civil service regulations have been desig nated or made by the department. It seems to me that the responsibility for violation of the regulations should be located with the parties directing the appointments." Again be cald: "People that proved In efficient In the department had been un loaded upon the postofflce on several oc casions, as is instanced by the case of The postmaster also stated that In his opinion his office could hnve been run with the same degree of efficiency, but with much greater economy, if the department had lett the personnel of the force to his own selection. in commenting on that part of the com mission's letter which deals with the clas sification transfer method adopted by the department to evade the rules, he avoid by a safe margin the facts disclosed by the Investigation. He says: It Is the statute, not the department, that puts the clerks of the new free de livery offices Into the classilled cervlce. Their classification is a matter of law. Their transfer Is a matter of rule. This statement begs the question. It is a civil service rule promulgated by the president and provides for the classifica tion of clerks at free delivery offices, and the commission construes tills rule as rec ognising only bonaflde employes as ac quiring a classified status. It was the de partment and not the statute or the ruins that placed the names of eighteen residents of Washington or tls vicinity on the rolls of postoftlcea in various puits of the Cnlted States, without reference to the needs of those offices, for the sole purpose of get ting them Into classified positions In tn- Washington postofflce or Ihe department. The department. In making these ap pointments without doubt, reverted to the practice which the civil service act was designed to prevent and to this extent nullified the law. Mr. Smith says in reference to the same subject: Statements Declared I'ntrue. "In 1S97 before I became postmaster gen eral, some persons were appointed to of fices about the classified service and later transferred to other service. The practice thus commenced continued in a limited de gree." As a matter of record there were only four such appointments made during the latter part of 17 and the early prt of prior to the appointment of Mr. Smith, and 124 under his administration. Mr. Smith says: "No rule, even at this time forbids the transfer at any time in the exactly parallel case where small unclassified offices ure classified by )elng consolidated with larger classified offices." This assertion ignores the fact that sec tion S of Civil Service rule ii forbids the classification of any employe In uny of the offices which is to be consolidated with a classified office, unless he lias actually served therein during the sixty days next preceding the consolidation or was ap pointed through competitive examination. He also quotes his letter of December 2", 1900, to the commission. In which he agroed mat uamisHiona 10 tne servicu should, us far as practicable, be made on examina tion and said directions hid been given which would remove all Just ground of complaint. Mr. Smith now states his belief that the commission never answered this letter and declares that he will not com ment "on the peculiar candor which made no acknowledgment of the removal of all Just ground of complaint then, und seeks to suppress the truth about It now." A sufficient reply to this statement will be found on page 3ou of the seventeenth annual report of the commission, published in the early part of lSKJl, In which this statement follows the full quotation of Mr. Smith's letter: "It Is gratifying to the commission to lie able to state that, since the date of the above letter, but one case of this kind has occurred." The letter of December 27. 1900. was a I declaration of Intention on the part of the department to observe the Intent of the law, after six written appeals from the commission, ranging from May Hi, 1898, to May -4. l. two references or the matter to the president and the appointment and transfer of 12 employes by the objectionable method. Says Smith Parked Offlee. j Mr. Smith resents the statement that the rural free delivery service was packed with employes In the Interests of individuals. Just before classification, as indicated by the fact that fltty-slx were appointed In the twenty-six daya Just piecetiiug classifica tion in November, 1S01. while only seven teen were appointed between that date and May. 1!o3. He attributes the large number of appointments Just before classification to the great Increase of work, as indicated by the fact that the appropriation for tne rural free service for the year ended June to. 1D02. was double the amount for the pre ceding year He does not explain why. although the appropriation was again more than doubled for the year ended June SO. 1Uu3. it was necessary lo appoint only seven persons ro Washington from November 27, I9ol. lo May, 1HU3. It seems a fair Inference that the ap pointments prior to classification so far ex ceeded the needs of the service that few appointments were necessary even when the appropriation was more than doubled for the year ended June ). 1U"3. Politicians' Held Responsible. Mr. Smith cites the fact that forty-one of (.Continued oa Third Psge-i TRY TO LYNCH DETECTIVE Citizens Detected, In Robbery En deavor to Hay Principal Witness. SCRANTON. Ta.. July 2.-An attempt to lynch John Peel, a Delaware. Lacka wanna & Western company detective, was made last night at Fueter, by a crowd of villagers. A mob. Infuriated at learning that he had evidence connecting a score of families with wholesale thievery of brass and other Junk from fhe company s prop erty, attacked him at his hotel. When the mob made its attack with cries of "lynch him." the detective drew bis revolver and began pullltlg the trigger, but there was something wrong with the mechanism of the hammer and the cart ridges were not exploded. Peel gained the waiting room while th mob shrunk from his leveled revolver nnd locked himself In. Word wuh telegraphed here and a force of twenty-five officers was hastily re- rruited to lie sent to the detective s rescue, In the meantime a passenger trawl arrived and the crew, tiding! under telegraph or ders, quit the train and after a hard fight, succeeded In getting the detective on the train. Tho ringleader of the mob is anid to be one of tho lending cltlxens of the town and it is alleged that because the detective had gained evidence In connection with the thieving which would disgrace him and his son forever, he gathered the mob and led tliem in the murdcrou attack. INCENDIARY FIRE IS FATAL Alton Laundry Rinses, Bringing Death tu One nnd injuries to Ms. ALTON, III.,' July 2i.-Klre. believed to have been started by an Incendiary, today destroyed the Alton Stcum laundry, a row of flats, barber shop and part of a lumber yard, and resulted In the death of one per son nnd Injuries to six others. The dead MISS KI TH MKYEKS. burned to death. The injured: Mrs. Fred Meyers. Adam Wolfe, Jr. William Melssler. William Nicholson. Louis Stelner. George Alcin. All the Injured but Alcln were hurt in Jumping. The total loss of property amounts to S&.non. This was the third tire In the vicinity within a month. TRAIN TOSSES VICTIMS FAR Baby Lifted from Roger Onto Tender While Father Falls In Field. WILKESBARRE, Pn., July 26. Joshua Butler, wife and Infant child were struck by the east bound Black Diamond express on the Lehigh Valley late this cfternoon while driving across the track at Port Bowkley, six miles from here, and all three are dead. The horse was also killed and the carriage demolished. The occupants were hurled fully 100 feet. tha woman's deatp ' '.wiiit .Instantaneous. The babywta tossed-over the locomotive and was found lying in the lender on top of the coal.'- It was still alive, but died a few moments later. Mr. Butler was found In a field 'near the track. He was not killed outright, but died within an hour after the accident. YOUTH SLAYS CRUEL FATHER Shoots Pnrent with Rifle and Must Answer Charge of M order. EAST ST. LOUIS. July 26,-Frank Greg ory, pged 18, la under arrest on the charge of having murdered his father. The boy's father, E. C. Gregory, was at work near a grain elevator today when the son came across the river In a skiff from St. Louis and shot him with a rifle, killing him almost Instantly. Young Gregory made no effort to escape and when he was ar rested, according to the police, he said he killed his father because of cruelty to his mother and to him. 1 BOARD PROHIBITS MARRIAGE Topeka Teachers Angered When Courting; and Weddings ObH clnlly Cease. TOPEKA, July 26. (Special Telegram.) The Topeka school board, heedless of the president's Instructions on race suicide, has prohibited its teachers either court ing or marrying without the usual prelim inary skirmish. Needless to say the young women who instruct the young here are up In arms and warmly declare Topeka's children may go without schooling if their instructors are to be barred from domestlo ties. COLORADO SOLONS GO HOME Pass Appropriation Bill, Kill Fair Board Disbanding Motion and Adjourn. DENVER, July 26 The general assembly adjourned this morning after passing a general appropriation bill, for which , the session was called. The house defeated the senate joint reso lution calling on the world's fair board to disband. Governor Peabody has refusej to Issue a supplementary call for a special session to consider an eight-hour bill. BLOOMINGTONJRIES TO LYNCH Four Alleged Assailants of Baby Girl Brought to St. Louis fur Safety. ST. 1X1C19, July 26. Four men. Thomas, Nick and W. R. Nydem and William Mc Comb, charged with assaulting and killing Gertie Gibson, aged , at Bloomington, were brought here today for safekeeping In the St. Louis Jail, as a mob had attempted to lynch them at Bloomtleld. The little girl's body was found during the forepart of last week and the coroner's verdict was that she had been assaulted. CAR RUNS THROUGH DYNAMITE Denver Magasise Is W recked, but Mir acle Averts Dreaded Ex plosion. DENVER. Jfily 2.-8pecial Telegram.) A runaway street car today ploughed through a magazine containing tons of dynamite, but by some miracle tij ex plosion resulted. The contents were pul verized. There were seven men in the building at the Um and ail escaped Injury. TROOPS GUARD DANVILLE Sheriff Tells of Pluoky Wife'i Wish to Aid Jail's Defense. CROWDS MENACE, BUT DO NOT ATTACK Soldiers Are Cursed nnd Find Feed Ins Difficult, but Mob Respects. Military Power and Re. mains Orderly. DANVILLE. III., July 26.-TW0 killed and twenty-two wounded, the police station wrecked, the county Jail with few of its windows left unshattered, the city In the hands of the state troops and a feeling of uneaslnesa and dread prevailing every where, is the situation left by the race riots of last night and early this morning. The revised list of dead and injured is as follows: The dead: JOHN D. METCALFE, negro, lynched and burned. HENRY GATTERMAN, killed by negro Metcalfe. The Injured: John Devere, right thigh mangled by load of buckshot. Adain Murray, shot In forehead; will re cover. Bickurll, buckshot In right leg. Clement Mebaker, buckshot In right leg and arm. 3dward Hart, shot In right band. A. Swafford, Injured Internally. Fred Lorens, buckshot In legs. W. La t tern, buckshot In both arms. Harry Rennlck of Taplln, III., buckshot In left foot and leg. Two unldentllled men wounded In the arms and hands with buckshot, refused to give their names when their wounds were dressed. , Henry Slade of Pavilion Heights, buck shot in left side. Two unidentified men, one shot in left arm and the other In the hand; refused to give names when their wounds were dressed. Unidentified young man, wound In head; refused to give name. Four unidentified negroes, beaten into insensibility by the mob, Unidentified woman, carried away In a buggy after she was seen to fall. Ii. Hlnes, shot in neck. Otto Helnko, shot in arm. Many of the Injured are at the hospital. Arrangements are being made for the funeral of Henry Gatterman. Crowds Swell All Day. After daylight this morning there were restless crowds on the streets. Hundreds of farmers filled the city and each sur rounding town continued to swell the crowd. Great unrest and a threatening attitude was reported from Westville, five miles away. Early in the morning Wilson, the alleged negro assailant of Mrs. Bur gess, was secretly taken from the county jail but was returned shortly afterwards. Four companies of militia' arrived this morning from Springfield. Companies A, E, I and H of the Beventh Infantry were sent In reply to urgent requests addressed to state officials. Tha troops marched to tho market house opposite the jail and camped. The streets were cleared and the threatening attitude ot the crowds disap peared. There were sullen threats but no attempt at an outbreak was manifested during the day. Tonight 100 sentinels are patrolling the streets in the immediate vicinity of the jail. Each soldier carries forty rounds of ammunition. Wife Stands By Sheriff. ! Sheriff Whitlock said today. In giving his version of the repulse ot the mob: "After I saw from the jail that the mob was determined on attack I went to the veranda and spoke to them. As 1 stepped Into the window two bullets were fired, one striking the wall behind me. I tired two shots In the air. Some one shouted that I was only bluffing and waa shooting blank cartridges. 1 warned the mob that 1 would resist an attack on the Jail with powder and lead. There was another shot from the mob and it surged forward. 1 then tired a, shot from my shotgun into their legs. This drove them back but they returned a mo ment later to the attack of the front of the door. I was alarmed for the safety ot my wife and children. My wife took a gun and said she would stand by me. I got tier and the children out of the way and then as the leaders came with the rail to batter down the walls, 1 shot along the rail to make tliem drop It. This accounts for so manv being shot In the hands and arms. I fired eight or ten shots In all." Sheriff Whitlock had four deputies and three constables with him In the Jail guard. He says no one fired Into the mob but him self. There are all sorts of rumors afloat tonight and a strained situation is notice able. But the 200 soldiers here. It Is be lieved, will prevent further outbreaks for the present at least. Half of these will be on duty all the time. Leading citizens say the outbreak has been expected for a long time, as a bitter feeing has existed for several years between the negroes and a certain class of whites. A number of minor outbreaks have oc curred during the past year. The feeling against the soldiers Is notice able. The commissary department today had much trouble getting restaurants to serve meals. Many refused to feed the sol diers. There was one clash between the guard and a miner named Ed Llgget, who began abusing the guard. The soldier lev eled his bayonet and Llgget was arrested and fined 1100. Four other companies of the regiment are under arms at Springfield awaiting orders. Crowds gathered during the day near the lines and cursed the sol diers. Bayonets were used to scatter crowds In aeveral inatances. Officers of the guard do not anticipate any attack, however. The sheriff and military officers have urged all cltlxens to remain off the streets. All saloons have been ordered closed in definitely. Metcalf, the negro killed and burned last night, had lived at Evansvllle for two years and waa a recent refugee from that city where he participated In the riots of a few weeks ago. In their sermons today ministers of the city upheld the action of Sheriff Whitlock In defending his prisoners. MADISON VI LLE. Ky., July 26.-A dis patch received tonight from Providence, Ky., says that In a fight among negroes there last night five negroes were shot Some of them will die. NEGRO MURDERESS LYNCHED Louisiana Populnee String Womnn Who Poisoned Young tilrl. IP SHREVEPORT, La.. July !-Newi reached here today that the negress Jennie Steer, who administered poison In a glass ot lemonade to Lizzie Dolan, the 16-year-old daughter of John Dolan, from the ef fects of which she died, was lynched by an Infuriated mob at sundown last night. The lynching occurred at the beard plantation, near the spot where the woman's crime was committed. Jennie Steer was stubborn to tha last In denying bar crime. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER For Nebraska Fair Today and Tommor row. Temperature at Omnhn Yesterday. Hour. Dear. Hour. Heat, B a. m...... TS 1 p. m M 6 a. m...... Tl P. i l T a. m 73 S p. m UN 8 a. m . . . . . . TB 4 p. m 9 a. m TU B p. ni MS to a, n Ts) p. m MM 11 a. m 81 T p. ra OT lit m K3 M p.m MA t p. in Mil DANISH BROTHERHOOD PICNIC Tremendous Crowd and Splendid Out lug Knjoyed at Ascott Park Sunday. Members of the Danish brotherhood think that the picnic of yesterday was the larg est outing Danish people have ever held In the United States. One of.tho committee of arrangements estimated the attendance from the three cities and the Iowa farm ers and others at Ascott park as not far short of 3.0K0. The picnic was a Joint un dertaking by Lodges No. 1 and No. l'J of this city, No. 74 of South Omaha and No. 10 of Council Bluffs. The llrst train with the committee and about a hundred pic nickers pullid out of the Union station over the Illinois Central road at 8:30 o'clock yes terday morning, .the second following at 11:30 and the third at 1:30 In the afternoon. The crowd returned In two trains at 7:30 and 10:10, the latter train being crowded. The day was passed pleasantly with danc ing, afternoon and evening, music by the band and contests of one sort or another. In the shooting at the deer target Fred Petersen won first prlie, N. M. Larson sec ond and W. Andersen third. For the eagle target, J. Petersen, Jens Jensen, M. P. Andersen, Beth May, Frank Petersen and J. G. Jorgensen won prizes In tha order named. At the round target N. M. Larson, L. Hansen and C. Petersen carried off the honors. All these events were for rifle. Christ Andersen proved himself the strong est man at the testing machine; II. Haugh won the 100-yard daah; Miss Rohomp was first In the woman's race; J. Laurlel car ried off the prize in the boys' running; M.ss Wlnlseon was the quickest girl, and in the race of the presidents of the four lodges Peter Petersen of Council Bluffs No. 1U was first under the rlbbdn and waa re warded with a watch charm bearing the In signia of the brotherhood. All the winners were given useful and ornamental trophiea of their prowess. In the afternoon J. Michaelsen, supreme secretary of the broth erhood, made an address on the growth and Interests of the order. Of the committee having the affair In charge Christ NeUsen of No. 1 was chair man, M. C. Christiansen of No. 74 waa sec retary, O. Rasmussen of No. 10 was cash ier and A. N. Norgard and H. Johnsen rep resented No. 1, . Fred Petersen and Peter Petersen served for No. 10, Charles Soren sen, A. Ostergard and P. Matsen were for No. 19 and Frank Andersen and C. Han sen represented No, 74. MRS. HODGE GIVES HERSELF UP town Woman "Wanted for t'tnh ytmr der Surrenders In tirand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. July 26. Mrs. Aurora Hodge, of Denlson, la., gave her self up today for the murder of a man near Salt Lake City on July 11. She said she had parted from her hus band a few months after their marriage and went on the road with a traveling medicine vender as his bookkeeper. 'When cn a lone road near Salt Lake City, July 11," she said, "he attempted to assault me and I shot him with a re volver I had been carrying. I left him In the wagon and went to Suit Lake City to give myself up, but my nerve failed me and I took a train for Denlson. I told my brother, and when he went to tell the authcrities l fled to Chicago. There I se cured a portion in a Spring Lake hotel, but could not rest with it on my mind and came to Grand Rapids to give myself up." FATAL RIOT IN NEGRO CHURCH Blneks Draw Guns nnd Rnsors, Trouble Comes, Slny Two and Injur Six. CAMAKA. Oa., July M.-Two killed and six wounded, four of them. It Is believed, fatally, Is the result of a row at a negro church tonight, at which pistols and razors played a deadly part. The entire negro population of the town is terrorised as a result of the affray, and It is impossible to learn the real cause of the trouble. The shooting started over a dispute of some sort. There was a wild rush to get from the building and it la believed many ot the wounded were hurt In Uits way. Women and children were trampled under foot by men, who, with knives and pis tols In their hands, were trying to escape. HOPE TO UNITE POPULISTS Political Reformers Convention Ex pects to Henl Split In People's -Party. DENVER, July 26. A large attendance ii expected at the conference of political re formers to lie held here tomorrow. The conference will be of an unofficial charac ter and members of various parties are In vited to participate. The national commit tees of both branches of the people's party are, however, called to meet here In con Junction with the gathering, and It Is be lieved that some agreement will be reached for harmonizing the two factions of thut party if an amalgamation to Include other reform parties Is not effected. PERSHING RETURNING HOME Famous Enemy of Moro Bandits Due In Chicago Nezt Week. CHICAOO. July 26. (8peclal Telegram.) Captain John J. Pershing of the Fifteenth cavalry, whose splendid record In the Phil Ipplnes has long preceded him. Is expected to reach Chicago on a visit to his father next week. Captain Pershing has been in charge of the rebellious Moro districts for two years and has subdued them after sever fight ing. He has been promoted to the general staff of the army. Movementa of Ocean Vessels July 20. At New York Arrived: Cymric, from Liverpool and (jueenstown: Lit Hretagne, from Havre; I'rnhria, from Liverpool and Qufitiiiown. At (jueenstown Sailed: Lucania, from Liverpool, for New York. At Moville Arrived: Bavarian, from Mon treal and Quebec, for "Liverpool, and proceeded. TRAIN WRECKS FATAL Four Person Killed on Maple Leaf in Dodge Center Collision. TWO I0WANS DIE IN SANTA FE SMASH Chicago Limited Filed at Princerille Brings Death to Couple. VANDALIA CRASH ACCOUNTS FOR THREE Trolley and Passenger Collide, Oter a Ccore Peing Injured. BIG FOUR CATASTROPHE MA'.MS TRIO Flyer Traveling Sixty llles an Honr Round Sharp Curve Crashes Into Freight .Near Wellington; Ohio. ST. PAUL, July Si-Two trains met in a head-on collision on the Chicago Great Western early today with tha result that four are dead and about twenty-five ot thirty passengers Injured. The dead: CII.iRLKS MKRKERT, engineer passen ger train. Minneapolis. H. C C08ER, fireman, who was riding in the passenger engine, not on duty. H. HELM AN, engineer of the freight train. FRED HORTON, Dodge Center, Minn., passenger. The seriously Injured: 11. J. Hlckey, lit email of the passenger train. Noble, colored, porter of the buffet car. Fireman Keeno of the freight train waa slightly injured. Fred Horton. the passenger who wss killed, was said to have been standing In tho vestibule of the front sleeper talking to a friend and was instantly killed while his friend escaped Injury. Twin City Kspress Piled. The two tralna were the Twin City Limited and a fast freight. The limited was running as a first section from Oelweln, la., to Minneapolis. The second section consisted of an excursion train running from Des Moines to Minneapolis and was three hours behind time. The fast freight, southbound, received an order at Dodge Center saying the second section of the paascnger was three hours late apd the crew evidently misread the order and attempted to make Vlaslty siding between Dodge Center and Hastings, Minn., thinking that It was the limited that wss late. Meanwhile the limited was pounding along at regular speed and met the freight head-on, just after it had rounded a curve at Vlaslty. The morning was foggy and neither en gineer saw the other In time to stop, "al though the engineer ot the limited had ap plied the brakes. That the two trains came together with terrific force wag evidenced by t te fact thst both engines were badly damaged, but re- malned standing pprlght on the tracks. Tha baggage and buffet cars were completely wrecked and turned crosswise on the tracks. The first sleeper behind the buffet wss badly smashed In the forward end while the four rear cars remained intact on the track. These cars were, used to bring the dead and injured to St. Paul and Minneapolis, where the injured were given surgical at tendance. None of the passengers were seriously In jured, but cuts and bruises were freely dis tributed and the utmost confusion prevailed following the Impact nt the two trains. The baggage man was buried tinder a pile of trunks but was taken out uninjured. The baggage car struck a sma,ll building and one end broke through the side of the structure. Three cars In the freight were wrecked, one of them containing a number of sheep, which were killed. The wreck delayed traf fic, for several hours. Iownns Killed on Snntn Fe, PEORIA. 111., July 28.-The Santa Fe lim ited out of Chicago for the west wan wrecked at tho crossing of the Rock Is land near Princevllle last night and two were killed. The accident resulted from an open switch. The dead: ENGINEER ED O'BRIEN, Fort Madi son, la. FIREMAN CHARLES VOGEL, Fort Madison, la. Express Messenger R. L. JC. Budway and his assistant, Ed Parshall, botti of Chi cago, sustained minor Injuries. Traffic on the rood was delayed for some hours. Three Die on Yaudalla. EAST BT. LOUIS, III.. July 26,-An ac commodation train on the Vuudalla road en route to St. Ixiuls rnn into a well filled electric car on the East St. Louis and Suburban street railway near Lansdowne, three miles north of here today, killing three persons and Injuring a score. The dead: JOHN ROY. Vandslla, engineer. J. J. LENHARTH. DAVID H. BEATTIE. The injured: Vincent Hlgglns, fireman; will dl. Charles Burkhardt, motorman: seriously. W. R. Miller, electric car couduotor; se riously. Mrs. Mamie King. IjouIs Merkel. G. W. Young, fractured leg. Simon Bpaulding. Jacob Shilling. Mrs. Allen Mack. Jacob Lenharth. Elmer Bell. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. King. Miss Annie Bom mere, Centervllle, III. Eight others received minor injuries. The crash of the collision was terrific and was heard a long distance. The accommo dation train was drawn by an engine which was backing, and was running at a good speed wnen suddenly the tender of the engine crashed into the trolley car at the street crossing. The car wss hurled from Its track a mass of wreckage. Tha Impact caused the coaches to break loose from the engine and while they did not leave the track the engine left the rulls, ran about 200 feet over the ties and turned over on Its aide. Engineer Roy and Fireman Hlgglns stuck to the engine and were buried in its wreck age. After being removed Engineer Roy died at the hospital. Fireman Hlgglns is so badly Injured that he cannot live. The two were pinioned under a jet of scalding steam and their screams were agonising. Nothing could be done until jackscrewa were se cured and the engine ralaed. Roy and Hlgglns begged to be killed outright that they might not suffer the torture they were undergoing. When they were finally taken out both were literally parboiled. Beatty and lenharth, the two other men who were killed, were standing on the platform of the
