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The Omaha Daily Bee. EtiTAIlLlfcUIKD JUNE 19. 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOKNINO, SErTEMliEli 15, 1903 TEN l'ACiES. SINGLE COPY T11UEE CENTS. ( ( X 1 k v r i L COTTON HARES VISIT merictn Admiral Galls Upon the Hew GoTernor at Bey root UNITED STATES CONSULATE PR01ECTED Gcrerament'i Kepmentatire Tak Fer lonal Charge of Place. BULGARIAN SITUATION NOW SERIOUS Approach of Turkish Troopi to Border May Bring Grieij. POWERS PLAN FOR A NEUTRAL PACT Hnii.lt and Austria Are Vol to r.lrf Support to Flthrr Side, but Hold Iloth Accountuble Thcjr tctlons. for W ASHINGTON Sept, H.-Tha Niivy de partment today pouted the following bu'.le tin: Admiral Cotton telegraph from Reyroot, 12th Inst., (hut he had exchanged very estts fnetnry visits with the governor urncral. Trie govtrnor general ha personal charge or the vice consulate. Twenty-elght pel sons. Including the prin cipal) In the disturbances of last S'inday, have been arrested.' Rcyroot In quiet. Administration of new fovernor general Inspires confidence. 1 he ormer governor general left on the K'th Inst, for Constantinople. Uheklh Bey. the Turkish minister, railed at the State department today. A c.iblegrnm received today by Cheklb Bey from hi government told of a fierce encounter which took place yesterday nar Kesey between Tutklnh troops and Bulgarian brigands. In which over 100 of the latter were killed and a large number taken prisoners. The dispatch also said that quantities of arms and ammunition and dynamite bombs were "rapture!. The. minister Informed Acting Secretary Adce that the operations of the Turkish troops recently has led to the rapture of a large number of Bulgarian brigands, and that a state of panic exists . among them Ijs consequence of the de termination of the sultan to suppress their lawless acts. Turk Raid rlulararlaa Frontier. BERUN, Rept. 14 A dispatch to the Frankfort Zeltung from Sofia, Bulgaria, Rays Turkish troops have raided the Bui- garlan frontier near Tekenache and have driven off their herds of sheep. The dispatch adds that Tnrkish soldiers at Klrk-Klllnseh. In Turkish territory, fired en the French consulate, breaking the win dows. A party of Turks blvouvarlng near Globetpe had with them twenty Bulgarian women and girls. Five hundred fugitive women and children have arrived at Tekendsche. PARIS. Sept. U-The Foreign office ad vices from Bulgaria show that the situa tion la growing more serious, owing to re ports that the Turkish troops are slowly tiearing the border. If their advent con tinues thore will be a general mobilisation of the liulguiian forces preparatory to meeting eventualities. ; " A Russo-AiiHtrlun note to the powers has been received here and I kow under con", slderatlon. It seta forth that In the event of hostilities between Turkey and Bulgaria. Russia and Austria will not give their sup port to either of the parties, but will hold each of them to a strict accountability for their actions. " It Is expected that France will adhere to the Russo-Austrlan attitude. Will Adopt Guerilla. Methods. SOFIA. Bulgaria, Sept. 14. Warned by previous disastrous experiences, the revo lutionary leaders have decided to adopt only guerilla tactics In eastern Macedor.la. me policy of occupying towna and villages has proved a mistake, as It has usually resulted In Turkey reoecupytng the villages, destroying everything and killing the' In habitants, the Insurgents being hampered In their operations by the women and chil dren. A guerilla--warfare In expected to exhaust the Turks much sooner, while the unhampered banda can move more easily and more rapidly. It Is hoped that the new tactlca will result In the women and t-hil-dren being spared unnecessary dangers. The Insurgents now have nearly 2,000 men armed1 with rlflea In eastern Macedonia, and thousands of peasants are ready to Join their forces when a general rising has been proclaimed. This step Is being de layed until the supply of rifles, cartridges and dynamite Is received. New banda, aggregating 1.600 men, are reported to be on their way to the frontier. The Turkish forces now lu eastern Macedonia are esti mated at 17.00. In the conflicts In the mountains of Plrin the Turks are reported to Nave lost heavily In dead, while a great many were wounded. The revolutionaries had only one slightly wounded. The peasanta are welcoming the Insurgents .everywhere with the greateist enthusiasm. ' Austria arises A mas a nit Ion. The bands are experiencing great diffi culty In obtaining arms. It is lelleved that not a single rifle can be found In Soil a outside tlie garrison. The Bulgarian gov ernment Is reported to have protested against Austria's action In Intercepting the ln.otio.ooo cartridges ordered In Hungary, for which Bulgarian money has been paid to the contraitors. A panic prevails In the town of Velos. The soldiers permit no one to leave Velos and the peasanta In the surrounding avil . lagea have all been kllle4 and their villages destroyed. , Complaints made to the civil and military authorities have been without avail. Bali The Bulgarian government, through its foreign repreaentatlvea, lias addressed a note to the great powera declaring that tlie IKirte la ayelenialii-ally devastating Mace donia ami manaacrelng the Christian popu lation. Further, It says, Turkey has mo lilllaed Its whole army, which cannot pos sibly be for the sole purpose of suppressing the revolution, therefore the Bulgarian gov ernment appeals to the humane sentiment of Europe to, prevent the continuance of the massacres and devastation and to atop the mobilisation of the Turkish army. The memorandum concluded with the plain statement that unless the powers Interfere Bulgaria will be forced to take such meas ures as It may deem necessary. hole May Mean Mnrh. LONDON. Sept. U-The important note sent by Bulgaria to the powers de claring that unless the latter Inter venes 'in Macedonia Bulgaria will be forced to take such measures as It may deem necessary. Is held to be a prelude to the mobilisation ot the Bulgarian army un less turope exerts itseir in some way to prevent a conflict, and there Is probably some connection between this eventuality and the docislon of the revolutionists to revnt the guerilla tactics which may he (Continued va Second Page ) SOCIALISTS BECOME ANGRY Writers of that Tarty Object to Hav ing Work Limited to Tarty - i Organs. DRKBDEN. Saxony, Sept. H A ' stormy discussion took place at the afternoon ses sion of the socialist congress, due to a res olution of the cxivutlve council prohibiting the literary members of the socialist party from contributing articles to non-socialist newspapers. The resolution wan mainly di rected against the so-called academicians, who claim the place of honor. In the party In virtue of their learning, while gaining their livelihood by writing for newspapers antagonistic to the socialist movement. Angry recriminations were Indulged In and at one time violent scenes appeared Immi nent. "It Is on untruth." shouted Hrrr Bcbel In a frensled rage, to H enrich ttraun. who was engaged in proving that even the clas sic leaders of social democracy were guilty of this sin. Hcrr Singer, the president of the con gress, stopped Ilerr Bcbel and nuked the members to preserve their dignity and re frain front behaving like school boys. Jlerr Bcbel, who was much excited, demanded to know whom the president meant. Later there wan lively passages at arms between Herr Belel and Hcrr Vollman. Finally the debate was adjourned until tomorrow. RUSSIAN PRIEST MURDERED Assassin la Alexandropol Kills a Chnreh Representative anil Kaslly Escapes. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 14 An orthodox church priest, named Vassllov, was stab bed to death in the streets of Alexan dropol, Transcaucasia, August I.. The murderer escaped. ' The Novoe Vremya's correspondent at Frlvan, Transcaucasia, says the , murder was one of a series of asaassinat.'nns com mltted by the Armenian mafia, and adds that Vassllov had b,een blacklisted for con verting Vtie Inhabitants of three Armenian villages to the orthodox faith. The correspondent further recounts an other recent brutal murder at Alexandropol railroad station in the presence of a crowd of people. In this case also the mur derer easily made his escape. Judicial Investigations of the many mar ders committed. It is asserted, show that 80 per cent of the many recent Armenians murdered were the work of Armenians who emigrated from Turkey, Inspired by fa naticism, and that others were simply the crimes of paid assassins. FERDINAND JS IN DANGER Lives In Castle with Psuage to Rlrer ao that He Can Escape. BERLIN. Sept. 14. An extraordinary let ter, prrporttng to have been written by a Bulgarian statesman, appears In the Klelne Journal. The writer asserts that a subterranean passage leads from the castle of Kuxlno grad, where prince rerainand lives as though besieged, to . the river, through which the prince can escape by wafer when convinced that his position is no longer tenable. U tti added that1 the Princess Clementine mother of Prince Ferdinand, saw King Ed ward at -Vienna; told him that her son was In .1 deplorable position and In danger of hla life and begged the king to have a vessel In readiness to carry htm away from Bulgaria. King Edward, It Is further asserted, as sured Princess Clementine that Prince Ferdinand would find an asylum In Eng land. SAN DOMINGO IS OBDURATE Refuses to Recognise Claims Which Affect Interest of Several Omaha Men. SAX DOMINGO. Republic of San Do mlngo, Sept. 14. Minister Powell Is re ported to have had a long Interview with the Dominican secretary of foreign affairs, At this Interview Mr. Powell stated that the American government expected the Dominican government to keep Its en gagements regarding the agreement on the subject of the Improvement companies' claims, and the secretary Is said to have Informed the minister that he did not recognise the agreement made, but would refer the matter to the national congress, as that body had declared all the acts o the late President Vasquei to be Illegal and without effect. WHIPS TURKISH AMBASSADOR Physician Attacked to legation Takes Revenge fur Alleged Fnlse Report. VIENNA. rfept. H.-Djeved Abdullah Bey, the physician to the Turkish embassy here, todsy attacked and thrashed t'.ie Turkish ambassador, Nedlm Bey, whom he accused of sending unfavorable reports con earning him to tlie porte. thereby prevent ing DJeved from securing a better pwltion. The assault took place In the Turkish em bassy, In the presence of the secretaries and g visitor. The affair created a sensa tion. DJeved has been dismissed. HAVANA, Sept. 14 President Palms re ceived an enthusiastic send-off from Ha vana on his departure on his tour ot east ern Cuba. Crowds lined tlie route of the train through tlie city -and suburbs and the president was kept busy waving re sponses to the adieus. The Inhabitants .of the smaller towns on the railroad assem bled at the stations and cheered as the handsomely decorated train passed through. At the larger towns the Rural guards were drawn up and saluted. Iiands played and the official paid their formal respects to the president. The train proceeded to Santa Clara, where It' will remain tonight. Buandary Commission tn Meet. LONDON. Sept. 14 Secretary of War Root and Senator IxHlge returned to tan- don today. The Alaska Boundary commis sion will meet at the Foreign office tomor row. Attorney General Flnlay will make the opening address In behalf of Canada. On LonWoat for Anarchists. VIENNA. Sept. 14. Aa a reault of the Italian government Informing the authori ties here that three Italian anarchists have gone to Hungary extra precautions wi: be taken to safeguard Kmperor Wllilam, wl o Is to arrive tomorrow at Karapamsa. ' Servian Pint la Ulx-itt errd. LONDON. Sept. 4-A ape, 11 dispatch from the Bulgarian frontier reports that another Servian plot has been discovered at Kraguyevata, fifty-nine miles from Bel grade Several mora officers have been arrested. UNVEIL M'KINLEY STATUE Memorial to Lata President Formally Dedicated at Toledo. SENATOR FAIRBANKS MAKES ADDRESS PaysTrlhule to Character and Work f the Chief Kxecotlve Whose Administration Marked Sew Km for Country. ..V TOLEDO, O.. Sept. 14. Toledo was today over the unveiling of the V ' - - - v After a naval parade on lug the United States gur1 statue. or (chl- Includln gan and the training ship' c and .mttallun tatue wns ter. lawk, and a procession le of United States Infantr- unveiled by Miss Doro' Colonel J. C. Bonn . -sldent of the Memorial association, p. .ntcd the monu ment to the county and Henry Conrad, president of the Board of County Commis sioners, accepted the trust on the part of he county. Senator M. A. Hanna then made a brief extempore address. A dedica tory poem by Theodore MeManus was read by the author and the orator of the day, Senator Charles W. Falrhunks of Indiana, was introduced. The senator said In part: The place of William McKlnley in hls ory in secure. We are not too near the events of which he was h part, to cor rectly measure his proportions, 4ior do wo look with too partial eyes upon what he did. We know the Brent share he bore In the significant events through which lie passed and we have faith to believe that the Judgment of his eontemporat ies will lie connrmed by history, when, with Impartial Hand, he shall record -the deeds ot men. You honor yourselves In honoring him. You make the future our debtor by erect ing this statute In commemoration of his life and services, for like bis immortal prototype, Abraham Lincoln, he "belongs to the ages." Hither the lovers of Ameri can institutions will come in the unnum bered days before us and derive new hope nd new inspiration. Similar monuments win rise in otner lands to wnicn peoples, nut of iiui race, will pay their homage,. Memorials In Other Lauds. The people of Cuba, whose liberty was secureu through his genius and statesmau- snu. will erect monuments In nis nonor. Also ine people or Porto Kico anu tne tar off Philippines will r:Use enduring me morials to perpetuate to me rurtneresi ages the memory of the president who car ried to tnem tlie niesslngs or. republican government. It seems but vesterdar that William ic Klnlev stood anions us at the very senith of lila power. Ho possessed in full degree tne anectlons nnrt connaence or. ins coun. try men and hi name was a beneficent ill' flu tire throughout the world. without warning tno cruel noil leu. vve stood speechless fn the midst of uncommon sorrow, irur great anu neioveu leaaer. oy some mysterious providence, fell In the plenitude of his strength. I'pon the day of his sepulture, rulers and peoples in many forelKn lands united In impreaalve memorial service and the flags of all nations were In mourning. Throughout the great re public busy trade stood still, the telegraph was silent, and as by some common Im pulse, steamships and railroad trains stopped and the people uncovered hi the streets or Knell in tne sanctuaries. . Who knows but that the Divine Master, through this unspeakable tragedy, sought to Imprint forever upon the human heart how splendidly the Just and brave can live, and how beautiful they can die. Against th dark backaround or two years er.o stand in sharper outline than were otner wise doskid e tne in Kit ana nouie acnieve r.ients and the majestic personality of one of the greatest ol Americans. CANJOV.Ow 8ep4r.l.-Thls. the second anniversary of the death of the late Presi dent McKlnley, .wag not . observed by any formal program In Canton. t Flags were lowered on public buildings there were some short references made In the various departments of the schools to tlie Ufa and death of McKlnley, and carna tions were worn, as a silent tribute, by numerous citizens, Mrs. McKlnley this forenoon r-.ade a spe cial trip to the McKlnley vault In West Lawn cemetery and placed floral tributes on the casket. Numerous floral pieces re. celved from friends and strangers were alpo placed In the tomb. Mrs. McKlnley Is in good health. SUIT AGAINST WANAMAKER Pennsylvania Printer Asks Damages front Former Postmaster tim er a I for gpeech. ' BEAVER. Pa., Sept 14. The slander suit brought against- former Pbstmaster Gen eral Wanamaker by Thomas Robinson former superintendent of public printing was called today with Judge 3. Sharp Wilson on the bench.' The legal talent engaged on both sides is of the highest character. The plaintiff alleges that during a po litical speech at Wllllamstown. Pa., he was slandered by the defendant. The cuae was nonsuited once, but wua ordered re opened. Tlie principal witness, today was W M.i Lansing, who heard the speech. He testified that Mr. Wanamaker said that the expenditures of the public printing department had Increased to $700,000 In a few years, and represented that some money had been taken to support the Quay machine and that Mr. Robinson and Dr. Warren would get offli-es If the ma chine won the election. HIGHWAYMAN KILLS OFFICER Seattle Patrolman la Shot at night by Man Ordered to Halt. Mid- SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. U -Patrolman Albert Schaneman of the local police force was shot and killed at midnight by Wil liam S. Thomas, one of the three men who held up the Wlllard bar Bate. day night. Thomas and a companion had been recog nized, by Schaneman on hla tsat aa answer ing the description of the highwaymen and he called on them to halt. They took to flight and Thomas, dodging Into a dark doorway, escaped sight of the policeman. As Schaneman puased, pursuing the other man. Thomas fired, the bullet lodging In the policeman's head. Other officers at tracted by the shots hastened up, and Thomas was brought down with a bullet In his back by Detective Phllbrlck. The other mail escaped. i Mchaneman never regained consciousness -.nd died In a few minutes. Thomas does not appear seriously hurt. EXECUTORS DESIRE REFUND Allege that Payment af Money Daly F.state to Uaierament Was Krrnacoas, SALT LAKi; CITY. Utah. Sept. 14.-A de mand haa been made upon Internal Rev- I enue Collector Calllster of this city by the representatives of the Marcus Daly estate of Montana for a refund of $14.0u0 paid to the government aa an Inheritance tax on the estate. It la claimed that the nrtate la not sub ject to the tax, as it does not come aiihln I lie provisions of the government tax law. The matter a 111 he referred to Commis sioner Vcrkes at Washlugtou fur a decision. GOULD JS NOT INTERESTED Western PnrlAc Line Is lot One ef the ew 1 ork V.an'a Enterprises. NEW YORK, Sept. J4 tleorge J. Gould declines to corroborate the ststemcnt tele graphed from 3a n Frapclseo that the pro jected Western PneltlC railway In to be built as a feeder to the GouM Southwest ern system. He explicitly disavows any direct Interest In the enterprise. The personnel of the Board of Directors of thin new corporation Indicates that It s a local California enterprise, and there ,s semiofficial authority for the assertion that the Western Pacific will make connec tions with any other railroad companies hat will be willing to pay for the use of Its lines. Inasmuch .as the projected road Is to extend from Fait Lake in the Pacific coast. It Is not unlikely that the Gould lines will form a connection with It.i The Rio Grande Western, which Is owned by the Goulds, has western termini at Iwlh Salt Lake City and Ogden. Rapid progress Is making In the surveys for the Western Pacific. Chief Engineer C. S. Rogers, who has Just completed an Inspection of the route through Nevada, reports that thirty surveying parties are In the Held between San Francisco and Salt I-ake. The surveys across Nevada will be finished by September 15. and the -I'tah route will be laid out within the next few weeks. Surveyors are forking from both ends toward the-mlddle., of the proposed line. H is explained that there are no diffi cult engineering problems In t'tah. but the engineers are giving much thought to the opening of a passage through Palisade Canyon and the construction of a trestle across the southern arm t,f Great Salt Lake. For a considerable distance In Nevada the new road will parallel the contem plated cut-off of ihe Southern Pacific. !t will pass about four miles north of Rattle mountain on the Southern Pacific and from there will extend eastward through Pali sade Canyon. Surveyors are now In camp near the Nevada-Utah boundary endeavor ing to select the most feasible route through this canyon. NEW YORK MEN SURRENDER Two ot Firm Charged with Complicity la Postal Fransa to Be Arraigned. NEW YORK, Sppt. 14.-Isaac McGlehan and George H. Huntington the Columbia Supply company, who were 4ulcted In Washington In -connection with the postal scandals, surrendered 1 themselves to United States Marshal llenkel In thin city today. Bench warrants were Issued for Hunt-, ington and McGlehan last week at the time of the arraignment of George W. Beavers on the Washington Indictment. The warrant upon which the two men were held charges them with having in the city of Washington unlawfully con spired together and. with August W. Machen and others, to defraud the United States out of the sum ot o0 cents for each and every package box to be furnished to the Postofflce department on a contract with the Columbia Supply company, and with having given to Machen. 100 In pur suance of this conspiracy.- The prisoner wer taken before Commis sioner' Rldgway ahd formally arraigned. Ball was fixed at l,000 for each of the In dicted men. John Maffert of Brooklyn qualified as surety for McGlehan and Mrs. Kllen M. McTerney of Brooklyn performed the like office for Huntington. It was un derstood that, wtth their lawyers, the two defendants are to appear before Commis sioner Hitchcock, who Issued the warrant, tomorrow for formal arraignment on the charge against them. , SENATOR FARWELL INJURED fas Been Sick for Several Weeks and Falls, Breaking an Arm. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. Former United States Senator C. B. Furwell, who has been seriously 111 for several weska, fell from a chair this evening and sustained a broken arm. He was recently operated upon and It la feared the new shock will endanger his recovery. , The patient had progressed sn far In re covery from the operation that he had been removed from his bed and was sit ting in a chair near a window. He ex pressed a wish to lie down and the nurse attempted to assist him to "rise. The ex senator slipped from her grasp and fell heavily to the floor. NEBRASKANS IN DENVER COURT Case Involving Platte Connty Parties Promises to Be Sensa tional. DENVER, C.lo.. Sept. 14 (Special Tele gram.) Former Senator Allen of Nebraska appeared In Judge Johnson's court this afternoon as counsel In the suit of Robert 11. Henry, Jr.. against Jessie G. Dussell, "who calls herself Jessie G. Henry." Mr. Allen In attorney for Henry. The Henry case Involves the alleged ruin i of a girl and charges of extortion of money from the boy's mother, a widow. In a cross-complaint the girl-wife demands j K.600 attorney fc-.s and 175,000 permanent j alimony, asserting that her boy-husband is worth V'oaiO In his own l ight. 'I lit parties live la Platte county, Nebraska. JUDGE IS AFTER LYNCHERS Illinois Court Asks (.rand Jury to Indict Men Who Killed fro. BT. LOUIS, Sept. 14.-The lynching of David Wyalt, the negro school teacher. In Belleville. III.. June 6. claim- d speihil at tention in the charge of Circuit Judge Bur loughs to the St. Clair county grand jury delivered today. Judge Burroughs declared that tlie crime was unfortunate, Illegal and 111 advised, and he u-ged that the utmost endeavor be made to discover, Indict and convict those who were guilty of the crime. He warned the jurors that their business Interests must not be allowed to Interfere with their duties as grand jurors. MANY STOCKINGS ARE MISSING Pennsylvania Penitentiary la Short CCtM'uo Pieces ot Footwear Taken Siuce January I. I'll I I.ADKLPH1 A, Sept. ll.-FollowIng clortely on Ihe seuxatlonal disclosures of a countei felting plant inside the walls of the eastern penitentiary, it was learned today that a shortage of .0.000 slocking hud been discovered In the mUm king department. They dissipcared eiuue tlie Brat ot the year. FROST FOR THE CORN BELT Will Extend at Far Stuth as North Lica of Kaniaa. SOUTH IS DISTURBED BY GALES wind and Rain Especially Severe In Florida, liniUi Property Loss of One Million Dollars In Tampa Alone. WASHINGTON, Sept. 34. The Weather bureau today Issued the following special bulletin: The tropical storm has crossed the gulf const line east of Pensiienla, Fla., and will move northward over the Interior with diminishing strength, causing heavy rain In the southern Appalachian mountain districts. There are no preaent Indications that it will cause dangerous gales on the mlddln and north Atlantic coasts. Frost Is Indicated In the corn be't to night as far south an northern Kansas, extreme northern Missouri, all ot Iowa and northern Illinois. ST. PAUL, Sept. 14. With losses amount ing to liOO.OoO a day for three days, several wrecks, more than 100 washouts, a soaking rain In progress over several states and snowplows working on western lines, north western railroads are taxed to their utmost to maintain anything like right service and to preserve the safety of their passengers. It has been years since there was a situa tion so serious. Beginning with the hearjr rainstorm IYI day night and early Saturday morning. It has been an almost continuous downpour In Minnesota and Iowa. Late today reports from the northern part of the state showed that rains were general. South of St. Paul worse conditions prevail. MI NOT, N. 1)., Sept. 14 Two feet of snow covers the ground In this section and trains are greatly delayed. A special from Kenmark, N. D.. says one foot of snow covers the ground, with snow still falling. At Mediola, N. D.. the snow ia ten Inches deep. SPARTA, Wis., Sept. 14. A terrific thunder and rainstorm last night added to the distressingly wet condition prevail ing In thin section. Streets were flooded and much damage done to bridges and highways. Farm work has been practically at a standstill for three weeks. An Euu Claire dispatch says: Much of Lau Claire county is under water an a re sult of the heavy rains, which still con tinue. The damage on Account of bridges being swept away and of the bursting of dams will amount to $40,000. Storm In Xorthweat. WINNIPEG. Sept. 14 -One of the earliest tutumnal storms experienced In the north west for years swept over the country on Saturday and Sunday. The only fatality re ported comes from Gretna, where an old man fell from a buggy and perlahed In the storm. At Hartney twelve horses died In the Canadian Pacific yards and In the vicinity other live stock are reported to have perished. A telephone message received from Minne sota reported that the storm was one of the worst experienced there In five years. It started to blow about 10 o'clock In the morning and a heavy rain soon followed. At noon this developed Into a snowstorm and by dark the snow was ten Inches deep on the level prairie. , Grain which was still standing la almost totally ruined. LA CROSSE, Wis., Sept. 14. The steamer Park Bluff was capslsed In a fierce storm which prevailed on the Mississippi last night and the Engineer, James Ferguson of this city, was drowned. The other mem bers of the crew were saved. I'assrngers Are All Safe. SAVANNAH, Oa., Sept. 14. The steam ship New Orleans, from Baltimore, which was reported last night to have gone aground at Hunters Island, forty miles north of Beaufort, arrived here today. All of the twenty passenge.-a aboard were re ported well. JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Sept. 14.-No wires are working south ot Jacksonville this morning and details ot the hurricane which swept across the southern part of the state Saturday are Incomplete. I So far as known seven people met death. the bodies of five being washed up at Miami, on the east coaat, and two near Boynton, on the west side ot the state. Passengers arriving today on belated trains report ttuTl on the east coast many vessels have been wrecked. Above Miami, It ia reported, seven or eight cssela are ashore. The property loss in the city of Tampa la about $1,000,000. West Tampa was flooded by the rnln. No loss of life Is reported at Tampu. although several persons were hurt by falling trees. Much Injury has been done to orange groves and gardens and It is feared that the beautiful winter homes of northern people have been damaged. The disturb ance Is today sweeping across Alabama and Louisiana. All wires south of Montgomery, . Ala., are down In the neighborhood of Flomaton, Ala., nnd Hitmlngham, Montgomery, Mo bile and New Orleans report high winds. There Is no evidence of the storm at Charleston, S C, although precautionary signals have been displayed there for two days. BROSIUS MAKES LnAnUto Accuses Indian School 'teacher Pawnee Agency of Cruelty and Irregularity. KANSAS CITY. Sept. 14. -A special to the Star from Guthrie says that Mr. Broalns, agent of the Indian Rights association, has finished gathering evidence against George L. Harvey, supeiir.tendent In charge of the Pawnee Indian club sub-agemy at Pawnee, and lefr today to resu-ne his Inuulrlts In the Indian Tc-rrltorv. Broslus naid that he had heard of the threat that he would be arrested If he should return lo the Indian Territory and was willing to run the risk. Brosius preferred seventeen specific charges against Harvey, who is accused of brutality to children In the Indian schools: of Irregu larities In the sale and leasing of Indian lands, and handling of Indian moneys to the advantage of himself and bonks in which he Is Interested. Inspector McNIch ols of the Indian department Is at Pawnee investigating the Brosius charges. ASSAULT UNION ORGANIZER Three Alabama Men Arretted I sited States Marshal oa t hurge of Conspiracy. by BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Sept. 14. A deputy United States marshal arrested William Bellinger, John Chaae, James B. DeLoarh and K. B. Patton at Horse Creek, Walker county, today In connection with the re cent aaeault made on District Organiser Jm- Hallier of the luted Mine Workers of America at that place. The charge against the nun was conspiracy to injure or to kill. Their bonds were set at $-'.0"0 caih, which tbey furnished. CONDITION 0FrHE WEATHER Fnrerast for Nebraska Cloudy Tuesday and Warmer In Northwest 1'oitlon; Fair and Warmer Wednesday. Temneratar at Omaha Yesterday Ho nr. Pen. . . 4!t . . 4.1 . . 4.1 . . 44 . . 44 . . 4.1 . . 411 , . 4I Hoar. I P. '2 V. n. 4 p. R p. H p. , T P. H p. W P. Ilea. S n. m . . . a. nt . . . . T n. n ... , H n. m. . . , n. m. . . , HI a. m . . . , II a. nt. . . , IS n 4T 4T 4 4H 4M 4t 4 4 41 FIRE AND POLICE MATTERS Commissioners Will Look Into the Fire Alarm Telephone System. The following leaves ot absence were granted by the Fire and Police board at Its Hireling, last night: Patrolman Noah Thomas and Anton Inda ten days each. Firemen Thomas Gray of hook and ladder company No. 4, John lKinahoe. driver of hose cart No. , both ten days, and Oliver P. Morrell of engine company No. 1 twenty days. The application of Mrs. Susan Coulter for a pension of $25 per month mid back pay of $100 was not granted. She Is the widow of George A. Coulter. W. J. Crorier pre sented his resignation as special officer at the iinialia National bank, ahich was a copied. Chief Salter recommended the location of u flro alarm box at the corner of Fourth street ami Lincoln avenue, when the city's finances will permit. The recommendation was placed on file, as it was thought In advisable to locate the box at the present time. A communication and contract forms for the continuation of the tire department telephone service was submitted by the Nebraska Telephone , company. The com pany asked that the contract be signed. It Is made to cover a period of five years at a rate of $41.25 per month. Thirteen fire house telephones and an Instrument In the office and residence of the chief are pro vided for In the contract. There Is a clause In the contract which Is now In force that provides the city may take over the tele phone system at any time at a price to be fixed by an Inventory of the plant, to be reckoned at three-quarters of the amount the Inventory shows. On account of this clause the contract was paused over until the next meeting of the board to allow the members to determine whether It will be good policy for the city to acquire the property. If It Is found that the city can operate the telephone service at less cost than under the present system steps will be taken to take over the plant. At pres ent the system Is a full metallic circuit and everything la furnished and kept In order by the contractors. Patrolman G. W. Barnes, for leaving hli beat while on duty, was sentenced to serve fourteen working days without pay. The hearing of Patrolman Henry Leseh was continued until the next meeting of the board. He Is charged with being drunk and disorderly on a Dodge atreet car. Two witnesses were examined and both testified that they had been on the car with the defendant and that be had conducted him self In an orderly manner. The two wit nesses for the prosecution fslled to appear and It was for that reason that the case was continued. , President Broatch reprimanded Fireman Patrick Roche . severely for failure to re spond to an alarm and fined him his time off for one month. Mr. Broatch said that this offense was becoming entirely too com mon In -the fire department,' and that It would have to be stopped or radical meas ures would be adopted by the board. John Hoist was given permission to trans fer his druggist') permit from 2702 Cuming street to 624 North Sixteenth street. Two bills for repulrn made to the patrol wagons were referred back for Investiga tion. They amounted to 121.50. ARREST MAN WANTED IN OMAHA Connt with a Distinguished Snroe Ar rested for Passing; n Worth less Check. 0 - ROCHESTER. N. V.. Sept. 14.-(6peclal Telegram.) From Ihe descriptive circular sent out by the Omuha chief of police and memorized by the members of the Roch ester detective force. Detective McGuire ar rested Count Jules Deagrneff here today. The count had shaved oft the fierce-looking mustache he formerly wore, but In age, weight, height and general description he talliec with the circular, and after declar ing for several hours that he was Julea Hlgginn of ltsi West Forty-ninth street. New Tork, he finally gave In and admitted he was the nuui wanted In Omaha for pa tiyr a worthless check oh Landlord Rome Miller. The Omaha police have been noti fied. Count Jules Deagrneff appeared in Omaha about flvo weeks ago. He secured employ ment In the bnrber shop of Home Miller In the Millard hotel. The i.uiint was a smooth individual and succeeded In galr.lng Pie crnfidence of Mr. Miller by his apparently straightforward manner. About lao weeks ! plover uiid requested that la rush a ?0 ; draft for him. stating that he wished to ' bring his family here from Chicago. The ! draft was not cashed, but was endorsed by Mr. Miller, who thought no more of the rraticr until a few days afterward, when DeaginefT again, appeared, this time with a l.iO draft, drawn on the same bank In Salt 1-ake City. Thin t draft was also en dorsed, and that was the last seen of the count In this city. Both drafts were re turned unpaid a few days later. Circulars (inscriptive of the man were gotten out and sent to all parts of the country. Mr. Mil ler said he did not care so much for the money lost, but desired Ihe prosecution of the man as a matter of principle Story of Mutiny Is Denied. NKW YORK. Sept. 14 A report that the members of the crew of the battleship Kearsarge are on the verge of mutiny and that 12a of them are Im an elated in the brig of the ship, was denied tialuy by Cap tain Hemphill of the ship. At no time dur ing the trip, he declares, had more tlian nine men been locked up. Movemrats of Ocean lesaela Sept. It. At New York Arrived Bovie. from Liv erpool; 1-a. (jaseogne. from Havre; Minne tonka, from Iondon; Vaaderluud, from Antwerp; Ryndam, from Rotterdam. At Plymouth Arrived Kronprlns Wll helm, from New York. Hailed Pennsylva nia, from Hambutg. for New York. At Movllle Arrived Mongolian, from New York, for Glasgow. At (ilasgow Halied Pomeranian, for Montreal. At Cherbourg Sailed Bremen, from Bre men and Southampton, for New York. At Hamburg Arrived -Molle. from New York, via Plymouth ami Cherbourg At Bremen Arrived Frelderich der Cross', from New lork, via Plymouth and I'nerbourf. At Uenoa Arrived laimbariliu. from New York, i At Naples Sailed Perugia. for New York. At Sues-Arrived-Heaihford, from Hung , ueug, etc., tor iui BREAK IN MINISTRY Such is Beport Which Ooioet After Meeting of British Cabinet. OPPOSITION MADE TO CHAMBERLAIN Colleagues in Office Be.'u e to Accept Uis Tiaral Propoiah. COLONIAL SECRETARY LOUDLY HOOTED Police Rrquiied to Clc:: T.cad.for Him ta Cross C . , LANSDOWNE Will HIS ACCUSERS la Spite At Critic::.! Itrgartllng Boer Conflict Srcriur) of Stat for War Wi.r tontlnac to Hold Place. LONDON, t-'.jt. i I. From U parts of, the country n.. tin continent, the ;blnet ministers cnn.i lu London today to attend the meeting which was regarded as hank ing the nu.st Important phaie in 1 )" r -cent polltlcut history of the I nittu King dom. The Times voltej public aentlmunl lu saying It was a "great occasion." mtrn Important than the historic meeting when home rule was uppermost, for the main Issue today Is the "unity of the empire Not since the fatal day when the cabinet framed an answer to President Krugcr's ultimatum had such crowds gathered around .Downing street. From early morning loiterers assembled here In the hope of catching a glimpse ot the pdjllcal leaders. However, when. It was announced that the cabinet would not meet until 3 o'clock the spectators dwindled a wa y. Mr. Balfour, who arrived In London from Scotland yesterday evening, went to Down ing street early. There a number ot treasury officials were closeted all tho morning with Mr. Balfour'a secretaries, going over the statistics on which the cabinet Is supposed to base Its decision for or against free trade. Mr. Chamber lain, who wan the central figure In today'a proceedings, left Birmingham, accompanied by his wife. A large crowd bid them farewell at tha railroad station. On their arrival here Mrs. Chamberlain went to their London home, and Mr. Chamberlain proceeded to the colonial office. Chamberlain la Hooted. Upon tho arrival of Mr. Chamberlain at Downing street he was loudly hooted. A ' crowd ot laborers employed nearby joined In this unusual demonstration against the colonial secretay. .Mr. Chamberlain, who was accompanied by General Balfour, presi dent of the Board of Trade, showed his customary Indifference to this reception. The police eventually were . obliged to form double lines from Mr. Balfour'a psity to tho foreign office so to enable the cabinet ministers to enter the latter place. Another meeting of the cabinet . will be hell tomorrow. It may, therefore, safety he assumed that, no , definite decision regarding the fiscal question was reach today. The cabinet meeting ended at 6:50 p. rn. It transpired that the predicted decision tn the cabinet over Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal proposals actually occurred and that a partial reorganization of the ministry is probable. Mr. Ritchie expressed his un alterable opposition tn any change In the fiscal system and nothing In believed to have occurred to modify the opinion hsld this morning that he will resign the chan cellorship of the exchequer. In spite of the South African War com mission's severe criticism of Lord Lans downo's course as secretary of war, It IS declared that he proposed to remain at the head of the Foreign office. LONDON, Sept. 14. As head of the For eign officu, It was remarked by one who knows his views, that he has made quite a different record In his present place than when aa secretary of state for wars he had to contend with the opposition ot Lotd Woolsley. Besides the fiscal -I o t on and the effoi t on the country of the publication of the War commission's report soma attention was given to the Balkan situation, but con fidence prevails that Gieat Britain will net depart from Ita policy in not advocating the concert of the lyjw.ers. It Is said the meeting tomorrow was called" for the pur pose of further contrlderlng matter .i of an other nature. it Is stated positively that the fiscal de bate was carried through without fresh developments. (iuesaer Are at Sea. The ministers kept secret the diacuseli.t.h of yesterday's cabinet council so effectually that the speculation as to the results is almost nugatory and the government press organs this morning offer the most con flicting accounts of what took place at the meeting. The Dally Telegraph, which Is probably the best Informed, asserts thst the cabinet crisis was postponed until this evening and the discussion of the finance question will be continued at the resumed meeting today, but whatever may he the upshot, Piemler Balfour will neither resign, dissolve Parliament nor summon an autumn ses . Ion. The Daily Telegraph also discusses tlie question vf a royul commission bring appointed to consider the whole finance question. The Standard, nit the other hand, asserta with equal Ksltlvetie thai tho finance inquiry was finished and the ad journed meeting will deal with foreign polle. MISSOURI PROBES BRIBERY Attorney tienernt ew Has Papers Which Are Supposed to Shaw Guilt. JKFFfcRSON CITY. Mo., Sept 14. Till i afternoon Judge Il'azell ordered letters (II recled to the foreman of the grand Jul v turned over to Attorney Ueneral Crow ami prosecuting Attorney Stone for examina tion and use as they rosy tcj fit before th grand jury, four packages of letters iri presented. One Is supposed to contain 111 letters sent to Kelley by John A. Ie. An other contains the manuscript of the ser mon by Rev. C. ft. Brooks, attacking l ie prosecuting attorney. The other two ma from the Audubon society of St. Louis, and are supposed to relate to the violations I game and fish laws, tieorge J. Schulte o." HI. Unit. . K. Y. MIL hell of Spr:ugf1el '. Ueneral liieen Clay of Mexico, Senator i: M. Zcvcdy of Osage county. Watson I-:. Kolicrtsoi! of St. Uiuli and JainiM M. Crutcher of Moberly were witnesses b fore tlie grand Jury this afternoon. Senator Zevely introduced an lnurii. bill which Kditor Page supported but whl. i failed to 'pass. It Is supposed that ho m questioned as to Page's support of the bill for which It Is alleged ha received $l,mo f.om tlie Insurance companies.