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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE OMAHA, FRIDAY MOKXIXG, NOVEMIIEI. 20, 1903 TWELVE TAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ALL READY FOR WAR Colombia A situ for Ear' Amwer to Protest Bent United States Government. DELAYING IT INVASION OF PANAMA Get America Cba-oe to Eeoede from Foa tioa Before Start ng Hoit litlet. MAY BREAK DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Each Threat Mad in Letter to United States Mnhter. ENGLISH BONDHOLDERS BECOME UNEASY Holdm of Colombian Seenrltle Say that Ther Kspeet Republic f I'Himi to Assam Par. tloa of Funded Debt. NEW YORK. Nov. 19-Ofncll reply was mart tndny, says the Herald's Bogota, Co lombia, correspondent, under date of No vember If. to tho nots presented by United State Minister Beaupra. Informing the Colombian government that Washington had entered Into official relation with the Republic of Panama. The reply wna framed by Bcnor Carloa Rlcoa, minister of. foreign alTalrs, who vigorously defenda hie govern ment and threaten to march an army on Panama unleaa the United States Immedi ately recedea from Ita poaltlon. That tho Colombian are willing to fight to maintain their dignity, and. If possible, retake Panama, Is shown by the strong upport offered the government and the popular approval of Minister Rlcoa", stand. The minister says to the United States, through Mr. Beaupra: The Colombian government protest ener- tlcally against ine attitude tnKen ny me Ited Btatea. By tne recognition or -an- nm and the warning that the I nitea Htatea will not allow Colombia to put down the rebellion, the heretofore friendly rela tions existing between the two govern - nienta have aiTlved at such a critical state that It la absolutely Impossible to continue diplomatic relations, unless the Washing ton government should Immediately give notice that It has no Intention to prevent Colombia from retaking the Isthmus or to extend any recognition to tho belligerents. The noto concludes by stating that "a prompt reply Is awaited front Washington aa tha Colombian array U ready to march on Panama at once." Adding to the Indignation of the people and stirring them to their preparation for war la a dispatch alleged to have been re ceived today aaylng Germany "disapproves tha course taken by the United Btatea and censures it for Interference In Panama. , This message haa caused general rejoicing and on all sldea are heard cheers for Ger many. v Oeneral Perdome has been appointed oorn- xnajider-ln-chlef of tha Colombian army, l(a Is possibly the best Informed officer In Bogota on affairs on the Isthmus, having acted n an official capacity at Panama during exciting times there. Ha was once commissioner to Panama. Herrau Getting- Ready Co. ..- WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Ir. Thomas Hz-rran. thin Colombian charge, and Bettor Brlgard, tho Colombian consul general at Hm York, are winding up the affairs of tho Colombian , legation - hare preparatory to Its closure. " Dr. Herran haa been apparently Ignored by his government, which refused to an . swer his cablegrams or advise htm re garding the Isthmian situation. The only possible explanation of tha attitude of the Colombian government toward Its legation hero Is that his cablegrams have been hold up. Dr. Kerran's departure from Washington would not necessarily follow tha closing of the legation. The Slats department has received cablegram from Minister Beaupra, dated Bogota, two days ago, aaylng that tho ex citement was abating. Beau pre also stated that he was finding great difficulty In convincing the Colombian government that tha United States meant what it said regarding Its action toward the Isthmian republic. It haa bean decided that the Panama canal treaty shall be ratified at Panama ; 1 he commute which arrived here last I night will sail December 1 for that state, arriving there tho ITth Inst It is expected -pftat- between that date and . December 10 tho treaty will bo ratified, j Some Terms ( Treaty. ! The first five articles of tho Hay-Bunau ; Vaiilla treaty are to this effect: Article I-The United State guarantee and agree to maintain the Independence f the Reuubllo of Patimo. , Article 11 The Kepubllo of Panama cedes i to tho United States five mllos on each j aid of the canal and three marine leagues i at each teiuilual and all Uutu necessary J to the maintenance pf the canal and Its i auxiliaries. Article HI The Republic of Panama grants to the United States the right to exorcise the same power and authority over Such lands "as If it wer sovereign" and w me exclusion or sucn power by I'anaaua. Article IV The Republic of Panama gram to ma I rilled mates the us of all tne rivers, etreama and waters for navl gatlon, or so tar as Is necessary to the oouairuc.tion or trie canal aJid Its aux.ll laxiea. including purposes of sanitation. Article V The Republic of Panama grants to the United Htatea, In perpetuity, a monopoly of any system of communication across lis territory by canal or by rail road. Tho remaining twenty-one article of tho treaty deal for the most part with que' lions of adinlulstxatioiu. Bondholders laeasy. IXNDON, Nov. 19. The council of foreig bondholders has received a communication from Amsterdam aaylng that the Chamber of Commerce there will request the govern ment of Netherlands not to recognise the government of Panama until some arrange ment Is arrived at whereby the new repre sentative esaum an equitable shar of the Columbian debt. The majority of the bonds are held in England and Holland. The Foreign office haa replied to the Co lombia bondholders, but without commit ting the government to any specific cours of action. Further communication are ex pected, but so far as the bondholder know the Foreign office has not yet taken any steps In the matter. The secretary of the council of forelsn bondholders. In an Interview with a repr. tentative t( th Associated Press today. ild: have not the slightest objection to Panama s independence, and think the American aition calculated to promote the Interest of all ton, -erne.!. In our letter to lrd Lanodowne we pointed out that th Independent of Panama was evidently affair accompli, but w wished to bring, through diplomatic channel, th atten tion of tlm American authorities to. fact ooncernlng which, perhaps, they are nut so well informed as th unfortunate peo ple who have supplied Colombia with money In pust year. No set of bondhold er the world over Ita fared ao badly aa th HiltiHhei who have advanced th Colombian government niom-v. nrf we Vrred in republic might take advantage frlit the secession of Panama a an excuse to repudiate a. Ita International obllga tlona. Our view 1 that Panama, hsvint: greatly benefited by th money auua lu (Continued en Scvud Pag.) LONDOu VCPVES ROYAL PAIR Italy' K.lng '';Vneea Are Greeted by Great ' "7 Cordial Iro , 4. LONDON, Nov. . The welcome of King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helen of Italy to London, a the guests of the lord mayor and corporation, today, was of a remarkably cordlul character. From the moment of their arrival at Paddlngton sta tion, except when traversing Hyde Park, the roynl procession passed beneath one long canopy of decorations, enhanced here and there by triumphal arches. Each side of the route was fringed with troops, be- ween which the thick masses of people gave th royal guest a splendid reception. The weather, which was crisp and bright. lent Itself to the holiday making. , The Italian sovereigns, who tame from Windsor In the Diamond Jubilee train, were met el Paddlngton by Lord Grenfell nd the headquarters staff. After a brief nspectlon of the guard of honor of grena diers, whose band greeted the visitors with the Italian anthem, the king and queen. ttended by the duke of Portland, entered King Kd ward's state landau, especially built for the coronation, and drawn by six horses. King Victor Emmanuel wore the uniform of a general of Italian cuirassiers. The queen was .dressed In a charming silk costume, with a cream lace toqu and cream velvet cloak. Five four-horsed state carriage contained the suites. A sover eign's escort of the Life Guards attended their majesties and a military contingent also brought up the rear of the royal caval cade, which, as It left the station, wss re ceived with rousing cheers. Proceeding through Hyde Park, the king and queen reached the Italian embassy, where was stationed a guard of honor of Garlbaldlan veterans. At the embassy they held a reception and received addresses from the Italian colony. Subsequently the cortege re-formed and the Italian king and queen after half an hour's procession through bedecked streets reached the Out Id hall wlthotit Incident. On entering the library they wer greeted by a distinguished gathering. Including the prince and princess of Wales, the duke of Connaught, tho duke and duchem of Argyl and other members of the royal family, and many cabinet ministers, peers, mem bers of the House of Commons, etc. Ne diplomats were invited, with the exception of the Italian ambassador, and the only American noticed In the big crowd of up ward of 800 guests was Reginald Ward, In full diplomatic uniform of consul of Rou mnnla. The scene at the Guild hall vu very bril liant. All the civilians were In levee dress, while naval and military uniforms of all kinds thickly dotted tha apartment. The lord mayor, Blr James T. Ritchie, met the guests at the entrance of the historic. City hall and conducted them to tho library. where tho corporation's address was pre sented in a gold casket, expressing lively satisfaction at the visit of King Emmanuel and Queen Helena, as a pledge of the con tinuance of the friendship of Italy and Great Britain, and recalling with pride tho visit of the former King Victor Emmanuel to Queen Victoria. The banquet was then served. After the lord mayor had toasted King Victor. Em manuel and Queen Helena the king replied to tho lord mayor, thanking hlra in behalf of himself and tho queen for tho splendid hoapitsjlty extend.- . to, tbeas.aa4 for. th address of welcome. ' GIVES EMPEROR BAD FRIGHT Iaaoeent Stadent with m Petltloa Seised a a Woald-Be Asala Hear Toklo. YOKOHAMA, Nov. It. A tho emperor was returning to the palace at Toklo today from the army maneuvers he wo ap proached by a young Japanese, who, prei sumably, Intended to present his majesty with a popular petition.' The man was Im mediately arrested by tha guards. The pe tition besought the emperor to take de cisive action in the Manchurian question. Tho Incident caused considerable excite ment, but the petitioner proved to bo sane quiet student of the linguistic school. COLLECT FUNDS AND TROOPS Chlaeso Viceroys aad Governor Ar laatracted to DO So with All Haste. i ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. lf.-A dispatch from Port Arthur notes a renewal of the bellicose - tone of tho Japanese press. It says Japan's agents appear to have met with some success In China, reiterates the report that tho Chinese viceroy and gov ernor have been Instructed to collect funds and troops with all haste, because of the possibility of a rupture of the diplomatic relation with Russia, and adds that some of the viceroys have been ordered to take precautionary measures for th protection of the coast, so as to avoid the mistake of past years. CZARINA HAS THE EARACHE Doctor Begla Issuing Balletla of aa Entirely Reaaaarlaa; Xatnr at v Sklrralwlee, ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 1.A bulletin signed by Dr. Hlrsch, the surgeon to the csar, and Dr. Benl was Issued at Bklernl wlce. Russian Poland, today, as follows: "Th cxarlna ha been Buffering from In flammatlon of the right middle ear during tfco past twenty-four hours. There has been no departure whatever from the nor mal course of the malady. Temperature, I7.S ccnttgrodes; puis. 88." The report of the illness of the cxar are unfounded. DESPERATE PRISONERS ESCAPE glxty-Flv Are Gob from Cayagaa Prtaoa aad More Geaerally Ar Beetle. MANILA. Nov. IS The situation In Jolo Indicates several week of fighting. Th Moro generally are In a tte of unrest. tsixty-nv prisoners nv escaped at Cayagan. Among them are a number of desperate characters. Lord raraoa'a Toaeh of High Life, MASCOT. Arabia. Nov. 1. Th viceroy of India, Lord Curson, who left Karachi No vember It, escorted by four battleship, on a tour of the Persian gulf, arrived hero to day. VUll were exchanged between th j sultan of Oman .and Lord Curson. Th ' town I enjoying a holiday. Th principal ' buildings are profusely decorated and ther will be a tin Illumination tonight afloat and ashore. Whole Crew Drewaa. DAVENPORT. England. Nov. le.-Tha torpedo boat destroyer Falcon collided In th channel during th night with a fish ing smack. The latter sunk and all hand aboard war drowned. Falcon's bows wer smashed and on of th crew was killed. It put Into Davenport for rotaiirar GREAT WEST AND NEW John Lee Webster's Tcest at Kansas City Banquet. WHAT EASTERNERS SHOULD RECOGNIZE Great Empire with Boundle Re oarees Connected by Intimate Tie with Throbbing Heart of Nation' Bmslaess, KANSAS CITT, Nov. 19. (Special Tele gram.) The Commercial club held Its ninth nnnual banquet commemorating the sign ing of the John Jay treaty, In the Midland hotel tonight. The guests of honor were: Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark, who com. manded the battleship Oregon during the war with Spain; Governor A. J. Montague of Virginia and Hon. John L. Webster or Omaha. About ISO guests were present. Thirteen guns boomed a welcome from a miniature Oregon, as Admiral Clark stepped Into the darkened banquet hall at s:45 o'clock. With the boom of each came the flash of their light, while the absolute silence save for the reports gave them a Verisimilitude which made the replica of the Oregon seem almost a real man-of-war sailing the waters around Santiago instead of merely "A painted ship upon a painted ocean." And as he stepped to his place at the center of the guest table on the arm of Toastmaster II. D. lladley. lust abov hi head flashed forth in Its true color. In fire, the flag of the rank he held the blue, twin-starred flag he floats at the topmaot on the seas. Simultaneously there broke out, an tho guns ceased, every light In the great room. The Oregon was outlined In Are; old glory biased - In red, white and blue, and above all. In a sky of the same colors, gleamed bunches of seeming silver stars, and as the lights came on, at once the band began "The Star Spangled Ban ner," while the admiral and the other guests took their guests. I Thus began the ninth John Jay dinner of the Commercial elub perhaps the greatest function, certainly equal to the beat. In Us history. Regrets were read from Henry D. Esta- brook of New York, chief counsel of the Western Union Telegraph company, and Congressman J. Adam Bede of Minnesota. Recentloa la Afternoon. Admiral Clark, who was accompanied to this city by hi daughter, Mrs. Robin son, Governor Montague and wife, Mr. Webster and General Bell were tendered a reception at the Commercial club during tho afternoon, and later Admiral Clark received the officer of the Third regt ment, Missouri National Guard. Admiral Clark, Governor Montague and Mr. Web ster will ho guest of the World's fair at St. Louis on Saturday. Toaata were responded to as follows at tho banquet In the evening: "Ready for Duty," Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark, U. 8. N.; "Tho Supremacy and Oppor tunity cf the American Public," Governor A. J.. Montague ot Virginia; "Tho West and New York," John ' It. Webster of Omaha. Hon. John L. Wbatr said In part: .. ...... What I tho West! Th -went, of w4rlrtr I mean to Fneak o- nlgtit, does not begin on the western slope of the Berkshire hills, as some New E in landers believed leas than a century ago, and doe not Include tho marshea of New Jersey, nor front on the western shore Una of th Hudson, a the Knickerbocker once believed and a soma New Yorkers still think. I mean the real and true west. where the pioneer carried civilisation across the plain as vast a th seas, and over mountains as difficult to scale as tne wall of a medieval fortress. I mean that weat that ha been conquered from the embrace of nature' wlldneas by daring and Intrepid men; men In whose life cur rents there flowed In modified and enlight ened form the elements of that spirit of old tnat led the Macedonian chieftain In his conquering career In Asia and won him tho title of Alexander the Great: that dwelt In Rome and marched with Caesar's armies through the forests nf Germany end tho valleys of Gaul: that went with tho Prince of Normandv when he crossed tho North sea and vanquished th armies of Harold, and gave him the realm of England for s throne snd the name In history's page of William the Conqueror; that spirit of oia tnat led Columbus serosa tne trackless ocean to find a new continent that the world might move onward, and without which America would have remained tin known. By the west I mean that land westward of the Misslaslppl river where each Hslng sun greet tne welcoming races or twenty million people; a prosperous and happy and Industrious people; with shops und fac tories: with forms snd vlllares snd town and rule: with schools snd colleges' and universities: with museums of art and evi dence of refinement everywhere: an emplr tnat naa moved trie center or tne conntrv social, commercial and political gravity farther westward every year, and presentf umoiu roBainiuue ror me niiure. New York aad tho West. It I this west of which I have just spoken that sends Its greeting to th city of New York, along with the product of Its mines its forest snd farmed to that city which I the nation' pulaxting heart of business; that center of finance., but which would go tumbling Into bankruptcy In an hour If Its communication with this west was suddenly severed. But my remark Is not a reflection or dls credit to New York. That great city la enuallv essential to tha west. Without it O'Jr growth would have been Impeded and our r-resent prosperity not realised. She I to u the market houae of home consump tion and the depot for foreign exportation, and the fountain sourc of great industrial developments. It haa been said that If there were no railroads It would, on th whole, have been rather an Impertinence In Columbus to have discovered America. Without rail roads the west could not have been devel oped; without railroads our commerce could not hav grown; without railroads much of the region would have remained waato and laolated. But there la more than the business end of the railroad. It is a ctvl'lzer and an educator. It has been said. "It brings new currents of thought to the cloister, hang new picture of holy faith and life in the galllerles of the old masters and revfala a Christian kinship broeder than any holy league and covenant. Th railroad doea more than to work for commerce, and divi dends, and civilization. It Is an evan geMst." The weat Is a living witness to these truths and I dally giving evidence of them. For the benefit the west I Indebted to New York, whose financier nave been the promoter nd builders of railroads. The west I a believer that th loco-not I v haa hauled up th United State to the head of the procession of the nation. Th west and New York ar happily wedded toirether the bride and bridegroom treading th hall 06 th cation' prosperity. What tl Bast Need. Th east should hav a more Intimat ac quaintanceship with th weat to maintain that harmony ot feeling which the de pendent (merest of th different sections of our country require, and which the na. tional welfax demand. That knowledge which come from personal observation, and which only travel can bring; that famil iarity with the local Interest that come from seeing, and that bond of friendship which come from an acquaintanceship with th people of the west, would be orna ments and strength to the serviceable rill senshlp and tateatnannl,lp of our eastern friends. A quick circuit of thought and feeling between th Atlantic and Pacific la a national necessity. The pre and th telegraph may furnish the circuit, but unanimity of thought and feeling can only com with a union of mutual interest and harmonious sentiments. Our eastern friend can never completely know nor fully understand th west from th simple scanning of newspapers and th reading of the pai;e of history and books of travel. Yet. there ar statesmen, high In place and station, and financier whoa maulpulatluu affect th Interest of tii tCoutinued oa 11 fin Pag.) HEIR RIGHTS to Remove Dla ertala A mer- Reqoeat la Ited State jnallflratloa Vpon Iraas la Hasala. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. The board of delegates on religious and civil rights of th United Hebrew had a conference with Speaker Cannon, Rev. Hltt and Senator Cullom today fo urge a supplemental treaty with Russia for Th purpose of securing from that government uniform pajporta of recognition to all American regardless of their race or creed. The delegation was represented by Representative Goldfogle of New York and Coldwlch ot Michigan. The membership of the board was In creased to Include one delegate from each state ' and territory, ftictudlng ' Hawaii, Porto RJco and the PhMlpplnea. In addi tion, the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois and the District of Co lumbia wero allowed three delegates each. In order that in the event any Important business suddenly arises at Washington there will bo a quorum tof members close at hand. Th delegate a 111 be selected at the executive committee of the council to bo he'd In Cincinnati December 29. All statistics relating : to tho Hebrews, their charitable Institutions, etc, are to be published. An executive board of the com mittee of delegate was appointed consist ing of William B. Hockenburg of Phila delphia, M. W. Platxek of New York, Israel Cowan of Chicago, Lawla Seasongood of Cincinnati and Simon Wolf of Washington. This committee will takemp with the Stat department the question jnf passport privi leges of American cltltens traveling In Ruaala. They will call on Secretary Hay to ask that the rights of Americano in Man churia be upheld by this government Irre spective of race or religion. A vote of thanks was given President Roosevelt. Sec retary Hay, Secretary Cortdyou, Senator Cullom and Representative Hltt. MRS. NATION JS ADVERTISING Gee on Rampage la White Haaao and Senate Gallery Elected and Finally Locked I p. WASHINGTON. Nov, 19. Mrs. Carrl Nation appeared in tha principal role of a ensatlonal seen at th White House and another In the oenat gallery today. Her request to see the president being refused she became violent hd had to be taken from the executive offices by two police of fleers. A she was being escorted from the oulldlng she shouted at the top of her voice. geetlculaUng .violently: "I am going to pray for a prohibition president and w will have one one who will represent th people and not the distiller and brewer. You may put me out of the building, butrlf a brewer or liquor dealer ho would have been admitted at once." At 12:15 Mr. Nation rushed Into the gal lery of the senate. She shouted at the top of her voice: "Saloons are anarchism; they are treason and conspiracy." A few min utea before she had been talking with Ben ator Cockroll In th senate marble room, having sent a card to him. - Mr. Nation wo arrested at tha capltpl and escorted to police headquarter. ' Bhe wa arraigned on i charge of die. orderly conduct. She wati found guilty and sentenced to pay Qiy--f 135. Ttd eh promptly paid. Mrs. Nation acted aa her own attorney. KANSAS CITY MAKES A KICK Propose eo Try Coercion on Great Western an Grain Rate . Qaeatloa. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 1. (Special Telo gram.) After a conference today between Commissioner Trlcket of the Transporta tion bureau and Chairman Carkener of tho Board of Trade Transportation com pany It was decided to call a special meet Ing on the floor of the exchange tomorrow to ask members to adopt resolution and plan retaliatory action on the Great West ern unless It at once revokes It reduction of t cent In the proportional wheat rate from Omaha to Minneapolis, or put Kansas City on the same- basis as Omaha. Kansas City dealers have not been alarmed by President 6tiekney'B move to create market at Omaha, because they had the assurance of his road that It would not harm Kansas City' Interest, but Kansas City Is losing tha business and Omaha 1 getting it. The grain men will threaten to boycott the road. Commissioner Trtckett tonight sent a telegram to P. C. Stohr, traffic agent, demanding immediate repa ration from the road, and threatening "vigorous action." LETTER FROM SENATOR HANNA Wrlteo to ( Man Objecting to Coaneetlna- HI ram with Pre 1 Ideattal !mlaatlaa. FORT 8COTT, Kan., Nov. 19.-After the Ohio election 1. Conine of this city, a for mer Ohloan, wrote Senator Hanna urging him to become a candidate for the repub lican nomination for president. Mr. Conine received the following letter from him today: Please accent my thanks for vour letter of corgratulatlona upon the result of the recent electlun in tjnio. i contuaer in great victory there an endorsement of the principle and policies or in repuoucan party which should find an echo In the campaign next year. Certainly all who ar Interested In the prosperity and develop ment nf nnr countrv asree that the reoub- lican party should be In power, and Ohio ha spoken unequivocally. nnus 1 am irruilflmt bv that element In the reaul whlrh mlvht hi considered a personal vlndl cation. It does not Justify the claim of my friends with reference to the suggestion of my nomination for the presidency, I hav no neratmal ambition to advance and my dealre to serve my party constrain me to it mv rrienda not to mace me in tne em- barraaaing poaltlon which would result from such a movement. MISSOURI SHERIFF AT ALBANY Will Have to Walt Several Day Before Getting Paper for Alleged Briber. ALBANY, N. Y.. Nov. 1.-Sherlff E. A, Smith of Missouri arrived today with requisition papers for the extradition of William Sergler of New York, accused of bribery In connection with baking powder legislation in Missouri Goverior Odell Is out of the city and not expected hero be fore Sunday, when It 1 expected be will fix a day next week for a bearing upon th matter. Rdne Export Freight Bote. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-A conference be tween representative of nearly all tha railroad east of the Mississippi river and representative of th steel Industry wa held her today. It was decided to grant a reduction ot 231 per cent on all Iron and steel manufactured goods Intended for ex port. Commissioner Bull on of the Trunk Lin association said that the question of th reduction of th price of roll by the steel companies was not diavussted. JEWS ASK FOR THIRTY-ONE DIE IN WRECK night Train on Big four Strike Work Train with Tatal Remit. BODIES MANGLED BEYOND RECOGNITION Wreck Bald to Bo Dae to Action ot Conductor of Freight Train Who Disregarded Order to top. PEORIA, 111., Nov. ' 19.-Thlrty-one men were killed and at least fifteen were In jured today In a head-end collision between westl.ound freight train and a work train on the Cleveland.ClnclnnaU, Chicago A St Louis railroad, between Mackinaw nd Tremont, 111. The bodies have not been taken from the debris, which Is piled thirty feet high on the track, a huge pile of broken timber, distorted Iron and steel. The bodies are mangled so that many are unrecognisable. All the dead and most of the Injured were members of the work train. The crews on both locomotives jumped In time to save their lives. The collision occurred In a deep cut at the beginning of a sharp curve, neither train being visible to the crew of the other until they were within fifty feet of each other. The engineer set the brakes, sounded the 'hlstles ao4 then leaped. The trains struck with uch force that the sound was heard for mile around. Boiler of Eaglao Rxplodes. A second after the collision the boiler of tho work train exploded, throwing heavy iron bar and timber 200 feet. List of dead: ROBERT KINO of Tremont. THOMAS TROY of Tremont. WILLIAM KADB of Tremont. CHARLES K. MYERS of Bloomlngton. GEORGE SMITH of Bloomlngton. GEORGE HARMON of Blomlngton. JOHN DOR AN of Bloomlngton. JOHN SMITH of Bloomlngton. FRED BACHMAN of Dan vers. JOHN SHAW of Mackinaw. STEPHEN CULTER of Mackinaw. TWENTY ITltflliKNTlifiv-.n nrin mrnira mangiea peyotid recognition. The injured: Jokn Ghele. fireman, nf Indlsnsrtnlls tear uroaen. A. W. Hastings, conductor, bruised. Jacob Relse. brakeman. of Roanoke, rlrht arm nroaen. W. T. Harlan, brakeman. nf Tndlsniinnlls 1 w t ' ' lea uruseil. t nanes uenning. roa dm aster, leg broken Charles Ford of Fai-msr fltv ankl. broken. Herbert White of Roanoke, lev broken Harry White Of Woodford nation, arm oroaen. Chrl Barr of Danvera, ankle broken. uusulv ri nianand nr 1 lanv.n a rm pro Ken. John Duvanel of Danvera Irtlursd Inter. nally; may die. Day Orders Were Disregarded. Conductor J. W. Judge of Indianapolis, who had charge of the freight train, had received order at TJrbana, It la aald, to wait at Mackinaw for tho work train. Th freight train did not stop. The engineer of tho work train, George Becker, had orders. It 1 said, to pas the freight t Mackinaw and wa on the way. The work train wa about ftv minute iate and was running at full speed In order to make up time. When about two mile from Minert and entering a cut both engtnoer saw the approach Ing- t rains and- realising- that It was Impossible to stop the ' threw ' on the emergency brake, whistled twice,, and then leaped from their cabs. The collision was seen by Russell Noonan, who hastened to a nearby house and tele phoned to Tremont. A special train, carry ing four physicians, was made up in a few minute and In lee than a half-hour wa at the wreck. At the same time another train arrived from Pekln, bearing Buperln tendent C. H. Barnard of the Big Four and three physician. The second train bore a large number of Turkish rugs, and these were used to carry out the corpse of the victim. After working two hours the bodies of twenty-six men were taken out and laid on an embankment near the side of the track. One of the lost bodies recovered wa that of William Bailey, who had been thrown thirty feet In the air, and held In place by two steel rail which had been pushed up between the tender and the locomotive. Tho workmen had been laying rail at different point along the track. Brakeman J. N. Htce of th work train was thrown seventy-five feet away from the track and sustained a broken leg. The Injured were taken to the two caboose of the work train, wher hospital were lm provlsed. On caboose -va taken to Mor ton, whll th other was taken to Tre mont. The dead lay on the bank all night wait Ing the coming of the coroner. Widow and orphan thronged around the wreck tonight asking for Information. Out of the thirty five -men 'of the work train only four are living, and two of these are seriously In jured. Wreckage Is strewn along th track for 300 feet and It will be twenty-four hours before It can be cleared. BREEDER S0THAM A BANKRUPT Chlllleotho Hereford Faneier Files Voluntary Petition, Asset Ex. reeding Liabilities. KANSAS CITY, Nov. ls.-T. F. B. Sotham. a Hereford breeder of Chilllcothe, Mo., to. day filed a petition In voluntary bankruptcy In the United States district court hero. He places liabilities at S128.31S; assets. 1196.. tea. The assets Include a claim of tlW.OQO against F. B. Martlndale of Indianapolis, who, on October 28, brought an attachment suit against Mr. Botham's Chilllcothe prop erty to protect a note for $10,000 held by him. The claim against Mr. Martlndale Is for judgment on account of alleged Injury to hi buslnesa brought about by th Inslltu Uon of the attachment suit. lir. Sotham say a. In his petltloa that h ha contracted debt which he I unable to pay In full and I willing to surrender all hi property for th benefit of hi creditor. William Moffatt of Paw Paw. I1L. Is a heavy cred itor. Mr. Sotham is on of th best knows. breeder In th west. BLAZE WAY FOR WOMAN CLUBS Member of General Federation' Committee Are la It. Leal Pr parlag for Convention. ST. LOUIS. Nov. It. Th biennial session of th committee of tho General Federation of Woman' Club met her today to mak preparation for th meeting to be held next May in St. Loul. Committee wer appointed and th work for th meeting to continue through th week wa outlined. Among the member ot the committee and board of director now In the city ar Mr. D. T. 8. Denlaon, New York, presl dent; Mr. Robert J. Burdatte, Lo Angelea, first vice president; Mr. Emma A. Fox, Detroit, second vice president; Mrs. WU 11 m T. Coad. Rapid City, S. P., recording secretory, and Mrs. Emma M. Von Vechten of Cedar Rapids, la., treasurer. CONDITION 0FJHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Warmer and Partly Cloudy Friday, with Rain In East Portion; tTotuitiiy Kain Saturday. Temperature at Omahn Yesterday! Hoar. Dev. Hoar. lies, 5 a. m 111 1 p. m Ha 6 a. ra IT 31 p. m T a. m 1 3 p. m its ) a. m ..... . 20 4 p. tu nl a. m 2UI Hjt. ra H3 IO a. m V p. m 8t It a. m 27 7 p. an :t 111 m no N p. m na V p. m Kit RAILWAY WINS FIRST FALL leeare Temporary Injanetlon Against Assessment by Wnshlngton t'onnty Authorities. Judge Murger yesterday granted a temporary restraining order, returnable December I, against the county of Wash ington, school district and city of Blair, the Board, of Commissioners of Washing ton county, the county clerk, treasurer and sheriff of Washington county from levying a tax or attempting to collect said tax by distress warrant against the prop erty of the Missouri Valley at Blair Rail way and Bridge company on the bridge crossing the Missouri river at Blair. The petition for the restraining order was filed Wednesday evening. It sets forth that the defendants have for the years 1900,'l901 and 1902 levied a tax against the west half of this bridge and the eaat ten feet of the west approach to It; that the east ten feet of the weat approach I not within the school district named, that tho taxing au thorities of Washington county have no power to assess the same and that the assessments have been wrongfully made; the attempt to collect the taxes so as sessed for the three years mentioned by distress warrant la unlawful and that tho tax levy for the year 1901 Is also unlawful. The position taken by the complainants Is that there Is no way of segregating the east ten feet of the west approach to th bridge. htch. It I held, are not in the district claimed. The complainant aver that they are willing to pay any just and lawful tax assessed against their property, but that these several assessments are unlaw ful, hence they ask that a temporary In junction be granted against the defend ants from levying or collecting these taxes claimed to be due, or any portion of them, by distress warrant. DENIES CHARGES OF. WIIG School Board Member Goes lata De tail on Crayon Baying Proposition. School board officers laugh at the asser tion of P. Wllg before the South Side Sec ond Ward Improvement club Wednesday night, that crayons are purchased cheaply by the board, sold to the teachers at an ad vance and In turn disposed of to the puplli at a further Increase. "I presume Mr. Wltg la talking about colored crayons,'.' said a member of the hoard, "We do not furnish colored crayons at all. White crayon for use on the black board 1 furnished to all schools free, our contract with tho Moyer Stationery com pany calling for It at i cent a gross. Ar1o the colored crayon, I understand that the drawing teacher and some of .the supervisors encourage It use among tho classes, In which cos th pupils are asked to buy th colored chalk. Possibly some Instructors have obtained it and sell It to the children. I do not know that many teacher buy it and gtv It to the chil dren. Others give It to those little ones who cannot sfford to buy It. "I do not think that the charge by Mr. Wllg have the smallest foundation in fact." DEATH COMES AS GREAT SHOCK Miss Lacy Boy Die After Teaching; at High School Thronghont tho Day. Miss Lucy Roys, who taught In the Omaha High school eleven years, died yes terday at i a. m. of cancer. Although ahe had been afflicted for more than two years she was a woman of Indomitable will tower h continued with her classes until Thursday night. Few persons knew that she was 111. and her death produced a shock In High school circles and anions her acquaintances. Miss Roys lived at 2609 Harney street with a widowed mother. Bho was middle aged and had been connected with the pub lic schools si no 1SS7. Previous to entering the High school she had charge of tho eighth grade at the Castellar street school. At the High school she was Instructor In physiology and geometry. Tho deceased was a prominent member of the P. E. O. secret society and a meeting scheduled for Saturday haa been postponed because of her death. C. S. HIGGINSJ.AID AT REST Pioneer of Omaha Bnrled In Conneil Blatf Cemetery Bealde III Mother. Funeral service over the remain of the late Charles 8. Hlgglns, who was stricken with apoplexy In court room No. 1 at the court house Monday morning, were held yesterday at a. m. from the residence. Mil Leavenworth street. Services were conducted by Rev, E. Comble Smith of the First Methodist church, the Nordln orchestra of Boyd's theater played the funeral dirge and a se lected quartet sang appropriate hymns. The casket was decorated with many beautiful floral offerings, tributes from friends and relatives. The pallbearers were: Mayor Frank E. Moore. William I. Kier stead, W. R. Bennett, Oliver C. MeCune, Thomas 8. Boyd and A. C. Troup. The remains were taken to Council Liu IT, where interment was made at Fair view cemetery, deceased having a mother burled there. LARGE WATER MAIN BREAKS Slxteen-Ineh Pipe nt Sixteenth nnd Coming; Barst and Cot Into Street. A break in the slxteen-inch water main of the- Omaha Water company' line oc curred at t yeatarday morning at th Intersection of Sixteenth and Cuming streets. With tremendous force a large volume of water Immediately poured forth and began cutting up the street. A large force of men was put to work oq the break as soon a discovered and tha flow checked, but this was not accomplished until a hole nearly twenty feet square had been made by the escaping water. At th office of th water company It wa stated that th break had been repaired and thul th flow of water had been checked shortly after the noon hour. A large force of meo is still at th scene of the break and as sqoji aa th pipe r repair, in now in tn street will promptly be filled lu. BILL PASSES HOUSE Reciprocity with Eepublio of Cuba Eeoehei Endorsement of the BopreuntatlTta. TWENTY-ONE ONLY IN OPPOSITION Party Linei An Obliterated When 335 Members Vote for Meainr. HEPBURN APPROVES WITH RELUCTANCE lows, Congreisman Bays United Owei Noth n to Cuba. Etatea APPEAL BY DEMOCRATS DELAYS VOTE Measare Passes Popalar Branch of Congres nt 4i32 O'clock in tha Afternoon Afeer Speeches by Both Hide. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Th house today, by a rising vote of MS to 21. passed the bill to make effective the Cuban reci procity treaty. Th dissenting votes were about equally divided between republican and democrats, but ther wa no record vote, the minority having ton few vote to order the yea and nay. Th democrats under th leadership of Mr. Williams, Bought to th last to secure amendments tu the bill in accordance with the action of the caucus, but were defeated steadily. Mr. Williams made th final effort when he tried to have the Mil recommitted to th ways and means committee with instruc tions to amend, but a point of order, under the special rule, providing for a vote on the bill without Intervening motion, was sus tained. Mr. Cannon received the applause of the democratic side when he entertained the appeal from his ruling made by Mr. Wil liams, the speaker saying he preferred to err. If he erred at all, In giving the house the right to express Its will. Th appeal wa tabled by a strict party vote. The debate, begun Monday, was con tinued up to within a few minute ot 4 o'clock, the time appointed to take a vote on the final passnge of the bill. Mr. Wil liams closed the debate for his eld and made an arraignment of the republican; policy ot protection. Mr. Call, rep. (Mass.). made the closing speech on the republican side, others speaking on that side being Mr. Hepburn (la.) and Mr. Watson find.). Mr. Broussard. drm. (La.), opposed th bill and Mr. DeArmond, dem. (Mo.), sup ported it. The announcement of the pas sage of the bill caused only a slight demon stration. Mr. McClellan, mayor-elect of New York . City, occupied the speaker's chair for a while today as chairman of th committee of the whole bouse'. Mr. Broussard, dem. (La.). ' opened th debate when the hous resumed considera tion of tho Cuban bill today. He opposed tha measure and said It was not In lino with democratic tariff reform. Mr. Hepburn, rep. (la.), followed, stating ' at the outset of hi remark that he would vote for the bill, but with reluctance. Ho . said ho was not one of those who believed we owe Cuba anything. This country had pent $.100,000,000 or 1400,000,000 and sacrificed many Uvea that Cuba might be relieved from oppression. Mr. Hepburn said ho believed In republican reciprocity the reci procity of McKlnley. In this connection ho quoted from the speech made by the late president at Buffalo. ' . The vote, which was to hav been taken In the houae at 4 c' clock, was delayed by a roll call on appeal by Mr, Williams from a decision of Speaker Cannon. The Cuban bill was r.aeed by th hous at 4:33 p. m. by a rising vot of (38 to 21. Oaly la Exeentlvo Session. y WASHINGTON, Nov, It The eenat transacted no buslnesa In open session to day beyond tha receipt of bill and pe titions. After an executive session th senate adjourned. Satisfaction fa Havana. HAVANA, Nov. !. Great satisfaction Is expressed tonight st th new that th United State house of representatives had passed the bill for reciprocity with Cuba. Recent report of th progress of th bill removed th apprehension that congress would not earry out what th popl ot Cuba understand to hav been th virtual promise of the McKlnley administration. BIG BILLS IN FAIR ESTATE Superior Jndge at lis Frnnetsco Cat Off Site f Ho Small Sis. 6AN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19.Th TaJr heirs continue to occupy a great deal of attention In the local courts and big fees are still being paid out. ' Tho following awards of feee for serv ices to the Charles L. Fair estate were made by Superior Judge Cook: To Joseph, Harvey, for money advanced to Charles L. Fair and for services rendered, 1112,000; to Charles 8. NeaL for services rendered, $60. 000; to Captain A. E. Seymour, for services rendered. $25,000. Besides these award tho court ordered that 114,693 bo paid to tho Crocker. Wool worth bank for' money advanced, and about fifty small claims were allowed. KANSAS JUDGE IS IMPLICATED Charge Filed with Attorney Oeneral Knox Cheek Action on Sapremo Coart Vaeaney. WASHINGTON. Nov. 18.-Charges hava been filed with Attorney General Knox upposed to reflect on th character of George Pollock of tho Kansas supreme court bench. Judge Pollock Is on of the several candidates for the vacancy on the federal bench of that Stat caused by th promotion of United State District Judg William Hook. Th charge against Judge Pollock were alluded to and a postpone ment of action taken until Saturday that Judge Pollock might hav opportunity to present answer to th charges, Th charges hav not bean laid before th dele goatlon. KILLED IN DYNAMITED STORE rssr Men Isftr from Explosion In Bnralaa- Balldlaa- nt aLal. . kasha, Michigan. K ALASKA, ilcb Nov, la. By an explo. Ion of dynamlt In a burning ator at Sharon today thre men wer killed and a fourth fatally Injured. The dead: ROY DIMES, blacksmith. AUGl'hT WANGLAN. scaler. WILLIAM SHARP, night watcho Fatally injured: 1 George McCleuoaa.