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4 TriE OMAHA DAILY KKE: ITKSDAY. MAKCn !. 1004. TORNADO BLITS OUT LIVES rnrioni Windstorm Swwpi Over Missouri ind Tosi Much Dimigi ' EXPLCTED LOSS OF LIFE WILL BE LARGE LIt Stork Is Killed In One IMaee Entire) Family ' Knnr la Wiped Oat of Kalst- are. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Marrh IS A special to the Commercial Appeal from Carruth ersvllle. Mo., says: A tornado swept tha country twenty miles north of here last night, csusing a great loss Of Ufa and destroying thousands jf dollars worth of property. The wires hava been Sown all day and authentic news la hard to net, hut an be lated reports come In the loss of life and property Increases. It la now known that six Uvea have been lost and thousands of dollar worth of property destroyed. The lives of iha Brmemsker family, llv Inn near Portagevllle, four In number, wera (dotted nut and their home demolished. The family of Wesley Miller, living two miles west of Mount Pleasant, was killed and their home demolished. Their bodies were found 200 yards away badly muti lated. Mr. Miller waa a wealthy mill owner and planter. Fifteen hundred dollars In money belong ing to him was found scattered over the ground. Much stock waa killed and wounded. Chickens were found with their heads cut off and stripped of their feathers. Fence posts were blown from the ground snl giant trees were twisted aside Ilka straws. It Is feared a full report will re veal greater loss of life. LOOK FOR MOVEMENTS SOON Coming of Spring l.lkelv to Witness Activity In War Opera Hons. WASHINGTON. March 2S.-(New Tork Herald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.) Military men here are now looking for more rapid developments In the land campaigns In the far east. The firmness with which Vice Admiral Makaroft ap pears to be handling the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, which is shown to be still open, despite previous reports It has been closed, caused an Impression most favor able to Russian prestige. General Kouropatkln's hurried Journey toward Manchuria leads to a general be lief that when the natural battleground of Manchuria Is released from the grasp of winter the Russian plan of campaign will become aggressive. Even from the meager advices received In Washington It la evident that Russia Is maintaining a strict surveillance over the operations and tendenoles of the Chinese army in the northern part of the empire. General Tuan Chal Kal, the Chlneae commander, la known to ba a violent pro-Japanese sympathiser who Introduced a system of Instruction by Japanese officers In the Chinese service. - Ha Is constantly sus pected by Russia of working to embroil China In the present war aa an aotiva ally of Japan, despite the declared neu trality of China. Russia holds more grave fears than does any other power of the danger of viola tion of Chinese neutrality. Russia Is ex tremely anxious to know to what length the United States will join with tha other neutral powers In enforcing tha malnte . nance of neutrality In China. Secretary Hay, who addressed all tha powers on tha subject of neutrality, waa satisfied with their adherence to tha principle. There fore no agreement was made aa to action ;if China did threaten at any future tlma to Join In the war. ItORTnKAIT PASSAOH IMPRACTICAL. Itasalaa A4nlral Who Has Hade It Gives This Opinion. (Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.) BERLIN, March 28.-(New York Herald Cablegram Speolal Telegram to The Bee.) A dispatch to Berlin from Stockholm glvea an account of an interview with Admiral Calender regarding the proposal that tha Russian Baltlo fleet proceed to Vladivostok by the northeast passage, In stead of through the Suei canal. Admiral Calander speaks with au thority, as ha commanded tha Vega, which made the voyage soma years ago. He declares It Is quite impossible for the fleet to make tha voyage. Mapa of the Siberian Coast were very unreliable during the voyage of the Vega and they had to take soundings continually. If tha warships were csught In tha loa and had to winter In tha Arctic regions the crews would perish of cold or die of hunger. Admiral Calander considered the scheme to be mad ness. The attitude of China continues to e elt tha greatest anxiety here, but the foreign office learns, however, that the commander of the 22,000 troops on the Usnchurla.1 frontier haa received orders to withdraw Into the Interior, which ha Is tow doing. mOCLAMATIO OK XEITRAMTY. Chinese Governor of Maarhnrla la sers Notices. ST. FETER8R L'RQ, March SS.-A procla mation Isaued by the Chinese governor of Manchuria haa been received here. It di rects that all Chinese In Manchuria ahall observe neutrality and attend strictly to business, and particularly to refrain from lamagtng railroad and telegraph lines. They ire also ordered to report any such at tempts Immediately. General Tshltshagoff. commanding the railroad work In Manchuria, haa forbidden tha people to carry arma within a strip ilxty versts wide whic. the railroad tra verses. The order restricts the operations f Chinese troops and prohibits the pursuit f Chinese bandits by Chinese militia, ex- :ept with special permission. It appeals SCOTTS EMS! h the great flesh producer. Thirty yean have proved its effedency in throat and lung troubles and all wasting diseases. Do not try substitutes, es pecially now, when cod liver oil is so scarce and high. They are mostly all adulterated with seal or other cheap oils. Scott's Emulsion is always the same. The cod liver oil used b absolutely pure i all the other ingredients are also carefully selected and of the .finest quality. PlamblnaT Inspector Lynch Finds Faalt with Work aad BUI of T. F. Bsvlfe. It la said Plumbing Inspector Lynch, In a report he Is about to make to the coun cil, will criticise the manner In which hot water apparatus and plumbing were placed in most of the fire engine houses recently, and will declare the city might have saved from 1100 to 1600 had It gone about the business properly. Several months ago the council, nt tha request of firemen. Instructed that apparatus to heat water for bathing be placed In each, house at a cost not to exceed 180 each. This was the estimate of Building Inspector Withnell and he was told to have the work executed. When the bills came In It waa found the authorised amount had been greatly exceeded in nearly every case. A committee of the council found that T. F. Bolfe had done the work and that. In addition to putting In the heaters, had done considerable other plumb ing. The same committee found, also, that all the work done was badly needed and recommended the bills be paid. Council man Hoye opposed this and succeeded In having the bills referred to Plumbing In spector Lynch. The latter says the con tractor made a profit of from 10 to 900 per cent on the material sold the city, and that work that required from eight to nine days could be performed in four to five days. The total bill amounts to more than 11,000. to the people to assist tha Russians In pro tecting the railroads from Injury. JAPAF.SK noATt OT DAM tGF.U. Correspondent Gets Good View of At- tanking Fleet After Battle. I)NPON. March Zl-The Times' cor respondent on a dispatch boat In the far east reports having seen a Russian squadron of five battleships and cruisers thirty miles southwest of Port Arthur Hst- urday morning steering for Port Arthur, their exposed flank being protected by a line of torpedo boat destroyers. The same correspondent, wiring on Sun day, says he saw tha Japanese fleet leav ing Port Arthur after the fight of that morning which he wns too late to wit ness. A close examination of the vessels showed no sign of their having had hard ussge. The correspondent remarks that the Rus sian ships are using Japanese coal, the smoke of which can be detected at from fifteen to twenty miles distant, while tha Japanese are burning Welsh coal, which makes very little smoke. GOVERNMENT IS MAKING HEADWAY. Revolutionary Contest In In Do mingo Is Losing Ground. WASHINGTON. March 28. -Information received at the Navy department today from Admiral Wise at Guantannmo Indi cates that the Morales government Is mak ing headway In the revolutionary contest In San Domingo, the admiral reporting that It Is now In possession of all of the ports of the Island except the small one of Monte Cristl. on the north coast. This news was brovight to Guantanamo by the command ing officers of the Hartford and the Yan kee, which have returned to that vlnce from Fan Domingan waters. They also report that matters are now quiet In San Domingo. The Topcka remains at Ban Domingo City. SAYS CITY WAS OVERCHARGED UNCONSCIOUS AT THROTTLE Engineer Struck by Missile as Pas senger Train Palis Out of St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, March 28.-When the "Me teor," the westbound fast passenger train on the St. Louis & San Francisco road, pulled out of Union station today a mis sile struck Engineer James C. Llndberg on the head, and hla unconscious body hung half way out of the cab window as the train suddenly plunged ahead at terrific speed, the throttle having been Jerked open as the engineer fell back. Fireman Charles F. Buschert sprang to the throttle and brought the train to a standstill after It's flight of eight blocks through the railroad yards. Engineer Llndberg' skull was found to have been fractured and blood waa flowing from the wound. Ho waa hurriedly removed to a hospital without having regained con sciousness and his Injury waa pronounced o Jangerous that ha will probably die. Tha pollco are working on tha theory that soma unknown person hurled a missile as the train was alowly pulling out, which struck tha engineer on the head as ha sat In the open window of his cab. Engineer Llndberg la to yeara old arid Is one of tha oldest engineers on the road. BURIED UNDER TONS OF STONE Stone Arch Near Pone City Gives Way aad Buries Contractor and Workmen. GUTHRIE. Okl., March . O. 8. Strickland, a prominent contracting mason of Ray county, and William Shaul of Ponca City were killed while enguged In pulling the frame work from a stone arch bridge northwest of Ponca City. The arch fell and Strickland and Shaul were burled under tons of stone. Tha bodies were hor ribly mangled. RIDE ENDS IN TRAGEDY Party Throws Oat of Automobile lu Central Park and Woman la Killed. NEW YORK. Marrh 28 -Four persons In an automobile, owned and driven by Jerome Yeagcr, were thrown out while the car was swinging around a sharp curve In Central park today. Miss Florence Maas of the Hotel Endtcott waa picked up un conscious and died aoon after being taken home, and Solomon Strook waa seriously Injured. The rest escaped unhurt. PREACHES Ott THE HILL OF MARS. Rev. Joba Potts of Toronto Addresses Americana la Athens. ATHENS, March 28. Rev. John Potts of Toronto. Out., preached on "The Hill of Mars'' today to the delegates to tha World s Sunday school convention. The ministers and delegates repeated St. Paul'a address to tha Atheniana. All the members of the party from the United States are and will proceed to Jerusalem, where tha meeting of the convention will ba held. Movements of Owes Veaaela Marrh ST. At New Tork Arrived: La Oeeeogiie from Havre. Etrarta from IJverpool and Queens town, Moltke from Hamburg. Southampton and Cherbourg. St. lunula from Southamp ton srtd Cherbourg, Fatrta from Marseilles and Naples, Clfia dl Mllano from Genoa and Nsples. Minnetonaa fi-nm Iondon. At The IJsard Passed: Minneapolis from New Yor for London. At Sicily Passed: Kroonland from New York for Antwerp. At Naples Arrived: Csnenlo from Boston via Olbraltsr. Algiers and Genoa for Alex andria, and proceeded. At IJverpool Arrived: Rovlc from New York: t'mhrta from New York via Queens town, At Southampton Arrived) St Paul from New York via I'lvraouth and Cherbourg At Boulogne etatled : Rotterdam from Rotterdam for New Tors'. At Olasimw Railed: Numldlaa for New Tork Mot'llle At Queenstown Sall-d: Lucanla fretD 1 liniiiiyU imM aia ye. IN THE INSURANCE FIELD John M. Newbargpr, special agent of the Atlas of London and Kings county, waa In the city Friday to make arrangements for a transfer of agencies in the local field. Wheeler ft Wheeler alll hereafter repre sent tha company In this state. The great prairie fires which hsve been rsglng In the western portion of the state during the last week have given local In surance agents little concern, owing to the fact that the loss Is principally confined to agricultural risks, an.l these sre princi pally carried In farmers' mutuals. Of lata years nearly all the regular companies have oeased writing agricultural Insurance on account of the fact that It has failed to pay them. The Phenlx of Brooklyn and the State Insurance company are ex ceptions to the rule. It is the opinion at the local headquarters of these companies that there will bo some losses reported, but up to Saturday no reports had been received of any having occurred. E. R. Perfect, special agent of the Amer ican and Security company, has gone to Rockford, 111. E. B. Freeman, special agent In the local field for tha Milwaukee Mechanics, Is still In Baltimore, where he went to assist in the adjustment of hla company's loeses In the great fire. F. W. Little, adjuster for tha Glenns Falls. Is In Utah. He will spend about two weeks in that state and Colorado on business connected with his company's Interests. Reynolds Barnum. general agent of the Glenns Falls, Is In Lemars, la., where he haa gone on business. George Dodson, speclsl agent for a num ber of companies as a member of the firm of Melkle & Dodson, Is absent from the city. He has gone east. Insurance men generally are very much pleased to see the old poles being removed from the streets. These poles have proved a great source of hindrance and annoy ance to the Are department at all times, and every one which Is removed affords the department that much better show for checking any Are which may occur. It Is the opinion of all fire insurance men that the streets should bo cleared as rapidly as possible of all things which may act as Impediments In the way of firemen dur ing a fire. Some of the leading Insurance men of the city are taking an active Interest In the Civic Improvement league, not only on account of a desire on their part to beautify the city generally, but also on the side of safety. D. H. Wheeler of Wheeler ft Wheeler Is one of those who arj lntereating themselves. He is chair man of the committee which has In charge the regulation of signs ana sign boards, and Is taking a lively interest In the mat ter. It Is Mr. Wheeler s belief that with a little push and energy all the box signs tn the business district, and especially those which ornament the outward edge of the sidewalks, can be A one n nun v with After a little missionary work Is done In securing the removal of this class of signs !t Is the intention of the lenorite tA go after the signs which cross the side walks overhead. The principal difficulty. It Is said, which Interferes with the re- moval of the signs Is the fact that thera are two factions to contend with: the mn who owna the sign and the electric light ing company which furn shea Hht tn Illuminate a number of them. It Is be lieved that the lighting company will make a hard fight to continue the signs. An excellent opportunity was afforded local tbuslness and Insurance men to ob serve the efficiency of the sprinkler sys tem In actual operation during the week. Thursday forenoon a Are broke out In the southeast corner of Hayden Bros.' basement. Before any of the employes of the store had an opportunity to turn In an alarm to the fire department the sprinkler had accomplished Its work and the fire was out. One of the clerks In the department, who was near the blaze when It started, said that the sprinkler threw a perfect deluge of water, and that the fire had absolutely no chance to gain head way under the spray. The work of the sprinkler was entirely automatic, as no one had time to assist tn extinguishing the Aames. Two of the fusible plugs were melted out by the heat, which was con sidered only slight, and both of the plugs worked to perfection. No one outside of the basement knew that a fl-e had oc curred until some time after It was out. It is said by those who saw the fire that in case there had been no sprinkler to quench the flames It would have had such a good tart by the time the department could hava been on tha acene that there would undoubtedly have been a great deal of difficulty experienced In extinguishing It. The lira occurred among materials of very Inflammable nature. The principal point of superiority of the system was fully ex emplified In this Instance, and that Is that the apparatus Is at all times ready for business, and would hsve done Its work Just as effectually had the fire oc curred at midnight, when there was no one about, as it did in the daytime. This being the first fire which has oc curred In Omaha to prove the efficiency of the apparatus, everyone concerned Is very much pleased over the outcome. Kennard & lower have received souvenir postal cards which are lelng sent out from Baltimore to show the effects of the fire upon so-called fireproof construction. Some of the buildings tn the pictures are still standing Intact with the exception of the window framea and everything of an In flammable nature which the building con tained. Although the walls are left etanl tng a large amount of money will be re quired to place tha buildings In aa go id condition as they were prior to the confla gration. It Is said that In most cotes the buildings will have to be rebuilt. Ex perts say that although the flames had not been able to enter the building the heat would have been sufficiently Intense from surrounding buildings to have con sumed everything Inside which would burn. A report has been received by Kennard ft Lower, atata agenta for the Milwaukee Mechanlca, to tha. effect that that company haa, up to date, paid out tX8.012.31 In leaves resulting from the Baltimore fire. This total loas was covered by 191 policies. A few of the minor losses hava not yet been aettled on account of small differences which hava arisen. It is said that the en tire matter will be disposed of within an other week or ten days. Copies of letters are also enclosed, with the statement to Kennard ft Lower, to show how well sat isfied Baltimore firms who have had deal ings with the company are aa a result of tha promptness In settling. hr' jff ft JfBk - i'& 'WtVdcAotfy HORACE A3W3MVi.rK ' . O I At StPtersAur7 fihUiM i- M&J I A.M.KNAPP. YXSWjLi &N&a- i'kJt-'-iS?Js'&w G VETO. Art tot. W Parte A tM . ' H; ftft,t:V Collier's representative was the only one to photograph the Japanese troops landing at Chemulpo; the "Korietz" at the very instant she blew up; the burning of the "Variag"; Russian soldiers nursed by Japanese; etc. These remarkable photographs in this week's issue fill a 1 6-page special war supplement, and are the only photographs in America of the first naval battle of the 20th century. This extraordinary "beat" is no accident simply a result of preparations which Collier's began months ago. WAR MAP FREE A moot comprehensive WAR MAP thowing the strategic points of the Rossian-Japaneae conflict, and invaluable to those wtuhing 'o fol. low the pragma of tbe War, mailed tree ot charge oo receipt of a s-ccnt stamp. Address, Map Dept., Collier's Weekly, New York City tppitso" aj .."iTri lished offices are Iarth Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Idaho and Washington. Tlie new business written by the company dur ing the first quarter .of 1904 shows an In crease of over 60 per. cent as compared with the corresponding period for 1903. The daily income o the company now averages over $1,000, which is more than can be satisfac torily placed on farm loans at the present time. President Robison says that at the end of 1901 his company will have $10,000,000 insurance In force. The news of the sudden death of Eugene Carey, western manager of the German American JiiHumnce company, announced from St. LnuiH, was received with regret by local Insurance men generally. Mr. Corey has been a very strung man in the business for many years, and has always stood for Improved methods and the ad vancement of the business in general. It Is said that Judge Carey had Just finished a very brilliant address at the banquet tend ered insurance men by the World's .fair officials. At the close he proposed the health of President Francis of the exposi tion. The toast was drank and President Francis was wulting for the applause to subside. Judge Carey lighted a cigar and the next moment fell from his chair dead. The Omaha fire losses as reported by Chief Baiter for 1903 were $594,066. of which only $18, 553 was uninsured. This is the heaviest lire loss which has occurred In the city since 1895. The gross Insurance premiums for the year were approximately $4f0,000. of which perhaps from 18 to 20 per cent went to ugents for writing the busi ness. This would cut the gross premiums actually received by the companies down to about $36ti,ono. it Is the opinion of local Insurance men that every preenutlon should be taken by the citixens of Omaha to keep the loss rate down. The late fires which have occurred und which are said to have been of incendiary origin, are rausing con siderable comment among insurance men. While no large flrrs have occurred ns a result of the operation of the Incendiary, Insurance men are somewhat worked up over the matter and believe that everything should be dune to apprehend the author of the fires. Ghimrdeiiis GROUND -CHOCOLATE Portraits of Players Fifteen full-page illustrations accompany an article by John Kendrick Bangs entitled The Season's Comedies in the April number of the Metropolitan Magazine R. R Russell. Publisher. New York A 35-cent Magazine for 1 5 cents All Newsdealers (F-65) aba A aubagenry ef the Bvea Insurance com pany has been established with Isaac Coles by Special Agent Farker. President Robison of the Bankers Reserve Life stated Saturday afternoon that l.!s company had receded during the previous twenty-four houra applications for over $6C,0OO af Insurance. He reports that t!:e new statea which cava recently been opened up ay tba eompany are responding nohly. and that everything points to a liberal pa tronage from the new territory. 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