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OMA1I.4, MONDAY
MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1904.
Baily
PATH OF RUIN LEFT
Tornado Which Lashed St. Paul Cuts Path
Through City Eight Milos.
SIXTEEN KILLED AND LONG LIST OF KURT
Conservative Estimates Place Lost to
Property as High as $1,000,000.
BUSINESS DISTRICT WAS HIT HARD
Etormcloud Comes from Southwest and
Wrecks a Bridge.
BURIES PE0PLL
NS OF A THEATER
'I--
Roof Were II.
It, Tree and
Poles Leveled, ,
nit W lau
Blown
r. Wrecked
C. PAUL, Mir.ii., Aug. : to nix
teen persons Sr.d destruct operty,
both private and public, .uattd at
11. OOO.OCO, In tho result of the storm which
tor down the Mississippi valley at about t
o'clock last nleht from a point somewhere
near the confluence of the Minnesota and
Mississippi riven near Fort Snelllng. At
about that point the fury of tha element
seemingly divided, and. with a roar, de
scended upon tiie- Twin cities and the r
environs.
The dead:
ALBERT ODHE, aged 3! years.
SIX-YEAR-OLD SON of Frank Hedges.
RICHARD HILL13BICK. operator at
Minneapolis Junction, killed by lightning,
residence Minneapolis.
TTM KNOWN WOMAN. In MlnnCBDOllS.
LORIN F. HOKINSON, 6Stt Brunson
street;- killed at Tivoll theater; body re
moved to city morgue.
GEORGE, KWENTON, carpenter, 37S To
ronto avenue, killed at Tivoll theater; body
removed to city morgue.
UNKNOWN GIRL, aged 10 years.
VIOLA ROBERTSON, aged 12, killed by
. falling wall of dormitory at House of the
Good Shepherd.
MARY ODONNELL. agecd 13, Glencoc,
Minn.
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SON OF PAT
RICK ODONNELL, Glencoe. Minn.
FREDERICK GROSS, Glencoe. Minn.
MRS. GROSS, mother of Frederick Gross,
Glencoe, Minn.
THREE UNKNOWN DEAD at Bt. Louis
Park, a suburb of Minneapolis.
FOUR UNKNOWN DEAD at Waconla,
a small station twenty miles west ct Min
neapolis. The missing:
Edwin Gilbert, 438 South Robert street,
was one of the last persons seen in Tivoll
theater during the calamity.
The injured:
William Lungby, 948 Payne avenue, skull
fractured, fatally injured.
Olaf Hanson. B38 Forest street, hit on head
hy falling arc lamp and knocked uncon
, scions, ' '
Theodore Schweltxer, 644 Wacouta street,
.blown from his deliver ' wagon - on the
Lafayette avenue, bridgo-tmd seriously In
jured. . " t .'
. -uctAfm Dnuehertv of Omaha, brakeman.
blown from top Cf freight, car In East St.
Paul yards and. severely bruised.
Mrs. Robert Younger, caught in collapsed
house at 612 Lafayette avenue, injurcd-tn-.
icrnally; may be fatal. -
'Charles Strong, machinist, caught In the
' coliapse of tho East St. Paul roundhouse
of tl.o Omaha, badly bruised and taken to
tho hoiu'ital.
Geors,? Le Cluire, V$ 8outh Wabasha
street, cut and bruleed about arms and
bedy; not serious.
Thereto. Kempf. actress Tivoll theater,
badly cut on nrm and body bruised by fall
ing timbers. .
Padlo Kenny, actress Tivoll theater, arms
cut and head bruised. ' '
David Berlin, srTtge. hand Tivoll theater,
arms seriously cut
Sister at House of the Good Shepherd,
name unknown, injured internally and body
badly cut und bruised; condition critical.
Unknown child. House, of the Good Shep
herd, burled beneath debris; may die.
Polly O'Nell, actress Tivoll theater, fell
down Ktulrs and was .Injured by falling
door, hli) and body bruised and cut.
Worren Whitney, piuno player Tlvoli the
ater, badly cut about body and bruised;
rendered unconscious.
J. Welnholzer, 607 Wabasha street. In
jured in wreckage at Tlvoli theater; hip
bruised and burned by .live electric wire.
Kittle Runson, actress Tivoll theater, fell
unconscious when crush came and was
rtmoved by the police; will recover.
F. E. Ford, shocked by live wire and
burned.
John Hammond, -Fort Snelllng, injured
about head and body' at Tlvoli theater.
Peter Smith, UirtenUer at Tivoll, shoulder
dislocated and bruised about body und
limbs.
John Ltndlund, uose broken and wound
on head.
Paul Reynolds, hands badly, cut by fall
ing glass.
Michael Eg an, proprietor popcorn stand
at Filth and Sible Btreets. . heud and face
cut by broken glass.
John Hayden. 410 East Lucy street, head
out and' bide bruised.
E-'.l Iluydrn, 410 East Lucy street, llmba
end uody bruised and eut.
Anr.ie Scott, actress ut Tivoll, cut and
bn:Ied about head and shoulders. I
Unknown boy, rendered unconscious by
live wire ut Rice and Como streets.
John Dus'.in, telegraph rpcrutor, head
cut by falling glass.
Scores of other peraors In all districts of
the city are reported to hive sustained
bruises and cuta by falling timbers and
"glass.
Walter Sanborn, 631 Bedford, burned on
neck by live wire.
Joseph Hanaon, Cook street, struck by
electrlo light.
Damaie la Enormous. ,
The damage to property was imraenre.
conservative estimates placing it between
IjUO.OCi) and tl,C00,G0. The downtown busi
ness district was hit hard, many of the
lurae ulhYo and business blocks being com
pletely rlJdied and the stacks of wholesale
lioub-es seriously dsm.iired. by the floods of
ruin that accompanied thp wind.
The storm cloud, which came from the
south west, flint hit the ground on the
west side bluffs near tho high brM.f. Two
spuns of thin (inuljiv, which Is of steel
and which crosses the Uls:lali.pl river rt
a height of 100 feet, cr cut out as cleanly
us though done with a Itnife and thrown
Into the gulch below, crushing In the roofs
of a number of s:uall house eltuawd on
the flats aloi.g the river bunk. The storm
kept on across the river in an oblique direc
tion, leveling the numerous slmde tre on
Harriet island, whuru tlm St. Paul public
bathe are situated, but dulng little or no
datiiUMe ti the buildings there.
It atnwk-tbe city prvpr near the Wa
basha street bridge, completely demolishing
the Tivoll thepter, a frame structure on
the Sandstone bluff at the edge of the river.
There was a vaudeville performance on at
the theater, whl?h was fairly well filled.
Two men were killed by the fall of the
roof, and about a dozen persons, women
performers and others, were burled II the
ruins. Many of them were severely hurt
before they were extricated by the police
department, which rushed to the rescue
as soon as the storm had abated. At Wa
basha street the Empire theater, a two
story brick house of the same character as
the Tlvoli, was unroofed and otherwiso
badly damaged. Nearly all of the business
blocks on Third street between Wabasha
and Sibley streets, a distance of five blocks,
were damaged. Roofs were blown off, plate
glass windows shattered and huge signs
sent scurrying through the air like feath
ers. The Minnesota club at the corner of
Fourth and Cedar streets was damaged.
while th Globe office building, a ten-slo.y
building Just acrosE the street, escai ed
with but little injury. Only a few pares
of glass remained unbroken.
The Pioneer Press building, a thirteen
story brick and steel structure at the cor
ner of Fourth and Robert streets, was
literally riddled by the wind and flying
debris. Nearly every window on the south
side was shattered, part of , the cornice
was damaged and a huge skylight above i "" ,lt" p5" "! nr!1 during his Journey
the court was dashed to pieces, the glass ,n"- 1;e t"'0 showed up today. Ho
falling like hail In -the corridors beneath. ,s T- F- Downing, who hn.i long been en
There was a stampede among the print- C'1 brines in Maryland, adjacent
ers at work In the comnosln room In ihs ' 10 Washington. Mr. DownlnB has Just
twelfth floor, many of them being cut by
flying pieces of glass. The Western Un
ion telegraph office on the eleventh floor
of the building was flooded by the sheets
of rain that came In through the broken
windows and the operating force was com-
pellcd to make a hasty exit. The genera Lj . ' ' '
manager of "the Pioneer Press company j l9f 1 am firm"r nc?d that Mr. Roose
statea that hevond the hroken th I velt -8rr5 rv northern state, unless
building was undamaged.
Whole-snle Houses Damaaed.
The wholesale houses on Fourth atreet
for two blocks below Robert suffered ex
tensive damage. The wholesale dry goods
house of Finch, Young McConvllle
was unroofed and the windows blown In.
The stock was considerably damaged by
svater. The loss from this cause was esti
mated at 110,000. Q. Sommers and company,
wholesale notions, suffered a loss to their
stock of about ten per cent and the build
ing also was damaged. Llndeke. Warner
St Sons, Lanpher-Sklnner company, and
Scheffer & Rossum, wholesale firms, also
suffered considerably. The Davidson build
ing, at the corner of Fourth and Jack
aon, was unroofed, the entire roof being
picked up and blown on top of an ad
Joining building. A stock of furs stored
In the Davidson building suffered damage.
The storm then swooped across Smith's
park, levelling all shade trees, and struck
the five story brick building of Noyes
Brothers & Cutler, wholesale druggists,
blowlnfr eff the roof and carrying awey
pnrt of the upper story. Nlcol, Dean &
Gregg, tho Goodyear Rubber company,
Clement, Dranger & Co., Ogden. Merrill &
Greer and C. Gotzlan & Co., wholesale
houses facing or the park, were all dam
aged to a greater or less extent.
On East Seventh street, between Wa
couta and Kltson streets, a distance of
seven blocks, much damage was done. The
Hablghorst building at. Seventh and We-'
couta, occupied by the Economy depart
ment store, was unroofed and (he. stock
flam aged. The five ator;- brick building
occupied by the Schurme Wagon company
on Rosabel street, near Beventh, was badly
damaged, the entire top story being blown
away. '
He-ops of nebrls. '
The Upton livery stable, a brick struc
ture In the' same vicinity, waa wrecked,
about half the building being down. Along
the north side of East Seventh street every
budding was damaged, sot,1 being nothing
more than heaps of debris. Most of them,
however, were small brick or frame build
ings, and while the aggregate damage will
be hfnvy. the Individual losses were com
paratively small.
The Washington school building at Lo
cust and Eighth streets suffered consid
erable damage, almost the entire top por
tion being blown away. St. Mary's Cath
olic church on Ninth and Johns streets
was unroofed, while the school building
across the street escaped with only minor
damage. St. Slgfleld's Episcopal church on
Eighth street, a . frame structure, was
levelled to the ground. The storm at this
point seems to have lifted slightly, and
for several squares the damage done to
residence property was of a minor char
acter only.
Tha tornado dropped again at. Lafayette
park, corner of Tenth and Lafayette ave
nues, and all of the magnificent elm and
other shade trees In this beauty spot were
uprooted or twisted off.
Fort Snelllnic Kscapea.
The storm at Fort Snelllng. situated on
a level plateau and unprotected from the
fury of the storm, the government build
ing at Fort Si e'ilng mlracuously escaped
Fevere Injury. T:i storm seemed to fol
low the river course.
The slate of the south roof of the Thir
tieth Battery quarters wos torn from Its
fastenings and distributed over a large
area. Portions of the roofs of the Tenth
Battery and the gun shed were also ripped
loorc, exposing the upper Boors to the
fury of the torrent of rain that poured
down Incfssantly for half an hour.' The
wind had oprarently spent a portion of its
fury by the-tlme It reached the fort.
Ufa- 1,1st of Fatalities.
Reports coming In show the death list
In the vicinity of the Twin cities on ac
count of lust nitrht'a storm at this hour,
6 !. rr).. a be ten persons. Three were
killed in St..Paul. four at Waconle, a smsll
r'.r.tlcn twenty miles west of Minneapolis
on the Minneapolis & St. Louis' road, and
t'nres Vijlled at St. Louis park, a sutrurb
of Minneapolis, whe-e the atatlon was de
molished and a s-'l on razed to the ground.
Comely Ileeanies Speetaeulsi'.
When the tirnado struck the theaters
tho buildings bRan to sway and rock and
tho i;n('le:ires became panic stricken. Men
md boys rushed over euch other for the
exits. The lights went out and the sheet
Kghtnlr.g' Cashes, one following another
with gunfire rapidity, illuminated a scene
cf p.- mli-ir.onium which was Intenrlmd by
the cruli of glass and the tearing of ttm
lu r us the frame structures gave way be
fore the tornado. Sections of the roof were
blown Hi far as Third street, a block dis
tant. Underneath tha debris of the Tlvoli
were found the manjled bodies of Lorln
F. lUkunsrn, oi e of the employes In tho
concirt hall, and George, Kwenton, one of
tho audience.
Tin roofs on federal buildings were Jelled
In bundles i;nd deposited In the streets
Dying p'ate lurs mixed with the ruin bl
tucd everything which stood before It and
horse and yi rrla c.e.i were swept a.ong the
streets, winch in an Incredibly short
spuce of time were filled wi'h water. Wires
were torn down and part of the city wart
in d.trknesM.
I'n bile Ilull'Hnsa IIHMiged,
From I.ufuyette I'arU the tornado swept
up I afayette avei.ue to I'ayne avenue, tho
piliiilpal bjiniBS feti'tcl of i.ant St. Paul,
Continued ou Second Pa f
TREND AWAY FROM PARKER
Maryland Man Says Boosevelt Will Carry
the Solid North.
POPULISTS ARE CUTTING A WIDE SWATH
Debate on Labor Qneatlon Between
Compere and Davenport Alract
Insj a Large Amount of
Attention.
fFrom a Staff CorresDoi
nnderi
WASHINGTON, Au?. 24.-Spr- ,l.)-Pol-lilchms
who absorb their polltii'jl Informa
tion In tie Hoffman horse cofe, In New
York City, are disposed to Judge the prob
abilities of the campaign from the New
York view point. And when" they reach
Washington vthey Inv-'uble fpread lnfor
York City is probably the worst place on
tha crntir.ent toleani the political senti
ment of the cinntry generally. And the big
hotels arc the poorest places In the big
olty to uncertain reliable news, unfhivored
with partisanship. Occasionally, however,
appears e man who has traveled and has
completed a trip from S.iu Francisco to
the e.iKt, and during that trip he took
occasion to dig up a few facts of n political
nature.
"I have always ben a believer in thi
double standard." s:.ld he today, "and I
tha row In Wisconsin results In the loss of
that state to hla party."
"Do you, then, Intend to vote for Colonel
Roosevelt?"
Watson Kir Be r Snriirlse.
"No. My vote wlrf be cast for the pop
ulist electors. Vy support will go to Tom
Watson, of Georgln. and I predict that the
strength of the Wotron ticket will astonish
those gentlemen who are responsible for
Judge Parker's telegram. That mescage.
which Is thought to have accomnilrhed so
much for the Judge in the east in sollUUylng
the gold democratic vote, has certainly
driven from the democratic ranks thou
sands of men who, like myself, sincerely
believe in bimetallism, and those thousands
will either vote for Watson or for Roose
velt." "It cannot be possible that you expect
the Watson ticket to cut any figure In the
campaign.?"
"I most assuredly do. A few days ago
I was In Omaha and while there I called
Upon my old friend De France. Much to
my surprise I found that ho is the secre
tary of the populist national committee. I
naturally enquired how ho expected to run
the campaign. He assured me that there
are many wealthy men affiliated with the
party who are able, ready and willing to
bear the financial burden. One wealthy
mine owner has already contributed J1.000,
and wrote that he was ready to duplicate
the check as often as necessary. While I
sat In Mr. De France's office several other
contributions were received, and I was as
sured that there will be no trouble over
lack of funds." , ,- - .
L',"But Is the 'populist.!. party -well enough
organised to assure the placing' ol electoral
tickets In each state?"'
. Expect Newspaper Support.
"Already full tickets have been named In
twenty-three statee and others will fall Into
line In ample time. In Ohio it will be neces
sary to secure about 20,000 signatures to
enable the populists to secure recognition
on the official ballot. 1 Up to lost week 18,
C00 of these names had been secured.
"There Is another thing which' has "been
lost sight of. Mr. Watson was formally
notified of his nomination In Cooper un
ion, New York, on Thursday evening. The
expense of this notification is In the neigh
borhood of fl0,000 The money lias been
raised and ft was" not contributed by tho
republicans. Mr. Watson has a great
many friends where he is not expected
to have them and while he has not at
present the support of any great metro
politan newspaper It need cause, no sur
prise If announcement is made within the
next sixty days that four of the most
widely circulated have come to his sup
port." "You surely do not mean that the Hearst
chain will abandon Parker for Watson?"
"I have not said as much, but it you
have watched the trend of events among
the democratic party managers since the
nomination of Tarker you may Judge, per
haps that Mr. Hearst has not been treated
with that consideration which his promi
nence In the democratic party entitles him
to demand. The party today Is In th
hands of the men whoae Interests are ab
solutely opposed to the rank and file, dem
ocratic orators in ' congress and out have
for years Inveighed against the 'money
power" and "Wall street' and yet Judge
Parker's campaign Is In the hands of the
biggest of the Wall street men. Under
the circumstances it Is not strange that
thousands of sincere democrats refuse to
accept Judge Parker as the exponent of
true democracy, and those who do not
want to throw away their votes will be
found In the Roosevelt camp, while others
like myself will vote for Tom Watson."
Important Labor Debate.
'Probably the most Important debate on
labor subjects that will be had during
the presidential campaign will be that be
tween Samuel Gompers of this city and
Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport. Conn.,
before the Washington County Agricultural
society at Fort Edward, N. Y. August 23
and 24. The subject of the debate will be
the "closed shop," which Is the uppermost
topic in labor circles and over which the
long struggle between the manufacturers
on the one hand and the labor unions
on the other, is now approaching its cli
max. Messrs. Gompers and Davenport not
only rank among the best speakers that
could be put forth by their respective sides
but are the ones most prominently iden
tified with the issue. Mr. Gompers, as
head of the American Federation of Labor,
neceasarlly stands as the embodiment of
the principle of the "closed shop." For
years thld has been the great object of
the labor unions consolidated to form the
American Federation of Laborto force all
laboring men to Join the unions by pre
venting their employment m shops where
union labor la employed. The federation
has consistently and persistently main
tained the attitude that a shop must be
either "union" or "scab" and If "union"
it must be "closed."
He will be well matched In Mr. Daven
port, who is the executive agent of the
American Anti-Boycott association, and
recognUed ae the leading exponent of the
employers' side of the question. The Antl
Itoycott association Is a neeret organiza
tion of leading manufacturers and mer
chants with a membership extending Into
alrnoHt every state. The boycott being rec
OKiilied as the most formidable weapon in
the hands of the labor unions in seeking
to enforce the "closed shop," the Anll
Hoycott association, as Its name Indicates,
was formed for 'the purpose of maintain
ing the principle of the "open shop" by
very Usui nieaua
FELT IN PARAGUAY
Famine Peleea Prevail
and XeeessarleS of Ufa
Are Rearce.
BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 21. An artillery
ennagement-has been fought between the
San Jocomino battery of the Paraguayan
army and a bodjf of revolutionists In
Which the latter succeeded in dislodging
the guns of the government force. The
losses on either side are not stated.
There has been no bombardment at' Asun
cion, the capital of Paraguay, since last
reports. The Insurgents have established
a provisional government with the capital
at Villa del Pilar. 112 miles from Asuncion,
and have nominated General Ferrelra, their
leader, for president- and Gonzalez Novero
for vice president." Four secretaries also
have been named. One of these, Deputy
Soier, hss started for Rio Janeiro and
other capitals to endeavor to secure tho
recognition of the revolutionists as bel
ligerents by the various governments. This
Is taken to indicate thai rapid operations
by the Insurgents have been Impeded by the
non-bombardment cf the cupltol, owing to
the Intervention of the diplomatic corps at
Asuncion.
Despair In felt In the capital over the
failure of -the negotiations over the set
tlements gf th difficulties. All Imports
have been suspended and articles of prime
necessity ore haraly obtainable at famine
prices.
The arrival of the Argentine gunboat,
which was dispatched last week for tho
scene of the troubla has not been re
ported ejid a torpedo boat destroyer has
been sent In search Of the missing vessel.
Sl'LTAX ItEMIXDRD OF PROMISES
Minister' I.elsliuixii Sends a Pointed
No'e to the Sublime Porte.
CONSTANTINOPLE, A-.g 21. A note
from Minister Lelshman. dated August 18,
wes handed to the Turkirh authorities
within twelve hours tfter the receipt by
the minister of the Turkish note on Mon
day. In this note Mr. Ixlshman holds the
government to Its solemn undertaking, com
lug direct from the sultan, respecting equal
treatment with other nations for the
United S'ate concerning the question of
educational. Institutions. This allusion to
the imperial pledge apparently embarrassed
the porte, which had previously announced
tjiat it would Ignore the formal verbal as
surances which Minister Lelrhman declared
he had received. It Is considered Improb
able that the porte will reply to the mln
ister's note, and therefore the question la
looked upon as shelved pending the execu
tion of the process of recognition when it
Is considered, not improbable fresh difficul
ties will arise.
Notwithstanding the assertion by Ijiz.-
Pasha, the secretary of the palace, that
$23,000 hnd been deposited as compensation
due to an American citizen at Smyrna for
land Illegally taken, no such deposit has
as yet been made.
WATER TOO COLO FOH LONG SWIM
Third Attempt, to Oron Straits of
. 'Dover Prove a Failure.
DOVER, England, Aug. 21.-S. W. Greaa
lcy, the third man to enter- the water In
the attempt to zwim'the straits of Dover
this , year, and who started tills morning,
gave up the trial after an hour and a half.
owing to tho extreme low temperature of
the water.
'PleliTes Assassin la Dead.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 21. It is ru
mored here today that the assassin of M.
von Plehve, minister of the interior, died
a few days ago.
FORT RILEY PIST0L SHOOT
Everything; In Readiness for First
Small Arms Competition Ever Held
by United States.
i '
JUNCTION CITY, Kas., Aug. 21.-Every-thlng
is In readiness for the commence
ment of the national shoot at the new na
tional range on the Fort Riley reservation,
which will begin at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning. ' This will be the greatest small
arms competition that l as ever been held
in the United Btates. There are fifteen
states represented by their national guard
marksmen hero tonight. These are Kansas,'
Alabama, Connecticut, Iowa, Florida,
Maryland, Georgia, District of Columbia,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
Now York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and
Washington.
In addition to the state teams the army
la represented from the cavalry and one
from tho Infantry. The navy is represented
by one team and the marine corps by one
team.' Each team Is composed of eighteen
men. In the national competition there will
be three matches the national team match,
tho national Individual match and the na
tional pistol match. The team shoot will
be of three days' duration.
The national Individual shoot will be a
two days contest. The marksmen will use
the regulation carbine or rifle, and In
shooting will fire two sighting allots and
ten shots for record at each range. In
the national pistol match there will be
three kinds of fire slow, timed and rapid,
with ten shots for each at distance vary
ing from twenty-five to seventy-five yards.
Regulation army pistols will be used.
Veterans Turn Farmers.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. Aoir 21 Br.
clul.) For the first time In the history of
that Institution has a general farming
campaign been made on the Soldiers'
Homo farm, the efforts hitherto being
confined to stock purposes and ha v
particularly. This year, however, under
the direction of Adjutant Bowen, sixty
acres were also put Into corn and quite
an acreage to oats, and both have yielded
wen. The home has sufficient oats In the
three glistening stacks for It own lu.
600 tons of alfalfa hay, 200 more than
needed; will have thirty bushels tn th.
acre of corn, has 250 young shoats and a
herd of forty-nine milch cows, besides a
large amount of garden produce.
Arrested for Old Crime.
FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 21. (Special.)-.
For stealing a team of horses and a vehicle
worth 1450 from A. Bauman ten years ago
Ed Hayes was arrested laat evening In
Fremont. He came back evidently think
ing hla crime had been forgotten and ap
plied for work. Sheriff Bauman appre
hended him and arrested him. When Hayes
took the rig he said he intended to drive
into the country and return the following
day. He was not seen afterwards and no
truce could be got of him or the outfit.
Severe Dlorm at Fremont.
FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 51. (Special.)
The Thomas Fox house on II street was
struck by lightning during a heavy thunder
and rainstorm eaily this morning. The
building ws shuken up and a bed on which
one of the Fox children was sleeping was
et on Are. It was eaully extinguished,
with little damage. The storm was one of
the hardest of the summer while It Jastrd
The precipitation amounted to .ti6 Inch.
Some damage was dune telegrupb and tele
phone wlrtt.
DESPAIR
MINE OWNERS IN CONTROL
Deportation of Cripple' Creek Attorney!
Planned by Citizen Alliance.
t
STORE COMPLETELY WRECKED AND LOOTED
Sheriff Bell Advised the Expelled Men
to Stay Away, as He Is Pow
erless to Protect
Them. '
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Aug. 21. No
secret is made here of the fact that the
deportation of Attorneys Eugene Englny,
Frank J. Hangs and J. C. Cole and twelve
other men from this district last night was
planned by members of the Mine Owners
uCTMtatton and Citizens' alliance and waa
carried out under their direction.
The El Paso, Vindicator, Flndley and
other large mines were closed down when
the day shift stopped work and the miners
of both day and night shifts were required
to assemble In Cripple Creek, as trouble
was brewing. ' A report had been In clrcu
latlon that several hundred deported union
men were returning to the camp In a body
and it has been determined to drive them
nwny Hgaln should they come. This report
proved to be groundless. However, other
work had been laid out for the 2,000 or more
miners who swarmed Into town, and, act
ing under orders given by leading citizens.
they proceeded to "round up" the federa
tion attorneys, employes of the Intermoun
tain Mercantile company's store and others
who have openly expressed sympathy with
the Western Federation of Miners, and es
corted them beyond the city limits.
Store Completely Wrecked.
During the entire proceedings the sheriff
of Teller county and the mayor and city
marshal of Cripple Creek were out of town
Under Sheriff Parsons and Deputy Thomas
Underwood attempted to control the mob,
but were easily overpowered. Many of the
deputies who have been regularly employed
in the district since tho riots early in June,
it is alleged, were active as leaders of the
mob. City Marshal Crowdcr arrived from
Victor while the looting of the Intermoun-
taln Mercantile company's store was in
progress and essayed In vain to stop the
destruction of property. The store Is com
pletely wrecked and the entire stock, valued
at 'several thousand dollars,' destroyed 01
st ol erf.
Advises Miners to Stay Away.
Sheriff Edward Bell arrived from Denver
after tho mob had finished its work and
took measures for the protection of the
prisoners in Jail. He sold today that he
had no intention of asking the governor to
send troops to the district, aa ho advised
President Moyer and Secretary Haywood
of the Western Federutlon of Miners, he
snld, not to carry out their announced pur
pose of sending the deported miners back
to this camp, as he would be powerless to
protect them.
Governor Peabody Ready to Act.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. 21-Governor
Peabody passed through here at 9:20 tonight
enroute to Denver from Canon City. He
said: "I am returning to Denver a day
earlier than I expected, to be ready to con
trol the Cripple Creek situation if. neces
aar.'." ' . . . -
MISSOURI WEEK AT THE FAIR
Prominent Feature of the Proa-ram
Will Be a. Balloon Race from'
the Exposition Gronnds.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 21. Tomorrow will
mark the beginning of "Missouri week" at
the World's fair. The mayors of many of
the Incorporated municipalities and dele
gations of citizens are exDected to r.-irtiet-
pate in the festivities. Receptions will be
neia. in the Missouri state building and
prominent citizens will deliver speeches.
There will be a parade each day, differing
in its composition.
A prominent feature of the week's nro-
gram will be a' balloon race, scheduled to
start from the exposition grounds on Sat
urday with the point of destination the
Washington monument at the national cap
ital. Invitations have been sent out by
the exposition management to all the towns
In the state having a Domilatlon of l.ooo
or more to send delegations of citizens to
participate In the events during the week.
The attendance at the World' fair for tha
past week almost equals that of the pre-
nuus weeK, although the past week waa
not marked with so manv attraction. Th.
total number of admissions for the past
week amounted to 641,283 and the total for
the week previous waa 666.607. Fniin.in
are the daily records for the past week:
S??"ay' Agust 15., i,3,950
irlV 'i 9 743
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rnuay ft,
erday m.Z
o. Tota1' 041,283
Since the opening dav. Aorll-si 7
admissions have been recorded. Following
is the recapitulation since the opening:
Amil one rinv .a-.-.
.. J ini,f3..
Ma v. twentv-stv ii.v. . r ....
June, twenty-six days l.ll't.tM
juiy, iweniy-sevcn days 2 343 567
August, eighteen days l,809,3ul
Tot' iM.m
END APPR0ACHES GRADUALLY
Senator Hoar Reatlaar Comfortably
and Hla Hind Is
Clear.
WORCESTER. Mass., Aug. 21. At 6
o'clock tonight the following bulletin waa
issued from the house of Senator Hoar:
The aenator Is restlnor i.nmrnr.hiu
has been rather more comfortable this
afternoon. Has taken a little more nour
ishment today than yesterday. The sltua-
iiuu on uio wnoie is practically unchanged.
hwhwouu HOAR.
At 9 o'clock this morning this bulletin
was issued from the senator's home:
Senator Hour passed a comfortahia' nii,t
and awakened Juat as the sun came
streaming into the window of the sick
roinn.
"Well," he said to-hls son, General Rook
wood Hoar, and hla daughter, Miss Mary
Hoar, "another day has begun and 1 am
still alive."
General Hoar gave out that his father
was growing weaker gradually and might
not live through the day. A great portion
of the forenocn was passed In sleep.
Shortly after noon the senator woke again
and waa able to sit up and look out of the
window. Senator Hoar's mind la cleur,
but be Is very weak physically.
Movements of Oveau Vessel Ana-. SI,
At. Plymouth Arrived: I'rinzess Alice
from New Y.i k for Cherbourg and Bremen,
und proceeded.
At trillion bailed: Minnehaha for New
York, and :H'-d the Llanrd.
At Hotter, lain Hulled: Rotterdam via
Boulogne for 'ew York.
At OueenMown-H.illed: Umbrla from IJv.
crpool for New York.
At Liverpool Sailed: Cnrthaaenlan from
Gh.vgi.w for bt. Johns, Halifax, N. S., and
t'nr.anrinniH.
At jn.ver h.nin: lieiirravla from Ham
burg for New York via HauIokiia.
At rout hamiiton n,iileu: Miemen from
IVr mtu iur Jvew Voik and Cherbourg.
I NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and Wanner Monday! Tuesday.
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MIKADO'S WARSHIP AT SIIAXGH4I
United States Torpedo Boat Anchors
Between Jap nnd Russian Ship.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 21. Shanghai was
thrown into a fever of excitement this aft
ernoon by the arrival of a Japanese tor
pedo boat which was sl3hted coming in
from the south at half past 4 o'clock. It
passed Woo Sung at lull speed and started
up the river Ju for Shanghai. The United
States torpedo boat destroyer Chauncey
slipped Its cable and followed the Japaneso
destroyer. The Japanese boot aas cleared
for action. It anchored oft the Cosmopoli
tan dock where the Russian cruiser Askold
Is undergoing repairs. The Chauncey came
to anchor practically between the dock and
the Japanese dostioyer.
A foreign pilot ship reports seeing a Jap
anese battleship and two cruisers cruising
sixty miles outside of Woo Sung. There
are at present no Chinese men-of-war In
this port, but the Taotnl has telegraphed
that a Chinese cruiser will be sent Im
mediately. The Russian consul general
here flatly refuses to disarm the Askold
and the Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Grozovoi, or to order them to leave the
harbor.
The Taotal has notified American Consul
Goodnow, who Is dean of the consular
body, that. China cannot protect the for
eign settlements. He contends that Rus
sia Ignores the orders Issued by China
and that China has not the means of mak
ing her obey them.
Consul Goodnow has called a meeting cf
the consular body to tnke Joint action for
the protection of foreign Interests. The
Askold has docked ndjaeont to the wnre
heunes h?re of the Standard Oil company,
which are valued at over H.nnn.ofll. The
Standard OU company has demanded pro
tection for Its property from Consul
Goodnow.
The dock where the Askold lies is owned
by Britlsh'lntertts. On ore ride cf this
dock Is German and Dutch property nnd
on the other sir American jjroperty. There
are eight Amrrlcpn, one German, two Brlt
tlsh and four French warships here.
AMERICA PASSPORTS H HI SSH
Csnr Will Be Asked to Give More Li
beral Recognition to, Jews.
Sl PETERSBURG. Aug. 20. The United
States government has again formally pro
posed to Russia the opening of nesotla
tlons for the unrestricted recognition of
American passports. In accordance with
the law, only foreign Je"wa of specified
classes merchants having business connec
tions In the country are allowed to enter
Russia but quite a liberal policy has been
pursued In making exceptions to the rule,
where legitimate reasons therefore are
given. The exceptions have, however, not
been roado in the cases of Russian Jews
who have been naturalized abroad. The
inhibition Is not against the United States
alone, but extends to the Jews of every
country.
The more liberal policy recently mani
fested toward the Jews of RushU seems to
Create, at least, room for the hope that
AmDassador McCormlck may now succeed
where his predecessors failed.
It is understood that while the earnest
wish of the United States government in
this matter has been made quite plain to
Russia, the American note In couched in
such terms as not to render a refusal
on the part of Russia In any sense a
rebuff..
RUSSIA?! SHIPS IK FRENCH PORT
Czar's Protest A sal nut Setanre of
Ryeshltelal Handed to Mikado.
PARIS, Aug. 21. The Foreign office con
firms the report of the arrival of tho Rus
sian 'cruiser Diana at Saigon, French Indo-
Chlna. France, it is announced, will strictly
observe the laws of neutrality In the case
and ft Is not anticipated that any difficul
ties will arise, France's relations with Ja
pan remaining cordial, despite Its alliance
with Russia.
F. J. Harmand. tho French minister at
Toklo, has advised the Foreign office that
he handed the Russian government's pro
test regarding the seizure at Che Foo of
the Russian torpedo ybat destroyer Rye
shitelnj to the Japanese government Au
cuat 20. It' is believed that the transmis
sion of the protest was not accompanied
by observations on either side.
WILL; NOT ATTACK LI AO YAJIO
Belief That Japs Will Force an En-
o-aa-ement In Vicinity of Mukden.
MUKJ5EN, Aug. Zl.-The belief Is in
creasing here that the Japanese do not
Intend X make a direct attack on General
Kouropatkln's position at Llao Yang. The
movements of the Japanese and other in
formation Indicate that they will try rather
to force an engagement In the vicinity of
Mukden.
The rains have not damaged the rail
way, but have destroyed a number of
bridges..
A small fight occurred on August 19 on
the Mo Tien Pass road, seven miles east
of Llao Yang, but Its results were unim
portant.; As the rains have rendered the lower
ground impassable, the main Jopunese
army has fallen back to the hills.-
MINING MENARE GATHERING
Seventh Annual Congress Meets at
' Portland, . Oregon,'
Today. ;
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21.-Members of
the American Mining congress and dele
gates from throughout the ' United States
arrived on every train today and repre
sentative from Canada and Mexico are
expected tonlght to attend the seventh an
nual session of the organization, which will
convene tomorrow morning.
Among those already on the ground are
Colonel Ti J. Small of Lewlston, Me., who
will take ft prominent part In the proceed
ings of the convention; Dr. T. R. Buckley,
state geologist of Mlnsourl; F, Wallace
Wheeler Of Ohio and Colonel Juck Cruw
ford, the weatern traveler and mining en
gineer. Expected arrivals Include F. H.
Newell, at the head of the reclamation
service: Clifford Ilnchot of tho Foiestry
department of the government, T. A. Rlch
ars, John Hays Hammond and James Gay
ley, delegutes appointed by president Boone
velt. und numbers of the congressional
ot legations of a dozen atates.
fenUiuenl Is expresaed strongly favoring
the continuing of President Richards at
Hie head of the congress for another term,
and his re-election U a strong probability.
Russian War Vessel Attacked by Japanese
at Sakhalin Island and Defeated.
CHIT0SE AND TSUSHIMA TAKE PART;
Japanese VpfsoI Hit Once In the Coal Bunks
er but is Kepaired,
TWO DAYS' ATTACK ON RUSSIAN POSITION
Japanese Capture One of the Inner De,
fenses of Port Arthur.
RUSSIANS REPORT ENEMY'S LOSS HEAYY
Muscovite Losses ot Reported, hut
I, lit Is Furnished of the Officers
Mho Distinguished
Themselves.
TOKIO, Aug. 21 The protected cruisers
Chitoso and Tsushima have defeated tha
Russian cruiser Novlk and forced. It
ashore near Korsakoff.
Loss of ovlk Confirmed,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. The State da.
partment today received the following
cablegram from Minister Griscom, at
Toklo:
"Japanese fleet sunk Novlk off Sakhalin
today."
The following details of the attack on
tho Novlk have been received at the Jap
anese legation:
"The captain of the protected cruiser
fhltore reports thut the Chitoso and the
T-ushlma attacked the Russian crulsei
Novlk at Karsakovsk, Sakhalin Island, on
the morning of the 20th. On the morn
ing of the 21st the Novlk, which had been
heavily tlamriged, was stranded and partly
sur.k. The Tsushima was hit once In the
coal bunker, but the damage has already
been repaired. There waa ho other dam
age, nor was there a single casualty on
either of the Japanese vessels."
How the Xovlk Sank.
TOKIO, Aug. 21.-6 p. m. After1 a seven
ergagemcnt with the protected cruisers
Chitose and Tsushima, the greyhounds of
the Japanese navy, the fleet Russian
crulrer Novik has been vanquished. Thi
fight occurred today. After It the Novlk,
In a sinking condition, was run ashore In
Korsakovak harbor on the Island of Bak
hallen. The details of today'a flght are not known
here, but It is evident that the Chltos
and Tsushima caught up with the Novik
yesterday and that a running fight en
sued. The contest was resumed and term
inated early this morning.
Captain Sukelchlro Takhasht, who was
In command of -the Chitoso, reported tha
engagement In a brief telegram which
reached the navy department hara thU
afternoon. He ay h first attacked tha
Russian cruiser . Saturday afternoon and
that on Sunday morning he lnlllcted heavy
damage upon It. .
The Novlk nearly sank, but It wag
beached at Korsakovsk. Korsakovsk la a
port on the southern coast of Sakhallen off
the coast of Siberia, about 650 miles north
tast of Vladivostok.
Temporary repairs, however, rendered tha
Japanese cruiser seaworthy and It contin
ued to flght. The Japanese suffered no
casualties. The Imperial prince, Yorihlto, ot
the House of Hlgashl-Fuslml, la second Jn
command on board the Chitose. Captain
Sento commanded the Tshlushlma.
Cnpiure Port Arthur Fort.
CHE FOO, Aug. 2211 a. m. The Japan
ese have swept the Russians from Pigeon
bay and captured tha northernmost fort of
the western line of Inner defense at Port
Arthur. The Russian artillery prevents tha
Japanese from occupying the fort on
Pigeon bay. ,
Attneka at Port Arthur.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 21. Emperor
Nicholas has received the following mes
sage from Lieutenant General Stoessel,
commander of the military forces at Port
Arthur, dated August 16: "The Japanese
made a two days' attack on our position
on the Uglovala mountains, near Louisa
bay. All their attacks were repulsed.
"The Uglovala, Vysokala and Divt
alonala mountains remain In our hands.
"The enemy's losses were very great.
"The following officers particularly dis
tinguished themselves: General Kondra
tonko, Colonel Irmann, Lieutenant Colonel
Yelchino and Captain Andreieff."
"This morning a representative of the
Japanese army, Major Yamaoka, presented
himself at our advanced post with a letter
signed by General Nogl and Admiral Togo
demanding the surrender of the fortress.
Tho proposal wos, of course, rejected.
"1 have the happiness to report that tha
troops are In excellent condition and that
thy fight heroically."
JAPA.M3SK li-EKT KHAR SHANGHAI
Three American Warships Ordered to
Proteet Neutrality of the Port.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 21. - Night. Tha
steamer Haltln, which arrived here today,
reports having sighted a Japanese squad
ron last night off Gutzlaff Island, about
slxty-flve miles southeast of Shanghai. Tha
squadron showed no lights.
The United Btates monitor Monadnock
and two torpedo boat destroyers have been,
ordered to be ready to protect the neu
trality of Shanghai.
American Consul Goodnow called the
meeting of the consular body for 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. It la believed the for
eign consuls will then arrange means to
strengthen the bunds of the Taotal in deal
ing with the matter of the Russlun war-
shlos here.
Later reports declare the Japanese squad
ron to be twenty miles from Woo ung.
Woo Bung is tha outxlde harbor of Bhang,
hal.
I lentrnant IHet'ullr nt Tien Tsln.
, TIF.N THIN. Aug. 2111 p, m.-Ueuten-ant
Newton A. McOully, I', 8. N., who'
has been cbservlng the operations at Port
Arthur for his government, has arrived
here. Ho It-ft port Arthur on a Junk Au
gust 14 and camo by way of Shan IU
Kwun. The lieutenant acted, as an escort
for three French women from Port Ar
thur. He left here this morning for Vladi
vostok by way of tilug Ming Ting.
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