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PEOPLE ARE NOW KNOWN BY THE PAPERS THEY READ The Omaha Daily Bee BEST PEOPLE READ THE BEE BECAUSE IT IS BEST KSTAIILIHIIED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1903. SINGLE COPY THIJEE CENTS. WAR CLOUDS LIFT1W Tronble Between France and Germanj Rapidly Being Diisipated. CONFERENCES SMOOTH OUT ROUGH SPOTS CHANCES IN PHILIPPINES 4onf r Needed to Accomplish An)" titles; In the Oriental Islands. Kaiser Girei Assnrances that No Blow at French Frtsiige ii Intended. SCOPE OF NEGOTIATIONS TO BE DEFINED Great Britain ii Aoting in Harmony with France in Matter. belligerent Tones are quieted DOWN Present Indications that Flurry Over Morocco Will All Be Settled In aa Amicable Manner. H. Bush, lately returned from the pplnes, has arrived In the city to t ' a position In the headquarters of the Di' iment of the Missouri. Mr. Bush ca Urectly from Manila. He left there on May 20, and consequently missed out on the excitement attending the appearance of the fugitive Russian warships In Manila harbor. Having served five years In the Islands his experience has brought him Into con- tart with "affairs as they exiBt. He says that the United States need have no fear of being molested by the Japanese In the Philippines, as the yery Idea Is being scouted In Manila ever since the exciting rumor was first afloat. For people without capital the Philippines, according to his view, do not afford an alluring field, hut for persons who have money to Invest there are many profitable openings pre sented by the racing of such products as hemp, rubber and copra. Most of the best land, he says, belongs to the church, but large concessions can be obtained reason ably by those possessing capital. He reports that the work of education Is going forward, Institutions having been established and teachers provided In many parts. The main fault he has to find with the Filipino Is his dislike for work. He does not have much faith In the Idea of the Filipinos being self-governing, as the SETTLEMENT IS IN SIGHT Federation of Labor Taking a Hand In Chicago Teamster' Trouble. ADVISES CALLING OF THE STRIKE OFF Believes This Is Better Than a Set tlement Alone; Lines Proposed and Which Seem to Be the Only Offer In Sight. STEAMERS COLLIDE IN FOG One of Larn-est Freighters on the Lakes Goes to the Bottom of Lake Huron. FAKI3. June IS. The Improvement In the Franco-German situation took a more deflnltu turn today as the semi-official ver sion of yesterday's conference between Premier Kouvler and Prince Radolin, the German ambassador, became known. This version shows that the, ambassador asked France to accept In principle the plan of an international conference, leaving the de- natura, bPnt of mort of them ls to BPttle tails to be adjusted later. Premier Rouyier wh one ,n h own UIe r,C(J patchi answered inai ne nesirea nrsi 10 ne aaviseu . . , , . i and simDly exist. terence and the questions It would be called upon to consider. A the result of Instructions from Ber lin, Prince von Radolin was able to re spond to these Inquiries and to give definite Information regarding the German govern ment's ideas on the scope and limitations : of the conference. More particularly was SAULT STE MARIE. Mich.. June 18.- he able to relieve the conrerence pian irom PurinK a tmck fo(r which has prevailed on any appearance of being a menace to tne upper ;nkpB for the past week, the Frai.co or of being a preliminary step to te,cl fj-piht steamers Etrurla and Amaza override French prestige in Morocco. Stone collided today ten miles off Fresqus With these explanations, pour parllers will Igle gnt ,n Huron. The Etrurla continue, with a good prospect of result- wa, damaged so badly that It sank within trig In a definite agreement. There Is, how- a few minutes, Its crew narrowly escaping ever, a necessity for further exchanges be- wth their lives. The Etrurla was struck tween the governments, with the view of on tho starboard side abreast of the No, fully defining the exten. of the conference. 1 9 hatch. Many of the crew were asleep Premier Rouvler also oonferred at con- I in their berths, but were awakened by the slderablo length with Paul Cambon, the crash and reached the deck In time to French ambassador to Great Britain, fol- escape lowing the latter's conversations with Lord The Amaza Stone was bound from Du Lansdowne, the British foreign minister, lut.i .to Lake Erie with a cargo of Iron These conversations showed that the Brit- ore and the Etrurla was taking a cargo ish declination to participate .In the con- of soft coal from Toledo to Lake Superior. ' ference has been entirely free from the The lost steamer, which was commanded belligerent tone ascribed to it.? Moreover, by Captain John Green, of Buffalo, was Great Britain Is resolved to adhere to ar- one of the largest type of lake carriers tide Ix of the declaration of April 8, which registering 4,553 tons and was built at Ray mavm. City In 190'.'. It was owned by the Haw- The two governments agree to lend their Roods of Cleveland and was valued at r.n.r tnr tho execution of the clauses iw,wv. ' . Great Britain Intends to loyally interpret NOTED BANK BURGLAR DYING this article, and, according to the lndica tions furnished by her, will assist France In settling Moroccan affairs. Therefore, If the conference takes place, Great Britain will partake therein, with the proviso the scope of the conference must first be clearly defined. Triumph of German Diplomacy. BERLIN, June 18. The expression through a semi-official newspaper of Paris that Great Britain does not support France In the Morocco dispute pleases German ob t . . K la n-anllftlw tVlQ vleW server.. uu . " 'td the famous Manhattan bank robbery, and upon which th10,;r7"lhPBU;nXea31 m that of the Beneficial Savings bank of France to participate in the International i.i. ih.t fi. I fiuiaaeipnia in isi-, wnen me Durgiars car conference. Germany maintains that Great Frank McCoy Picked lp In the Street Homeless and , Friendless. NEW YORK, June 18. Homeless and ap parently in a dying condition, Frank Mc Coy, known as "Big Frank," a famous old time bank burglar, was picked up In the street tonight and taken to Bellevue hos pltal. McCoy was a partner of Jimmy Hope, who died here a few years ago, In Britain offers no serious objection and has Informed Germany that It will participate in the conference If France does. Opinion here today ls that German diplo- ried off JHO.000. McCoy said tonight at, the hospital that he made restitution of his share of the proceeds of the latter robbery on being ap- macy has Inserted a wedge between France Pealed to by prominent Catholics, who rep. nre.t nntaln and destroyed the grow- resented that the depositors In the bank. Ing friendship between them by putting which was a Catholic institution, were France in such a position that It made de- mostly very poor persons. He also de mnrt on this friendship which Great clared that he had never profited from nrit-m would not meet. the plunder of the Manhattan bank, Dispatches from Prince von Radolin. the German ambassador at Paris, Which were received last night were forwarded during the night to the emperor at Hamburg, whlU he was on board the Imperial yacht Ho hensollern preparatory to going to Heli goland. CIBA 19 IN MOIRNING FOR GOMEZ NATIVES MASSACRED BY ROBBERS Land on Coast of Kamchatka, Kill Villagers and Plunder Houses. SAN FRANCISCO, June 18. News of a massacre of 150 natives on the Siberian coast has been received here In a letter from Petropavlovskl, on the coast of Kain chatka. A. Morogravlenof has written to one of the small settlements down the coast, which he does not name, observed a Theaters Close, Concerts Suspended and Public Business Stops. HAVANA. June 18. The first day of 1 tiiAiirn hir for (leneral Maximo Gomei. who ..v, v,.. in i? 1 jua .inst Avcnintr was characterized bv I m ... i u.n.j v. V v ' csr - - uur-t mm l LB IMMll.UJS WCLB IiaiitTU WlLIl LI WM A'-, cloudy weainer ana wumiuum ..i- of rej0CinK. off the vessel cam a number th rrvia Antra rtt ivirv not inn rnr- I . A mi.. u . - - -- - - - vi Biiiaii uJaidi iiu nun v to wuiu o hid ented In Havana are at hair-mast over r.. lln what thev thought were bud the legations and consulates, and from plleg ,nto the BmaIier craft. Then the men Cabanaa fortress a gun booms every half pulled for th1 Bhore. During that or the hour. In every street mere are ionB row-, next day there wal heard tho flr(ng of arin of Cuban flags orapea in mourning, sna Rnd ,ater gmoke Rnd flre were observed. even the poorest tenements have crepe ilea ,pd tn investigation from Petrnnav. to the windows. The Spanish club joined ,ovskl and other towns on the coast and a In the mourning by hoioting the Castlllan horrlbl tale of pillage and massacre was flag at balf-maRi. brought to light. The body or uenerai uomer was tanen xbout the streets of the settlement, writes to the palace, whero It now lies In state MoroKravlenof. were strewn the bodies of In the principal salon surrounded by great 15Q of tne ,nhabltant8, Bhot and cut to masses of flowers sent by relatives, friends. pleces by the piralel!, who, under pretense comrades, the poveinment departments and of frlendshlp had gained a landing on the social and political organisations. The body C(MBU Robbery wa, thelr only motive, for ls guarded by a aciacnmen. 01 ruru, (yery hou8e had fceen ranl,acked and any. guards and several ot tne general lriena tMng of marketable vaiue wa8 taken. Who are acting as a guara 01 nonor. mere wM the maraucjer, were those- who managed a procession of visitors to the palace to- t k th . e.cl,ne couid not sav. bevonl day. but th face of the general was not glvlng th8 information that some Japa- exposed after It was nnuuy ioora upon nese wpr(, , the paI.ty, When Morograv by the members or ins inmuy. uana con certs and performances In the theaters. which ure customary on Sunday, as well as all social gaieties, wore wholly bus pondi'd today. Congress at a special session early this morning decided that the period of mourn ing shall continue for three days, dur ing which public business shall be sus pended. Both houses appropriated $15,000 for the funeral, which will take place Tuesday CHICAGO. June 18. It was freely pre dicted tonight by both the members of the Employers' association and labor leaders that the teamsters' strike, which has been In progress for over two months, will be a thing of the past before the end of the present week. Efforts are now being made In two differ ent directions to bring about an adjust ment of the difficulty. According to one of the officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor the strike will be called off en tirely by the strikers themselves. As a step toward this end It was decided today at an executive meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor to begin missionary work tomorrow morning with memhers of the teamsters' Joint council. The plan Is to work on these officials and bring a ma jority of them over in favor of calling off the strike. When this has been accom plished these members of the Joint council are to advocate such a course to the strik ers and when it Is assured that a majority of the strikers have come to the same way of thinking a referendum vote of the strikers will be taken on the question. This official of the Federation of Labor declared that by this means only could the trouble be settled, as he declared the strikers would rather call the strike off than accept the terms of settlement proposed by the Employers' association. Preparing for Conference. In addition to this plan to bring the struggle to an end the more conservative element among the union men devoted the greater portion of today in preparing for the conference tomorrow with the repre sentative of the Employers' association and a committee from the strikers' ranks. This committee ls acting apart from Presi dent Shea and his "board of strategy.". Unless both sides to the conference show a willingness to compromise, this effort for peace will result In failure like so many moves have In the past. When the last effort looking toward peace was given up, It was stated by both the opposing Inter ests that the obstacles In tho way of a settlement along the lines proposed were Insurmountable. If those who attend to morrow's conference have notMflg new to offer th? meeting will bring no tangible re sults. It developed at the meeting of the Feder ation of Labor today that there exists a great d-al of dissatisfaction among the different unions In regard to the manner In which the present strike Is being man aged. Several members of the strike committee who were present at tho meet ing stated that they had never been con sulted by President Shea and his lieuten ants In any proposed move and that as they were of no use whatever In the pres ent trouble they would resign from the committee. After a long discussion of the trouble the disgruntled members were pre vailed upon to remain members of the con trolling body, it being believed that It would look bad for them If they resigned while the affairs of the Teamsters' .union were In such a state. More RTldence for Grand Jnry, Several Important witnesses, It was said tonight, would go before the grand Jury tomorrow and tell what they knew of the bribery charges In connection with the labor troubles In Chicago. State's Attorney Healy said tonight that although the evi dence submitted to the Jury last week had been of great Importance, the testimony to be given this week would be of even more sensational character and that before the adjournment of the lnqilRltorlal body a number of Indictments against both em ployers and labor leaders would be re turned. Charles Tull, colored, and two compan ions who arrived here today from Iowa were mistaken for strike breakers while searching for a rooming house In the vi cinity of Forty-seventh street and Ashland avenue and were attacked by a crowd of strike sympathizers. Tull's companions escaped uninjured, but he was not so for tunate. After a long chase Tull was over- BETTING ON RACES MUST STOP Governor Folk Issaea Peremptory Orders to the Sheriff of St. Louis County. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 18,-Gov-ernor Folk today, after conferring with Attorney General Hadley, sent a letter to Sheriff Herpel, of St. Louis county, direct ing him to arrest the race track people who are operating there In violation of the law. Governor Folk says: Information having come to hie that a number of persons have been openly com mitting felonies In St. louls county by registering wagers or bets on horse races In defiance of law, and thHt It is pur posed to continue this felonious conduct, which condition is one that cannot be and will not be tolerated In Missouri, you are hereby directed to summon a sufllcl"nt number of deputies to arrest all those par ticipating, either as principals or acces sories in these crimes, and to call on citi zens If necessary to aid you In suppress ing these violations of law. You will kindly trlve this your Imme diate attention, and if the local facilities are not enough to enable you to uphold th authority of the state, the executive will furnish you such help ns will effec tually sustain the reign of law. ST. LOUIS, June IS. Governor and Mrs. Folk arrived tonight from Jefferson City and departed on a late train for Nashville, Tenn., where the governor will address tho students of Vanderbllt university. From Nashville he will go to Covington. Ky.. to make an address at the annual meeting of the Kentuck State Bar association on June The governor declined to discuss his letter to Sheriff Herpel containing Instruc tions for the arrest of persons who may bet at the race track here In violation of the law, stating that his letter contained all that he had to say on the matter. the early part of the year trfe natives in ftken by.h,a Pursuers and when rescued lenof sent his letter the people of Petro pavlovskl feared an attack on that town. SWEDEN READY TO COMPROMISE AMERICAN STIDETS SEE THE POPE ConKratulated by Pontiff on Comple tion of Their Studies. ROME. June 18 Today being Trinity Sunday the pope received in private audi- ence in the throne room sixteen American ttudents who were ordained during the year. They were presented by Mgr. Ken nedy, rector of the1 American college. The pope, after congratulating them on the com pletion of their studies. Impressed upn them tho dignity of the priesthood and rxhorted them to practice that piety which they had so well leu mod under their es teemed rector, and iald that If they did so he had no fear for their success In the United States. Mur. Kennedy also presented Prof. J. F. Edwards of None Uume university, Indi ana., A dinner of JM covers was afterward Willing; Third Sou of Kins Oscar Shall be Kln of Norway, LONDON, June 18. The Copenhagen cor respondent of the Dally Mall learns on excellent authority that the majority ot the members of the Swedish Riksdag aro ready to accept King Oscar's third son, Prince Karl, as king of Norway, provided that the Norwegian government shall de molish the fortifications on the frontier and enter Into an arbitration treaty with Sweden. by the police an effort was being made to lynch him. When the three negroes were first attacked several of the mob seized Tull and struck him with clubs. He finally broke away and started to run. The mob followed and seeing that the negro stood a good chance of escaping several shots were fired. This brought the colored man to a standstill and the mob soon sur rounded him. He was then thrown to the ground and beaten and kicked until he was unconscious. Some one then sug gested that a rope be secured for the pur pose of hapglng him to a nearby telegraph pole. A boy was sent for the rope but before he returned the v police arrived on the soone and the crowd scattered. Tull was so seriously Injured that he was taken to the county hospital, where It was stated tonight ha had small chances of recovery. EIGHTEEN HOUR TRAIN STARTS Lake Shore Puts on Its New Flyer from Chicaaro to New York. BROWN PUTS ON GUM SHOES Democraoy Proposes to Make a Still Hunt in First DiitrioU POLLARD IS TO MAKE A STUMPING TOUR Opens at Auburn with Senator Bar kett ns Orator Governor Tlckey at Church Dedication. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 18. (Special.) The con gressional race In the First district be tween Francis M. Brown, democrat, and Ernest M. Pollard, republican, which cul minates July 18, Is reully becoming Berlous. Mr. Pollard opened his campaign at Au burn yesterday with Senator Burkett as speaker, and Mr. Brown has selected as his chairman R. L. Metcalfe and John A. McGulre secretary. Within a few days Mr. Metcalfe will open headquarters at the Capitol hotel and start a gum shoe cam paign. It ls planned, however, that two rallies will be held, one In Lincoln and one In Otoe county. Mr. Brown, however, will do little If any speechmaking. The Com moner and the Independent, It has been given out. will work hard for Brown. According to politicians the fact that the republicans have such a big majority In the district really gives tho democrats some hope of winning, this because It ls going to be hard to get the republicans out to vote on what they believe Is a dead easy proposition. The democrats In the meantime do not Intend to stir up the re publicans by any big show of light, but will work In the aulet Governor Speaks at Dedication. Governor Mickey was one of the speakers at the dedication of the Swedish Metho dist church this afternoon. Tho other CHICAGO. June lS.-The Lake Shore & I speakers were: Rev. J. W. Jones, pastor Michigan Southern and New York Cen tral railroads today Inaugurated an elghteen-hour service between Chicago and New York. The Twentieth Century lim ited, which left the La Salle street station at 2:30 this afternoon over the Lake Shore, will be compelled to maintain an average Bpped of M.9 miles an hour between Chi cago and New York In order to cover tho 961 miles In the scheduled time. Tho equipment of the Twentieth Century limited includes buffet, library, smoking and baggage cars, a diner, two twelve sectioned and drawing room Pullman cars and one seven-room department observa tion car. C. F. Daly, passenger traffic manager of the Lake Shore, was in charge of the train and M. F. Fleming, who has been an en gineer on the Lake Shore since 1872, was on the engine. Among the prominent rail road men who took passage on the new flyer was J J Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad. TOLEDO, June 18. The twentieth cen tury llmltod train on the Lake Shore, which Inaugurated Its elghteen-hour serv ice between Chicago and New York today, arrived here from Chicago at 4:29 p. m., fourteen and a hal? minutes ahead of time. It laid here until 4:46 p. m., its scheduled time for departure. The run proved that a slxteen-hour schedule between Chicago and New York can be maintained. EXCESSIVE HEAJ REPORTED Six Deaths and Three More Prostra tions Caused by It at Plttabura;. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June i8. Exceptive that prevailed throughout Kentucky today, the temperature at the weather bureaus re porting above 90 degrees. No fatalities as the result of heat prostrations have so far been reported. PITTSBURG, June 18. The continuous high temperature wag the cause today of Blx deaths and three prostrations. Today some of the reliable thermometers on the street recorded 94 and 98. NEW YORK. June lS.-One death-that of Miss Josie Bernard, who lived on the upper east side and a number of prostra tions, besides much suffering In the tene ment districts, were the result of the ex cessive heat in New York city and vicinity today. The temperature rose steadily from early morning until 4 o'clock this aft ernoon when the thermometer registered 89 on the roof of the weather bureau. On the streets It was several degrees higher. Official reports show that today was the hottest June day In eighteen years. The air was filled with moisture, but not a drop of rain relieved suffering New York ers, who were forced to stay inthe city. Half a million seekers for a cool spot left Brooklyn and New York early for nearby cool resorts. Reports from various cities In this vicinity show similar conditions. JERUSALEM FOR THE JEWS Zionists Reaffirm Adherence to the Proa-rani Outlined at Basil In 1807. ST. I.OllS PRINTERS BACK DOWN FIVE HINDRED KILLED IN MINE Fatalities Occasioned by an Explo sion in Colliery. EKATERINOSLAV, Southern Russia. June 18. Five hundred persons were killed In the explosion which occurred at the Ivan colliery at Khartslsk, belonging to the Russian Donets company. Riot In Russian Prison. REVAL, Russia, June 18. A riot of two hundred prisoners, owing to alleged mal treatment, broke out In the prison hers last night, and was only quelled at 3 o'clock this morning with the aid of troops from the garrison. The rioters, who in- given at the American college. Among the I eluded women, Smashed the furniture and cuesta were Archbishop Ryan of Phila delphia, Archbishop Keane of Dubuque, la., nud Bishop Uarvuy 01 Alluona, I'a. the windows and attempted to escape, but the police and soldiers effectively held all exits. Tb offenders wr flogged today. Rescind , Nlne-Honr Day Contract Which Caused Trouble, ST. LOUIS, June . 18. The St. Louis Typographical union today rescinded Its action of June 8, accepting a contract call ing for a nine-hour day, an advance of J1.60 a week in wages for the union job printers and by a declaration to abide by the ruling ot the executive council of the International Typographical union, abrogated the contract which had been signed with the employing printers. The decision was voted at a general meeting attended by about 700 members. By the executive council revoking the charter of the local union for its original course, the Issue between the eight-hour and nine-hour day resolved Itself ioto a question of allegiance to the nutlonal body. The International union, at Its convention In St. Louis last August, declared for the eight-hour day, to ba enforced after Janu ary 1, 19. The Typothetae, it Is stated. Intended originally to wait until January 1 and make a general fight against the In ternational union all over the country. The contract In St. Louis was the first to ex pire In a large city. The prospects of se curing a renewal here of a nine-hour con tract to run for three years changed the attitude of the Typothetae Into a plan to force a fight In St. Louis If the union tood on the eight-hour day and follow It up with resistance In Chicago, where the contract will expire on July 1. In accordance with this determination the ocaJ typothetae delivered a virtual ultimatum to the union that It would Im mediately declare the open shop tn St. Louis If a nine-hour day agreement could not be effected. The adoption of the nine hour contract for three years by a vote 'Continued oa second Page. PHILADELPHIA, June 18. The eighth annual convention of the Federation of American Zionists, which began Its ses sions here today, decided that Palestine was the place for the colonization of the Jews. The convention adopted a resolu tion that the international Zionists congress to be held at Basle, Switzerland, this sum mer, be asked to reaffirm the Basle pro gram of 1897, the convention of American Zionists pledging Itself to (he Basle pro gram In' Its entirety. There are 230 dele gates attending the convention. The first session was held In the forenoon at which Dr. Harry Frlendwald of Boston read his annual report. The report of the secretary, Dr. J. L. Magness of this city, showed 237 Zionists societies In this coun try. Letters of greeting from prominent Zionists In different parts of the world were read. The greater pait of the after noon session was taken up by the discus sion of the resolution for the reafflrmation of the Basle program. of St. Paul's church; Rev. W. M. Balch of Trinity, and Rev. D. L. Thomas of Grace Methodist. The church was erected about a year ago at tho corner of Eight eenth and J streets and ls one of the pret tiest churches in town. Honor the Dead. Members of. the Independent Order of Odd Fellows' lodge and Daughters of Re bekah held memorial services for their dead this afternoon, marching to the ceme tery with the Patriarchs Militant in unl form aa an escort. CREIGHTON PLANS A BIG TIME Indians Will Re n Fenture of Cele brntlon on Fourth. CREIGHTON, Neb.. June 18 (Special.)- Crelghton ls making great preparations for a monster celebration the Fourth. The busiress men of the town have the matter In chargo and are puttlhg up enough money to guarantee a first-class line of attractions. The country people for fifty miles around have been Invited to come and enjoy tho fun which will be turned loose on that day, and they aro coming. Glrard's Uniformed Concert band, one of the best musical organizations In north Nebraska, has been secured to furnish music. Plainvlew and Stanton will play ball ' for a $100 purse. These are two of the fastest amateur teams In the state and It will surely be a good game. Two hundred Santee-Sloux Indians will be on hand and give their various dances in war paint and feathers. A. barbecue will be a feature of the day, in which two big oxen will be fed to the multitude. The con tests of the Plainvlew and Crelghton fire departments In a hose race, hook and lad der race and water fight will be well worth seeing. A grand industrial and civic parade will take place in tho forenoon. A number of street attractions will be arranged for and everybody celebrating at Crelghton can count on having nothing but a good time. A mammoth pavilion and big leave-covered bowery will furnish shade, while ice water and lemonade will be on tap. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday and Tneaday. Temperature at Omnha Yesterdskyi Honr. Ilea. Hour. Dear. K a. m...... 1 p. m "! B a. m l 2 p. m OO T a. m !S .1 p. in Ml A a. m T2 4 p. nl t a. m TH ft p. in NO 1 a. in M H p. m IT 11 a. m 8.1 T p. m ..... . T4 12 m i Rp. m T2 9 p. m U EXPLOSION IN SUBWAY PLANT Number of People Injured, One of Whom Is Likely to Die. NEW YORK, June 18 By the explosion of a boiler In the air compressing plant for subway construction at One Hundred and ' Sixty-third and North river today, more than a dozen persons were injured, at least one of whom may die. By the wrecking of the plant the work of completing the boring for the tunnel through the solid rock from One Hundred and Sixty-eighth street to Fort George may be delayed. The most seriously Injured are: Daniel Barry, assistant engineer In charge. Joseph Morgan, fireman; probably will die. Edward Altensla. Joseph Amato. Edward Elword. The three latter are boys who were stand ing at the river bank where the explosion occurred. One of the beams from tho power house, driven through the air, came down lengthwise, pinning the boys under it. Tho roof of the power house was torn into pieces, which flew In a shower over the house of the West End Yacht club. The dome of the big boiler was driven high In the air and landed 300 feet away. On the verandas of the club house were moro than 100 people when the crash came. The club members carried the Injured into tho club house, where they were attended to until the arrival of the ambulances. COMES TO AMERICA Russia Finally Accepts Washington at Iks Place for Peace Conference, ACTION TAKEN AT COMMAND OF CZAR Deoiiioa it Made Fartlj at Compliment to Fresident Rooievelt, ARMIES IN MANCHURIA ARE ACTIVE Japanese Forcei Commence to Drive in the Russian Outpoits. NUMBER OF MINOR FIGHTS ARE REPORTED Russians In Retreat and Abandon) a Considerable Amount of Stores aud Pro visions. SQUADRON SAILS FOR FRANCE Condemning- Rlaht-of-Way. DAKOTA CITY, Neb., June 18. (Spe cial.) Condemnation proceedings were yes terday commenced In the county court of Judge J. J. Elmers by the Sioux City & Western Railway company against over ino property owners between South Sioux City and Homer, to have appraised the damages arising from the building of the proposed extension of the Sioux City-Ash-land extension of the Great Northern railway. Sheriff Hansen has sworn In two special deputies who are now at work serv ing notices on the resident property owners. Judge Elmers has appointed the following board of appraisers who are all among the substantial farmer residents of the county: J. F. Learner, William Cheney, John Boler, TJiomas C. Baird, George H. Harris and Thomas C. Clapp. They will hold their first meeting at the office of the county Judge on the 2Sth Inst. The right-of-way In dispute ls about twelve miles long, starting on the Judge R. E. Evans farm, where the proposed line leaves the Great Northern line, and running to Homer. In Homer and from there south to the Winnebago agency line the rlgbt-of-way has been satisfactorily purchased. NEBRASKA WOODMEN ON HAND Many Tralaloads of Woodmen Arrlv Ins; In Milwaukee for Head Camp Meetin. MILWAUKEE. Wis., June 18-Fully 600 Woodmen Foresters arrived in Milwaukee today and 1,000 more are enroute to par ticipate In the contests In connection with the head camp of the society. Trains of Beveral sections each brought Foresters from points in Nebraska, Kansas, Michi gan, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Washing ton, D. C, Oklahoma, Ohio and Wiscon sin. The arrivals also numbered several thousand visiting Woodmen and delegates. Including Head Consul Talbott of Lincoln, Head Clerk C. W. Hawes of Rock Island and other officers and directors. The Foresters' encampment will be for mally opened in the morning. The city Is taking on a gala appearance, every street I In the main portion of the business section having beea lavishly decorated. Blair Wants a Pardon. YORK. June 18. (Special.) John H. Blair, formerly of Arborville township, now a prisoner In the state penitentiary, is publishing a notice to the public that on July 7 at 2 o'clock at the office of the governor, an application has been made and petitions presented for a pardon. Blair was convicted of a statutory offense. The petitions for pardon recall the famous abduction case wherein John H Blair was accused by the parents of ab ducting Bnuloh Thomar, who was the principal witness here In the county court against John Blair. Admiral Mirahee to nrlngr Rody of John Paul Jones to America for Burial. NEW YORK, June .18. Rear Admiral Sigsbee's squadron which was detailed from the North Atlantic fleet to bring the body of John Paul Jones, the first admiral of the American navy, to this country, started on its voyage to France today. The squad ron, consisting of the flagship Brooklyn and the cruisers Chattanooga, Tacoma and Galveston, arrived at the naval anchorage oft Tompkinsville about two weeks ago and remained there pending the arrangements by the French authorities of the ceremonies Incident to the embarkation of the body of the admiral at tjie port of Cherbourg, The signal to get under way was made from the flagship and the squadron, headed by the Brooklyn, steamrid in column through the Narrows, and an hour later passed out of Sandy Hook. The remains of the great admiral will be carried aboard the Brooklyn amid the sa lutes of the French and American war ships and placed on a flag-draped cata falque erected on the deck forward of Ad miral Sigsbee's quarters, after which the squadron will proceed for Annapolis, where the final Interment will take place. I PARDONED BY PRESIDENT DIAZ Texan Who Killed Mexican Police man Is Finally Given Ills Liberty. ST. LOUIS, June 18. A special to the Globe Democrat from El Paso says: After having received a pardon by President Diaz, the first ever extended to an Amerl can under the same circumstances, Mac Stewart, an aged confederate soldier and Texan, reached El Paso tonight from Chi huahua, Mexico, where ho had been Im prisoned for years for killing a Mexican policeman Tonight the ex-confederates of El Paso gave him a rousing reception Stewart's case is one of the most widely known In the south. Stewart was riding up the streets of Chihuahua loudly sing ing "Dixie," at tho time he was arrested by a Mexican policeman, Immediately prior to the shooting that resulted in the con victlon of Stewart and his sentence to the death penalty. The Confederate veterans took the matter up, and through their ef forts the death penalty was reduced to lm prlsonment for twenty years. One-half of that time was served when President Diaz was induced to extend executive clemency. TWENTY-THREJ ARE KILLED AH of the Dead Are Employes of the Western Maryland Railroad. BALTIMORE, Md., June lS.-The death roll of last right's disaster on the West ern Maryland railroad now about foots up twenty-three and this number Is likely to be Increased from among the list of those grievously mangled. All the dead were employes of the rail road, returning to homes in the small towns along the railroad to spend Sunday. With the exception of the train crews, they had been at work repairing the damage done to the road about ten days ago by a minor freight wreck at Mount Hope station, near this city. News of Nebraska. YORK Colonel B. Crahb. one of York's pioneer hotel men and now a resident of Mi'Oool Junction. Neb., has been very sick the last three weeks, being confined to his home. M'COOL In the death of Raymond Con roy. son of Mr. and Mrs. James Conriy, southern York county lupes a most popular young man. Mr. Conroy had been operated upon for appendicitis and was supposed to be recovering rapidly from the operation, when suddenly he took a relapse. TABLE ROCK Great preparations are being made here for the celebration of the national anniversary of American Indepen dence. Rev. C. M. Shepnrd. I. D., ls to speak at 11 a. m. and Hon. Ernest M. Pollard of Nehawka, nominee for congress on the republican ticket, will speak at 2:30 p. m. YORK Many farmers and a few business men have Invested In a placer mine In Georgia and It is reported that they havo purchased gold mining stock to the amount of $i.("V. When the assessor assessed them the value of this stock they complained that the stock was assessed In Georgia and the board made a reduction of one-fourth of the real value of the stock Y'ORK There is considerable agitation In the country about the Hessian fly. i'he wheat in York county was never in a more prosperous condition for a large yield than this year. The discussion v inch Is going on Is what dnmage the Hessian fly will do with the winter wheat tefore harvest time. It ls a fact that the Hessian fly ls doing dContlnusd on Second Pas ) ! ELEVEN KILLED IN A FIGHT Trouble "tarts Among; Negroes on Kxcnrslon Train Over a Crap Game. . ATLANTA. Oa., June 18 A special to the Constitution from Griffin says Chief of Police Hays latest Information re garding the shooting on the negro excur sion train on the Southern lust night, ls that eleven negroes are dead. Two Grif fin negroes of bad reputation are held as suspects. They say a crap game, which had been going on all day Saturday, was the cause of the trouble and the fighting began tn Atlanta and raged unceasing, with revolvers and razors until Griffin was reached. Officers are at work on the case. Movements of Ocean Vessels June IN. At New York Arrived: I.a Lretagne. from Havre; Numldiun, from Glasgow and .Mo ville. At Liverpool Arrived : Victorian, from Montreal and Quebec; Umbrla, from New York, via Queermtown. At Southampton Arrived : New Y'irk, from New Yoik, via Plymouth and Cher bourg At Movllle Arrived: Parisian, from New York for GlasKow, and nroi-ic ded. At Dover Sailed: Grit Waldersee. from Hamburg for New York, via Boulogne. At Queenstown Balled: Campania, from Liverpool, for New York. At Cherbourg Sailed: Bremen, from Bre a for New York. WASHINGTON. June 18.-Russia and Japan have tentatively decided each to appoint three plenipotentiaries to represent them in the Washington conference. M. Nelidoff, it ls understood, has already ac cepted the chairmanship of the Russtan mission and is being consulted about the solectlon of his assistants, but Washington has not yil heard whether Marquis Ito's, health wilt permit him to come as the ranking Japanese plenipotentiary. The be lief here ls that Field Marshal lamagata will be designated In Marquis Ito's place should the marquis be unable to accept. It Is believed that the conference will convene here about the middle of August. Pending the official announcement of the plenipotentiaries little toward tho arrange ment of an armistice ls being done on this side. 'Japan will not take the Initiative In requesting an armistice. It Is improbable, however, that she would insist on Russia making the request. It is generally ex pected that when the missions have been announced tho president will suggest to the belligerents the advisability of a limited truce and that this suggestion will be ac cepted. Instructions will then go to Line vltch and Oyama to sign tho armistice. The whole question of an armistice has been Informally discussed at the White House and the belief in diplomatic circles ls that there. will not be a hitch on this score, Japan prefers that the armistice should be signed in the field by the Rus sian and Japanese commanders and there are Indications that this will find approval In St. Petersburg. Commend President's Tnct. General commendation ls voiced In dlplo matlc circles of the president's tact in not communicating to Japan the suggestion from St. Petersburg for a reconsideration of the selection of Washington for the con ference. The irrevocable opposition of Japan to any capital of Europe was a matter of common knowledge In Washing ton and the transmission of any such sug gestion. It was realized, would only invite an emphatic refusal from Japan and poa Blbly seriously menace the convening of the conference. It was learned today that the Issuance of the authoritative statement on the subject by the Russian embassy here late last night was based on advices from St. Petersburg that the selection ot Washington was to be officially announced In the Russian capital, thus removing all doubt on that score. There have been several explanations current among diplo mats as to the reason for Russia's sugges' tlon, one being hat it was based on a misunderstanding about the finality of the decision-to select Washington, and the other, the St. Petersburg government be lieved the president greatly preferred The Hague. Both explanations are unofficial and In view of the Russian embassy's authoritative statement the Incident la re garded as closed. F.urope Does Not I'nderstand, Pessimistic reports from Europe about the Washington conference are not shared by the diplomats here. A European am bassador who has from the outset been in clore touch with the negotiations said to night: "What Europe does not seem to realize Is that In these negotiations the president has been dealing not with the war party In Russia nor with Count Lamsdorff, but with the Emperor Nicholas direct. There IB a thorough Understanding between the president and the emperor, the latter fully appreciating the motives which prompted the president's appeal for peace and Bend ing In reply as responsive an answer as he felt Russia could afford to make. That Russia does not go Into the conference pledged to peace ls fully understood but this does not mean -that her plenipoten tiaries will not come clothed with full pow ers to negotiate ' peace provided Japan's terms be reasonable, nor does It reflect In any way upon the sincerity with wlill Russia enters the conference." Today passed with no Blgns of diplomatic activity. Neither the Russian ambassa dor nor the Japanese minister were callers at the White House today, Mr. Takahlra spending part of the day In a long auto mobile ride, a jastlme of which he is very fond. Baron Speck von Sternberg, the Germany ambassador, who spent yesterday In the city, returned early this morning to bis cottage at Deer Park, Md., confident that the next few days would not bring im portant developments. Before leaving the ambassador was also In receipt of reas suring news regarding the Moroccan situa tion which confirmed his belief that the acuteness of the crisis had In some quar ters been exaggerated. President Takes a Drive. President Roosevelt spent the latter part of the evening quietly at the White House, after an outing of some hours along the shores of the Potomac river and in the country beyond on the Virginia side. He received no callers. The president and several of his friends. Including Glfford Pinchot. tho forester of th Department of Agriculture, left the White ljouse before 2 o'clock this afternoon In an automobile. Their destination was not announced, but It Is understood the party were taken up the conduit road to the chain bridge which spans the Potomac river three miles above Georgetown and across the bridge Into Virginia, where small hills fringe the river. The party then took a walk around the Virginia roads, and later were met by the White House double team trap and re turned to .he city. Thoso who came back with the president, Included his Bon Theo dore, and Beveral friends whom they had picked up on the way. They reached the White House about :30 o'clock and showed evidences of their warm walk. Russia Finally Accepts. ST. PKTERSHCrKi. June 18.-9:35 p. m. Russia has finally and definitely accepted Washington as the meeting place of the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries, the Foreign office having waived its re quest for reconsideration at the personal direction of the emperor, whose desire to alva the fullest and fairest opportunity to