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The Omaha Daily Bee. ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO BE READ IN THE HOME NONE OF THE NEWS UNFIT TO BE READ IN THE HOME ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MOHNIKO, NOVEMREll 20, 1005. RINOLE COPV THREE CENTS. MANY PERISH IN FIRE Thirtj-Iin. LWei Lott it a Chp Uifif Hci it Qlaiyow. ALMOST AS MANY MORE ARE INJURED Moit of Tbot Who Eeoipei Ibioltul; D.roid of lttbing. VICTIMS SUrrOCATEO BY THE SMOKE Light Woode fartitioM Eapidlj Tilled Building with f . FIRE ITSELF COMPARATIVELY SMALL AFFAIR Orrr Three Handled Wcrklf Were Sleeping In the Strueture Wki the Alarm Wue Soanded. GLASGOW. Nov. 1.-The most terrible .Ire thnt has occurred in Oreat Britain for mnr.y year broke out today In a cheap lodging house for men, In Watson street, and resulted In the loss of thirty-nine Uvea and the severe Injury of many others. The flamea were first noticed at o'clock thla morning on the fourth floor of the building. which was occupied by JSO men. An alarm was raised and the firemen responded quickly, but flames and moke were then Issuing from moat of the windows on the fourth floor. An extraordinary scene waa created by a procession pf almost naked men rushing out of the entrance to the building;, and against their frantlo efforta to escape the firemen had actuully to fight for ndmlsslon. Reaching the upper (loora the firemen found that the narrow passages were becoming congested with men who had dropped to the floors, overcome by smoke. The lire, how ever, was confined to the fourth lloor, and ns soon as the Bremen were able to get to work It was speedily extinguished. Tha flames had been tod by the wooden partitions, which threw off volumes of smoke, resulting in the suffocation of the Inmates. Many, on being brought to the atreet, rallied in a few minutes, but others had to be taken ' to the hospitals. The dead were mostly workmen, in the prime of life. They presented a horrible spectacle, their blackened faces bearing evid-'nera of terrible struggles to escape. Cauant In a Trap. Many men were sleeping In the attic floor, above the burning fourth floor, and these had narrow escapes. The flames burst tlwough the floors and It was im possible for the mon to escape. The win dows ware securely fastened and the men had to break them so that they could climb to neighboring roofs. By 10 o'clock a search of the building waa made and a complete Hat of the victims obtained, which showed, thirty-nlno killed and thirty-two Injured. It uppeara to be the custom of these lodgers to sleep in a nude condition, and the march of the sur- vvor to the police station waa a fantastic one. Some had snatched the covers of the beds and others their trousers, while many wore o60(tu.X-!i,V"" The local authorities had to b called upon to supply the men with clothing and warm meala. Owing to their migratory habits and the absence of pormanent homes ' man of the dead will nuver be Identified: The Identification of others ia rendered difficult by the absence ot cloth 1 ing. GOODRICH TELLS WEIRD STORY Officers Investigating Tale of At tempt .Made to Wreck a Train. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. lt.-A weird story waa told here tonight of an attempted train wrecking. A man who ay his name la Roy Goodrich saya he found a man piling tlea on the Camden & Atlantic Railroad tracks near Absecon, a few miles from here. He attacked the man. he' says, and was badly beaten. Ho taya be was beaten unconscious and when he recovered he waa lying between the rails, tied with rope, with three railroad tlea upon hlin. He not out his penknife, he says, and liberated himself. He came to his boarding house at Atlantic, City, whera he wo found by the police, who had .been Informed of an attempted wreck. A man named Charles Adams had found five railroad tlea on the railroad track and Ills Information to the police had led ( naval and military offlcera and all public to tha investigation. Goodrich saya he la . bodlea throughout Norway, and from for an author find that he Is here for the bene-! elgn countries. Including messages from (It of hla health. Whether or not there ! King Edward and other members of the hsd .been an attempt to wreck a train Ima not tw-en positively ascertained up to it late hoar tonight. URGES THE PRESIDENT TO ACT I ear Could Kot Ignore Protest . from F.lghty Million People. HoPTON. Nov. 19. At a apeclal aervlce held In the Warren Avenue Baptist church here tonight. Rabbi Charlea Fleischer of thla city urged President Roosevelt to warn Russia against further persecution f the Jews and declared that tha Jena in Russia should be armed for self defense. We have been told, said Kannt Klelwher. "that neither aa president nor ns man can Theodore Roosevelt say any thing to Russia in the present crisis. I do pot bellave It. If both as individual ii nd the representative of xo.ono.onn people consecrated to decency and brotherhood. Mr. Roosevelt expreases in his characteris tic vigor the protest of America, then the caar cannot hut take notice. I know that thla may be very unconventional diplomacy, but America can both afford to be uncon ventional and undiplomatic, aa can Presi dent Rooaevelt or any other man who lives Justice and right -more than custom, which makes such cowards of us all " CANADA HAS SOLVED PROBLEM Federal Sapervtsloa and Control f Railway Rates In Voerue. SANTA BARBARA. Cel.. Nov. 1-H. R. Emerson, minister of railways of Canada, said today regarding federal control of rail road ratea: -"We have In Canada federal Jurisdiction over freight and paaaeoger ratea and have what President Rooaevelt la eeeklng to establish in tha Uulted Statea, federal con trol piore comprehensive than that now exercised by tbe Interstate Commerce com mission. Thla Jurisdiction might well be extended without Infringing on the private ilghta of your clttaena. We have the same queatlona between the federal government and the province as you do between tha national government and the states. " CUBANS DENY THE CHARGES Americana Own Only mll Tor tlon of Land In lata f Pine a. HAVANA. Nov. 19 The municipal com mittee 5 the Isle of Pines has Issued a lengtl atement denying the charges made ."" H. Kecnan and others of Fitts- burg archj faclll prop the. alth ner thai wat ho of tha.. z the Island is bordering on an-r- Is without proper courts, schools, j for the protection of life and etc. The statement claims that 5 'e all been provided and that, various public Improvements are , the government has done more small revenues of the Island a It alleges that the records actual ownership by Americans In the Island to be far smaller i been asserted, since most of such lands are held on payments of small in stallments and that they they still show the amount of taxes paid by Americans to be very small as compared with the cost of the public Improvements demanded. The officials of the principal Isle of Pines land companies whose offices are In Havana say that while they believe the island should be considered United States territory they have no complaint to maka of the Cuban government. JAPANESE PRESS JUBILANT neceas In Bringing; (ores to Agree to Conditions Cause of Cong-rat alat Ion a. TOKIO, Nov. 19. The Japanese press Is Jubilant over the successful conclusion of the new convention with Corea whereby Japan's suzerainty Is firmly established over the hermit kingdom. The speedy success of the negotiations is attributed to the confidence that Mar quis Ito has Inspired In the emperor of Corea and his ministers. Henceforth all the foreign relations of Corea will tie man aged at Toklo. HKOl'U Corea, Nov. 19 The. new con vention agreed upon by Japan and Corea In addition to establishing the status of Japanese residents and the transfer of the managiunent of foreign relations to Japan, provided that there shall be no intertfer ence with existing treaties and also for tho re-transfer of the administration of ex ternal relations when the Corean govern ment is capable of ho doing. It Is believed that the working out of the details of the new program will require some months and It Is probuble that the Japanese as well as foreign legations will remain until the new regime Is installed. RUSSIAN PRISONERS MUTINEER Japanese Authorities Couae to of tbe Russian Com manders. Alii NAGASAKI. Nov. 19.-Flve hundred Rus slans who wore taken prisoners by tha Japanese during the late war and who are bound for Vladivostok on board the Russian volunteer fleet steamers, Vladimir and BoroneJI, have shown signs of mutiny. Tha Rusian officers applied to the Japa nese government for troops, and police oftlctra and. 100 constables boarded the BoroneJI. Four Japanese torpedo destroy era surrounded the two vessels. Vice Admiral Rojestvenskl Is on board the BoroneJI, TOKIO, Nov. 19 An eye witness of the recent riot at Vladivostok who has arrived at Nagasaki reports that nearly half the city was burned and that 8D0 of tbe gar rlson were killed, that the Jail was thrown open and that General Kappek is missing. The damage is estimated at $2,000,000. Sol dlers from Harbin are reported to have Joined tha rioter. READV TO NOTIFY CHARLES Xomearlan Delearatlon- F.nthualaat- Irally Received at Danish Capital. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 19 -The delegation appointed by the Norwegian Storthing to communicate to Prlnco Charlca the formal announcement of his election aa king of Norway, arrived here this afternoon and waa received by Premier Chrlatensen, the presidents of the upper and lower houses of thc 'Rlgsdag and the Norwegian min ister. The members of the delegation, which Is lfeaded by President Berner of the Storthing, were enthusiastically cheered by a great crowd. Prince Charles is the recipient of thous ands of telegrams of congratulation from British royal family and from friends In the United Statea. IRISH GREETING FOR R0SSA Several Thouaaad Welcome Him to Cork nnd Present Htm m Home. CORK, Ireland, Nov. It. Several thou sand persona participated In a demonstra tion of welcome to O'Ponovan Rosaa to. day, hie arrival coinciding with the annual demonstration in memory of the "Man chester martyres," Allan. Iarkin and O'Brien. The prooeedlnga were orderly. The new houw at Blackrock, which bas been purchased and furnished by admirers ot Mr- Rosea, was formally presented to him. In the course of a speech of thanks. Mr. Rosea told his admirers that If they desired to free Ireland they must employ the same weapons that Great Britain used agalnat Ita enemies. Mr. Rnasa Is to as sume the duties of secretary of the Cork county council, to which he waa elected last September. CROWDS CHEER THE EMPEROR Japaneae Rnler Returns from Temple Where He Returned Thaaka for Pence. TOKIO Nor. 19-Emr.eror M.,t...hit. turned here today from the Shinto tem ples of Is, where he went laat Tuesday, accompanied by the premier and other court dignitaries to offer thanka to hia ancestors for the successful termination nf the war and the restoration of peace. Eager rrowda aurrounded the railway atatlon and lined the at reus through which the emperor passed In an open carriage. His majeety waa greeted with enthusiastic cheering. It la not customary for the popu lace to ahout tn the presence of the em peror. Mormona Golus to Mexico. MEXICO, Nov. 11 Almost daily Urge numbers of Mormona from Salt Lake City. Utah, are coming to thla country and forndng colonlea In many statea throughout the republic. Some of thes roloniet are contemplating locating iu (he state ot TUaullpaa, RADICAL PLANS CHECKED Bustitn Wcrkmtn Bund b Declaration ta DecUr. Strike Off. SOCIALISTS SEEK TO MODIFY ORDER Bandar Paaeea In ftaaelaa Capital Without the Disturbances Which Were Anticipated aa Result of Strike. Bf LLET1 . ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20.-8:10 a. m The conaervatlve leaders In the council of workmen are again vlctorioua. At 2:SS o'clock this morning they carried a reso lution against any attempt to introduce a movement for an eight-hour day. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. JO.-After the severe reverse which they suffered early yesterday morning, when, at the end of a seven-hor debate, the council of workmen decided to abandon the industrial strike, the leaders of the extremist socialist fac tions of the St. Petersburg workmen are again engaged in a hard and apparently losing fight In defense of a resolution for an eight-hour day which waa the alogan of last week's strike, but which was aban doned at the last moment in favor of an appeal for the lives of the muntineera at Cronstandt and the liberty of Poland. When the convention convened last night a ' socialist representative Introduced an amendment to the resolution calling off the strike, providing that the men In re turning to work hereafter labor only eight hours, laying down their tools at 4 o'clock In the afternoon Instead of 6 o'clock, while Insisting on the same rate of pay. Encouraged by their earlier victory the conservative leaders at once opened a vigorous opposition to the resolution, point ing out the determination of the employers to regard any attempt to obtain shorter hours by revolutionary means as the signal for the lockout of the great mass of work- men of St. Petersburg and that they were ln no position to enter on a prolonged j combat of endurance at the very outset of a long, cold winter. A number of ora- tors even questioned the wisdom of an eight-hour day Itself, declaring that Russia at present was not ripe for it. while others who are in sympathy with' the move for a shorter day declured It would not bo wise to fritter away their strength at this time when a great and decisive com bat In January was Imminent. Fears Are I nfouiided. Apprcnensions inui uie oeiea! oi e j BelvM. Wc are proud Ui represent them, "reds" in the council might Inspire them mnd QW onlv rt.gr(,t , tllMt on the onlv to ti.ke violent measures yesterday against i chunct, we imVV llud t0 roturn of the troopa or the mcrchanta who refused th)g splendld lotmUily by giving a re to close their places of business Saturday L.epUon ou the Dmke u was BO cid ( when ordered by the leaders, were happily the mppKl. lxom that all,our guests-ere without foundation, though rumors of col- gneelnir. :, lisions between workmen and troopa In j ..j u)Hlllir i ' lt) express my the Vasiliostrov and rutlloft districts were j Bppw,.laUoil for that' baa been dona In circulation. , j oul ,0nor. I have received an enor- At police headquarters, however. It was mou. amount of cot resnondence from all said that there hud been no disorder and , at strike headquarters the Associated Press waa Informed that there had been no col llslon. though perhaps a rew shots might I have, been rived in the air by over-exuber- j ant Jetnonstrutors. Nevort heleas. the par . trola In tho atrceta were doubled- yester day. These vera generally commanded by noncommissioned officers, showing that In spite of the rumors of disaffection among the troops, the government was not afraid to trust the aoldlera of the guard at large without commissioned officers. The high sounding proclamation with which the council of workmen announced the end of the strike, declaring that the "demonstration" had served Ita purpose by saving tha Uvea of the mutineers at Cronstadt, while, of course, it Is prin cipally a blind to cover defeat, as the trials of the mutineers are still In progress, is at the same time shrewd tactics for use in the propaganda which the cpuncll Is actively pushing In the army and navy. Such a claim, however, cannot dlsguiso the fact that the. strike was Inaugurated to compel the government not only to par don unconditionally the mutineers, but to abolish martial law In Poland and to com pel the calling of a constituent assembly. none of which objects has been achieved. The refusal of the affiliated organizations In the Interior to respond to the call and the revolt of many of the better class of workmen here ugalnst the dictation of po litlcal agitators and walking delegates by no means represents the full measure of the real defeat of the strike movement. The strike, by alienating public sympathy j and opening me eyes or imeuigeni UDerais and moderates to the fact that the first amy m in- ..u, io "J u- eminent in Its errorts to tranquillize, tne country and to mako head against the tide of socialism snd revolution which was threatening Russia lth anarchy, aided greatly In the formation of the new "law snd orw-r" rsrtv which has now sprung Into formidable being. Interest Centera In Mnarow. Intereat haa now shifted to Moscow, where the aematvo congress opened yes terday. The membera of the party from all parts of the country have gone there to make a fight In the congress for the union of all conservative and liberal ele ments o hold up the hands of Count Witte, to condemn the politics! strike and to seek further pnll"r"' aalvatlon through the doors opened by the manifesto, though It Is nlether expected nor desired that tha constitutional democrata will abjure their program, while Joining In the movement to aid In the restoration of tranquillity. It is expected that a sharp combat will de velop with the large faction ot the semst volsts who are arrayed with the socialists to continue the fight agalnfct the govern ment to the bitter end. The result of the congress Is swatted with the deepest In torest. The failure vt the strike haa ahown the country aa a whole how little sympathy there la with Poland in Ita demand for complete autonomy. At Moscow the rail road men refused to strike on the ground that they did not sympathize with the Poles in their struggle. It seems that in that part of Russia the people remember ! ""' to w'n ,he ""dleaa ware with th Polea, and cannot forget that the whlta eagle of Poland once waved from the pinnacles of the Kremlin.' bo aacred to Moacow. The possibility of the revival of the ancient kingdom of Poland I therefore viewed with displeasure, while the pan-slavlata and even the liberate are afraid of the epectre of a possible dis memberment of the empire. The official Messenger this morning, in addition to denying that the meaaurea taken by the government in Poland were influenced by neighboring powers, atatea that martial law in Poland will be repealed aa aoon aa tranquillity la restored. Zematvoa In Seealoa. MOSCOW. Nov. 19. The Zemstvo .Con gresa. presided over by M. Ovan Petrunke eitch, prealdent of the Moacow Agricul tural society, began Ita sessions today. Continued on Second Pag ) ABOUT ENDED all from Neir the Fore- Vork riarlnai NEW TORK. Nov. W-Prlnc Louis of Battenberg'a visit to New York will come to an end tomorrow mbrnlng. It wns or iginally Intended that the British TUdron should start today on Its voyage to Gi braltar, but the time waa extended owing to delay in coaling the ships. It was an nounced today on board the flagship Drake that the squadron lying in the North river would get under way at 10:30 tomorrow morning and would drop down stream to a point opposite the Cuhard plrr, when the Drake, having taking thfl admiral aboard at the last moment, would Join its con- aorts and lead the squadron down the bay and out to sea. Officer, of the aouanron todav denied that wholesale desertion had .occurred ' from all the ahlpa and said that tomorrow they expected that every ablp would carry away Its full complement with the excep- tlon of such few straggler as are always miain. .rr a vUit to a fnreiro nort. 1 Prince Louis dined at the University ! club and then drove $o Jhe New York theater, where he waa greeted with rous- , Ing cheers and after he had entered his box he was obliged to aland and bow his response to the noisy welcome, tinoriiy. after returning to hla apartments at the & . . - MOiei iseinenanu me prime maue wnai ne said would be nis iasi puniic ataiemeni before sailing for hom He said: "We shall leave here with the greatest , ir-tril ll sji r-g in, Dim i iici ej lt MUl wii , of us who would not fika to have made our stav lonaer. I have mot with every i demonstration of kindness and your re ceptlon has been most cordlnl. particularly where krge numbers have congregated to welcome us. "I am very grateful for this, for it shows that the kindly feeling of welcome ex tended to us comes from every class of people. From President Roosevelt down, every claws and population has indeed of- fered us a cordial welcome In one wa or another. I want to mention partlcu- larly the reception given me by the rsew ilork Yacht club, ine taniouo .meiicas cup was on the table ana I was permiitea to lift It for two minutes. It's a little too heavy. "Let me say that I consider the demon strations given us as entirely directed toward our country, and. I know they are appreciated. For myself, I do not count, I uiu simply the representative of my country. 1 am sure . the people of my country will look upon uiy kindly recep tion as an honor to he, king and them- rim nf neoi.le since I name to America. and I have endeavored to attend to It day by day so that it would not accu mulatc, but I could not , keep up, -with it, an(. now i nuv a, pile ot unanswered let- ter - largor tfiait ' when f,ltaxted. But 1 want to assure you that tle moment we get to sea I shull start in to reply to every" letter not yet answered, and these letters will be mailed from Gibraltar. I wish this Htatemnnt to be published, so that the mauy who have not heard from me will know that I have not forgotten them, or tried to ullght them." Prince Ixmia will board the Drake at :30 tomorrow morning. He will pay only one more official visit and that will be to Admiral Evans on the Maine. FUNERAL OVER STEEL INGOT Ceremony Without a Parallel at the Mldrale Steel Com pany. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1S.-A funeral without a parallel in this city took place today at the Midvale steel works where a forty-ton ingot of steel, permeated with tn nPBUi bIo0)1 an(j Bonea of two workmen, ( wag burled with the aoiemn rites of the j Roman Catholic church. The workmen who were so strangely laid away were John Korkin and Joseph Gazda, two foreign speaking laborera who met a PRINCE'S VISIT British Wqaadrvn horrible death a week ago. They were in!11 understood General Chaffee Is agreed a pit near a cupola containing many tona j nf mo,n ..i. A nir .. -.., ,, of tl)P nery fluld poured from j - tne rp0a and overwhelmed them. Thai Mmi.ti,. inHn.r.tort ,nA . , tnM. f (lr tnP,r 0,otnnR W8 left. The Midvale Steel company was Ir Present plans do not miscarry. Import averse to selling the steel or using It for nt nltll,ar' changes will occur within the the purpose It was InUnded and It was nP,t Uw months. Major General Leonard decided to bury It with the rites of thet i Voort will assume-command of the army church to whlrh the unfortunate men had ,n ,n, PhUIPPln': General Batea will be belonged. Accordingly the forty-ton ingot. I cnm" rhf of it(t tn General Corbln oval In shape, twenty-eight feet long. Mix ! assistant chief of stsff early In January, feet wide and five feet thick, was moved ! "T,1 ,iPn,'rl Corbln will become chief of last week by a traveling crane to the rear of the machine shop where a grave ten feet deep had been made. The great mass of metal waa laid in the hole and a plat form built over It so that the burial ser vices could be better performed. In the center of the platform was an opening six feet In diameter. A great crowd sought admission to the works today, but only the two sisters of Gazda. who depended on him for support, and about 100 workmen who were on Sunday duty were permitted to attend the services, along with the officials of the company. Forkln had no relatives In thin i-mintrr Anion the official m Pr.l. dent Charles Harrah. All heads were bared and flags were lowered to half mast while two priests conducted the services. After th sisters of Gazda hHd been led away the great Ingot was covered wltn earth and the funeral party dispersed. The grave of the men will be appropriately marked by the company. MONEY TO AIDJRUSSIAN JEWS Vnnbrr of Maas Meetiaaja Hrld In Wnlrh Auhsrrlptlooa Are Reeelved. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1 -About a dozen masa meetings of Jewish residents were held in various carta of the city today in the interest of the fund being raised for the relief of Jewish sufferera in Ruasla. A total of about U.M waa collected. More than IbO.OOO was contributed to the relief fund by cltlsens of all creeds In thla city laat 'week. Several meetings of a revo lutionary character were held today. At one gathering Vbu was collected for th fund being raised by the Self-Defenae committee of the Jewish bund which ia aald to be quite strong In Russia. The money thla committee la raising ia aald to be raised exclusively for the piolecUun ot Jwa In lb Russian empti. RACES TAKE WADS OF CASH Cepirtmanl Clerki Brop Large Fart of Year' Earnings at Eenningt, ONLY GAMBLING THAT IS ALLOWED For Two Weeks Twice a Year THe trlet of Colombia la Given Over to Bookmakera and Touts Who Reap Rich Harvest. fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. (Special. )- '"Turfmen and race goers thronged the ; c,tJ- hotcl lobblM lBSt nKnt- Everr nour ' brought tralnlonda of owners, plungers I bfHlkrnltera and Innocents. The Cavanaugh ' Pclal brought TOO men." u"e appears, in me """"" I"lup"" " """--"' , lvln th nopsla of the newa of the ; " ... "p .m..r i' i uu-.- ness. The paragraph referred to above ' i -.i . ., , i ' about all the actual newa concerning the races which are now on at Bannlngs which the public will have an opportunity to read. Of course, the doings of the horses, the odds and the big winnings of nnmit tAH .! ...Ill V. A ..I.. AAAvnst I -" . .... ,, ,, ., from day to day. But neither the Bulletin ... o...,,B.v,,. : '. ,hp "e landlrd8' . bakers and grocera on the other. n - - - - - will plead for an extension of time for lne settlement of their bills. About once a year a circus conies to Washington and four performances are given. The circus people are never per mitted to stay longer than two days, for fear that they will take too much money out of the District of Columbia. But the race horse people coma here twice a year, and each time they are permitted to re muln something more than two weeks. And when these "00 bookmakers, touts and other race hirse followers leave on the Cavanaugh spclal they carry with them, aa a general rule, a very large portion of the annual earnings of the clerks and employes of the government departments. There Is no city in the United States In which the authorities enforce the anti gambling laws more rigidly than they do in the District of Colutublu. If a man is caught down town accepting a bet on the races at Benntngs or the elections in New York he Is liable to arrest as the maker of a handbook. ' Ostensibly U is ugaimit the law to bet on the ruces in the District of Columbia, and yet during the next two weeks every street car running from the Treasury department to Bennlngs after 2 and before 4 each , afternoon will be crowded to the gates with department clerks who have "saved up their leave" in order to have time to attend the fall meeting or the National Jockey club. Lit erally hundreds of thousands . of dollars, which ought to go to the creditors of these clerks, find their way Into the pockets of the bookmakers. And for some unex plained reason the authorities wink at this open violation of the law. Perhaps the j reason Is to be found In the fact that tho owners or the race track see to it that every ni'-oiNir of congr and every ottl clul of prominence In tho local and fed eral government Is supplied with a badge which entitles him to free admission and all privileges every day of these, meetings. Army Changes Coming. General A. R. Chaffee, chief of staff United States army, and the only lieuten ant general on tho active list, will retire for age on April IB next, provided he does not voluntarily retire before that date. Major General Bates, assistant chief of staff, and Major General Corbln, command ing the Philippines, are to be successively appointed chief of staff with the rank of lieutenant general after the retirement of uenerai tha tree, and they are to divide between them the period Intervening be. tween the date of General Chaffee's . tirement and the date of General Corbln s statutory retirement, on September 15, lxl. ir uenerai Chaffee retains his office until! inveniigaiion committee, nis wlliing Aprll 1 next the two other officers named ' to KO to Now Yo,k and Elve the c0ln" will havo about two and a half months i nilt,w the fu" dotall f hi" acta aa corn each to serve aa chief of staff. missoner. Mr. Clunlo says: Thc gossip la that an arrangement has 1 haV'" h,ar of uy demand or neen made by which Generals Batea and Corbln will each have a longer term of service at the head of the army. That contemplates the retirement nt i j Chaffee at an earlier date than April 1. able o the arrangement, and, to carry it into effect, will apply for retirement under the long eervlce clause, early In Januarv In that event Generals Bates and Corbln ( v IIVB ,,! our months tvrv.r I will each have al as chVf of staff. staff In May next. It Is expected that th change at Manila will occur In tha next few weka, and that General Corbln will pom to Washington for service aa assist ant chief of staff and chief of staff, auc cesslvely. More remote changes Involve the appoint ment of Major General Arthur MacArthur aa chief of staff to succeed General Corbln In September next, and the appointment of General U'onar.l Wood aa chief of staff on the retirement of General MacArthur in June, 1&09. It is possible, however that ' Genral MacArthur s retirement may be I Jvnr.J many months for the benefit of Uenfrll WOOn. H ten eat People on F.arth. Congress will once more attempt to set tle the question of the distribution of the Osage Indian fund, and the allotment of the Osage Indian landa at the co n lande at the coming aea- ZM'Z' Tr ns or tne usage band are alon. It haa been that these India the wealthiest people on earth. According to the latest census they number l,Sft5, in c)udlng mixed bloods. The Treasury De- partmeni xoias.in irust inr ineni the enor - mous aum of $s.irz.nfo. upon which they receive an annual Interest of 6 per cent In addition to this these pampered red men have a very large Income from the leasing or tne on ana gas lands. The average Osage family consists of five per sona, and the average Income from the truat funda and leases is 81.586 per family. In addition to this, the reservation owned by theae Indiana comprisea l,470,ono acres of tbe moat desirable land In the territory of Oklahoma. It la proposed to divide this reservation and assign to each member of the tribe JM acres, or In other words, Sro acres to the family, and to aell the re. malnder. consisting of l.liK.ooo acres, for their benefit. If thla plan Is carried out the Treaaury Department will hold to the credit of the Oaage Indiana approximately taO.uOOuO. giving each Indian a truat fund of t'JO.OOO. and, at the rat of intereat now 4 Continued on Second Pag NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair and Warmer Monday. Fair. Tuesday Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi Hour. Ilea. . . nn . . art . . .IT . . .tn . . n . . 44 . . 4T Hour, 1 p. m . . . S p. niMi ,1 p. m . . i 4 p. m . . , It p. n it p. m . , T p. in . . H p. in . i t v. in . . , near. ft a . m . n. m. T a. m , f a. m . a. ni. 1 a. tn . 11 a. m. la m.. . . 4 fit " , 4 4T 49 WHISKY FEEDS THE FLAMES Klght Hundred Thousand tiallona Burn In a Bonded Ware, house. CON.VE1J.8VII.LE. Ta.. Nov. lfl.-At the A. Overholt distillery at Broadford today gio.000 gallons of whiskv furnished a spec taeular Are. entailing a loss of fc'.OTO.Ono. T)e ma,n bonded WRrfhoul, was burnP(, to the ground, A ,pa,v northeast wind. wMrh b)w ,h flamM ,owarJ y0UghIo. . . . ... . gheny river, saved the town of Bradford, the buildings of the H. C. Frick Coke com pany and the Baltimore- & Ohio railroad station from destruction. Smoke was first seen Issuing from the third story of th" building, which was alonslde the Baltimore olll 'racks. Joseph McDonald and Gpor(te PatoUin, elnpioy ot thc company. climbed un the flre oscnnB nn ononert one 0f the small iron doors Thev were caught In a cloud of smoke. w.Uch suffocat. t W them, and they dropped unconscious on the ! flre-escape. They were rescued by other workmen and a general alarm waa sounded. The blue-tinged Annies from the burning 1 alcohol were soon shooting more than 100 feet Into the air. An barrels of old rya whisky on each of the floors burst the blazing liquid was splashed In all direc tions. The main track of the railroad was kept clear of debris and passenger trains shot past at such speed as to avoid dam age from the Intense heat. Calls for help were rent to Connellavllle, Uniontown and McKcesport. Bradford is but two miles from here and the Connells vllle fire department, on a special train, reached the scene quickly. Thc men, by hard work, managed to save the buildings nearby, and the calls to the other two towns were withdrawn. The ruined build ing and Its contents were Ktlll burning Ilrercely at midnight, but the structures surrounding It have been so thoroughly soaked with water that no further losses are feared. It is aupiKised that the Are started from either spontaneous combustion or from a spark thrown by a passing locomotive down one of thc air shafts. The A. Overholt company Is one of the largest manufacturers of whisky In the world. The plant is practically owned by II. C. Frick and 1 io Mellons of Pittsburg. The plant was established by A. Overholt tn 1S10. It waa burned In ISM. and waa re built on a much larger scale. The burned building was one of four warehouses con taining 18.0U) barrels of whisky eight years old. Each barrel contained forty-five gal lons. Much of the whisky had already been sold and was being kept in storage for tho owners. Thc distillery has an output of 1.G00 to S.OO0 gallons a month, and about 8,000,000 gallons Is regularly kept In stor age. The fire presented a brilliant picture, the (lushes of flame lighting the country for miles around. CLUNIE DENIES THE STORY Willing: to (in to fw York Testify In the Insurance Investigation. nd SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. Former State Insurance Commissioner Andrew K. Cluuie has taken exceptions to the testi mony given last Friday by 8. S. McCurdy of the Equitable Life before the New York Investigating committee Insofar as It re- Iated ,0 Mr' "'o Bttltud,) towar ' ! ""ranee companies while he was insur- 1 ance comnil"8loner- He has telegraphed to j 8' A' HlJ1,(', tnc attorney for the legiKla- '-"mpensanon for Tliy br0,n,'r from th Suitable or any other c"n'r",ny anJ 1 df not bpllpve there is the ""gult essence of troth In any of these j Jl.?rgf',' L"A" ' "fIUI ,f, 'fet; 1 , "ed the l,Pen"e of Ul Eniltahla in this state, but a,,or"' -"on-ed an Injunction suit ",,,", me '" ,ne W courts and the ,njum?,lon " a mB,"r "? record In the clr- PRISONERS T0W0RK ON ROADS Motional r.rauae Suaaeata Mnrh Employment for All Convicts. ATLANTIC CITY. N. Y., Nov. V -The National Orange. Patrons of Husbandry, this afternoon held memorial services which were attended by :ooo grangers and their wives. Chief Granger Aaron Jonea presided. Among the resolution to come up for debate tomorrow is oua by F. A. Det rick j eluding the crew, numbered V. . of Ohio, which suggests the employment j The delay In the arrival of the Hilda at of convict labor on highways. This resolu- I first Inspired little anxiety aa there was tlon is liable to cause considerable ills- ! dreadful weather In the channel And aa cusslnn as It is held that It will come in ' every one had full confidence in Ita Cap conflict with labor unions. Tlie resolution ! tain, who was likely to exercise caution In as In part: '.approaching the dangerous coast of Bri- The farm help question ran he relieved 1 tany. which he had known for thirty years, to an Important degree hv the mpli.yment The disaster was first suspetd hrougli are'Xing "hWVS& th. washing ashore of a body and th. port cost la ahout .W4 centa ).er man. This would authorities Immediately sent out a tug Tt allay serious friction between authorities was then learned that the Hilda waa KXZyltftffrfc wrecked on the treacherous reef Cose to If such punishment followed In their wake, I the island of Crzambre. called Lea Fortes and if the guilty knew they would hav.l 1 I url nr.narentlv struck, broken lt back . P"'''1 f m s. shovel gravel and dig .-Kedflns Kw',;T, Sr.MnM ment indicating a prison. . Porte Delays Heply CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 19-The ports ! has not yet replied to the ultimatum of the powers regarding Macedonian reforms and the embassies here are sending drago- mana to Piraeus in preparation for the I eventuality of a naval demonstration. It la regarded here as significant that thw Russian BlacK Sea squadron ia reported to have left Sebaatopol for an unknown des tination. ' Movements of Orraa Vessels or. 18. At New York Arrived: St. Paul, from Southampton and Cherbourg:' CaronU f-'oni Liverpool and (jneenstown; li Touralne from Havre. Sailed: Koenlgln Louise for Gibraltar, Naples and Genoa. At Liverpool Arrived: Virginian, from Montreal; Etruria, from New York, via t.'1'eenstown. At Rotterdam Arrlvf d : Ryndain, from New York, via Boulogne. At Southampton Arrived St. Louis, from New York, via Plymouth and Cher bourg At yueenstown Balled : Lucaula, from Llv.-riol for New York At I t. '.r Uh f I rii A,..riL fr... llu.l burg for New ink. via CuuUiurg. OVER HUNDRED DEAD Channel Bteamer Wrecked on Eocki Off Coait of Franoe. DETAILS OF THE DISASTER ARE MEAGER Eoat Eat Grew of Tweatj-Bit and 0i Hundred Paten;ere Aboard, ONLY FIVE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SAVED Thirteen Dead Bodies Washed Ashore on the Frenoh Coast. ONLY FUNNELS OF SHIP ARE VISIBLE easel llelayeil by Fog and Finally Loses Ita Bearlnar la a Snow, storm and Struck on Rocks at Harbor Month. LONDON. Nov. 19.-Tha Southwestern railway's cross channel steamer Hilda waa wrecked this morning off St. Malo. on the north coast of France, and it Isballeve.l that one hundred or mora of its nn.r j t . . BBd " W'M A- Th(H,ld 8ml,han'i,,0n J5 night for 81. Malo with considerably more than one hundred souls on board. Ita passage waa greatly delayed by a fog in the channel, and when Heating St. Malo It ran Into a sever snow storm, apparently missed Ita course and foundered on the rocks off Jardln light house, three miles from 8t. Malo. The company's atoamer Ada, outward from St. Malo, rescued Ave of the passen gers and one of the crew. These are now on the way to Southampton. There la an unconfirmed report that seventy had been saved. The crew there were Ji. all Frenchmen, . dealers from St. 1 A telegram from red twenty-six, and hundred passengers, ijorlty being onion and neighborhood. , Servan, adjoining the town or St. Malo, givea the few par ticulars yet available. The Hilda' waa near St. Malo Saturday morning. If struck the rocks at 4 o'clock Sunday morning in the roadstead off tha island of Cezambre, having missed the tide, owing to bad weather and fog. The majority of the crew and passen gers were asleep at the time, Two boats were lowered, one of which, containing five men, arrived at St. 8ervan. " The sec ond boat waa picked up empty at St. Caat, where thirteen bodlea werewashed. ashore. . The -bjO of the. Hllda'a funnel - aad ' ita maet are visible at tow tide', according to ' the telegram from BU Servan. The Hilda was built at Glasgow . in ISM and registered 848 tons. It waa a screw steamer of iron construction and was tM feet In length. Thc Southwestern Railway company l as yet unable to give a list of the Hilda's passengers, but they say that a score booked passage at stations between London ! und Southampton, and that to the ' besi of their knowledge ninety-nine were ! j . . ... . ., ' 7, IT i pttny l" "" wl,hout reliable details as I o how the disaster happened. Ita agent ', at St Malo only briefly reported. Tha Ada has put back and reporta the Hilda ia a total wreck at Lea Portea reef, outalde Jardln lighthouse. The Ada's boat Saved five onion men and a seaman named Grln ter out nf the rigging. They appear to be the only aurvlvors. Only Mx Saved. ST. MALO. France, Nov. W.-The exact number of Uvea loat on the Hilda ia.un- known hrre u ,B , ; "r ammt WPI"y j including several I underatood that there ty first-class passengers, English people. Among the latter were Hon. Mrs. Butler, Ulster of TiOrd I.anesborougli, and Colon.! Fillet. Though It Is not certain that these rere actually on board, they war expected tc travel by th Hilda and It is known that all the first class passengers were drowned. These passengers were English offlcera and ether, who were coming to rejoin their families or to spend the season at fit. Malo and Dinard (opposite St. Malo). It appears to be certain that only six were-. saved, these being five onion sellers and in Eng lish seaman named Gritner, belonging to I Guernsey, and that the total on board, in d mimPdiatelv sunk, leaving no time to i " rh the boats. The Jardln ght la I ro to the spit, ft cannot yet be ex plained at what time or how the disaater occurred The, entrance to St. Malo ia din rerous. the currents and rocka needing th excrclne of considerable caution at all . times, but more especially In bad weather, i Many bodiea have been washed ashore at different points, aome wearing life belts. 1 Some of the survivors, according to a re ' port In circulation here, were rescued by the Ada from the rigging. SPANISH KING PICKS BRIDE Mere of tbe Klu of Knnluud geld lo He Selected for Queen of ftprlu. v t MADRID, Nov. yi.Thr Correspondence usserta that King Alfonso will be married to Prime K.n.i of llattenberg in May, Princesa Ena of tunenberg la the only daughter of Princes llnry of Batten- berg, who is the youngest aisle King ,JiJ4iU.
