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The Omaha Daily Bee IN VOL. XXXVI-NO. 54. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1906. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. 7 ) CALENDAR FOR WEEK American Tennis Championship Will Be Settled Tkii Week at Newport. FOUR POLITICAL CONVENTIONS TO BE HELD ftebraaka and Illinoii Bepnblicana Will Kominete But Tickets. BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TO MEET Dutinruiihed Fhysicians Will Bead f apera Before Toronto Contention. GERMAN CATHOLIC MIET AT ESSEN Organisations of Otritta Catholic la the tolled States Will B Represented by Alphonae G. Koclb. NEW YORK, '. ? ' The American ten nis championship . . j. settled thin week on the court at Yv,"! H. I- In the double, winners of w't k tournaments held at Chicago and u ' , ' will figh't It out between thfmeelv the win ning team will meet llaafi. 'r. rd and Beal C. Wright, tho present t : f the title. , The championship matfy ' bly will ha palled on Wednesday. T.' fcs' tournament will be pUyed on A 21 and following days and the winner will meet Deals C. Wright, the present cham pion, for the title. The winners of several Intersuholaatlc singles' tournaments also will piny at Newport for the scholastic shamplonshlp. Npw England will be the center of Interest for followers of the light harness horses the coming week, the Orand Cir cuit meeting moving from Poughkeepsie to Beadvllle, Mass. The tournament of the National Roque association will be held at Norwich, Conn., beglnlhg Monday and continuing for several days. ' , I'osr Political Convention. Of the four big political conventions which will take place during the week, two will be held on Tuesday, These are tho repub lican state convention at Springfield, 111., and the democratic state convention at Columbus, O. Tho republicans of Nebraska will hold their state convention at Lincoln, on Wednesday and the republicans of Tennessee will meet at Chattanooga the same day. w Tho annual meeting of the British medi cal association will bo held at Toronto, August 21-22. Addreeses will be delivered among others, by Sir. Victor Ilorslcy, sur geon to the university college hlspital, Lon don, on surgery; by Sir James Barr, senior physician to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, on medicine; and by Dr. W. 8. A. Qrimth. of St. Barthomew's hospital, London, on obstetrics. It Is estimated that 300 British medical men will attend the session. 1 ' At Essen, Prussia, the Sfty-thlrd annual convention of Catholics of Gcrnany. Is to b held August 19 and 23. Alphonse G. -Koetb. Wla is the delegate of th Amf ticaji federation of Catholic societies to the con ference, will also represent the Roman Catholic i Central Vereln, the organisation of German Catholics In the Catted States. While these organisation .always have been In close touch with Catholic organiza tion In Germany, Mr. Koelb Is the first delegate to represent American organisa tions at the convention of Catholics In Germany. HURT IN RUNAWAY "(ACCIDENT Thro Council Bluffs People Badly Daniaard In an Omaha ' Street Wreck. Laverne Johnston. Viola Hester, and the latter' 11-ytsurold son Paul, all cf 620 South Main street. Council Bluffs, were painfully though not seriously injured in a runaway at Seventeenth and Jackson streets late Sunday afternoon. The three were In a livery rig drawn by one horse, when, at Seventeenth and Jones streets, the shafts fell, sending the buggy forward n the horse, which started to run. At Jackson street the horse turned. at full speed, overturning the buggy and spill ing the occupants In a promiscuous heap, all of them falling on their faces. The horse continued with what remained of the buggy and at Sixteenth street almost completely wrecked an automobile which Stood In the way. The pollco were notified and Surgeon Harris sent to attend the Injured. He took them to (Til South Seventeenth street, and upon examination found nil to have been badly bruised at all exposed points, and Mrs. Heater suffering from two broken bone in her hand, while her little boy re ceived a broken nose. After their wounds had been dressed they went home In a cab. SPAULDING BRINGS SUIT Former Banker Alice That He Wa ' Deframded While Serving; Peni tentiary Sentence. BOISE, Idaho. Aug. Charle W. Bpauldlng, former treasurer of the Uni versity of Illinois and former president of the Globe Savings bank, Chicago, who re cently completed a term of seven years' Im prisonment In the penitentiary at Jollet for embeslement of fund entrusted to him, began ult In the federal court here yester day against James H. Brady, chulrman of the republican state central committee, and others, to recover valuable Interests In the Idaho Canal company and the Pocatello Power and Irrigation company. Spauldlng allege that while confined In the Illinois penitentiary he wa defrauded of his Inter est In these propeittes. Spauldlng charges that through connivance with the trustee handling his property the Idaho men gained control ot hi Interest In the two com panies, worth $207,000, for $70,000. Spauldlng allege that the property Involved Is now paying dividend on roor than, 11.000,000. JEROME IS WILLING TO RUN District Attorney Will Accept Nom ination If it Come Wlthont . Condition Attached. NEW YORK. Aug. 1. District Attorney William T ravers Jerome today Issued the following statement: In tb present shameful condition of our political life In this state, I am willing to run" for the office ef governor of the state. If the democratic convention shall nominate me without any understanding, expressed or Implied, other than that. If elected, I hall obey my oath of office a I under stand It. In letter and spirit. WILLIAM TRAVtRfl JEROME. Death Prom Heat in Kaaana City. " KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Aug. l.-John'T. I Wlntermote, aged Ta yearn, was ovexoutu I her today by the heat and died. Ninety ' tar) dgr was recorded. WRECK NEAR JOHNSTOWN- PA- Fast Freight on Pennslvanln ftoad Crashes Into Work Train aad KlUs Seven Men. i JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 19. Plunging through a blinding rainstorm at the rate of forty-five miles an hour early today a fast freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad crashed Into a slowly-moving work train at Sang Hollow, killing seven and seriously injuring seven others of the work train crew. Three of the latter will pr-jbably die. , The work train had stopped at a water plug near Sang Hollow to take water. A Fort Wayne freight wa following, and because of the rain the engineer was un able to see the work train until Just be fore the crash. The engineer of the freight Jumped and was fatally hurt. The fireman, remained on the engine and was uninjured. When the freight engine crashed. Into the work train It plowed Its way through the cars. All of the laborers and others of the work crew were asleep and those who were killed probably never knew they were struck. According to report Engineer S. N. Woods of the freight train had Increased the speed of his train Just before the crash, that h9 might take water from the water pans along the track, and in so do ing Is said to hsve exceeded his' orders. Borne of the Injured who had been thrown from their bunks to tho side of the train were crying and moaning on the ground. One man lay against the side of the train badly crushed and kept crying feebly for his wife and child. The big etiKlne lay on Its side, belching streams of hot water and clouds of steam, which en veloped Heveral of the Injured men on the ground. With all haste the wreckage was lifted away from the Injured men. One of these, a one-legged man. was pinned under - Umber from a derrick and' ter ribly crushed. Calling one of the wreck ers to him he said: "For God's sake kill me rnd put me out of misery. I cannot live, anyway. Please don't toll my wife I am hurt. She Is away on her vacation and It would bo a shame for me to spoil things for her." When the wreck had been cleared away It was found that part of the Inst car on the work train had been thrown 150 feet up a hill, at the point of the wreck, and 'one set of the trucks had been hurled In an opposite direction, seventy-five feet into the river. Officials from Pittsburg will arrive here tomnrrow to Investigate. MICHAEL F DWYER IS DEAD Famous Hace Track Plunder Dies Penniless After n I.ongr Illness. NEW TORK. Aug. 1.-Mlchael F. Dwyer. long one of the most prominent figures of the American turf, died today at his little cottage in Brooklyn opposite the Gravesend race track pf the Brooklyn Jockey club, of which Philip J. Dwyer, a brother of the dead horseman is president. Michael Dwyer suffered a stroke of. paralysis some years ago after he had - returned from a disastrous racing campaign in England and since ' that "time had been practically help-' less. He was constantly attended by two nurses and helped about ' from place to place. Although he had long ceased to hold an interest In any racing stable or as sociation Mr. Dwyer wa often seen at the Metropolitan tracks on the days when the big events were run. Dwyer was one of the most famous plungers tho turf ha ever known. . He wa a large operator and amassed a greater for tune. It la said, than even "Pittsburg Phil" Smith, the most noted of the modern race track betters. Smith died wealthy while Dwyer was practically penniless.. It Is re lated of. Dwyer that on one occasion at Sheepshead Bay when James McLaughlin, now a well known owner and trainer, wa Jockey for the Dwyer Brothers, the plunger put up St"0,000,000 to win IlO.ono on the famous old racer Joe Cotton. The distance was seven furlongs and a hundred yards from the wire It seemed that Joe Cotton was beaten but McLaughlin rode a magnificent finish and landed his employer' money by a short head. It was because of his plunging proclivities that Michael Dwyer parted oompany with his brother Philip. It seemed from that moment that his luck went against him. lie formed a racing partnership with Richard Croker a few years later and took a stable to England. The experiment was costly and Dwyer came home a poor mnn. The last horse of note to win a race for him was Ben Bush, which captured the Kentucky derby. Brn Bush was afterward purchased by James R. Keene and is now at his Castleton stud In Kentucky. SITUATION AT .FORT BROWN Inspector General Bleekson Looking; Into Charges Made Atralnat Colored Soldier. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 19. A special to the Republic from Brownsville, Tex., says: Major A. P. Blockson, United State army Inspector general of the Southwestern di vision, arrived here today to Investigate the recent outrage committed by federal negro soldier of th Twenty-fifth infantry, tatloned at Fort Brown. Typewritten copies of all the testimony taken by the cltlsena' commute last week were turned over to the Inspector general, who will resume his Inquiries tomorrow at the fort. While it is believed that no further trouble Is likely for the present at least, the cltlsen of Brownsville are as deter mined aa ever that the negroes shall not remain at this station, and they propose to continue to bring pressure upon the federal government to remove them to one other fort. A special to the Republlo from San An tonio. Tex., say Oeneral McCaskey, com manding the Department of Texas, ha made a recommendation to th War de partment that the negro troops at Browns villa and elsewhere along the Rio Grande In Texas, be Immediately withdrawn. DALLAS, Tex.. Aug. 19 Following a further appeal from the officials and citi zens of Brownsville, United State Senator Culberson ha again appealed to the! War department for prompt Investigation and Immediate aetlon In th situation In th southwest Texas city. He sent a telegram today to Oeneral Alnsworth of th War department, urging telegraphic communi cation' with the commanding officers at the post and a removal of the troop from Fort Brown, deeming thla the only mean to bring peace. Fatal Ftaht in Kentucky. COLUMBIA. Ky.. Aug. 1.-Blljah Bur ton today shot and Instantly kiUad Jama Dooley following a difficulty yesterday when two bystander wer wounded. John Powell and hi son, 12 year old, were with Burton when e-versl sl.ota were fired, it I claimed, by Dooley. Th boy wa mortally wounded and hi father only llghtiy. Tb man war rival marcUauu aad latmM vr business. TWELVE PERSONS DROWNED 8eriei of Tragedies in Watera in Vicinity of Hew York. THREE DEATHS NEAR CONEY ISLAND Police Will Inveatlaote Suspicions Circumstance SnrroondlnaT Trlple Drowning- Blear This Resort. NEW TORK. Aug. 18 Twelve person tost their lives In the waters about New York today. Most of the victims were bath ers. A number of heroic rescues of Im perilled swimmers were made, and these reduced what would otherwise have been a much 'arger t.h list. Three persons were drowned In a proun near Manhattan beach In a manner that could not be as certained, and the police of the Coney Island station are conducting an Investiga tion. The only ey? witness to the drowning disappeared. The victim In this Instance were Morris Grosse, Martin Anderson and an unidentified bather about 20 year of age. Harold Cellars, 25 years of age, was drowned while diving with his father from a launch In Jamaica bay. The father dived frantically In the hope of rescuing his son and continued to plunge Into the water until he became unconscious from ex haustion and was with difficulty , rescued and resuscitated. Swimmers Become Eshnnsved. William O'Keefe, 21 year of age, was drowned In Qravesend bay, becoming ex haust 1 while swimming far from the shore. John Iflslnskl. 9 years old. of Jersey City was drowned while swimming In the Hud son river. William Hill. 26 years old, of Long Island City was swimming In the East river when he became 111 and went down before rescuers could reach him. The bodies of two unknown men were found floating this afternoon In the East river. One was supposed to be the captain of a sand barge moored nearby. Albert Haggenborn, 26 year old, of Brooklyn, was Instantly killed tonight when he dived from a balcony twenty feet high Into five feet of water In the swimming tank at a pleasant park in Coney Island. His neck was broken. Edward Moore, 7 year old, was drowned In the Hudson while trying to climb aboard of a barge. Sven Remsen, 35 years old, was drowned off Yonkera. Two Drowned in Lake Mlnnetonkn. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Aug. 19. Two men were drowned this afternoon at Lake Mlnnetonka. while In bathing. Ralph Strole. 22, lust his life at Salsburg Point The other, a man named Baker, was In bathing at Shady Island. Both victims were seized with cramps and sank before aid could reach them. Five Drown at Dnluth. DULUTH, Minn., Aug. 19. -The water claimed five victims In the head of lake today. Frank Zutter, aged 23, and his brother. William, aged 21. while bathing near Hibblng this morning got out beyond their depth and, being unable to swim, sank before help could reach them. The 46-year-old on of Harry Thorn, liv ing . aeveti'. mile . north " of " Altkln, wa drowned in the Mississippi. " Hans Nelson, 1 years of ageT, perUshed in St. Louis bay In the sight of a number of companions who had warned htm not to wade out beyond his depth. W. B. Peck was drowned at Solon Springs, WIS., today in the presence of his two young daughters, who were In a bout a few feet distant from where Mr. Peck had gone In bathing. NATIONAL IRRIGATION MEETING Twelve Hundred Delegrate Will At tend the Conference at Boise Next Month. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 19. With a number of states yet to be heard from more than 1,200 delegates have been appointed to the National Irrigation congress and have notU fled the executive committee that they will be present when the congress convene here on September i. While under the constitution each state Is entitled to but fifteen delegate to be appointed by the governor, little attention has been paid to thl restriction. Governor Hanly of In diana appointed ninety-four citizens to ac company Vice President Fairbanks, Oov "ernor McDonald of Colorado appointed forty-two. Governor Chamberlain of Ore gon and Cutler of Utah more than 100 each and other chief executive are appointing all who want to attend. Fully 2.000 dele gate are expected. Local committee have completed arrangement for entertaining the delegate and visitors to the congress. A house to house canvass of the city has been made and rooms reserved so that all will be comfortably accommodated at reasonable rate. At the close ot the ton Ciess the delegates will be taken on spe cial excursion trains through various Irri gated section of the state. POWDER HOUSE BLOWS UP Two Boy Who I'ae Yreka, CnL, Maara In for a Targret are Ia atantly Killed. TREKA. Cat. Aug. 19. Two boy were killed and another fattally injured In a powder explosion one mile from her early today. Powder house No. 1, belonging to the Grant Powder company, on the dine of the Yreka branch railroad was blown up. In nearly every business bouse In Yreka window were broken. Remnant of cloth ing, a foot, particle of hair and flesh found on th hill Indicate that two boys were blown to atom. Bertie Holland was found eventy-flve yard from the scene with hi face lacerated and two hole In hi temple, evidently from flyTng atone. H cannot recover. Two small rifles found near the bodies were badly damaged. It 1 supposed that th boy shot Into the powder houic through a ventilator. A car load of powder had been stored In the magaxlne yester day. CHINESE OFFICIALS NERVOUS Explosion of Maria Ptctaro Machine Intended for Dewattr Emprea Cnaae Exeltement. PEKIN. Aug. IS. Tha explosion of th gasoline tank used In a lantern show last Friday, which gave rise to rumor of at tempted assassinations, took place while Tuan Fang, governor of the province of Hunan, wa trying a moving picture ma chin which h had brought her from Eu rope for th amusement of the dowager empress, before taking It to the palace. The t sensation this Incident created In official circle Indicate the extreme state of nervousness prevailing in high quarters. All the residence s t-f official have been heavily guarded bf troop sine th ex plosion. . NEGRO CONVENTION ADJOURNS MeetlasT at Harper Ferry Isaacs An Address to th Voter of tho Coantry. HARPERS FERRY. W. Va., Aug. 19. The second annual meeting of the Niagara movement came to a close today with re ligious exercises and a sermon by Rev. O. Frasler Miller. At the conclusion of the sermon an address to the country was read. It Bay in part: In detail our demands are clear and un equivocal First We would vote; with the right to vote hjroes evervthlnz: Freedom. manhood, the honor of your wives, the chastity ot your daughters, the right to work and the chance to rise, and let no man listen to the liars who deny this, w Want full manhood BulTmare. end we want it now, henceforth and forever. Second We want discrimination In pub lic accommodations to cease. Separation in runway ana street cars, based simply on race and color, 1 un-American, undejno crs?!e ai?il silly. We protest against all such discrimination. IhlrU We claim the right of free men to walk, talk and bo ui!n i'.r-m that wish to be with us. No man lius a right to choose another's man's friends, and to at tempt to do so Is an Imuudent Mterier- ence with th most fundamental human privilege. Fourth We want laws enforced against rich as well as poor; ogainet capitalist as well as against laborer; against white as well as black. We are not more lawless than the white race, but we are more often arrested, convicted and mobbed. We want justice even lor criminals anu out laws. We want the constitution of the country enforced. We want congress to take charge of congressional elections. We want the fourteenth amendment curried out to the letter and every state disfran chised In congres which attempts. 'to aia franchise Its rightful voters. We want the fifteenth amendment enforced and no state allowed to base its franchise simply on color. The failure of tho republican party In congress at the session Just closed to re deem its pledge of 1904 with reference to suffrage conditions In the south seems a nlnln Icllhrrata and nremeditated breach Of promlKe, and stamps that party as guilty or obtaining votes unuT laise rri-n-. Fifth We want the nstional government to wipe out Illiteracy in the south, we want our children trained as Intelligent human beings should be and we will light for all time against any proposal to edu cate black boys and girls simply as servants and underlings, or aimply tor the use of other people. . . , . These are some of the chief things which we want. How shall we get them? By voting where me may vote; by persistent, unceasing agitation; by hammering at the truth; by sacrifice and work. We do not bellf.-ve in violence, but we do believe In John Brown, and here on the scene or John Brown s martyrdom we reconsecrate ourselves, our honor, our property to the final emancipation of the race which John Brown died to make free. The address closes with an appeal to the young men and women of the nation and asl-s : Cannot the nation that has absorbed lo.wO.WO foreigners into Its political life without catastrophe absorb 10.000.0no negro Americans Into that same political life at less cost thun their unjust and illegal ex clusion will Involve. ' A resolution was adopted urging voters to question every candidate for congres as to his attitude on tho fourteenth amend ment and to refuse support to such as will not positively promise to support Its en forcement. FLOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA Pnrta of Many Town In Western Part of the State are I'nder Water. PITSBtTRO.' Pa.. Aug. 19. Reports re ceived here from point In Allegheny and neighboring cooutle indicate that great damage ha been done by a storm that passed over western Pennsylvania late thl afternoon and tonight, elegraph and tele phone communication wa slnterrupted at mapy points and It ha been Impossible to obtain full account of the extent of the damage. Railroads suffered from wash outs and many delay resulted. Part of Sutervllle is reported to be un der water that la 16 feet deep In aoine places. No live have been lost. The storm failed to strike Pittsburg but seemed to circle It At Kittanlng several build ings were destroyed, five bridge were washed away and Carre tt's run, a small stream rose 20 feet In fifteen minutes. At Scottdate street car traffic wa en tirely suspended and the residents wep forced to take refuge on the second floor. Through the Sewlckley valley near Greens burg, the storm swept away a number of hrMra mines were flooded and three dwellings were destroyed by lightning with an aggregate loss of about 15,000. JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. Aug. 19.--An unprece- dented rainstorm here today that resembled a cloudburst, flooded Moxham, the fash ionable residence section of the city and caused thousands of dollars damage. Many of the streets tonight are two to three feet deep with water. Barna, hundred of outbuildings and several bridge have been carried away. Portion of the Johnstown passenger railroad company tracks are cov ered three to four feet with debris. On car was swept fom Its tracks by a sudden swirl of water from a mountain side and in less than two minutes the water reached a foot above the car floor. Hundreds of wagons leaded with . fruit and vegetables from the .neighboring gardens lay along the roads, while the content are scattered pro miscuously along the valley pike In the hill slope section. For a time this road wa under five feet of water. The busi ness district Is not affected. RIOT IN CHICAGO STREET Angry Italians Fatally Wonnd Motor man Who Rnn Car Throngk Procession. CHICAGO. Aug. 19. John Orady, a motor, man on a Halstead street car, was proba bly fatally Injured today at Halstead and Ewlng street by a crowd of. Italians, who dragged him from the car and kicked and beat him. Grady attempted to run hi cur through the line of parade of an Italian ociety, when 600 men surrounded the Car and threw the motorman Into the street. A riot call was sent to police head quarters and Captain Halne wtth a number of officer hurried to the scene. At light of the police, the Italians dispersed In dif ferent directions, hurling stone and other missile at the officers. Many of the riot er carried revolvers and discharged thuui frequently during the trouble. The police also fired their revolvers Into the air to Intimidate the Italian. After two of the leader had been arrested the remainder of the rioters scattered. No one was Injured by th revolver shots. Chicago Mnn Die on Train. SIDNEY, Neb.. Aug. 19. (Special Tele gram.) T. O. O'Shea of the O'Bhea Fire proof Construction company of Chicago died thla morning of heart disease aboard a Union Pacific passenger train at Bums, Neb. The body was taken off th train here and th case was Investigated by Coroner Bassett. A telegram was sent to relatives In Chicago and word was ra re! v ad tonight to send the body east by the Adam Express company. Five hun dred and twenty-five dollar In bill wa found upon the body. Deceaaed was ap parently about 6f year old. Th body ha been embalmed and shipped In accordance with direction. .v NEAR TO THE CONVENTION Lineup of the Delegate go far aa Visible on the 8urfaoe. REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S DEVELOPMENTS All the Ninety Conntle in Nebraska Hit) Now Spoken Excepting; Fillmore, Which Hold It Meeting; Today. Republican Instruction to Date. Total delegates lr state convention 857 Total delegates already elected S4 Total delegates still to be elected 13 FOR UNITED STATES 8BNATOR. Delegates Instructed for senator 441 Delegates unlnetructed for senator 4n8 Instructed for Brown Unlnstructed for Brown (estimated).... 69 Total for Brown 182 Instructed for Rosewater 127H Unlnstructed for Rosewater (estl mated) 143 Total for Rosewater 270V, Instructed for Cttrrle 21 Instructed for MUlard , I'SVi Instructed for Evans 12 Instructed for Crounse H Instructed for Melklejohn H Unlnstructed preference still unknown 1H1 FOR GOVERNOR. Instructed for Sheldon Instructed for (oimway Instructed fur House Instructed for Steele Instructed for Wall limi ui teU tor Miles ..144 .. 10. .. 16 .. 14 .. 14 .. 14 .. 9 .. U Instructed for linrsh Instructed for Weston FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Instructed for Wilsey 7 FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. Instructed for Wlnnett 84 Instructed for Sadiiek 14 Instructed for Caldwell 14 FOR TREASURER. Instructed for Kyd Instructed for Good instructed for Bothwell Instructed for Brlun FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. Instructed for Thompson FOR AUDITOR. Instructed tor Searle FOR LAND COMMISSIONER. Instructed for Linn 8 instructed for Eaton lt i'UR B&CKjji'lAKY OF bl'ATti. Instructed ior Uaiusna U instructed fur juuaiu Xnttructeu ior ulcimen K 10 i With the exception of Fillmore county, which la to hold Its convention today, ail the counties in the state have now chosen the delegate who will represent them in the republican state convention ut Lincoln Wednesuay. In other words, out of the 867 delegates, who will alt in the conven tion, 844 have been named with only thir teen more to come. The tabulation here giveu exhibit the distribution of the dele gates so far as known, with reference to the strength of -the respective candidates for place on the state ticket. Notes of the Seaatorahlp. In the contest for the nomination for Uniteu otates atnator 441 Delegates have hud Instructions from their constituents, voiced in the county convention, indicating their first preference.. NorUi Browa iM I instructea votes, a lur esiimate ui u. hold on the unlnstructed voles give hlr.i sixty-nine, making a total of 332. Tne Brown manager are, of course, claiming a great deal more than this. ' They are laying claim to twelve votes In Thayer county, where Instructions were voted down after a resolution commending him had been passed, and they are also modestly claiming nearly one-half of the unlnstructed votes. ' The number of delegate Instructed for Edward Rosewater Is 12TH- He has sec ond choice Instructions on six and one-half votca In Knox and also on the eleven votes In Washington county, with a very con servative estimate of not less than 143 votes among the unlnstructed, making a total upward of 270. The only other candidate for senator, who made any headway during the week on ' ln.l.ni.,lnna w.m fnrrl whn aMinml mm. lutlons of preference In two small counties having two delegate each, and Melklejohn, who at last came out with his home county Nance and In addition three vote In Deuel county thrown to him wtth the same string that wa attached to Cheyenne county's flamboyant Instructions for Mil lard, declaring at the same time against any convention nomination whatever. The lineup on th senatorshlp, therefore, leave Brown in the lead with Rosewater a good second and five trailers, each with a mall Instructed vote to gather. up a scat tering of the unlnstructed vot. In the contest for governor eight name have been entered. Sheldon with his 144 vote Is considerably In the lead, but still far racking of anything like an approach to a majority. Bheioon gatnerea in several counties that had their conventlona last week, raising hi Instructed vot from 107 to 144. Miles added three vote and Weaton secured eight additional Instruction. Other counties Instructing for favorite son for Rtate office added in the nine vote In Merrick county for W. T. Thompson for attorney general, the three vote In Keith for the re-nomlnatlon of Auditor Searle, and the sixteen vote In Dodge for the renomlnatlon of Land Commissioner Eaton, Point on tho Platform. Several development of th week are also of sufficient Importance for review. The committee appointed by the executive com mittee of the state committee to frame a platform met In Omaha on Wednesday and drafted a Bet' of resolution which will be presented a a platform frame work for the consideration of the convention. This provisional platform has this bearing upon the senatorial situation that It con tain a declaration In favor of a direct primary law and also of an amendment to the federal constitution for the election of United State senator by direct vote of the people, and until that Is had. favor nomination of candidates for United State senator In the state convention, and pledge legislative candidate to the nomi nee. Th Insertion of this plank In the pla'.fcrm Is taken to mean that the demand for convention nomination ha become so strong that it cannot be Ignored or over ridden. The Third congressional convention held In Fremont resulted In th nomination of Judge J. F. Boyd for congress over Con gressman McCarthy, seeking re-nomlnatlon. The contest wa sharp and close although the success of Boyd was not entirely un expected to those who had watched th progress of the preliminaries In the various counties In th district. Congressman Mc Carthy will probably be the only member or th present Nebraska delegation In th lower house who will not be presented for re-election. The Sixth district convention will be held tomorrow at Kearney with an assured re-nomlnatlon of Congressman Kin. kaid, who has no opposing candidate, and the Second district convention hill be held at Omaha on Friday to re-nomlnate Con gressman John L. Kennedy, who 1 also conceded an unopposed nomination. EARTHQUAKE NEWS SUMMARY Loss of 1.1 fe I Estimated From Five Itnndred to Two Thonsand. NEW TORK. Aug. 19. There corvtlnne confirmation of statements a to the mag nitude of the disaster to Valparaiso, caused by the earthquake shocks, which began on Thursday, August 14, and con tinued at frequent Interval throughout that and the next two days. Dispatches from Valparaiso to the As sociated Press received last evening state that a moderate estimate of the fatalities I 2,000 and that the property los may be as high as $2(A000,o00. which latter I as great as the loss sustained by San Francisco In consequence of the earth quake and Are which devastated that city last April. A refugee who has arrived at Santiago places the known dead at 100, and other messages Indicate that the first reports of damage and casualties were greatly exag gerated. Dispatches to the state depart ment at Wsshington place the fatalities at about 600. These conflicting statements cannot at this time be adjusted. It Is evi dent that even yet confusion and panic pravalls at Valparaiso and until order Is restored It will be Impossible to ascertain with accuracy the los to life and prop erty. The dwellings In the city have been practically abandoned by the Inhabitants, who are existing as best they can In the plsaxas and streets of the city and the hills adjacent to It without shelter from storm and sun and with famine confront ing them. Food Is already scarce and high, water for drinking purposes la lack ing and disease Is feared. The government Is doing all It can to bring In relief. The crippling or the railroads leading lato Val paraiso constitutes a serious factor In the situation, as for n Indefinite period re lief supplies can only lie qhtnlned through other means of transportation, the sea board affording the best of these. At Santiago many of the best public and private buildings were wrecked. The loss of life there Is angumented by the panic which seised the people, many of whom threw themselves from the balconies pf their homes). Th destructive force of the earthquake was experienced over a large extent of the country, many towns sus taining serious damage. LEWIS MORRISON IS DEAD Actor Who Created the Role of Mephlato Expire Suddenly in n Hospital. NEW YORK. Aug. 19.-Lewl Morrison, an actor whose work as Mephlsto 1ri "Faust" gained him fame, died suddenly of shqek on Saturday afternoon In St. John's hospital. Yonkers, after undergoing an operntloYi for a disease of the stomach. He was 81 years of age. He wa under engagement to start for San Francisco on Friday but telegraphed that he would de lay a few days. Mr. Morrison resided each summer with his daughter, Miss Rosabel Morrison, at Neperhan Heights. She with hi other daughter, Mabel, wife of, Richard Bennett. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Morrison's wife, Flor ence Robert, wer at hi ,bdld when the end came. ''.'. ." . . Lewi Morrison wa born of English par entage In Kingston. Jamaica, In 1M5. He came to this country at an early age and eYiIlsted on the Union side In the Civil war. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and on his honorable dischsrge at the close of the war he received the rank of captain for distinguished service. He then en tered the theatrical profession as an actor In the old Varieties theater. New Orleans, making his first appearance with Lawrence Barrett in 18S5. He was afterward asso ciated with Edwin Booth, Edwin Forrest, Tomaso SaJvlnl, Adelaide Nellson. Char lotte Cushman, Rose Coghlan and Agnes Booth. He wan also associated for nine years as leading man with the old Walnut stock company In Philadelphia, He played next with the old California Theater Stock company In San Francisco and then took up "Faust" with himself as Mephlsto and for fully 20 years starred this country and Canada, RIOTING IN WILKESBARRE PA' Italian Attack Constable Sent to Qalet Disturbance and Several Men Are Hart. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Aug. 19.-A a re sult of rioting, which took place today In the Italian section of Hughestown borough, a suburb of Plttston, two member of the state constabulary, Troopers George and Adelson, are wounded, the former seriously! two Italians are In the hospital with erlou wounds and a third Italian Is suf fering from a severe clubbing. The men of he settlement had been carousing all day and creating such a disturbance that complaint was Anally made and three troopers of the state constabulary wer sent to the scene. They were flred upon and two of them wounded. Reinforce ment were hurried to the scene and five Italian wore arrested, but not until two of them had been seriously shot and another badly clubbed. It ta thought that In the darkness th Italian were shot by some of their friends. SLIGHT WRECK0N WABASH Paasenger Train Collide With Switch Engine, Shakinar fp Panes. gtr Severely. About 10:80 last night a Wabash Incoming passenger train collided with a switch en gine near the Twenty-third street crossing In Council Bluffs. Mis Theresa Rapp of 123 Second avenue, Council Bluffs, was severely shaken up and bruised, her nose being broken among other Injuries. 8h wa taken to her home. G. N. Jalenke, 9184 North Sixteenth street, Omaha, wa -badly bruised and. cut about th head. Some twelve others were more or lea Jarred a a result of the collision. The switch engine, which had wandered out on the main line on the paasenger train' schedule, wa put out of commis sion. The Injured people walked from the scene of the wreck, about half a mile, to the Manawa trolley car, and were taken home on that line. PLAY HANGING IS FATAL AtehUaa Boy Who Fata Rape Aroand HI Neck Accidentally Step oar Stag. ATCHISON. Kan.. Aug. 19.-Gorg Baumgardner, aged 1 year, who ram her from eGrmany two year ago to study for th priesthood, accidentally committed ulclda today at the play hall of St. Bene dict' college H had In play placed a short rope around hi neck and accident"- 'epped off the stag. HI neck waa broken. " j EIC1ITY-TW0 SHOCKS Earthquake in Chile le Oiriac ft Contia none Per form an oe. TWO THOUSAND KILLED IN VALPARAISO Nearlj All Building. Ire Ruined or Badly ramered. PROPERTY LOSS WILL BE ENORMOUS Fint Estimate Flaoea It at Two Hundred and Fiftj Millions. MANY SMALLER CITIES ARE DESTROYED Mahta Are Cold and Windy and People Who Arc sleeping Outdoor Are Snfferlngr Terribly. BII.I.ETIJI. VALPARAISO. Chile, Aug. 1.-At 7:5J o'clock last Thursday evening Valparaiso experienced an earthquake of great se verity and during that night eighty-two shocks were felt. Most of the buildings ot th city either were ruined or damaged. The loss will be enormous,' probably reaching $360,000,000. Two thousand persona killed Is considered to be a fair estimate of the casualties. Vina del Mar, three miles from Valpa raiso, and having a population of over 10.000; Qulrihue, 235 miles to the south ward with a population of 2500; Salto; Llmache, 15 miles to the northwest with a population of 8,600; Quillota, 28 mile to the north, with a population of 10,000; and village all around were destroyed. Most of th damage was due to fire which tarted Immediately after the first shock. The whole population in sleeping In th hills, the parks or the atresia. Food 1 very scarce. Milk cost two Chilean dollar a liter, and It I almost Im possible to obtain meat, even at high price. The railroad are all destroyed. Rain, which began to fall Immediately after the flrt shook stopped an hour after wards. The night are very cold and windy, th people sleeping In the open are suffering greatly. The captain of a steamship wh:?h ha arrived from Ban Francisco say that th situation hare 1 worse than that follow ing the disaster at San Francisco. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Aug. 19. It I known that at least eight lives were lost In this city by the earthquake but it I believed that many persons were killed by the falling buildings and that their bodlc will be discovered later. Several person became so panlcstricken during th tremb lings of the Brth that they threw themselves from th balconies of their home and were killed. Th fire which followed the earthquake wer psomptly - UngulshtO. but while . they- lasted they added greatly to th terror of tho people. , Many Town Destroyed. A all telegraph and telephone lines wore more or le damaged, the exact situation throughout th country 1 not yet known, but advice have been received to the ef fect that the town of Vlrlage and Casa blanca were entirely destroyed, and that San Felipe. Rancagua. Mellpllla and Llal Hal were severely damaged. ' Vt Concep clon the shock wa severe and a number of person wer killed or Injured. The town of Rengo, San Fernando, Qulllotta and San Antonio and many village are In ruin. All railway service In the central tone la either interrupted entirely or greatly delayed and commerce 1 practically at a standstill. In the city of Santiago much damag waa done. Many public building, particu larly churches, were dismantled. Th buildings of congress, the municipal build ings, the normal school, th court, the -Peruvian legation, the residence of Presi dent Rlesco, th central market, the pre fecture or police and the National tele graph ofl)ce all were seriously damaged. The line of the electrics tramway system and the electric light wires were hort cir cuited. lnterruDtlnc street cas travel mnA plunging the city Into darkness. The scene at the hospital and prison during the excitement were distressing In the extreme. The prisoners tried to escape' from the Jail In the hop that they might reacn a place or safety and prison guard were obllced to Are Into tha air in n... to Intimidate and quiet their panic-stricken cnarge. . Many Other Shock Felt. There have been several return ahock of slight Intensity. These shook have served to continue the public alarm and a state of panlo till prevail. Th Mtronom- icaj observatory, however, ha given out a statement to th effect that It doe not appear to be possible that there will be a repetition of the severe' shock. Last night many person slept In th tramway cars. In carriages and In th open air In th public square and treat. Th govern ment ha taken' atepa to restore order. An Inspection of all houses left standing ha been ordered and direction hav been Is sued for th distribution of relief supplies to those In need. A troop of cavalry hag been sent to s-establlsh communication with Valparaiso. The alarming news first received by th government from Valparaiso a to th ltu atlon In that city ha not been confirmed, but It 1 known that numeroua buildings In the vicinity of the port wer destroyed and that there have been severe fire In thi Almendral quarter. The mayor of Valpa raiso sent word that he did not know th number of killed or Injured, but believed that they were numerou. Fireman left Santiago yesterday for Valparaiso to aid In extinguishing th fire there. Th cus tom house In Valparaiso le reported to b burning. Several traveler who hav Just arrHed here from Valparaiso say that re ports of the situation In that city were ex aggerated. An employ of tho telegraph service sent word from Baltn, near Valpa raiso, confirming the new of th serious fires In the Almendral quarter. Thl em ploye also sent new that the Boan!h Itallan bank building of Valparaiso wa destroyed by th earthquake. A traveler who came her by express train tell that when the train waa near Llal Llal, about half way between Valparaiso -and Santiago, th car wer shaken vio lently and the engine nearly left th track. A stop was made and the terrified passen gers alighted. Later they proceeded to Llal Llal, which they found In almost total ruins. All line 'of railway to the north and th line to Talca are greatly damaged. In the city of Santiago a majority pf th victim of th disaster wer resident of th poorer sections of th elty, wher many mall house war thrown to the ground. (Continued on Beoond P