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The Omaha Daily Bee v VOL. XXXVI NO. 273. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1D07 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. 'ft I r I) 1. 1 a. MILLIONS IX CRAFTIsummary of the bee FtnntjlTaoia Ceicm iien Frcriaa Lackine Into Lta'.e Honn canlaL ONE. CONGRESSMAN M-.Y B: INVOLVED v-cipacy H) del b' H. Furi Ca'el Hat? lno Mi. Ilia furniture Cottrtc- HYSTERICUS LOAN TO COMPETITOR Farmer EpratatiT William EefuMa to Ixplaiu Tratiactiou. MANY FIXTURES SHORT IH WE:GH7 114 BraiiH t ha-adrllcra Fh4 te Be Plated Cast ln IMe-es (oil Ibii a r4 Fnaad 2U Per (tit Short. HA RRI8BT.'RG. Pa.. May l.-More testi mony on the transaction by which S. Mar ha'.I Williams of. Pltuhurg. an ucnuif ful Lldder for the 12.COVO) worth of elec trical fixtures In the state capital. wa loaned t:o.(r' on an unindorsed note last August, win be tnken ty the Capitol In vest lira tin a: commission tills week. Several Pittsburg mm have been suhpoenaed anJi will, it l M!d. testify that William boasted of how and where he got this money snd to whom h also furnishvJ other Information pertaining to this con tract. Yesterday, when on the stand. William' refuse 1 to deny that Congressman H. B ird' Csssel of Lancaster had loaned him the fKMKO about the time he ceased trying to "get square polit'cally " with Senator Pen rose for not forcing Joseph M. Huston, architect of the capital, and John H. San derson, general contractor for the fur nishings, to give him a portion of the electrical fixtures contract. Cassel Is pres ident of the Pennsylvania Construction company, which furnished the JH.OOO.O'O worth of metallic furniture for the capltol and it Is net known whether he will be called. Williams la a former member of the state house of representatives, and as sec retary of the, Pennsylvania 8tate Board of Trade and the "homeless 71" he was In charge of the campaign for the 2-cent fare bill which passed the present legislature and was signed by Governor Stuart. Former state Treasurer IstsItsi. The commission declines In advance of Its roe-ting to disclose the name of wit nesses. It is known, however, that John F. Short, editor of the Clearfield Repub lican, a democratic newspaper, will be called today. Short will, be asked about the stories flat the borne of former State Treasurer Frank O. Harris, now on his way to Europe, was furnished by Sander son, and that his law office la filled up with metallic furniture. Harris was a member of the Board of .bllc Grounds and Buildings, which gave ' Pennsylmnla Construction company uie metal furniture contract. He was also' ' a member of the board which drafted the schedule upon which Sanderson was given the furnishing contract. Bxperts employed by the commission bays found that chandeliers, standards and i side brackets, furnished the state by 8an-! derson'e Pennsylvania Bronse company, I re under weight. Chandelier paid for at the rate of ti.afi a pound and supposed to! weigh 400 and SCO pounds, were found to be from 60 to 100 pourrls short of weight. ; This beld good with all the different sorts ef fixtures. It wsa discovered that despite the fact that castlron rods had been sub stituted In the Interior of the fixtures in i place of solid bronse. as called for by the! specifications, the castlron did not begin to make up the standard weight for which he Pennsylvania Bronse company got -fm the state more than S2.50fi.ono. Snell for tne Gas a-. Mrs. Walter Anthon. owner of a marble quarry, told the committee that State Architect Houston and Contractor Bander son had approached her relative to supply ing marble for the state house. They were willing, she said, to allow her 10 per cent profit ou the deal, but Insisted that 40 per cent of this ha divided among their friends. She decided It would be better to give the marble away and declined their offer. Jwfob Shenk testified that the same per sons had attempted to buy marble from his quarry. Shenk declared they wanted him to charge the state tlS s cuMc foot for the marble Instead of from K to Is, the price he thought would bring him a fair profit. It was explained to him, be declared, that the balance was to be divided "among the aTans." RESCUED MINERS ARE ASLEEP Xe Obi rersBlttea te Dtstsjre stem Takea treaa Water ia PeaasylvaaU. JCHNTOWN. Fa... May l Taken from the dark recesses of a coal mine where thay had been Imprisoned for over one hundred hours, the seven men taken from the Ber-wlnd-White mine at Foustwnll are lying In the honpitai. physically exhausted and oblivious to all around tnem. The men were reached at about 10 o'clock last night, but were not brought out until early this, morning, the phyi. elans fearing effects of a rrai Uon f ro.n the strain and sudden exposure to the .outer air. I'pon being brought out all the men wanted t j go to their homes and were taken to the hospital under protest. No food was given them at first, but only a allfiuUot In the form of brandy and water. Boon after arriving at the hospital the men were sound asleep and no communica tion Is allowed them. Correspondents and newspaper photographers who a warm bout the vicinity of the hospital are turned aside and the men are not dis turbed except at regular Intervals when the nurses administer hot broths and other nourishment. Immediately after these treatments the men again drop to sleep. "We knew the men en the outside were pumping out water In an endeavor to release ua. We kept a careful watch and could note the water r'lcg down inch by inch. T' v was nothing we could do to help ud we all chafed under thla We could hear the tapping on the pipe and knew It meant for us to keep up our courage. said foreman Bolya. "We always signaled back whenever we heard the tapping. All the men had full dinner buckets when tney cum Into the mine Friday morning, but the food In theee was soon exhausted and we felt the pangs of hunger keenly. I dont think the Saen. after the third day, ever expected to see their families again, but the way thay kept ua thslr aj4rlu was dniratt Tfcarsw lar 2, 1HOT, 1907 vMAY 1007 aua sk a wid m r"i t X T I 3-4 '4 6 7 v 0 10 1 1 4. 13 14, 16 17 18 19 20 F 22 23 21 25 26 2" .S 29 30 31 $ TEX wiimx. FoRHi'APT FOR NEBRASKA Partly dourly ur colder Thum.idy. probably rain in n r'h portion. Krulav fair and warmer. FORECAST FOR IoWA-Partly cloudy Thursday, possibly ihowrs In northwest portion: colder in west. Friday fair and le-v.;.eraturea at Omaha yesterday: Hour Des Hour. Deg. .... 61 j ft ni a. ni 7 a. m a m a. m a. m. 11 a. m 12 m.... 1 p. m 1 p. m 1 p. m 4 p. m 6 p. m I p. m 7 p. m 8 p. m ...37 ...17 ... t ... : ... to ... O ... 50 p. m loiurnc. A congressman may be involved in Pennsylvania "graft" scandals. Page 1 A race riot In Indiana results In ob noxious negroes being driven from Greensburg. Page 1 Labor trouble Is not extensive on May day, but Atlantic coast wise steamers may be affected. Page 1 Arrest of George B. Scrugham causes sensation in New York. Page 1 Fifty women Injured in panic in up stairs restaurant in Chicago. Pays 1 POKEXQBT. Details of fight at Santiago de Cuba are lacking, but ten sailors of the Tacoma are said to be injured by Cuban police. Pare 1 Secretary Wilson says order of France refusing to admit American in. vats not accompanied by certificates of micro scopic Inspection will have little effect on export trade. Page 1 sTTB&ABXA. Herman Boohe. a Madison county farmer, kills Frank Jarmer. a saloon keeper, at Norfolk. Page 3 Scott Miner of Tekamah Is killed by caving ditch. Page 3 State Railway commission asks the na tional commission to say whether rail roads have the right to charge mure for ihiougn rate than the sum of the locals. Milwaukee road protests on assessment. Don C. Lespaln is appointed labor commis sioner to hold office until January 1. 1903. Page 3 Nebraska City people threaten reprisals unless the Burlington railroad provides the elty with a better depot. Page 3 The opening of land to settlement and engineers' annual May day celebration at tract an Immense crowd to North Platte. Page 1 Plattsmouth man arrested for riding on a railroad pass and case is expected to be made test of the validity of the law. Pagw 3 Z.OCAX. Convent of the Good Shepherd will cover whole block when the several new buildings planned are completed at a cost of I i 0.000. Par Omaha the market town Is materially advanced by the report just made of Sec retary McVann of the Grain exchange, showing enormous gains In receipts and shipments. Page T Woman's World Sorrows of chaperones are related by some married women who have essayed the role. Notes on Omaha society. 'age 6 County will start out the new fiscal year without having to make a draft on the general fund before the 107 taxes become available. Paga T "POSTS. Woodlane wins the Greenfield stakes at Jamaica. Results f ball games: t Omaha vs Iljebio S. 5 Unco In vs. Ier.ver L iIw-n Moines vs. Sioux City t. 7New York vi Boston i. 8 Pittsburg vs. St- Iuls 0. 3 Cleveland vs. St. Louis 0. 4 Boston vs. New York 1. I Chicago vs. Detroit 1 Z Columbus vs. Minneapolis 1. J Kansas City vs. Toledo I. t $ Louisville vs Milwaukee 2. 7 fit. Paul vs. Indianapolis i. Paga 4 OOsfatXaVCZAXi AJTB XJfSTJsTTBXaX. Live stock markets. Paga Grain markets. aga Stocks and bonds. RUSSIAN WOMAN IS BARRED "Coaateas CssTslestkr" Appeals 1m WasblasTtsm Against Aetlea Writers Inspectors, BAN rRANCISCO. May 1. A landing hi the courtry has been denied "Countess) Convslenskr." the woman who dressed in male atrim. arrived recently with her husband on the Ventura. The countess and her husband came here under the names of George and John Pepper. After their arr va' she said that she was a daughter of thi duke of Buckingham and a cousin of the cxar and that she had been exiled from Russia because of her marrlar to the ps-tidj Pepper, who was much beneath her ln social station. She also told of hav ing been suspected cf a murder of which she was Innocent and of being exiled on that aecoum. The stones lei to her examination as to her sanity Tin nysicians who examined her pronounced her sane. The women, who Is still on board the Ventura, with her husoand will present her rase (A the Department of Commerce and Labor at Waaalngton. RACE . RIOT IN INDIANA White Saea Angered Over AasaaJt Wesses) Drives Sesrrwee frwaa Tsws, GREENSPTTtO. Ind., May L The bitter feeling against negroes as a result of an assault on Mrs. Sefton. an aged white woman, last night, caused a race not her last night. Six negroes were badly beaten, one of whom may die. The mob was formed by three white men and rapidly Increased to 50 men. All sa loons and other places frequented by ne groes were visited and the furniture and fixtures destroyed. Negroes found In the places were be ten and warned to leave town. The authorities finally Induced the crowd to dUperse after premising that all n tiroes of bad character will be compelled to leave. Many negroes have already de parted and others will be notified by the police to iesve. No arrests were made. arras te Vlelt Sew Jersey. NEW YORK. May 1. William Jenmnge Bryaa will be the guest ot honor at a dollar dinner given by tne PeopM s Lobby ef Newark. N. J tonight. Mr Brvan sent word that ha osntwt reach the baa Ht hall nnul mijnistit. but that he wui xMiraveay bmwjls LUa apeeira a iu-i1 WOMEN IN J t RED IN PANIC Firs Brtaki Out in Chicago Euildiar Con taining Upstairs EestaataaU OCCUPANTS JUMP fRCM THE WINDOWS Fifty Persons Are I ale red. bat All at These Will Proa sly Recover Lass Is A beat CHICAGO. May 1. More than 10ft people were Denned In a burning building today at 3 Wabash avenue and narrowly escaped with their lives. Fully half of them, how ever, were Injured, none fataily. The mure seriously Injured were as follows: Samuel Kennedy. Jumped from second story window; Jaw fractured, arm and leg broken. Hilda Johnson, sprained ankle and badly bruls d. C. W. O Hair. head and face burned while helping gins out of rear window. W. o. Mason. hanJs burned and head cut. Annie lMtng. leg broken. Mary Studemeyer, cut about head and badiy bruised Agnes Walsh, face cut and ankle broken. Mrs. Cecelia Malaney, face burned and badly bruised. R,)e Wllley. Internally. Ka'e O Rourke, internally. Policeman Daniel Kerr, knocked from Ud'ier; bruised and head cut. Mrs. I. Corm. hands and face cut. Marv Dredeck. leg broken, internal ln Jur.e. Emma Edwards, hands and face cut. William C. Larsen. leg broken. Jennie Malone, leg broken. Mrs. Eleanor Brock, face burned. Mrs. Marie Weber, bruised, Louise Peterson, bruised. Mrs. Sarah Cornish, face cut. Mrs. Mc.Namee. bruised and face cut. Annie Machowski, arm broken. Mrs. Anna Levy, bruised and head cut. Alice Benlson, overcome by smoke, hands and face cut. Catherine Sullivan, face and hands burred. Mrs. A. Crome, nose broken. Mrs. Frances Alberta, Jumped from sec ond story window, badly bruised. Violet Rosky. hands and face burned, Mary Bevoe. badiy bruised. Mrs. Eu Sullivan, head cut, Kate Komakowfkl, face badly bruised. Cur Voikxnan. Jumped from second story window, badly bruised. H. H. Efller. Jumped from second story window, bruised and head cut, George Holbrook. hands and face burned while assisting women from the building. T. O. O'Hara. hands and face burned while assisting women to escape. The building was a four-story structure, the first floor of which was occupied by the Storey A Clark Piano company and the second floor by the Lotus Lunch club. All of the people who were Injured were either patrons or employes of the lunch club. The fire broke out shortly before the rush of the lunch hour bad commenced. It started In the basement, it la presumed, from some defect In the electrical appa ratus. The fire spread with great rapidity up a freight elevator shaft in the rear of the building and also within a few minutes of its discovery had cut off all escape to the street by the stairway. A passenger elevator in the front cf the building was made useless almost Immediately by the faihire of the machinery to operate. With one elevator shaft filled with flame, the other elevator rendered useless and the stan-way choked with fire and smoke, the only escape left to the people waa through a small wfhdow at tire back wl.ioh opened onto aflre escape leading down Into the alley. About eighty of the occupants of the lunch room, mostry women, were caught with only thla chance of safety. They made a frantic rush for the window. Those who first stepped on the fire escape were almost Immediately pushed off and fell to the alley twenty feet below. Be fore they could get out of the way others fell or Jumped upon them. The women piled upon each other In a mux from which they were dragged as quickly as possible by men who ran from neighboring stores, but without exception everyone cf those) who came out of the window was Injured. For a time It was thought that Mary Studemyer, an employe of the lunch rootn. was lost. Mrs. Mnlaney Infirmed the po lice that she was certain the girl bad per ished In the flames, because she saw her rush back Into the Are to get her purse. The girl was later, however, found on the street. I The total damage la about 160,000, COMPLAINT BY TELEGRAPH California Frwlt Growers Exchange tra Harry te Have Hearing; ef Rallroavel Case. WASHINGTON. May 1. For the first time In Its history, a complaint was filed by telegraph with the Interstate Com merce commission todsy and the action of the commission on ths complaint was un usually prompt and direct. The complaint. In usual form, came from the California Fruit Growers exchange, with headquarters at Loa Angeles, and was directed against the Southern Pacific snd Santa Fe railroads. Ths petition sets forth that the production of eftrns fruits ln California that are shipped outside of the state, principally to eastern points, amounts to about W.OOO carloads annually and that fO per cent of this business la done by th complainant. Recently the defendant lines adcrpted a regulation that t they would supply to the complainant cars for the shipment of its products only in proportion to the amount of fruit that actually had been picked and waa ready for shipment. The petition says that this regulation will work a serious hardship to the fruit shippers, as In many cases they win have to wait for cars. Meantime the fruit will deteriorate rapidly, thus causing the growers great loss. The complainant requeets the commission promptly to hear the case and prescribe a Just and proper regulation tor the distribution of cars. The commfcalon, try telegraph, set the case for bearing at Los Angeles on May 15. The petition was L316 words ln length and the exchange paid about $80 for Its transmission. JOHN CUDAHY SERIOUSLY ILL rexhers at Oraaaa and xlllwmakee Have Bees Call eel te Hie Bewslda. CHICAGO, May L John Cudahy, the well-known packer of this city, le critically ' 111 aa ths result of an accident which oc curred in his home April 30. Mr. Cudahy slipped and fell while de scending a flight of stairs, fracturing his right arm above the elbow. Complications have arisen and Mr. Cudahy s condition is now so serious that his brothers, A. Cudahy ef Omaha and Patrick Cudahy of Milwaukee, have been summoned to his bedalde. State rtxes Telesraph Tells. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. May 1 -The house today passed tne bi.l fixing telegraph rsa-as within tne state at ee-nts fur ten worde and 1 cent additional for ea-h addi tfaanai word. The vole waa 111 to Lk THREAT OF STEAMSHIP STRIKE (east wise Trade Way Be Affected by Treable Brevtlna- In Jew lerlu NEW YORK, May 1 May day found the workjngnien In comparatively few of the trades In this city ready to ansert any demands for Increased wages and in conse quence strikes were few. Chief Interest entered In t1 possibility of a strike today of the first and second and third officers Of the coastwise steamers, who have made demands for increased wag-s. L'p to today Seven of the seventeen lines of steamers having terminals in this city had accepted the new schedule. Representatives of the Department of Commerce and Labor at Washington have been sent to this city to try to avert the threatened trouble. The general manager of the Consolidated Steamship lines, owned by C. W. Morse, made a compromise offer, but it was de clined. At the offices of the Mallory line It was stated today that their officers had not gone out, but there Is a strike of stevedores at both the Mailory and Ward line docks. Negotiations are still In progress between the officers and companlea. Luther B. Dow, general manager of the American Association of Masters. Mates and Pilots, said today that none of the first, second and third officers of the steamers belonging to the lines which re fused to advance wa;s would return to their duties until the advances are granted. Most of the steamship lines affected by the strike run steamers to southern ports and New York and Boston. Captain Dow said that the first, second and third offi cers of the Clyde. Mallory-. Ward, Old Dominion, Savannah, New York and Porto Rico, Red D.. all of which operate steam ers between New York and southern ports, had left the steamers which are now In this port. In addition, he said, the officers of the Metropolitan line to Boston, the Maine Steamship company, running to Portland, Me., and the Windsor line, oper ating between Philadelphia and Boston Providence, had also left their vets. Agreements were reached, he added, with the Panama. Bull. Luc ken bach and Bruns wick lines and the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation company of Baltimore, and negotiations were In progress with the Morgan line, which belongs to the South ern Pacific company. Captain Dow de clared that he expected the other com panies to coma to terms shortly. On the lines of the Consolidated Steam ship company he said 0 men were out. The Journeymen painters have been on strike for a few weeks, demanding an in crease In wages for plain painting from fX50 to M per day and for decorative paint ing from U to K50 per day and are still out. They had hoped for sympathetic strikes on the part of the building trades today to help enforce their demands, but no such move was made by the allied unions. In Paterson, N. J.. 1.000 Journeymen car penters went on a strike today for an In crease In wages from H50 to W a day. The building operations In that city were at a standstill. Thirteen hundred carpenters In Newark;, N. J., struck today to enforce a demand for an Increase In wajres from 47H cents to SO cents rr hour. ' All of these rien were employed by members of the matters' as sociation. The demands of the men were granted by independent employers and 900 carpenters remained al work. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Mav 1 Several hundred teamsters here went on strike to i day against the open shop ard to enforce j an demand for an Increase of wage of 60 rents a day. far only the drivers of the heavy trucks have gone out. but the strike may spread to all branches. The strike Is particularly serious at this time because of the fleets, which begins next week, snd also the national conclave of Shrlners. ARREST CAUSESA SENSATION Manavsrer ef Policy Holders' Cessmtt t e Held Targes la Coaaeetlow wit h Life lasers ace Elections. NEW TOIUC May 1 Gecrv- B. ScTOg ham. manager of The International Policy holders committee, who was arrested last night ln Albany on conspiracy charges growing out of the recent life Insurance elections, arrived ln the city early tody in the custody of a detective of the dis trict attorney's office. The arrests have caused a decided snnaa tlon. especially In view of the fact that It was at the Instance of Mr. Scrugham that the district attorney began an Investigation j of the methods of procedure In the life ln ! surance elections. The charge against the three men Is that they unlawfully conspired together for the perversion and obstruction of the due j administration of the state laws with ! relation to the election of directors of the j New York Life Insurance company, e George B. Scrugham Is the manager of the International Policy Holders committee, j which was organized t protect the lnter- eets of the policy holders after the Insur ance scandals and Its memberships in j eludes a number of representatlvn men of the country former members of the ( cabinet and governors of several states. Nicholas Longworth. son-in-law of Presl i dent Roosevelt, is secretary of the com 1 m it tee. j Mr. Scrugham. who has railroad Interests In Cincinnati, organ s. d a policy holders ! comm. tie.- in Ohio before he came here i and tuck charge of the n im. Richard . Olney, who was secretary of state ln Presi : dent Cleveland's cabinet U chairman of the 1 coniiultue j Men Oat en Boad j Wnen George B. S ruxham, manager of the International Policyholders committee, and Charles F. Cariir.ston and Charles Btlrrup, assistant mar.agers of the same organisation, arrested late last night on charges of forjery In connection with the recent election of directors of the New York Life Insurance company, were ar raigned before police magistrate today their cases were continued until Monday next. Scrugham and Stirrup were released on tl.ViO ball and Carrlngton on C!.00. Before he was arralgnad Scrugham Issued a statement In which he declared that acts of an entirely legal nature have been mis construed so as to make It appear that an attempt was made to circumvent the laws governing the Insurance election and to procure the counting by fraud of ballots not properly executed. GENERAL BARON KUROKI LANDS Dtstlaa-alsbed Java arse Official Ar rives at Victoria, En Rente te Jassestewn. VICTORIA. B. C . May 1. -General Baron Kurokl. wearing a khaki uniform and the star of the order Pawlonla. accompanied by a representative party of Japanese military men. arrived here at i p m. on board the steamer Akl Maru. on their way to the Jamestown ax post Uon. They will leave for Seattle ta the juarulDa. arrlvtnsT thers at l.aV . COUNCIL PASSES PA'R0LLiNEW MEAT order in France attampt to Kacck Oat City Eneiuter lose water' Salary Fails. VOTE IS SEVEN TO FlVt ON FINAL ACTION j Elsaeeer asi Bridges F1bt to Last Dlteb. rialsalaar City Mla-ht Be Liable If Shaw le Finally Seated. The Aprfl general appropriation ordinance j was passed on flp.al reading by the city council yesterday afternoon after a skir- ' mlsh which started In the morning and ' carried over to the afternoon, when a j j om anenuance waa summoned- The ordl- 1 j nance carried with It the salary for City j Bnglneer Rosewater. over which the con- ! tentlon arose. The vote was seven to fivb. Councllmen Bridges. BmcRer. Hansen, i Jackson and Johnson being against passage I "Some time ago we abandoned the mlcro of the ordinance with Mr. Rosewater a ! Pic examination of meats, which, rrl salary included, unless the engineer would ' mar!!v. unde-tak.-n to satisfy the Oer furnish a bond to protect the city In case man market. After a while It appeared Thomas Shaw w ,.,ir .r,.in,r i that the German government was conduct- ' 1 T the supreme court and Mr. Shaw should ; recover salary from the city from time i ' of his recent appointment. It was believed j ! that had Councilman Jaek.on ,nH.r.,oo i ! what he was voting for the vote would have j been eight to four Instead of seven to five. The engineer matter waxed warm at the ' ! morning meeting when the appropriation ' ana w m;ht not- - course, it would be ' ordinance was lntrodjced. and only eight I ,mp"8"ib 10 "amine a microscope councllmen were present. Realizing there : very fluar "ch of the red meat of a ! was not enough strength at that time to ' ho aml the trichinae might be in Just the 1 pass the ordinance, the matter was deferred i pun that wa not nilned. No danger I to the afternoon for a full attendance. to consumer can arise from the trl 1 rnnrriiman rtri.it.r.. . , ,i,h xf, i chinae unless the meat should be eaten Rosewater to furnish the bond mentioned, j notwithstanding Mr. Rosewater has an of- ficlal bond of I10.00 and that City Attorney Burnam advised the council that the city I would not be held liable even In the event I of Mr. Shaw being declared engineer and getting an award for salary from time of his appointment by the council. Some of ! the councllmen had consulted nearly every j lawyer In the city and had become be I wilde red in a maze of legal opinions. They I lost sight of the fact that the city attorney la the duly recognised legal adviser for the city council. Elsasser Grows Warns. At the afternoon session the ordinance was read first and second times according to law. Then the finance committee of the city council Funkhouser, Bedford and Sheldon recommended that the ordinance be passed. On vote on the committee report t Councllmen Bridges, Brucker, Elsasser, ! Hansen and Jackson were fernlnst the re : port, but seven votes carried It through. Then Mr. Elsasser spoke a few1 words, was called out of order by President John son, persisted in holding the floor and maintained that Mr. Rosewater had no right to Increase salaries of some of his department, as Indicated on the appropri- ation ordinance. Mr. Elsasser s fuse burned out and he quieted down after Mr. Johnson explained to him the operations of a recent legis- latlve act giving Mr. Rosewater complete ' control over appointments and salaries of j employes of the public works department , Mr. Zlmman then moved that the roll call I be taken on the pas .age ot the ordinance ; as It stood. Mr. Bridges made an amend- ! ment that Mr. Roeewater'a salary be first ;' stricken from the payroll before taking the vote. Bridges. Brucker.' Hansen, Jackson and Johnson voted to strike the name of I Rosewater out before voting on the ordl- 1 nance, but seven votes knocked out the ! Bridges amendment. Then came the Zlm- j man motion that the roll be called on pas- ' sage of the ordinance. Bridges. Brucker, Elsasser, Hansen and Johnson voted against ' that, leaving seven for passage, and then ! the evangel of payday swept ths marble j corridors of the city hall and spread the word that the payroll had been passed, Some culprit had : reported that the whole payroll would be held up a month. Papers ln relation to appeal on behalf of . ni 1 .i.j . tv . .1 Thomas onaw win oe ui ucn Aucu&r In the supreme court. This appeal will be filed from the recent decision of Judge Kennedy, refusing to grant application for writ of mandamus asked for by Mr. Shaw's attomeya : T. E, Byrnes, first vice president of the EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE ' road, talked with President Roosevelt for some time toda;-. Not a word was ob- Three Mem Killed, Fear lajared and j talnable from them as to why thev coiled Foar Entombed la Colliery Ira or what they talked about with ths presi Weet Virginia. ' nt and thy Bfkd there would be nothing CHARLESTON, W. Vs.. May 1 Three men were killed, four were severely burned sr.d four others entombed and are probably dead as a result of a mine Oaaeter at the Whipple mines. In the Leap Creek? district, 1 this afternoon. The three dead men whose j bodies have been recovered are: j HIDSrtM BERG ESS. motorman. ERAS? TVS WILEY, a sprinkler. IRA KELLEY, a driver. The men missing and supposed to be dead Robert Armstrong. I Ralelffh Tucker. ! Charles Bergcsa. I William ilton, negro. The mine where the explosion occurred Is ! a shaft 450 feet deep. It belongs to the '. Dixon interests, who also own 'he Stuart i mine, where an explosion occurred last January that killed eighty-six men. The explosion occurred at $ X this afternoon ln the ir.aiu return heading, about 1,J) ; fet from the foot of the shaft. i Ninety-four men are employed In trie ', mine, but thirty ! ft Just before the sc- ; cldent. Of the sixty-four men left insi le j fifty-three escaped through the second ' The other eleven men are accounted for as either ded. wounded or mtsflng The mine officials think the casualties cannot amount to more than eleven at the most. CASUALTIES ON RAILROADS i which Prof. Hlnton had responded to the llaadred and Elakty Passengers Are, ..rtm,lc Philosophers. " Killed Daring Past taarter ( Dt-nil: was due to cerebral hemerrhage. ef 10O7. j He wrs bt.rn in Lon lon sixty-three years : ago and was a graduate of Oxford and 1 WASHINGTON. May 1. The Accident . Bulletin. Issued today by the Interstate Commerce commission for the three montns ending December 31 last shoas that during the quarter the total number of casualties to railroad passengers and rallroid em- . i ployes was Jj.ieM. an Increase of l.'JH over ; the preceding three months. The number of passengers and employes ; (killed ln train accidents was 474. an in- j crease of kC over the last quarter. The number of passengers kUled ln train ac- clderws ln this quarter, lsu. la the largest on record except that for the quarter end 1 ing September 30, li i Employes killed ln coupling and uncoup ling cars and engines number elghty-f.jur, as against elghty-or.e the preceding quarter. Collialor.s and derailments number Lisa, of which r.1 collisions and luo derailments affected passenger trains. Ths damage to I railroad property by Uawa aaxxintsd ta UJMJL America Prodaets I sseeompsslrd by Microscopic Certificates Will lie r.xrladed. PARIS Mr 1 The customs n.lmlnls'rs tlon has finally rejected the new form of meat certificate under the I'nlted S'atce ri:re f(Mij lsw. thus aealn rendering Amer ican meat unacenmpan.ed by a certificate showing thnt It has lvn mlscroploally ex amined liable to excli'slnn. The require ment cf a microscopic examination was temporarily suspended some time as.) at the request of the I nited States embassy. WASHINGTON. May 1 "A very Instd- nltVant quantity of American meat is ex ported to France." said Secretary Wils n of 'h Department of Agriculture Unlay, commenting on the French rejection of the 'u oi meat ctrt...caie unaer in t-'h'td Stat- s pure food law. ' ln f;lct- our exports of meat rroduota t0 France f r a considerable time have srncunted really to nothing. ln lts own microscopic examination, thus Puttlr American meat exporters to the "r""e oi two uch examination We concluded, therefore. U) discontinue the microscopic work heie. "Through the mien scope we might dls- cover the presence of trichinae In pork raw. Some Europeans want their pork raw. In thla country we do not eat raw piork. consequently the necessity for microscopic examination does not exist. "To make such a microscopic examination of meats as ought to be made. If any at all be undertaken, would cost K,900.iAO a year. It would lent no particular prac tical purpose and I doubt whether congress would authorize such an expenditure. "The hogs produced In this country are the finest and healthiest In the world. All hogs contain some trichinae, but the per centage of trichinae ln our hogs Is very small." BIG DOINGS AT NORTH PLATTE Land Optslag ana May Day Celebra tion Attract Large lasnber of People. NORTH FLATTE Neb., May 1. (Special Telegram.) The land office opened this morning at o'clock with a cheer from the crowd of several hundred hotnenw.Kr. ! About 100 spent the entire night at the lsjid office doors. Thla morning about were pocked in front of the doors. After about j fifteen parties had been admitted the sheriff of the county took charge and numbered all i applicants according to their position ln ' tna line and Issued tickets containing the number and name of each applicant. Thla i saved considerable suffering, aa the crowd j become very compact, and it will take t wo four days for ail the applicants to : nie Mayor Hoctor of South Omaha waa i ln lna 4 received a number. j Many will be disappointed, as there are , fmir or flve times as many applicants as i vacant sectlona I BesMes the homee-eekers. North Platte n another attraction today, this being j the twenty-fifth anniversary of the annual . Mav party of Brotherhood of Locomotive j Engineers. The military band from Fort ; Crook la here, giving concerts on the street. ' Several hundred visitors are here from ; otner cities, principally railroad people to atten1 .he May ball this evening at the , opera bouse, w hlch has been elaborately , decorated for the occasion. j RALR()AD MEN ARE SILENT 1 ' After Conference at White Hoaae Mellea and Byrnes Refase to Talk. WASHINGTON. May 1 President Charles S. Mc.len of the New Haven railroad ar.d i to make pupnc idoui me visiu I Mr. Mellen was asked whether thers had been a discussion of the railroad valuation question, but continued to maintain his reticence. He said he had no obieciion to anything the president might make public about the interview. After their call at the White Hou Messrs. Mellen and Byrnes visited th. Interstate Commerce commission. Later In the day Mr. Mellen went to New York ( and Mr. Byrnes to Boston. Secretary Ieb said there would be no statement given out at the White House regarding Mr. Mellen s visit. Later in the day Chairman Knanp of the Interstate Commerce commission wss ln conference with the president. NOTED SCIENTIST IS DEAD Charles H. Ing Hlaten Dies While Leav a Banqaet Hall la Wasblaa-tea. WASHINGTON. May J. Charles II Hln ton. formerly a professor of mathematics In or cf tne collejlite Institutions of Mtn- r.-ap .h. and for the last two years second HFI't.ini eJ ri n::7i ui wiw JneiIl umLf , dropped deai! late last night in the lobby of iim Y ung Mn s Christian asoclat.on bi".:ldir.g. aa he was leaving the banquet hall, where the Society of Philanthropic Inquiry had held Its annual dinner, at several other noted European universities. Besides his wife. Prf. Hinton leaves f jur children, William Hinton, living In this city; Sehastlon Hinton, a student at Prince ton, and George and Eric Hinton, engaged In business In the west. Prof. Hinton was the author of several books devoted to scientific research, chief of which was the "Fourth Dimension." ' LIQUOR i BILL IN MISSOURI Hoes Paaees Messer Prehlblttaa Wholesalers frees Doing- Retail Beelarss. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., May 1 -The j house today ers. distiller passed a bill prohibiting brew- r and wholesale liquor dealers from engaging In the retail liquor business. A HO giving the right ta search for liquors tatouei eyadai svubiiea mm aits i FIGHT AT SANTIAGO tatarhinent of Fo'.ee :tack tixen frra Crniisr Ticcrca. TEN MEN APE BADLY WCUNOED ii in Ea.nrniac from Etrqast find Uon Without FroTocation. FIREMAN LEE PROBABLY FATALLY HURT 5 hot is Right Freast and Cka'.l Fractnnd by Flows af Macbta. OPINION OF MJGOON AND BARRY American Officials at Havana Reaard It as a Brawl Incident to Pay Day Statement of the Ma yor. HAVANA. May 1 In the absence of fur ther details concerning the reported attack by the police of Sant.ngo upon t'nltel States sailors yesterday, the authorities here are unable to throw any Uht on th cause of the affray The only report re ceived this afternoon wss from Governor Peres of rlente. who merely said all was j quiet and that the municipal authorities, as j a precaution against further disorders, had ' requested Commander Tappon not to allow ! his sailors ashore at night. Governor Magoon told the Associated Press today he considered the affair as a mere brawl Incident to ray day. This opinion Is shared by General Barry. Mayor Mesa of Santiago told the Associ ated Press tonieht that a brawl had oc curred early Sjnday morning In a dis orderly house which had resulted ln a con flict between police and sailors, but that it was without bloodshed. He said he could hardly credit the report that the police had wantonly attacked American sailors. The sailors. Mayor Mesa said, usually were well behaved and cordial relations existed be tween them snd the citizens and police. Police Captain Lay. who is alleged to havu led the attack on the sailors, the mayor de clared, was an officer o", long service snd excellent character and it was unlikely he would resort tu violence except In extreme emergency. Troakie Follows a Baaejaet. SANTIAUO. Cuba, May 1. The confi.-t here yester i. y between sailors and po...a followed an orderly banquet which was given at the Cafe Leon De Oro by a party of first class seamen of Uie cruiser Tacoma. At 1 o clock in the morning the men sep arated and twelve of them went to the Cute Union. They were not intoxicated. A police captain named Lay, who was 1:1 citizen's clothes, had been watching it 's cafe all the evening, with seven or eigi-t policemen to support him. At about 1 o'clock ln the morning the seamen started for the wharf with the intention of board ing the Tacoma. Captain Lay claims that I the seamen started the trouble, and the j sailors claim that Captain Lay, without 1 any provocation, caused the disturbance. ! As the enlisted men of the Tacoma had 1 i been hindered by the police on their way to the wharf. Ensign Brisbin decided to ' Walk sMs-Hf-iv ihMiil nf fh. vrtw flni4il.nW h heard a revolver shot and Immediately afterwards the police charged with revol vers and machetes. Enelsja la lajared. Brisbin received an ugly cut on the arm and was felled to the ground three tunes. As the crowd of seamen came up the policemen emptied their revolvers at them, : at the same time attacking the American- with machetes. A fierce fight ensued, with I the result that Henry L. Lee. a fireman of I the Tacoma. will probably die of a com pound fracture of the skull, caused by a machete, and a gunshot wound ln ths right breast. Ten other members of the crew of the Tacoma were taken to the ship's hos pital suffering from machete wounds and clubbing. Not one of the policemen was badly hurt, though several of them suffered from fist contusions. The captain and all the policemen who ! took part In the affair have been sus : pended by order of the civil governor o : Santiago, upon the representations of Com i mander Tappan of the Tacoma, and i American Consul Holaday, who affirm that ! the lives of the American consul and men i who go ashore are not safe while such men are acting as agents of the law. i Mr. Holiday Is making thorough In j vestigatlon of the Incident, j List ef lajared Men. j WASHINGTON, May 1. While full re : port of the affray at Santiago is not as j yet at hand It la learned at the Navy de partment that Commander Tappan has . cabled that Urn of the personnel ot the ! Tacoma were Injured In the attack by the ' police of Santiago. These were: Henry L. Late, fireman, second class; fracturs of skull, gunshot wound In l-us. condition serious. Er.slfcn A. T. UrUbln. Frank Leghorn, electrician, first class. Elmer F. Anders, apprentice seaman. Charles B. Sluvckeiton, machinist s mats, first class. Glen Cavender, seaman. Harry J. Sturdevant, electrician, first claaa Louis Cline, ordinary seaman; cuts and bruises, but not serious. Lesile B. B. iJoiim, seaman; compound fracture of left forearm; serious injury. Claude J. Peinber. electrli lan, third class; lnct.tetl wound of left foiearin. a severe in Jury. Commander Tappan's dispatch statta that t!iee men, wltn me exception of the en sign, coir.Ksed a liberty party of tha ' Tiivbi and were attacked by the police while returning to their snip at half past 1 o'clock yesterday morning. No cause ia assigned for the attack, but -it is suppose i that the men were perhaps singing, as sailors are apt to do when tney have had a 'iappy evening ashore and on returning to t . .r ship. In almost all large porta, unless the men are absolutely disorderly or are deatrjylr.g property or Interfering with citizens, the police let them proceeu on their way without molestatijn beyond, perhaps, a Iriencly warning tt refrain from disorder, fc'o far as the naval officers hire know, this has been the custom at Santiago ever eince the Au.erlcan sr.lps have made that a station pert. lrJeed. (he sailors ers believed to have teen welcome visitors, for tbey spent a "real deal of money la . ths native shos snd markets and con tributed much to the social life of the tow n. Vsvy Officials la Dosht. 1 The officials at the Navy department are at a ', as to conceive wr.at may have bean the reason for this change of attitude on the part of the Santiago police They can , scarcely believe that ths men were mucli to blame ar.d they are certain they would I not be a(jgreora. because Commander i Tappan reo-rts tnat they vre ' all kel" I by the police and tr.e chin.-tcr A tl.e in juries suttali el by the men Is an Indica tion that they were assaulted with clubs snd iv rds or bayjr.ets. No mention Is , made of any Injury ln.11. 'ted upon the police. 1 which la not surprising ln view of the tact UuU Um aaiaumt -aiUt its luta esjee, (Ha
