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1 i The Omaha' Daily -Bee 4 vol. xxxvii-xo. :;i OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1907 TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. m i i. i iii ii 1. ii m' Si; 1 I' 1 r TVEM DIE IX FIRE Au-fnl T.n nf Tif I- t iri t -- w -" w ut in X1CW XO: & Tenement House. STRUCTURE FIRED BY A BOMB It ii Supposed to Have Been Set Off by Black Hand Society. FIFTEEN PERSONS INJURED Explosion of Tank of Kerosene Block Stairways. OTHER FIRES IN NEW YORK I, on Bench Hotel Is Destroyed sad ''r Hamilton (inri lato Port with Its Cargo A Arc. NEW TORK July 2. Shocking loss of human life and destruction of property es timated at mora than 11.000.0(0 were caused by fires In New York and Its Immediate vicinity In the twenty-four hours ending t S o'clock this morning-. Twenty per sons are dead and fifteen suffering from Injuries result of the burning of a six-story double tenement at Z2 Chrystle street, and financial loss resulted from the destruction of the Long Beach hotel at Long rteach, L. I., today and the Steeple chase Park and other property at Coney Island yesterday. In addition the steam ihip Hamilton of the Old Dominion .line cams Into port yseterday with part of her hold ablaze. The Hamilton was at her dock before any of the passengers knew there was fire on board. The flames were sxtlngulshed after about $16,000 damage had seen done. The explosion of a bomb placed, the police believed, by agents of the Black Hand In an Italian grocery store on Chris tie street, started the fire which swept through the teeming Italian tenement and destroyed the lives of a score of people and Injured fifteen others. The noise of the explosion caused a panic In the densely populated district. The ollce say that many perished In the fames, fearing to fscape to the streets, where they believed leath awaited them : from the dreaded Black Hand. A second explosion from a kerosene tank followed and the whole lower floor was t mass of fames 'from hissing oil. The Ire shot up the stairways, cutting off all f scape from those In the bedrooms above. Many rushed to the fire escapes which be came clogged with frightened people. The house was filled with dense smoke and the flames upstairs drove the half-crazed people toward the roof. The flames killed many as they were about to be rescued from the roof, while others were over torn by smoke. There were many herola rescues' by flremen. The bodies of the dead were found In all manner of places, vf Four women were discovered dead in Cc'loset, where they had rushed to hide be for the flames found them out. The body of a woman was found lying over a chair, as' though she had tried to protect it from the flames. Five bodies were found crowded around one doorway on the top -floor, showing .that, they had been struck down while trying to escape. Thd fire wave first struck Coney Island yesterday and before It subsided. Steeple chase park, a score of hotels and many amusement attractions were In ruins and many persons were homeless. Then came the Chryatle street tenement disaster and next the Long" Beach hotel. The bX guests were all In their beds when the flames were discovered, but all left the building In safety. I.OtG BRANCH HOTEL IX BlIXS r One of Largest Summer Reworts oa " Coast Burned. LONG BEACH, L. I.. July 19Etght hundred guests of the Long' Beach hotel, one of the largest seashore hotels on the Atlantic, coast, had to flee for their lives early today, when the hotel was burned to the sands. There wsa no loss of life and so far as can be learned no one was In jured. The guests lost almost all their clothing and personal effects. The Are was discovered on the first floor shortly after S o'clock. Hall boys end clerks hurried through the smoky corridors and roused the guests. The flames spread so rapidly that the guests bad barely time to seise some seanty -clothing and escape. They fled to the beaches and were taken care of by the cottagers. The hotel burned like tinder and within a short time was a moulding mass of ruins. It was three torles high and nearly too feet In length and when filled to Its capacity housed 1,500 persons. The loss Is about S30O.0OO. , HEAVY l.OsS AT COSKT ISLAXD Flame Barely Mis Laaa Park aad Dreamlaad at Resort. NEW TORK. July SS.-Ccney Island, the playground of New York'a millions, was visited by a disastrous fire early today and seven blocks In the amusement zone were destroyed. TUyou'r steeplechase park and nearly a score of small hotels were wiped out and for a time the flames threat- ' ened destruction to Luna, Park and Dream land, great homes of summer amusement, and the scores of smaller places which fringe the water's edge for a mile. A lucky shift of the wind to seaward aided the flremen and probably saved the whole picturesque area, but not until tl.OnO.OOO damage had been done. Three persons were Injured, on of them. Gottfried Mes serll. a fireman, probably sataily. Only the advance guard of the 3(0,000 people who flocked to Coney Island today mw the fire, but the thrilling tales ot the Varies rescue of 8an Dora, the armless tnd legless man. and the flight of Fran resco, the fire eater, when the alarm was lounded were told and retold along noisy Surf avenue and the park bowery. The Islaud has had four big Urea In the last tea years, the last previous one la 1S, -The Steeplechase' oa that occasion being swept cut as It was today. "The .island." as New Yorkers familiarly call it. was Just turning tn for Its early morning nap the only aleep It ever gets nd the last thin line of Saturday night 'nerrj -makers wer Swinging gaily. If om hat uncertainly, up 8jrf avenue, when 3orge Frost, a watchman at Steeplechase ark. spied a wavering trail of amok coav li g Troin th -Cav of the Wlnda." one of the many show la th park. Scarcely had I'rost bestirred himself to action when a flash of flame shot out f th mouth of th cave and lighted up th place ,ln a "weird glare. A patrolman heard th urgent cry of "flre '-for th shout of "A " In Coney, Island la as ominous one alarm after alarm we rung until the fourth had been o . , (Coatiaued on Second Fa-v) i summary OF TUE bee Taesday, Jely 30, 190T. 1007 JULY 1007 SUM " 7 21 mo tvi wis rui rt T I 2 3 4 5 6 8 0 10 II 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 28 27 29 30 31 J g TEE WEATXXK. "RECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair and , A- ., "tture at Omaha yesterday: '0 Lwg. Hour. Deg. i4 1 p. m 7 63 2 p nt 79 K 3 p. m s 4 p. m M a. f! ,. 7 a. m a: m::..0 v. a. m .s HI a. m fC; 11 a. m .Y 12 m 7, p. m. M p. m SI 7 p. m W A p. m 7S 9 p. m 77 DOMESTIC. A revision of the course of Instruction at the I'nlted States Naval academy is contemplated In a report of a naval boar 1 to the president. v Vage 1 Fred H. Magill still Insists that his first wife committed suicide. Page 1 Governor Glenn of North 'Carolina asks the people to stop all new lndictmen.s against Nlhe Southern railway. Page 1 Governor Folk has removed Police Com missioner Rnselle of Kansas City. Page 1 W. I. Haywood receives many con gratulations on his acquittal. President Mover Is admitted to ball in the sum of $25,000. Emma Goldman and other nv clallrts send a message to ' President Roosevelt remlndir him the undesirable citizens are on top. Fa; 1 Miners' strike In the Iron rante coun try Is making little progress. Pais 1 Twenty letlms were burned In the ten ement Are In New York City. The Long Beach hotel, one of the largest on thi Atlantic coast, burned. Tags 1 A terrific visitation of heat at Mc Gregor. Tex., raised the mercury In u small area to 179 degrees. Page 1 KEBSASXA. Articles of incorporation flled by an j independent packing concern for packing house at Alliance. Another company Is being organized at Havelock. Page 3 I'nlon Pacific road attacks the consti tutionality of the revenue law, claiming that valuation of real estate every four years is Invalid. Page 3 State Board of Assessment lnTeass the valuation of live stock in a number ot counties of the state. Page 3 poasiasT. Kaiser Wllhelm and the czar will meet August 3, accompanied by their foreign ministers. Pag 1 Germany and Great Britain have agreed upon an international prise court to be recommended at The Hague. ' 1 Jack-the-Ripper continues his deeds In Berlin, to the terror of the population. Page 1 Friends of Harry Huntington ascribe his shooting of his brothers and sisters In Paris tn an unbalanced mind, but he does not express repentance. , Pag X X.OCAX. Union labor leaders In Omaha commend the verdict In the Haywood rase as vic tory for Justice and workingmen. PagVi II. L, Thlelman. ex-professlonal ball player and confederate, held as perpe trators of fake prize fight scheme by which they filch large sums of money ! from victims. Fagw 10 j Major Cruse and family home from I east, where they attended the death and l burial of their son, hero of the Georgia, j says gas and not burns killed youns man. Pag Big advance In rrice of soft coal Is ' noted In bids submitted for supplying the i county. Pag 5 j SfOTEatXHTS OP CCXAJT STEAMSHIPS. I Port. Arrived. Sailed. ! SOUTHAMPTON Philadelphia. Barbarosa. j LIVERPOOL Etruria lOrFPNg-rijWN.. Campania. oo Kit Kroonland HAVRE .L Lorraine.. HALSEY CASE IS POSTPONED Jadare Daaae Aaaoaaees that Tin tlrely New Jary Will Be Drawn. SAN FRANCISCO. July The bribery case against Theodore V. Halsey, formerly "competition agent" for the PaclAc States Telephone and Telegraph company, did not go to trial today. Judxe Dunne announced hi decision to draw an entirely new panel of sixty names from the jury box, and the case was continued until next Wednesday morning. Sheriff O'Neill was instructed to return the panel Into court at t o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when those who had valid ex cuse for not serving will present them to the court and b excused. In Judge Lawler's court the tld.OOO bond of Louis Glass was renewed tn the case on which the trial jury disagreed and was discharged yesterday. Glass was released from custody as soon as the matter of ball was settled. The PaclAc Surety company continued as .surety. In order that there may be no question as to the validity of the order naming next Monday, August S, as the date of beginning the retial, Judge Lawler vacated his order of yesterday (Sunday) and made a new order to the same effect. DYNAMITE CHECKED IN TRUNK Esploaloa la t'aloa Statloa la St. LoaU lajarea Klaat Mea, Two Serloosly. ST. LOOS. July .A quantity of dynamite in a miner's trunk exploded while th trunk was being handled at Union statloa today, seriously injuring two men. lightly wounding six others and creatine a noise and shock that almost started a panic In th crowded traveling place. Ivan Dometerk. a Greek miner on his way west from Appalachia. W. ' Va.. had sored some sticks of dynamite in his trunk. A baggageman In handling It gave th trunk the usual fling. The explosion fol lowed. Baggagemen Werner Sparks and Hugh Gavin were seriously Injured and wer taken to a hospital. Six others re ceived minor wounds. There was nothing left of the trunk worth rechecklng. OHIO MAYOR BEHIND BARS Tfcentao Black of Kenton Admit Ha I IaTlTd to Esteat of a.OOO. KENTON. O.. July .-Thoma Black, lawyer and mayor for two years, gave him self up to the sheriff today and asked to b placed behind the bar. Black acknowledged th forgrry of paper Involving 128.000. Hi operations extend, he says, over period of Bin years. MINERS ARE STRIPPING ORE Operations Generally Besomed on Minnesota Rang. FEDERATION LEADERS ON TOUR Petrlella, with President of Associa tion, Are Waraed Off Loca tion of Different Proper! lee. H1BBING, Mich.. July 29 Stripping and mining operations were generally resumed today and not a sign of trouble was re ported. At all of the mines, deputies armed with long range rifles, occupied ad vantageous positions and the men at work were assured of ample protection against the strikers. At the Morris mine stripping operations were in full blast with a full crew of men. The sellcra mine was In the same position.. Ore was 4aken from the Iaura, Webh. Albany. Nashua and Winfred mines today with limited trews. The stripping operations at the Albany mine also have been resumed. In the Chisholm district stripping operations were resumed at the Munroe Tenner mine, and underground mining was also In full swing. The Glen mine was also working and at the Clark mine, thirty men were put to work today at No. 4 shaft. The Myers was also working at lt underground tun nels. The Roberta-Kingston company had full crews working on Its stripping opera tions at the Pilisbury mine and at the Shrnango a good sized crew was working underground. The Hartley, Croxton and Larucm mines are still being worked. At Evele'h. the companies were apparsntly awaiting the outcome of the action taken at Hii.btng and none o the mines were opened today. The Drake ard Stratton company is aliead on Its contract and is In no hurry to resume work. Petrlella Makes a Tonr. WlnBton Brothers and Dear, who have been stripping at the B-irt Poole mine, shut down Saturday night, and will see the outcome of the Hlbhlng situation be fore resuming. Acting President Ma'ioney of the Western Federation of Miners reached (Hibliing yesterday and was met by Petrlella, who Is leading the strikers. After a conference they drove to the Stevenson mine, hut the mine officials or dered them off the location. Today they drove tn the Morris mine end here Super intendent Thompson told them te keep mov ing, letter they stopped at the WlnTred mine for a moment and then continued In the direction of Chisholm. Mahoney said he expected to remain on the range about ten days. He said the strike would be continued In the same way as It has been conducted up to the present time and that there would be no violence If he could help It. He deplored the presence of so many armed deputies. 8VPERIOR, Wis.. July 29. The Allouei ore docks are working today with a small crew, which has Increased gradually since starting up. Many of the Finnish workmen have gone to the harvest fields and the efforts to hoW an organization together to flght for more pay have failed. Ho Hoo of Arbltratloa. DCLl'TH, Minn., July 29. Before night the strike of the dock workers In Duluth will be at an end If the steel corporation accents the offer nf the men to arbitrate J which, however. Is doubtful. At a meeting held today the men voted to present a written agreement to the company, which they offer to go back to work at once and : leave all differences to an arbitration com i mlttee to consist of two men from the com pany, two from the men and one to be chosen by these four. The offer was to be submitted to the company by Mayor Culloji, wha haa been acting as mediator, this afternoon. It Is doubtful whether the company win accept the offer, claiming there Is nothing to arbitrate. It claims men have violated agreement and If they want to come back on the old terms, they may. A meeting of the ore handlers was held today. An offer to return to work Im mediately at the old scale of wages and conditions and to arbitrate differences later, It is said, was under discussion and would probably be made to the Duluth, Missabe and Northern railroad officials today. This proposition, It Is said would be rejected, as the only concession the railroad company would make, would be to take the men back without prejudice as soon as conditions on the dock permit. GOVERNOR GLENN ASKS HALT Reqaeats Pabllc of Xortb Carolina to Stop New Indictment Aamlast Road. RALEIGH. N. C, July .-Governor Glenn today addressed a letter to the pub lic reviewing the railway rate litigation and asking that In view of the agreement between the railroads and the state. Judges and solicitors stop all new Indict ments and nolle those on the dockets. RALEIGH. N. C July S.-Superlor Court Judge Guton today informed the grand jury that If the railroads failed to carry out the agreement as to rate matters which was reached Saturday night he would call the jury back for further Instructions. Attorneys for the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line railways are here'today and it la sa'd will file Interesting documents coinci dent with their request for a modification of Judge Pritchard's Injunction order pur suant to the peace agreement. The docu ments will allege that the railroads re linquished what they regard as their con stitutional rights under duress because of the hostility of certain newspapers, the per nicious activity of certln politicians and re sultant demoralisation among their men. ARMENIANS MUCH AROUSED Mass Meetta Held aad Reeolatlon Paaaed Coademalas; Marder la New York. WORCESTER. Mass.. July . At a mass meeting of Armenlsns in Laura Street Ar- I nenian church last night a resolution was adopted condemning the Tavshanjian mur i der in New York and calling upon all Ar- I menlan people to demand ths arrest and conviciion oi . ine muraerers. Tne Church waa crowded and Impassion 1 sprecha wer made. River Take Mark Load. VERMILION. 8. D.. July igp. clal ) According t returns made by county assessors, th Missouri river has taken 111 acres of valuable farm lanl from Clay county farmers during th last year. It haa been cutting worse than ever th last two or thro months, and unless something Is done by Uncle Sam to relieve condition, th next year will witness th taking off of more farm and timber land than was ever known bei'ure. BELIEVE ;S0N WAS CRAZED Art of Harry Haat lnrt ea Tkoaght to Se the Deed of a Madmaa. - " VERSAILLES. July S - rtef and sorrow reign today in the residence, near Nep tune park, of the stricken Huntington fam ily, where last night Harry HuntinRtnn. son of Major Douglas Saint Oeorjre Hunt ington, shot down two sisters and two brothers at the moment the members of the family had gathered around the death bed of ths father. Majir Huntington is breathing his last. The condition of ETxabeth and Alonzo Huntington Is today declared to be desper ate, although not hopple, the wounds in flicted upon Edith and Douglas Huntington are not serious. Mrs. Hunt'rgton. their mother, is com pletely prostrated from the shock and Is confined lo her bed. A few blocks away Henry, who Ii regarded by his family and friends as demented. Is In Jail. He Is dazed and confused and lie hardly realizes the terrible thing he hss done. Major Hunting ton is one of the best known Americana in Taris and he and his family have long taken a prominent part in the social and official gaiety of the French capital. He Is a retired army officer and prior to talc ing up his residence abroad he lived in Chicago, where he was an associate of tli'lse prominent In army and business cir cles. In Tarls he became well known for his after dinner speeches at the American club, of which he was one of the organ izers snd recently the president. TARIFF 03STACLE REMOVED Pre are Kxtends Time for the Collec tion of Mlnlmam Duty on Coffee. PARIS. July 29. What has been charac terized as the obstacle in the way of the continuation of communication between France and the Vnited States in regard to the tariff has been removed, for France has notlfled the United States that it has ex tended from August 1 to October 1, I!1?, the decree providing for the collection of the minimum duty on coffee brought In from Porto Rico. France makes clear that It considers this extension purely an act of coM.rteoy and good will and an evlden -e of Its earnest hope that-the necotlatlors upon the proportions submitted through M. Jusverand. the French ambassador at Washington, will result In an agreement. The niporiHtlons will now proceed between Ambassador White and the Foreign office. FIVE SUBJECTS IN TREATY Japanese Mio later to France Make Pabllc Conditions of Kiwlia Agreement. PARIS. July .-M. Kurklno, the Jap anese minister to France, is the authority for the following information concerning the Russo-Japanese treaty on commerce and navigation, which wab signed yester day at St. Petersburg. The treaty em braces Ave subjects: Commercial relations, fishery rights, the junction of the Man churlan railroad, the delimitation of fron tiers snd pollt!" si relations. The clause dealing with th a last named subject Is brief and is pra tlcally a duplicate of the Franco-Japanese agreement for the main tenance of the status quo. M Kurlno de nies th report "that. Japan has ordered two dlriglbile balloons in Germany. NO INTEREST- 1N ELECTION Filipino Apathetic Over ' Approach las Contest for Place at the Poll. MANILA. July 29. Unusual quiet reigns through the islands on the eve of the general elections. Mass meetings were held In Manila Sunday by all parties, hut aroused little enthusiasm. The native papers are exhorting the people to go to the polls. Election day will be declared a public holiday. The political outlook is unchanged and all parties are confident there will he re newed activity among the leaders in the last days of the campaign, but so far little Interest has been evinced by the people. The campaign Is being conducted on strictly modern methods. RIPPER CONTINUES HIS DEEDS "" surprises Man While Ins; Girl, bat II Makes Escape. mj- mi . While Strlk- BERLIN. July S9.-The recurrence of a "Ripper" outrage has caused another wave of nervousness and dread to break over the city. A woman, on opening the door of a flat, surprised a man in the act of striking down an 11-year-old girl. The woman screamed and the man ran and succeeded In getting away. This occurred In the neighborhood of the previous outrage. The residents of this section are in such a state of nervous excitement that they fell upon and beat fearfully a' harmless man because he had offered a child a piece of candy. , KAISER AND CZAR TO MEET Early la Aagaat They Will Confer Together with Their Korelitn Ministers. BERLIN. July 2 Emperor William on his way home from his tour In Scandinavian waters Is due at Swlnemuende Augurt L to witness the target shooting of the fleet. He probably will meet the emperor of Russia off Swlnemuende August 1. Emperor Wil liam will probably be accompanied bv Chan cellor von Buelow, and the emperor of Russia will have with him M.Iswolaky, ths Russian foreign minister. REINFORCEMENTS IN COREA New Mea from Twelfth Brigade Have Landed from Japanese Ships. SEOUL. July 29. All the reinforcements of the Twelfth brigade have landed. The re-garrlsoniag of Cores by Japanese troops according to the new plan of occupation will be completed by tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. TERRIFIC HEAT IN TEXAS Thermometer Register 1T9 Degress Over Area of Six Saaar Mile. M'GREGOR. Tex . July .-A terrific heat visitation which lasted an hour and twenty minute yesterday 1 reportwj. T1,f thermometer registered 179 degrees In the on and 11" In th shade. An area of three mile long and two mile wide was af fected. To visitation was accompanied by a peculiar haze hanging Ilk a veil In the aky which moved over the area affected. Score of people were overcome. Horse, cattle, hogs and poultry dropped dead In tujr track. WILSON DIES OF HIS WOUND Richardson Passes Comfortable Day and Has Chance to Recover. POSSES ON TRAIL OF DESPERADO Seea by Several Parties aad Blood aoaada Are oa Trail Which Ku roaraaes Belief He Mill Be Captared Soon. Detective George Wilson, who was shot i by an untdmttfled desperado Sunday night j after the latter had shot and probable ' fatally wounded Patrolman W. H. Rich- I ardson, died at the Jennie Edmundson Me- ! morial hoopital yesterday morning at 3:.i o'clock. Just after being removed from the j operating table. Patrolman Richardson : rallied slightly yesterday morning and dur- ! lng the day was reported to be holding his own. although the chances against his j recovery were Katd to be exceedingly slicht. , Early yesterday morning word reached . the city that a man answering the descrip- i tlon of tile desrerado who had shot the two ' officers had b n seen In the immediate' vicinity of Crescent and posses wrt at once organized to scour the country In I search for the fugitive. Thomas Metcalf. ! Thomas r"arn. worth. J. F. Wilcox ai:l : Harry Scarles proffered the authorities the j use of tlii lr automobiles and it was but a I short time before nearly thirty heavily armed men. Including deputy sheriffs, mem- j bent of iii.- police force and others wem on their way to Crescent. Sheriff Canning, wan In char?" of one posse. I Early in the mom'nt; Chief Richmond ' telegraphed to Beatrice for It. Fulton's , bloodhounds and the dogs reached the city I shortly after 1 o'clock nnd were at once j taken In E. W. Hart's automobile to a point between Crescent and Honey Creek, where the fugitive had !at been seen. The run was made In twenty-one minim s. Farmers Take I n base. While these active operations to hunt down the desperado were being made by the authorities of this city. Warren and Denver Hough of Crescent had organized a hlg posse und farmers armed with all sorts of weapons were scouting the ter ritory north, east and south of the city. The first report to reach headquarter!" was that the supposed fugitive had been seen hiding in a cornfield on the Miller farm J near Crescent. The cornfield was sur- j rounded, but the man succeeded In get- j ting away unobserved. Later came the report that a dausiiter of Denver Hough j had seen a man answering the description j of the desperado seated on a bank with two revolvers on his lap, which he was either cleaning or loading. Following this came the report that two farmers had met a man limping on the highway just beyond Crescent. The fellow, it was said, was haggard looking and appeared to be more or less distressed. The farmers thinking to aaatst him went toward the fellow when the latter, it is said, drew a revolver and told them to keep away or he would shoot. "They will never get me alive," said the fellow, and the two farmers, be lieving the. man was deranged, let him pas on. They were unaware at that time that a search was being made for a man who had shot two officers In this city. Late. In the afternoon word came to the city, that, a man limping, and apparently In great distress had been seen on the tracks of the Illinois Central railroad by the engineer of a gravel train. This Is believed to have been the man sought for, aa Detective Wilson, although suffering) Intense agony from his wound, was able after being shot to give a fairly clear ac count of his encounter with the desperado on Upper Harrison street, near Elliott street. Wilson said he was certain that he had iit the man. as he appeared crip pled as he made his way east on Elliott street. When It was learned Sunday night that the man had gone east on Elliott street it was presumed that he would at tempt to make his way to the railroad tracks, and. accordingly, a number of of ficers were detailed to watch the country In the vicinity of Crescent City. How Affair Happened. Patrolman Richardson was able to tell but little after being shot, but yesterday It was learned how he man on North First street. A stranger i1 answering the description of the desperado entered the cigar store of E. Aspinwall Sunday afternoon and offered for 25 cents ' a new pocket knife of the probable value ! of 12.60. Mr.' Asplnwall declined to pur- chase. Shortly before 10 o'clock as Mr. Aapinwall was- leaving his place of busi ness he saw the same man pass and turn north on First street. Happening to see Patrolman Richardson, with whom he was ' acquainted, standing on Broadway near I First street, Mr. Asplnwall told the officer of his suspicions regarding the man. It ' was then that the officer, with a view to I Investigating, turned north on First street. ' where he came -across the man described by Mr. Asplnwall on the bridge over the ' crek. As soon as the fellow saw the other's i uniform he drew his revolver and fired. ! After shooting .the officer the despersdo I made his way through the yards of several j residences on Harrison street, jumping and 1 climbing fences which cam in his way. ! While climbing the fence In the yard of , Henry Rishton house he dropped four ' cartridges, which were found yesterday . morning. They are of S8-calibre, the same : aa that of th bullet taken from Detective i Wilson. j Although Detective Wilson, when called to assist in the search for the man who had shot Ofticer Richardson, had been . ul w,a buuiu. wnen na came across the fugitive the latter succeeded in putting him off his guard by a clever rnw. As the officer called upon the man to halt the fellow took off hi hat with bis left i hand as if heated by walking, drew his j ritrht bnn,t thwinvh 1.1. . .. " -"Mow in uir anu jiKe a flash of lightning from his head to his left ' breast, where he carried his weapon In i his pocket or In a holster. Not seeing the ' man reach at once for his hip or another j pocket to get his revolver, put Detective Wilson. It is supposed, off his guard for a ' moment and gave the desperado the op- r M.iiuunjr iu ure ine nrat shot. The local authorities are confident that I the man who shot the two officers is a ' man who is wanted somewhere, a man ready to ktll In-fore he wauld be taken ' alive. The description given by the two officers snd by Mr. Asplnwall answers that of a man wanted In St. Loul for shooting and killing Patrolman I-muel R. Boyoe on 1 the night of March 21 last I Ploavr of eloaa City Drawn, I SIOUX CITY. la.. July 29.-(8peflal Tele- I gram.) Declaring he was tired of life andJ would drown himself. David Hoffman, an! old soldier and a pioneer resident of Sioux 1 City, walked toward the Missouri river I early this morning and shortly afterwards ills coat and hat were found on the bank, j i us mentis ieiiev n earned out els threat, WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Land Taraed Over to State ot Wyomlaa- to Re Pnt t nder Irrt aatlna Ditches. 'From a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON. July tSfevlal Tele gram.) The president has approved the ac tion of the acting secretary of the Interior In approving the map ami executing the con tract filed by the slate of Wyoming In sup port of Its application under the act of Aug ust IS. ISM. for the searcgation of WS7 acres of land in townships 15.lt! amll7 north. ransee Kt. M and S3 west. In the Cheyenne land dis trict In Wyoming to be irrigated and re claimed by the enlargement of the North Platte and Encampment canal. The state has ten years from date of approval of the map in which to reclaim the lands and secure a patent for them. This action 's taken under the provisions of the Carey act. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska. Nan tasket. Buffalo county. William Clugv, vice H. W. Gramly. resigned; Selam. Nuckolls county. Edward J. Itohling. vice A. M. Brooking, resigned. South Dakota. Hoven. IVitter county. John C. Klessel, vice J. J. Karsf. resigned These Nebraska national banks have been authorized to be--in business: The F.rt National bank of Curtis with li'.o 0 cap ital. Thomas Scott, president; N. J. Hall, vice president; W. E. Stephenson, cashier; The First National bank of Utloa with .H. oro capital, Fritz Reckon!, president; Fred H. Heckord, vice president; !. .O. Jones, cashier. Owen M. Jonts. II. H. Thorn of Omaha: Alfred J. Anderson of Swedeburg; H. B. Armstrong. E. R. Fcslt r. Lincoln; S D. I. onK. Guide Rock; J. F. Alford. Fvrt Crook: M. II. Ktederickson of Bennington, and Walter C. M.iwer of Aurora. Neb., have hi 'ii apix'lnted railway mall clerks. Otto M. Hazel of Platte City. Neh., has leen appointed a clerk In the reclamation service. , T. M. Winiheiley and family of Univer sity Place. N"b.. passed through Washing ton today n nuitp to the Jamestown exposition". STILL INSISTS ON SUICIDE Fred II. Mnf.lll Micks tn Mory that Ills First Wife Took Her Own Life. CLINTON". 111.. July 3. Alfhnugh scores of persons have called at the county jail to see Fred MiiGill and his wife. Mrs. Fay Graham MaGlll, since they were brought lack from California yesterday morning, none of MaGill's family has been to see him. The special Jury, which Is to investigate the death of MaGill's first wife. Pet Ma Gill, convened tills forenoon. The state lias subpoenaed seventy-four witnesses for examination. Mrs. Fay Graham MaGlll asserts she and MaQill are Innocent of the caUBe of death of Mrs. Pet MaGlll. "I did wrong In marrying Fred so soon," she said, "but that is all. If It were to be done over again we would do the same. "We have but one story." said MaGlll, "my first wife killed herself and that is all there is to It. As soon as I discovered the death of my wife I made the fact known. I asked someone to call Fay and she came to our house. Fay and I were no more than friends until after the death of my flrst wife." WHISTLING MUST BE STOPPED Government Issues Order that Xolse In Harbors Shall Be ' Lessened. NEW TORK. July. 28. The recently or ganized society for the suppression of un necessary noises has won another victory. Through Captain Ira A. Harris of the steamboat Inspection service It haa secured a decision from the government regarding the whistling of steamers on the rivers and bay. Hereafter the whistling of tugs to at tract the atention of scowmen in charge of tows which they expect to take up, the blowing of private signals and the employ ment of the siren other than by a fire boat are prohibited as "unnecessary noises." LONDON, Jury 29 Treasurer Arndt. who is here with a party of New York noise suppressionlsts. says London is much noisier than New York. "If we had a street in New York so noiay the Strand," he declared, "we would soon take ateps to effect a change." New York Is silent as compared with Lon don, especially In the early morning, ac cording to Mr. Arridt. Milk men and other street venders, It waa found, yell In the streets without restraint In the early hours. BULLET HOLE IN HER HEAD Body of Ttew York Woman Foand In Lane r Colorado Spring;. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. July . The body of Miss Laura Matthews of New York was found lying In s lane near Ivy Wild early today with a bullet hole in her head. Miss Matthews and her maid ar rived in Colorado Springs several days ago and has had apartments at the Acacia hotel. I-ast evening Miss Matthews or dered a saddle horse and rode In the direc tion of Ivy Wild. This was the last seen of her alive. Peculiar circumstances sur rounding the finding of the body of M'ss Matthews ga-e rise to the belief that mur der had been committed, but later develop-' menta Indicated, suicide. ASKS ROSELLE TO RESIGN Governor Folk Demand a rhaaare tn Police Commissioner of Kaaaaa City. ST. LOCI9. July .-A speclsl to the Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo., says: As a result of the recent Investigation of the Kansas City police department. Gover nor Folk today requested the resignation of Police Commissioner Frank F. Roselle KANSAS CITr. July Frank F. Ros elle, police commissioner, was summarily removed this afternoon Y.v . r r- .. ernor Folk. Governor Folk had first re quested the commissioner's designation be cause of their disagreement w.. ft... appointment of John Hayes us t Id f of police, who is opposed to the governor, but later he ousted the commissioner from office. TAFT'S MOTHER VERY ILL Slight Import rmeat Xoted aad She Will Probably Recover at Karly Date. MILLBt'RG, Ms . July it A slight Improvement a as reported tolay by the physicians who are attending Mrs. Louisa M. Taft. tUe aged mother ef Secretary of War Taft. Mrs. Taft has bern seriously 111 In this town for several days and her sons have been notified of her rendition. I'nles unforseen complications should de velop, however. It is thought sh wlU re cover speedily. MOVER TO GIVE BOND Court Fixes Bail for Miners' President at $25,000. HE WILL BE RELEASED SOON Probability that a Cash Deposit Will Be Made. TRIAL OF GEORGE H. PETTLBONE Court Sets Second Case for Tuesday, October 1. HAYWOOD RETURNS TO DEXVES Kecretarr of the Federation F.xpcrts to Retarn to Ills Office Tharsrtey Moycr May Hetara Wednes day. Bl I,I,ETI. BOTPr:. Idaho. July 2. Judge Wood In the district court this afternoon ordered Charles 11. Moycr, president of the Western Fed ration of Miners, admitted to ball In the sum of llS.oi. It was announced that the bond would be rrady some time tonight. Cash ball may be given. The trial of George A. IVttibone, one of the alleged conspirators, was sot for Tues day, October 1. No application for bond was made In behalf sT petllbone. the con ference of counsel having been fruitless in this respect. Haywood expects to leave for Denver on Thursday. Moyi r may leave Wednesday if there is no hitch in the bail proceedings. BOISE, Idalio. July .-Charles H. Moycr. president of I lie Western Federation of Mint-is and co-defendant with William D. Haywood who on yeilerdny was acquitted of the murder of former Governor Slcunen berg, will be admitted lo buil In the sum of l-fi.Ouu and released this afternoon. An agreement to this end was reached tilts morning between counsel for the state and defense, but the making ot the formal ap plication and entry was postponed from 10 a. m., at which hour court reconvened to dy. until 2 p. in. The delay was asked for to allow further conference between coun sel as to wtiat action shull be taken in th case of George A. Pettlbone, the third of the noted defendants brought from Colorado, to Idaho eighteen months ago. It la un derstood that the attorneys for the state will oppose ball for Pettlbone in any sum whatever. Judge Wood anrounced that h would not adjourn court for the term until tomorrow night and any order agreed upon by the attorney might be entered up to that time. The big court room today presented a far dlfTeretil picture from the closing day of the Haywood trial. The jury box and all the spectators' benches were empty and only a handful of attorneys sat within the rail. Vine of the defendants was In court. Boise continues quietly to dlscubj th verdict and apparently the people are tak ing but little Interest as to th futur course of the prosecution. Defease Take hy garprlae. The decision of the state to continue th prosecution of the men now under arrest and the statement that Jack Stmpklns. th fugitive from Justice, Indicted writh them is almost within the reach of the law and may be arrested at any time, came as a surprise to counsel for th defense, who confidently expected that Moyer and Pettl bone would be released. Haywood spent last night quietly at th house' In Boise where his family haa been living since the trial commenced. It was a happy gathering and the released man re ceived congratulations from his friends In a steady stream. The telegrams continued to pour In from nearly every town In th union. Haywood will remain her soma days before returning to Denver to take up his work. John Murphy, the general counsel for the Western Federations of Miners, who Is dying of consumption here, is a great friend of Haywood, and arrange ments are now being made to take lilm back to Denver. If possible, before his death. Haywood will probably accompany him. Governor Goodinr takes the position that the state having announced a determination to leave the decision with judge and Jury In the Haywood case, will maintain the same position with regard to Moyer and Pettlbone. Jury's Yerdlct Aeqalttal. Not the least Interesting of the com ments made upon the verdict was that of Harry Orchard, the self-confessed murderer of Governor Steunenberg end th witness upon whom the tat chiefly relied to prove its claim of a conspiracy on the part of the Western Federation of Miners. When told at the state penitentiary that Haywood had been acquitted. Orchard said: ' Well, I have done my duty. "I hav told the truth. I could do no more. I am ready to take any punishment that may be meted out to me for my crime, and the sooner it comes the better." It was after being out for twenty-on hours that the jury, which at flrst had been divided, S to I. and then seemed deadlocked at 10 to S. finally cam to an agreement shortly after the first faint streaks of the coning day showed gray above the giant hills which wall Boise to the north and east. The weary, snow bearded old bailiff who had kept an all night vigil before the door of the Jury room was startled Into action by an Imperative knock from within. Events moved rapidly enough after this, and when at last th principal actors In the trial had been gath ered into the court room at a few mo menta before g o clock th whit envelope handed by the foreman to the Judge was torn open and the verdict read. , Tear la Haywood' Rye. Tears welled to the eyes of th man who during the eighty days of his trial had sat with stolid Indifference written upon his every feature at last th Icy armor h had thrown about himself with the flrst day of Jury selection had been pierced and aiiatuver the pent-up feeh)tig had been contained within was loosed. Haywood s attorneys were fairly lifted from their seats, and Judge Woods made no effort to restrain them as they surrounded lilm to hake his hands and shout aloud their con gratulations James H. Hawley, leading counsel for tiie state, and O. N. Van Duyn, the prosecuting attorney of the county In which tonrer Governor 8teuncnberg was a&aittinate.i. sat gloomy and unnotaklng in tlieii place. Senator Borah, who made tne tloiiiig plea for convict in, wa not present. Of the j.rlsoner's counsel thos in tiie court room were Clarence Darrow .of Chicago. E. F. Richardson of Denver and John F. Nugent of floise. The ab sentees from the defendant's table Included Kdgar Wileon. the former law partner of Judge Wood, who presided at the trial. N member of the prisoner's family, oy If r:
