Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. Vt II NO. 45.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1907 TEN FAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
BIGTASK Fl YAKCE
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Nation Must Restore ' in the
Whole of Moro ..
GERMANY READY TO ACQUIESCE
i Large Number of Punitive Expe
ditions Will Be Required.
ALL QUIET AT CASABLANCA
Two Thousand Additional Men Landed
i From French Warshaps.
MOORISH QUARTER IN RUTHS
Sheila Set Fire In Bullritnira and Dehrls
Many Dead Mmn
Lying In the
Streets.
PARIS. Aug 8.-In nplt of the Arm In
tent Ion of the French government to keep
within the term of the Algeclras conven
tion !n Its dealings with Morocco, the
French press clearly foreseen that France,
unless the situation rapidly Improves, has
entered upon a long and heavy taik. The
newspapers express the opinion that
France, upon which the chief burden In
restoring security to the disturbed country
will fall, may be forced to oocupy In turn
all the Moroccan porta, and then probably
be compelled to undertake a punitive ex
pedition to Fe. after which It would he
Impossible to withdraw, as was the case
with the British in Egypt. Aa the British
bombardment of Alexandria enhanced the
prestlfre of Oreat Hrltaln In Fgypt, so, It
Is argued. the French bombardment of
f'asnWnnra will have a similar effect In
Morocco. An expedition to Fes, tho news
papers point wL't, would, like the British
victory at Tel el Keblr, complete the
parallel.
The Petit Parlslen today prlnta an Interesting-
Interview with a high personaire in
the German Foreign office, who Indicates
that Oermany recognises the logic of the
situation and Is prepared to acquiesce in
France's "Incontestable predomlnnnce" In
Morocco, provided France Is prepared to
give a quid pro quo In the shape of an ad
mission of German government and Ger
man Industrial securities Into the French
market.
(Inlet at Cnaahlancn.
TANGIER, Aug-. 8. A eteamer which ar
rived here today from Casablanca reports
that quiet has been restored among the
natives there and that the Europeans are
II well. The bombardment of the place
by the French cruisers lasted forty-eight
hours. The native quarter was much dam
aged. Additional French forces war landed at
Casablanca yesterday afternoon. The re
fcgort of the bombardment of Mazactan by
;the French cruiser Du Chayla Is con
firmed. French Land Many Men.
.....The Frencli .warships - yesterday landed
2,000 additional men at Casablanca, where
street fighting opparently. continues. Judg
ing from the desultory firing heard day
and night by those on hoard the ships
anchored off the town. The Jewish quarter
of Casablanca has been sacked. Many
persons wore massacred In the streets,
the city Is said to be full of dead Moors
end the Moorish quarter Is In ruins, hav
ing been set on fir by the shells from tho
big guns of the cruisers. All the stores
are closed and much hunger and distress
prevails among the poor.
The foreign consuls have ordered the
torea to be reopened and have established
a special tariff for foodstuffs, designed to
mitigate the sufferings of the poor. The
Europeans, who are all safe either on board
ships or at the consulates are guarded by
bluejackets. The warships continue to drop
on occasional shell Into the groups of
Kabyles on the beach In order to prevent
them approaching the town.
A dispatch from Rabat says that the
Kabyles have given the government a
fortnight In which to wlthdray the French
controller of customs. Otherwise they say
they will attack the town. The activity
among the Andjerraa tribesmen near Tan
gier la creating some apprehension that a
surprise attack may be made on the city.
Masagan Nearly Destroyed.
LONDON, Aug. 8. A special dispatch
from Tangier says that the greater part
of Masagan waa destroyed by the bom
bardment, but the consulates were not In
jured. It Is reported that during the shell
ing of Masagan the Moors attacked the
Jewish quarter of the town and killed
many persona.
The French charge d'affaires has mado
the following format demands on the
Moroccan government:
"First That the Moroccan authorities at
vCaeeblanca place themselves under the or
,nWra of the commander of the French
) forma,
1 Booond That the security of the French
.cttlsena at Fea and other places In the
Interior be guaranteed.
I "Third That the Moroccan authorities
hasten the reparation for the murder of
'Dr. Mauchamp.
"Fourth That the Moroccan authorities
expedite the preparations for the applica
tion of the reforms agreed upon by the
Algeclras convention."
FIND TERRORIST SUPPLIES
Laboratory for Making; Borates la Lo
cated tn Hnmiw Imperial
Technical School.
I
MOSCOW, Aug. 8. The police today
searched the Imperial technical schools and
discovered the central revolutionary labora
tory for manufacturing bombs of a new
pattern and tremendous explosives, regular
supplies of which were being shipped to
various Interior points. The police seised
a number of bombs, 000 time fuse ap
pliances, a typographic outfit and some for
bidden literature and arrested twenty male
and female students of the schools.
I COAL DISPUTEIS SETTLED
i Baaloeaa In Belfast ta Past Reenmlnai
Normal Conditions Troon
Control.
BEI.FAST. Ireland. Aug. I The dlsputo
In the coal trade here has been settled and
work was resumed tortav. The t.top
again' took possession of the streets today,
the factories are reopening and the normal
condition of business are gradually re-
John D. Look la Recovering-.
BRUNSWICK, Me., Aug. g. Former Sec
retary of the Navy John D. Long, who Is
ill at a hotel here, was reported by Mrs.
Long, who Is with him, to be better today
thaa at any time alnce he fell atck. Mra
lxmd denied a report that her buaband had
auOared. a relapee.
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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TBI WIATH.
FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair in
west; showers in east portion.
Hour. leg. Hour. Deg.
5 a. m 70 1 p. m 84
t a. m 70 S p. m 87
7 a. m 71 3 p. m 89
8 a. m Tt 4 p. m '9
9 a. m 7 6 p. m 9
10 a. m 79 6 p. m F9
11 a. m..S. 82 7 p. m 88
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DOMESTIC.
Skeleton of W. J. Barney, timber man
on the Smuggler-Union mine, uncovered
at Tellurlde, where Steve Adams said It
would be found. Page 1
Bears continue their attack on stock at
New York and prices again slide. Par 1
Man In garb of Polish priest shoots
two hotel men at Pittsburg without prov
ocation. Fags S
Standard Oil company takes step to ap
peal case In which Judge Landla Imposed
big fine. Page 1
Steamer City of Panama from Portland
to San Francisco alnks steamer Alliance.
Page 1
Acting Attorney General Russell de
clares that the policy of the government
In prosecuting trusts and combinations
may give the country a less tainted pros
perity. Page B
One hundred Japanese who were smug
gled across the border Into the United
States were deported. Page l
Union Pacific railroad declares the regu
lar 2H per cent quarterly dividend.
Page 1
Operators remain on strike at Los An
geles. Pare 1
State democratic committee of Missis
sippi declares John Sharp Williams the
nominee of the democratic party. Page 1
POBEZOW.
France will be charged with the burden
of maintaining order in Morocco, but
will" gain added prestige In the country
therefrom. Page 1
Record of the Monte Carlo murderars
has at last been discovered. Page 1
NEBBASXA,
Governor Sheldon appoints his ataff offi
cers and makes other state appointments.
Page 3
Food Commissioner Wright of Iowa
favors rates on cream that will asblst the
local creameries. Page 3
Superintendent Hayward of the Kearnoy
Industrlal school Is to step out of ofllce
September 1. Page 3
LOCAL.
Local democrats decide to concentrate
strength on Elsasser for treasurer in
hope of electing at least one candidate.
Pas's 6
Large creameries threaten advance in
milk and cream prices, giving stringent
milk inspection law as reason. Page 5
Driver Francis and Assistant, Fire Chief
Dineen -are injured while running to flro
during electrical storm Wednesday nljrht
and other damage. Is done. . Pags 1
Burlington railroad will send ear of ex
hlblta from Nebraska into eastern states
for purpose of advertising the west.
Page 8
Local real estate Arm sella valuiblo lot
by advertising It aa .worst in town.
Page 4
Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus of Armour In
stitute discusses Edward Rosewater
scholarship for high school pupils.
Page a
MOVEMENTS OP OCEAN SVEAMSHIFS
Tort. Arrived. Soiled.
NEW YORK ("--mania Pom.
NKW YORK Barnaruiwa. Potadam.
NEW YOKK Petersburg Majatlo.
NFW YORK .g.nnlo.
MVBRPOOI, . ...CaronU Wcatarnland.
Qt'F.ENSTOWN . R. publlo
PLYMOUTH ....Ocaanlo
1IAVRK Pomeranian.
MARKRlU.Rg ... Oallla.
BELIEVE IT CASE OF MURDER
Police Are Now Deeply Interested In
Sensation Fornlahed by
SI onto Carlo.
MONTR CARLO. Aug. 8.-The finding of
the dismembered body of a woman at
Marseilles August 8 In the baggage of two
travelers, who were at first referred to as
Mr. and Mrs. Gold, but who have been
Identified as persons who were known
known here as Sir Vere and Lady Gould,
has created a sensation here, where the
parties were regarded as people of leisure
and respectability. The police say the In
vestigation Indicates that the woman,
whose name has now been definitely es
tablished as Emma I,evln, was murdered
by the Goulds. Jewels believed to have
belonged to the victim were found In the
female prisoner's hand aatchel. A com
mission has been dispatched to England to
ascertain the antecedents of the Goulds.
The male prisoner passed as an Irish
baronet of Montreal, where his wife, who
was a Miss Glraudin, earned her living as
a dressmaker some twenty-five years ago.
FIRE RECORD,
B. A O. Grain Elevator.
BALTIMORE. Aug. 8.-The Baltimore &
Ohio grain elevator standing at the corner
of Henrietta and Howard streets, wa4
burned, together with Its contents. The
loss may reach $200,000.
Another fire, which . quickly assumed
threatening proportions, broke out In
atablea of the Baltimore Transfer company,
Front and Low streets, later. The flames
quickly communicated to the chair factory
of Hechinger Brothera & Co., adjoining.
The firemen eventually succeeded In con
fining the flames to the two 'buildings
named. The losses aggregate 190.000.
Will Do plicate Point I.oma School.
NEWBURYPOUT. Mass.. Aug. S Mrs.
batherine A. Tlngley, head of tee the
osphlxt movement at Point Umi. Cal.. will
sail Saturday for an extended trip abroad
after going to Newburyport. her native
city, to look for a site for a series of
schools which will be duplicates of the In
stitution at Point Loma. Cal. Mrs. Ttnelev
selected and Is negotiating to buy a large
tract of land Jutting out Into the Mrrrl.nac
liver, once owned by her father. On her
trip abroad Mrs. Tlugley will aitend con
ventions of the order In England, Ireland
Germany. Sweden and Denmark. She will
then visit Cuba and attend the dedication
of an arch on the battlefield of San Juan
Mil. which propertv was acquired by Mrs.
Ttngley after the United States government
and the Cuban government had tried in
vain to purchase It.
Showa Speed on Typewriter.
ASHEVI1.LE. N. C. Aug. 8.-A feature
of yeMterdav'a session of the National
Shorthand Reporters' convention was an
exhibition of xpeed by the world s champion
typewriter. Mlsa Rosa L. Frits of Brooklyn,
N. Y. While operating at a speed of over
sixty words a minute. Miss Frlta carrfrv on
a convsxsaUua wlUk spectator.
SECURITIES ON DOWN GRADE
Prices of Stocks at New York Crumble
by Degrees.
CAUSE NOT EASILY ESTABLISHED
British Coaaols Go at New Low Level
Heavy Selling- by the Hold
era : of Railroad,
Shares.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-W1th British con
sols selling at a new low level and Ameri
can stocks generally lower in London, fol
lowing the sharp declines hero yesterday,
the opening of the New York stock market
today waa attended with unusual Interest.
The decline in consols is generally at
tributed to disturbed coondltlons in the
money market abroad, but it Is not so
easy to assign a cause for the crumbling
away of prices of securities In the Ameri
can market.
The sharp decline In quotations yesterday
was without explanation further than It
was due to heavy selling by holders of
railroad and other shares, who did not caro
to retain their securities at this time. There
waa nothing to show whether their desire
to sell was because they were tired of
waiting for an upward movement of prices
because of the low supplies of money, or
because of depressed sentiment In Wall
street over the difficulties In which many
corporations find themselves with the na
tional and state governments.
First transactions showed large sales at
lower prices. Union Pacific was 1H lower
than last night on sales of 5.800 shares and
Northern Pacific was 2H lower. Other
shares sold at from 1 to li below yester
day's final quotations.
The market was generally In a nervous
state, but the trading was not attended
with any unusual excitement. Today's de
cllnea were attributed to sales by specu
lators who desire lower prices and to hold
ers who did not have the funds to protect
their brokers against further losses. The
so-called Standard Oil and Frlck groups of
stocks were the centers of attack. Includ
ing In that designation Union Pacific,
Reading, Amalgamated Copper and Amer
ican Smelting and ip olose sympathy the
Hill railroads and St. Paul,
The speculators for the decline used aa
their principal fresh ammunition the re
ports from Washington of the Intention of
the Department of Justice to push crim
inal prosecutions against heads of cor
porations. The quick rallies of 1 to i
points In the first hour left the market
unsettled and feverish. In the curb market
Standard Oil sold down 11 points to 4S5.
Interests who sought stocks to support
the market, let them go at Intervals In
the afternoon, but there were no serious
set backs and the market rallied easily
when the selling ceased.
The market became steadier, but when
the earlier losses had been retrieved there
was no disposition to follow the advance
and the market fell Into extreme dullness.
The price of Standard OH in the curb mar
ket fell an extreme IS points from last
night's closing of 477 on the sale of seventy
five shares. The stock aubaequently shared
In the vigorous rallying tendency shown
on the Stock exchange.
STANDARD SEEKS TO APPEAL
Case la Which Bin- Fine Waa Im
posed to Be Taken to
Higher Coort.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8 Attorneys for the
Standard Oil company of Indiana, which
was recently fined $29,240,000 in the United
States district court, today presented to
Judge,, Landls a motion seeking an appeal
In the case. The hearing of the motion was
set for 11 o'clock tomorrow.
SIXTEEN MINES SHUT DOWN
I'nable to Get Cars Because of Train
men's Strike, Order Given
to C'loee.
TRINIDAD, Colo., Aug 8, Being unable
to aecure cars, owing to the train mens'
strike on the Colorado & Southern rail
road, sixteen coal mines In this vlclnltv
'hav clo"pd down throwing out or work
more man z.ouu men
"Insnra-ents" Purchase. Paper.
BIOUX FALLS. B. D., Aug. 8.-(Speclal.)
The announcement la made that W. S.
Bowen, for the last five or six years editor
of the Sioux Falls Dally Press, has sold
his lntereat In the paper and, on September
L will transfer his Interests to the pur.
chaser or purchasers. The name or names
of those who have purchased Mr. Bowen's
Interest In the paper have been withheld,
but the fact that during the Inst few days
several state officials, who are leaders of
the Insurgent or dominant faction of South
Dakota republicans, have been in the city
has given rise to the rumor that the ln
tereat of Mr. Bowen In the paper haa been
secured by the Insurgent leaders, with a
view to furthering the Interests of Gov
ernor Crawford In his candidacy to suc
ceed Senator Klttredge of this city in the
United States senate. It la expected that
the names of the purchasers will be made
public when Mr. Bowen surrenders his In
terests on September 1. For the last five
or six years the paper haa been published
by Bowen & Dotson, the Junlon member
of the firm being C. L. Dotson, formerly
of Des Moines, la., who will retain his in
terest In the paper. The retiring editor,
W. S. Bo won, was a pioneer newspaper
man of Dakota territory, having for many
years. In the early days, been connected
with the old Yankton Press and Dakotan.
Interurban In Wyoming.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 8.-Speclal.)-All
Indications point to the fact that the
Cheyenne city Council, at its meeting Aug
ust 30, will grant to William J. Barker of
the Denver Gas and Electric company a
franchise to construct and operate an elec
tric street railway between Cheyenne and
Fort Russell, with branch lines throughout
the city. Barker's application for such a
franchise was received last night and waa
favorably regarded. The franchise he de
sires la almost Identical with that Just
forfeited by Eugene Sweeney of Denver,
calling for the commencement of work on
the main line within ninety days and its
completion within 180 days; providing
specifications guaranteeing a substantially
constructed and moderately equipped sys
tem, limiting city fares to t cents and Fort
Russell fares to 10 cents; providing for a
S5.000 guarantee of good faith before work
la begun, and for a flO.OuO Indemnity bond,
and requiring that cara be operated every
fifteen minutes between I a. m. and 11
p. m.
Wool Bheartnaj lesws at End.
CASPER, Wyo.. Aug. 8. (Special ) The
wool shesrtng and selling season of Vtl
is practically at an end In central Wyom
ing. From the Increaae in the clip of
thla auction It la estimated that the clip
of the atate for 1107 la several million
pounds greater than that of Uu '
ER AWAITS CORN
nnertatendenl Holden of Ames Cot
lege Takeaf Wind of Calamity
Iluftaler'a Kails.
About two weeks ago one I 8. Trow
bridge of Tabol1, la., appeared In Omaha
and Invited himself to lecture before the
Omaha Grain exchange on a subject of
a corn root disease which he said was
prevalent. He proved to be a calamity
howler on the subject of crope. He deliv
ered a harangue on the floor of the ex
change, telling the membera that he had
traveled over Iowa and Nebraska exam
ining the corn and had found it ao badly
damaged by a root disease that the crop
would be an exceedingly short one.
After carefully writing for the local
papers an Interview of the alarming na
ture sometimes given out by shrewd man
ipulators when they wish to bull the mar
ket, he did some trading In local grain of
fices. The papers did not print his Inter
view and the grain men smiled In secret
at his lecture. The market did not go to
suit him and his trading operations were
of short duration.
Secretary McVann of the Omaha Grain
exchange sent one of Mr. Trowbridge's
circulars to Prof. P. G. Holden, superin
tendent of tho department of agriculture
extension at the State Agricultural col
lege at Ames, la., submitting to him also
a stalk of "diseased" corn Mr. Trowbridge
used in his lectunt). Following is Mr. Hol
den'a reply: (
Your letter of 3d with Trowbridge cir
cular enclosed was handed me by my sec
retary on my way to Ornnge City. In
reply will say that no such dixaxter awaits
the corn crop aa is Indicated by the cir
cular. Mr. Trowbridge is either misin
formed or wishes to deceive. The condi
tion of the roots he refers to Is caused by
the "corn root worm." It Is present every
year on cornfields which have been two
or more years In corn consecutively. It
does considerable damngn every year
throughout the corn belt, but I am safe
In saying that the loss will probahly not
be greater this year thitn the average.
I am out all the time studying agricultural
conditions. Friday and Saturday I waa
In Mr. Trowbridge's section of the state
(Page county). The prospect for a corn
crop there is good and the worm Is doing
les damaae than usual.
The corn crop will be rather light through
the corn belt owing to the cold spring
which reduced the stand and made the crop
late.
You need have no concern regarding any
wholesale disaster other than an early
frost. Yours truly,
(Signed) P. Q. HOLDEN,
POLE SHOOTS TWO HOTEL MEN
Wlthoat Warn In ar Kills One
Flrea at Another, Who Can
not Recover.
and
PITTSBURG, Aug. 8.-Ludwlg ficxeglel,
said to be an unattached Polish priest of
Chicago, walked Into a hotel at 1111 Car
son street early today and without warn
ing. It Is said, drew a revolver and fired
upon the two proprietors, twin brothers,
named Steven and Andrew Starxynskl.
Steven died within an hour and Andrew
cannot recover. The cause of the shooting
Is a mystery,
Sczegtel, who was arrested, refuses to
talk and nothing could be learned from
either of his alleged victims. When 8cr.e
giel came to Pittsburg about ten days ago
he went to the hotel kept by the brothers,
accompanied by a woman, whom he Intro
duced as his housekeeper. They secured
an apartment of two. rooms. The woman,
who gave her name' as Franclsca Sprock,
Is held as a suspicious person. She denies
all knowledge of the shooting. Sceglel, It
Is aald, had been drinking heavily ever
since he arrrlved In the city. It was stated
by Mrs. Starxynskl, wife of Andrew, that
about ten minutes before the shooting a
noise was heard In the apartments occupied
by Scxeglel and the womnn. Her husband,
she said, went upstairs and reprimanded
the pair for making a disturbance. Ho
then went downstairs and Joined his
brother In the dining room. In a few min
utes, she says, the priest appeared tn the
doorway and opened fire.
The prisoner wears the partial dress of a
clergyman, although his attire does not In
dicate to what denomination he belongs.
The police authorities do not believe tho
man Is a member of any clerical order, but
that he had a purpose in assuming the
priestly garb.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8. -The name of Ludwte;
Scxeglel does not appear in the city direc
tory, and Inquiry among clergymen of the
Polish churches failed to reveal anybody
who knew him.
RACE RIOT HILLSBORO
Asaaolt of White Man Stlra Cltlsena
to High Feel In a; Against
Blacks.
HILLSBORO. III.. Aug. S. III feeling
toward negroes which has been brewing
since last Friday night, when John T.
Maddux, an aged white man, was assaulted
by a negro, culminated In a race riot last
night and the majority of negroes were
ohased out of town. Negroes and white cltl
xens fought in the public streets for several
hours and the business section was in a
turmoil. Finally most of the negroes fled
from town and order waa restored. C. D.
Fry, who haa a contract for paving work
and employed negToes, insisted that his
employes be protected, but' to no effect.
Today Fry went to St. Louis, declaring he
would procure other -negro laborers. It Is
feared If he brings back a number of negro
laborers fighting and bloodshed will result
and the anti-negro feeling la at high ten
sion. AMERICAN THROWN IN JAIL
Kentncky Man Severely Treated at
Jlmlaea, Hex., With
ont Caaae.
HENDERSON, Ky.. Aug. 8,-The parents
of Patrick Haffey, a locomotive engineer of
this city, have received word that he la in
prlaon at Jlmlnei, Mexico. Haffey was ar
rested because his native fireman fell off
a train and waa killed. Bitter feeling
against Americans caused a mob to form
and the young man was almost lynched.
The American ambassador haa been ap
pealed to.
SUBJECTS STAND FOR RIGHTS
Representatives of These Hares Take
Position Against Any
Discrimination.
THE HAGUE. Aug. 8. A large gathering,
which waa attended by representatives of
the Armenians, Georgians, Arabians, Poles,
Boevs, etc, today adopted a resolution in
favor of the extension to subject races of
the rlghta granted In the case of the belllg
erenta. Barney Oldfleld at Sioux City.
SIOUX CITY, la., Aug. 8-(?ic'al.
Sioux City nlll have a big automobile race
meet Saturday and Sunday with Barney
Oldfleld as the star attractirn, nt wl I' ll
time he will endeavor tn set a new mile
record for the fast mile track at Woodlaun,
the Interstate Fair association yrmnls!
There are sixteen events ou Uie card for
Ui two day
NO DISAST
FIREMEN HURT IN STORM
Second Assistant Chief Bruised and
Driver Gets Broken Leg;.
THROWN OUT OF BIO ON BUN
Son of W. A. Sharrar Haa Mlrarnlooa
Escape from Death by Light
ning that Striken
Hons.
Indirectly the terrific electrical storm of
Wednesday night, which soaked so many
hundreds of pleasure seekers In and around
Omaha and did other more serious mis
chief, was the cause of Jonaa H. Francis,
driver for Second Assistant Fire Chief
Martin J. Dineen, getting his leg broken
and Dineen getting badly bruised. They
were on a run to the fife at the residence
of Casper E. Y'ost. Thirty-ninth and Daven
port streets, Wednesday night. They were
going west on Cuming street, taking the
south side of the street, as the north had
been torn up by the laying of oondults
and ran Into a huge pile of crushel rock
and paving machinery at Thirty-ninth
street. The,re was no lantern on the ob
struction and the horse ran squarely Into
It, throwing both men out upon their faoes.
Mr. Francis sustained a broken leg and
the assistant chief was bruised, but not
badly enough to prevent his reporting for
duty Thursday morning.
The damage to the Yost residence prob
ably will amount to about ITS. The house
was burned In several places and some
furniture, Including a large dining room
table was damaged by falling glass. Mr.
Yost and family are out of town and there
was no one In the house but two women
servants.
Close Call from Llghtnlngr.
The son of W. A. Sharrar, 2424 Erskine
street, had almost miraculous escape from
death by lightning Wednesday evening. He
was asleep In one of the upstairs rooms
of the house, when a bolt entered the
window, set Are to the sash curtains and
threw them over on the bed. The bed
clothes Immediately caught Are. Mr.
8harrar called to hia father and brother
and grabbing the clothes carried them
into the bath room, where the lire waa ex
tinguished. If the bolt had stunned 1 him
or If he had been sleeping soundly he would
have been burned to death before help
could have reached him.
The bolt crossed the room and tore a hole
In the partition. The house did not catch
Are. The fact Mr. Sharrar was partially
awakened by the storm is all that saved
his life. The other members of the family
had not yet gone to bed. His father Is a
clerk In the county assessor's office.
The same house was struck by lightning
and badly damaged about six years ago.
Several basements of residences In the
low ground on Dewey avenue, between
Twenty-eighth street and Park avenue,
were badly flooded.
The chimney on the residence at 672
South Twenty-eighth street was demol
ished by the lightning and the house other
wise slightly damaged.
The tall smokestack at the Shrlner apart
ment bouse on South Twenty-sixth street
was demolished by the wind.
MATT CARROLL ALL. BUT DROWSED
Goea Ont of Slajht In Muddy Water,
bnt Escapes.
Wednesday evening Frank Furay and
Matt Carroll came down from Krug park
on the early wave of the storm and' reached
Twenty-fourth and Cuming In good order.
Here they got off the car to transfer and
while waiting for the Twenty-fourth street
car, after the rain had lulled, crossed tho
street to the south side for a glass of beer
and a sandwich. Carroll bethought himself
of a prescription he wanted filled and
darted back across the street on his way
to Schmidt's drug Store. He had forgot
ten the work being done there by the In
dependent Telephone company, but the
hole was still there and a little -over six
feet deep.
Furay and those with him were horrified
to see Carroll suddenly disappear and then
thought of what might have happened. He
was out of sight In muddy water, but soon
came to the surface, and was fished out,
dripping and slimy, but Injured more in
his feeligs than elsewhere,
OVER INCH RAIN I FOUR HOI KS
Wind Gets Up to a Thlrty-Slx-Mlle
Cljp.
According to the weather bureau the
rain began falling Wednesday night at 7:55
and continued until shortly after midnight.
The amount of precipitation was 1.19 Inches.
While the rain fall for this period of four
hours has been twice exceeded In Omaha,
It will still pass as a good rain. The storm
came from the northwest. The maximum
wind velocity during the night was thirty
six miles an hour. At Sioux City a wind
velocity of fifty-six miles per hour was
reported during the night. The rain was
general throughout the east portion of the
state. The heaviest precipitation reported
was at Grand Island, ! 74 Inches. At Fair
bury and Fairmont 1.68, at Auburn 1,32 and
at Ashland 1 Inch. The wires were down
at Columbus and Oakdale, and also at
Valentine, hence no reports were received
from those localities. No rain la reported
at all at North Platte. The condition for
Thursday night and Friday promise
showery weather with thunder storms.
BIG PAPPIO IS OUT OF ITS BAXKS
Fractions Stream Swells Up Been a so
of Little Rain.
Tha county commissioners received word
Thursday morning that the heavy rains
had swollen the Big Papplo to such an ex
tent it waa out of Its banka and was
threatening the Center street pavement
and the new steel bridge Just completed
on the Center street road. It waa also
feared the grading on West Q street was
damaged. County Engineer Beat with some
of the commissioners went out to examine
the roads along the creek and to tako
measures to prevent further damage.
HAI STOPS ASPHALT PAVING
Pnta Barber Plant Out of Commission
for a While.
No asphalt paving will be laid In
Omaha for at least twenty-four hours
from Thursday at I a. m., aa the result of
the storm Wednesday night. The plant
of the Tiarber Asphalt company, near Sixth
and Jones streets, was flooded and con
siderable flotsam left upon the ground.
The force Is now engaged In clearing up
the ground and buildings and as toon as
thia la done work on the atreet will be
resumed.
Reports from South Omaha Indicate
that the storm was as least as heavy
there aa In Omaha. Trees at the liomj of
Mrs. Towle. deputy probation officer, were
(Continued on Second Fage
: DECLARE WILLIAMS NOMINEE
Democratic State Executive Commit
tee Makes Annonnrement
at Jackson.
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 8.-The demo
cratic state executive committee today de
clared John Sharpe Williams, the nominee
for United States senator.
The canvass of the returns showed a
majority of 64S votes for Williams, the
totals being as follows. Williams, 59. 4!; :
Vardaman, 6S.S4S. There will be no con
test over the result.
After a short caucus between the two
factions It was agreed to abide by semi
official returns as furnished. Secretary of
State Power from the various oountles
and which show that Mr. Williams has a
plurality of 848 votes. A motion to declare
Mr. Williams the nominee was seconded
by the friends of Governor Vardaman. The
committee then formally declared Mr. Will
iams nominated as United States senator.
This Is considered the final settlement of
the contest.
UNION FACES AN - INJUNCTION
Tennessee Coal Company Invokes
t'oarta to Prevent Labor
Trouble at Montlake.
CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 8.-AIV mem
bers and officers of the United Mine Work
ers of America, district No. 9, at Mont
lake, this county, are under a temporary
injunction granted late yesterday restrain
ing them from attempting by persuasion,
threats. Intimidation or otherwise from In
terfering with the business of the Mont
lake Coal Mining company. In mining,
shipping and selling Its coal. They are also
temporarily restrained from attempting to
persuade e,mployes of the coal company to
lear the employment of the company.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 8. At a conference
this afternoon by officers of district No. S,
United Mine Workers of America, an 1
officers of the Pittsburg Coal company all
grievances that threatened to bring on a
strike of H.000 men were amicably adj.isted,
and danger of a strike averted.
HAVE BILL AGAINST RUSSIA
Owners of Cod Flshlnw Vessels Draw
ing; I p Online for Damages
by Detention.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8.-The owners
of the cod fishing vessels are preparing to
present to the Russian government through
the State department at Washington a
large indemnity bill on account of the
recent ejectment from the Okhotsk sea at
the barkentlne S. N. Caetle and the bark
J. D. Spreckles. Further advices from tho
orient may show that the bill should also
Include damages for the detention of the
barkentlne Fremont of San Francisco and
the City of Papeete of Seattle. News of
the latter boats Is being anxiously awaited,
as It Is feared that they have been cap
tured by the Russian cruiser that took
away the papers of the Spreckles and Cas
tle and ordered them out of Okhotsk
waters.
SAWYER MAINTAINS LEAD
Fairly Close Matches Were ml( In
Second Round at Whenton,
Illinois.
WH EATON, 111.. Aug. 8.-Fa!riy. close
matches were the rule in the second round
of match play for the western amateur
golf championship today. D. E. Sawyer,
the present title holder, defeated R. O.
Alnslee of Westward Ho, 6 up, 4 to play.
Sawyer played rather loosely, going out,
taking a 43, but at that he was S up. Com
ing In he made a 37, playing out the bye
holes.
W. I. Howland. of Skokie beat R. A.
Gardner of Hinsdale, 4 up, 3 to ploy, but
had to play par golf to do It, Howland's
37 going out being the lowest for the day
for the first nine holes.
Chandler Egan's remarkable putting and
his recoveries from the long grass gave
him a victory over George Cllngman of
llomewood, 4 up, 2 to play.
SOIL EXPEP.TS HAVE DISPUTE
Prof. Whitney's Ittcrnt Declaration
Stlra Ip Argument Among;
Chemists of Weat.
BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 8.-The decla
ration of Prof. Milton Whitney, chief of
the bureau of soils of the United States
Department of Agriculture, to the effect
that he had discovered a new theory of
soil fertilization which may necessitate
a complete revision of science of chemis
try of soils. Prof. Whitney claims the
growth of plants does not exhaust tho
soli. Dr. Hllgard, former dean and chief
of the United Statea Agricultural depart
ment station at Berkeley, said today:
"This theory, which Prof. Whitney seems
to think is new, was advanced, discussed
and exploded a hundred years ago."
BAR AGAINST ALGER'S BOOKS
Worcester, Masa., Public Library Re
Bards Ilia Worka Much Too
sensational.
WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 8. The works
of Horatio Alger, Jr., the noted writer of
books fur boys, has been barred from the
shelves of the Worcester Public library.
Alger Is now In the same class s Mark
Twain, Robert W. Chambers, Walt Whit
man and other well known producers of
literature, some of whose works have been
barred from free public libraries In Wor
cester county towns and cities. At the
library the reason for barring Alger's
' books, which have been on the shelves for
years, Is that they were not truthful and
are too sensational.
STEAMER ALLIANCE IS SUNK
Parlfle Const Liner C'raabea Into
Local Boat, Sending; it to
the Bottom.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 8. The Portland
and San Francisco liner City of Panama
j enroute from Portland with a full list of
I passengers today collided with and sank
I the ,ettmer Alliance from ?ooa bay. for
forilana. witn passengers ana freight.
The collision occurred In a fog near the
mouth of the Willamette river. The pas
sengers of the Alliance were brought to
Portland.
WILL MAKE THE ROADS OBEY
Governor Comer of Alabama Derlnres
They Mnst Coma to
Time Soon.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. S.-No" agree
ment was reached today between the state
and the Southern railway wtlh regard to
the revocation of the license of the latter.
;The only thing Governor Comer would say
was that "thu railroads must observe II. e
law and carry out the code."
Anotlker conference will be held tomorrows
MORE PAY FOR MIXERS
Wyoming; Coal Digg-ers Get Baise ol
Twenty Per Cent September 1.
ALSO GIVEN EIGHT-HOUR DAI
Companies Furnish Check-Off Men, L
suring Union Control.
LOS ANGELES OPERATORS 0U1
Manager Miller Asks Men to Retnrn
to Work.
WILL THEN RECEIVE C MMITTEE
They Agree to Come Back If Die
eharared Man Can Iletnrn With
Them Keajotlatlona
Still Pending;.
DENVER. Colo., Aug. 8. The Joint con
ference of the United Mine Workers of
America and the operators representing
evry mine In Wyoming reached an agree
ment today which means permanent peace
In the Wyoming coal field. The terms of
settlement were:
An eight-hour day effective September 1;
a wage Increaso approximately U0 per cent
more for eight hours than formely pa'd
for ten hours; an Improvement In the work
ing conditions all along, the line, and the
companies to furnish check-off men, in
surln union control In the mines. The de
cision affects 12.000 men.
Operators tay on Strikes.
I.OS ANGEI.KS. Aug. 8.-The strike of
the Western Union telegraph operators In
this city which was called last night fol
lowing the discharge of John Ryan, a
union operator, on the ground of deliber
ately delaying business, continued today.
According to the men .about sixty-five out
of a total of seventy-five are on strike.
The company, however, Is fairly well sup
plied with operators and Is taking care of
all business offered.
A meeting of the striking operators was
held todaj. More than fifty were present.
A letter from Manager Miller was reod,
saying that the men could return to work
and consideration would be given to a com
mittee to the llssat!K(lcil ones.
It was decided that none of tfie operators
would return to work unless Ryan went
with them. Steps looking to negotiations
with Manager Miller on that basis were
taken.
President S. J. Small of the Commerc1.it
TM graplier's union sent the following
from Oakland:
"Deplore hasty action, but realise Justl
flab. Will stand behind Los Angeles. If
the trouble not settled Jn forty-two hours
will go there."
"Vice President Beattle at Washington
wired ns follows:
"Your man'y course against injustice haa
my heirty endorsement." .
DENVER. Colo,. Aug. 8-Vlce President
A. D. Tnrker of the Color.lo ft Southern
railway ays the company put to work
twenty-flvs more men today and that In a
few duys he will have the rond In normal
condition.
Grand Master P. H. MorrlBsoy of the
Railway Trainmen says that the situation
Is unchanged. He says that the strikers
are making heavy Inroads in the ranks
of the strike-breakers and that most it
tho imported men leave the service of the
company as soon as they learn of the
strike. This the company denied.
FUNERAL OF COLUMBIA VICTIM
G. W. Edwards Iteturna from Coaat
with Body of Mra. C. A.
Wlnalow.
G. W. Edwards, son-in-law of the Ints
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wlnslow, who lost
I their lives In the wreck of tho Columbia
' on the Pacific coast, returned to Omaha
Thursday morning accompanying the body
of Mrs. Wlnslow. No trace has been found
of Mr. Wlnslow.
One of the survivors was responsible for
the recovery of Mra. Wlnslow's body
through a mistake. The body was washed
Into his arms and he clung to it, thinking
that it waa Ills own wife. Her Identity was
established by tickets found In her pocket
book. The Columbia Is now lying 900 feet
from the surface and the Ban Pedro Is a
waterlogged wreck, but still afloat.
Nearly l.ijO.OOO worth of salvage has been
recovered and Is being held by the steam
ship Elder, which touk an active part in
the wjik of rescue. Ninety-nine people per-
; lulled. Including seventeen children. Only
! one of all the children on board was aaved.
The funeral of Mrs. Wlnslow will be held
from the residence, 2434 Manderson street,
at 4 o'clock Friday aftomoon. Rev. Frank
W. Foster will preach the funeral sermon.
Interment will be at Forest Utrn cemetery.
Mr. Edwards arrived with the body at
the Burlington depot at 8:48 a. m. and waa
met by Undertaker Dodder, W. R. Ben
nett and W. H. Kennedy, George Schneider
and W. H. Huffman of the Bennett CO IH
pany.
U, P, DIVIDEND DECLARED
Dlreetora at New York Decide om
Regular Quarterly Profit
Apportionment.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 The directors of the
Union Pacific Railroad company declared a
regular quarterly dividend of ZH per cent
on the common etock thla afternoon. The
last dividend amounted to 24 per cent, but
was not designated as regular at that time.
The directors also declared the regular
semi-annual dividend of I per cent on tha
preferred stock.
MANY JAPS ARE DEPORTED
Largest Number Ever Sent Back at
Once Left on Manchuria
for Juaau.
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 One hundred
and six Japanese, the largest number ever
deported from thla coast, will leave on tho
steamer Manchuria for the orient today.
The deportations consist of Japanese caught
stealing over the Mexican border Into the
United Statea. They were brousht hre by
the Inspector In charge of the Immigration
bureau at Fort Worth.
Will Inspect w Motor Boat.
PEORIA. Aug. 8. Ex-Governor Van
Sant of Minnesota, arrived In Peoria early
this afternoon for the purpose of inspect
ing the new motor boat called the "Hy
drocurve." Hhould the craft prove sstis
fuctory, Mr. Van Sant will probably adopt
the new method f.,r power on 1.1s stesni
rliip lini H The 1 'iruni r e is scheduled
to muke a forty mllo an hour trip tliii
afternoon, with ex-Uovernor Van bant and
several prominent bualnsse men ef UUa
city a tfueetat.