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DREYFUS CASE AGAIN
Besijjned Hit Commlnion Became of
Alleged Discrimination.
OTHERS PUSHED AHEAD OF HTM
Socialist! Take Up Matter and May
Get Into Parliament
GEN. PICQ.UAB.T REFUSES TO ACT
Sayi the Major and Hit Friends Can
Afford to Wait
DIVORCES IN FRANCE INCREASE
Hwnr, v Show Incompatibility of
- Temper Exists la Majority of
(' Womn Gala
Pol at.
PRIf. Aug. 10 -Special.) A letter writ
ten by M. de Preasense, socialist deputy
for Lyons, 'a few days ago and other In
dications show the reason of Major Drey
fua for resigning hta commission la dissat
isfaction at hla not having been promoted
to the rank of lieutenant colonel. When
he waa reinstated In the army, Just twelve
months ago, 'he was rained to the rank
of major, and was created a knight of
the Legion of Honor, because thla was
regarded as the exact position that he
would hold If hla name had been retained
all of the time on the active list. It
now transpires, however, that his principal
subject for discontent lips In the fact
that several officers In the artillery who
were Junior to him are lieutenant colonels,
and that all of the efforts which have
been made to Induce General Plcquart,
minister of war, to grant him !i.iiiar pro
motion huve fallen through.
Dreyfus addressed a letter upon the sub
ject that certain officers who were Junior
to him are now his superiors when but
for the trouble he might have retained
his seniority to them. General Plcqusrt
at first paid no attention to the Dreyfus
appeal, but finally declined to entertain
the proposition. After this Major Dreyfus
sent In his resignation. His friends, most
of whom now, by the way. belong to the
socialist party, put out by the refusal,
Intervened to get General Plcquart to
grant the request of Major Dreyfus, and
one of them, not long ago, had an Inter
view with the minister of war. In the
course ' of which he Insisted upon the
validity of the Dreyfus claim.- According
to one account he even went so far ns
to tell General Plcquart that he himself
had got much more out of the "Dreyfus
affair" than had Major Dreyfus, but the
minister of war waa still not convinced.
Ills attitude In this respect Is described
as being rather hostile than otherwise.
Socialists Greatly Offended.
According to all accounts, the deputy In
P.nstlon, who represents an Important so
cialist duUrlct, waa not to be daunted by
thla rebuff, so he returned to the charge,
whereupon General Plcquart told him
flatly that he would never take the In
itiative In giving this satisfaction to
Major ' Dreyfus. The minister of ' war
. said quite frankly that ha considered thnt
quit enough had been done for Major
Dreyfus, who could well afford to remain
quiet, and ha declared that to give him
' a promotion to which ha did not think Mm
- entitled would simply add one more to
the many difficulties with which the gov
ernment was beset. This opposition, which
was entirely unexpected,' has offended the
socialist politicians, who worked so hard
with General Plcquart for the quashing of
the Judgments of the Rennes and Parln
courts-martial, and It Is believed that the
entire Incident may yet be dragged before
Parliament
Increase la Divorcee.
Borne Interesting statistics on the sub
ject of divorces In France have been made
public. These statistics fully confirm the
opinion previously entertained that the evil
has been going up steadily In an ascending
scale since Its revival In this country by
a special law In 1S84. In that year the
total number of divorces amounted to 187S.
.' In 1904, just twenty years afterwards, the
number had risen to 14, SW. Nineteen hun
dred and four la the last year of which
a record has been obtainable at the Minis
try of Justice, but the average has been
, steadily gaining aver since. It Is, however,
noteworthy that by far the greater propor
tion of divorces has been granted on the
score of cruelty and the like. Thus, those
divorces amounted In 1884 to 1,477, and in
1904 to 10.5OT. In the last named year the
divorces granted on the application of
husbands for breach of the seventh com
mandment were 1.304, those on the petition
of wives being 1,607. Jn 1884 they had been
145 and 7, respectively. Then, whereas
In ISM divorces owing to the condemnation
of one of the parties to "an Infamous pen
alty" numbered sixty. In 1904 they had
risen to 284. Incompatibility of temper
seems to be the cause of most of the di
vorces. But besides these cases, there are
a good many separations, as, of course,
the Catholic church does not sanction di
vorce, so that numbers of people when
matrimonial Jara occur, refrain from ap
plying to the law cours for divorce, con
tenting themrelves with separation.
Rich at w 3arvfed Women.
The wonisn auffrr.Jti advocates of France
are Jubilant over a nw conquest. Th
government has Just promulgated the law
recently voted by tht chvnber recognising
the right of a mrred witntn to dispose
of hef own M.fiir.ki Independently of her
husband. The law 1n Cranes concerning
the privileges of the nuaband as hitherto
In vogue dated back to the Roman period,
and' made the wife In many Instances prac
tically tha slave. A drunkard or an Idler
, backed by the-tav was able to compel the
wife to hand ever every penny aha earned.
The new law has abolished the most ob
jectionable of these features. It Is said
hat the passage, of the act was due In
a large measure to tha untiring anerglea
of Mme. Jeanne Schmahl and the Dowager
Duciiesa d Uses, who, for many years, have
been urging home upon the legislators the
need of this teform. Tha recent bill voted
before the adjournment of the chambers
waa Introduced thirteen years ago. That
reforms move slowly In Franca, as In other
countries. Is pretty well demonstrated by
the fait that It has required all of that
time to " ring about the passage of th
bill.
Would Suppress Insubordination-
M. Thomson, minister of marine, has aent
a circular to tha port admirals which la
of considerable significance. It is drawn
up with a view to suppressing Inaubordl
nut Ion In the fleet. Mention la specially
made of men whose example is bad for
the crews, and whose conduct may be a
daiiger to tha security of their ships. Such
(fUAUaaa as ruth Page-
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DOMXSTXO.
Switchmen of the Denver 4 Rio Grande
railroad may strike, their demand for
an Increase of 20 per cent In pay being
as yet unanswered by the Colorado road.
x. rags a
Boulder, Colo., suffers $250,000 damage
as result of an explosion of half a ton
of dynamite In a fire believed to have
been of Incendiary origin. X, Page 1
Nltro-glycerln exploded by a tramp for
revenge causes many Injuries at Kldga
way. Pa. Z, rags 1
English Episcopal divines will come to
Richmond, Vs., for the celebration of the
anniversary of the church foundation In
America. I, Page a
Navy department commends men In ser
vice for their bravery, on different oeca
siona. s X, Pag a
Standard Oil company will be sued In
Manila for $40,000 old import duties uue
the government. X, Page 1
VEB&ASXA
On the order of Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction J. L. McUrlen, teachers of
Nebraska will make August 29 a houst
cleaning day. , X, Page 3
Governor Sheldon appoints Cyrus B.
White head of the Omaha Institute for
Deaf and Dumb, vice R. E. Stewart.
X, Paga a
J. W. Searson, professor of English at
the State Normal school at Peru, is be
ing Investigated by the State Board of
Education on his own request. A war
rant charging assault of a young woman
student was Issued for htm In the N -maha
county district court. X, Paga 3
John Woolsey of Hubbel settles with
Ed Lawrence of Lincoln for damagea sus
tained In a sensational episode at Elk
Creek. X, Paga 3
TOBEIGir.
A car of dynamite was exploded at Es
sex. Ont., causing the death of one man
and the Injury of many others.
X, Paga 1
Moors attack Casablanca again, but r.re
repulsed. X, Page a
Marquis Ito leaves Corea In charge .of
General Hasegawa and returns to Japan
after his coup. X, Paga X
Six hundred Filipinos are homeless as a
result of a fire in Manila. X, Paga 1
X.OOAX.
Democrats are unable to maintain that
harmony of which they boasted In
primary , election campaign. Deputy
County Attorney Magney will not run for
Judge. X, Paga 4
Farmers of northwestern part of county
ask Board of Commissioners to build
a ditch seven miles long to drain four
teen sections of land. TX, Paga 4
Hotel stewards protest that health
commissioner's new garbage arrengemmit
entails heavy extra expense on them.
TX, Paga
J. H. Pryor of San Francisco, who was
guest at Mark Twain London dinner, says
England would co-operate with United
States In war If needed. X, Page 4
Big cereal companies use coupons In
package as means of circumventing new
food law. X, Paga 4
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BURGLAR RETIRED DEFEATED
F.dlnbara- Girl with Fire Kxtlngulsher
Routs a Robber In Her
Home.
EDINBURGH. Aug. 10. (Special.) A re
markable story of a girl's pluck and re
source comes from the far north of Scot
land. Sackvllle House, Bowen-by-Wlnck,
the residence of Mrs. Sinclair Wemyss was
broken Into by a tramp, who is believed
to have been a German nationality, while
the family was at dinner. The first to dis
cover ths intruder was the butler, who
after a great struggle was knocked down
and rendered unconscious. Two other
servants attracted by the noise were also
uttacked by the tramp, and during the
scuffle the daughter of ths house, 16 years
old rushed out of the dining room, and
at once took a patent Are extinguisher,
which was hanging on the wall from Its
hook and squirted the chemical contents
Into the face of the burglar. ,
The man, utterly unnerved by this unex
pected attack and believing probably that
he waa blinded for life1, gave one shriek and
bolted out of the front door. Ha was, how
ever, captured later on and Is now lying In
the local Jail awaiting trial. The ex
tinguisher was a cone-shaped apparatus
with a knob at the top. When this knob
la struck on the floor the extinguisher can
be held horliontally and a powerful jet
thrown a distance of at least thirty-five
feet. It was this jet which settled this
particular burglar.
NO MOVE FOR ARBITRATION
Three Nations Are Fatted In
for International Court of
Justice.
Plan
THE HAGUE. Aug. 10. Three nations,
the United States, Oermany and Great
Britain, have definitely agreed on a state
ment for the scheme for the establishment
of a permanent court of arbitration to be
called the International court of Justice.
CANNON SPEAKS IN KANSAS
Addressee Reunion of Yeterana at
Dodge City While Hla
War West.
DODGE CITY, Kan., Aug. W.-Jceeph G.
Cannon, speaker of the house of repre
sentative, addressed a large crowd here
today at a reunion of old soldiers. He
arrived In Dodge City this morning from
the east and will depart tonight fw Colorado
BLACK EYE FOR RAND
South African District Suffering
Business Depression.
FINANCIAL CRASH IS AW . v
Debts Are Too Common for Peopij to
Worry About
BOERS CLAD! JUST PUNISHMENT
Assert Proridence is Flaying British
for the War.
SHOPS AT JOHANNESBURG EMPTY
Chinese Labor Did Not Bring; Pros
perity Country Overballt and
Overpeopled Valaes Are
Lave.
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 10. Special.)
Americans, gold seekers, laborers and sol
diers of 'fortune, are being warned away
from the Transvaal. And In fact the Trans
vaal of today Is a pretty good country to
keep away from,
Never during the darkest hours of the
Boer government did things appear as
gloomy. To be sure, tha Boer government
was largely a government of farmers.
There were few large cities and the reign
lnsr rullni forces could ilvivi he sure of
making a living. Indeed, the disposition
of President Kruger and his associates
was to till the land and let the British
hunt the gold.
With the ending of the Boer war and
with the construction of large sections of
the Cape to Cairo railroad it was every -
where supposed that South Africa wouM
enjoy a boom unprecedented In the history
of that section of the world. The pro-
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not hesitate to assert that Got II. punishing
mo xsnusn iur depriving me Doers oi
their liberty. The British, at least that
section with a materialistic turn of mind.
say that the hard times which are now
all but ruining Johannesburg and which
have affected the other sections, might
have been avoided If the liberal government
of Great Britain had only kept hands off
not the Boer question, but rather the
Chinese situation.
Three Years of Depression.
For nearly three years now has depres
sion reigned In Johannesburg. Only one
more stage Is left a great financial crash.
The people have become familiar with the
words "stagnation" and "ruin." They have
grown callous to Insolvencies and Immense
lists of Judgments In the smaller civil
courts. Debts are too common to worry
about. Book debts are unsalable at any
figure.
Never before has the financial sky of the
Rand been so dark as It is today. A cloud
of the deepest pessimism has settled over
all. The gloom Is unrelieved.' It Is dim
cult to find a single. man who looks for
ward with confidence or even hope. Every
week retrenchment becomes more drastic
Every day swells ' the ranks of the un
employed. Only the very wealthiest can
obtain credit, and then only for small
amounts. '
The disappearance of so many sound,
well-established firms Is significant. In
the main streets doiens of shops are
empty. The Jewelers' shops, once the pride
of the Rand, are almost all In the hands
of liquidators. It Is claimed that the re
cent votes In the legislative assembly,
which as Sir George Farrar admits mea.;s
the end of Chinese labor, la resnonslblo
for the existing condition of affairs. But
that would be equivalent to admitting that
8S.OO0 Chinese alone stand between the
Rand and ruin. And probably there la
not a Boer or Briton on the Rand who
would go so far as to admit that in the
final analysis.
Last Prop Waa Removed.
Undoubtedly the decision of the govern
ment has had a arreat deitl in An with !
making bad worse. It has removed a last
hope to which so many clung with sucb
pathetic confidence. People have undoubt
edly been buoyed up with the ASrtton
of the mining masses that Chlneve la
bor spellod prosperity. London capitalists
have undoubtedly continued their support
with the mental reservation that the final
vote for or against tha Chinese would
decide their action. If
favorable thev
would persevere; If unfavorable they would j cheme, he said:
cut their losses and get out of the whole j "Every ten years the Methodists hold an
business. Reparation waa to mark tho ' International congress. Our next congress
end ot perseverance. It was the signal takes place three years hence at Washlng
for giving up. It was regarded meroly i ton. By that time It Is my fond belief that
as Implying a continuation of depression.
Alone It would have worked mischief, fvr
In a shaky community the withdrawal of
any prop is dangerous. Combined with
the great strike, It has undoubtedly been
fatal. Nevertheless, the 'output rms been
and still is $10,000,000 a month. There are
j 17.000 natives ready to take the places
of the 17,000 served with ejectment no
tices. On the face of it. It would appear
j a& though the decision to sond back the
Chinese ought not to have deepened the
depression so terribly.
But reparation la only one of the causes
of. the Rand's decline. Many there are
who blame the strike, and undoubtedly
the strike has had a great deal to do with that , have ,ugBei,te(, We been rece,vd
It. just as the Chinese question has had j wlth ,rav. ,.nd weU-eon.Mared approba
. great deal to do with It But now that t!on by of our churph
thing, are seUUng down. It I. recognlted , brethr, , Amerlc(l are .nlhll.,Blc. Bo.
tr.ai jonsnnesourg nas Deen overnuiu ana . , . , , '
j .... . . re next year it Is my Intention to per-
, overpeopled. Capitalists and speculators .. ... . . . ...
V ... , , sonally consult the views and the wishes1
have bullded a city for SRO.OOO people, where , ,,, . . . " wisnea ,
they should have planned only a mining ' M't"'t. throughout the entire world. ,
camp and a good old-fashioned county J L?"W V" '.Jtf,,",!.C .! 1 bUt the i
p and a good oia-iasnioned county
borough seat.
Fate of the Plaeo Justified.
' Johannesburg la not and never can be
much more than a mining camp and a
center for the rural dlstrlcta of the Tians
ivaal to ehop in. And, of course, mere
' mining without manufacturing and ship-.
ping can hardly build a great city, it
j was the madness of the boom whk-h gave
' employment to thousands. Today the boom
' has ceased and thousands are out of work.
, while other thousands have left the town.
Just aa an Indication for the fall of values,
It Is worth mentioning that In a year
the municipal valuation of Johannesburg
1 has been reduced by $o0,00n,000. And tt Is
still sinking.
Johannesburg Is undoubtedly suffering
the fate which baa overtaken all of the
boom towns of the new countries of North
and South America. Whether tt will ul
timately recover its relative position In the
world 1. for the future to decide.
Tramp Seta On! N Itm-Ulyoerln.
WILLI AM6PORT. Pa., Aug. 10.-A tramp
who was put off a Pennsylvania railroad
train at Rldgeway. Pa., exploded nitro
glycerin under the car and Ave men were
killed.
REBEL AT VATICAN'S WAYS
Chnrchme- 'eelare thnt Pope la One
Te'v"Sreat Ones Wnat
, Aug. 10. (Special.) The Cnr-
NpV en.a Romano, the Vatican setnl-
'
wide-spread movement among the higher
, i-iaMri or .Tisiipn ana uprmnn tiinunv.
! against the so-called mediaeval lm of the
Vatican. It Is described as a secret al
liance, having as Its theories those set
forth by Fogsxsarn in his novel, "The
Saint." a project for a petition to the pone
'or the abrogation of the Index and the
iniroaucuon or a series oi moaern ro-
forms. This plan, which Is connected with
the movement of the Liberal French
Catholics, Is considered at the Vatican to
be a rebellion, and Is declared to be the
more bitterly resented because men like
the chief of the German Centre party.
Baron von Hertllng. and other German
clerical deputies, are participating In It.
As Is the custom, the pope has largely
suspended audiences during the summer
season, and this In a large measure has
for American visitors been a serious dis
appointment. But, of course. It la not alone
American visitors who are disappointed
when they cannot see the pope. Nothing
Is more significant,, said Count Melcholr
de Vogue, a few years ago, then the ab
sorbing pre-occupation of visitors of mark,
rulers of states, diplomatists, writers or
disinterested thinkers, as soon as they
reach Rome. Whatever may be the motive
1 which brings them here that motive be-
comes secondary; all have but one desire
to see and hear the pope. All knock first
of all ' at the "portone" at those bronxe
doors shut on the voluntary prisoner. Men
of action or men of thought, those who
I make history and those who write it, are
j warned by a aure Instinct that the Vatican
I lin one of the rat workshops of
history. In ascending the interminable
: Bter"' wh,cn there lead up to theM r,al
l"io whence the eye embrsces all the
1 PecUcle of the world' the mo"t P0'"1
monarch runs against silent shadow, which
,n 'p of hlmae ' haV" bee" Capab'8 ?
" ? T o .!
reigns over an empire, where Goethe la
If miliar to all mind, these ahadow. recall
h(m the words f Wore
me, silent and pensive, the spirits of those
who weigh In black balance the destiny
of prince and of peoples."
WHERE BURNS TOOK DEGREE
Party of American Masons Discover
Records Shovrlng Details of
Procedure.
GLASGOW, Aug. 10.-(Special.) It ap
pears to have been reserved to a patTf
of American Masons to discover the place
where Burns was Initiated Into the mys-
; terlea of Masonry. All this occurred In the
Ayrshire village of Tarbolton where for
generations the cheery click of the hand
weaver's loom could be heard on every
side. The house still stands. Burns, who
at that time resided at Lochlea, was a reg
ular attendant at Masonic meetings in the
village, and having passed through the
various degrees qualifying for the fully
Masonic brotherhood ultimately became
deputy master At that time the two Tar
bolton lodges, St. David and St, James,
were amalgamated, but shortly thereafter
th union was dissolved and Burns csst
In his lot with Logo 8t. James, to which
on the eve of his projected departure for
the West Indies he addressed his beauti
ful "farewell." This lodge Is the proud
possessor of many valuable relics of the
poet and the only question about which
there has been any mystery has been the
exact location of the meeting place of the
united lodges at the time that the poet
joined the order. Among the rellra are
the apron which he wore when prealdlng
as deputy master, the chair and foot stool,
the mallet, thd silver badge referred to
in the farewell" and the Bible presented
by him to the lodge, but the most precious
of all 1s the minute book. In this book
there are three minutes entirely In the
handwriting of the bard, and no less than
thirty others bearing his signature.
WOULD BIND ALL METHODISTS
R. W. Perks of London Has Plan for
fjnlversal Brotherhood
of Beet.
LONDON. Aug. 10. (Special.) Methodists
all over Uie world will be Interested In the
latest plan of Mr. R. W. Perks, M. P., to
bind them In on universal brotherhood.
l Interviewed concerning his churchly
my scheme will already be accomplished.
! It wltl be a great day for Methodism, I
j predict, for in the same year our great
' hall at Westminster built upon the site of
the old Aquarium will be opened as the
world's headquarters of the Methodist
church.
"My proposition calls for the establish
ment of what might be called a vast Free
masonry of Methodism, at least so far ss
the universal brotherhood features are con
cerned. And practically I propose that the
church should deal with emigration prob
lems, the crisis of un-employment and the
encouragement of thrift by a world-wide
Methodlst organlxatlon. Many of the things
ITO GOES HOME TO REWARD
Work of Heora-anlsation of Corea u
Government Kow In Hands of
Hasegawa.
SEOUL. Aug. 10 In the reorganization of
the Corean government three members of
Marquis Ito's staff will become vice min
isters of three Corean departments of state.
Marquis Ito, accompanied, by eight na n
ben of the Japanese-Corean administration,
left today for Toklo, via Chemulpo, wherj a
large demonstration wl)l be held In cele
bration of Ito's late coup d'etat. General
H. Hasegawa has been apiiolnted a-tlnj
resident general, and the practical restora
tion ot order In Corea will devolve uion
him. General Hasegawa has declared that
In a national sense there will be no elimi
nation of the throne in the government of
Corea. and believes that under the order f
things the people may possibly become more
cohesive, but will rely jpon the Jai anese
for the maintenance of crdf-r. Marqjls I o
and hla party will sail from Chemulpu on
a warship. The Chemulpo squadron ti-
dispersed
FIRE AiND EXPLOSION
Thousand Pounds of Dynamite Works
Great Havoo at Boulder, Colo.
TWO FIREMEN FATALLY INJURED
Hundred Persons Are More or Less
Seriously Hurt
J BLAZE STARTS IN FREIGHT DEPOT
It Soon Spreads to Storehouse Con
taining Explosives.
LOSS QUARTER OF MILLION
Thirty Cars of Valuable Merchandise
Destroyed Beside Buildings Car
of Dynamite Removed front '
Dangerous Posltioa.
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. lO.-FIre that
started at 1 o'clock this morning in the
Colorado Sk Southern freight depot hem,
destroyed the depot with a vast quantity of
freight and spreading a distance of 100 feet
enveloped a powder house containing l.OXI
pounds of dynamite which exploded with a
tremendous shock, injuring perhaps 100 per
sons and breaking the plate glass In every
business house In the city as well as In
hundreds of residences. It Is believed thst
two vt the Injured will die. The prorwr.y
loss Is estimated at $mot. The fire origi
nated from some unknown cause and It be
lieved to be incendiary. It waa placed
under control at S:30.
Twenty-five of the Injured were taken to
local hospitals. The othera were either re
moved to their homes or were able to go
there themselves.
The fatally Injured:
Koy Lafavre. volunteer fireman, Biulder.
Ike O. Wilson, volunteer fireman. Boulder.
Among the others Injured are:
Jack Livingstone, Denver; a machinist;
blown fifty feet against the side of a build
ing three ribs broken, cloihes burned off.
Edwsrd Cook, side and arms badly
burned, bruised.
Alexander Snartell, blacksmith, clothes
burned off; badly burned about body.
Erhle Miller, carpenter, badly hurt by
falling timbers.
Family named Ramsey, living In a small
house near the station; house wrecked over
tl-.elr heads, four members of the family
badly Injured.
Firemen Ignorant of Explosives.
When the alarm was first turned In only
a small blaze was visible at the west end
of the depot. The firemen, handicapped by
low pressure of water, fought bravely, In
utter Ignorance that half a ton of explosives
was stored nearby. No warning was given
and when the sheet Iron- shack containing
the dynamite split open with a dull roar
the men manning the hose and every person
within a radius of 100 pards were hurled to
the ground.
Roy Lafavre and Ike O. Wilson, who were
nearest the stcre house, were frightfully
mangled. Lafavre'a left leg was blown
off above the knee. . Wilson, a cripple
with an artificial leg, suffered his right
Jeg blown away. The wooden limb was
shattered and fragments of It were driven
Into his body. , Across the street from
the freight depot a big two-story brick
warehouse had great cracks riven' In Its
walls and Its roof blown off. Several
shacks along the tracks, occupied by
squatters, ware reduced to splinters.
In the business section great sheet, of
heavy glass fell 1n splinters on the side
walk, following the explosion. Not a whole
pane of glass remains In the center of tjie
city. Guards of armed men were thrown
about the bank, and mercantile establish
ments to prevent looting.
Elaht Tons of Dynamite Removed.
On a side track at the platform of the
burning depot stood a car containing eight
tons of dynamite. Despite the fact that
cinders were falling on its roof and that
little flickers of flames were apparent on Its
walls, a switching crew backed down and
coupled to the smouldering cor, and while
the brakemen j beat o it the srarks, the
engine pulled the car two miles Into the
country, where It was left on a side track.
The Boulder club'a weekly reception had
Just ended and many men and women
were standing on the sidewalk a few blocks
away watting for their carriages. A half
hundred of them were blown off their feet
by the force of the explosion. All of the
windows In the university building were
blown out and the plaster fell from the
walls and ceiling of the main building.
Windows In several houses on university
hill, a mile and a half from the scene of
the explosion, were shattered. A brick
house occupied by J. J. McCs.be, half a
block from the freight house, was totally
wrecked.
Thirty freight cars were completely
destroyed- with their contents, consisting
of valuable merchandise. The fact that
dangerous explosives were stored so near
the depot and that few person, were aware
of the fact, will be made the subject of a
rlKtd Inquiry by the city authorities. Rail
way officials explain that the storage was
only temporary, the explosive, being under
shipment to the mines.
DYNAMITE EXPLODES AT ESSEX
Cav of the Explosive Ignited and
even Are Killed.
DETROIT, Aug. 10. Two trainmen were
killed, three more probably fatally Injured
and scores of persons were Injured by the
explosion of half a car of nitroglycerine
at the Michigan Central railroad station
today at Essex, Ontario, seventeen miles in
land from the Detroit river. Pia tlrally
every building in the town of 1.500 persons
was damaged, many of them being blown to
pieces. The shock of the explosion was
plainly felt for twenty mile.. It wa. so
heavy In this city that windows w. re
broken In a Jefferson avenue automobile
garage.
The car containing the explosive was side,
tracked Friday night necr a freight s ed
to be taken todsy to a quarry at Amherst
burg, Ont. The train was being made up
today, when. It Is said, lirakeman McNary
discovered that the nitroglycerine waa leak
ing In the car. He stsrted to open It and
stop the leak when the explosion occurred.
Everything for a radius of ST0 yards from
the depot Is In ruins and M'Nsry s b dy
waa discovered 100 feet away and Brake
man Conlon was dug from undr a c al
car dead The loss will be about $2 O.OtX
Fire of laeendiary Origin.
DENVER, Aug. 10. "We have proof that
the fire in tha depot of tha Colorado at
Southern at Boulder laat night waa of In-
! cendiary Origin," aald A. D. Parker, vtoi
' president of the Colorado A Southern rail-
road today. "The miscreants may not hsvj
( looked for the awful results that fo'lowel
through the explosion of the dynamite, but
j upon their heads the blame of tlie ritaa
jtmphs must rest. X will not say whom vi
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COMMENDATION FOR BRAVERY,
'jfavy Department MnUes special Men
tion of Men Mho Performed
JSoteworihy Arts.
WASHINGTON, Aug 10. Acting Secre
tary NeWberry has formally placed on rec
ord the Navy department's heartiest com
mendation of the self-sacrifice and bravery
exhibited by Edward Wade Whitehead,
first-class gunner's mate. In fearlessly risk
ing his own life to save that of a com
rade. The details of the act for which
Whitehead Is commended are Set forth In
the letter of Acting Secretary Newberry to
the commandant of the station at Tutulla.
Samoa, from which It appears that a land
slide had destroyed the barracks at that
station and Whitehead, at great risk and
with his own body had protected Sergeant
John F. Cox, V. 8. M. C, flrom being
crushed beneath a slowly advancing ava
lanche of concrete and earth, until a re
lief party from the United States steamship
Adams was able to extricate the men. Mr.
Newberry has also directed the command
ing officers of the United States steamship
Wabash to express to the following named
enlisted men the department's approval of
the promptness with which they manned
the boats of that vessel and Went to the
rescue of a party of three persons, who,
on the evening of July 29. had been thrown
overboard from a power launch which had
collided with a Chelsea ferry boat: M. W.
Holland, M. C. Sweesey, M. Bomner, P. J.
Brown. O. Hawkins. P. Quinn. J. E.
8mlth, M. J. Meyers, A. K. Braney and
M. Shannon.
EPISCOPAL DIVINES COMING
Prominent Kna-IUh Clerarmrn Will
Attend Church Anniversary
at nirhmand.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10,-The Right Rev.
Dr. Henry Montgomery, secretary of the
society for the propagation of the gospel,
has accepted the Invitation sent him by
the presiding bishop of the American
church to attend tho Episcopal church
convention, which will be held In Rich
mond, Va., Iln October. As waa announced
some time ago Rev. Dr. A. F. W. In
graham, the bishop of London, will come
to Americo for the Richmond convention,
as also will the Right Rev. Dr. Edgar
Jacobs, the olshop of St. Albans.
The general convention In the autumn
will commemorate the 300th anniversary
of the founding of the Episcopal church
In America. Most of early religious work
In the colonies was done under the Juris
diction of the diocese of London and St.
Albans, so that It Is especially appropriate
that the present occupants of those sees
should attend the convention. It also Is
equally appropriate that the secretary of
the oldest missionary society In England
should be at this meeting of the general
convention, not only because the conven
tion would be a missionary convention,
predominately,, but also because of the
great help which the society for the propa
gation of the gospel gave to the early
Church In America.
PRISON WILL BE HER LOT
Youna- Woman In New York Con
victed of Attempting- to Com-
.; mlt Suicide. .
NEW YORK. Aug. 10. For the first time
in many yeaie a young woman who went
tt trial en charge of having attempted
suicide has been convicted -In court here.
An attempt at suicide is a felony, punish
able by imprisonment in state's prison for
not more than two years, n fine
of not more than $1,009, or both, 4ut as a
rule the unfortunates, after arrest and
meditation, are given their freedom.
Roslna Goldner Is the young woman, and
her conviction is the culmination of a
long aeries of misfortunes. Some year,
ago .he was hurt by a celling frilling on
her, then she lost all her savings In an
unsuccessful business venture, again she
was found overcome by gas, and It was
believed that she tried to kill herself. She
fell from a street car and a pin, which
was forced Into her arm caused blood
poisoning. Three times she waa a patient
in Bellevue hospital, having attempted sui
cide, the last occasion being In Central
park, where she drank laudanum
R. E. STEWART TO STEP DOWN
Governor Names C. E. White of Fari
bault Head of Deaf and
Dumb Institute.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Aug. 10.-(8peclal Telegram.)
Cyrus E. White of Faribault, Minn., has
been appointed superintendent of the Deaf
and Dumb Institute at Omaha, to succeed
R. E. Stewart The change will take place
September L
Mr. White reached Omaha at noon Sat
urday and Is now at the institute, where he
Is being shown through the details of his
new work by Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stewart
has several propositions before him, one
of which offers a gnod position In the In
stitution for deaf at Council Bluffs. He
may accept this, though he has not yet
determined. Ha has been at the Omaha
Institute a. long time, coming to It first a.
a teacher In 1S90. In this capacity he re
mained for seven years and then after
three and a halt year, returned In 1901 as
superintendent.
SUES FOR OLD IMPORT DUTY
j Attorney General at Manila In
j atracted to Bring Action Against
Standard Oil.'
MANILA, Aug. 10. The attorney general
has been Instructed by the Department of
; Justice st Washington to file suit against
; the Standard Oil company to recover IW.O1)
Import duty on an old claim dating bark
to the time when the military turned over
the government to the civil authorities.
The amount represents the difference be
tween the Dlngley rate and the present
tariff.
MEETS DEATHAJ SIOUX CITY
Charles Coyle Falls Under the Care
While Working on Mil
waukee Koad.
6IQUX CITY. Ia., Aug. 10-(Hpee!al
Telerram.) Charles Coyle. a switchman for
the Chicago, Milwaukee end St. Paul rail
way, stumbled and fell while at work this
morning and was Instsntly killed by the
csrs. He waa the father of two children,
who were drowned In the Cedar river at
Cedar Rapids a year ago. He haa a aon
who la a awttchman In Omaha.
Six hundred are homeless
One Hundred Twenty Native Houses
Destroyed by Fire la
Manila.
MANILA, Aug. 10-Flre In Manila this
i afternoon destroyed 130 native houses and
made 409 people homeless. The damage Is
estimated at 68,000 pesos. The lire orig
inated from an electric wire and swept
over a space of 1 yards square. A heavy
rain prevented the flames from spreading.
No one was Injured. The boinelea. are
being cared foe.
OMAHA MEN CO OUT
Some Operators at Western Union ana
Postal Quit.
ALL ARE OF THE NIGHT F0RCEI
Enough Stay at eys to Handle th
Business.
GOULD OFFICE TAKES LEAH
Men Who Stick See No Cause foi
Going: Out.
MEETING TO BE HELD TODAY
Operators Who Remnln at Work Ques
tion Legality of Strike on Basis
of President Small's
Declaration.
With Omaha tlie last connecting link be
tween New York and the Pacific coaot.
Western Union and Postal telegraph op
erators walked out at 7 p. m. Saturday.
Practically the whole night force at both
offices and In Council Bluffs struck In sym
pathy with the other unions all over tha
country. The trouble, which has been
brewing for several days, was brought to
a head when the two men at the Western
Union office who were operating the wire
with Chicago refused to work on a line
with an "unfair" office and asked to be
transferred. The chief operator canvassed
the office to find a man to run the Chi
cago wire and everyone refused. They
were told they could take their pay If
they would not take the wire and thirty
five took their time checks and walked
out.
Postal Men Go Out.
At the Postal office, where ten men vers
working, the unionists were awaiting the
action of the Western Union men, nnd
when they 'came marching up the street,
two by two, the Postal men took their
hats and fell In wlth thorn. There was a
little cheering, but the crowd was en
tirely orderly and no attempt was made
to coerce the men who remained. There
were only three at the Western Union be
side the chiefs and one branch operator
at the Postal office". All of the union men
Joined the strike and at the ladge office
seven nonunion men also went out.
As soon as the Western Union office at
Council Bluffs was notified the four nlttht
men there took the same action. The
Postal does' not have "a Council Bluffa
night service. One newspaper operator In
Omaha went out, bu the Associated Preos
was not disturbed. The men here v. Ill
tal.c no action unless tho Chicago othre
strikes.
It is expected at least 75 per 'coat of
the day force .will Join the movommt
Sunday morning, 'and If that number is
added there will be at least 125 men out
autogether. '1 he night wlro chief jf lltt)
Western Union, H. ' R. Eastom, Is v.'itli
the strikers and no 111 feeling liai ex
isted between the men and any of -the
officials.'
So Local Grievance. Y'
There' is no local grievance, accorimg
to the statement uuthorlxed by Ha.-ry;
Oraul,' president of the local union. It
is true the men have been forced Jo '
work fourteen and fifteen hours a i'ay
because i f the congestion resulting from
strikes elsewhere, but the leal cause is
sympathy, with unions in other t itl'J.
The men stute they will not, under at y
circumstances, go back until the com
panies officially recognlxe the union,
cease to discriminate against union men
and do not force men to work with un
fair outside offices.
Until the matter Is settled the union
Intends to keep close watch on the ofhVei
to dissuade any nonunion men wtlo may
appear for work. Two pickets were Im
mediately placed at the door of ea -it
office and they were relieved at mldnlti'it
by others.- At the Postal offica W. HI
W-' night manager, although a
urn pathlxer and member, remalnl
In i e, with he understanding that
he v Mild take his leave Sunday If the
affairs were not stratghwncd up. He la
acting under the Instructions of the
leaders. Sunday afternoon a meeting
will be held In Barljiht's hall and fur
ther action will be decided upon.
Companies Determined to, Win.
At the local offici-s of the two coniani-
the atmosphere was docl-Jeilly hopefut.
"The company has determined to w'n
this fight and it is going to do It," sa d
Manager E. F. Williams of she Postal.
"Our men were not dissatisfied. I talked
to several of them and they said they had
no grievance at all. But a lot of the
Western Union men came Into the offli-e
here and began shouting and making fun
of our men, who were ajt their key.. They
couldn't stand that and so went out. We
have half a doxen at work now and by
Monday I expect a number back. They
Imply cannot hold out. What pressing;
business cannot get on the wires In the
somewhat cong sted condition bound to
result If any considerable number of men
stay out can be done by telephone."
And Manager Williams walked back to
the key whl'-h he was Industriously op
erating. Up in the Western Union offica about
twenty-flve men were . keeping the)
room full of tiie clicking keys.
"It Is only aome of the young bloods
who have walked out," auld J. H. Owens,
chief operator. "A few duya ago an opera
tor In Lob Angelea got fired for 'aoldler
lng.' He happened to be a union man and
the other men walked out. Then the Chi
cago men wouldn't work with Los Angelea
and they walked out. Now the movement
haa aproud over thu country and haa
reached Omaha. The strikers have no leg
on which to stand. We will have a lot
of men at those keys within a very short
time."
Superintendent Nelson appeared smil
ingly before his chief operator's desk ami
asked for an assignment. And he took
his place at the key.
No Cause to Strike.
The operators who stayed at work took
the position that the strike was not lexal,
that President Small sent out official state
ments saying the strikers were not au
thorized, and that therefore the walkout
In Omaha was unwarranted as well as
unprovoked. The Western I'nljQ haa a
very large force at preaent and anticipated
no difficulty In keeping enough men on
hand to -handle tha work.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10. The breach between
the Commercial Telegrapliera out on strike
and the telegraph companies widened and
a finish fight waa promised today, when
the Western Union Telegraph company Im
porter! Its first load of strike breakers to
man the silent keys. There were thirty of
them, picked up la tfsw York, They er-