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The Omaha- Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII NO. (U. OMAIIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, Y.Q7 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE CX)PY TWO CENTS. ( RIVER HOLDS DEAD Few Bodiet cf tie Canadian Bridge Diuter Art BecoTered. LIST 1AT JTUXBEE UGHTT-FTYX JCabj Americans Are Cssg-ht Wneal , Bir Structure GiTei Way. CAUSE . OF . ACCEDEST EI DOUBT Allegation it Made tlat Some Work Wu Ik fee tire. WOBJOmi CAUGHT El EUT5S Mea la lUwWal See Bedle ef Men Inder Water, Wat They Cae aet Ba (leeched at Present. QUEBEC, Aug- n-WRh tbe tnt break of 4. ball doten government and Quebec Bride company tugs began a eearch of th SU Lawrence river tor tb vlcliaa cf lut night catastrophe. The dead, caused ay the collapse of the treat bridge, trabtr at least seventy-five, and max reach eight y-Cve. t'p to aa early Vow today is than twenty nodi bad beeo recovered. Tbe terrific drop of tha greet atel structure from IM feet above he surface of the rtrer crashed th bodies f many of tba workmen la a frightful "toaacer. and K ta feared many mill never Sa found. Many of th dead ire Americana Vrought bera by th Phoenix BrVi com ieny of Pnoenixrllle, Pa, which bad the on tract for th Iron work oa tba bridge. Among tba known dead are: B. A. GANSEL, foreman for the Phoenix bridge company. CHIEF ENGINEER BTRKS. FIREMAN DAVIS, of tba bridge switch "urine, JOHN WHALLET. foreman. JTM ID Ait Indian foreman. ABOUT THIRTT CAIGHKAWAOA INDIANS, employed as laborer. VICTOR. JAMES AND HENRY HARDT. brother, of New Liverpool. Qua. WILFRED PROVLEX of New Liverpool. Que ZEFHRIAN LA FRANCE. Quebec . Early thia morning row boats were sent out to examine the superstructure showing above tba water Bear tbe shore, to ascer tain If any of tba workmen were im prisoned In the mass cf twisted Ironwork. Koa waa found sltr. Just below tbe sur face of the water two bodies were seen, bat It win be br. possible to reach them until IS tide boos oat. Bath tba local and tba Dominion autbort tJae have taken steps to Invest gat tbe cauoe of disaster and It possible fix tbe re sponsibility. Some of tbe workmen x ' passed tbe belief that tbe anchor pier I ra ts way under Abe tremendou strain of the overhanging steel work- M- P. Davis of Ottawa, tbe ooatractor who. built tbe piers. made a hasty examination last night, tarserver.'uoa Teportrt them to be In good condition, although tbe steel eenwretrue ture bad fallen upon tbem. A toooaaoUve and several freight cars loaded wltb steel girders were moving out upon the bridge Just before tbe structure collapsed. Engineer Jesa. who was on the locomotive, went Into tbe river with his engine, but was picked up KB feet below tbe bridge. Fireman Darla perished. En gineer Jesa was removed to Levis hospital, where be rapidly recovered from the shock of bis plunge Into tbe river. According to bis story, tbe portion of the bridge over hanging the river was tba first to show signs of weakness. At tbe first sign of danger Jess shut off steam, but his locomo tive eoQltnued to move toward the end of the bridge h!ch had begun to totter and a moment later the engine went Into tbe ' rtver. ' V laetr Men at Werk. , Tbe bridge waa about a mile and a half ta length and half of It. from tbe south shore to midstream, crumpled up and dropped Into tbe water. Ninety men were at work an this eectioa of the structure. and the wntstie had blown at i for th of I. B. Rhinehsrt, an Implement dealer of men to Quit work for the day. when there j Burlington. Ksa.. at tbe Harvester trust came a grinding sound from the bridge In j hearing today told In brief bow the com midstream. Tbe men turned to see what ' pany took Hs sgency away from Mm be ha4 happened, and aa Instant later the j cause be bandied Kanaas penitentiary-made cry went np. "Tbe bridge falling !" Tbe j binding twine. Mr. Rhinehart testified that inea mad a rush shoreward, but th dls- j tbe company's agent had told him that the tsar ma too great for tbetn to escape. J Bales bad been satisfactory and the notes The falling eectioa of the bridge dragged ; taken were gilt-edge, but that be must others after K, tbe snapping girders and handle their machine and twine alone, rabies booming like a crash of artillery. , Rhinehart, prior to 1C lad handled other Terrer lent fleet nee to tbs feet of the frightened workmen a they aped shore ward, bet only a few of them reached safety before tbe last piece of Ironwork on the sooth share was drarged Into tbe rtrer. Near tbe anore the bridge did not go be low the surface of the wate and eight workmta who remained abtve water were rescued and taken to the hospitsl at Levis, i Pw Mea Are) atewraea. Tbe steamer Glenmont had Just cleared tbe bridge wbea tbe sect ion fell. The water thrown ap by the debris came clear over tbe bridge of the steamer. The captain at ance lowered boats and the email boats plied backward and forward over the sunken wreckag for half aa hour, out liips m wu sa Blew of life TIm twisted bra and steel had Its victims la a ternbl death grip. A few Hosting timbers and ; peace between these republics. It is stated the broken strands of th bridge toward the j that the responses viHjua'.ifledly approve north rapport were the only signs that j u, movement toward a permanent peace. anythlr.g uaasual had happened. There suggested by PreeiderU Roosevelt and Dias. was net a ripple oa the smooth surface of , u u' not doubted that the other two the Pt. Lawrence as It swept along toward Central Americaa governments rniU Jois the gull. lhm movement. Tn Quebec bridg was beg-on about I h." :aZTZH HAS NOTHING TO SAY tna uctninkoa ana provincial governments and the city of Quebec aad the estimated coat af tbe work was tiano.tx. The Phoenix Till Bridge eoenpeny of Penary tv mala a bad the contract for the Racist radios ef the bridg and the crew were working from tioth sides of the rtver. i trala Te Great a Steel Several eaaineera visited the ae. tod.. It was evidettt, they said, that there had ' lr " H aald: been a miscalculation af the tenable ' "Tij Herahaa Incident was closed when strength ta aome spot, that the weak spot ! I kn ,h Illinois Central oQoe oa Wednea bad girca way under the strata of hua-. day. What he may now aee at to glv dreds cf thousands of tons of steed.' aad ' out after hi retpra te Chicago doe not that this had upset the balanced proper- , Interest me nor will ft lead roe to break Uotta ec the street are aad caused the cot- the silence which I have maintained. - JIlT4" mx?i'irnJzJa?:i for sdis among the pilea of fa-oa which fell en tbe ahora. Woanea were sitting oa logs weeping, and as a body was brought ashore there waa a mild rush to aee if at waa that of a lost relative. As th bodte were found they were carried ta one ef the company' bwQdiaga. Th general estimate of the number af lead Is seventy. Tba number ec dead vic unas, as etated at ths Sc of the Phoeaix com pa ay today, la eighi fOaerrmmed aa Swooad PagaJ SUMMARY OF THE BEE! ItUNiri Aegast SI, IPO?. 1907 august 007 Ma ssoa Tat wi r rt . mi ? t r 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 '25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Showers and thunderstorms. Temperature at Omaha yesterdxy: Hour. tv Hour. 1. a. m 7 l p. m H s. m 74 I p. n 7 a. m 74 . I p. m . a. m 77 4 p. m 1' t a. m V t - m & 1 a. m 3 (p. m... K! 11 a. m ' p. m M U m SS Ip. m M p. m il DOltUTia Eighteen persons are killed and sixty injured when electric car strikes express train near Mattocn. 111. rags 1 Richard aianrceld passe away at bis summer home at New London. Conn, after a long lllnesa. rage 1 Steel structure of the brlife at Quebet found to have c psed ty reason of the frest weight I: upon It in construc tion. . -7, 1-nge 1 Former Ooini(. -rbin of Indiana atys that be waa c'fv bribe of tSI.9 cash to honor the r' "on papers fer the return of the ref uk ernor. V. A. Taylor, cf Kentucky. r Page 1 Last sacrament has be lnitered to John J. Williams, areff " r-f th diooeae cf Boston. ''ge 1 fceventy-six million dolls n ir " dis tributed in September dividends. Faro 1 President Roosevelt has announced that be will no longer puh tbe fight for Joint ndmlarton cf Arlsona and New Mexico as one state. Page t Machinists of northern rallroada were granted a nine-hour day, for which they have long contended. Pag 1 Damage to the plent of the Louisvllie Courier-Journal will amount to t2.099. Page 1 San Francisco official think they have tbe bubonic plague under control. Page X rninfi. State Railway rommliiloa issues sev eral orders, one denying application for an increase in cream rales and one fixing minimum rate for small packages at ii cents. Attorney general pre part- brief in expresa case. Pag 3 Representative cf the Kansas Kail may commission take testimony In Lin coln as to topography of the state and leave for borne. Railway Commissioner Clarke favors the prosecution of railroad agenta who still charge tbe higher mini mum freight charge. Page S POKXZOV. Moors again attack the French and alaughter result. Page 1 Cholera is spreading In China. Page 1 Many persons are Injured at Oporto, Portugal.' and ten 'are killed by tbe eol- riaps cT i platform. - - .Page 1 XrOCAi Renomlnatloa of five cf seven present district Judges' aald to be assured, as fight is being mads only oa Judges Sut ton and Sears. Political gossip. Page T PestoSce department promulgates new rules for tbe regulation of malls between this country and foreign nation. Pag 4 President Cassidy of the Egg-O-See company presents written proposition for the erection of a large plant in Omaha. Pagw 4 Omaha Jollier well pleased with new rate schedule of Northwestern to Black Hills points. Pngs 4 Customary Friday lull marks social activities and events are few. Page 11 COMPANY PUT ON SCREWS Harvester Trmet Eadeavareel te Force Areata fa Step Selllag State Twine. TOPEKA, Kan Aug. . The testimony machinery then that made by th Inter national Harvester company. A Leaven worth implement ' man and a number of Topeka dealer lao testffled late todey. It ia expected that tbe bearing will con clude Batsrday. DOVE OF PEACE SEEKS .PERCH re-atral Aaerlea Repahltea Aaxlaaa ta Cans ta t'aaeretaaelaa; at Early Date. WASHINGTON. Aug. JO Responses have been received from Nicaragua. Costa P. lea and Salvador to the messaae of President Roosevelt, suggesting a conference of rep resentative of the Central American states as a means of brinring sbout permanent , will Make Xs tatrsaeat aa Bel eg Shewn Aanoeec sweat by Harssaa. NEW TORK. Aug. M. President H are na n s statemect respecting relations to i muyvesant naa . gentleman today. mas shewn th latter """ '7. ana u was aKe If ROCKEFELLER GIVEN MILEAGE ma e.u w.-- n fer resales; te Chi rage Trial. CHICAGO. Aug. . The witness fee and mileage of John D. Rockefeller claimed by hum for Lis appearance tfore Judge Lea da la ths federal court some weeks a ace mere paid today. A check for HI was mailed ta Mr. Rock ef tilers hos tn Cleveland. EIGHTEEN DEAD IN WRECK Electric Train Cmbei Into Expreti Car in Elitcii. i SIXTY PASSES GEES EJJTBED fWn ef Party Getes; to Fair ear Matteea Victims of Arr4til Da te Cea testes la Orders. MATTOON. Ill Aug. S0.-E1gr.teen dead and sixty injured have been taken from the wreck of an electric train on th Mattoon Ac Charleston Electric rai:way. which occurred on a sharp curve hortly i before noon today. Of the dead, nine have ! been identified. The bodies are at an i undertaking establUhrnent fcere and the J Injured are at a hospital. The train ron- sisred cf a psasenrer motor car and a trailer loaded with people going to Charles ton to attend the county fair. One mil west of Chsrleston. on account of a conforion of orders, the train crashed Into an express car on the road cominx toward Mattoon. Both car were wrecked. DES MCINES STORM DAMAGE Extensive Lm Retilt ef Henvr Blew ! tbe ftate Fair Grenada. ( From a Raft" Correspondent-) DES KOINES. Aug. Ppecil r-Wlnd j r.d rain dad much damage at the rtate ' fair munria TMlritiT Ti lnt vn1lt. ! j Ing the Knabrshne airship LleW over end ' i In doing so caught fire from a live wire. The tent burned and in an trrtar.t tbe gas In the airship exploded, doing an Immense amount cf damage. The airship is a wreck, with a loss cf sbout W.4W. The balloon part cf tbe airship contained only j about LKW cubic feet of gas. Some diffl- j culty has been experienced in getting I enough sulphuric acid gas to fill the bal- i loon. It waa expected today to fill It- Its capacity is 0e:a cubic feet. The explosion I of 1.00 cubic feet was enough to blew an j enormous bole in tbe ground, and had the ; balloon been filled building and property j would have been greatly damaged. As It J was several person were badly burned, j Tbe wind also blew down tents, includ- , ir.g the tent of the Waterloo Maaufactur- ' era- association, which was blown down before when they mad each an exhibit i here two years ago. The tent of tbe In- ; temational Harvester romp any waa blown . down, badly damaging Its property. Many other tents were down and the campers on the hai were driven cut and forced to . seek refufe in the stock pavilion ai other ; permanent buildings . The heaviest loss is to the Knsbenshoe airship, which aside from th Hi. dam- , ace results In tbe necessity of cancelling , i Mfl.M erorth of cor. tracts to appear la i other places- A big row is on In tbe hand-painted j china division of tbe exhibits at tbe state j fair. A pupil of D. B. AulV-h cf Chicago , discovered some of bla work. Sarprtsed ; that a professional should enter a contest . where only amateurs are allowed shs looked th matter up. only to Sad the piece were j entered by De M otr.es society women, j Then she called tbe attention of th Judges , to th matter. Th Jwdge accused the society women, the society women denied . th aUegatlJ. hot. acrimonious words paseed and the row 1s on in dead earnest, j TRUST CONFERENCE TrOGRAM; Every Fan. f Cesabiwatlen win sse Di aaaew at Chieag ta October. j NEW YORK. Aug. President Nicho las M- Butler of Columbia university an nounced the program for the Trust con erenoe to be held in Chicago October a to . under the auspice of the National Civic iteration. Tbe first day will be devoted to the problem Involved in the controver sies between state and federal government respecting Jurisdiction over Internal com merce now waging in Minnesota, Missouri. North Carolina. Alabama and Arkansas. On th second day the corporation In gen- eral wiil be the subject of debate. The j third and fourth days will oe devoted to a i discussion of the Just and practicable limit j of restriction and teg-ulation. federal and ' state, of combinations in transportation, i production, distribution and labor. Tbe j sufficiency of the Sherman anti-trust act ! will be gone Into. ! BREWERS SCORE ON MINISTERS Latter Maet Star Oat af Labar Pa raae Becawae af Tesaper- aace Fight. LA CROSSE, Wis.. Aug. m-Tbe Min isters' onion, organised only a few weeks ago. and soon after affiliated with the Trades aad Labor association, was officially cast out yesterday by that body and re fused permission to march In the Labor day parade. This action was the result of complaints by th Brewery Workers, who claimed that the recent agitation against ths saloon had resulted m aa injury to the Brewery Workers' union. The city labor body took tip the com plaints and after a bearing decided that the crusade by the religious workers was to th harm of their fellow unionists and the official casting out followed. STRIKER GIVEN THE LIMIT Telegrapher at Kaaaa City Piaed Five I Haadrrd Dollar fer AsMsltlaf Repeater. KANSAS CTTT. Aug. 90 la poltr court ber today Leroy Dotsoa, a striking West ern rnloa operator, waa fined .vift. the limit, for asaa'tlng F. G. Galley, a cews- j paper reporter, whom h took for a strike- breaker. Dotson testified that he tad knocked Galley down because the reporter ; would aot say whether or not be was a ' strikebreaker. Acting Judge Young, who passed the sentence, lectured Dotson. 111- lng hint he was a disgrace to the union ! The local branch of the Telegraphers' ! unloa have adopted resolutions denouncing Dotson. STRIKERS HAVE NOT SETTLED Dig eve ace wrlth Mia Operates at OeJdaeld, Nevada, ttU E a lata. GOLD FIELD. , Nev.. Aug. M. Manager Finch of the Gsldneld Coasohdated Mine aid today: "If th strike is settled, we know not-hlag of u" Da via. leader of the W it era Federatloa of Miners, said: "It la a fake rumor. So far as w knew. It is not a suika anyhow. Th mea simply qait as individuals. I think that ths talk tit , th strtaa la eelUed ts a aute-jUag Richard Mansfield and Edward Rosewater -x fl-T frSZ" W a? r I A coincidence worthy of note 1 that Mr. Mansfield's deatn occurred on the anni versary of the death of Mr. Edward Roae water. a yer after Che sndien calling away of the latter. i"Jietwen the great actor and the great erfHor existed the closest of personal friendship, which found its expression Is confespocderto and per sonal rlstts whenever, possible. Usually when Mr. Mansfield was In Omaha he and Mr. Rosewater dined together, and Mr. moors attackjhe French Trtaeeaaeai Lay la .Vs fer Native Trees aad KMl K was Wr f CASABLANCA. Aug, 3 During th fighting between th French forces and the Moor yesterday near Abe French camp, th Moors at first retreated and It was believed that the engagement was over, when sud denly the enemy reappeared In great force In two direct ior.e. The Span!, an irregular Algerian cavalry, found tlH-mselvt-s almost surrounded, but forrred a square anfl slowly fell back ur.fJ reinforcements ir rived. In the means lie the French war. ships showered shej among the hillt Tbe engagement sheltering the lasted three hours- i lm cf battle ex- tended over two and it is estimated that about li.'TJO Moor: mere engaged. Tbe loss of the latter U 1Uv4 ia Y.m-vr been kt known, hot is e- e-avy. a French cf- ficers counted the bodes of twenty Moors In one roadway. The Preach Joes was fifteen men killed or wounded. The v misers Oiotr awl Ourydon today bombarded th twreyd Casablanca, where a force of Moorish cavalry gathered, but was soon dispersed by the warship ftr. PARIB, Aug. . The report that France Intends to Insist that Monx shall pay the heavy expensea resulting froia the French military and naval action in th latter country appears to be correct. Th expenditure is Increasing steadily, and Ger many. Great Britain and the otner power cf Europe are understood to be ia sym pathy with Franc' attitude. It is also stated in well-informed circles that the other powers intend to demand payment for losses sustained by their sub jects In Morocco. According to the latest advices the French losses August were three men killed and twelve mounded. The killed included a cavalryman of the irreg ular Algerian force, who mas decapitated and whose head was carried off by the Moor. A detachment of the Aerostatic cone has been ordered to start from Meuaon Morocco. to STEPS TO SAVE ST. PAUL'S s-aaaeas Us Cathedral Will Be Preserves, Daaner Sat Ihoaaht la Ba lssssedlate. LONDON. Aug. XL The committee of architects appointed to inquire Into the condition of St. Paul s cathedral baa is sued a report which declares that while the cathedral 1 in no immediate danger, elab orate precaution are sececsary to preserv lit from disaster. 1 rie caiuearsi j ' sinking for two centuries, and the expert I committee recommends that th condition !f is suhsail and the stile water level be periodically recorded, also that the largd amount cf structural work required in re pairing th fabric be proceeded with at once. EFFORT TO SELL CHILDREN Peasant aad H is Wife at Avelltaa, Italy, Tried te Dispose ef j Bsby Twins. LONDON. Aug. A Rome dispatch brlr-gs a story of an attempt to sell children In the market at Avellino. A peasant and his wife brought two of their children, twin, four months eld. sad in opea mar ket offered to sell them fcr HO each. Th bebie wer plump and healthy, and were bought by a man who cSered th price re quired. He was taking lb children away when the polk-e stepped In and arrested both buyers and sellers TEN . KILLED BY COLLAPSE F.lshty Pereeae lajared Alae kr Fall ef rialferns la Osert, PertagaL OPORTO. Portugal Aug. A platform erected by a local newspaper oa the occa sion of a lottery drawing eoiiepsed today, hurllr.g to the ground about i persons, of sons ten wer killed and eighty In jured. ! Later It became known that IM persons were hurt, msny of them seriously. King Cnsrle has telegraphed hi oor.iolei.ces 1 1 the mayor. The city ia in mourning as a result of the diaaeu-r. CHOLERA SPREADS IN CHINA Ts H aad red Pereeae Are Drtag Dally la tbe Streets ef M w Ha. SHANGHAI. Aug. J The epiOen.rf of ehc-lera among the Chinese U the lower Tangtae pnti is spreadmg. About persons die daily tn the streets tf Wu Ha. ia the province of Ngaa H4 -ud aLdk Kiuir.i. prevuMi i4 Kuwcg ns J7T - J iS-0 R(" er was one cf th few men wfco were permitted the privilege of visiting Mr. Msnsfield in his elresslng room. The editor.al room of The Bee were familiar ground to Mr. Mansfield, and be never plaved In Omaha but he spent some of his time in the editor's c ffloe. Her he always d.spayed the liveliest interest la the events of the world, from the sffaira of which tls own work cut him off so completely. He showed himself always to be quite tbe reverse cf the roan pictured by so man; of the sensational papers. BK BRIB OFFERED DURB1N Former Gorernor Turned Down a $33,000 Cub Proposition. EFFORT TO GET BEFUGEE TAYLOB likiswa Keatachlaaa seaaht a Ii dace Haaarlas; af Reaatsltlea Papers la the Gaeee-1 CHICAGO, Aug. 89. A dispatch to the Tribune from Indianapolis says: Wlnfieid T. Durbin, governor of Indiana from 131 to IS 6, made the sensatiosal statement last night that soon after his Inauguration as governor attempts were made to bribe him to turn over William A. Taylor. Kentucky refugee governor; ta th authorities of that state for trial bo the charge of conspiracy to assassinate Senator Goebel. The sum offered former Governor Durbin. according to bh own statcTaect. was fa. as tn cash. Mr. Durbin said that Taylor had been ad vised ef the attempted bribery after it was made, and was cognisant of all that bad trancptred at tbe meeting at which the Kd.ii6 was offered. Former Governor Durbin said the first efforts to bribe him came m the shape of Invitations to meet -certain gentlemen In Cincinnati" to discuss th connection of Taylor with tbe Goebel murder. He de clined the Invitation, saying that he would give no consideration to the case outside of bis own efflce. State Senator Pink ley. since dead, was then asked to come to Cincinnati. He met a number cf Kentockians !n a hotel, there by sppolntroent. Tfcey told him they were anxkms to hav Taylor retarned to Ken tucky for trial, that there then remained a total of tn tbe SIOQ.OW appropriated by the legislature. AH this, they said, would be cheerfully paid to the Indiana executive If be would surrender Taylor to the Kentucy authorities, or make it possible for them to get him across the Ohio river Into that state. According to Blnkley's report to the governor, they were not particular bow the thing was accomplished as long aa they succeeded In getting Taylor in custody, but they made plain the entire tSkUX would be pajd for such a service. Binkley is said to have left the room as soon as th proposition was made, thereby indicating that be would have nothing to do with It.. DENISON, IA HAS A FLOOD East Beyer Overaewe Baa aad Many Have ha at Night DENISON. Ia. Aug. (Special f-In con nection with a severe electric storm on Wednesday night there was a cloud burst above Vail, the first station east of her. The portion of that town about the depot was badly flooded. The large amount of water at Vail, together with the drainage for nine miles to Denison. caused tbe East Beyer to overflow Its banks At midnight the fire alarm called all the able-bodied men of E'en i son to the vicinity of th North western depot, to rescue from tbelr homes tbe people residing between the North west ern track and th river. Twenty people wer In need of immediate reUef from drowning. Only two leaky beau were at hand, so ropes belonging to the fire de partment and from hardware riore were brought In use. Tbe current was very swift, and many were found up to th neck In water when rescue came. Gee man was holding the head of bis cow above th w,,er and d13 not want to go without her. He was forcibly lifted into a boat. A Ger man woman would not be separated from her feather bed and dog. A twvatory house was a refuge for many. By good work of cttisena. headed by the mayor, no persr was drowned. The shooed section of No t en the Northwester was stopped her and did not get out for eighteen hours Three freight trains inerod-ng a fast fruit train, were held Th track to badly waahed between her and Vatl No rural carrier could get out of town. KELLOGG DENIES THE RUMOR Says There Is . Trmta la Kepert He is te secreed Attorney CeaeraL NEW TORK. Aug. H-Th published re port that Attorney General Bonaparte to te resign and he succeeded by Frank B Kellogg of Minnesota, who la at present acting as special causae for the Depart ment of Jusuce la the pros eutioa of th anti-trust and an u -rebel cases, was given aa emphatic denial teday by Mr. KoUogg. Wbea the re pert war called te el ,rtsa Uoa ta aaid Lfcat k had M tea whatever. TaV fr(xr 1 Ma. Mr. Mansfeli loved to rant: about the city, poking into such odd corners as h migM discover, and nothing pleased him better than to have the company of a reporter on these trips. He was as eager as a school boy about the thirg tht took his fancy, and these were many. He did not seek publicity beyond what came to him a a natural result of his work, but th Oir.aba newspaper men. at least, found him to be very different from the "Roaring Dick," pictured as a man-eating terror by Jthe yellow Journals cf the country. WATTERSON'S PLANT BURNED Balldlag af Lealsvllse rearler-Jear-aal Da wis sea, with Law af Two Haadred Theasand. LOdSVILLE. Ky., Aug. JO. The Couner Journal building, at Fourth and Green streeta In which are located the plant cf the Courier-Journal and Evening Times, I was destroyed by fire early today. The structure was five stories high and occu pied half a block. The fire started at the top of an elevator shsft, supposedly from defective Insulation of electric mires, and spread with great rapidity. Tbe editorial and reporterial forces of the Courier-Journal rtuck to tbe building In the hope that the blase would be sub dued and that they could issue a paper. They were caught napping with fire at ail exits and had to be taken out on ladders. " The linotype machines and preseee are located In a reinforced section of the building and tbe damage done to them waa comparatively light. Tbe loss Is estimated to be about C0Q.UH1. The machinery, while damaged to some extant by water, can soon be put ta shape and It was stated by Mr. Bruce Haldeman, president cf tbe Courier-Journal company, this morning that there would be no Inter ruption to the business, the other papers of the city havir.g offered the Courier Journal the use of their plants. Tbe principal damage was done by water. The Courier-Journal and the Times were Issued from the Herald plant today. MACHINISTS' JINE-HOUR DAY Kertnwe. Railraeae Make Cea res ale Mea Have lasg Bee righting Far. CHICAGO, Aug. Pi-Machinists and other workers tn the railroad shops of the west are rejoicing today over new that the nine-hour day, for which the men have been fighting for years, is to be tried on several of th larger rod. The change mill affect about i.W machinists and ulti mately. If adopted by all the road, lift or .VJ employes in th shops. The roads which are arid to hare decided to Intro due the nine-hour schedule are tbe Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Chicago. Milwaukee A SU Paul. The first two named roads have also granted the machinists mage advances amounting on aa average to X1 cents an hour. SACRAMENT TO ARCHBISHOP Beeten'a Aged Prelate, Jena J. Wil lie ass, le Dylag at His Hons. j DOSTON. Mass . Aug. Xi-The venerahle ! archbishop. John J. WUIiama. c f the j Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston. I who returned from R--chester. N. T, &st j week, where be had been taken ill, was In . such serious condition today that the last ! sacrament was administered to him. and this afternoon he was reported to be fail ing rapidly. The archbishop s iUneas Is due to stomach trouble. H Is years old and has been la the ministry since IMS and all the time In this city. STATEHOOD FIGHT IS OVER President Will e Lea rev Fere Ad sstaelea ef Artaeaa aad 51 ew Mtilee. OTSTER BAT. N. T . Aug. W -By au thority of President Roosevelt, James R. J Garftyld. secretsry of th Interior. n I noanced today that no further effort would be made by tbe administration toward bringing up again In con gT ess the question j of th Joint statehood of Arlsona and New ! Mexico. The verdict of the people recently ex pressed la ths territories will be a reef-ted by the president as final. Mr. Garfield aaid SHAREHOLDERS GET BENEFITS Dlvldeade te Be Distributed Neat Msalk Tial Over Seventy. Is M lllleaa. NEW TORK, Aug. aa Total Interest and divldenda pa able by leading corporations la September will represent J7t.v7 Jvl. t,f which dividend disbursements mill contrib ute et4.M7.lU. or sa Increase over the aame month a year ago of tZ.JStl.yji. The in dustrial dividends aggregate Ci.J77.M7 J Steam railroad contribute tJ Wi,6. and street railway. K3.7ta. NO NEW CASES OF PLAGUE Health Authentic at Praaelere Believe Disease Will Xet eread. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1 There hart been no new cases of plague discovered, and the health authorities express the ut most eonadeece that there Is ao danger of tba spread of the d 'aese. M.NSFIELD IS DEAD Tcremort American Actor Fusti Away at Sammer Home. E5D EXPECTED FOB THE EE DATS Public Xot Told ef Seriom Condition Since Beaching Home. FAMILY WAS AT HIS BEDSID1 Member Sot Beeognized, m Greai Actor Wsi Unconicion. SKETCH OF XAJrSFTELTJ'S CABEE1 ttsrted as Printer, hat Latet Learned Hie Artistic Feeltac Cemid Beet Be Expresetd sa Stage. NEW LONDON. tor.n . Aug. r-Rlchn Mansfield, the best known actor on th American stage, passed away this momml at his summer residence. Sewn Oaka. Ocean avenue. Death was directly due I disease of the liver, aa-cravated by com plication Dr. A. H. Alln. a local phy sician, who has been In charr since Mr. Mansfield arrived her from Saranac Lake. N. T, states that death was not entirely unexpected, although this fact had not been rrarle public. Mr. Mansfleid conc'illor! had been re ported as being excellenl. It was stated that he stood the Journey well from Sara nac Lake and that he was up and around his heme here until three dy agj. Then s turn for the worse set In snd Mr. Mans field was confined to hi room. On Thurs day Dr. McClelltn of Pittsburg was sum moned. It. Alen raid tody that he had feared the worst for several reys, There were quit a number of ceriditlons that prevented his getting well. During J th great actor last moments he was j birg In a condition of coma and did not recognise the loved one at his bedside. 1 There were present at the time cf hi death his wife, his brother Felix, his ! young son. Glhba. and the physicians and I nurses. Inherited Leve ef Art. j NEW YORK. Aug. 'i Richard Mans j field was bom on the little island of Heligoland on My J4. His mother j was Mroe. Mansfield Rudersdorf. a famous j prima donna, and it was from ber that Mansfield Inherited his love for th aria i The actor studied at several school on th continent and then went to Enrland to j study art In the South Kensington mu ; seum. London. The young sritrt made a ; precarious Using painting pictures and 1 msny times his only meal In those eativ days tn' London was a hot potato bought : from a street peddler. ' I used to bold the potato to warm my hands." said Mansfield In relating Ms ex periences, "and then eat ft." His atrmggia tor a living proved csootiraging to Mans field and he cans to Boirtom. where for a time be entered business life a salesman in a dry good house. Commercial fife was not congenial to the temperament of the young man and he returned to Eng land. He then turned his talents toward the stage. A a singer and ccmcdlan h Joined a traveling company t a salary of R5 a week. Even In thoee early day of hi stage career he did splendid charac tertstcs and mannerisms, which marked his work and stamped It as his own many years after. Mansfield turned his whole artistic bent to tbe study cf the stage ana m aited for an opportunity to show - what he could do. Several years were spent playing email parts In tours of the Eng lish provtneea. and then Mansfield ram to thia country, where his first appearance mas made in "Le Manteux Nolris" at the Standard theater. Later he played the part of Nick Vedder In "Rip Van Win kle." MaasSeld's First Strekr. Mansfield's genius had so far failed ta make Itself manifest to his associates, but In 1K3 bis opportunity came w hen A. M. Palmer put on the "Parisian Romance.' J. H. Ftoddart wis cast for the part of Baron Cfcevnal In tbe play. Stoddart at the last minute declined to f lay the part, with winch he said he was not in full sym pathy. Mansfield, who had seen cast for a small part in the flay, ste;ped forwarm j ana teggea erroission to pixy the part of ! the lalsned. dissolute old French nobleman, j Mansfield lifted what at first seemed a j small eccentric part to one of si absorb j ing interest. The public and the critics forfot Die play to talk of Mantfieid'a ; Paron Chevnal. and from that day Mana ; field lecem a leading acior en the Ameri can stag.. After several years cf acting , Is various plays which be carried to a j degree of success by bis powerful peraon i ality, he became a star in l&Z. when ha I appeared ta "Prince Karl." Mansfield then returned to England, where hi Baron Cbevrlal. "Dr. Jekytl and Mr. Hyde" and "Prir.ce Karl" were de clared masterpieces of character painting. H produced "Richard III" whU la Erg land and then returned to this country. : mhere he played uninterruptedly season j after season. j Mansfield produced Rcaiand s "Cyrano da Dergerac" in America ani scored a great i success. The last effort of i is genius was displayed In a remarkable prod .action of Ibsen's "Peer Gict.. His Private Life. Mr. Mansli d inirr.ed Beatrice Cameron in le. E!,e had been for several year hi leedirg lady, but snsrtiy after ber marriage she retired permancmly from th stag. Mr.n-li s jcurg son ha never been permitted 1 J see his father act, aa .1 aaa tfi aitut mu-b that his child a mind should not be too tariy Impressed with stage life. Th intense nervous strain under which Richard llar.sfieid worked caused a com plete breakdow n last s; ring whU he mas playing an engagement 1c S ratten. Pa, thouja r- ri -e? is p"r !.eHh for eom time. He recTvered suftcently to enatl him to make a voyage to England. Th Ergliah climate fi-iled to benefit the actor and several meek ago he returned ts this country and sent to Ampersand, in the Adircndacka Mr. Minefield longed to be St his summer home In New London, Conn, ar.d several day ago fc was taken there nn ti irivate car. Mr Wr.r 1 ral a hrne on R'versid Drive in New York Meeaace free Mrm. Msstfelt. WASHINGTON. Aug .-Paul WUstach. lo for cany r-ra Las bu Mr. Mans field persoaal repree f.ti-. e and mho now I resid.i lemporkr.'y in thia city, re ceived a ultgrarn from Mra. Macace.d to day read. eg, "Kutard has passed away." N eta-ls hat beta received By Mr.