Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1893, Page 1

) " CLERKS EXPRESS THEIR |/ e A e i PART ONE. CTWENTYSECOND Y GROSS CARELESSNESS No Excuse for the Terrible Calamity at Washington, D. 0. COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY PREVENTED It Was Well Known that the Old Ford Building Was Unsafe, INDIGNATION Government Officials Severely Condemned for Their Thoughtlessness, “OTHER DEATH TRAPS THAT ARE OCCUPIED RBulldings that Are Unfit for Human Habita- tlon Crowded with Governmont Em- Joyes—Comments on the Terrible er of Last Suturday. Wasnixotox, June 10.—The sad re- sults of the downfall of the old Ford's thea- ter furnished the principal topic of convers tion all day, There was little else talked about, and on cvery side one might see little groups of men standing on the corners and | discussing the latest news from the bed- sides of the injured men. The opinion v unammous thet there was blame some- where for this shocking fatality, and many o man echioed the words of Dr. Bartlett, that he uttered at the relief mecting yester- day afternoon, that the accident was not one the responsibility for which could be laid on God. It wasap 'ntable accident, The more the matter is discussed and the | further along the work of clearing away the debris progresses, the more evident this be- | come: Ever reali. man employed about the building d the danger that was caused by the » undermining of the building. This is shown, because a petition was circulated among the clerks somo days ago protesting against the work being done. While it was under way a rope was stretched about certain sparts of the structure and the cle given to understand that it would be better for them to walk carefuliy. Forced Them Into a Denth Trap. This morning the clerks in the doomed building, that is to s 80 many of them were not dead or confined to their beds by their injuries, were about the scene of the disaster discussing the situation and holding littie indignation meetings. It was evident that feeling ran very strong among them and many of therh were loud in their ex- pressions of condemnation of the ofticials of the government who had herded them to gether in such a building. Th s no decrease in the general feeling of indignation that fills the city over the awful disaster. There is much comment over the fact that not a flag on any public building was half-masted tods Secretary Lamont arrived here this after- noon. Soon after he reached the ci he sxpressed o aesire to see Acting Secrotary Grant and Colonel Ainsworth, and those ofticiuls visited him at the hotel in the after- noon and had & conference in regard to the future action of the department concerning the calamity, Ina report made to congress about the condition of the Ford ter building as long ago us 18 5 oceurs: It is at present in a very condition, The back wall is far out of plumb, and probably, if it had nov been relieved by iron columns, the whole building would have fallen. The north wall is also in a bad condition.” 1ts Unsafo C The records of the War department, show that the collapsed theater building was for years known ofticially to be unfit for huma occupancy, by reason, not only of structur, ess, but also of its defective sanitary ~ondition Senator Cockrell of Missouri, at present chairman of the senate committee on appro- priations, and a senator who has alw taken an active interestin the condition of bublic buildings here, is quoted as saying hat he has made efforts to ve the theater building rebuilt and secure better quarters 'or the clerks, but t orts had failed, After carrying the appropi 1ons through the senate, because of the refusal of the house to concur. The most he could get was. a trifling apvropriation to repair one wall , This frightful accident has called to the Attention of ofiicials the condition of other public buildings which are said to be more or less unsafe. Anofficial of the treasury department, whose duties require him to pass much of his time in the depart- ment of Justice, said the weight resting on the floors of that building was alarming to a man of nerves. The building was constructed for ordinary business nd was for some time u I Freedman’s bank, Without having been strengthened in any way it was transferred to its present use and gradually all its floors have stored with the weight of accumul books and records. The top floor was us store room and is packed with an enormous weight of books, Another Death Trap, The Winder building, opposite the department, now occupied by the V partment and secoud auditor of the treasury, has frequently been eriticized and the clorks who work there assert that it is none too safe. The buildiug is an old one of brick, all eracked and seamed and is six stories high, with o basement, The rooms, small at the outset, have been divided, and the whole in- terwor looks like & Chinese den. Small alcoves have been erected and in every con- ceivable way the area has been increasea and 1 every nook and corner books and records have been piled away. A collapse in this building, which fairly swarms with elerks, would be attended with frightful loss of life. Tho Bush building, which forms of tho Postofice department, is the structures about which clings an un- savory reputation for safety and substan- tiality, Like other places of similar char- ncter, it is filled with clerks, and the com- bined weight of furniture and postal records stored has made it a constant menace to the occupants. It was in this building about a year ago, during a storm, that a stampedo of panic-stricken clerks was narrowly averted. Several attempts to brace it up bave been made, Tho patent ofice, a massive stone struo- ture, 15 not exewpt from general criticism. The northwestern corner of the office is so crowded and packed with voluminous and enormously heavy records that the walls been nd tate - do- n annex iother of have eracked until great gaps appear. For months the clerks have labored here with the daily fear of dauger hanging over them. Two years ago Secretary Noble called the Altention of congress 0 this danger In a THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE AR. h he said he would not, and ! could not, under the existing condition of affairs, be responsible for the lives of the people who worked there, or the records of the government which were stored in that partof the building. Secretary Noole mado an urgent appeal for an appropriation that would remedy the evils, but the appeal was ignored and nothing was done. Rolt, The correct list of the dead from day's disaster is as follow ALLEN, GEORGEQ., Pennsylvanis unmarried LD, GEORGE M, Tdow. BANES, SAMUEL P, Pennsylvania widow and family TUS, JOHN, Washington, years, leaves widow and family. CHAPIN, I E., Columbin, Richland county, ) w and family. . MIAI, 24 years, L unmarried 1 R, 47, a native of Penn- % widow and 38, Potoskey, Bmmott county, s widow and child. RAULT, A., Aunapolis, Md., appointed trom New Jersey, leaves widow and family. JONE , BOYD, nsvil Rock county, Wik, 48 years, leaves a widow and three children. JORDAN, DAVID €., Dy sourl, leaves a widow and ciild, LOFTUS, FREDERICK B., 57 years, York, leaves widow and family b R, OTTO Y., I es a widow McFALL, J. P, 85 years, Wisconsin, leaves a widow und one ehild MULLEDY, MICHAEL Orlean MILL Ohlo. message, in wh Corrected Death yester- Virginia, Howard Mich nam county, Mis- New rs, Buffalo, N. T., 45 years, New , HOWARD S, Guernsey county, . BENJAMIN F,, 51 years, Utleu, N. unmarried ELSON, BURROWS, 87 years, West Vir- wves widow and five ehildren, SCHRIBER, WILLTAM, College Park, Md. SOHULT, EMANUEL G. Topeka, Kun., leaves u widow and WILLIAMS, FRANK M., 40 years, dleton, Dane county, Wisconsin, unmarricd. Where Dangoer Lurks. The building in which the ofice of the sixth auditor of the Treasury department is located, 15 now heavily weighted with public docur other docu ts that the floors h sunk four inches, and the clerks are in constant fear from to day. I'hiere I8 no more dangerous trap in the c than the patched-up government printing office, which been fr time to time strengthencd by wooden and fron supports. On its various floors are stored tons of metal, printing material and millions of copies of bound books, to say nothing of 3,000 em- s, who swarm within the walls in in- of their 1i All of the employes in that ses recorder’s pension office that was quartered in the theater building have been fur- loughed until next Monday, when they are ordered to report for duty if able to do so, and are all requested to brin h informa- tion they have of the condition and whereabouts of the persons unable to report. Meanwhile a force of clerks has been de- tailed from the War departmeat to search the ns and collect and ort the valuable pension ana arm s that are in the deb: Diligent efforts are being made by the War department to secure another bulding for the oceupancy of the homeless records and pension forc A jury of inquest was summoned today. S0 nts ion of the TWENTY-THR List of the Victims Kecovered from the Wreek of the Ford Building. WASHINGTON 10.—The death list of the cal in Ford's theater was increased only one this morning ove the number reperted last night—twenty two. Until late last night workmen were en- gaged removing the wreckage of the build- ing. Broken desks was removed, the litter of papers and books were gathered up and such as were of value were taken to places of safe he clerks who escaped gathered around tho wrecked building nd recounted their experiences 1n the nity. No suitable building has yet been secured and it will probably be several days before work will be resumed. The stories of suffering and s growing out of the calamity are heartrending. The coroner's jury morning and An investiga W was empaneled this n the inquest Monday. fon will also be made by the r department. L. W. Boody of New York, reported in the list dead, escaped uninjured. This makes tho total of deaths 23, for at 7 this morning A. M. Jerault, clerk from New Jersey, died of his injuries. Heleavesa wifo and boy. Most of the injured are improving, F. W. “Test of Hlinois, coutusion of the scalp, will recover. A. L. Ames of Iowa, whose skull was fractured, leg broken and internal in juries, is n a serious condition, but thero are hopes of his recovery. J. P, MeCormack of Wisconsin, fracture of the ribs, is serious, but will probably re- cover. Reeapltulation of the Death List, Following is a recapitulation of the death list George O. Allen, Pennsylania, v the war, in the department since 1 M. Arnold, Virginia, ves a widow, Samuel P. B veteran, leay John n of (colored), rmes, Pennsylvania, war hington City, war Chapin, South Carolina, leaves a widow and threo young children, Jeremiah Daley, Pennsylvania, unmarried Joseph . Fagan, Kansas, leaves o widow and two little girls straitened circuwm- stances. iuge, Michigan, war veteran, leaves A. M, Jerault, New Jerscy, leaves wife and boy. J. M. Jarvis, Michigan, no details. J. Boyd Jounes, Wisconsin, no cetails, Da Jordan, Missouri, leaves a family in poor circumstances, Froderick B. Loftus, New Jersey, more than thirty years in the government service, leaves a widow and six ehildren J. H. McFall, Wisconsin, eleven years in the Waur department, leaves a wife and child. One Pathotic Tncident, . W. Otto Maeder of New York, aged He was a vative of Canada, but came to Washington from Buffalo, N, Y. His wife, an honest faced little woman, told, between so0bs, tho story of their struggles. They had bought a house in Buffalo upon the install- ment plan and were lavoring together, economizing in every possible wi to pay the debt. ‘ery cent that could be spared from his earnings went 1nto the house. It is still far from clear, and Mrs. Maeder is left with this burden upon her and no means of lightening it. *The poor fellow,” she sobbed, “had only such money as was in bhis pockets,” Beujamin F. Miller of New York, aged 51, unmarried. Probably no man 1 theill-fated ofice was botter known than Captaln Benja- [OONTINUED ON SECOND rAGE.] FALLING TO PIECES Disintegration of the Great Dreibund is Ap- parently Near at Hand, COUNT KALNOKY'S SIGNIFICANT SPEECH He Boldly Proclaimed that Austria Was Drawing Nearer to Russia for Peace. IT #ROUSED KAISER WILHELM'S WRATH Prompt Remonstranca from Germany Secures an Equally Prompt Disclaimer, ITALY HAILS THE PLAN WITH DELIGHT People of Humbert's Kingdom Quite Wil Ting to Bo Rel Jokes of 1k Topie of War. eved of the Burden— peror on the 1Copyrighted 18931 Paus, June 10.—[New York Herald Cable Special to Tug Bee.]—There is something oing on just now that is curious and inter- esting to those who know the bottom cards 1 the game of European politics. It is ¢ dent that the Triple Alliance is becomin dislocated, and a proof of this is furnished by the speeches of Count Kalnoky to the parliamentary delogation, The Austrian- Hungarian minister made two sp In the first, delivered on Monday last, he said that Austria was drawing ¢ o Russia, as she wished to live in peace with all the powers, He added that a disarmament ought to be the object of all, because the only risk to which the peace of Europe was ose from the too heavy and burden. beeame kuown there was a general outery in the polidcal world to the effeet that it was ineredibie that the minis- ter should have said just the contr what William IL, the ally been saying. Fordon Benntt.| When the specch reed to Recant. Count Kalnoky's utterances mented on throughout ¥ anger in hide his di were heard were aud arou The emperor did not nd his reproaches at Vienna. Thereupon Count Kalnoky yesterday m ond speech in which he said that the closer relations with itussia in no way changed the private alli- ance with Germany. He added that he b not asserted that a disarmament was v to the maintenance of peace. really wished to say was that the armaments of Germany were necessiry to peac This sceond declar: stir than the first. I that Count K wope Mleasure, n more lverybody understood noky, whoisa very obstin and wughty man, had spoken under the pressure of his all powerful master. Ho will never forgive the disavowal he has been forced to inflict on himself. End of the Alllance is at hand, The general opinion is that the Triple Alliance is far from having been soliditied by this weakened declaration. Still more curious 15 the movement of an public opinion. The Italians, on read- mg Count Kalnoky's sncech, say to them- selves that as Austria does not respect the Triple Alliance they may as well abandon it also. All this means that if peace is main- tained the Triple Alltance will come tc ath. The court of Berlin is still hey still claim that all Germany's armaments have for their sole object the defense of the country. Nome of the Emperor's Humor, The kuiser recently said, “The not make war. He is too bad a hor Itis true that the czaris ver shows a certain autipathy for v back riding. Here is another mot of Wil- liam 1L He said to the burgomeister of Liege, whom he knew at the University of Liege: “T am very much disturbed by the socialists, who are making a vigorous propa- ganda among the men belonging to the Landwehr. 1f it was necessary to declare war the fate of the empire would be in the hands of its worst enemies,” 1 continue to believe that the consequences of a war willbeso great that noone will daro to make war. JACQUES St. Cane, WELCOMED TO m made a speed r will man." out, and olent hor GLAND. Cordlal Keception Tendered Bayard, Sovrtnamrroy, June 10.—The city today is a mass of flags and vody is in hohday dress in honor of the arrival of the American line steamer Paris, bringing the first Ameri- can ambussador, Hon, Thomas ¥, Bayard, to d. Southampton has a g ance sim to the celeb tended the arrival of the Ne pioneer of the new lin, Mr. Bayard was welcomed first by Samuel R. Thayer, United States mivister to the stherlands, Thomas Sherman, the retie- ing United States consul at Liverpool, fol- lowed him aboard to meet Mrs. James G, Blaine. The mayor of Southampton, the represen- tatives of the corporation, the members of the Chamber of Comume and the staff of the United States embassy, led by Henry White, charge d'affaires, followed Chairman aylor of the American line to the first cabiu, A few minutes later Mr. Bayard en- tered the cabin with Mrs. Bayard on s arm, bowing right and left. The mayor then presented to Mr. Bayard an illuminated ad- dress, congratulating him upon his arrival in Engluod to undertake the duties of Amer- ican ambassador at the court of St. James, The president of the Chamber of Com- merce also presented to Mr. Bayard an ug- dress, My. Bayard replied that not only person- ally, but also as the representative of his fellow-countrymen and their government, ho ave his sincere thanks for the gracious »ption accorded to him, Mr. Buyard and the Blaine party and Senator and Mrs. Donald Cameron left Southampton on a speelal traiu, which ched London at 9:15 o'clock, Ambassador Engla v York as the On 'Change In London, 1Copyrishted 1593 by James Gordon Bannatt.| Loxpox, June 10. — [New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Bre Altogether holiday markets today, but the gen- eral tendency was firm and there isa dispo- sition to look for decldedly better after settlement, which begin: Money is extremely cheap, into bank today. The bauk reserve is likely to amount to £19,000,000 fn next week's retwrn. Silver i3 unchanged. American rails were good al} day, despite the inactivity of business, Wabash debentures are in special demand, Home securitics aredending upward under the in- flueuce of cheap money, Foreign uwhl | tinguishea UNDAY MORNING, JU ST NE were featureless, business being much re stricted by the cffects of the bourse tax upon | speculation in Paris. Lake Roland Elevated Railway compan Jarvis Conklin & bonds at 103}, has offered here through Co. £1,000,000 5 per cent per cent. Sterling good rail- way bouds are in demand, RUMORS AT ROME, Somo Pecullar Things leard in the Eternal City Concerning Catholiciam. [Copyrighted 1993 by James Gordon Bennett.) Rowe, Juae 10.—[New York Herald Cable Special to Tur Bee,)—Strong rumors are current here, It is said Dr. McGlynn, who was supposed to have sailed from New York, has refused to come at all this year, and in- deed until he chooses. Tt is also veported that Mgr. Satolli v shortly be summoned by cable to confer with the pope and the propacanda as to a tume for the publication of the occular letter to the American arch- bishops. Passions, which appeared to have beenstilled are finding vent again. The inju- aicious action of the press partisans and petty hangers on of Corrigan and Ircland are to blame for this deplorable state of nly at issue with Rampolla on the Amerfcan scholastic ques- It will probably be scen soon that is at present rather in touch with bbons, who fs the incarnation of prudence, than with the extremists in either of the rivaleamps. La Moniteur di Roma which has conspicuously championed Ireland here rhapsodizes over the recent Hoboken ban- quet, but Satolli's best friends here doubt whether that demonstration not serve to rather advertise a tew nonentitics tha to advance the general interests of Catholic- ism, British Firemen's Tournament. LoNDON, June 10.—The British fire bri tournament opened to Delegates are present from many leading cities of the United States and other countries and will take part in the tournament. Aot IN HER NATIVE E T, unch of the Great I setts from Cramp’s Yards. Puitavereimy, Pa, June 10— battle ship Massachusetts was launched from Cramp's yards this morning in the presence of Secretary of the Navy Herbert, Attorney General Olney, representing the state of Massuchusetts, a number of dis- and navy ofiicers and a multitude of 15,000 people. Secerctary Herbert's daughter Leila christened tho vessel, The Massachusetts fs the second of the 200-ton battleships which v od to be construeted during Seer tleship Massachu- he big ment., She and her leading power r ship to the In characteristics are gre nd her enormously heavy hes thick at the water which profect 817 fect above tne main deck and protect the turning goar of the turrets, are 17 inches thick, as also are the turrcts themselves, There is a heavy steel protestive deck 414 feet below the water line at the sides, while coal bunkers are worked over the belt deck, and cofferdams of water-excluding material aro : lon the slopes of the armor deck for- ird and aft. There is a powerful ram bow. armored conning tower is of 10-inch plates The m mast has two tops for rapid- fire and machine guns, the ammunition for which is sent to them inside the s. Many water-tight compartments aid the de- fensive strength of the vessel. i asis the protective strength of the Ma chusetts, even mora striking, if possible, is her aggressive power, § . throw ata igle discharge 6,800 pounds of projectil or more than three tons, with a total encr of 210,000 foot tons. As to speed the contract requirement Is a sustained average, through the trial, of fifteen knots. The engines of the Massachu- setts, which a to deveiop 9,000-horse power at the maximum, are of the twin-serew vertical, triple-oxpansion, direct-ncting, in- verted-cylinder type, in watertight compart- ments, separated by bulkheads. The diamete of the cylinders are: High pre ¢ inches; intermediate, 48 inches low pressure, 75 inches, with a stroke of 42 inches. There are four double-ended and single-ended auxiliary steel boilers of the horizontal, return fire-tube type, all con- structed for a working pressure of 160 pounds per square inch, cetrie lisht and ventilation are propes :d for, and the system of drainage is sim- plified, while any compartment can be pumped out either by nd or steam, The quarters for the officers and crew are unus- ually commodious and comfortable, and from stem to stern tne vessel will be fitted with all the latest improvements adapted to St rs. chusetts has a length of 348 feet, a breadth of 69 and a mean draught of 24, giving hor a displacement of 10,200 tons. Her draught is suited for some of the shallower harbors, and yet she can take the sea in all weathers, Her big guns eas she needs for picrcing the armor of any adversary yet constructed, und they are so mounted that their fire does not interfere with each other, Ihe Cramps secured the contract for tho warship October 1, 1800, on & bid of $3,020,000. The o are as lar Trial Trip of the Machias, Loxvoy, Conn,, June 10.—The gun- hius has beatan not only the record, but h juired speed of thirteen kuots by two full kv and probably more. ctly what she has done can ouly be determined when the due allowance for the tide influ- ences, to be made by the oflicial board of in- speetors, has been detormined, Kvery- thing scemed to augwr well for the success of the trial when at 14y the Machias flew across tho line for her real race. The government tug, Leyton, which was the first mark, seven and one-half miles from the start, was passed at 2:13:30; lapsed time, twenty-cight minutes, thirty seconds for fifteen miles fifty-nine minutes: The Fortune, the second mark, was passed at 2:47; lapsed time, twenty-eighth minutes and thirty seconds; for ffteen miles, fifty- nine minutes. The Lin, the third stake boat, was passed at ¥:18:45; iapsed time, twonty-seven minutes, The last stake boat, which marked the end of the first half of tho course was passed at 8:41:30, New boat M ——— CHOLERA ON THE INCREASE, Soventy Deaths at Meccn, Disease Appears at Narbonne, Euglaud Grows Cautious. AvrexanNpris, June 10.—Seventy deaths {rom cholera occurred at Mecca yesterday, agaiust sixty the day before, Panis, June 10.—Cholera has appeared at Narbonne, Dr. Mecle of the Narboune hos- pital having died of the disease. LoNpoy, Jung 10.»-The local uo\'sruu.l'-‘fls board has canceled jtho summer lea®e of its medical men aud bas orderéd unceasing watch av all Britlsh ports agaiust the eatrance of cholera untjl September, IXTEEN PAGES GERMANY'S ELECTION Next Thursday Will Be an Exciting Day in the Empire, DIFFICULT TO FORECAST THE RESULT Numerous Factions Working for the Success of Their Principles, SOME VERY STARTLING COMBINATIONS Anything to Beat the Army Bill Seems Bo the Program, ISSUES THAT ATTRACT ATTENTION Currency Questions of Great Interest—Con- servatives in tho New Roichstag Will Oppose Universal Suffrage—Nows Notes from the Fatherland, Beruiy, June 10.—At the general elections for members of the Reichstag to be held Thursday next and the bye clections, that are sure to be required, 897 members of the house, the full complement, will be returnca. The present week closes with 1,550 candi- dutes in the field. Not only aspirants for but new political factions, appear and as election day draws gradually nearer, the confusion grows wor: con- founded. Little can be done in the few ys that will clapse bofore the polling to sentangle the intricate web that has been woven by the many factions. Instead of the eight recogunized parties in the late Reich- stag, holding the electoral fleld in the pres ent campaign, there are about twenty sce- tions, each fighting for its own program. These programs often agree on some one common point, but on other points they cross and recross in such confusing demands. that it would be a dificult, if not impossible , to say what any singlo faction really Tossibilitles for Combinatio. Tt scems impossible now that the re rsday’s balloting will decide how the will be constitutel. The final results must depend on political combina- tions on the reballots. Where the final ballot in any district lies betwecn a con- servative and socialist, then the centrist and freisinuige minorities, by coalescing. may assist in *he return of the conservativ ndid If tho issue is between a con- servative and a centrist. the freisinnige and socialist wminority will probably throw its vote for the centrist candidate as opponent of the army bill. Inm districts the strength of the fa tions is so evenly divided that it willbe a toss-up as to which candidate will head the poll. All over the country the reballoting must lead to complex bartering and vote- mongering bargains and the'elections on the second poll will often be decided, not on lines of party policy, but on considerations of u private or local nature, Badly Mixed. Everything promises that the new Reich_ stag will be the most motley parlinment known to histor, The conservative groups, according to the party organs, gani rage. sults of an mean to or- & movement against universal suff- The national liberals conservatives titute a graded sys- tem of class representation for every dict of the tederated states, with each diet clect- ing delegates to the Reichstag. They seri- y discuss this proposal as their only sal- vation from a democratic deluge, which now threatens to sweep the country Reports that a congress will con currency question in September, ave cre a lively interest in financial circles her alsoin Austris, Austrisand Hungary cach requires 120,000,000 flormns in gold to complete their currency conversion. Tho prospect of the United States draining gold from Europe excites anx among the Rothschild syndicate, which is working the Austro- Hungarian conversion.: Financiers calculate that the costof the Austrian currency forms will become greatly need - if Presidents Clevelund’s plans are approved. They Will Not Be Marrled. The report that Princess Alice of Hesso was to be shortly betrothed to the czaro- witch is ofticially denied. The drouth in Freiburg and Breisgau con- tinues, and the outlook is serious. There is a scarcity of food and much suffering is thereby entailed. A number of thein itants of the village of Allgansweire, who cked food for their families and them- ‘mined to raid the Kippenheim and capture whatever game pos- ho keepers dotocted them and u pitched battle ensued, the invaders resisting the attempts of the keepers to drive them off the prescrves, A number of the fom- batants were wounded and many of the villagers wero arrested. 'S TRIAL, Testimony Yeuterday in the Famous Mass- achusotts Murder Case. New Beoroxn, June 10.—The evidence in the Borden trial today was ehiefly corrobor- ative of prior testimony and not of great value to either side. But one witness was badly confused in cross-examination, and ad- mitted several facts of some importance to the defense. The first thing was the testimony of Oficers Edson and Mahony that they tried last night to search the Borden cellar for the hatchet handle, about which Mullaley testi- fied yesterday, but were not allowed to enter. Edson was carefully cross-examined by Mr. Robinson as to the search of the cellar and barn made the Monday after the murders, and stated that he saw a hunale- less hatchet in Medley’s hands. Lead found in the barn was shown to the jury by Mr. Robinson. Wicness testified that Detective McHenry was about the premises shortly after the murders, and at police head- quarters a number of times afterwards, but would got counect him with the police force. Mr. Robinson also showed Ly this witness that most of the oficers prominently con- nected with the case except Mullaley were promoted since the murders. It also ap- peared that witness and other officers got over the barbed wire fence into the premises without diffieulty, Inspector Medley then testified that he reached the house at 11:40 on the day of the murders and within ten minutes opened the barn door, which was fastened with a hasp, staple and iron pin, went up stajrs and found the upper floor covered with Aust, on which hangs and feet mpde distinct impressious. Both wigdows and the upher daop were shut, He also deseribed bis finding of the fumous haj l’c{en hate It was covered with dufit, exéept 8 new break, on which there Wag 1o dust. A Cro 3aigination pe despribed particus THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather for Omah and Vieinity Generally fair; warmer; Southerly Winds Page 1. Aftermath of the Washington Wreck, Disintegration of the Deelbund. Germany's Election Getting Warmer. Kansas Bandits Bold and Busy, . Genernl Sporting News, High Sehool Class Al R Quarrel Over School Fund Atlee Hart Found to Be Guilty, Olney Will Not Save Mosher. eral Washington News hoes from the Lemont Riot, xwell's Declsion inFe\l oditing Carlton's Story, it of Mosher's Work, & All Ready to Start, oIl Bluits Loeal Ne AfMiirs at South Omahn, Progress of the Public Schools, Frelght Men in a Wrangle, From n Ploneer, Building Association Notes. Wakeman o0a the Costermongers. Piscatorinlly Tayilic Manawa, Fancles for the Falr Sox. Among the Secret Orders, ditorint and Comment. . Last Week In Loeal Soclety. dy. larly the circumstances and which he wrapped up the hatehet when he took it awny. Saw no loose handle. He saw Detective MeHenry there and supposed he was engaged to assist in the search Oficer Dennis Desmond, jr., also said he saw the handleless hatchet, but no loose handle, and contradicted Medley, claiming apped up the blade himself, Adjourned until Monday. —— MIDNIGHT ROBBERILS. the way in Omaha Citizens Held Up and Robbed by Daring Footpads. Highwaymen in Omaha held the fort last night and held up some citizens last night, getting out of 1t a little and some jewelry. As William Doy, city of the World-Herald, w returning home at a ° hour, he was held up at the corner of Thirty- cighth moncy circulator and Farnam streets by a couple of armed footpads, who demanded everything he had in the way of valuables. Had Mr. Dox mind informed retained his presence of that ho was a newspaper man possibly he might have been unmolested, but as he had no speceh pre- pared for the oceasion he merely held up his and them hands and the disciples of Turpin helped themselves, They dispossessed and chuin, &10 in ash then unkindly told to “git a swift move on.” One incident of the affair was the query of one of the waymen' spark,” Dox Mr. diamond Dox ofa watch a stud, o pin and or §12 and him “gentlemanly high- s to whethar he should “take evidently thinking that Mr. ted to having his diamond stud taken. As Mr. Dox was at that mo- ment gazing into the muzzle peared to him like informed the went with the A diamond r not taken, de of what ap- Krupp gun, he sweetly voadster that the “spark st, and it went. £ which Mr. Dox wore was Later in the evening Georgo Duteher was held up at the cornerof Nineteenth and Chicago streets and deprived of $20 in cash, much to his disgust. The men who made both hold-ups are par- ticularyly deseribed. One adark suit and light hat about five ilarly d Short A man wearing na the other is feot six inches Both s the occurred o iz his nrme as W. M. Smith thered by the oficial jon of being of the roubers. did not much in the way of valuables, barring a pair of cuff lnks and a brakeman's cap plate, and says he can give a good account of himself this morning. Hold-ups are getting numerous of late, and the man who has to go home in the small hours fecls it nee open, in height, and ssed. smooth shaven robberics gleaners on one Smitn 581 ¥ 10 keep both eyes P — SPRINGFIELD IN SIGIHT. Waters Becedo and Lenvo n Great Show of Wreckage Behind, SPRINGFIELD, Neb., June 10.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee. |—The flood of last night is over, and the angry waters of Tur. tle ereck have receded, but tho wreckage aght by it is visiblo from here to the te rivor. The whole creck bottom islit erally covered with houschold furniture, out buildings, sidewalks und wire fences, The residence of Johin Johnson that was washed out of town floated a milo south and lodged ina grove. Everything inside was found intact, The fumilies in the flooded districts 'most all moved their effects to higher ground uniii tieir homes can be renovated. Some of the families are in destitute circum stances, but are being provided forby the citizens, The loss of stock, fences and bridges will reach into hundreds of dollars, while the 0ss of entire crops on the Platte river bot- toms can not be estimated. TFarms are yet under water, and acres and acres of up land crops have been completely washed away B Three thousand feet of the Missouri Pacific railroad track between here and Louisville was washed into the ditches, and no trains have passed since yesterday after- noon. Superintendent Rathnurn and Road- master Clark have had a large force of men at work today, placing the track in position and trains will be running as usual by morn- ing. The same condition of things prevailed on the Rock Island, two miles of track be- tween Richfield and North Loufsville being in the ditch, but trains are running as usual tonight, During the storm last night light. ning struck the Sarpy County bank huilding and the residence of Ell Sanborn, three wiles iu the country, doing slight damage. ———— Thelr Toa Was Polsoned. Curcago, June 10.—[Special legram to Tue Bee.)—A chemical examination of the tea by which the faglly of J. W. Hibbard of Evanston was poisoied showed conclusively the presence of arsenfe. “Jough ov rats” 18 supposed to have beeg used. Mr. Hibbard refurged today from Omaha, He was told the history of the affair and decided not to prosecute the suspected offender. With the exception of 4-yegp-old Nomie Hibbard the victims have recovered, BANDITS BOLD WORK Santa Fe Express Train Robbed by Five Men Near Oimarron, Kan, SWUNG A RED LIGHT ON A BRIDGE Engineor Responded to a Danger Signal and Got Boarded at Onoe, EXPRESS MESSENGER DISABLED BY A BALL Robbers Send a Fusilade Through the Car and Seriously Wound Its Keeper, BULK OF THE BOOTY WAS OVERLOOKED Midden by the Messeuger While the Doow of the Lar Was Belng DButtered Ine » Only u Small Amount of Sliver Secured, Cnanron, Kan,, June 10.—Five masked robbers held up the California express on the Santa Fe, half a mile wost of hereat 12 0'clock this morning, wounded Express Messenger I3, . Whittlesey of Kansas City, secured #1,000 in silver aud tho contents of the way safe and escaped. The train had hardly got out of sight of this place when the engincer saw a dangor signal on the track. A bridge was near the place and fearing that something was wrong withat, he slowed Before the train could come to a stop, two masked men swung themsclves on to the locomottve and covered ineer and fireman with heavy res up. reed the Englneer to Work. The engineer was forcod to take a sledge hammer and go to the express car. Mese senger Whittlesey refused to open the doop and the engincer was ordered to batter it in after the outlaws, forced by three othe shots into the car. who had been reine wliad fired several When the door had been broken open I8 was found that the messenger had received - a wound in the loft side, which disabled him, but will not prove fatal Whittle thro! was ordered to open the do so and the to content themselves with the contents of the way safe, which were put in a sack. gh safe, but could not robhers were forced All this time threo of the outlaws stood outside, fiving at the pase senger cars and shouting oaths to mtimidate travelors, Bulk of the Booty Overlooked. Ten thousund dollars in currency and some jewelry had been hidden by the messengor and was not found by the outl The sil the k at Trinidad, Coio. The robbers then fixed the cot for the mess senger and placed him on it. No attempt rs, and as soon as the outlaws had cleaned out the express safe they fired a parting volloy, pus. spurs to their horses and dashed off south- rd, was for s made to rob the pass wa “The train was run back to Cimarron and A sherifl’s posse was soon in pursuit, but could oniy track the outlaws a few mile the alarm given. , where they had stopped and several silver dollars were found at this place, Stole Horsos Also. are supposed to be four men up from the south yesterday morning and went norti of here four miles, where they got dinner and supper at a farm house. Thoy all mounted on fine and were well armed. They stole lls the same night. divided their booty, g The robby who cameo were horses two horses near In ESCAPED : OFFICERS, Notorlous Indian Territory Bandits Still ag Large. Forr Ginsox, I T., June 10.—The expected battle with Henry Starr, the notorious Ine dian Territory train robber and bank wreeker, did not take place today. Seven ( es marshals went to Starr's home at Nowata yesterday with the intens tion of taking the bandit dead or ali but wrr had been posted and had made his oge His supposed accomplice was are »d, but he will divulge nothing. The robbers have divided the Bentonville plundep and scattered, —_———— CAN OFEN SUNDAY, Chlef Justice Fullor Rmpends the Tnjunee tion Closing the World's Falr, Cmeaco, 1L, June 10.—Chief Justice Fuller today entered an order suspond- mg the temporary injunctions granted by the United States circuit court to restrain the management of the World's faie from opening the grounds Sunday. Ie sot the hearing of the cause in tho United States court of appeals for Thursday next. Judges Bunn of Mudison, Wis., and Allen of Spring- fi will be in attendance, Drummers from all parts of th attended the exposition toduy, althotzh the day was gloomy and rain began to fall heavily before noon. The T'ravelers Pros tective association, which concluded its an- nual meeting at Poorly sterday visited the ir body, making the Missouri state neadquarters, The travelers ned by Mayor Harrison, followed an address by Vice President Stevenson. Otheraddresses were by Governor Stonc of Missourd, vx-(iovernor Hubbard of Texas and others. Princess Eulalia visited the World's faip today in the face of the driving storm of rain and wind. On account of the the princess and suite spent the time iuside the buildings. country in buildin were wel by e Closed for VWan ConvarLis, Ore., June 10.—The private bank of Hamilton, Job & Co., failed to open for businoss this morning. The following notice was posted on the door “We have been compelled to suspend for want of cash, The assets are sufficient to pay dopositors in full s soou as they can be realized upon.” ‘There has been for some time a steady withdrawal of de) on account of the prevailing fiusnclal stringency. Assets are $255,000 in money, notes, county securitios and real estate; labilitics, $205,000, of which §171,000 18 deposits. There is but Jit> tle excitement, and general confidence is ex~ pr essed that the couceru will be able W re ume shortly,