Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 24, 1893, Page 1

Vng THE OMAHA DAILY BEE o ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871 HUNDREDS DROWNED . (reatest Naval Disaster of Modern Times on the Mediterranean, BRITISH BATTLE SHIP VICTORIA SUNK Struck by the Ram of a Companion During ' Naval Maneuvers, OFFICERS AND CREW GO DOWN WITH HER No Time to Save Themselves Before the Ship Turned Over. ‘ } GALLANT ADMIRAL TRYON AMONG THELOST | Great Excitement Ciused in London by the i News of tho Catastrophe—Queen Vies $ torla Postpones the State DBall— Gladstone's Tribute to the Dead. Loxpow, June 23, —Advices from Tripoli Syria, report o frightful occurrence during the mancuvers of the British Mediter- ranean squadron. The battleship Camper- her ram into the battleship Victoria. on the starboard side, for- ward of the turret, tearing a great hole, from which she sank so quickly that it was impossible for | most of those on board to escape, aud more [} than 400 of the oficers and crew went down ! with her. Among the lost is Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon, K. C. B., commander-in- | chief on the Mediterranean station * The Victoria lics bottom upward in eigh- teen fathoms of water. The Camperdown is seriously damaged. Rear Admiral Markham telegraphs that twenty-one officers of the Victoria were ' drowned and 256 men saved. The Victoria was a twin-screw battleship of 10470 14,000-norse power and mounted fifteen guns. The vessel carred 718 ofticers and men. List of the Deaa O The officers drowned, in addition to Tryon, " include: CHAPLAIN MORRIS. TENANT MUNRO. T PAYMASTER RICKFORD, T ENGIN HARDI ASSISTANT ENGIN ASSISTANT ASSISTANT ENGID GUNNER HOWELL. BOATSWAIN BARNARD. CARPENTER BEALL. MIDSHIPMAN INGLIS, MIDSHIPMAN GRIEVE. MIDSHIPMAN FAWKES, MIDSHIPMAN | MIDSHIPMAN GAMBI MIDSHIPMA CADET STOKES. CLERK AKLEN. CLERK SAVAG No Chance to Save Them. The water came in so fast that it was im- possible to close the collision bulkheads and the groat topweight caused the sel to » while the men were trying to shut down ran tons, o, them. The news of the accident created the greatest excitement, not only in official cir- cles, but among the friends and relatives of the ‘drowncd men. The crowd gath around the admiralty offices was so great, seeking information, that it took a squad 4of police to ain them, ‘The queen hus postponed the state ball at Buckingham palace tonight. Gladstone in announcing the calamity to the House of Commons, paid a high tribute 10 the galldhtry of the officers and men. He said that in all there were 718 souls on board of whom it appeared that 430 were lost. Aduiiral Tryon was a fam>us naval ofiicer, having been in the service since 1853 and held many important posts. Hnd no Chance for Their Live A dispateh received at 2 o'clock this morn- ing from Beyroot says thas the collision oc- eurred at bo'clock yestorday afternoon about soven miles from Tripoli. The vessels were almost at right angles when the Victoria was struck. Those on the Victoria's deck at the moment of the collision scrambled away and were rescued by boats from the Camper- down and several other vessols. The men below had no time to reach the deck., The sudden reoling of the Victoria caused her to begin to fill immediately, and no cscape was possible. and she went down in ninety fathoms of water. It is dificult to obtain the names of the rescued, us they are aboard soveral vessols, and so far all efforts have been aevoted to recovering bodies, Shortly after the collision five bodies were taken from the water, ono the body of the chief paymaster. They were buried last ovening with military honors at Tripoli. It is said here that several times the Victoria had made signs of weakness in her steering gear. One theory is that on account of this ‘weakuess she became unmanageable and could not bo gotten out of the way. Biukng of the Royal George, ‘The foundering of this uewest type of war ship calls to mind & somewhat similar acci- dent as far as the loss of lifois concerned that befell the Enghsh line of battle ship Royal Georgo in 1182, In that case the Royal George carrying 107 guns was iying off Spithead. She had boen keeled over for repairs, when a sudden gust of wind caused her to heel over until the sea entered her open ports. filled and wont down with all on board, in- eluding Rear Aduwiral Kempenfeldt, A num- ber of Wouien were on board at the time and they too were drowned. Altogether about 000 persons lost theirlives in the disuster. ‘Pho accident has never beeu equaled in poiut ofrlives lost in the annals of history, Ause of the Aceldent, . Kt. Hoo. Arthur Bower Forwood, a” well koown ship owuer, seuior partuer of the firm of Leech, Hurrison & Forwood and tarmorly secretary to the Adwirvalty, said in an lnterview that it was & wouder that such an aceldent had not occurred before. The Victorls had longitudinal bulkhead runuing | 3 Tryou's feet, through her, besides & number running BCross abip. She was thus divided iuto Cowpurtments on each ~zide of the longi- ! could not le Sho | tudinal bulkhead, without communication between them. In his opinion what had occurred was this: The Camperdown had struck the Victoria a ripping blow, glancing alongside and opening out the plates above saveral of the compartments. The iater was then admitted into a number of the compartments on one side of the ship, caus- ing her to capsize by its weight. The squad- ron, headed by the Camperdown, had been maneuvering In & space of probably three miles, leaving a small area for cach vessel to move in. A misunderstanding of signals might have caused the aceident. Wympathy from William, The duke of Bdinburgh bas received this dispateh from Emperor William: Words cannot express our horror. We all sympathize with our British comrades. As a token of our sympathy your ensign is flying from the main mast of our vessels, with our own ensign at half-m: according to my orders, The duke of Edinburgh replied: The British government, as well as its navy, feels deeply the sympathy expressed by your majesty and our brother officers of the Germun navy for us in this great disastor. In discussing the disaster this evening, Lord Brassey, one time secretary of the Ad- miralty, said that the sinking of the Vie- toria supplied a strong argument against building a big man-of-war. It v evident, he said, that the Victoria’s armor afforded her no protection. He thought it was wisor to distribute the country's naval strength among many less pretentious men-of-war, rather than among a few monster battle ships. A court circular issued this afternoon says that the queen received the news with the deepest grief and that “ner heart bled for tho many homes plunged in mourning." Victoriw's Deep Sorrow, The queen will publish tomorrow a special letter of condolence with the families altlicted by the disaster. The queen has sent Colonel Carrington to express her sorrow and sympathy to Lady Tryon. On the evening following the afternoon of the disaster Lady Tryon, who arrived from Malta three weeks ago, was holding her first reception of the season. Two hundred guests were present. When the news of her husbund’'s death was received she fell in a faint. Her functions have been postponed. The lord mayor has opened a relief fund for the benefit of the families of the men lost in the disaster. The newspapers all publish leaders extending condolence to the friends of the drowned men. Every leader Admiral Tryon. vs that the inquiry into the causes of the disease must be searching and exiiaustive—the punishment, if blame be found te exist, adequate and unflinching. Comment of Naval Officers. The loss of the Victoria is looked upon as confirming the opinion of my naval officers that the monster war ships of the present day are decidedly too unwieldy for serious manceuvering off seaboard. Naval en- wineering has not advanced as rap- idly as naval architecture and the stupendous mass of a 10,000-ton war- ship caunot be controlled with the ease the navy oficer generally desires. There is but little doubt that the loss of the Victoria was mainly due to this defect. It is probable that cither the Camperdown or the Victoria sen the impetus received from 1ts engines when running. It is a fact that is generally commented on that while so much has been done to nullify the deadly effect of the ram, naval engineers have given hardly sa thought to life boat drill, a proof of which is seen in the immense loss of life in connection with the sinking of the Victoria. Taking it altogether, the disaster is regarded by naval people as a severe lesson to the navies of the world, HOW IT HAPP D. Probable Cause of the Accldent Explained by a Naval Ofticer, [Copyrighted 189 Fordon Bennsth, LoNboN, June 23, w York Herald Special to Tue ofticer of ank in the royul nav, usually well posted in naval evolutions news, told me tonight that the collision be- tween the Victoria and Camperdown prob- ably occurred under the following condi- tions: The fleet consisted of nine battle ships, the Victoria, Camperdown, Inflexible, S pare Dreadnaught, Colossus, Nile, Edin- burgh and Collingwood, bemng in double column, the Victoria, Vice Admiral Sir George Tyron's flagship, leading the left hand column and the Camperdown, Rear Admiral A. H. Markham's flag ship, leading the right hand column. The signal was likely made to the squadron to change positions, famil- farly known in the British navy as the ‘gridivon” evolution. In this the vessels of port column put helms aport, and the vessels of the starboard column to starboard, cach vessel passing her mate in the opposite column and BKt‘llIlB[{ilu places with her aftor which the double coiumn order is resumed, In doing this the Victoria made a sharp turn to the rightand the Camperdown should have made an equally sharp turn to tho left, p ing each other on the starboard side. The distanco between the columns is only foar cable lengths, 2,400 feet. Probably the Vie- toria swung around promptly, but the Cam- perdown which has the reputation of being an erratic steerer, failed to execute the manauver quic enough, and forging ahead too fast, struck the Victoriaon the athtvartship bulkhead which sey ted the large forward comportment from the next one after, thus filling both compartments, Why She Turned Over. Forward werea turretand barbette bearing eighteen-inch armour and two 111-ton guns, with many tous of ammuuition, while there were no corresponding weights aft, ‘Lhe forward compartwents filled instantly, and the ship went down by the bows until the stern was raised hig The weight of the water righthand side gave the ship a heavy list to starboara and caused her to careen clear over, or “turn turtle,” as the sailors say, gowg down bottowm up, Commenting on the effect of the news in London, my informant sald no flags were hoisted at half mast because the pec not yet realized the importanc ter. It was like s naval defeat, not only in the loss of the ship and men, but above all, in the loss of Vice Adwiral Tryon, probably the most able flag ofticer in the British nay They could have better spared two or threo ships than such an admiral, The scenc of the disaster was off Tripoli, a town on the coast of Syria, & short distance orth of Boyroute, and not as many suppose e Tripoli on the north ggast of Afric Tue flower of the British navy has long been kept in the Mediterranean waters, within eusy reach of Suez and Egypt, sod even for tho coming uavy mancuvers there has been no intention of bringing these shipsout of the Mediterrancan. lIudeed, the new first- ol battle ship Hood, just put in commis- sion, sailed last night to reinforce Adumaral ‘The injured ¢ mperdown bas 1,100 mils (CONTINUED ON $ECOND PAGK. ) - OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, (0ST OF INSPECTING PORK Secretary Morton Thinks the Detection of Trichina Comes Pretty High, SOME FIGURES ON MICROSCOPY ALONE Showing of the Ratlo Hetween the Expense of Malntulning the Hureau and the Value of the Product Exported Durlng Eleven Months. Wasuisaroy Buresv or Tue B 513 Fountesstn St ) Secretary Morton has prepared & state- ment of the cost of the department of m croscopy, which is only one of the expensiv features of m inspection and does not in- clude the cost of tagzers and the various other officers necessary to carry out the scheme of meat inspection. The result is shown in the following figures as applied to six of the large packing cities of the coun- try on the one export of pork alons, For the eleven months ending May 81, 1803, the value of the meat export is computed at 12 cents ver pound. In two cities, Pittsburg and Nobraska City, not a single pound of pork was exported, while the cost for microscopy in these two cities was more than 810,000, But the following speaks for itself. Secretary Morton's statement shows that the entire value of pork exports to countries requiring certificates of inspection for the cleven months ending May 31, 1803, was & nd that the'cost for micro- scopy wus 0,000 Great Britain, which requires no certificate of inspection, bought £34,000,000, or nearly ten times as much in the same period, without any expense on the t of tho United States government for croscop), ecretary Morton recently addressed to the German government through the State departnent & communication, asking a num- ber of questious on the subject of meat in- spection. He expects when this reply is re- ceived to have official evidence that Ameri- an pork exports to Germany are not affected by the inspection in this country, for the rea- son that our exports are not_admitted into Germany on a certificate of inspection until they huve undercone a thorough inspection by the German government. Pension Boards Dismissed. Latest developments in the Towa and southern Minnesota pension scandal, in which Pension Agent Vanloen has figurea so extensively. inaicates a belief on the part of Judge Lochran that a number of medical boards were either in cahoots with Vunloen or were very careless, Special examiners have been at work in that dist and upon ther revorts several of the old boards have been summarily removed. The full extent of the frauds nor the exact nature of the faults of these medical men will uot be di- vulged until the The three moved are: Cool, ( 0. W. bourds re- M. Rose, D. M. Holliste ton, Henr The r ribault’ and Austin_boards was ordered yesterday and the Proston bourd on the I5th, The entire board at Cre: also removed: June 15, It consisted of James McCollum, George Kes- sell and William Connelly. News for the Army. army orders were issued today Leave of absence for two months is granted Second Licutenant Herbert O, Wil- liams, Eloventh infantry. The following changes in the stations of oficers of the ordnance department are : Captain Frank Baker will ve re- 1 from duty at the Frankford arsan ndelphia, Pa., and will report in pers to the commanding officer at Waterto arsenal, Watertown, Mass, Captain Charles H. Clark will be relieved from duty at th ncouver barracks ord- nance depot and chief ordnance ofiicer, Department of the Columbin, by an officer to be designated by the commanding gen- eral, Department of the Columbia, and will'then proceed to Frankford arsenal, Western Pensions, Among others the following names are an- nounced from the pension office ; Nebraska: Original widows, ete,—Jane Burnham, mother, Be Feorn, Towa: Reissuo—Walker Price Brown, Original widows, ete.—Lucretin Chamber- lnin, Annie Brown, Eliza Freeman, . A, Up South Duakota: Reissue—John Welch, Personal Pointers, William J. Pemberton today resigned his position as examiner of Chippewa Indian lands in Minnesota, A. ). McGee of Towa was today appointed a {uulnu t at £4,000 per annum Nora Scoville was to appointed post- mistress at Stoddard, Thayer county, Neb, R FICIENOY OF THE RAM, Its Use as n Wenpon of Offcnse Demon- sstrated In the Sinkiag of tho Vietoria. Wasmixaroy, June 2 ‘The ne of the sinking of her mujesty’s ship Victoria caused a profound sensation at the Navy de- partment here. People who saw the beau- tiful and stately Blake, flagship, at the naval review, thought that she was a great ship, but she was of secondary importance when compared with the ill-fated Victoria, for whils the Blake W a large, armored cruiser, the Victora wiis o full-fec ship, uearly 1,600 tons lavger thun the Blake, She bord about the lation to the Blake that our own new hips Indiana and Oregon do to the armor r New York. Naval of- ficers he: tone result of this trophe will be to emphusize in a st manner the terrible eiiclency of the ram as a weapon of nuval offense, for although there was no intention of usiag it offensively iu this case, wheu it is presumed the ships were engaged in simple mancmuye availability in tiwe of war has been amply demonstrated Kemembered by Eulalia, WaASHINGT June “The Princess Eulalia presented K t A. Parke, passen- ger agent of the Penn, nia railroud, with @ beautitul and costly dagger, highly or weanted and inlaid with jewels. Mr. Parke had personal charge of the train in which the princess traveled while in this country. ©Cost of the Naval Keview. WASHINGTON, June 23.—Paymaster General Stewart has comploted a statement of the oxpenditures of the maval review. Tho total expense of the weview was £70,800 and the appropriation was 850,000, leaving & balance of $273,200, of which §250,000 will be covered into the treasury on July 8), leaving the department a bal of £23,000 to meet any contingent expen: which may be re- ported later, P L — MORTON INTERVIEWED, — His Tdeas of Damperacy and Romedy for the Mitver Evil, Wasnfxarox, Jung .—The Star this even- ing has a long intetylew with Secretary J. Sterling Morton, aptopos of the populist agi- tation and the finanglal situstion:in politics. The secretary oxp the opinion that the populist party is disintegrating and that the democratic party,being committed to pohcies not in accord with the teachings of the popu- lists, cannot have an alliance with them. “By the nomination of Mr. Cleveland,” says the secrotary, %and by the wording of the vlatform, the democrats repudiate all heresies and take the position to which they belong on the side of sound money and sound principles. Cleveland's clection meant the condemnation of lnws placing artificial prices upon commodities, Whether on woolor metal, tin or silver, that the government should not be forced to be a buyer or a freo coiner of silver, und that soand financial policies should be enforced. ™ The secretary said he did not know whether or not the advocatesof the repeal of the Sher- man law would have to.accept a compromise. He hoped for the repeui of the law and saw n0_objection to the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on state banks as a compromise with those who want mero moncy. Under one condition, he said, the absolute y free coin- age of silver and gold alike might be a good compromise, that is, if both were deprived of their legal tender qualities. The s of the government would then signéfy more than merely that the coin was of a cer- tain_ weight and finencss and that the peo- ple would take which coin they pleasca und refuse either what they did not like. Appoluted to Office. WasmiNGrox, June 23.—Hiram H. Devoo has been appointed collector of internal révenue for the sixth district of Missouri. ooty GENERAL VAN CK IWORSE, Iis Case Regarded as Almost Hopeless— Losing Strength Daily. EnRAskA Crry, June 23.—General Van Wyck's case is now regarded as almost hope- less. Hols losing strength daily and the end is a question of but a short time. Almost & Fire. Crav Cexten, June 23.—([Spectal to Tue Bre.]—Last evening Mrs. Edmund Stein left the lamp burt.ing in her rooms at the residence of Mrs, Troxel, whil> she wont down town, expesting toreturn immediately, and, s a precautionsry measure against fire, placed the lamy in & lavge tin pan upon the floor. During her absence the oil in the lamp exploded, setting fire to cuctains and carpets. It was soomdiscovered and extin- guished before much damage had been done. Killed by Lightning. JuxtaTa, Neb., June23,—[Special Telegram to Tre Bee.]—This afternoon a light shower came up trom the southwest and a bolt of lightning steuck A. P. Kindig wnile working in the fleld, kilhng him and both of his horses.. He was “a well-to-do farmer living four miled southwest of town and leaves a wife and family of sxigll children. He had but shortly completei some. fine improve- ments on his farp: hnd was well fixed to enjoy life. $ —— Remlembered Thelr Instructor. FrANKLIN, Neb., June 23.—[Special to Tnr Bee.] —The Gagecadets of Franklinacademy at the close of the annual exhibition drill yesterday through their captain, Prof. John N. Bennett, presented Adjutant General Gage a fine sword in recognition of his serv- ices in their behalf. Genernl Gage re- sponded to the presentation speechin an eloquent manner, A large crowd witnessed the driil and presentation. Met a Violent Death, FREMONT, June 23.—[Special to Tne Brr,]— E. R. McCarthy, ticket agent for the Blk- horn, left this morning for Chautean, I, ., for the remains of his brother John, who was_ killed there yesterday by being run over by a t Deceased was working for ouri, Kansus & Texas. He was for many years a stenographer in_tho oftice of the superintendent of vhe Elkhorn here, [Special Telegram to 3EE. an giving the name of John Minto from Mahaska, Kau., claims to have beon held up by » quartet of thugs near the Rock Island bridge last night and rebbed of §10. *Thrco though looking charucters havo becn arrested, but Minto has not been able to identify any of them as his assailants, tally Burned. Brovonox, Neb. June 23.—(Special to Tur Bee |-Miss Minnle Kline was fatally burned at noon. Her dress caught fire and the blaze was not extinguished until her clothing had been burned off. Burt County's Gaod Crops, TekAMAN, June 23.—|Special to Tue Bre, | —A good rain visited this section this week. Burt county’s ontoole for a bounteous crop was never better. This county has never hud a failure of crops. e r— MIDDLETON IN THE REAR, All the Cowboy Racers Leading Doc at Fort Dodge, In, Forr Dovar, Ta., June 23.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue B) —~Doc Middleton, the last of the cowboy racers, arrived here at noon todsy and left abowt an hour later. His horse is in good condition. Albright and Smith arrived last evening, Smith did not stop. ~ Albrizht left at 8:40 last evening and Joe Campbell at 6:30 this morning. Stephens, Berry and Gillespie registered at lowa Fulls this afternoon, Dunvque, la., June 28—Joe Gillespio and Ratulesnnke Pete reached Cedar Falls at 20 p.w. and Berey half an hour later, They put up for the nig pic still hus two good horses, and says he will reacn Dubuque Sunday at mgon, Pete has but one horse and Berry's are reported weak. Jones the Favorite, WaTERLOO, [a., June 23.—Agent Tatra of the Humane society,s Minneapolis, Harvey Weir, Chadron, Neb., manager of the cowboy ' race, und Major Burke of Chicago came in touight in advance of the riders. leader, left Towa IPalls, forty-niue miles west of here, at 8:15 this morning. Ho registered here at 9:40 this Byening. Gillespie and Stephens left lowa Balls at 10:40 this morn- ing, Jones at 8:40 p. @, and Campbell, Smith and Albright are somewhere between Fory Dodee and Towa Falls. Jones is looked upes as the probable win He has o fresh horse and the advan- of forty pounds in ght. The riders left Chadron June 13 aud have covered abgut 700 miles, They expéct to reach Chicago Wedn or 'l'{mmiuy Of the tep startel 1 but two will complete the dis- tance ¥ is riding under protest, regis- tering by afidavit before w notary. He is proteste ause he made & map of the route. large crowd is awaiting the ar- rival of the riders. The agentof the Hu- mane socicty says he hus so far no cause for interferonce with the race. Dudes Huil This with Joy. Srarrie, Wash.,, June 23.—The United States circuit‘court decided that the state unti-cigarctte law is unconstitutional, being in contravention of the coustitution of the United States. - s Will Ketarn to Work, Burraro, Y., June 28.—The Tonawanda strike is over. The locked-out lumber shove ors will go to work pest Mouday, having accepted the torma of the lumbermen., Strik SHE HAS THE LAST WORDS Mrs. Frank Leslio Gots the Best of Mr, Wilde to the Extent of Several Sentences, SAYS THE INTERVIEW WAS A FAKE Denles Ever Having Seen the New York Reporter and 18 Qulte Wiling No More Shall Be Said of ths Divores Sult and Irs [Copyrt ited 1893 by Ja nes Gordan Bennath| Loxpox, June 24.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.|—1 saw Mrs, Lestie this afternoon at her hotel within an hour of her arrival at Southampton on the Augusta Victoria. She was not a little sur- prised to see me for, as she was careful to exvlain, she had taken every precaution in her powes to keep Mor movements secret. However, when 1 showed her a copy of the European edition of the Herald containing W. C. Kingsbury Wilde's interview, she read the whole document very carefully, not once, but twice, breaking of her pursuit at intervals to Indulge in running commentary upon her late husband's attack. Finally she composed herself an answer at length to the statements therein contained. “In the fist place,” she said, “I wish to insist as strongly as I can upon the fact that the alleged interview with me which ap- peared in the Recorder was an absolut fictitious one. I think the Recorder was the ouly New York paper whose repre- sentative I did not sce at the timo of my divorce suit. Mr. Wilde, torsooth, accuses me of having taken pains to draw puolic attention to a most re- grettable affair, in which I was an unwilling participant. My only answer to that is the conclusive one that I incurred at the ex- pense of many thousand dollars an order to have the trial take place at Newborg instesd of New York, my only reason being that I desired to avoid publicity. “Mr. Wilde wisely confines his rejoinder toanot v plicit denial of the charge of infideiity. As a matter of fact, Tattached no very great importance to this charge, which was one forced upon me by the legal exizencies of the case. As to the minor and trivial charges which the Re- corder put into my mouth, T ‘ce with Mr. Wilde, thinking them unworthy of atten- tion. He Preterred to Give Her Up. “Mr. Wilde is silent as to the real and major cause of the proceedings, which 1 was forced to bring. I h no desire to hurt his feelings or to in- flict. pain unou the man whose name I once consented to bear. I have for his talents and intellectual owers even now a sincere admiration, but I am quite sure he will beadopting tho wisest course in his power if he cultivates such gifts as silence may possess. If ho - drives me too far I shall not hesitate to make use of tho weavon of aggack which e has placed in my hiands. At present 1 can only suy Tgave Mr. Wilde the chioice of be- coming temperate, I did mot even demand total abstinence or losing his wife. He sclected the: latter course. His choice wns entirely his own. If his desire for oblivion as re- gards this wholly unpleasant mattor is as siucere s mine T do not think much more need be said, but let me warn him that throughout my whole carcer I have never hesitated to fight when attacked. As rve- gards the public I only hope 1t can be duced to believe that what T agree with Mr. Wilde in calling vulgar disclosures, put mto my mouth by an irrespousible writer, are such as never could have becn uttered by me under any circumstanc I had almost soguer be accused of murder than bad taste.” PERUVIANGAFFALRS, Mamors of an Invasion Alarming. 1Copyri Mted 1892 by Janss Gordon Bennott,| Lima, Peru, (via Galveston, Tex.), June —[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tue Br he govern- ment has fined a Peruviun corporation £3,000 for non-compliancé with the t of its contract. Ex-President Pierol. s been learned, is on board the steamer Setos, which has sailed from Guayagine. It is ex- pected he will arrive at Cullao tomorrow. Ruwors of an invasion from Bolivia are unfounded. It is known that the govern- ment of Bolivia favors the Cacerist party, which has vhe support of administration and military circles of Peru, Lima’s intendente is determined on crush- ing La Tunda, the newspaper of which Dr, Barriga1s editor. He tc imposed a fine of 500 soles on Dr. Barriza and the foreman of the printing department of the newspaper. The fines were not paid and both weve sent to jail. Friends of Dr, Bar- riga immediately brought the case to the attention of the minal court which ordered thewr discharge. As they left the prison they were enthusiasticully cheered by a large crowd, Guyaquir, Ecuador, (via Galveston, Tex.), June 22,—[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herala—Special to Tae Bee,)—Sena- tor Seminario, pi dent Plerola of Peru, today shot Colonel Vavea, a Peruvian. It is believed wound 1s fatal. Seminario was arres Pierola, at the time of the shooting, was about to leave Guyaquilon board the steamer Setos, OWN IT WAS A FORGERY, by Bolivin Not Penoupment of Co Great Sensation Sounds Ruther Flat, Copyrighted 1593 by James Gordon Bennett.) Pans, June 24, —[New York Herald Cable —S | to Tne Bee]—A negro named Norton, who says that he is an employe of the British embassy, is the man who gave the alleed stolen documents to MM. Millevoye and de Roulede. He swas a o'clock last night and at 11 o'clock ot, director of the Cocarde, the paper which began the scandal, wad arvested, Botn prisonersare kept au sceret, M.M. Millevoye de Roulede and Mores now admit that they were deceived, and that all the alleged documents are forgerics. The fact of the matter is that thisis 4 pendunt to the Pigott-Parnell affair. The price to be paid for the papers was 100,00 francs, of which 10,000 francs were paid day before yesterday. The balance was to have been paid 80,000 francs tomorrow and 60,000 francs on the day of the trial, JACQUES ST, (0 | © Mr. Pueips, Paus, June Hon. E. J. Phelps of counsel for the United States today con- tinued his closing arguments before the Bering sea tribunal of arbitration. Mr. Phelps is displaying in his speech remark- able eloquence and great aptuess in choosing fllustrations. Fluds Them Gulltless of Blame, Pauis, June 28.—Eruest Valle presented in | the Chawber of Deputies today the report of e — SINGLE COPY FIVE CEN' the committee of inquiry into the Panama scandals. The report exculpates from all ame M. de Freycinet, ex-minister of_war, ana M. Flouquet, ex-president of the Cham' ber of Deputies, It pronounces false in every particular the story that 104 deputies were bought with the Panama money. ON THE SECOND BALLOT. Social Democruts Make Galns In the New Gorman Elect BERLIY, June 28.—The second Leipsic today resulted in the election of Herr Hasse, national liberal, over Herr Pinkau, social democrat, by a majorit 2,000, The 1 deputy for Leipsie nutional liberal. The second - berfeld res#Med in the re-clection by a ma- Jority of 2,600 of Frederich Harm, social democrat, over Ernst Dahm, moderato anti- Semite in favor of the avmy bill. In Frankfort-on-the-Maih, Wilhelm Schmidt, social democrat, wis re-olected over Dr. Oswalt, national liberal, by. 5,000 majority. In Solingen, George Schumacher, social democ , was re-clected by a 8,000 majority over Herr Roemor, natfonal liberal. Al the returns, excepting those from Frankfort-on- the-Main, show a decided increasn in the social vote. Pronounced Tnem Gross Forgorles. LONDON, June 28 —The matter of the docu- ments that the Paris Boulangist organ, the Cocarde, alleged had been stolen from the British embussy in Pavis, came up in the House of Commons today on a question asked by Henry Laboucnere, who desired to be informed by the government if thero was any foundation for the story published by the Cocarde, td Gray, parliamentary secretary of foreign affairs, replied that no documents had been stolen’ from the British embassy. He added that tho documents M. Millevo, had read in the French chamber were gross forgeries, ballot in Both Charged with Forgery. Pants, June 23 —M. Ducret, editor of the Cocarde, which published the story concorn- ing the documents stolen from the Britis h cmbassy, and M. Norton, supposed to be the forger of the same documonts, were artested today. COLORADO ABLAZE. Disastrous Forest Fires = Causing Damage Throughout the State. Dexver, Colo., June —The greatest number of forest fires that ever raged rcously n Colorado are now in prog various parts of the state. The town of Bachelor, one of the big towns of the Crecde community, is now in hourly danger of com- plete destruction. Breckinridg s several times this week escay astation by tho flames only by des i unremitting work by citizens, and several of the towns have been in imminent Great ed from several ted in the mountaius been sending great Denver all day, almost completely hiding the sun_from view and giving the sunlight, such as filtered through the cloud of smoke, a bright red tint. =Beulah, in Beulah county, has been sur- ounded by flames all tho week, and on uesday it was feared that sevoral of tho ranches on the outskirts of the town wopld be burued. If no rain comes within a short time the losses, which are alveady great, will grow to unheard of proportions, “nearly all of theso fires having dovoured costly saw mills and shaft houses, besides destroying the humble cabins of many-miners. T addition to this, the losses to the state, through damage to the watersheds, will bo tremend At thy M ALBUQUERQUE, N. M ceived at noon today the coal mining town of Gallup is on fire, and as there are no water works nor fire com itis at the morey of the flames in a stack of Coal company’s's of the town. places, one havin near Golden, which h clouds of smoke ovel News re- Cicaco, destr Spiec June 23.—Fire this afternoon od the plant of the Murray & N Tanufacturing compan, i years old, was wald, Leopold Lehman and C ughrweik w Rudolph Ploc arles the body ¢ badly burned about 1085 is 260,000, MOORE: Nebraskans at € the June 'he animated controversy perid- ing between World’s Fuir Commissioner @eneral Joseph Garnean and State Auditor Moore is & matter of deep interest to Ne- braska people on the ground and the at- taches of the State building in Jackson ditions containing the let- loore and the commissioner roply have been cagerly ters of Audit, general's caustic sought after. Mr. G w Tue not in pondent called day. Mobley said no furthe: pondence” hiad tween the two ofticial 's Mr. Mobley, “will hing just now. “When My his next estimate of 5,000, the law, if Mr. Moore rof warrant ho will be mandamused and com- petled to obey the law. He can do nothin u the premises now. The expenditures to which he raises his objections huve already been madeand audited by hun,"” 1t is the opinion of most pecple who view 1t from this end of the line that Mr. Ga neau has a shade or two the best of the argu- ment with the auditor, leaving out the ques- tlon of what was or what was not judicious action by the World's fair commissioner, when to- thut passcd b “The discussion, ot_result in any Garneau mak provided by to draw the Arten Cuicano, June Tur B the faf toduy, shows have been the Fair, Special Telegram to of pud admissions to the opening May 1, including the total attendance to 7,642, as follows: Muy 1106.... May 7 10 l:!l 47 Fifth week, Muy 25 to Jun, Total for May Sixth week, June 4 to 10, Seventh week, June 11 o 17, I T i A s e tasaniiants Juuo June June 4 COSTLY TIMBER FIRES, Property of South Dakotw's Minlng Com- tened by N D., June 2 Special Tele- to Tur Bek.]—A large timber fire is ging in the hills botween Elk Creok and this place and on account of the high wind it is lmpossible o get the fire under control. Sixteen nundred cords of wood be- longing to the Homestake Mining company and 2,000 cords b:longing to (!, Buck of Elk k huve been burned in the last four hours. Fears are entertaiued for the safoty of the lumber canps at Doyles and Runkels @nd the lurge Homestake saw mills, Homestake compauy has hundreds of from Lead City and stations along the Black Hills & Fort Pierre ratlway, the route of the fire, fighting it and are in hopes to have it under control by morning. men Shatt Hiw Civy, 8. D, June 23, gram w Tue Bee j—The shaft house of the Girtie tin mine, ove of the Harney Peak compuny's properties, burned today. Wire caught from burning wood in the timbe This was the smallest hoist on the deve royed. -[Spacial Tele- oped wiucs, Loss, $8,000; insurance, $1,000, | asied. Telegram ta. CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO One of tho Banks Feels the Force of the Tight Money Market. THE PACIFIC FAILS TO OPEN ITS DOORS Refused Assletance by the Clearing Nouse, the Directors Comel to Close—A M n 1 in Deposits Up. nd a Tied SAN Fraxeisco, June 23.-Yn consequenge of notice from the Clearing House that its Pap®® would not be accepted hereafter, the directors of the Pacific bank decided not to to open the doors this morning. It has been known for some time that the bunk was laboring under financial diMculties, 8o the failure was not a great sucprise. Tt hy capital of §1,000,000; nominal reserve, $700,« 000; deposits. £1.500,000; loans and discounts, \500,000. It s expected that depositors will lose nothing. Manager McDonald says the bank will resume in a short time, having pended merely to realize on assets an ent a run, Lhe failure may involve the Peaple’s Home Savings bank, a collatoral fustitution under practically the same management, It h capital of $1,000,000 and deposits of £1,700 McDonald says he' expects a run on the ings bank, but will take advantage of the time cluuse and hopes to tide over the diffle v without suspending. The other banks of the city are financially strong and it not belicved that runs will be inaugurated s lEu result of the suspension of the Pacitio bank. I'he People’s Home vings bank closed its doors this morning TUATION IMPROVING, New York Bankers Confident that the Worss Is Ove NEW YORK, June 23.—The banks reported an_casfer feeling this morning in the west and said the demands for mmodations, rediscounts and currency were much less. The attention of the bankers is mostly con- centrated on the situation on the Pacifio st. 'he subtreasury of interest ou bonds due Jul 1L The total amount of inter to be pud “out by the government in this city Is sbout $8,- 000,000 and the disbursement of this sum s ected to aid ve n relieving th ¢ markef ents of some o the leadig national banks, asked this after- noon what they thought of the financial situation, agreed in the statement that, not- withstanding the number of banks which have been compelled to close their doors, the situaticn is decidedly improved compared td what 1t this day wed began United pavment States today coupon KEARNEY PAPER MILL CLOSED, Loecal Creditors Take Iossesslon of the nt Issued, . Special to Tum ~The Kearney paper mill, located in this city, and which was damaged by fire a day or two ugo, was closed up today, gomng into the hunds of the creditors. At thig time it is impossible to learn the smount of the assets or liabilities. The property i now in possession of Ross Gumble, one of the local bankers, BIOMINGHAM, run on the I caused by idle gossip connected with® the failure of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rails voad compuny to pay its obligations last wurday. Tho Iirst National banlk is the Tenng company’s depository here, bus otherw s not in any way connected with it. Many small depositors took part in the run and thoy d; about $30,000. The de- posits of the day were three times that amount. The run was soon over and thers is no danger of its being renew An evi- dence of the bank's strength was shown i an offer of 300,000 from Now York, which was declined. 1o Wanted 1o Fail. Perv, Ind., June 28—J. O. millionaire brewer of this city, is an equa, partner in the firm of Crane & Co., which assigned Wednesday in Cincinnati, He states that he is responsible for the assign- ment, as owing to dificultics with his wrtner, Clinton Crane, he wished to with- raw from the firm. The firm continued vv purchases of lumber wishes and judgment of Mr. Co the principal cause for his action. the Linbilities at $15),000 an y 000, Mr. Cole is the principal creditor of the firm, being in possession of notes amouting to about £75,000. Cole, the He gives assots at $400,v Plankinton I MiLwavkee, June 23 satisfactory is the showing of the assignec's report of the Plunkinton bank, which has been filed, that a number of depositors are being offered 73 per cent, and it is the belief of experienced business men, us of vaulcers, that nog only will depositor vive all that is due them, but that the bank’s stoclkholders will come out with at least a 50 per cent divi- dend. 5 Eavorable, h . —1'he Pirss National bank closed its doors this moruing, Thonotice posted on the door suys: *Owing to the stringency in the money market and ) unususl withdrawal of deposits during tl last tive days the bank 1s forced to close its doors temporarily.” fulls' Biggest Bauk Closed, Y., «June —The Cataract bunl, the largest in the city, h failed unexpectedly, owing to nabiity to gev expected aid, 1€ his £100,000 in deposits. 1t is believed iv will be able to resume, New W teom Bank Fal New Wiarcoy, Wash., June 28.—The Firsy Vational buifk, the oldest in the city, has closed its doors. The cashier states thaf ssitors will be vaid in full. No statée 1t of assets and liabilities has yet been mude, 5 Aurorn Dry ( niors £all, Avkora, Neb, June 23.—[Special Tele- gram to Tup Bee|—Hinks Bros., one of the leading dry goods firms here, was fore- closed today under chattel mortgages aggre- gating £14,000. Shiea y Mun Asmigas. Cuicago, June 23.—Le Koy Payn livery establishment went into the hands of a receiver today on the foreclosure of a mortguge for §55,000. u & Friedman, wholesale clothing, Lave failed, Assets aud liabilities §92,000 cach ANSWEL OF 1UE 0 HISKY TRUST, S It Asks for a Dismissal of the Sult Brought Against it by the State of Ilinols, CuieaGo, June 23.—The Whisky trust this morning made answer to the attorney gens eral's motion to dissolve the concern on the wisuse and perversion of its charter. The answer decla ne charges insuflicient ; that the suit was not in the interest of the people of the state, but of certain dissatis- fied Peorin distillers, who are urfug to ‘mlmm»um of property bought and pald for by the trust, Jacob and Heury Schwabacher ad J. H. Frapcis. 1 is averred ti company munufactures only 70 per the liquor made in the United States and % not in. the nature of a trust, because sufii- clent competition exists o make \he market ase, and p s are lower than they w U years ago. Diswiwsal of the suit is