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

P} - LS L n THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. HED JUNE 19, 187L OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1893, THEIR FUNERAL PYRE Ohicago Firemen Lose Their Lives in the De- struction of a Big Warehouse, IMPRISONED UPON A BURNING TOWER Many Reck Oertain Death by Jumping from Their Frail Perch. OTHERS PERISH IN THE SEETHING FLAMES Thirty Thousand People Helpless Spoc- tators of the Awful Tragedy. MANY DEEDS OF BRAVERY AND DARING Awfal Scenes of Horror and Death at the World's Fair Grounds—How the Fire Sturted, and Where—The Death Roll. Cnioago, July 10.—The fear that has existed for months in the mind of nearly every citizen of Chicago—a fear that none dared utter to his fellows, but that all felt—found realization today in a frightful holocaust at the World's fair that claimed nearly two score of victims and for a time threatened the destruction of the en- tire White City. Today's disaster was all the more dreadful because of its sudden transformation from an innocent flame into & death-dealing catastrophe. Like an ani- mate monster it enticed its victims to the topmost stage of a high pinnacte and then, encircling the whole shaft in a sheet of flame, held them in a trap until one by one they fell as a sacrifice on the fiery altar that raged beneath them while 80,000 people stood helplessly by. The structure that burned today was, by comparison, one of the smallest buildings of the fair. It was the cold storage ware- house and skating rink and was not the property of the exposition. It was a con- cession and exhibit of the Hercules Iron works and ice and refrigerating machine manufacturers. In addition to the skating rink there were three twenty-ton ice machines and thirty or forty barrels of lin- seed oil. This oil no doubt greatly hastened the conflagration, and that the fire was not communicated -to the other World's fair buildings was due to the favorable winds. Bcenes of Horror Witnessed by Thous The scene of horror was witnossed by many thousunds of people, and strong men wept and women fainted, as ono life after anocher was snuffed out “vithin full view of the multitude —but beyond the reach of human aid, The fire was not generally observed until about 1:15 o'clock p. m., and within thirty minutes afterwards the great loss of life occurred. At the first sig- nal the firemen rushed up the huge shaft surrounding the smoke stack and when at the summit began preparations to fight the flames which had at first appeared at this point. Before the hose could be coupled u cry of horror from tha crowd below caused the firemen to look down and the whole shaft below was found to be encircled in flame. instautly every man realized his danger, but there were few to find an avenue for cscape. One man suddenly grasped a rope, ojhose and half sliding, half falling reached the roof ninety feet below,ina bruised and burned condition, but still alive. By this ume the crowd below became wild with excitement, and weeping women and frenzied men rushed hither and thither, wringing their hands in angwish over their fnability to render aid. Suddenly one of the firemen was seen preparing to jump, and every eye was wrned upward. He gavea quick, spasmodic leap, and turned over half & dozen times beforehe struck the roof, ninety foot below. Tothe spectators he seemed a minute falling this distance, and then the body struck the roof with a frightful crash and bounced four feet in the air, and a groan of horror went up from the crowd. From this time the bodies rained from the steeple, but 1 nearly every instance breath and life had fled when the victim was picked up on the roof below. After the fivst wild leap one man after an- other jumped in quick succession usthe flames closed in below and the heat became more intense, Innearly every instance the victim turned over and over again before he touched the roof, and in nearly every in- stance the result of the desperate leap for life wus the same—death, Terrible Spectacle of Death, The very horror of death riveted every eye to the scene, and while men and wowen shouted hysterically anda wept below the guards were almost powerless to keep the crowd away from dangor. The spectacle of death became more terrible as the minutes passed and for the last man on tho cupoln remained tho most dreadful fate of all After all his companions had leaped to ap- parant death and the last man was hesitat- ing the whole shaft began to tremble and vibrate, ‘The lone firemun understood aright tho ominous warning and gave o quick, wild leap. He was too late. At the very iustant he sprang the whole structure gave way, and this human being, quivering with life aud wildly grasping for support in the frenzy of despair, was seen to drop into the labyrinth of flame and fire and finally dis .appear entirely into the roaring furnace below. His was a literal death by five, for the flumes caught him while his mind was still active and ull bis schses alive to the terrible fate to which he was doomed, it Wus & Veritable Death Trap. As a fire trap the cold storage warehouse could mot have been more perfectly con- struoted, The structure was 250 feet long by 160 foet wide, und was entirely of wood, covercd over with staft. Ihe wmain body of the buildiug was five stories high. In the couter of this rose the swokestack in the shape of o cupola, to the tup of which was almost 200 feet. “Fho base of this cupola was about thirty feet squure. About eighty feot from the base of this cupola there was o leony from which a square tower rose, cul- minating in the mouth of the smokestuck, * It was at tho top of this cupola that the fire was discovered. It is supposed that the framework around the huge chiwney caught from a dofective fiue. Ab Diat it appeared to be an lusiguiticant affair, but knowing the inflammable nature of the structure, Fire Marshal Murphy, who had charge of the department on the grounds, sent in a call for all com- panies to turn out. With about forty of his men Captain Fitzpatrick climbed the sta- tionary ladders inside the tower to the bal- cony and from there ropes was lowered to haul up the hose. Fire Cots O Retroat. Only one hose, that of 4 chemical engine, had been hauled up when a gust of swind caused the flames to break out in an alarm- ing manner about ten feet from the top of the cupola, Meantime the fire had eaten its way down through the network of timbers inside the structure, and unconscious of their danger, the firemen were standing, as it were, on the shell of a burning volcano. No one of the tens of thousands of interested spectators who had gathered from all parts of the grounds had any imagination of the perilous position in which the forty or fifty men were then standing. The fire had been burning scarcely twenty minutes and the firemen were pulling and hauling at the ropes when suddenly the flames burst out around the base of the cupola in a perfect hell of fury. So sudden and so furious was the outbreak and ko terrible was the spectacle that for the moment the crowd stood transfixed with horror. Strong men wrang their hands in a hysterical manner and scores of women fainted. All were powerless to aid the un- fortunate men, imprisoned on the balcony, 160 feet from the ground. All the ropes save one on the north side of the tower were burned away in an instant. One Slender L1 of Hope, The hose from the chemical engine with- stood the heat, however, and springing for- ward John Davis caught hold of it and slid down to the main roof of the warehouso where he fainted away. His face and hands ware terribly burned by the flames, which enveloped his body as he came down. He was taken to the hospital where he was cared for and the physicians say he will re- cover. Two of his fellow firemen attempted to follow him, but before they were half w down the hose gave way and they dronped into the seething mass of fire and were lost. As the hose parted and the men sank out of sightin the fire, the multitude below gave utterance to a groan of sickening horror. Another fireman started down the rope on the north side of the tower and had almost reached the roof when it gave way and he fell, striking on his head, and was instantly killed. Beyond tho Reach of Help, There now remained, according to the counts of various spectators, from twenty- five to thirty men on the tower. They were hopelessly beyond the reach of help. The longest ladder fell short of reaching them by fully thirty feet, Death of the most awful kind was fust approaching. At this terrible moment Captain Fitzpatrick's tall form and white helmet appeared in front of the men who were huddled together on the narrow balcony. He appeared to be addressing his brave followers. What he said will probably never be known, for he aloneof all the men around himsat that moment escaped alive, and his injuries are such that it is doubtful that he will recover consciousness. As he ceased to speak one of the men crept around the burning balcony to the east but returned a moment later with a rope that had been left there 1n the excite- ment. It was hastily fastened to the railing around the balcony. Captain Fitzpatrick pointed to it. What he said no one knows. The foremost man scized it and started to slide down, but ere he was half way the cruel flames rolled up and he was swallowed into the mouth of the awful volcano. An- other tried it and met the same fate. One after another, five of the men at this mo- ment sprang from the baicony to the roof and were killed by the fall. If any of them survived they were burned. The rope was burned off about half way down and it hung apparentiy useless, Leaped to Certaln Doom, Scarcely twenty-tive minutes had elapsed since the fire was discovered, but so rapid had been its progress that the entire tower was burned away and it fell with an awful crash, carrying with 1t several firemen who were playing on the flames with the hose from the roof. There was & wild scramble 1o get off the roof. Seeing his men jumping to their doom, the heroic captain seized the rope and started down. A ladder had been raised but was almost twenty feet from the end of the rope. He dropped and caught on the end of the ladder. Marshal Murphy's Self-Sacrifice, Marshal Murphy, an old personal friend of Captain Fitzpatrick, and who has worked in the Chicago fire department with lnm for a score of years, was on the roof. Seeing there was u chance to save his old comrade's lite, he sprang forward and was soon at the top of the ladder. A shout of admiration and encouragement went up from the molti- tude below. The heroic marshal started back with his friend, but was enveloped in flames. With the energy of despair he clutehed his comrade and slid dow he lad- der to the roof whereshe fell prostrate. Both Murphy and Fitzpatrick were uncon- scious. They were lowered to the ground and taken to the hospital, and it is doubtful if either will recover. Ignited the Oil, A large quantity of linseed oil was stored on the top floor and when the tower fell, it ceashed through the roof to this flamma- ble ruel and then the flames rolied up high i the air. As the firemen fled from the roof one of them picked up the mangled form of one of the unfortunates who had jumped from the balcony and carrying it to the edge of vhe roof dropped it over. Many of the unfortunate firemen who lost their lives mizht have boen saved had the department been supplied with nets, They coula have jumped from the tower to the roof and been saved by the nets. Secing that 1t was a hopeless task to at- tempt to save the building and as all who escaped alive had left the roof the firemen now directed their efforts to keep the five from spreading. The World's fair stables, Just south of the big warehouse, were burn- ing and the fire had sproad to the roofs of several hotels across Stony Island avenue. With a good deal of effort the buildiags were saved, but the stables were burned to the ground. In less than two hours from the time the fire started the cola storage warchouse was leveled 1o the ground. It is doubtful if any of the bodies will ever be recovered. The building belng of wood and, added to this, the barrels of oil made the fire one of the hotest tue fire department has ever had to fight. A complote and accurate list of the dead will be difeuls to obtaia, as many of the bodies were entirely destroyed and not even the ofticers of the fire department will know who of their men have gone until afier roll call, List of $he Killed, ‘Tio following is » Lst of the injured sad dead as far as known At 10 o'clock. The work at the burned building is being carried on in utter darkness, owing to the complete destruction of the electric light wires. Six bodies, ali of them burued beyond recogni- tion, have been taken from the debris since 8 o'clock. WILLIAM DAVIS, killed by leaping from the cupola. WILLIAM I DEMING, terribly burned and d by Jumping from the cupoln. ILLIP BREEN, was on cupola when roof fell. JAMES GRE flamos, BARTON E fell through roof Into PAGE, captain World's fair en- gine company No. 8, killed by jumpling. £ captaln World's falr engine company No. 1, burned to death. JOHN M'BRIDE, leg broken, body horribly died In the hospital. CAPTAIN JAMES FITZPATRICK, asslstant chief, arm broken, body burned and crushed in falling; died in hospital. HILL, burned fn the rains. HROEDER, burned in the ruins. TIFIED LINEMAN, working electric ight wires, burned In the ruins. LIEUTENANT JOHN H. FREEMAN, burned i ruins, “The following firemen are wissing and are undoubtedly dead : s G. 0. BLAISDELL, M. DIXON W. A U A. L. OTTO. M. 8. BONFIELD, W. G. STRUM. Those Injured. W. P. MARONEY, both legs broken, badly burned. B. J. FrANK, leg broken and body purned ; y die. FrANK BeruiNeen, badly burned and 1o- ternally injured; will die. S. Nownenus, burned and bruised. CApTaly Troyas Banuy, of World's fair fire burned, arm crushed, amputated ; may die. Jons Davis, hands and face burned. WiLLiam Lexciay, face and head burned and leg mangled. Marmiy Kivsary of St. Paul, Columbian guard, hands and arms burned, H. Bureokisringe of Fair Castle, Va., Col- umbian guard. face and hands burned. Mansuars James L. Kenvos, chief battal- ion No. 2, 1eg badly cut and mungled. F. H. Doxanog, Columbian guard, slightly burned. M. MurrAY, burnea and nearly suffocated. W. C. Fisuer, eyes and face burned. 1, scalp wound. Haway, hand scalded. G. om, right foot crushed. Frep Growrz, right hip broken, Known to Ie Dangerous. That the building was known to be a dan- gerous fire trap by the company controlling it there can be no doubt. A few weeks ago Marshal Murphy inspected it and reported it to be extremely unsafe. On account of his report the insurance companies who had taken risks on the structure canceled them, 80 there was no insurance on it at all. Some one suid the council of administra- vion had been advised that construction of the tower closing the smoke stack was hazardous. President Higginbotham said he had not heard of such notice. Commissioner Massey of the council of ad- ministration confirmed Mr, Higginbotham’s declaration that the council had had no inti- Eiation of danger from the cold storage ant. v ‘When the fire broke out there was a large number of World's fair visitors in the ware house looking at the huge ice machines and other exhibits in the building. The first intimation they had ot a fire was when the firemen rushed in and made for the roof. In an instant there was a panic-like rush made for the stairways. In their excitement some of the men thrust women and children aside and a number of them were thrown down and badly bruised, though 80 far as known none were seriously injured. G. H. sarnes, jr., the 10-year-old son of a ‘Toledo oil merchant, was knocked down and but for the aid of a man more thoughtful than some of his fellows, the lad would have been trampled to death. As it was his arm was badly injured. The boy was carried to a drug store outside the gates and his in- juries were dressed. Women Reporred Killed, 1t is reported by some of the Colnmbian guards that o number of women who were the building lost their lives. The firemen who escaped, however, discredit, this story. Late tonight a ladies watch was found with a body so badly burned that it could not be told whether it was that of a man ora woman. John Campbell, a painter, employed by Contractor Anderson, sald: “I was on the tower when the fire broke out. With three others I wus attaching lettering to the cor- nice. Isaw the fire piaying around the twp the stack and warned my companions. They did not scem to think there was any danger and kept at work, but I ran down stairs. I believe my companions were caught inside by ihe fall of the tower and were killed.” on Missing from Roll Call. At midnight the following men are also missing and are said to have been kalled: M. C. McQUAID, driver engine No. 8. RALPH DRUMMOND, electrical engineer of torage bullaing, HOWARD, a lieutenantof Engine com- pany 0. 1. Mayor Harrison was almost overcomo when he heard of tho disaster today, but ho finally said: “Well, this settlés one thing—the city of Chicago is going to assume control over those buildings as far os prowction of life s concerned and will do so at once, Tomor- row morning I will see that el these buildings ~are carefully inspected and whatever changes are nocessary for the safety of the people must be made. Every day 15,000 people stop at the top of the Manufactures building. In the event of a fire or panic hardly 200 of them would escape alive. These things must be looked to, and will be if it takes every police officer in the city. That cold storage building would have never been built if the city authorities had possessed a voice in the matter, and now she [¥ koing 1o speak und speak’ 80 that the world will know that the hlood of these men is not o us and that it will have no more of these awful calamities if we can avoud it.” —— CLEVELAND WEANT FISHING, eumatism Has Gone, and Ho Made a Good Cateh. Buzzanv's Bay, July 10.—The president made his first fishing wrip today since his arrival at Gray Gables. ~Ho was accom- panied by Colonel Lamont. The mewmbers fished several hours, their catch being scup, tautog and bass. As they were returning under full sail, with a strong southwesterly breeze, vhey were hailed by some newspaper men in another boat. +What luck today?” was asked. “Fairly good,” came the reply. The president was gone.as long as usual and arrived at the wharf soon after at 4 o'clock. When it was time to land the president came out of the cabin in his shirt slééves, and putting on his coat waus all ready 1o step ashore. Mr, Cleveland jumped l»n‘he floating wharf with considerable agility and walked up the pathway to Gray Gables without any assist- ance. Mrs. Cleveland met the party at the wharf and walked with the president to the house. The president enjoyed.his trip very The president does nn‘ Appear o beerip- pled, as stuted. This is the first day he has en seen since his arrivg) aud is looking unusually well. e May Save spud's Hand, At a consultation of physiciaus yesterday afternoon it was decided that amputation of “Spud” Farvish s injured right hand 1s un- necessary, and an effort will be made to save all that is lefs of it. _suclosure was duly “envoy TWO NONTHS TINE DESIRED American National Bank Oan Then Secure a Pirm Basis, CREDITORS APPEAL T0 THE COMPTROLLER They Are Anxious that the Institution Be Given Every Opportunity to Arrange Its Aty to Rosume Bugines 518 Founteextn St Wasnixgroy, July 10. Comptroller Eckels received today a num- ber of teleerams from Omaha requesting that the American National bank be given until September 1 to got its affairs into such shape as to enable it to resume business on that date. Quite & numver of these tele- grams came from ergditors of the bank. The comptroller is not disposed to look favorably upon such a proposition and is not inciined to be moved by Sentiment when dealing with embarrassed banke. He is desirous of giving the American National every reason- able encouragement and today wired tho bank oficials that he would not consent to an extension of time unless he received vosi- tive assurances thatthe American Nutional could comply in every particular with the terms of resumption by September 1 and could be placed on & perfectly sound basis. A delegation ropresenting the shareholders of the bank wired Comptroller Eckels that they would come on at once to have a con- ference with him regarding the status of the affairs of the bank and they hope to be able to convince the comptroller that it would be to the interest of all concerned to grant the desired extension, Western Penslons. The following pensions granted are re- ported: Nebraska: Original—William T. Conner. Towa: Original—Jonathan McLain, Samtel WasuiNGToN BUneav or Tne Bes, % S. Smith, Mary Bresnal Original Widows, X Rowena Dunn, minors of Newton Harwood, Bridget Lamety. South” Dakota: Oviginal Widows, ete.— Isabella Thorson. Relleved His Cansclence, Someone in Fort Robinson, Neb., is prob- ably able to hold his head very' high and look s neighbors: squgrely in the eye as an honest man. United States Treasurer Mor- gan today received from an “‘onknown’ re- siding in Fort Robinsan 8 which the writer said he desired to contribute to the govern- ment in order to relieve his conscience. The turned over to the “con- scienco fund,” and _the Fort Robinsonite is doubtless happy now_that he has made a just restitution to his Uncle Samuel. Miscellnneous. 2 banks were today designa- ted toact as reservé agents for Nebrask national banks: Union: National, Omah for the First National of Cozad, and the Phaenix National of New York for the American Exchange National of Lincoln. James Gray, a bright young citizen of Kearney, who came hepe as a $700 clerk in the Treasury depariment under the civil service nine montha ago, was promoted for the fourth timé today. Hereafter he will be a 31,200 & yéar steacgrapher in _the bri- vate officé of Secratary Hoke Smith. The sccretary promoted h'm today from $000 to to £1,200 a year. He lad been transferred from the Treasury to the Interior depart- ment some time ago, P. 5. H. 1IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. The follow! Gormun and Italian Missions to Bo Ralsea to tho Kauk of Embassies. ‘WasmiNagtoy, July 10.—The dispatches from Berlin, stating that the German gov- ernment would wait for the United States to take the initiative in raising the rank of the diplomatic representatives of the respective countries from minister to ambassador, seemed to be based on an erroneous reading of the law passed by the last congress on this subject, which provides that “whenever the president shall be advised that any for- eign government i represented or is about to be represented in the United States by an ambussador, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, sp: charge d'affuives, he is authorized, in his discretion, to direct that the rep: sentative of the United States to such gov. ernment shall bear the same desciiption. The construction placed by the United States on this provision has uniformly been that the initlative must be taken by the foreign government and not by the United States. This was done by Great Britain and IFrance and met a prompt respouse from the United States. In the case of Italy, whose representative has been created an ambassa- dor, there has beena delay in response by the United States, which has been ac 4 dental rather than otherwise. The presi- dent being now absent, it 1s iniprobanle that any further steps will be taken toward the creation of United States ambassadors be- fore congress meets. Although the Italian goverument has raised the rank of its mission hera to the rank of an ambassador, it is probable that it must wait for a reciprocation of the courtesy until some one has been nom- inated to succeed Minister Porter, the re- publican incumbent of phe Ttalian mission, The same state of affaifs does not exist in the case of Germany, where Minister Ri yon was appointed by the present admin tration and where the German government has not gone further than to signify its in- tention of sending an amovassador to the ited States. But to avoid unpleassnt dis- crimination the change in the grades of Awerican missions abroad will, it is belioved at the State departident, be deferred until congress meots and then be made simultane- ously in cases where the president is author- ized to do so. “The German legation here has been mak- ing exteusive preparations for tue expected change in the matter of purchasing a site and proparing to erect an imposing embassy. ¥ S10N PAYMEN®S SUSPENDED, Many Pensioners Notitied to Give Proof of Thelr bllity. ‘Wasmxaroy, July 10,—~The pension bureau has notitied a great many pensioners throughout the-gutire country who are draw- ing peusions under the act of June 27, 1890, known as the depepdemnt pension act, that payment of their pessions will be suspended for siMy duys, during which time they are requived to show cause why they should continue to draw peusions. ‘The testimony necessary 0 preveat their being dropped from the rolls is thecertificate of any repu- tuble physician, attested by two withesses, to the eftect that the pensioner is precluded from active labor, owing to injuries or disa- bility not the result of his own vicious hubits, In case no attention is paid to the depart- ment's notification’ within sixty days the pensioner will be dropped frowm the rolls. On the other hand, should the necessary certificate, properly drawn up and signed, be forwarded to the pension bureav, the pensioner will be requested to appear be- fore the local board of medical examiners for exaination as o lus condition. This action is pursuaut to the recent ruling of Secretary Swith to the effect that @ pensioner under the act of June 27, 1890, drawing a peusion for total disability, must be shown to be physically ineapable of man- uul labor, ‘I'he board of review appowuted to rry into effect that decision is now going all the cases of June 17, 1500, probably 100,000 in number, and selecting those cascs which show on the record that the pensioner way not be incapacitated for manual lubor, In the cases thus selected the pensioners are notified, us before stated. to prove their total disability to the department or cease Lo draw pensions. Under Secretary Swmith's ruling the de- partment holds that a man who can work should not draw a pension for total disabil- ity. Itis estimatod at the pension office, al- though the work has but recently been be- gun, that something over 1,000 suspensions have alteady been made, may JRCHASE THEIR DISCHARGE, Uncle Sam's Sallors Are Now Granted that Privilege. Wasnixaroy, July 10.—Enlisted men in the navy will now have the privilege of purchas- ing their discharge. Secretary today issued an order establishing rules and regulations for the purchase of discharges as authorized by the lase naval appropriation bill. Nomanis tobe allowed to purchase his discharge while in debt to the govern- ment or until he has served three months. The price of discharge during the fourth month of entistment will be 2 per cent of the yearly pay of the applicant; during the fifth month 80 per ceat, and o on, 1ncreasing 5 per cent per month until the fourtcenth month, when the maximum price is reached. During the fifteenth month the price will be per cent of the maximum price, in the six- teenth month %0 per cent, and so on, decrea; ing 5 per ceut per month until the thirt fourth month, when ho may apply for dis- charge without ment. No man is allowed to purchase his dis. charge a second time, and thoso procuring discharges by purchase forfoit all' benefits due to continuous service or honorable charge. Washington A WasnINGTON, July 10.—The issue of stan- dard silver dollars from the mints and treasury offices during the week ended July , was §350,240; for the corresponding veriod of 1802, £44585. The shipment of fractional cofn from the 1st to the Sth inst. aggrogated §202,220. The gold reserve fund has gained $300,000 since Saturday, and has reached a total of £ 3,101. The currency on hand ['s 17, making the balance %12 4 ho comptroller of the currency has ordered national bank currency to b printed on account of the bonds deposited to the amount of §3,007,000. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was 126, of whom forty were to fill vacancies caused by rosig- fation and death. Europo Badly in Need of Forage. Wasmixaroy, July 10.—The secretary of agriculture has received numerous requests from abroad for information as to the extent and character of this year's forage crop in the United States. All these communica- tions emphasizo the shortage in Kurope, es- pecially in France, and there is cvery ovi- dence that a ve hay. From other sources it is learn the department thut hay is selling in land at from $45 to 0 a ton. At pres n this country there can be but little question that a shipment of baled hay to Great Britain and France would prove a profitable venture this season. t the Silvor Brokers. 10.—The Treasury de- partment has again arrayed itself firmly against the silver brokers, 1t was the cus- tomary-day for making the proportionate purchase of silver on the July account, and 488,000 ounces were offered. The prices asked averaged from 72 to cents. This was regarded as too high by Acting Divector Preston, who made a counter proposition by offering 721¢ cents per ounce. hat is one-half cent less than the depart- ment paid for its silver last week. Appar- ently the silver men ara reluctant to come to the terms, for up to the close of office hours no acceptances were received. Arrayed Agal ‘WASHINGTON, Jul Arrived at Rio Juneiro, WASHINGTON, July 10.—A cablegram was received at the Navy department today an- nouncing the arrival of the cruiser Phila delphis at Rio de Janeiro. She will remain at Ris Janeiro long enough to coal up and then proceed to Valparaiso, Chuli, where she will stop for further instructions, which, it is sa1d, will be to proceed to Sumoa until the state of affairs i Peru and Chili require her presence there, She has been eighteen days in going from New York to Rio Janeiro. e SIGHTSEERS AT POMEROY, One Thousand Des Moines Citizens Visit the Stricken Locality. Des Moixes, June 10.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee]—About 1,000 persons went on an excursion from Des Moines to the storm- stricken town of Pomeroy yesterday and did not return until 2 o'clock this morning. They report that about 8,000 strangers were in the locality of the storm’s path from all points of the compass. All went prepared to sec misery, grief and devastation, but nono ex- pected to witness the woeful scenes that met their sight upon the arrival there. The list-of dead now numbers fifty-five, twvo more of the wounded having died yesterday. The maimed number 108, The physicians say ten of them cannot live, Up to yesterday 85,000 in cash had reached the Pomeroy State bank, treasurer of the relief fund, and more was constantly arriv- ing. Governor Boies estimates that it will take $100,000 to replace the loss of property. The town is under military guard and no one was admitted within the stricken territory, about 160 acres, without a pass. In the afternoon the crowd was formed in a column and allowed to march through the town under military escort. There are now twelve physicians in attendance upon tho wounded. T'wo hundred people are homeless. At Pomeroy, Powxeroy, Ia., July 10.—The injured pa-. tients here are getting along fairly, but the doctors estimate that ten more will die, but if the nights keep cool not half that number will succumb, The work of clearing up the wreck is now in progress. Twenty-six thou- sand dollars is the total amount donated to date, but still wmore is needed. Swelllug the Kelief Fand, Booxe, la., July 10.—[Special Telegram to Tug Be send to the cyclone sufferers. Of ‘this $103 was raised by the proceeds of a ball game between the doctors and lawyers of the town, The other #400 came from collection in the churches Sunday, and subacriptions secured by a committee appointed a nieoting Saturday evening, Six nurses wero sent from here today, thelr passage being donated by the Northwestern and Koo Island Roads, Contributing Liberally, Davexvort. Ia., July 10.—A carload of tumber and building hardware started today to the scene of tho Iowa cyclono, Eleven hundred and fifty dollars has been sont. An- other remittance will be wade tomorrow. Sixteen hundred dollars has been subscribed up to this evening, Dunvque, Ta., July 10.—The city council today appropriated 00 for cycloné ' and the -Hoeard_ of Superyisors & Board of Trade committees are expected to add §1,5 e Movements of Ocean Steamers July 10, At Philadelphia—Arrived—British Prio- cess, from Liverpool At Boston—Arrived—Columbian, from Liyerpool. At Bremen—Arrived—Ems, from Now York. At Antwerp—Arrnved—Hermao, from New York. New York—Arrived—Arizona, from rpool; Saale, from Bremen: Weimar remen from i Newcastle Bauk Closed. Neweastie, Wyo,, July 10.—{Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee. ) —The Bank of Newcastle did not open its doors this morning. The reason given is inability to obtain addiional loaus on securities, general financial depres- sion and the unusual withdrawal of deposits. A committee of depositors examined its affairs and state thut the institution is per- feculy solvemt. The depositors and slock- Herbert | dis- | = % holddZ i1l loso nothing. The bank expeots to l\'t\’; in a short time. % BNSING THE SALOONS, Now 1¢ Towns Propsss to Fight the orprising Bootleggers, Croanr s, Ia., July 10.—[Special to Tur Brr) o city council of Rock Rapids has followiu the example of a number of other fowa cities and decided to accopt the fines collected by the mayor from the sa loons each month and allow them to run The enty has been infested b ne of boot- leggers ¢ law went into effect, and the council hopes to drive them out by liconsing saloons. « Sentanco Day July 10.—[Spocial Tele- ontence any in the Linn county district court at Marion. Thirteen violators of the prohibitory law were flued &00 or ninety days in jail and costs. Kight others found guilty on two counts were fined £400 and costs or 120 days in jail. Burglars Fryand Howard wore e: sentenced to eighteen months in the peni- tentiary. William Beno, for larceny, was given six months in the penitentiary, Linn Connt; *EDAR RApiDs, Ta Croar Ravios, Ta., July 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Ber.]—The board of health of this city 18 collecting evidenge as to the quality of water supplied the city by the water works compauy preparatory to bring- ing suit to compel tho company to furnish pure water. Samples of water have been sent to the state board of health for chemi- cal analysis, and tho result of this analysis and other ovidence already at hand will show a bad condition of affuirs. * To Mark a Poet's Grave. CrpAR RAriDs, [a., July 10.—[Special to Tne Bee.]—A monument is soon to be crected over Percival, the poct, which has so long lain in an unmarked grave at Hazel Green, Just across the river from Dubuque. Some time ago the faculty of Yale college and a fow others, ndmirers of the dead poet, took neld of the matter and raised §1,000 with which a fiue monument was pur- chased, Watterson in Tow WATERLOO, Ta.. July 10.—Henry Watterson delivered an address on **Money and Morals” before the Waterloo Chautauqua this after- noon. While here Mr. Watterson was a guest of Gbvernor Boics, who introducea him 1o the audience. The colicetion at Chau- tauqua last night yielded 8145 for the relief of thie Pomeroy cyelone sufferers. Suing the Northwestern, Crpar Raping, Ta., July 10.—[Specis gram to T Brk.] Carpenter admin- istrator of tho estate of Lemon McCarthy, has brought suit in the federal court of this city aguinst the Chicago & Northwestern for £20,000 damages for the death of Mr. Me- cthy who was killed while in tho employ of the compal Death of a Notable aradter. MaksuaLLTowy, Ia., July 10.—A notable character has just dled hero in the person of Charles Brenneclk, aged 79. He was a native of Germany. He built_the flrst beet sugar factory in urope, the first railroad out of Berlin and the long bridge at Harper's Ferry He had been a resident of this country since 1804, Death of Captain Kennedy, Ds Morxes, July 10.—[Special Telegram %0 Tz Bee.]—Captain Thomas J. Kennedy, well known throughout Iowa and the north- west, died at his homoe herc last night of paralysis, aged 68, Ho was a voteran of the exican and late war and figured some- what prominently in politics & few years ago. Charged with Steallng a Bleycle. MALVERN, Ta., July 10.—[Special Telegram to Tut Bee.]—Al Rice was arrested today for breaking into H. Richmond's harness shop lust Wednesday night and stealing u bicyele valued at 81%. He was suspected and finally the wheel was found in & barn near the poor farm, whero it had been left. Charltable Women to Cepar Ravivs, In., July : Tue Bee.]—The third annual convention of the Fifth district, Towa Christian Women’s board of misstons_will be held nt Coggan July12and 18, Miss Craig of Davenport, State organizer, will be in attendance. A good program lias boen prepared. Was n Double Murder. OtruMwa, Ia., July 10.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bee. |—The coroner's jury in the case of the mysterious death of Lafe Stevens and Dode Bennet at Belknap, who were found i the Wabash track, found to their death by foul ‘Arrests will follow. Killed by & Falllog Tree. OrTuMwa, Ia., July 10.— [Special Telegram to Tue Be Santfod [Edmonds was killed and John Lewis, Schuyler Sheets, Wilham Bentlow and 8. A. Stroud were badly in- jured by the fallingof aacad tree at Hod- rick. means. IN 4 ATY OF D, ATH, Awful Condition of Sant: Dully from Yellow Fever, PmiLaverenia, July 10.—The brig Odorilla has arrived here from Santos. Captain Hol- land is the only survivor of the original crew, eight men having succumbed to the ndreds Dy 3 ravages of yellow fever. Captain Hol- land’s deseription of the misery and sufferings from yellow fever in Santos are heartrel and numbe Odorilla we ‘I'housands have been stricken have died. Anchorea near the ero fully twenty vessels, every one of which had ‘lost her captam. T London and Brazil bank closed its shortly before the Odorilla left, every one of its employes have been carried off by the dreadful scourge. The Brazilian and South American bank was compelled to do like- he members of the firm of Serener, Bulow & Co., consignees of the Odorilla, have nearly all died, On March 8 Charles Wadsworth, the American vice consul, died, and the vessel could not get any consular certificate upon her departure from that port. Captain Holland believes the ent port will in a short time be completely de populated, While the Odorilla lay at San- tos the death rate daily averaged 810, Hundreds of corpses were afloat in the river in all stages of decay. The patients die more rapidly than their bodies can be dis- posed of. riGnu FUR A LIC NS K. Hastings Saloon Men and Gamblers Enguge in & War of Extermination, Hastixos, July 10.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The attorney for Ellis & Schultz; the saloon men who were convicted in the police court of selling hquor to minors, today iiled a petition for a temporary iujunction in the county court asking that the city council be restrained from revoking the license. The writ was denied. ‘Whis evening the council met in regular session and wheu the post- poned _resolution revokiug the licenso was called the attorney for the saloon men gave that on Thursday moruing next an application for an injunction would be made for a reéstraining order. Action on the reso- lI‘lLluu was therefore postponed uutil that time, ‘I'he entire trouble grew sut of a fight be- tween the saloonists and gawblers of Hust- ings, which so far has vesulted only in keep- ing the gawbling roows closed. —— on Kopald Stricken, Leon Kopald, proprietor of the hotel at Tenth and Harney streets, had an atuack of apoplexy early yesterday after- noou, and at » late hour last night was in a critical condition, Suropean AL Visible Supply of Grala, W Youk, July 10.~The visible supply of grain is as folows: Wheat, 61,520,000 bu corn, 853,400,000 bu. ; osts. 906,000 bu.; rye, 962,000 bu. j baxley, 990,000 bu SINGLE COPY FIVE CEN MAY LYNCH ANOTHER MAN Kentucky Authoritios Think They Have Looated Miller's Acoomplioa, HIS CONNECTION WITH THE MURDERS Aftor Fighting the Oficers Deosperately e Admite that He Killed the Ray Sistors In the Presence of His Partnor. Camo, TIL, July 10.—[Special Telegram to Tie Bre. |—News was received hore tonight that a negro had been arrested at Milan, Tenn,, who is founa to have beon an accoms plice of Miller and a partner in the crime, and who is the one that actually committed the murder of the Ray sisters. The sherift at Bardwell, Ky., has been notified and if he proves to be the man as claimed, another lynching is in prospoect. A passenger conductor on the Illinois Cene tral, who brings the news of the arrest, says the man fought desporately, but when finally overpowered admitted that he murs dered the girls, and that Miller knew it ana refused to divulge it. Miller, whils in jail at Bardwell, is claimed to have said thad whilo he did not commit the crime he knew wno did He afters wards denied having 80. Chief of Police Mahoney received a lotter this evening from Ben Tex., enclosing a photograph of a negro known in that locality as “Commodore™ Mils a notorious highwayman and murderer, 0 escaped from the Daltas county officials. . Cable,sherilf at Dallas, ¢ months ago, and for whom a reward was offerod. Those who saw the negro, C. J Miller, who was lynched by the mob at Bardwell, Ky., have soen the Texas photos graph have ao hesitation in saying they are alike. The name of tho nogro wh> was lung, shot and_cremated has been orrones v printed as C. J. Miller. When arrested t Sikiton, Mo., charged with the murder of the Ray sisters, ho said his namo was Slay J. Miller, spellg the ficst name out for the ofticers. This is the name given the man wanted 8o badly 4t Dallas, and seems to fi the identity of the man wanted there and’ the man lynched in Kentueky. PRy . THEIR RAK. TOO0 RHEAVY. nt Per Contract. . July Special Telegram te Tue BEE. ]—Affuirson the Midway Plaisance have reached a stage where the concessione aires threaten to close their places unless the clause requiring 25 per cent of the gross receipts to be paid into the World's fair treasury be modified. Ivery member of the Concessionaires club uuites In the states ment that to pay one quarter of all moneys received for the privilege of doing business in Midway Plaisance will cause every one to. close his place. Today's mecting of the Concessionaires. club was a lively one. The statement was made that the Wellington Cuts imz('ompuuyi which i8 under contract to give 25 per cent o its gross receipts to the exposition, had no$' paid one cent into the treasury, and further that through a pull with the exposition dle rectory the company would not be compelled to pay any portion of its receipts for the privileges it enjoys. The members of the club united in a complaint to the council of administration asking that they should be treated as well us the Wellington Catering company. Some expressed a desira- to close thowr pinces unless the exposition agreed to accept a smaller percentago of the Teceipts, and a committee was appointed to! bring ~ the whole matter before thé officials and to enjoin the expos sition from collecting’ them if th Wellington Cs pelled to pi P tering company was not coms Chief Blackman of the des rtment of gollections i pushing the cone ssionaires for the payment of the amouny due the fair under the 25 per cent clause in, the contructs, —_—— THEIR SECURLITY INS "FICIENT. South Dakota’s Permanent School Fund. Said to Have Been Squandered. Stovx Favws, S. D, July 10.— [Special Tels egram to Tue Bee.]—Some very crooked work has just been discovered in connection with the loaning of the permanent school fund of the stato. The shady work was lighted up by some annual reports of the auditors of several counties submitted to Land Commissioner Thomas H, Ruth. The law strictly provides that counties shall ine vest permanent school money in bonds of school corporations or first mortgage on (Dna improved farm land, no farm loan to excee #500 to one man nor shall it exceed one-half the Value of the land us assessed. Soven or eight counties, the names of which Commissioner Ruth refuses to give up pending investigation, have violated the law in many instances. In one county the commissioners loaned 2,5 upou & tract of laud nssessed at §083, oud £1,600 on land assessed at $340, In this county $31,000 was loaued, twenty-five of t loans being illegal. T'he constitution of the state holds the county responsible for the loss occurring in this way. Commissioner Ruth will investigate the matter thoroughly and will in the meantime hiold up the £100,000 not loaned of the $500,» 000 of the permancnt school fund of thé state. ——— REMOVED IS ASSISTANT, Attorney General of Kuansas Fionds IHis OfMeo Shightly Compromised. Torexa, Kun., July 10.—[Special Telegram to Tie Bee.|—Attorney General Little re- moved today Assistant Attorney General Noah Allen and appointed George W. Clark as his successor. Allon some time ago ade vised the superintendent of insurance that unless & certain insurance company paid & judgnient pending against it, its license to do business in Kansas should be revoked, The company paid the judgment and it is suid Allen was paid $300 for his services im forcing the collection. Other charges werg made against Allen 1n a general way and hig dismissal was the result, t BONACUM WANTS INDORSEMENTS, Lincoln's Bishop at St. Louls to Secure Evie s ht. 8. Louis, July 10.—[Special Telgram to Tup Bee)—Rt. Kev. Thomas Bonacum, bishop of Lincoln, Neb, who has had so much trouble with the priests of his diocese in the eity to obtoin from the members of the Holy Name parish an indorsement of his character and Threer as their rector to offsot the charges mado by the priests of the Lincoln dlocese, that he was thought lightly of by his former parishioners, Bishop Bous acum replied that the people of St. Louis and especially the members of the Holy Name parish held him in high regard, N Disastrous Utuh Fire, Saur Lake, July 10.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.)—Iire broke out in a boarding house at Bureka, onc of the largest mining camps of Utah, this worning. The boarding house was entirely destroyed, entailing & loss of $8,000. A dozen residences and cral business houses were cousumed and-the total loss will amount_ to nearly $40,000. A hundred persons are left homel Fortus nately the mining shafts were so well pros tected thut no loss of life resulted, B New York lhinuge Quatations, New Yonk, July 10.—(Special Telegram to e Bek | —Exchange was quoted as follows 10 Chieago. $16) to discount; Boss couts 10 40 conts discount; Sv. Louisy | ton | par.