Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1894, Page 1

DOWY GOES ANOTHER Japanere Cruiter Overbanls and Sinks An® other Chinese Troop 8hip. ALMOND-EYED SOLTIERS ALL DROWNED No Au'hentic News Has Yet Been Received ‘ of the Dec'aration of War, WAR IS PROGRESSING JUST THE SAME Up to the Present Time Japan is Doing All the Fi_hting. CLINA WILL WAKE UP EVENTUALLY Government of the t Eas Empiro Applylng in London for u Loun Several Million Sterling to Carry On the War, G n ot SHANGHAI, July 28.—Confirmation has been received here of the news cabled to the Asssociated yesterday regarding the beginning of hostilities between China and Japan. In addition to the Hugh Mathieson & Co.'s steamer Kow Shung, which was sunk by a Japanese cruiser as it was being used to transport Chinese troops, all on board being drowned, the Chinese Trading company's steamer Toonon, which was also being used as a transport, has been sunk by the fire of a Japanese war ship The Toonon was a vessel of 900 tons, hail- ing from Hong Kong. She was commanded by Captain Lowe, and belonged the China Merchant Steam Navigation company. She had been chartered from that company by the Chinese government In order to transport troops to Corea. The Hong Kong and Shanghal bank agency here is unable to obtain official con- firmation of the report that war has been proclaimed, but the agency states that war is everywhere believed to have been in- augurated, The Chinese government, through Messrs. Jardine and Mathieson, Is making inquiries in London as to the price the market would glve for a Chinese loan of several million pounds sterling. The Hong Kong and Shanghal bank applied direct to the Chinese government at Pekin, offering to take the loan, but was Informed that the government was not In need of money. All the steamers of the Chinese Trading company now here and Chinese merchant steamers have been ordered to remain here until rceiving orders from Tien-Tsin. press to FROM THE JAPANESE END. Negotiations Still Proceeding at Toklo—-A Naval Expert's Ob ervation. TOKIO, Japan, July 28.—The Ttalian min- fster, acting In concert with the British min- fster, has presented to the Japanese min- Astry of foreign affairs the proposals made by the Chinese looking to a settlement of aMairs in Corca. These proposals will be considered by the Japanese government, which has reserved its reply. While these negotiations are being car- ricd on, however, the war Is being carried on on the high seas. The following observa- tions by a Japancse naval expert in the Malnichi, a leading newspaper in the coun- try. will accordingly be read with interest: “If the two powers fought a regular ship-to- ship battle Japan would be defeated, but she would be sure to win If stratagem was ro- sorted to. The Japanese navy is rich in crulsers but poor in battle ships. Its most powerful ship is the Yoshino-kan, but her tonnage Is about 4,300, whereas the Chinese have fron clads like the Ting-yuen and the | Che-yuen, which are over 7,000 tons. The guns on these ships are naturally far more powerful than those on the smaller Japanese vessels. Japan can only cope with th great men-of-war with torpedoes. By send- ing out torpedo boats with men who are willing to sacrifice their lives, war ships of whatever size could be destroyed. During the late Franco-Chinese war the Chinese war ships were five times the number the French. If Admiral Ceurbet had fought ship to ship he would certainly have been defeated. He, therefore, sent out torpedoes, which blew up two or three Chinese war ships. The Chinese flcet lost all heart after this and refused to fight, leaving the whole coust of Fuh-kien clear to the French. If, then, Japan sunk two or three Chinese war ships at Jinsen, others would not dare ap- proach the port again. The Chinese troops then might come by land, but by the time an army of 20,000 men conld be mobilized and sent to Corea the war would have been decided. A decisive battle with China can only be fought on Phough in there are’ many commanders who have en- tire control of thuir respective ships. it may be doubted if there are any who ecan with advantage be put In command of a squadron. In China there are certainly none. A sea fight between Japan and China will not b a hottle between squadrons, but an encoun- ter at close quarters between individual men-of-war," NOT ACTUALLY A PRISONEK. King of Coren Shmply Surrounded ane Kept In s Puluca, WASHINGTON, July It in diplomatic circles here thut the king of Coren is virtually a pr but is it in- sisted that actual possession of his persom had not been taken by the Japanese troops. It is stated that the palace of the Coregn Kiug 1s surrounded by large grounds, and that around these the Japanese have pluced an armed guard so as to control the move ments of the king. None of the foreign le gations in this city directly interested have as yet been apprised officlally of histilities, but no doubt is expressed that the collisions on land and water have occurred botween the Chinese and Japanese forces. The Japan- ese official sent a dispatch to his govern- ment several days ago on some matters of pending business, but has recelved noe reply. M. Tatens, the retiring Japanese minister, called at the State department to wind up some of the husiness of the legation. Ho will present his Jetter of recall to the presi- denu y. War Not Vet is admitted oner, yet as rmully Declared. LONDON, July The Chinese legation lay recelved a dispatch from Tien-Ts saylng that the King of Corea was captur by the Jupanese July 23. This garded as explaining the collision took place at Seoul, the capital of between the Japanese and the palace guards The Chinese miuister Informed the Asso clated press representative today that there Lag becn no formul Jdeclaration of war b 28 is re- which on Corea, of | Japan | China peaceful arranged it the and of tween that will is hoped and Japan, e disputes a sottlen EFFECT ON AMERICAN TRADE ork Merchants Speculating on Probablo Blockading of Vorts. NEW YORK, July 28 break of war between China and apprehension Is felt in commercial as to the effect upon the trade of this coun try. Our commerce with the is very and is largely in commodities thit be obtained from them. Hence if present difficulty should reach such a pitch that the principal scaports of China and Japan should be blockided, there might be a serious scarcity of commodities and con- sequent higher prices for them. The principal imports Amerfca from the two tea and =ik The total direct of Japan's tea into this country 5 unds yearly, in fact nearly all the Japanese teas consumed outside that country find a markst here The China teas come principally from Shang- hai, which annually exports 24,000,000 pounds; Amoy, which axports 23,000,000 pounds, and Foo Chow, which exports 6,600, 000 pounds. The figures not yearly exports from the countries, the exports to this coun‘ry and Tea ranks above siik in China as article, but in .Y.Ipw1 the reverse obtains. According to the custom house repeits, the imports of silks into “his country in fiscal year ending June 20, 1393, were: From China, 1,580,242 pounds, valued at #5,125,531, and from Japan 3,9 pounds, valied at $14,784, The question is asked in com- mercial cir i 1 this immoense trade, of which tea and silk are only two of many items, be disturbed by war between the two countries The prineipal of China treaty ports, where Europeans and Americans live and have treaty rights, enabling them to conduct trade with other parts of the world. Inquiry is being made as to how far these treaty rights extend, and if Japan should un- dertake, with her superior navy, to biockade the ports of China, would the foreign powers interfere? It Is deemed doubtful by tne well informed if they would have the right to do s0. It s reasoned that if a blockade is es- tablished at the principal ports its eifect would shortly be felt on importations from those countries. The only port in China which would not be blockaded is Hong Kong. That port is absolutely free and will remain for it is in every sense of the word a colony of Great Britain. The only thing that might upset this condition would be that England, jealous of Russia’s power, might enter into alliance with China. At the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank on Wall street the opinion is expressed that the port of Shanghal would be kept open as well as that of Hong Kong, in which case tea importers would be able to get their regular tmportations with little dificulty. This mar- Xet I8 Just beginning a new tea importing season und the recently grown leaf is al- ready coming forward. So far the war has not had the slightest effect on trade here in Chinese and Japnaese commodities, except. perhaps. (o render im- porters a little more cautious and more dis- posed to anticipate their wants. CHIN apturs One Sunk and Two Others Escaped. YOKOHAMA, July 28.—The Japanese gov- ernment has issued the following stautement regarding the recent conflicts betyeen China and Japan: “In consequence of severe pravocation, three ships- of the Japanese squadron were compelled to engage the Chinese flect oft Fontao or Round Island. They captured the Chinese war ship Tsao Kian and sank a Chinese transport with soldiers on hoard. Unfortunately, one of the largest Chinese fron clads of the morthern fleet, the Chen | Yuen, escaped to China, and the Chinese torpedo cruiser Huan Tae, escaped to Fusan, in Corea. “The three Japan:se war ships engaged were the Alitsushima, the Takachiho, and the Hih Yel. These escaped without infjury.” the In view of the out- Japan, rome circles orient extensive can only the into countries are imports averges 45,000,000 | the total but only Canuda. 1 export above do give ports are 50, GAGED TH E FLEET. Ono Vessel © Russiu WL . DERLIN, July 28.—The Russian Bank of Forelgn Trade, with its headquarters in Ger- many in Cologne, has received a communica- tion to the effect that Russia does not intend | to interfere in the Chinese-Japanese dispute regarding Cor a. ol ROM FORFE ot Intecfe, FLEEL NT' FIRES. Burning Braoches Bos Hrands to sring N KELSO, Wash.,, July 28.—Losscs so far reported from the awful forest fires raging throughout the mountains of this section aggregute about $125,000. The people of the Slocum district left destitute with- out shelter or food. relief party has gone there, but it is feared there will be great suffering before it pushes its way through the burning forest. Fires had been burning around the ill-fated towns for several Quys, but about roaring gale swept down the mountain, lifting high in the air tops and limbs of burning trees and carry- long distance the Broeze as w Blazes Into Belng, are noon a ing them 15 brands to start new fires in a thousand differcnt places. Al- most instantancously a dozen fires were rag- | ing in Three Forks. The terror-stricken people had to flee for their lives, leaving everything behind. The proprietor of a laundry and bath house and his wife jumped into the creek and rolled dawn stream until they reached a place of shelter. At Bear Lake Mr. Mahoney, who ran a hotel, with his wife and two small children, waded out into the water of the lake and remained there for hours It Is almost certaln that a number of liyes have been lost among the prospectors. The (otal loss at Three Forks $05.000; at Watson abou! $20,000; Lake, $25,000. It §s feared that Calahan, telegr tor at Watson, and Frank Price the north fork of Carpenter creek, have perished, The line of the fire is twenty miles long and Jamage to valuable timber is enormous Buildings at the Tam O'Shanter min, the Blue Bell mine burned. At Kelso alarm s felt for the ot the town. A big fire has been burning on the lake shore within a quarter of a mile of town, is at about Bear aph opera who was on and oty at Oshkosh, OSHEK( July 28.~The lumbe district the east side of the river was threatened with total destruction by fire this afte The wind was blowing strong from the southwest and started ral new fires, which fortunately extinguished The Joss was confined to ahout 4,000,000 feet of dry lumber and five t The Stanhilber & Amos e loses $50,000, fully covered by 1nsurance, and the Dismond Mateh company $130,000, unly par- tially insured, were nement houses. mpany UNDAY MORNING, FRANCE 1S PASSIVE Her Newspapers Conservat've in Comment- ing on the Oriental Troubles, NATURAL ANTIPATHY TO CHINA SMOTHERED Iutens.ly Hot Weather Now Prevails at the Germun Capital, SOCIALISTS TROUBLED TO SECURE HALLS Leipsio Unive.sity Students Decide to Give Up Their Moraing Be:r. HEALTH OFFICERS OBSERVZ THE CHOLERA In Spite of Their Precautions Cuses Are Keported Daily o African Explorer, u Ca date for the Relehstag. Some New Ir. Poters, (Copyrighted 1894 by the Aseociated Press.) BERLIN, July 28.—The heat throughout Germany has been intense, causing much suffering, id many prostrations have been the result. Out door work often suspended, and lethargy prevails in this city. able to do has left town who remain sweltering in the torrid atmosphere. This hot wave is another fulfillment of Fallbe's prophecies, and he predicts the warm weather will last for another fort- night, after which there will be much rain. The German newspapers, in commenting upon the Corcan crisis, note the reserved attitude of France in the face of the fact that she would welcome anything likely to embarrass China. This is regarded as being due to the czar's influence, and would scem to indicate that Ru does not desire to interfere between China and Japan unless she is forced to. Reserence is also made to the long dis- tance Japanese rider who rode a year ago from Berlin right across Burope and Aslatic Russia to Vladivstock, visiting all the im- portant military stations along the route. He was a former military attache and con- sequently met a friendly reception every- where. Forty socialist meetings were held here yesterday evening for the promotion of the beer boycott. But twenty-five small halls s could be obtained for the use of otters. The landlords of the larger halls had combined to thwart the boycott, and they subscribed to a fund to compensate the owners of halls for their losses. Every- thing passed off quietly, except in an in- stance when a small disorder was caused by an anarchist. Resolutions were adopted at all the meetings promising continued support of the boycott. UNIVERSITY CLUBS DROPPING BEER. The Leipsic University clubs are setting a notable example. They have decided to drop the ancient academical custom of morn- ing beer drinking commers on the ground that it interferes with work. The newspa- pers comment favorably upon the decision and express the hope the action of the Leipsic clubs will be imitated by those of the other universities, The North German Breeders by means of a percentage Tota Lisator system of betting, has been enabled to buy English and French mares and sell them here to the highest bidder, ir- respective of purchase value, Is displaying great enterprise. At Tuesday's auction at the Hoppe Garten five mares, which cost in England £5,855, sold for £4,250. The Prussian commission of the Vistula basin reports twenty-two deaths from cholera and eleven new cases of that dis- case during the past week. A‘strict river inspection has been adopted at Dusseldorf and Cologne. Suspiclous cases have been re- ported from Thorne, Bonsack and Graubes. The cholera committee of the health office met here yesterday to decide upon the pre- cautions taken along the Russian frontier. In connection with the withdrawal of the Equitable Life Insurance company of New York from doing business in Prussia, it must be sald that public opinion in Berlin is not at present favorable to the American enterprise. The Assoclated press correspond- ent hears that the Mutual Life Insurance company is in the same fix as the Equitable. It must be added that the new position of the government is directed against all com- panies, among which are many English com- panies, and all the German companle Dr. Peters, the well known German ex- plorer, intends to contest the first available vacancy in the Reichstag. It s stated his candidature is favored by the government, as the official press considers his wide knowl- edge of Africa will be serviceable when colonial questions come up for discussion. WILLIAM ENJOYS HIS VACATION. Emperor Willlam continues to enjoy his trip to Norway and Is doing his best to suit the popular taste. W. W. Thomas, late United States minis- ter to Norway and Sweden, with - Mrs, Thomas and their boy, is spending the sum- mer at Lisekll, Sweden, and employing his lelsure in writing a lecture on Swedem and the Swedes, which he will deliver In various parts of the United States during the coms ing winter. been complete Ivery one and those are union, which, levied on the GLADSTONE'S LITERARY WORK. tes an Article on and ism In the Modern LONDON, July 25.—Mr. Gladstone, des- pite the eye trouble with wh he s afflicted, devotes much of his time to liter- ary work of varied character. The latest published work from his pen Is an article on heresy and schism in the modern church, which appears in the Nineteenth century. Among other things, the distinguished writer ys: “Bvidence, which In the days of the apostles condemned heresy and schism, has been greatly darkened and therefore greatly weakened in the course of centuries. The { rupture botween the eastern and western churches widened by the dogma of papal infallibility which was announced in 1870. The reformation has undergone muta- tion, but the sects and parties have settled down and protestantism remains a hard, Inexpugnable, intractable and indigestible | fact. It has spread In rica with the same vitality.y Continuing, Mr. Gladstone says that the Buglish National church has seemingly left to the Nonconformists the championing of the Christian side of politics. Had the ques- tion depended on sentiment, the national extinetion of slavery would not have been early as 1833 In conclusion, Mr. Glad- stone recommends that the churches read- just their ideas and examine their common interests, holding firm to the earthward Contril Heresy reh sa. was re A JULY 29, 1891 SIXTEEN PAGES, Sl';\'(‘-LF,V COPY FIVE CENI PSS UM PRSI B PAGES 5. extremity of the chaln, the ®Sther end of | which lles about the feet of God. EACE PREVAILS IN HAWAIL Royulists Have About Given Up Hope the Queen's Rentorition, SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.—The steam- ship Australia arrived today, six and or half days from Honoluld, bringing advices to July 21 : Peace prevails throughbut Hawali and the new government appearf to be firmly tablished. The Jury system under the new constitu- tion s causing some trouble in the country districts. The constitution requires all jurors to take the oath of allegiance to the new government and to abjure all help in restoring the monarchy in any form. In one country district it has been Impossible to get enough jurors to serve. Honolulu royalists having sent out a circular stating that no answer had yet been received as to President Cleveland’s intended action and warning natives to keep out of politics and take no cath of alleglance. Even the most confident royalists, however, have little lope that the commission recently sent to Washington will be ahle to nccomplish any- thing In the ex-queen's behalf. One evidence of public faith government was shown just before the steamer salled. Ten theusand dollars of government bonds that previous to the adop- tion of the new constitution had gone beg- ging at 98, were easily disposed of at par. The Hawaiian Star of July 14 contains a report that Judge H. A. Wildeman, Samuel Parker, John T. Cummings and Major rd, who recently left the city for Washington, are to lay before Present Cleve- land a petition for the annexation of the Hawailan islands to the United States. The petition is sald to have been signed by many natives and other royalists who have reached the conclusion there is no hope of a restoration of the throne and they seek an improvement in their political condition through annexatiort to the United States. CARDINAL LEDOCHOWSKI DEAD. ot in the new Famous Prefect of the iropa; PARIS, Cardinal Lodochowski, perfect of Congregation of the propa- ganda fide, died today at Luzerene, Switzer- land. Meesystaw Ledochowski was born at Gork, Poland, October 29, 1822, He began his theological studies under thk Lazirists in the college of St. John at Warsaw, and at the age of 18 received the ecclesiastical tonsure and habit. After some studies at Vienna he proceeded to Rome, where he joined the Academia Ecclesiastica, founded by Plus IX. to impart a special training to young ecclesiastics dis- tinguished by their acquirements. Subse- quently he was appointed domestic prelate and protonotary apostolic, and sent on t diplomatic mission to madrid, He also was sent as auditor of the nunclatures at Lis- bon, Rie de Janeiro and Santiago de Chili. On his appointment as nuncio to Belgium, he was nominated archbishop of Thebes in Partbus Infidelium. In 186 he was trans- ferred to the archbishopric of Gnez and Possen, and as the geoupant ~of that sce possessed the title of prelate of Poland. In consequence of his rosistance to the laws enacted in Prussia agalnst the church, he was In 1874 incarcerated in the dun- geons of Ostrow. While imprisoned he was proclaimed a cardinal. This was in 18 In 1876 he was released, but was banished from his diocese. He then went to Rome and some years afterwards was appointed prefect of the Congregation of the Propa- gandd’ Fide. PERU'S REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS. Dr. Flores and General Seminarlo on Their Way from Guayaquil to Tquique. COLON, July 28.—(Copyright by the Asso- ciated Press)—Dr. Flores and General Os- wald 0. Seminario, the leadérs of the Peru- vian revolution, are on board a steamer which they have chartered at Guayaquil. They are now about due at Iquique, when they intend to augment thebr forces and give a fresh impetus fo the revolution. Oswaldo Zemanrlo nfade a serious dis- turbance at Puyca, Peru, backed by a num- ber of the followers of ex-Dictator Pierolo. The authorities, however, “forced him to seek refuge at Guayaquil, in Ecuador, from which place the Peruvian authorities re- quested his evtradition, which was refused by the government of Ecuador. There he was joined by Dr. Flores with the result above stated. Perhaps He Wants It Ilmself, Though. LONDON, July 28.—Mr. Andrew Carnegie in an interview published in the Engincer- ing Review, is quoted as saying that he does not think that the United States now re- quires protection, which he claims s of little use for revenue purposes, as manu- factured imports have fallen so low. Sunk by n Stermer. FOLKESTONE, England, July 28.—The steamer Castor and the bark Ernst were in collision today off Sandgate. The Castor was badly injured and sank within a few minutes after the evisels came together. Three passengers and the: crew of twenty-six men were landed at Folkstone, Sending to Germany for Guns. COLON, July 28.—A Bogota dispatch an- nounces that President Nunes is sending a commission to Germany to buy new artillery guns. Reports of fekrs of :a revolution are officially denied. French Torpedo Hoat Damaged. TOULON, July 28+The torpedo boat Audacies came into collision: with a schooner and was so badly damaged' that it was nec- essary to beach her In erder to prevent her trom sinking. ————— More Troops for Codar D'Alene. WASHINGTON, July 28.—In only a few sections of the country are the United States troops now engaged actively in keeping open raflroad trafic, Which was interrupted by the strike. This is the country along the Northern Pacifie railroad. Today General Otls at Vancouver barracks, telegraphed the War department that the’ Northern Pacific agents had requested hihn ‘to furnish troops to open that part of the Tne lying in the Coeur d'Alene country. The general con- sented to provide the troops from the force now at Gardener, Idaho, with the under- standing that they. are to confine themselves to pushing forward mail trains and prevent- ing obstructions to iInterstate commerce, They will not be used to guard the railroad generally, save by the request of the judi- cial authorities. e S Militay Sent to Fight Bears. PETERSBURG, July 25.—The minor of siege still exists here and in the chief provinces of the Russlan empire has been renewed for a year. Crops are very satistactory, both in regard to quality and quantity. Fniland has been invaded by bears, who are ravaging the farm stocks. Troops have been sent to kil them. 8T, state FORESTS ALL ABLAZE Nothing but Heavy Rains Can Frogress of the Flames, ftop the TOWNS ENTIRELY WIPED OUT SEVERAL Nothing but Charred Embers Left to Te Tueir Former Lcoatio TWENTY LIVES LOST AT PHILL'PS, WIS, Many More Poor Homesteaders Supposed to Have Been Enrned, AVENUES OF ESC'\PE FOR THEM CUT OFF ple Momeless and With- out Food or Suflicient Clothing —Loss PHILLIPS, Wis,, July 28.—From fifteen to twenty-five persons either burned to death or drowned in their efforts to escape from the flames, 3,000 others left homeless, and the whole town in ruins, is the tale of woe left by the forcst fires which reached here yesterday. Not a building is left standing in the town and property valued at between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 has been swept away. Al day yesterday the flames surrounded the village. Hundreds of battled with the fire, but without The pine forests were as dry as parchment and the flames leaped from tree to tree with such rapidity that the air scemed on fire. The baking soil sent up a that fgnited and the atmosphere itself seemed to blaze. When the fire reached the city it swept from house to house and in an hour had wrapped the entire village in flames. The people fled to the railway, where-trains were standing, and they were hastily conveyed to neighboring towns. Nothing but a few personal effects were saved. The heaviest lcsses by the fire are those of the John R. Lewis Lumber com- pany, $500,000, and Fayette Shaw, tauner, $200,000. It is estimated, however, that between fitteen and twenty-five persons were either burned to death or were drowned in their efforts to escape from the flames that de- stroyed the town. The only refuge from the fire was the dake, and the people fled to the water to avold death in the fire. In the rush “the weaker ones fell down or were carried into the deep water and perished. Others, overcome by the heat and smoke, fell in the streets and were burned to death where they lay. MANY LIVES LOST. The entire northern part of the state Is a sea of flames. The country is well filled with homesteaders and farmers and lumber camps. There is no doubt that hundreds of their buildings have been burned, while the fate of the people is in doubt. Proba- By many have lost their lives. Of those who perished here three bodies have been found. The ecitizens who escaped the fire are homeless and without food or clothing and are in a state of great d:stitution. The operator sending the news from Phillips tapped the telegraph wire in the woods, and with a board for a table and the earth for a seat sent his message With a pocket tele- graph {instrument. At Mason the houses of the town proper are still standing, but the loss there will reach 700,000, Trains on the Omaha road were headed oft at Mason by the burning of the bridge and all northbound trains returned to Spooner. Briefly summarized, the fires have burned as follows: The city of Phillips, entirely wiped out; the city of Mason is practically destroyed, with the White River Lumber company and 30,000,000 feet of lumber; hold- ings of the Ashland Lumber company near Shores Crossing s entirely wiped out; a special train on the Omaha, consisting of sixteen cars and the locomotive, were all burned, having broken through the bridge near Ashland junction. The camps of the Thompson Lumber company are burned at White river; two bridges on the main line of the Omaha and two bridges on the Wis- consin Central railroad, both on the main line south of Ashland. These are the losses, besides the above the damage to timber and logs scattered through the woods, belonging to individual homesteaders, and other prop- erty, to cut cordwood, ete., will swell the general damage to appalling figures. Several parties of berry pickers from Ashland nar- rowly escaped with their lives, and it is almost certain that some of the lone home- steaders scattered throughout the burning timber have perished in the flames unless they have In some manner escaped through the seething flames and smoke. Refugees have begun to arrive at Ashland. men success, 1s WILD SCENES AT Take Refuge in t PHILLIPS, People the Lake to Escape ned. MILWAUKEE, July 28.—The Sentinel's special from Phillips sa Thirty-nine buildings out of 700 stand amid smoke and ashes on the site of what was yesterday the flourishing clity of Phillips, tho county seat of Price county and one of the wealthicst and most prosperous of all the towns in the timber reglons of Wisconsin. Three thou- sand people are homeless, and except those who have been offered shelter in the neigh- boring towns, whose people will themselves pass a sleepless night through the fear that the fires raging in the forests on all sides will sweep away thelr homes at any will have no covering for their bodies tonight. Worse than all thirteen people are known to have lives. The dead are: JAMES LOCKE, children. FRANK CLISS, in charge of the dry kilns of the John R. Davis Lumber company, and ear-old child, MRS. DAVID BRYDEN, man of the Fayette-Shaw children Mr. Bryden was also died, but returned here tonight, hu away from the city, only to hear family had perished UNKNOWN MAN All the dead were while trying to escape cept the unknown man body found In the ruins of the house of F Sackett, editor of the Phillips Times. The property I annot at this time accurately estimated, but it least $1,250.000, The immense plant of the John R. Davis Lumber company total loss, amounting o between $500,000 and $600,- 000. On this property there hour, worn out at least st (heir butcher, wife and five wife of the tannery, and fore two supposed o have ing been tat his drowned in trom the whose Elk firc lake ex- was W, at be reach at of an insurance THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather for Omaha and Vielnity Generally Fair; Warmer: Variable Winds, 1 dnpan Sinks Another Chiness Transport. Franco 1s Susplelously ¥ Woods In Wisconsin ALl Senators Not in n Mo 2. Suceessor to Grifiths i Chosens Minority Repo t of K i1 ' 1l How the Clty Streets are Cleaned. Platte Canul Proposition to e Vot Paciie Ree Row. Widespread £ the Simo 4. 1ot Week Gossip of ¢ Ked Men Will Have V Ambition of w Gerr sive. Ablure. e 10n % In SMects th n. Suart World, i geane ) Sho acting M 1t of the Satoon Busis Ds After Allen 6. Couneil BluMs Loenl Matters, Affairs at Sonth Omaha. What th e DI Last Weel Omnha Loses 6t Rock Tsland Again, Austin Wins the Champion Cric ) ews of the Eraternal Societies, Whit the Churches Aro Doing. 10, “Loucdes” by Emile Z In, 11, Woman: Her Ways and o 1 12 Editorial and Comment. 18, Carpenter on the Co el to the Bumpus. tors W ho Drink Liquor. Locnl Trade Conditions, Commercial and Finaielnl News. Live Stock Markets Reviewed 16, Weekly Grist of Sporting Gossig i to about four-fifths of the value of Of the rest of the city about half was Insured. Many of the no insurance on their have lost everything. There equal the plant of the poorer people ca homes, and they property ried were many fine business blocks and private residences in the city, and every one w burned to the ground. Many of the resi- dences cost upwards of §2,000 and were hand- some for a city of this size Four gales of fire following cach other as soon as one had accomplished its work cut four swaths through the city, leaving stnd- ing only the Luthern church and some dwell- ings near the southern lmits and freakishly Jumping over the Worcester town hall and a group of dwellings in the very heart of the burned district. WATER WORK: A system of RENDERED USELDSS, water works which would ordinarily be ample protection agalnst the blazing forests were rendered useless by the burning of the pumping tion in the first fire. The volunteer fire department, consisting of thirty-four men, and having 3,000 fect of hose, had been working two days in the swamp Lo the west of the city to prevent the flames coming into the town. Driven by the increasing wind the fire reached the southwest limits of the ecity about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, across the miles of swamp, where the water was from six inchies to a foot in depth, it could be heard roaring for fully half an hour—a sound that rendcred the people panic stricken. The firemen fought it until it drove them back with blistered hands and faces, and then they sought to stop its progress with dynamite explosion. This they did accomplish after the north end of the city had been destroyed, the entire First and a part of the Second ward, in- cluding the box factory of the John R. Davis Lumber company, and the school house. Just then another cyclone of fire struck the western side, sweeping through the main business and residence portion of the city, destroying the rest of the Davis company’s plant. The path of the fire took in. the city hall, court house, county jail and the Wisconsin Central depot, and swept everything to the lake. Thirteen prisoners were in jail, and three of them made their escape from the sheriff when relased from confinement. TOOK TO THE LAKE. 1t was during the first fire that the loss of life occurred. Driven frantic by the rushing gale of flames, the families of James Locke, Frank Cliss and Dave Bryden gathered hur- ricdly in their arms all their possessions that they could and made for a floating boat house that was tied to the town bridge, near the box factory. After they had gone a short distance the craft began to sink, and, with death by fire staring them in the face on one side and drowning on the other, the boats were resorted to, but in the gale they capsized almost instantly and all perished, with the exception of Mre. Cliss, who was found floating this morning on the opposite side of the lake, clinging with desperation to a boat. When it became evident that the city was threatened with destruction the John R. Davis Lumber company made up a train of 18 cars and sought to take the children to a place of safety Elk branch. The train had proceeded but a short way, however, when the bridge across the stream discovered to be burned and the train, with its cargo of human freight, was forced to return to the city and run the gauntiet of flame and smoke, In the meantime, permission had been re- ceived to use the main tracks of the Central road, and the homeless people south twelve miles to Prentice, of Prentice wide their homes, but there not room for all the crowd of men, women and children. About 11 o'clock al night the fire fighters who had remained on the seene hetook themselves to a clearing south of the city, being a ph that had been burned over a few days before, o that there nothing more for the fire to feed on. The route was thick with smotliering smoke. The flames jumped directly across thelr path from one side to the other. The fire in the forest broke out with vigor, and the tall pines, even the greenest oncs, were great hlazin; torches, throwing long tongues of fire high in the air, The roaring and c k ling of the fire among the trecs was so ter rible that those who heard it will 1 1t as long as they live. SCENE OF ABSOLUTE Such light of day as broke puds of smoke that and seemed to be as deep as from earili to sky, looked upon a of absilute d¢ struction. There was hardly enough left to in length women and on the Little was were carried The people opened was was DESTRUCTION the encireled through horizon as the seene be called ruins. A city over a nil from north to south and half a mile in width from the lake on the to the swamp cn the west, was nothing but embers east and ashe As soon as the dense smoke had cleared a trifle, back comes the people, some of them worn the day and might before having slept by the roadside on the charred ground, with the forest crackling all Now that the fire had spent itself, serting Itsclf, and there was as a piece of bread to eat, A relicf organized and relicf head the Worcester ussembled fathers » the methers with Quick to 1on Second I'age.) ut with around hunger was a not much committee was established there quarters wall, and formation & in whereabouts of ch respond familics, and hunger wer with (Continy | SENATE ST;\NI)S-I;E Not Likely to Concedo Anything on the More Important Schedules CONFEREES KEEP THEIR OWN COUNSEL Houss Members Have a Long Session After the General Confirence. REPRESENTATIVES CALL ON CLEVELAND Reports Vary as to the Position of the President on the Matter, DEMCCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES CAUCUS Prospect They Will 1 Nettle de Upon Some Plan to & the Difficulty in Case the ew Cannot Agroe—Must Pass Some BilL WASHINGTON, Jul tlon has kept pac: with the intensity of the heat, which for the first time this year touched the 100 point. Throughout the day there have been tariff conforenc.s at the white house, tariff conferences of the senate and hou ally an effort Tuesday to con= sider some means of solving the tarifft prob- lem. Out of it all has come no exact and definite program, by which the time of the passags of the tariff bill or its form can be predict President Cleveland's great income tax struggle wa day by the calls Representative Catehings, the Speaker Crisp's associate on on rules, The president’s callers were care- ful to refrain from any intimation of the poliey of the administration, and there were conflicting reports as to the attitude of Mr. Cleveland. It was stated by those closely connected with administration affairs that he Is as firm as when he wrote the famous let- ter to Chairman Wilson against yielding what he regards as vital principles of tarift reform. On the other hand, the current of opinfon In congressional circles scemed to be that the only solution of the probl'm was in accepting the senate bill substantially as it stands with such concessions as the conferees have shown a disposition to yield. This cur- rent feeling would have found expression late in the day in a petition circulated by Mr. Springer requesting Reprosentative Hol- man, chalrman of the house democratic cau- cus commlittee, to call a caucus on Tuesday after noon next unless the tariff conferees had reached an agreement by that time, This was the first open expression toward yiclding to the senate bill. The democratic tariff conferces assembled today and went over the essential points of difference on sugar, iron ore and coal. It was stated at the conclusion of the meeting that the senators had in effect presented an ultimatum which was that th> senate bill so far as the disputed features were concerned was the only tariff measure which could get through this congress and bicom2 a law. The house conferces withdrew to the ways and means committee ro'm and were in ex- ecutive session an hour. Mr. Wilson said, at the close of the meet- ing, that no definite decision was reached. It was determined, however, to call In the republican conferees on Monday. The democratic members of ference on the tarifft were prompt in resuming thefr session today. Al the members were present except Chairman Voorhees, whose absence ‘was on account of illness. The indications are that there will be numerous changes in the less fmportant schedules of the bill. These were agreed upon tentatively in the former conference and it Is considered improbable that, the basis of agreement then arrived at will be changed materially during the present conference. It is believed that there will be no materlal changes In the metal schedule. When the former tonference broke up the house members were disposed to hold out stifly for considerable conces- sions on cutlery and steel rails, The pros- pects now are that the rates on rails will be lowered somewhat, but that the cutlery rate will not be changed. The senate conferees probably will accept the house rate of $1 per pound on wrapper tobacco, retaining the senate phraseology. There will also be some changes in the woolen schedule, fthe most important of which probably will be in the paragraph re- lating to cloth for men’s wear. The senato bill provides a duty of 40 per cent on ar- ticles of this class of less than 50 cents per pound value. The indications are that the rate will be made 45 per cent. A similar change will probably be made on woolen ar- ticles not especially provided for, but it is not believed that the rearrangement will extend to women's and children’s goods, The house rate on ropings and tops, 26 per cent, will be accepted Cotton cloth and cotton yarns will prob- ably be reduced to the extent of about 5 per cent, as will laces and embroideries, on which the rate will probubly be made 48 instead of 60 per cent. The house rates on china and earthenware, which are slightly higher than those of the senate bill, will be accepted. The senate probably will recede from its Increase of the tobacco tax and it fs said to be probable that there will be a compromise on the bonded period extension, the tax being fixed at $1, and the bonded perlod at five years. Wilkon arrived from West Vir- ginla moruing, and within a short time received a message from the executive requesting his pre there. He was with the president for fome thme, until it was necessary to go to the capitol for the opening of the sccond tarift conference. The president’s desire to see Mr. Wilson before the conferenc opened, coupled with Speaker at the white house yesterday aud ident's request of Mr. MeMil- lin to the white house last night, was accepted in congressioual circles as evis the president was willing to let Wilson and Mr. McMillin know his position before the informal The tariff situas conferences, and for a house tariff caucus on interest in the s shown early in the Wilson and latter being the committee of Chairman the con- Chalrman this mansion nee Crisp's tho to co call re dence tha Chairman exactly was resumed. When the visit of Mr. Wilscn to the white house became known among members It was felt on all hands that a settled policy on the part of the administration had becn agreed n, and there was intense eagerness to learn would take. It was the al- unanimous expression of members that Lwo courses open In view of the le of the senate and the tie vole yess ay, viz To accept practically the s bill or the McKinley law stand; the expresslons were quite general thag conferer lich course it were tt leave