Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 23, 1894, Page 1

"HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. “JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, “SEPTEMBER 23, 1894 SIXTEEN PAGES. PhGS 1. Mt A SINGLE COPY FIVE CEN1 DEATH IN ITS PATH Most Destructive Btorm in Yeas Visits Por- ticns of Towa and Minnescta. WHOLE TOWNS SWEPT OUT OF EXISTENCE Many People Orushed to Death in the Wreok of Their Own Homes, STORM COVERED A VERY WIDE AREA Roarcely a Family in Its Path that Does Not Mourn Some D.ad. RICH FARMING COUNTRY DEVASTATED Product of the Year's Toil Soattered in te Tields and Destioy.d. DETAILS OF THE CALAMITY MEAGER Prostrate Telegraph Wires and the Large ELarge Territory Devastated Makes 1t Dificult to Procure Detalls of the Calamity. OSAGE, Tn., Sept. 22.—(Special Telegram.) ~A cyelone of old original form struck four miles northeast of this city last night, de- stroying everything in its path. It traveled from east to west, striking the Cotter place four miles from this city, first, destroying one farge barn, unrcofing three others and the Thouse, picking the windmill up and dropping 4t through the barn. It next struck Mrs. P. ‘ Lonergan's place, destroying the grove, barn and house and killing Mrs. Lonergan and serlously Mrs. Lonergan was carried several rods and left in a hog lot mcrose the road. It took P. S. Herbert's large barn and house, completely demolish- ing both, killing Mrs. Herbert, aged 30, and two children, Harry, aged 8, and Ruth, aged & months, seriously injuring Mr. Herbe:t Next was Mr. Donner's house, which badly damaged. At the W. Perrys place the 3 Thouse and barn were torn to kindling wood, ! Xilling his daughter Annie, aged 12 years, fatally injuring Willlam Perry, aged It took the school house up bodily and no trace injuring her son. was ) | _ of it can be found. Then the storm seemed 5 €0 rise some, but did much damage to barns | and windmills, and on the east in Douglass township James McCann and wife were so : seriously fnjured there are no hopes of their recovery . Willlam Stanton 1s also in a 1 : % dangerous condition. Another cyclone struck one mile north of _ Stansgar, demolishing a $9,000 bridge, over- turning the houses of A. Tollefson and Mr. Grow, then raising, to drop on the town of Lowther. The storm completely wiped out the city of Leroy, Minn., next, where fire and wind destroyed a hotel and three general stores. Next came Spring Valley fifty- three houses and a cold storage depot were demollshed. Five persons were killed and over thirty injured. The next town visited was Laird, Where the depot and buildings were destroyed. In this city nearly every window Is broken by hail, which fell as large as hens' eggs, while torrents of water rushed down the streets. KOSSUTH COUNTY VISITED. MASON CITY, la., Sept. The most devastating and life d:stroying storm of wind, hail and torrents of rain known in years Visited this section last night about 10 o'clock. In its destructive path it touched the south part of Lincoln township, and then it passed eastward to Mandy Junction, Into the south part of Worth county. In it way it swept valuable property out of existence and killed at least fifty persons. All tele- graphlo communication has been shut off by fallen wires, 50 that full details cannot be obtained, but it is certain that the numbir of dead and injured will foot into the hun- dreds. The storm scems to have traveled from the southwest to the northeast. It ap- pears that it gathered its force south of Emmetsburg, then crossed the fowa and Da- Xota division of the Milwaukee east of Em- mettsburg. It next headed north of westeriy, then In Lincoln township, and next crossed the Towa and Dakota division a mile north of Grafton, thence speeding straight north to Yeroy and Spring Valley. At the ampitheater at the fair -grounds was wrecked, also one residence. Several are re- ported injured there. Four miles north of 5 Wesley grat destruction was wrought. At . Cylinder, the whole family of Alexander I Goldman, consisting of himself, wife and two L children, were killed. About ten other per- sons were injured. Dwellings were demol- fshed, and a large number of out buildings Jaid low. Reports say there were nine killed 1 fn the vicinity of Cylinder and Emmettsburg. Three miles north of Wesley, J. Bingham's where several s Emmettshurg house was overturned and set on fire. The snmates had & narrow escape. The killed in ‘ that viclnity are: i M. CASIER and WIFE. ; J. W. BINGHAM, b ; MRS. TWEED, mother of Louis Tweed. TWO CHILDREN OF THOMAS TWEED. | M, H. SCHEPPE AND TWO CHILDREN. FRED FRENCH AND TWO CHILDREN. Infants of Mr. and Mrs, Eden and Mr. and Mrs. Roceow. = 3 This makes a total of fourteen killed here } #0 far as heard from. 1 . fThe injured are, 50 far as learned: i B Mrs, E. Tweed and four children. | Tweed had both arms broken and two o f the children cannot live, { Thomas Tweed, wife and two chiidren, k| Doth seriously injured. Joster Camp, wite and children and Mr. and Mrs, Eden, all seriously injured. The storm struck near Orystal Lake, at Britt. The lMst of killed, three to soven 1 mallea Borth of Britt, are: 0 G MRS, STUGGART AND TWO CHILDREN, MRS. GRIGGS. MRS SMILTON AND ONE CHILD. MR. JACOBSON. MAN AND AN UNKNOWN CHIL The fatally injured are: Christ Manson. Mrs. Similton’s eh'ld, Injured slightly: Mr. Similton, Mr. Smith and three chil- dren. Mr. Dana, wife and three children. Mr. Bingham, wife and three children. F. Daughton and wife, A. Dockman and wife, ¢ A. Foster, Mr. Mutz, wife and child. Mr. Otercourse and wife. R. P. Madson, In this county, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Had- dow, Eloy McKeecher and John Peterson were killed and Mrs. D. McKsesher and Maggie Baller fatally injured. The property loss will run high into the thousands. The injured are all belrg cared for. A willow hedge running north and south near the Stehneck hori:stead was piled full of househcld goods, mattresses, bedding erd milk cans, carried through from Deaver's place, a mile west. HORSES CAME OUT ALL RIGHT. The Joe Thompson house was gutted and the walls are in a swaying condition. His barns went to pleces and five horses were burfed in it. It took till 8 o'clock next morning to dig them out, but all were re- covered from the ruins without injury. Bast of the river in Plum Creek township the house of George Holman was carried twenty rods and dropped with such force as to wreck it. In it were Mr. Holman, wife and six children. One of the children was Killed outright and four were injured and Holman seriously hurt. An old man named Dangman, a mile north of Holman's, was killed and seven more were killed northea: of this place, inciuding a man and wif neme not known. A man named Sweeper and two children and an infant child of the Clausdens was killed. Others are coming in to our undertakers for coffins. The country swept over Is a farming sec- tion with great barns filled to the rafters with hay. The packed condition of the barns saved the stock. There is hardly any loss of stock. A Qispatch received from Wesley, tweive miles east, states that there were thirteen dead bodies north of there. Several of these are included in the foregoing. The cyelone burst in all its fury upon the residents of North Cerro Gordo county, de- stroying e'’ght farm houses and laying everything flat. The dead there are: LERY M'KERCHER. JOIN PATTERSON. D. T. HADDOW. MRS."D. T. HADDOW. Fatally wounded: MISS MAGGIE BAKER. HAROLD M'’KERCHER, ALICE M'KERCHER. MISS EDITH BENTLEY. JAMES O'NEILL. Five persons were killed at Osage and probably haif a dozen others in the district {mmediately surrounding this vity, The cy- clone came from the ess -soitheast and passed off across the Minnesota line, At Lowther, a town of 100 people, the storm destroyed the Great Western depot, grain elevator, the store bufldings and dwell- ings. The Chicago express on the Chicago Great Western road was delayed clearing the demolished buildings from the tracks. The Chicago Great Western agent at Me- Intire, Ta., telegraphed that the storm passed over Rlceville, some four or five miles dis tant, doing some damage, and then struck the small village of Lowther, destroying the entire place. The Melntire agent also tele- graphs that messengers came into Riceville for physicians, who are needed at the village of New Haven, some ten miles distant from Riceville, These messengers said New Haven was badly damaged by the storm, many houses being wrecked and several persons tnjured. TWENTY-SIX KILLED, ALGONA, Ia., Sept. 22.—A cyclone passed through this county about § o'clock last night. So far as reported twenty-six people are killed and thirty-nine injured, several of them fatally. The little town of Cylinder, twenty miles west of this place, on the Mil- waukee road, it is reported was literally swept from the face of the earth. About twenty-five miles north of that place a family named Goulden, four in numl were all Klled. The town of Whittemore, twelve miles wes! of Algona, was unharmed, but Robert Stevenson, four miles north, was Killed and his wife probably fatally injured. Eighteen people who sought shelter in the house on the Durant place were more or Tess hurt, and one woman will probably die. They- were golng home from the county fair at this place, which had a big day yester- day. A little further on fourteen others were huddled into the Begetmare house. Here Carl Barrick was badly hurt and his wife was probably fatally injured. Charles Lee and wife and five children were very badly hurt. All of this company who escaped death were njured. The wife and children ot Fred Pompe in Fenton township were in the house, which completely collapsed, but were covered up by falling walls and no one hurt. The barn was completely blown away, except the floor and mangers. Five horses, tied to the mangers, were left stand- ing on the floor unharmed. George W. Beaver, three miles north of Algona, had just got home from the fair. He got Into the house with his wife and two children and an adopted boy and was just getting down Into the cellar when the cyclone struck the house and demolished it completely. The whole family were covered with the ruins. Beaver had the baby in his arms, and with it he made his way north to the house of Christian Dau, his father-in-law, for help. His wife was just dying when he returned and his little girl gasped ‘‘papa’ and expired. The wreck here was complete, nothing remaining of the handsome house and barn. The sight at Myron Schink's was even a more complete picture of desolation. Two immense barns and the house were made into kindling wood. His wife and child were carried 100 feet, and when found were under heavy oak beams. Both were hurt and Mr. Schink was unconscious. Horace Schink, Myron's father, was covered up with a pile of lumber. He had a severe scalp wound and was hurt in the back and otherwise injured. His condition is serious. He 1s 73 years old and his recovery is ques- tionable. FOREST CITY, L Sept. 22.~It is ex- pected the number of dead from the cyclone will reach twelve or fifteen In this section, and the number of wounded double that num- ber. The loss of property is also heavy. | Buffalo and Edna townships in Winnebago | county and Ellingston and Madison town- ships In Hancock county seem to have suf- tered the most. In Buffalo township six are known to be killed and at Ellingston two. Reports are very meager, as most of the casualties are in the outlying districts and wires are down. At Leroy the dead are: HENRY FINLEY, aged 16. CHRIST GILBERTSON, aged 16, JOE NELSON, aged 36. Mrs. Mort Dunton is badly injured and she cannot live, and the others Injured are: Nels Weigan, Carl Carlsen, Arthur May- fleld, Mr. and Mrs., Horace Chamberlain, R. Myers, Charles Blair and three small children, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cotton. MINNESOTA TOWNS DEMOLISH Wind Two Hundred Yards Wide Eats Up Everything in Its Pa ST. PAUL, Sept. t. Paul and all southeastern Minnesota was visited last night by a heavy rain and thunder storm, accompanied further by considerable wind With one almost inconsiderable exception, it was the first real rainfall which has vis- ited the city since May 15. The Great Western reports trouble and damage only at one point. The storm, which is descrived as a hurricane and a cyclone, passed di- agonally across the track between switches at Lowther, Ia, which is the fourth sta- tion below the line. The switches would in- dicate the distance at less than 1,000 feet, but the gale swept everything in sight, striking all the company's bulldings. The depot and the grain warehouses were razed to the ground. The blow oceurred at mid- night, but the damage was not very great, as last night's passenger train out of here was delayed only about forty minutes by the clearing of the track. Reports are meager, but the loss of life in the southeastern cor- ner of the state was very severe. A Waseca, Minn., special to the Dispatch says: A cyclone passed (hrough the central portion of this county last night destroying many thousand dollars worth of property in Wilton and Otisco townships. No lives are reported as being lost. The cyclone struck Spring Valley, Minn., at 10 p. m., first demolishing the Winona & Southwestern depot, windmill, water tank, ofl tank, cold storage house of Schellhaus Brewing company of Winona, utte:ly de- stroying them together with a dozen or more houses. Three persons are dead and twenty severely injured, some of whom will dle. Temporary hospitals have been opened for the injured, while others are taken care of by friends. The damage to the South- western road is about $5,000, Loss, $30,000; no insurance. The dead are: MR. AND MRS. N. DODGE. A CHILD OF FRANK MASHEK. The wounded are: C. G. KING, fatally. MRS. LOUIS ROSE, fatally. Lena Rose, seriously. Mr. Harper, face bruised. Mrs. Harper, injured back. Mrs. Frank Mashek, injured back; cally. Charles Dodge, critically. Pellie Rumsey, broken 1eg. Sallie Williams, seriously. Mrs, William Strong, arm broken, John Ness, arm broken. Mrs. John Ness, scalp wound, will recover. John Ness, child, scalp wound, recovery deubtful Mrs. €. G. King, slightly. Clark King, slightly, Jesse Harris, slightly. Mrs. Willtlam Bovee, seriously. Lucla Bovee, slightly The storm came from the southwest and was 200 yards wide. It swept through a newly built portion of the tow { OTHER TOWNS WRECKED. Leaving Spring Valley the terrible wind passed onward ‘to Homer, four miles south of Winona, where it destroyed three barns, the new town hall, a general store, two houses end unroofing another. The storm then passed across the Miss- {ssippl river, striking Marshland on the Wis- ccrsin side, destroying several houses and otker structures, but injuring no one as far as reported. At Homer the barn of Mr. Jamison was destroyed; also one belonging to Mr. Watson. Peter Burns' house was partly unroofed. The houses of Mr. Schmidt and Mrs. Allen were blown from thelr foundations. A wrecking train left here for Homer at 2 a. m. In GilmoreValley, west of Winona, a num- ber of houses and barns are reported to have been unroofed. The poor house barn was blewn from its foundation. It is belleved that the biuffs to the south of the eity pro- teeted Winona from danger. The little village of Lowther, Minn, was wiped out, not a building being left stand- ing The town of Leroy, Minn., was partially ruined. Three people were killed and the whol> eastern part of the town badly dam- aged. Fire broke out at the same time, des- troying a hotel and three stores. The Mil- waukee depot was destroyed with other houses, and the following killed: HENRY FINLEY, A DRUMMER BOY NAMED GILBERT- SON, MRS. DUNTON JOE NELSON, a laborer. Dodge Center, Minn., was visited at 8:50 the wind blowing down Warren Faribank's warehouse and scattering it across the rail- road tracks. Several barns and small build- ings were blown down and shade trees badly damaged. A Dodge Center, Minn, special to the Dispatch, says: The cyclone was the worst since the Rochester cyclone. The barn and all the outbuildings of the Windsor hotel are destroyed, as well as the contents, also the west end of Hardins elevator, con- taining wool, and part of the elevator; the roof of Warren Fairbanks' warehouse, partly filled with grain; the roof of Harmer's barn, also part of the roof of Race's store, barns, small buildings and shade trees are badly injured. Chimneys are gone on many of the homees in the country. Barns and grain stacks are more or less damaged. At Waseoja, Vinton's store is destroyed. Messrs. Devers, Butterfield and Able’s houses are also badly injured. No loss of life is reported. LEROY'S VISITATION, AUSTIN, Minn,, Sept. 22.—At 10:30 last evening the village of Leroy was visited by a mighty windstorm, developing genuine cy- clonic features. A portion of the business section of the village was totally wrecked. The tempest swept up from the southwest in a northeasterly direction. Houses, elevators and store buildings were as chaff on a thresh- Ing floor before its resistiess power. The loss of life is small owing to the fact that the residence portion was largely spared, but barns were blown away, cattle killed, shade trees uprooted and the scene this morning is one of wreck and ruin. The revolving cloud first struck the Milwaukee depot, en- (Continued on Fifth Page,) . PLANS OF ‘THE JAPS Conoentration of 'l‘n"pl! in Corea Indicate a Forward Movement, WAITING FOR YAMAGATA'S ARRIVAL Procent Foros Much Larger than Needed to Eo'd the Couatry, WILD STORIES IN THE NATIVE PRESS Reported Capture of Port Arthur a Sample of Tham. PARLIAMENTARY LLECTIONS IN JAPAN Excitement Over the War Distracts Public Attention and the Voting Was Not Attended by Any Unusual Excitement. VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 22.—The steamer Victoria arrived this evening from China and Japan, bringing the following from the spect:] correspondent of the Associated press: YOKOHAMA, Sept. 22.—Trustworthy news frum the seat of war is extremely scar Fictitious reports from China have been so numerous that little attention is paid to any military or naval news professing to come from that quarter. The Japanese, on the other hand, are so reticent that no direct in- dicaticns as to what is in progress can be gained from them. It is, however, estab- lished that no forward movement will be made in Corea until after the ar of Count Yamagata at the front. The period of Inactivity may cease at any time after September 10. Moreover, it h:s been de- cided that no deecent shall be made upon the Chinese coast until after, the gathering of the “Braves” at Phyong-Yang shall have been disposed of. For the great operations they have in view the Japanese will need a conslderable portion of their force now in the peninsula, and they do not propose to withdraw these, leaving a Chinese army behind to menace and harass the Corean: capital. But there are already in that kingdom five times as many Japanese troops as.would be required to drive the Chinese flying. They are not there for nothing, and it needs no gift of prophecy to fortell what will be done with them as soon as the preliminary business is concluded, A really jmportant expelition is not likely to start within a fortnight, and it may be still longer detained. Stories of landings at Port Arthur and even of the capture of that stronghoid are told with minute detall jn Japanese news- papers, but they are entirely without founda- tion. The Chinese army keeps Itaeif weil under cover in Corea, and glie Japanese navy ie holding itself in r for work spon to come. The only warlike tfdnSiclions are in the nature of reconnoissances and skir- mishes in the valley of the Tal Tong river, and these are on an Insignificant scale, The Japan parliamentary election was held September 1. It passed with little excitement and few. disturbances. Hitherto clections have been accompanied with great agitation and often with rioting at the polls, but on this occasion the absorbing Interest of war overcame all tendency to disorder. The relative strength of the parties in the new house of representatives is not vet fully ascertained. The proportions will probably not differ largely from those of the last Diet, but it is believed that the vehement opposition hitherto manifested toward the government will be held in check, in order that the conduct of thé war may not be embarrs Dissolution has been the fate of almost every previous parliament, owing to irreconcilable conflicts between the administration and the majority in op- position, but the present assembly is pre- dicted to proceed harmonfously to its end. REPAIRED THELR DAMAGE AT Japanese Fleet Not Hroken Up by Recent € l ota. LONDON, Sept A @spateh from Toklo today snnounces the receipt there of full dispatches from Admiral Ito, the Japanese commander, reporting the naval battle at the mouth of the Yalu river, ..He says that he was on bosrd the Matsushima, a steel war ship of 4,277 tons, 5,400-horse power, and carrying twenty-elght guns, with fhe ves- sels composing the first Japanese squadron. These ships were at the rendezvous at the island of Hai-Yang-Tai In the Gulf of Corea watching for any movement on the part of the Chinese flect. They sighted the ene- my's fleet early In the morning of Septem- ber 17. The Japanese gave chase and over- took the Chinese fleet at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. The Chinese accepted battle, and the transports which their fleet was escorting entered the Yalu river. The Japanese admiral's report, continuing, says: “A flerce engagement followed, our men fighting with the greatest determina- tion. The battle continued until spproach- ing darkness prevented |ts continuance. At the close of the day, as a result of five hours Incessant fighting,(the Japanese had sunk the war ship Yang Wel, Chao Yang, Lal Yuen and Ching Yuen, while the Tiug Yung, King Yun and, Ping Yuen were all set on fire by our shells. “At dusk our ships withdrew and pre- pared to renew the fight In the morning. During the night, howevér, the remnants of the Chinese fleet stole out of the estuary and fled toward the Japanese coast. The Japanese squadron started In pursuit, but owing to the damage done some of our ships could only steam slowly. We reached Hope sound at daylight on the morning of Sep- tember 18, but the Chinese ships had reached a safe shelter. We aggordingly, returned to the rendezvous at m‘mund of Hai-Yang- Tal, whence all movements of the Chinese from the Gulf of PI-ChLLi could be care- tully observed i “The Matsushima, Hi Ye! and Akagi were in the thickest of the fight and engaged the most powerful vessels of the Chinese fleet. They received the greatest damage. The transformed crulser. Sakio also received con- siderable damage., The Matsushima was es- pecially pounded, one of her four and one- half-ton guns was dismounted by a shot which smashed the carrlage of the gun, and the latter swung hLeavily against the ship, causing great damage. Jt will be neces- sary to send the Matsushima to Sashebo for repairs. All the remeining ships of the Japanese squadron can be repaired by ar- tificers on board them, and In & week the whole equadron will be ready to put to sea again. Not one of the Japanese war ships was sunk. The total number of Japanese killed and wounded was 180, ‘The Matsushima, which successively at- tacked the Ping Yuen and Chen Yuen, had her commander, first lleutensnt and thirty- four of the crew Killed, and four officers and sixty-nine men wounded, Of the wounded seventeen have since died.” The Yaye, a steel cruiser of 1,800 tons, 1,400-horse power, carrying three guns and steaming twenty knots an hour, built at Yoksuka, Japan, been ordered to the island of Hal-Yang-Tal to take the place of the Matsushima, Admiral Ito has trans- ferred his flig to the steel cruiser Hashi- dato, 4,277 tons, 5,400-horse power and car- rying eighteen guns, capable of steam'ng sixteen knots per hour, The Japanese Board of Admiralty has approved the action of Admiral Ito in retaining all his ships except the Matsushima in station and effecting re- pairs on the spot. A dispatch from Shanghai says: There Wwas a most serious loss of Chinese officers In the battle of Yalu. In addition to those Who perished on the Chin Yuen, the captains of four men-of-war which have reached Port Arthur are reported to have been Killed. Ting directed the operations of the Chinese fleet with great coolness. He was twice wounded, the first time on the cheek by a fragment of a shell and then in the leg, Five Chinese transports reported missing are safe. It has been persistently rumo:ed that three other transports were either sunk or captured by the Japariese, but this is mere leresay. The officers of the Chi e north- ern squadron insist that at least three Japanese war ships were sunk in the bat- tle. It is now generally admitted that @ single Chinese battleship escaped out considerable damage. The Chinese authorities expect to hear of another battle in Corea shortly. A Tokio dispatch not with- says that all messages over the Japanese fleld telegraph to Fusan except official dispatches have again been stopped. This Indicates that important movements are developing. NO MENTION OF TRANSPORTS. Tho Japanese legation here has received a dispatch from Hiroschima positively con- firming the reports that not a single Japa- nese war ship was destroyed in the naval en- gagement off the Yalu river. According to this dispatch the Japanese lcss was ten officers and ninety-six men killed and about 160 officers and men wounded. The dispatch adds that the injuries sus- tained by the Japanese vessels will not pre- vent them from engaging shortly in active service, although several of them were badly damaged. The officials of the Japanese legation say that neither in this nor previous dispatches received by them has any mention been made of the fact that the Chinese fleet was escorting transports. The announcement made by the Daily News today in a dispatch from its corre- spondent at Shanghal that it was re- ported, with reserve, that Count Cassini, the Russian minster at Peking, had been re- called and replaced by M. Hitrove, who has been the Russian minister at Toklo, has ‘caused much speculation in London regard- ing the possible’ action of Russia, In this connection the officials of the Chinese lega- tion today notified @ representative of the Associated press that as a matter of fact Count' Cassini presented his letter of “re- call before the, outbreak of the war, but he was ordcred by his government to remain at Tien-Tsin on account of the beginning of hostilities. The Standard’s correspondent at Berlin says: The Chinese diplomats here declare that the importance of the Japanese vic- tory at Ping Yang has been overrated, but admit that the Chinese general made a great mistake in not walting for Li Hung Chang’s 60,000 disciplined men who were coming overland. = The correspondent says China will now unquestionably want to avenge herself, and will devote the winter to preparations for a long campaign. The Times publishes a letter from Hong Kong, dated August 10, which says: The secretary in the viceroy's yamen states that 50,000 Chinese have enlisted within the past ten days, but the majority are riff- raff. There are no rifles in stock for them, and none can be imported in less than a month. The usual Chinese garrison at Mukden s 23,000 infoutry and 14,000 cav- alry. A special to the Standard from St. Peters- burg reports that the Russlan ironclad Imperator Nicolale and the first class crulser Pamiatozaba from the Mediterranean and three cruisers from Cronstadt have started for Viadivostock. PROVES THE VALUE OF CRUISERS. Lord Charles Beresford, formerly junior lord of the admiralty, who distinguished himself at the bombardment of Alexandria while in command of the gunboat Condor, and who also showed considerable skill and bravery in the Nile expedition, being the only man not“killed of those in the imme- diate charge of the machine gun at Abu Klea, was Interviewed today by a repre- sentative of the Assoclated press upon the subject of the recent naval battle fought be- tween Chinese and Japanese war ships. Lord Charles Beresford said that the Yalu engagement was a splendid object lesson, which emphasized most strongly the im- perative necessity of having an adequate number of cruisers. He added that had the Japanese been able to dispose of a sufficient number of eruisers they could have engaged the Chinese at sea when the Chinese were hampered by the transports thelr fleet was convoying. Similarly the Chinese, with a sufficilent mumber of cruisers, could have fought the Japanese at sea instead of on shore, where their maneuvering was im- peded. The crulser also could have warned Admiral Ting of the approach of the Japa- nese fleet early enough for him to prevent the latter reaching his transports. Continuing, Lord Charles Beresford said that the accounts of the battle so far re- ceived bear out the opinion of the naval ex- perts, who held that the power of offense of modern fleets is infinitely superior to thelr defensive powers, and that many ships must almost certainly be lost or crippled when fleets equally matched come together. Thus, he said, in future naval wars the Issue must de- pend largely upon the class and sirength of the offensive vessels of either side. DANGER OF HUGGING. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—An Assoclated press reporter handed to Admiral Gherardi a dls- patch from London last night relative to the recent naval engagement between China and Japan, The rear admiral sald that he had watched events in China and Japan very closely, He did not care waich “whipped.” “It 18, he added, “a case of Kilkenny cats.” i “Hugging the shore” he pomted out belng contrary to Captaln Mahon's funds mental principle—a fact emphasized in the special Qispatches—and in this connection the admiral remarked: I subscribe to that, but of course in this particular case and in speaking at such a distance it would not be prudent for me to offer an opinion. I do not know the coast,” From eall he had read of the facts, and belng @ thorough Dbellever in Captain THE BEE BULLETIN. pan Fxpects to Do 1o China. Subjects. maha Has @ Ron-in with Needham. Frofit Shuring on the Race Course. Changes in the Kig College Teams. Lord Hawke Ahead at Cricket. 8. Douglas County for iryan and Holcomb. Owens Declured the Ashland Cand Dave Mercer's Address at Eikho 4. Last Week In Local Soclal Cireles, Life In a Soldier City. Theatrical News from B. Queer Criminul Case Ended. Aftermath of the Forest Fires. Forelgn FPolley of the Holy See. Council Bluffs Local Matters. Sudden Return of a Loug Missing Man. 7. Denomioutional und Sectarian News, Southenders Defeated at Bowling. Dan Sure's OMcial Head Gon he Old World. 10, Woekly Grist of Sporting Gossip. 11, Woman, Her Ways and Her World, Restrietions Placed on Russian Feasants. 12. Editorial and Com 13, Coren’s Women in Atrocities of Border Guerrillas. 15, Condition of Omaha’s Jobbing Trade. ommorcial and Finaneial ) atest Live Stock Quotations, 16. nents Consplenous in Succossful Ar- tists, Mahon's sound Judgment and great naval skl, he was with the captain in this opinion that the evil of land hugging had proved most disastrous, Considering the placing en barbette, it was natural that natu- ral consequences resulted from the attack upon the Chen Yuen. A great mistake, he thought, had been made in having that ves- sel en barbette instead of having the guns en_echelon, which would have saved a gun- ship from being reduced to the level of the smaller cruiser. Admiral Gherardi agrees with Captain Mahan that small cruisers aro more effectual than big battleships, and as illustrating this Had noted how much bet- ter the smaller ships had fured than thelr larger colleagues. In conclusion the read admiral again re- marked: “Yes, it is quite true the praises of one of our nayal commanders have been again loudly sung in London, but mot for the first time or undeservedly either."” SWEDISH INDUSTRIES THRIV. NG Cables for American Strest Cars dered from that Country. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 22.—(Specisl Corre- spondence of the Associated Press)—The secretary of the Swedish-Norwegian con- sulate In Chicago writes to the Swedish Ex- porting society that Swedish cables for street rallways and other works are attracting considerable attention in the United Stites. To this report may be added that Charles Yerkes, the street rallwvay magnate of Chi- cago, has just ordered a cable of 14,000 feet to be menufactured in Sweden, Another thing which is probably not generally known in America is that the United States War department contemplates ordering Swedish sword blades to be used in the United States army. The government of the United States has at lesst made Inquiries in regard to their cost. Private societies and fenc'ng clubs-in America have already sent in sev- cral orders. The &hip building industry has again begun to flourish in King Oscar’s domain. Al- though Swedish bullt vessels scarcely differ from those bullt in other countries, this does not imply that no mew inventions In ship- building and Kindred industries are orig- inated or tried in Sweden. On the contrary, tank steamers for carrying petroleum in bulk were built in Sweden a‘ the Motala company’s yards for Russian owners long before the first patent for this kind of vessel was ap- plied for in England or America, number of essential marine machinery and originated in Sweden, and swift open passenger steam launches now running in the waters of Stockholm have been built and engineered in Sweden and have now been adopted in several places. As a rule they will take from fifty to 100 pas- sengers each and give cxcellent service all day long for years, meanwhile giving the capital and harbcr the cheerful appearanca which so strongly impresses the American tourists and other forelgners visiting Stock- lolm. The new Swedish armor clads have been inspected by foreign officials of high standing, and are declared by them to be, when the lower price (about $85,000), fully equipped and armed, is considered, almost marvelous handiwork. eing Or- and a improvements in appliances have The small May Ask Germany to Arbitrate. COLON, Colombla, Sept. 22.—It is believed that Nicaragua will ssk Germany to arbi- trate the Mosquito question. ——————— THREE NEGROES LYNCHED, Infuriated Citizens of Arkansas Avenge n Cowardly Murder. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 22.—The breath of life had scarcely left the body of their victims when a mob of 300 enraged citizens of McGhee secured Luke Washington, Rich- ard Washington and Henry C. Robyson, the three negroes who 8o flendishly murdered H. C. Patton at Mclihee yesterday morning, and strung them up to a telegraph pole, and thelr lifeless bodies, perforated with bullets, are now dangling in the air near the sc of the crime. The three negroes burst into the store of H. C. Patton, a prominent mer- Mant at McGhee, and after beating him into insensibility with clubs, dragged him to the rear of his store, where the knife was brought into use, making thelr terrible work doubly sure, and their uncon- sclous victim’s throat was cut from ear to ear. The negroes then rifled the store of a small sum of money and what goods they could carry away and fled to Pine Bluff, where they were captured last night. They were taken back to MeGhee today, and at the coroner’'s inquest broke down and con- Zessed their crime. The negro population of Desha county out- numbers the whites five to one. All day ex- citement ran high in McGhee and it was al- most certain that as soon as darkness should settle over the little town no time would be lost In avenging Patton's murder. The negroes of McGhee took & leading part in the procecdings and passed word among the whites to await patiently the result of the coroner's inquest, promising as soon as all doubt of the pris- oner's guilt had been removed the colored people would take the case In hand and sat- Isfy ‘the public demand for revenge. After the conclusion of the coroner's inquest the sherift made preparations to hasten his pris- oners to jall, and, as subscquent events proved, the mob prepared to hasten them to thelr graves, About 7:30 p. m., as the sheriff was starting to the fall at Arkansas City with his prisoners, he was met by a mob of 300, who overpowered the officers and quickly strung the prisoners up, Hundreds of guns were then leveled at the writhing forms and the murder of H. C, Patton was avenged. WAY T0 ROYALFAVOR Must Be Thorongh Germans and Stand at the Emporor's Back, KAISER REITERATES FORMER UTTERANCES Is Much Displeased at the Conduot of His Polish Subjeots. SAID TO BE PLANNING AN UPRS'NG Measures Likely to Come Up in tho Coming Ression of the Reichstag, ITALIAN NOBLES CLAIM THE GUELPH FUNDS American Insurance Companies Settled Thelr Differences with the German Gove ernment-German Ships Wil Not Re: ach Japan for Some Time, (Copyrighted 184 by the Associated Press.) BERLIN, Sept. 22.—Once more has & pube lic utterance of Emperor Willlam created a deep impression throughout the empire. This time it s his emphatic reiteration of his Koenigsberg utterance addressed to the Prussian nobles and others. His majesty evidently desires that the people should mot be mistaken as to his attitude towards those Who have opposed him. Consequently, as already cabled, replying to the speech of welcome of the burgomaster of Thorn, West Prussia, today, the emperor said he was re- jolced that Thorn had always retained the German spirit. He . however, unfor- tunately found that the conduct of their Polish fellow citizens had not been such as he desired, and he, the emperor, wished all to remember his words—to fight against the -parties of revolution. Only those who fully and complelely considered themselves German subjects could hope for his royal favor. Emperor William concluded by say- Ing: “Let us stand firm against all hos- tile schemes. All my subjects must stand firm at my back. Trusting that Thorn will ever be the stronghold where this is borne in mind, I bid you leb wohl."” His majesty's remarks sro also inter- preted as an expression of renewed confi- dence in Chancellor von Caprivi in his fight against the agrarians, The emperor and the chancellor are both slarmed at the many recent signs of Polish agitation and fraternl- zation such as the reception accorded to the Posen guests at the exposition held at Lom- berg, Austrian Galicla, emong whom were many of the leading politicians of the Polish faction in both the Reichstag and the Diet. These guests were warmly received by thes, Gal'clan brethren. 1t fs noticed as a ocurl- ous fect hat the Américan Poles, especlally those from Chicago and the west, ars playing a conspicuous part at the Lomberg expesie tion. 7 ¥ AID FOR TUE POLES, The 8t. Petersburg Novoe Vremyra, In an article just published, mentions that 2,000,- 000 Pcles in America and Russia have of- feced to furnish 40,000 men, armed, drilled and equipped, together with funds at any time a new Polish insurrection should break out, The chief executive proposals of the com- ing session of the Reichstsg will be bills for the taxation of tobacco, an amendment o the insurance laws and - ‘billa dealing with unfair ccmpetition, the regulation of emigration and en amendment to the penal procedure of the courts of law. The radicals assert that Chancellor von Caprivi also intends to intro- duce measures to restrict the liberty of thy press and piblic meetings and to combat anarchism. The decision in this malter, however, is left for cabinet discussion. Two Florentine noblemen named Diguelfi, claiming to be direct descendants of the Itallan branch of the Guelph family, have applied to the emperor, through the Itallan embassy, requesting that the Guelph fund, now amounting to §15,000,000, be handed over to them as the only legitimate helrs. Prince Herman Hatsfeldt von Trachem- berg has been appointed governor of Silesta. The matter of the American life insurance companies doing business in Prussia, so se- riously affected by the new law requiring’ annually definite information on oath as to the dividends and surplus accumulated for the benefit of those insured under the tom= tine plan, seems now about definitely settled. The Mutual Life and the Germania of New York are the only American companies that are able under their systems to conform with the rigorous requirements of the new Prus- slan law, and they, therefore, will continue to solicit as much new business as they can, The Germania is the only American com- pany in whose business the Prussian con- tingent plays s vital part. The Equitable of New York has definitely retired from the field so far as obtaining new Insurance 18 concerned, and the enormous and very costly building owned by that company in Berlin (the only structure in this city entirely bullt on American principles and which cost about $1,600,000) 1s soon to change hands. With the Equitable the Prussian business is of no great extent, since it formed but one-half per cent of its total. Things are similar in the case of the New York life, which has also definitely retired from Prussian busi- ness. WILL INVEST IN AFRICA. Prince Albrecht of Prussia, princs regent of Brunswick, has declared his intention of Investing large sums of money (up to 1,000, 000 marks or more) In the development cf the German colonial possessions in eastern Afrlca. He will begin by buying up large tracts of land there for the purpose of start- ing coffee and indigo plantations, Prinece Albrecht 13 the wealthliest of the Prussian princes. It will be a long tims before the German fleet intended to protect German commercial Interests at the seat of the Chinese-Japanese war will reach there. The two crulsers, Con- dor and Comoran, are now being fitted up at the naval wharves at Kiel and are not expected to be ready to start before the middle of October, while the flagship Gephon will not be able to start before Novembes 1, as that vessel |s undergoing extensive in- terlor alterations. A sensation has been caused here by the news from Parls that the French owners of horses entered for the first Berlin inters national steeple chase, which s to take plass on October 4, have abandoned the ides of competing in Germany. All but one of these horses have already been struck off the list of starters. Brazil Not Sceklng & Loan. LONDON, Sept. 22.—The Brazilian min~ ister of finance has cabled s denial of the report that the Brazillan government ine tends to negotiate a 5,000,000 sovereign loan,