Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 26, 1900, Page 1

me— e At i A — THE OMAHA ESTABLISHED JU NE oM \ll Ay WEDNESDAY ARMY SOON TO LEAVE STANDS BY uNITED STATES TRopSWANTEDATHAZLETON “ogland Agr with This Country — My, on the Proposition of ey e v Ouly Small Portion of American Troops to "o Sengoi Be Retained at Pekin, [ LON, Lord Ealisbury has replied to the hote in terms identi- ALL BUT FOUR REGIMENTS GO TO MANILA | Orders Directing COhaffee to Maintain Loga- tion Guard Cabled. INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGER ARE WITHHELD Great Britain Adheres to Position of United | Btates as to German Note, OBJECTION TO PRINCE TUAN IS ENTERED | v Adwt e Ano . Stnte De- that Tuotnt of Sthanghal Mas Been Degen for Pro-Coreign Aditade, | WASHINGTON, Sept. 27~The United | Btates ko ) oday took the first step | towards the redemption of its pledge made | to the Russian government August 2§ last by cablegram instruction to General Chaffes to reduce the American es in China to the proportions of a fon guard. | Vearly a month ago the ian govern- ment was told throvgh M. De Wollant, s | ch here, that if the Russian forces and | minikiry were withdrawn from Pekin “we shali give instruciions to the commander of | the American forces in China to withdraw | our forces from Pekin, after due conterence with the other commanders as (o the time I manner of withdrawal.” That time now come and today's action marks beginning of the disappearance of the American army from for although | vome military force is to remain, it will| not be of the character of an army, but un- | der the conditions luid down in the order to General Chaffee and especially under its officinl designation as a ‘“legation guard, will be rather of the nature of a civil guard This small force will not be Included in any military operations which may be con- Aucted by the allied armies and so will not fall subject to the direction of Field Mar- shal Count von Waldersee, the commander- | in-chief Much thought has heen given to the proper number of troops to be allotted for this purpose it is belleved that the 1,400 men seiected will be quite sufficient to protect the American legation against any force that could be brought against it It is noteworthy, too, that the most com- plete arrangements have been ordered for the maintenance of the men, whiie care has ken that there shall not be a short- sge of ammunition, as there was in the British legation during tho siege. It I8 estimated about & week wil be required to bring the 600 soldiers away from tn, but as the start cannot he made immediate- been ly it will at least be the end of the first week In October before the movement can bo completed It is stated at the quartermaster's depart- ment that thore ure not transports ayail- able to bring off the force which ‘will come out of China. Three or four vessels will be at Taku by the time the troops are ready to move, Besides the transports for al ships will the men a number of an take away the horses and mules which will not be needed in China. General Chaflee to take from the ships now stores as will be necessary to 1s authorized ot Taku such last him through the winte Text of Chnffee’s Orders, The text of tb der to General Chaffee s as follows ADJUTANT GENIERAL'S =~ DEPAF o WASHINGTON, DI ¢, Sept.” 2 Ta General Chaffee. Pekin, September No. 41: Pending negotfations for a sct- tement the secretary of war directs hat 4 legation guard of 4 regiment oi in dn e, T Wofp o ‘cavalry. with ‘rapld % guns and lght battery, with complete Ulpment and reserve supply of o tion adequute for any emeriency tafned i Pokin under your commanc that you send the r nder of_your fo In China to Munila to report to MacArthur The guard should be amply provisioned, et untll navigation opens next spri Retatn such officers for staff duties as v doemn necessary; all others of whitever corps or department will be sent to Mac Arthur for duty ns soon ws nossible. All Ktores and materials not required for th legation guard send to Muntla co your- A1 dose relations with our minister, " subserve ou ment fully ou have the he other po wilt Ty al instructions ting with him on the 1ines that will bes interests, Keeping this depart- advised. it is important that | confidence of the generals of Heral Wilkon with his main In Pekin for the present, may be sent him Arthur concerning requirements Instructions into effect. In- als commanding forces of othe wur Intention to withdraw part 8. Show am} I‘:"ll‘nn(ur By tenant General Mies. CORBIN There were no developments on the Qiplomatic side of the Chinese question to- ers, to cari form gene powers of our order Lie day and although Baron Sternberg, the German charge, and Minister Wu called scpargtely at the State department, they brought no communications which were made public. The instruction to Minister Conger relutiye to establishing relations with the Chinese envoys s still withheld, presumably to allow the president to ad- mwinister some fAnishing touches. This in- struction s regarded as of much impor- tance and will make a part of the case of | the government and be lald before co gross @t the next session, It is settle that Minister Conger is to be a member of tho commission to settle the various ques- | remalning to be adjusted in Live with Amerien, reported adhesion of tha British The yovernment to the position assumed by the ernment respecting the proposition to make the surrender of the Chinese ringleaders a condition precedent to negotiations has given the greatest sat- fsfaction In official circles here The report that Prince Tuan has been | stgually honored by the Chinese govera- | went has not yet been officially confirmed, | United States g | ot | Great | There 1s | attack upon the Pel cal with those of the nited State The British premier's decision to re- fuse to agree to the terms of the German note was communicated verbally the German ambassador here, Count von Hatz feldt-Wildenherg, during the course of a long interview this afternoon. His lord ship's decision is not exclusive information Press will probably England until the and transmitted to tomorrow or luter, Only a few officials are cognizant of what Lord Salisbury said to Count von Hatzfeldt- Wildenberg in regard to the latest develop- ment in the Chinese question. Ofcial cir- cles here were inclined to belfeve that his lordship would agree with Germany. But instead of doing o he used almost exactly the terms in which Washington's refusal was couched and this, said a high official to @ representative of the Associated Pross all the more surprising, considering that the Washington officinls had not the slightest inkiing of what England’s atti tude would be ‘ What will be view between known here and the of the Associated not be given out in reply is put on paper Berlin, which may be wed b the ro pault of this difference the United States and Britain on one side and Germany, Austria, France and Italy on the other? No official was found by the represcntative of the Associated Preds who was willing to risk an opinion, though they agreed in be lieving it did not entail a breaking off of the negotiaticns The representative of the Assoclated Press has ascertained that Lord Salisbury this afternoon refused ‘to pass ou Prince Ching's request for credentials as pleni potentiary, refefring the whole matter to the British minister at Pekin, Sir Claude MacDonaid. This decision has been com munteated to the Chinese minister here, Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh, who cabled it 1o China Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh spent a loug time at the foreign office this afternoon but he did not s Lord Sallsbury, nor did he learn the nature of Great Britain's re ply to Germany. The minister sald to a representative of the Associated Press that he could hardly belleve Lord Salisbury's views differed much from those of t United State The Chinese minister said: “America 1s the orly country in the world strong enough to have taken such an initiative as she did when she stood out aguinst the German proposals. 1 feel deeply grateful that the Americars did so. Theifs is the only logical point of view." According to a dispatch received here from Beriin, the Russian and Japauese re- plies to Germany's proposal, received ycs- terday, asserted that Russia “assents in principle,”” while Japan's answer is an “un- emphatic approval.’ A news agency dispatch from Hong Kong says that 20,000 Triads have congregated in the neighborhood of Chung Chuin and threaten to make an attack on Canton. BERLIN, Sept. 25.—The foreign officials here fnform the Assoclated Press that Russia aud Japan have formally answered the German note, “particularly emphasiz- ing their agreement to the proposition to have the ministers designate the guilty.” ireat Britain bas not yet formally an- swered The correspondent of the Associated Press finds that political circles hera are confident Great Britain will not adopt the United States position. WAITING FOR LI HUNG CHANG Expeoted He Will Establish Chinese Authority in Pekin on Mis Arrival, (Copyright, 190, by the Associated Press.) PEKIN, Sept. 20.—(Via Taku, Sept. 24.)— The diplomatic and military authorities are awalting the arrivai of LI Hung Chang a general desire for the establish- ment of some semblance of Chinese author- ity, which, when done, it is belleved, will tend to a clearing of the situation. The military is deemed unable to secure peace to the country. The wuthority of Li Hung Chang to treat for peace Is still doubted. Referring to this matter, United States Minister Conger sald: “Our first task is to examine and pass upon the credentials of Li Hung Chang. Beyond that we have no policy or plan of action.” Willlam Woodville Rockhill, special United States representative in China, will probably not await the arrival of Earl L He is busy conferring with the ministers and investigating the situation. The Russian are inaugurating a Red Cross hospital under the putronage of the czarina. The institution will be opened to soldiers of all nationulities Thirty British who were wounded in the Fun Choo explosion are dead. EARL LI TAKES GLOOMY VIEW Expects of Present Troubles to Occupy Con- siderable Time, (Copyright, 1900, by the Assoclated Press.) TIEN TSIN, Sept, 23.—(Via Taku, Sept 24.)—L1 Hung Chang will proceed to Pekin in a few days. He remains under close Russian guard and access to him s difi- cult. Po the course of a conversation with a representative of the Associated Press Earl Li said he 414 not believe that an carly settlement of the difficulty was prob ble, because of the number of nations to be treated with, and he did not think the Tang forts complicated the situation. FIGHTING ON SABI Colllde with British Boers In En- sithough the authorities have word of | demver to Intercept Steyn and Ctinese rumors that some such action has Reltz on the Way North, been taken. The matter was refarred to| -— today in the falk between Acting Secretary | 1 ONDON, Sept. 25.—The Daily Mail has Hill and Minister Wu and the latter sta‘ed that he did not credit the report, for the reason that the place of graud secretary, aid to have been tonferred upon Tuan, is ome of comparative unimportance, mainly & sinecire, and is not held by a prinee of the blood, as Prince Tuan is. In view of this | fnformation the State department is mot dlsposed to attach serious importance to the reports, but if it should prove true that | Prince Tuan has been advanced to a high | statiof it doubtless will mizance of by the State way lead to serious consequence. This government has laid down the principle that no one in any way connected with the outrages shall have anything to do with | the forthcoming negotintions with either | Prince Tuan or any others motably con- mected with the disturbance. Too Friendly to Forelgner Con:ul General Goodnow has advised the be taken department cog and | the following dispatch from Lourenzo Mar- quez “Heavy fighting Is reported across the Sabi river.This means that the British are intercepting Steyn and Reitz, who their forces are attempting to push norih- ward and to effect a junction. A commando is sald to be surrounded near Pletersburg." Murder Eleven Missionaries. LONDON, Sept The China inland mission has received a cable message an- nouncing the murder of eleven missionaries {at Sih Cheo Taning Yah Yang, in the prov- | ince of Shan si The American missionaries, J. H. Roberts, Mark Willlams, Willlam Sprague, Mrs. sprague and Miss Virginia Murdock, who escaped from Kalgan. province of Chi Li, China, in June last, and were chased by the Boxers across the Gobl desert, traveliug thence by way of Siberia, have reached this ity in good bealth and will sall on the Biate department that the taotal at Shang (Continued on Fourth Page) Anchor Liue steamer City of Rome, which 1s to leave Glasgow September 27, RIVER | with | i | | | Sheriff Harvey Wires to Governor ftone Asking for Armed Assistance, MINERS RESORT TO MARCHING TACTICS President Mitehell of the Mine Work- crs Expresses Himselt as Well lenned with Situntion and Hope the Outeome, HAZLETON, Pa, Sept. 25.—It was learned tonight that Sheriff Harvey of this (Luzerne) county has telegraphed Lo Gov ernor Stone, asking that troops be sent to this county on the ground that he (the sheriff) cannot guarantee the safety of per sons and property during the night marches of the strikers o governor, it 18 understood considering natter 1t also learned that the sheriff s request was backed up by several private citizens of Hazleton, who, it s eald are mine ators. It is belicved that the sheriff is of the opinfon that the pres- ence of troops will prevent any further marching, thus lessening the possibility of serfous trouble Riot the Act Read by Lantern Light. \I(DR\I\(-. | He died from heart failure. He was an honorary pallbearer at General McCler nand’s funeral last Saturd Last night encral Palmer was on the street viewing he state fair illuminations until a late | hour, apparently in the best of health. He was about 83 years of age | General Palmer complained yesterday of | & pain tn his chest. He slept uneasily last telegrams from | | Palmer called a pbysiclan, who did not | think the general's condition alarming. The | genernl awoke about 7 o'clock this morn- ing, still complaining. He talked to his| wie for a short time, then fell fnto a doze | and expired soon after. | John McAuley Palmer was born on & farm | on Kagle reck county, Kentuck September 12, 181 family removed 1o Last night's march of 300 men from Cran- | berry, Tomhicken, Derringer and Gowen probably hastened the action of Sheriff Harvey in asking for state heip. The strikers met after midnight at ranberry and when they reached Tomhicken they were stopped by Sheriff Harvey and thirty armed deputies, who went to that place on a special train. It was yet dark and the sheriff read the riot act to them by the light of & lantern. The strikers then scat tered in different directions and began missionary work in preventing mine work ers from going to the Potts mine at Tom hicken, Derringer and Gowen. They wero successful in preventing a large number of men from going to work, and in conse quence the Derringer and Gowen mines e crippled. The Tomhicken slope was only slightly affected. Four of the march ers were arrested, charged with breach of | the peace, and in the afternoon wore taken to South Wilkesbarre and committed with- out bail, There was no conflict between the depu- tles and the strikers, Rhone Trescott, a coal and iron policeman, says he saw Mother Jones on a hill at Derringer di recting the movement of the men. Presi dant Mitchell denies this. It was rumored that another march was to be made tomor row to Black Creek, three miles from Haz- leton. Markles' Reply to Their Bmployes. The most important development here today, aside from the request for soldiers, was the answer of C. B. Markle & Co. to the demands presented by the firm's em- ployes ten days ago. The answer is uot cousidered satisfactory by many of the Markle employes, and what activ. they wili take at their meoting tomorrow s not cer- tain. There is much sentiment tonight in favor of a strike. The firm flatly refuses to grant the demand of the meu for a 5 and 10 per cent advance, announces its willingness to pay the men semi-month- 1y, agrees to arbitrate the question of cheep- er powder; refuses the demaunds of the driv- er boys and engineers for more pay; prom- ises to adjust grievances relating to the carryiog of men and tools down und up the slope in mine cars; offers the timber men a new scale for propping, which s lower than the rate asked for, agrees to bulld a powder house fo that the men wilt not have to carry the explosive a great dis- tance and concedes the pillar robbing griev- ance The Markle firm tonight announced that at “the request of the mine workers in Its employ work will be suspended tomorrow in order to give the men time to consider the company's answer to their demands made ten days ago." Lenders The United Counsel Firmness, Mine Workers held a meetiny at Jeddo this afternoon hefore the answer | of the Markles had become public. of the Markle strikers were present. The principal speech was made by President Mitchell, who, haviug heard a rumor thar the Murkles had granted the demands of the men, urged the miners who had struck “not to go bagk 1o work, but to stand firm in the fight until victory comes.” The labor leaders would muke no comment tonight on the Markle answer, but it was known they are much pleased. If the company had conceded the wage demand, which is only about hulf of what the United Mine workers are asking throughout the region, it was feared there would be a big break among the men who struck in the Markle mine, They now belleve that the firm's mines will be completely tied up and point to tomor- row's voluntary suspension as evidence that the Markles are afraid that thelr men will quit. Many Statement by Mitchell, President Mitchell, in discussing the sit- uation in the entire reglon tonight, said: “Reports from the Schuylkill district are that the entire Mahanoy valley from Ma- hanoy City to Ashland is idle. This is & gain of three large collieries. In the Le- high valley region Eckley, Derringer, Tom- hicken and Gowen were closed today and we made patlsfactory gains at other mines where the men have been working. It is generally conceded that the strike fn the Schuylkill district will soon embrace every man employed there. On the whole we ar well satisfied with the status of the strike. Coxe Bros, & Co, admitted this afternoon that their collieries at Derringer and Gowen were slightly affected thig morning. but asserted that those men who did not 0 to work were intimidated by the march ers. The operators at other collieries sald as usual that they were in better shape to- day than at any previous time during the strik General Superintendent Kudlick of the Coxe Bros. & ('o. mines was arrested today on a charge of assault and several minor harges. He waived a hearing on two of the charges this afternoon and will be given a hearing on the other charge tomor- row. Peter Gallagher, a striking miner of Freeland, is the prosecutor. He charges that Mr. Kudlick deliberately drove his horse into him on the public road LOOK FOR GENERAL TIEUP Strike Leaders at Shamokin Coufiden that Short-Humded Collieries Will Have to Shut Down, SHAMOKIN, Ba., Sept. 25.—Local strike leaders say that from information received tonight the Locust Spring colliery at Locust Gap, operated by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron company, will be completely tied up tomorrow. 1t has heen working shorthanded for several days They claim the Ashland mines will also be shut down in a few days. Mine officials here are particularly jubilant over the re- sumption of work at the North Franklin mine, No. 1, at Treverton, also a Phila- delphia & Reading company operation (Contiaued on Fifth Page.) | | Nome on September 11, *&l PTE \IIH R v in the Best of Health ne Felore—teart Fatlure the Caune, Was Appare SPRINGFIELD, M1, Sept Generai John M. Palmer, ex-United States senator | trom Illinois, died at his residence in this | city at § a. m night and about 3 o'clock this morning Mrs iinois in 1851 o upon a farm on \ river, In Madis inty. Senator Palmer recelved such education as the lim A1 A school facilities of the time and cotn trv afforded. He worked his way thro: one vear of Shurtlefl college at Upjer Altori and then went to work 1o learn (he | cooper's trade He then in turn was a clock peddler and school teachr, devoting | his evenings to reading law His ‘determin. | ation to yme a lawyer was strength: by a chance meeting 1gins and he went a law office. In to Spring On the admitt ing that Abraham Lineoln and from incoln’s death they w friends. On- December i Mise Melindn Ann 3 children n of the marriage, six of whom | | | met time 0 were b living. [n 1813 he was elected prob tice of his county. In 1819 he was electe | county judge and in 1861 1o the state seq ate. Tn 1866 he was chairman of the first republican state convention and a delegite to the national convention in Philade phia which nominated Fremont and Duytan When the second call for troops was ma le he enlisted as a_ woldier and was later clected colonel of the Fourtcenth linoiy regiment of volunteers and afterward chosen by General Hunter to command a brigade. In the same year he was ¢om- missioned brigadier goneral. After the wir he engaged in the practice of Iaw fn Spring- fleld. In 1868 he was elected governor of the | state on_the republican ticket. He went to the United States senafe in 1%, GREAT STORM AT CAPE NOME Several en Lul'._; In Wrecked and Vast Amount of Prop- erty Destroyed. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 25.—~The steamer Roanoke brings news of a most disastrous storm at Nome. It raged with unusual violence for nearly two days up to the evening of Sepiember 13 aud was the se- verest that ever visited northwestern Alaska. A number of barges and lighters were driven ashore and totally destroyed Along the Leach for miles, both east and west of Nome, the wind and water have created havoe with tents and mining m chinery. A number of lives are believed to have been lost. It is known that A drew A. Ryan of Los Angeles was drowned Fully 500 people are homelcss, while the loss to property and supplies is over $500,- 000. There is not an alley leading to the beach that is not filled with debris. Many of the Prost siree’ bulliugs abutting om the beach have been damaged. Numerous small buildings were awept completely away. The largest individual losers are prob- ably the Alaska Commercial company and W1la Goose Mining and Trading company, A serlous loss is the disappearance of over 3,000 tons of coal. Captain French, in command of troops, has thrown open the government reserva- tion to those rendered homeless by the storm and will extend such assistance as is possible. The loss of life in the great storm at 12 and 13 Is believed to have been small. The tug Islam, the largest of 8. D. Lane's fle sank with its crew of three. The launch America, while trying to aid the big barge 8kookum, went down with Captain Madison, its com- munder, and the enginver. Three or four men working along the water front, in an effort to save something from the wreck- age, are sald to have been swept out to sea. but their uames are not known From Benny river came a report of the wreck of the schoomer Prosper and the drowning of Captain Gelser, together with one of hls seamen. The shock of the storm brought ashore the Alaska Commercial company's barge York, beavily laden with winter provisions. An hour later the mammoth barge Skoo- kum, after battling the storm, dragged its anchors and started toward the beach and destruction. The North American Trans- portation company lost the tug Bob, valued at $2,000, which was broken to pieces. The steam launch Stra sank at anchor and the Bolvidere is a wreck at the mouth of Snake river, The little schooner Zenith, which | attempted to put to sea, was blowm about two miles up the beach. T GEN. JOHN M. PALMER DEAD| ot 1900 26, TWEL VE PAGES DAILY BEE SINGLE cory FIVE CENTS. e —————— at Murder, | Row Cver Alimony Ends in Wife's Attempt | 4 ANGRY WOMAN SHOOTS HER HUSBAND | Quarrel in Presence en and Fat Hospital, While the Goes to Ju Mrs. Sarah Ver Mehren H. Ver Melren went to his place of busir day evening He refused to give it to her. sued, during which the w pistol from her bosom a through the abdomen. the liver and the doc inflicted a fatal wound Willlam Kaufmanu, the attempted to disarm Mrs. shot wounds are slight nessed by the three Ver Mehrens, by Kau Avoy, a shipping clerk Mre. Ver Mehren was at and taken to the police statia her three sons, she spent police matron's rooms, thin Vel young nann a twice through the right arm The shooting was wit of Lou M- Thelr Taken Mot ness on | Farnam street hortly after 6 o'clock Chile wite of Herman the wholesale liquor dealer lower Tues ind demanded a check for §i A quarrel en oman nd shot & it may v Mehrer ns nd by bookkeeper. drew him The ball peaetrated have who was his t once arrested on where, the night She s she with n the 1 not sorry she shot her husband and hopes he will die The wounded man was taken to the Presbyterian hospital. His conditlon at last accounts was critical Herman H. Ver Mehren is the head of the wholesale liguor firm of Ver Mehren, Ick & Meyer, 1001 Farnam street. The mily residence is at 1414 Dorcas stroet Story Last March Mrs divorce proceedings against allegiug infidelity, co-respondents were named final hearing of the ca that the defendant should $70 a month temporary a}ime says, he never paid willin that she had to “hound” him money to support herselt and “About 6 o'clock this evening, “1 took my boys downtown Ver Mehren i Domestic Trouble, her pay ony gly and to get sons. with ftuted husband neglect and abuse Pending o the court orde his wife This Two th red adds nough said she. me, tending to get a check from him if possib in When we were within a half block of the store 1 had Herbert and Johnnie wait with me and sent Rudolph, the oldest boy. father to ask for minutes he came retused to write panied by the check the three boys, money. back saying his father n Then to his a few accom 1 entered the store myself and asked him why he refused to give me money as the court ordered at once flew into rage and ord ““If you dom't said, get out ‘I'll kick you out.’ he “I began to back up toward the door. “‘You know I'm asking uo more than is my due,’ I said. his seemed to Angry. make him even more He seized hold of me and tried to drag me to the door and, when I resisted, he suddenly turned to Mr. Kaufmann and said: ‘Kaufmaon, call the police!" “Then it was that 1 drew a pjsiol from my bosom and fired at him. to kill him and hope I've dos ne so. 1 fully intended 1 don't remember how many times I shot—five or six times, T think—but I wag struggling all the time with Mr. Kaufmann, who was try ing to take the revolver away from me." Asked if she had gone to the intention of killing her Ver Mehten sald o0; 1 didn’t he tried to call the police. mad. This evening w ever carried the pisto Mrs. Ver Mohren, was F whose the first the store husband with Mrs. intend to shoot him until That made me maiden time 1 name eenstre, was married to her present husband in Arcadia, Ia., twelve years ago. They moved to Omaha almost immediate.y after the marriage and have lived here ever since. They huve three sons, Ru- dolph, aged 12; Johnnie, aged 10, and Hu- bert, aged 9. * For the last two years their domestic unpleasant, ations have been Mrs. ver Mehren being very jealous of her husband They tad frequent quarrels, during which, she says, he often pointed a pistol at her and threatened to shoot. When Mrs. Ver Mehren was seen at the Jail last night she was engaged in serving her sons with some cold vict; peared calm at first. uals, She ap- Her hand was steady and there was no indication of nervousness She was assured wound was not necessarily fa Row Ov. that her atal, His Dencent. husband's “He always wanted to give out the im- pression that he was of French descent,” sald she, “and was very much afraid peo- ple would think be was of Teutonic extrac tion. Once he wrote his fat in Germany, his ancestors and the reply his great great grandfather Holland. Well, h TRAGEDY ON PARALLEL ROADS {10 ‘atout this corrs — dld and 1 knew where Locomotive of Passenger Traln Run- | oo o ning at High Speed Crashes Int. Another, Two Lives Being Lost. SPRINGFIELD, 111, Sept. rallroad accident —A peculiar | in which two lives were lost occurred here this afternoon on (he Chlcago, Peorla & St. Louls and the Chi- cago & Alton parallel tracks running to the state fair grounds. Two passenger ! trains were running side by side on the | two tracks at a high rate of speed, when | the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louls 1locomo- | tive left the track, turned over and crashed into the Chicago & Alton engine. Engineer John Ryan and Fireman Hall of the Chi- go, Peoria & St. Louls crew were crushed to death under their engine. Both lived in Springfield. Brakeman A. J. Mack jumped from the Chicago, Peorla & St Leuls train and was badly brulsed., Both engines were wrecked and several of the ccaches were damaged There were but few passengers on the ins and all escaped serious injury. LAST PLEA IN HOWARD CASE Fate of the Man Wh Killing Goehel Soon Be Settled. to FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept Judge G. B. | Willlams, acting commonwealth's attc ney, this forenoon made the closing speech in the argument before the jury in the case of Jim Howard, charged with being a prin cipal in the assassination of William Goe bel. The case went to the jury at noon The jury reported at afternoon that the jurors had been unable to make a verdict. A hung jury has been B generally predicted. J nteill - did not discharge the jury, and it will report again at 9 o'clock tomorrow | It is generally believed the jury is hope- Iy hung up and that a verdict will not be found, as it is supposed the jurors are | divided on the question us to Howard's guilt or innocence and not as to the de gree of punishment, her, was a thought 1 correspondence, he had hid who lives to find out something about me back that native didn't but 1 Jne day at the supper table the ques- | tlor. of his nationality came up and I said | Bcmething about his being Dutch. ““I'll have you to know that I'm French!* | he exclaimed. “‘You're not,’ cesters came from Holland.' “Then he jumped up, kic table with all the screamed: ‘By — *‘But I have a letter prov I answered, dishes I wou't be Dutch! cked on | ing it.' over Your an- the and I says. “He dared me to produce the letter and I produced it. Then he with rage and drawing & revolver he | thrust It In my face and threatened to blow my brains out it I didn't give the | letter to him. to give it Mrs. As the childr well preserved and self-possesse apparently about 32 years old Dr. Porter was called soon after beca en be white ged me up and avold trouble I did se." Ver Mehren is a brunette, slender, . She s the shooting and at his direction Ver Mehren was removed to the Presbyterian hospital The bullet fractured the tenth front rib, puseed through the abdominal cavity, pena. trated the liver and the lodging in the muscles of the eleventh back rib, back An operation for the removal of the Lullet was uccessful. The wound is considered very serious, but Dr. Porter thinks that there are good prospects for recovery. At a late hour last night he was reported as rest- ing easily. Ver Mehren's Story i Brief. Ver Mehren was averse to talking of the events which led sald his wife entered the dre and de- manded a check, which he decliped to glve her. The demand was repeated and he told her to wait a day or two. Her reply was, “Give it to me now or I will shoot vou'' Then she drew a revolyer from her bosom and opened fipe Ver Mehren thought five or six shots were fired the first of which went above his head ard the others also weus wide of the mark | with the exception of the last and that struck him in the abdomen, up to the shooting He | ed me out, this minute,’ | ! | Forecast TORNADO IN TAMA COUNTY‘ Severe Stor Tempernt o Falr th o i e “ 6o Does Much Damage (o lowa Town, Killing Four, TAMA, Ia., Sept (Special Telegram ) Meager word is had from a storm which paseed over this county tonight The town of Ferguson was blown away Four persons are reported killed DES MOINES, Ia pt. 2.-Four per sons were killed and several others se verely injured in a waterspout and te nado at Ferguson this evening. The Mil wauk and the telegraph operator were badly hurt. The railway station wa badly wrecked, several cars were Blown from the tracks and more or less damaged and many houses wore destroyed. Wire connections with Ferguson are interrupted and 1t 18 impossible to learn the name of all those killed and injured. The par Al list i Killed CHILD OF JOHN LOVLADY, hotel pro prietor. Infured Willlam Robinson, Milwaukeo agent James Mullen, W Union telograph operator John Lovelady, hotel proprictor A severe waterspout and wind and rain are reported from the vieinity of Redficld and Madrid, where the tracks are washed out In many places. ‘Trains along the Great Western road also report a hard | wind and rain this side of Marshalltown Ferguson is on the in line of the Chi m; cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ra il a about forty miles east of Madr in Mar shall county, fifteen miles east of Marshail town. It is a comparatively new town with a population of between 400 and G0 people. TEXAS Report that Marble Fails and San Saba Had Heen Washed Awny Proves Unfounded, AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 25— The reports of the destruction of the towns of Marble Falls and San Saba, sent out last night, prove to be {ncorrect Chiet aln Dispatcher Fischer of the Austin & Northwestein raflroad personally communicated with Marble Falls and San Saba today, and both towns were reported safe, with no loss of life or city property, but there has been great destruction of farm property all along | the valley, A telegram tonight at 7 o'clock | from M. Henry of San Saba to the head- TOWNS ALL RIGHT | quarters of the Austin & Northwestern rail- road in th “Colorado river on still risin San Saba v Is city, says a fifty foot rise and Several bridges washed away. iver twenty-two feet rise. Cotton on lowlands ruined. Official veports from poln's west of San Saba to the same headquariers are to the effect that great damage has been done to crops all along both the Colorado and San Suba rivers. s reported falling at but reports tonight say that it is ris- ing San again, Saba from the upper Colorado, ure just beginning | to be felt at this poly an immens day, fragments dead catt From the flooded while the to crops there has to tonight, vielnity re valley was to farms, DIVIDIN Governor Nothing Gy GALVESTON, Sept arrived he from the conference | The govern to have anything whatever distribution he will suffered fre zens of eac trust the mitte The rail their track condition, wrecked o inciuding and apportion | among the s, composed | their respective places. his | At noon today the Colorado Marble Falls, above showing that and Llano the waters of the branchos, well there. The river hegan to fall 1t this afternoon. There has been @ quantity of debris floating by all trees, sections of fences of small frame houses and som lable reports from all sections of valley above it would secm that e hus been considerable dam; farming property generally, been no loss of life reported up as most of the people in the aceived timely warning s from south of here indicate that the | inundated and much damoge dono but no loss of life, G UP RELIEF FUNDS Snyers of Texas Will Have to Do with Money en for Storm Sufierer Governor Sayers re today In response to a request ialveston Central committee for a in regard to several matters nor expressed himself as unwilling to do with the relief funds, He says the funds in his hands various communities which have om the storm, and (hat the citi- h of these communities must en- distribution to the local com- of the best citizens of of any roads are finding it 8 in and around Galveston to good | to rebuild ars and yards, handle freight, pick up APPLES ARE BADLY DAMAGED mh Wi P NEW Y ports of serious apple losses September exaggerate Agricultur enormous trecs. Sh wastern sl fury sue that of September 1l the way from 10 per cent up to 60 and 75 per ¢ ds Have Blowa rt of the Crop fr the Trees. Lurge 0 ORK, Sept. 2i.—While first re- following the gale were in some Instances d, latest advices to the American ist atill show beyond question quantities were Liown from the ered orchards and those on the opes of hills escaped serious 1o rding to that authority in its is 20, but advices indlcate ut, and occasionally more, of the apples are on the ground The report of the flax crop of 1900, ac- cording to th American Agriculturist places the acreage 50 per cent over last year's harvest, now 2,565,000 ac The total crop of flaxseed of the Unii States is placed at 23,413,000 bushels, compared with 20,086,000 bushels 1e year ago. Movements of Ocean Vexseis, Sept, 2 At New York—Arrived—Kalscr Wilhe der Grosse, from Bremen; IFriesland, fro Antwerp: ' 8paarndam, from Rotterdar evie, from Liverpo Salled ~Cymrie, for Liverpool; Deutschlind, for Hamburg i Plymouth and Cherboiirg, At Plymouth—Arrived—FPatricia, from New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg and proceeded. Sailed—Pretorfa (from Hamburg). for New York At London—Arrived—Montevidean, from Montreal AU Liverpool— Arrived—Vancouver, from M i1, Numltdian, from Montre Juthampton—Arrived - Kalserin Ma from New York vid Cher tor Bremen dney, N. 8 Arrived—Pr “ v Marlposa. from San Franclsco vi ulu, Apla and Auckland Lizard passed Amsterdam, from York for Bulgaria and Rotterdam Queenstown—Arrived—Ulioniu, from Boston for Liverpool and proceeded. exceedingly | difficult to procure suflicient labor to restore | Carnival Orowd Driven Home by a Most Untimely Shower, | GROUNDS THRONGED EARLY IN EVENING | Bleven Thousand People Brave Threatening Storm to Attend. { !(Yummll(n.w in Oharge Working Hard to | Improve Conditions. | AK-SAR-BEN BOARD SEES ITS SUCCESS 1MUCH THAT IS NEW DOWN FOR TODAY [ Promenm Chnnged by Addition of New | | | The rain and the darkness worked to gether for bad on the carnival grounds | 1ast night and 10,000 people were more ot { less hindered in their holiday. Not onec during the week have the elements shown & Kindly face to the carnivai, and when the throng was ged tighter than brothers between the booths the (Il feeling broke positive hostility The board of which had entrenched itself to the assaults of tho confetti storm the dam mis fled Thousands above shoetops 1 into phan ? stles and | ot skirts and milliners The | to the fluld and doubled incident Wik routed by incontinently drenched products fad former of darkness ca mischan wiring dus requirements made on the win remedied during the The strings of fncandescents re their efforts, however, and the was serious except on the lights were the This spoi of gayety took on Appearance also after the rain. The unpaved quadrangle in the cen ter was & morass of clinging clay. Car load cluders, however, will speedily |’m|n.h a sure footing | Happily for the high lord of the tre lury the rain held off until an unpre dented throrg had crowded into the grounds, The total pald admissions for the day were close to 11,000. Four addi | tional ticket boxes were erected outside | of the central arch and the three turn stileg were choked with the flow. Many were ir selves. disaster about not where the reltance arch a distressed of took warning from the preliminary drops and escaped the downpour, while more hardy visitors crowded into the gates with raised umbrellas. When the raiu came in earnest through its own private gateways, however, there was a merry seramble. Muddy feet crowded fnto Im maculate booths and the owners tried with a good grace to make the strangers wel come. Cont the iovernors Five Hundred. When the rain declared a truce the gul- | ters were running deep with water and the | more prudent went their ways home. There | were still a thousand or two left, how= ver, and the merriment went on to the usual time of closing-the temperate of 11 Orators of the ballyhoo urged the passersby to scorn a little matter of rain |and to enter fnstead their bright and | cheering inclosures ne of the hooths were injured, the only damage to the | Board of Governors being the enforced idlences of two large midway attractions | which are guaranteed $250 dally aplece The board is getting & full return from its booths, however, as every one of the 400 is let, each laden with its burden of things to eat, or see, or driuk. The most brilliantly lighted private booth om the grounds is that of The Bee, which pro clalms tst presence with an electric sign ten feet long stu with brilllants. A thr collection gathered w radlance on a rare of notable things by the staff artist | hundrea lights photographic and persons There are also reproductions of the Ak Sar-Ben number on a solid background of papler mache matrices. An interesting feature is two rolls of paper used in the huge Hoe presses, each roll welghing 1,800 pounds. Carnival Crowd Came Early. The wind of the early morning caught up the silken slush of confetti on the car nival grounds and hurried it away to out- of-the-way corners; the lights of the night were faded to lusterless bulbs, and the merry throng was in dressing gowns or office jackets. The carnival, in short, bore a sedate demeanor; Ak-Sar-Ben avenue, Bohemian terrace and all the others wers | again the pathway for a workaday world | The weather, which has mingled threats with blessings in a way to keep brave | knights' hearts a-flutter, opened for the day with an austerity which kept early vis | itors at a distance. Tardy exhibitors and | showmen took advantage of this privacy to trundle in with their carts and hurry thelr wares into place. Hammer wud nails | beat a flual choru: nd the city of gilded shacks, a mirage of yellow and green, red and white, mounted with Aladdin-ltke sud dennes When the threat of the skies gave way to blessings the workaday world seized its brooms and hammers and hurried away, for the crowd of the second was at the gates. The visitors arrived in force pefore noon, attracted by the real merit of the booths, which were too serious a matter to admire in the whirl of the night before Most of the trade exhibits have been sel | in place by experts in decorating with a L really tistic effect. The camera man put l'in an appearance for the first time and | scores of the booths perpetuated them i =clves in the morning sunlight. Then there were counters where one might eat—or | rather, taste—taking in return a moral oh ligation to remember the brand In one spotless olleloth kitchen an Alabama mam mie served griddle cakes, crisp and delic lous, while elsewhere one might sip at cocoa or nibble at patent food products, The sole entertalnment provided for the morning was a double concert in differen portions of the grounds. Just within the eentral arch Obrecht’s child band gave i number of credituble selections, and on the Eighteenth street platform the more numerous and mature musielans of Kip lnger's military bund attracted good crowd. During the afternoon the Obrecht children held a continuous reception. regular program for the day began at 1 p m., lncluding all the performers who gave their initiul performance on Monday. The brothers Lorbey went through thetr gym antics and Gus Rya®, George Rice's pigs aud the St. Belmos all did their part Tha nastic toward enlivening the scene, Concerts a4 Other Things. Today one of the most eventful days. the visltors are invited to lose thelr identity hebind marks and other disgulses and “Who's who?' will be an unanswered question from 10 untll 6 In mocerdance with the school board's action 1o declariug