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ABLISHED JU MEN NOT T0 BLAME Mitchell Holds Operators Responsible for Oontinuance of Coal Strike. STRIKERS HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED FAIRLY Ho Disposition to Meet Miners in Their Own * Conciliatory Bpirit, PARTIAL SETTLEMENT 1S NOW IMPOSSIBLE Only Bixty-Five Por Cent of the Owners Have 80 Far Acceded to Request. SCALE BONE OF CONTENTION SLIDING " Mave When Al the Posted Notl ployes W thing to Say. Comp Then Thelr Eme Have Some- HAZLETON, Pa, Oct. 21,.—When Presi dent Mitchell of the United Mine Workers was asked today what he had to say regurd to the settlement of the miners’ strike, he suid “As there ap tion the part the responsibility some disposi public place of the prolongation of the etrike the shoulders of the Mine Workers, speaking for them 1 want to say that when the Scranton convention accep- ted the 10 per cent advance in Wages, pro viding the operators abolished the sliding won nd guaran: the payn of the advance until April 1, the miners had me the operators more than half way They had show ¢ no good resson should not have b rators. As consequence, bility for the contipuane of the strike rests on the failure of the operators 1o treat the proposition of thelr workers con- elderately The public should understand that unsat- fsfactory us is the proposition of the ope- rators who make the reduction in the price ot powder a part of the advance of 10 per cent, th even this proposition has not been offered by a very large number of the ccal-producing companies in the anthracite reglon and until all companies guarantee the payment of 10 per cent ad- vance above the rate of wages paid in Sep- tomber until April 1, according to the d cision of the Scranton convention, the miners are powerless to act. 1 want to yepeat again that there can be no partial pectional settlement of this strike. The large companies in the Lehigh reoglon that have refused to move at all mince the Scranton convention was hell are Coxe Bros. & Co., the largest coal producers in the Lehigh region; G. I Markle & Co., the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre company, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company and & large number of smaller eompunies. There is also a cousiderable number of coal compunies In the Lacka- wanna and Wyoming reglons that have not guarentoed (e payrent of the 10 per cont advance until April. The only dis- trict that has accepted the terms of the Scranton convention In full is No. 9, bet- tor kaown as the Schuylkill district. Cowmpanles which produce 65 per cent of @ total production of the anthracite coal fields bave guaranteed the payment of tha 10 per ccnt advance and have abolished the sliding scale. When Mr. Mitchell was asked what would do If all the companies were post notices, he sald ¥hen all the companies have posted votices, then I will have something to ¥ When It was suggested ta him that there might be a break In the ranks of t strikers If the contest was to continue longer, ho sald no men will go back to the mines until they are notified officlally to returm The strikers here belleve that the com panies which have falled to comply with the mgreement of Thursday's conference to post an amendment to the original offer continulng its application until April 1, are Influcnced by @ desire to hold up the set- tlement and see {# it Is not possible to cause & break in the Schuylkill region. SCRANTON DECIDES TO WAIT No Action Looking to the Cloaing of the erien WiIl Be Taken for & Little While, ra to be ot the to on why the proposition on accepted by the ope a the responsi- he to SORANTON, Pa., Oct, 21.—A meeting of the presidents of the Scranton unions of the United Mine Workers was held this afternoon to discuss the advisability of taking aggressive steps toward closing up the washeries. After carefully canvassing the situation, ft was decided to let the matter rest for a while. The fact that the end of the strike Is believed to be at hand fmpelled the meeting to refrain from mak ing this movement, which it is generally vonceded would be attended with the pos- sibility of disorder and would have a ten- @ency to do more harm to the cause than the operation of the washerles The general situation was also discussed pnd ono of the presidents at the conclusion ©f the meeting said to the Assoclated Press that in his judgment the men would be patisfied to accept the 10 per cent offer With the powder clause included. “All that we can expect to enforce Is that we get the 10 per cent,” he sald. “It fs hardly the thing to think that we can dictate to the companies.” However, District Organizer Fred Dilcher @loes not talk this way. He says the con- ventlon demanded & straight 10 per cent sdvance, with the powder question left for future adjustment, and until this demand complied With to the very letter the officors have no authority to call off the pirike. Pressure Drought on Opera WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 21.—The gen- eral beltef here Is that the coming week il seo the end of the strike. The strikers 60 not wdmit this openly. Both sides are expected to make concessions. Politiclans bave had thelr say In the negotiations look- fug toward a settlement and now the sales agents for the big coal companies #nd the retall dealers in the big cities ore taking a band. They are writing and telegraphing every day to the coal com- panies that unless something is done soon 1o bring the strike to an end and an effort made to get some hard coal on the market at saleable figures the anthracite trade will be demoralized for years to come and soma of 1t will be lost forever. One sales agent writes: “One largest customers tells me that of my consum- ers are getting to like bituminous coal anl that they think they will keep on using it Tt s ‘such reminders as these that make the operators just as apxious to settle the ptrike as the striker: . Pollce Have Little to Do, MANSFIELD, G, Oct. 2 The aeu TLoa, ‘caile here from Creatiine odog In A carriage, but was st away \ “ae polive. n| | a concilintory spirit and I know | Dowleite THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. NE Cabiu e of New Captain of Madrid. ien Bes ral MADRID, Oct. 21.—Senor Silvela, the mier, had a conference with the queen regent today and formally announced the | resignations of Senor Gassett, minister of agriculture, and Senor Dato, minister of the {nterfor, together with the resignations of high officlals in other departments, as protest against the appointment of General Weyler as captain general of Madrid. The cabinet council which followed disclosed | serious differonces between the members ot the ministry and the premier decided to place the question of confidence in the cab- inet before the queen regent At 7 o'clock Senor Silvela went the palace to tender the resignation of the en- tire cabinet Subsequently the queen received General Ascarraga, president of the Senate, to whom she intrusted the formation of a new minis- try. HAD TO RETURN GATE MONEY Refasal of MeFarland to Ride at Paris Cnuses Lows te Man- to PARIS, Oct. 21.—In spite | weather o large crowd assembled at bleyele track in the Parc des Princes to- day to witness the much-advertised match lover a of twenty miles betweeen | MacPariand and Jacquelin, in which the | French rider was to make a most important | attompt long-distance racer. When the men alled, MacFarland declined to race, owing to the sodden state of the track, and thereupon It was announced that Jacquelin would ride over the course. The | crowd protested so uproarfously over tho suggestion of a “walkover” that the management was obliged to return all the gate money. George Banker, the American eyclist wald before salling yesterday that he had declded to abandon racing CULLER TELLS KRUGER STORY Says Conquerors of I Be Merciful to Them. the course as a were DURBAN, Natal, Oct. 21.—General Bulle speaking before an assemblage of his ad- wirers here today, said I In 1881 1T met Mr. Kruger | furm. near Newcastle. He said we don't ke this Jeace. { replied: “Neither do I, because we have got nothing to stand upon. You think you liva benten us, but we know we can beat you Mr. Kruger rejoined have seen that when are eepurated they are | they have fought it out ave fought It out and have come out 1 Wea shall be good friends, because dog never takes advanta of the O'Net ne at “Well, general, 1 two dogs fight and never right until USSIA HAS MONEY ENOUGH Minister of Filuance Makes Offcinl Denial of Loan Rumor, Which He Charges to Speculators. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 21.—The Officlal Messenger makes this aunouncement: I view of the fales reports appasring In foreign papers that Russia {s sceking to cenclude o forelgn loan the minister of finance considers It necessary again to de- clare that the government 1s not seeking to conclude loans of any kind, seeing that the current revenue and the cash reserve fully suffice to meet the ordinary expenditure as well a8 the outlay entalled by events in the far, east. All the newspaper reports concerning an alleged Russian loan emanate from various speculators, who persikiently but unsuc wfully endeavor to force their services upon the minister of finance. AIRSHIP DOES SOME BETTER Maneuvers of Count Zeppeliu's Aerinl _ Cratt Witneased Wondering Royalty, FREDRICSHAFEN HAVEN, Germany, Oct. 21.—Another trial of Count Zeppelin's airship was made today, resulting in a series of successful evolutions. The airship, with Count Zeppelin and Herr Fugene Wolff on board, ascended at 5 p. m. to an altitude of five-eighths of a mile, where various maneuvers were executed. It then descended slowly to the water, which it reached near the point of departure at 5:25. The king and queen of Wurtemburg witnessed the trial Trafalgar Day in England. LONDON, Oct. 21.—Trafalgar day was celebrated in the usual fashion throughout England. Nelson's column in Trafalgar square was decorated with besutitul wreaths, There was a mualcipal proces- sion nt Liverpool. Nelson ship, the Victory, was tung with wreaths at Fort mouth At Rottingdean Rudvard Kipling addressed « meeting and dwelt on the importance of | maintaining a strong navy After the audience General Azearraga con forred with the duke of Tetuan and Senor Silvela. His attitude was very reserved and it is thought he will have difficulty In form- ing a cabinet El Heraldo will ma tomorrow that Senor Silvela o a cooversation with soveral journalists after his resignation sald he would not only renounce the presidency of the cabinet, but the leadership of the con- servative party. Methuen Reoccuples Zernst. CAPETOWN, Oct. 21.—Lord Methuen has reaccupled Zerust and captured a large number of wagons, a large quantity of | stores and many cattle and sheep. A dispatch from Zerust says that Van- | boosburg, an American lleutenant, who has been fighting with and financing the Boers, declared himself tired of the war. Spatn Sella Out in China MADRID, Oct. 21.—The Spanish govern- ment has decided to sell the Spanish le tion bulldiugs in Pekin, now occupied by oficials of the French legation. Senor B. J. DeCologan, Spanish minister to China, wires that he can transrer the legation to Shang- hai early in January. a- Rosebery Writes of Napoleon, LONDON, Oct. 22.—Lord Rosebery, Daily Chronicle announces, Is about to publish & volume entitled ‘‘Nupoleon, the Last Phase,” a study of the emperor dur- mg the closing years of his life at St Helena, the Revolution in Santo Domingo. KINGSTON, Jamalica, Oct. 21.—Advices recoived from Haytl say the revolution in Sauto Domingo 1s not over and fightine continues in the interior, although the revo- lutionlsts are weak. Novelist Buchanan 1. LONDON, Oct. 21.—Robert Buchanan, the povellst, has had a cerebral hemorrhage which was followed by paralysis of the right #lde and complete loss of speech. His con- dition is eritic Reserve Squadron for England. LONDON, Oct. 21.—The admiralty, ae- cording to the Daily Mail, is abont to or- ganize o reserve squadron for home waters. of the very bad | of | MON OMAHA, Ineane Prisoners Overpower Their Kespers and Make Dash for Liberty, LUNATICS ARM THEMSELVES WITH CHINA Tarnkeys %o Soon as They Recover | from the Surprise of the Assault Give Chase and Capture Nearly All the Pat POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Oct. 21.—There was a revolt at the Mattewan Hospital for the Criminal Insanc tonight, when six or elght keepers were assaulted and over- vowered by about twenty inmates. Some of the patients escaped and seven are still at large. One or two of the keepers are badly bruised. supper they were taken back to thelr apart- ments with thelr keepers, Among the num- ber were fitteen or twenty who slept in one of the large corridors where there were six or eight keepera. There were no suspicious movements until suddenly each keeper was attacked simultaneously by two or three patients and heavy blows fell on the heads of the surprised attendants. The keys were soon taken from them and a rush was made for the door. Each of the patients as he passed through the diniog room picked up a heavy plate or bowl. From the dining room they went through the adjoining rooms and then into the long hall leading to the rear exit Through the yard they ron like deer and crowded around the big gate in the wall, while one of their number was turning the | key in the lock. When the gate was thrown | open they rushed out of the yard, running fairly over each other in their auslety to be free again In the meantime the keepers had recov- ered from the surprise given them by thelr assallants and gave an alarm. Chase was given across the hospital farm and all but seven of the patients were captured. The keepers then took the recaptured patients back to the institution and had them se- curely focked up in other parts of the build- ing. By this time the keepers had formed several searching parties and they all started out to scour the woods in the vicin- {ity. The keepers who were assaulted were glven medical attention and joined in the search for the fugitives. The revolt, it is thought, was caused directly by the cramped quarters at the hospital CHERRY BACK FROM AFRICA Chicago Explorer Who Led French Expedition to Congo Heard from in Paris. | CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—Word was received here today of the arrival in Paris of the young African explorer and engineer, Wil- liam Stamps Cherry of Chicago. He cowes direct from the Congo Free State, Since Mr. Cherry left Chicago nearly four years ago on his second trip he has visited a consid- erablo portion of the unknown lands in the Congo Free State and the country north of the Congo, including the Kittu reglon. Mz, Gherry brings hack_copstdazable dats, of the country through which he has been trageling and which will be of immediate historlc and scientific interest. When Eng- land and France nearly went to war over the Fashoda affair Major Marchand, it will be remembered, had taken possession of that portion of the country on the Nile as an outlet for the French possessions. M. rry at that time was the leader of a second expedition organized for the Congo, which followed closely the one commanded by Marchand. On the trip Mr. Cherry took with him, besides supplies for Marchand, a steel river steamer, in sections, and on his arrival on the banks of the Nile supervised the steamer's reconstruction. This boat played an important part in that interna- tional episode, as the intention of France was to use the steamer in establishing French domination over the lands bordering the Nile. On his return to the Congo country from Fashoda Mr. Cherry devoted a portion of bis time to the exploration of the hitherto unknown Kittu reglon lylng to the north of the Free State and the Congo country. The Kittu reglon is far removed from the portion of contral Africa, with which Henry M. Stanley made the world so familiar. It is expected thut Mr. Cherry will bring back considerable information of the social life and industries of & people never before visited by a white man. The young Chicagoan also traveled over equatorial Africa to correct any misleading information concerning that country. He has taken a series of photographs of the va- rious African tribes and added largely to the collection of curios secured on his first trip. Mr. Cherry was accompanied on his lntest trip by Charles H. McClintock of Chicago About a year after thelr arrival in the French Congo Mr. McClintock succumbed to African fever. Mr. Cherry then coutinued the trip aloue strikers Will Not Go Back to Work. SHAMOKIN, Pa, Oct. 21.—Committees of United Mine Workers canvassed the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron com- pany strikers at this place, Mount Carmel and Locust Gap today to learn whether any of the men intended going to work tomorrow, The strike leaders this even- ing stated that no one would respond to the blowing of the whistles except engineers and fire bosses. A prominent member of & local coa) company says the company re fuses to corcede the demand made by the Scranton couvention. The company claims that its busy season has heen ruined by the strike and it does not care when (h strike is sottled, feellng positive that they can hold out much longer than the strik- ing miners Warner Miller Goes Railroading. TACOMA, Wash,, Oct. 2L—Former Sena- tor Warner' Miller of New York has secured a permit for a raflroad across the north half of the Colville Indian reservatlon for the Republic & Kettle River rallroad, of which he I8 chief promoter. Senator Miller went to Washington and ate of Oc tober § secured & permit from the secretary Interior departmen Grand v made gurveys before the re: | serve was opened and then sent an attorney to Washington to obtain a permit such as Miller ‘had secured. The attorney has not et succeeded and finds his company respasser for having surveyed without a permit. Big Steel Plant May Come. MSBURG, Pa., Oct. 21.—The merelal Gazetfe tomorrow will sav bold & Dickiiod of Bheffield the largest manufacturers of criciole st in Great Britain. contemplate moving the lant to the United Btates. A site provid- e excellent water and ratl-shinning 1 cilities has been optioned near Wheeling V. Va., and it is proposed to erect thereot & modérn plant costing upward of £3,.00) %0. which from the first will employ about 2500 men. The obfect of the movement is 1o get into the American mark Con- atantly increasing cost of coal in England 15 & prominent factor acting as an impetus to the movement P Com- Sey- England, the “ll'l“l Game, LONDON, Oct, Next Thursday Lord Rosobery will mell his' racing stable. fhe reanon for this is not publicly known. Much regret 1 axpressed in the racing world. Rosebery Qui After the patients had been given théir | 18 a | DAY MORNING, OCTOBER oo =22, 1900, { WKINLEY’S ELECTION ASSURED State WASHINGTON, D. €, Oct. 20. 2‘ sececccscscssstcsscssssscssssscss will carry He will also carry New York and land and Indinna. In Kentucky the date for governor, and $n Nebraska legislature. A monthago Maryland leans, wincere in his support of Bryan, but four ¥ portant factor. election 1s now assured. ceesssssssssssasrssrencel Since then tfie gold democrats have shown great thelr Influence may redeem it for McKinley nrs ago, 18 now an active advocate of Bry Washington € World-Herald Man Gives Up Bryan in a Signed ment, The prevailling opinlon touching the result of the election, as reflected by competent judges, is that Me- Kinley will be elected by a majority as substantial as that of 1806, Ilinols, Kansus and Sounth Ho Dakota and possibly Kentucky. West Virginia, but may lose Mary- republicans will elect thelr candi- they may elect the governor and was ne good as lost to the repub- activity and Gorman s probably not the Baltimore Sun, for McKinley an and this is an im- Unless there Is an unforeseen force at work McKinley' FREDERICK F. BCHRADER 4 orrespondent Omaha World-Herald, @eecesscsseccsssrccsssosss WANT FRIARS KEPT OUT Filipinos Object to Relnstatement of iglous Mentord to prmer Stneenres MANILA, Oct. 21.—The Thilippine’ com- | mission has passed a bill appropriating $475,000 gold for the payment'of expenses tneurred for the benefit of the fngular go | ernment during October. The bill goes fully ture throughout the archip:iago. Judge Taft, president of the commission, | has been engaged for some time in taking a mass of Filipino testimony concerning the conduct and policy of the friars, this being a continuation of the investigation which began with the depositions of bishops |and members of monastic orders. The statements of the Filipinos go to show that the friars under the Sp: | abused thelr powers over and that the community this abuse of authority often led to immorality. All the testhmony offered by the Filipinos shows tbat they do not desire the return of the friers to the par- chbishop Chappelle has gone to the peaceful provinces of northern Luzon, ac- | companied by three Dominican friars. It is asserted and generally belleved t he intends to re-establish these friars in cer- tain parishes and the trip is exciting the | natives in Manila, who call upon their coun- trymen to prevent the re-establishment of any friar on the ground that it would fix a dangerous precedent for the future. Senor Buencamino has recelved what pur- POTts to be a letter from Aguinaldo ordering the former leaders of the fasurrection to de- | #ist from the formation of poljtical parties and to cease all their attempts at pacifica- tion The letter mysteriously hints that plans are maturing among the armgd.rebels in (ho fleld and describes these n#s’'best for the countr the letter is genuine, The military situation was'comparatively quiet last week, The . 6 mili tary auibioritfes, the :ff'?’ g.w 3’":'& tor eigners are awaiting the redalt of the presi- dentlal election in the United States. Many persons assert that whatever this may be it will have no immediate effect on the armed forces in the Philippines and that disorders and guerrilla attacks will continue for some time. R. Wildman, United States consul gen- eral at Hong Kong, who s now in Manila | says the expectation of a general anti-for- | elgn outbreak in southern China, notably in Canton, is growing daily and that cable- grams to him last week record a growing uneasiness in Hong Kong A troop of the Sixth United States cavalry and a contingent of marines from the In- diana have arrived here from China, KANSAS CITY HORSE SHOW es from Almost Every Section Entered for the Many Rich rizes. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 21.—Almost every state in the union that has fine horses has sent a contingent of high steppers to tha #ixth annual horse show that will begin tomorrow and run for a week. There will be over 300 thoroughbred animals here, ac companled by some of the best known horsemen in the country. The show will be held in convention hall, whose fmmense area has been transformed into un ideal ehow ring. This year's show will present one of the largest lists of prizes ever offered on a similar occasion. Tomorrow the A. E. Stilwell stake of $1,000 will be awarded to the four best saddle horses entered. Among the entries in this clasa | will be Thomas W wson's mare, Gypsy | Queen, hought ntly at Versailles, Ky. for $3,000 » of the representative who have or are expected by morrow are B. I'. Gregory of England, with an exhibit of polo ponics; the stubles of W. Springer, Colonel W Hughes, Dr R. Rust, Dr. Sherman Willlams and Judge O. E. LeFevre of Denver; Danfel R. Hogan, Littleton, Colo.; C. §. Palmer, Idaho Springs, Colo.; George G, Bernard, Colorado Springs, Colo.; (. E. Rawson, Des Moines Ta.; A. P. Valentine, M. W. Marshall and George Lehigh of Chlcago; O. F. Nagle, Lexington, Ky, and Ball Bros, Ver sallles, Ky. The stables of R. Park J. C. Sharp and W. C. Mitchell of St. Louls and W Lawson of Boston, which have beene exhibiting at Louisyille this week, ar rived today The judges are as follaws: Guited Saddlo Horses and High Hor S. Crabb, Eminence, Ky lace Mo, E Pratt, Little Ark Heavy Harness J.; Gecrge B. Hunters, Jumpers, Trot aud Canter Mack, Bosten; € Roadsters and Appoiutments Galbreath, Dallas, Tex.; Murray Chicago; O. P. Updegraff, Topeku, American Zionist | NEW YORK, Oct. 21 | persons met tonight at | Weicome home the American delegates to the fourth Zionlst conference at London The reception was given under the auspic s of the Assoclated Zionists. Isidor D. M rlson, secretary of the Federated American Zioniuts, presided, and in Iis address of welcome sald tnat the political Zionists de- sired a charter from the suitan, wuthoriz ing them to take back the holy land and that they asked the powers to approve and protect this charter. Prof. R Gottheil jresident of the Federated Amerioan Zlo ts, who represented the Zlionists at ths )ndon meeting, read his report. He suld the meeting at London was the most sue- censful Zioniat conferenca ever held. Rev Mr. Cohn spoke of the spritial desiiny of Zlonism, Other speakers were' Mra. It Gotthell, Joseph Selft and Rev. Matinsky. arrived te J E | | | | von Wedelstadt School ; Wal Rock. w €. E. Quinton, Trenton, Hulme, New York Polo Ponies, Walk Saddle Horses—Thomas Qui New Jersey N Howe. Kun Meet, Chree thousand Cooper Unfon 10 Fire Follows Safe Cracking. GRAND FORKS, N. D., Oct Hurslars last night blew open the safe in the Great Northern depot at Caviler, N. D., and the explosion et fire to e buflding, which was totally wuestroyed. It I8 not kiown what amount of money was secured. Two men fnto detall regarding the items of expendi- | Senor Buencamina declares that | Warren | L Huge Tank of Gasoline'Explodes, Wreoking Huge Warchouse, | BODIES OF FOUR MEN TAKEN FROM RUINS FIREVEN KILLED AT ST, PAU Conflagration, Which W Noticed in Slaughter House, Thought to Have Been o Incendiary Origin, ST. PAUL, Minn,, Oct A fire which broke out in the slaughtering | pen of A. V. Hiaman & Co.'s packing house at the Minnesota transfer ehortly after mid- 21.—As a result of ber of others injured aud about §130,000 destroyed The dead SECOND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF WiL- LIAM H. IRVINE, LIEUTENANT FRANK M BERT IRISH LOUIS WAGNER Avndrew Johnson, badly crushed The injured William Field | Thomas Clarkin The fire property worth EDE taken fiom the ruins internal injuries. both legs crushed which s supposed to have been of incendiary origin, spre rapldity, fanned by a strong, southerly wind, and firemen were soriously handicapped by lack of water supply and further by the fact that the long bridge over the railroad | tracks, which furnished access to the scene of the conflagration, was torn up, undergo- ing repairs. From the packing house the flames spread (o the warehouse of the North- | western Lime company and thence to the McCormick Harvester company's large hrick warebouse filled with valuable farm ma- chinery. It was here that the fatalitles oc- curred. The firemen had entered the Me- Cormick warehouse t0 he in a better posi- ton to fight the flames. Thore was a tank contalning 200 gallons of gasoline in the rear part of the building and its explosion shattered the walls and buried the men in the debris. tims have all been recovered. The McCormick Harvester company was the heaviest loser, Its loss footing up $380.- 000, Of this $80,000 was on the bulldings and $300,000 on stock and notes, all it pupers and records being burned. It car- ries no insurance. The loss of [ M. Rob- bins, owner of the packing house wher the fire originated, is placed at $35,000 which Included the loss on several 4 ment houses and other buildings. The loss to the Great Northern railroad on cars destroyed foots up $5,000; Northwestern Lime company, $15,000; A V. Hinman & Co., leseees of the packing house plant, lost $4,000 on stock and machinery; the Merriam Park Ice company, $1,000 on build ings and stock, and other minor losses which will bring the total to nearly $450 000. Losers other than the McCormick company are well protected by insurance. TO CONFER ABOUT MISSIONS rients © and Laymen of Ppiscopal urch Meet in Louisville This Week. LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 21.—Bishops of the Protestant Eplscopal church occupied the pulpits of the Loulsville Episcopal churches today. This, the Sunday before the meoting of the missionary councll of the Domestie and Forelgn Missionary So clety of the church, s called Missionary Sunday. There was a children’s mass meet ing this afternoon at the Auditorium and tonight there was a misslonary meet{ at St Paul's church | The first regular seesion il will be held Tuesday church cathedral, where there will be a colebration of the holy communion, fol lowed Ly & sermon by Bishop Partridge of | Kyoto, Japan. On Tuesday afternoon the counctl will meet at the Liederkranz hall and will continue three days. Next to the general convention the council is the most {mportant gathering of the Eplscopal church in this country. Many notable men both from the priesthood and the lalty are arriving to attend it. of the coun morning at Christ OFFICERS OF WHISKY TRUST tors Organize Kice President and Thoma lan Chatrman, NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—The new board of { directors of the Distilling Company of Awerica bas elected these officers: Presi- dent, B. M. Rice; first vice president, Thomas Dolan; second vice president, Ed son Bradley; third vice president, H. M Cardeza; treasurer, A. P. Plummer; secre- tary, T. K. Wentworth, | Mr. Dolan was also made chairman of | the bourd of directors and Mr. Bradley | chalrman of the executlve committee. |JUST LIKE HERR BISMARCK Count Von Buelow Will Ret erign Ofce as Well Chancellorship, n For- a BERLIN, Oct, 21.—Count von Buelow wlill retain the Forelgn office porifolio and the chancellorsbip like the late Prince Bis- marck, Prince Hohenlobe will epend some time at Baden Baden, Munich and Aussig. le probably will pass the winter In Berlin “Johan Dies of Pneu BERLIN, Oct. 21.—"Johann Bailey's famous gorilla, pneumonia at Nuremburg n Baroum & has just died of Scarelity of Dwellings in Berlin, BERLIN, Oct. 21.--The Berlin municipal councll has appointed & commission to in- J The bodles of the other vie- | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER for_Nebraska Northw Forecast Fair; Warmer Temperature nt ¢ De erly Winds, BIG GUNS DO NOT WORK Battleshlp Kentneky, Which Set Safl for China, Puts liack for Ixmminatl NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—Captain Chester of the battleship Kentucky, which sailed for China yesterday and returned to Tompkins- ville, §. L, last night, said today that the ship would be ready to start ou Tuesday or Wednesda Machinists wore engaged today fn work on the two thirteen-inch guns in the for ward turret, trying to ascertain if the de- fect in the mechanism was so serious as to make necessary the sending of the big bat tleship to Newport News, where sho was built, Sailors of the Kentucky say that when the battleship put to sea they were called to quarters and the thirteen-inch guns were discharged. One of the big guns in the for- ward turret would not go back to place The trouble was due to an imperfect valve. “The superimposed turret had nothing to do with our coming back to port,” satd Cap- tain Chester. “There is no question as to the mechanical arrangements. In my | judgment, the turrets are less lable to suf | ter disaster than it they were separate, as carried by the Oregon, Massachusetts and vessels of that class.” Spectnlists 1n Municipnl Hysiene Wil Meet In Ind Today. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct Nearly 100 nlsh regime greatly | pight last four firemen are dead and a num- | Jelegates have arrived for the national con- veution of the American Public Health as sociation, which convenes here (OmOITOW. Speclalists in municipal hygiene from Can- ada, Mexico and all over the United States are here. The meetings will last from Mon- | day to Thursday. Nineteen papers will be read, covering various phases of municipal hygiene. The titles of.some of these papers are “The Pollution of the Public Water Sup- ply,” “Disposal of Refuse Matter,” “Car San fon,” “Relation of Forestry to the | Public Health” “Public Health Legisla- | tion” and “Dangers to Public Health from | Huminating and Fue! Gas." Many local committees have been or- | ganized and elaborute mrrangements have | been made to entertain the visitors. All of Wednesday will be devoted to sewerage and water supply problems, with special atten- tion to the engineering phase of the sub- Ject PUT TRUST IN UNITED STATES Progressive Cpbans Helleve Thelr Government Will Be Wisely Administered, HAVANA, Oct. 2l—~Senor Salvador Cls- neros Betancourt fn an fnnocent letter to the press of Puerto Principe sald: “If the government of intervention does not keep its promises 1 have confidence that should the time arrive when a display would be necessary the'Cubans would show the same lonesty, energy and valor as the Spaniards showed at the alege of Numancia and re- |sist until the whole island was utterly | rutned.” El Diario de la Marina, commenting on | this says: “We do not think that many will follow #a advice of Senor Clisneros. Naturally the fnhabitants of Numancia fought to the death, as they had only to choose be- | tween belng killed while fighting and be- ing murdered. Fortunately our con- querors are content to govern and admin | ister the country in the interests of civ- ilizatton.” KILLED IN TEXAS CYCLONE Six Negroea Hurled to Death by Ter- o Windstorm Near Village ot ai. ATLANTA, Tex., Oct. 21.—A tornado struck about half a mile west of Lodi and fifteen miles west of here today. The path | ot the tornado was 200 yards wide und the wind swept everythiug before it One house in the center of its path, occupied by negroes, was destroyed, slx people being killed outright and three others are missing who are supposed to be dead. The tornado traveled from tho southwest to the northwest, crossing the Texas & Pa- cific rallroad at Campbellsville spur, a lum- ber loading statfon (wo miles north of Lodi The lumber was carried away in all diree tions. It I8 feare further logs of life has resulted in the country. A hard rain fell bere all morning. The result will be con siderable damage to the cotton crop re maining ungatbered in this sectlon. INDIANS MAY GIVE TROUBLE Creekn, Chactawn, Chicka; okeen and Seminoles Will Fight for Treaty Rights, DBNISON; Oct, 21.—~The Creek fullblood council has been joined by the Choctaws, Chickasaws and ' Seminoles. They are armed with rifies. All declare they will stand by the treaty of 1866 and will not take allotment of lands. Colonel Sheene fele, agent of the Five Civilized tribes, 1s confident that he can bandle the situation, THOUGHT TO BE LLOYD SCOTT Arrested at Bismarck Held as the Murderer of Mabel Herman. Oct. 21.—A man was is thought to be BISMARCK, N. D, arrested he today who [ Lloyd Scott, wanted at Deadwood, §. D, for the murder of Mabel Herman. He Is being held to await the arrival of officers | from Deadwood to establish his fdentity. HIS SPINAL COLUMN BROKEN Southern Boy Dies of Injuries Re. celved | ractice Game | of Fou ASHEVILLE, N. C, Oct. 21.—A, D. Price of Palestine, Tex., & student of the Bix ham school, dled today from fnjuries sus- tained In a practice game of foot ball terday. His spinal column was broken ba- tween his shoulder Thrown from the Track, ALTOONA, Pa., Oct. 21.—This afternoon a locomotive and several were thrown from the track near Center county on the Bald Bagle rallroad by runuing over a cow The engineer, Johp Foster, and his fireman, Dantel Snyder, both of Tyrone, were killed Willlam Welser, & brakewan, was seriously cars are suspectad and the sherlff is after (hnml ves.lgate the scarcity of dwellings in Berlin, | lnjured. ATTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH | RUSSIA MAY COME IN Anglo-German Agreement Will Be Shown to Csar's Government, NO INTENTION TO OVERLOOK THE BEAR His Pleasure Not Aeked, but His Endorse- ment Seems Essential, FRANCE IS NOT VERY WELL PLEASED Rearrangement of Lines Not at All to Taste of Parisian Pross, ENGLISH HAIL IT AS A MASTER STROKE New Combination of World Powers lelleved by London Papers to He in Interest of a Fer- manent Peace, PARIS, Oct, 21—~The Anglo-German agreement to maintaln the territory and integrity of China and to keep her ports open to the cowmerce of the world con tinues to monopolize public attention in France, the omlssion of the name of Rus #la, according to the version of the agree ment supplied by the Havas agency, being the chief subject of comment. The Temps says: “We can see nothing in the fmme- dlate sense of the agreement which does not merit approbation, but the elimination of Russiu's name is calculated to hurt her feelings by showing distrust, even sup- posing the intentions of the two powers (o bo the purest. It {s to be regretted that the wording of the agreement gives an appearance of hostility to an ally. The work of peace is not furthered by throw- | Ing & bomb, “There are two important points in the agrecment. The first fs that the second article destroys somewhat the value of the protocol's disintercstedness by resery Ing to the contracting powers the right to make eventual arrangements according to the bebavior of a third party, The sec ond point Is that It this specific accord, in- dicated by a lasting understanding be- tween Germany and Great Britain, it will be, thanks to the sad Transvaal war, for warding a favcrite plan of Lord Rosobery and Mr. Chamberlain and at the same time will be the starting point of a new era in international relations.” Went OF Halt Cocked. After the foregolng and similar comments had appeared in the French press it be- came known that all the papers had been put on a false scent by an error in trans- mitting the text of the agreement—tho omission of the name of Russia among the names of the powers to which the agreement is to bo communicated. The comments were writton on the theory that the Havas ugency text is correct. LONDON, Oct. 2L—All the morning papers dilate on the high importuace of the Anglo-American agreoment. The Dally Telegraph, waich describes 1t s “the mokt remarkable success scored by British diplomacy since the Berlin treaty,." says: “The significant circumstances of its publication clearly suggests that it was initiated by Lord Salisbury at the moment when an 1ll-considered call was made for his retirement from the Forelgn office.” Although without much effusive pralse of Lord Salisbury's diplomacy, most of the papers warmly approve the agreement and recognize in it & warning to other powers especially to Russta. The Daily Graphie remarks: “The agreement 1s the outcome of Germany's isolation in China. She has found herselt committed to a punitive policy without the support of the other powers. It is another journey to Canossa for the German jingoes." The Daily News, after asking whether there 1s any secret understanding hehind the agreement, says that Lord Salisbury has aguin changed his policy and has aband oned the British sphere of influence along the Yang Tse Kiang The Daily Mail sa: “The agreement almost amounts to an offensive and de- fensive alllance. It will put an end to the last hope of Buropean intervention in South Africa.” The Standard, which is unstinted in praise of Lord Sallsbury and Count von Buelow, has this to say: “The agreement should be endorsed with alacrity by the United States government, which has con stituted itself an advocate of the ‘open door’ and {s almost anxlous to avold any pro longed entanglement in the far east.” Thunderer Takes 1t Coolly, The Times, somewhat less euloglstic, says: It weems to be a sensible and busi nesslike agreement o far it goes, but hardly fustifies the far-reaching inferences some persons appear disposed to draw from tt. The first and clauses bind us to nothing which we have uot wlready pro- fessed. Russla has expressly declared that her occupation of Man rla is only tem- porary, whils nobody can suppose that Ger- many Intends to abandon her traditional policy toward Russia in favor of an antl- Russlan alifance.” The Dally Chronicls, the Morning Post and the Dally News adopt a similar tone The first named journal sald: “The first amed clause may mean nothing, or some thing very serlous, s no sane man expects Russla to withdraw from Manchuria.” The Morning Post says: “Russia will probably not be frightened by the third clause of the agroement. Doubtless she hus already made her bargain with Germany, the latter belng in the habit of making agreements with both sldes at onc ity second Austrin's Sluister Comment. VIENNA, Oct, 21.—The Fremdenblat anl the Neule Frele Press approve the Anglo- rman agreement, and express themselves the bellet that the powers will agree “because any power refusing to do would excite distrust.” BERLIN, Oct. 21.—With the exception of a few notoriously anti-British journals, the entire German press approves the Anglo- German agreement. Its effect on Russin excites keen curlosity, it being no secret that the relations botween Germany and Kussia have lately become cooled BRUSSELS, Oct. 21.~The Independence Belge, which considers the Anglo-German agreement directed against Russia, whoso influence in the east is now permanent, says Great Britaln 1s too weak and ex- bausted to undertake izolated mction, mnd, wishing to yrevent other powers from ob- taining more than itself, {nslsts on main- taining the statu quo.” Agreement Recelved nt Wanhi WASHIN 'ON, Oct. 21.~The State de- partm 8 recelved a copy of the Anglo- German agreement regarding China, pub In the Assocluted Press dispateh from London yesterday afternoon It was sent fo the department yegterday afternoon Ly Count de Quadt, the Germyn charge @'affalres, who earller in the day had re-