Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 22, 1901, Page 1

THE OMAHA DaAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871, OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 2 1901-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. HAY IS TO EXPLAI) Osbinet Decides that Russlan Gevernment Noods to Be Enlightened, IS UNNECESSARILY IRATE OVER DUTIES Yeoks Vongeanos Where No Harm Was Ever Intended. OTHER NATIONS AREN'T OBJECTING Osuntervailing Duty on Petrelenm Horete- re Unattacked. MECRETARY GAGE FULLY SUSTAINED Pthers of the Ofel Family Approve Action He Took and Think All 3 s Neceanary is the Rus- "’ ucation, * WASHINGTON, June 21.—Most of the Rime of the cabinet today was spent in a (@iscussion of the action of the Treasury de- ’anment in imposing a countervailing duty on certaln Russlan products, Secretary Gage explained in detail the action which the department had taken and the cabinet unanimously approved of what he had done. As a result of the consideration of the entire matter by the cablnet, Secretary Hay will soon make representations to the Russian government fully explaining the attitudo of this country and pointing out 'that Russia has acted hastily and under a {misapprehension of the facts in its posi- ‘tion of retallation. The statement of the ecretary of the treasury is substantially 'as follows: Secretary Gage called attention to the tarift act of July 24, 1897, known as the Dingley act, which, among other things, provides that if there be fmported into /the United States crude petroleum or the products of crude petroleum, produced in auy country which imposes a duty on petroleum or its products, exported from the United States, there shall in such cases be levied, paid and collected a duty upon sald crude petroleum or its products o imported, equal to the duty imposed by such country. This provision was embod- fed in a circular issued to the officers of the customs, dated April 21, 1898, to which was appended u schedule of 109 countries 4mposing a duty on petroleum and its pro- ducts. These countrics Included France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Spain and practi of the world. This circular was issued for the purpose of carrying into effect the pe- | troleum provision of the Dingley tarift aw. Test Case. On June 18, 1900, an Invoice of refined petroleum was received at Rochester, N. Y., ! munufactured from crude petroleum pro- duced In Ru: The collector of customs | &t Rochester held that the refined article ! was subject to duty as a production of Russia and assessed -duty sccordingly. An | appeal was taken from the action of the collector to the board of general appraisers at New York, This board on January 30, 1901, sustained the collector. holding that petroleum produced in Russia and im- ported into England and there refined and thence sent to this country was dutiable at a rate equal to that imposed by Russia on petroleum imported into that country from the United States. No protest or objection, o far as the department knows, was received from any country against this decision and the mat- ter was not again brought to the atten- tlon of the government until March 9 of this year. On that date the dcpartment held that involces of products of crude pe- troleum must be accompanied by a United States consular certificate showing the country where the petroleum was produced In the abaence of this certificate the Nquidation was suspended, and pending further Information the rate of duties must be estimated at the highest rate levied by any country on such petroleum. Fur- ther than this the department has never | taken any action whatever on the subject of petroleum Upon this statement of facts the officials wre at a great loss to understand how Russia can feel aggrieved at the govern- ment's action and Inaugurate a system of discriminating duties against products of the United States In consequence. It Ia hoped that Secretary Hay will be able to present the facts so that Russia will re- scind its action and will show that it is Dot seeking to be unjust to this country 1o tarlff matters. ;OPENING IS NOW ASSURED Beecretary Hitchcock Says Wolf's Fallure Settles Matters, Lone WASHINGTON, June 21, — Secretary Hitcheock reported at the cabinet meeting today that the decision of the supreme court of the District of Columbia yesterday, dismissing the application of Lome Wolf and other Iudians for an injunction to re- in him from opening the Kiowa-Co- mauche-Apache reservations to white set- tlement under the act of June 6, 1900, re- moved the last obstacle to the opening of theso reservations. The allottments to the Indians have been made under the law and the president’s proclamation fixing the date of the opening will be lssued soon secretary says that the great body of the Indians are thoroughly gratified. Deaper: Are Walt KANBAS CITY, June 21.—Thousands of people, ‘men, women and children, camped on the border of the Klowa-Comanche- Apache reservations in Oklohoma, awalting the opening of that land to settlement, are in destitute circumstances, according to Dr. J. J. McKenna, who has just returned trom the scene Only last Monday,” said Dr. McKenpa, “two friends and myself drove over to the border from Oklahoma City and the sight that greeted us was oue of terrible destitu- tion. Twenty thousand men, women and children are mussed on the border and halt of them are utterly destitute. Only a small percentage have even tents to sleep in, but huddle under the wagons and such shelter- ing trees as they can find. At least 5,000 of them have been there a year and a half. They went with possibly $200 or $300 and bave made nothing since they arrived— slmply waiting—waiting. The really piti- able thing about it all is that there are hundreds of desperadoes on the border why Bave picked out claims and will not scruple to kil the successful ones In the drawing, in case they have a lottery. A reliable merchant told me a few days ago about a band of 100 such desperadoes, who have scoured the reservation for choice claims and are determined (o have them at any coat,"” " Ily all of the leading countries | The | BRITISH Gene THOMSON-HOUSTON Electric of New York Bays it Through German and Freach Shareholde! (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, June 22.—(New York World Ca« blegram—Spectal Telegram.)—The Morning Express states that the General Electric company of New York, of which J. Plerpont Morgan Is the principal stockholder, has acquired a controlling interest in the British Thomson-Houston Electric company. This har en done by purchasing stock held by G 4, nd French shareholders. Ny, K, June 21.—Officlal confirma- tlon hw. 74 Jp, ven to the purchase of the British The 7 4 “ston Electric company of London, Eny “he General Electric company of New " {s announced officially that the , and French shareholdings in the Eng. ° company have been acquired, thereby giving the American company a controlling interest. C. A. Cof- fin, president of the General Electric com- pany; Eugene Griffin, first vice president, and W. J. Clark, general manager of the foreign department, will be members of the British Thomson-Houston board and the closest co-operation will exist between the General Electric and British Thomson- Houston companles IS GRANT'S GRANDDAUGHTER London Soclety Wonders at News of Breaking of Balfour's Ene 0 Kagement. (Copyright, 1001, by LONDON, June 21 Press Publishing Co.) (New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—Among the pald announcements in the Morning Post of today appeéared this notice: “The mar- riage between Miss Vivian Sartorls and Archibald Balfour will not take place." London soclety s completely mystified. Miss Sartoris, who is a granddaughter of General Ulysses S. Grant, is well known here, and Mr. Balfour is a cousin of the famous Arthur Balfour, the statesman. The American contingent In London was surprised at the announcement of the en- gagement April 18, but prepared to send wedding gifts fitting for the granddaughter of a former president of the United States. Nobedy knows the meaning of the sudden notice, and many refuse to belleve it true. The Morning Post, however, is one of Loi don’s most conservative dailies and print all the authorized soclety announcements. MORGAN GOES IN FOR ART J. Plerpont’ nolds Latest Purchase (s Reye ady Delma and Daughters.” (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, June 21.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—J. Plerpont Morgan has made another great art pur- chase. He has just acquired Sir Joshua Reynolds' famous portralt group, “Lady Delma and Her Daughters.” He bought the picture from the dealer, Charles Wert- helmer. This portrait, which stands high among Reynolds' masterpleces, and s an extremely attractive work, changed hands at Christle's auction room nine years ago at $55,000. Mr. Margan s now sald to have paid $10,000 for it. Reynolds painted it in 1780 for Lady Delma, who was a sister of the then earl of Carlisle, and a great beauty. Reynolds got $1,050 for it. CHARITY GARB FOR A QUEEN Black Satin Gown Ran to Re Provided o by Public Sub- seription in Paris, PARIS, June 21.—A public subscription has been opened to buy Ranavalo, the de- throned queen of Madagascar, a black satin gown. Ranavalo has been allowed to leave Alglers for a few weeks' visit to Paris. She wished to take back with her a black satin gown, but found she could not afford to buy It, her allowance from the French govern- ment being too emall. The anti-ministerial newspapers, which have been attacking the government on ac- count of its parsimonious treatment of the dethroned queen, took the matter up. La Presse started the subacription today and 730 francs bave already heen recelved, Henri Rochefort heading the list with 50 francs, A number of deputies and municipal coun- cillors are among the donators for the gown. To the annoyance of the government, Ranavalo has accepted the gift. LLOYDS IS HELD LIABLE Must Sustain the Loss of Insured Gold Commandeered by the Boers, LONDON, June 21.—Considerable interest has been aroused by the success of the Drei-Fontein case in the appeal court, in which Lloyds is held for the £500,000 which the Transvaal government comman- deered from a train, Lloyds published a report, October 3, 1899, to the effect that gold valued at £600,000 and in transit had been comman- deered or seized by the Transvaal author- itles. This was before the South African war had broken out, for the Boers did not enter Natal until October 11, 1899, although the Orange Free State on October 6 of the same year had seized 800 tons of coal in transit, belonging to the government of Cape Colony. The report of the selzure of the £500,000 in gold was relterated October 4, 1899, and it was further said that the amount was commandeered while on fts way from Johannesburg to Capetown, being the week’s shipment of gold, insured by Lloyds, from the Rand. The gold was sub- sequently taken to Pretoria GERMANY WOULD ASK MORE Wants Two Milllon-Pound Incre in Indemnity to Cover E penses, May to July, BERLIN, June 21.—It is ofcially ad- mitted that Germany desires to increase her claim of indemnity from China from £12,000,000 to £14,000,000, because the first figures do not include expenses borne by Germany in China from May to July, This demand about tallles with Germany's ac- tual outlay during the two months in ques- ton. It is understood here that Great Britain backs up Germany in this increased claim, BOER CHILDREN IN PRISON Halt the P cent oners in English Con- tlon Camps Are Little LONDON, June 21.—The War secretary, My Broderick, informed a questioner In the House of Commons today that out of 63,000 porsons In the concentration camps of South Africa 34,000 were children, FIREWORKS SPREAD DEATH| Explede in Patersen Tenemeat Heuse and Fourtesn Are Lest. PROPRIETORS TO BE HELD UNDER ARREST Explosion So Forcefal that Boy a Halt Block Distant Against a Fence Les Broken. i NEW YORK, June 22.—~Twelve persons were killed, two are belleved to have been Killed and a number were injured yester- day as the result of a fire following an explosion among a quantity of fireworks in the store of Abraham M. Rittenberg at Paterson, N. J. The fire was on the ground floor of a tenement bullding. The cause of the explosion is not known and the property loss will not exceed $35,000. The bodies found up to 12:40 this (Sat- urday) morning are those of MRS, LUCINDA ADAMSON. MRS. CHARLES WILLIAMS, burned while trying to rescue her husband. CHARLES WILLIAMS, helpless cripple, unable to leave bed. HAROLD RITTENBERG, 10-months'-old child of the keeper of the fireworks store. WILLIE ELSASSER, 6 weeks old, mother kept bakery and store. MRS. BERT BAMBER, whose husband is in hospital. —— BAMBER, 6 months old. MRS. ALDREW ELVIN, head only found, trunk missing. MRS. ANNA BURNS. CLARENCE BURNS, 6 year: clasped In his mother's arm MRS, ANNIE LANNIGAN. MRS. MARY DUFFY. Total number of bodies recovered, twelve. The missing: JOSEPH ELVIN, 2 weeks old; mother's head found. MRS. ANNE FENTEMAN. TWO NEPHEWS OF MRS. LANNAGAN, whose body has been found. MRS. ELSASSER, kept bakershop; child's body found. old, found Those Injured: J. Jessut, brulsed about the head and body. Mre. J. Jessup, burned and bruised about body. L. Bamberger, head and face burned. George Sodor, head severely cut. Nicholas Hillman, cut on head. Fireman Edward S. Lingland, injured by falling wall. Mr. and Mrs. John McGlone, burned about faces and bodles. Several persons received minor injurles, but went to their homes. The building in which the explosion occurred was a frame tenement, four stories hjgh, with storcs on the ground floor. The middle store was occupled by Ritten- berg. Ten families occupled flats in the building. So great was the force of the ex- plosion that a boy playing in the street half & block avay was lifted from his feet and hurled ggainst an iron fence. One of his legs wns broken. A trolley car was directly in front of the bullding when the explosion ocourred. The burst of flamé blown out into the street, scorched the side of the car and singed the hair of the passengers. A num- ber of those on the upper floors when the explosion took place were either stunned and burned to death, or found escape cut off and were suffocated. After the first explosion there was a successlon of smaller ones and then came a second big explosion, which was muffied and deadened and prob- ably occurred in the cellar. Falthful Wife Perishes. Every window seemed to be emitting flame after the first explosion. A woman, her clothing on fire, leaped out of one of the windows and fell to the yard below. Her dead body was dragged out of reach of the flames, but the flesh was roasted and | dropped from the bones. She later provea | to be Mrs. Willlams. Mrs. Willlams' hus- band was a cripple. His wife is supposed | to have remuined longer than she could | with safety in an effort to save him. He| was foun® burned to a crisp on his bed. Some of the occupants of the rooms dropped from the windows and were brulsed. Others hung from the windows until the firemen came and twenty persons | were taken down in this way through the fire and smoke by the firemen, while others drepped into life nets. Daniel Dooley, who was in the yard when the explosion took place, saw the two Rit- tenberg children In the rear room and rushed into the flames for them. He got one of them and carried it out, and tried to o back for the other, but the room was then one mass of fire and he was too late, He was badly scorched In rescuing the first child, While the rescues were goiug on the fire- men were fighting the flames. Captain Al- len led with a hose line in an effort to keep the fire from the upper floors, where It was 14 many were pinned In. The men had ardly taken their positions and begun on the sidewalk to throw water into the up- per floors when, without warning, the whole upper part of the bullding above them sagged outward and fell. The captain and two of his men were burfed under the blaz- ing debris. One of the men is badly hurt The bullding in which the explosion oc- curred was destroyed. Rittenberg will probably be arrested pending an investiga- tion, In the debris wae found the head of a man or a woman, the hair burned off and the features unrecognizable. The remainder of the body has not been found. The bodies taken out thus far are almost unrecogniza- ble and are burned and torn by the fire and the collapse of the timbers of the building. HASHI TORU ASSASSINATED Former Japanese Minister to United bl Stabbed at City As- sembly Meeting. YOKOHAMA, June 21.—Hoshi Toru, who was minister of communications in the last Ito cabinet, was stabbed to death at a meeting of the city assembly and died shortly afterwards. Hoshi Toru was Jup- anese minister at Washington and wae formerly president of the House, The sassination Is supposed to have been due to politics. . Movement of Ocean Vessels, June 21, At New York—Arrived—Belgravia, from Genou and Naples; Pennsylvania, from Hamburg, etc.; Columbla, from Hamburs, ete. Balled—Cutle, for Liverpool At Havre—Arrived—La | Lorraine, New York At Brisbane ney, N8 W, for Vancouver, B. C At “Moville-Sailed—Astoris, from gow, for New York; Paristan, from I pool. for Montreal At'Queenstown - Nailed trom Liverpool, for Boston At Southampton — Balled — Fuerat Bis marck, from Hamburg, for New York, via Cherbourg. from Saled—Acrangl, from Syd- Jlas. - Commonwealtn | badly hurt | attair, At Liverpool—Arrived—Michigan, Boston, trom DARIUS MILLER _IS RETICENT Great Northern's Vice Pres elines to Confirfh Rep Promotion. ST. PAUL, June 21.—More than ordinary Interest was attached to the return to St Paul today of Vice President Darius Miller of the Great Northern, who is reported to have been selected as direetor of trafc for the Hill-Morgan group of railroads, com- prising the Great Northern, Northern Pa cific and Burlington. It was expected that inasmuch as Trathc ManAger Stubbs of the Southern had confirmed bis appointment as director of the southern group Mr. Miller would do the same concerning his own ap- pointment, but such was mot the case. Mr. Miller saye that up to tHe present time he hus no Information as to What really was to be done f “I say authoritatively that nothing bas been dccided as yet rexarding the actual de- talls of management of the Northern group.” 1ave you Leen selected?” “I have, of course, heard my name men- tioued, but nowhere as often as in the press reports. I don't think this matter will be settled until after the return of Mr. Hill." “Do you think the nofthern group will carry out tke harmony program on the same lines as the Harriman gioup?" ““Not necessarily. There is no agreement whatever to that effect. Merely because Mr. Harriman has clected a director of trafc for the Southern Pacific, Union Pa- eific and other lnes in the group it does not follow that vorthern lines will do the same. The Great Northern and Northern Pacific bave joiutly bought the Burlington. This Is no secret now. But as to the detalls of agreciment that is not fully determined upon. In fact the questions being consid ered are those concerning the best methods of harmonixing the three properties. Mr. Harriman scems to have mettled the ques. tlon for his group by appointing Mr. Stubbs, | Mr. Hill aud Mr. Morgan may settle theirs in another way. “T was not in Chicago for the purpose of | considering my appointment, ‘or, as 1 said before, 1 was never directly asked, 'FRISCO CAPITAL ' DOUBLED Notice s Filed of Increase Fifty Milltons to One Hun- dred mi| JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 21.—L. Parker, general attorney for the St. Louls & San Franclsco Rallway company, today filed with the secretary of state a statement | of increase of capitdl stock from $50,000,- 000 to $100,000,000. This increase will bs employed in the consolidation of :hs ‘Frisco with the Kansas Ciiy, Fgrt Scott & Memphs road. 1 KANSAS CITY, June 31.—B. P Winchell, president of the Memphis rallroad, and the attorneys for that road declined today to discuss the increase of the ‘Frisco capital stock from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 beyond stating that the increase was made to take care of additional bonded indebtedness of the 'Frisco railroad. The fact that the capital stock was to be doubled hds been advertised by the 'Frisco rallroad for sev- eral weeks and is said to have nothing to do directly with the olidation of the ‘Frisco and Memphls o~ Several 'Frisco . and %4 g rafirona offices in Missourl Uik ('Co! been closed have been reopemed. This was done, it fs sald, not bocause the consolidation plan has been abandoned, but because one office was unable to take care of the business. For the same reason trains that were taken off on both roads have been restored. TO NEW YORK AND RETURN Railro Decide ot Put On Ro Trip Fare Arrangement for Chicago Patrons, CHICAGO, June 21.—-The railroads have | decided to sell tickets from Chicago to New York and return, and from New York to this city and return, from July 1 to October 20. Round trip tickets between these citles have never been sold before. Three grades of rates have been estab- lished. Tickets over differential lines will be sold for $31. Tickets reading over a differential line one way and returning over a standard line will be sold for $33. Tickets good over standard lines both ways will be sold for $35. These rates are based on the rates made for tickets good for ten days on account of the Buffalo ex- position, $2 being added to the rate from Chicago to Buffalo, and from Buffalo to New York. The arbitrary sum of $2 {s added for the purpose of making it unprofitable for scalpers to deal in the round trip tick- ets. TO TAKE MORE UNION PACIFIC Rumor Carrent that Syndicate Will Still Further the Community of Interests, NEW YORK, June 21.—It was reported in Wall séreet today that a synalcate which recently sold a large amount of St. Paul stock has agreed to take a large amount of Union Pacific common stock in furtherance of the community of interests idea. This syndicate was said to be headed by Willlam Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller. The amounts of stock involved were not defi- nitely stated. No officlal confirmation or denial of the report was obtainable. PHOTOGRAPHER GETS DROP In Spilled from His Balloon While Trying to Take Chica Stock Yards, CHICAGO, June 21.- A photographer, made an ascension in & baloon at the stock yards this afternoon to take a birds-eye-view picture and when ffty feet above the road level the cross- bar broke and the baloon swayed, spilling Lawrence and his camera out. Lawrence was saved from death by dropping into the many strings of telegraph and telephone wires, from which he fell to the ground He received a dozen scratches and a ner- vous shock, but declared that he was not Meantime the balloon, a large broke from its guyrope and sailed eorge R. Lawrence, away. WANAMAKER RAISES HIS BID Adds 830,000 More ior Congressman Foerder's Little Philadelphin Prize Package. PHILADELPHIA, June 21.—Following his offer to Mayor Ashbridge last week to pay to the city $2,500,000 for the street railway franchises granted to certaln capitalists in by the city councils, ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker tonight sent a communication to Congressman Robert H Foerder, one of the capitalists to whom one of the franch'ses was granted, offering him $500,000 for the franchises, in addition to gIVing to the city the sum already offered a few days ago. trom | SIXTEENTH STREET PAVING What Preperty Owners Have Paid aad What the City, PUBLIC HAS MAINTAINED THOROUGHFARE uine Produce Great Hent R While the People settle for provements to Ald Private Purses. Total annual ren lected L ation 157,203.00 Cieaees G6D,020.00 ental patd valuation 28.5 tion . . #1,672,550.00 | [ ¥ in weventeen years tmproy intaining Amonn y 50,047,600 47,230.71 onnt asseascd ngninst lota abutting directly xteenth 15,743.87 8,000.00 Number Sixteenth which lected ..., 4002 Totnl m | now being #13,105.28 Average monthly rental | _per foot front occupied 8.7 | timnt of repnirs | per foot fro 100 Cont to p ting directly teenth street (o of total) ... street rental 0.07 | The foregolng figures tell the story of the North Sixteenth street situation. In seventeen years the owners of the prop- | erty fronting on that thoroughtare have not paid one cent for the repair of the pavement, and only once since the im- provement was made in 1883 have they been asked to assist, and that was in 1898, when the stone gutters were taken out and asphalt gutters put in. Bulldings & Public Disg: In the meantime handsome revenues | have been drawn from as miserable a lot ce. | of buildings as ever disgraced a modern city, From Dodge street north, with the | #ingle exception of the federal building, | there is not a structure to which the in- | habltants of a town of 5,000 people would | “point with pride,” while the great ma- | Jority of the “business blocks” are one- story structures of a character that brings | & blush to the face of every loyal citizen ©of Omaha each time he takes a friend from abroad along the street. Many of the bulldings are of frame construction and in the last stages of dilapidation. The owners keep on getting big rents for them, however, and decline to improve either the bulldings or their surroundtngs. Along this street flows the great bulk of the retail business in Omaha,.and its con- dition is a matter Of'eemr- o eitl- “The conflitles of the Asphalé pavisg o8 Sixteenth etreet between Douglas and Cuming has become such that either early repairs must be made or the street will become Impassable. At present there is a dispute in the city council as to who Is responsible for the condition of the streét, and whether the city or the owners of abutting property should he called upon to pay for the repairs needed. History of the Pavi Beventeen years ago Sixteenth street was paved with aephalt from Douglas to Izard, the total number of yards of asphalt lald | being 22,714, and the contract price $2.98 per sard. This was put down under a six-year guaranty. Of the work done 13,826 yards was charged to the ahutting property and the rest to the city. This made the original cost of the improvement to the property owners $41,23145. In 1898 the old stone gutters were taken out and new asphalt | gutters put in, the total amount of work charged to the property owners being 42756 yards, the contract price belng $1.75 | per yard, and the total cost $5,999.23. Thus |in seventeen years the property owners | along Sixteenth street have pald for the | fmprovement of the street and the mal teance of the paving $47,280.71. Unde the method of assessing the cost of such improvements only one-third is charged agalnst the property fronting on Sixteenth street, which makes the share of the own- ers of this property $13,743.82 for the cost of the original paving and $1,999.74 for the cost of putting in the new gutters in 1895, The city's share of the original cost of the paving, 8,888 yards at $2.98, was $26.- 486.24, and for building the new gutter, 2,220.35 yards, the city pald $3,890,86, a total of original cost to the city of $30,377.10 for the improvement of this section of Six- teenth street. Record of Repalr Expenses. Under the six-year guaranty there was no expense for repairs to the surface until 1889, when a contract was entered into with the Barber company to maintain the asphalt surface for ten years. Under this contract $13,504.30 was paid out. Since 1599 addi- tional repairs bave been made at the ex- pense of the city until the total amount pald out of the public funds for maintaining this street In good condition is $20,270.56. Thus it {s shown that in the seventeen years since Sixteenth street from Douglas to Izard wae improved the owners of the | abutting property have paid $47,230.71 and the gemeral public has paid $50,647.66 to maintain the street. That is, the public at large, which uses the street but casually, has paid $2,418.95 more to keep it up to a bigh standard than those for whose direct benefit 1t has been maintained. In all these years tle property owners who have de- rived large revenues from the miserable structures along Sixteenth street north of Dodge have not paid one cent for the repairs on the pavement. These figures may sur- prise some of the councilmen who have held forth so eloquently on the matter and who bave talked of the thousands of dollars paid out by the property owners to keep up the paviug in front of their premises. One of | the councllmen placed the figures at $100,- 000. The general public has paid since the expiration of the guaranty given by the | original contractor 70.56 to maintain | this strip of paving, which is $4,527 more than the total original cost to those owners whose property fronts on Sixteenth street. Revenue Derived by Owners. Following 1s a showiog of the rental value of the houses and pieces of ground now occupied on Sixteenth street between Douglas and Cuming. 1In this distance are two blocks for which the public s ch able. One i3 on the west side of the street, occupied by the federal building, the other is Jefferson Square park, on the east side of the street. The total fromtage of oc- cupled ground 1s 4,002 feet, and the total “(Continued on Seventh Page.) | | merly to bave been a re {ing the powder with a crowbar when the CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Sunday; Varlable Winc r Saturday and ture at Omaha yesterdns: Dex, Deg | " CHURCH GIFT FOR PEOPLE'S nates Dollars to Ca Thomas' Pian. CHICAGO, June 21.—-The Record-Herald tomorrow will say: On the Rockefeller an Carnegle plan of endowing colleges libraries a western benefactor, whose name for the present is withheld, has placed u escrow in a Denver bank $1,000,000 in se- curities for the purpose of establishing People's churches throughout the country, following the lnes laid down by Dr. H. W. Thomas of this city The administration of (his fund has been confided to Dr. Thomas and men active in promoting the Iiberal church movement The legal formalties incident to the as- sumption of trust were completed today and the organization of the People's Church of America was made by the election of a| board of directors, as follows President, Dr. H. W. Thomas; vice president and treasurer, Prof. John F. L. Eberhart; secre- | tary, Percival Hunter; directors, John P. Aligeld, George W. Boman, W. W. Ormsbee | Jeukin Lioyd Jones. The anonymous ben 1 ] and tor s sald for- fdent of Chicago and a devoted parishioner of Dr. Thomas Of late years he has resided in the west, where he s sald to have accumulated a vast fortune. Over the signature of Secretary Hunter the following statement was given out to- night: “Work will commence actively in Septem- ber in establishing People's churches throughout the country, a henefactor hav- ing made this possible by depositing with the Miners and Trust company of Denver sccurities amounting to $1,000,000, to be drawn by the church for that purpose. The plan s to double the amount of money any community may rafse toward establishing a People’s church.” GIANT POWDER BEHEADS THEM Accldental Expl era and on Kills Two Min- Severely Injures Seven Others Near Knlama. KALAMA, Wash,, June 21.—A premature explosion occurred today at a rock cut half o mile south of Kalama on the new Wash- ington & Oregon rallroad, killing tow men and injuring seven others. The dead: THOMAS GRAHAM of Portland, Ore. HUGH JAMESON of Portland, Ore. The injured: “‘Scotty” Honey of Vancouver, fatally. James York of Carroliton, Wash., skull frabtuped; back injured. ‘Bardo of - Seagtie, right arm; and the héad and body. Arthur Hockett, Kalama, right leg badly brulsed. Charles Rellly, head and left leg injuved. -~ Burkley, scalp wound. From survivors it is learned that Thom: Graham and Hugh Jameson were loading a twelve-foot drill hole with No. 2 glant powder and had put in about 100 stick It is supposed that they had begun tamp- B. ©, explosion occurred. Jameson's head was blown off and Graham was blown almost into a jelly. “Scotty" Honey was blown up on top of the cut, a distance of fifteen feet. His injuries are fatal, though he is still alive. His chin was blown off, skull tractured, arms and legs broken and holes blown through his body. ONE BOY PROVES AN ALIBI Clyde Moore Left Alone to Charge of Murdering Kan- sns Farmer. Face WINFIELD, Kan., June 21.—This after- noon the jury in the Betts murder case ren- dered a verdict of not guflty. The boy. who is 13 years old, was in the court room with his mother and fat and all broke into tears, the boy weeping like a baby. It has-not been decided when Clyde Moore, Betts' chum, will have his' trial. The charge against both was the killing of C. L. Wilberger on April 18. The jury was out since yesterday morning. Betts Is the son of Charles Betts, an ex- policeman of Arkansas City, who is In county politics. Moore Is the son of Wil- lam Moore. a machinist of Arkansas City. April 18 Wilberger, a well-to-do furmer, was killed by a shot fired from behind. He had been to town and sold a load of wheat. While on his way home he was killed, his body being found in the bottom of the wagon and his pockets rifled. Betts and Moore ran away from home and took with them a revolver. Each boy upon the stand sald the other 1ad had the revolver the afternoon of the murder. They had separated at noon. Betts proved a fairly good alibl. HOMEOPATHS TAKE IT UP Don't Relish Mra. Eddy's Declaration that They Approanch Her Own Falth. RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N. Y., June 21— Dr. R. H. Stout of Jacksonville, Fla., read a paper biqve the American Institute of Homeopathy this afternoon on “Christian Sclence, a Menace to Public Health.” In the animated discussion which fol- lowed Dr. T. C. Duncan of Chicago led the debate. Dr. M. Bell Brown of the Woman's Medical college of New York made a state- ment denying that Christian Science is spreading among women who helieve in homeopathy. An earnest attempt 1s mak- ing to secure united vigorous action by the institute agalnst the doctrines of Mrs. Eddy, who recently characterized homeo- pathy as a stepping stone from allopathy to [ seven inche Eddyism INVITES PLOWMEN TO UNITE Trust Company In New York Plany Conference to Arrange Na- tlonal Com CHICAGO, June 21.—According to a mem- ber of the recently formed Plowmen's asso- clation the Uuited States Mortgage and Trust company of New York has sent out Invitations o all the plow and agricul- tural implement manufacturers in the United States to meet next Wednesday in New York for the purpose of forming a na- tional combinatio, WIPES OUT FAMILIES Toraade Bweeps Nerthera Nebraska Leaves & Trail of Death, ONLY ONE CHILD LEFT IN A HOUSENOLD Father and Ohildren Instantly Killed in Wreckage of Home, WIND STRIPS BODIES OF CLOTHING | Dwellings and Other Fuildings Ge Down Like Packs of Oards PEOPLE ARE TCESSD ABOUT FIELDS Wind Gri Timbers to Dust, Lixht- Slays Stock and Hallstones Big as Base Balls Rain Crops. NAPER, Neb, June 21.—(Special Tele- gram.)--A terrific tornado went down the Keya Paha valley, twenty miles north of Stuart, Holt county, at sundown last even- ing and left death and desolation in fits wake. Eight persons dead and several others Injured s the result of the (wister's trail, The dead JACOB GREENING, aged 55 MAGGT ENING, aged 12 JOHN GREENING, aged 8. MARY GREENING, aged 6. JACOB GREENING, aged 3. CLARA ANDERSON, aged 7. IDA ANDERSON, aged 6. BERTHA ANDERSON, aged 10, The injured Mrs. Jacob Greening, serfously. Theodore Anderson, aged 8, dangerously Mrs. August Anderson, in a critical con- dition, Otto Metz, severs bruises. Henry Metz, leg broken. Three Funnel-Shaped Clouds. The weatber had been extremely sultry all day and about 6 o'clock storm clouds gathered In the northwest and soon were seething, bolling, bl musses. Three funnel-shaped clouds formed, one of which followed the valley in its mission of ruin and death, 1t first pald a visit to the home of Henry Metz. It was seen approaching by Mr. Metz and he and his brother Otto went into a slough, lay down and hung onto the grass. They yere picked up by a twister, carried 200 yards and dropped, then picked up agaln and carrled back, then picked up a third time and flung to the place where they were first. Otto is badly injured. Henry had a leg broken. The tornado then paid a visit to tno home of John Berg and scattered outhuild- ings and farm machinery around, but in- jured no one. < From there it went to Jacob Berg's, setting w. grana: y. bu Family Wiped Ont. 1t then struck the dwelling house of Jacob Greening, killing Jacob, Maggle, John, Mary and Jacob, jr. The only one of the tamily to escape Is Grace Greening, aged 14, Your correspondent today witnessed the grueeome sight at the place where, twenty- four hours before, the Greening family had lived in peace and happiness. Not a vest- 1ge of the house remained, while out on the bare ground in the morning sun, with only a blanket to cover their nakedness, Iay the father and his four dead children, a brulsed and blackened mass of humanity. Four horses, a lot of sheep and other domestic animals were killed at this place, while a new mower was picked up, carried 100 yards and twisted out of shape. Smashes Big Timber Like Reeds, From here the twister went through big timber on the bottoms, smashing it down ltke so many reeds, and struck the new bridge across the Keya Paha. The bridge was totally wrecked. It then took a jump and struck the house of August Anderson a quarter of a mile distant. Mrs. Anderson was home with her children, the husband at & neigh- bor's. Seeing the storm coming, Mrs. An- derson thought the chicken coop at the brow of the hill a safer place and took the children and went into it. The cyclone wrecked hoth houses, killing Clara and Ida. Mrs, Anderson and baby were taken up in the alr thirty feet and violently dashed to the ground. Mrs. Anderson ia in a crit- ical condition, while the baby was not in- jured in the least. Bertha Anderson, aged 10, died this afternoon, making eight dead altogother. Theodore Anderson, aged 8, is dangerously hurt. Mr. Anderson probably owes his life to being away from home. Nothing was left around the Anderson place except wreckage, and the valley up and down a long ways is littered with broken boards and household furniture in & thousand pleces. Victims Stripped of Clothes. Hauff and tore it up ba one. A singular feature of this sad affair is that the clothing was torn from all the vic- tims by the fury of the wind. Another peculiar incident of the storm was the case of Rev. L. E. Barnes, who moved on his claim only yesterday. Seeing the storm coming, and thinking he would be safer in the valley, he hitched up his team and tried to drive the horses to Green- ings, a half-mile distant. For the first time since he has had the horses the team absolutely refused to go. Taking one out | he tried to ride it, but with the same re- sult. He then took both horses to his shanty, out of the storm. The wind lifted the house up and carried it away, but neither horses nor man were hurt. It was a night of terror for people here, Hailstones as large as base balls and some long fell, while the elements seemed, as a lady expressed it, “under the control of & thousand devils.” Huundreds of people of Boyd and Holt counties went to the scene of the disaster today and the funeral procession of tha elght who were burled this afternoon was the largest seen in this county, LYNCH uE'Té_E “HURRICANE Houses Blown Down, People Inja: Bombard BUTTE, Neb gram)—A small at 10 o'clock last several bufldings Southwest of Lynch wore blown to plec badly injured on the Niobrara June hurric 21.~(8pecial Tele- he struck Lynch night and threw over No one was hurt three farm houses 5 and two persons were vert Ricard's brick houss was Llown down apd