Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 24, 1901, Page 1

E == "HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. LSTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871, OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1901. HAY BREAKS DOWN Beeretary of Etate Overceme at Bight of His Lifeless Bon, SAYS HE WILL RALLY SOON DGCTOR Grief and Trip from Washington Overtax His Strength, IS ALONE WHEN NEWS REACHES HIM Eecretary Cortelyou Has to Aot for Absent Family. JLIFE AND WORK OF BRILLIANT SON Possessed of Strong Wi, Splendid Physique and Great Courage He Had Already Made a Nume for Himself, NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 23.—Adelbert Btcne Hay, former consul of the United States at Pretoria, South Africa, and eldest eon of Secredary of State John Hay, fell from a window in the third story of the New Haven house fn this city shortly be- fore 2:30 o'clock this morning and was in- stuntly Killed The dead man was a graduate of Yale of the class of ‘08 and his death occurred on the eve of the university commence- ment, which brought him here yesterday and in which, by virtue of his class office, the young man would have been one of the leaders. The terrible tragedy has cast a gloom over the whole city and will undoubtedly be felt throughout the whole day, which heretofore has been so brilllant and full of happiness for Yale and her sons. The tull details of the terrible accident will never be known. Mr. Hay had rooms at the New Haven house for commence- ment week. It 1s generally supposed, how- ever, that after going to his room he went to the window for air and sitting on the sill he dozed off and overbalancing fell to the pavement below, a fall of fully sixty feet. The fall resulted in instant death and within fiftten minutes the body had been identified as that of young Hay. How it all happened became a mutter of speculation on the part of the throng of curfous spectators who gathered and a subject of mournful inquiry for the class- mates and friends of the young man. His Father Arrives. His father, Secretary of State Hay, ar- rived In New Haven from Washington at B:45 p. m. in response to the dispatch an- nourcing the sudden death of his son. Secretary Hay was accompanied by Mr. | Whitney, his secretary, and was met at the tation by R. L. McDuffy of New York and Charles Wade of Cleveland, O. Colonel Hay gave evidence of great fa- tigue and the mental distress was unmis- *takably writtan on his features. . The secretary and party were driven in feat haste to the residence of Mr. Seth Mosely, 36 Wall street. In the drawing room of the house reposed the remains of "the dead son. In the presence ‘of the be- 'loved dead Colonel Hay utterly collapsed .and, prostrated by his great grief, took to ‘his bed. Dr. Samuel D. Gilbert was sum- moned and administered to the patient Scarcely more than an hour passed. be- fore Miss Helen Hay a daughter of the tamily, well nigh prostrated by the shock of the sad news, was at her father's bedside. :The meeting was heartrending in the full- “hess of its dignified suffering. Meanwhile ‘thers gathered at the Mosely residence ther mourners. Mr. and Mrs. Charles ‘Wade of Cleveland, who are in the harbor on the yacht Waden, were the first of the more distant relatives to arrive R. L. McDufty of New York, another rel- ative, received the news at Cambridge, ,where he had been In attendance upon the Harvard commencement exercises of last week. He hastened to New Haven. This evening dispatches were received (containing the intelligence that Mrs. Hay, \the bereaved mother and a daughter, Mits ,Allce Hay, are enroute from Newbury and will reach New Haven Monday. Clarence Hay, the younger son, s expected late to- 'night or tomorrow from Simsbury, Conn., 'where he has been at school. Mr. Samuel Mather of Cleveland, a brother-in-law of Secretary Hay, with his wife, will also ireach New Haven tomorrow. Funeral Arrangements Walt, At the Mosely residence tonight it was formally announced that no arrangements covering the removal of the body and the funeral service will be made until the ar- rival of Mrs. Hay. Late tonight Dr. Gilbert, who s at the bedside of the secretary, anmounced that ‘the indisposition of the secretary Is mot serious, adding that he is simply over- whelmed with grief. The triennial clase of ‘08, of which Adel- Ibert Hay was & member. has gone Into mourning. New arrivals of this class, many of whom heard the news for the first time on reaching the college town, are shocked and it has been practically decided to make no formal recommendation for an expres- slon of the ¢ loss until a fuller attend- ance is present. It {s decided to abandon the most Important feature of the triennial clase meeting and await the wishes ot Sec- retary Hay WASHINGTON, June 23.—Secretary Hay learned of the death of his son Adelbert within an hour and a half of the tragedy, | through Secretary Cortelyou. The latter had | been called up on the long distance tele- 'phone at his residence about 3 o'clock in | the night, by Proprietor Mosely, of the New Haven House, the scene of the tragedy. Mr. Mosely briefly told Secretary Cortelyou of the finding of the body on the sidewalk and of other details cf the nccident stantially as they were set out in the As- soclated Pross dispatches. Secretary Cor- telyou hastened at once to the residence of Secretary Hay. her Rallies Bravely. The secretary appeared for the moment to be completely crushed, but rallled and set calmly about preparing for denartnea for New Haven At the earllest moment. Bave the servants, Secretary Hay was alone in his house, as all of his family have been absent from Washington since the secre- tary's visit to Buftalo. Mrs. Hay with Adel. bert and bor two daughters had been spend- ing & few days in Cleveland, O., and from that place went by way of Buffalo to New- burn, N. H., on the shores of Lake Sunaped, where the family had juat settled down for the summer, with the expeotation that the OHI0O LEADERS Republican State » ARRIVING nvention Draws to Columbas for Their Test of Strength. « cipal COLUMBUS, O, June 23.—Most of the leaders and many of the delegates are here tonight for the republican state convention which convenes in this city tomorrow after noon. The convention will renominate for second terms Governor George K. Nash, Lieutvnant Governor John A. Caldwell, torney General John M. Sheets, State Treas- urer J. D, Cameron and G. W, Johnson, the latter for member of the State Board of Public Works 'he contests are limited to the nomina- t for judge and clerk of the supreme Incumbents, Judge Thaddeus | , *ntain J " B. Allen, have each offices for several *ar supreme judge of Ross, W e of Allen and terms include Thaddeu B. Crew of Morga#, s D. A, Ruseell of Meigs. Among those contesting for the supreme court clerkship are: J. B. Allen of Athens, A. C. Critchfield of Wayne, Lawson A Bmerson of - Belmont, W Shelby, Alva B. Hall of Guernsey, Newton M. Miller of Delaware and J. C. Copeland of Paulding. In addition to a full state ticket there is to be a legislature elected this year which will chcose the successor of United States Senator J. B. Foraker. There are no hold- over members of the general assembly in Oblc. All members of hoth branches of the legislature are to be elected next No- vember. Iu addition to the election of a senator the next legislature will have the apportionment of the state under the last census for legislative and state districts as well a8 for congressmen and algo the con- siderution of an important issue on “local optlon.” The contest between the parties for con- trol of the legislature this year will be the most animated one in the history of the state as the partisan advantages to be goined fn the formation of the districts will last until the next census in 1910 under the Ohio laws. Senator Foraker, as the star campaigner in this contest, has been selected as the teinporary chairman of the convention and he will deliver the keynote speech on the asserrbling of the convention at 4 p. m. to- morrow. And it is generally understood that Senator Marcus A. Hanna will tomor- row night be selected as the permauent chaltman of the convention to preside at the session on Tuesday. The speech of Senator Foraker tomorrow aftcrnoon and of Senator Hanna Tuesday are expected to be the features of the week. Covgressman Dick and other members of the state committee have been here for two days arranging for the convention and they expect the largest attendance In many years. All of the Ohlo republican congress- man arc here taking an active part in the preliminaries. Congressmen Grosvenor, Skiles, Hildebrandt, Taylor, Shattuc, Beid- ler, Kyle, Nevin and VanVorhis are dele- gates to the convention. Quite a number of former congressmen are in the list. Among the delegates are former Governor Bushnell and former Governor Charles F ter. It {s understood that Genergl, vefior will be chairman of ‘the commitfeeion’ resolutions and that this committee will be composed of congressmen and former con- gressmen and that the platform will deal almost entirely with national issues. Asa W. Jones, who was lieutenant gov- ernor under the Bushnell administration, {s prominently mentioned for the next noml- nation for governor. Another candidate for the gubernatorial nomination two years hence is former Rep- resentative Harry M. Daugherty of Fayette, who is at the head of a delegation whose seats are contested. BOTH MEN IDENTIFY CORTEZ Two Who Have Known Him Several Years Are Positive 'Tis the Desperado. a8, LAREDO, Tex., June ~Sheriffs Avant of Atascosa county, Kinsel of Frio and Deputy Sheriff Choate of Karnes county, with several members of their varlous posscs, arrived here this evening to Iden- tify the man captured by Captain Rogers and R. P. K. Merrlam about forty miles above here yesterday. Among the men who arrived this evening were two who knew the prisoner. One of them, Willlam Loueary of Bastrop county, has known Cor- tez since 1892 and Deputy Sheriff Choate of Karnes county has known him for sev- eral years. They both positively identi- fled the prisoner and sald there Is abso- lutely no doubt that he is the man whom they have known all these years as Gre- gorio Cortez and who killed Sheriff Morris of Karnes county and Sheriff Glover of Gonzales county. The Identification s complete and the alleged murderer will bs surrendered to the officers from the in- terfor. BOUND TO DROWN HERSELF Mrs. Rosa Richter of Chicago Finally Succeeds by Leaping from Steamer. MILWAUKEE, June 23.—According to a story told by Richard Silver, a passenger on woman, supposed to be a Mrs. Rosa Rich- ter of Chicago, committed sutcide by jump- ing overboard from the Virginia when the steamer was about & mile from Milwaukee early today. It is sald that Mrs. Richter became violent shortly after the steamer left Chicago and attempted to end her lite | by leaping overboard, but was prevented After the first attempt, it Is sald, she was placed in one of the staterooms and A yuard placed over her. On the steamer nearing this city the guard ceased vigilance, with the result that the woman is reported to have carried out her threat. The woman fs reported to have had considerable money in her possession. The life-saving crew is searching for the body WARNED OF THE MosauiTo Medical Oficers of Marine Hospital Service Maust Exclude the Discase-Carrying Pest, WASHINGTON, June 23.—Surgeon Gen- eral Wyman has lesued general circular to medical officers of the marine hosplital sery- Ice calllng speclal attention to the impor- tance of Insects as factors in conveying dis- ease. The circular s there Is no longer doubt as to the relation of the mosquito to malarial diseases and to filiria; ““According to Simond," it “'plague I8 transmitted from the rat to man by the The Infection of typhold fever and, (o secretary would join them next month, There was no one of his own people about him therefore to give aid and support when the sad news came to the secretary of state in the early Sabbath morning. Secretary Cor- telyou, however, was sympathetically help- ful and realiziug the feverish desire of Mr. % Continued:.on--Sixth P may be conveyed Medical ofcers are directed to place mosquito nettings over the beds of communicable diseased patients. Hospitals are to be thoroughly protected by fly ecreens at all openings, particular at- tention being pald to the kitchen, dining Toom and protection of the food. | At- | T. McLean of| the Goodrich line steamer Virginia, a | SINGLE CC JPY FIVE CEN' 'ISLANDS AS TERRITORIES Washington Offioials Prepars the Right Hand of Welceme. PORTO RICO'S SUBSTANTIAL PROSPECTS les — Caba's Coming Independen mer for Prestdent=Revo ever Averted, (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 23.—(Special )—"'So far as enjoying all the advantages of free trade with the United States is concerned Porto Rico will be a full-fledged territory within the next few months," said an at. tache of the Insular division of the War department. ““Whether that will be ad- vantageous to the prople of the island re- maing to be demonstrated. The people of Porto Rico have existed without land taxes #uch as we understand them in this coun- try sincs the island first became a colony of Spain. Al revenues for the mainte- nance of the public works of the island have been drawn from customs charges and from methods of taxation entirely forelgn to American ideas. We must educate the people of this little island to the new order of things gradually. prepared the way and within a short time free trade relations between Porto Rico and the United States will be formally de- clared No new tax system can be successfully Incorporated into the laws of any country without bringing about some hardship, and it will undoubtedly be many years before the American innovation can be shaped to | please the people of the fsland thoroughly. Still, the law s imperative and the Foraker tariff, so-called, ceases to be operative just a5 soon after July 1 as the new regulatious can be formulated and promulgated. At Dresent the island is in a fairly prosperous that things will be otherwise under the new order.” Haw in Also Doing Well. The testimony as to the prosperity of Porto Rico on the part of this official of the government makes interesting (he utter- ance of Colonel Sam Parker of Hawall. Colonel Parker s one of the wealthiest na- tives of the Islands. He is a tall, broad- shouldered, handsome speciment of man- hood, showinz marked evidence of his Kanaka origin in the color of his skin as well as In his features. Unlike most wealthy men in the islands, Colonel Parker devotes himself to cattle raising, instead of the production of sugar. He jokingly says his business is that of a butcher, but in: the southwest territories he would be | designated as a cattle flend. Colonel Parker was not one of ' those Hawalians who favored the annexation of the fsland to the United States. On the contrary, he was an adherent of Liliouka- lanl. But now that the Islands have be- come the territory of the United States Colonel Parker is an American citizen in every sense of the word. He was the re- ublicar candidate for delegate to-congress Iast year, but was defeated. Hesexpresses himself as satisfied that the island will grow in material prosperity under American rule, | Settlers Contented. He says that planters of all kinds are prosperous and satisfied and he declares further that the’ Porto Ricans who emi- grated to Hawall for the purpose of work- ing on the sugar plantations are satisfled with the conditions of things as they find them and that they become excellent work- men as soon as acclimated, although some of them have suffered severely from the hardships incident to the long voyage. Colone! Parker says that what Hawail most needs is better communication with the United States and that the most essen- tlel need is a cable. At present it requires #ix days for mews to travel between San Francisco and Honolulu. Colonel Parker predicts that Hawail will become among the most important territories of this coun- try, and that as soon as Americans find out for themselves what the possibilities are for the investment of eapital business will grow and commerce between the mainland and the Island will rapidly increase. Cuba's Independence. The impression is growing in Washington that Cuba will achieve her entire inde- pendence somewhere about the end of this year. The acceptance of the Platt amend- ment and the action of the constitutional convention toward carrying out the pro- visions of their amendment Insure the friendly relations between this country and the republic which is to be born, Many things, however, have to be done before absolute {ndependence, which means the withdrawal of the United States civil as well as military officlals, can be given. The tariff is the most troublesome ques- tion now confronted in the duty of formu- lating the statutes of Cuba. Another prob- lem which glves statesmen much concern s the problem of suffrage. President Paimer. No news from Cuba has given more sat- isfaction to the officials of the State de- partment than that Thomas Estrada Pal- mer s likely to be the first president of the republic. For many years Mr. Palmer has been virtually a resident of New York and during that time he has come into close relations with American officials, es- pectally those of the State department. As the leader of the junta previous to the war with Spain Mr. Palmer had many delicate diplomatic duties to perform and | the manner of their performanee convinced those who had dealings with him that he was the right man for the place and further that should the time ever come when the island is to enjoy absolute free- dom Palmer would undoubtedly make an ideal president. He has more tact than Diaz, who has rebuilt Mexico, yet in many | respects he greatly resembles that wonder- ful product of Spanish-American soil. The State department feels that with Palmer at the head of the first Cuban ad- ministration the friendliness of the rela- tions between Cuba and the United States will grow greater every year. One Source of Dan The great trouble to be feared arises from the fact that thousands of men who call themselves Cuban patriots will insiat upon enjoying the emoluments of office and further that these men are the most bitter enemies of the Spanish-born citizens of the island, who contribute by far the largest Part of the progressive element of the population. The wisdom of the adoption of the Platt amendment will be manifest, it 18 urged, when the young republic is fairly launched into the family of na- tions. To turn the republic loose with no gulding string, such as that which the amendment assures, would be like turning a 2-year-old baby upon the world with no mother or no nurse to guide its footstens. Some fear has been expressed that Cuba might follow in the footsteps of Colombis, Veneauela and Mexico before Diaz. That (Continued on Second Page.) Governor Allen has | cordition and there 1s no reason to think | WILL FIGHT OLD LEAD TRUST Preparing Ite Huge New Concern jis self by Makink Extensive Parchases |i.\u wourl, ST. LOUIS, June 23.4The Lead and Zinc News in its issue tomofrow will say. Four deals in the lead countdy. three In the dis- seminated district of softheast Missouri und the fourth in the Jopilh-Galena district in southwest Missouri have been closed (he last week, which means the Influx of the enormous amount of S60M.00 of ewstern capital, mostly from New York, into he lead Industries of the stite. The three deals in southeast Missouri = cc the most Important intrinsically as weil as from the standpoint of gencral business especially with relation to fiture develo: ments. These three meéan the Investment of actual capital in the development of the lands purchased. The Japlin deal fs but the filing of the preliminary blanket mortgage on some ninety-two properties, only sixty of which are In Missourl, and this mort- gage I8 only on options extended from June 19 to July 1, and which must be met by July 1 or the entire deal falls. In the south- east deals actual cash I8 involved. 'Chere the properties purchased are, first, M1 ncres In 8t. Francols county, owned by the Co- lumbia Lead company, bought at $14 for each $10 share, the capitalization being 8),- 000 shares, or a total of $840,00; second. 000 acres near Potos, which will be capl £5,000000; third, about 5M0 acres Francols county, formerly owned Missourl Lead Flelds cgmpany, At $2,000,000. While all three deals are nominally different parties, whose agents will not pib- lsh names, it develops here that they are all really the same eastern interest and will tzed At not less than In 8t by the capltulized | ultimately come under a single ownership, that of a huge new concern, which, con- trolling a marvelous new white lead process, is preparing to fight the old lead trust in a manner startling in these days of battles of glants. The Joplin blanket mortgage Is for $8,000,00 and fs understood to have been filed to enable the fssue of bonds with which to secure cush to take 1 p the options expiring July 1 MAKE TWO GRUBSOME FINDS e Incover M. Church Dying and Murdered Woman in His Closet. Police LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 23.—The death of H. 8. Church early this morning was the second act of a bloody tragedy that began in Loulsville three days ago with the mur- der of Emily Stuart, but which did not come to light until late last night, when the po- lico found the horribly mutilated body of the young woman hidden in a closet and :n the same house the man dying from wounds self-inflicted with pistol and razor. Several pistol shots near Twelfth and Market streets caused Policemen Finnigan, Webb and Hueglen to enter the small framea bullding at 1235 West Market, occupled by H. 8. Church as a grocery store and resi- dence, the llving rooms being just back of the grocery. The policemen saw through a window clouds of smoke from a pistol. They forced an entrance and found Church propped up in & chair ilesting trom @ bad wound made in his left “breast ‘with a 45- caltber Colt's revolver and from a slash across his left wrist made with a razor. Near him was an empty bottle labeled laudanum. Church gave utterance only to his death groans. He was gotten to a hos- pital, but died early this morning without making a statement. Police Lieutenant Meyer had arrived and the four officers began to scarch the prem- ises. This would have been abandoned as fruitless if bloodstalns on a woman's white garment had not been seen protruding through the crack of a closet door. The offi- | cers opened the door and saw at a glance that the woman had been horribly mur- dered and her corpse rammed into the closet. There was a big wound on the right side of her face and a gingham apron was tied tightly around her neck. “She was choked to death” sald the cor- oner when he arrived. A physician said the woman had been dead forty-eight hours. The blood had come from the wound on her tace, which the policemen thought had been made by the stamp of a shoe heel. The woman was identified as Emily Stuart from a letter dated New York, found in a bureau drawer, which the coroner sald “was a love letter and unsigned.” Another in the same handwriting, unsigned and dated Chicago, was next found. A 12-year-old girl who lives near the Church grocery and had often assisted Mrs. Stuart with her housework, #aid today that while In Mrs. Stuart's bed- room Friday morning ehe noticed a peculiar smell. Church entered, demanded to know what she was doing there and put her out He sald Mrs. Stuart had gone to Frankfort. Mrs. Stuart had saved some money and had recently bought a half interest in Church's store. She came to this city from Frank- fort, Ky., and was G0 years old. Church was b5 years old and came to .oulsville from Frankfort, Ky., four months ago. On his deathbed the police attempted to extort a confession from him, but he died without saylng a word. STAB PLUCKY SCHOOL BOY Rufians Kill Thomas Scroggs of Kan- City When He Op- poses Them. CITY, June 23.—Thomas Scruggs, aged 18 years, son of M. D. ruggs, a well known live stock dealer, killed tonight at Troost park in this city, while trylng, with the assistance of two companions, to withstand the unpro- voked attack of ten or ffteen young ruf- flans. Scruggs and his companions were seated on a bench, when they were ap- proached by their assallants, who imme- dately started an altercation, which was followed by a fight. During the unequal fight Scruggs was stabbed in the right side and died from the effects of the wound. He graduated from the Central High school this year. Two suspects have been arrested and one of them was Identified by Scruggs' companions. SOUTH OMAHAN WAITS ARREST KANSAS Live, Stock Association Wants Rullng on St Sanitary Inspector. DENVER, June 2.—(Speclal Telegram.)— Edward Reid of the Flato Commission com- pany of South Omaha I8 waiting to be ar- rested tomorrow for refusing to pay the inspection fee to the state live stock suni- tary Inspector on a trainlcad of southern ttle shipped north Mr. Reid had 4 government bill of health, but the state refuses to recognize the goy- ernment inspection and demands a fee of 1% cents a head for providing another bill of health to permit the cattle pass through this state. The National Live Stock association has promised to carry his case to the supreme court of the United States if necessary to secure & ruling on the validity of the state lax, to Washington county, | by | Disgpatches from the flooded di Johnstown dam and the sweepin, happily the destruction of human erty loss is figured as high as 8 With the rallroad and telegra poxsible to make an accurate es story cannot be told for days, stricken district ave gathering th broadcast as fast as they can get | But at t As bulletin after bulletin co accentuates the horros quired by long training. eeccccccccrescsscccccsssssrseeses ary. eescecssssessccscsscssssccccsoosss ISTATE PEN AFIRE AGAIN Prisoners Btart Blase in Hope of Making Whelesale E:cape. NICHOLAS FOX NIPS THE SCHEME Governor Savage In the Ent of the Moment Promises Him a Pardon Before the Fourth, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 23.—(Special Telegram.) ~Governor Savage acted the role of fire- man tonight and, with the assistance of Warden Davis and several prison guards, saved the shop buildings at the state pen- itentiary from destruction by flames, which were undoubtedly started by convicts in the hope of effecting a wholesale delivery. The fire was discovered in the machine shop of the Lee Broom and Duster com- pany, within the prison walls, early this evening, but before it gained any headway Governor Savage and his assistants had it under control and prevented any serious damage from being done. Penitentiary authorities assert they have good reason to belleve that the fire was started by one or several of five convicts who have been umder suspiclon for some time. A candle was found near the place where the flames originated and this, it is claimed, 1s positive proof of incendiarism Nick Fox Sounds Alarm. The fire was firet seen by Nicholas Fox, a prisoner convicted in South Omaha nine years ago for murder. He sounded an alarm and nor. Davis, Wiy and near the ‘east entrance, diately to the scene. The prison fire apparatus was pressed into service, but it was found that the hose nozzles had been plugged. The ob- structions were removed and soon several streams were playing on the flames, which were confined to a plle of shavings. Gov- ernor Savage handled a line of hose and directed the movements of his assistants. Within five minutes after the alarm was sounded the fire was extinguished. Governor Savage announced afterward that he would pardon Fox July 2. The sentence he Is serving was recently com- muted to fifteen years by former Governor Dietrich and it would have expired in 1904. Fox {8 the prisoner who gave valuable serv- fce in fighting the flames at the two recent penitentiary fires. In South Omaha he was a fireman by occupation. The governor be- lleves that the timeliness of his alarm to- night saved the Lee building and possibly | all of the shop buildings from destruc- tion. Governor Savage went to the penitentiary for the purpose of Interviewing & prisoner for whom request for a pardon was re- ceutly made. He met the warden in the latter's temporary office morth of the prison and together they started for the entrance on the east side. Before they! reached the gate they heard the alarm. They immediately broke into a run, the gate was quickly opened and they entered | and continued hastily across the yard to| the Lee building. | Violate Sunday Freedom. | This afternoon the prisoners, as usual on Sunday, were glven freedom within the | prison walls. The shop building had been left unlocked and it is believed that the| prisoners who started the fire entered the | shop during the afternoon and made the arrangements for the execution of their! plan. It s doubtful, however, whether any of the prisoners could have escaped, even if all of the shop bulldings had been de- stroyed, as they are within the solid fire- proot walls. MODERN WONDERS IN PARIS Co et Astonishes Performs Mar- ous Curens. Life-Saving and Oxygen v PARIS, June 23.—Ladies going this year | to Trouville, Deanville and other resorts are much Interested in A new Itallan in- vention, a life-saving corset, invented by | Signor Montagnoll. It is made of water- proof linen and can be inflated In a few seconds. In one trial of it a sallor was thrown into the sea with his hands and feet| tled and a 125-pound weight attached to his legs. He remained floating and four men could not push him down. | A Belglan, M. Thrylan, has worked miracles in the cures of boils, abscesses and anthrax, by Injecting oxygen gas in its | natural state. The rapldity with which the | care is effected I8 described as eimply astonishing. MONUMENT TO POET HEINE Pa to Have the First Ever Bullt, Except That in ) York. PARIS, June 2.—By the frony of fate Heinrich Heine's first public monument, | with the exception of that in New York, | will be erected In the Parts cemetery of Montmartre, where the great German poet| is buried. Bome years ago a subscription was made In Germany to erect a monu- ment. The empress of Austria, one of| Heine's most fervent admirers, sent 0,000 france. The Kaiser refused to allow the| monument to be erected, and the empress put up a statue in the garmen of her palace at Corfu. It Is this statue which Is to be| transferred to Parls and placed above Helne's grave. property loss vaster than that resulting from the bursting of the The estimated loss of life varies from 200 to 600, and the pr covering the situation with the agility, cool-headedness and skill a i statement 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 [} 200000000000000000000000s000000000sv0rsvrrsrsoroordl e HUNDREDS DIE IN STORM AND FLOOD 960000000000000000000000000000ss00000ssssscssssososss “<oonoo¢o0..0“100‘00.0000, Property Loss Riv_alj Johnstown strict of West Virginia indicate a 2 of the Conemaugh valley, though ) life is less, » 2000000 by the most conservative alized, it is 1w The full of the them L and are phic service demc timate of the disaster. The facts newspaper o und tele, about and veach a wir he best the first news is fragment. mes in, however, each successive 13 eeesesesscsssssssssscssscssssssscsses . CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Showers and Winds. Nebrask Cooler Tuesday Temperature at Omuha Yesterday: Deg. Des. AT .. 8O . 01 . 02 04 04 04 1 £ SEVERAL STRIKERS WOUNDED Southern Railroad Shops at 8. C., Bulletined as Dixastron Attack on Columbia, P COLUMBIA, §. C., June ern rallroad shops were attacked by strikers early this morning. Several strik- ers were wounded, but so far they have kept the wounded under cover. It is quiet bere (onignt MAY TAKE CARRIAGE RIDES McKinley Promised Short Out- ings this Week, After Doctors’ Consultation. 23.--The Eouth- Mrs. for WASHINGTON, June 23.—Dr. J. R. John- son was called to the White House this morning by Dr. Rixey and the two physi- clans spent half an hour in a careful study of Mrs. McKinley's vase. Dr. Johnson had not been at the White House before for several days and Dr. Rixey belleved that better able to note any change ‘M@,h Mrs. MeKinley's condition than one, who like himself, had been almost constantly with her. The re- sult of the examination was gratifying, for a distinct gain in condition was noted. In- deed, the physicians now hope to be able to permit their patient to take a few short carriage rides this week if the weather s favorable. Dr. Rixey is also satisfied that nothing will prevent the executlon of the plans already formed for the removal of Mrs. McKinley from Washington to Canton next week Mrs. McKinley's strength has increased to the extent that she is now able to walk around her bedroom for some time each day. Her general condition continues sat- isfactorily and Dr. Rixey said tonight that she had passed a comfortable day. JESSIE MORRISON SANGUINE Has No Fear of Unfavorable Verdict When Case Comes to Jury Tuesdny. ELDORADO, Kan., June 23.—Arguments in the second trial of Jessie Morrison for the murder ot Mrs. Olin Castle will begin tomorrow morning. It is belleved the case will go to the jury Tuesday evening. Miss Morrison is absolutely confident that she will be acquitted this time. Today to a reporter she sald: *I am just as sure of acquittal as I am that I am liv- ing this minute.” ““The trial this time has not been so wear- ing on me,” she continued. “It was a ter- rible strain the first time. This time, bow- ever, both sides rushed things and it did not become 80 tiresome.' The defense has failed to locate J. W Morgan, the peddiar who was at the Castie house the morning of the murder. With him on the stand Miss Morrison's attorneys had promised to furnish a surprise. CAILLES’ MEN TAKE THE OATH Surrenders His 430 Subordinates—Prisoners on Luzon Insurgent Gene Go Free. Province of Laguna, P. 1, June 28.—General Callles surrendered here today with 650 men and 500 rifies, Oaths of alleglance to the United States were administered to the former gents. Colonel Caballes, who fled to the moun- tains with & portion of his command, lke- wise surrendered MANILA, June surrender of General Cailles all the lusur- gent prisoners on Luzon {sland will be re- leased. Information from native sources confirms previous reports that General Mal- var will soon surrender. MR. CONGER MAY EAT AGAIN Benton Harbor Dec Must Banquet from © SANTA CRUZ, des Tha Man HARBOR, Conger. BENTON Edwin H Mich,, June %.— minister to China, ac- companied by his brother, Rev. 1 Conger of Pasadena, Cal, arrived here today by speclal train from Buffalo. He fs visiting his brother, Frank D. Conger, and will remain weveral davs. A banquet will be tendered him by the city tomorrow evening. FIRST FROM 'KANSAS FIELDS New Wheat Marketed at Winfield Sells for Sixtys Five Cents, Load of NFIELD, Kan., June 23.—The first load of new Kansas wheat was marketed here today. It was soft w tested sixty-two pounds and sold for 65 cents It was a surprise. The millers say that the wheat in this section will be better dand the yleld larger than for many years. sessccssssccssssssssscsscccssscccssseel insur- | ~In consequence of the | ' | Olendburst Deluges Elkhorn Coal Regi | Near the Virginia Line. | KEYSTONE IS THE WORST SUFFERER i { Town of 2,000 Inhabitants is Swept frem ‘ Its Foundations, | VALLEY BLACK WITH DEVASTATION | Valuable Preperties and Mine | Engulfed, | BRIDGES AND MILES OF TRACK GONE | Norfolk & Woestera Railroad Suffers Great | Loss, { A 1RESCUES ARE MADZ BY HEROIC MEANS Whole Tratnload of People at Vivian Drawn from Ca on the MY Windows Up T with ROANOKE, Va, June 23.—Passengers on A train from the west report that about 300 people were drowned yesterday even- | g along the Elkhorn division of the Nor | folk & Western railroad and that miles ot track and bridges were washed out The passengers on the train were tran ferred today by ropes from the train to the mountainside near Vivian, W, Va, All wires are down over the devastated section and no other particulars are ob- tainable. Those drowned are suid to in- clude the most prominent folks of the secs tion. The general manager of the N Western teft for the scene today. probably be several days before is open. folk & It will the road Thirty Bodies Afloat. TAZEWELL, Va., June 28.—The train- master of the Norfolk & Western railroad walked the track between Vivian and North Fork, a distance of twelve miles. He dis- covered thirty bodies floating In the ri: WASH iTON, June 23 -The following dispatehes heve been received by the Wash- ington Post regarding the reported loss ot life by the flood in West Virginia: “BLUEFIELD, W. Va., June 23.—Flood In Pocahontas coal fleld equaling that of Johnstown. Two hundred drowned. Im- possible to estimate the loss of property. ™ Says Five Hundred Lost. “ROANOKE, June 23.—Cloudburst over Poeahontas division of the Norfolk & Western this morning. Keystone, Elkhorn, Vivian and other towns wiped out. Rallroad dispatches say 500 lives are lost. One house left in Keystone. Twenty-five 10 thirty miles of raflroad track are destroye HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST Miners' Homes Along Elkhorn Creek Swept Away with BLUEFIELD, W. Va., June 23.—This en- tire section has just been visited by a flood, the extent of which fn all probability will exceed that of Johnstown in 1889, so far as the loss of property is concerned. Yesterday moruing, shortly after midnight, 4 heavy downpour of raln began, accom- panied by a severe electric storm, which violently increased in volume and continued throughout the entire day and night. At 10 a. m., while the storm has abated, the lowering clouds would indicate another ter- rific downpour at any moment. Many miles of the Norfolk & Western rallroad tracks, bridges and telegraph lines are entirely destroyed and communication 18 entirely cut off west of Elkhorn, so that it is 1mpossible to learn the full extent of the loss of ife and property, but officials of the coal operations located In the stricken district have sent out messengers to Elkhorn, the terminus of both telegraphio and railroad communication, and have re- celved a report that a conservative esti- mate as to the loss of life will easily reach 200, A number drowned are among thu most prominent people in the coal flelds The Pocahontas ceal field Is located In a basin, with high mountain ranges on either side, Elkborn creek tiowing through the center of the basin, which ranges from one-fourth to one mile in width, From Ennis, W, Va,, to Vivian, W. Va., a distance of ten miles, miners' cabins, coal company commissaries and coke plants line this basin, Blkhorn creek being fed by numerous small streams coming from the mountain- side rises very rapidly and this waterspout came %0 suddenly that the entire basin be- tween the two mountain ranges was flooded and before the terror-stricken people real- ized what was upon them they were car- ried down by the flood, which swept every- thing in ite path Keystone Worat Sufferer, The little town of Keystone, with a pop- ulation of about 2,000, seems the greatest sufferer, practically the entire town being washed away. This town is the principal one In the Pocahontas coal fields and is located near its center. It was to a great extent headquarters from which the mining population purchased supplies and was also the only place In the fleld where whisky | could be purchased. At this place there | were some twelve to fifteen saloons, all of which were washed away, The report comes that the mining pop- ulation is now occupying the banks of the streams below catching the merchandiss {and barrels of whisky and beer as they float down A great number of the coal and coke plants throughout the Pocahontas railroad are practically desiroyed and are in some Instances entirely washed away. Owing to the very high water which has flooded the reglon and prevented communication, any- thing like a correct estimate of the loss of property is impossible, but from the best Information obteinable at 2 p. m. Sunday the loss to property will easily reach $2,000,000, At Landgraf the beautiful home of Gen- eral Manager Ord Is reported gone, but his tamily is sald to be safe. Passengers Rescued with Ropey, Passenger train No. 4 of the Norfolk & Western ratlway reached Vivian about $:30 8. m., met the flood and was unable to pro- ceed further. The waters reached such a depth that the coaches had to be aban- doned, the pessengers heing rescued by means of ropes strung from the windows of coaches to the tops of remaining coke ovens rome distance away. Between Elk- horn and Vivian vard, a distance of ten wiles, 100 cars are said to be washed from i | | |