Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 3, 1902, Page 1

[————-——— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1902. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. FLOOD FOLLOWS FIRE ‘Water Bubmerges Flame-8wept Sections of Paterson, New Jersey. L0838 GREATER THAN BY CONFLAGRATION Hundreds of Families Are Homeless and Industzy Badly Orippled. DISTRESS OF THE POOR IS ALARMING Wenement Districts Are Scenes of the Worst Are Being Sent Destitute and Dex Households, PATERSON, N. J.,, March 2.—Th #0 recently swept by fire, is now oL whelmed by flood. Three weeks ago th greater part of its business section was Purned out and today the quarter oc- oupled by the houses of the poorer classes s tnundate Hundreds of famlilies have been made rmm- by the overflow of the Passia ver and the country for miles around ti pity is under water. So far but one death Bas been reported. The great peril now fs that the Spruce street raceway may @verflow, in which event a great loss of property in the manufacturing districts i sure to ensue. The racoway supplies water power for fnost of the mills along the water front. At this point the city muthorities have Placed expert engineers, who are instructed o touch off a blast of dynamite, which will a new channel for the immense vol- :'..' of water held there and by diverting 20 the bed of the river In & new direction the authorities hope to save a great deal ©f valuable property. Place Mines of Dynamite. In & cliff about seventy feet below the Bpruce street bridge the experts ha ed mines of dypamite, which, if it Is nd necessary, will be exploded. The fire of three weeks ago, while caus fng o damage to the extent of mearly §5,- 00,000, Aid mot create such suffering and widespread desolation as the fllood of to- @ay. The district for a mile along the river gront from Spruce street hill to Straight gtreet, and two blocks north and five blocks wouth of the river, nearly half a mile in th, 1s covered with water, which in many reached to the second story of ! dwelllngs. ' 'hll this dlstrict are situated the Rogers Locomotive Works and several silk mills and dye works. Nearby live fully 600 fam- flies, who have been driven from their fenements. Several hundred of these peo- of the donors being Mre. Hobart, widow the late vice president. .‘ll the work of rescue one of the most earnest tollers, Henry Richards, a carpen: , lost his lite. 3 UAM making several successtul trips, his of a mill race, olun & tree for pearly half an hour, but in of many attempts to reach him, be disappeared in the muddy waters. Relief of the Distressed. During the three hours the men were working another alarm was turned in, but the blaze was insignificant. Oun Hamilten, near Dayton, two bulldings 3 which supply the the city ‘with light, are sub- many households had to use candles and oll lamps. The electric com- pany’s plant, which furnished the street lght, was far removed from the flooded woction, so that the thoroughfares are well Ughted. The danger to the city from the flood, {day. At 8 o'clock LOSS UP lN_lHE MILLIONS | SNOWSLIDES BURY MINERS | T!LLMAN SCE!_ES COUNTRY [ BURGLAR SURRENDERS TOOLS CONDITION 0}'_1“5 WEATHER erty Damage from Flood mennse, Besides Death Rate. Heavy PITTSBURG, March 2.—This city and Al- legheny have wo far recovered from the flood as to have resumed all ordinary traf- fle and to have in a great imeasure over- come the inconvenience brought about by the high waters. At 11 o'clock tonight the Ohio river mark at Davis island dam was 26.3 fe of nearly three feet since 8 a. Monongahela river at 8 o’'clock this morn- ing registered thirty feet and at 6 p. m. twenty-seven. An estimate of the damage done here by the flood is hard to get at tonight, but conservative men place the total at about $1,250,000. This includes the loss to the thousands of workmen in wages as well as the actual property loss. Reliable mer- ckants say the loss in the Penn avenue dis- triet alone, from the Lincoln hotel to Twelfth street, will probably exceed $300,- 000. The worst sufferer in tbis distriot the Lincoln hotel, which is damaged about $10,000. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 2.—~A heavy rainfall and rush of water from its upper | butaries caused the north branch of M Susquehanna river to rise rapidly to- this morning It wi twenty-nine feet above low-water marl and at noon had reached thirty-foot mark, and the tide equals that of 1865. The water is over the banks of the river from Pittston to Nanticoke and resembles a vast lake. Nearly ome-half the city is under water. Two hundred families living in the low- nds in the town of Plymouth bhad te leave their homes hastily this afternoon, the water covering the first floors and put- ting out the fires. Nine lives have been lost so far. The casualties for the past twenty-four hours were three. The property loss is already estimated at $1,000,000. William P. Reilley hired a cab from Richard Breckert to drive him across the river to his home on Luserne borough sarly this mornin, The carriage, horses and ocoupants were caught In the swift current on the roadway above the North street bridge and carried down stream. The horses were quickly drowned. Rellley clung to a limb of a tree, but was drowned before help could reach him. TWENTY THOUSAND IDLE MEN Thrown Out of Em Which ¢ yment by Floods we Great D anter. WHEELING, W. Va,, March ‘Wheeling tonight is in the grasp of the worst flood it has experienced since that of 1884, with but one exception. The maximum stage was reached at 6 p. mi--forty-three feet three inches, and the decline {s expected to begl midnight. 4 In Wheeling, Bellaire, Benwood, Martins Feorry and Bridgeport scores of factorles entered by the raging waters, fires extinguished and 20,000 men on the list of involuntary idlenéss will continue until Monday night or Tuesday morniog. 1 L Qb 5 Wheeling island 6. swosthisdetovered. by water tonight atd fully 700 families are otcupying the upper floors of their homes. Bouth Wheeling and Benwood were hit fully a8 bard. Owing to the slow advance 6f the floodtide, however, the people were enabled to move their belongings and as a con quence the property loss s not as heavy as on former occasions, This afternoon North Wheeling boys bullt a fire on the river bank and in the debris used as fuel was, among other things, & partially filled can of nitroglycerine, which exploded with a tremendous report. Three of the boys were seriously injured, but will recover. They are: Another half-filled can of nitrogiycerine was kicked around in.the gutter in front of the Hotel Windsor by boys until an oll man disclosed the character of the contents. ‘Then there was a scattering of the popula- ton 1 directions. The police we called and removed the can. STILL PRESS INVITATION Charleston Officials Urge President Roosevelt to Visit the Ex- positi CHARLESTON, C., March 32.—Mayor Smithe and Aldermen Rhett and Kollock, representing the city, and President Wag- ener and Director Hemphill of the Exposi- tion board, left here today for Washington, where they will irge the president to carry out his promise to come to Charleston. Mayor Smithe today recelved a telegram from Secretary Cortelyou, which reads: ““Your letter enclosing action of city coun- cfl received and the president directs me to express his hearty thanks. He hopes to meet the committee at lunch tomorrow and will make all arrangements then.” WASHINGTON, March 3.—President Roosevelt has an appointment for tomorrow morning with a committee of Charleston citizens who are coming here to urge that he visit the exposition. At that time the expectation is that a final determination will be reached by the president, as to whether he will go to Charleston or nof He is anxious to do this and has not aba doned his intention to do so, which was only prevented by the illness of his son. He probably will consult the Charleston committee regarding the effect of the THI- man dinner luvitation eplsode and then di cide whether he will carry out his cher- lshed wish. —_— STORM ON PACIFIC COAST Heavy Wind Fractically Cuts Of State from Outside Communi- ecation. SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.—A heavy southeast storm passed over this city and vicinity last nig all directiocs. The bay was unusually rough and the ferry service between this Two More Avalanches Sweep Down the Oolorado Mountains. MOST OF MEN ESCAPE FROM DEATH es s Predicted TELLURIDE, Colo., March 2.~Two snow slides came down the mountain near the Bob Tall mine today, the second burying several men at work clearing the debris away from firet. Henry H. Martin is miseing. Several were rescued with slight injuries. In the first slide the residence of Su- perintendent Van Law of the Smuggler Union mine was carried away, but for- tunately the occupants had moved out on in- struotions of Manager Colllns, who feared for their safety. ‘While a force of men were clearing away the trail the second wiide, much heavier than the first, came down with a crash, burying several of the workmen. noise of the moving mass gave warnin, the men ond they made a dash for below a projecting cliff, which they thought safe, but were knocked off into the snow pile by the edge of the slide. Belleved to Be Dead. All but Martin, who is thought to be buried under the mass of snow and rock, escaped with their lives, though several were more or less seriously hurt. The worst ‘slide of the many that have run within the past few days is to come, it 1s feared. This is the Pandora slide, which runs between the Bullion Tunnel and the Valley View mine. Its path takes the whole train from the Smugglér to the Hang- ing Rock and down the canon to Pandora. Of late years it has not run, but on account of the recent heavy smowfall it Is expected at any time. At 3 o'clock this afternoon a heavy snow commenced falling. This is the worst storm of the season and will greatly | crease the danger from snow slides. The bodies of Paul Delpra and Gus Von Fintel were found today in the third slide at the Liberty Bell. Both were horribly mangled and almost. unrecognizable. The work of rescue today was slow b cause of lack of men, many of whom came here to attend the funeral of the victims of Thursday's slide, which was held this afternoon. TERMS OF SUGAR CONVENTION Complete List of Previsions Agreed to at Brassels O ference. BRUSSELS, March 2.—L/Btolle Belge pub- llshes the list of the sugar convention by articles. By article 1 the contracting parties agree to supply the existing direct and indirect bounties and undertake not to establish such bountles during the pertod of the con- ad o produets comarming 1a m:- sugar artificlally incor- porated are assimilated to sugar. The first paragraph also applies to advantages of every kind resulting directly or indirectly from the fiscal legislation of the different states. . Article 2 deals with the survelllance of factories and refineries by revenus officers. Article 3 limits the sugar tax to the max- imum of 6 francs for refined and assimi- lable rs, and to 5% francs for other sugal Article 4 agrees to the imposition of counterveiling duties not less in amount than the bountles granted and reserves the liberty of prohibiting the importation of bountled suga In this article the con- tracting parties agree to remit at the low- est rates sugars Imported from countries party to the contract or their colonies that adhere to the obligations of the convention. Article 5 provides that cane and beet sugars cannot be subjected to different rates of duty. Artiel glves certain privileges to Spain, Italy, Roumania and Sweden as not export- ing countries. Article 7 provides for the establishment of a permanent international commission of survelllance to sit at Brussels to exer- cise general control, to settle litigous questions and to decide on the admission to the convention of non-contracting states. LONDON, March 3.—Cabling from Brus- the correspondent of the Times says the International sugar conference has ob- tained from Great Britain a promise not to adopt a preferential tariff in favor of of ber colonies producing cane sugar. obtalning this promise the delegates to the conference from other countries than Great Britain pointed out that because of the suppression of sugar bounties and the car- tels cane sugar was now sufficiently pro- tected and that shortly it might be coupled with beet sugar in the British market. Th says cot respondent of the Times, not wishing to run the risk of wrecking the conference, finally made this concession. GET TROPHY FROM ROOSEVELT Portuguese Sai Recelve Gift frém LISBON, March 2.—The chronometer sent by President Roosevelt to Captaln Betancourt of the Portuguese steamer Peninsular, the binoculars sent by the pres- ident to the officers of the steamer and the gold medals sent to the crew for hav- captaln and crew of an last November ‘were prepented today to the persons for whom they were intended by Francls B. Loomis, United States minister to Portugal. The Portuguese steamer Peninsular, from Lisbon October 28 last, fell in No- vember 14 with the American schooner Western Era, from Calals, M Bedford, with its rudder go Peninsular took off the captain and the two men cn the American schooner and brought the.» to New York November 10. OPPOSE PROHIBITIVE TAX MANILA, March 2.—The American, Span- ish, British and German merchants of Ma- nila, snd the local press held a meeting to remonstrate agalust the probibitive tar- Iff which they declared to be crippling the industries and resources of the archipelago. Subscriptions were taken at this meeting to send & cablegram to Washington setting forth the views on this matter of the fa- teresta represcatedy . Repeats His Charge of Flunkeyism and Aping Forelgn No. Blilty. NEW YORK, March 3.—Under the aus- pices of the Clan Na Gael the 124th anni- versary of the birth of Robert Emmett was celebrated tonight atithe Academy of Music. A large crowd was in attendance. State Senator Victor J. Dowling presided. United States Senator Bemjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina delivered the oration. Resolutions were adopted condemning England's colonial policy, deprecating en- tangling alliances by the United States with European nations, sympathising with the Boers, protesting against the United States government allowing England to use the United States ports for the fitting out of vessels in which to ship horses and mules and pledging the people of Ireland hearty support in thelr struggle for treedom. Senator Tillman was received with great applause. He sald: “I am no orator and if I to it, it s because I fight the devil with fire.”” | Well,” came a voice .2-:" audience, “it you are not an orator are a-good fighter.” H A little more later he wald: “I was afrald I would“bave to’ postpone my visit because of un incldent you prob- ably have recently read t at Wash- ington, but ome of your ttee came to Washington and with Mg Irish eloquence made me promise to be om band unless in fall. Now here I am, so @ good look at me, for 1 am going te fAlk plainly.” The tor then lmumehed into an at- tack on England for trampling on the Irish people. “For many centuries the Jrish people bave been trampled on and murdered by the English,” he said, “asd It may not be amiss to say that petty squabbles among Ireland’s sons have beem responsible for their misfortunes today. They make grand soldlers, but fall to show their qualities in their own behalf.” Suddenly turning from this subject, he sald: “If being a flunkey and apeing no- bility amd establishing & system that is akin to England's policy s making torios of us, then I think we are there at least, or ‘at least the government at Washington has got there. 3 “England,” continued the semator, “‘can squint and shake its thutab at us and “Your work In the Philippines is as bad ours in Africa.” “Why have we got such a government? There is the rub. Why do you pass reso- lutions such as you have tonight and oo other occasions and then ge out and vote for those who are stifiing liberty in Wi ington? We are losing our love for our in- stitutions and if we continue thus we will 0 the way of other republies.” Senator Tillman then said the American people were slaves to ,and_could Dot get along without & boss, which he predicted in time would betray the people. 'They have dome it already,” cried a volce in the balcony. . o “Yes, and they will dd it agatn,” replied the speaker, who was about to say some- thing about this condition of ; tics, Tl Bt aet ‘under ve any claim the truth and but hesitated and said: poroeal Woss I gut fere’ s aré & pretty sort of Americans.” - 3 The senator concluded with & short eulogy on Emmett. TILLMAN LAUGHS AT STORY Ridicules Idea of Prealdent Incurring Danger by Vistitl ton Exposition. NEW YORK, March 2.—The Times to- morrow will say: ‘ “‘Senator Tillman of South Carolina, who was In the city last night, ridiculed the idea that President Roosevelt wouid invite danger in the ovent of his gding to Charleston. To a Times representative declared there was no truth in the stat ment that he had called on Senator Platt Saturday and advised him to warn the president not to go to South Carolina. “‘I did not reach New York until 4 p. m. today,’ he said, ‘consequently I was not | & in New York yesterday. I did not, thes fore, see Senator Platt, nor do I intend to #ee Him.’ “'Do you think the president would be in danger of his life if he visits Charles- ton? was asked. ‘Oh, mercy, no,’ the senator repiled, ‘I am satisfied he would be treated with the| po.q) utmost courtesy.’ * The Times will also say Senator Platt denies baving recelved a call from Sen- ator Tillman. GAS EXPLOSION IS FATAL Killa Two Persons and Wrecks Bulld- ings Heart of Otty. RBEADING, Pa., Feb, 2.—At 10:30 o’clock tonight a terrific explosion occurred in the four-story music store of C. H. Lichty. The bullding at once collapsed. This was fol- lowed by the three-story brick umbrella factory adjoining of Mrs, Mary Roland. Both bulldings contents were di stroyed. A number bullding, but they except Mrs. Roland, and a friend who called to spend the evening, and the watchmar in the Lichty bullding. It is believed these two persons perished. The zulfl is sald to have been due to . gas ich was manufactured by a local company, of which Mr. Lichty was presi- dent. The bullding was filled with musical instruments. The total loss is $250,000. Many nefghboring buildings were damages Half & dozen people w serfously injured. The scene of the explosion was In the cen- ter of the city and aroused everybody within its limits, . FINALLY REVEALS IDENTITY w Iee with Male Refuses to Swim, man Camping o Fisher BAY CITY, Mich.,, March 23.—Thirty-five men, one woman and & team of horses escaped from a big floe of ice in Saginaw bay to the shore in Tuscola county today. The woman had been living on the ice all winter, her "sex belng unknown to the me She was mannish in appearance and wore complete male attire, with trousers tucked in high boots. Her sex was discov- ered yesterday when the party was making an effort to get ashore. The men proposed swimming to shore, if it became necessary. The woman demurred, and after some ques- tioning she admitted her sex. She had been backward about visiting among the other shanties on the ice all winter, pre- ferring the seclusion of her own hut She sald she had gone upon the lce partly for the excitement and partly for making money catching fish, Her home s In Sebawing. > Writes to Ohief Donahne that He Has Re- solved to Reform. AFTER THIRTY YEARS' CRIMINAL CAREER Chief of Police Says Tools Are y Fine for Safe Blowing, for Which They Were Evi- dently Used, Chief Donahue: Find herewith kit of safe-blowing tools, which have helped me make a living for more than thirty years. As 1 am now @ years of age and have ust been released from tHe penitentia am going to reform, and so I have a up these tools, which 'have been buriéd in Omaha for five years, and now send them to you as an evidence of good faith, JAMES R. SHULTZ. This Is the glst of a letter which Chi Donahue recelved by messenger late Sa urday afternoon, and with the letter came a kit of safe-blower’s tools. The kit com- prises nine pleces in all, some of them of doubtful application, but all of the very best chilled steel and of masterful work- mwanship. They were coated with rust and clogged with earth and fragments of the half-rotten woolen clothes in which they’ bad been swathed for burial. The chief considers this the most complete and in- teresting exhibit in his museum of crimi- nology. Here is an Inventory: Three chilled- steel bits of graduated size, a bracket shaped something like a bootjack, fitted with three thumbscrews: w brace for turn- ing the bits, four pleces of chilled steel about the size of the bits, with the of which the chief is not familiar. The bracket ls made to set astride the knob of a tombination lock on a safe door, and the thumbscrews are to stiffen it to hold it securely in place. It is perforated with a hole just large enough to admit one of the bits. The evident purpose of this is to steady the bit while it is eating its way through the safe door. Tools Come in a “Shroud.” The tools came In the “shroud” in which ‘they had been buried, and this consisted of three separate wrappers, all badly decom- posed. The first was a plece of heavy, green felt, ovidently part of a billlard ta- ble cover; the second was an old newspa- per, bearing date April 7, 1897, and the third wae a fragment of a gray-checkered shawl. ‘These came to the office about 4:30 Sat- urday afternoon,” sald the chief. “I was expecting a package from a downtown printing officg, so when the boy came in with this and lald it on the desk I took it for granted it was the parcel I expected, 80 paid no epecial attention to the incl- dent, and the boy had gone some little time ‘when I opened the parcel, and, much to my surprise, found these safe-blowing tools. The boy was not a regular mes- senger boy; at least he wore no unmiform. By the package on the desk he left this let- OMAHA, Nel Dear Sir—Having Forecast for Nebraska—Cloudy Monday, Probably Rain, Warmer in_East Portion; Tuesday, Fair, Colder in West Portion; Variable Winds. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Hour. Ho [] 3 BANNER COUNTY HAS MYSTERY Kimball People Uncertaln Whether Mra. Sol Bloom Was Mur- dered. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 3.—(Special Telegram.)—Dr. Charles Stewart, Union Pacific surgeon at Kimball, Neb., who is visiting in Cheyenne, received a request to- night from Charles Bloom, son of Mrs. Sol Bloom, the aged woman who was found dead in the cellar of her ranch house fifteen miles north of Kimball, in Banner county, Nebraska, yesterday to go to the ranch and make an examination of his mother's wounds, for it 18 feared she was murdered. Excitement is running high at Kimball and in the vieinity of Harrlsburg, and so p tive are the people that Mrs. Bloom was murdered that steps are already being taken to apprehend the person suspected of the murder. Mrs. Bloom was found by her sons, who, coming in from ihe fleld at noon, found no dinner awaiting them. Golng to the cellar they found the body. Dr. Stewart has been advised that the arteries of both wrists had been cut, as well as the temple arteries, and that the head was badly beaten up. The acting coroner of Banner county was unable to qualify and the sherift conducted an examination. It is understood that a verdict was reached to the effect that M Bloom was stricken with heart disease and received her injuries by falling down the cellar stairs. It is the bellef at Kimball that Mrs. Bloom was murdered by a stranger who was seen in the vieinity of the ranch Thursday and Friday. It was known that the Blooms, who are well-to-do farmers, kept a large sum of money in the housé and it {s presumed that the crime was committed for the purpose of robbery. Other theorles are advanced by neighbors of the Blooms. Dr. Stewart will hold a post mortem ex- amination tomorrow, when it is expected more light will be thrown upon the case. DR. BURNETT IS CONVICTED Found Guilty of Murder of Mrs. Char- lotte S. Nichol—Jury Recom- mends Fifteen Years. CHICAGO, March 2.—The jury in the case of Dr. Orvill 8. Burnett, who has been on trial, charged with the murder of Mrs. Charlotte 8. Nichol of Nashville, Tenn., returned a verdict of gullty and recom- rd | mended that Burnett be sent to the peni- 1 became a burglar and safe-blower to t begin with. Refers to His Home. and had pectable parents, dence of many friends, until, one work and put o was taken from m. although innocen the crime . _The police swore falsely against me and had me convicted of a crime of which 1 was as innocent as babe. This broke my heart, 1 leased after he co! 27 5al n charged. and looked upon as such. Although it was hard for me to leave my home an 1 did, I thought by doing so ve them from further disgrace, want to tell you that even my ‘class have a feeling for home and a heart as right as anyone. But after leaving home it was not long before I was confronted by one of the old charges that hung against me, and 1 had to lie in jail in a strange town until it was in some way fixed up. Since 1 have commifted many crimes, though ‘h time I felt the wrong 1| was doing and often resolved this would be my last job. But my first arrest came betore men, and I thought, what good it I saw your opinion in days return and I t me down leves, because 1 feel me of my man- have been a bank cashier instead of a robber. But my life is & blot now, for 1 am 6 years of age, but at that 1 have not forgotten my ol day try 1) id be Fnd"this’ time T will fulh wmy Evid resolution. I leave your great cit evidence of my good fa set of lools, which 1 complete and bes tomorrow, and as th I tender you my ¢ g0t U ek of° nand: Bade" to0ls. over handied In: cracking wafe, which you readily see by ool ing at them. They have been burled in Omaha for five years. These same tools have me my living for more than thirty years, have sent me to the pen on two occasions, one of which was a ve year term, from whic ave jus Yelouned BUL there. are dosens of Jobs 1 have done for which I have not suffered. I'm an old man now, but to show you the old IKD:‘y of honor am thieves is some- times right, well as their intentions in many oases, if they are given s helping hand instead of & steel cage, I turn this kit over to you, and Tesolve in this late day to spend the balance of m gabie e Bohast, Rooping vaa Tl bes n convicting peo) ’.'podl};( on the charge of being & thief and hoping you will help a young” man in this position, [ am yours truly, JAMES R SHULTZ. The letter was written in a firm, legible hand on two long sheets of ruled yellow The bandwriting and spelling were better in proportion than the Eng. Nsh, trom which it is inferred that Shultz dictated the communication to some one. Diffieuity in Reforming. ‘The article In an Omaha newspaper which he refers to was an interview with Chief Donahue, published one dAy last week, which dealt principally with the hardships encountered by ex-convicts In trylng to reform, 1 met an old prison guard named M loney Saturday evening,” said the chi “and had a talk with him about this case. He was until recently a guard at the Li coin penitentiary, and he sald there had been an old ‘cracksman’ discharged from that institution within the last ten days, but that his name was not Sbultz. This man was about 80 years old, Maloney said, s been talking about reform- 1t is only natural that an assumed name in signing such a com- munication as he left with me, especially if be was sincere in bis intention to re- form.” Student Volunteer Meeting Ends. TORONTO, Out., March 2.—The closing day of the Student Volunteer coavention was spent in meetings of various kinds all over the eity. Bishop Baldwin of Losdon, Ont., preached the convestion eermon at Massey bhall o the moraing. tentiary for fifteen years. Burnett's attorneys will ask for s mew trial tomorrow, The verdict was a prise, as Judge Baker's instructions to jury were' considered favorable to the de-~ fendant. The cass was one of the most unusual that has ever been tried in the Cook county criminal court. Burmett, who is & young dentist, was charged with belng accessory before and after the fact to the death of Mrs. Nichol, even though it was admitted by the prosecution that Mrs. Nichol had committed suicide. The state endeavored to establish the point that Burnett and Mrs. Nichol agreed to commit sulcide to- gother and that the man weakened, allow- ing the woman to go to her death alone. The defensc disputed that there had been any agreement between the two to end thelr lives together and asserted that Mrs. 1| Nicho! had taken her own life while Bur- nett was lying intoxicated at her side. FORCE OF STRIKERS GROWS L m Are Recognized in Their De- mands by natio; Brotherhood. NEW YORK, March 2.—The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers took public cognizance today of the strike of the linemen, by Issuing a notice from Newark, N. The notice says the brother- hood had called out the linemen employed by the New York & New Jersey, the New York and the American Telephone and Telegraph companies, these companies con- trolling the telephone interests In New Jer- sey and Greater New York, Thi ement is made that 450 men are out and the com- panies are trying to import men from other places. TWO CHARGED WITH ARSON Owner of Store that Others rested. Are Ar- LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 2.—Edward P, Caldwell, who ran & drug store at Fifteenth and Prentice streets that was destroyed by fire at 1 o'clook this morning, Bdward Stegner, aged 17, and Henry McGowan, were arrested today on the technical charge of being suspected felons. The police say Stegner confessed that he and McGowan set fire to the drug atore bullding and that they were to re $300 for their work. There was $2,600 lnsurance on the bulld- ing and stock. Three men who roomed over the store had & narrow escape. RICH - MAN KILLS HIMSELF Ohio Million; s Aet Traced to Griet Over His Son's Death. WARREN, 0., March 2.—Henry Bishop Perkins, one of Ohlo’s mest prominent and philanthroplo ecitizens, killed himself by hanging today in his office adjoining his bome in this eit Tiiness and the death of = favorite son, a Yale graduate, a year ago, is belleved to have made Mr. Perkins temporarily in- sane. Mr. Perkins was president of the First National bank of Warren and also promient in rallroad and state affairs, He was said to be worth three or four millions of dollars. Movements of Gcean Vessels, Mareh 3, At New Iank—ArrIvod Trave, from os tary Umbria, oloATrived: | Nomadc, trom tor e SSohne, NP ind Phaer ohl At Gravesend—Arrived: Hav N Wow Yok tor Angoary. - yertord, from Al Queenstown-Baiied: Lucania, from England, from Ldvi , for New Yor At ton—Arrived: A Fokohama—Arrived: Chisa, 8a. Francieco and Honolulu, for Nag aad DIXIE HAILS PRINCE Warm-Hoarted Southerners Greet Royal @erman with Enthusiasm, IN THE SOUTHLAND Principal Oities in Tennessee and Kentuoky Tender Hearty Ovations, EVENTFUL TRIP PRINCE SCALES LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN Views with Interest Soemes of Thrilling Battles of Oivil War, CORDIALLY ENTERTAINED BY HGOSIERS Oapital Oity the Tourist Departs INDIANAPOLIS, March 2.—Prince Henry of Prussia went up Lookout Mountain today and after viewing the ground where the unjon and confede soldlers met In conflict and hearing a fresh story of the battles, resumed his journey to the morth and west. Leaving Chattanooga over the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louls rail- road, his trala ran through a cornor of Alabama and then turning to the morth hurried roes Tennessee with a short stop at Nashville, through Kentucky, with brief stays at Loulsville and Bowling Green and up into Indiana to another brief hailt at Indianapolis. At Indianapolis the course was changed to the westward agaln and on the tracks of the Vandalia line his train is tonight on the reach for St. Louls. His reception in the south was hospitable and demonstrative. The negroes mani- fested great curlosity as to the prince and they Interested and amused him. He had an opportunity to hear them sing at Nash- ville and was greatly pleased at the ex- perience. It was the Glee club of Fisk ubiversity that sang and at the close he asked the young woman who led them to come into his car. He shook her hand and congratulated ber. There was a great crowd at Chattanooga and the people gave the prince a hand- some souvenir of his visit. Nashville also made a emonstration of friendliness, as aid Louisville and Indianapoll At every station along the route the peo- ple gathered to salute Eim with cheers. There was much enthusiasm over Admiral Evane, ae well, and at several polnts after they had seen and cheered the prince the people called for the Admiral. Briet though it was, Prince Henry was delighted with his southern tour, and as he was leaving Nashville said: “The people have been very kind to me. Everywhere they have received me in the the kindllest manner and I deeply appre- clate it. I wish they might know how thankful I am. Guided by a pilot engine the royal spe- chlm:n{" trom Cipeinnat! to Chattanooga. d | _his, exertlons of the day, the price . atter - Cluclntatl, but his slumbera were dist: by the clamorous ealls made for him at some of the Kentucky towns, At Somerset several young men ran up to his cyr and beating on the windows of his apartment called upon him to appear. He did mot know that It was simply an act of hood- lums and sald when he arose that he would have shown himeelf if he had been dressed. Climbs Lookout Mountain, It was 8 p. m. when the special pulled into the depot at Chattanooga, and the "local reception committee, headed by Newall Sanders and accompanfed by Pension Com- missioner H. Clay Bvans and Gemeral H. V. Boynton, came forward to formally greet the prince. There was a great throng in and about the depot and it broke Into hearty cheers when the prince appeared at the rear of the car Columbia, He wore the uniform of admiral and saluted when he faced the crowd. He and his party were taken by special electric train to the in- clined rallway that climbs the rugged face of Lookout Mountain. They made the ascent in two cars, the prince, escorted by General Boynton and Commissioner riding on the rear platform of the first. The morning was fairly tlear when the car began the ascent and the splendid pan- oramic view quickly came into vision. As the prince reached tHe crest of the moun- tain the sun broke through the graylsh clouds and for a short time the viey was excellent. Missionary Ridge, Orchard Knob and Raccoon Mountaln were. outlined cleer and bold, and below the Tennessee river could be traced in its meanderings for miles. Hears Story of Old Batties. General Boyoton, who participated in the Chattanocoga operations with Shermad army, and Is chairman of the Chickamaugs National Park association, sccompanied prince down along the ridge of the moub- tain and briefly related the story of the campaign. He pointed off to the Cumber- land mountal beyond which Rosecrans began the movement, traced out the feint to deceive Bragg, brought it up to the command of Grant, and then graphically told the story of Chickemauga and ihe assaults on Missionary Ridge and Leokout Mountain. /’ Prince Henry followed the recital with the keenest interest, and with map beforé him, studied out the strategy and progrors of the fight. He asked numerous questivis, and at his direction his aide, Lieutenwit Commander von Egidy, noted down figures a8 to the number of men engaged, the losses on either side and other information as to the battles and campaign. As Prince Henry stood at Rock Polut and looked across the valley of the Tennessee he ex- claimed: Never Saw Such = Sight. ““This {s magnificent. There is nothing In all Burope that is finer. 1 have never seen such a battlefiel While the party was at Rock Point a soow squall blew up and the picture changed in & moment. Dark clouds of the storm rolled in around the peaks, the sky blackeued and snow began falling. Through the storm the recital we: on and the young prince and the gray-haired veterss, who talked of a day nearly forty years gone, and the uniformed staffs standing about, made an impressive group. The party was photographed at the peak, and photographer did not Itke the way the prince stood, and in rether loud tone re peatedly asked him to change. The prince changed position eral times, but finally sald: “I have changed five times, I think. You will take me right here, If you care to. You have had several photographs already,” Sorry He Got Mad. Later the prince told one of the presi- dent's delegates that he was sorry be bad