Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 31, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA ¥ ¥ DAILY BEE. Lives Lost, Property Destroyed and Many Feople Badly Injured. CHURCHES STRICKEN BY FIERCE GALE Minister Seriously Hurt and Two Worshipers Are Killed. y ANOTHER CONGREGATION ALSO SUFFERS > P 9 Bteeple of Edifice Blown into l, 0, of Worship. use OHIO VALLEY 1S SCENE OF DISAS:, Terrific Wind Sweeps Through Por- tions of Ohlo, Pennsy West Virg! nia and Doing Grent Damage. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 30.—One of the flercest wind storms ever known in this section struck the city today just before noon and did aimost inealculable damage to property and injured many people, many of whom will die from their wounds. Scores of houees were unroofed, many trees were blown down, mill stacks toppled over and telegraph and telephone wires were gen- erally demolished. The most serfous accident Toofing of the Knoxville Presbyterian church in Knoxville. Thc church at the time was filled with an Easter congrega- tion numbering about 600 persons. While the minjster was in the midst of his ser- mon, a particularly ng gust of wind Dlew over the large chimmey and lifted & portion of the roof of the building. The bricks from the chimney crashed through the roof and carried a huge plece of the hardwood cefling, measuring about 40x20 feef, down upon the worshipers in the pews. Panie Among Worshipers. An indescribable panic ensued and a frantic rush was made for the doors and windows. At least forty persons were caught by the wreckage and more or less hurt. Of this number five may not re. cover. The more seriously injured are: Dr. R. J. Phillips, 40 years of age, may die. Curtis Ray Knight, probably fatal. Clarence McNulty, may die. F. Byron, serlous, David Smith, 32, serlous Joseph Adams, 21, badly crushed. Albert Schmidt, 14, both arms broken nd head cut. John Mayer, 17, head and face cut. Thomas Mechlin, 18, arms and head cut Kvan Jones, 22, serious. Mra. Rachel Schultz, 35, arms broken. The tow boat Belle McGowan was blown over In the Ohio river and completely wrecked. Its erew was rescued. Jones & Laughlins had fourteen of thelr furnace stacks blown down, necessi- tating the shut down of a portion of their plant for weeks Grash Interrupts Benedietion. Al Rev. ‘W. English, pastor of the Tobinson Run United Presbyterian church, tear McDonmald, was raising his arms to oronounce the benediction, lightning struck the church spire and It toppled upon the ‘0of, crushing it and injuring a number worshipers, two of whom will die, The Infured are: Robert Patterson, aged 10 years, will dle. Leon Averill. aged 11 vears, will dle. Mrs. John Patterson. mother of Robert. Mrs. Mary Patterson Miss Mary G. Wallace, Mrs. Averlll, mother of Leon. The spire and part of the roof of the oburch at McDonald was torn off and the bullding considerably damaged. The Noblestown Presbyterfan church was also unroofed. The Forest Ol company had between 200 and 300 derricks blown down {n its McDonald rexion and consider- eble damagze was sustained to its pipeage svstem. The office of the Monongahela connect- ing rallroad In this cfty was destroyed by fire this evening because no alarm could be turned in. either by telephone or tele- sraph. The Armstrong Cork company's viant was unroofed and much damage done to machinery and stock. Reports from the different rallroads tonight show that all tuffered more or less from broken tel £raph poles and crippled service, Havoe All Along the Line. Belated reports from nearby towns up to miduight show that the wind played havoc In every town in its track. At Mingo Junction, O., the wind caught the big structural ore bridge of the Na- tional Steel company’s plant and whirled 1t along the tracks until it was stopped by another ore bridge, which was sent spin- ning to the end of the track, where it fell, & shapeless mass of iron. The bridges cost $60,000 and will take five months to rebuild. At Belle Vernon, Pa., thousands of dollars will be required to repair the storm dam- age. The American Window Glass com- pany's plant was unroofed, several smoke- acks being blown down and & wall blown in. Several of the houses belonging to the company were wrecke At Greensburg, Pa., the damage was con- siderable. Nearly 9,000 feet of roof of the Keely & Jones plant was carried away and foto @ fish pond a third of a mile dis- tant. The churches dismissed their congrega- tions and while many of the congregat ons were lingering about the First Presbyterian church doors, waiting for the storm to abate, the great cupola of the edifice was caught by the wind and toppled into th» street. Curlously, a heavy fragment of the steeple was carried over several hous:s and across a vacant lot and cast through a window of Ziop's Lutheran church. For- tunately, Do ome was hurt. At Jeannette, Latrobe and New Alexan- & number of houses were unroofed, but no great damage dons MilL is Blown Down, At Washington, Pu., the new bar will of the Grifia Tin Plate company was blown down, entailing a loss of §10,000. The plant was completely wrecked Five houses owned by Willlam Campbell were blown down, and the Roman Catholic and the Third United Presbyterian churches were considerably damaged. Many private residences lost roofs and windows. It Is cxpected greater losses will be reported to- morrow when the couutry districts can de heard frow. More than 2500 lights of glass In the Phipps couservatory of Schemely park were broken and much of the gorgeous Easter flower display ruined. The Montana apartment house and the Idaho bullding, which adjoins it, were | court, which has granted him a writ of | py ) per the downpour and rush of waters partially destroyed. ‘The roof of the forge plant at Raokin was lifted off and carried many yards away The damage In the Monongabela and Tur- (Continued on Second Page.) was the un. | OMAHA, MONDAY MORNIN ¥y MARCH 31, 1902. e SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Wreeked in Collision with an Amer- fean Ship in English Waters. LONDON, March 30.—The British steamer Holyrood, Capta'n Benton, from Portland, Me., March 15, for London, has sunk after colliding March 27, with the Leyland line steamer, Bernard Hall, Captain Cassentine, from Liverpool, March 26, for Barbadoes, Trinidad and Galveston, Tex. The crew of Holyrood, numbering twenty-eight men, boarded Bernard Hall, which has arrived at Queenstown, with its bows stove in. The collision occutred at 8 o'clock in the evening in a dense fog, at a point 175 miles | west of Fastnet. Both vessels were golng slowly at the time. Captain Benton and Captain Caseentine were on the bridges of “beir respective steamers and a careful & Sout was being kept. The approaching % were not discovered until it was Bernard Hall struck Holyrood on the port side, and ripped a g /e in the latter steamer, which extendy 1Into its engine rooms. Boats were quickly lowered from both vessels. The crew of Holyrood scrambled out of thelr steamer, which sank twenty minutes after being struck. Holyrood was owned by Steamship company, and Verel, Glasgow.) net register an the Holyrood limited. (Raeburnx It was of 1,735 tons [CUPID "DOES QUICK WORK Effects | Fo an Engagement After but r Days of Acquaint- ance. NEW YORK, March 80.—J. E. Oglesby, son of the late Richard J. Oglesby, once | Rovernor of Illinols, arrived on the Amerl- {can )iner, St. Paul. When he stepped ashore he announced his engagement to Miss Ida Rogers, daughter of Thomas Rogers of this city. The two were introduced to each other when the steamer was two days' out from 'Southampton and tne engagement was made on the fourth day. The,announcement was made at a dinner given on board the | steamer Saturday by Mrs. George 8. Wheel- ock. | “The guests at the dinner were: Generat McCoskey Butt, W. J. Adams, W, T Burdge, Mrs. A. F. Boultboe, Altred Car- roll, William W. Coe, Jr., Mrs. E. E. Colby of New York, Mrs. C. Dellwiek of London, I. T. Lodge of Boston, John D. Loud of New York, Miss A. M. Mitchell, Mrs. E. P. Mitchell cf Parls and Mrs. ¥ J. Upper of New York. The wedding will take place, it is said, within a month TEN THOUSAND ARE DESTITUTE Governor Dukes Declares Choctaw Nation is in a Star Condition. SOUTH M'ALESTER, L T. March 30.— Governor G. W. Dukes, principal chief of the Choctaw nation, has addressed an ap- peal to Thomas Ryan, acting secretary of the interior, asking for aid for 10,000 des- titute citizens of the Choctaw nation. The request comes as ; raestitiition was not kncwn, to exIst to such an éxtent. The governor says: A great many of the Choctaw people are poverty stricken, and many are in actual starvation. Appeals have been made to.me, some. calling to me to provide ways and means of sustenance, while others ars driven to beg for breadstuffs. I would says as a conservative estimate that at least 10,000 of them are in destitute cir- cumstancés. If the general dlstress is not relleved the concition threatens to become serious with them all.” CHEAP CANDIES TO COST MORE Trust Likely to Be Formed to Put Up the Price of Cat-Rate Sweetmeats. } KANSAS CITY, March 30.—According to Captaln Burnell Gunther of Chicago, gen- eral manager of the Gunther candy fac- tories, who is here on private buginess, there probably will be formed soon a candy trust that will have for (ts object the reg- ulation of candy prices, The trust will be composed of candymakers who mgnufacture only the cheaper grades of candies, Captain Gunther says. The few manufactories which make candles of established reputa- tion will not be absorbed. “Already five large candymakers of Chi- cago have agreed to join the trust,” sald Captaln Gunther today, “and others are considering the matter. If the combina- tion is formed, it will probably mean an advance in the price of the cheap candies.” \FIVE DEATHS ON THE VOYAGE ern Die Way the Philippine Battle- feld, on Home from SAN FRANCIECO, March 30.—The trans- vort Kilpatrick arrived today from Manila, with the Seventeenth infantry and dis- charged soldlers, nearly 1,000 in numb: There were five deaths on the voyage. Shortly after leaving Manila Mrs. B. F. Pope, widow of Lieutenant Colonel B. F. Pope, dled. Mrs. Pope was bringing the remains of her busband home. The other deaths on Kilvatrick were: V. Thompson, corporal Company D, Twenty-first infantry; Wilburt 1. Leake, pivate, Twenty-second infantry: Private M. Stuart. Twenty-fourth Infantry; J. J. B. Riley, a civillan BANKER JUMPS INTO RIVER Terre Haute Man Attempts Sulcide by P & Into the Mis- ool | ST. LOUIS, March 30.—Everett C. Baker ot Terre Haute, Ind., former cashier of a bank at Harrisburg, I1l., attempted sulcide by jumping into the Mt ppi river here today, but the interfercnce of the police de- teated his efforts. Papers on his person and statements made to the police led themn to believe he was formerly connected with McKeen's bank of Terre Haute. The police are bolding him until the, Terre Haute au- thorities can be heard from. RATHBONE OUT OF PRISON Released on W of Habeas Corpus and Will Ask for Batl. . HAVANA, March 30.—Estes G. Rathbone will appear tomorrew before the supreme habeas corpus. Senor Lanusa, counsel for Rathbone, will ask that bis client be granted bail under article 63 of the postal code. Lanuza claime the reasons why the court ordered him to be imprisoned without ball do uot apply to bis case. INUE IN SOUTH Devastated Area Expandsand Loss Reaches H Four Million Dollars, | | TWENTY-TWO DEATHS ARE REPORTED Rivers Rush Thelr Sweeping Houses and Crops Before from Channe! Creating Scenes NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 30.—Reports from the flooded districts of Tennessce em- phasize the gravity of the situation. The | damage resulting, it is belleved, will riach $4,000,000, while twenty-two lives are known to be lost Several counties certain to have suffered heavlly are yet cut off from communication and the loss in oroverty and life may go higher than these figures. The Loulsv.lle & Nashville railroad is running a few trains | from here to Lynoville. eighteen mil:s south, while the Nashville, Chattanooga & Tennessee has only succeeded in getting through to Murfreesboro. Neither line can resume regular trafic befors Tuesday. The section visited bv the flood embraces one of the richest portions of the siate and | damage to farm lands is a serious item. It includes counties lying between the {mountains on the east and the Tennessee river on the west, and betwcen the Cum- | berland river and the Alabama line. 01d Landmarks Destroyed. Stone fences that have stood the storms of forty vears were washed away in many lof the well known riverside farms of Lin-|{ coln county and crops destroyed. Thou- sands of logs are reported adrift in the Cumberland. which stream at 5 o'clock this | |afternoon was rising at the rate of six | inghes an hour. | _The bridge of the ville & Knoxville | railroad at Lancaster, a 300-foot span, said to have cost $100,000, went down Saturday | night | 1t was predicted at Carthage that ths | Cumberland would go beyond the floodtide |of 1882 If such be the case the work of | | destruction is not vet over. There is no | communication with Linden, In Perry |county, or with Lynchburg, in Moore {ccunty. but both sections are believed to be seriously damaged. From figures avail- able the following fatalities are given Dead. | At Pulaski: HOUSTON CONNOR. SARAH PHILLIPS. JOHN COLE, WIFE AND THREE CHIL- DREN. DREN. All colored. A NEGRO BABY. At Lewisburg ANNA ROBINSON. TWO CHILDREN OF JOE M All colored. At Murfreesboro: ~—— WILLIAMS, a girl, colored. At McMinnville: MRS. BLEVIN AND THREE CHILDREN. HENRY MADEWELL. At Harriman: TWO UNIDENTIFIED. After a perilous might in the top of a tree In the Hermitage district, three men were rescued at an early hour this morn- 1ng. SLICK, WIFE AND THREE CHIL- LELLAN, Losx in Other Sections. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 30.—Loss by the flood which swept Emory. valley Satur- day may reach nearly $1,000,000 in Roane and Morgan countles when the full story ls known. At Harriman the loss will be be- | tween $55.000 and’ $125.000. At Oakdale the loss 1s not more than $15,000. but it is on the farms along the Emory river where the greatest damage, it Is feared, has been done. The flcoded section of Harriman presented a desolate appearance today. Marks of the flood are plainly to be seen and the whole country oresents a devastated appearance. The city lighting plant cannot be operated | for a week or more. The majority of the | homeless are sheltered fn the Woman's American Temperance university. MEMPHIS, March 30.—Advices from the flooded district in Tennessee are that the floods are receding and that the worst s over. The damage to railroads, farms and other | oroperty will foot up an enormous sum. It is reported that many negroes lost their | Iives, but the exact number cannot be given | at presen Meridian, In the eastern part of the| state, has had no raliroad communication | for several dave. Rallroad traffic continues | paralyzed in that section. Trafie Still Suspended. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 30.—Traf- | fc is still suspended between this city and | Nashville, owing to washouts by floods. | Trains will likely not resume running be- tween bere and Nashville on the Nashville, | | Chattancoga & St. Louis raflway before | { Wednesday. Traffic is also tied up on the | | Memphis division of the Southern railway {out of Chattanooga, but trains will be mov- ing by Tuesday. Trains are running now regularly on the Cincinnati Southern and | |the Alabama Great Southern. | A great amount of lumber and logs is floating down the Tennessee river. Thou- |sands of dollars will be lost from this | source alone. | MURFREESBORO, Tenn., March 30.—In | the Eighteenth district of Rutherford county {1t is belleved that Will Adams, a farmer, | his wife and five children have perished In | the flood, which has done great damage in ! the eastern portion of that county. Satur- | day night neighbors heard Adams calling for | help, which they were powerless to give, | and this s all that has been heard from | Adams and his family since Worst Disaster of the Kiad. TULLAHOMA, Tenn., March 30.—As the | | details slowly come in from the surround- ‘m. country Friday evening's storms proved | | to have been the most disastrous that ever visited this section Several lives were {lost and the loss of property will amount to thousands of dollars. On the main line of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louls railroad, between Cortver Station and Wartrace, the Duck river bridge, the Lit- | tle Garrison bridge and eeveral miles of | track were washed away. No trains have arrived from Nashville since noon Friday and the reports from engineers and rail- !road officlals are that the damage cannot | be repaired before Wednesday at the earl- {test. On the McMinnville branch the bridge near Siartts Station was carried away and in many places long stretches of track. It will be several days before trains can get through to McMinnville and Sparta. Ae & result Tullaboma is crowded with passen- {gers who cannot get to their destination. | The report from McMinnville is that at 50 sudden that two lives were lost and | several cabine washed awa; At Manchester the stone flouring mill on Duck river was carried two miles down the (Continued on Second Page.) STEAMER ANCHORED AFIRE in Rushed to ding and Passengers Take Refuge in Lifebon NEW YORK, Match 30.—The steamer Pretoria of the Queber Jine returned to this port tonight with #:44in ite forward hold. Its passengers came in a short time prev ously on the steamer Nordland of the Amer- ican line, having been transferred at ses. Pretoria Is anchored at Tompkinsviile the fireboats from the eity were dispatched as £00n as the news of the fire was received. Nordland is anchored at quarantine and the passengers taken from Pretoria will be landed in the morning, after which it will proceed on its voyage to Liverpool. Pretoria left this port Saturday afternoon, bound for Haliton, Bermuda, with Captain McKenzie in command,' At midnight smoke was eeen coming out ‘of the forward hold. The fire could not exetly be located. The engines were stopped &nd Captain McKen- zle got ready for any emergency. The life- boats were put in condition for hasty low- ering and were stocked with provisions. At this time the vessej was 100 miles south of Sandy Hook. At 6 o'clock in the morning (Sunday) the captain saw that the flames in the hold were making headway against the streams of water which the crew was pour- 1ng into the compartment. This determined him to head his vessel for New York. At 9 o'clock the steamer Nordland came in sight. It was hound from Philadelphia to Liverpool. Pretoria signaled it and it was soon alongside. While Nordland lay close by Captain McKenzie began a thor- ough search of the hold to ascertain where the fire was. He found that the shipment of hay in the front compartment was blaz- ing quite fiercely, and what accentuated the danger was that the next compartment was loaded with petroleum. Captain McKenzie then decided to remove his passengers, who had remained quiet. Captain McKenzle went In hig gig to consult Captain Doxrud of Nordland. Soon after the passengers were transferred in the'lifeboats and both vessels came on to New York. When off Tompkinsville an officer was sent ashore and the fireboats were summoned. The passengers of Pretoria epoke very highly of the treatment accorded them by the captain and crew of Nordland. A col- lection was taken up among the passengers of Pretoria for the officers and men who manned the lifeboats. Nordland adchored v quarantine and Captain Doxrud telephoned.to Mr. Wright of the American line, who told the captain to take his vessel to pler 14, North river, and land the passengers of Pretoria there. Pretoria had on board twenty-eight first cabin passengers, ten in the second cabin and nineteen in the steerage. The officers say that at the time the passengers were transferred at sea to the Nordland the wind was blowing strongly aud.there was a heavy sea running. In spite of this the transference was safely accomplished and all the passengers bebaved admirably. Two of the city's fireboats lato tonight were as- sisting the crew in trylng to drown out the fire. Pretoria is one of the finest boats belos ing to the fleet of the ‘uebec Steamship company. For many ye: = it bas been in the company's Bermuda- “ew York service, and wae a great favorit of the American tourists whg spend 'P“‘W‘ the popular sea Island resort. THREE OF CREW ARE DROWNED Go Down with Their Wrecked Schooner on Deln- ware Bay. Pretoria Fishermen PHILADELPHIA, March 30.—With the greater part of its crew of eleven men agleep in their bunks below deck, the little | fishing schooner Edna Earl, bound for the sea, was run into and sunk in Delaware Bay, off Reedy Island, Del., late last night and three of its crew were drowned. The drowned men are: WILLIAM SMITH. DENNIS FORD, father-in-law of Smith, both of Philadelphia. PATRICK NOLAN, of Baltimore, The vessel that sunk the fisherman, was the Norweglan steamship Romsdal, from New York for Philadelphia, in ballast, which rescued the surviving members of the crew and brought them to this city. To whom the responsibility is chargeable has not been determined. Captain Hirsch | of Romsdal and Captain Kote of the | schooner say that all their lights were | burning and that they were completely within maritime regulations The sleep- ing fishermen were awakened by the crash, | and rushed up the‘narrow companionway. | All but three of them managed to reach the deck, Nolan, Smith and Ford being caught by the rush of water and drowned in the vessel. The blow struck by Romsdal was so | severe that the little schooner was almost cut in half and sunk in less than five min- utes. The surviving members took to the rigging and in less than a half hour were taken off in a emall boat sent to the rescue by Captain Hirsch, who anchored his boat after the collision. It took nearly half an hour for Romsdal's crew to locate the wrecked sallors in the darkness, Romsdal, beyond the bending of a few plates was uninjured. The fishing schooner was owned by Mitchell P. Howlett of Phil- adelphia. The vessel was of forty-two tons register, was built in 1882 and was valued at $8,000. IRON VESSEL IS A WRECK Indian Goes Ashore and There Little 1 ope of Sav- WOODS HOLL, Mass., March 30.—The tron steamer Indian, from Philadelphia for Boston, went ashore on the famous Sow and Pigs ledge off Cuttyhunk island, at | the western entrance of Vineyard . sound last night during a heavy fog and is likely to become a total wreck. It was not die- covered until daylight, but owing to a heavy sea the life savers were upable to reach it until this afternoom, when they took off its four passengers, ome of them 4 woman, and landed them at Cuttyhunk From what is known of the position of the steamer, there appears little prospect of its belng seved Indian is a well known steamer of the Boston and Philadelphia Steamship com- pany aud bas been on the line practically ever since its launching, making weekly trips. It was built at Wilmington, Del., in 1890, of iron and is very staunch. It is 1,335 tons burden. Captain Crowell, its commander, has been in charge of Andlan for some years, and is considered perlenced seaman and navigator. Both Engines Demolish CUMBERLAND, Md.. Maf./ head-on coliision occurred t Patch between a Baltimore Ohfo pas- senger train and a freight. fgoth engines were demolished. The enginglir of the pas- n ex- 30.—A ¥ at Band SNOWBLIGHTS EASTER PLANS Blasts from the North Throw Stinging Flakes at Ohurch-Goers. {CROP OF FASHIONS HAS A SETBACK Glad Songs Neverthele, Houses of Worship, a: Declare Anew the the Resurrect Preva Pulpits tory of Snow, driven by high north winds, made Easter a bleak day n Omaha. Gray clouds hid the sun most of the day, and ae they scudded across the sky they flung masses of sharp, stinging flakes broadcast over the streets. Churchgoers had to figbt a gale that drove the frequent snow flurries un- pleasantly agalnst the flesh, and midwinter ulsters and fus gloves were the familiar garments of the day. The first tiny flakes fell at 9:30 and were still falling when there arrived the hour to start for church. That settled it with milady's new devices of bonnet and gown, for the fashions this year are particularly poorly adapted to the rigors of a storm. As an Easter Sunday yesterday left much to be hoped for meteorclogically. It was too fickle and capricious to reflect the ex- alted spirit of joy which rang through ihe sanctuaries, and too threatening to permit of the wearing of Easter haw. -Aside from its religious significance, it was a meteor- logical curiosity. There were as mauy kinds of weather in ten minutes as Mark Twaln wrote about. It looked for a whie as though Jupiter Pluvius had been April tcoled—that he had glanced at the calendar and noted that March 30 was in red, which Indicates a holiday. and so jumped at the conclusion that it was Chbristmas, and ac- cordingly sent snow. The next minute the sun peeped out and winked siyly, like the rougish youngster who shouts “April fool!"” as he jerks the string attached to the purse. Old Sol doubtless thoroughly cnjoyed the consternation he was creating in the feminine soul. Freaks of the Climate. Clouds, drenched and sodden as a wet sponge, hung low and flew swiftly before the ocaptlous gusts which came from o particular direction. Through rifts here and there patches of blue sky were visible. Two or three times during the day the wind veered into the northwest and blew almost a gale; the sky became overc: fine powdery flakes that swirled in scuda along the asphalt. At such times the tem- perature dropped, and a sort of chill twl- light settled over the landscape. “It's a regular blizzard,” was the popular verdict. Then, presto! The sun was abroad again. It was as though the organist of the ce- lestial choir had pulled out the hosanna stop to celebrate t resurrection. But it didn’t follow necessarily that the snow must stop because the sun was shining; the flaky preciitation kent right on, with- out regard (o appropriateness, and was not at all discouraged because it melted the moment it touched the earth. At times one could almost see the shadows of the snowflakes as they traced their sigzag flight, year ago. A year ago there was not a wisp of vavor to dull the brilliancy of the sky; the air was balmy and freighted with an incense of coming spring. But Easter days. unifke the hats thev invoke, are mot made to order. Ope can't send them back because thev don't suit. Large Attendance at Churches, Notwithstanding this freakish weathor there was a large attendance at all of the churches, especially at the Catholic and Episcopal churches. The only difference the weather made was to render the con- &regations somber instead of gorgeous, as they would otherwise have been. Nor did the elements detract from the beauty of the services. From the sanctuaries aross #lad hosannas, and it was only during the Intervals between the anthems of joy that the grumbling ot old Boreas could be heard about the eaves. DAY MADE MEMORABLE AT TRINITY, Coadjutor Bishop Willlams Conducts His First Easter Service There, It was a memorable day for Trinity ca- thedral, being the first Easter in its his- tory at which Coadjutor Bishop Williams | officlated. It was memorable in other re- spects as well, as never before has there been such a magnificent choir, such sub- lime music, or such a gratifying number of communicants—over 400. But there wa: an undercurrent of eadness in all this on account of the lllness of Dean Campbell Fair, who singe Christmas has been con- fined to his bed. The chancel was beautifully decorated with flowers—palms, potted plants, Easter Ilies and evergreens predominating—which were arranged on the north and south sides of the altar and about the base of the pulpit. Each member of the cholr wore upon his vestments a lily of the valley. The three principal numbers on the musical program were the Introit anthem, “Te Deum” In F; the offertory anthem, “Awake Up My Glory” and “Glory in Excelsis,” in the singing of which seventy trained voices united. Prof, Wright played as volun- tartes, “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates" and the “Hallelujah” chorus. At the con- clusion of the service he was heartily con- gratulated by the bishop on the excellence of his music and upon the splendid work of the choir. Bishop Willilams, who was assisted in the service by Rev. George E. Platt, spoke from the text, “If Christ be not risen your | faith is vain." “It seems to me this morning that we don't require a sermon to prove the resur- rection of Jesus Christ,” sald he. “Ser- | mons are often out of harmony with our | teelings; they ftrequently lag behind our sentiments, and when we see nature put- ting on her garments of verdure we need | no man-made logic to convince us that the | season of rejolcing for a risen Christ is at hand. “The resurrection of Christ is the key- stone of the arch of our religion, and this | is what St. Paul means when he says, ‘If | Christ be not/ risen your faith s vain.' With the keystone gone the arch falls. “In the resurrection of Christ is promise of immortality. How do we know we shall be Immortal? In every human soul there is an irrepressible longing for it, and for every natural and healthful long- Ing there s satlstaction. Let us exalt Hie ordinances and His teachings and His precepts. The spirit of joyous, undaunted faith—let this be our today.” At Other B copal Churches. The song service in celebration of Easter at 8t. Jobn impressive, and the program was varied, containing many beautiful and difficult s lections. The offertory solo, “He is Risen, (Continued on Bighth *Page.) t | with a solid bank of vapor; snow fell in| It was no such HETel dny % thai of :“ Episcopal church was solemnly | iconmnon OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska — Fair Monday; Tucsday Fair, Warmer; Northern Winds, Becoming Varlable. Temperaturs Yesterdayt crzacussw~y TRAGEDY SEQUEL TO DESP: Disheartened Lover Kills Hix and Then Takes His Own Life. ancee NEW YORK, March 30.—Corlears park was the sceme of a double tragedy last Inight. A young Hebrew woman, probably 25 years of age, was shot and killed by a youth of about 20 years, who then killed himself. Before the shooting the man and woman were seen seated on a park bench. A policeman saw the man place the revolver to the woman's head. She made no resist- ance and from this fact it is the theory of the police that the murder and suicide as carried out had been planned by the two, The “man mund Blanc, and the girl was 1da Klobock. He was a cigarmaker, formerly of Philadelphia, who came here several months ago; she was a dressmaker of this city. They had kvown each other in Poland, where he had courted her and continued his attentions when they came to this country. The girl told her parents that Blanc wanted to marry her and that he sald he was making $18 a week. Ida said she did not believe ft and last week asked him to bring his pay envelope to her Saturday night and if it contained $18 she would marry him. Blanc's shopmates say he worked extra hard 1 week, but did not make more than $9. He and the girl went walking last evening. It Is belleved that when they reached Corlears park Blano in despair at not being able to show that he had been able to comply with the terms she insisted on, killed her and then himself. BOYS TRY TO WRECK A TRAIN Seek Revenge for Beilng Put Of a Roek and Pas- senger. in the case was Sige t TRENTON, Mo., March 30.—George Busch, aged 16 years, and George Young, aged 20, sons of respectable parents of thls city, made an unsuccessful attempt late Saturday night. to wreck the eastbound Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific passenger train No. 12, about five miles east of here. The track’at this polut is on a high em- bankment and deraflment could ecarce! have occurred without the loss of many Ilves. Both boys were arrested and one has confessed. Their motive appears to haye been revenge for having been put off a frelght train. Dime novels are also belleved to have played a part. Buech and Young had gome to Princeton, the next tow ing and on eruEaTRg Norms - IA TS ST A MoV ond freight traln. The conductor put them oft and they walked to within five miles of Trenton.. where several heavy tles were piled across the rails along which the pas- senger ‘'was due to pass soon. Fortunately, a late freight train with one of the 1,400- ton class of engines arrived at the spot a few minutes ahead of the passenger. welght of the englne and the high rate of speed at which the trajn was going pushed the obstruction off the track without any damage being done. ahead to arrest Busch and Young and they were taken as they entered Trenton. Admits ¥ of Marringe) Declares the Wo " en De- celved Him. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 30.—Christian C. Nelson, who probably is married to thiz- teen women, confessed today that he is a bigamlet, but vigorously defended his con- duct s “I was & bachelor until T was 53 years old and kept out of trouble, but then I got married and just kee what a fix I'm in * sald Nelron In his confeesion. He continued: “It 1 bad been fortunate enough to get the right kind of a wife in the first place 1 never would have become a bigamist. I was deceived In every instance and I kept | right on trylng, expecting finally to meet my afnity SMALL BOY KILLS PLAYMATE Lad of Companion ! Seven Years of Ame with Butcher Knife, Thirteen Slayw TOLEDO, 0., March 30.—Danny Rosen- becker, 13 years of age, arrested today { for the murder of 7-year-old Arthur Shan- teau. Parents of the boys live om adjoining farms, two miles from this city. Rosen- becker says that while he and Shanteau were hunting crawfish the latter called him |® foul name and attempted to strike him | with & club, whereupon he retaliated by | strking Shanteau with a butcher knife until he was dead. He then dragged the body into a patch of weeds, where it was found I'by a party of searchers. Rosenbecker ap ently does not realize the enormity of o deed. {BODY COVERED WITH SNOW Remains of lowa Mediecal Are Found Park, Student in Lincoln band, the body of Howard R. Miller, a student at the Keokuk College of Physi- clans and Surgeons at Keokuk, la., was tound In Lincoln park today. Miller had been dead several hours when discovered It is believed he ended his life while de- svondent on account of overstudy. He came to Chicago from Keokuk last Thurs- { day | —— | Movements of Ocean Ve: March 30, | At Liverpool — Arrived — Commg trom Boston; Taurl | At Queenstown—Salled—Lucania, from Liverpool, for New York: New England, | from Livérpool, for Boston | “At Browhead—Passed—Merlon, from Bos- ton, for Queenstown and Liverpool. At _Gibraltar—Passed—Phoenicia New York, for Naples and Genoa | “At Prawle Point—Passed—Rhein | New York. for Bremen. At Malla—Passed—Moyune, from Glas- | gow and Liverpool, for Hong Kong, Vie- foria, B. C.. and Seattle At New York—Arrived: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne Bur-Mer; St from Southampton and Cherbours; ria, from Liverpool and Queenstown. wealth, from New York. from from |and those on the st The | INEWSPAPER 1S BURNED OUT Word was telegraphed | INELSON SAYS HE IS BIGAMIST| CHICAGO, March 30.—Covered' with snow | |and with a revolver clutched in the right FIRE STOPS THE PLAY Flames Beise Theater During Progress of Easter Performance. AUDIENCE AND ACTORS ESCAPE SAFELY House is Packed, but Oool Heads Keep Down & Panio. WOMEN FORGET THEIR NEW BONNETS Gay Hondgear Rush from House Leaving Behind Them. e ORIGIN OF THE FIRE IS NOT KNOWN Starts In Basement of Buflding and Centers in Asditorium, Deing Total of Seventy-Five Thou- sand Dollars Damage. CINCINNATI, March 30.—The Pike bu1d- Ing on Fourth, between Vine and Walnut streets, In which the Pike opera house’ i located, was partially destroyed by fire this afternoon. Standfog room had bees taken at the mati which was procesd- Ing when the flames broke out. The audi- ence retired in good order, but some Women fainted after reaching the street, The audi- . torlum is on the second floor, With two stalrways leading to Fourth street. There Is also a stalrway from the stage leading to Baker alley In the rear. There were about 2,000 people al the matines and the verformance of “Sag Har- bor." by the Pike stock company, with Miss Colller and Byron Douglass fn the lead'ng roles. had proceeded only ten minutes whi the portieres between the corridors and the north aisle were ablaze. The prompt efforts of Manager D. H. Hunt and His statf were most success« ful in averting a pani 5 The fire started in the basement store- room of the Adams Express company and extended up through the first floors of the. Acams Express company's office and Jot- fee's grocery to the auditorium. Auditorinm Dadly Damaged. The only thing burned in the auditorium was a portiere, but the volume of smoke Indicated a volcano under the mudience, This voleano was evidently raglng while the people were entering for the matinee. The auditorium was so badly damaged from water that it will not be used any mors this season. The Pike stock company was playing its closing week of the season here, s it ovens the summer season at Detrolt next Sunday. Manager Hunt had previ- ously transferred his scenery for next week at Detroit from the bulldiog, so that it is safe, but he lost $10,000 in scemery that was stored in the lower part of the bu ld- {ng. The members of the company saved all their costumes and baggage. ‘When the people reached the street they found the whole fire department of the eity playing on both sides of the bulld'ng and ft required some time for the officers to force the crowd away. Many, were hun for misaing frieads and. He100k some e to convince the half-crazed anxious “ones that there had not been a holocaust. ‘A great portion of the women fled without their new Easter hats and wraps and the individual losses will be conslderable. The total loss on the building and con- tents Is estimated at $76,000. State Capital Prinfing Plant at Guth- rie Dentroyed with Other Buildings, GUTHRIE, Okl, March 30.—Guthrie was visited by a serious fire today, and as a result the State Capital printing plant, the Hotel Capitol, the St. James hotel, Cam+ mack livery barns and the Richey general merchandise store are In ruins. Everything in the State Capital plant was destroyed, including two pres ma- chines of every kind, linotype machines, eloctric and steam heating systems, 1i- braries and an {mmense stock of supplies. Frank H. Greer, owner, says not a thing but the mailing list of the paper vas saved. The fire started at noon in the basement of the State Capital and was soon roaring up the elevator shafts, A high wind was blowing and it was impossible to check the flames. Assistance wi ked of Okla- homa City, Perry, Kingfisher and other surrounding cities, but the high wind did the work before help could arrive, Work will begin at once on the con- struction of a new building for the State Capital. As no work had been in progres in the newspaper building today 1t {s be- lleved the fire was of incendlary origin. | CARLETON'S THI—RTBAD FIRE Thrice Within as Many Weeks the Citizens Have to W and a Gale. CARLETON, Neb, March 30.—(Specisl Telegram.)—Fire broke out this morning at 7 o'clock In P. B. Woodward & Co's gen- eral merchandise store and ruined the en- tire stock and bullding and with it the bullding and two-thirds of a $12,000 stock of hardware owned by F. P. Beachy. The fire was evidently of an Incendiary origin. Three-fourths of the people were asleep when the fire alarm was sounded and within fifteen minutes nearly everybody in the village was at the fire, renderl sistance. By the use of chemical reser- voirs, fire engines and bucket brigade, the town was out of danger by 10 o'clock. This is the third time the entire town has been endangered by flames within three weeks, a gale raging at each fire. —— NAKED BODY FOUND IN CAVE h is & Mys. tery. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 30.—Tbe naked body of Samuel Collins, with the throat cut from ear to ear, was found by & pum- ber of boys In a small cave in the hills north of this city, shortly after noon: to- day. The police say It is a case of sulclde Others think Colline was murdered and his body thrown into the cave, the entrance of which wae partly closed by rocks. The ground within the cave and immediately outside was covered with blood. With the exception of his shoes, stockings snd sus- penders, none of the man's clothing has been found. Collins was well cducated and at ope time was quite wealthy, but is sald to haye lost & fortune In stock speculation fn New York and San Francisco. He was about 65 years of age and has & brother ia New York.