Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. == ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, i871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1902, SI LE COPY FIVE CENTS. MANY-WRECK VICTIMS Bunday Exoursionists Meet Death or Injury Near Oolorado Bprings. | SEVEN CARS CRASH DOWN EMBANKMENT One Dead, Four Probably Fatally Injured \ and Thirty Others Maimed. | |BROKEN RAIL CAUSES CATASTROPHE "Mrs, Goorge Powell of Omaha Has Leg Broken in Acoident. FATAL TRAIN CROWDED TO UTTERMOST Pecond Coach Turns End Over End and Third Car, In Which Franeis M. English {s Killed, Smashes Through It. COLORADO SPRINGS, June 20.—At 10 clock this morning an excursion train on ‘the Colorado Midland rallway coming down Ute Pass from Cripple Creek, struck a froken rail and seven cars were wreckel, JFrancls M. English, a prominent musician |of this city, was instantly killed and thirty other pascengers more or less injured, fthree or four probably fatally. The dead: FRANCIS Springs. ‘The Injured: Mary O'Rourke, aged 13, Victor; left arm torn off, face cut and internally injured; may de. Dr. Estelle Lewls, Cripple Creck; eight ribs on right side broken, left wrist frac- tured, bruised and Internally Injured; may dle. James W. Greene, Cripple Creek; broken and face brulsed. Frank Guyer, Cripple Creek, collar bone ‘broken. Mary Kintezell, face brulsed. Mrs. Vander Welden, Cripple Creek; face Badly brulsed. Willlam Vander Weiden, #prained. Vander face bruised. Charles Carlson, Buffalo Springs, wout badly. D. H. Smith, Cripple Creek: all teeth knocked out; mouth and thumb cut. Mrs. Simon O'Rourke, neck sprained. —— O'Rourke, her son; face cut and brulsed. ' A. B. Parker, #prained, head cut. , = Parker, head badly cut. ' J. R. Welmar, Colorado Springs; cut. Henry Pickers, Woodland Park; ‘wprained. Omaha Woman Has Limb Broken. Mrs. George Powell, Omal ©. Turnage, Cripple Creel up and bruised. L. B. Disqule, Cripple Creek; knee badly Burt. | RoW, ‘wound. F. Baker, Cripple Creek; @calp wound. ! 0. B. Cotton, Cripple Creek; ‘bruises. . H. B. Tucker, Denver; cuts, bruises and mevere shock. B. H. Olds, ‘brulses. H. M. Parker, Victor; cuts and brulses. Mrs. White, Cripple Creek; cuts and ‘bruises. Rose Redfern, Cripple Creek; bruises. H. Hellenbine, Victor; cuts and brulses. Q. A. Grant, Victor; cuts and bruf B. M. Chamberlain, Divide; cuts and M. ENGLISH, Colorado leg Goldfield, 1ip cut and her son; leg Welden, baby daughter; face Cripple Creek; leg head back leg broken. badly shaken Hadden, Goldfield, bad scalp Iip cut and cuts and Cripple Creek; cuts and cuts and Martx, Goldfield, cuts and Mrs. M. Kintzell, Goldfield, brulses about head. \ Oscar Peterson, sprained. Jobn H. Concannon, Goldfield; cuts. J. Shiray, Cripple Creek; badly shaken cuts and Cripple Creek: back ' The wreck occurred at an abandoned station known as Culber's Siding, one mile east of Cascade In Ute Pass and twelve miles trom Colorado Springs A passenger rate war that has been in effect for several months between the rail- Foads running from this city to Cripple Creek had been called off, the rates to con- tinue untll July 1, and as a result the traln was crowded to its uttermost. The cars that left the track and went over the embankment north of the track contalned 371 passengers. The second car on the train, a day coach, was crushed to kindling wood, being fturned complotely over on its end so that the rear end of the coach was forward. The third coach plunged clear through Rhe second, and it was In the forward end ©f this car that Mr. Euglish was killed. His neck was caught between two seats and Be was strangled to death before the peo- Ple could reach him. He was coming to Colorado 8prings from Cascade to play the organ at St. Stephen's Episcopal church, of which he was organist. ! A rellef train went to the scene from this wity at once and returned at 7:30, bringing the dead and injured. The Injured were taken to St. Francis' Mospital, where all are dolng as well as ©an be expected. The little O'Rourke girl is expected to dle at any time and Miss Bstelle Lewls, » dentist of Cripple Creek, 1s in & very critical condition. ELEVEN MAIMED IN WRECK WFour of Them ¥y Injured by turn of Tramway Car at Denver. ! DENVER, Colo., June 29.—Eleven persons were injured, four of them serlously, late last night by the wrecking of a tramway ear which was returning to the city from Elitch's gardens. The injured: Mrs. F. E. Wessel, concussion of brain; meck injured. Mrs. W. F. Rogers, head cut and should- ers brulsed. Lena M. Houghton, back and shoulders Badly bruised; internal injuries Celestia Dozcler, concussion of the brain and severe scalp wound. Mre. 8. A. Perkins, scalp wound. August Billingham, scalp wound , C. K. Van Northwick, scalp wound. 7 George Penerie, nose mashed, head burt. . Mrs. E. G. Saner, badly shaken up. , There were seventy-five passengers on the car, which was dersiled and overturned 8 & curve at west Thirty-fifth avenue and Sireet, the track belng slippery from FRANCE BORROWS NO TROUPLE Renewal of the Triple All ‘ a Menace Other Countries. PARIS, June 20.—The French press hails the renewal of the triple alllance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, which was effected by the signing of a treaty in Berlin yesterday morning by the imperial chancellor of Germany, Count von Buelow, and the Austrian and Itallan am- bassadors to Germany, with considerable equanimity, and expresses the bellef that the strength of the alllance has been much enfecbled by dissensions with regard to the tarift question and a better understanding with Italy and France. The press con- siders, moreover, the possibility of a fur- ther Italian-Franco alliance deprives triple alliance of much of its force. The Temps says: “A tariff war s about to graft itself upon this political alllance and the future will teach us how far an economic war Is compatible with diplo- matic understanding. Recent developments have modified, if not the cordlality and intimacy between the powers of the triple alllance, at least the efficacy and practical value of the league.” Le Journal des Debats is convinced that the new alllance will not be the same as the old one, either in spirit or letter, and recalls the declaration of Signor Prinettl, the Itallan minister of foreign affairs, in the Itallan Chamber of Deputles, that “wo military or diplomatic conventions will be appended to the new treaty.” This paper concludes by saying: “The triple alliance has been renewed under unfavorable conditions, and these should be taken into account, not only in consid- ering its present renewal, but with regard to the prospects of a further renewal of the alliance later. DOES NOT PLEASE THE BEAR Counted on Longer Con- tinnance of War Africa. ST. PETERSBURG, June 20.—The fact that no representative of the court or of the ministry has called at the British em- bassy to offer the sympathy of Russia in the matter of the iliness of King Edward bas occasloned much comiment and is gen- erally attributed to Russian chagrin on ac- count of the conclusions of peace in South Africa. It is said upon excellent author- ity that Count Lamsdorf, the minister of forelgn affairs, admitted that this peace had upset Russia’s calculations, which were based upon a much longer contin- uance of Great Brittain's difficulties In South Africa. Count Lamsdort is reported to be particularly nettled because Great Britain did not consult the Boer delegates in Europe In regard to peace. POPE'S GIFT TO ROOSEVELT View of City of Rome, Done in Mosatc, ‘Will Be Presented by Bishop 0'Gorman. ROME, June 20.—The Right Rev. Thomas O'Gorman, bishop of Stoux Falls, S. D., when he returns to the United States will be the bearer of a letter from the pope to President Roosevelt, and will take with him the pontiff's magnificent gift to the American president, which consists of a view of the city of Rome trom the vatican studlo, done in mosaic. The idea of appointing Bishop O'Gorman apostolic delegate in the Philippines ap- pears, for the present at least, to have been abolished, although the first sugges- tion of this appointment was uttered by the pope himself when he first recelved | Willlam H. Philippines. Taft, civil governor of the General Smith Salls for Home. MANILA, June 20.—Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith, formerly in command of the American forces on the Island of Samar, who was recently tried by court- martial on charges of action prejudicial to good order, left here today for San Franclsco on the transport Thomas. A large number of persons assembled to bid him farewell. All the newspapers of Ma- nila have printed eulogles of General Smith and even Filipino papers say the most cruel methods of ending a war are, in the long run, the wisest and the most humane. The Twenty-fourth infantry also sailed on Thomas. Philippine Cholera Statistl MANILA, June 20.—According to official reports, there have been in Manlla 1,740 cases of cholera and 1, 385 deaths from the disease. The same reports for the prov- inces show 9,444 cases and 7,038 Lieutenant Colonel Louls M. Mau: insular health commissioner, says there probably have been 2,000 deaths from cholera In the provinces of which it has | been impossible to get records. Changing Comman MANILA, June 20.—Brigadier General W. Dy commander of the American forces at Zamboanga, Mindanao, has been ordered to Manila to take command of the Department of the North. Brigadier Gen- eral Samuel Sumner will succeed General Davis. BARGE GOES TO THE BOTTOM r Sinks Near Kelley's Isla d $ix Thought to Have Perished. SANDUSKY, O, June 20.—It is feared that at least six lives were lost in the ter- rible storm which raged on Lake Erie Sat- urday night and this morning. Word was recelved here that the steam barge Dunbar went down last night ten miles from Kelly's island. The barge carried & crew of ten and s of the crew are still unaccounted for. The captain, Jobn Little of Port Huron: twe women and & sallor arrived at Kelley's island In & yawl some time early Sunday morning. When they reached shallow water near Kelley's island the yawl capsized and the occupants were thrown into the water. The heavy seas washed them ashore and people who were watching on shore took them in charge. So far as is known the four aie the only survivors of a erew of ten. Dunbar is & steam barge 140 feet in length. It cleared from Clevelad Saturday morning with coal for Alpena. Captaln Little is the owner of the boat. The missing are: Mate Myron Tuttle of Cleveland, Engineer Johnsos of Buffalo. Wheelsman Eck of Sheboygan. Fireman Charles Washle and three men whose names are not yet learned. The rescued persons were Captain Little, his wife and two daughters. Captain Lit- tle devoted most of his efforts in saving the lives of his family. He did not see the crew after be left the vessel and is of the opinion that If they took to a raft they must have perished, because no small craft could live in the sea that was reging at the time, n Philippines. the | RECORD MADE BY CONGRESS Oanal Bl Most Important of ,::’w,,g'entnl Legislasion. k7 ” PHILIFFID.’ “SURE COMES NEXT Irrigation Act of Prime Impertance to the Western Section—Cuba Reeclproeity Bill Stiil Pending. WASHINGTON, June 20.—The work of congress {s now practically closed, so that it 1 possible to sum up the record of what has been accomplished during the last seven months, which constitute the first session of the Fifty-seventh congress. The session has been marked by excep- tlonal business activity with many ques- tions of far-reaching interest. With the exception of the Cuban reciprocity bill most of the larger subjects of general leg- tslation have been enacted as laws or will becomo such before the session closes. Notable among these larger measures s the isthmian canal bill, which consum- mates the efforts of half a century to link together the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific. Aside from its national and international importance this bill probably involves a larger sum of monmey than that covering any other single undertaking by the government outside of war expendi- tures. The Philippine eivil government bill s another measure of far-reaching impor- tance, extending to our remote Pacific pos- sesslons a system of internal government, together with coinage, currency, banking, corporation, timber and homestead laws. Important General Laws. Among the other important general laws enacted are those repealing the war rev- enue taxes, extending and making more eftective the Chinese exclusion laws, estab- lishing a tariff for goods to and from the Philippines, extending the charter of na- tional banks for twenty years, establishing a permanent census office, restricting the sale of oleomargarine by placing a high tax on imitation butter, providing a con- sular and diplomatic service for Cuba, es- tablishing an extensive system by which the government will ald In the irrigation of the arld sections of the west. The repeal of the war revenue taxes re- duced taxation $73,250,000 and is said to be the largest single reduction of taxa- tion ever made in this country. By this step the last of the taxes imposed at the beginning of our wat with Spain was wiped out The Philippine tarift act imposes 75 per cent of the Dingley tariff rates on ma- terials coming from the Philippines to the United States and also imposes on articles entering the Philippines from the United States the rates of duties established by the Philippine commission. The oleomargarine act results from sev- eral years of agitation. It places a rate of 10 cents » pound on substances colored to imitate butter. Of Import to the Weat. The Irrigation act is of speclal impor- tance to the development of the west. It creates an Irrigatfon fund In the Treasury department, into which s to be paid the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the arid states. This fund in turn is to be used In storing water and establishing an irrigation system, the irrigation sections to be open to homesteaders, who are to be charged a proportionate share of the cost of the improvement. The Chinese exclusion law continues ex- clusion “untll otherwise provided by law' and also applies the exclusion to the “island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States.” Aslde from these important laws there are a number of other measures of gen- eral importance which have passed one or both houses, but, have not progressed to the final stage. ~These include the anti- anarchist legislation, which grew out of the assassination of President McKinley. BIll restricting anarchy and throwing safe- guards about the president have passed both branches of congress, but It has been impossible to reach an agreement in conference, so that the subject goes over until next December. Statehood Bill Awalts Senate. A blll giving statehood to Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, knowr as the om- nibus statehood bill, passed the house and the senate has determined to take up the matter early in the next session. The ship subsidy bill secured early at- tention in the senate, but the end of the sesslon has come without the measure being reported to the house. As It passed the senate, the bill grants graded sub- sidles to steam and sailing vessels of American tulld. In the house it has been deemed desirable to let the subject go over until the short session, when it is expected that a bill on the subject will be reported and urged to paseage. The bill ereating the Appalachian forest reserve, Including a vast tract in the Ap- palachlan mountain section of the south, has received favorable attention In both houses, but has gone over for final adjust- ment of differences until next December. Another bill passed by the senate and lkely to become a law changes the marine hospital service to a national health bu- reau and gives the bureau larger powers and facilities for co-operating with the state health authorities in quarantine and health affairs. Pacific Cable Bill Retired. The bill to establish a cable between the United States, Hawali and the Phil- ippiges was retired by defeat In the house of representatives. Several other measures have advanced to & certaln stage and have then halted without much prospect for further ad- vancement. These include the bill for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. It passed the house by practically & unanimous vote, but in the senate has received little attention and is not likely to pass ) The house passed a bill relating to the immigration laws, codifying and amending these laws relating to important changes. It bas been reported to the senate, but there is not much prospect of its passage at this sesslon. The bill defining the meaning of con- spiracy in injunction cases passed the house of representatives, but has not made much progress in the senate. On the other hand, the senate passed an impor- tant measure, creating a Department of Commerce, to be presided over by a cab- inet officer, but it has made no progress in the bouse, noj having been reported trom the committee on commerce. Pure Food Measure Retarded. Another bill of interest to the commer- clal world is the pure food measure, which was drafted by the Pure Food congress, and after extended hearings was reported from the house committee on commerce, but not passed. The Fowler bill probably was the most {Gontinued on Second Page) FLOODS DO GREAT DAMAGE in Missourl and IHlineis Cut Oft Towns and Stall Trains. Storms Nearly all inbound traihs were greatly delayed today as a resulf of the storm, arriving at Unlon station from forty min- utes to five or six hours late. Several washouts were reported{ and telegraph wires Were reported dowh, o that the trains could not be locate One of the most disastr history of Alton, Ill, and today from the heavy rai Saturday. At 4 o'clock this afternfon it was esti- mated that 10,000 acres been covered with the overflow of Wabd river, which fs three to six miles wid§ Most of this land s either occupled manufacturing interests or planted in crdps. The greatest single disgster caused by the flood was the destructjon of the plant of the Stoneware Pipe cdmpany at East Alton. The loss is estimafed at $40,000. The water rose rapidly being elghteen inches higher than ever hfore, and filled an underground duct |ud:&; from a mam- s floods in the feinity resulted of Friday and moth smokestack to kiln No. 4. The kiln was filled with stonewake and redhot When the water reached te kiln it turned into steam and an explosiop followed. The kilns are built close to ghe main plant and the explosion set fire #o the bufldings and burned them to the gfound in a short time, In East Alton the residnts were com- pelled to use skiffs to getlabout the prin- cipal streets today. Thelwater filled all the cellars and some of largest stores were also flooded. A number of outbulid- ings were washed away amfl the station of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy rafl- road was carried away by the flood and lodged In a field a quartet of a mile dis- tant. The flood produced the worst rallroad tleup in recent years in ‘the vicinity of the Altons. The Big Four and the Chi- cago, Peoria & St. Louls rallroads were hit the hardest, while the Burlington sus- tained the smallest amount of damage. The Burlington, west side, was the only line working In the city between Alton and St. Louls today and the road of the K. line was reported clear to Burlington. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the east side line, however, had a bad wash- out between Upper Alton and Woods sta- tion. Two miles of track of the Big Four on the main line and branch at Bast Alton have been washed away and the roadbed, where 1t runs under the Chicago “cutoft,” has been turned into a tributary channel by the Wood river. All the trains on the Big Four in and out of East Alton were annulled. The storm conditions in Illinols, which in the American bottoms bad assumed grave proportions Saturday, became inten- sified through the night and Sunday. As a result, In Madison county and adjacent territory several cities and towns are ab- solutely cut off from communication with the outelde world. Rallroad tracks are washed out, telephone and telegraph wires are down and the public highways gullied and traversed by torrents of surface water. Besides the farmers, the railroads are the heaviest losers. . ST. LOUIS, June 20.—Thfs city and vicin- ity is the center of a rainstorm of unpre- cedented severity, that has prevailed inces- santly since Saturday morning. Accord- ing to the local weather bureau reports 5 inches of rain fell here between 2:30 a. m. Saturday and 8 p. m. Sunday, and the end is not In sight. equalled a cloudburst in severity. The storm i« the most widespread that has been experienced in this country for many years, according to weather bureau officials, extending from the Rocky moun- tains to the Alleghenies. In Kansas, lowa, Missourl, Illinols, Indiana, Ohlo and Penn- sylvania the rainfall during yesterday and today averaged from one to two inches. About an inch on the average fell in the states north, while those In the south re- ceived slightly less. Considerable damage, the total estimated at about $250,000, resulted from the wind that accompanied the rain. Last night the wind attained a velocity of almost fifty- five miles an hour, blowing down trees, tel- ephone, telegraph and trolley poles, and interfering with communication of all sorts. parts of the city are reported on the ground. From the country surrounding came re- ports of destruction to crops and the wash- ing out of rallroad tracks and bridges, causing considorable delay to traine. Five hundred feet of the north wall of the varied industries at the world's fair eite fell last night as the result of the storm, the water undermining the founda- tions when the wind was at its height. At some places the world's fair grounds are covered with water. BLOOMINGTON, IlL, June 20.—This is the third day of heavy rainfall, the storm having continued with scarcely an inter- ruption since Friday. The total precipi- tation has exceeded four inches and has caused much damage. All rallroads in southern Illinoise® report washouts and bridge and track inspectors are engaged on all the lines patrolling tracks and bridges to guard against accidents. WILL GATHER IN JERUSALEM Sunday Schools Throughout ‘World to Meet There in 1004, the DENVER, June 29.—Toronto having been selected as the meeting place of the mext triennial convention of the International Sunday School association in 1905, the world-wide convention in 1904 will be held at Jerusalem. At the last world-wide convention in London in 1894 the executive committee was empowered to select the next meet- ing place, a preference being expressed for either Toronto or Geneva. A quorum of the members of that committee is here in attendance upon the international con- vention and they have practically agreed to hold the next world-wide convention at Jerusalem. The nominating committee of the Inter- national Sunday School convention has se- lected the following as members of the lesson committee for the next three years J. L Patrick, Manitoba; Ira M. Price, Chi- cago; A. C. Dixon, Boston; Rev. C. R. Hemphill, Loulsville; Rev. John Potts, Toronto; Rev. E. A. Dunning, Boston; Rev. B. B. Tyler, Denver; Prof. J. R. Sampey, Loulsville; Bishop W. W. Warren, Denver; Rev. J. 8. Stahr, Lancaster, Pa.; Rev. A F. Schauffler, New York; Rev. E. B. Kep- bart, Baltimore; Jobn R. Pepper, Mem- phis; Rev. Moses Rhodes, St. Louis; Prin- cipal E. I. Rexford, Montreal. The British member of the committee, H. F. Belsey of London, will be chosen In open session of the convention. Ira M. Price of Chicago is connected with the Chicago university and succeeds the | late B. F. Jacobs, who founded the Sunday school lessone. F. I Patrick of Camada succeeds Rev. J. L D. Hinds of Tennessee. resigned. Rev. Dr. Hill succeeds Rev, W, A. Moore of Richmond, Va., resigned. !in London attended a similar service |the morning in Marlborough house, while i At times the storm | p,yy) s, James palace. \ At least 1,000 shade trees in various | EDWARD FEELS STRONGER King Progresses Satisfactorily and Looal Discomfort is Diminished, NIGHT PASSES BY WITHOUT INCIDENT Early Bulletin Speaks Favorably of His Majesty and Succeeding Re- ports Bear Even More En- couraging News, LONDON, June 20.—King Edward's phy- siclan announced at two minutes of 10 to- night that the royal patient's condition was entirely satlafactory. No further bulleting will be issued tonight. LONDON, June 20.—Last night passed with lees incident at Buckingham palace than any other night since the operation was performed on King Edward. There were fewer watchers outside the palace, the public apparently having accepted the official announcement that the king has passed the point of immediate danger. The following bulletin was issued at § o'clock this morning. The king feels stronger, In_spite of a discomfort from the wound. Nothing has occurred to disturb the satisfactory prog- ress the king is making. This bulletin was not expected until 10 o'clock, consequently the few persons who were passing in the neighborhood of the palade were the only ones attracted to the announcement. When the footmen had posted the notice, however, the crowds soon increased, early cburch-goers stop- ping to read the latest news and passing on with expressions of thankfulness. A bulletin posted at the palace at 4 o’clock this afternoon sald the King's prog- ress was in every way satisfactory and that the local discomfort had decreased. King Transferred to Cowch. The king today was agaln successtully transferred from his bed to a movable couch. Several postponed functions are being re- arranged. Lord and Lady Lansdowne an- nounced that their reception will be held July 1. The king has commanded that the prince and princess of Wales shall represent their majesties at the India office reception to be held July 4. Lord Cranborne authorizes the following statement: The king ip rapidly getting botter and the moment, therefore, seems most &ppro- priate for public rejolcing. As chairman 5t ‘the bonfires committee 1 suggest that bonfires throughout the country be lighted Monday night. . Sunday has again been a day of inter- cessional services throughout the kingdom for the recovery of King Edward. A vast crowd of the general public gathered at St. Paul's cathedral. There was also pres- ent a representative gathering of govern- ment and colonial officials and uniformed officer: The duke and duchess of Connaught and their children and Lord and Lady Lans- downe sat under the dome. An impressive service was conducted by the bishop of Stepney, Right Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, and at Its comclusion the whole audience sang “God Save the King." Queen Alexandra, the prince of Wales and almost all the members of the royal family in there was a large gathering of peers and peeresses at a noon seryice in the Chapel Queen Recelves Sympathy. Sir Francis Knollys, the king's private secretary; the Right Honm. Sir Dighton Probyn, keeper of the private purse, and extra equerie to the king, and almost the entire royal household attended the ser- vices in Marlborough house chapel and the queen, who had not previously left the precincts of Buckingham palace since | the king was stricken, sympathetic greeting. The public was gratified with such evi- dence of the king's improvement. Through- out the United Kingdom all religious de- nominations made similar devotions for the king's recovery. Mgr. Merry, papal delegate to the cor- onatlon ceremonies, delivered & sympa- thetic sermon this afternoon, his audience including Sir Wilfred and Lady Laurier and other nadlans. Buckingham palace has worn a gayer Palace Appears Brighter. recelved a& most appearance today than for a week past and with the constant coming and going of royalty and streams of carriages bore testimony to the feeling of increased con- fldence that the king would Tecover. In the afternoon & party of princesses drove to Sheen house, Richmond, and the prince and princess of Wales pald a long visit to Buckingham palace. This evening the queen and the royal women dined within sight of the public through the windows in the front of the palace, many thousands of persons being gathered in the space before the building. TO MAKE AMERICA CATHOLIC Speaker at Chicago Conference Points Out Dangers to Prot- estantism. CHICAGO, June 29.—“Infidelity, agnos- ticlsm or absolute indifference is already digging the grave of Protestantism in the United States. A most important mission of the federation of the fraternal, soclal and charitable Catholic societies is to se- cure the layman's party helping to make this country Catholic. Such a hope is not an idle dream. Even the superficial ob- servers and thinkers have not been satis- fled with Protestantism and they can not resist the rn, searching logic of Amerl- can thought. T. B. Minahan of Columbus, O., president of the American Federation of Catholic so- sleties, made this declaration in a public address to 2,000 or more representatives of Chicago Catholic socleties in Powers' theater today. The speaker discussed the anti-Catholic sentiment in America which, he sald, was 80 deep-rooted that there had long been an unwritten law that no Cathelic should ever be eligible to the presidency. This “innate prejudice and unjust discrimina- tion against members of the Cathollc church,” Mr. Minahan said, “is largely due to ignorance, particularly ignorance of the Catholic religion with its confessional.” PAWTUCKET TROUBLE REVIVES Street Cars Stoned Obstructions Placed on Tracks by Strikers Sympath PAWTUCKET, R. 1, June 20.—Street cars were stoned and obstructions placed on the tracks by sympathizers of the striking mo- tormen and conductors in this city and Central Falls today. The heavy rain bas made the police less vigilant than usual and the attacks were a surprise. Twe street raliway men were burt by missiles, Forecast for Nebraska—Showers Monday and Probably Tuesda: ure at Omaha Yeste Hour. cracALTE~ EIGHTH WEEK OF THE STRIKE Miners Say There Will Be No Break and Operators Talk of Starting Up. WILKESBARRE, Pa., June 20.—The be- gioning of the eighth week of the anthra- cite miners strike shows no change in the situation. At President Mitchell's head- quarters National Board Member John Fal- lon 18 In charge during Mr. Mitchell's ab- sence in the west. Mr. Fallon sald tonight that the miners were just as determined as ever and unless there was arbitration the strike is destined to go on. The na- tional board member also denied that there was any suffering among the strikers. He said so far there was no privation and not likely to be any for a long time to come. The local operators seem to be a unit in saying that a break in the miners' ranks may come any time now. This bellef Is based on reports which the operators claim to have received from many sources that the families of many etrikers are in want. An attempt will probably be made to start at least three washeries in the Wyoming district tomorrow. One operator sald tonight that the number of washeries now in operation was greater than at any time since the strike began and that there was only one step between operating a washery and a colllery. Sooner or later he thought an attempt would be made to start up a mine. The Wilkesbarre lace mill, which h been idle for ten days, will resume work tomorrow. The mill employs 1,100 hands, mostly girls. Because the superintendent ‘would not discharge five girls whose fathers and brothers were working as nonunion men in the mines, the other employes quit work. The superintendent of the mill then announced that there would be no work until further notice. Last night he was walted on by a committee from the Central Labor union, and a temporary agreement reached by which all hands will return to work Tuesday. In the meantime it is thought a permanent settlement will be reached. STORM CLAIMS FOUR LIVES Deals Death to Quartet In Tennessee and Does Havoc to Property. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 20.—Four people were killed In last night's storm and much damage was done to farms In this section. Miss Cora Kelley, a school teacher of this city, while driving through a drove of trees in Megis eounty, near Dayton, Tean., was killed by a falling tree. Her com- panion was uninjured. James Grayson, proprietor of a sawmill, and his sawyer, Jesse May, were killed by falling timbers. Private Joseph Quirk of the Seventh in- fantry, while trylng to prevent a stam- pede of horses in the government corral, was trampeled under the feet of the ani- mals and probably fatally injured After a thunder storm at Harriman, Tenn., a 15-year-old daughter of Frank Dugger was killed by lightning. Dr. Dug- ger's residence was burned to the ground and a second daughter was serlously in- Jured. JESSE JAMES’ BODY REMOVED Remains of Famous Outlaw Buried in Cemetery at Kearney, Missouri, KANSAS CITY, Mo., June James' body, which has been buried for twenty years In the dooryard of the old James homestead near Excelsior Springs, Mo., was disinterred today and burled in the cemetery at Kearney, Mo., beside the bodles of his father and wife. Mrs. Zerelda Samuels, mother of Jesse James; Frank James, his brother, and Jesse and Mary, his son and daughter, at- tended the ceremony. A funeral service was held, and the pall bearers were com- rades of Jesse James when all were mem- bers of the Quantrel band. When the skeleton of his father was dug up Jesse James, Jr., picked up the skull and pointed out the hole made by the bul- let from Bob Ford's pistol. Besides rela- tives and close friends of the James fam- ily only a small crowd attended the ex- ercises. CALM SUNDAY IN COAL FIELDS Quictest Sabbath for & Month Ex- perienced in Pocahontas Flat- top Reglon. ROANOKE, Va., June 29.—This has been the quietest Sunday experienced in the Pocohontas Flattop coal flelds for a month Any loss of miners to the strikers’ ranks or fears of trouble which were anticipated yesterday as a consequence of the Baturday half holiday and the idleness of the mines until Monday has not materialized. Up to tonight the official reports re- celved by the Norfolk & Western Rallway company indicate that good order has pre- valled. The loading on Saturday was 400 cars, which is double the amount of coal mined on any previous Saturday since the strike was inaugurated and in excess of what the operators had expected. The situation in the Tug river fleld is un- changed and everything s practically closed tight in that distriot. OBJECTS TO CARSON’S PICTURE Nebraska Man Says One in Dome of DENVER, Jume 20.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Jobn B. Colton, an old Colorado ploneer, and now & ranchman at Eddy- ville, Neb,, has come to Denver with a grievance. He objects to the picture of Kit Carson, the famous scout and plains- man, that adorns the state house dome and says the picture must be changed. He claims that it in no way resembles or does justice to the famous ploneer and that he cannot stand to see It there. “I was here some time ago and saw that plcture of Kit Carson,” said he by way of explanation, “and simply could not stand it. Now I have come back to make my pro- test and to ask that & real picture of that great man be placed In the dome of Colo- rado’s capitol bulldine” 29.—Jesse | i CONDITION OF THE wsATHEflLABoR'S FIGHT ON Big Strike of Union Pacific Machinists Formally Opens Teday, BOTH SIDES ARE CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS Engineers and Firemen Seem to Hold an Important Key, BUT THEY ARE RELUCTANT TO INTERFER All Men on Trains Are Batisfed with Their Oondition, SYMPATHETIC STRIKE SEEMS IMPROBABLE Unfon Machinists and Bol! Assert that Company Oa Get Along Without Thelr Services Very Lo Makers The Unlon Pacifie formally begins today. The regular order Authorized Saturday by President James O'Connell of the International Association of Machinists at Washington will be issued early this morning by Vice President T. L. Wilson, who, with Vice President W. Web- ster of district lodge No. 11 of Cheyenne, will assume direction of the strike. The machinists of Omaha and those from other places who are in the city will meet this morning in Labor Temple and hear the formal declaration read by Mr. Wilson. This strike order will, as has been stated, apply to every machinist and helper throughout the entire system. There are 500 machinists and between 300 and 400 helpers. Aside from these is a large num- ber of roundhouse employes who are ex- pected to obey the mandate for a general tleup, but the uncertainty of whose course makes it impossible to estimate the pro- portion that will join the machinists. It all the men in the roundhouses should walk out, as the machinists belleve they will, the total number, including bollermakers and moulders, in the movement, according to strike leaders, will be about 1,600, No Definite Figure machinists' strike Officlals of the road say this is too high, that the strikers have greatly exaggerated the figures. Neither side, however, will malke a definite statement as to the exact vumber fdle until tonight or Tuesday. The machinists and boilermakers, who are unitcd in this strike, profess to be serenely confident of victory. The company ofclals likewise still maintain their falth In the success of the Unlon Pacific’s cause. The key to the situation seems to be held by the trainmen. Thelr action, whatever it may be, is regarded as the determining factor. It Is belleved that unless the strikers can tie up the operating depart- mr;:n of the rallroad their fight will be in vain, Talks for Engine Men. A representative of the firemen and e gineers was Interviewed Sunday by a re- porter for The Bae upon the attitude of the brotherhoods. “So far we have not considered the matter. In fact, we have paid little at- tention to the strike movement, we have not felt that we were directly con- cerned, but now things have reached that stage where we are compelled to view the situation with seriousness,” he said. “There has been no talk among us at any of our meetings as to what the firemen and engineers ought to do. We hope there will be no occasion for any. But of course we may have a part to perform before the strike Is settled. If the en- tire system is tled up in the shops and the machinists and bollermakers call on us to co-operate in a sympathetic strike, it will have a strong Influence upon us; there is no denying that fact. Or it the shops are emptied of union men and the company fills in with “scab” boilermakers and machinists, it might be ne ry for the brotherhoods of both the firemen and engineers to take action. There is no question but that these things would have a vital influence upon us, but how great I cannot and would not say. Engincers and Firemen Satisfl “As 1 sald before, we do not want any trouble and hope it will not be necessary for us to get into this fight. We have no provocation amoug ourselves to take the initiative. We are working under the best seale we ever had. At our conference with the officials some months ago we had everything granted us that we could ask for. An agreement was drawn up and signed which was made operative for one year, beginning the first of last January, 80 of course we are under that agreement yet and have no desire or inclination to break faith with our employers. We do not belleve there is anything we could ask for that would benefit our own interests, and consequently we have nothing to ask. We are perfectly satisfied. “1 really look for something to drop in this strike matter by Monday night. It may be that within a day or two then we could speak with precision as to our own position. We would not, however, have the power of ourselves to join the other men in a sympathetic strike even if we had any such desire, for the provisions of our con- stitution make it obligatory upon us to sub- mit to the order of our grand lodge officers in such cases. Perfect Harmony with Company. “I want to repeat before you go that the firemen and engineers are in perfect har- mony with the company, have no cause of thelr own for dlscord and hope that they will not be drawn Into this strike.” Asked 1f the machinists would appeal to the engineers and firemen for thelr go- operation in order to make the strike ef- fective, Vice President Wilson sald: “No rallroad can operate without chinists and bollermakers.” “Then you mean, do you, that the Union Pacific will be unable to get machinists and bollermakers outside of the unions? was auked. “That's exactly the proposition,” he re- plied “Well, do you think you will eall on the engineers and firemen for help?™ he was again asked. “To be trank with you, I do not belleve it will be necessary. Those matters will simply shape themselves by natural conse- quences. We have nothing to do with the trainmen por wish to interfere with their affairs, but I repeat that no road can carry on its trafic affairs without bollermakers or machinists.” And then with a mesning twinkle of his eve he added “I think the rallroad company will find out that machinists and bollermakers arq very essential iu thelr busin Course of Car B There bas been more or less speculation among the strikers as to the probable course of the car bulldere. By some it is maintained that the car bullders may be depended on to afliate with the strikers,