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

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JURY 3, 1902—TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. BIOTING IN Btriking Laborers 8tart Out en Uampaign of Bloodshed and Destruction. TROOPS KILL AND WOUND A NUMBER Outbreak Somewhat Resembles Peasant Riots of Early Bpring, LEADERS ARE APPARENTLY STRANGERS Dressed in Fantastio Uniforms and Adorned with Decorations. PROCLAIM THEMSELVES AGENTS OF CZAR Preach Utter Destruction of All Machinery Which Reduces the Nu r of Labore and Ca Starvation. LONDON, July 2.—A dispatsh to the Reuter Telegram company from St. Peters- bu ye thére have been labor riots fot thoe past few days at Rostov-on-Don, in the province of Ekratinslov, southern Russia. There have been numerous collisions be- tween the troops and the rioters. The troops fired and many of the rioters were killed or wounded. The outbreak at Rostov-on-Don, con- tinues the Reuter correspondent, somewhat refembled the peasant riots in the central pfovinces of Russia in the early sprin The leaders of the last riots were stra: ers in the district. They were dressed in fantastic uniforms and adorned with deco- rations. They proclaimed themselves agents of the czar and preached the destruction of all machinery which reduced the number of laborers and brought the masses to starva- tion. A fanatical mob, Inflamed with this idea, declared war on the factories in the name of the czar and had already wrecked many manutacturing establishments by the time the troops were called out. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Express asserts that in deflance of the advice of his ministers the czar has decided to give pri udience to over 200 representative Russians of all ranks, in- cluding university professors, publicists, editors, political prisomers and even con- victs, with & view of thoroughly probing soclal problems and discovering the m tives for the assassinacions of ministers and officlals. They will be invited to tell the caar frankly how the threatened rev- olution may be averted and by what peace- ful m the dlstress and dissatisfaction of the lower classes may be met. TERMS PROPOSED BY TAFT 8t Approved in Washington Note will Be t to the Vatican. ROME, July 3.—The elvil governor of the Philippine islands, Judge Willlam H. Taft, ‘has cabled t6 Washington the terms of the note to the Vatlean on the subject of dls- position of the friars’ lands in the islands which were compiled here yesterday at the conference held between Governor Taft, Major Porter of the office of the judge advo- cate general of the army, Judge James F. Smith of the supreme court of the Philip- pines and Bishop O'Gorman of Sloux Falls. It the terms approved, the note will be delivered tonight. Father Santiago Paya, provinclal of the Domidican order in the Philippines, who has been In Rome for several months past, living at the Institute which formerly pre- pared the Spanish missionary friars for their lebors in the Philippine archipelago, has been ordered by the vatican to draw up plan for the transformation of this in- stitute Into a training school for the na- 1ive Filipino clergy, who are destined pa tially to replace the friars when the agree- ment between the vatlcan ana Judge Taft concerning their withdrawal shall bave been concluded. WASHINGTON, July 2.—The news from Rome received at the War department in the shape of dally cablegrams from Gov- ernor Taft {s generally encouraging. It is #sald thet while no detalls can be given out for publication, in this incomplete state of the negotiations it evident that they are proceeding with the greatest activity, principally in the shape of verbal exchange, though for the sake of the record these are generously supplemented by written notes showing In condensed form the substance of what has been sald. It is stated that the notes fail to show that any insuperable obstacle has been encountered. WILL MAKE INVESTIGATION Professor Ernmest Halle to Find Out How to Improve G . in Polish Provine BERLIN, July 2.—Prof. Ernest Halle, who visited the United States for the purpose of investigating ship bullding conditions for the German Navy department, has been commissioned by the Prussian government to go to the province of Posen and study economic and eoclal life of the Poles and thelr relations with the German settlers and to draw up his recommendations for spending the recently appropriated German- faing fund of 250,000,000 mark: Herr von Halle intends to devote three weeks to horseback journeys into the various dis- tric! 80 as to lnvestigate the farm life remote from the towns. The fund mentioned above is to be de- Yoted to strengthening the German element 1o the Polish provinces of Prussia by pur- chasing more estates in those provinces suitable for peasant settlements and for the replanting of forest lands, eepecially in Posen, where the German farmers are re- quired to téach the peasants how to man- age thelr farme and instill in the peasant proper political, educational and social sen- timents. England Makes No Protest. LONDON, July 2. ‘When questioned in the House of Commons today on the subject of collection of likih and other dues by the Ru administration at New Chwang, Manchuria, the parllamentary se - Tetary of the forelgn office, Lord Cranborne, #aid Great Britain had not protested agalnst the action en, beca his maj- esty’s government had beem notified that negotiations were proceeding for the evacuation of Manchuria by Russia and it ‘was expecied that Manchuria would Ay be restored to Chinese control. Clerks Join the Strikers. WINNIPEG, July 2.—~Canadian Northera yard clerks and checkers jolued the strik- ors today. The superintendent offered to sign the schedule at once, but they will Tomaln out with the other ualons, n Excellent Night and Wound is Beginning to Henl, LONDON, July 2.—A{ Buckingham , ° the following bulletin was issue 4:, o'clock this morning on the condr. King Edward: The king had another excellent night ana 1s making improvement in all respects, {The wound is much less troublesome and beginning to heal. 8. BAHLT)\\', The following was issucd from Bucking- ham palace at 7 p. m.: The king maintains hi The local pain being les: passed with greater comfort. teady the TREVES. LAKING. . BARLOW. King Edward has passed another good day. The quiet and routine of the sick room was varied today by the excitement of listening to the music and cheers of the Indian troops as they marched past the palace and greeted Queen Alexandra on the balcony. King Edward demanded a full account of the review and the formal re- port made by the prince of Wales was supplemented by the personal narrative of the queen. His majfesty dictated a letter to the duke of Connaught, commanding him to compliment the colonial troops upon their excellent appearance and to thank them for their expressions of loyalty and eympathy, which he had heard with plea ure in his sick room. King Edward wat somewhat disappointed that he was not able to see the march past of the troops. He had hoped that this would be possible from an Invalid couch in a window of the palace, but the doctors were unwilling that he should risk this exposure and excites ment, and his majesty had to centent him- self with hearing the troops without seeing them. At a late hour tonight the king's im- provement continued. It was announced that he had partaken of a fairly good din- ner and smoked a cigar. The prince and princess of Wales gave a brilllant dinner party at the York housg tonight in honor of the visiting Indian princes. " A unique and impressive scene was wit- nessed in St. Paul's cathedral this evening, when some 2,000 doctors assembled beneath the dome of the bullding and offered pray- ers for the king's recovery. Many of the doctors wore their academic robes. A litany was sung in procession, the doctors join- ing in the singing. At the comclusion of the service the congregation sent a mes- ge to Quoen Alexandra, expressing its fervent wishes for his majesty’s speedy re- covery. REVIEWS THE INDIAN TROOPS Queen Alexandra is Again the Central Figure in Public Demon~ stration. rogress. ays are LONDON, July 2.—The review of the East Indian troops today was largely a repeti- tion of yesterday's function, but the varled coloring of the uniforms of representative corps from all parts of Hindustan formed an altogether more picturesque apectacle. Queen Alexandra was again the central figure of the proceedings and the public ‘welcomed the opportunity to testify once more its sympathy with ‘her on account of her recent anxiety and its congratulations at the continued good news regarding mn. Edward’s condition. The review proceedure of yesterday was followed. About 1,300 dark-skinned troops, headed by a detachment of the body guard of the viceroy of Indla, Lord Curzon of Keddleston, reached the Horse Guards parade to the strains of Sousa's ‘‘Hands Across the Sea.”” The members of the royal family who reviewed the colonials yester- day traversed the lines of the soldlers of the Indian empire. The prince of Wales, representing the king, standing by the side of his mother's e, took the salute, and the proceed- ings ended llke those of yesterday with cheers for the king, led by the duke of Connaught, the Indians drawing their ewords and waving them wildly as they joined in the cheering. On returning to the palace the queen ap- peared at an upper window and took several snap shots of the Indian troops as they marched past on their return to camp. The Indians recognized the queen-empress and each detachment cheered as it passed. The Bpitish fleet which assembled off Spithead for the proposed coromation re- view has dispersed. BELIEVED TO BE ANARCHISTS Men Attempt to E: Mag side Fort at Brest and Wo Guard, e Out- BREST, July 2—Two men attempted to enter the magazine lylng just putside the fort yesterday evening and wounded the sentinel with a revalver. The latter fired upon them with his rifle, ralsing an alarm and his lants escaped. A simllar at- tempt was made Saturday evening, and it is belleved anarchists intended to blow up the magazine, which contalned powder suf- ficient for 5,000,000 cartridg Cyclone Blows Train Down Bank. BOMBAY, July 2—A train on the Hast Indian rallroad, near Rampurh, was blown down an embankment by a cyclone today. Thirteen persons were killed and fifteen were injured. WANTED TO GAIN NOTORIETY Disappointed Because of Her Fallure to Become an Actress Paull Davison Kills Herself. DENVER, July 2.—Disappointed because of her fallure to become an actress, Paul- jne Ddvison, aged 20 years, of Lawrence, Kan., committed sulcide here, by taking chloroform. She left & photograph and the following note for the newspapers: “Now, make the most of a good opportu- {nity. I am about to commit sulcide and I | think it is about the only way I can make myself notorious."” ESCAPED PRISONER CAPTURED Like & Maniac Trial May Be Post- Raves nd His WASHINGTON, Ind, July 2.—Joe Her- bert, the alleged murderer who escaped jail with Bill Edson and others Tuesday morn- ing, was captured last night at the home of a relative in this city. Since being locked up, he raves like a maniac. His trial will likely not be re- sumed until next term of court. The other Jail breakers are still st lar treas: y s Klondike Gold. NEW YORK, up 3oThe subteessury out today $250000 for Klond o x:pouh t la’nuo TnL 18 lhn fest :u ‘ndnl this season for account of Klondike luuhrm was counected With the Chicago RUSSIA|¥W6 15 STILL iMPROVING | TORNADO STRIKES WISCONSIN [WELCOMES FIGHTING NINTH Btretoh of Oountry Near Racine is a Soene of Devastation, ‘'INDREDS OF ACRES OF GRAIN RUINED k4 "’,,. Killed, Several Persons In- vty Houses and Barne and Much Stoek "Killea, RACINE, Wis., July 2.—A stretch of country half a mile wide, from the town of Raymond eaet to Husper, in the town- ship of Caledonia, this county, a distance of ten miles, was swept by a tornado late this afternoon. One man was killed, several persons were injured, forty houses and barns were wrecked, thirty or forty head of stock were killed, hundreds of trees were blown down, hundreds of acres of grain ruined and other damage done, the property loss amounting to many thousands of dollars. The storm first struck the house of Wil llam Cook, just west of Raymond, and blew it to pleces. J. J. Laing's house was then wrecked and Mr. Laing was badly hurt, but his family eecaped. His barns were also wrecked. The roof and one wing of George West's house nearby were blown away. The house and all of the barns and other bulldings of Elisha Lower were de- molished and it s reported that three per- sone were injured In the wreck. The barns of Frank Eastman at Kilbourne are all gone. At Caledonia the barns and home of Albert Herrman were carried away, Willlam Hees lost his barn and had two horses killed and Christian Erb's barns were demolished. The only fatality reported was at the home of G. Thysen of Caledonia. His house was completely wiped away and also the barne, and Thysen was killed. The other members of the family escaped serious in- Jury. Reports from the district state that many other barns and houses were blown away and that it is hard to estimate the exact number. A son of Ellsha Lower was driv- ing a horse attached to a wagon loaded with farm implements. The storm caught land carried him and the wagon into a fleld 100 ‘yards away. The horse was killed and the young man injured. DETROIT, Mich., July 2.—A terrific storm swept through the southwestern part of Michigan late this afternoon. Near North Adams the residence of Mrs. Vanpatten was demolished, the barn of M. W. Rood was blown from ite foundation and another house was unroofed. Mrs. Vanpatten and Mr. and Mrs. Gamble, her son-in-law and daughter, had taken refuge in the cellar, and were seriously injured, Mrs. Vanpatten probably seriously. At Leonida it is sald a farmer living near there was crushed to death against a tele- graph pole. Near Dendon John Bowman, an aged man, was severely injured by falling raf- ters in the collapsing home of Henry Powers. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 3.—A terrific windstom passed over Momemce, Ill., yes- terday afternoon at 4:30. Meager particu- lars are recelved over a rallroad wire at 2:30 this morning, report three men killed, No more particulats are obtainable to- night. WARSAW, during the Ind, July 2.—Heavy rains last four days have flooded this section and seriously damaged the wheat and oats crops. Many flelds of al- most ripened grain have been submerged. Lakes and streams have risen over four feet and are still rising on account of the heavy downpour this evening. Tippecanoe river is higher than for twenty years. KANSAS RIVER OUT OF BANKS Water is Still Rapidly Ri Great Damage 1is Feared. TOPEKA, Kan., July 2.—The Kans: has overrun its banks. At 2 o'clock tm- afternocon it was rising two Inches an hour. A telegram from Manhattan, Kan., says the river is rising a foot an hour there and great damage is feared when the addi- tional volume of water reaches this vicinity, probably torgght. ‘The Wolff ‘packing house has been com- pelled to suspend operations, its plant be- ing flooded and & 100-foot smoketsack, un- dermined by the water, having fallen. The street rallway company ls fearful that its bridge over the Kani river will go out. MAJOR Proi CUSHING IS DEAD nent Figure in War of Rebel- lon Dies After Short Iliness. NEW YORK, July 2.—Major Harry Cooke Cushing dled of heart diseuse today, at his residence in New Rochelle. He had been i1l ten days. Major Cushing was a freshman at Brown university at the outbreak of the civil war and enlisted as a private in the First Rhode Island artillery. After being made a second lieutenant he was assigned to the Fourth United States artillery and was suc- cessively brevetted first lieutenamt, captain and major for distinguished service in ac- tion. He was commissioned captain in 1871 and retired with the rank of major in 1893. During the war he served In more than a score of battles, beginning first at Bull Run and epding at the Wilderness. He also served in various Indian campaigns. Major Cushing was descended from a notable family. One of his grandfathers was Nich- olas Cooke, Rhode Island’s war governor. He was a cousin of Lieutenant Cushing, who blew up Albemarle, and of Major Alonzo C. Cushing, who was killed at Get- tysburg. His father was Major George W. Cushing, U. 8. A. His brother, the late General 8. T. Cushing, U. 8. A, died last year. The body i to be taken to Washington and interred at Arlington. IS DRAGGED TO HER DEATH Wife of Vice President of Royal Packing Company Found Dead. VAN WERT, 0., July 2.—Mre. W. J. Latchford, wife of the vice president of the Royal Packing company of Chicago, was found dead this afternoon three miles from town with her body entangled in the lines attached to & horse, which she had hired for a drive. It is supposed that the horse started to run away and that to save herself Mrs. Latchford tried to jump from the carriage, with the result that she became entangled in the lines and was dragged to her death. Mrs. Latchford was visiting friends in this place. Before her marriage Mrs. Record as & reporier p Y Rochester Ext dters ds Glad Hand to Sol- ets Them ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 2.—Nineteen officers and 261 men of the famous “fght- ing Ninth” regiment, United States In- fantry, Colonel C. F. Robe, commanding, comprising Companies H, G, F and E of the Second battalion and Companies K, M and L of the Third battaMon, arrived in this city this evening and are the city's guests until midnight. Rochester gave a hearty welcome to the regiment, many of whose members hail from this city, including Captain F. 8, Schofield, who has been in a hospital at Washington for some time be- cause of a wound received in the Philip- pines, and who came to Rochester to meet his old regiment; Captain E. V. Bookmiller and Lieutenant John B. Schoeffel. Bells were rung and whistles blown throughout the city upon a signal from the city hall bell that ghe train had arrived. The veterans were enthusiastically cheered by the thousands gathered at the station. A parade was formed, with Captain Mal- colm Young of the Second United States artillery, in charge of the station here, as officer of the day. The parade after passing through the principal streets of the city and receiving a continuous ova- tion was received at the courthouse by a reception committee consisting of Major General Elwell 8. Otis, Colonel N. P. Pond, Major Rodenbeck and others. The officers of the Ninth were them escorted to the Genesee Valley club, where they were given a banquet, while the rank and file were entertained in a similar manner at the armory. NO PLACES FOR RECEIVERS Only One Insolvent Road in Months and That is Now Out of Receiver's Hands. CHICAGO, July 2.—The Rallway Age to- morrow will say: The year 1902 has so far been the most remarkable period in Afty years of raillway history in respect to in- solvencles and receiverships. Since Jan- uary 1 only one operating railway, the New York & Pennsylvania, fitty-two mlles long, has been placed in the hands of a receiver and that one broke all previous records for brevity of stay, the appointment having been made in February and the road hav- ing been sold under forclosure and started for reorganization in May. The receiver- ship thus covered the short season of four months. The Rallway Age therefore, for the first time in its history, cannot report a railway for which a receiver has been ap- pointed and continued in the current six months. During the tweaty-six and one- halt years the record has been kept it has shown the appointment of receivers for 633 rallroads, covering 114,400 miles of lines and representing stocks and bonds aggre- gating the vast sum of $6,291,397,000, In & single year, 1893, no less than seventy-four roads went into bapkruptcy, with 20,840 miles and $1,781,000,000 of stack and bonds. But since that year of t financal calamity fallures have gregtly decreased and reorganizations have on at equal speed, so that today the er rallway re~ <elverships may be sald “ended. DEFINITELY SETTLE DEAL Arrangements Between Postal Tele- graph Oable Company and Penn. sylvania Road Are Made, PHILADELPHIA, July 2.—The Record to- morrow will say: The deal between the Postal Telegraph-Cable company and the Pennsylvania Railroad company has been definitely settled and the contract dates from July 1, as originally proposed, al- though the document has not been actually executed. The contracting corporations through properly accredited officials have executed an agreement under the terms of which the Postal Telegraph-Cable co pany becomes possessed of all the rights and privileges that will finally appear in the long-term contract now being perfected by attorneys representing the two com- panies involved. There has been and there will be no hitch in the carrying out of the lead. There will be more or less litigation before all of the matters at issue between the Western Union and the Pennsylvania railroad are finally settled, but those who speak with authority do not regard any of these pros- pective euits with alarm. All agree that thie Western Union will be ousted from every foot of railway owned or controlled by the Pemnsylvgnia Railroad company. BUYS COTTON OIL MILLS New York Syndicate’ Makes Pur- chases in Indian Territory and Now Controls Business, "~ — MUSKOGER, 1. T., July 2—In the pur- chase today of three mills in Indian Terri- tory a New York syndicate {s believed to have secured control of the cotton oil bus- iness in the Indian Territory and Okla- The gompany now owns twenty including properties at Muskogee, tah, Eufaula, Durant, Purcell and Chickasha in the Indian Territory and Chandler, Stroud, Norman, Oklahoma City and Shawnee in Oklahoma, besides eight mills in northern Texas. The sale today arranged by J. B. Burbridge, repre- sentiog the syndicate, who has left for New York to close the deal. NECK BROKEN BY A BLOW Unkmown Man Strikes Pearl Sauls- Him Almost Instantly. KANSAS CITY, July 2.—Pearl Saulsman of Lees Summit, Mo., was knocked down and killed and M. J. McGlynn, his employer, was struck twice and seriously hurt, at Eighteenth and Grand streets, this eity, tonight by an unknown man who attacked them without apparent provocation. Sauls- man was a farmhand, aged 25 years. He received & single blow In the face which broke his neck and killed him instantly. His assallant escaped and the police have only a meager description of Rim. ARGUES ON HIS OWN BEHALF Convicted of Murder in Kan State Has No J Over Him., Clatms sdiction TOPEKA, Kan,, July 2.—Ira N. Terrill, a convicted murderer from Oklaboma, serv- ing a sentence in the Kansas penitentiary, appeared in the supreme court today to argue in bhis own bebalf that Kansas h Do jurisdiction over him and that be is wrongfully imprisoned. He was in charge of Warden Jewett. Should the supreme court decide in his favor 300 other comvicts would be Uberated. 5 COAL DEALERS TOO MODEST |CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Tax ommittes Fears They Underrate Their Own Worth. HOO HOOS ARE STILL UNDER FIRE County Board May Yet Deeclde to Boost Venders of Coal and Benders of Wood T Eether., Members of the County Board of Equal- {ization freely say that they consider that they struck another snag yesterday when they called up the coal dealers. The ven- ders of fuel all reported themselves to bave had sfocks April 1 that made the com- missioners wonder how they ever kept the public supplied. And as for other personal property—well, it simply *'{sn't worth men- tioning.” The board left the matter open for the present, thus piling up more im- portant work for the already-overburdened last days. Coutant & Squires estimated thelr firm's actual personal valuation at $3,000, C. W. Hull at $5,000 to $10,000, T. C. Havens at $2,000, C. B. Havens at $5,000, Coal Hill company at $2,500 to $3,000, Omaha Coal, Coke and Lime company at $20,000. Th last was the only statement accepted by the tax committee of the Real Estate ex- change as satisfactorily large. The Centrai Coal and Coke company reported $50 worth of office furniture. Lumber Men Not Out of the Woods. Members of the tax committee show an inclination to protest determinedly against acceptance of these figures of the coal dealers and apparently the board is with them in thinking the valuations too small. It Is quite possible, too, that the lumber men will be recalled and the kindred firms taken up together and ralsed, for ome of the commissioners implied that on the lumber dealers it would suit him well to impose an assessment more than twice the size of that already adopted. The afternoon’s actual decisions shown in the table below: Asgessors' Raised by are Return, 1902, Board, Model Steam laundry........3 §25 $ 1% Frontler Steam laundry 200 Kimball laundry. Un'eh'd Reering Harveste 3,500 maha. Carpet Co. 2.3% Barber Asphalt C Wn'ch'd Emerson Mfg. C 650 Wagner Bros., om . 1156 Miwaugee Hatvesior Corr: Lin 800 A. A. €ooper Wagon Co.... 430 *D. M. Sickier Wagon Co.. 0 George F. Munro & Co...... 20 Orchard & Wilheim. 7,500 *Not on list of assessors' returns. Two Raised at Night. The night session was devoted to the ex- amining of representatives of several firms, the complaints of all of which were dis- miesed except that against Kelley-Stiger, who were raised from $7,200 to $15,000, and the Grant Paving company, ralsed from $1,000 to $4,000. Hugh Murphy, whe had been expected to line up with the Grant company, informed the board that aside from his quarry and interest in a company in Denver he basn't a dollar in money or or«mA Jor an bour the board and Attorney Me- Intosh discussed the assessing of the banks, In preparation for the Saturday conference. Brewers to Come Back. The report of Tuesday night's action of the County Board of Equalization as printed in yesterday morning's Bee exclusively caused the heaven of public sentiment to become exceedingly clouded and the commissioners decided to back into cover and reconsider the assessment of the brewers before the storm should break. Accordingly it was voted to recall the makers of amber joy next Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Con- nolly, O'Keeffe and Chairman Ostrom voted the ayes, Harte and Hofeldt the nays. The action that the board proposes to amend was the fixing of the total personal esement of nine brewing companies at 392, which was done by Hofeldt, Harte and Connolly early Tuesday night before Attorney MclIntosh arrived, and which 18 generally considered out af all proportion to the assessment of jobbers and.whole- salers who appeared earlier in the week. Tuesday night Connelly asserted, after the brewers were gone, that he was with Chair- man Ostrom in the sentiment for a rehear- ing. Yesterday he made the motion and O'Keeffe, who hasn't eeconded a Connolly motion for many moons, was prompt to sac- rifice precedent. Harte made a little talk in the course of which he sald that he thought that if the brewers were recalled the six.Jumber dealers who escaped yester- day with a total assessed valuation of $22,- 610 should be recalled as wek. The following table shows what was done by the board with those who were before it yesterday morning: Asspasors’ Ralsed Return, 1902, Bradford Lumber Co $2,00 Omaha Rubber Co Omaha Tent & A g Carter White Lead Works... U. 8. Nat'! Baok Bldg Yimes Mortan & 8on Beebe-Runyan Maul-Davis Co, ... Hussie Hardware Co Nebraska Moline Plow Co... 8,000 The Northwall and Sattley companies, gach asscased at 6,000, were both decreased $2,500. Amount of Total Inerease. It is the general belief, now, that the county’s total sed valuation will be increased at least $3,000,000 over the 1801 total, which was $22,381,792.08. Members of the board say that a ralse of $200,000 will be made on the assessors’ total for the farm land of the cbunty, and the sessors’ total was $3,064,765 or $122,! more than the 1901 total of $2,982,416. In assessing lots, however, the assessors re- duced last year's total from $14,928,040 to $14,825,963. The board Goes pot expect to finish earlier than Monday nfght, and perbaps not thew; hence the levy has been given little thought and no member undertake to predict what it will be in mills. OPEN SWITCH CAUSES WRECK Five Are Injured and Others Have Narrow Escape in Col ton on Illiuols Central, SPRINGFIELD, Ill, July 2.—Five per- sons were injured and others had narrow escapes today, when & southbound Illinois Ceniral passenger train ran into an open switch at Madison and collided with a treight train of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Loiis ;ailroad. The passenger engine and several freight cars were demolished. The injured: Lewlis Carpenter, conductor of passenger trafn; two ribs broken, badly bruised. Charles V. Monroe, brakeman; face cut and internally injured. Frank Albers, fireman of pas nger lo- comotive; jumped, internally injured. Miss Lillie Gehricks, East St. Louls; cut about face and bands. Harvey Green, engineer of passenger los comotive; jumped, slightly burt Forecast for Nebraska—Showers Thursday and Cooler in Western Portion; Friday Showers and Cooler in Eastern Portion, Fair In Western. \ —p— Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Ho Hour. Des. EEET T COAT OF TAR AND FEATHERS Mourners Stop Funeral to Drive Hus- band and Sister of Dead ‘Woman Out of Town. STERLING, Iil, July 3.—The funeral of Mrs. John Seibert of Mount Morris, mear here, was delayed today until the moura- ers could’adjourn to a cornfield and ad- minister a coat of tar and feathers to the husband and sister of the dead woman. Then the funeral proceeded, but the two who were to have been chief mourners were sent. The house was filled with eorrowing nelghbors, when some of them discovered Seibert in another room hugging and kiss- ing Mrs. Theodore Wolfe. The crowd quickly dragged the couple to the carnfield. A plentiful supply of tar was poured over the victims and the feath- ers from a plllow were emptied on each. Then the twe were driven from the village and ordered mnever to, return. Mrs. Sel- bert dled of consumption and during the two years of her sickness it is alleged that her husband waé continually making love to his wife's sister. BOMB EXPLODES TOO LATE In Presentation of “Last Days of Pompetl” James Duil Gets a Broken Back. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 2.—In the pr ence of 5,000 spectators witnessing an open- air performance of the “Last Days of Pom- pell” on the common opposite Churchill Downs this evening, James Duil, known as “The human bomb,” received injuries which will' probably result in his death. It is Dull's part of the performance to be burled high in the air by a bomb which explodes, releastng a parachute by Wwhich the performer returns to earth. Tonight the bomb was shot into the air as usual, but when it reached its greatest height it failed to explode and started to the earth with the victim unable to re- lease himself. As the nilssile was within 100 feet of the ground it suddenly exploded and to the horror of the spectators, Dufl was dashed to the earth and the perform- ance brought to a close. When the victim was picked up it was found that his back was broken. He was taken to the city hospital. KEEP VERDICT A SECRET Examination M Into Charges Against Bishop Talbot eof [0 pennsylvania, HARRISBURG, Pa., July 2.—The exam- ination into the charges of conduct unbe- coming a bishop, preferred against Bishop Talbot of the Central Pennsylvania dlocese, Protestant Episcopal church, by Rev. Dr. Ingram N. W, Irvine of PhiladelpMa was conducted in executive session today by the board of inquiry recently appointed by Bishop Dudley of Kentucky, and after hearing the testimony of Dr. Irvine, whom the accused bishop unfrocked while serving as rector of St. John's parish, Huntington, Pa., and other witne the board ad- journed without making public its verdict. Bishop Talbot was not present at the in- vestigation, which was held to determine . whether or not there was sufficient evidence for holding the bishop for trial, which, ac- cording to the Episcopal canons, would be before a committee of bishops. WOULD-BE FIRE SWALLOWER Cpieago Youth Pours Burning Gaso- line Over Himself and Others with Fatal Effeet. CHICAGO, July 2.—Trying to Imitate an Bgyptian fire-swallower, Harry Loughren, 12 years old, poured burning gasoline over himselt and six other children tonight and as a result the boy and one other child probably will die. Of the others one only escaped Injury—a girl who dropped without being hurt from the porch, thirty feet from the ground, after tearing joff her skirt, tranti¢ to avoid another child who was run- ning toward he r with clothing abalaze. The boy's mother Wms burned so badly,in stripping the burning clothing from him that she also may die. After a hard struggle the flames were extingulshed by neighbors who ran to the assistanct of the children. 4| EXPRESS TRAIN IS DERAILED Twenty-Five Persons Injured, Five Serfously and Ome Probably X Fatally, BENNINGTON, Vt., July 2.—As a result of the derailing of the Troy-Montreal ex- press on the Rutland road at a switch at Hoosick, N. Y., near this cky, today, about twenty-five people were injufed, five seri- ously and one probably fatally. The in- Jured: Allen Huckensius, Philadelphia, 14 yea of age, Injuries to back; will probably die. John Brovenche, baggagemaster, Rutland, back and side injured. Danlel O'Brien, North Adams, Mass. Willlam Doyle, J. R. Hutchinson, Sheldon, Vt. R. B. Peterson, conductor, Rutland. July 2. w. Miowera e T o P ban At Lizard.Passed: LaSavoye, from New York, for Havre. Liverpool—Sailed: Noordland, Fhllldclvhl via Queenstown and York; Teuts enlc‘ for New York, Queens- town. Arrived: Dominion, from Montreal; Oceanic, from New York At Movilie—Arrived: Pretorian, from Mon. treal, for Liverpool. At Queenlwwn—unud for ew Ivernia, from Boston, for Live Rhynland,’ from Philagéiphia. Batled: Lllnnln from Liver- pool, for Boston At "Antwerp-Batled: Switzeriand, for Philadelphia. At Southampton—Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from Bremen, for New York, ya Cherbours. Arrived:" Bt. Paul, from New York. At New ' York—Sailed: Menominee, for London: 8t Louis, for Bouthampton:' Ma- jestle, for 'Li rr\nol Arrived: Pennsyl- vania, from At London—Satied:* Denderah, for San Francisco, At Hong Kong—Salle coma, via Yokohoma, efc. At ‘Cherbourg—Arrived: Kaiserin Maria Theresia, from New York. Sailed: Kalser Wilhelm' der Grosse from Bremen and Bouthampton, for New York, ' Olympla, for Ta- OTHERS MAY STRIKE Unlon Pacifio Oar Builders and Blaoksmithe Uneasy. THEY ARE LIKELY TO WALK OUT TODAY Men Encouraged by Btrikes en Montans Oentral and Northwestern, FILLING STRIKERS PLACES A QUESTION Leaders 8ay Company Oannet Hire Enough Oompetent Men, SIGNS OF ACTIVITY AT CHEYENNE SHOPS Company Appears to Be Mak arations te Put Im; te Work im Wyonilng Oity. Prep- Men Happenings of yesterday cate preparation for a material enlarge- ment of the Union Pacific strike. Plece- work is the bone of contention and the carbuilders and blacksmiths are the possi- ble additions to the list of those who are at outs with the company. It was less than' a week ago that a meet- ing at the road’s headquarters was fol- lowed by the announcement that the offi- cials and the carbuflders had comse to an agreement and that all was well with them. But differences have arisen because, the union men say, the company is indicating & purpose to force the piecework pro slon upon them and that, they say, they will not sumbit to under any consideration. The union was prepared to confer yes- terday with the road's representatives, but General Manager Dickinson and Superin- tendent McKeen were out of the city and President Burt was not reached. At night there was a mass meeting of unionists employed, or formerly employed, in the shops, but those in attendance state that it was devoted to a general discussion and that the carbullders’ union did not meet separately. Somet] Doing Today. One in attendance said: “There is noth- ing to give out for print tonight, but to- morrow may develop something decidedly interesting. There will be a committee at work tomorrow, but it will be a general committee, not a committee of our union.” There are, it is sald, 169 carbuilders now in the Omaba shops and should they strike it will be the largest single waikout yet recorded in the history of the strike. The blacksmiths, who, it is sald, may also go out, make the same complaint— that against plecework. It has been in-~ troduced to.small extent in their depart- ment, but in the event of thelr making any demand at all it is understood that it will require that plecework be done away with entirely. The journeyfhan blacksmiths number about twenty-five and the helpers between forty and fifty. Qutet, Stubborn Fight, The strike on the Unlon Pacific seemd to have resolved Itself down to a qulet, stub- born fight between the two contending face tions. The machinists, the most aggressive of the strikers, are clalming new laurels, while the railroad is treating such claims with silent indifference, contenting itself with the fact that the strikers have thus far been unable to effect a complete tieup. There are several places where the ma- chinists have met the Insurgent spirit, thelr men refusing to join the union in its fight against the company. The strikers were displaying considerable encouragement yesterday from a tleup on the Montana Central, a Great Northern tributary. Vice President Wilson sald he bad received word by telegram from Havre, Mont., that every machinist on the Central, forty-six in all, had struck and that the tieup was complete among the helpers. His presence was requested at that point, but he thought it would be unwise for him to leave Omaha and lose touch with the situa- tion on the Union Pacific. The strike of the Northwestern machin- ists in Iowa has also stimulated the hopes ot the strikers here. Shuts O Supply. “The significance of these simultaneous strikes is that the Union Pacific will be unable to get muhlnllu to fill ti employeq’ place: results hang upon the ability or inability of the company to fill the places made vacant by the strikers, for it is a fact that needs no argument that the great Union Pacific Railroad company cannpt do with- out machinists, despite what any of the officials may say to the contrary. Nor can it any better survive without boilermakers, and, as President Kennedy says, all the bollermakers arfe out on the Montana Central and wil] go out with the machinists in other places wheve the occasion may mand." President Kennedy sald yesterday that foremen from the Union Pacific shops had been to Plattsmouth to try to induce men from the Burlington shops there to accept work in the Union Pacific shops, but that the foremen had met with fallure, Kensedy further declared that the bollermakers om the Buriington were ready to co-operate with their fellow-workmen in Omahs when- ever the latter made the request. ‘Want More Pay, The machinists on the Montana Central were getting 34 cents an bour and demanded 36. The wages of the bollermakers were not given out. Wilson for the machinists and Kennedy for the bollermakers express doubts of the alleged rioting at Cheyenne. “I belleve those shots which were re- ported as rifie shots, id Vice President ‘Wilson, “were simply the explosions of tor- pedoes that had been placed on tracks around the shops. Strictest orders have been enjoined upon the machinists at Choy~ enne to refrain from all blance of vi lence, and I do not beliéve the men have or will violate these orders. Nevertheless they are wrought up to & pretty high pitch and have not the same restralntog in- fluences about them as the men bavi “The men out there feel—and we feel the same way here—that the Unlon Pacific has endeavored to intimidate and coerce them, and you can imagine for yoursel that un- der such conditions they are nat in the most amiable moods. We look upon the arbitrary action of the company in closing down its shops at Cheyenne and giving out the ungquivofal announcement that the shops were to remain closed for an indef- nite period, probably two years, as the most transparent evidence of a ‘bluff’ game. Deubts Company's Word. “It they really intend to abandon these shops, as they said, because the business men of Cheyenne bad imposed such in- tolerable conditions upon the railroad em- ployes, why did they take the first oppor- tunity to hire men and resume operations? If that fsn't & bluff, what is it?” President Keonedy expressed himself la