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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY the #hops to last thres or four It is doing the company an injust! that it aftairs are seriously menaced by the strike. As to the boiler failures they are not unusually numerous, Our motive power is being well preserved, of course 1t 1s not what it might be it the strike wi zot on, but we are running our trains all right and carrylng just as much ton- nage or more than before.” The officials admit that things are in bad condition at North Platte. But ome of them says the strikers are half-hearted in their mction and would return to work it they could reconcile their course with their obligations to the union. The com- pany is devoting much attention to this field. Master Mechanic Barnum spent all day Bunday trying to induce the men there to break away from the strikers and Su- perintendent McKeen put in some strong words with the men. Condition at North Platte. + The strikers, however, are confident that their mén at North Platte will not weaken, 8. H. Grace, one of the executive commit- tes, returned from there yesterday and spoke In glowing terms of the situation. There fourteen shopmen there in all and they are out on the strike. The officials of the road hold that at Armstrong and Cheyenne large forces of shopthen are at work and that elghteen are working in Evanston. Nomunion Men Work KANSAE CITY, Mo, July 7.—Today 283 men were working in the Unlon Pacific shops at Armstrong. The force has been gradually Increased day by day since Wednesday, when 263 men were employed inside the fence. All the gates to the big yard gre guarded and watchmen see all who enter or leave. The union men have an equally strong picket system. These pickets watch the gates as closely as the rallway's guards, and if a nonunion man 18 seen he Is at once approached and ked 10 join the strikers. Thus far there as been no violence at Armstrong and no threats. STRIKERS TO BE ARRESTED Sherift Swears Out Warrents for Ten Leaders at Willlams- town, HARRISBURG, Pa., July 7.—Sheriff Relft swore out warrants today for the arrest of ten strikers at Willlamstown, this county, for imeiting to riot and interfering with his deputies in protecting non-union men going to and coming from work in the mines at Lykens and Willlamstown. The sheriff says the situation in the region i critical and that it there Is another outbreak like that of last Wednes- day, when he and his deputies were ae- saulted while protecting nonunion miners, he will call upon Governor Stone for pro- tection by the militia. Twenty of the rioters were arrested on Thursday at Willlamstown and held in ball for court, but this does not seam to have improved the situation and the sheriff concluded to bring suit here and compel the rloters come to Harrisburg for a hear- ing. The sheriff came here this morning to make information against the rioters and returned to the Lykens region at noom to assist his deputies in arresting the strik- ers for whom warrants have been issued. Ninth Week of the Strike. WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 7.—The ninth week of the anthracite coal miners' strike opened extremely quiet. Conditions around the collleries remain unchanged. The strikers of this district, which is composed of all the territory from Forest City to Shickshinny, sixteen miles south of here, weére Interested in the annual con- vention which opened at Nanticoke today. The meeting in point of numbers is the largest in the history of the district. As far a8 known no very important business will come before the convention. Presi- dent Nichols is sure of a unanimous re-elec- President Mitchell's sudden departure for New York yesterday continues to excite interest among the miners here. Outside of & statement made by ome of his lieuten- ants last night that the miners’' chief went to New York for the purpose pof meeting labor leaders, mo information can be had here as to the exact purpose of Mr. Mitch- ell's trip. Mitchell Refuses to Talk. NEW YORK, July 7.—President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, who arrived in New York last night, said today that the purpose of his vielt was to see some friends Wwho are to eall for Burope tomorrow. “Ia "1t your purpose to see certaln people with a view of settling the strike, or for the purpose of effecting a compromise?’ was atked. 1 shall decline to discuss the strike,” re- plied Mr. Mitchell. PROVIDENCE, R. I, July 7.—~Having voted, after a strike of two months’ dura- tioa, to return to work. the motormen and conductors of the United Traction company here lost no time today in making appli- cation for their old places. At the offices of the company the men found less than 150 vacancles for about 400 or 500 applicants. The raflroad offi- olals had announced their intention of re- employing only as many of its old men &8 were needed without displacing those who had been taken on during the strike. The number required today were taken lbl('l and others were placed on the waiting lat. In Pawtucket the strikers ve refused to abide by the decision of the Street Rail- ‘way Employes' unlon and they will not Teturn at once. The strike began rly in May, when the Unlon Traction company, belng com- pelled to reduce the hours of its employes under a new labor law, refused to grant the demand of the men for the same pay a8 was received for the longer day. PRESIDENT PLAYS TENNIS Spends Much of His Time with His Children and Does Not Go to Town. OYSTER BAY, L. L, July 7.—President Roosevelt did not come into town today, but speat most of the time in playl tennis with the children. This afterpoo Mrs. Roosevelt will give a tea to about forty of her neighbors, at which the presi- dent will be present, and tonight there will be a display of fireworks at Saga- more house and an informal reception. Becretaries Cortelyou and Loeb drove to the Oyster Bay bank shortly before moon and immediately begdh the work of pre- paring the temporary executive offices. Jero Jula Fow are entirely I¥ may develop so slowly as to canse 1t o irregularity of may Dmfl'lfl y of ihe b, fi'n‘-."‘"“ S B ..mm..!’.‘...f‘?" M hnntmm a:fi-élnflhlhwmw Hood’s J'anaparllla ‘The best of all medicines for all humors. uite ica- “ew; | FREIGAT MEN ON A STRIKE Handlers in Ohlo.‘o on All Railreads Btop Work, Tying Up Business. EFFECT IS FEARED BY BUSINESS MEN Inexperienced Men Beilng Crowded Into the Work as F but the Pasin tieally Blocked CHICAGO, July 7.~A strike of 9,000 treight handlers in Chicago was called today and every frelght house of the twenty-four rallroads concerned is practically tied up. Business men fear that the strike will be the most merious which has affected their interests in years. The strike was called by a committee ap- pointed at a meeting of 1,000 freight hand- lers held last night. The committee wae inatructed to call a strike within forty-eight hours unless the rallroads should meet the demands of the men at once for an increase in wages, extra pay for overtime and holi- days and recognition of the union. Actlon on these Instructions was taken sooned than had been expected. The com- mittee went first to the Michigan Central, Tllinois Central and Wiseonsin Central treight houses on the lake front. The men walked out with cheers and marched across the viaduot on Randolph with their union cards tucked in their hats, By messenger and teléphone, according to the strike leaders, all other members ot the Interfor Freight Handlers and Wa housemen’s union weré called out. No Freight Can Be Moved, At noon President Curfan of the union feported that his men wére all out and that it wae all but Impossible for any freight to enter Chicago, or to leave it. Many of the railroads had small forces of men, previously hired, on band when the strike was called and by adding to it men from other departments managed to handle perishable commodities. In the hiring of nonunion men it is sald the raliroads run & sérious risk of bring- ing about a strike of the teamsters, who recently won their fight from. the packers. The teamsters, it is said, will refuse ab- solutely to have anything to do with freight in any way handled by mosunion help. The men called out include ~foremen, check, recelving and delivery glerks, seal- ers, callers, welghmasters, stevedores, ¢coopers and elevator men. Chief of Police O'Netll, when notified that a strike had been called, sent orders to his subordinates to make évery preparation to preserve ord Two hundred and fifty men were called in from outlying stations to form a reservé force to be stationed At the down town statfons. From the sta- tions the men went in squada to the differ- ent yards. There was no.marked demon- strations as they enmtered, although they had to remain quiet under a running fire of sarcasm. Railroad Men Make Statements. W. C. Brown, vice president of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, sald to the Assoclated Press of the situation on his road: About 80 per cent of our men went out. inder, with additional help. which hired, are handling gur busin. cted. Our b not tied up and will not be. J. T. Harahan, second vice president of the Illinols Central, said that about halt of his company’s 450 men had struck, but “he had men close at hand to take their placy Mr. Harahan sald he tHought the afrike could have beén avoided it the men ' had been willing to copsult with the. roads through their own committees instead of through their union. “We have no trouble in adjusting differ- with our engineers, firemen dnd’ employes,” said Mr. Harahan, ‘‘but the freight handlers presentéd a document through the offi¢ers of theéir uniod and we, of course, could not deal with them through third parties. In reply to a question, Mr. Harahan sald that the rallroads were a unti in refusing to deal with the strikérs through their union, but all of them were ready at any time to discuss grievances it presented by thetr employes. He did not think there would be much diculty In supplying men. to take the strikers' plac Railroads Aftécted. The principal railroad systems affect by the strike are: The Chicago, Cicinnatl Chicago & Great Westérn, Baltimore & Ohlo, Erle, Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe, Chicago Terminal Transfer company, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, Chica, & Alton, the Monon, Chicago & Eastern Illinols, Wabash, Grand Trunk, Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, the Pennsylvania, Chicago & Northwestern, Chica waukee & St. Paul, Iliinols Centrs gan Central and the Nickel roads control over 100 warehouses in €hl- cago. Although officials of the team unlon have declared that no Instructions have been given the teamsters as to backing up the freight handlers, the sympathy of the teamsters was made apparent today. When the men walked out.of thé Illinols Cen- tral warehouse the teamsters Who were receiving or unloading freight immediately took thelr trucks awsy. Expect Long Strug That the railroads ars expecting & stren- made evident today when the éntire stock of a prominent firm. Chairman Job of the State Board of Ar- bitration sald today that he would make every posaible effort to bring about peace between the men and their employers. Two wagonloads of new men were taken to the Illinols Central warehouse under police guard during the afterscon. OM- clals of the Chicago & Northwestern re- fused to state what the situation in thelr warehouses is. It is belleved, however, that all their men left. Offelals of the Pennsylvania claimed that of the 300 men employsd by them only twelve walked out and that six of these returned. Mayor Hartison sald that he had planned to go ob & vAcation, but that it the strike was not settled he would re- main in the city. The offer of Chairman Job of the State Arbitration board was accepted by Pres! dent Ourran of the freight handlets. It was reported cunlnmnt the Illinots Central was bringing 400 men from the south men affilated with the Carpenters and Garment Workers' unions quit work. The carpenters demand $3 a day and nine hours work for every day except Saturday, when the day shall be one hour shorter. The number of garment workers on strike is about 600. Their grievance is that em: ployers require them to supply their own sewing machines, flat irons and other im- plements. Trainmen Demand Recognition. WINNIPEG, Man, July 7.—Canadian Northern trainmen, including conductors, presented a schedule today and demanded recognition inside of thirty-six hours. The engineers and firemen are meeting and will Iikely come to some decision. Mr. MacKenzle of MacKenzie & Mann, owners of the property, says the road will spend 1,000,000 before any organization will be recognized. The Northern has imported sixty men from the south to replace the strikers. EQUALIZERS FINISH TODAY (Continued from First Page.) be for traln use only, and had fafled. Con- tinuing,* the attorney explained that his computation was based on the $1,000,000 selling price reported by Mr. Webster, and on the latter's previous statement that two-thirds the company's property Is in Douglas county. He proposed that the valuation of the company in Douglas county be taken as two-thirds of the $1,000,000, or $666,608. which, divided by six, would make the sesed valuation $111,111. Action of Equalizer O'Keete moved to make the assessment $100,000 even, but no one seconded the mo- tion. Connolly figured that it might be fair o aseess the company as having one-halt its $1,000,000 valus ‘n this county, making the assessed valuation one-sixth of $500,000, or $83,333, but he moved to make it $90,000 anyhow. This motion also was lost and then Hofeldt moved the adoption of the original Connolly figure, $83,333. Harte sec- onded the motion and it carried with only O'Keete volcing an audible nay. Atked afterward what he had to say, Mr. Webster answered: ‘““Why, what more can 1 say?" Asked what he proposed to do, his reply was: “It's never wise to tell before hand what you will or will not do.” FIXING TO CARE FOR INSANE Violent Patient at the Hospital Calls Attention to Lack of Facllities. An inmate of the county hospital has been so wildly demented for more than a week that it has been necessary to keep him strapped in bed and the cords have Iacerated his wrists despite the most vig- flant efforts of the attendants. As a result, At last night's meeting of the Board of Commissioners, ~ Conmolly put through & motlon to have the proper committee ad- vertise for bids on supplying the jall and the hospital with either the paddings for a cell or a padded cell complete. On behalt of Rosa E. Griswell, C. W. DeLamatre appealed to the board to appoint some one to act in County Judge Vinson- haler’s place in hearing the proceedings in the matter of the John L. Miles estate. Judge Vinsonhaler has written his ap- proval on the request, as he had acted as attorney for Andrew Miles, executor, before being elected judge. The petitioner has two claims against the estate which amount to 34,686 and which were, she afirms, al- lowed while Irving F. Baxter was on the county bench, but never paid. The board decided to order two carloads of rock for culvert work, 3 After adjourning tonight as a board of equailzation the commissioners will imme- diately convene as a board of commis- sloners and vote the levy. SYMPATHY PLEA FOR AMES Counsel Asks Merey for M Police Superintendent in the Bribery Case. MINNEAPOLIS, July 7.—Half of the counsel for the defense had included in thelr arguments a plea for merciful con- #ideration and the wife and the little boy of the defendant had been introduced in the scene with an evident attempt at dra- matic effect, when the bribery case of Po- Mce Superintendent Ames was tonight com- mitted to the jury. After two hours the panel informed Judge Simpson that no agreement had been reached and the court announced that no report would be #c- cepted till tomorrow morning. The plea for mercy was a surprise. The police superintendent in his testimony had disclaimed responsibllity for the conduct of the force, declaring that his brother, as mayor, was the executive head of the de- partment and the absolute denials of all complicity in the bribery and corruption pool had aroused an expectation that the Aetense would contend complete innocence to the end. OFFICERS STOP SUN DANCE Cheyenne Indians Not Permitted to Carry Out All the Features GUTHRIE, 0. T., July 7.—The Cheyenne Indlans, near Calumet, in Canadian county, are reported to be holding a council of war, angry over an order issued by Major Stouch, Indian agent, prohibiting them from practicing the tortures, so-called, fn- cident to their sun dance. The Indians are excited and the whites near Calumet are becoming frightened. apprised the War de- About 2,000 Indians took part i the dance I in celebration of thelr religlous festival and the tortures were to have closed the doing This is the first time that the dance of the Cheyennes have been stopped by the government authoritie Plles Cured Without the Knife. Itching, blind, bleeding or protruds plles. No curo, no pay. All druggists are autiorized by the mabutacturers of Paso Ofatment to refund money where it fails to of plles, no matter of how Cures ordinary cases in six worst cases in fourteen days. One application gives ease and rest. Relleves itehing Instantly. This is & new discovery ly pile remedy sold on & posi- to take the places of strikers. Other roads were eald to be taking similar measures, bringing in men from the country distriots, or other cities on their systems. Chalrman Job of the State Board of Ar- bitration said to the Associated Press: “I Cnrrn of the Freight Handlers, offering the services of the board in attempting to bring about a settlement. So far I have received po reply from any of them." BLOOMINGTON, Iil, July 7.-The rail- roads are rushing section men into Chicago to take the places of striking freight hdnd- lers. The Chicago & Alton sent fifty, mostly colored, from this city on & special train tonight. More are being seat for. Walkout in Baltimore, BALTIMORE, July 7.—Two strike orders ‘weat into efiot today and 1,400 ugion work- , Do ecure, no pay. Price ble. It your druggist don't keep it in stock send us b0c in stamps and we will forward same by mall. Manufactured by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louls, Mo., who also manufacture the celebrated cold cure, Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets. Texas Man Takes Morphine. GBEAUMONT, Tex, July i—F. W. Me. owan, propristar of 1 e "ndzumont ‘Cpeie 'arll committed Iulcl e by taking a dose :I.an hine. An effort was ma o dis- u lm, hul he prevented ind M by dis) lM afterward et Rt gl B TR tended to destroy himseli ’ " Rese Early. The sleepillg car charts for the Lake Okobojl excursion of next Saturday are Bow epen for reservations. Milwaukee Ticket Office, 1504 Farnam E SPEAKS OF LABOR'S CAUSE Bamuel Gompers Addresses Large Audience of Omaha Workingmen. PLEADS ONLY FOR EQUALITY OF RIGHTS the fety of the Reata Now and for All Time with Organised Labor. President Samuel Gompers of the Amer- fcan Federation of Labor spoke to as many people could conveniently crowd into Washington hall last night on the subject of organized labor. At intervala throughout his speech Mr. Gompers was loudly cheered and when he had finished round after tound of applause went up. W. D. Mabon of Detroit, intefnational president of the Amalgamated Association of Street Rallway Employes of America, and Fourth Vice President Wilkon of the I ternational Association of Machifists also epoke. President Gompers dealt with organized labor upon a broad, natfSnal basis, tracin its remarkable development and influence from the old trades union as fthe ceaseleas struggle of the men and womén who had produced the parent body and given it thé great sphere of usefulness in which he sald it moved. Refers to Un Pacific. Only briefly did Mr. Gompers refer to the strike of the Union Pacific employes in progress in Omaha and other cities over the system: He sald he had been asked to enter Into some discussion of this sub- Ject, and said: “These men aré engaged In a righteous struggle. They were dolng a good and honest day’'s work when the management of the road sought to drive them beyond their limit and power of enduratce; sought to crush their very vitality by a system of plecework under which they could not help but straln their bodies in order to earn a fair living. “‘Agalnst this these men protes 1 glory in their grit and manhoofl. Nothing can stand between you, men, and victory but yourselves. Stand together, I beg of you, and help one another; your cause is & just one and the only queatibn of your success I8 the proper aséertion of manhood and determination, Extreme Physical Exertion. Mr. Gompers sald the American workman produced double what the workman of BEuropean countries did and in many cased forced to the very extreme of 1 exertion which ultimately resulted in nervous collapse. This, {n his mind, was the state of affairs against which the Unlon Pacific strikers weré cémbating. President Gompers described thé move- ment of orgainzed labor and its effect in these terms: ““This movement that is sweeping over the land is the pendulum of industrial progress swinging our 5 product of years of ceaselees toll and strug- gle and it has come to stay. This has been demonstrated beyond any question, and no influence or mammoth wealth or political potency can stop or offset this tidhl wave of reform. “Industry within the last few decades bas changed its character. Now the individual counts for nothing, a company cuts little figure, a corporation has some power, but the individual within the individual, com- panies within companies, the corporation within a corporatfon composes the gigants machinery which propells the wheels of cap- Istte Indumtry ‘against which 1t is the melancholy duty, for-labor to battle. What Must Labor Dot “Now what must labor do In order to give the individual any chance under such ofr- cums'ancés as these? ‘'We realize if there 1s to be hope of suc- ul fruition,'if there is to be enjoyment of our natural liberty as citizéns, if we are to reach out and ébtain the freedom which Is justly ours, we must stand together in one great central organization. Under this representative form of government In the United States the eafety of the people rests now and for all time with organizéd labor. In the face of these momentous facts can you not-understand, wage-earners, that it is absolutely essential for you to unite and maintaln an indjssoluble union? “It men of millions upon millions realize the good of co-operation how much moreé fs it eceential for you, whe have nothing, to stand together? “‘Men tell us we have made progress. We have, but not commensurate with our duel We are not eontent and will never be eon- tent untll we have acquired an equal foot- ing with the powerful forces with which we must contend. -We want equality of rights and nothing more and that we are golng to insist on until we get it.” Abount Street Railway Me: President Mabon of the street rallway men's organization made this assertion in speaking of the persistency of organized labor’s efforts: “We will not stop until weé hive gatned control, not only of the industrial sjtuation of this country, but of the political situa- tion as well." Mr, Mahon told of the progress nnon( the street rallway unions. From a day of from twelve to elghteen hours at 14 cénts an hour he said organized labor had evolved a nine- hour day at from 23 to 25 cents hour, Bomeone in the audience cried out: “Not in Omaka.” “It not in Omaba,’ sald Mr. Mahon," theu it is your own tault and not that of any union.” Mr. Mabon made the assertion that “‘cap- ital knows no boundary line, respects no fla, d worships no god exceépt that of £0ld."" He pleaded with union men to mot divide on political, religious or sectional lines. Mr. Wil Speaks. Mr. Wilson spoke on “The Strik con- fining his remarks chiefly to the situation on the Union Pacific. He declared that the men would never quit until théy had ob- tained 356 cents an hour and no plece wonk, and that none would return to the shops uniess all went back. BUCKETSHOP LOSES CASE e Mook is in Faver ot Jui of Chicage Board of Tra KANSAS CITY, July 7.—Judge Hook, in the United States distriot éourt today, in handing down & deoision 18 a sult brought by the Chicago Board of Trade against the Christie Grain and Stock company of Kansas City, to prevent the use of the Chicago board’s quotations, held against the bucket shop on almost every point. An appeal to the United States supreme court will be taken. In its sult filed & ¥ ago the Chicago Board of Trade tlaimed & proprietary right in its quotations and under the new bucket shop law sought Lo compel grain gpeculators in different states o pay for the use of them. The Christie company fought the cg on the ground that the Chicago Board of Trade itselt was & bucket shop, without standing, and further that its quotations were public property. The suit was in the farm of application by the Board of Trade for & tem- porary Injunction. Judge Hook granted the temporary in- Jjunction. Chris attorneys announced superseadas bond would be givi which would operate to stay the execution JULY 8, 1902. of the decree pending appeal. With the injunction delayed, it will be possible for Christie to continue getting his quotations by secret means, as he has been dolng, without rendering himself llable for con- tempt of court. The suit still enjoins the Western Unlon Telegraph company and the Postal Tele- sraph company from distributing or giv- ing the Chicago board's quotations to the Christle company. TRAMPS CRUSHED BY A CAR Seek Shelter Under it from Rain it 1 Afterwards Moved. ONEIDA, N. Y., July 7.—George Morman of Syracuse was instantly killed on the New York Centfal early today and Nor- man Hill' of Titusville, Pa., was probably fatally injured. ‘They dropped off an eastbound freight in the western part of the city and went to sleep on a plle of ties. When it began raloing Morman suggested crawling under 4 boxcar standing on a siding and they went to sleep there. Shortly before 3 o'clock an eastbound freight threw some cars into the switch which ran over Morman and Hill. Mor- mAn was about 35 years old and carried a cobbler's kit of repair tools. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 7.—~A message re- célved here last evening from Belfast, be- low Portageville, on the Rochester branch of the Pennsylvania, says the floed there €qualed ths deluge In the year of the Johns- town flood. Loss of life at Belfast had been reported, but the message made no men- tion of any casualties. BUFFALO, July 7.—At the offices of the Brie railroad the following given to the Assoclated Pr On our main line between Buffalo an Hornellsvilie our eastbound slightiy damag 'na War: and our westbound tr between {ns and Canesarga. We are getting our hrough at t points by using a track. We expect to have both tracks open for traffic this afternoon. At the office of the Pennsylvania it was stated that all their lites were open ex- cept the Rochester division, Hinsdale and Rochbster. COMPLAINT AGAINST MEYER Cathollc Priest of Denver to See President About Ambassador to Rome. OYSTER BAY, July 7.—The first officlal caller on the president since his arrival here was Rev. John Hay Cushing, a Cath- olic priest of Denver, Colo., who went there today to file a complaint against Ambassador Meyer at Rome. Mr. Cushing claims that he and twenty- elght other priests were driven out of the Dénver dlocese by Blshop Matz for no other reason than their fallure to vote for him for the bishopric. He sald he was the fourth to go. Protests were sent er the twenty-nine priests, Bishop Matz, went there to state before the vatican. The fight has continued without success ever since 1888. In 1001 Bishop Matz is alleged to have had Mr. Cushing arrested in Rome for forcing himself into his pres- ence and it is sald Cushing was put in| Jeil by the Italian authorities, who openly admitted that it was in open retaliation for the lynching of Itallans in New Or- leans. He claims that he was treated to great indignities and Ambassador Meyer and Con- sul de Castro were negligent in protecting him as an American citizen. Mr. Cushing claims further that three New York men furnished Bishop Matz with $30,000 with Which to fight the priests in their ¢laim to restoration to eeclesiastical functions. When Mr. Cushing called the president ‘wik not at "home, but he left certain phpers and will return here on Thureday. FINISH ANNUAL ELECTION Independent Order s of Benjam is Getting Down to PHILADELPHIA, July 7.—The Independ- ent Order of Sens of Benjamin, in annual convention here today, completed the elec. tion of oficers, which was not finished yes terday owing to a dispute over the candi- a , who has held the office for a number of years, his opponent belng Louls Strauss of New York. Today Mr. Strauss withdrew and Mr. Sil- bersteln was re-elected. Other officers were elected as follows: Assistant Grand secretary, Louls Franklin; grand treasurer, Phillp Freunde, New York; grand sexton, muel Ogcher, New York; chairman of the endowment fund, David Reggel, New York. The report of the grand secretary showed the total receipts for the last two years to be $31,731 and the disbursements $30,892. BEVERIDGE NOT A CANDIDATE Indiana Senator Asserts that He Has No Aspirations for Vice oy, INDIANAPOLIS, July 7.—-Senator Albert J. Beveridge, who is in Indlanapolls, was to- day asked ‘about'a Washington dispatch printed in a Chicago paper stating that the sénal was belng urged a candidate for vice president fn 1904. nator Beveridge eaid: “I will under no circumstances be- come a candidate for vice president and at no time have I been considering the mat- ter. I am content with my work in the sepate.” mator Beveridge sald he had heard his name used before in conbection with the vice presidency, but he repeated emphati- cally that he had no idea of becoming a can- didate. Among the senator's callers today was 8. W. L. Penfield, solicitor of the State department at Washington, in whose defense be caused the wrath of Senator Balley. FARMER IN DEADLY QUARREL |3 Kills Negro Farmhand, Wo Negro sad is Himself Shot Twice, AMERICUS, Ga., Juty 7-—A farmer named Gwynes, résiding on the Stapey lantation, néar Americus, killed & negro rmband, dangerously wounded a negro woman, and was himself shot twic the result of an altercation with the negro man. After a quarrel Gwynes shot at the negro and just as he fired the woman stepped in range and received a load of shot In the abdomen. The negro returned the fire and wounded Gwynes, but the latter finally succeeded in killing his adversary. Gwynes claims he acted in self-defense. UNIDENTIFIED MAN SHOT DEAD Enter Ho taine e ot Pe Ivania Moun. Evidently Thinking Only & Woman Was There. CONNELLSVILLE, Fa., July 7.—During the night an unidentified man entered the house of Lud Pritts, s mountaineer living ear Rockwood, Pa, and -proceeded to the partments of Pritts’ young wife, evi- dently supposing her to be alone. Her scréams aroused her busband, who was o apother room, and bastily grasping his Winchester, he shot the intruder dead a8 he started to run from the Bouse, tor grand secretary of Adolph Stiber- |5 gianq the straln and with a roar heard | for miles around the large mass of water Geparted upon its destructive course, car- | STORM DAMAGE 1S CREAT|Wpetched Hot Weather Floods that Swwp Nev York Prove Greatest in History. WRECKAGE GENERAL THROUGHOUT STATE !Illllfl: Reports Show- to M en, ana we Done Barns, Crops Stock, ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 7.—News from the flood-devastated districts in this sec- tion of the state Is coming in slowly. Re- rte from Medina show that a cloudburst ck that place Saturday night and early Sunday morning, doing great damage. To- day there are evidences of a great flood and wreckage is plled up along waterwa which have been dried up for a month. Lightning destroyed barns at Shelby, Tyn- donville and other points north of Medina. Lightning struck the house of George Benns, southwest of Medina, wrecking it and burying the family in the debris. A boy was taken out of the ruins, so badly injured that it is doubtful if he will sur- vive. Between Medina and Middleport, the railroad track is washed away in several places and all trains are abandoned. The Genesee river, which at this time of the year is gemerally but a mere race way, Is today a raging torrent. Great quantities of driftwood and trees are com- ing down. From up river points come reports that lowlands are under water and that the flood is as high or even higher than known for any spring freshet. Cloud- bursts have interfered with rallroad trat- flc on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg rallroad and the western New York di- vision of the Pennsylvania system. Neither company was able to get trains out today. The Erle tracks between Attica and Ba- tavia are washed out, but trains on this division are running on slow time. From Churchville come reports that Black creek is the highest known In any epring freshets. It is out of its channel and causing great damage to growing ong its banks. Hundreds of acres of peas, corn, beans and potatoes, sugar beets and other crops are under water and ruined. The dam at Byron 18 reported broken and the creek is still rising at a great rate. Honeyer reports six bridges, including an fron structure on Mill creek, washed away and heavy damage to crops. Pennyan says that many thousands of dollars of damage has beén done to resi- dents along the course of the creek flow- ing through Hammondsport and cattle were rescued from flooded pastures with great difficulty. Beats the Record. Mount Morris reporte the Genesee at that point easily two feet higher than the high- est previous record at any time of the year. Early yesterday it broke through its banks east of the village and has ruined thou- sands of dollars worth of crops on the fer- tile flats below here. Many fine farms have been entirely ruined. Nunda reports the greatest flood in the history of that section. The etate foot bridge over Kishiqua creek has been washed away and the town is in darkness. Large flelds of growing crops have been washed away, ground and all. Dalton has also suf- tered greatly. Portageville, Pike, Lamont, Roseberg, Fillmore and many more towns have been under water since Sunday morn- ing. The farms all about Portageville are laid waste and no fleld crops can be saved. Houses, barns and livestock are being swept down the river. The tracks of the Penn- sylvania are washed away and a new road will have to be laid at many places before trains ‘can be moved. Plke reports the loss of a large iron bridge, the postoffice butiding, Powers' store and opera house, a meat market, cheese factory, drugstore, two dwellings and the village warehouse. Many Cattle Drowned. At Lamont the mill dam has gone out, washing away a bridge. Large numbers of dead cattle were scen floating down the river during the day. Stafford reports heavy damage from the flood. The embankments of Godfrey pond, | a largo sheet of water owned by the New York Central rallroad and which furnishes its large standpipes at Byron, was unable rying bridgés and everything movable be- fore it. Middleport reports all dams swept away in Johnson's creek with damage of hun- drede of thousands of dollars and all busi- | The crop damage s’ ness at a_standstill. also considerable. aro gone. Bliss reports the fron bridge of the Buf- falo, Rochester & Pittsburg over Wiscoy creek gone, leaving a gap of seventy-five feet; also that ome 2,000 or 3,000 feet of the bank are washed out from under the track from two to twenty feet deep between here and Eagle, and every small bridge and cattlepass from here to Hardys is gone. Five iron bridges on the highways in thi town are in the creek. Every iron brid between here and Plke, eight in number, is down, almost every small bridge and sluice is gone and highways are torn up, making Five bridges in the town The aame must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tabe lets, the remedy that cures a cold in one day. 35 cents. Hostler's Head Cut. William Everett, a colored hostler in the Palace stables, was thrown from a car- Hage he driving at Nieteenth rest 75,5V enwe, about 10 t nlxm and had the fron bone -novn his eye lald bare. He was taken to the olice station and the wound sewed up. verett was driving down St. Mary's ave. nue and at Twenty-sixth street the horscs became frightened and ran down the ave- Nineteenth = the off-horse fell, Jarkln( the driver out on top of the ani Everett thinks he was struck by lhe horse’'s hoof. FI1GPRUNE CER FRUIT SUGAR - is the best sweetening substance in the world be- cause it is natural. It never ferments duriog di- gestion, The sweet in Figprune is the natural sweetness of the California fig and prune. It is fruit sugar and will not disturb the most delicate stomach. | Beduer Sufferers. Paine’s Gelery Gompound SHOULD BE USED iN JULY AND AUGUST. 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