Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 16, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED J () E, 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDA MORNING, | JULY 16, 1902—TEN PAGES. SINGLE cory FIVE CENTS. BREAK CORN CORNER! Famous Gates' Deal in July Option Comes to an Abrupt Termination. SHORTS AFFECT PRIVATE SETTLEMENTS Prios on Oereal Responds with Drop of Nearly Sixteen. Oonts in Oonsequence. PROFIT REACHES MILLION AND A HALF Amount Will Be Divided Between Ten or Dozen Millionaires in Deal. CORNER PROMISED FORTUNES AT ONE TIME Men Whose Well Filled ¢ nes of Rallro aponsible for Disappointing Ending of the Corner. CHICAGO, July 15.—The famous John W. Gates' corner on July corn came to an ab- became known that shorts to the extent of a good many million bushels had effected private settlements with Harris, Gates & Co. and | the steel magnate was concerned. The July price responded to the settlement by a quick drop Later it recov- ered a fraction and closed at 65 cents, rupt termination today, when it that the deal was at an end so far a: ©of 16% cents to 65% cents. substantially the price of the cash article. bs Along RESENTMENT in Transvaal BOERS FEEL Discordant Elements Assert Peace Terms Were Falsely Represented. PRETORIA, July 15.—The settlement of the annexed territories s not belng accom pliehed without considerable friction. This 1s especially noti~eable in the bitter hatred and piesecution on the part of the Boers who 1 in the field *o the end of the | war'. ", e Boer's who served as Brit- ieh scou 4, > said that some of these national sec © Ipr been shot or beaten. 8o Intense s w Burghers who fow. end distinguish thems surrendered during the . 8y wearing A& green badge. The Triosvas:and Free State colors are aleo freely worn, and the custom is encouraged by the Dutch who did not take an active part in the war. Many of the Burghers declare they were induced to m those who too rosily. Discordant elements are nu- merous and any attempt to place the Burghers who surrendered during the war in authority over those who fought through- out will concelvably result in a renewal of | hostllities. The majority of the Boers have | apparently in no way abandoned their na- tionality and some of them preach the ad- | visabllity of opening Dutch schools so as | to keep alive their nationality. | situation eo bristles with difficulties that | the document signed May 31 was really the| final settlement of the South African trouble. | SIMPLE FUNERAL CEREMONY Memorial Services Are Held for Lord > that many of the! stently to the | agree to surrender by the false representa- | tions of their leaders, who painted the terms | The whole | |there are not lacking those who doubt if| Just how many bushels were subject to grivate settlement will probably never be known, nor is there much chance that the dentity of the “big fellows” In the trade who doubtless contributed liberally to the fortunes of Mr. Gates and the friends asso- ciated with him in the deal will never be positively known. Mr. Gates ls at present in New York, and Mr. Scotten, manager for the Harris-Gates house, would admit only the fact of the settlement by outstanding slorts. Even the fact of a termination of the July deal was left largely to Inference, but the trade readily figured that with the shorts all practically in, nothing in the shape of a corner could exist. No speclal excitement attended the pre- mature puncturing of the bubble by the man whose property it was. The trade has all along admitted that Mr. Gates was right, and also his ability to do what he pleased with corn, and If he chose to close the deal & couple of weeks prior to the time at which it would have ended by limitation there was no one to say him nay. The only unusual thing in the pit prior to the time at which it became known that the corner ‘was at an end was the unusual purchasing of July corn in small lots by various com- mission houses. Pit trade during the day was not much over 500,000 bushel Seotten Remains Silent. Manager Stotten would not discuss the mettlement price. This price, however, war ‘mot a matter of decided Interest to the trade generally. With the knowledge that Monday night's closing prices was 81 cents and the open- ing 79 to 80 cents, the con- sensus of opinion among the outsiders either a T Lt C w K people who ‘were foollsh enough to sell him corn all the way grom 60 cents up. The length of the line of July settled for by July shorts {s also « matter of more or less conjecture. Mr. Socotten sald it was “‘several milllon bush- els,” and that the length of the line had never been overestimated. It has been called as high as 26,000,000 bushels, but more generally 20,000,000 bushels. It Is a mattér of common knowledge that since it became possible to make delieveries on the July contracts the Harris-Gates people bave taken in and pald for about 3,000,000 bus! This would leave settiements on some 17,004,600 bus! To form sn estimate of an apparent jprofit by the deal would necessitate a knowledge of the average price at which the property was bought. This can never be known unless some time later Mr. Gates ochooses to divulge It. It is estimated, , by close observers of the transacs t Mr. Gates' profit will not exceed #1,600,000. | This amount will be divided b tween ten or a dozen millionaires who wers interested in the deal. Mr. Gates and bis friends have between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 bushels of cash corn which they must dispése of before the cornmer can be called absolutely settled. This corn rep- resents the “corpse’ which In every cor- mer ever run has been the stumbling block to success. If the average price of the Harrls-Gates holding should prove well up to the 70 cents point, the clique has on hand meveral million bushels of corn which cost its holders In excess of the present market price. Right here {s the salient point, WIll it be necessary to market this darge holding of corn at less than jt cost? Coxner Promised Millions. The corner at one time promised many mlllions of profit, and the men whose well- filled cribs line the tracks of nearly every rallroad entering Chicago are held respon- sible for the rather disappolnting ending of the corner. There were substantial re- perves from the bumper crop of 1900 and the yleld of 1901, This corn was held for & satistactory market. These holders did mot begin to take advantage of the situa. tion until the price of July got up in the 90's, and when it finally reached 90 cemts the Chicago market was deluged with cash corn. For & while the Harris-Gates people kept the market cleaned up, but steadily increasing quantities began coming, and the prospect of loading up with a lot of 80-cent eorn, which they might not be able later to dispose of at over 60 cents, be- came somewhat appallis, ‘Without warn- lug they withdrew all suppo ttled with the shorts and closed the deal. HIBERNIANS HONOR FEEHAN Convention Ad) ® Out of Respect for the Late Archbishop of Chicago. b o Q i A of to | m to t to DENVER, July 15—~With & parade and pontifical high mass, the biennisl na tional convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernlans began this morning. The delegates, nearly 500 in number, as- sembled at Coliseum hall at 10 a. m. and, headed by a bal marched to Sacred Heart church, where mass was celebrated by Bishop Mats and & sermon preached by Rev,’E. J. Barry. The delegates then re- turned to Coliseum hall, where the first session of the convention was held. Stephen Donleavy presided and dellv- ered the first address of welcome. Other welcoming speeches were made by Gov- ernor Orman, Mayor, Wright and C. J. Me- Guire, state president. Responses were made by President John T. Keating, Vice President James F. Dolan and others. A committee on credentials was appolnted and adjournment taken unt!l tomorrow, as a hi to of r n bishop Patrick A. Feeban of Chicago. The to Lord Pauncefote, Churchill, naught attended in person, he large congregation were Lord and Lady Becret; the Brooklyn, London and Sir Michael Herbert, the newly appointed British ambassador palace to the rallway s! bulance drawn by two horses other at a walking pace. small crowd at the station there demonstration, which was the express wish of the king. salute had received offering York to Natal st 10 ehillings per ton. bhad received similar offers. This rate Dot remunerative but the outcome of com- petition. the lowest freight rate from England. The are able to offer theless order to protect the local factory. proposal is strongly opposed as tending to create a worse monopoly than existed dur- ing the Kruger regime and to establish & precedent in the direction of protection. recent favorabl prospects of the wheat harvest. record crop for Roumania. for the malze crop are also excellent. Thirty Persons Drowned in papal s informed the pope of the death of Arch- pontif was much grieved and retired ate Ambassador at Washington. Paungefote, LONDON, July 15.—Memorial services for the late ambassador of reat Britain at Washington, were held at | noon today in the chapel royal, palace. embassy and many members of the govern- ment were present. 8t. James All the members of the American King BEdward was represented by Lord the acting lord chamberlain. he prince of Wales and the duke of Con- while among nsdowne, Lord Cranborne for forelgn the under lalrs, representing ord Sallsbury; Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reld, Joseph H. Choate, the United States ambassador, and Mrs. Choate and Miss hoate, Captain Lloyd and four blue jack- ets from the United States armored crulser Brooklyn and a number of diplomats, peers and members of the House of Commons. Simultaneously with the services here the remains of Lord Pauncefote were in- terred in the church yard of Faststoke, near service was entirely of a family character. The principal mourners were the widow and her daughters and other members of the family. Newark-Upon-Treat. The simple The floral tributes included wreaths from the American soclety of to the nited States. ING TO TAKE A VOYAGE His Majésty in Removed trom m R Piaced on thE Moymt Yacht., LONDON, July 16.—King Edward left letoria station at 11:35 o'clock this morn- ing for Portsmouth, where he will board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The king was conveyed from Buckingham on in an am- The only occupant of the ambulance was ueen Alexandra. The vehicle was driven Although there was a The doctors and nurses awaited the ar val of the ambulance, and a party of biu jackets removed his majesty from the vehicle to a royal used by the late Queen Victorls. privacy was secured by a lofty screen of red plush whic! saloon car formerly Absolute surrounded the platform. The removal of his majesty from the traln to the royal yacht was safely ac- complished by blue jackets, and the king's couch was placed in a reception room hich had been specially constructed on the upper deck. The warships In the harbor fired a royal @ the king embarked and all the dressed ship and manned yards or The royal yacht steamed off al- ost Immediately after the transfer was completed. MERICA IS AFTER BUSINESS Very Low Freight Raté is Offered on Goods from New York to Natal. JOHANNESBURG, July 16.—At a meeting the Chamber of Commerce today, called receive the British trade commissioners, member read a cable dispatch which he freight trom New Other members of the chamber sald they is It s 21 shillings 10 pence below erchants do mot see how the Americans ich low rates. Never- they are overhauling thelr stock see what they can order in the United States. A majority of the members of the execu~ committee of the chamber of mines are advocating & coast duty of § shillings 7 pence pald per case of dynamite in The Roumania to Have Good Crop. BUCHAREST, Roumania, July: 15.—The weather has changed the Cutting commenced and the harvest prom surpass that of 1884, which wi N The prospects Ry ST. PETERSBURG, July 15.—Thirty pe sons were drowned today by the sinking & small passenger steamer on the Luge ver, near Probroa-Schenskaia. The dis- ter was caused by overcrowding. Omly those who were on the upper deck were saved, Pope Told of Fechan's Death. ROME, July 19.—Cardinal Rampolla, th retary of st only this morning token of respect for the late Archbishop | pray for the repose of the late archbishop's Chicago. soul. . Fechan of | {lines in the storm district were suddenly | | turbance, and from the office at midnight it THREE TOWNS ARE WIPED 0UT Terrific Oyolons Bweeps the Northeastern Pertion of North Dakota. STORM-SWEPT DISTRICT IS DESOLATE Communication is Cut Off, but It is Known the Tornado Was Severe and Laid Low Many Homes and Business House) ST. PAUL, July 15.—Tremendous damage and it ls thought, great loss of life was caused by a terrific windstorm, which early this evening swept in a southeasterly di- rection from the International boundary across the northeastern portion of North | Dakota, Three towns according to the mea. ger reports which were obtaimable at mid- | night were totally wiped out. Telegraph lines were wrecked and there | is no communication with the section ah the state, where the most serious devasta- | tion is thought to have been wrought by the tornado. The first intimation of the seriousnesss ofi the storm came at 8 o'clock when the Great | Northern and Northern Pacific telegraph | disabled. A few moments later communi- | cation weet of Fargo on the Great Northern: and west of Ulen on the Northern Pacific| was absolutely cut off. Telephone lines suffered the same dls. was impossible to reach further than Fargo. The little town ot Borup on the. 8t. Vincent | line of’the Great Northern s an absolute| wreok. The final report last night was that | the entire town was wiped out and hardly a structure of any sort left standing. This came from a plucky Great Northern tele- graph operator, who after his etation office had been lald flat saved hls Instruments from the wreck, and tapped the wires at the nearest avallable point. He also re- ported the razing of a hamlet some mile distant, with the destruction of a larg amount of property. The report from Borup came in soon after the storm struck and contalned no Information as to the sualties. Other Towns Destroyed. With the report from the St. Vincent branch came reports that the town of El- dorado, seven miles from Frand Forks and Thompeon, between Grand Forks and Larimore, had been destroyed. At Thomp- son the Gréat Northern station lies a con- fused mase of wreckage directly across the main #ne. Stores and residences are in ruins and the maln portion of the town is wiped out. The population s about 200. Mere fragments of information came from Eldorado, but these Indicate the d struction of that town of about 250 people. Neither of the reports from Thompson or Eldorado speak of loss of life. This is partially accounted for by the fact that they were sent before mews could have been received from the outlying districts. The reports indicate that the cyclone d veloped southwest of the Lake of the Woods country and took a course down across the northern portion of the state, traveling toward the southwest. Its path seems to have been unusually wide, and the effects of the storm outside its primary line unusually severe. The devastation of meparated polats indicates, ap- parently, & storm of unusual violence. The Northern Pacific at midnight wi unable to gain the slightest information over its wires from the storm district. At Winnipeg Junction a stock train was blown eompletely from the track, but whether or not the crew escaped could uot be learned. Linemen and rellef trains have been started for the stricken district, but it will probably be some hours before de- tails can be received. FARGO, N. D., July 15.—Passengers ar- riving here on & delayed Great Northern train report two churches, an elevator and tho depot dostroyed at Thompson by to- day's storm. Telegraph poles are down from Merrifield to south of Thompson. The track of the storm extended for thir- teen miles along the raillway. Many farm buildings are reported down. MISSISSIPPI NOW THE DANGER Many Thousand Acres of Corn Un- der Water More in Da KEOKUK, Ta., July 15.—The flood dang bas been transferred from the Des Moines valley to the Mississipp! low lands in Mi sourl. The Des Moines river, after a fur- ther rise of twenty inches, is stationary this evening. The Mississippl rose a foot and a half in twelve hours today above the mouth of the Des Moines river, partly caused by a sudden rise in the Skunk river, thirty miles above, Observer Gosewisch of the Keokuk weather bureau station this evening sent out warnings to all points down the Mis- sissippl giver that the river will get near the danger line. A rise of only a foot and a half more will flood several hundred square miles of Missourl corn flelds, now covered with the finest crop ever seen, and danger of this is great and imminent. The danger 1s all south of Keokuk. St. Louls and St. Paul trains on the Bur- lington route are running through water with elevated fire boxes. Advices tonight from -down the Missis- sippt river report the water lapping the low lands on the Missour! side and territory many miles in extent and Including large corn flelds s already flooded. The danger line is aiready reached there and the rise coming from here will cause havoc to many thousands of acres. A careful estimate places the damage caused by the Des Moines river flood at $60,000 in this immediate vicinity. The damage up the Des Moines river rums into hundreds of thousands of doll The in- habitants at Belfast, fifteen miles up the Des Molnes river, were compelled to flee to the highlands. MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia., July 15.—(Spe. clal.)—Reports from all directions in this vicinity are to the effect that the flood waters are subsiding rapidly, The crops on the bottom lands near hefe will be very poor, while a good yleld is indicated on the hill farms. The water which has flooded the western part of this city is going down rapidly aud the inhabitants of that vicin- ity are preparing to move back to their homes. Reports from the districts south- west of hero show that the water is grad- ually falling. To Make Tour of Confirmati SIOUX CITY, Ia., July 15.~(Special.)—Rt. Rev. Bishop P. J. Garrigan is making ar- rangements to tour the dlocese to admin! ter the sacrament of confirmation. Blehop Garrigan administered confirmation for the first time since his installation last Sunday o & class at Epiphany cathedral. The first places visited will be Danbury, Sloan and Salix, all near Sioux City, after which he will visit various other places in the dio- cese. . . SHELVE THE CANAL MATTER Definite Plan to Be Week, ¢ Arw WASHINGTON, July 1§~A definite ar- rangement which will sl the Panama canal matter in its diplomatic phase until the return of Secretary Hay from his well- earned summer vacation, it is believed, will be, effected before the end of the present week. While Mr. Cromwell of the Panama company has been busy engaged In ques- tions dealing with the eclearance of title, Senor Concha, the Colombian minister, and his secretary have been Informing the Colombian government as to the state of affairs. There are a number of questions hinging on the question of sovereignty which must be reconciled, and Senor Concha has sent several cablegrams to Bodgta explaining to the afficials there the nature of the modifica- tions which must be made in the treaty before it can be finally presented for signa- ture. A reply to these communications is expected by the misister before the end of | the week, as cable communication between Washington and the Colombian capital has been exceedingly good of late, The minister expects to present the amswer of Colombia |to the proposed modifications this week and then to set aside the mftter until au- tumn. In the preparation of the canal treaty the known temper of the American congress and that of the Colombian legislature must be taken into consideration and reconciled as fast as possible. It is believed that the United States government will profit by its unpleasant experience with the Danish West Indian treaty and hold that the canal convention must be ratified by Colombia instead of the United States. This ratifica- tlon requires a majority vote from both houses of the legislature. The modifications of the treaty are im- portant ones, as they touch the point of soverelgnty over the canal strip and are not to be settled without mature consideration. The Colomblan secretary of state has per- sonally congratulated Semor Concha and Mr. Herron on the excellence of the treaty drawn by these officials, and while this is only an Individual view, still it carries welght, coming as it does from such an important member of the Colombian cabi- net. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Changes in the Postal Service Orders of Interest to Bankers. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, July 15.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Postmasters appointed: = R. B. Blackwell, vice Lillian Beardman, removed, ‘Waukon Junction, Allamakee county, Ia.; J. V. Holecek, vice J. W. Racely, resigned, Sparta, Knox county, Neb, A postofice has been established at Clayton, Hutchinson county, 8. D., with George B. Achner as postmiaster. The comptroller of currency has au- thorized the following national banks to begin business: Hot Springs National bank, Hot Springs, S. D., with $25,000 cap- ital; E. S. Kelly is presitent and W. W. Stewart cashler. First ! bank of Meeteetse, Wyo., with T. Hogg Is president a: 'r Reserve agents approved: First National bank of Chicago, for:First National bank of Pocahontas; Natiomal Bank of North America of Chicago, for First Natonal bank of Rockwell City; Drovers' National bank of Chicago, for Live Stock National bank of Sioux City. E. A. Risdon has been appointed substi- tute letter carrier at Sioux Falls, S. D. CHARGES AGAINST YOW FALSE Clatm Chinese Official at San Franeisco is Guilty of Gra Faulte Not Justifiable. WASHINGTON, July 16.—1It is learned here that the charges embodled in a peti- tion to Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, made some time ago against Ho Yow, the Chinese consul general at San Francisco, entirely fajled of substantiation. The charges al lege grave faults in the Chinese official administration of affairs at San ‘Francisco, and they also touched him in a personal ca pacity. They were ostensibly trom the pow- erful Six Companies, and Minister Wu im- mediately instituted an investigation, send- ing Shen Tung and Chung Mun-Yew, sec- retaries of legation, to San Francisco. In the presence of these two officials of the egation representatives of the Six Com- panies denied that the petition had ema- nated from thelr organization. It appeared that the pbtition was a clever forgery and the matter was dropped. Consul General Ho Yow is a brother-in-law of Minister Wu. MR. BRYAN WILL BE THERE Nebraskan to Make an Address at New England Democratic League Banquet. BOSTON, July 15--The New England Democratic League has issued a circular letter concerning the banquet to be given t Nantasket Beach July 25. The letter s that Hon. Willlam J. Bryan of Ne- braska, Hon. Edward M. Shepard of New York, Senator Edward W. Carmack of Ten- negsee and BSenator Joseph W. Bafley of Texas will speak. Hon. P. A. Collins, mayor of Boston, will preside. The meeting will mark the opening of the congresslonal cam- palgn in New England. REPUBLICANS FINISH WORK Judiclal State Convention at Joplim, Missouri, Makes Nom. inations. JOPLIN, Mo., July 15.—The republican state judiclal convention, to complete the ticket named at Jefferson City, today made the following nominations: For justices of the supreme court—Moses Whybark of Ballinger county, Henry Lamb of Pattis, Edward Higbee of Schuyler. For judge of the St. Louis court of ap- peals—Edward C. Elliott of St. Louls. The resolutions simply endorse the Phila- delphlia and Jefferson City platforms. To Close Mapelton Saloo: ONAWA, Ia., July 15.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Application of A. W. Wright for temporary Injunction against W. R. and Hugh Rogers, L. Wilhelm and H. F. Cook and thelr respective places of business was made this afternoon in the district court of Monons county. The parties mentioned comprise all the saloon keepers of Maple- ton, who are claimed to have violated the lowa mulct law in conducting their busi- ness. Judge Oliver made an order fixing Friday, July 18, at the courthouse in On wa, at 10:30 a. m. as the date for hearlng the application for injunction. | MORE NONUNIOY MEN COME Twenty-Five Workmen Added to Forcein Omaha Shops. DEFECTIONS IN THE RANKS CONTINUE Strike | Provects Une fully, but There is Still No Evidence of Yieldin, Elther Side. Union Pacific eve on Twenty-five more nonunion men were In- troduced into the Union Pacific shops in Omaha yesterday and more of those who already there went out, jolning the strikers. It is claimed by the strikers that there were five insurgents. Thus the issue between the company and its formet employes is still wavering, de- spite tho sanguine assertions of repre- sentatives of the opposing factions that the strike is settled and won by their re- spective side. From all appearances the strike Is far from being settled—just as far as it was on the day when it was declared, and there 18 no evident indication of either side weak- ening. The company still claims to be get- ting along first rate with its affairs and of- fleials give out the statements that the mo- tive power is still in good shape. From the office of President Burt yesterday the statement came that the company was pro- ceeding with its business as usual and felt no eerious effect of the trouble between it and its employes. Regard it A Blam This attitude is regarded by the strikers as intended to convey a different impres- eion of the company’s feeling than the ac- tual one. The men still maintain that the company suffers every day from the effect of the strike, more to its motive power, of course, than anything else. That boilers are getting in bad shape they say cannot be disputed, and they declare that many locomotives have been shelved because of serious deficiencies and are not belng put back into use for the reason that there are not enough competent men on hand to keep them In proper repalr. The hot weather has given mew hopes to the strikers and offered what they consider a new means of strength. It is held that if the weather continues around the 90 mark long hot driver boxes will become such a frequent thing as to present a most alarming situ- ation. To prevent all such accidents it is held by the strikers that normal forces ot competent men are required. Waiting on New Shops. The strikers are counting heavily upon the completion of the new shops as a prob- able solution of the pending problem. Some, however, are confident matters will be settled before that time. It is gen- erally belleved that the company will be ready to offer some kind of an overture to the strikers when these shops are finished, as, it is held, it would never take the risk of introducing an entirely new force of workmen fnto these shops, and then by that time the strike will have heen in progress such a length of time as to render it most valuable to the com- pany to #ee a settlement brought about. The fall and winter business will have to be prepared tor and strikers rely upon Do sytkers vely upy settlement. The omum-, however, refase to commit themsely to this. An o clal high in the affairs of the Union Pa- cific was asked yesterday if the company contemplated such a move, but he re- fused to be drawn out upon that subject. Machinists Are Aggressive. The strikers are still prosecuting their fight with vigilance.. The machinists are the most aggressive. In order to thoroughly and completely arouse the sympathy of other machinists the sec- retary of the executive committee, Samuel Grace, yesterday sent ont 1,009 circulars, & copy of which fol- lows, to every local machinists’ organi- zation in the United States. There are just 1,000 of these lodges. The ma- chinists propose to make every effort in gaining the united support of their fellow craftsmen in all parts of the country and have taken this means of preventing the company from hiring nonunion men. It will be observed that the strikers are still malintaining that the animus of the Union Pacific 1s against unions and organized labor, which, they assert, the company has set out to crush. President Burt, General Manager Dick- inson and Superintendent McKeen have re- peatedly denied this accusation and per- sistently held that they would rather deal with unions and unlon men than others. “The Union Pacific has always been s union road and h object or desire of changing its policy,” were the words of President Burt. mple of Clreula; The circular sent {s as follows To Business Agents, Organizers and Ma- chinists Everywhere, Greeting: We take this means of notifylng you that the ma- chintsts of the Unlon Facific Railroad com- pany are now on strike since June 3. The company Intended to introduce the plece-work system, and on orders from the grand lodge, men struck. The officials here- fofore have been considered as fair men. Since the present management has been in power It has been their one aim to crush Organised labor. We-now, therefore, sk you to warn ail men to Stay away from ine Union Pacific railroad. The company s ‘now endeavoring to hire men in_the or clties, and It such comes to your Hotles, and ihey succeed In Riring any DAbia 10 80D them please advies e’ im. mediately. DOG BITES A CONGRESSMAN Mr. Waechter of Baltimore Def Little Daughter from Attack of St. Bernard. BALTIMORE, July 15 —~Congressman Frank C. Wachter was badly bitten in both hands today while herolcally emdeavoring to detend his little daughter, Hattie C. Wachter, from the attacks of & large St Bernard dog. The daughter was also badly bitten. Mrs. Wachter, who witnessed the on- slaught, is completed prostrated by the nervous shock. A physician wounds policeman. LOOKS AFTER THE FAMILIES Austro-Hupgari Consul May De- mand Damages from Cam- bria Steel Company, quickly cauterized the The enraged dog was killed by a PITTSBURG, July 15.—~Jacob Wein of the Austro-Hungarian consulate has returned from Johustown, where he went to look after the interests of the families be- reaved by the disaster at the rolling mill mine. Mr. Weln said that no decision could be reached concerning suits against the Cam- bria Steel company until the blame for the aceident had been placed by the coroner's Jury, CONDlTION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr Wednesda Cool Western Portion; Falr Thurs day; Cooler in Eastern Portion. Des. . T . . opasasnu~T LOUISIANA OIL FIELDS AFIRE During Heavy Electrical Storm Blane Starts and is Difficult to Control. JENNINGS, La., July 15.—~During a heavy electrical storm that passed over the Jen- nings oil fleld today a bolt of lightning struck the fleld storage tanks of the Jen- nings Oll company, setting them on fire. The flames spread to the derricks of the company adjoining and in a short time the derricks and tanks were destroyed. Burn- ing streams of oil from the tanks ran in the direction of the coulee. All workmen on the field immediately stopped opera- tions and set about throwing up levees to prevent as far as possible the spreading of the fire. In a short time, however, an- other tank had broken loose and the wind had driven the flames into the derricks of the Southern, Northern and Crescent Oil companies, but they in some manner es- caped destruction. tonight and the safety of the fleld depends on the strength of Jennings No. 2. The of is leaking around this tank, and together with the gas is burning flercely, sending a blaze high into the air and the entire fleld 1s threatened. Workmen are now engaged in removing the derricks of the remaining companies and burying the mouths of the wells under heavy coating of mud and water. A special traln bearing experts has been asked for and they will be taken to the fleld to assist in saving the remalning property from destruction as soon as they arrive from Beaumont. JENNINGS, La., July 16.—1 a. m.—The fire has burned all of the packing out of the valves, upon which so much depends, and the flames are shooting as high as the derrick. It is thought that the top of the pipe will burn off and the flames will spread to the derricks and the adjoining tanks. BODY OF MERRILL IS FOUND Story Told by Qonvict Tracy of Duel in Forest 1is Sub- stantiated. SEATTLE, Wash., July 15.—A speclal from Chehalis says: The body of David Merrill, who escaped from the Oregon penitentiary with Harry Tracy on June 9, has been found. A bullet wound in the back reveals the nature of his death and substantiates the story told by Tracy about the duel in the forest. The remains were in a somewhat advanced stage of decomposition, but were still recognizable. The last time that Merrill was seen in company with Tracy was on June 26, in Tunwater .Where both escaped their pursuers. ter Tracy told that he had killed his comrade unfalrly in a duel. AUBURN, Wash.,, July 15.—Tracy, the escaped Oregon convict, has again doubled on his tracks. He was seen on a road near the Muckleshoot reservation by an Indian boy. He was also seen by Henry O'Nelll. While Tracy was stealing by old roads and tralls back from Enumclaw, the blood- hounds were on a stampede to Palmer Junction. The outlaw had an open field before him. The few guards who were left in the vicinity of Auburn could not cover all the intricate approaches from Enumclaw. The territory that Tracy covered wi phenomeral, and when he reached the side of Muckleshoot he was undoubtedly too fatigued to continue further. Ootherwise nothing lay in his way toward Seattle. PRESIDENT WITHOUT SCRIBE Receives on Mayflower While Cortel.) you Goes to Washington te Ar- range for Reosevelt's Trip. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 15.—President Roosevelt passed a quiet day at his Sag- amore hill home. An incident of the aft- erncon was a reception and tea given on the officlal yacht Mayflower by Mrs. Roosevelt to the members of the St. Hilda branch of the Ladies’ auxillary of Christ Eplscopal church. Shortly after noon today Secretary Cor- telyou left for Washington. He expects to be absent from Oyster Bay for a month. While la Washington he will complete ar- rangements with the local committees of various cities the president will visit on his New England and northwestern trip and with the rallroad companies. He also will adjust and pay &Il bills contracted in con- nection with the assassination of President McKinley, including those of the surgeons who attended him. A bulk amount of $45,- 000 was appropriated recently by congress for the payment of these expenses. Mr. Cortelyou at the request of the presi- dent will settle all accounts and the sec- retary of the treasury will honor his requi- sitions. OFFICERS SECURE WATSON Alleged lowa Murderer of Little Girl is Caught at Welser, bt BOISE, 1daho, July 15.—Lee Watson was rrested at Weiser today on a ch crime having been committed at Athleston, Taylor county, Towa. The_victim was a 13-year-old girl named Jenki Sheriff McGinnis of Taylor county is here awalting the arrival of requisition papere. FOUR KILLED IN A MINE — Blast of Dy ite Causes Aceldent in One of the Mines Near 3 town. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 15.—A blast of dynamite caused an explosion in No. 4 mine of the Berwind-White company at Winber, Pa., about noon today, killing four men and injuring many others. No. 4 mine is about seven miles from the mill creek entrance of the rolling mill mine, where the terrible explosion occurred last Thursday. Movements of Oc: At wael July 15, JRotterdam—Arrived—Potadam, rom New Yor! At _ Glasgow—Arrived—Furnessia, New York. Al Antwerp—Arrived—Zecland, from New Yorks from The fire is still raging | 'ge of rape and murder in the ‘second degree, the e ———————————— STRIKE NEARING END Agreements Reached Between Four Rail- roads and Their Employes. EXPECTED TO RETURN TO WORK TODAY Some of Most Radical May Refuse, but Their Influence is Small. TEAMSTERS ORDERED BACK TO PLACES Possible that Officers Will Not Be Obeyed Unless Btrike Ends. NEITHER SIDE CLAIMING A VICTORY Freight Héndlers Givem Point tor Which They Cont While Thelir Uni CHICAGO, July 15.—~With agreements reached between four rallroads and thelr employes, the great strike of freight han- dlers and teamsters that has paralyzed the | industries of Chicago for a week is appa ently broken. A majority of the strikers are expected to return to work tomorrow. Some of the radical unlonists may retuse to accept the terme accepted by the repre- sentative committee, but apparently they will be able to wield but little influence with the majority of the strikers. A mass meet- ing of the freight handlers has been called for tomorrow and upon the action taken at this meeting will depend the attitude of the striking teamsters. Thelr national president, Al Young, ordered them back ta work tomorrow, but If the frelght handlers refuse to declare the strike oft officially, some of the teamstes may refuse to work. It ie conceded that laelr* officers exercise little absolute authority, The four railroads that entered into agree- ments with their men tonight were the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Chicago & Northwestern, the Nickel Plate and the Illinols Central. Of the four the Northwestern and the Illinols Central ae- cepted the proposition made upon advice of the teamsters board of arbitration. The Nickel Plate and Lake Shore succeeded in getting their men to sign the scale pre- sented by the roads July 1. Consequently nelther the freight handlers nor the rallroads clalm a victory. As the employes of the Lake Shore were the first o sign, however, the railroads are express- ing the greatest satistaction over the break in the strike. The freight handlers return to work with- out having obtained recognition |of their union, time and a half for overtime or the abolishment of the probation period. On the other hand the freight handlers have obtained Inere: in pay, the smallest increase being 35 cents per day gained by the truckers. Break, but Not an Endin While the signing of the agreement breaks the strike it does mot end ft. It is still in progress o far as twenty of the twenty-four rallroads in the city are con- cerned. President Cuvran and a few of his supporters are still unreconciled and state that they will net recoguize any of the agreements, The fact remains, however, that a ma- jority of the freight handlers are seem- ingly tired of the strike and eager to re- turn to work. It is probable that they will be given an opportunity to do so tomorrow, for all the raflroads are ready and even eager to sign agreements similar to that obtajned by the employes of the Lako Shore & Michigan Southern railroad. This agreoment was signed tonight aft: all hope of a break in the strike appeared to be at an end. All of the roads had re- fused to accept the demands originally made by the committees of the strikers which had“waited upon them in the morn- ing. Business men were meeting and de- termining to deliver freight under police protection tomorrow. Mayor Harrison had called a conference of rallroad officials, strikers and labor leaders for tomorrow morning. Manufacturers and merchants were declaring that unless the police could afford protection to drivers the militia should be ordered out, and the strike sit- uation appeared to be more serious than it ever had been before. While affairs were thus apparently reaching a crisis, several of the fommit- tees appointed by the freight handlers had accepted Invitations {ssued by some of the railroad managers to return and enter into a discussion of the strike sutuation. In six of the offices, those of the Michigan Cen- tral, the Wisconsin Central, the Ilinols Central, the Lake Shore & Michigan South- ern, the Nickel Plate and the Chicago & Northwestern, the conferences were in progre: The executive committee of the Freight Handlers' union was meeting with & com- mittee of officials of the teamsters’ unis who were attempting to compel them to settle the strike. Chairman Job of the State Board of Arbitration was still en- deavoring to bring the railroad officiale and the strikers togeth o Acceptance Unexpeoted. ‘Then came the unexpected announce- ment that a committee of the employes of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road had accepted the scale offered by the rail- , roads on July 1. For time the officers of the Freight Handle: union refused to belleve the news of the, signing of the agreement with the Lake Shore. The com- mittee which signed the agreement failed to report back at union headquarters. Gradually, bowever, the strikers became convinced of the authenticity of the report of agreement. A meeting of the men wa called by President Curran. He addressed the men and practically told them that the strike was lost. He ‘nformed them that the teamsters’ officers had ordere~ their men back to work and annco icd that they were responsible for the ...uve of the strike. He then asked the men present at the meeting to stand by him and an- nounced that he would try to maintain the battle. While the meeting was in progress the committee which had visited the Chicage & Northwestern officials ' re- ported. They declared that the Chicago & Northwestern would pay 17% cents per’ hour to truckers, do away with the proba- tionary period and pay straight time for overtime. This was what the committee had asked for, and the acquiescence of the officlals was considered a victory. Presi- dent Curran put the questton of wages to & vote and the 17% cents an hour was ac- cepted. Two meetings of the freight handlers were to be held tonight, and before these meetings had been convened the svickel Plate and the Illinols Central had signed. The former made an agreement similar with that of the Lake Shore, the latter oue identical with that of the Northwestern. Notice of the agreements were imparted to the strikers at the two meetings and there was considerable grumbling. They declared that there wae a couspiracy to break the