Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1902, Page 1

| | | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JU 1871. AUGUST 1902—TEN PAGE: SINGLE COPY E 19, OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, 20, FIVE CENTS. CONTRACT IS BROKEN {W'- NoT LODGE AT POSEN|S(HW}AR WILL NOT RESIGN|INTEREST Now N INQUEST|ANOUNT OF APPROPRIATIONS [CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Pacifio Bteam Navigation Jompany Refuses , to Oarry Oolombian Troeps. INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS LIKELY Incident May Involve Beveral Nations Before it is Ended. SUSTAINED - BY BRITISH WARSHIP Effort on Part of Government to Compel Oarrying of Troops Fails. ARRANGE TO BRING SUIT FOR DAMAGES Oolombian Offcials Assert Failure to ransport Soldiers Has Delayed Campaign and Much \ Loss of Life, PANAMA, Colombia, Aug. 19.—The British erulser Phaeton, as cabled to the Associated Press yesterday, left here hurriedly on Sat- urday and it was belleved that it had sailed for Buena Ventura, in the department of Cauca. Inquiries made by the correspondent of the Associated Press regarding the war ship’s sailing, show that serious interna- tional complications may arise at Buena Ventura, where the Colombian authorities have been endeavoring to compel the agents of the Bri steamer Bcuador, owned by the Pacific Steam Navigation company of Liverpool,-to transport troops to the isth- mus, It was'at the request of the Pacific Steam Navigation company that Phaeton left Papama for Buena Ventura, where the Colombian government has assembled 2,000 troops, under Gemeral Velazeo, intended to reinforce the army in this vicinity, and the government officials at Buena Ventura threatened to compel the steamer Ecuador, which was at that pert, to trausport the reinforcements to Panama. The agents of the line, however, refused to embark the troops and appealed to the company's representatives here, who in turn placed the matter before the British consul, ‘with the result that Phaeton was sent to Buena Ventura to protect British interests. Action Oauses Great Indignation. The aotion of the Pacific Steam Naviga- tion company in refusing to transport the troops has caused indignation in Colomblan government circles. A high official, who ‘was Interviewed on the subject, sald that a conirevi Was ede by ihs government in 1879 with the Pacific Steam Navigation company by which the government granted many liberal concessions to the company, and soldiers at epecial rates. Mo clause In the contract, it was asserted, providing that during a revolutionary nwmobllnuudt:: company to trensport troops ceased to eftective. In conclusion, the high official of the Colombian government referred to sald that the pre refusal of the Pacific Steam Nay eompany to transport Colom- bian troops here may be sustained by the presence of a British war ship at Buena Ventura, but, nevert! it is a clear violation of the contract between the Colombisn government and the steamship company, made in good falth by the gov- ernment, which has faithfully adhered to its agreements. In government ofrcles it is claimed that further necessary bloodshed, and that, consequently, the government of Colombia has ground to w from the Pacific Steam Navi- on eompany, There is no doubt that will bring suit the H Eii' i -'» the to the terms of the con- be decided by the Colomblan ! i RECK IN NEW JERSEY R A1 4] sly i g gfl’l of New Ju'ny traln. The Oentral train telescoped the Penosylvania train. Six several persons were ber injured. A lMttle -girl being put aboard the engineer and firemen bave not been seen the collision. It is believed they are i il ey 4] i § i The first removed was that of an unidentified Hy man aged about 35. Harry Van Cott, con- ductor of the OCentral train, was injured, but not serlously. Engineer Lippincott of the Central traln stuck to his post. His fireman jumped and 16 said to have been injured. Two hundred feet of roof over the depot platform fell and has not yet been raised and no attempt to explore it has beep made. The work of clearing away the debris is proceeding slowly. FRATERNAL DAY AT CARNIVAL Fully Elghteen Thousand People At- tend the Excroises at Mound Otty. MOUND CITY. Mo., Aug 19.—(Special Telegram.)—This was fraternal day st the midsummer carnival and fully 18,000 pao- presenting air- Rev. G. L Schleh of Omaha Nlnn‘ the address. Wednes- day will be Old Settlers’ day, and on Thurs- day United States Seator Dolliver of Jows and Hon. W. J. Bryan of Nebraska will ad- dress the pecple, , il AR T F A s o et B ot st A s 0 oo b B0 sl Willlam Wil Make He Frankfort-on-th of in Pru BERLIN, Aug. 19.—The headquarters of the approaching army maneuvers have been abruptly changed from Posen, Prussian Po- land, to Frankfort-on-the-Oder, province of Brandenburg, Prussia. Emperor ¥illiam, the general staff and the foreigl™ will therefore lodge in a sympathotel slan city Instead of in an unfriendly F& atmosphere. No official explanation is proeurable of the abandonment of the program which was arranged months Even so0 late as Sun- day the list of residences in Posen at which distinguished persons were to be quartered was announced. e official inference is that it would be more judicious to make a prolonged stay at Frankfort-on-the-Oder than at Posen, be- cause Polish political hostility might be ag- gravated or an opportunity might be given for an unpleasant {ncident. It is not sup- posed, however, that the police have learned of a definite design to make trouble or in- sult the emperor, who intends, regardle: of the change of program, to review the army in Posen September 8 and then go to Frankfort-on-the-Oder. Another view is that his majesty. will not 80 far honor Posen to remain there through the maneuvers and thus give the embittered Poles a chance to profit by the visit of many strangers and troops. The fleld of maneuvers lies between Posen and Frankfort-on-the-Oder, hence the latter fs s convenient geographically as Posen for the headquarters of the army. BOERS HEARTILY WELCOMED Land’ at Rotterdam and Are Received by Munie! Authorities and Others of Prominence. ROTTERDAM, Aug. 19.—Dewet, Delarey and Botha, the Boer generals, and their party, landed here this morning. They were given a hearty welcome by the mu- nicipal authorities and representatives of Boer associations. Many women presented bouquets to the generals’ wives. The ships in the harbor displayed their fla, The party proceeded to The Hague. THE HAGUE, Aug. 19.—~A public reception was accorded to the Boer generals on their arrival here today from Rotterdam. Gen- eral Fyter, in a speech, pald tribute to their herolc deeds. General Bothe replied, expressing the appreclation of the Boer of- ficers at the warmth of their reception and referring to the consolation which it had been to them to knew that while they fought their women and children were being supported by Dutch generosity. ‘e time, aaded General Botha, had not yet arrived to make public all they knew, but probably at no distant date they would publish their account of the war. The visitors were escorted in procession through the town in epen carriages and were everywhere loudly cheered by the crowds assembled. A number of Boers who served during the war formed a guard of honor for the generals. - FOREST DISASTROUS FIlIE I Many Square lllw-' n-m Burned and Mine Buildings . Destroyed, YMIR, B. C.,, Aug. 19.—One of the most disastrous fires which has ever occurred in West Kootenay is raging about Ymir. Many square miles of timber have been burned and a number of mine buildings wiped out. ‘Wagon roads and bridges have been de- stroyed. From the cyanide works of the Ymir com- pany to the Foghorn mine, w wistance of five miles, every bullding has been de- stroyed. The cyanide plant was saved by the hercuiean efforts of the employes, who dug holes in which they immersea them- selves in water up to thelr necks while they handled the hose in short shifts. The bulldings of the Wilcox and Black Rock mines were obliterated. At the former mine the men took refuge in the tunnels, into which the wind blew the flames, which ignited the timber. With a meager supply of water, handled in tin cups, the men kept the fire from spreading until danger was past. WOMAN IS OBLIGED TO LEAVE President Castro, PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinided, Aug. 9.—~(Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.)—Mrs. Zoilo Bello Rodriguez, wife of former President Andrade’s prime minister, and her four children arrived here recently on a steamer of the Royal Steamship com- pany, baving been expelled from Vene- zuelan territory by order of President Castro. She was compelled to abandon her home and family and leave the country within forty-eight hours. Hitherto the govern- me of Venezuela have always regarded women as neutrals and have never held them responsible for the acts of their hus- bands. TO INVESTIGATE ERUPTION Japancse Cruiser Ordered to Land at Island of Torishim to Mare route land. YOKOHAMA, Aug. 19.—The Japanese crulser Takachiho, which is going to Mar cus island, has been ordered to call at the island of Torishima to succor any pos- sible survivors of the voleanic eruption hich occurred there between August 18 and 15 and as a result of which all of the inhabitants of the island, numbering 150 persons, were reported to bave been killed. SOLDIERS GALLOP TO DEATH During Maneuvers Near St. Peters- burg Fifty Charge Inte Riv and Are Drowmed. LONDON, Aug. 20.—In a dispatch from St. Petersburg the correspondent of the Dally Express says: “During the maneuvers near here a squadron of cavalry was ordered suddenly in charge. It galloped inte a river and fifty men are reported to have been drowned. Detalls of the affalr are difficult to obtain. Cable Service Restored. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—~The Commercial Cable company today issued the tollowing notice: We are advised of the restoration of the cable beiween Si Helens and Capsiown. Oil Discovered in Yucatan. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 15.—There is much exoltement 1o ti peninsuia of Yucatan, where petroleum bas been discovered. President of Steel Oorpvntion Gives Out Btatement Himself. ARRANGING TO MAKE TRIP TO FRANCE ays that He Does Not Look Like Sick Man, but is Going to Take Rest and Treatment at Min. eral Sprin Aug. 19.—Charles M. sldent of the United States Jon, arrived here this even- ccompanied by his brother, and his private secretary. He stepped briskly from the car and as he did so he said to a number of newspaper men present: ‘‘Now, gentlemen, I am go- ing to tell you three things and I don't want you to ask me any further questions. In the first place, I don't look like a sick man. In the second place, I feel the necessity of a rest and I am going to take one. In the third place I am not going to resign and have no intention of retiring from the presidency of the United States Stecl corporation. ‘Are you going to Burope?’ Mr. Schwab was asked. ‘“Yes,” he replied, “but don't ask me any more questions; that's all I have to say." ALTOONA, Pa., Aug. 19.—C. M. Schwab, who passed through here today, disclosed his destination to an old Altoona friend, who talked with hig since he has been at Loretto. He sald he was going to France, where he will take a course of treatment at the mineral springs of that country. His chief allment is an affection of the nerves. The steel magnate's visit to the sce! of his boyhood evidently did him good, as he told his friend, F. D. Saupp, of this city that he never felt better, and Mr. Saupp emphasized this by stating that he had never seen him looking better. Mrs. Schwab is not with her husband. She will remain at Loretto during his ab- sence. PITTSBURG, Aug. 19.—The private car Loretto, belonging to Charles M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel cor- poration, was attached to the day expr ‘which left for the east this morning. No information could be obtained from the attendants of the car, but it was said Mr. Schwab and party would board the car at Cresson, Pa., for New York and would sall for Burope tomorrow. COACHES LEAVE THE TRACK Wisconsin Central Train Derailed ‘While Ru: at Rate of Fifty- Five Miles Per Ho NEENAH, Wis., Aug. 19.—The Wisconsin Central Paul Flyer” was deralled shortly after midnight one mile west of Fremont while running at the rate of fifty. five miles an hour. Nearly 200 passengers were on the train and all of the coaches left the track except the rear truck of the last sleeper. The entire train narrowly escaped being precipitated over embankment. The cause of the aceld unknown, but was probably due to the spreading of the rails. Nine persons were seripusly Injured and all of the passengers were badly shaken up. Among the injured were: F. Zimmerly, Oshkosh, badly hurt about head. Mre. M. Dougherty, brulsed about body. Mrs. D. W. Agnew, Waukesha, Wis., shoulder and knee badly bruised. Mrs. Anna Kiesehold, Minneapolis, Minn., spine injured. A. E. Gro Boston, IIl., chest d and internally injured. TO AMEND SUPREME STATUTES Proposition in Pythia; Relative to Subordi Defeated. Oshkosh, severely " badly bruls Grand Lodge te Lodges SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.—The atten- tion of the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythlas was taken up today principally with the conelderation of a proposition to 80 amend the supreme statutes of the order that no member who has been ac- quitted of a charge by the subordinate lodge in which he holds membership can be held before the supreme tribunal for a re- hearing of the case. The question in- volved the soverelgnty of subordinate lodges. The discussion was long and at times heated. A vote was taken and the proposition defeated by a vote of 69 to 48. Had it carried the need of a supreme tribunal would to all purposes have beem done away with, as only such cases as contained questions of law could be heard by it. The matter was the outgrowth of the Kennedy-Hinsey case. A statute was adopted reducing the su- preme tribunal from five members to three. The following were elécted members of the supreme tribunal: John F. Alexan- der, Leesburg, Va.; Tully Scott, Cripple Creek, Colo.; John A. Helcher, St. Paul. WOMEN INCITING A MOB Negro Confined in Ohio Jail in Dan- ®er of Lynching by Mok of Both Sexes. JEFFERSON, 0., Aug. 19.—Because it is believed that John Grooms, colored, as- ulted two old women, Harriet and Sa- brina Hotchkiss lute last night, a mob sur- rounded the jail today and there is danger of lynching. Grooms s alleged to have assaulted and nearly killed the women. He is said to have chewed an ear off of one and torn the flesh from the arm of the other with his teeth. The women identified Grooms as their as- sailant and his hat and part of his clothing were found in the Hopkins home. Some of the women in the crowd are hysterical and are inciting the men to take the law into their own hands. In the afternoon the negro was bound over on the charge of burglary and at- tempted felony and will await the action of the grand jury. This procedure has allayed much of the excitement that existed. STILLWELL RESIGNS POSITION the lowa At vision ul lh. Chlu‘o Rock Island & Pacific has been accepted and William Given, trainmaster of the Des Moines and Fort Dodge division, appolnted toSucceed him, Coroner Will Try His Hand at Solving the Bartholtn-Mitchell Murder Mystery, CHICAGO, Aug. 19.—Interest in the Bar- tholin-Mitchell murder mystery today cen- tered upon the inquest, which may de- termine the cause of the death of Minnie Mitchell. Three men already stand accused as prin- cipals or accessories of the crime, Oscar Thompson, former roomer of Mrs. Bar- tholin; John Claffy, stableman, who took care of the horse Thompson drove, and Bd- ward Counselman, intimate friend of Wil- liam J. Bartholin, the supposed matricide. Two new witnesses appeared today with storles that Bartholin, the missing suspect, was ecen in Chicago as late as August 15. Both men declared to the police that a man whom they beleve to be Bartholin was waiting In a saloon that night for some one who was to bring him money. In- spector Hunt believes It was tho missing man waiting for his friend, Counselman. Four membera of the Mitchell family testified at the inquest that they could not make a positive identifiéAtion of the body found lying in the weeds on the prairie at Seventy-fourth street and believed to |be that of Minnie Mitchell. These four per- sons, the father, brother, sister and sister- in-law of the missing girl, declartd that the only {dentification they could make was that part of the clothing found near the body belonged to Miss Mitchell. Follow- ing this Coroner's Physiclan Springer made a statement to the jury, in which he termed the body as that of an “unknown or unidentified woman.” Dr. Springer stated positively that he did not belleve the body to be that of Miss Mitchell be- cause of the advanced stage of decomposi- tion. When the body was found Miss Mitchell had been missing but eight days and Dr. Springer claimed that it would be impossible for her body to have decom- posed as much as the ome discovered on the prairie, Inspector Hunt produced a witness who positively identified Oscar Thompson, who is under arrest for complicity in the crime, s one of two men on & street car mear the place where the body was found, and a photograph of Willlam Bartholin as that of the second of the pair. Thompson, “Dad” Clafty and Counsel man, all of whom have been held to the grand jury, were present at the inquest, but their attorneys refused to allow them to testify. The inquiry was continued until tomorrow morning. Inspector Hunt recelved word tonight as to Bartholin's possible whereabouts that set every bit of the police machinery in mo- tion. By midnight a score of detectives were ransacking the nelghborhood of Ken- sington, Harvey, Pullman, West Pullman, Riverdale and as far south as One Hundred and Thirty-ninth street in search of a man supposed to hold the secret of the fugitive's hiding place. DISTILLERS IN_ A COMBINE Conecerns Out of the Trust About to Go Imto a Con- solidation, LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 19.—The Post eaye: A plan is now ea foot to form a combination of the outside distillers in Ken- tucky, and the outside spirft distillers in Ohlo, INinols and Indiana, the proposed con- solidation being a rivial of the so-called “‘Greenbaum plan” which was stopped in its infaney three years ago by the formation of the present combine, known as the Distill- ing Company of America. The plan which has been quietly discussed, has not yet taken definite form, but it is proposed to interest in the scheme the lead- ing jobbing houses of the couyntry and to interest permanently all the distillers whose plants are bought by including in the deal the agreement to have the goods manu- factured in their old locations under their ©old brands, thereby making them customers of the new company, affording an outlet for the goods manufactured and leaving the brauds and output in the hands of the orig- inal owners. It is claimed that the outside distilleries of Kentucky would have a combined output capacity about equal to that of the trust and that the outside spirit distilleries would bave a combined output greatly in excess of the trusts. It is further asserted that a new combine might offer big prices for outside properties and yet have a capitalization much less than the bonded indebtedness of $16,000,000 which the Distilling Company of America bas just underwritten. FUEL FAMINE THREATENED Fifty Thousand Men May Be Thrown Out of Employment Decause of Shortage in Coal. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 19.—The Post to- morrow will publish & story to the effect that a fuel famine is threatened for the mills in this district and 60,000 men may be thrown Into enforced idleness through the lack of coal and coke. The trouble comes from a scarcity of engines to move the loaded cars. It is reported that on the sidings of the Baltimore & Ohifo rallroad leading into Pittsburg from the coal and coke reglons there are ly 6,000 loaded cars. Many of these sald to have been ready for shipment for a week or mor DROWNS HIS FOUR CHILDREN rmer Living Near Salina, Kansas, Murders Three Girls and Boy, Then Shoots Himuself, BALINA, Kan., Aug. 19.—Joseph Ander- son, & farmer living east of Salina, in a fit of despondency today drowned his four children, three girls and a boy, in a cistern, and then shot himself with a revolver. Anderson is still alive but will probably dle. Financial matters had affected his mind. The crime was committed during the absence of the mother. The oldest child was six years old and the youngest a babe of four months. Anderson left a note on a table in the parlor notifylng the mother that the ‘children could be found in the clstern. ON LONG LEAVE CF ABSENCE Oni se Consul Gemeral at eisco to Quit Serviee for Two Yea SAN FRANCISCO, Aus. 19.—Ho Yow, consul genral for China at the port of San Franclsco, has sent out & formal notice that he is about to take an extended leave of absence. He does not indicate that he in- tends returning to this coast. He s heavily interesied la commercial enterprises, which will occupy him for two years or more, and he expects at that time, in the event of his not permanently quitting the diplomatie service of his country, to be Volame Oontaining Statements as Required by Law Has Been Issned. WHERE CONGRESS HAS SPENT MONEY Summary Shows Grand Total of Over Elght Hundred Million Dollars Was Appropriated by Last Congres WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—THe volume contalning statements of appropriations, new offices, eic., required by law to be prepared and published at the end of each sesslon of congrees under the direction of the committees on appropriation, senate | and house, has been completed for the | first session of the Fifty-seventh congress by Thomas P. Cleaves and James C. Courts, chief clerks, respectively, of those commit- tees. A’ summary of the appropriations shows the grand total of $800,624,496.55. The details by bills are as follows: Agricultural Army o] 3 Todlan o Legislative Milltary ucmlemy Bundry ¢ Deficiencles Miscellaneous Isthmian canal ac Permanent appropr | Total In addition to the specific appropriations made, contracts are authorized to be en- tered Into for certain public works re- quiring future appropriations by congress In the aggregate sum of $262,711,465. Th contracts include $21,069,500 for additional ships for the pavy and for permanent im- provements of and increased facilities at certain navy yards; $17,943,660 for additions to old public buildings snd the construction of new public buildings in various eities of the country; $38,336,180 for improvement of rivers and barbors; $3,600,000 for recon- struction of old and erection of new build- ings at the military academy at West Point; and $180,000,000 for the construction of an isthmian canal. New Offices and Employments. The new offices and employments, of a civilian character, specifically authorized number 6,386, with compensation for the year of $6,343,505; and those abolished or omitted aggregate 1,165, at an annual pay of $1,280,080.50; a net increase of 5221, at a yearly cost of $5,054,514.50. In addition to the new civillan employ- ments shown the volume also exhibits an increase of sixty-five in the military estab- lishments at an annual cost of $42,308; and 300 officers (including 285 additional mid- shipmen), together with 8,000 seamen in the naval establishment and 750 additional men in the marine corps with total yearly pay of $1,343,777.50. Of the total nmet increase in civillan em- ployments, thirty-four are for the library of congress; seven for the state department; thirty-three for the navy department; 179 for the treasury . department; 306 for the postofice department, in- cluding 265 on account of the rural free delivery service; seventy for the depart- ment of agriculture; 117, including forty- six school teachers, twenty-two policemen and seven firemen for the government of the District of Columbla; fifty lightouse keepers; eleven for coast survey; thirty- two for the diplomatic and consular service; and 4,300 for the postal service, including 118 assistant postmasters, 3,134 clerks in postoffices, 169 agents and others in the rural free delivery service. and 865 rallway postal clerks. Of the net total 5,221 clvil officers and employments authorized only 921 are out- side of the postal service. The number of salarles increased is 725, at an annual cost of $118,676.10; and the number reduced is sixteen, in the total an- nual sum of $13,120; a net Increase of 709, at a cost for the year of $105,465.10, of which number 451 are the cadets at the military academy who are given an In- creased allowance of $69.50 each; thirty-one are consuls and consular clerks; sixty-four are officers of the revenue cutter service whose pay is made equal to the similar of- fices of the navy; thirteen are in the lif saving service; and thirty-two, amounting to $33,000 annually are in the department of agriculture. A comparison of the total appropriations made at the last session of congress for 1903, $800,624,496.55, with those of the preceding or short session of the Fifty-sixth con- gress for 1903, $730,338,575.99, shows an in- crease of $70,285,920.56. In this amount are included increased appropriations for the department of agriculture, $626,640; for the diplomatie, Distriet of Columbia, legis- lative, executive and judicial and naval service, $1,706,981.74; for the mlilitary academy, §1,854,670.74; for the postal ser- vice, $14,633,910; for the whole of the river and harbor act, none having been passed at the preceding session, $26,771,442; for d. ficlencles, $12,132,560.38, and for the isthmian canal, $60,130,000. On the other hand there appear reductions of $24,003,912.69 for the rmy; $65,066 for fortifications; $761,442.99 for the Indian service; $5,403,000 under re- quirements for pensions; $1,632,549.08 by the sundry civil act; $5,267,223.54 by miscellane- ous acts, and $437,000 under permanent ap- propriations which cover interest on the public debt, making & net increase as atated of $70,285,020.56. STATE TICKET Regular IS SELECTED of Delaware DOVER, Del., Aug. 19.—The ‘regular” republican state convention today nomi- nated the following ticket: For congress, Helsler Ball; state treasurer, Martin B. Burrows; state auditor, P. B. Norman. The platform indorses the administration of President Roosevelt and pledges him the support of the Delaware republicans for remomination in 1904; commends the work done by the Fifty-second congress, but recommends trade concessions for Cuba; indorses protection and reciprocity and especially commends President Me- Kinley's reciprocity sentiments as ex- pressed in his last speech at the Buffalo exposition. SUSPECT A FORMER HUSBAND Thought Newton Cro: to Know Something About Tuman Murder. Ia, Aug. 19.—Newton MUSCATINE, Cruss, & tormer 5d of Mrs. Jessie T man, was arrested tonight under the b lef that he knows something of the killing of the woman and her husband. Dan Wil- lams, who lived with the couple, is still assigned to some other consulate. missing. Forecast for and Thursday. Nebraska—! Falr Wednesday Temperature at Omah Hour. 5 a. 6 NO RIOTING AT NORTH PLATTE People of that Stateiments of Rallway omet NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Aug. 10.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—The statement as given in The Bee this morning, made by an offiolal of the Union Pacific, that North Platte was in a state of riot, that the property of thé company was absolutely at the mercy of the strikers, {s branded by the peaceable citizens of this town as a malicious false- hood and an open insult to the people. To y there is or has been a riot in North Platte fs not true. To that property to the amount of a dollar has been injured or destroyed by the strikers is also untrue. To say that the strikers are the arm of | the law or have arrogated to themselves any police authority is another untruth. To say that the marshal of this city, in conjunction with the sheriff of the county, cannot prederve the peace is a reflection on | their executive ability and a direct Insin- uation against hundreds of law abiding men who can be called upon in a moment to ald in suppressing any disturbance which may arise through the connivance of a rallway official or be brought about by the strained conditions now existing as a result of the strike. The facts are, and all the rallway officials and the governor combined are challenged to disprove it, the only action bearing any semblance to a riot was a common saloon fight, which occurred a few days ago between a man imported by the railroad to do guard duty and a fellow who objected to the in- sulting remarks made by the guard in ref- erence to the strikers, and yet it has to be advertised to the world in all the daily papers of the state that North Platte is in a state of riot, and according to the Union Pacific officials the militia are necessary to compel the citizens of North Platte to keep the peace. It is a foul slander under which no citizen of North Platte will rest without a vigorous protest. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of John N. Baldwin, general attorney for the Unlon Pacific Rallroad company, for using abusive language toward Editor A. P. Kelly, tending to provoke an assault. M Baidwin was angered be sent to The Bee by Mr. Kelly setting forth the conditions at North Platte SAY CUDAHY SALE IS FICTION Heads of Packing Concerns Declare Rumored Merger of Com, to Be Untrue. CHICAGO, Aug. 19.—(Special Telegram.) —The report current today that the pack- ing interests of the Cudahy company had been s0ld to & combination of Armour & Co., and Swift and Company was denled by H. A. Valentine of Armour & Co. The report came from Omaha and was to the effect that a price of $21,000,000 had been agreed upon to be daid to the Cudahy interests through Michael Cudahy. The step, it was reported, was made to com- plete the alleged packers’ tru Michael, | John and Edward Cudahy were to retire from the packing business for a term of years and turn over all their plants and the good will of the corporation. The deal was to go Into effect September 1. “There is no truth in the report of any ales of the Cudahy interests so far as 1 know or so far as this company is con- cerned,” sald . Valentine. ““There are rumors lfloll t0 that effect, but they are not true." Michael Cudahy, for the Cudahy com- | pany, denfed that any merger was to take place. FIVE ARE BURNED TO DEATH Twe Women and Three Ohildren y Lose Thelr Lives in a New York Tenement, NEW YORK, Aug. In & tenement house fire at 35 Eesex street today two women and three children were burned to | death, another woman was burned severely about the body and face and a man had three ribs broken by jumping from a win- dow to the pavement. The bodies of the dead women were burned beyond recognition. The injured woman s Mrs. Rosa Moses and the man who jumped is Jacob Moscovitz. A woman named Mrs. Hannah Balothin could not be found after the'fire, and it was belleved that one of the burned bodies found was her: Nathan Lisbowizer reported to the police that his four children, respectively 3, 6, 6 and 8 years old, were missing, and a search of the bullding resulted in the finding of the badly burned bodies of two children, supposed to be Liebowizer's. The body of an elderly woman also was found. APPLE GROWERS TO ORGANIZE Promin t Producers of Six States Meet at St. Louls to Agitate the Matter. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19.—About twenty-five prominent apple growers of Kansas. N braska, Missour!, Indlaua, Arkansas and Ilinois are meeting here today for the purpose, it s sald, of uniting the com- mercial apple growers of the United States and Canada into an organization to regulate the price of that fruit. J. H. Stanton, of the Illinols State Horticultural society, sald: For years we have been handicapped by the fact that the apple buyers or jobbers have been able to dictate prices to us. “Now, if we are the producers, why should we not have some voice in regulating the situation of prices? That is what we intend to organize for. Movements of Ocean Vessels, Aug. 19, At Boulogne Sur Mer—Arrived: Potsda trom New York, for Rotterdam, and pro- ceeded. At Bremen—Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from New York via Plymouth and Cherbourg. At Antwerp—Arrived: New York. At anllle—-Arrlv-d: Furnessia, from New York, ror lasgow. At 'New York—Sailed: Kalserina Maria Theresa, for Bremen via Plymouth and i ubuur. Moltke, for Hamburg via Cher- Ar Kron Prine Wilhelm, from Friesland, from Kong—Arrived: Doric, from San Francisco via Honolulu, ete. At Sydney, N. 8. W.--Moana, from Van- couver via Honolulu ‘and Brisbane; Ven- t !r.;in San Francisco via Honolulu and City Object to the' REBELS TAKE CUMANA Important S8eaport Oaptured Without Firing a Bingle Bhot. GOVERNMENT TROOPS EVACUATE TOWM Uommud Under General Velutini With draws Without Fight. GO TO THE ISLAND OF MARGARITA Embark on Steamer Ossun for & Safe Retreat. BRITISH WARSHIPS ARE GATHERING Wil Visit Ls Guayra in Few Dayi and Announcement is Oa as to Objeot. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Aug 19.—~News has just reached here that the seaport of Cumana, in the state of Ber. | mudez, Venezuela, was occupied at noon to- day by the Venezuelan revolutionists with. out the firing of a single shot. The government forces, commanded by General Velutini and the local authoritier of Cumana, evacuated that town last night. They withdrew to the lsland of Margarita, about forty miles north of Cumana, of board the steamer Ossun. A report is current here that a number of British warships, under command of an admiral, will visit La Guayra, Venesuela, in a few days. No reasons for the pres- ence of the warships in question at La Guayra can be obtained and the report i causing considerable speculation. Cumana, which is about 200 miles east of La Guayra, was occupled for a ghort time by the Venezuelan revolutionists last May. Upon this occasion also the govern. ment forces left the town without offering resistance. Cumana is about fitty miles east of Barcelons, which was captured by the revolutionists the early part of this month. The revolutionists now hold the custom ports of Cludad Bollvar, LaGuayra, Le Vela, De Coro, Carupano, Barcelona and Cumana. GATES FACTION LOSES OUT Court Denies Application for Imjume. tion in Noted Colorado Cas DENVER, Colo., Aur “°. The John W. Ga faction of the © do Fuel and Iron company has logt .ther round in its bat- tle for the control of that company. Judge Reiner of the United States district eourt tonight denied the application for & pre- liminary injunction to prevent officials of the company from refusing to allow them to vote proxies they claim to have at the stockholders’ meeting scheduled for to- morrow in this oity. The suit, which was brought in the name of John J. Mitchell and others against the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, was bas upon the alleged fraudulent and absolutely vold by-law which was adopted by the board of directors of the company on July 30 last, and which the complainants charged was framed and adopted for the purpose of enabling the present officials of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company to dio- tate the action of tomorrow's meeting and also to deprive the complainants and the shareholders they represent by proxy from voting at such meeting. Judge Reiner held that all objections in the bill of complaint were met and an- swered by Qefendant company. In denying the application for a preliminary injunction the court was not expected to pass upon questions of law. However, he would say that on its face the by-law provided for an orderly and lawful method of conduct- ing a shareholders’ meeting and that ap- parently there was no other purpose in view. The by-law was adopted in good faith. The application for a preliminary injunction would therefore be denied. The application was made several days d a brilliant array of legal talent ‘was represented on either side of the caso. The court room tonight was crowded with spectators, among whom were the leading mwembers of the local bar, who have watched the course of the battle with deep interest, Mr. Gates and his friends listened atten- tively to the reading of the decision, and as soon as it was completed left the court room with their attorneys. STREET CAR JUMPS TRACK Eight Seriously Injured, Fwo Fa- tally, in Acoldent in York Ofty. NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Bight persons were seriously injured, two of them at least fatally injured and a dozen other se- verely 0, tonight, whken one of the heavy open street cars of the Union rallway line of the Bronx left the tracks on Jerome Park avenue, near the crossing of Mosholu Two of the men taken to the Fordham hospital have not been identified. Their skulls were fractured and the hospital au- thorities sald they would likely dfe. Others taken to Fordham hospital were: Michael Donohue, William Eisner. C. H. Perrin. A, L. Merrill. Bernard Feeney. Patrick Dale. R. W, Crawford. FIRE CHIEF CROKER IS OUT % ‘I. His Place. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Edward Oroker, chief of the New York city fire department, nded from duty today by Fire loner Sturgis. Mr. Croker, who fe a nephew of Richard Oroker, had been ab- sent on & vacation, but returned to the eity yesterday, saying be did so to resume his Quties on advice of his attgrneys. Mr. Oro- ker sald this advice was given because bis neme had been mentioned in connection with the hearing of charges against Chief of Copstrnetion Ryan of the department When the chief reached his office yesterday be found that & new lock had been placed on his desk that key would not fit 1t, and that his letter books for ‘three years past had been carried away, York to