Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 21, 1902, Page 1

' / THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, UGUST 21, 1902—TEN PAGES. KIRBY IS PRESIDENT Transmississippi Oongress Aporoves the Texan for Executive Head, HILL GIVES THE FARMERS A BOOST Magnate Declares Their Produots Are the Oommodities to Export. TRUST DISCUSSION GROWS WARMER Rustis of Minneapolis Takes Issue with Thurber, URGES THAT THE RECORD BE DOCTORED Wants New Yorker's Den Trust's Existence Exp Congress Decides to Debate 8T, PAUL, Aug. 20.—The trust question was in evidence today in the dlscussions ,of the Transmississippi congress, and a number of resolutions bearing on its vari- ous phases were introduced and referred to the committee on resolutions Colonel Moses C. Wetmore of St. Louls introduced a series of strong antl-trust resolutions, which declared that trusts are '® menace to a republican form of govern- ment and to the hopes and ambitions of youth, and urged the president to enforce | existing laws against illegal combinations, and if those laws are Insufficient he 1s asked to call upon congress to supply the deficlency. On the other hand, F. B. Thur- ber of New York introduced a resolution asking the congréss to suspend judgment until it can be learned from experience whether or mnot trusts are an evil Mr. Thurber in a speech sald that after months of Inquiry he was enabled to as- sert that the so-called beef trust was a figment of the imagination, and this called forth a resolution from Willlam Henry Bustis of Minneapolis asking that this part of Mr. Thurber's address be expunged from the records of the congress. The mo- tion caused a lively debate and was made a special order for tomorrow's session. A number of notable addresses were made today, those of Lyman E. Cooley upon “Inland Waterways" and of President ‘3. J. Hill of the Great Northern rallway on “Oriental Trade" being of especial in- terest. The committee on permanent organiza- tion made its report, and by its adoption by the congress John N. Kirby of Hous- ., becomes the new president of Tonight the delegates were ten- dered a reception by the Commercial club. State Organizations Reported. The topic for discussion at the morning wession was navigation of the Mississippi river, the speaker being L. E. Cooley of Chicago, engineer of the great drainage canal. State organizations for next yeported by the o follows: Texas—Ohairman, Norman G. Kittrell, Houston; executive committeeman, F. F. Collins, San Antonio; permanent organiza- tion, W, H. Gaines, Galveston; resolutions, ‘Walter Gresham, Galveston; Jeff D. Bry ant, Houston. : Kansas—Permanent organization, J. H. Ohurehill; resolutions, B. L. Harrison, O. G. Jacobs; executive committee (two years) ‘W. R. Moses; vice president, J. H. Churchiil. Colorado — Resolutions, Edward T Browne, A, B. Gray; permanent organiza- » Tanberg; vice president, Bd F. year were itions as rown United Commercial Traveler's Branch— Chairman, George Rodgers. St. Paul; com- mittee on resolutions, John J. Leighton, St. Paul, James Morrow, St. Paul; vice pres- ident, J. W. Thatcher, 8t. Paul; executive committes (two years), J. M. Dresser, St. Paul. Arizona—Resolutions, Andrew Kimball; permanent organization, A. M. McFate; vice presilent, Andrew Kimball. Alaska—Vice president, John W. Ivey, ‘Vald xecutive committee, Julius Thomp- son, Nome; A. G. Swinford, Kilchican. Montana—Resolutions, W. W. Woodridge, Kingsdale; James Conlon; permanent or- ganization, W. M. Woolridge, Jamestown; vice president, Parish Gibson, Great Falls; executive committes, J. D. O'Donnell, Bil- lings. \ lgn——vlu president, M. McDonald, Bay- ard; executive committee, A. E. Johnston, Keokuk; resolutions, W. H. Corbert, Du- buque; T. A. Kring, Keokuk. Utah—Resolutions, L. Holbrook, V. W. Riter, Salt Lake; vice president, Jobn C. Cutler, Salt Lake; permanent organizatiol Joseph W. Musser, Heber City; executl committee, Judge L. W. Schurtliff, Ogden. ‘Washington — Permanent organization, Donald Fletcher, Beattle; resolutions, J. W. Ivey and George A. Brackett; vice presi- dent, Donald Fletcher; executive commit- tee, Judge Brownell and Willlam Tiggott. State organizations were also reported from Minnesota, North Dakota and Louls- lana. Trade with the Orient. President J. J. Hill of the Northern Se- curities company was introduced to the Transmississippl commercial congress a little after 2 p. m., his subject being “Our Trade With the Orient,” a topic on which he has come to be regarded as one of the authorities. He sketched briefly the trade of the Orient and the various movements directed toward securing it in time past. of Japan to foreign 's trade bas Increased tenfold. The population of the Orient with which we trade constitutes about one-balf the population of the country. He dis- cussed the prospective trade with the Chi- Dese people, whom he regarded as more en- terprising and better business men than the Japanese. He paid a high tribute to the Chinese, saylng that no people on earth could drive an intelligent Chinaman out of & commerclal proposition. Lack of ade- quate transportation facilities greatly hin- ders trade. Our trade there is capable of infinite development. All the European countries go across two oceans to reach that trade, which they greatly desire, while we need cross but one, He gave briefly an idea of the great de- velopment in our trade there in recent years. The firet American cotton went to Japan and China six years ago, lack of transporiation having previously prevented its use. The shipment of cotton has con- stantly and greatly increased overy year since, and his road had been compelled to refuse orders for as much as 20,000 bales of cotton in ope month, because of the lack of shipping facilities. The shortest and cheapest route from the cotton flelds 1o the Orlent is by way of Puget sound He told in some detall of the plans now under way to handle this growing traffic. As low rates can be given across the Pa- BOYACA Panama FLIES REBEL FLAG Learns of Serious Fa Government Gunboat Supposed to Have Sunk. PANAMA, Aug. 20.—The former govern- ment gunboat Boyaea, which left here July 20 to carry 300 soldlers to Agua Duice and which wae captured by the Colombian sts, Is now at sea fiylng the wThe rumors that Boyaca had b therefore refuted. ware General Salasar, gov- ernor of Pat. ‘¥ giadered the commander of Boyaca not . “yghthe guns on that vessel because he ' Sshe bad condi- tion of Boyaca woulte those on board If guns were Alfe: Y Revolu- tionary reports of the captury f the gun- boat are that it fought two hours before being captufed and it s belleved In gov- ernment circles that some accldent to ite machinery or rudder forced the commander of Boyaca to accept unequal battle. Boyaca was a very old ship and its ma- chinery and keel were in bad condition. The hopes of the conservativey in Pan- ama are now centered In the' steamer which Senor Concha, Colombian minister at Washington, is supposed to have bought recently at San Francisco. Should this vessel all promptly for the iathmus with £00d gunners on board it is believed by government offictals that with reinforce- ment now here General Salazar could have no fear of an attack by the revolu- tionary forces under General Herrer: The steamer Palena reached port this morning from the south, and Its captain reports having met Boyaca flylng the flag of the revolutionists off the island of Taboullla, about fifteen miles from Pan- ama. COLON, Colombia, Aug. 20.—Persons who have arrived here from Cartagena eay that according to General Velez the government crulser Cartagena will shortly leave that port for the isthmus, bringing 800 soldiers and $§0,000 in gold. The government gun- boat General Pinzon has arrived at Carta- gena after a slow trip from Colon. This will also bring reinforcements to the isthmus as scon as possible. With thie exception of the revolutfonary army under General Herrera there {s at present no organized revolutionary army in any part of the republic. A few guerrilla bands exist here and there in the interior. SHAH VISITS KING ON YACHT Boat Berthed at Dock Yard So that Persian Monarch Need Not Cross the Solent. LONDON, Aug. 20.—The shah proceeded to Portsmouth this morning for the pose of visiting King Edward on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which was berthed at the dockyard jetty so as to obviate the necessity of the Persian monarch crossing the Solent. The prince of Wales and the shah's sulte accompanied him to Portsmouth. There was a gun accident today on board the old wooden battleship Victory (the flag- ship of Lord Neison at the battle of Tra- falgar). Whlile firing a royal salute on the king's arrival at Portsmouth a charge ex- ploded prematurely and ope of.the anclent muzzle loaders and a seaman were blown clear through a port hole. The body of the sallor was not recovered. ‘The shah & ted that the train travel so slowly that the king was kept waiting for upward of an hour. As soon as the train was sighted his majesty landed from the royal yacht and proceeded to greet the Persian ruler. The meeting between the rulers was most cordial. They heartily shook hande and walked to the yacht chat- ting animatedly while the war ps fired royal salutes. After lunching with King Bdward and Queen Alexandra the shah started on his return to London. The sbah wore the ribbon of the Order of the Garter and the Cross of St. Michael and St. George, which were conferred upon hig by King Bdward. TOWN TOTALLY DESTROYED v Capital of the Province of Los Ri in Ecuador is Wiped Out by Fire. GUAYAQUILA, Ecuador, Aug. 20.—The town of Babahoyo, capital of the province ot Los Rios, was totally destroyed yesterday. A fire steamer left here last night with fire- men and engines to assist éu Aghting the flames, but the vessel arrived too late. Much merchandise from Guayaquila, in transit to the interior, was burned. Babahoyo or Bodegas is nty miles from Guayaquila, Ecuador, ou the Guayas river, on which Guayaquila is also situated. 1t has a population of about 2,000. ITO RETAINS HIS POWER Favor the Marg BERLIN, Aug. 20.—It {s announced here today in a dispatch from Toklo, Japan, that incomplete returns of the elections for mem- bers of the House of Representatives indl- cate that there has been no material change in the balance of the parties and that the Marquis It followers retaln pre- dominance in the hou EUROPEAN NATIONS PROTEST Germany, France and Great Britain Object to Ve Blockade. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacos, Au 20,—Advices have been recelved here tha Germany, France and Great Britain, in Jolnt conference, protested yesterday (Tues- day) agalnst the blockade of Venezuelan ports. The Veuezuelsn government w.il make & reply. Recommendatio and Protests. ROME, Aus. 20.—The vatican offclals bave been inundated with récommendations of and protests against the various candi- dates for the successorship to the late most Rev. Patrick A. Feehan as archbishop of Chicago. High*church circles consider that & young and energetic man is required and the name of Rt Rev. James Edw; Quigley, bishop of Buffalo, N. Y., Is fre- quently mentioned. Moors Attack ¥ PARIS, Aug. eh varavan. 20.—A telegram recelved here from Oran, Algeria, says that a party of Moors recently attacked a French mill- tary supply column near Ain Delkelil and (hat numbers were killed or wounded on both sides. Troops have gone in pursuit of the Moors ¥eke and Strong Go te Argentine. LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 20.—Putn l Bradlee Strong of New York and May Yol salled for Argentine today under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson. SOUADRONS PLAY AT WAR Pursuit of the White by the Blue Begins Near Rockport. FIVE DAYS TO FIND A HIDING PLACE Higginson Must Hold Sheltered Port Six Hours Before Next Monday or He Branded with Defeat. ROCKPORT, M Aug. 20.—The unique war game ‘in which the rival fleets of Ad- miral Franels J. Higginson and Comman- der John E. Pillsbury are pitted against each other began at noon today. The north Atlantic coast is now threat- ened by a theoretically powerful squadron of hostile ships, from the attack of which an equally able fleet will attempt to de- fend. This is the first series of maneuvers In which the ships will participate and it will be under the direction of the Navy department alone. Bach practice as follows the conclusion of this first contest will be the joint work of the Army and Navy departments. Com- mander Pillsbury’s fleet, which ls known as the White squadron, salled from Provincetown on Monday and is now at L Its present whereabouts is unknown © Admiral Higginson, whose force is known as the Blue squadron. The first series of maneuvers is purely technical and there will be no semblgnce of an engagement between the ships. No shots will be fired except possibly upon the discovery of the hostile fleet at night, when the firing would be entirely for siy naling purposes and to announce the dis- covery of Pllisbury’s squadron. Admiral Higginson lost no time In getting under way after the hour agreed upon for the beginning of the contest had arrived. During the forenoon the ships were getting up steam, and at about 12 o'clock they began to weligh anchor, and half an hour later all except the flagship Kearsarge started out. On the Move. First Mayflower and ome of the torpedo boats headed outside the breakwater, bear- Ing toward the north. A second torpedo boat followed toward the northwest. Brook- Iyn and Olympia moved out together, with Alabama astern of the latter and Massa- chusetts at the end of the line. These ships seemed to make directly east. Just before noon a torpedo boat came in from the south and after joining another vessel of the same class both steamed out together, accom- panied by Scorpion. Thornton and Glouces- ter went out by the southern passage just before 2 o'clock. At about the same moment Montgomery, accompanied by Leyden, moved out to the southwest. This left Kearsarge and one torpedo boat inside the breakwater. All the searchers, after going two miles off shore, dropped their speed and lay to, ap- parently waiting for Kearsarge to join them. Commander Pillsbury's squadron includes the auxilllary crulsers Prairie, Panther and Supply. Rear Admiral Higginson has his flagship, Kearsarge, and two other battle- ships, Massachusetts and Alabama, and the crulsers Brooklyn, Olympia snd Montgom- ery, besides seven torpedo boats, two un- armed gunboats, two tugs and the converted yachts Mayflower and Gloucester. The tor- pedo boats are the Shubrick, Decatur (d stroyer), Thornton, Stockton, Bagley, Bar- ney and Bilddle. The gunboats are Scorplon and Peoria. Flagship U ‘The flagship Kearsarge weighed anchor at 2:15 p. m. and slowly steamed out of the harbor, proceeding by the north pass- age from the harbor of refuge. Outside it joined Massachusetts, Alabama and Gloucester. The ships formed in line. led by Massachusetts, Alabama being second and the ~flagship last, with Gloucester alongside, and moved slowly southward. The three battleships returned to the bay this evening, but did not anchor. All the evening they were kept under steam- ing conditions, moving slowly ,northward for a ehort distance and then to the south- ward, the moving serving as a patrol of husetts bay from a point off Minots to within a short distance of Thachers. It er Steam. ROOSEVELT URGES HARMONY Tells Lyon of Texas That He Neither Promotes Nor Faction Favors m. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Aug. 20.—President Roosevelt today in no uncertain terms ex- pressed his disapproval of factional differ- ences In the republican party. Cecll A. Lyon, chairman of the republican state com- mittee of Texas, called on him and repre- sented his side of the controversy which has arisen among the republicans of the Lone Star state The president stated to him with the ut- most emphasis that no man had any author- ity to epeak for the president as regards Texas matters; that the president was tak- faction among the Texas republicans; that as a matter of fact the president was ex- ceedingly impatient with those republicans who went into factional divisions and that in any such states as Texas or Virginia, or in any other states where the republican party 18 in‘the minority and yet had a chance to do something, the president thought the credit would fall to those re- publican leaders who were able to make a good showing at the polls, espectally for congressional candidates, and not to those who spent their time plotting how they could get delegates or receive offices. He told Mr. Lyon that he should explain this to all Texas republicans of every faction. The president also told him that if ever, in any such southern state, a republican congressman was elgcted it would amount to far more in the president’s mind than anything which could be done la the way of offices and he felt there was little need of recognition for any organization which ex- isted only for offices and delegates. Mr. Lyon was the president's guest at luncheon, the other guests being George E. Roberts, director of the mint; Frederick W. was evident that when Kearsarge returned much of Admiral Higginson's work had been accomplished. He had crulsed sea- ward for a considerable distance with his fleet, had dispatched the cruisers Brook- Iyn and Olympla, with several torpedo boats, to patrol the waters off Portland and sent several other vessels to stations off the tip end of Cape Cod to serve as a outer picket line for Massachusetts bay. Thus Admiral Higginson had guarded the extreme polnts of the coast line in danger. After the flagship Kearsarge had como into the harbor Gloucester came in, but was later sent off in a southerly direc- tion. Naval Base at Rockport. The naval base is established here in Rockport and the station is in charge of Ensign Berry. One of the Incidents was the construction by the navy of a tempor- ary telephone line from a grocery store to @ shed. This telephone is the center of the paval intelligence service, which extends for this occasion from Portland to Prov- Incetown with main stations at Portsmouth and Boston. The night was not favorable for any at- tempt on Commander Pillsbury's part, as it was clear, with a brilllant moon. At midnight the battleships could be discerned about in the bay, and the probabil- that an attack by the hostile fleet might not be expected until tomorrow night. KENNEBUNKPORT, Brooklyn, Olympls, Mayflower and Shubrick arrived off Cape Porpoise just before 3 o'clock this afternoon. The larger vessels remained well off shore, but the torpedo ran in and anchored near the cape, remain- ing there about half an hour. Just before leaving a marine was -put ashore and the little vessel steamed out to where its com- panions were lying and the four proceeded to the eastward. PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 20.—Two large warships and a torpedo boat were off the barbor just before dark. The warships turned and proceeded toward the south- ward while the torpedo boat ran into the harbor. The large vessels were well out- side. PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Aug. 20.—The torpedo boat Stockton, representing the “blue’’ squadron, arrived here tonight. The officers and sailors landed and one officer went direct to the Race Point station and another to Highland light. The life savers on the ocean side report a warship running down the coast off Highland light at dusk. The vessel was bound south. Plan of the M WASHINGTON, Au; . paval war began at noon today. Higginson and Commander command the rival fleets. designated “blue” and “white,” the laiter, under com- mimic Admiral Pillsbury in mand of Commander Pilisbury, belng th (Continued on Becond Page.) i Holls of New York, who was secretary (o the American embassy at The Hague con- ference, and Dr. Albert A. Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews. Before leaving for New York Mr. Rob- ated that his call was of a social na- He sald he had discussed Towa poll- tles with the president and had informed him that the action of the republicans of Iowa on the tariff was not of a revolution- ary character. The republicans of the state, he sald, belleved that certain changes in the tariff were necessary and that it would be better to make the movement now than to walt until later and be forced into it. Mr. Roberts stated that he had not made up his mind just when he would relinquish his office to assume charge of the paper he has purchased in lowa. He sald that he was going to give up his position, but that he might mot do it this year. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL from Ex- amining & Sites in Treasury Agent Ing no sides for or against any man or any | |QUICK DEATA FOR PULP MEN Steel Digesters in Mills at Wilmington Kill Nine, MANY OTHERS INJURED BY EXPLOSION Only Ex fon of Catastrophe In That the Vats Became Too Full of Steam Burst. WILMINGTON, Aug. 20.—Fight work- men are known to have been killed, six are missing and three others are badly injured by the explosion of two steel di- gesters in the Delaware Pulp mills of the Jessup & Moore Paper company on the Christiana river this afternoon. The known dead are: FRANK HARRIS. WILLIAM BURKE. JOSEPH HENRY. JAMES NAGLE. JOHN M'CORMICK. ZACHARIAH COLLINS (color JAMES STOKES. JOSEPH LUMBACHER. GRANVILLE WATERS. The missing are: Willlam Scott, fireman. Joel Hutton, fireman. Willlam Ruth, fireman. E. H. Mousley. James Sweeney. . The injured: Thomas Reeve: dte. James Jester, recovery doubtful. John Collins, burned and inhaled flames. George Durham, burned and scalded, re- covery doubtful. Destruction is Instantaneous. skull fractured, may The digesters were located in a two- story bullding. There were ten of them in the bullding, each resembling a vat and about six feet in diameter. They were used for reducing wood pulp. Eighteen men were at work In the bullding. There were two terrific reports and the next in- stant the buflding and the mills about the - structure were completely wrecked. One digester was blown into the alr and fell to the ground 250 feet away. A dense volume of smoke for a time prevented the outside workmen from going to the res- cue. Several men made their escape with- out any injury. An alarm of fire was sounded and the entire fire department and a large force of policemen were soon on the scene. Sev- eral workmen were taken out unconscious, | only to die in hospitals. The wreckago was pilled up for more than thirty feet and the escaping steam made the work of | rescue difficult. Those who were not killed outright were mangled and burned by escaping acid tbai Gowed over bodles from the broken digesters. The officers of the company think that | iheir Town Cities. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.~(Specfal Tele- gro¥n,)—Special Agemt Wheaton of the Treasury department today returned from a trip to Towa, where he been exam- fning sites offered to- the gyvernment for public buildings. During his trip Wheaton visited the following cities: Marshalitown, Muscatine, Boone, Atlantic, Centerville, Towa City, Ottumwa and Osceola. It was said today that Wheaton's report upon his investigations would not be made public for some weeks. Supervising Architect Taylor will leave Washington next Monday to visit Des Molnes and Waterloo, Ia., to examine public bullding sites in these cities. A call has been issued by the National Colored Personal Liberty league to meet in this city October 10 and 11, during the national G. A. R. encampment. The call for the meeting is signed ‘by H. Clay Hawkins, president, West Virginia; L. A Wiles, secretary, lIowa; C. J. Pickett, chairman executive committee, Illinois; L. Johnson, Nebraska; W. F. Everett, Penn- C. Versels, Virginia, and Charles Maryland. George H. Miller has been appointed postmaster at Hanover, Buena Vista vice L. C. Plog, resigned. been established at Otto, Roberts county, 8. D. with Charles Otto, as postmaster. M. L. Ducher, Lincolp, Neb., has been appointed a stenographer and typewriter in the land office at Devils Lake, N. D. Thomas K. McGonagle, Wichita; Henry Brodgers, Newton; Ernest B. Rhine, San- tor, Kan.; Frank E. Pugh, Burlington; Charles Kurlish, Tottersville; Francis N. Olry, Whiting, Ia.; Herbert B. Bryson, Adams; Frank BE. Seelay, Peru; Roy E. Smith, Stromsburg. W. C. Orr, Bennington, Neb.; Ulysses A. Buckingham, Cheyenne; Granville M. King, Cheyenne, and Milton C. Pounds, Lusk, Wyo., bave all been ap- pointed railroad mail clerks. HEAVY ON THE OLEO DEALERS Internal Revenue Uommissioner's Ruling Imposes Higher License on Most of Them, WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The commis- sioner of internal revenue has made & rul- ing that retail dealers who sell oleomar- garine which pald a tax 6f 2 cents a pound must take out a license costing $480 a year for wholesalers and $48 a year for retallers instead of $200 and $6, respectively. The new law provides that dealers in oleomargarine who have paid a higher tax than ome-fourth of 1 cent a pound must pay the higher license rate, and as all oleomargarine was taxed 2 cents a pound prior to July 1, dealers must pay the maximum license rate. The only deal- ers who pay the minimum license rate of $6 and $200 & year are those who deal ex- clusively in oleomargarine which has paid the tax of one-quarter of 1 cent a pound. TROLLEY ACCIDENT VICTIM Cara me of F. W. Keys in Pocket. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—One of the men in- jured in a trolley accident last night on Jerome avenue, borough of the Bronx, dled early this morning. A card in one of his pockets bore the name of F. W. Keys and it supposed that was his name. A policeman named J, K. Palmer lies un- consclous in the Fordham hospital. His skull is fractured and he will probably die. The other injured persons reported to be doing well today. The car was an open oné of the Unlon rallway line and the accident oceurred in Jerome avenue at Moshulu parkway. The car ran down a long hill appreaching the parkway and as it ne.red the bottom of ihe Bill it left the track and struck an fron trviley poi The force of the crash agalust the pole caused the car to turn over on its side. All he passengers were stunned and pearly all were more or less injured. too much eteam was generated in the di- gesters and that this was the cause of the explosion. The monetary loss is esti- mated at $35,000. UP GOES WARREN B. KNISKERN Northweatern Road Makes Him Pas- senger Trafc Manager, Begin- ning Duty Today. | sands of dollars damage, but causing no | poles litter the street CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr and Warmer Thursday ond Friday Temperature at om: Yesterday: sEAcaAmE~ PANA TOO WET AND W nois Town is Flooded After Being Nearly Blown Out of Existence, PANA, Iil, Aug. 20.—A cloudburst and tornado struck Pana this afternoon. Thou- sands of dollars’ worth of damage was done and several persons were injured. The Catholic church steeple was blown down and with it the four-ton bell. Ho- tels and business blocks were unroofed. | Windows were broken and shade trees are aimost a total wreck. The $25,000 Young | Men’s Christian association building was almost demolished. The Baltimore & Ohio depot at Millerville was blown away. The loss will reach $150,000. STERLING, Ill, Aug. 20.—A cloudburst near Fenton, twenty miles southwest of here, today deluged several hundred acres of land, destroying the corn crops. Two miles of track on the Mendota branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney rallroad was washed out and a freight train ran into the waehouts and was ditched. George Wells fireman of Fulton, Ill, and Frank Murmay, engineer of Culton, Iil, were killed. One of the cars was loaded with horses, which were killed and maimed. The logs to the farmers is estimated at $150,000. SEVERE STORM STRIKES IOLA Bulldings Wrecked riously Injured by Wreek of Foundry, wind- thou- IOLA, Kan, Aug. 20.—A severe storm struck here tonight, doing loss of life. The worst damage was done in the factory district in East Iola. Two brick buildings of the Aurora foundry were demolished and three buildings of the New Jersey Zinc company smelter were un- roofed. Two passenger coaches of a Mis- sourl, Kansas & Texas train were turned over. The passengers escaped with slight brujses. D, C. Willman, a foundry em- ploye, was the omly person seriously hurt. His shoulder was broken by falling brick. any frame dwellings were blown down The heavy rain Po¥ aud PaM ey or unrvofed aud falle e MUTINY IN A PRISON Three Oonviots Oreate Wild Excitement in Kentuoky Penitentiary, DESPERATE MURDERERS MAKE A‘FIGH‘! Barrioade Themselves in Room aad Defy Warden and Assistants, USE OFFICER AS SHIELD AGAINST SHOTS Bold Plan to Obtain Liberty Comes to Naught in the End, ONE' OF THE DESPERADOES IS KILLED Cool Conduct of Warden Results Death of a Conviet and Re- capture of the Other Two. FRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 20.—Fired by a desire to gain llace Bishop and Thomas Mulligan of Kenton county and Lafayette Brcoks of Morgan county, all murderers and desperate crim- inale, made a futile attempt to escapo from the state penitentlary here this morning and as a result Bishop is dead at the hospital with a bullet wound in his breast, Brooks is shot through the shoul- der and Alfred Ransome, colored, a Lous- ville murderer, who for a few moments essayed to follow the three daring leaders, is suffering from a wound in the shoulder. The mutiny, which lasted for four and a half hours and ended in an ignominious surrender by the convicts, caused great ex- citement within the prison and among the people of Frankfort. The convicts chose what they considered a most propitious time for their outbreak. Selecting the breakfast hour for their dash for liberty, when they hoped to stam- pede a large number of prisoners, they overpowered the guards with their pis- tols, captured Charles Willls, a foreman of the reed department of the chair fac- tory, and, using him as a shield, en- trenched themselves in a room, where they defied the officials, It was not until they discovered that Warden Eph Lillard in- tended to starve them out that they de- clded to surrender. Ransome was shot by Eph Lillard, ir., while the men were entrenched. Bishop was wounded as he was surrendering, be- cause when told to hold up his hands he attempted to put one of them in his pock- ets as though reaching for a weapon, and Divclis was wounded by » stray baii at time Bishop fell. \ which accompanied the storm added much to the damage. SCHWAB MAKES SOME CALLS Headquarters and s on Bve of Saill NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Charles M. | CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Announcement was made today of the promotion of Warren B. Kniskern, general passenger agent of the Chicago & Northwestern railway, to the position of passenger trafic manage: of that company. The appointment is ef- | fective tomorrow. Mr. Kniskern began his rallway career on October 1, 1869, occupy- ing various positions from messenger to clerk in the general passenger depart- ment of the Illinols Central rallway until | 1873. From 1873 to 1875 he was in charge of forelgn reports in the general tickot department of the Chicago & Northwestern | rallway, from 1875 to May 1, 1876, chief | ticket clerk of the New Orleans, Jackson | & Great Northern railroad at New Or- | leans, May 1, 1876, to 1878 with the gen- | eral passenger department of the Louls- | ville & Nashyille raiiroad, 1878 to Sep- | tember 1, 1885, city ticket agent of the same road at Loulsville and New Orleans, | excepting for six months in 1883, duri which time he was city ticket agent of th Chicago, St. Louls & Pittsburg raflroad. On September 1, 1886 he re-entered the service of the Northwestern line as as- sistant general agent and upon the con- solidation of the general passenger and general ticket departments on January 1, 1890, was appointed assistant general pas- senger and ticket agent and on January 1, 1895, was promoted to the position of gen- eral paseenger and ticket agent. REDUCTION IN GRAIN RATES Sealing Down of Tariff in Minnesota and the Two Dakotas. g e | Gene ST. PAUL, Aug. 20.—The general reduc- tion In grain rates from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota to Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth, Milwaukee and Chl- cago, according to an agreement reached | today at the Great Northern building, g0 Into effect August 28. The Milwaukee and the Northwestern agreed to print a joint tariff on the scale of rates which Mr. Hill proposed for the Great Northern, which was approved by the Northern Pacific. The reductions average from 8 to 12 per cent per 100 pounds of grain shipped. Tbe reductions were not horizontal, but fluctuated accord- ing to condition IDAHO REPUBLICANS ~ WAIT State Convention is Delayed by Res- tions Committee—French Seems to Lead. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 20.—The republican state convention organized this morning with the election of Lyttleton Price of Blaine as temporary chairman. At afternoon ter of Fremont was selected as permanent chairman. The convention then adjourned until tomorrow morning, the committee on resolutions not being able to report A feature of the session this morning was the reading of a letter from Former Senator Shoup. The letter sald a part:.“We are now oo the threshold of a campaign in which in my judgment, victory is assured and nothing except lack of harmony can defeat us. Conditions are such that we should carry the state by from 3,000 to 5,000 ma- Jority.” The situation with respect to the guber- natorial nomination bhes not changed. Mor- rison appears to have a good lead, though the fight is so determined that a change mway be brought about. The sharpest con- test Is between Beale and French for con- it secwed (hai Beaie would go through with Morrison, but this evening there are indications that French may win. He has great independent strength throughout the south part of the state. | he was feellng very well and that he ex- | that he take a much needed rest lflled. He, left a note describing his death wijl | burn, but feel a Schwab, president of the United States Stecl corporation, who arrived here last night, took breakfast today at the Lor- raine, where he has apartments. He said pected to visit his office during the day. It is expected that Mr. Schwab will sail for Europe on Saturday. Mr. Schwab went to the office of the United States Steel corporation, where he remained some time, when he went to the banking house of J, P. Morgan & Co., where be had a conference with Mr. Morgan. The | | conference lasted about an hour. Nothing concerning it was made public. F. H. Gary, chairman of the executive committee of the Steel corporation, made the following statement today: “Mr. Schwab is looking well and hearty. There is no doubt that he will be restored | to bealth soon. We are merely insisting During the last fitteen months he has had more ! responsibility than ome person should as- sume. He will sail probably within a day or two and will take with him the best wishes of all his assoclates.” CALMLY WRITES OF DEATH Physician Takes Morphine by Mi nd Leaves Note Describing Last Experience, ake KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 20.—Dr. 8. L. N. Foote, aged 80 years, died at his office at Argentine, Kan., a suburb, during the night from morphine, apparently taken by mistake. The drug had been taken in the after- noon yesterday and the physician was not found until several hours after he had struggles and glving directions for the dis- position of his property. “I feel all right at the present time,” says the note, *‘but know that the poison s doing its work. I rt of soothing sensation flow over me and & desire to go to sleep. I am sure that I have not much longer to live. | “It is now atter 8 o'clock and I feel T am | dying. My head is clear and my brain | works perfectly—but now I feel the spasm | coming and then I will be gone. Goodbye. Dr. Foote came to Argentine from Ohio and had a daughter, Mrs. M. E. Reeve, at Willoughby, that state. DUEBERRY TIED FOR SECOND Fort Crook Infantryman Keeps Up His Good Work in Rifie Competition. CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Artificer Preston B. Savage, Company B, Eighteenth Infantry, with a total of 499 out of a possible 600 points, was well in the lead at the close of the third day's shooting in the army infantry competition at Fort Sheridan to- day. First Sergeant Archie Dueberry, Company B, Twenty-second infantry, and Private Frank Welk, Company I, Twen- tieth infantry, are tied for second pla with 471 poluts each. ovement of Ocesdn Steamers, Aug. 20 At New York—Arrived—Patricla, from Hamburg; Oceanic, from Liverpool At Liverpool—Salled—Westernland, Philadeiphia. via Queenstown. At ueenstown—Arrived—Commonwealth, trom Boston, for Liverpool, and proceeded Salled_—Saxonia, for Boston. At Yokohama (August 17)—Arrived—In- drasamha, from Portland, Ore. Sailed (August 17)—Indrvelll, for Portland, Ore. At Hong Kong (August i0)--Arrived—Em- press of India, from Vancouver. At Glasgow (August 19)—Arrived—Furnes- sia, from New York; (August 20) Nor- weglen, from t London (August 19)—Arrived—Mesaba, trom York. ew :xl Ahrluwerp—mfluerlund, for Phil- adelphia. A!Ilo“hmmnn—Arrlvn-ll Pay. trom New Yo ed Hurst Castle at 7p. m.). for Bishop's Wound Kills Him, llace Bishop s eald to be only the alias of the convict shot In the mutiny. His pame is said to be Burns and it s also sald that he is a member of a well- to-do family in St. Louls. He died to- night. At his request Father Major of the Catholic church was sent for and bap tized him shortly before he dfed. Brooks made a statement to the warden this afternoon. He places the responsi- bility for the attempted outbreak on Wal- lace Bishop. He says that he and the other two men had worn shackles con- stantly for months for bad conduct and that Bishop assured them that he ecould get them out. The rioting started while Brooks, Mulll- gan and Bishop, one of whom had a pistol concealed about his person, were coming out of the dining room to answer a hos- pital call. Suddenly one of the convicts drew a weapon and compelled Guard A. H. GHl to glve up his arms. Guard F. T. Hurst, who rushed to Gfil's assistance, was also captured my ths conviots. Captain Mat Madlgan, acting warden, then rushed forward with drds and fired on the bunch, but no one was wounded. The convicts then ran across the yard and at the entrance to the reed department of the chalr factory captured Charles Willis of Clark county, a foreman. Thev covered him with their pistols and, placing him be- tween them and the guards, retreated to the rocker department in the chair fac- tory, from whence they could command a good view of the entire yard. At a win- dow they stationed Willis; and Brooks, with a revolver in his hand, took a posi- tlon just beside the captive, resting the muzzle of the weapon on foreman's left side. The convicts then defled Warden Lillard to attempt to capture them, shout- ing that they would kill the foreman at the first move made against them. Prisoners Hurrled to Cells, By thie time several hundred citizens, many of them heavily armed, had gath- ered av the prison gates, but the warden denled admission to all. He lssued orders for all the shops to close and for all the prisoners to be returned at once to their cells. He then placed a guard of sixty men around the bullding in which the desperadoes had barricaded themselves and called on them to surrender. The con- victs' only reply was a taunt. For the protection of Foreman Willts, the warden then determined to etarve the desperadoes into submission. In about half &n hour & note was dropped from the win- dow of the room, where the convicts had taken refuge, asking Warden Lillard and Deputy Warden Madigan to come up under a flag of truce and deal with them, This domand was Ignored. Shortly after this James Buckley, former city workhouse keeper, and Morgan Brewer, a former guard at the penitentary, climbed to the roof of a residence overlooking the building in which the convicts had taken refuge and fired several shots into the room where the desperadoes were entrenched. They were compelled to desist, however, as Foreman Willls was forced to the win. dow in the line of fire. He called to the men to stop shooting und informed them that a negro convict whom the desperadoes bad forced Into service had been shot in the shoulder. At 9 o'clock another note was dropped from the convict's window offering to sur- render if the men were insured safe deliv- ery to the cell house. This request also was Ignored. The convicts asked that Cap- tain Lillard and Captain Madigan come in person to escort them, but it was belleved e to kill the oM~ Later another letter was brought from the desperadoes by Frank Brooks of Bond county. The note stated that if the warden would come to the head of the alrs leading to the reed department the conviets would surrender, first sending their weapons down by Frank Brooks. Terwus Only a Ruse. Warden Lillard prepared to accept the terms of this note and as a matter of pre- ca Balf dozen guards s placed in the hospital overlooking the reed do- partment. Wardeu Lillard accompanied by elght men then proceeded to the foot of the stalrway. Suddealy the oracs of & Wia- )