Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1902, Page 1

» X THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEETEMBER o 1902—TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. £ABORERS DAY OF Business Generally Buspended in Honor of the Occasion. CELEBRATE BY PARADES AND SPEECHES ' Benator Fairbanks of Indiana the Orater at Kansas Oity. TWENTY THOUSAND HEAK HIS ADDRESS « Generous Tribute to the Worth of Man Whe Toils. LABOR THE KEYSTONE OF NATION'S ARCH to Be Done. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 1.—Ten thou- sand anlon workmen from the various trades of both ritd paraded the downtown “ streets here this forenoon. Heading the procession were a humber of carriages bearing city official speakers of the day, chief among helng United States Semator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. The parade onded at Electric park, where nearly 20,000 persons listened to the speechmaking. The principal delivered by Senator Falrbanks, who was given @ rousing reception. It was the 208t molable Labor day celebration ever Eald . Teibate to Potent Infh Beilator Fairbanks said 4n part: Hr, Clicirman, Memoers of the Labor nigations of Kansas Cit; F:lluw Citl bor day in all the to the inter- turn aside u“lty“?nl clty, o NDIlhfi Jolcl day .nn'fn‘muuv- act, wnd by commof conscnt, 18 set apart in nearly every state of (he ¥plon, in, 'the District ‘of Columbia and the teriitories, in order that we may taks note o infereats o ast army whion nno of labor. well t our lflhula In this Wlenl making great o other” nas hy fitting time to teach our rrn bor {8 honorable and that gnly through It can we possibly *fope 't achieve the buu‘aum ends for which so- 18 established or government founded. ong as labor 18 deemed honorable ther edh Be B o il aly When 1abor 1a-segurded as Go ng. tions which vlullx ich have received an lll‘llllt attention of pub- ists, It Il l fillll)lnl are study th > duuhr“b’ul ne i ::5 (hnlng e than l-ul can actual -2 (5 g o nditio l.l Right Rev. J. M. Farley to Be Arch- bishop and Right Rev. George Montgomery Comdjutor. ROME, Sept. 1.—The propaganda, after a lengthy sitting today, decided to recomm the pope to appoint Right Rev. J. M. Far- ley, D. D., auxiliary bishop of New York, as archbishop of New York, in succession to the late Michael Augustips Corrigan, and Right Rev. George Montgg hop of Los Angeles, Cal., as ¢ Hev. Patrick William Riordhi, of San Francisco. Cardinal Gotti, prefect of the pro] presided. The other cardinale were Serafino Vannutelll, Vincent Vanni telll, Satolll, Strinhuber, Segna, Crmanl. Vivesy Tuto and Martinelll. The discus- sion lasted three and a half hour: Cardinal Martinelll, who was charged to set forth the case of his colleagues, made & minute and detalled report about the dif- ferent candidates. The Information re- ceived showed that Dr. Farley was qualified as the most worthy candidate for the post, both in the lists of the priests and bishops and in the reports of the archbishops of the United States. After a discussion in which all the cardinals present participated Car- dinal Gottl summed up the expressions of opinfons of those presents, with the result that the cholce of Dr. Farley was unani- mous. The ratification of the pope is mec- essary to make the appointment definite. Mgr. Veccla, secretary of the propaganda, will report today's meeting to his holines some time during this week. The formality of the confirmation of the deolslon reached by the cardinals, however, is some times de- layed. The qualifications of the candidates for the post of coadjutor to the archbishop of San Franclsco were outlined by Cardinal Satolll, whose eulogy of the Rt. Rev. George Montgomery resulted in this prelate's nom- ination almost without dllculllo!l. It is expected that Dr. Farley will ask for an auxiliary bishop on account of the size and importahce of the archdiocese of New York. DEFENDS AMERICAN SOLDIERS pondent Writes that Been Remurkably Philippines. BERLIN, Sept. 1.—A correspondent of the Frankfort Zeitung, writing from Ma- nila, replies to the charges of cruelty on the part of the American army appearing in Buropean newspapers. He say: “Perhaps no other nation except the United States would have had the patience to meet the stubborn resistance of the Filipinos in Samar for two long years with such humanity as, on the whole, has been ine case. the American leaders finally. lot their gall run over at the treacherous tricks piayed upon them and adopted sharper measures, Of course some excesses have occurred, but it 1s highly inadmissible to welect these few cases and serve them to the typlcal of American warmak- The correspondent also emphasizes the injustice of expecting Americans to ob- very case the rules of eivilized warfare while fighting such & W The writer praised the 4TS.| nees, combined with moderation, of mak- ’ bor in m&nunet of vancement , and are as naturul and h.lnmu as Dhgmm 5 Rl il o o urall; E hnfluflnh d. one is unnuulg complement of the othe) . wth of labor ornmntlonl has comparatively rapid, and, like all mh has becn ‘accompanied by travail 1% t is not uurprl-in that s lnuwt remarkable if ft great movements in lety com- ferce are attended by successes and Tan- Ures, bV victories nd defeats, in the complishment o cess of \rpos suc- T §rea? underiaking '”.f pend upon courageous uderl m; tant and Delicate Respon "fl.-.z!".".' e 1ty togregent the various lsbor m‘! with important tes, and It is es- flllt lhey l iould be men of good f forceful character and worthy af should be men know- ing the %u of .{or :nd 'lllln. lnd :bl- l‘&-fi- lkewine Kiow rum;;ifi-ud ing surrendered insurgent officers govern- ors of provinces. CONFESSES CRIME OF MURDER Lanece Corporal English Army Says that He Killed Stranger in Kansas Oity. ° COLCHESTER, England, Sept. 1.—At the | police court here today Lance Corporal Lloyd of the Bedfordshire regiment, who had surrendered to the authorities, charg- ing himself with the murder of an un known man in Kansas Oity, Mo, in January last,was remanded for a week after formal evidence had been given. Liloyd, who claims to be an American citizen, In his confession to the police sald his real name was Willlam G. B. C. Toll of 212 Bast Twentye-seventh street, Kaneas City, and that he was married and that he had formerly served in the United States army, from which he had deserted. The prisoner further asserted that he did not know the name of the man he had killed. His object was robbery and he knocked the man on the head with & coupling pin. e and —_— SUPREME ARBITRATION COURT labor, lt they would ac- OTgA th have done -Iluh cause of labor there T have been earnest ed n, ing full well t real n-ur. 'rhoy have u- "rlm ghout the co ntly dnvol« o the promot ve ounded plld ‘millions of doilars to They have increased org: is to secure the ltlon nl lll rllhll racific means. War is |dn- ware are no exception flud'l'd labo; lbe.d lslu:’ndme 1”‘3 r the mi lerstand- labor and eapital can be min- I.m and disorder largely that stable conditions may be TThe strike snould be the lasy resorted to only when other securing wr redress have Indnd the (llndlm-nlu pon which organized labor 'PRESIDENT MITCHELL SPEAKS Assemble Thousands Henr Miners' Leaders. at Organized Workm Philad - to PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.—The organ- fxed workmen of Philadelphla today paid their tribute to John Mitchell, president of the ‘United Mine Workers of America, m,n the same time showed thelr sym- pathy In & eubstantial way for the strik- ing anthracite mine workers of Peunsyl- ‘The presence of the miners' chief was the occasion of probably the greatest dem- «dn the foremoon a parade was held under the auspices of the Central Labor union, in which nearly all the trades of the oity were represented. It s estimated that more than 10,000 men were in line. President Mitchell rode at )m @2 of the procession, and bis recep- | «" tion slong the route of the parade was To Be Demanded in Prineipal Resolu. Lo LONDON, Sept. 1.—The thirty-fifth trades union congress commenced A week's ses. sion in London today. Upward of 500 del gates representing 1,260,000 work present, including many women delegates. The United States was represented by Harry Blackmor and Patrick Dolan. One of the principal resolutions which will be submitted demands legislation creating a : supreme court of arbitration, with compul- sory power to setfle disputes between em- ployer and employes. FLORENCE NOW SEES PEACE Indications Al that the Italian Workmen's Strike Will Be Settled Soon. Ttaly, Sept. 1.—The indica- tions tonight are that the gemeral strike which has been In progress since last Fri- day will end shortly. A couference was held between the workers and the man- agers of the Pignone Iron works, where the strike originated. It brought no re- sult and the employes of the Pignone works declare they intend to remain out, but urge all other strikers to return to their work. Florence is quiet and there is no disorder. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN GALE Elghteen Vessels, Twe Tugs and = CAPETOWN, Sept. 1L.—Bighteen vessels, wostly salling craft, have been driven ashore in & gale at Port Elizabeth. Five of them were dashed to pleces and all the members of their crews were lost. ‘Two tugs are also reported to have foun- Aered and & score of lighters are ashore. It is feared that there has been great loss of lite. Earthquake Claims Vietims. ROME, Sept. 1.—Several shocks of earth: quake were experienced this morning at Gubble, 1n the province of Perugia. A num- ber of houses were destroyed, threc per- ons were killed and many were injured. it is not to be wondered at ihai | Publio and Prinu Interests Suspend Busi- ness in General Recognition, BIG PARADE OF ALL THE UNION MEN G. J. Kleffner mnd Others Speak the Big Plenie Given During the Afternoon at Comrt- Iand Beach. nt Omaha greeted Labor day with a warm Ame this year and*accorded it a gen- goition. Publie and private busi- nfh"‘ uses joined in the observance and while no formal demonstrations by the city were arranged, it was evident on all sides at early hour y¢ rday morning that this was the day set apart for the celebration of labor's cause and rank in the great procession of national progress. Laboring men generally are idle tcday and are doing their utmost to make the festivities and demonstrations successes. The unions interested in the Union Pa- cific strike, with a large number of their friends, were celebrating Labor day at Courtland beach, while a number of the unions were at Council Bluffs, joining the Central Labor organization of that city in & demonstration, and one or two unions sent representatives to Nebraska City, where a large demonstration was in prog- ress. Five Hundred in Line. The local parade of the unions formed at Labor temple at 9:30 o’clock in the morning. Headed by a band, about 500 representatives of organized labor marched through the streets from Fifteenth and Dodge to Har- noy street and then took cars to the beach. ‘The first union in the line of march was the machinists. These mén carried the banners which were first displayed in the parade they held weeks ago as a demon- stration against the Union Pacif action in introducing the plecework system. Fol- lowing them were the members of the Blacksmiths' union, the Boiler Makers' union, the Moulders’' union, the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' unfon and the Carpenters’ union. The rear was composed of members of unions which had no organ- ization In the parade. Although the parade of the unlon workers of the city was small, as several unions had representatives at South Omaha, Coun- cil Bluffs and Nebraska City, the attendance at Courtland beach in the afternoon wa: large, about 4,000 people being present. The committee which had made arrangements for a program of games of strength and skill at the last moment declared all con- tests oft and the speeches were the only addition to the regular program of the resort. The crowd began to arrive by 11 o'clock, at which time the marchers reached the grounds. A large number brought baskets and ate dinner under the trees, while others patronized the cafe and restaurants. An- arrangement had been made with the man- ager of the resort whereby ofe-half of the gate receipts were turned over to the Labor day committee of the Central Labor union and by them will be placed at the disposal of the strike committes of ll; -llul at |losgerheads with :the Unign Pacitie Kleffuner Speaks First. It was 3 o'clock before the speakers be- gan to talk. The first was George J. Klefl- ner, who had been appointed chairman of the meeting. Mr. Kleftner opened his re- marks with a short history of Labor day and then spoke of strikes. According to the speaker 50 per cent of the strikes in- sugurated in the United States had been won, 15 per cent had been compromised, | strikes involving the greater mumber of | men. He then spoke of the effect of the patent law upon monopolies and offered | for consideration the English law upon | the subject of patents, which, after the death of the patentee, revokes the patent if it can be shown that its continuance results in a monopoly of any line of busi- nees. The chief theme of his address was direct leglelation and he sald, in part: “Direct legislation is the starting point for all legislation which had for its pur- pose the uplifting of the conditfon of the people generally and of the laboring man in particular. When a voter delegates his politica) power he loses ‘We have had an illustration of that in this state. Two years ago & man was a candidate for United States senator. The issue was well- defined and the people endorsed his candi- auy He was successtul with the people. He was known as the champlon of the policy of government ownership of the telegraph systems of the country and of the estab- lishment of postal savings banks. He was defeated after winning the battle before the people; defeated by delegated power. At the present time we have the question in another form. At the next legislature there will be amendments offered to the Omaha clty charter. For myself I will vote for no candidate who does not first pledge himselt for home rule for Omaha. Under the pres- ent condition it would be folly for ihe la-, boring men of the city to put a ticket in the fleld. If they were to elect every city officer they would find these men so cur- talled of power that mo honest msn could run the eity properly. “Now is the time to huve the lnitiative and referendum system of city government adopted. A committes of fifteen wen should be authorized to draft a charter for the city and that charter should be submitted to the people of the city for adoption. This charter should provide for referring ques- tions of great importance to the people, The question of Internal improvements s one of these. Today we have fmprovement districts for sewer and paving. It should be arranged so that the people of theso dls- tricts could vote on the im) tion of thelr introduction. The plan could be based upon that new in force fn Switzer- land, where 1t has been shown to e effect- ive and satistactory. Every man should ask himself why he has the ballpt and ‘he answer to this question should ba mado be- fore he votes at the uext election. 1 do not belleve in depriving and man of his wealth, but I do believe in tal trom him the power to create monopol; Address by Rev. J Rev. John Willlams of St. Barnabas church also delivered an address. He said in part: “Were 1 to be addressing Mr. Rurt and other representatives of capital ! would tell them what I think they should be told, bug they are not bere and I desire to speak to you, mot to them. It fs no use to rail at men who we thiuk are dolag wrong when those men are not present. If working- men were honest, intelligent aud unselfish they could control every phaze of soclet There are lots of nen who would be pres. ent at union mestings if they could save 10 cents by it, who are mot there now. I know this, for I was -a member of the Knights of Labor. When men had & griev- (cuulul on loeol‘ Pun.) while 35 per cent had been lost, the lost | 1t Shows Present Comditions and Fu- ture Prespects of Farmers in Five States. CHICAGO, Sept. 1.~ Corn Belt, fs- sued by the Chicago, Surlington & Quincy rallroad, says in its issue today: The reports received about the cohdi- tion of growing crops in. Nel , lowa, northern Kansas, northerm Miseoirl and northeastern Colorado covers a fleld up to nearly the end of August. All small grains are cut and in the stack and threshing has reasonably progressed. Am immense crop of corn {s maturing im the fields and so far advanced that it 18, 88 & rule, practi- cally “made” and past from any usual source. 2 Nebraska—Corn: All reports of the con- dition of this crop run from fair to excel- lent. Only six reports say damage by wet. Winter wheat: Two-thirds of all the re- ports received say the quality is falr to excellent. Conservatively estimated, the yield of southern Nebraska issthirty bush- els to the mcre average. Oats: Damaged by wet is the statement the majority of reports received, only ut one-third of the whole number r-pdg::‘: damage in quality from water. wheat: About two-thirds of all reports received place the quality at poor to fair; the re- mainder say good. Rye: Nearly all re- ports say fair to good. Towa—Corn: Out of eighty-four reports received twenty-nine say the crop is ex- cellent, fifty-three good, two fair and nome call it poor. Ne estimates of prob- able yleld are under thirty-five bushels, the majority estimating forty-five to sixty- five bushels. Winter wheat: Forty-eight reports say the quality is falr to good. There fs no complaint of damage by wet. Oats: The majority of the reports say damage by wet has been considepable. Northern Missouri—Corn: ports the prospects excellent, except in the case of low ground, where the corn was in many cases over- flowed and “drowned out’ by the recent heavy rains. Some estimates of yleld run up to 100 bushels the acre, the majority running from forty-five to sixty-five. Win- ter wheat: Twenty reports way fair, fif- teen good and tem poor. COLLIERIES IN OPERATION Fifteen Thousand Tons Mined Daily in the Lackawanna Dis- trict. s ‘dpening e today SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 1.~ of the Bliss colllery at Nan makes five collleries and five that the Delaware, Laskawanna & ern com- pany has in operation. The Delaware & Hudson company is operating ene colliery ana taree wasneries; the- company three washerios, panies and individuals washeries in operation. The of coal from the Lacka cording to a rough tendent Bryden of the O coal department is 15, Richard Willlamson, & at Richmond No. 3 & Western company, .fl ~given & brutal on the toadside for dead,” The guard at the Pamcost compsay ho\:u in Thropp, was fired upon iate last might from the opposite side 6! the river. BUTCHERS AND PACKERS MEET Strike of the Former Will Not Be Ordered, for the Present at Least. CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—The possibility of an immediate strike among the butchers at the stockyards has been averted by agreement between the heads of the pack- ing houses and thelr men. The details of the settlement were not given out, as it was sald the matter had not been entirely adjusted. On Saturday night the men were in- tormed that the packers were taking large numbers of cots into thelr buildings and strike talk became general. Officers of the unions waited on the managers of the firms, and it is said neither side desired a strike and efforts were being made to bring about a settlement within a few days. CARPENTERS TO DEMAND MORE Those of St. Louis Warn Contractors of Increased Scale to Be Asked Next April. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1.—Carpenters’ local union No. 73, one of the largest labor unions in St. Louls, voted today to demand an in- | crease of pay from 45 to 55 cents an hour, commencing April 1, 1903. The proposition to demand the increase was carried by a wvote of 333 to 1. Other unions are ex- pected to follow with similar action, set- ting the same date for the new wage scale to take effect. The purpose of the carpenters in glving seven months' motice to their employers i they say, to give contractors on World' Fair bulldings and other work an oppor- tunity to figure their estimates on the basis of the new scale and avold a strike, if pos- sible. DENVER SOCIETY TUMBLES Gr d Gives Way with Crowd Gathered to Witness Broncho Busting Contest, DENVER, Sept. 1.—By the collapse of a temporary stand at the horse show here this afternoon 200 persons, prominent Den- ver soclety people ocqupylng boxes, were precipitated a distance of five feet. Three were seriously hurt and many were slightly injured. The serfously hurt: C. B. Whittaker, leg broken. Mre. H. O. Woodward, badly bruised. Mrs. Edward Woodward, brulsed. Ten thousand persons crowded the to view the brencho busting conte: stand suddenly gave way in two place: ueither case was there any fatality. FATAL WRECK ON ROCK ISLAND Five Men Reported Killed in Ontas- trophe Near Raudolph, Mo., Last Night. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 1.—Five men are reported killed tonight in a freight wreck on the Rock Island rallway at Randolph, Mo., a station ten miles east of here. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept 1 Mam Troutman of Snyderville, Utah, who was recently = discharged from the insane asylum, brained his two daughters today, fatally wounded his wite, attempted 10 murder the remainder of his family and then killed | ple: m the !In private life he who assert [<'N0M|NEES OF _ PROPAGANDA(LABR DAY WELL OBSERVED|CORN. BELT CROP REPORT FIRN (N NONROE DOCTRINE President Roa-nlt Makes Further Decla- ration st Preotor. HE IS GUEST OF DWIGHT MOODY'S SON Wil Visit the Great Evangel Grave at East Northfieid Today— Pays Laboring Men Many EAST NOTHFIELD, Mass., Sept. President Roosevelt concluded his through Vermont today at Brattleboro and is spending the night at East Northfield. The reception at Brattleboro was among the prettiest, best conducted and most en- thusiastic of his tour of New England. Upon arriving at the station he ‘was met by a company of Infantry, headed by a band, and escorted to the common, where he delivered a brief address, and spoke of Abraham Lincola in the civil wi the venerable ex-Governor Holbrook, who, was on the platform, and who accompa- nied the president a short distance through the state, as being one of the few men who had received the distinction of being a war governor. The president’s stay at Brattle- boro was a continuous ovation. From the balcony of the leading hotel men, women and children showered loose flowers and bouquets on him. Arriving at the com- mon, where he delivered his address, the pavilion steps were strewn with flowers by little girls. Laborers Greet a Friend. Labor day was generally celebrated throughout the state, and wherever . the train stopped holiday crowds were out to extend the president a welcome. The heat was excessive, but the president seemed to suffer but little from its effects. His remarks on the subject of labor were con- fined mostly to a tribute to the people of Vermont, and expressed his pleasure at being greeted by organized labor, ‘“be- cause the typical American is the man who works.” The president began the day’s journey at Burlington. After a drive about the city, the presidential train started west- ward, a stop belng made at Vergennes Brandeburg, Proctor, Rutland, Ludlow, Bel- lows Falls, Chester and Brattleboro, and his Vermont trip was ended. Is Moody's Guest. He crossed into Massachusetts in the early evening and went to Northfield to remain tonight the guest of Willlam R. Moody, the son of the noted evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, at the Northfield hotel. The president will go to Round Top in the morning to visit Mr. Moady's gra president spoke at every stop today, but most of e addresses were brief. That of greatest import was dellverad at Proctor, the home of Benator Proctor, defined h! The most unique speech of the day was “IC delivered tonight in the large North- .nlltorln‘. ‘which was filled with peo- o' gallery were the Mount s the man of the hour . | tees o! the uhool and many persoms promai- nent in private Mfe. Must Be Doers of the Word. The president sald: Here, near the séat of the summer school tor for Joung men founded by Dwight L I naturally speak on a subject sug- ge.tad to me by the life of Mr. Moody and ¥, the alins sought for through the estab- h In such Shool, & AChoot Which 1a 16 equip young men to do good in 't the desire for the rule of righteousness and the practieal power to give actual effect to that desire, it seems to me there are two texts speclally worthy of emphasis. One is "'Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only,” “and the: other, “Not slothful. in busihess, fervent tn ‘spirit, serving the A Tepublic of free men is pre-eminently a community in which there is need for the actual exercise and Jragtical applisation of both the milder and the stronger virtues. Every good quality, every virtue and every grace has its place, and Is of use in the tion, but it is a mere pre-eminent need for t of virtues. But virtue itself rong or nothin must be added to it t use that . The good man who je inefteotive is not able to make his goodness of much account to the people as a whole. No matter how much a man hears the word, small is the credit attached to him if he fails to be a doer also. In serving the Lord he must rem!mber to avold sloth in his busines, cultivate fervency of spirit. At the close of his address the president ‘was presented with a large bouquet by the local Grand Army post. The presi- dential party was then escorted to the Hotel Northfield, where they are to pass the night, As to the Monroe Doctrime. In his speech at Proctor, after thanking the people for their greeting, the president said: We belleve in the Monroe doctrine, not as a means of aggression at all. It does not mean that we are aggressive toward any power. It means merely that as the biggest power on this continent we remain steadfastly true to the prineiples first formulated under the presidency of Monroe, through John Quincy Adams—the principle that l continent must not be treated as a t for political colonization by any $avoresn As 1 that fs not doctri peace, & doctrine of defen: doctrine to secure the chance on this continent for the United States here to develop peace- ably along their own lines. Now, we have formulated that doctrine. 1f our'formulation consists simply of state- ments on the stump or on paper they are not worth the breath that utiers them or the paper on which they are written. Re- member th: the Monroe doctrine will be respected as long as we have a first-class, efficlent navy and not very much longer. something, ays what he 18 going to do, and does not ok it up. Is always & contémptibie creat- ure, and as & nation the last thing we can afford to do is to take a position which we do not intend to try to make good. Bragging and bossting In private lite are almost the only signs of a weak man and the nation that is strong does not need to have its public men boast or brag of it Least of all, does a strong nation wish its public representatives threaten or menace or insult other power. Our attitude toward other powers must be that of digni- fied courtesy. as we intend that they shall show us in return. We must be willing to give the friendly regard that we exact | from them. We must no more wrong them than we must submit to wrong dolng by them, but when we take a position let us remember that our holding it depends upon ourselves, depends upon our showing that we have the ability to hold it After speaking of the part Vermont has played in the country's history, through Admirals Dewey and Clark, the president continued: Shame to us If we assert the Monroe doctrine and if our assertion shall be called in question. show that we have only made ' Ydie boast that we are not prepared o back up our words by deeds. President Enters Dental. EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass., Sept. 1.— The attention of the president has be called to the published statement that At- torney General Knox's name was being considered with & view of appoluting him (Colmuoi oa Bocnu Page.) 1—- tour He feelingly referred to Tha | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nobraska — Falr Tuesd: Warmer in Bastern Portion; ‘Wednesday Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdny: Honr. Houar. Dex. 5 a cracAsBE~ TRAIN ROBBER GIVES Holds Up Messenger His Idemntity parting. and Reveals n De- NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 1.—Early to- night, between this city and Franklfn, Tenn., eighteen miles south of here, the | local safe and express car of the Louisville & Nashville through traln, northbound, was rified of its contents by two masked men, while Messenger A. B. Battle, cov- ered by a revolver, stood in the corner of the car with his hands above his head. The robbery occurred just after dark and, ac- cording to his own announcement, one of the principals was Gus Hyatt, who made a sensational escape from the Tennessee penitentiary here on August 4 last. Ex- press officials estimate the loss N about 3600, it being in packages taken in since leaving Montgomery, Ala. The two big through sates were not molested. The men forced the messenger to ring the train to a stop just before it was en tering the South Nashville yards and quietly took their departure. The robber | who did the talking was about five feet ten inches tall and welghed perhaps 190 pounds. When ordering Messenger Battle to pull the bell cord the last time he sai “Tell them you saw Gus Hyatt.” BALLOONISTS HAVE HARD TIME Caught Mountain Storm Are Severely Frost- tten. DENVER, Sept. 1.—After a lapse of muro; than twenty-four hours, during which no word was recelved from the three aero- nauts who left Denver yesterday to try for A transcontinental balloon voyage, a tele- gram came tonight announcing that the airship had been wrecked In a storm twenty-seven miles north of Florence, Colo. Although severely bruised and some- | what frostbitten, the occupants were not serlously hurt. The storm first struck the balloon at 9:30 last night, and between that hour and daylight the experience of the aeronauts was terribie in the extreme. Three tijes the balloon was carried over Pike's peak, and the last time it was necessary to throw out all the water, provisions and the rocky At daylight a landing was made and tonight the men win and Percy Hudson, both experienced * | enormous fall of ash PELEE AGAIN ACTIVE This Time Olnhn' Twe Hundred Who Esoaped the Fermer Ustastrephe. MORNE ROUGE ENTIRELY DESTROYED Le Oarbet, Which Buffered the First Time, Again Devastated. THIS TIME SWEPT BY GREAT TIDAL WAVE People Have No Ohance to Escape from the Onrushing Waters. ERUPTION OCCURS SATURDAY NIGHT s Which Attempts to Enter Port nm Northerm Part of the Island is Detained by the Obseurity. CASTRIES, Island of St. W. I, Sept. 1-—The British Korono arrived here yesterday evening from Fort de France, Island of Matinig It reports that a terrible eruption of Mount Pelee occurred at 9 o'clock Satur- day night and that people who arrived at Fort de France from the northern end of the island reported that the village of Morne Rouge, near the district previously devastated, had been entirely destroyed and that Le Carbet; a village on the coast, which was destroyed at the time of the great eruption, had been swept by a tidal wave, About 200 persons lost their MNves. A sloop from the Island of St. Vincent, which reached here this morning, reports that Mount Pelee’s crater is quiet, but that the detonations during Saturday night were the loudest heard up to that time and that the inhabitants were terribly alarme: BASSE TERRE, Island of Guadeloupe, French, West Indles, Sunday, Aug. 31.—-The Lucla, Salvador, which has just irrived at Polnt-a- Petrie, reports that it left Fort de France, Island of Martinique, yesterday afternoon and passed Mount Pelee at 7 o'clock the same evening. The volcano was th violent eruption. On approaching -the islands of Les Saintes (small {slands off the south extremity of Guadeloupe) ashes were talling on the vessel. It arrived st Point-a-Petrle at 5 o'clock, but was unable to enter that port until 11 o'clock at night, owing to the obscurity. mblings and Eruptio; CASTHIES, Island of St. Lucla, B. W, Sept. L Mount Po'se has Boex in consta eruption since August 25. There was from the voleano the night of the 25th. There was & very severe eruption the night of the 28th, when the volcanic rumblings were heard at a great distance. The mountain burned flercely that night and passing vessels were covered with adhes. The night of the ‘were three separate eruptis belloonists, and O, L. Sherman, a Post ! m ER KILLS SON Jumes o -Iclllll Murders + and Wounds for Love of His Housekeeper. MUSKOGER, Mich, Sept. 1.—David James, & Holton township farmer, is locked up at the Jall here, his son, John James, lies dead, & vietim of the father's jealousy and a nelghboring farmer named Henderson is suffering from a bullet wound in the hip, inflicted by the elder James. David P. James is 76 year old and his anger was aroused by the fear that the son was allenating the affection of his house- keeper, Lucy Lewls, whom he claimed as his wife. The body of the younger James was found at the roadside, pierced by five | bullets, one of which had lodged in his head. Before fleeing to the woods James visited Henderson, with whom the son had been living, and shot him in the hip. He also tried to see the Lewis, woman fired two shots at her father for refusing to allow him to see her. At the jall he broke down and confessed. PASTOR FOR AN OMAHA CHURCH Dr. Howe of Springfield, I Assigned to First M. E. of This Olty, SPRINGFIELD, 1IL, Sept. 1.—(Spectal Telegram.)—Dr. D. F. Howe, pastor of the First Methodist Eplecopal church in this clty for five years, surprised his congrega- tion yesterday by anmouncing that he had been informed by Bishop Fowler of the North Nebraska conference of his transter to the First church of Omaha. As Dr. Howe had declined three invitations to that puplt, he was surprised himself. An in- vestigation will probably reveal the fact that Bishop Fowler acted on the theory that Dr. Howe had accepted the call. The church will oppose the transfer vigorously. A committee was appointed to go to Chicago to ask Bishop Merzill, who s pre- siding bishop of this conference, to return Mr. Howe to this charge. DECIDES SHE WAS STRANGLED Coroner Renders Verdict of Murder in the Case of Miss Vogel of Texas. Rev. % BEAUMONT, Texas, Sept. 1.—Justice C. 8. Brown, acting coroner, today rendered a verdict of murder In the inquest over the body of Vogel, who was found dead in her room In a local hotel last Tuesday. The verdict declares -that the woman met her death by strangulation at the hands of parties unknown. The state's attorney bas in his possession ample evidence to dis- prove the theory of sulcid: Movements of Ocean Vessels Sept. 1. At New York—Arrived: Friesland, from | Antwerp: Mesaba, from London {* At Auckiand, N.' Z.—Arrived: Slerra, from San Francisco Honolulu and P Pago, for Sydney, N. 8. W At '_Browhead—Passed: New York, for Liverpool. At Lizard—Passed: Rofterdam, from New York, for Boulogne and Rotterdam At ' Glasgow—Arrived: | New York, for Movilie; New_York via Moville. for New York. At Liverpool—Arrived: Cymric, from New York via Queenstown; ‘Tunistan, from Montreal via Moville. At Hamburg—Arrived: Fuerst Blsmarck, from New York via Plymouth. At London—Arrived: = Minnetonka, from New Yorl At Gibraitar—8ailed: Aller, from Genoa and Naples, for New York. At Plymouth—8alled: Pennsylvania, from Hamburg and Boulogne. for New 7ork At Cherbourg—Arrived: Barbarossa, from New York, for Bremen; Kron Prinz Wil- helm, from New York ‘via Plymouth, for Bremen, and proceeded. Salled: Grosser Kurfuerst, from Bremen, for New York ‘Centon, from o Salled. fl-rmnlln terfor. Hot water is rain and Basse Pointe, villages to the no; east of the crater. Horrible anouunl were heard, the ground rocked and quaked and articles on tables were thrown to the floor. The governor of Martinique has or- dered every avallable boat to remove the people from the coast villages to Fort France. Fireworks on lime Scale. At 8 o'clock In the evening of Saturday the 30th, the sky was cloudless. Suddenly and without warning one half of the horizon wad obscured by a pitch black eloud of This cloud was the center of most magnificent electric effect, the flashes of light surpassing the most elaborate fire- works. Flames and flashes continued to burst, from the cloud until nearly m dnight. Columns of flame shot out of the crater of Mount Pelee to explode about the eloud in showers of balls of golden fire, which fell through the darkness in myriads of sparks. Three large aureol ere seen in the sky over the opening of the crater. A tidal wave rushed upon Fort de France and the terrified inhabitants fled in large numbers to the interior. The wave was not severe and did but slight damags. At midnight of the 30th Mount Peles was quiet; shortly after this hour there came another shower of ashes, accompanied by vivid sheet lightni In addition to the 300 persons reported to have lost their lves at LeCarbet and Morne Rouge, others are sald to have been killed all over the morthern districts of the island. The governor of Martinique e believed to have started for the sceme of destruction. When the steamer Morona rived here yesterday it was covered with ashes and scoria. ‘Where Jupan Suffered. YOKOHAMA, Sept. 1.—~The Japanese erui- ser Takachio has returned from its inspec- tion of thels land of Torishima, which was destroyed by a volcanie eruption between August 13 and 15. The captain of the war- ship reports that the eruption utterly de- vastated the island and that nobody om it was left alive. Over 150 persons were killed. Torishima lles between the Boain islands and the main island of Japan. FOR GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS Reason Seems to Have Wun He. the Democratic. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.s Sept. 1—Today's gubernatorial election was & quiet oms. Re- turns up to miduight from twenty-five of the seventy-five counties in the stal in- dicate that the victory of the democratic ticket 1s gomplete. Ouly ome county so far heard from is in doubt, Jefferson Davis, for governor, sweeping the other lour counties by & lary The republicans had two nomin ernor in the field—Greaves and Myers—and indications are that the former is leading his oppoment. Kimball, the prohibitiontst candidate, indorsed by the popullsts, re- celved & very light vote. The feature of the election is the ex- tremely light vote which has been polled throughout the st PARADE FLOAT IS BLOWN UP mbor Day Celebration at Vinceu: VINCENNES, Ind, Sept. ers' float in the big Labor day parade here today exploded on the march. A sperk fell into the keg of powder. The mine mill on the float was blown into the air and Ira Fidlow, John Scott snd Abuer List wese porbaps fatally hurt. -