Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 15, 1902, Page 2

by Jack McKenna na's own words, punches about according McKen and given a few husky the face and body o Ball Getn When the fight had reached its crisis Ball withdrew a few feet and commanded the crowd to stand back, saying, as he placed his hand to his hip pocket “Keep back, or I'll ehoot.” The ihjunction had some effect, for the assailants halted and gave Ball time to reach the company's gates, from which he ‘Wak accompanied back to the scene of the fight by a guard, who helped him carry Caldwell into the yards. The Injured man hed gome but a short distance inside when he became limp, and he died within twenty minutes. Caldwell never spoke, according to the statements made. Jack McKenoa, the man who admits be- ing an aggressor in the tragical affair, has | been confounded with Jack McKenna, the tormer Union Pacific machinist, who is now one of the strikers. The latter was not near the place where the murder occurred and had no part whatever in the affair The McKenna who takes upon himaelf the responsibility for striking Ball has an un- savory reputation about town and is sald by the police to have been am occupant of the city jail on many occasions. Were at the Theater, According to the statement of Ball, he and Caldwell had atlended a play at Boyd's theater during the eatly part of the night. After the play they walked north on Six- teenth street and took supper in a res- taurant with a couple of friends whom they met there. Ball denied that either he or Caldwell had been freely imbibing and de- clared that both were entirely free from the influence of liquor. Young Spellman and McKenna had been drinking somewhat in the McKenna saloon at Seventeenth and Nicholas streets and had shared their luxurfes with the older Spellman. One of the McKenna's, who own the saloon, stated that the men had been there during the early night. John Kerrigan, who is one of the number under arrest, had a pair of eteel knuckles upon his person when taken into the police station, but the police are satisfied that he did not use them in the fight, and further- more that he was not even present at the affair, despite the statement of Ball that he was positive he could identily Kerrigan as one of the three agressors. Ball was unacquainted with the men and this| is assigned for his mistake in fixing Ker- rigan in his mind one of the principals. Kerrl Not at Fight Kerrigan seems to have satified the po- lice that he had left the picket line shortly before the Aight occurred for his home to get | Lis overcoat and did fiot return until the af- falr was over. - He whs met at Bixteenth and Gags streets by McKenna and young Speliman, wito broke the news to him of the fatal encoutitet. The three men took a drink around, they sald, and returned to the yards. | Kerrigan 16 & meniber of the federated board ! of the strikers and his duties compelled | him, he says, to be on guard last night. According to the statement of Raymond | Chadwick, he, Michael Spellman and Ru-| dolph Lindberg had ‘been detalled by the; blackemiths' union as its representatives | on the pleket line for 8 y night The picket forces are made up from men out of the various unions In the strike. Vietim of the Tragedy. Earl Caldwell, the victim of the tragedy, 1ived in Chicago with bis mother, Mrs. Mag- gle Caldwell, at 436 Irving avenue. He car- ried an identification card in his pocket which revealed this information. Caldwell came to Omaha July ® to work for the Unlon Pacific, but on acvount of a lame foot returned home #nd did not come back to this city until September 5, when he resumed his work in the shops. The murdered man wah fine specimen of physical manhood, stand- over six feet in height and weighing upwards of 170 pounds. He was 25 years of Away. | bue we must insist on them until we get | separated, when Ball reached for his hip age. News of his untimely death was tele- graphed to his mother, and Coroner Brailey récelved a message last night from the be- reaved woman requesting that the body of her son be sent to her. A man representing himself as a brother of Caldwell, put in an appearance yester- day atternoon. He kald he had recelved a telegram In Chicago of his brother murder and took the first train for Omah He madé the statement to one of the strike leaders that “Earl got just what he deserved, as he never was any good." The man's story is discredited entirely and he I belleved to be a detective, trying to probe strikere. It would mot have been possible for him to have left Chicago and reached Omaha in the time he say the murder did mot occur until mearly 1 o'clock in the morning. Men in Se All the nine men under arrest may be admitted to bail after the post mortem ex- amination has been ld, but not before. The polite expect to land more suspects by that time. Chief of Police Donahue re- fuses to allow any atterney to consult with any of the prisoners until the post mortem has been hel The men are detalned in separate cells in the city jall. They were brought out one at & time yesterday to make their statements, which were made to the police and Edson Rich, attorney for the Union Pacific. Mr. Rich was the only outsider allowed to see or communicate with the prisoners or Ball, the Injured man, This tragedy forms an epoch in the his- tory of the Union Pacific strike. Tt has al- ready had a temporary effect at least upon the struggle between the company and its former employes, and It may extend even further. Chief Donahue yesterday issued orders prohibiting all strikers from con- eregating at or wr;e yards, in any ca- ate Celln. pacity whatever, specified that the plcked lines, should be. removed. Fourteen patrolmen Were detafled for duty at the yards. The pickets were summarily re- moved yestefiay aftémnoon, but they dis- pute the right of the dhlef to take this step, and will endeavor to Regain their positions through legal process. Vice President Conlon Talks. “We deny the right of Chiet Donahue to remove our pi ke & from the r2ilr ad yards," sald Piret Vice President P. J. Conlon of the International Assoclation of Machinis yesterday. ‘“That is usurping the preroga tive of @ court and we contend that it transgressed the power of the chief of poli Wp will seek redress for th wrong. The action of the chlef amounts to mothing more than an injunction and only a judge can issve injunctior “In the first place Chiel Donabue had no ceuse for taking such action agalnst the pickets even if he did have the right, for the strikers are not gullty of this crime d should not be made to bear the con- sequences, directly or indirectly “The ¢rime of Sunday morning is to be deplored and no set of individuals regret it any more than we do. We have from the firs{_enjolned our men to be moderate and cautious in their comversation and conduet all times and never to engage in violence of any kind. The great majority of the strikers have observed our warnings, but of course, there are a few hot heads who are unable to govern their passions. This is not surprising. It 1s the case among men the machinists, took the same Yiew of the case as did Conlon, adding: '‘We will en- deavor to preserve our rights by having this order for the removal of pickets an- nulled. Such an order as that can be issued only through injunction proceedings and there have been no such proceeding as yet. We are out for nothing but our righ them and we belleve that the chief will be among the first to make these conces- elons.” President John MoNejl of the boiler makers' national organigation, who is In the city, spoke with great feeling of the sad occurrence of Sunday morning. “1 can’t belleve that any striker had a hand in the murder,’” said Mr. McNell, “but At any fate we beg the public to withhold any decision or verdict in the matter until all the facts are fully known. We have been determined that this fight should be conducted along humane and civil Iines and without violence and we don't want to be charged with this erime. There was but one of our men among the number arrested and he, George L. Perkins, was an apprentice. We will look after his case and ascertain whether he Is gulity of any part in the crime. We are confillent he is not and feel bappy that he thus far has not been ac- cused. He will doubtiess be held merely as a witness. Will Protect No Guilty Man. “But in order to give him and us every chance we have employed Ed. P. Smith as attorney. If it should be found that any of our men were gullty of this crime in any way we would not defend him or offer any encouragement. We are not organized to promote lawlessness or foster crime and will not condone evil In any form by protecting violators of the law. We are peaceable, law- ablding citizens and abhor those who are not. We ask the public not to hastily form the épinion that, because this murder oc- curred at this time it is traceable and chargeable to the strikers, but if it should be shown B®:r that some strikers are im- plicated, even then we would insist on the public belleving that we do not sympathize with the criminals, but on the other hand we would do everything in our power to bring him to justice, the same as any other cutlaw.” Raymond Chadwick's Story. This statement was made to Chief of Police Donahue and Captain Haze by Ray- mond Obadwick: “Lieutenant Mike Spellman, Rudolph Lindberg and myselt were detafled to go on plcket duty at the Union Pacific shops by the chairman of the blacksmiths' union, to g0 to work during Saturday night. We went about 10 p. m. to the Davenport street gate, romained there about half an hour, then went to Cass stréet gate and remained there until mbout 12:30 a. m. We saw men coming from up town. We met them at the southeast corner of Twelfth and Cass. Earl Caldwell spoke up and sald, ‘Here, boys, 1| don't want any trouble. We have been in here four daye. We came from Chicago and we are golng to quit tomorrow.' “Then one of our party spoke; do not know which ope. He sald, ‘Have you no other place to sleep except in the shops?' Caldwell sald no. John Spellman struck dweil in the face with his flat, which knocked him down. T am quite sure that Spellman had nothing in his hand. Spell- man followed Rarl up. Others fought in the gutter. My attention wae then drawn to Jack McKenna wrestling with Mordica W. Ball. They were both on the ground for about a minute, when both got up and pocket. Ball made some remark which I did not understand and ran toward the Cass street gate. The struggle was between Caldwell and Spellman when I saw Mr. Ball running toward the gate. I make this statement of my own free will, without tear, favor or promises.” Young Spellman’s Statement. To the same officers John Spellman; made this statement: “1 met Jack McKenna at Fifteenth and | Nicholas streets, Was around town and | about 10:30 o'clock went to the| Cass street gates and met Ray-| mond - Chadwick, Rudolph Lindberg and my father, Mike Speliman, and | another man I did mot know. Remained there some time and then went to Twelfth | and Cass streets and stood on the south- east corner for about ten minutes. Saw two men coming from up town. They were | engaged in conversation with wy father, Jack McKenna, Raymond Chadwick and Rudolph Lindberg and another man. I was about fifteen or twenty feet away and did not hear what was sald. One of the two men said he was a blacksmith helper. I then went over and struck ome of the two men with my fist and he fell in the gutter. I struck at him twice after he tell, but I missed him. I then walked across the street alone. Before I left the man I knocked down got up and ran toward the shops. I did not see anyone strike or touch the man in my presence Young Spellman made a similar state- meut to Edson Rich, atorney for the Unlon Pacific, ta which he repeated that no one else struck Caldwell in his presence. He tells the rallroad attorney that he followed up his first blow with two others while his young victim was in the gutter and unable to rise and defend himself. ucts Examination, Mr. Rich subjected each of the nine pris. oners and Mr. Ball, the companion of Cald- well, to examinations aud has stenographic reports of the statements. This is & copy of the statement made by Ball, who sald that he had been living for the past two years in Denver, but was now employed a8 boller maker helper In the Omaha shops: Mr. Rich—You went up town sometime evening with Mr. Caldwell? Mr. Ball—Yes, sir. “At what hour “Near 7 o'clock as well as I remember.” “I was taking supper, spent the evening up town and went in the barber shop, got shaved and went up to Boygd's theater; spent the evening, came down on the street toward the shops and met a couple of friends t! Talked a few minutes. They went home we came on down and stopped at Mulle theater probably ten or fifteen minutes, just while we smoked a little there; came out and went into a restaurant and got luneh stald there probably fifteen minutes. Walked lowly on down towards the shops until w turned the corner and saw this gang stas ing out in the stréet.” Vhere did you meet this crowd?” “It was Twelfth, right at the opposite cor- ner—southeast corner.” “Whea you went up to them, hdw many were there?’ There were six.” ‘Did you know any of them?®" , sir; 1 did ot kmow any of them at t was said?” “They were standing out in the middle of the street, you know, and we were coming down the sidewalls T Saw us coming about the time got opposite the saloon. They walked up and blocks the sidewalk. We walks to them and stops—had to stép —and they says, ‘Where are you going bo| We says ‘We are going down to the shops. of all classes." Third Vige President George Mulberry of Tonight Just before retiring, if your lver is e s s Hood’s Pills And you'll be all right i the morning: . They all seemed to be excited then and this young fellow Caldwell says, ‘We do noj want any trouble. I just came in here last week frofa Chicago—as soon 1 get a little money | am golug back.’ He had not more than got the words out of his mouth when this young fellow hit him a biff and seat bim over.” Comtradicts S an. “Did any one of them or the man you had the fight with, say to Caldwell, ‘Havea't you THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, EPTEMBER have a nice room and If you will come down you can stay with me.' Was that statement made ?" "“No, sir, no such statements 85 that was made.” “Where was this young fellow that struck Caldwell standing during the conversatica?” “He was standing just behind a little low heavy set man, aod just as Caldwell says, ‘We are going back as soon as we get a little money,' why, this fellow just came over that way(Indicating o the blow was dealt) and struck him.' “Did it knock him down?" ““Yes, sir, It knocked him clear over and he 1t on his head and shoulders in th gutter. It is a pretty steep bank there.” “Then did the young fellow that struck him go after him?" “There was two of them jumped on him, this tall man with the club and the fellow that struck him went right over on top of him, a tall fellow, taller than the rest of them and he had a club in his hand, and he and the fellow that did strike Caldwell then jumped onto him." ““Then in the meantime what did you do?" “1 run backwards just as quick as he struck him, dver the little bridge that is across the gutter there and the boy was hollering so. I made a dash to get him to get up. Just as I started to get to him to get him up, these four fellows jumped for me. This fellow commenced pounding me in the face.” “This little fellow that done the talk- in Yes, air." “Would you kfow him it you saw him “Yes, sir.” “Did you finally get away from him?" ““Yes, these other fellows rushed onto me, one fellow with knuckles hit me there. Run- ning backwards fighting as best I could, this fellow with knuckles hit me there (pointing to his head), I stumbled and fell backwards and three of them fell on top of me. They fell to one elde and I jumped out from under them." “When you got up from them that time, where was Caldwell?” ““He wat down in the ditch. These others were stlll beating him." “Two fellows were still on him?"” Some Oaths. “Yes, sir, 1 made a feint as though 1 had a revolver and says, You — — —, T will shoot you. They jumped off of him and quit following me. The other two jumped oft Caldwell, too.” “Which way did they go?" “They ran straight up the street and he jumped up and ran toward the shop. 1 had to back oft and saw the hat laying there and put It under my arm and backed off, and after I got past the building a little ways, they commenced hurling rocks at me and 1 had to dodge them until T got to the tracks, then I broke and ran to the gate.” “Could you identify the tall men with the club if you should see him?" “I would mot say I could, because it was all done so quick that I do mot remember 1 could do that." “When you firec met them and were talk- Ing to them, where did this tall man with the club stand?” “He 8tood behind me."” “Could you describe his he had a beard or not?" “He had a soft felt hat, creased.” “Describe the man." “He bad an awful prominent nose, high cheekbones and thin face kind of sloped to a point, his chin.” Pospisil was then called jn and Ball identified him beyond any question as the “tall man" who figured in the assault of Caldwell all has & hat in his possession which he claims fell off old man Spellman’s head when he was assaulting Caldwell. Poapinil Denles He Was There, Charles Pospisil made a long statement in which he declared that he was not at the Cass street gate or near it when the tragedy occurred and said that the first he knew of it was when some of the pickets told him. He told of baving drank with Johnny Spellman and McKenna and said that he was working under the directions of Mike Spellman, although not stationed at the Ci street gate. He sald he could not remember where he was when the fight occurred. John Kerrigan unbosoms himself of lengthy narrative in which he emphasizes the fact that he was not present to witness the hostilitles and that the first he knew of them was when he was given the fin- formation at Sixteenth and Cass streets by John Spellman and McKenn: He sald he had been at home after his overcoat. hat or whether “SASSED BY THE CORPSE. A Tale Sald to Have Sprung from the Wilds of Pennsylvania. That ministers of the gospel exchange stories among themselves that they would not tell thelr flock is well known. Not that they would be ashamed or backward to do 80, but occasion is lacking. Here is a yarn brought by one, gathered in his summer vacation, and printed by the Brooklyn It so happened that a good brother of the rural countles in Pennsylvania passed to his reward and all the community ecrowded to the church funeral to hear his virtues extolled. The only eulogising the departed entering into and discussing many detalls of his private and public life. There was a rustle and hum of approbation in the congregation when the pastor concluded h's extended remarks and took up the hymn book preliminary to starting off the choir in appropriate seng. At happened that in the gathering there ‘was an occaslonal attendant at the chureh who bhad spiritual gift In fact, he pros fessed among his acquaintances to be able to communicate with departed spirits. This individual, to the surprise of all present, as he had seemed to be doxing, arose in his place well up in front and in & confident voice remarked: I wish to state that I have just had & communication from our dear brother.’ Evetybody turned to hear what was to come next. “And I desire also to state,”" centinued the speaker, ‘‘that he has been cognizant of that has been sald ¢ about him. He tells me that a good wany things have been eald concerning his life here below that are not so." The speaker sat down and every eye in the congregation was turned toward the minl That worthy seemed imperturba- ble. He gathered up the hymn book again, however, and showed some Internal disturb- e by putting it down again without giv- Ing out the hymn. Finally he said: “Brethren and sisters, at first | thought it best to say nothing at this peint. How- ever, it Is due to you that I should justify myself. 1 shall take back nothing I have neither shall I question the truth of the curious communication just stated to you. But | must say that o all my twenty-five years' presiding at funerals in this community this is the first time that I have ever been sassed by the corpse. We will now sing bymn , and afterward the friends will e & chance to view the re- mal ——— Tommy Ryan to Meet Kid Carter. BUFFALO, Sept. W.—Tomorrow in the arena of the International Athletic club at Fort Erie Tommy Ryan will make his first serious defense of the title of middlewelght champlon. Kid Carter, his opponent, weighed 136 pounds after a five-mile run today and his friends claim he is fit and strong at thal welght n any place eleg o sleep thau the shops, 1 men are posting money to go on at 2 to 1 P While Ryan men afe@eking 520 (0 00 B At present Carter FIRE WIPES 0UT MANY LIVES Many People Onnght by Flames in B Northwest Forests ting WORD COMING IN ADD HORROR TO HORROR Campers, Ple e Seekers, and Hunters Overtaken by Rushing Torrent of Fire in the Timber. Lomgers the PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 14.—Driven from thetr homes in the darkness of the night by a raging forest fire which ewept every- thing before it from Ariel, Cowlitz county, Wash., to Mount St. Helena, a distance of twenty-five miles, eleven people are dead four are missing and over 200 people have been left homeless, many with not even clothes enough to cover their bodies. The dead in Cowlitz county as far as known are D. L. WALLACE, WIFE CHILDREN. TWELVE-YEAR-OLD HANLEY. o JOHN POLLOCK, HIS BROTHER AND CHILD. W. B. NEWHOUSE, MRB. GRAVES. Four men who were working on a claim belonging to James Hawthorne have not been found and it Is thought they are dead. Some fifty or sixty people were camped at the lake at the foot of Mount St.” Hel- ena and bave not been heard from since the fire. It fs mot known whether they escaped of not. While immersed in the river Dimmick saw one of the grandest but most appaliing sights of his life. “Great balls of fire would roll up like cannon balls,” said he, ‘and then burst with a mighty roar. I hav never heard a noise to compare with it. As soon as the fire had passed over him he rushed to a melghbor's house and found that the family had been driven from home and escaped. In the morning he set out for assistance, but he found the roads #0 obstructed by trees that had fallen across them that his progress was very slow. AND TWO SON OF MRS Story of Refugee. The first news of the devastation was brought to this city by Milo Dimmlck, who experienced many difficulties In search for ald. His description Indicates that the de- wastatlon there is great, and the destruction is the greatest réported. He says there are but two houses standing of the twenty-five in the place, The fire came upon them in the night and entirely unexpectedly. “I had scarcely time to get to the river myselt,”” sald Dimmick, “when the were upon me afd If I had taken time to save anyome we would not have gotten away."” KALAMA, Wash., Sept. 14 — News reached here late last night that the for- est fires on Lewis river have wrought sad havoc. D. L. Wallace, wife and two children wero burned to death. They were camping in the woods when caught by the | fire. Their wagon was found buricd u the charred bodies lying near. A 12-year- old boy of Mr. Hanley's also Is dead. Mrs. Jobn Polly and baby and a brother, namo unknmowh, and Mr. Newhouse and Mrs. Graves are dead. ' Fifteen others were found without clothing except gunnysacke, Five logging camps are burned out com- pletely. The tollowing families have lost everything: Ellea Street, 0. 8. Curtis, L. M. Chitty, Thomas Matthews, T. Ilk- erson, H. F. Daftland, Dr. Bllls and other: The worst of jhe fire Is on Lewls river, about twelve milgs above Woodland, The country {8 well, settled and there are doubtless other casualties not yet reported. Destruction is Spreading. The fire has spread from Lewis river north to the Kalama river and fifty sections of the finest timber on the coast are destroyed. It Is impossible to give any estimate of the amount of damage done to property. Oak Point, twenty miles below here on the Co- lumbla river, is totally destroyed. There are uo reports of lives lost, but loss of property is estimated at about $300,000. A great fire Is also raging on the Cowe- man, in the northern part of the county. Everything combustible in its path was con- sumed. The air Is full of smoke and falling ashes. Hill's camp s reported destroyed; Muckley Bros.' camp is destroyed; More- land's camp 1s badly damaged. Seven don- kgy engines ate ruined. Two men from Barr's camp are reported missing, people are panic-stricken and many are almost crazed with griet over their loss of prop- erty. Cowlitz county thought it was going to escape untll today, when the reports came thick and fast, each worse than the last. Five people are dead and two missing, with only partial reports from the burned dis- triet. The horrible news has cast a gloom over the entire county that can hardly be described. A courler just arrived from Lewls river states that there are but two houses standing on Lewis river from Trait's place to the head of the river, a distance of thirty miles, and that not less than fifteen persons have perished. Homeless People In Oregon. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 14.—About 300 people are left homeless in Multnomah and Clackamas counties, as a resuit of the for- est fires that have raged for the past week. Fites have burned over a wide scope of country, but the greatest damage in this state appears to have been done in theso two counties. In a fire that destroyed the town of Palmer, near Bridal Vale, two boye named Hamilton were caught while trying to escape from the flames and burned to death. The timber I in Clackamas county have been immense, and the whole length of the Clackamas river presents nothing but vistas of ruined settlements. In Bastern Multnomah the fires are under control and no further damage s feared unless weather is changed. In southern Ore- gon excellent work has been done by the forest rangers and the destruction confined to a comparatively limited area. Eugenie and surrounding country is now practically out of danger, though fires are still menac- ing. Tillamook also has been saved by the change in the direction of the wind and the inhabltants have good hopes of saving the town, which has twice been almost aban- doned before the raging flames. Reglon Swept Clean. The most distressing losses have been those suffered in the vicinity of Springfield, Clackamas county, and Lentz, Multnoma county. The Springwater region has been utterly swept by the fires, and those who have reached points in communication with the outside world say that immediate help must be sent in order to save the lives rescued from the devouring flames. Around fortland the fires are dying down and the people in the suburbs are resting easy for the first time since Thursday. In all parts of the Willamette and Columbia river v leys the smoke continues very dense and 1t is feared that the full extent of the tosses will not be known wntil the districts now cut off are heard from. The damage by fire to forest reservations appears to have not been heavy, the most dishstros fires being confined to settle- ments where clearing and slashing Is being done. There is no way of securing a cor- rect estimate of the loss. but it will cer- tainly exceed $1,000,000 in this state. Nip Them e B it you have loss of appetite, headache, constipation or Uiliousness take Electrio Bluters. 1t cures or Bo pay. Omly 50¢. flames | PILE FREIGHT CARS IN DITCH Rear End Co on in Which Only One Man Safters SI Injuries, CRETE, Neb., 8ept. 14.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Freight tralns 72 and 76 met in a rear end collislon just of the Crete bridge last night. Seven cars were de- molished on No. 72 and engine 340, pulling 76 was ditched and badly smashed. The engineer and fireman saved themselves by Jumping. No. 72 pulled out of Dorchester five minutes ahead of 76, each traln having orders to take the aiding at Crete for pas senger No. 9. No. 72 stopped at the switch with the end unprotected by flagman or torpedoes. Engineer Graham of the rear train was obliged to run at a fast rate of speed in order to carry out his orders for meeting the passenger train. He supposed 72 was in the clear. The conductor of the head train warned Graham at Dofchester him at Crete. The fireman to lookout for on 76 was somewhat injured in jumping west The wrecker came down from Lincoln and | intendent Bignell Crete. has been at also spent work. Supe the night at Arrangements Out in the State. GRAND ISLAND, Neb. Sept. 14.—(Spe- clal.)—Mayor Cleary, C. F. Bentley, T. O C. Harrison and C. G. Ryan have been ap- pointed a committee on reception for the | President Roosevelt party on September 27 and W. H. Harrison. Dr. A. F. Buehler, Commandant Cole, Louls Velt, R. J. Barr, H. C. Miller, I R Thompson, C. B. Norris and R. Goehring a committes on general arrangements, which latter committee will meet Monday even- ing to perfect all arrangements. H is ex pected that a large crowd will be in city on this day, the largest perhaps the city has ever had, a large number of farm ers always coming in on Saturday, and this also being the day for the republican county convention. Furthermore, Grand Island will be the most available point for the large territory north on the Unfon Pacific and west on the Burlington Pioneer HOOPER, Christ est and most this vicinity, near Fontanclle at day night. of Washington Co Neb., Ruwe, Sept. one of prominent farmers died at his 11 o'clock last Thurs- The deccased was 73 years of age and a pioneer settler of Washington county. About four years ago he sufféred @ stroke of paralysis, and had been con fined to the house almost constantly that time. The widow survives him and also a large family of children and grand children. The funeral was held from his late home at 12 o'clock today. Rev. Sick conducting the servi 14.—(Special.) the of Populists ST. PAUL, The democratic ventions were noon. The the Candidates. b.. Sept. 14.—(Special.)— and populist county con- held here yesterday after- conference committees agreed that the three nominations to be made should be conceded the populists The populist convention then nominated F. J Taylor for county attorney, 8. M. Friis for representative from the Forty-eighth 1 h 0 't Mortensen for commissioner from the First district. The republicans hold their nominating conven- tion next Saturd to, Court at Papillion. PAPILLION, Neb., Sept. 14.—(Special.)— The fall term of district court will con- vene in Papillion Monday, September 22 There are several criminal and a number of law and equity cases to be disposed of at this term of court. PR Women Ocenpy the Pulpits, MITCHELL, 8. D., Sept. 14.—(Special Telegram.)—Today representatives of the Women's Christian Temperance union con- vention occupled the pulpits In four churches of the city and this evening a large union meeting of the delegates and the churches of the city wag held at the opera house, which was addressed by Miss Brehm, president of the Illinois assocla- tion. The convention has been a splen- did succees and good reports have been made by the officers. Tomorrow after the election of officers, the convention will adjourn. Miss Kara Smart of Sioux Falls, who bas been identified as the head of the Young Ladles' union of the state, left yesterday on her journey to Japan, to which country she has been appointed .s a special missionary, by the international ! unfon of the Women's Christian Temper- ance union. i e Stop the Fight. FRANKFORT, K Sept. 14 | Beckham today dirécted Atiorney General | Pratt to proceed tomorrow with legal pro- ceedings to stop the McGovern-Corbett | prizefight at Louisville. ARE GLACIERS INCREASING? overnor | Enormous Areas Covered by Great lce Rivers. For the last five years physical geogra- phers have been giving a great deal of at- tentlon to the study of glaciers. One ques- tlon that has Interested them very much is whethe since the beginning of the his- toric period the glaclers of the world have augmented or diminished in area. No per- fectly definite information with regard to this question has been obtained, though | some general conclusions have been reached. It is traditional in the Alps, how- ever, and some other regions that valleys now occupled by glaclers were formerly pasture lands. On the whole, it is certain that for several centurfes: till auite re- cently there was a gradual increase in the area of glaclation. Glaciers everywhere are continual movement—they Increasing in length or shortening. Climatic varlation are, of course, the cause of these osclllations, though the Influence of cl- mate upon glaclal movement s not yet fully understood. When the laws govern- ing the movements of glaclers are well known the science of meteorology will be| conslderably further advanced than it is| today. | There is good evidence to show that in the arctic reglons in the elghteenth cen- tury and in part of the nineteenth an im- portant extension of glaclers occurred. In Spitzbergen, for example, harbors which whalers had often visite the seven- teenth and early In the elghteenth cen- turles were filled later with glaciers, so that they could no longer be used by ship- ping. The advance of glaclers in Iceland is sald to have covered places that had| formerly been the sites of farms and churches. Glaclers see, within the historie perlod, to have attained their greatest ex- tent about 1860, Since that time few of them have grown to an important degree. state of constantly m are a George Roeder, | wealthi- | home | since | | trom | the letter and phenomenon has be of the worla Probably few persons imagine clers cover so large am arca as The land surfaces which are under g and ice to 000 square 7 observed In all parts hat they today burl suppe i gl | o cial snow ut 4.4 miles In ex- tent, or more than one and one-half times as large as the United States. This enor. mous mass of woe s distributed very evenly over the world, and neariy all of it In the polar reglons Outside the perpetually frogen north and south, about 19,600 square miles of surface covered with glaclers It will be Interesting to there are two distinct type nomena—the Alpine and the polar. One of the best examples of the Alpine type of glacier is seen In the Mer de Glace at Chamounix. A circle of peaks surrounds a depression, which is filled by compacted snow and ice known as neve. This s the reservolr, the source of the glacier. In this depression the snow, either falling from the heavens or brought by winds and aval- anches, accumulates to a great depth, ie transformed into neve, and begins to over. are be a remember that of glacial phe- | 1t 18 thus seen that the characteristic fea- | ture of Alpine glaclers is that they occupy depressions In relation to the surrounding topography. On the other hand, the polar glacter, in- steud ot being formed In a depression, ce- cuples a culminating position above every- thing else It is an enormous cap, or cu- pols, rising above the surrounding lands; it s the dominant feature far and wide. Such, for example, is the great lce cap of Greenland. and it Is thought probable that an enormously thick sheet of ice may cover | @ continental mass of land In the antarctic | reions, and form the largest sk | in’ the world the | oF [ mple Instance of the Mat Which Heroes Are Made. Retaining presence of mind ing circumetances,” sald the from Kentucky, quoted by the { Times, “is ofie of the things | heroes.” Here he began to sort his morning mail “But it s true that two people at a mutual crisls are ready for the emergency | It was my privilege to witness such an oc- added the ex-sen- took up a letter under try- ex-senator New York that make | currence once, though,"” | ator thoughtfully, as he | benring the postmark of a Kentucky town | and fingered it lovingly, “and it made an | | impression on me never to be forgotten | "I was stopping fof the night at the house of one of my ‘horny-handed' con- | stituents during one of my campaigns. He | had only been married a few months and | the glamour of the honeymoon was over the entire place &till. Jack was a sturdy young farmer and progressive. He had bullt a neat little cottage with wide porches and his epecial pride was a big cellar that occupled nearly all the space beneath the | house. He and his wite both expatiated on the wonders of that cellar and ite con- tents of frult, preserves and ecider. “After an evening spent in admiring the many things in the pretty little house, gifts of class, china and linen that had been bestowed upon the couple, the wife said to her husband: Now, Johh, pitcher- that pretty one that Mary Jones gave us—and £o down in the cellar sud draw some cider for the senator before he goes to bed.’ “John started obediently, but at the rear of the hall, where the entrance to the cellar airs began, he called to his wife to bring a lamp and hold it at the head of the stairs to light him down. “Of course, I went With her and volun- teered to hold the lamp. When the hus. band had reached the fourth or fifth step down his heel struck something and then there. was. an awful clatter, mingled with shrieking efaculations—bump—bumpety— bump—ow! bumpety—bump—bump—ow—o- ow! and then a sudden cessation of the bumps, followed by an incoherent volume of mutterings. “With each bump of the husband the wite had responded with @ jump and a shriek, but when the end came she rose superbly to the occaslon. Peering down into the semi-gloom, where the husband was gathering himselt together, she cried out plaintively: “‘Oh, Jack, Jack, did you pitcher?” “At that inquiry Jack rose up and his eyes glared in the darkness. “No,' he fairly bellowed—and then, with a perfect torrent of profane impreca- tions, he called through his clenched teeth, ‘but I will.' “And he did,” concluded the ex-semator Kentucky, as he broke the seal of turned to the perusal of his morning mail. break—the FUNERALS IN OLD MEXICO, Street Cars for Hearses and Coffins Peddled from Door to Doo: “DId you ever seo a 'street car funeral? ** The questioner was a drummer for a large eastern house and had just returned from an extended trip throughout Mexico, re- lates the Washington Post. “A street car funeral?” the reporter re- peated. “Yes, air! One meets with odd sights the moment he crosses the Mexican border, but he reaches the climax in the City of Mexico itself, and from what I can learn it is the only town in the world where ‘street car funerals’ are an every-day occurrence. Fu- nerals, like all other things Mexican are divided into two classes. Those who can afford luxuries procure the hearse drawn by four black horses, with a coachman and a footman, and ornamented with gold and sil- ver trappings of every description. But the poorer element must be content with just & plain, ordinary street with the seats removed, a few pleces of cheap black cloth tacked here and there to lend a flow down the mountain side, a true glacier. | | cleared for reguldr trame. Tn tact, on one occasion just before I-left the cap'tal. I saw the little mules atached to the second class hearse coming down the at a | tun gallop, affording the astonishing | combination of ‘the quick and the dead ' ‘And speaking of funerals reminds me of & little incident which occurred up in Quer- Atdro, a town soma miles north of the I was sitting out front of the adobe he one & when 1 noticed old m going from door to door with a plain pine coffin on his back, He was what is termed a ‘coffin peddler.’ and was trying to induc | the residents to lay in a supply of coffins {tor the approaching winter. The principal |argument used in disposing of his grewsome | wares was that all are bound to die sooner |or later, and one might as well be supplied | with all necessary requisites to a funcral.” | ——— | I It's »n “Garland ™ | | That's all you need to know about a stove | or range | The | Battimore | Blug him! | spectators ¢ 1 rite knock: Calmly the silence. 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Lower ratés for school chil- somber effect, and drawn by a pair of sun- burned but energetic mules. ““When a Mexican dies the street car eom- pany Is immediately notified to have a hearse and the required number of coaches at a certain point on their track as near as possible to the late residence of the de- ceased. The cofin is then placed upon the shoulders of four friends and carried from the house to the street car pageant in wait- ing. The remains are carefully deposited on the platform of the first car, the gaudily at- tired mourners climb in the remaining coaches, and the funeral proceeds in more or less state to the cemetery. Cigarettes are very much in evidence, and a casual observer might well suppose from the as- cending smoke that the remains were being cremated enroute. “If the mourners are extremely sorrowful they may pull down the blinds and close the doors, thus enjoying complete privacy. 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