Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1902, Page 1

-~ OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1902—TEN PAGES. TELL THEIR WAGES Miners Appear Befors Oommission wit Btories of Poverty, EARN LESS THAN FOUR DOLLARS WEEKLY Blavonians Are Brought in to Take Work on Breakers. COXE TRIES TO BREAK UP MEN'S UNION Offers Looal President Bettar Job to Leave Organisation, MAN WORKS TWENTY-FOUR HOURS ON END uld He Sleep on Duty Fans Wou Stop, Gas Collect and Men and Mine Be Blows to Pleces. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 4.—At today's ses- sions of the strike commMssion practical miners told thelr story of conditions in the Hazleton coal flelds. The miners tried to show that the Coxe and other companies violated the agreement, that the strikers ghould return to work and be given their old places where they had not already been filled. The commission decided to invite the mine inspectors to appear before it, be cause the miners claim that workmen fear | to mention dangerous or unhealthy places i the mines because the inspectors are usually accompanied by some representative of the company. Rumors of possible negotiations hmkln:! to a settlement continue. Whatever is done will first be decided upon in New York, where those in authority are lo- cated. The opinion still prevails here and rather strongly, too, that and the miners will agree on most points before the commission concludes its hear- ings. Promises Not Kept. Andrew Mattey, a Slavonian, who was employed at Coxe Bros.' company, was the | first witness today. He was the president of his local union and was told by the com- pany, he said, that if he quit the union he ‘would be given a boss job. He refused and later was given such bad work that he gave up his job. He sald he was the means of bringing fourteen Slavoniane to this country at the instance of a breaker bos at the Coxe mines. They were promised $1.10 & day, but received only 65 or 80 cents. When the witness was asked by Mr. Dar- row how many times he had seen the mine inspector in the mines. Commissioner Wat- kins asked the purpose of the question. Mr Darrow said as a rule the mine inspec- tor was accompanied by a company official and, therefore, a miner was afrald to make a complaint in the presence of his boss. He maintained Inspectors should be unac- companied and their attention not diverted from bad places in the mines. In consequence of this allegation all mine inspectqrs will be invited to testify regard- ing the point ralsed. - John G. Strenix, an Bnglishman, tollowed Mattey. He said he averaged about $300 a year and had worked in the mines for thirty years. John Farari, an Austrian, formerly em- ployed by the Coxe company, said he wi able to save only $60 in seven years. W. H. Dettrey was recalled in the after- noon. He presented correspondence be- tween him and the Coxe Co., with regard to 639 men who struck and were not given back their places, Some of these men were ‘subsequently taken back. He testified that the mine foreman read him & letter, a copy of which he fruitiessly tried to obtain, stating that the other men would not be taken back until after strike commission made/ its award. the award,” he sald the letter stated, “is against the men, nose of the United Mine ‘Workers will be tdken back.” On cross-examination he said he did not know how many of the men mentioned were hefl for violating the law, but knew of sixteen having been dragged fifteen miles Jast justices of the peace, to Hazleton, where they had to appear before a justice ‘whose sympathies were with the company. Works Twenty-Four-Hour Day. Jackson Ansbach was the first foreman to appear before the commission. He sald he recelved $1.57 for a day of twelve hours and his assistant $1.34. On every other Sunday, when he and his assistant shifted from day to night work, they were com- pelled to work twenty-four hours straight without relief. This statement caused a buzz through the room and every commissioner straight- ened up and became more interested. He was off, ho said, one day every two weeks, thus working six days one week and elght the next. “Supposiug you should fall asleep when you work in the long shift of twenty-four hours, what would happen?’ asked Mr, Darrow. “Well, if I slept long enough the fans would stop, the mines Al with gas, and it an explosion occurred the miners would be killed; that is all The Rev. James Hussle, rector of St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic church of Hazle- ton, and dean by appolutment of the bishop of Lower Luzerne, said Hie had lived in the coal reglons practically all his life. ‘The conditions in this region,” he added, re deplorable. The mine workers are barely able to exist. 1 say this without any coloring, knowing that I am under oath. 1 realize that what I say {s going to the American people and. I want to talk cautiously. 1 have ben in their homes. They are not homes, but merely habita tions, resting places. They are frugal, conservative, reasonable and God-fearin people. We have éight Catholic churche: in Hazleton and they are crowded every Sunday with worshipers, and this is no doubt true of the churches whose faith is opposed to ours. Families cannot be kept together,” he t on. “The boys are sent into the mines almost as soon as they are able to toddle about, and the girls to the mills in the small towns or drift to large cities.” He related instances of poverty and sald | it took one man six years to pey off a funeral debt of §200. In reply to further questioning Father Hussle sald that he had examined ffty or sixty mine workers and found only three who were able to save money. One was a Scotchman, one Austrian and the third inherited his. He examined the tax lists of Hasleton, and only elghty mine em- ployes out of 1723 assessed owned their own homes. He could met sy whether they were clear of debt. The commission adjourned. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Dec. 4.—The Nioth dis- trict executive board of United Mine Work- ers tonight officially announced that the district would not recelve any more aid (Continued on Second Page.) the operators | [TUMULT IN THE REICHSTAG Trouble in Caused by Fallure to Recognize Member Who Has Right to Floor. BERLIN Dec. 4.—The Reichstag was it utes over a slight misuzderstanding as | to who had the right to the floor, Herr | Singer, sccialist, bad ‘arranged with Pres. ident von Ballestram for Tecognition at & certain juncture. Meanwhile the president left the chair. after explaining to Vice President von | Stollberg-Werngerode, who had the next | right to the floor, but the vice president recognized Herr Spahn, of the center party, | Herr Singer started to mount the steps to the tribune and the vice president told him to sit down. o | Herr Singer, in some surprise, stopped on | the steps and Herr'Spahn took the tribune and began his speech, with Herr Singer loudly protesting, for which the vice presi- | | dent called him to order, saylng his turn | for recognition would come lat The members of the Reichstag were by that time in such a state of passfon and tension that they all sprang to their feet. | the soclalists shouting in support of Herr Singer and the members of the center and right parties supporting the yiee presi- | dent, who ordered Herr Singer {o leave the | house. Herr Singer, however, defled him and a the rules do not provide for the arrest or | removal of recalcitrant members. the vice | presidedt was powerless, except to suspend | the session for half an hour. | At the expiration of that time business ' | was quietly resumed, with the reading of | the reports of members of the tariff com- mittee. GERMANY IS NOT SATISFIED! Reply of Venesuela is Re ded Only a Subterfuge to Gain More Time. BERLIN, Dec. 4.—The note of President | Castro of Venezuela, presented to the Ger- | man minister at Caracas a week ago, is | not satisfactory to the German government. It is deemed inadequate and as being peclally designed to gain further time. Its artial acceptance of the German demands was coupled with conditions that are unac- ceptable. The exchange of views with the British Forelgn office has resulted in a decision to proceed with the joint action. An ulti-| matum will almost certainly be presented in & few days. The phrasing of the note {8 the subject the present correspondence between the r spective governments, whose action will not awalt the arrival in the West Indies of the cruisers Amazon, Niobe and Ariadne, Germany already has an ample force there. The departure of these cruisers has been tndefinitely postponed. A seemingly inspired article in the Co- logne Gazette today says: “Despite Ger- ny's patience with Venezuela, all thought been abandoned of a peaceful settle- ent,” and that Venezuela has treated Ger- any In a manner almost insulting be- cause Venezuela publ official communi- cations without Gel '8 pansent, coupled with Improper comments. = . . GREAT PREACHER IS MOURNED London Temple. . LONDON, Dec. 4.—A memorial service for the late Dr. Parker was held In the City Temple this morning. It was an im- pressive demonstration. The temple was filled with flowers and crowded with per- sonal friends of the deceased and repre- sentatives of a score of religlous organiza- tions. The streets outside the buildigg were flled with crowds who were unable to enter and who waited in the biting wind to sce the coffin carried out for interment at Hampstead. The music included Dr. | Parker's favorite hymn and Tennyson's “Crossing the Bar.” Dr. Clifford and Dr. Robertson Nicoll officiated. Dr. Nicoll, who preached the funeral sermon, said \ The Christian church has mourned one of its greatest preachers, and free church- men must feel how rich they had = been and how poor they have now become, SHAMROCK NEARLY BURNED Firemen Fight Flerce Flames for Hour and Just Saving Challen LONDON, Dec. 4—Shamrock III had a narrow escape from being burned tonight {1n & fire which did great damage to Denny's shipyards at Dumbarton. Only strenuous | efforts saved the challenger, now well ad- | vanced in its construction. Redhot cinders were blown on the roof {and sides of the shed in which Shamrock | 111 is being bullt. The fire was the fitter's shop and the wind blew in the | direction of Shamrock's shed, which is only" thirty yards distant, for an hour. A spe- | clal force of men had hard work to sav the challenger. Eventually the fitter’ shop was gutted, but the fire was got under ontrol. | All the material parts of Shamrock III are safe, although the comstruction of the yacht will bo delayed for some time. ANARCHIST IS CLOSELY HELD Man Whe Al Intended to Kill King| so Belleved to Be Felgn- ing Insanity. MADRID, Dec. 4.—Peres Pulgar, the anarchist, arrested recently at Orens, and | who sald he intended to kill King Alfonso, | 1s held in close confinem It is learned that in spite of his claim to | be a citizen of Argentine he is & Spaniard | 22 years old. The police are searching for his ae- complices and it is thought the investiga- tion will regult in unearthing an impor- tant plot. The officiale belleve that Pulgar is telgning insanity. NOT WILLING TO ARBITRATE Does Not Think LONDON, Déc. 4.—Replying to & question today in the House of Commons on the sub- | ject of Russia’s offer to submit the ques- | tion of Russian sugar and all other goods to the arbitration of The Hague tribuna Lord Cramborne, under forelgn secretary, said the government bad informed Russia it did not consider the question & proper one for arbitration, but that Great Britain was still ready 'o renounce the commercial treaty of 1859 if Russia so desired. a state of wild tumult today for a few min- y | better as far as the appendicitis symptom REED SUFFERS BAD RELAPSE Condition of Former Bpeaker is Now Re- ported Oritical. “m, fi':‘ JOLD LENGTHY CONSULTATION » me o ¥ Nug B 1 letin, but State Verbals, While Statement s Ty Joes Not Te AL WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—At 11:30 tonight the condition of ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed was reported critical A few minutes before that Dr. Gardner, one of the attending physicians, handed the folloving bulletin to the pres At 10 ;. m. Mr. Reed's condition Is as fol- lows: ‘Temperature, 1002-6; pulse, S8; res- piration, 3. Mr. Reed suffered from some degree of uraemic coma during the afternoon, but his mind s again clear this evening. His appendicial symptoms are rapldly sub- siding and his appendicitis is not an impor- tant factor in his condition W. C, GOODNOW, M. D F.' A GARDNER, M. D. T. L. M'DONALD, M. D Dr. Gardner made two visits to his pa- tient during the evening, leaving the first time at half past 8. Later he and Drs. Goodnow and McDonald came and remained at the hotel for nearly two hours, some of the time with Mr. Reed and the re- mainder of the time in consultation. Dr. Gardoer was not disposed to talk {about the case or to add anything to the bulletin, saying it contalned an exact statement of Mr. Reed's condition. He did say, however, that Mr. Reed's condition was critical, but that it was be ter than at § o'clock this afternoon. In some respects Mr, last night and in some worse. He w was concerned, but the uraemic features gave the case a graver pect. After issuing the bulletin the doctor went home for the night, leaving his as- sistant, Dr. Bishop, with Mr. Reed. SEEK TO BUY A COMPETITOR Chicago-Om; Effcrt ® Lines to Make Active Secure Chicago Great Western. NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—(Special Telegram.) —Wall street interests well informed in Chicago Great Western matters announced today that within sixty days there have | been active efforts to secure control of the Great Western property. by other roads. The extension to Omaha will be ovened in the spring and the road will be a more important factor than ever in northwestern traMic. It is regarded as altogether prob- able that it will not be many months be- fore it It was thought the Northe western wae the system after the line. but this is auhorlatively denied today by off- cials of that road and Wall street is look- ing_elsewhere. CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—A. P. Stickney, presi- dent of the Chicago & Great/Western, has issued a circular to stockbolders requesting them to send him proxies for the special meeting on February 18. This meeting will vote on the propesition to increase the common stock from $30,000,000 to $50,000,- 000. In his circular he says: The company has arranged with the pro- rietors of the Mason City & Fort Dodge ailroad company to extend its lines to Omaha and Sioux City and to purchase and improve certain branch lines belonging to | this company, together making a system | of about 53 mi connecting with the main lines of the Chicago & Great Western at Oelweln, Ia., and at Hayfleld, Minn. COLD SNAP SWEEPS KANSAS Zero Weather Finds Experienced, Cattlemen Amply Prepared. bat SIOUX CITY, Ia., Dec. 4.—Today was the coldest of the season, 9 degrees below zero. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 4.—Zero weather is reported from a number of localities in northérn Kansas, but the sudden fall in temperature is believed to have caught but few cattlemen unprepared. In Kiowa county in the southwestern part of the state the supply of coal for general con- sumption is scant. LA CROSSE, Wis., Dec. 4.—La Crosse and vicinity experienced the coldest weather of the season this morning, when the mercury in the Weather bureau thermometer dropped to the zero mark. Instruments about town showed as low as 10 below zero. | The Weather bureau promises that the temperature will rise within twenty-four hours and that more snow will fall shortly. JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 4.—General rain, sleet and snow prevalled throughout the ate today. This is the earliest snow | known here in years. Business is practi- cally at a standstill, telegraph wires are prostrated and rallway traffic has been impeded. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 4.—Sleet and rain { tell all morning in the territory adjacent to ‘Memphis. Telegraphic communication is crippled south and west of Memphis. |SUGAR PRICES ARE BOOSTED Western Refining Compa Forty Cents on All Refined Good Adds SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.—The Western Sugar Refining company today sent out cir- culars to all the wholesale grocery houses in California, Oregon, Nevada and Wash- ington, motitying them that until further notice the price of all grades of refined sugar would stand advanced 40c per 100 pounds. All grades of refined sugar were advanced ten points in New York yesterday, an ac- tion which, apparently, caused the increase | of prices here today. Local dealers say they would not be sur- prised If the western company were to raise prices agaln in the near future, the market is still 30 cents per 100 pounds less than the rateg in New York, which is unusual. RATE ON COAL IS INCREASING Jump from Thirty DULUTH, Mion., Dec. 4.—The Pittsburg Steamship company has just closed a con- tract to bring to the head of Lake Superior this fall 100,000 tons of coal, mostly an- thracite, the freight rate being $1 a ton Coal has been carried up all the year at 30 cents & ton, but the western shortage and the urgency of western shippers led 1o this price All the twenty to twenty-five ships that bring up this coal will remain here for the winter, and all the coal will be de- livered in the mext ffteen days. Reed was better than | Root Considers Seattle Line ernment Ships. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Secretary Root had a conference today with Quartermaster | General Ludington and Colonel Pattington, | in charge of the army tramsport service, | with regard to the transpertation of troops and supplies to the Philippines. The lowest bid received was that of the Boston company, running Between Seattle and Manila. It was below régular commer- clal rates. The main question to be determined is whether the rates offered would justify the | abandonfnent of the army transport service. | Although no bid was recelved from San Fraucisco the business interests of that. city are actively opposing the transfer of | the business. The officers of the quartermaster's de- partment are said to oppose the discon- | tinuance of the army trabsport service. | Although Secretary Root Bas committed himself in favor of private lines, he is not yet prepared to act and has called for ad- ditional data as to the effect of the ac- ceptance of the Boston company's bid. |BATES JOINS CANTEEN CRY| Quotes Figures Showing Leas of Disci- pline Following Abolition of OMecial Bars. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—General Bates, | paymaster general of the army, has written | to Adjutont General Corbin in regard to | the army canteen question as follows | The War department, in_recommending the restoration of the canteen, claims that | it improves discipline, lessens desertion and that it decreases fines and forfeitures by courts-martial on account of breaches of military discipline resulting from the use of_intoxicants. | This appears to be fully borne cut by the | records o the paymaster general's officers, | ie which show that the -paymaster of army collected H626 fgom 75,00 enlisted | men during the last yéar in which the | canteen was in force om account of home dues, fines and forfeitures, while during the fiscal year 102, sinee the canteen was abolished, “there was collected by pay- masters from about 70,000 enlisted men on the same account $632,125. The fact therefore appears indisputable by the figures cited that the fines and for- feltures imposed upon and collected from the enlisted men of the army were vastly increased during the year subsequent to | the abelition of the canteen, which in- crease cannot be well attributed to any other cause than the effects of an uncon- | trollea liquor trafic in connection with | military posts, which traffic appears to serlously affect the discipline and morals of the army. MINISTER TO JAPAN IS DEAD| | Altred Buck Takem Suddenly ‘While on Hunting Tri a Expires. m WASHINGTON, Dec.. 4—The Japanese minister called at the State department in haste today to commuuieate to Secretary Hay a cablegram he had recelved from the minister of forelgn affairs at Tokio, dated | today, stating that while Mr. Buck, the United States minister to Ji was on & hunting trip this afternoon he -was taken suddenly 11l and expired. The service of the deceased minister | covered a critical and important chapter of Japanese history. The State department will take the necessary steps to see that Mr. Buck's remains are brought to this country for interment, if his family so desire. Hunt- | ington Wilson, the secretary of legation, designated as charge. | ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 4—Hon. Alfred E. Buck was about 60 years of age and was a leader in republican politics in Georgia. | In 1897 he was appointed by President | McKinley as minister to Japan. | BAR BAD IMMIGRANTS OUT! Authorities Make Move to Stop Ille; Entry to Country at Land Frontiers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The commission- | ers of immigration who have been in con- | ference with Commissioner General Sar-| | gent, concluded their work today. | | It is understood the depar‘ment now has | specific information as to points on the! Canadian and Mexican borders where immi- | grants have been crossing quite unmolested. | Arrangements are therefore being made to | close these runways and establish a more | rigid inspection of the frontiers. The immigration bill now pending in the | senate was also discussed and several sug- ! gestions bearing principally on the admin- | tstration features will be made to the im- | migration commission, which meets on | Monday. |SENATE DOES LITTLE WORK | Recetves Billa, Petitions und Resolu- | tlons, Considers in Private and Adjourns. } WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—The senate was in session today one hour and five minutes, | most of which time was spent behind | closed doors. After the reception of i number of bills and petitions and the adop- tion of a concurrent resolution calling on the president for the papers in the Plus fund case, Mr. Beveridge read the resolu- tions favoring fhe admission of Oklahoma | and Indian Territory as one state. The senate then went into executive ses- | sjon and at 1:50 adjourned until Monday. | e X 1 |KEPT BUSY SHAKING HANDS en Nurses and S ' in Audience at White i‘ President Rece! | Houne. | : —— | | WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—President Roose- | velt today received the members of the | | Spanish War Nurses's association, now in session. Nearly 100 pald their respects to | the president, while he shook hands with | | and extended a pleasant personal greeting | to each. Later in the day Dr. Walier Weyman presented to the presidcnt about fifty dele | gates to the Pan-American Sanitary con- terence, now being held in Washington. ASTRONOMER SEES NEW COMET | {w ngton Man Observes Celestial | veler Discovercd In Fri on Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.~The United | States naval observatory reports thut W W. Dinwiddie last night cbserved the comet | dfScovered by Giacobini a: Nice op Tuesday. The comet is nearly on a straight line joining Trocyon and Sirius and is about one-third of the distance from Trocyon wl Sirlus. It is moving northwest, | to recognize [FAIRBURY IS T0 THE FORE Oontest for Postmastership is Attracting a Large Amount of Attention. PUBLIC BUILDING BILL FOR YANKTON Some Talk that Combination May Be Made to Clear Up the Calendar of Bills When Site Has Been Parchi (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Deec. 4.—(Spectal Tele- gram.)—While the fight over the Fairbury postoffice between Senator Dietrich and Congressman-elect Hinshaw has not reacbed any further than a simple disagreement | stage as to the relative merits of the two candidates, Mr, Hinshaw, recognizing the power that a United States senator hes, | has seen not only Postmaster General | Payne, but the fourth assistant postmaster general in behalf of his candidute, Lew Shelley. He has also gone to the presi- dent with his story, so that when the time | comes to act upon Senator Dietrich’'s rec- ommendation for the place there may be a thorough _understanding of the circum- stances. Mr. Hinshaw claims the right of naming the postmaster at his home town, even though he is but congressman-elect. Senator Dietrich, on the other band, is carrying out a pledge made to D. E. Thomp-~ son more than a year and a halt ago, and has sent in the name of B. W. McLucas for the postmastership at Fairbury, and says that Mr, McLucas will be appointed. From an official of the Postoffice depart- | ment today it was learned that the prac- tice of the department has heretofore been the right of congressmen- elect to make appointments in their sev- eral districts. Usually senators are only too glad to rid themselves of these ap- pointments, but there has been no case just exactly similar presented to the Post- office department as the situation over the Fairbury postoffice. Equities Favor Hinshaw. There are a great many equities in Mr. Hinshaw's favor, according to the official above mentioned. The fact that he desires to make the appointment at his home town and a town in which the senator does not live seems to be in his favor. That he has changed the complexion of the district from democracy to republicanism is also regarded favorably by the department, and as he will be a full fledged congressman atter March | 4 the department is desirous of following its usual practice and recognize the right of a congressman-elect to make recommenda- tions. Of course, should Senator Dietrich decide to antagonize Mr. Shelley in case his name is sent to the senate for confirmation, Fair- bury being a presidential office, it would go hard with Mr. Shelley, and should he make a personal fight against his confirmation it seems safe to assume that the senate would and by a colleague as it has done on num- berless occasions in times past. It Is not thought however, that an open war will be inaugurated, but that a compromise will be arranged so that Mr. McLucas may be ap- pointed, and then after March 4 resign and allow Mr. Shelley to be appohited in his stead. This would satisfy all factions at Fairbury and leave no sore spots behind. Turner Resolution to Die. Senators Gamble and Dubols, appointed a subcommittee on Turners resolution directing an Investiga- tion of the conduct and character of In- dian schools and reservations as to immo- rality and disease growing out of charges which ex-Governor ~ McConnell of Idaho made agajnst the management of certain Indian echools, had a meeting today with the committee on Indian affairs, and after a full conference decided to make no report on the Turner resolution and to allow it to die a natural death. Gamble and Dubois who were conducted an investigation with a view of | ascertaining whether tion, such as w Turner's resolution, a public investiga- was imperative, and after hearing a great many witnesses they | reached a conclusion that there was more smoke than fire in the charges made by McConnell and the whole thing will prob- ably, be dropped. Appropriation for Yankton, Senator Gamble today introduced a bill appropriating $100,000 for the erection of a public building at Yankton, 8. D., on the site recently selected by the Treasury de- partment at the southwest corner of Wal- nut and Fourth streets. Senator Gamble, speaking of the bill, said that there was a decided teeljng growing In favor of bring- ing in an omnibus public building bill for the purpose of appropriating money for the erection of public bullding on sites al- ready purchased, and to clean up the whole publis building question at this session, 1t an omnibus bill s not agreed upon Senator Gamble will form an offensive alliance with a pumber of other senators and members of congress who are similarly situated and | an effort made to get bills of a character such as the senator introduced today through congress before the close of the session. Committee W kes Call, Captain Hull, chafrman of the mMitary affairs committee of the house, together with his colleagues, called today to pay their respects to President Rocsevelt. The president was exceedingly sald to the members of the committee that Captain Hull was one of three men who had made possible & republican majority in the Fifty-eighth congress captain gallantly replied that it president who brought about the of a republican congreas and not the men of the national congressional committee. Beyond & mere exchange of formalities nothing of an Important pired. Later the committee called in a body upon Secretary Root, who also spoke of the innovation, and said he expected to see the members of the committee individ- ually later on and weuld take up subjects in which the War department was inter- ested, Captain Hull was informed today by the secretary of the interior that the name of R. P. Clarkson, former editor of the Des Moines Register, would be sent to the sen- ate as pension agent at Des Moines at the first meeting of that body after the tem- porary recess. It was expected that the pame would be sent to the senate today, but it probably did mot reach the White was the House in time to be sent up with a large | batch of nominations which were sent in. Collector Holds Up Laces. Assistant Secretary Spaulding today wired Surveyor Lafsyette Redmon at Des Moines for & report as to why he has held up a certain lot of laces consigned to Lederer, Straus & Co. of Des Moines. The con- signees have written fo Representative Hull stating that the consignment of laces held up by Redmon are simply samples, | having no commereial value. On the other (Continued on Second Page.) Senator | conte.nplated by Senator | graclous and | to which the | election | character trans- | OF THE WEATHER braeka—Snow Friday; prtfon. Saturday, CONDITION Forecast _ for Colder In West ¥ Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: It 14 1" 14 3 14 5 15 11 1 23888352 Al - 16 STOP TEAMSTERS’ STRIKES ory Labor Court Formed in Chicago Which May Avert Overt War. Conc! CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—Under arrangements whicH have just been perfected by the a | sociated teaming interests a clearing house for labor troubles has been formed. Ever since the teamsters formed into unions their co-operation hae been sought ¢ hearly every other labor organization in the time of trouble. The most serlous case was when the freight handlers were out last summer and the commission drivers and truck teamsters struck in sympathy with | them. quested to take up the grievances of an- other union they will refer the troubled union to the advisory board of emplovers. up and the employer requested to appear and state his side of the case. An effort will be made to settle the matter in this hearing, but 1t this is not successful both | parties will be requested to submit the case to the teamsters' arbitration board and agree to abide by its decision. Any unfon which refuses to take such a course, will be deprived of the support of prove unwilling he may be boycotted by the teamsters. John C. Driscoll, the secretary-treas- urer of the assoclated teaming Interests, by virtue of the new arrangement, will be- come a sort of labor commissioner for Chi- cago. Louisiana River Rises Rapldly and Overflows Black Men's Homen. SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 4.—The Red river continues to rise at Shreveport and | points above. It will go above the danger | line here tonight. The bottom lands, in- | habited prinotpally by negroes, are rapidly filling with water. have been forced to leave thelr homes and as a further rise of five feet is predicted, hundreds are preparing to move to higher points. The gap in the levee at Belcher, twenty | miles above Shreveport, is reported to be { widening. There appears to be no imme- diate danger to life, though there will be considerable suffering and heavy crop and live stock losses. Relief measures are being taken. Snow and rain continue to swell the waters. No fear is entertained for the satefy of Bhreveport, axcept in those hol- lows inhabited by negroes, into which the water {s already backing. { Captain Potter of Memphis, United States engineer for the Third district, with a | government relief boat is expected to ar- rive tonight. NIECE IDENTIFIES THE DEAD Claims She Got Letter Returned for Murdered Aunt Indorsed by Prisdner. BOSTON, Deec. 4.—The trial of J. Wilfred Blondin on the charge of wife murder is beginning to take definite shape. It w | established today that Mrs. Blondin was cut off after death with a sharp instru- ment, probably a jack knife, | The attorney general proceeded to intro- | duce evidence to prove the identity of the woman and to show that a letter written to her by her nlece, Miss Casey, subse- quent to the alleged murder was returned to the writer, bearing the indorsement, one to Canada,” in Blondin's handwrit- ing. Some detalls In the life of the mu-dered woman were given by the niece and many articles of clothing were identified by her. The cross-examination of Miss Casey was searching and thé questions of counsel for the defense gave an Inkling of a possible defense. He tried to shake Miss Casey positive identification until it seemed a it he meant to show that Mrs. Blondin | etill alive. FIRST DREXEL MEDAL GIVEN | | Prof. Hellprelcht Homored for Hix | Archaeological Research at | Nippur. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.—Prof. H, V. Hellpreicht was tonight awarded the Lucy Wharton Drexel medal for his excavations at Nippur gnd his publications on the sub- ject by the University of Pennsylvania. The fund for the medals was established last month by Luey Wharton Drexel, who | donatea $2,000, the income of which is to be expended for medals to be awarded {once a year for the best archaeological excavation or for the best publication based on archaeological excavations by an English-speaking scholar. | | | | | | iSTANLEY DETAINED AT HOME ot Attend Reciproecity Convention | Called in Detroit at His Instance. | TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 4.—Governor Stan- |ley has cancelled his engagement to ap- pear at the National Reeiprocity League | meeting in Detroit next Wednesday, where he was to make an address. | He is a candidate for the United States senate and the campaign for that office is livening up to such an extent that he cannot well leave the state at present, though he issued the call for the meeting that resulted in the organization of the league. Movements of Ocean Vessels Dee. 4. | At New York—Arrived—Teutonle, from | Liverpool; Zeeland, from Antwerp. | “AtPTiverpool- Arrived—Majestlc, from | New York; Roman, from Montreal. Sailed Hohemla, for New York; Pretorian, 'for Halifax and 8t. John; Rhynland, for Phil- adeiphia. via Queenstown. { yAt London—Balied—Minnetonks, for New or A1 Cherbourg—Batled—Kron = Prinz Wi | h'im, from Bremen and Bouthampton, for Taw York At Queenstown—Sailed—Oceanic, for New York At 8t | hall | At | York. Vincent, C. V.—Arrived—Clumber- from San Francisco Naples—Arrived—Trave, from New In the fuutre when teamsters are re- | Here the matter in dispute will be taken | the teamsters, while if the employer shall | FLOOD WATERS WASH NEGROES | A number of familfes | killed by strangulation and her head was | CENT FIRE TRAP Another DIE IN Fourteen Guests Porish in Ohicago Holocaust. VISITORS TO STOCK SHOW VICTIMS Hotel Orowded with Sightseers, Who Rush to Street in Nightdress. | TWO I0WA MEN KILLED AND ONE INJURED i | 8moke Overcomes Many and Others Leap to Death from Windows. REQUIRED ALTERATIONS NOT CARRIED OUT | Protecting W Ordered, but Propri- etor Falls to Bulld Them, Cl ing as Contractors Saw Struc- ture He Cannot Be Blamed. CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—Fourteen persons | among the scores crowded into the Lincoln hotel at 176 Madison street, met death | shortly before 6 o'clock this morning in & fire. Death came suddenly to a few, but with | awtul slowness to others, who were penned |10 the death trap and suffocated or burned to death. Some died In their rooms, some | chanced all in jumping and lost, while oth- | ers were found in the haliways, where they had expired with their fingers dug fnto the cracks of the floor. All the bodies wero recovered, as the hotel was not destroyed. List of the Vietims. | M. M. HANDY, Janesville, Wis. H. K. WOOD, Lebanon, Ind. SAMUEL L. YOCUM, Davenport, Ia J. C. YOCUM, Davenport, Ia. F. L. EWING. Marletta, O. A. B. COON, Marengo, Ill. T. V. SLOCUM, Waconda, Tl WARD LOWE, Sechlersville, Wis F. W. CAREY, Bucyrus, O. ED TONER, Milwaukee. B. F. BOSWELL, lived at hotel. THREE PERSONS, including one whe dled on the way to the hospital, had not been identified up to noou. Among the injured was Will der ot Loom City, downstairs. The victims were taken to Ralston's morgue, and all day the place was filled with anxious people interested in the dead |or seeking to assure themselves of the | safoty of friends or relatives. m M. Soy- Ia., bruised by falling | Building is Fire Tra) The building was a fire trap of the worst kind, according to experts. There were but two exits, a narrow stalrway leading down the four floors of the building and an in- complete fire escape in the rear. The fire started on the second floor, pre- sumably from a lighted cigar dropped on the carpet. Guests occupying upper rooms in the front part of the hosteiry, aroused by the screams of a woman, were able to cape down the stairway, and about thirty people reached safety by means of the fire escape. To 4dd to the horrur, however, this ve way while others were attempting to pe and three men were dashed to death es on the pavement of the alley below. For the people in the rear there was no escape save by jumping. The stairway wase in flames and the fire escape gone. Horror- stricken faces appeared at the windows and | cried for help. Firemen eried back to them {to wait until nets or mattresses could be ! brought, and those who did In most cases escaped with slight injuries. But eome, crazed with fear, jumped to the pavement and were either killed or badly hurt. Fire Subdued With Difficulty. With great difficulty the fire, although comparatively a small one, subdued, but it was some time before rescuers could | penetrate the dense bank of smoke which filled the place. It was an awful scene Which met their gaze. The dead or uncomsclous lylng | stretched on the floors, and in eome cases | on their beds. Some had attempted to slip on & garment before making for the street, but they had been overcome, although most of them were in their night clothi Every store and hotel in the vicinity was | filled with men and women who had escaped with only their nightgowns. Hotel Not Badly Damaged. Little damage was done to the hotel, but | the smoke was so dense chat many were | overcome and died before assistance could | reach them. Many jumped from the fourth- story windows or tried to save themselves | by climbing down the fire escape in the | front of the building, only to lose their | grasp on the cold iron bars and fall to the street. The persons sleeping in the rear of the bullding on the top floor had no chance for their lives. A narrow stairway leading to all floors of the structure was afire and the escape of the lodgers in the rear of the building was cut off. Firemen and policemen were not reticent in speaking of what they witnessed at the |6cene of the catastrophe. They con- demned the buflding as a “fire trap.” Ambulances and patrol wagons from all | parts of the city were called to the olace ! and the dead and injured were auickly at- | tended to. All but fourteen of the wuests |at the hotel were out-of-town Dersons. | Most of them came to Chicago to attend the International live stock show. House Filled with Gues Up to 10 o'clock last night persons were taken in at the hotel and in every room or place where a cot could be erected guests were accommodated. At that time a large number of stockmen, with their familie were turned away. Shortly after the fire broke out the fire- men rushed up the stairway and began the work of rescue. Men, women and children were carried down ladders, fire escapes and smoke-filled halls In one instance a fire- | man of engine company No. 2 saved a woman from running to the rear of the [ bullding to certain death on the fourth floor, only to be forced to drop her from the third floor to the roof of the bullding at 178 Madison street The woman held her 7-year-old son in her arms. She was Mrs. J. Sheppard and her son's name is Frederick. She was then carrled from the roof of the buildine to the Brevoort house, where a physiclan was | summoned. It was found that their injuries were slight | The bullding is constructed of brick. with but one stalrway leading to the upper floors and a fire escape in the front of the | building, but & fire wall around the freight | elevator and other precautionary altera- | tions which had been ordered had not been carried out | E. C. Weber, the night clerk, was one of the first to discover smoke on the second floor. It is belleved that the fire began In this section of the buildin Weber refused to make an, statement |after be had secured possession of the