Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1902—-TEN PAGES. SI Murders Kansas Pol.oeman in Cold Blood Durivg Black Men's Riot. SEIZES OFFICER'S PISTOL AND SHOOTS Viotim Fal's to the Ground and Dies Few Hours Later. MOB STORMS JAIL TO TAKE PRISONER Hurries Him t Telephone Pole and Btrings Him Op. CUT HIS THROAT WHEN ROPE BREAKS m Drunken Africans at Christmas Ball and Restating Arrest When U eeuntully Aske PITTSBURG, Kan., Dec. 25.—Montgomery Godley, a negro, was taken from the jail here today and lynched by a mob because early this morning he shot and killed Mil- ton Hinkle, a policeman, who was trying to protect himself against a crowd of unruly blacks. Shot with Own Pistol. The negro jerked the officer’s pistol from the holster and shot him with it frem be- hind. Two hours later a mob gathered and took Godiey from the city jail, where he had been incarcerated, and hanged him to A telephone pol As he was choking to death one of the members of the mob cut his throat and ended his sufferings. A large number of negro men and women from the various mining camps in ‘he vi- cinity, among them Mont and Joe Godley, brothers, were drinking and carousing at & ball Hinkle requested them to be quiet. The Godley brothers anewered him in an inpulting and ineolent manner and he tried arrest them. They resisted and Hinkle blew his whistle for help. He then began to use his club in order to protect himselt from the onsiaught of the crowd. He was holding his own against three of them when “Mont" Godley grabbed the officer's nd, placing the mussle behind t ear, pulled the trigger. The ball passed through his head and came out over the left ey He fell to the side. walk. Other officers pureued the negroe: all of whom started to run when the officer fell. The Godley brothers were both cap- tured and locked up In the eity jail. Hin- kle was carried to the city ball, where he dled at 3 this morning. Mob Storms Ofty Jail. The news of the murder gpread and soon & crowd was gathered about the jail, shout- ing “Hang him!” “Burn bim!" “Get a rope!” An attempt was first made to rob the eity marshal of his keys to the jail door, but he convinced the mob that they were not in his possession at the time. A crowbar and hammer were then procured and the #ail doors battered and broken open. Godley cursed the mob when its leaders Sail, but ute when he began to realize that death was mear. He began to supplicate and beg for officers to protect him, but they were overpowered and taken care of by a portion of the mob. The negro was then dragged from the jail into the yard and given a few moments to talk. He told so many confiiet- ing stories about the affair that the mob bex e impatient and hurried him about three blocks away from the ja! Procuring & rope on the way they hanged him to the step-pins of a telephone pole. The rope broke on the firet effort and Godley to the ground. At this instant some in the crowd cut his throat on the lett side, sev- ering the jugglar vel ‘This brought a more merciful death than was intended. He was n hanged again. Godley came here from Plerce City, Mo., where the citizens of that town drove the negroes out about two years ago. The mob left his body hanging for several hours before it was cut down, Great excitement prevails among both ‘whites and blacks as & result of the lynch- ing. Belligerent crowds have been on the streets all day and have made ugly threats. Numerous negroes have been locked up for carrylng concealed weapons. It is expected that there will be further trouble between the \uces. Godley's brother was burned at the stake i Plerce City, Mo., nearly two years ago at the time of the anti-negro troubles there, following an assault of a young woman, Mont Godley was driven from Plerce City th 'GOULD GETS READY TO FIGHT Decldes on New Rallroad Paralleling Hawley's Colorado & Southern [/ Line. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 25.—The Times to- day says the announcement comes from an 3 mtly authentic source that the branch of the Texas & Pacific raliroad frem Weatherford, Tex., to Mineral Wells, Tex., 18 to be extended to Trinidad, Colo., where connection will be made with the Denver & Rlo Grande, thus giving Denver another direct road into Texas and the south. It also says the Denver & Rio Grande will expend something lke $2,000,000 im- proving its roadbed between Denver and Pueblo, in contemplation of increased trafic a8 a result of the extension of the Pacific. r improvements are contemplated from Trinidad and Walsenburg, Colo, The road from Weatherford to Trinidad will’be about 450 miles long and will form & link which will give the Gould system its own road from New Orleans to Ogden, Utah. It will form an outlet from all the orthern Pacific coast towns to ths lead- Ing gulf shipping points and give the Gould system & w connection in the west. n will also ussist Mr. Gould's policy of mak- iog himeelt independent of the Hawley- Harriman interests in the event of an ex- tension of their fight, as it will be & par- allel road to Mr. Hawley's Colorado & Southern Texas road. POSTAL IS TO MAKE GIFTS mpany Will mbered on New Year's Day, NEW YORK, Dee. 25.—Clarence H. Mac- , president of the Postal Cable and Tel- egraph company, is planning a New Year' urprise for the older employes of that com- pany. PACIFIC MEN BELLIGERENT Slay Their Ca Attack © aln d Afterwards ‘ews of Twe British Venneln, VICTORIA, B, C., _~The steamer Moana, from Australia, '& ‘sught news of am attack on the re: “hooner the Lilly by the natives of Mai New Hebrides. They murderéu % Henry Atkinson, a Britisher, and wo Z two of the crew. . The achooner was taking home natives One of thess consighed to Mallicolo had died when near there and Captain Atkinson decided to bury the body ashore Instead of at sea. When he landed he was attacked and his rifle taken from | him by the blacks. He was then shot and killed with his own rife. Some of the native crew tried to save the dead captain's body, but the natiyes who had just landed alded those ashore and the crew fled, two of them being wounded #a they swam back to the schooner. The attack was the result of superstition attached to the burying of the dend body, the natives belleving it necessary to kil the whites to prevent further deaths oc- curring among them. The schooner Pearl was attacked on this fsland a few days later. She called at Espigle bay, in another part of the island, to land natives and was fired upon and several of the native crew were wounded. SEEKS KORAN, NOT THRONE Moroccan Pretender Says He Would Not Be su but Wants Christians Ousted. LONDON, Dec. 26.—The correspondent of the Times at Fez, Morocco, describes the situation there as having become most serious owing to a large increase in tho number of the pretender's followers, whom the government troops are too weak to at- tack. - Reinforcements amounting to 12,000 men will leave there tomorrow, and addi- tional forces of irregular cavalry have besn called out. Many tribes, not already in rebellion, aré wavering and are ready to join the rebels in the event of erious government de- The pretender is fully supplied with everything necessary and has distributed his forces over a district where they can be either collected or dispersed quickly. The Times correspondent adds that the pretender’'s position is a strong ene. professes not to claim the throne for him- welf, but merely desires to‘overthrow the sultan on account of his Buropean temden- cles, and if successful proposes that the tebels shall nominate a new sultan from some Shereeflan family who would promise to continue the war against the Christians, EARTHQUAKES START TRAINS ling Stock Travels When Groand Heaves Under Russian Siesmio Disturbances. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 3.—According to the latest advices from Andijan, Rus- slan Central Asia, earthq continuing violent series of shocks oocurring during the night of December 22 and the follow- ing morni which set all the rolling stock of the railway in motion. Trafi is still suspended on the railroad and the military authorities are takis trol of the line for some distance from Andijan. The damage o far has reached many million dollars. MUTINEERS REPEAT HISTORY Make for Pitealrn After Cap and Second Mate, VICTORIA, B, C., Dee. 25.—According to advices from Honolulu, the British cruiser Shearwater has left there for Pitealrn and other South Sea islands and will make a search for the mutl ho left the ship Lelcester Castle after shooting the cap- tain and killing the second mat: The mutiny occurred 300 miles from Pit- calrn and it was belleved that the mutineers may have reached that JAILED FOR ROBBING MILES Three Years for Stealing from American General. HONOLULU, Dee. 17, vis Victoria, B. C., Dec. 26.—~Pedro Rodrigues, the Porto Rican ‘who robbed General Miles and Colonel and Mrs. Maus while they were in Homolulu, bas been found gullty of larceny in the first degree and sentenced to three years hard labor in Oahu penitentiary. Rodrigues stole a quantity of clothing be- longing to Mrs. Maus, also some jewelry and some valuable privaté papers belonging to General Miles. EMANUEL ANSWERS MARCONI alian King Congratulates Inventor fally Overcom! tlantic Difculties. GLACE BAY, N. 8, Dec. 26.—The follow- ing message by wireless telegraphy has been received from the king of Italy by Mar- conl in reply to his transatiantic Mar- conigram. I learn with great pleasure of the great results you have achleved. They constitute & fresh triymph to you and a greater glory for Italian sclence. VITTORO EMANUELO. MEN OF WAR BOATS RACE Crews Drawn from Alabama L sachusetts Row at Trinldad for ™ d Dellars, PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. 36.—A race which had been quietly arranged be- tween the boats of the United States bat- tleships Alabama and Massachusetts, over He | ROOSEVELT IS UNDECIDED Has Not Yet Made Up Mind to Acoept or Refuse Arbitration Proposal. GERMANY WANTS SOME CASH IN ADVANCE says Claim of Nearly Twe Mill : t Be Pald Before . Peaceful Means of Settle : ment Are Agreed To, . (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) CARACAS, Dec. 2%.—(New York World Cablegram—Spectal Telegram.)—President Castro has replied to a proposal alleged to have been recelved from Washington con- seating to the submission of all difficulties 10 The Hague court of arbitration. He is now at La Victoria and telegraphed his answer here, where it has been trans- mitted to Sccretary Hay. La Vela, the port of Coro, Is open, the only Venezuelan ports west of La Guayra | which are blockaded being Puerto Cabello and Maraeaibo. The price of flour has gone up here §2 a barrel. 1 calld on Mr. Bowen today, but he knows nothing definite about arbitration, although ke expects an early and peaceful settlement of the troubles with European governments. He declined to be interviewed, explaining that the State department at Washington would think it reprehensible if he talked for publication. A Venezuelan official in- forms me, however, that the power con- ferred upon Mr. Bowen by this government is without reservation and that all the American minister {s asked to do is to get the best terms of peace for Venezuela he can, Washington Officials in Bed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—No information could be obtalned in Washington tonight of the report coming from Caracas that the proposition had been made to President Castro to refer all differences to The Hague tribunal. Secretary Hay had re- tired when the diepatch arrived and mo other official of the State department was able to give any information on the sub- ect. It is known that only two days ago Pres- ident Roosevelt had not deteruined whether or not to accept the proposal of the allies or to urge agaln that the question should 80 to The Hague. If, as stated, the sug- stion has come from Washington that the matter should be arbitrated at The Hague, that conclusion probably = was reached at the long conferemce the presi- dent had with Secretary Hay yesterday aft- ernoon when the two officials were together for some time considering the proposals from the allles, Thg dispatch to President Castro through Mr, Bowen suggesting arditration at The Hague must have followed that conferenco. The officials here have refused abso- lutely to say anything on the subject since the receipt of the proposal from the lies or even to give out anything bearing on the terms of that proposal, though the impression here tonight is that an early determination of the matter will be " the feeling here is strong that the United States gov- will ‘in- sist that the existing blockade be called off while the arbitration is in progress, the presence of the blockading fleet along the Venezuelan coast being considered a men- ace to peaceful conditions. But the great- est objection to a continuance of the block- ade pending arbitration will be the loss to American shipping interests, which this government does not belleve should be tol- erated. It was stated at the State department WRECK WORSE THAN REPORTED Ten Men Knowsn to Have Died in Trinldad Smash and Others Are Missing. TRINIDAD, Colo., Dee. 25.—Developments indicate that the wreck on the Colorado & Southern just outside of this city last night was the most disastrous in the history of the road, where freight trains alone were concerned. It {s known tonight that at least ten men were killed, and rumor has it that several more bodles will be un- earthed before the wreckage is cleared away. The list of kmown dead: ELMER PEARCE, engineer, single, eblo. J. FOX, fireman. ~— M'DERMOTT, brakeman, arrived from Boston. J. W. GOLDSTRAP, engineer, Trinidad. ~——— DEVEREUX, fireman, Pueblo. PHIL LANDIS, who boarded the train at Ludlow, supposed to be a contractor. L. F. RICHARDS, brakeman. ~—— KING, a machinist, riding as a pas- senger. Two unidentified bodies are exposed to view but have not yet been removed from the wreckage. It is feared that several miners who were supposed to be riding on the freight train on their way to Trinidad to spend Christmas, are among the dead, but as they pald no fare there is no record of how many were on the traln, if any. ‘Wrecking crews worked dfligently all day clearing the tracks and sdeceeded in re- moving the wreckage of the engines. The freight cars are plled in a great heap on the right-of-way and it will require all day tomorrow to get things In shepe for running trains over the road at this point. In the meantime all Colorado & Southern traine are going by way of the Denver & Rio Grande. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Dec. 25.—In a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk rail- way near here tonight- the engineer, James Kerwin, and the fireman, Theodore Schlau- bert. of the light engine were instantly killed and the engineer, Brown, and fire- man, Burkhardt, of a freight train were fatally injured. The engines collided while going at full speed. The light engine had been sent out from Battle Creek to meet and help pull’ the frelght train to this city. TROT VEST OUT TO BEAT STONE Venerable Missour! Senator Thomght to Be Only Man Who Oa Do It Pu- recently LOUISIANA, Mo., Dec. 25.—The Louleiana Times, a democratic newspaper, will an- nounce in its issue today that Senator George Graham Vest is willing to succeed himself in the senate. The editor of the paper, E. E. Campbell, declares that he has this from a reljable authority and iptimates that Mr. Vest would take his seat again because he is not pleased at the thought of having Willlam Joel Stone for a successor in the United States senate. The Leouisiana Times will say: We are rellably Informed that George Graham Vest not a cceeding himsell as United toy for an- other term. We know just sy Reliably. that he is not and never has been a party to any agreement by which any well known lobby- fet was to have this, the highest political Eift that the democratic'party of this great state can bestow. It may be that when he was suffering bodily ifls a 1ot of cormorants surrounded him and induced him to say he would not be a candidate. He need not be. The only reason that ever exlsted for such declina- tlon has been removed, for his health is now excellent. But a_greater reason than his improved health why his name should be used is that George Graham Vest seems to be just now the only man that can save his part. If those who are sincere in their protes- tations will take up the name of Senator today that the president had reached no decision in regard to the invitation of the powers to arbitrate the Venezuelan mat- ter, It is possible that this decision will not be forthcoming for several days, as corre- spondence is still being exchanged daily between the State department and the forelgn offices with reference to the in- vitation. Secretary Hay was at the White House early today and held a brief conference with the president on the situation. Asks Cash in Advance. BERLIN, Dee. 25.—The Lokaller-Anszeiger publishes the following statement, which was evidently inspired by the Foreign of- fice: The German government has excluded from the scope of arbitration a claim of L7000 ‘bolivars, which must be peid im- medlately in cash before arbitration can be begun. The paper adds that it Is understood bhere that if President Roosevelt agrees to arbitrate his acception will involve an indirect guaranty for the payment of any award. ROME, Dec. 25.—The only conditions which Italy has attached to its acceptance of arbitration ‘e that all points shall be submitted to the arbitrators, so that no questions shall be left undecided, and that Italian claims must be considered on an equality with those of the other powers. What is Hague Trib Fort PARIS, Dec. 26.—Baron d'Estournelles de Constant has notified the forelgn min- ister that he will interpellate the govern- ment on the reassembling of the chamber concerning the disregard of article 27 of The Hague convention shown by the al- lled powers in coercing Venesuela. Baron d'Estournelles strongly supports the contention of the United States that the Venmezuelan trouble should be referred to The Hague court. After pointing out that the present is just the contiugency ’conlbmphled by article 27, he says: The conflict rests between Venezueln asd everal of the signatories to The Hague Convention and the formal obligation that | | France and the twenty-five other powers signed is not.only being ignored, but we observe a systematic mterdiction of The Hague court of arbitration by the Buro- pean governments. An explanation has be- Come ecessary It cannot be objected by the allied powers that Venezuela took no pArt_in the conference and as it is asking or arbitration an occasion exists for re- minding the powers of the obligations they ified. Nelther can the reply | be made that states, unlike Individuals, are | fres not to observe their engagementa and | t ‘moral obligations exist only for indi- Viduals or for the weak, as this point View Is precisely contrary to the princip thet The Hague conference sought to & cure WILLEMSTAD, Curae Dec. 25.—The American Red D line steamer Caracas has brought the remainder of its cargo here. ¢ | cable ship Silvertown, which will establish The warships of the allied powers are us- ! searchlights to watch the coasts of Venezuela. Forty vessels are now detained at La Guayrs. May Osteh Hawaifan Fish. HONOLULU, Dee. 17, via Victoria, B. C., Dec. 25.—Fishing In the shallows and swamps of Honelulu harbor, probibited by the Board of Health here on account of the severe cholera epidemic in the Orfent, is about to be removed, as coaditions in the far east are lmproving. Vest as his own successor, W. J. Stone may yet not be senator. Congressman Champ Clark, D. A. De Ar- mond, M. E. Benton and others could help this movement along, much to the benefit of_thelr chances for future promotion. Will some one lead off. LORENZ MAKES LITTLE MONEY In Four Months Takes Only One Fee, NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Dr. Adolf Lorens, who returned to this city from Boston to- day, while discussing his visit to this country said in an Interview tonight: There is one thing 1 want to eay, and that is in regard to finances. 1 see it re- rted 1 have made in this country $160,000 ow, as a matter of fact, I got one fee of §30,000 in Chicago, and in the four months 1 have been here I have earned just that m. My practice at home in four months s worth that. True, 1 have seen a number of private patients in each of the cities 1 visited, but, in no Instance have afd_the freight.” As a matter of fact, it has been the physiclans of the varlous cities who have profited by my visits. They are my colleagues, and I am glad they did, but you see, 1 remained only two, three, four, or perhaps five day During inat ime I' was working hospitals, in the clinics. The priv tlents began to come in and they we) operated Upon by the local surgeons who | had witnessed my clinics. But ad I came. The trip has been the crowning success of my iife. My trip here hus been successtul ethically, but not materially. Dr. Lorenz spoke gratefully of the hos- pitality he had recelved at the bands of the Americans. CABLE NEARING HONOLULU lete First in Ocean Wire Today. Silvertown Expects to Co Link SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25.—The following cable was received today from the steamer Stlvertown, now laying the cable ‘between this city and Honolulu, and which expects to reach Honolulu tomorrow: “Latitude 22.2 north, longitude weat. Total cable laid, Weather moderate. Wind northeast pect buoy Friday morning." HONOLULU, Dec. 11, via Victoria, B. C., Dec. 25.—The Honolulu Chamber of Com- merce, Merchants' ociation, Bullders' and Traders' exchange and other bodies are | preparing to celebrate the arrivel of the 166.28 | 2,109 knot Ex- and San | communication between Francisco, There will be a general holiday and a large public meeting will be held. The conduit which is to bring the wires into the local office of the company from | here | an attempt to stamp out the cattle diseasc | But it is estimated that there are at least | be slaughtered and buried In New Eng- CATTLE DISEASE COSTLY Million Dollars Would Be Only a Beginning Bhonld it Spread. WAR OF WINE MEN GETS INTERESTING e Men Whe Frequent the Capital of the Na- tiom, (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. — (Special.) — While the importance of the subject is not generally appreciated, it s still fact that no other has come up in congress at this session which fe of greater moment than the proposition to ‘spend $1,000,000 in which bas broken out in New England. chueetts and Vermont. It was, without doubt, brought to Bostén from Europe in the fodder of a consignment of horses. Just as soon as the Department of Agri- rned of the outbreak prompt steps were taken to prevent its spread. 15,000 cattle suffering from the disease in the atates named. Many affected animals have been transported from place to place in raflroad cars and these cars doubtless contain the germs. which may readily be carried to every htate in the union. It will cost the federal government more than $600,000 to pay for the cattle which must d alone. Should the disease spread, ten times that sum would scarcely pay a tithe of the cost which the government will incur in enforcing the provisions of the law ap- plicable to cattle disease. Fifteen years ago pleuro-pneumont: epidemic, to all intents and purpose: the north and central Atlantic states. The Department of Agriculture at once took vigorous steps toward stamping out this se. So effective were the methods employed that pleuro-pneumonia has been substantially driven out. Foot and mouth disease is of European origin. It is one of the worst complaints from which meat | cattle suffer, because one siege 1s no safe- | guard against another. An animal may re- cover and become affected again and again. Fortunately the herds of the United Stat. have been immune from the. disease for many years, but It the New England epidemic 1s not stamped out promptly there | Is danger of its spread to every state in | the union. Therefore the necessity for prompt preventive measures is recognized by the Department of Agriculture and con- gress. War of the Wine Men, Washington is the battle ground of war- ring wine merchants. The fight for su- premacy in the fields of the hot bird and cold bottle, which was atarted last winter, | has grown in intensity until bon vivants | are now wondering where. it will stop. | The agents who handle the wines have worked themselves Into a frenzy over the competition to supply the tables of those in bigh places and to derive from their victories the fruits in the form of effec- tive advertising. Ail the wing rouses have representatives here, whose business 1t is to see’that thelr brands reach the tables of the president, members of the cabinet, senators and others prominent in the soclal life of the capitol. They spare no expense in their efforts to establish their goods in the homes of the official and soctal leaders and then to get the fact | that they have succoéded conspicuously before the public, who are invited to fmi- tate the example of those who set the pace in eating and drinking. At ‘the dinner given in honor of Assoclate | Justice Harlan of the supreme court at Willards' Tuesday night three brands of | champagne were served and the enterpris- ing representative of the wine house suc- ceeded in getting the name of each brand printed on the menu card. This surpriscd | no one as It has become a custom to pre- sent the name of the brand in that way. | Last February when the president gave the | dinner to his royal highness Prince Ienry | of Prussia at the White Hquse the menu | cards were the most expensive that could | be obtained. They vere hand-painted and | the supply was limited to one for each guel ‘The champagne agent got the name of his wine on the card and then had photo- graphs of the card taken and distributed coples for an advertisement. The: other wine merchants were thrown into & panic over the victory of their rival and since then they have been doing their best to in- troduce their wines by furnishing them without .cost, and in some instances they havée been kiiown to pay large sums of money to the men who served the dinners for the privilege of supplying them. All they ask in return was that the name of the brand be printed on the menu cards and that consent be given to print as an advertisement the announcement that their wines had been supplied exclusively at the dinners. This has opened up an entirely new fleld to enterprising caterers and also to butlers who possess the commercial spirit. Both classes bave scored heavily in & financlal way. Depew is §i Senator Chauncey M. Depew, whose fame s an after-dinner speaker is world-wide, been an especial object of attack by the wine agents, but so far he has escaped thelr wiles for his name has not appeared among those of hosts who are advertised as partial to a brand of champagne. The senator has been approached repeatedly by agents who have endeavored to persuade him to permit them to present him with a case of wine for trial. Nothing was sald, of course, about an endorsement of the brand in case it pleased him, but it was understood by the senator that such an en- dorsemeut was expected and that the purpose of the agents was to obtain it. The senator has Invariably declined to receive the wine. Mr. Depew is very absteralous in his eating and drinking and he attributes his excellent health to that fact. He re- cently told a friend In the senate that it was his custom to dine at home before go- ing to a formal dinner and that he never departed from this rule. He added that he always drank the same brand of wine and when that brand was not served he did not drink at all. When he takes dinner at the home of a friend he makes Inquiry as to the wine that will be served end if it Is not the brand he usually drinks he does not hesi- tate to express his preference and requedt the landing at Walkiki is nearly finished. VANDERBILT STILL IMPROVES Doctors Issue Night letin, Giving Favorable Report of Patient's Comdition, NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—A bulletin issued tonight by the physiclans in attendance upon Coraelius Vanderbiit reads: Mr. Vanderblit has bad & good day and hmflwml‘.m“’l ‘ that it be supplied. In this way he is en- abled to stick to that which best agrees with him. The wine agent has not suc- ceeded In obtaining Mr. Depew’'s permission to advertise his preference for his brand. Stories Told of Reed. Stories of Mr Reed are still being told in the capitol cloak rooms. A member ye terday recalled a sharp remark of the speaker's at the expense of Roland B. Ma- hany of Buffalo. Mr. Mahany was well reed in parliamentary law and he never (Continued on Fourth Page) CONDITION Forecast for Nebraska—Falr and Milder Friday; Saturday Fair, With Rising Tem- perature in East Portion Temperature at Omahn Hour. How Yenterdayt -2 -1 o CracAenn~ DELAYS FUNERALS Mourners Have to Visit Cemeteries in Street Cars While Owners Pilot Hearses. STRIKE ST. LOUIS, Dec. 25.—The cab and car- riage drivers' strike, which began at mid- night last night for an increase of wages, has extended, until now 290 out of the 570 drivers in the city are out. Of the seven- teen stables that had agreed to the demands of the men, only one is said to have lived up to its agreement. During the day many funerals and eoclal functions were interrupted by the strike. Seventeen funerals took place, at which all the mourners had to go to the cemeteries in street cars. The hearses were driven by the owners, owing to the scarcity of drivers. y Many of the members of the Liverymen's assoclation have signified their willingness to pay the wage scale, but will not recog- nize the unfon. This is now the point at issue and the union officials feel confident they will gain this In addition t» the raise in wages in less than & week. There are two funeral cars in the city, which will accommodate several funerals a day. These are being called for. FLAMES LICK DRY GOODS UP Two Hundred Thou: age Done d Dollars Dam- Bloomington Christmas B in . BLOOMINGTON, 111, Dec. 25.—Fire which broke out tonight in the middle of the building occupied by W. A, Nicolaus & Co., dry goods and ladies’ furnishings, destroyed that structure and was only prevented from licking up the double store ot C. W. Klem, wholesale and retail dry goods, by the hard work of the firemen. The bufld- ings were new and as nearly fireproof it was possible to make them, and to this 1s attributed the fact that the fire spread no further. The loss on the Nicolaus stock s put at $75,000. The Klem stock of $30,000 is badly damaged by smoke and water, but it 13 difficult to estimate the loss tonight. The building adjoining the Nicolaus bullding to the west was empty, and the wind was in the other direction lo on that structure will not exceed $5,000. ‘The total loss will not be far from §200,000. Charles Abrams, a nt fire chief, fell from a ladder while fighting the flames and was badly injured. MAKES DASH FOR LIBERTY Prisoper S$lips Sherifft on Way te Court, Steals Buggy and Escapes. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 25.—A man named Paul Ford wae arrested at the Grand opera house on Tuesday night during a per- | formance at the instance of Captain Smith of the United States army, who is st tioned at Fert Sam Houston. Ford was charged with having secured $50 from Smith several months ago on a worthlees check. He was placed in the city jall and yes- terday morning turned over to the sheriff. As he was being taken into court Ford made a dash for liberty, gained the street and disappeared. He was pursued, but not overtaken. About a quarter of a mile from the sher- if's office he took possession of a horse and buggy which was hitched In front of a residenc and drove rapidly from the city and has not been heard of since. REPORT LUMBER VESSEL LOST Stenmer Last Seen Battling with Wind and Ice Has Been Given Up, TOLEDO, 0., Dec. 26.—The steamer A. I. Hopkins, lumber laden and bound for To- ledo from Amherstburg, Ont., has been given up for lost. Hopkins left Amherstburg on Tuesday morning at 11 and ordinarily would bave arrived here three hours later. The Mon- roe, plers lighthouse, twenty-two miles from here, roday reports having seen the ve: sel on Tuesday afternoon, whem it w struggling with a terrific gale and w battling the ice. in the direction whence it had come and has not been heard of since. PRIVATE ~ CAR IN _ SMASH olis Limited Wrecks Comch ¥Full of Union Traction Pres- ident’s Guests. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 25—The Union Traction companies’ “limited” car from this ‘city to Anderson and Muncle collided With George F. McCullough's pri- vate car seventeen miles from here today and Bart Fraser, motorman on the “lim- ited,” was 6o badly crushed that he dled shortly afterwards hrs A The “limited” was well filled with pas- sengers and all were more or less bruised. The private car was conveylng a party of Mr. McCullough's friends to this city. None of them were injured. ’ SAYS FIREMAN STEALS CASH t Chief Has Sec- Assoclatio ted, New Jersey's A retary of R Ar; NEWARK, N, J, Dec. 25.—~Francis J. Meeker of the Newark Firemen's Relief assoclation is a prisoner at police head- quarters, charged by Willlam C. Astley, assigtant firc chief and president of the asspciation, with embezzlement, The specific. charge as sworn to before Judge Lambert is $5,000, but the defalc tion, it 1s sald, will aggregate $10,000 or $11,000. Meeker has been secretary of the assoclation for twenty years. Movements of O Vensels Dee, 35, At New York—Arrived: Celtic, from Liy- $rpogl and Queenstown. Bafled:”La Bavole, or Havre, At Lisbon—Passed New York for Havre. At Queenstown—Bafled: Livy rg:ol for New YDI‘L NA vre—Arrived: Tourane, from w York, At Lond 1 Manitou, fre: ” on—Arrived u, from New La Tourane, from Teutonle, from Finally it turned back | GLE COPY THREE CENTS. SHEEP BARNS BURY FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS DESTROYED Structares for Housng 20,000 Head of Sheep Totally Destroyed. FIREMEN ARE HANDICAPPED BY WEATHER Intente Oold and High Wind Make Their Work Diffioult. PLANT WILL BE REBUILT AT ONCE General Manager Kenyon Gives Diree. tions for Reconstruction Before the Bl Roofs ¥all to the Ground The blg sheep barns at the Union stock yards in South Omaha were totally de- stroyed by fire Thursday foremoon. It fs estimated that the loss will be a little over $50,000, ascertained. All that is known so far is that one of the cmployes discovered the blase and immediately sounded the alarm. Before any of the firemen arrived the tire main structure was in flames and groat clouds of black smoke rolled lasily away towards the south. The smoke attracted the attention of people all over the oity and within halt an hour after the flames broke out the yards and surrounding fences were almost black with people. The main structure was 700 feet in length, 460 feet in width and thirty feet high. It was constructed of timbers and was sheathed on the outside with ocorrugated fron. The flooring was of vitrified brick. This bullding was erected several years ago. t' year the steck yards company found a need of increased capacity and erected an addition 200 feet long by 200 feet in width, thirty feet high, south of the big barn. This bullding was similar in construction to the other and was also destroyed. At the time of the fire 993 head of sheep were conflned in pens in the big barn. When the alarm was given some of the men hand hustled out 500 head into the alleys nd these were saved, the balance were smothered to death. The barns burned had a 000 hea The loss on the sheep Is estimated at $3,000, tully covered by tasurance. Hard Fight for Firemen, When .a' general alarm was sounded all of the packing house companies responded to st the city firemen and the stock yards department. On account of the heat and the intense smoke it was a difficult matter for the firemen to make thelr way into the buflding for quite a time. Then the Intense cold delayed the making of couplings and the throwing of wa available stream was turned onto tl ing buildings and it was by extremely work that the fire was put out vmun{‘: spreadfng more than it d1d. When it was seen that the big bart wi doomed gnd the wind was blowing briskly from the north, driving the flames towards the addition, every effort was made to stay the flames. Men at the nozzles of half a dozen lines of hose waded through' slush | up to thefr boot tops and turned streams on the rapidly advancing flames. These men did their best to save the addition, but as the breeze freshened it was found uscless. Then the attention of the depart- | ment was turned to the covered runways leading to the tracks and chutes where sheep are unloaded. By hard work the chutes and runways were saved. Many of the men from the packing house fire departments responded to the alarm ! totally unprepared for such a hard siege. | Some came without caps and others with- out gloves. Quite a number of men wero forced to retire on account of frostbite. Others rubbed snow on hands and ears and kept at work. wi pacity of 20,- Rebuild at Once, After the fire was under control General Manager Kenyon was seen in his office by & Bee reporter. He sald: “As far a8 I can learn, no cause for the lre can be given, but I propose instituting an investi- gation at once. Perhaps in this way 1 can determine the cause. The fire in the big barn spread rapidly, so that it seemed if the entire structure was ablaze at once.” Mr. Kenyon said: ‘“For the Unlon Stock Yards company, 1 want te re- turn thanks to the city fire department and the packing house departments for the excellent work performed under very try- ing conditions. You may state that the new hog divislon was not damaged at all and that all shipments of sheep will for a short time be diverted to this portion of the yards. The sheep barns will be fe- built at once.” Mr. Kenyon directed Engineer King to at once wire for material for the construe- tion of barns to take the place of those destroyed. The work of removing the wreckage will commence today, Mayor Koutsky Works Hard. Mayor Koutsky was on the ground early and he did everything he could to hely the firemen. He handled hose, waded up to his ankles in water, and when the fire was under control he dropped his werk and sought & fire. ~ He was covered with ice trom head to foot. W. L. Hollafid another volunteer who did good werk| so did J. 8. Walters, assistant stperintend- ent of the yards, and W, H. Cressey, chiet of the Joint Car Inspection assoelation. Many of the employes of the packing houses rendered assistance in carrying lines of hose and helped in various ways. Two incldents occurred which discon- certed the firemen to fome extent. T first was the report which went over the lines that the Omaha packing plant wi on fire. This rumor took a poftion of t crowd a for a time. Then came the report that an alarm from Armour's had been sent in. The way the crowds flocked over the fence and across the tracks down the runways was a caution. Th port, the same as the other, proved ground. less. AMALGAMATE ALL HIBERNIANS President of Order Si, Final Papirs Bringing Al Socleties U One Head, SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 25.—James P, Dolan of Syracuse, president of the Ame clent Order of Hiberniana, has signed final papors whereby the order throughout th world is brought under one governin board, The ratification of the mgreem to in the United 4 Ireland comes in the nature of & Christmas groeting feees the presidest.