Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 9, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABRLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1903—-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. LONG STRIKE IS OVER Union Pacific Boad. ARE TO RETURN TO THEIR FORGES TODAY | Bettlement is Similar to that Reached with the Other Two Trades. OLD MEN TO BE REINSTATED IN PLACES Increase of Ten Per Oent in Pay and Nine- Hour Day Granted. PIECE WORK LEFT TO OPTION OF MEN Rumor of a Hitch on the Question of Foreman Omaha Shops in Declared to Have Been Groundless, Upon these terms, corresponding with those regulating the settlement with the boller makers and machinists, the black- smiths yesterday concluded a settlement and signed up an agreement with the Union Pacific: Strike declared off Monday; men to return to work Tuesday. All old men reinstated who apply work within thirty days. Plecework left to the discretion of the men An average of 10 per cent pay. Nine hours to constitute a day's work The matter of the nonunion men is left to adjust ftself. This statement of the terms is officlally given out by both sides. Both the former strikers and the com- pany seem well pleased with the outcome and happy over the thought that the strige is ended and peace restored. Throughout the long conferences, which were animated at times, a fraternal feeling existed and the men express their appreciation at the treatment they received from President Burt and Superintendent’ McKeen. About 20 blacksmiths and helpers foined in the strike, all save those at Denver oing out July 6. The Denver men struck june 9. machinists. Omaha Denver, Cheyenne and Kansas City are the places where the men struck. The workmen in the other shops along the system did not go out. About seventy-five is the total number of Omahans. Many of these have been at work elsewhere, but nearly all will return and resume their former places. Ne Fight on Forem A rumor was out durfug the conferences that the blacksmiths were making a fight against the foreman at the Omaha shops, Mr, Mould. James W. Kiine, executive committeeman for the blacksmiths, who has had charge of the strike here, emphat- fcally denfes this and says that no antmus whatever was directed toward any foreman. Mr. Kline expressed for himself and others appreciation at the courtesy extended the commit! 'n by Superintendent McKeen, M‘tmd one or two others of jowing them through the new shops. “We are thorpughly satisfled with the of the agreement,” sald President ohn Sloéum of the International Brother- hood of Blacksmiths, after the settlement, and his words were voiced by his asso- clates on the committee. The men who participated in the confer- ences with President Burt and Superintend- ent McKeen were President John Slocum of Moline, James W. Kline and H. M. Col- linson of Kansas City, D. C. Tuhey of Cheyenne, and Willlam Grieb, John Wal- lace, James White, Charles Hender of Omaha. Mr. Slocum left for his home in Moline yesterday afternoon and the other gentlemen: from abroad will leave at once. This practically wipes out the Union Pa- cific strike. A few pipemen and locomotive woodworkers have some differences on plecework yet to adjust and are now in conferenee with the officials. They went in @s soon as the blacksmiths concluded their affairs. The carbuilders have a for increase in their committee can be assembled from the &:‘mpulllon or two also to submit when ( fferent points along the route. Machinists Return to Work. Pursuant to the terms of their agreement with the company last week, the Union Pacific machinists, helpers and apprentices who had been on strike for very nearly a year returned to thelr old places in the shops yesterday, Of the 243 journey- men, belpers and apprentices who went out at Omaha elghty-five went back and many | more Teported for duty, but took leaves of absence to attend to private matters be- fore returning. Others will return to the city, after having been at work elsewhere, | Of the 00 or 300 | and resume their places. who struck on the entire system it is be- lleved the overwhelming majority will be back in the shops within the sixty-day n for their return. The ma- s well as the botler makers, are well pleased with thelr settlement and per- fect harmony seems to pravail CHEYBNNE, Wyo., June §.—About fifty Union Pacific striking machinists and boiler workers returned to work in the Cheyenne shops this afternoon. It is understood the blacksmiths will resume work this week. The strike io practically ended here. MURDERS TO ESCAPE WORK Negro Shoots White Creditor aund i Lynched by Mob. Georgia MACON, Ga., June 8.—W. Cope Winslow, ir.. whose father was one of the leading members of the Georgla bar, was in- antly killed by a negro named Banjo Peavy, on the former's farm near Fort Valley this afternoon. The negre owed Mr. Winslow a small amount of money and Was asked to work out the debt. He refused and shot Mr. Winslow through the forehead. Peavy was soon captured and turned over to the sheriff, but later a mob retook him wnd he was hanged. His body was riddled with bullets. POPE REPORTED WELL AGAIN Holy Father Recow: i Strength Without Operat ROME, June 8.—The pope's health con- tinues fayorable. Since the time his holi- ness was archbishop of Perugla he ha been occasionally troubled with hem- orrholds, especially After a period of 1a- tigue. This is the case now, Fortunately the reappearance of the trouble wus accompanied by hemorrhage, thus avolding the necessity of an opers tion. The pope has experienced much relief and may be said tonlght to be entirely well sgaln. o i territory ARAB- BRIGANDS PUNISHED French Artiliery Bombard the Village of Fignig with Deadly Effect. 2 Algeria, June 8.—The French artillery opened a preliminary fire at 5:30 this morning on the rabellious Figulg tribesmen. General O'Cory | 0m- mands the punitive expedition/ " ‘ng of 4000 men of the foreign legle strong force of artillery, armed witn | firing melinite shells, Details of the < gagement have not yet been received. wus General O'Connor's plan to advance upon Figuig In three columns and post his artillery on commancing hills surround- ing the rebel stronghold The actual bombardment began at 7:3) and lasted until 9:30 a. m., when the French troops oceupled two strategic hills, gaining these positions by surprise. It Is belleved the native loss was heavy, but no definite details of the casualties will be obtained until the French enter Figulg. There was no loss on the French side The bulk of the population of Figuig is expected to be friendly to the French, as neighboring tribes are assisting In the operations of the punitive expedition. France has formally notified the powers that it has no intention of taking Moroccan and will only punish the Arab brigands who were responsible for the re- cent attack upon the escort of Governor Jonnart. General O'Connor was Instructed to give the women and children of Figulg an op- portunity to leave the town before the bombardment. A friendly Arab courfer, bearing a notification to this effect to the women and children, was killed while carrying the message. PLAGUE PROBER FEVER RIDDEN Sachs’ BENI-OUNIF, e Attendant Suffers from In- jection of Experimental Serums. BERLIN, June 8.—One of the attendants of Dr. Milan Bachs, the young Viennesc physician who died from the plague, is suffering from a slight attack of fever, which 1s believed to be due from serum Injections. Chancellor von Buelow has fur- nished official information regarding the case to the foreign embassies and minis- ters here, according to treaty requirements. The authorities are continuing to adopt rigorous measures to prevent a spread of the plague. All the household effects of the family with which the late Dr. Sachs boarded have been confiscated and burned, and all persons who came into contact with the deceased have been segregated for observation. Frequent conferences continue to be held at the ministry of education with spech ists of the hospital where Dr. Sachs died. all the barracks of that institution have been cleaned out and disinfected and visits to the patients have been forbidden. MACEDONIANS DISTRUST BEAR ia Could Settle Balkan Troubles in Single Day B L PR BOFTA, June 8.—At an fmmehse meeting held today, Michailoviski, the president of the Macedonian committee, declared the only hope for Macedonia was a direct re- approachment between Bulgaria and Turkey. The Macedonian committee, he said, had too long been regarded by the world as the tool of Russia, who could stop the Turkish atrocities in a single day if it wished. He advised supporting Bulgaria in exhausting every means for a pacific solution of the Macedonian question. The meeting adopted resolutions in favor of an appeal to the Bulgarian government for a diplomatic selution and a recourse to arms as a last resort. Refugees now arriving at Kostendil and Dubnitza say it Is absolutely impossible fu'r Christians to exist in Macedonia any longer. ATTACK AMERICAN CUSTOMS Austro-Hungarian Exporters Declare European Imports Unjustly Handled. VIENNA, June 8—The Austrian and Hungarian Exporters’ assoclation has sent a circular to its members regarding what it describas as the chicanery practised by the America customs appraisers in handling European imports. The circular points out that much in- justice results from the course of pro- cedure in the case of appeal from the decision of the appraisers, the mporters not belng permitted sufficient time to obtain proofs from the country of origin that their Invoices correspond to the market value of the goods in the country where they are manufactured. The members are invited to Inform the assoclation of all cases where they suffer similar injustice, in order that collective evidence may be submitted to the American government. KING’S MEDAL FOR AMERICAN Edward Gran New York Archi- teet. LONDON, June 8.—In order to assoclate himself with the American nation and President Roosevelt In the partial remodel- ing of the White House, King Edward has awarded the royal gold medal for the pro- motion of architecture to C. F. McKim, the New York architéct, who designed the medal The presentation of the medal was fixed for June 2. On the following day a din- ner will be given in honor of McKim at the Royal Institute of British’Architects, the guests including Ambassador Choate FRANCHISE FOR WHITES ONLY Will Net to Vote im vasl, Men lowed kS Colored PRETORIA, Transvaal, June 8.—~In conse- quence of the opposition to the municipal enfranchisement of colored men the gov- ernment has decided to amend the municl- pal ordinance so as to exclude allens as well as colored men, thus restricting the franchise to white British subjects. NAMES MANILA ARCHBISHOP ROME, June 8.—The Vatican today off- clally announced that Rev. J. J. Harty, pastor of St. Leo's church of St. Louis, bas been N { | | | Lemmon and UNION LEADER 1IN TOILS Obarged with Extorting Money to Bettle Iron Workers' Btrike. CHICAGO WAITERS SECURING CONCESSIONS Four Thousand Building Men Walk Out at Pittab and 25000 Are Expected to Be idle “ Soon. NEV /K, June 8.—Samuel Parks, business' _ ent of the Housesmiths' and Bridgemen's union, was arrested today and held in bonds for a hearing tomorrow on a charge of extortion preferred by President Paulson of the Hecla Iron Works and R. A. McCord, of the American Bridge company. It is alleged Parks was given a check for $2,000 to settle a strike in the Hecla Iron Works in May, 1902 District Attorney Jerome appeared per- sonally at the hearing and asked for heavy bail. He sald: 1 have received notice that this defendant has collected large sums of money. In the recent subway strike I am given to under- stand that he got $,000. After his arraignment Park said he took the check in question, but said it was to be used for the waiting .time of the men on strike. Frank Buchanan, president of the International Structural Iron Workers, sald today that Parks had shown the check at one of the meetings saying it had been given him by the Hecla people for waiting time, meaning that it was to &0 toward paying the men for the money they lost while they were on strike. A large number of men recelved money from the check. Waiters Obtafn Concessions. CHICAGO, June 8—Two additional res- taurants were added to those tied up by the striking waiters and cooks today, al- though nearly a score of managers and proprietors visited the strikers' headquar- ters and signed the union scale. Several prominent clubs have also entered into negotiations with the union leaders and one, the Washington Park club, is said to have granted the demands of both walters and bartenders. Employes of the Union League club were ordered out this afternoon and quit work. Four Thousand Quit. PITTSBURG, June 8.—Four thousand men were thrown out of employment today and by the end of the week it is expected 2,000 more will be idle as the re- sult of the action of the Builders' league in ordering a general suspension of all buflding work until an adjustment of the difficulties between the stonemasons and bricklayers has been reached. NEW YORK, June 8.—The machinists in the yards of the Townsend-Downey Ship Bullding company went on strike today and in doing so completed a general strike of the machinisty in all the ship yards of the firms belonging to the New York Metal Trades assoclation in Greater New York, New Jersey and on Staten Island. firms are members of the Metal Trades assoclation and the strike involves 2,00 or more machinists. A meeting of the Metal Trades associa- tion was held today, following which H. C. Hunter, secretary of the assoclation, said: During the pdst week practically all the machinists who were members of the Inter- national Machinists' union, and who have been in the employ of the members of the New York Metal Trades assoclation, en- gaged on marine work, have gone on strike All the amalgamated machinfsts are work- ing.. At the conference held today to con- sider “the strike situation it was unani- mously resolved not to concede any of the demands of the machinists and the associa- tion will immediately proceed to attempt to break the strike. Baltimore Bakers Quit. BALTIMORE, June 8.—In consequence of the refusal of the proprietors of the large | bakeries in Baltimore to grant demands made recently by the Journeymen Bakers' union a general strike was begun today. The union asks a minimum rate of $12 pet week for bench workers, $l4 for oven and dough workers and a ten-hour day. The large bakers affected were able to supply most of their customers with bread. Can Makers Walk Out. SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.—Over 1,00 employes of the American Can company went on strike this morning. The walkout was due to differences between the Can Makers' union and the company relative to the demand of the employes for In- creased wages and shorter hours. Salmon Canners on Strike. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 8.—The salmon fishermen today declared a strike against the canneries. The trouble is entirely over wages. BUILDING BOARD IS SPUT Unions Desert Gemeral Body and Walk Out of Conven- tio NEW YORK, June 8.—Sixteen of the strongest labor unions in the United Board of ‘Building Trades deserted that body to- day after the most eventful meeting in its history. Thirty-six unions had delegates at the meeting. In all there are thirty- nine unions in the united board, and its total membership exceads 65,000 of the high- est paid workmen in the country. The united board has always Heen regarded as one of the most powerful labor, organ- izations in the country. Until the factional fight developed a week ago, when a number of radical delegates under thg guidance of Samuel J. Parks, upset the plans of the men who wanted to end the disastrous building tieup by expelling the Material Drivers' union from the central body. The organization was always known for Its conservatism and moderation. Last Wednesday, when the Parks faction ‘won, the material drivers and handlers were given time to decide whether they would voluntarily withdraw from the united body. They refused to withdraw. There was a call for their expulsion and when the matter was put to a vote the re- sult was 20 to 16 in favor of the drivers. President John Donovan then left the hall. He was followed by Vice President the delegates of fourteen other ‘organizations, making sixteen in all The seceding unions are. Amalgamated Soclety of Carpenters and Joiners, Amal- gamated Sheet Metal Workers, Plain and Ornamental Plasterers, Plumbers and Gas Fitters, local No. 2; Electrical Workers No. 3; Marble Cutters, Mosalc and En- crustic Tile Layers, Tile Layers' Helpers, Steam and Hot Water Fitters, Steam Fit- ters' Helpers, Granite Cutters, United Der- rickmen, Riggers and Pointers, Journe: men Stonecutters, Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators, Slate, Tile and Metal Roof- ers, and Elevator Contractors. The unions which voted In faver of the material drivers were for the most part appolnted archblshop of Manils. | those composed of unskilled workmen. son of the president | BOLD FELONS STILL FREE Pursune Priséners Wh Death Watel Escaped Possen Slew from Jai GLASGOW, Mont., June 8.~Up to a late hour today no report had been received from the posses pursulng the four pris- oners who escaped from the city jall on Saturday night after killing the death watch. Two horses were stolen from the Patton ranch last night and it is supposed they are making for the bad lands where, armed as they are, they ean stand off many men. One posse of twenty-five is hot on the trafl and fity more persons left Glasgow this morning. At daylight two of the men, thought to be Brown and Hardee, were scen near Milk river, going east and riding hard on jaded horses. Sheriff Buck- ley of Fort Benton and George Hall, United States marshal, have joined the posse. There Is strong talk of iynching if the felons are taken allve, but this is hardly poasible. DEGREE OF HONOR PROSPERS Membership Put at 85,585 in lowa Secretary's Official Re- port. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 8.—-The superior lodge, Degree of Honor, auxillary to the supreme lodge, Anclent Order of United Workmen, opened its. session here today. Some of the delegates have been delayed by the floods, notably those from Kansas and states in that directton. Mre. Anna C. Wilson of Morris, Minn. grand chief of honor, delivered the addres of welcome and Mrs, Louise M. Bush of Aberdeen, Wash,, responded. Mrs. Elizabeth Alburn of Stoux City, Ta.,, superior recorder, reported a mem- bership of 3,55 and a beneficlary member- ship of 34,920, The supreme ruler, Miss Emma Bickford of Manchester, N. H., reported something over $9,000 recefved into and disbursed from the general fund since January 1. The beneficlary receipts during that time amounted to $12,102 SAY SCALPERS FORGE TICKETS Protection Buremu Secks to Expose Plan for Defra: Raflways, INDIANAPOLIS, June S.—Charges of wholesale forgeries and frauds among the ticket scalpers have resulted in three ar- rests, The Investigation has been going on for some days at the instance of the Railway Ticket Protective bureau. Those arrested are Michael 8. Meyberg of the ticket brokerage firm of M. S. Meyberg & Co, James B. Finley, an employe of the Big Four railroad, who is sald to have worked in conjunction with the scalpers, cnd Samuel Glick, employed as a clerk at the office of A. L. Messing, a broker. ————— WALL STREEuTlLL' GLOOMY tinued on & Very Large Sea! NEW. YORK, June B8.—Wall street's gloomy spirits were unrelieved today cnd the liquidation which was in force last week continuad on a large scale. There was heavy selling of the corn carriers and the cotton carriers based on the delay in planting the corn crop and by the bad weather in the south. The conlers were also under speclal pressure on ac- count of the fear that labor troubles will break out amongst the miners. The declines reached three points or over in the course of the day for Atchison and Reading, stocks on the list. ARMED .MEN MENACE DEWEY Suspected K » Murderers Object of Hostile Gatherings of Citizens, TOPEKA, Kan., June 8—Large bodibs of armed men are assembled at Goodland, St. Francis and at the Berry ranch in CReyenne county. The gatherings are con- sidered a hostile demonstration against Chauncey Dewey and his two cowboys, now being escorted to St. Francis by & company of militia, Since the Berrys were murdered last week resentment has been kindled against the cow men of the district, and it is now feared other fights will break out, no matter what may be the outcome of the movement against Dewey. MIDDIES ARE TAKEN TO SEA Naval Cadets Start on Summer Cruise ‘Which is Due to End in August, ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 8.—The midship- men sailed today from Annapolis on their summer cruise on Indiana, Hartford and the training ship Chesapeake. The middies were distributed according to classes, the lowest being placed on Chesapeake. The shipswill go down Chesapeake bay to- gether to Newport News, where they expect to arrive on the 17th inst. On the 18th they will leave for New London, Conn., at or near which place’ they will remain all “he summer, arriving inside the Chesapeake capes about August 23 on thelr return trip. GUN EXPLODES ON NEVADA Tarret is Torn Up by Shet and Veasel Will Consequently Need Docking. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 8.—Whila the new monitor Nevada was at target practice off the capes the shock of the ex- plosion of one of the big guns tore up the turret, inflicting considerable damage. The monitor returned to Old Point Com- fort and the Navy department was notl- fled. Orders are expected directing the monitor to sall at once to one of the navy yards for repairs —— CALL GUESSING CONTEST FAKE Postal Authorities Hold Publisher Who Falls to Pay His Win MANSFIELD, O., June 8—George W. Cupp, publisher of a magazine, was ar- rested today charged with fraudulent use of the malls. The alleged fraud is in con- nection with a guessing contest relative t the vote for governor of Ohlo, each subscriber being assured of a chance on a large sum of money. It is sald that no prizes have yet boen awarded, hence the complaint to the postal ofclals l — MATHEWSON CASE IS NEXT Indian Office to Deoide Boon Whether He is Named Bonded Superintendent. PRESENT POSITION ENDS JULY FIRST Miam J. Carroll, Formerly Omaha, i Buried at Wi «~Routine Matters in the Department. ot (From a Staft Correspondent. WASHINGTON, June §.--(Special Tele- gram.)—W. A. Jones, commissioner of In- dian affairs, after nearly two months' absence from the department, superintend- ing the opening of bids for annual supplies York, is again at his desk. During the absence of Mr. Jones there has been some matters which have been held in abeyance until his return, among them being the question as to what disposition shall be made of Agent Mathewson of the Omaha and Winnebago reservation. gress failed to appropriate money for the purpose of continuing this Indian agency and on July 1 Mr. Mathewson will be out of a job, unless Commissioner Jones and Secretary Hitchcock should decide to ap- point him bonded superintendent of Indlan schools at the Omaha and Winnebago agency, a course which is, by the way, now being serfously considered. Indian agents who have been legislated out of thelr posi- tions by failure of congress to appropriate other instances been appointed ‘bonded” school superintendents at salaries almost as good as that which they formerly re- cefved. Commissioner Jones safd today that he would take up the Mathewson case with the secretary of the interior this week, and it 1s expected that almost any day a con- clusion may be announced. ¥ormer Nebraskan Buried. Funeral services over the remains of Willlam J. Carroll, formerly of Omaha, were held this afternoon in the chapel of the undertaking establishment of Willlam J. Lee, and interment was at Rock Creek cemetery. A number of Nebraska friends of the deceased were present at the inter- ment, ex-Sanator Thurston, with whom Mr. Carroll had been associated during former years, being among the number. Frank H. Broadfield of Omaha has been visiting the capital for several days upon pleasure bent, and left tonight for Phila- delphia, and goes thence to New York upon business prior to his return to Omaha. Boom for Taft. There 1s a quiet movement on foot to make Governor Taft governor of the Phil- ippine islands, the vice presidential candi- date with Theodore Roosevelt. Just how far this movement has progressed cannot be determined but his name was upon the lips of men in Washington today who make candidates for presidential offices. It now transpires that the opposition to endorsing President Roosevelt at the time on the part of the senlor senator from Ohlo was only a ruse to hoid t:u ©Ohto cqnyenation unbo to_any candidate until after Governor '?::x name had been pre sented formally as & vice presidential can- didate. The activity, however, of Mr. Roosevelt's partisans In Ohio in insisting upon an ecndorsement of his administra- tion and further insisting upon endorsing him for the presidential nomination of 1904, brought about changg {n the program. Governor Taft, however,'ls being seriously groomed for the vice presidency and it Is understood he has back of him many of the astute politiclans of the state. will be much wonderment that he would accept the vice presidency, in view of his abllity and his comparative youth. But more and more are the great partles ing to a vice president who will have all cagion arise that the vice president would be called upon to fill the highest office in the government. office is not known In Washington. His nomination, however, would be but a re- versal of conditions which obtained in 1900. The president at that time came from Ohlo, the vice president from New York. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Number of Iowa Men Recelve Appo! ments in Rural Free Delivery Service, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June S.—(Special Tels- gram.)—Altert H. Steinhouse has been ap- pointed postmester at Waverly, Codington county, 8. D., vice R. H. Hoftman, signed. The postoffice at Galion, Cass county, Ia has been ordered discontinued. Applications to organize national banks in Towa were approved by the comptroller of the currency today as follows: First National bank of Elliott, with §25,000 cap- ital, by H. E. Manker, J. J. Manker, J. W. Manker, C. F. Clarke and F. M. Byrkit; Merchants' National bank of Greene, with $50,00 capital, by E. W Soesbe, C. W. Soesbe, George A. Carney, Charles Gatcs and W. W. Thorp. Reserve agents approved: National Live Stock bank of Chicago for City National of Tipton; Cedar Rapids National of Cedar Rapids for First National of Deep River, Ia These rural carriers were appointed to- day: Nebraska—Geneva, regular, John Kling, jr.; substitute, Willlam Klink. Tows —Anthon, regular, Frank Overstreet; sub- stitute, M. J. Overstreet. Corwith, regular, Roy C. Stilson; substitute, Alfred H. Puge Honey Creek, regular, Thomas W. Glover; substitute, John Foreman. Manning. reg- ular, Willlam 8. Coe, eubstitute, Loretta V. Coe. Marengo, regular, John B. Allum, sub- stitute, Gertrude Allum. Maquoketa, reg- ulars, Willlam A. Conner, Fred O. Davis, William Evans; substitutes, Emma J, Con- ner, J. K. Davis, John Evans. Newton, regular, Beth A. Cunningham; substitute, Wallace Cunningham. Taintor, regular, John B. Rhine; substitute, Mollie B. Rhine. Webster City, regular, Willam H. Clow; substitute, Clifford E. Clow. John Berlin of Genoa, Neb., has been ap- pointed carpenter at Fort Belknap Indian school, Montana. re- Harry A. Austin of Omaha has been ap- | pointed elerk at $1,000 In the headquarters of the army H. M. Shepard has been appointed sub- carrier at Mitchell, 8. D. The postoffices at Ballagh, Dwight, Hum- mond, Marion, Powell, Tarnov, Thornburg, Neb., and at Ford, Lawn Hill, Relbeek, Shipley, Ia., and at Fagle and Houghton, 8. D., beccme money order offices on July 1 next Aultman-Miller Assets Sold, AKXKRON, O., June §.—At & meeting of the oreditors of ‘the Aultman-Miller company here today the offer of Judge Vincent of Chicago to purchase the’plant and assets the company for ¥40,000 was accepted. tor the Indian rervice in Chicago and New The last con- | money to pay their salaries have in many | Buckeye | To those who know Judge Taft there 1ook- | the qualifications for president should oc- | | ‘Whether Judge Taft has | any aspirations for the vice presidential CONDITION OF THE WEATH Forecast for Nebraska—Fair T Cooler in South Portion; Wednesday | ER day, Fair Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Dex. [ 3 o4 o7 | us o8 o ot o » » » ». » ». APPRAISERS COMING TO CITY Alvora A Bensenbers May Meet Here to Seleet Third Member Board, John W. Alvord, the hydraulic engineer chosen by the city, and George H. Bengzen- berg, the engineer selected by the Omaha Water company, as two of the three men who will appraise the value of the water- | works, may meet in Omaha this week and {name a third man. Mr. Alvord has al- ready signified his intentton to the water board to be here Wednesday and go over the situation with the members, and the | | Water company s making efforts to have | Mr. Benzenberg out here at the same time The latter is very busy at Cincinnati, and last night it was not known whether he | could make the trip this week. However, it is understood th both sides are anx- fous for the appraisers to get together and | | ugree upon a third man, The question of how they are to be paid is another prob- lem that requires solving. Superintendent Hunt sald last night that the company would be willing to defray one-half of the expense, Yesterday afternoon the council as a committee decided to refer the matter of payment to the water board, which is| scheduled for an Informal meeting with Mr. Alvord Wednesday night BUILDERS FAIL TO MEET MEN Conference to Take Up the Project for Arbitration ¥Fa Materialize. g3E3838 i | | | | to The joint meeting of representatives from the Builders' exchange and Bullding Trades councll planned for yesterday after- noon, at which a board of arbitration to undertake the scttlement of local strikes was to be appointed, did not materiaitze. | Sald a member of the Bullding Trades council: “We were advised by the contractors to await notice from them and our men | waited, but the notice ald not come. The mecting, therefore, was not held and we have mo further advice as to the matter.” The reported plan of this meeting was for five representatives of the Bullding Trades council and five from the Builders' exchange to meet and select four men who should choose two more to constitute a board of arbitration to assume the task of settling the issues between the con- tractors and their former employes. The inference was drawn from this that a sottlement of all the local troubles might follow, EAST WELCOMES HEAVY RAIN Long Drouth fs Ended and with it Go the Dangerous Fo Firen, BOSTON, June 8.—Rain, and plenty of it, tonight ended the Afty days' drouth in nérthern and southern New England and quenched most of the forest fires which have turned vast ureas into blackened ‘waste: The rain already has drenched the entire New England coabt line. The storm fs | travellng inward and before daylight is likely to bring relief to all New England. ‘The drouth just ended has bcen the long- est und most severe for many years. Tem- | peratures during the last Afty days have ranged from frost to midsummer torridness and damage has accompanied each, ex- | treme frcst having killed early vegetables and the hot weather parched meadow and brush lands. | STILL TALK MILEAGE TICKETS | ‘Western Passenger Association Likely to Copy Northern Mileage CHICAGO, June 8.—Members of the exe- cutiye committee of, the Western Passenger assoclation were unable to settle the inter- changeable mileage book question today, and adjourned, leaving the problem to the regular meeting of the assoclation about June 18. It was predicted by several members that | a form would be adopted to permit the .u'uveler to dispense with the delay at the icket window every time he hoards a train. The interchangeable mileage book used by the northern mileage bureau, which is good | on trains of lnes in that assoclation, fs | apparently regarded with great favor by the Western Passenger association mem. bers. MAKES A HIT AT PRINCETON! Walter T. Sellers of Fort Crook Reads | the Class Propheey at 01a Nassai. NEW YORK, June 8.—(Special Telegram.) —Walter F. Bellers of Fort Crook, Neb., was the central figure at the class da { exerclaes today at Princeton university, upon which occasion Sellers, as class orophet, made a great hit. The opening exercises were held at Alexander hall in the “quadrangle,” which was crowded with | a blg audience of graduates, friends and celatives, who were welcomed by Master of Ceremontes John 8. Dona of Charleston, ‘W. V. Around the old revolutionary eannon in the quadrangle in the afternoon Sellers read the prophecy, while, according to custom, the seniors covered the old cannon with flowers and marching to each building, cheered it in turn Movements of Oce. At Cherbourg—8alled: Barbarossa, from New York via_ Plymouth, for Biemen: Friedrich der Grosse, from Bremen and | Southampton, for New York. At Gibraltar—Sailed: Lahn, and Naples, for New York At Lieth-8ailed: Mohican, from aélphia, for Liverpool. Arrived from Montreal asgow—Arrived: C New York. At Manila—Arrived: United States trans- port Thomas, from 8an Francisco. At London—Arrived: ~Minnetonka, New York At Inistrahull—Passed: Buenos Ayrean, trom Glasgow, for Boston; Mongolian, from Glasgow, for New York ‘At The Lizard—Passed: Switzerland, from Philadelphia, for Antwerp. At Bremen—Arrived Barbaros: from New York via Plymouth and Cherbourg Al New York—Arrived: Zeeland, from Antwerp: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne : Batavia, from Hnmhm‘. United Btates cruiser Buffalo, from Gibraltar; Minnehaha, from London; Victorian, from | Laverpool. Vessels June 8, from Genoa Phila- Parisian lumbla, from from | ing | Venice, ! venting the inundation of the city. WATER STANDS STILL | TWENTY DROWNINGS ALREADY REPORTED Huudreds Fleo to Higher Ground, Leaving Homes to Destruotion. EAST ST, LOUIS FIGHTS DESPERATELY Entire Population Battles with Waters Striving to Build Up Levees. THIEVES LOOTING VACANT Armed Men Wateh Dams Anxio Shoot Maranders, Who, However, Work Stlently and Well Away from Guards, HOUSES to Falling at St. Louls, The crest of the flood has been reached and the river is falling. At 1:30 this morn- the gauge registered i1.1 feet, indicat- ing a fall of 0.4 of & foot since 7 last night Reports from along the Missourl river in- dicate that it is falling rapidly. The high water murk of the great flood of 1908 Is established at St. Louls at 316 feet. ST. LOUIS, June 8.—80 great an extent of territory Is covered by the flood, ®o constantly changing are the conditions as the water creeps higher and renders the situation the more thaotic, and so un- reliable are the various rumors of the devastation, that a substantial summary of the losses of life and property eannot be obtained, but up to & tonight information from apparently the most relfable sources showed the situation to be as follows: {h: River stage 31§ feet, stationary: prob- ably a slight rise by morning, when the highest stage will have been reached. (2). Twenty llves known to have been lost. (3). More than 200,00 acres of rich farm lands under water. (4). All Venice and the greater parts of Madison and Granite City under water. (5). Twenty-five thousand people home- less. (). 8 Prefght traffic completely paralysed an, ssenger traffic practically stopped. The shipping and manufactur is- trict of East 8t. Louls for three miles along the river front is under from three to elght feet of water, (8). Hundreds and probably thousands of cattie_drowned. (9). East St. Louls threatened with com- plete inundation; Bt. Louis flooded only along the water front. (10). Entire property loss = estimated at $3,000,000, Hounses Are Swept Away. The flood has probably reached the zenith of its power and the situation s appalling. The ¢limax came last night, when, by the breaking of a levee near Granite C wall of water six feet high rushed down on Madison and deeper en- gulfed the already stricken city, sweeplng houses from their foundations and drown- ing fifteen refugees who were vainly flee- ing for their lives. The report was current that fifteen work- men in the Bt. Loula Car and Foundry works had been drowned, but later it was found that whils seven employes had lost their lives, thirteen others, men, women and children, had perished. Hundreds of persons were forced to the Toofs of their floating houses and an appeal was sent to Bt. Louls for assistance. Every effort was made to force steamers against the heavy current four miles north to the stricken town, but it was noon before the steamers Mark Twain and Annle Russell lashed together with their engines working under every ounce of steam were after five hours of battle with the current able to reach Madison. For the balance of the day and far into the night the work of resculng refugees from floating or flooded houses, tree tops and varfous high places procoeded and, there being no place to take them nearer than St. Louls, they are tonlght pouring into the city by the hundreds, weak and hungry and dispirited. It Is more than probable that the esti- | mate of twenty lives lost is far below the actual number. On all sides persons are telling of having seen houses turn over plunging lone occupants beneath the water and men struggling in the flood too far !from land to recelve assistance, who from exhaustion gave up and sank, or of women being drowned under various clrcumstances But these storfes were so varied that con- firmation I¢ impossible. John Arnold, who escaped from North Venice, brought the report that a house containing thirteen occupants was swept away last night and all were drowned, Thieves Loot Vaeant Hou River thieves are looting the various vacant houses. Men fn skiffs have been seen to enter half submerged houses in Madison and Granite City and y away everything of value. ad men working along the levee report that a Madison man sought safety trom the flood by climbing on the root of his house. A man in a skiff rowed close to him this afternoon and sald: “Have you got dhy money?" “No," replied the refugee, “Then stay where you are,” was the heartless retort, and the skiff was pulled away. Later the refugee was rescued and told his story. Throughout the entire flooded district men with/ riot guns are patrolling the levees to prevent cutting who are anxijus to try their marksmanship on river thieves, but 8o far the robbers have confined their offorts to houses far from the levees, where they are safe from detection. At East St. Louls today the situation is desperate. Mayor Cook has issued a procla- mation ordering all business suspended and calling on every male citizen to luy aside his employment and render service in pre- Mayor Cook went about seeing that signs were posted offering men 31 cents an hour to help bulld the levees, but the offers of employ- ment were ignored by the majority of the throngs of unemployed negroes and white workmen that stood idly about. The situation 1s growing so desperate that for & tme it seemed possible that men might be made to work with rifles, The water is steadily creeping up, inch by Inch, to the tops of the hurridly erected sand bag levees and is already two feet above the higher portions of the city. A break in & dike would mean vast destruc- tion to property and possibly loss of life. Citizens are now, however, hurrying to the work of saving the city and the inspira- tion has spread until idle workmen join the throngs on the levees and the sand bags are piled higher and higher as fast as freight cars can bring them, and tonight the city is still dry, although not yet safe, Several amateur photographers came to grief. ‘Thelr cameras were jerked from thelr hands and hurled into the water and they were told that more trouble would $t. Louls Desperate. 1(0"0' 1€ they persisted in taking plotures {