Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 16, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JU - NE 19, 1871. HAIL PETER AS KING Servians Rejoioe at Parliament's Unanimous Beleotion of New Ruler. THRONE BESTOWED IN FIFTEEN MINUTES No Dissenting Voios is Raired to Kara- georgevitoh's Name. OLD PRETENDER AGREES TO BE MONARCH Wires Acoeptance and Notifies Other Sov- ereigns of His Eleotion. WILL PRACTICALLY HEAD A REPUBLIC Constitution Put in Force by Gov- ernment Gives Freedom to People as Though Democracy Was All Powerful. BELGRADE, June 16.—Prince Peter Kara- georgevitch was duly elected king of Servia this afternoon in jolut session of the Sen- ate and Bkupshtina. The announcement was recelved with every manifestation of rejoleing. The presiding officer of the joint mession proposed the election of Prince Peter as king. Cheers greeted the proposal, which were repeated on the announcement that the vote was unanimous. The minister of Justice hustened to the balcony'and, an- nounced the fact to the waiting crowd. The people recelved the notification with cheers and @ royal salute of 101 guns was fired Lieutenant Lasar Javadovios of the Sixth infantry shot and killed himself yesterday evening because his fellow officers did not permit him to participate in carrying out the plot against the late king and queen. The proylsional government has refused the necessary permission to several Bel- grade familles who wanted to emigrate, paying that until normal conditions are re- stored such permits will noi be granted. Army Imposes Secrecy. During the day the officers of the army also held a meeting and adopted the fol- lowing four resolutions: (1). The form of government must not be ch('z‘,':"'i!h- names of the conspirators must not be revealed or the nature of the role they play in the revolution. " (#). ' No officer must accept @ny rewar or the services he rendered his country [3F the Scemoval of King Alexander. (4). No officer who is arrested shall ap- pear before the courts in military uniform. The day’s proceedings on the whole were characterized by singular impassiveness. Only in the unreserved admiration for Colonel Machin and the other conspirators could it be meen that the event w-: mlm- nently popular, It was evident during the oceremony, where Colonel Machin stood conspicuously among the numerous brilifant uniforms , and decorations, how + proud he s of his work. ‘When, later fn the day, the late Queen - Draga's regiment, with the other troopd of the garrison, took the oath of allegi- wnoe, it was obvious that they were in dgnatatice -of, what they were ‘#wore alleglance to a consti- tutin which has not yet been formulated. The vacaney in thelr faces showed that ‘would have as readily taken an oath of alleglance to the czar or the em- peror of Austria. BServia, having no no- bility, Is governed by the military and of- ficlal classes, whom the masses blindly obey, The town Is full of unsavory gossip concerning the late queen and there is not @ scintilia of sympathy for the murdered royal couple At 7 this evening a telegram to the gov- It ernment arrived from the new king. readst The eplendid proots of devotion from my people, and ouched bom.d , my faithful arm; patriotic government have deeply me. m_the bottom of a true Bervian heart 1 thank provl nce, which has vouch- safy \n His will, te mercy and through the throne of my famo! s ancestors, I bes (nu. the premier an your colleagués in fhe government, to ac- cept my royal acknowledgement with the assurance of my particular good will, Foree Used in Private, ‘The resolutions adopted by the national assembly at today's session have prao- tically granted immunity to all concerned in the coup detat. army has been recognized and approved and gratitude has been extended to the government for the patriotism displayed The government's in such & fatal crisis. measures have been endorsed. It has been empowered to cenduct affalrs untll King Peter's arrival. This apparent unanimity, however, was not reached without a contest, An informal meeting of the SBkupshtina was held yes- terday from 4 p. m. until midnight. The public was excluded, but from the advices given out by varlous members It was lively, It was understood -that the army ‘was bound to maintain a monarchy at all costs; therefore, all declarations for a re- public were speedily suppressed and the adherents of a republican form of govern- ment were compelled to fall back on other proposals, such as supporting Prince Mirko of Montenegro and King Peter's son George. A wordy battle raged long and means more effective than eloquence are sald to have been employed to persuade opposing elements Into acquiescence. Peter Recelves News, GENEVA, June 16—King Peter received calmly, but with evident satisfaction, the telegraphic notification of his election as king, to which he wired his acceptance. He also telegraphod to the em- perors of Russia and Austria and to the king of Italy, announcing his election and adding that he hoped to work for the good of Bervia. Subsequently, as he recelved congratula- tions, King Peter became more |excited, laughed hysterically, marched vigorously up ind down the room and finally flung himselt In & chalr, trembling with ex- citoment. His acceptance of the throne Is stated to be subject 1o four condition First—That the action of the Skupshtina {8 constitutional and entirely free from bribery or force. Becond—That those directly implicated in the wssassinations and revolution should be exiled. Third—That the civil list be increased. Fourth—That an officlal delegation come to Geneva to confer with him King Peter, in an Interview, announced | that he had accepted the crown of Servia and would assume the title of Peter I “I am profoundly touched,” he said, ‘at the confidence shown me." The king has addressed a proclamation to the people of Servia which will be pla- carded and réad throughout the country, In it he thanks the Servians, who have shown a desire to emulate the traditions of thelr ancestors. The king promises to ignore all that has happened durlng the past forty years and not to bear Hi-will to those who opposs him. He concludes with promising to re- spect the rights of all employes of the state whom he Invited to remain In the posi- tions to which they are legally entitied and |DIVORCE FOR THE LEPERS The attitude of the OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1903—TE Former Ma: wes to Be Annulled So that They Can Remarry Other Lepe Hosuvf’:‘"ry June 15.—Corfed® Pross.)—As a rebe tions of the United B, tee which visited here hw,_ il and local agitation, the Board of Itemth is trying to arrange about sixty divorces at the leper gettlement on Molokai, and the assistance of the attorney general has been Invoked. In all the cases under consideration the husband or wife is at the settlement, while the other party is away. The partitions have resulted in conditions at the settle- ment which the senate committee strongly | condemned and it is the opinion of many | that the moral situation would be greatly | Improved if the lepars were free to Inter-| marry at Molokal. i The plan has aroused some local opposi- tion, chiefly of a religlous nature. About $3,000 In silver colns of the Ha- wallan monarchy have been taken up at| the leper colony and exchanged for Amer- fcan money. The coin was all fumigated before leaving the settlement. It goes to San Francisco to be recoined as American money. DOWAGER RECEIVES ADMIRAL tie Fleet and His “s 2 (Via Ban Francisco, “a of the Associated | Se recommenda- | sate commit- | Commander of A Stam Vi Pekin, PEKING, June 15.—The dowager empress today recelved Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander-in-chief of the United States Aslatic fleet, and his staff. All the far eastern newspapers infer that the assembling of the American squadron at Chefoo is for the purpose of impressing Russia. WASHINGTON, June 151t Is sald at the Navy department that Admiral Hvans' movements have no probable connection with the Manchurian negotlations or the attitude of Russia. As a matter of fact, while sundry missionarfes in that section of China were in trouble, some of the smaller naval vessels were dispatched to the locality to render such assistamice as might be necessary. In addition to that, the Increase of cholera in the Philippine ports made it expedfent to remove from that section as many American naval ves- sels as could be spared, and they have been gathered In the more salubrious Chinese waters. Admiral Evans 0 has planned some squadron movements which cannot be undertaken without a specified number of | ships, and the squadron is now gathering for that purpose. CHINESE TREATY SETTLED Many Obnoxious Taxes Abolished, but Manchurian Port Question Still Rematns. SHANGHAL, Jure 16.—The terms of the American commercial treaty ' have been settled, except the clause providing for the opening of two Manchurian ports. The treaty abolishes all Interior trade barriers in the shape of Internal taxation of goods in transit in China or Manchuria, except the duties col by ‘the native custom houses at the treaty ports under forelgn customs management and allows surtaxes of 1% per cent on import and % per cent on export duties. BALLOON CARRIED TO SEA Fate of the Four Occupants of the Un- MARSEILLES, France, June 15.—A bal- loon with four occupants was carried out to sea yesterday afternoon. Their fate is not known. Japanese Fete Russian, YOKOHAMA, June 15.—~The Russian war minister, General Kropotkin, is being ex- tensively feted at Toklo, where he arrived Friday last. A noticeable fact, however, is that simultaneously with the festivities at the capitol Baron Yamamoti, the Japanese minister of marine, is inspecting all the naval ports and testing thelr efficlency in case of war. Hoat Capsis Crew Drowned. CHRISTINA, June 15—~The Belglan steamer Rubens, from SBunderland for Pil- lau, East Prussia, capsized and sank June 10. The captain, mate and six men were drowned. Seven other members of the crew drifted in a small boat for twenty-two hours, during which time three of them dled from exposure. The others were picked up. WAITERS RETURN TO WORK Strike in Chicage s Not to Be of Long Dura- tion. Likely CHICAGO, June 16.—Cooks, waiters and bartenders began to troop back to work today in some of the strike-ridden hotels. At the Auditorfum Annex twelve unfon | walters appeared for duty. At the Metro- ! pole a number of waiters asked to be rein- | stated. Some of the union walters also re- turned to the Chicago Beach hotel. Similar reports come from various other hotels and the situation, according to Secretary Blatchford of the Hotel Keepers' associa- tion, looks brighter for & return of normal conditions. In spite of the renewed threat that every restaurant and hotel in the city, which has | not signed the unfon scale, would be tied up, the hotel men say the unlons have al- ready exhausted their resources and have tafled. Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer- | ican Federation of Labor, and local union leaders tried In vain to persuade the strikers to accept arbitration. | SEARCHING FOR A FIREBUG, Man Believed to Be Lumatic Burns Many Bulldings ia New York Town. SW YORK, June 15.—Armed with shot guns and rifles the farmers and summer | | residents o1 Mount Kisco and New Castle, N. Y., are looking for the Incendiary who { has set fire to more than a dozen houses and barns and poleoned almost every dog in two townships since the first of the year. It will go hard with the firebug If they ' | catch him, for besides the natural destre | | to protect their property the town board | ! bas offered & reward of $1,000 for his cap- | ture and convietion. No one can positively identify the man nor even describe him with any degree of accuracy, although he has been seem on several occasions leaving the house or barn | which shortly after would burst into flames. | It is generally belleved he is a lunatic. Many valuable dogs elonging to wealthy | New York business men have fallen vic- | i | 160,524 were injured. HURRY WORK ON NEBRASKA 8tr.ke Troubles Have Delayed Oonstruction on the Big Battleship. MORAN BROTHERS SETTLE WITH MEN Army Promotion Examining Boards Recelve Orders to Convene at Forts Robinson and Niobrara. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 15.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Information was received today at the bureau of construction and repalr of the Navy department from Moran Bros. & Co. of Seattle, Wash., who have the con- tract for bullding the battleship Nebraska, that all the labor troubles which they have encountered in their work have been amic- ably settled and that henceforth work upon the battieship will proceed with ex- | pedition. Nebraska Is to be a first-class battleship and designed to make nineteen knots. For months the Morans of Seattle have had diMculties with their men and strikes have delayed the work of comstruction difficulties have now been adjusted and work upon Nebraska will rapidly as possible. According to a statement fssued by the bureau of construction and repalr Moran Bros. & Co. had up to June 1 completed 2 per cent of the work on Nebraska called for by thelr contract. Now that the labor dificulties have been satisfactorily ad- justed It I8 belleved at the Navy depart- ment that work on the new naval vessel will proceed with great rapidity and that the Moran company will even yet be able to complete Its work within the time speci- fled by the contract. It has been decided by the supervising architect of the treasury to substitute a copper roof for tin on the new federal butlding at Cheyenne, Wyo. This change of material was authorized today and will cost $6,040 additional. The contractors to roof the Cheyenne building are Messrs. Forster & Smith. Army Examining Boards. The following board of officers is ap- pointed to meet at Fort Robinson for the examiration of officers for promotion: Captains Samuel Freeman, Carter Johnson, Harry Cavanaugh, Tenth cavalry; Contract Surgeon: Preston Kellogg, First Lieutenant Augustus Hart, Tenth cavalry, recorder. More than one surgeon cannot be detafled on this board without manifest injury to the service. Becond Lieutenant Walter Bcott, Tenth cavalry, will report to the above board for examination. The following board 1s also appointed to meet at Fort Niobrara for the examination of officers for promotion: Captains Joseph O'Nelll, Michael Lenthan, Joseph Leitch, Twenty-fifth infantry; First Lieutenant Major Shockley, assistant surgeon; Contract Surgeon Ira Brown and First Lieutenant Charles Bates, Twenty-fifth infantry, re- corder. Second Lieutenant Julian Dodge, Twenty-fitth infantry, will report to the above board. for examination. Big Rafiroad Figures. The Interstate Commerce commissfon ha* prepared a summary of fts raflroad report for the fiscal year closed June 30, 1902, The total singe track rallway mileage was 202,471, having Increased during the year 5,234 miles. This increise was greater than that for any other year since 1890. The states and territories for which an increase in mileage in excess of 100 miles is shown, ar Arkansas, California, Georgla, Idaho, Tilinols, Indiana, Iowa, Loulsiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, ‘Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, In- dian Territory, New Mexico and Oklahoma. | Including sidetracks and double tracks the total trackage is 274,1%. There were 41,228 locomotives and 1,640,220 cars, not including private cars, used during the year. Of these 36,91 were in the passenger service. The total number of employes was 1,189,315, The amount pald in salaries and wages was $76,028,59. The compensation of the rail- way employes for 1902 is equivalent to 60.5 per cent of the operating expenses of the rallway companies and 30.1 per cent of their gross earnings. The amount of rallway capital outstand- ing on June 30, 1902, was $12,134182964, or $2,301 per mile. The furided debt was $6.100,981,609. The amount of capital stock paying no dividends was $2,686,566,614, or 44.60 per cent of the total amount outstand- ing. Omitting equipment trust obliga- tions, the amount of the funded debt which paid no Interest was 204,175,243, The number of phssengers carried was 649,878,506 and the number of tons of frelght 111,089,347, The gross earnings of all the roads for the vear were $1,726,380,267 and the gross expenses $1,116,245, The total dividends declared for the year were $185,421,239, The total number of casualties to persons on account of rallway accidents was 73,250, including 8,588 killed and 64,662 injured. Of rallway employes, 2,99 were killed and The number of pas- sengers killed was 35 and the number In- jured was 6,68. One out of every 401 em- Ployes was killed and one out of every 24 was injured. One passenger was killed for every 1883706 carried and one injured for every 91,24 carried. Ratios based upon the number of miles traveled, however, show that 57, 2 passenger miles for each passenger injured. Ask Ald for Russian Jews, Through thelr representative association B'Nal B'Rith, the Jews of America today lald their case for action on behalf of the Russian Hebrews before President Roose- velt and Secretary Hay. The Interviews with the president and Secretary Hay were extremely satisfactory to the council, although it soon became ap- parent that positive action could not be immediately had upon the subjects nearest to them namely, the betterment of the con- dition of the Jews in Russia. The massacre at Kishineff was the prin- cipal topie of discussion. The council besought the president to use bis good ofices to secure the ear of the czar. They declared that he was being deliberately kept in Iignorance by the bureaucrats of the terrible treatment being meted out to the Jews in every corner of Russia where they were allowed to reside. They expressed a conviction that if the czar knew of the indignities and atrocities practiced upon the unfortunate Jews, who were still his loyal subjects, he would cer- tainly take steps to alleviate their con- dition. They sald nothing about the refusal of the Russlan government to recognize Jew- ish passports or ask the ald of the gov- ernment in the distribution of funds in- tended for the relief of the Kishineff suf- ferers. ‘The president and secretary listened with the deepest interest and sympathy to these representations and both replied in terms '(umn,m on Becond Page) These | be pushed as| 2% passenger miles were | tlon, « accomplished for each passenger killed, and | *P°" {10 oppose what was called the PAGES. SINGLE cop Y THREE CENTS. DEWEY’S GUARD TO GO HOME ot Preliminary Hefring Wil Soldier: ether Ball Allowed or Not. TOPEKA, Kan. June 15—Military pro- tection will be withdrawn from Dewey and his two employes as soon as their pre- liminary hearing s concluded, probably some time this week. Dewey Is extremely anxious to secure ball and will strain every nerve to influ- ence the court to this end, He can give any amount of bail required. If the prisoners are bound over without bail, Governor Balley has ordered the sher- Iff of Cheyenne county to remove them to some other county for safe keeping. where the militia will not he necessary for their protection. Adjutant Gemeral Kelsey has Informed Captain Ctnningham, who Is in command of the state troops at St Francls of this order. Captain Cunnin ham s instructed to conduct the sheriff | with the prisoners to the train and guard them till the train leaves and then the sheriff will have to look after them him- welf. Where they will be taken is not known, but even If they are admitted to ball Dewey will hardly dare to remain in the county as the settlers would doubt- less avenge the Berrys' deaths at the first opportunity. Eastern capitalists are already asking the Deweys to place a price on their ranch | with the idea that the settlers would not allow Chauncey Dewey to remain there even If he should get out of his present trouble, but he says he has no thought of selling. RAILROAD GRADERS KILLED Trestle Gives Way and Four Men A Buried Under Tons of Barth, CHEYENNE, Wyo, June 15.—(Special Telegram.)—A rallroad trestle gave way at the' Elmore grading eamp near Otto, six- teen miles west of Cheyenne, at 6 o'clock today, causing the death of four men and the injury of four others. The dead are: ANTONIO PICCONE. DOMONIC MARINO. ANTONIO ASPROMONTE. NICOLA FATA. The injured are: C. P. Murray, brakeman, Mat Brown, Walter Vickery. Ben Baughn. The men were engaged in loading earth on a string of cars that were pushed out on a long trestle where dirt was dumped to make a flll, When the first four cars reached the center of the trestle the huge framework gave way. The timbers snapped short off, making a report like the dis- charge of musketry and the four cars were precipitated to the bottom of the ravine. The Itallans were riding on the middle cars and were burled under tons of earth and rock and the heavy rolling stock. The Italians were buried deepest and were dead when found. Those Who escaped death were thrown to one &ide and were not seriously hurt. Coroner, Murray brought the victims to Cheyenne ber wagon. An v L gty MUSIC "DOUBLE ' MISSIONAR President Declares Saen Alike Art Moral Life. fest Pro- motes a BALTIMORE, June 15,.—President Roose- velt, who was the guest of honor at the grand concert of the Northeastern saenger- fest tonight, was accompanied by Baron Spec von Sternburg, Senator McComas and the president's private secretary, Mr. Loeb, In the course of his address the president referred to the great part the Turnverein of Baltimore had played in the civil war. He continued: No greater good can come to our people than to encourage in them a capacity for enjoyment which shall discriminate sharply between what is vicious and what has pleas- ure in it. Nothing can add more to our capacity for healthy social enjoyment than the formation of socletfes for the cultiva- tion of music, vocal and instrumental, Which give a great life to the artistic side, the esthetic side of our nature, and espe- clally is that true when we remember that no man I8 going to go far wrong if he be- longs to a society where he can take his wife with him to enjoy fts meetings. So you see, gentlemen, I hail you mis- sionaries allke from the esthetic and the moral standpolnt. STAYS BY SECURITIES COMPANY Hill's Son Declares Concern Will Not Be Dissolved Whatever Court on. MINNEAPOLIS, June 15.—Louis W. Hill, son of James J. Hill, was interviewed today as to the reports of a dissolution of the Northern Securitles company. Mr. Hill said: The Northern Securities company will not be dissolved even if the United States court upholds every contention made in the cases that have been brought against the company. T have heard nothing about any mo to dissolve the Northern Securitie pany and I would certainly know & thing was contemplated. Such a move. ment would scarcely be undertaken while my father was away on a six-months fish- lug trip. he story may be picked up by some pa- pers, because it is sensational, but it is not true. There is no need of a dissolu- tion, even If the cases now being tried B0 against the company. WOODMEN'S CAMP SPLITS Three Hundred Delegates Name Man to Oppose Election of Talbot. ement it such INDIANAPOLIS, June 15.—Three hundred delgates to Modern Woodmen's convention met tonight and denounced what they termed the “machine rule” of the order, It was alleged that the officlals prac- tically stopped all freedom of election and plcked a slate which was to be indorsed even before delegates arrived J. G. Johnson of Kansas was indorsed for head consul, to oppose A. R. Talbot of Lincoln, and a committee appointed to name a list of candidates for other offices “adminis- tration slate. AMERICAN-CHINAMEN ORGANIZE Form League to Preserve Celestial Kingdom and Avk War with Russin, BAN FRANCISCO, June 15.—At & mass meeting of representative men of China- town the organization of a Chinese Citi- zens’ National league was effected, with over 200 charter members. The alleged ob- ject is the preservation of the Integrity of Chip It is intended to organize s woman's branch of the league. A formal request bas been sent to the Chirtese government, asking that imme- dlute war be declared agninst Russia unless com- | SCHOOL TEACHERS ELECTED Board Ohooses Those Not on the Perma- nent List. MEETING WITHOUT Annual Task of Selecting O Addition to the Ea bership is Ea of This Tim OPEN FEATURE Comparatively few changes were made in the eaching corps of the Omaha schools at the annual election of teachers by the Board of Education last night. All jan- itors with the exception of two were rew employed for another year. The high school staff with one exception was re-elected, there was no change In the kindergarten instructors except to add a few; principals of the grade schools remain as formerly, while there was a respectable addition to the list of grade teachers, to replace in- structors who have dropped out during the Inst year for various reasons. Several grade teachers were let out. The action of the board was practically unanimous, the-whole matter having been threshed out In secret committee session which ended at 9:30. All the appointments are for one year. The | assignment and salaries of the high school | teachers are the same for the next year, | save that Miss Edith Higgins 1s appointed physical director, vice Miss Gertrude Ma- comber, who will resign to be married. Ambler Place Wants a School. Place school be rebullt at Forty-third and Castellar streets. This school was con- solidated with the Kckerman Side schools into the Beals bullding, which was destroyed by fire last winter. Now that the school is to be rebullt the Ambler Place people want a separate institution. The communication was referred to the boundaries committee. The introduction of a resolution by Chair- man Funkhouser of the high school com- mittee seeking to change the number of periods which high school instructors shall teach from six to five hours each day was frowned upon by the board and lald over until the next meeting, June 29, even length that his committee had made a thorough personal investigation and based its recommendations on facts. He sald the sible for a high school teacher to do the health. Member MclIntosh objected because he sald the cost of teaching in the high school would be increased 20 per cent. Chairman Funkhouser maintained that only four or five more teachers would be necessary, Member Homan wanted time for con- sideration and sald he had heard no com- plaints from any high school teachers. Member Stubbendort sald the intention of the superintendent and principal is to en- large the classes greatly and thus cover the w m&*.u-mmmnl It ‘Was déelded to open sealed proposals for printing and supplies at noon July & Permanent List Changes. Following is a 1t of the teachers on the permanent list who were dropped. Some of them have left the city and ob- tained employment elsewhere without the formality of resigningt W. H. Allen, Myra LaRue, Mary Ballantyne, Eiizabeth Hiatt, Jeannette Boyd, Alva J. Marshall, Abba Bowen, Elizabeth Shirley, Mabel Hyae, Sarah Thompson, Mabel Jennison, D. J. Johnson, Teachers placed on the permanent list were as follows: High school—Ada I. At- kinson, Eunice Stebbins. From the grades: Frances Brome, Mae McMaster, Stella Cain, Elizabeth Muir, Sophie Cleveland, Emily Newcomb, Martha Cook, Euinfa Rosicky, Eliza Gibbs, Maywood Scnreiber, 1sabelle Graham, Harriette Searle, Joanna M. Gramlich, Nellie Shultz, Anna Gurske, Alvina Spetman, Jean Herdman, Macy Stapenhorst, Teresa McArdle, Anna Svacina, May McCoy, Mary L. Templeton From the kindergarten: Anna Bennett, Carrie Pratt, Minnie Neal, Blanche Campbell. klizabeth Dunham, Placed on Assigned List, ‘The following were placed on the assigned list, having successfplly passed the ex- aminations Mary Detrich, Bessie Andress, Alice Bradman, Eva DeMoss, Martha Homelius, Anna Howland, ‘Alma Spetmann, Nina Kinkaid, Barah Townsend, Elizabeth Maxwell, Claire Northupp. High School Teachers, Miss Fannle Arnold, supervisor of music; Miss Alive Hitte, supervisor of drawing, and Mrs. Orletta 8. Chittenden, supervisor {of kindergartens, were re-elected. These teachers were elected for employment at the high achool: Ada I. Atkinson, | Datsy Bonnell, A. R. Congdon, | Amelis Farnsworth, Mary 3 Gertrude Macomber, “lorence McHugh, A. 8. Pearse, C. A. Pearson, Anna Peterson, Ella Phelps, Nellie Randall, Jasper Robertson, kdith Higgins. Kindergarten Teachers. The following list of kindergarten teach- ers was chosen without dissent: Directors., Hermine Blessing, | Anna Benuett, Minnie Neal, Sara Shaver | Harriet Swobe, Pald Awm Laura Brunner, Maude Burtch, Elizabeth Duriham, |Jennie B. Gluek, Laura Goets, | Loulse Hamilton, | Marian Hamiin, | Hallle Hardin, | Evelyn Jones, | Elizabeth Olver, | Carrie Pratt, Mary Towne, | Pearl Rile Frances Mo Grade Teachers Elected, | Grade teachers were re-clected as fo lows: Julia Freeland, Anna Carey Nelson, Bessle Waterman, Lula Morris, Adele Ryan, Pearl Rockfellow, Ellen Rooney, Eunice Stebbins, Mary Sullivan, Capt. W. M. Wassell, Belle Wilson, A. H. Waterhouse, AlphonsineChatelain, Grace B.Sudborough, 1da D. Fleming, Robert C. Lansing, JoannavonMansfelde, Fugenle Mackin, Louise Burnett, Blanche Campbell, Anna Peters, Helen M. Drake, Emma_Winslade, Kate Winslade, Mary Wyman, DeEtte Mason, Edna Thompson, Gertrude Balley, Anna_Boutelle, Lee Comstock, avock, i Andress, Mary Austin, Margaret Barr, Mary Bauer, Della Beall Helen Lelghty, JennieLogasa, Ethel Lynn. Gertrude Carey, Nora Carrigan, y::t.ll Case, eyer, s Mitchell, t Morris, beth Mulr, Mullen, /" Vun and West | though Mr. Funkhouser explained at some | investigation had shown that it is impos- | full amount of work required and retain | | | A petition signed by thirty-nine Interested | for the ceremontal was not complete. property owners asked that the Ambler | from his place of authority spake Samson, | May | five feet six | helm, from New York CONDITION OF THE WEATMER Forecast for Nebraska—Fair Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperature at Omaha Yosterday: Hour, Dew. How Des. ol 62 an as = 7. ™ ™ 10w om. passzgam SAMSON TESTS MACHINERY Trial Run of His Knight-Making Mill Wheels Pretty | Good Shape. Shows in Now It came to pass that in the first hour of the night, the night which sunders the moon known throughout Quivera as June, in two parts, while the sacred men and chiefs and rulers were secretly gath- ered in the imperial palace, which is far in the remote and little traversed portion of the walled oity lying about 2412 North Twentieth street, there by fasting and frightful effort and by the placing of &- cent Havanas on the dals of the oracle, to perfect themselves in the mystic and im- maculate ceremonies by which the tried subjects of Quivera are knighted to the service of his majesty, Ak-Sar-Ben, that there came certain high men of the capital who thundered before the stern portals and demanded of the captain of the guards: ‘Hi, there, you bum lobster! Open up and put us through.” But the man of might bade them be gone, Then the imperial one: “As 18 In the knowledge of you all, the essential, mysterious element which is the very hilt of the sacred ceremonials, the in- dispensable which we have sent out august envoys beyond the four seas, to the nether side of the world, to fetch, has not vet been lald down in the locked place of the imperfal den. Nevertheless will we do a most thorough signal practice, that we may not fail on the night, which {s Monday next, when the all but barbarous though loyal men of the province of South Omaha accept the service of his majesty, nor the Monday that follows, when the Tribe of | Eagles make fealty." 8o there was a trial’of the mysteties until the sacred men began to drag the ground with exhaustion. ——— GOING TO CHICAGO TO ARGUE Omaha High School Debaters W Meet n Windy City Trio on Friday. ‘What is considered the most important debate ever participated In by the students of the Omaha High school will be held in Chicago June 19, when picked debaters from the Chicago schools meet a similar team from Cmaha to argue the advan- tages of the municipal ownership of strect rallways. The Omaha school has never sent a team so far away frflm.':;nmo be- fore, mor against such brains eduea- tion A8' exist in tHA' 1 the Chicago high schiools. The team that will represent Omaha is composed of the three young men who won the state high school champlonship not long ago. They are Ben Cherrington, Joseph Swenson and Richard Hunter, all members of the junior class. The Chicago team consists of Morrls Burr of Mudill High school, Paul Moser of South Division high and Arthur Meyer of Hyde Park. They are all experlenced in the forensic art and are sald to be as clever as their youth admits. Omaha has sidered the better side of the argument— the afirmative. The debate will be held at Central Young Men's Christian assoctation auditorium, 153 La Salle street, at 8 o'clock | In the evening. The Omaha high schoolers will not leave untll early of the morning of the day of the event and a number of students will accompany them. Next year a debate between schools will ba held in Omaha. M. 8. T lor, a member of the senior class, has car- | rfed on the negotiations with the Chicago schools and 18 hopeful of making the de- bate an annual affair between the high schoolers of the two cities. {SCHOOL TEACHER IS MISSING Genevieve Maddox Leaves South Omaha and Disappears from Her Friends, M Miss Genevieve Maddox, for three years a teacher in the Hawthorne school at South Omaha, has disappeared and since 3 her friends and relatives have heard no word from her. On that date Miss Meddox left South Omaha for Omaha enroute to her home in Fuairfield, Ia. She has not arrived at the latter place and whether she came to Omaha is not known to her Intimate friends, as she has not been seen by any of them since that time. Las: night & message was received from her mother at Fairfield, stating that Miss Maddox had not reached home and asking of her whereabouts. The Omaha friends of Miss Maddox be- | lieve it is possible that she went from | here to Boston to attend the National Edu- cational assoclation convention and that she has written home, but the letters have miscarried. That is the only explanation they offer for her absence from home. Miss Maddox is about 32 Years of age, inches in helght and rather dark: complexioned. For three years she taught in the Hawthorne school, her na having been dropped from the roll of that school the first of this month. She for- merly taught at Fairbury, Neb, and at the time of her disappearance she boarded at the residence of C. M. Rich, 1012 North Twenty-second gtreet, South Omaha. Typewriter Trust Organized. DOVER, Del, June 15.—A certificate of incorporation was flled today for the Kl Hott Fisher company of Cleveland, O., tc manufacture, lease, buy and sell typewrit- ers, numbering and counting machines, ete.; capital, $10,000,000. Movements of Ocean Vessels June 16, At New York—Arrived:Finland, from Ant werp; United States, from Copenhagen; Cedrie, from Liverpool; Pottsdam, from Rotierdam; Messaba, from London. . At Plymouth—Arrived: Kron Pring Wil- for Cherbourg and Bremen_and proceeded At Gibraltar —Arrived: Hohenzollern, trom New York, for Naples and Genoa and proceeded. Sailed: Princess Irene, from Genon apd Neples, for New York ‘At Moville—Arrived: Astorla, from New York, for Glasgow and procecded. 1 t Madelra-Arrived: Hesy , from New stl for Gibrultar and Naples. At Bremen— Arrived: len, from New York and BHaltimor r Kurfurst, from New, York, vi Plymouth and Cher: ure. Liverpool—Arrived: Umbria, from New ymbric, New York. At Ban Frane! rrived: Slerra, from m)ll , from Hamburg. ’ “Salled: Menes. for Hambun i Yokohoma—Arrived (previousi heria, San Franciseo, or Hong Kong. Selled’ Vi ver mense enrolment of what is con- | the same | WATERS DEAL DBATH Five Hundred Oregonians Swept to Destruo- tion in Twinkling. CLOUDBURST STARTS AWFUL AVALANCHE Wall of Water Wipes Out Full Two-Thirds of Heppner Town. THREE HUNDRED BODIES AWAIT BURIAL Corpses Are Found Piled on One Another Mingling with Debris. TON WEIGHT BOULDERS TRAIL IN FLOOD — Torrent, Squeesed by Hills, Gathers Though n Straw. PORTLAND, Ore, June 15.—The most appalling disaster in the history of the state occurred last evening when Heppner was almost entirely destroyed by a cloud- burst wnd probably 50 people drowned. Heppner 1s the county meat of Morrow county and has about 1,%0 inhabitants. The most reliable reports this evening state that the loss of life will be at least 600 and may be larger. All the telegraph and telephone wires are down and no ac- curate information can be secured. A re- port from Ione, seventeen miles from Heppner, states that 300 bodies have been recovered and coffing are asked for for thelr interment. Ahout § last night a wall of water twenty feet high rushed down Into the guleh in Which Heppner is situated and oarried everything before it. The flood came with such suddeness that the inhabitants were unable to seek places of safety and were SWept away. Almost the entire residenne portion 3f the town was wiped out, but some of the business part, which is on higher ground, escaped. Huge boulders welghing a ton were washed down by the current and many people were killed by being dashed against the tocky blufr. Barly In the afternoon & thunderstorm broke over n wide region of country and later a heavy rainstorm set in, many of the small streams overflowed thelr banks ;md the people were busy with these minor nconveniences when t v o he watery wvalanche Corpses Plled Up, As soon as possible after the flood sub- sided rellef work was commenced. Dosens of bodies were found lodged along the bends of the stream and in several places were plled over one another. Up (o 3 thia afternoon 200 bodles had been r. |almost within the city limit. . rfl'u'.:i Ings which were not ecarried away were moved {rom their foundations or toppled cattle, g the An over, while hundreds of horses, sheep and hogs that had gone in creek bottoms for water had perish News of the calaniity dld nas, reabh outside world until this morning,. all* ot communication having been out soon as possible néwh was sent by Gourler to the nearby towns, which were appealett 110 to aid in succoring the stricken people. The Oregon Railway and Navigation com- pany started a relfef train from The Dalles shortly after noon with a party ot 100, in- cluding three doctors, four rupses, fifty horse blankets and supplies of all kinds. At 1:30 this afternoon a relief train with doctors und supplies started for the 'scene from this city. The citizens of Portland opened a relfet | fund as soon as the news spread and within a few hours $5,000 was raised. Supplics will be rushed to Heppner as soon as they can be assembled. The following 18 a list of the identifiea bodies: AMILY. FAMILY OF C. A, RHEA. MR, CARR'S FAMILY. MIS. CHARLES ANDREWS AND CHIL- ROBERT BAIRD AND CHIL- WEL] SR.. AND FAMILY. JIM MATLOC TOM MATLOCK'S FAMILY. DR. HIGG'S CHILDREN. MISS ELLIOTT MISS ELDER. BILL COHEN AND FAMILY. HERBERT BARTHOLOMBW'S FAM- . M. WALTON AND FAMILY, MR. GEIGER. JOHN MEYERS, BEN PATTERSON. GEORGE NOBLE AND FAMILY. BOB HINDS AND FAMILY. MR. AND MRS. DAWSON, Occupants of Heppner hotel: SEVERAL CHINAMEN. MRS. CHARI CURTIS. GEORGE TINSLEY, WIFE AND CHILD, H. A, BOYD'S FAMILY. MRS, W. H. BERG. CHRIS M. ASHBAUGH. CARIL, JONES AND FAMILY. GRORGE SWARDARD. M. KERNAN AND WIFE, T = OREGON ' RAILWAY AND 'IGATION COMPANY. MAITFIELD AND PAMILY. T CABOTS AND FAMILY TTERSON AND FAMILY. AND FAMILY. ed CoMins Need, | word was received here from Tone late | this afternoon that 30 coffins were needed | at once at Heppner. The weather is hot and it is necessary that the dead should bo burled at once. One hundred cofns were sent on the Oregon Rallway and | Navigation overland tonight and 100 more | will be sent from The Dalles and Port- land | The way Portland office of the Oregon Rafl- and Navigation company this after- noon recelved the following message from | Heppnes ghly estimated almost all the people n the banks of Willow creek were rellef in shape of large body of n o help clear away debris and recover dles. Haste is cssential, as the weather warm and the dead must be re ' efore putrifaction sets in. nt Kerman and wife are presumably | dead, as they have mnot yet been found. Fifteen butldings in Lexington, nine miles | below Heppner on Willow creck, were washed away, but with no loss of lite, the inhabitants having time to save themselves from the surging torrent, At Tone, seventeen miles off, considerable damage was done to bulldings, though no loss of lite is reported from there. Relief on the Way, THE DALLES, June 16.—All communics tion s cut off from Douglas, twenty-five miles from Heppner. The Oregon Rallway and Navigation company's rellefl train, carrying 100 per sons, Including three doctors and four he pital nurses, blankets and supplies of all kinds, will proceed up Willow Creek to the farthest point possible snd thence hy teams. m bod St Lowis Recovering, v ST. LOUIS, June 15.~The high rapidly receding and the