Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 2, 1903, Page 1

OMAHA, MONDAY MORN MANY DIE IN FLAMES Tweaty-Five Person) Killed as Result of Fire in Tenement House THOUGHT TO BE OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN Evidenoe to Show New York Disaster Was Oonsummation of Plan, EXTINGUISHED IN TWENTY MINUTES Short Time of Blazs Remarkable for Its Berions Oonzequences. HALLOWE'EN PARTY WAS IN PROGRESS Thix Inereased Number Crowded House in Already 4 Dead Bodies of People Mlocked Egress of the Living. NEW YORK, Nov. L—Twenty-one men, three women and a 10-months-old babe were burned to death or suffocated in a fire that started early this morning in the House of All Natlons, a tenement house at 426 Elev- enth street. The police and coroner belleve the fite to be of Incendiary origin. Some pecullar features of the disaster in adai- tion to the startiing loss of life are that the fire was practically extinguished In twenty minutes, that the police could learn of but one person being injured other than those who lost their lives, and that thé property loss was only $7,000, List of Dead, Following Is the list of the dead: GUBISSEPPE ROSSL TONTO BROCERA. ULETA VINBIGUERRO DORRESI. IMENA DRESI, a baby. 10 VILLMO, The only person Injured, so far as can be learned is Mary Jane Quinn, who was burned about the face and hands and se- verely bruised by leaping from a second- floor fire eseape to the ground. ” Fire Escapes Blocked by Dead. In weveral apartments in the tenement Tront and rear, escape was cut off & few minutes after the fire started by . "In a short space of time the flames had so enveloped (he stairway that egress from the bullding by it was impossible, The hbuse from the third to the fifth floor was destroyed. At the windows, front and rear, bodies of men and women were jammed, showing that a desperate struggle to get tree had resulted in the choking of these exits to the fire escapes and caused a number of inmates to be suffocated. Lying on & bed beside a window at the rear of the fourth floor the firemen found the bodles of five men. Each had clutched the one next # him In an endeavor to push him away i order to get to the fire escape outside. The features of the men were distorted, some with rage, others with agony, and in two instances the men had gripped each other so hard that ‘blood had been drawn and had run over their hands. On the third floor were found the bodies of Vaculetta Vingueirro and her baby, The mother had crawled to the front window and had succeeded In grasping the sill, when she was suffocated. On her arms lay the body of her child, Fatal Close of Party, On the third floor In an apartment where & Hallowe'en party was being held, John O'Toole, one of the occupants, started to 80 to the street. He was met by a volume of as he opened the door. He ran to the fire escape, followed by all those in the flat with the exception of his mother, whose charred body was found lying at the entrance to the apartment. O'Toole and others escaped. When the firemen reached the scene there was & mass of lame bursting through the middle of the roof, whjle the air was filled with heartrending screams of the ‘women and tho curses of the men. Many daring rescues were made by the firemen, who at times had to use violence in their attempts to disentangle the mass of writhing human belngs struggling in vain efforts to reach safety from tho crowded fire escapes. One fireman crawled to the fourth floor, where & window was filled with a mass of people, jammed In and fighting to get out. He struck the heads of all the men he could see with his fist and they fell back. He then handed down to the firemen om lad- ders below three women and a baby. An- other fireman performed a similar feat and rescued two girls from the fourth floor. Life nets played a prominent part in the work of rescue. The firemen dropped men and women, dead and alive, from one floor to another and finally the men stand- ing on ladders on the first fioor let them fall into the nets held by policemen and firemen 1u the street. The bullding wa: known @8 “The House of All Nations," because of the different nationalities of its tenants. _— Farmer Dies in Field, SIOUX FALL§, 8. D., Nov. L—(Special.) —August Schwarts, & well known farmer living near Ramona, found dead in one of his fields. When last seen he was en- guged in trying to extingulsh a fire which was sweeping over his stubble. His death resulted from heart disease caused by over- exertion. MANCHESTER, Nov. 1—Cloth makers re gradually oblaining a stronger position though business was evenly distributed last week, some sellers having met the improved demand, while others report a poor turn- over, ‘'The market had a generally harden- ing tendency. Further sales of gray and bleaching qualities ~vere eftected for Chin. The India inquiry for fabrics was plentiful, but there was comparatively few transac. tions, owing te the poor lmits offered. Printing and finishing goods have been in tes have been :tl' VIENNA, ¥ W liay being the Feast of All 8aff S5 “lsands of Viennese made the customafy ligrimage to graves of relatives and friends. By far the greater number of the pligrims went to the Friedhof cemetery, where more than 7,000 persons are buried. From early morning until aimost dusk the roads leading to the various cemeteries were thronged with ve- hicles and pedestrians, the former aimost entirely hidden under the masses of flowers and wreathes and the latter carrying lighted candles which were placed In the graves and which, when darkness came on, lent a weird aspect to the burial grounds. The monuments to Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Gluck and the common grave of the #0 victims of the Ring theater at- tracted many visitors. The pilgrimages will continue tomorrow, All Souls’ day. Many wreathes are being sent by members of the imperial family and a number of wreathes have been placed on the tombs of the Empress Elizabeth and Crown Prince Rudolph in the Hapsburg burial place under the Capucin church. CUBANS TO BOYCOTT STAMPS Levy of Tax Commodities Re: SANTIAGO, Cuba, Nov. L—At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held yester- day resolutions of protest against the stamp tax, which went into effect today were adopted and forwarded to President Palma. The cigar factories and whole- sale liquor dealers of Santiago agreed to close their establishments today. The re- tallers followed suit with the exception of one American, who said he would pay the tax. He tried to buy stamps for his stock on hand, but found that none had arrived. He put in an order for stamps and did business today. There is talk of a strike movement against the new law. One thousand cigar- makers and persons employed in liquor houses already have been dlscharged. They are mostly without resources. Several saloonkeepers will open their places to- morrow on a technicality unless the stamps arrive in the meantime. PLOT TO KILL ARMENIANS Four Members of Revolutionary So- clety Faction Were to Be Removed, LONDON, Nov. i.—The Press assoclation today learns that a plot for the removal of four Armenian members of the Hunt- chakist revolutionary society was arranged at a meeting held in New York seven months ago of the Alfarist, or physical force faction of the soclety, and received by the Huntchakist section through an er- ror in sending a report of the meeting of a branch at Helford, which had seceded to the Huntchakists, The Boston and Lausanne attempts at murder were out- comes of this plot. Sagatell Sagouni, was the third man to be killed, while the fourth intended victim at present is In London and taking precautions to pretect himself. PROF. MOMMSEN IS NO MORE Celebrated German Historian Dies at Aged 86 Years. BERLIN, Nov. 1—Prof. Mommsen, the historian, died at Charlottenberg at 8:45 this morning. He passed away without regain- ing consclousness. The change trom life to death was observed only by his physiclan, who watched all night with the family. United States Ambassador Tower and other ambassadors here, as well as a num- ber of cabinet ministers, called at the Mommsen residence this morning to in- quire about the sick man and were Informed that he was dead. Emperor Willam and various of the lesser German soverelgns have sent thelr condolences to the Momm- sen residence. Prof. Mommsen was born in 1817, LEISHMANN GIVES RECEPTION United States Minister te Turkey Open: lding for American Legation, CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov, 1-United States Minister Lelshmann gave a recep- tion today to the American colony here upon the occasion of the Inauguration of the handsome new premises of the Ameri- can legation. The reception also afforded Secretary Spencer Eddy, who has been transferred to SBt. Petersburg, an opportu- nity to bid farewell to the Americans at Constantinople. Mr. Eddy will leave for his new post tomorrow. Settlement of American claims against Turkey 18 expected within ten days. KILLS THE CHIEF OF POLICE Hallowe'en Prank by Illinois Negroes Results in Fight with Fatal Ending. CHICAGO, Nov. 1—The celebration of Hallowe'en was responsible for the killing of the chief of police of Morgan Park and a threatened race war early this morning. It was only by a desperate struggle between the police and an armed mob of enraged whites that a double lynching was pre- vented. A woman's Hallowe'en prank started the trouble, which ended in the killing ‘of George A. Alrie, chief of police at Morgan Park, by Mack Wiley, a young negro. Mrs. James Pavne who Is a sister of Wiley, and three friends started out for & lark. While | overturning & lumber plle, It is sald, the woman was struck by Chief of Police Alrfe. The negroes went for relnforcements and upon their return a second meeting with Alrie resulted In a fight in which Alrle was stabbed In the neck by Wiley. The news of the tragedy spread through the suburb, and soon a crowd of half a hundred men and boys marched to the Morgan Park jall, where four of the negroes hud been locked up. While the place was surrounded by & mob clamoring for vengeance, several shotguns being in evidence In the crowd, Wiley and his com- panions were placed between a number of policemen, who had been summoned from Harvey and other nearby suburbs, and a dash was made for a carriage that had been sent for. Despite the threats of the officers that any interference by the crowd meent in- stant death the enraged villagers, who by this time had secured a rope, rushed on the prisoners. A fierce fight followed, In which the negroes were severely cut and bruised with sticks and stones, but the officers finally managed to get the negroes in the carriage and drove off under a shower of bricks, stones and other missiles. The prisoners were taken to the Englewood jall, where Wiley confessed to p_v!.(gu . RECEIVER MAKES CHARGES Acouses Promoters of United Btates Bhip Building Cowpany of Fraud. RECOMMENDS THAT SUITS BE BROUGHT Would Recover from Persons Who Received Stock Without Paying Therefor Sufficient to Pay Debts of Concer: NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—Sensational alle- gations of willful misstatements, falsifica- tion, swindling and fraud in the organiza- tion and flotation of the United States Shipbuilding company, of attempts to mis- lead and decelve the investing public by erroneous prospectus statements and of a deliberate plan to wreck the company by withholding the earnings of the Bethlehem Steel company are contained in the report of Recelver. James Smith, jr., of the United States Shipbuilding company, made public here today. The report concludes with the recommendation that suit be brought against all persons who received stock of the company without paying full value therefor, including the promoters of the consolidation, the vendors of the cor- stituent plants and Charles M. Schwab to recover from them such amount as is necessary to pay the debty of the company in tull, Receiver Smith of the Crescent also recommends the sale ship yard plant in New Jersey and the Harlan & Hollingsworth plant at Wilmingtons Del, subsidfary plants in partial operation, to avoid fur- ther loss by depreciation, and the enforce- ment of a receivership for the Bethlehem Steel company to Insure the payment of dividends in the Bethlehem stock held by the United States Shipbuilding company. Calls 1t an Artistie Swindle. In the words of the report, the organiza- tion of the company Is characterized as an “artistio swindle," Recelver Smith stating that the value of the plants, thelr earnings and working capital, given -in alleged thorough reports of mccountants vary so much from the actual figures “as to impel the belief that the figures were willfully misstated,” that it is extremely doubtful if such accountants’ reports were sub- mitted at the reorganization of the com- pany; that the organization was effected by “dummy” stockholders, directors and officers; that statements in the prospectus issued on June 4, 1902, were incorrect; that for property worth 312,441,516 the shipbuild- ing company paid in stock and bonds 367, 997,000; that “ihe accommodating directors of the United States Shipbullding com- pany, in acquiring these companies, de- lberately gave away many million dollars in the stock and bonds of their company,” “‘wholesale, plunder,”’ the receiver terms it, to a few persons, and that so fap as the Bethlehem Eteel company is comcerncd, “its earnings have been withheld in a deliberate attempt to wreck the United States Shipbullding company.” The report deals fully with the name of Charles M. Schwab and the nature of the Bethlehem transaction eays Mr. Smith “ such as to justify him (Mr. Schwab) in say- ing that he did not sell the Bethlehem Steel company, but took over the United States Shipbuilding company, the directors of that company giviog him $30,000,000 in stock and bonds for taking it off their hands. Hecommendations of Receiver. The t\.cnmmendldonl on the report in fuli are: First—That in order to avold depreciation by disuse and because of the existence ot controversies as to the validity of the en- cumbrances upon the premuses, the Cres- cent shipyard be sold free and cleur of all such encumbrance as soon as the. Work now in contemplation Is completed. Second—That similar action be taken with reference to the plant of the Harlan & Hol- lingsworth company, Wilmingion, Del, ird—That as S0on as the debts of the company should have been ascertained suit be instituted against all persons who re- celved the gtock of this company without paying full value therefor to recover from them such an amount as shall be necessary to pay such debis in full, under secion 3 of an act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey, entitled corporations.” ~(Revision of 1890.) ourth—That sult be instituted against the Bethlehem BSteel rnmllun)’ to procure the appointment of a recelver and to com- 1 the appropriation of the earnings of r:\ll company by way of dividends on the stock. < The report first deals” with the incorpora- tion of the original United States Ship- building company with $3,000,000 capital and “dummy’’ directors and officers in June, 1902; the offer of promoter John W. Young to sell to it the Union Iron works of San | Francisco, the Harlan & Hollingsworth works of Wilmington, Del, the Eastern Shipbullding company, the Canada Manu- facturing company, the Crescent Shipyard company and the Samuel T. Moore & Sous company of New Jersey, the Bath Iron works and the Hyde Windlass company of Maine and the Bethlehem Steel company of Pennsylvania, and the action on this offer by the company. “Dummy” Directors Chosen. The incorporators of the company, the re- port states, were Howard K. Wood, Howard 8. Gould and Kenneth McLaren of Jersey City, holding colleetively the fifteen shares of preferred and fifteen sharcs of common stock of the company. On June 24, 1902, Frederick Beward, R. Newman and Louls B. Dilley were elected directors, the minutes reciting that Howard K. Wood, one of the incorporators and sub- soribers to the stock had assigned his right to one share of stock to each of the above named to qualify them as directors. No stock of the United States Shipbuilding company, however, was issued to or placed in the name of these directors, 5o far as the records of the company disclose. Newman was elected president, Dailey vice president and Seward secretary and treasurer. Wood, Gould and McLaren were at the date of in- corporation all connected with the Corpora- tion Trust company of New Jersey and the directors were employes of the same com- pany. At this meeting the offer of Promoter John W. Young to turn over to the United States Shipbullding company the several constituent plants was submitted, the terms for the sale of the stock of the companies being as follows Tei ot Purchase. In connection with the purchase of the stock of, the Union Iron Works of San Francisco Henry T. Scott and Irving M. Scott were to agree to enter into a con- tract with the shipbullding company not to compete with it in its business and not to employ their capital or to personally en- gage In shipyards or shipbullding business for the period of ten years, and the com- pany was to contract to engage G. W. Dickie, R. Forsythe and John C. Bcoll as officers or managers for five years at an- nual salaries of $10,00, W. H. Gould as mining engineer for five years at $10,000 per year, Lawrence E, Scott as assistant con- structor at $5,000 per annum for five years, W. P. Beott as assistant to the president of the shipbullding company for five years at an annual salary of 36,000, H. A. Scott as assistant to the engineer-in-chief for five e ey ,W on Fifth Page.) “An_act concerning | NEW YORK, Nov, L—Funeral services over the remains of Emma Booth-Tucker, consul of the Salvation army,” were held this afternoon in Carnegle hall. The audl- torfum was filled to overflowing and hun- dreds of persons who had been unable to gain admittance walfed In the streets until the ceremonies had been concluded that they might file past the catafalque and look upon the face of the dead salvationist. The services, which were conducted by Colonel B. J. Huggins, chief secretary of the Ealvation army In America, were most impressive and consisted of a musical pro- gram made up of the favorite hymns of ths dead woman and by eulogies of her lite and of the good she had done for man- kind. The grief of Commander Booth- Tucker was most poignant and as he kneit by the bler sobbing pathetically, the greater part of the vast congregation wept with him. General Ballington Booth of the Volun- teers of America did not remain for the memorial services. cording to his sec- retary, he had endeayored to arrange for a family gathering afijl short private serv- fces in Carnegle hall before the pudlic funeral took place. General Booth arrived at the hall three-quarfers of an hour ahead of time and waited fof the expected family mathering, but lea that it would not take place, left, that he did not care to stay for the public services. Her- bert Booth, his brothe, who was formerly commander-in-chief of the Salvationists in Australia, at the of the general, remained to repre the family, and It possible to say a words to the audi- ence. | 4 Herbert Booth twice asked permission from Commander Booth-Tucker to speak, but each time It was vefused. Commis- sloner Eva Booth was to have spoken, but was too overcome by grief to do so. At the close of the services, however, she ren- dered a prayer. < Cablegrams were read from General Wil- liam Booth, and Chief Bramwell Booth of the International headquarters, London, at the funeral. The ceremonial partook somewhat of the character of a militafy funeral. The pro- cession moved down the alsle, led by two standard bearers carrving white satin streamers and followed by the members of the general staff. Preceding the casket ‘was Colonel Higgins, bearing the Bible and bonnet of the consul. Commander Booth- Tucker and his seven children, two of them babes in mrms, followed the casket The commander occupled the center of the stage during the services, while in the front row of seats on the platform were relatives and the natlorfal headquarters staft and band Ensign Dammes, secretary of the consul, Who was with her at the time of the ac- cident, gave a description of the wreck and the death of Mrs. Booth-Tucker. After- ward Commander Booth-Tucker spoke, pay- ing tribute to the lite and work of his wife. PROSPECTS BEFORE ELECTION Sunday Generally Passed Quietly in States Whete Votes Are Oast COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 1.—Chairman Dick of the republican state executive committee tonight Issued the following statement: “Basing estimates upon careful reports recelved from. county organizations the Ohio republican state executive eommittee teels justified in the prediction that the election returns on Tuesday next will show a total vote for all partles aggregating 900,000, that Colonel Herricl plurality for governor will exceed rather than fall below 100,000, and that the legislature will be re- publican in both branches, with Senator Hanna's re-election assured by a majority of least 60 on joint ballot. CINCINNATI, Nov. 1.—While the Ohlo political campaign closed with others last night, the soclalists will hold two meetings | tomorrow. The republicans had one meet- Ing in this county. The democrats have had many, most of them at street Intersec- tions. Sixteen of the thirty “street speak- ers” here were from New York, Chicago, Kansas City and Boston. Congressman Robert Baker of Brooklyn, Willlam Everett Hicks of New York and Weston Starr of Chicago have spoken at almost every cen- tral street Intersection. The soclallsts often conflicted with the Johnson speakers. Tt s |a mystery to all how the soclalsts secured support in distributing wagonlonds of literature and malntaining many speakers BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.—Today was a day of absolute rest to the campalgn leaders on both sides and the various candidates. The campalgn headquarters were tightly closed and there was not a conferende of any sort by the managers. Such of the state candi- dates and leaders, the latter Inqluding Senator Gorman, who live near Baltimore, spent Sunday in the quletude of thelr coun. try homes. There was no campalgn de. velopments whatever. The feeling among voters generally throughout Maryland and in Baltimore city continues to be one of doubt as to the outcome of next Tuesday's election. There is mutual apprehension among voters that owing to the complexity and unusual size of the ballots, and the stringent requirements of the election law a8 to how they shall be marked, a great many votes will he thrown out and mot counted by the election offietals, and this condition adds much to the feeling of un. certainty as to the result. FIND ,HULL OF LAKE BOAT C n of Mlo;:!eel Overturned Derelict Which Cannot Be Accounted For, CHICAGO, Nov. 1.—A report was received at the Hydrographic office here today from the lighthouse keeper at Frankfort, Mich., stating that the captain of the schooner Vega had sighted an upturned hull, ap- parently that of a vessel 200 feet in lerigth, floating in Lake Michigan about fifty-five miles south of Frankfort. There was noth- ing in the vicinity to give any clue as to the derelict's identity. From the description of the wreck the vessel is belleved to have been a schooner engaged i _the lumber trade between Chi- cago and lower Lake Michigan points, Ves- sels of this class carry crews of about seven men and it is belleved that all' of the crew were lost, as there has been no rough weather since the storm of last Sunday, and had the crew escaped ample time has elapsed for them to have reached some of the villages along the Michigan shore lne. Golden Jubllee Celebration. CINCINNATI, Nov. 1.—The golden jubilee of the founding of the diocese of Covington and of the consecration of Rt. Rev. George A. Carroll as its first bishop, was celebrated by the Catholics of eastern Kentucky to- day. The principal celebration was at St. Mary's cathedral in Covington. Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati, Bishop Maes of Cov- 1 on, Bishop Chathart of Indlanapolis, Richter of Grand Rapids and O'Gorman of Bloux Fells. & D and Mer. J. P. Murra of 8t s were ' present o proached the NOVEMBER 2, 1903. LIBRARY OF LATE POPE LEO DAMAGED City and Papal Firemen Make a Herole Fight and Gain Control— No Estimate of Loss Can Be Made at Present. ROME, Nov. 1—Fire broke out at 8:3 this evening in that portion of the Vatican containing the Hall of Inscriptions, where the pope gives his audiences and which is adjacent to the famous Pinacoteca, or Gallery of Pictures. The alarm caused much confusion and excitement in the Vatican, Strenuous efforts were made to control the flames and the firemen assisted in the work, At 1115 the fire was under control, lives were lost. No No idea of the damage can yet be obtained. The pope came to the scene in person and remained until the arrangements to fight the fire were com- Dleted. The fire caused a greater sensation in Rome than has any other event since the death of Pope Leo. Fires in Rome are ex- ceptional because of the heavy stone and brick construction of the bulldfngs and the outbreak of flames this evening In such a conspicuous place wherein many treasures, brought out great numbers of anxious peo- ple in epite of the heavy rain which had been falling throughout the day. The saf- ety of the pope was the first thought in &veryone's mind, but this was soon assured. When the pontiff arrived at the scene he ordered everyone to assist in extingulshing the flames, Starts trom Kitchen Fire. ‘The first intimation of fire was had when smoke was seen issuing from the apart- ments of M. Marle, which s located above that of Father HEhrle, the librarian, who lived over the library itself. M. Marle 18 a celebrated restorer of anclent manu- scripts and {lluminated books; he is at present engaged In copylng a work and his first reproductions have been selected for part of the Vatican's exhibit at the St. Louls exposition. The famous Branante staircase leads to that part of the Vatican where the fire broke out. The gendarmes broke in the doors of M. Marles apart- ment and found him in a heavy sleep. It is supposed that he retired and forgot to take proper precautions with his kitchen fire, which probably blazed and ignited some nearby hangings. It rapidly assumed such proportions that the gendarmes, who were the fisst on the scene, gave an im- medlate general alarm. The entire palace awoke to Instant life and there was much excitement, The Swi guards, the papal firemen, gendarmes, priests and domestics all rushed hither and thither in ignorant confusion, asking w! the inatter, no one knowing where or what the danger was or what to do. News of the fire was immediately con- veyed to the pope, who was found kneeling in his_chapel for his usual evening prayer. He insisted on going at once to the scene, notwithstanding the fact that he was begged to think first of his own safety. He to the library, accompanied by Mer. DEVal, the papal secretary of state; Mgr. Bisleti, the papal magor domo, and Mgr. Dellachise, and followed by the members of the noble guard attached to his person. Pope COalls City Firemen. The moment he arrived his mind grasped the gravity of the situation and he ordered that the firemen of Rome be called. This was done by telegraph. The firemén ar- rived in about ten minutes, and although they brought four engines with them and | were at once ready to begin operations it | took some time to find the best way to get sufficient water supply with which to fight | the fire. In the meantime the flames had | begun to break out of the windows of M. Marle's apartment and were destroying the | roof. The flames lighted up the entire dis- | trict and gave the impression that nothing | could stop thelr fury. When the fire engines began working | three rooms were already entirely de- | stroyed by the flames, which were extend- ing to the other apartments. The pope withdrew_as soon as he saw that every- thing possible was being done to fight the | fire. Information had been sent to the Italian authorities, who hurried to St. Peters. They were courteously invited to enter and Qid so. Thercfore, for the first time since the fall of the temporal power of the Vatican the mayor of Rome, the prefect, police officials, and even Signor Ronchettl, the newly appointed minister of justice, entered the Vatican in their offictal capaci- ties. They gave orders directing the work | of combating the flames and participated v in the fight. It was a very dif- to overcome, as there was a number of old and inflammable objects in the apartments of M. Marle and the wooden roof over this room facilitated the passage of the flames to adjoining rooms, also full of combustible materials, The competition between the papal fire- men and the firemen of Rome to see who ghould work the harder and do the most resulted in a display of courage which was really admirable, some of the fire fighters risking their lives until they were restrained by their superfors. Blasze Under Control. At a little after 11 o'clock the fire was under control, but the work of the firemen will continue for some t'me and it is doubtful if they will leave the scene before tomorrow morning. Fresh relays of men are being sent to relieve those whose ef- forts have exhausted them. The entire Museum of Inscriptions, the rooms of Father Ehrle, part of the library and the printing houses were entirely flooded with water. It is impossible to reach even an approximate idea of the extent of the damage. Many articles were saved, including some anclent and very valuable arms which were recently moved to the library room from the Borgla apart- ment in order to make room for the new residence of the papal secretary of state, Many things that escaped the flames were injured by water, especially the precious private Ubrary of Pope Leo, which Father Ehrle had been rearranging in accordance with the last wish of the late pontiff, TO DEEPEN RIVER CHANNEL for Consideration, ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1—The report of the joint committee from the Merchants' ex- change and the Business Men's league, appointed to secure data for a report on the commerelal features Involved in the deepening of the channel of the river from St. Louls to Cairo, Tl was tonight for- warded to Washington. The report con- sists mainly of answers to questions fur- nished by the department of commerce and labor, as ls sccompanied by special maps. / 5 SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. FIGHT WITH INDIANS Party of Crows and Bheriff"s Posse Olash in Bastorn Wyeming. ONE OFFICER AND THREE INDIANS DEAD CONDITION OF THE WEATHER| Forecast for Nebraska—Fair Monday and Tuesday, Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Hour. Dex. Hour. Desw. . . 0 54 » w 54 » [ 83 » oz 52 ». 83 ». 56 ». o8 » o | Sheriff Miller and One Deputy and Number = of Indians Are Wounded. a8 STRIKE <IN SPAIN AT AN END|RED MEN STRIKE FOR THE BAD LANDS ted Better Conditions for ana Than SxacAsBE- osses Hurriedly Orgavised to Go in Pure suit of Them. Labor Formerly, Pl BILBAO, Nov. 1.—Never in the history of | GOVERNOR MAY CALL OUT THE MILITIA Bilbao has there been a strike of such momentous consequences to the ironwork- ers of Spain that which terminated today. The miners will no longer be com- pelled to live cooped up in the barracks provided by the mining companies, and they will no longer be forced to purchase food from the company stores, which has| CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, Nov. Ll-(Special often been declared unfit to eat; Instead of | Telegram.)—Meager reports have been re- being paid by the month they will hereafter | c¢ived here of a flerce battle fought late be paid every weck. yesterday afternoon on Lightning creek, uear its junction with the Cheyenne viver fused, however, the right to organize a|forty-five miles north of Lusk, in eastern union, and it is believed that this will lead | wyoming, between Sheriff W, H. Miller and to trouble in the future. a posse of six men from Weston county and According to statements made by the |4 band of Crow Indians under Charlie Car- miners to the representatives of the Asso- | ries Bk, enroute from the Crow agency in clated Press and confirmed by thelr counsel, | Montana to' the Sioux ugency at Pine Ridge. they have had heretofore to live under de-| gperit Miller and one of his deputies plorable conditions. In the mines outside | were fatally wounded and one deputy of Biibao the men were herded into crowded | kjlled, Three Indians were killed and and squalld barracks. The food sold them |geveral wounded. The news of the battle at the company’s stores was sometimes bad, | was brought to Lusk today by one of the but as they were paid by the month It was | jeputies who cscaped the murderous fire of almost Impossible for them to purchase | the Indians. elsewhere. The miners were attracted by | Pogses were Immediately started out from the propaganda of socialists and anarchists | usk, Douglas, Newcastle and other towns and they determined to strike unless thelr |and ranchmen in the vielnity are arming demands for better living conditions were | and fiocking to the trail of the Crows, who granted. These the operators refused and |are said to be fleelng in the direction of the the strike was Inaugurated with 30,00 men, | Bad Lands in northwestern Nebraska and but all the trades in Bilbao joined the | Dakotu. Once the Indians reach the Bad movement in sympathy. There was not a | Lands it will be difficult to arrest them and sufficiency of bread in Bilbao, and the |they know this as well' as the authorities. miners who poured into the town entered |it is feared the Indians may have sent a stores and demanded food. On Wednesday | courler on ahead to notify the Indians on of last week Field Marshal Hernandes saw | the réservation of the difficulty and serious that strong measures were necessary and |trouble fs anticipated. § he ordered the soldiers to disperse the| Governor Chatterton has been advised of strikers. the trouble on Lightning creek and he is Some of fhe strikers poured petroleum on | now investigating. A. hurrled call was re- the church of the Jesults in Dilbao and |eefved this evening from Newcastle, the then applied the torch. The troops ex- home of Sheriff Miller, for troops and the tinguished the fire and little dAmage was [ companies of Infantry at Douglas, Buf- done. Reinforced by cavalry the troops|falo and Newcastle have been ordered to succeeded in @riving the strikers over the | be in readiness to take the field at a mo- San Antonlo bridge. ment's notice. Steikers Fluht Behind Barriers, The governor says the Indlans must be T atRtet: Rombver, Svabied bai arrested at any cost and he will do every- at the center of the bridge, and in :::xd:: WY esiiei. U T e Junction of two streets. These barricades | "*Ho% ;'arubc!:dn::nwd of pleces of ironwork from Tro Over Killing Gam. o v overturned carts and barrels | For.man: rs > flled With stones.. The ‘miners behind the | aiiese. sy Srmbners e T oD fl;-t barricade were armed with picks and habit of traveling back and forth between shovels, and a few revolvers. the Wind River reservation in ocentral The cavalry charged across the bridge, |« rese south- v | W il but was unable-to bass the barricade there, |arn Momtans and ihe Gl roatis Troops were then sent to the right and the left of the bridge to flank the miners and A second charge Was made. The bridge’ barricade wai held for some moments, but the men there were soon forced to fall back to the second barricade. This the soldlers also rendered untenable, and the miners retreated up the streets, carrying with them some of thelr wounded., among whom were some women. It is said oficlally that four persons were killed and twenty-one wounded during the fighting, but more peo- ple were wounded than is given out offi- clally. When driven from the elty the miners endeavored (o blow up the reservolr and the electric light plant with dypamite. The troops were too quick for them and gained possession of the dynamite factory before the strikers could carfy out their design. By this time there were 10,00 infantry, cavalry and artillerymen in the city, as weil | as three guns. The arrival of Lieutendnt General Zap- pino, commander in chief of. th: Basque | provinces, was followed by conferences | which resulted in a settlement. After the miners were driven out of the city they pil- laged nearby farm hoises and held the country side in consternation. The strike was in no sende agalnst the government, Trouble Arose Over Attempt Officers to Arrest Indians for Violation of the Game Law, of Thay have been re- fall of the year when game is plentitul and the trafls of the bands of Indlehs have been marked with the carcasses 6f hun- dreds of antelope, deer and other wild game. Game laws were enacted by the state to prevent the wanton destruction of the game by settlers and huntérs, and while the laws have been obeyed by the whites, the Indians have repeatedly vio- lated them. Repeated efforts have been made to arrest the Indians and infiict punishment, but they either got away or made such hostile demonstration that the authorities let the matter drop. Of late years the Indians have not only killed deer | and antelope at will, but they have also slaughtered the cattle and sheep of ranch- men, . Nine days ago Sheriff Miller and a posse composed of B. F. Hilton, Jim Davis, D. 0. Johnson, R. B. Hackney and Fred Howell set out from Newcastle after a band of Crows who had been siaughfering wild game and stock south of Mooreroft. The officers came upon the Indlans In camp on Beaver creek. Most of the bucks were out hunting and the squaws were skinning game and preparing the meat for winter use. The men In camp, together with the women and camp outfit, were taken in charge and sent back to New= | castle, the balance of the posys, reinforced | by & number of ranchmen, continued om after the bucks. For several days the chase continued, Sherift Miller finally com« ing upon the Indians on Little Lightning creek lust evening. The deputy who brought the report of the battle to Tusk sald the Indians numbered fully twenty-five, They are well armed and appear to be in a fighting mood. The deputy made his escape as soon as the battle broke out, for he saw that the little handful of whites would stand no show with the red men. Colorado Miners Strike, TELLURIDE, Colo., Nov. 1.—One hundred minérs employed at the Tomboy mines have struck, pursuant to an order issued by the miners’ union. The strike was called for the purpose of preventing the resumption of operations at the Tomboy mill with non- union men on a twelve hour scale. Out of 500 stamps in S8an Miguel county only fifty, those at the Siiver Bell mill, are In opera- | tion. John Mitchell Resumes Trip, SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 1.—President John Mitchell, despite his severe Intestinal af- fection, proposes to continue on his eastern trip previously arranged. Tonight he left for New York to spend a week and Sunday next will go to Boston to attend the meet- ing of the American Federation of Labor executive council prior to the assembling of the annual convention of the federation November 9. Prime Cause of Trouble. It Is sald that one of the causes leading up to the present trouble Is the fact that the Indlans on both the Wind river and Crow reservations have been ~practically thrown on thelr own resources, thelr ra- tions having been greatly curtailed by the 6 | government. This forced those of the In- ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. L—A meeting of | g1y who were without any other mode of packing house employes was held in Bouth | puying o living to hunt for wild game to Bl of Eiving encouragement {6 members | %4214in themscives and tamilies. Recently of the kindred unions in Chicago and other | :::t L"',‘",‘“",’:‘rm:,\: "d’f: ::,':' l::f“y, T:"" "2 cities who are on strike or are about to [ e *Ih [OF RCE TR TRE SN0V MO SOC quit work. Financial and moral aid will v be given the unfons referred to, but it is :"“:’;:’r":u'"':'"‘:"":h':":,:‘:"::; '(‘:.“;‘ e ki t this time wheth e em- | MoC o . sing o gl el whether the em- [ % prohibit thelr. hunfing. ot B wend ployes of the South Bt. Joseph packing ’ houses will join the strikers in demands |07 they know, but they must have food, for;a re-arrangement of the wage scale. | nd It 18 elther fight or starve to death, and they prefer the former. Rival Un Cause Trouble. A late report to the governor states that INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1L—It is reported | Sheriff Miller was badly wounded and may here tonight on information received by dle; that one of his deputies was killed and the national headquarters of the Brother-[one other wounded. Three Indians were hood of Carpenters and Joiners that be- killed and others wounded, but thelr com- tween 4,000 and 5000 men affiliated with |rades carried the hodles away. the Btructural Bullding Trades' allances| A telegram from Douglas this evening and employe@ at the Bt. Louls exposition |says Sherifft J. A. McDermott, formerly grounds, will strike tomorrow In pursu- | United States marshal, left there tonight ance to an order issued by the officers of | with a large posse of well armed, men the alliance today. The trouble arises from | mounted and carrying provisions and am. a three-cornered fight between the exposi- | munition sufficlent for several days in the tion officers, the plumbers and the steam |field. A posse left Lusk earliér and {s chas- fitters. W. J. Bpencer. secretary-treasurer |ing the fleeing Indfans. Another posse is of the alllance, was in consultation With |being organizdd in Newcastie to take the President Huber and Secretary Duffy of |fleld in case the governor does not order out the Brotherhood of Carpenters today and troops. urging them to hasten to Bt. Louls to ASLAPS L effect a settlement, but neither can go on account of other engagements. Becretary NO IMPROVEMENT AT LAREDO Dufty leaves tomorrow for Boston. The dificulty grows out of the question of| WO Fever Condit Rema! About the Same In Stricken Texas Town, whether the plumbers or steamfitters should work on the piping of the cascade. LAREDO, Tex., Nov. L—There has been no decided Improvement in the yellow fever situation during the last twenty-four hours. Tonight's bulletin: New cases, 17; deaths, 2; total number of cases to date, 620; total number of deaths to date, 58, St. Joseph Packing Unions Confer, Wealthy New Mexican Heleased. PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. 1—N. Archuleta and his partner, Emanuel Gomes, captured with wire stolen from Indian reservations in New Mexicy, have been acqultted aftc a trial in the United Btates Qlaurtct court, :‘rcflulck- is one of the weal cluzens ew Mexico.