Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 7, 1903, Page 1

= —————— ESTABLISHED JUNE STATEMEEFRO-M HAY lnntny of Btate Outlines Position of the United States in Panama Affair. *TREATY PROVISIONS REQUIRE ACTION ;rm Treffic Aoross Isthmus Guaranteed Years Ago by This Oountry, ORDER MUST BE PRESERVED IN PANAMA Oolombia Has Requ: . America to Do v This Seveal Times | PRESIDENT'S ACT FOLLOWS PRECEDENT Recognition of New Republie Only Manner in Which Disturbances Treaty Rights Preserved. WASHINGTON, Nov. 6~The United Btates government has recognized the do facto government of Panama. it was an- nounced at the Btate department after the L return of Becretary Hay trom the cabinet meeting that instructions have been sent to United" States Minister Beaupre at Bogota (assuming that he has not left the capital ¥ot) and to Mr. Ehrman, the United States vice consul at Panama and now acting con- \mul there, to inform the governments of | Colombia and Panama respectively that the ' do facto government Is recognized. The decision to recognize the de facto | government of Panama was ariived at | after a protracted scssjon of the cabinet ) today, ut which every member was present | except Becretaries Root and Wiison. The | president emphasiZed the imporunce of the recogolion of the de facto government, Vith the withdrawal of tue Columb.an of- clals the {schmus was left entirely with- | out a government, unless that establisned . By the secessionists should be recognized, this tep seemed necessary for the transaction of the routine business of the | United States on the ischmus. | It was authoritatively stated today that though the recuguition of the new repubiic | 18 of a business characier at first, con- sisting of an authorization throughout our consular officials on the 1sthmus to do busi- ness with the new government as they aid with the Colomblan government, this will in due time be followed by full polidcal recognition. This latter form of recognl- | tion will be deferred until the government at Panama has taken more regular form. It s presumed that the junta s soon to issue a call for a convenuon which w.ll adopt a constitutlon and provide for the selection of & president. Then it will be in order for ministers to be appointed be- tween the two countries, the United States and Panama, which will consutute full po- litical recognition of (he new state. That condition will enable the conduct of negotlations that may be necessary to the execution of the project of the 'United’ States for' the construction of the Isthmian canal and it I8 & cerwiaty that exisung ; ons “will not suifer. It was swid at the State departmeni that as Consul General Gudger's leave of ab- sence from his post at Panama expired within a week he would have salled for the isthmus within that time, regardiess of the regent stirring events, N Position of United States. WASHINGTON, Nov. 6~The secretary of state today made the following state- ment in regard to affairs on the isthmus of Panma: The action of the matter is not only wnce with the Fr les of equity and in line with all recedents of our public he only course he could hai n compliance with our treaty rights and ol ligations. B: our treaty, entered into with New Gran: in the year ‘New Gran- -of prevident in thé Panama tho strictest accord- Justice and of the best the treaty, not gratuitously conveyed, urn for an important com 1t e an article the governmen! ni Btates tees ‘‘pust: the one to the other sea may not be in- ted i future over the sal Quotes President Polk. The close connection thus created be- tween the two governments was well set forth b, dent Polk in his m transmifting the treaty to the senate. “"The importance of the concession to the cominercial and political Interests of the United States cannot be overrated. route by the isthmus of Panama Ehartost betwoon the two ocoans and from the information here contained it would weem the most practical for a raiiroad or cen ‘The vast itlons to our commerce which would result from such & com- with out west coast Asia and the islands are too obvious to require sy, Lo & would save us from & long an GOrous na lon of more 000 miles around the Horn and render our communication our own ons on the northwest coast of America comparatively easy and ly. The treaty does not propose to guarantes treaty to a fo nation in which the United States will have no common terest wit) that nation. On the contrary. we are mire deeply and directly interested in the subjeet of the guarantee than Granada herself or any other country. Censiderations Still More Importa These considerations, the controlling na- ture of which were at once recognized so long ago, have become more and more im- gortant in every year that has elapsed he treaty was written. Our aecquisition of Hawnll and the Philippines has given them th peatly enhanced value. The control in e interest of commercé and traffic of the clvilized world of the means of detall. Duma has me of transcendent jmport urce to the United States. ‘The right lfll control we have never ny laxity of our own elther in W Of our rights or in the per- nee of our duty under the treaty. 868 Mr. Everett assured the Peruvian istor that we should not hesitate to eutrality of the <ol by the treaty, clation (kiat in the ev ru and Spain t carry “inte trality. ~There tions of the Sta: treaty has not, one side the other, heen used as & basis of more leas {mportant demands. was sald by Mr. Fish in 1871 that the tment of had reason to believe that an attack the Isthmus expre: R t of war between United States would elther by the or or when Colombia was under “8‘ m tilities from Italy In the r. Bayard expressed the serlo that the Uni ted Blates could not I&NW ot 1 A O 1 T AT R A A A i 7w T O YA 5753315 %7 THE OMAHA DaAILY BEE. 1 TO 8. 19, 1871, RAC Best Tests of Mem Boats, Emperor Willlam of Germ Says v, BERLIN, Nov. 6—Emperor Willlam's schooner yacht Meteor will go to the United States In the spring to take part in the ocean yacht race for the emperor's cup. Beveral changes have been ordered In the Meteor's rig, the most important of which 18 a reduction of its sall area so as to avold being heavily handicapped. Meteor was salled by an all-English crew two seasons ago and handled by a crew about half English and half German during the races of June last. It will sall in the trans- at'antie race with an all-German crew. The emperor's views regarding the ad- vantages of the race as they have been out- lined to naval officers here are that yachts of the cruiser type are of greater utility than racing models, and that the strength of construction, discipline of the crews, va- rieties of weather and skill under what may be called service conditions are best tested in a transoceanic race. Meteor was constructed partially to that end. Emperor Willlam 15 said to have likened a racing yacht to a race horse, as “no good for every day pleasure.’ SPANISH ~ SENATOR | Speaks so Viol TALKS MADRID, Nov. 6~In the Senate today Senator Gilrobel, Carlist, interpellated the government regarding its recommendation to Spanish manufacturers that they par- ticipate in the St. Louls exposition and on the proposal to send the cruiser Rio De La Plata to represent Spain. The senator used the most violent language against the United States, causing Premier Villaverde to protest against the terms employed, which, the premfer sald, would not bo justified even In time of war. Premier Villaverde agreed to discuss the question, but declined to fix a date. i In the Chamber of Deputles the foreign minister, Count San Bernardo, replying to A question, said that It was a fact that the Tnited States government had entered a claim against the Spanish government for a sum amounting to over $200,000, but he added that he was unable at present to give any turther Information, as the matter was now the subject of diplomatic negotiations. OPPOSES CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAN Lord Goschen Says That it Will Ham- LIVER! L, Nov. 6.—Lord Goschen, for- merly chancellor of the exchequer, speak- ing here today said he favored retaliation under extraordinary circumstances, but was opposed to giving the government a man- date authorizing retallatory tariffs. The speaker added that Joseph Chamberlain's policy was dangerous and that it was un- statesmanlike to characterize those who ‘were not prepared to accept it as being uj friendly to the colonies. He denled that there were any signs of the decay of the industries of the United Kingdom and he supported his by The speaker further asserted that “foreign com- munities \ure fleeced by the trusts,” and declared that the system of ‘“‘dumping’ could not continue. . He belleved Mr, Cham- berlain's policy would hamper trade and re- duce shipping. CANNOT SILENCE THE TRUTH S0 Declares New Pre: House of Dlet. r in Lower the BUDA-PEST, Nov. 6.—The new premier, Count Btephen Tizza, succeeded in securing & hearing In the lower house of the Diet today after a brief skirmish with the ob- structionists, who commenced a nolsy in- terruption’ as soon as the premier arose. The latter turned on his tormentors and exclaimed: You may shout me down, but you shall not silence the truth. Fighting with such m&on-,only betrays the weakness of your position. The obstruction suddenly ceased. County Tizza appealed to all to remember that they were Hungarians and to consider their country’s interests before the interests of their party. The premier recelved a hearty ovation en resuming his seat. MAY ISSUE AN ULTIMATUM Austria and Russia Are Pleaned with Reply of Turkey, Not . CONBTANTINOPLE, Nov. 6.—~In conse- quence of the porte’s reply pleading the superfluity of the new reform scheme for Macedonia, on the ground that Turkey is carrying out the proposals previously agreed to it is belleved that Austria and Russia will send an ultimatum giving the Turkish government a fixed term within which to accept the proposals, and that in the event of another refusal, the two pow- ers will take steps to compel Turkish action. Lunches with King and Queen. ROME, Nov. 6—King Victor Emmanuel, hearing that United States Ambassador Meyer had arrived at Plsa in a motor car, sent his aide-de-camp, General Brussati, to {nvite the ambassador and his family to the royal shooting lodge at San Rosore, where Mr. Meyer went this morning for & day. During the forenoon the ambassador rode horseback with the king and queen nd lunched at the castle. He then par- ipated in a hunting party. Canadians Show Resentment. VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 6.—As show- ing the depth of resentment over the suc- cess of the United States In the Alaska boundary matter, during the performance of a minstrel troupe here the music of the American anthem w. vigorouely hissed. When the flag formed itself in the stage lights the expressions of dissent became so loud that the ‘curtaln was hastlly rung down. Spee % Are Too Fast. | BERLIN, Nov. 6~The Deutsche bank's | intended listing of Baltimore & Ohlo stock on the bourse has been countermanded owing to the premature publication here of its intention to do so0, which caused speculators to buy ahead with the design of selling as s0on as the stock was listed. Mark Twaln at Gemoa. GENOA, Nov, 6-—Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twain) sccompanied by Mrs. Clem- ens and their daughters, arrived here to- day. Mrs. Clemens has been much benefited by the voyage, but she is still indisposed. Chilean Orisis to End, BANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. &—~The min- OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, Sonator from Alabama Will Ask About Panama Revolutionary Affairs. SAYS MATTER MUST COME TO CONGRESS Predicts That Trouble with Colombia Will Lead to Guerrilla Warfare in Country Where War is Difeult, WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Senator Morgan sald today that soon after congress con- vened in extraordinary session he will in- troduce a resolution calling on the forelgn relations committee of the senate to ob- tain from the State department a report of the relations between the United States and Colombia under the treaty of 1846. Ac- cording to Senator Morgan the attitude of this country is not justified by a careful construction of the provisions of the treaty and s at varlance with precedents lald down by the United States. In discussing the situation today he said? . This {8 the fourth time the United States has landed troops on the isthmus under cloak of the treaty. Heretofore it has been for the suppression of rioting and for th protection of Colombla. Now that it i against the wish of Colombia it undoubtedly | will provoke a just protest. Colombia means to war. Of that I am certain. This government will find that it will have a series of complications on Its hands not unlike that offered by the In-|D; dians when they interfere with the terri- toria! aggression of this government, and the trouble the Colombians will make will be similar to that of the Filipinos, cult. I believe the administration will not have this matter to decide. It is a ques tion for congress, and that body Is not likely to shirk the responeibility. Aldrich Bill is Favored. The senate finance committee, which met today, had no bill formally before it, but the Aldrich bill of the last congress was the basis of their discussion. The repub- lican members of the committee are f vorable to the bill, though it may be modi- fied before it is reported to the senate. Members of the house who have been discussing Cuban legislation were pleased to learn that there would be no difference between the houses over the form of leg- | K. islation. When the committee on ways and Key: means 1n announced it will proceed at once | 1! to formulate a bill to carry the treaty into eftect. Republiean Caucus Tuesday. The republican caucus of senators to con- sider vacancies oh committees will be held Tuesday afternoon. s in Postal Cases. The hearing of the petition of August W. Machen, Samuel and Diller B. Groff of this city and Dr George E. Lorens and wife of Toledo foy permission to examine all papers bearing on the acts for which they were indicted in connection with postal con- tracts was postponed by the district crimi- nal court until next Monday. Justice Pritchard of the supreme court of the Dis- trict of Columbia today Iissued four allas bench warrants for the arrest of State |S Senator George E. Green of New York, ‘who is under iudictment by the grand jury of the District of Columbia for complicity in the postal frauds. Quiet on Reservation. Indlan Agent Brennan, in charge of the Pine Ridge agency, SBouth Dakota, in re- porting on the conditions there in connec- ton with the recent Jndian troubles toda; telegraphed the Indlan bureau as follows “*Everything quiet on the reservation; No excitement, nor is there likely to be any among the Indians.” Gkinner Reaches Beyroot, Becretary Moody today received a dis- patch announcing the arrival of the gun- boat Machias at Beyroot on its way to Jibuti, French Bomaliland, with Consul General Skinner and the other members of the Abyssinian expedition. Machias stopped at Beyroot to take aboard a detachment of marines from Brooklyn and San Francisco which is to escort the consul general's party into the interior of Abyssinia. To Select Minority Leader, The democrats of the house of repre- sentatives will hold a caucus tomorrow, ‘when a minority leader will be chosen. Woodruff Will Visit Territory. It was stated at the Interior department today that Clinton R. Woodruff of Phila- delphia, who has been appointed to sist Mr. Bonaparte in the investigation of irregularities in the Indlan territory, was selected at the instance of Mr. Bonaparte, who will be allowed all the assistance he may wish In prosecuting the inquiry. It is understood that Mr. Woodruft will soon proceed to the Indian territory to begin his investigation on the ground. Gompers Goes to Bosto President Samuel Gompers of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and a party of delegates left Washington tonight for Bos- ton to attend the annual convention of the federation which begins Monday. President Receives Delegates. President Roosevelt today received - the members of the executive board of the ‘Women's Forelgn Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church, which has just concluded its annual convention in Balti- more. Senator Cullom Hopes for Treaty. Senator Cullom, chairman of the commit- tee on foreign relations, called on Becre- tary Hay at the State department today. Because of his position in the senate Mr. Cullom is greatly interested in the devel- opment on the isthmus of Panama. Fol- lowing the organization of a permanent government by the people of the isthmus, the senator belleves the United States will negotiate @ treaty with the new govern- ment for the construction of the Panama canal, though he expresses the hope that any new convention which may be framed may be without certain featurés of the Hay-Herran treaty, which in his opinien are open to criticlsm. TO ARREST JEWISH RABBIS Oficers of Hi Soclety Claim that They Kill Animals in Cruel Manne! DENVER, Nov. 6—Oliver E. Tufts, an officer of the Humane soclety of Colorado, today swore to information against several Jewish rabbis of this city, charging them with cruelty to animals in their method of batchering beef cattle. According to the tenets of the Jewish religion the killing of animals for food must be done by certain authorized persons and by certain pre- scribed method Officer Tufts says he does not kmow whether the requirements of the Jewish religion are responsible for the cruelty or whether the fault lies with the persons ap- polnted to do the work, but he does know that the customs that prevail in Denver are contrary to the laws for the protection of antmals, and he purposes to stop them. ‘The matter is now in the hands of the dis- trict attorney, No arrests have as yot been with Dod the conduct of the warfare far more diffi- | NOVEMBER Returns Recelved from Practically All the Countles in the State. Complete returns, many of them official, bhave been recelved from seventy-nine of the ninety countles in the state. In the sev- enty-nine counties Barnes has a plurality of § The remaining counties two years ago gave Sedgwick a plurality of 1811 and will certainly add over 1,00 to the plurality of Barnes on the face ofsthe returns re- celved. The vote by copl l W6 NPIqUS{IOH 4580228 501} i | 233 | 292 Franklin . Frontier 1891 | a2l 4% ki) 1% 1509 123 | BEseupiiazdyd Holt ... Hamiiton Harlan BEEEaEY 28n838 2 = 5 2358 EE33s28sThands gazsdngizalisg FERS LR = = & 529y é.. I EE P 2 *Plurality. JUDGE—NINTH DISTRICT. Boyd, R. Cones, F. Plerce 888 91 ‘Wayne Antelope adison *Knox ... Totals . MAKES SENSATIONAL PROPHECY Episcopal Bishop Says That the Death of Protestantism is Assared. PITTSBURG, Nov. 6.—The twenty-second of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America came to a close today. The morning meeting had for its tople: “Is it desirable to change the name of this church.”” This question has been under consideration for some time in the Episco- pal churches throughout the country and will be brought to & vote at a convention to be held in Boston next year. Those who have advocated & chenge seem as yet to not have decided upon a desirable substi- tute. The title, “The Catholic Church of Amer- ica,” had a champlon goday in Rev. F. M. Clendennin of New York, who in the course of a paper on the subject, sald: That the mighty house of Protestantism s falling, according to divine prophesy, is a fact ure as death is coming to us all. That nsme would identify us with the church not of 100 yea: but with church of sposties, miartyrs and confessors and this, please God, will be our way at last, for no church will ever win America for Christ but our own Catholic church. Rev. Willlam Huntington, member of the @éneral executive committee, argued that a change of name was urgent, but the word Protestant was singularly and strikingly apostolio and In the Latin was the exact equivalent of martyr. He sald that the three features of the Roman religion which commended it to its adherents were: Euch- aristic adoration, the confessional and the tnvocation of Mary and the saints, and when they are convinced that not one of these was contained in the original deposit of faith there will be some chance of per- suading them to Usten and with their help we can bulld up a national church large enough for all. At the afterncon session the topic was “The Life in the World to Come.” Papers were read by Bishop Boyd Vincent of Cin- cinnatl and Rev. Pascal Harrower of New York, and addresses on the subject were made by Rev. Edward Osborne of Boston and Rev. H. B. Washburn of Worcester, Mass. Officers were élected at the morning ses- sion. The president is always the bishop in the diocese in which the cougress is held. Vice presidents were elected as follows Bishops of Missourl, South Dakota, Texas, Los Angeles, Washington, Sacramento. All of the present active officers were re- elected. BOILER EXPLODES AT COLLEGE One Man Killed and ven Injured at the Ohlo State Uni- versity. COLUMBUS, O, Nov, é—While students of the agricultural coliege at the Ohlo state university were witnessing the har- vesting of a fleld of corn for ensilage pur- poses by a machine operated by an old traction engine today the boller exploded, killing Engineer Pepper and injuring seven other persons, one, Assistant Engineer John Delgar, fatally, The injured includes Prof. Vernon H. Davis, who had his hand man- gled, and several students The force of the explosion was terrific. 1903-—SIXTEEN | tween | ing company, iplant, was drawn up, at the time of the PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. E ACROSS THE OCEAN|MORGANWANTS INFORMATION | DETAILED VOTE IN NEBRASKA|FALSE STATEMENTS ISSUED Lowis Nixon Admits That Pablic Was De- osived in Shipbuilding Prespectus NO ESSENTIAL INFORMATION WAS TRUE Capitalization, Names of Directors, Earnings Com- panies and Other Details Were Erroneously Stated, of Conmstituent NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—Lewls Nixon re- sumed the stapd at the hearing in the United States Shipbullding receivership case this afternoon. Mr. Untermeyer took up the redirect examination of the witness, asking first about the agreement made be- Mr. Nixon, Mr. Dresser and Mr. Schwab for the purchase of the Bethlehem plant. Mr. Pam, Mr. Nixon said, had charge of the negotiations thereafter, and Charles M. Schwab, whose personal counsel Mr. Pam s, was regarded as the dominant fig- ure in the negotlations. Mr. Pam prepared mo#t of the papers drawn up, a few being | prepared by Mr. Alexander of Alexander & Gron. Mr. Nixon declared that when the mort- gage covering the plants of the shipbuild- outside of the Bethlehem organization, he had merely glanced at it but had not read it through carefully, hav- ing confidence in the men who prepared it and belng without expert knowledge of mortgage forms. The second mortgage, 259 | covering the Bethlehem plant, and a sec- ond mortgage on the other plants was £k | also merely glanced through by him and he had only a general knowledge of Its pro- visions, knowing, however, of the proviaion that the bonds provided for by it should | have equal voting power with the stock. The two mortgages, he belleved, were pre- sented to him for execution, the first by Alexander & Gron and the second by Mr. Pam, In each case he thought, by the men who executed them. Guthrie Changes Front. During a long examination as to the ownership of stock and certain alleged | mis-statements of fact, Mr. Untermeyer re- ferred to the change of front made by Mr. Guthrie in cross-examination yesterday, causing a sharp verbal interchange. Mr. Untermeyer remarked that it was charged lin the complaint that the company was insolvent and yet that “the counsel for the shipbullding company” had been endeavor- ing to demonstrate this. Mr. Untermeyer embarked in a long course of questioning about the working capital of the company, finally making Mr. Nixon admit that the company had not in its office July 31, 191, working capital of $1, 500,000, as stated in the application for list- ing the shipbullding company stocks; that, instead, it had but $3,000, and that borrowed, and that the $1,500.000 was not deposited to the credit of the company until September B, and was then raised on personal notes bigned by Nixon and Dresser, the cash be- ing deposited by the Trust Company of the Republic, halt with Harris, Gates & Co. and half with other concerns apd by these concerns loarned to Nixon and Dresser on notes endorsed by the Trust Company of the Republic. Mr. Untermeyer endeavored unsuccess- fully to get from Mr. Nixon something to show who suggested Harris, Gates & Co. In connection with this transaction and the marketing of the stock, but Mr. Nixon said he did not know personally, having left these details to Mr. Dresser. The suggestion that Mr. Schwab's stock should be marketed first came from Mr. Schwab, he sald. Estimated Statements Falwe, The statements in the prospectus of June 14 were then taken up and Mr. Untermeyer extracted from the witness acknowledge- ments that a number of them were false. The capitalization of the company, the names of the directors, the amounts of earnings of the constituent companies and other detafls were acknowledged to have been erroneously stated to the public in the prospectus, but Mr. Nixon disclaimed all responsibility for its preparation. He had at the time criticlsed the statement in it that these companfes were earning $2,- | 222,000 per annum, because it was not all earnings, but estimated esrning capacity. Former attempts to form a shipbullding combination were made the subject of In. quiry. Mr. Nixon stating in answer to question as to the number of such attempts ““Three, two unsuccessful and one success- ful.” “Which do you consider the successful one, the last?” Mr. Untermeyer asked. The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday next. KILLED FOR ISSUING WARRANT Polities and Family Quarrel Respon- sible for Another Murder in Kentucky. BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Nov. 6—-Magis- trate Elijah Upton today shot and killed Tom Stewart, a well-to-do farmer, at Rich- ardsville. The shooting was the result of the issuing of a warrant by Squire Upton for Stewart's arrest upon the application of the latter's son, following & quarrel over politics. Stewart had been voiing the republican ticket, but last Tuesday announced his In- tention of voting for the democratic nomi- nees. H's father entered a protest, which angered the young man, and father and son came to blows. Stewart declared he would have his father arrested, and swore out & warrant before Magistrate Upton. The boy's father heard of the son's inten- tion, and sent word to the magistrate that if he issued a warrant he would kill him on sight. Stewart and Squire Upton met on the street today, and after some words the latter shot Stewart. TRYING POSTOFFICE ROBBERS Two Before Federal Court in Kau- sas for Robbery Committ at Morrill, . TOPEKA, Ka Nov. 6—Frank Martin, allas “Dutch,” and Robert Mann, allas ebraska Doe,” were brought to Topeka today from St. Joseph and were placed on trial in the federal court on the charge of robbing the postoffice at Morrill, Kas. They are sald to be members of the or- ganized gang of robbers who have been operating in Kansas and Nebraska. The United States authorities learned more today of the practices of the rob- bers. A large part of the spoils secured on thelr marauding trips were sold in Ox- ford, Kas. It is understood the officers of the Burlington road were interested in the capture of the men, they ate charged with giving the road much trouble during recent years by robberies. At Oxford it is alleged they have been supplying the rail- road men with clothing for two years past one-third the regular price. THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska—Fair with Rising Temperature. Strike Sare in the Oonl Mines. News from Nebraska Towns. Anti-Compact Law is Upheld. Led West in a Trance. nt South Omaha. Stands in with Robbers. Councll Bloffs and lown News. ity Outelasses Simpson. Review of the Week. « ngo Stops Ships. Rich Taxpayers Holding Back. Packing Co: Great increase in Live Stock. Cnrbing the River to Help Omaha. Nine After the Postmastership. nt Capers of Creator of New Ire! Bditorial. Helnze Kicks Up a Great Row. Opinions by the Supreme Court. aha Yesterday: Hou: ». ». » ». » crasasBE~ ny Hlocks Railroad Deg. 45 46 a8 4% | early this morning killed nine men. ISEVEN DIE BY FIRE Oanght in the Underground Workings of Mine at Virgicia, Oity, Montana | THE PROPERTY OF SENATOR MILLARD Nebraskan Owns Mine in Wh Etarted with Deadly Effects, Flames {SUP[RINTENDENT GACRIFICES HIS LIFE | Ohief and Miner Die in Vain Attempt to Resoue Others. MANY WORKMEN MAY HAVE ESCAPED Late Report Indicates That Several Left Mine Through Old Worke [l Thus Reducing Extent of Fatalitios Expected. s| BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 6.—A Virginia Clty special to the Miner says fire in the Kear- sarge mines, six miles from Virginia City, The surface buildings s slight. damage to 44|Among the dead is Superintendent R. B. 3 | Turner of Butte, one of the best kmown 42 | mIning men In the northwest. Four bodles have been recovered up to tonight. The PE—— PR CONFESSES TO no Stock 1 nthe Man's Story. gram.)- omas Costello, allas Murphy of Omaha, was-arrested in Soutl St. Joseph today by three policemen after desperate Strugsgl was severely punched and only submitte to arrest when he was exhausted. son of Rdward Cudahy of Omaha. Costello, while intoxicated, boasted in his part In the Cudahy kidnaping. Costello claims that return. packing house at Omaha Chief of Police Frans tonight said he hay they are true. Cudahys Do Not Know Him. Mr. Cudahy had retired when the story ci KIDNAPING Police and Cudahys, However, Take ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 6.—(Special Tele- Thomas He had {quarreled with a woman, who informed the polico that he was an assoclate of Pat Crowe and was one of the kidnapers of the | 00 saloon of his connection with the crime. o 4 Costello, was taken Into the private uffice miners, carpenters and laborers, some of Captéjn McNamara, to whom he made | In all, hastened across the guich to ald in what he sald was a complete confession of | subduing the flam R. B. TURNER, superintendent of Kear- sage mine. \ GRORGE ALLEN, stationary engineer. JOHN TOBIN, a miner. JAMES POWERS, a miner. EDWARD LAHRDY, a miner. ROBERT DONNELLY, a miner, TWO UNKNOWN MEN, miners. All the dead miners are from Butte and | Were single men. The Kearsarge is one of the principal gold mines of, the state and is considered very le. It'is operated by the Hider Min- ing company. At ebout § o'clock this morning fire was discovered issulng from the tunnel-house tunnel No. 1. At the time the fames were alscovered the imbers in the tunnel a|were eblaze. How the fire originated ia not known, but at the first alarm all the Superintendent R. B. Turner, whose tem- the man Johnson, | porary quarters were high on the hiil who {8 now serving time In Montana for | across the right fork of Alder guich and a train robbery, secured young Cudahy, while | short distance from the burning tunnel he and Crowe, who planned the capture, [ house, at once went to the scene and as- waited at a little house on the outskirts of | sumed the direction of affairs and of giving Omaha. Costello says that a ransom of | orders in regard to the work of extinguishe $25,000 was paid by the boy's father for his | ing the flames. He says all three of the men In the job at one ‘ime worked in the Cudahy |through the fire and smoke to give ‘warning ‘With the others he entered the tunnel to the entombed miners and to ald in their a | escape. Near the mouth of the tunnel they * verified Costello's statements and believes | stumbled over the dead body of John Tebin, who evidently had made an effort to es- cape, but was driven back by the flames and smoke. They carried the hody to the surface ard the men again en the Costello's capture and confession came last | Workings to rescue ‘their collnm it pos- night and could not be disturbed. Mr ‘udahy was informed of the matter, how- evar, and said: sible. Hears Turner Fall, According to the story of a miner, Hurley “We know nothing of any Costello In this | by name, he with Turner and another rasn case. The only two men we believed were |entered the mine by descending througla the gullty of the kidnaping of our son were |air ghatt. Hurley was the last of thr three Crowe and Callahan. something of it.” | slon. whole thing. Omaha High School Oraters Agal Defeated by Thelr Windy City Opponents. Kountze Memorial church last night. preferred Omaha. the doors, the question being: operate their street railway: tive, having existed in the previous debate. each. Omaha's representation was Richard Hunter, Ben Cherrington an Lyman Bryson, the latter replacing Josep Swenson, who is serlousiy 1l skill. recelved. Superintendent of Instruction troductng High School Principal Mr. Jo Barton sang twice. | very quickly. —— WENTZ IS ON CAMPING TRIP Such Report Comes of M. Be Held for R som. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. to the Sentinel from Jones located in the mountains of Kentucky an 1s on & camping tour with nortbern friends, Tt 1s wald that Wents has weitten a postal ©ard to his brother from a mountain post- | office making this explanation of his sud- | den departure. VICTORIA. B. C.. Nov. 6.—Dismasted an almost & wreck, the American bark Abbe; Palmer, owned in San Francisco, twenty-two days out from Honolulu in bal Inst, was towed into port this morning b: the British steamer Vermont, which picke an it up 140 miles southwest of Cape Flattery It was drifting helplessly before the wind Abbey Palmer ren Into a furfous gale o 1t I have heard nothing | o of this Costello matter and am sure Mr. |tance through the air shaft Hurley feard & Cudahy has not, else he would have sald |ory and then thuds as of bodies striking The local police know nothing of anyone | ymothered splash in the water. named efther Costello or Murphy in cop- nection with the Cudahy case and place no rellance in the story or his alleged confes- It is altogether likely, they say, that when he sobers up Costello will deny the CHICAGO WINS THE' DEBATE Omaha High school debaters falled to re- trieve for thelr defeat by representatives of the Chicago High schools last spring at Two of the three judges—C. J. S8myth, Frank Crawford and Prof. Fogg of the University of Nebraska—decided that Chicago was ea- titled to the victory, while the third arbiter The debate was held before an audience that filled the Kountze Memorial church to “Resolved, That the municipalities should own and " Omaha hav- ing the affirmative and Chicago the nega- the. same questions and conditions About all the visible phases of the street raflway question were discussed by the teams In the fifty-three minutes allowed to by The Chicago debaters were Morris Bur of Medill High | over the entrance to the mine. This, ho school, Charles Parks of Lakeview and Arthur R. Myer of Hyde Park. Both sides used arguments and statisties with facile | The qualities entering into the de- clsion were not announced, Applause, which | ‘Was generous, was not limited to the local speakers, the opposing team being warmly Pearse opened the program with a short talk, in- Water- house, who was chalrman of the evening. | Mr. H. E. Prior played an organ solo and | Prof. Fogg of | the University of Nebraska spoke on the | value of debating and the debate followed, the judges arriving at Individual decistons A selection by the Omaha | High School Violin quartet closed the even- , Nov. 6—A special lle, Va., says that it Is reliably reported there that |, L. Wentz, the missing millionaire, has been escend. After going down some dis- which were followed by & Hurléy tried to go farther down the shaft, but was compelled to retrace his steps. Up to o late hour this afternoon thé bodies of Tobin, Powerr, Fleming and Don- nelly were all that had been recovered. Mr, Turner had bzen connected with the company for eeveral years ad superintend- lent of the Kenrel mine and then of the Kearsarge, and it was due to his manage- ment that the latter mine has become one of the best known mines in southern Mon- tana. He ‘s the junior member of the firm of Mitchzll & Turner of Butte. Mr. Turner recently perfected a new process to treat cyanide ores and the papers making appli- cation for a patent trough left Virginia City on'y this morning. As soon as the news reached . Virginia City every one hurried to Summit. County Attorney Duncan and Acting Coroner N. D, Johneon, who started out to hold an Inquest on John Tobin remained to perform a ltke duty over the bodles of the others. Superintendent Turner had a wife and one chlid, a boy, who were living at the mine. Despite the fact that Buperintendent Tur- ner has been killed, W. B. Millard, the gen- eral manager, seems confident that he will be found in some slope or wins where the smoke and gas cannot penetrate, and bases his confidence upon the thorough knowledge the former superintendent had of the under- ground workings of the mine, the timbers, Senator Millard sald late last night that he had heard from Virginia City, and that there was no property damage beyond the destruction of the shaft house which stood a h sald, would entall a loss of only about $00. Mr. Millard stated that there were efther six or seven men killed by suffoca- tlon, the exact number had not been de- termined when the message was sent. It 13 thought one of the men i§ Superin- tendent Turner, although it seems there 15 still some doubt as to whether he met death or not. Mr, Millard stated that the Assoglated Press dispatches of the catastrophe were very much overdrawn, especlally that part of them which stated that there was a large financial Joss, and that there is stil & number of men in the mines who can- not be rescued. He sald there were no men fn the mines at the time of the ac- cldent excepting those who were killed, that there are about 140 men employed st the mines, but over 100 of them are work- ing on & mill which Is being erected on the property, and these men were at no time In danger of their Mves. The mill is being erected for the reduction of ore which it is the intention to take from the mine, and untfl its completion there will be no regular mining operations carried on n the shaft, so that it would be fmpos- sible for a large number of men to be under ground as was stated In the dls- patches from Butte, Senator Millard sald that 1t was & very unfortunate affair, ‘but so far as he could learn it could not have possibly been avolded by foresight on the part of the management. q | Permanent Pe, PANAMA, Nov. Libertad, San Salvador, state that the con- ference for the purpose of arranging & basts of permanent peace in Central Amer- ica held at Acatjutla has ended satisface torlly, with the assurance of permanent peace for the four republics. The dele. gates from Guatemals, Honduras and Nicaragua have returned to thelr respeotive countriss. {0 d | Y| d | y | d |