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Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
GLAD TO ESCAPE WITHOUT A ROW.
London Editors Pleased over the Sue
ceAs of ArhitrntiOn.

LONDON, Aug. 17-The statement con-
cerning arbitration made by the marquis OF
Salisbury on Saturday last, when he was
installed as lord warden of the cnque ports,
Is attracting widespread attention here.
The Times Daily News and Daily Chronicle
in editorial articles this morning comment
upon the Importance OF the premier's state
ment Of Saturday, and the Pail Mall Gazette
concludes a column leading article on the
same subject this afternoon with the fol-
lowing remark:
mir. Balfour's and the marquis Of Sails
bury's arbitration statements have caused
unfeigned satisfaction to the thousands OF
members OF our common Anglo-SaXon stock
on both sides OF the Atlantic"
The remarks Of MIR. Balfour alluded to by
the Pail Mall Gazette were made on Friday
last at the closing OF Parliament. He sald
the government was still considering tne
latest proposals of Secretary Olney, which,
he added are regarded as opening the way
for an equitable and early settlement of
the dispute. The statement was received
with tremendous cheers.
The st. James Gazette says that the coun-
try will receive the arbitration news with
the greatest satisfaction, but further on the
same paper remarks that 1t refuses to be-
lieve that the marquis of Salisbury VIII 'be
SO feeble as to yield to Secretary Oiney S
demand for the inclusion of the settled dis
tricts of Venezuela"
The Globe, while completely endorsing the
arbitration movement, remarks: The new
arrangement, whatever its details, should
certainly be defined in the most exact terms
| the cases which lie within and without the
| Monroe doctrine
The Bradford Observer today says 1t un-
| derstands that, with the sanction of the
| marquis of Salisbury, Sir Julian Paunce-
fote. the British ambassador at Washington,
now in this city, explained to Sir William
| Vernon Harcourt. the opposition leader in
| the House of Commons. the full situation
of affairs regarding the proposed arbitra-
| tion, prior to Mr.. Balfours remarks on the
subject in the House of Commons on Friday,
and that 1t was due to this that the liberal
| leader expressed his satisfaction in strong
| terms. He said that he thought the House
would regard Bafour's statement as emf
| nently satisfactory, adding that, considering
| the anxiety felt upon the subject through
out the country, and since the negotiations
| had assumed a shape which led to the belief
| that the papers on the subject would be
| communicated to the House at an early
date, he hoped they would be communicate tee
to the public as soon possible. To this
| Mr.. Balfour replied: yes, 1t is the desire
of the government to communicate the pa
pers as soon as this can be done without
| prejudice to public interests"
| The Bradford Observer then states thai
| it has been arranged that the question Of
| the settled districts Is to be solved in the
| following manner: "1f they are held tC
| belong to Venezuela, the British settlers are
| to be entitled to withdraw and will be com
| pensated for whatever losses they may sus
| tain by such Withdrawals"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
CASH IN SOUTH DAKOTA BANKS.
Reports to the Comptroller Show IN
Good Average Condition..

Reports to the ComptroIIer show IN
GoOd Average Condition.
WASHINGTON Aug. 17,-(Special Tele-
gram. Acting Comptroller of the Currency
Coffin today gave out an abstract of the re-
port of the condition on July IA of the thirty
one national banks in South Dakota 1t
shows total resources of $72SS 497. the loans
and discounts being S3360,477; value OF
stock securities banking house furniture,
fixtures, etc, 81 ,261, ,110; reserve in banks
and deposited with reserve agents 81 All. GOT.
of which s313.567 was gold. Principal liza
blities: Capital stock, S1,935,000; surplus
funds and undivided profits, $i1S,S11; de-
posits. $4,064, OPS. The average reserve held
was S5.71 per cent.
The comptroller has been notified Of the
following changes of officers of South Da-
kota national banks: First National, Mitch
ELL George r. Logan, vice president in place
of r. d. Welch, deceased; H. r. Kibbe,
cashier in place of George b. Logan; First
National, Vermillion, Orvlle w Thompson,
cashier in place Of Martin j. Lewis, de-
ceased
The National Union Bank of New York
has been approved as reserve agent for
Cedar Rapids National bank of Cedar Rap
ids Ia
Acting Secretary of the Interior Reynolds
today denied the motion filed by the defend
ant for a review of the departmental de-
cision in the land case of John Cudley
against u. b. Mitchell, from the McCook
district, Nebraska. He held that no new
question of law or fact was presented in
the motion which had not been previously
considered. In the case of John M. Lowry
against James p. Brown from the Alliance
district, Nebraska, Commissioner Lamor-
eauxs decision against the defendant is
affirmed. His timber culture entry Is held
for cancellation on the ground that he had
not acted in good faith according to timber
culture laws.
Orvlle J. Green. teacher, and Emma l..
Kaufman. assistant teacher, at the Pierre
Indian school. South Dakota, have resigned.
and J. B. Hanna, principal teacher, has
been promoted to industraI teacher at
$725 per annum.
Thomas ArnesOn has been commissioned
postmaster at FreepoTt ia.
Leave of absence TO Daniel T. Wells,
Eighth infantry, is extended one month.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
THREE MEN BLOWN TO SHREDS
twenty-five Pounds of Dynamite Does
Deadly Damage.
FRlGHTFUL RESULTS OF AN EXPLOSION
Legs and Head of One OF the Victims
Cannot lie Found-Causc
of the ANuir
Mystery.

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 17.-Three men
killed, fifteen or more injured and several
buildings demolished by the explosion of
twenty-five pounds of dynamite at New Hol-
land Pa, this morning. The Pennsylvania
Telephone company is building a new line
in that vicinity and had stored the explo-
sive in the summer kitchen of the Eagle
hotel. Early this morning Charles F. Can
non, an employe of the company and one
of a gang just about to start to work, went
to the summer kitchen to get out enough
dynamite for the days work. few mo-
ments later there was a terrible explosion
and one side of the summer kitchen was
blown out. A big hole in another side had
blood and flesh on the ragged edges, and it
is supposed that Cannon's body was sent
through there. The unfortunate man was
blown to atoms, his stomach having been
found two blocks away. Neither his legs
nor his head can be found.
Frank Hammond of Harrisburg, who was
standing just outside Of the building. had
every bone in his body broken and was in.
stantly killed. George Crossman of Steel.
ton, water boy was also standing neaI
the building and was so badly injured that
he died while being brought to this city
Among those most seriously injured are:
Michael Wade of New Holland, who ma!
die.
| Frank Lewis Of Lancaster.
Frank Poole of Suran on.
David Hoffman Of Reading.
| Joseph Mann of Allentown.
Walter Facsg of New Holland.
Philip Lawrence.
John Conlon,
John White,
| Rolert Shirk, all of Lancaster.
The other buildings close to the summer
kitchen were badly wrecked, as wss al;
/ II, l,aI., a
large implement store was b own out. Tn
| tin roofs of a number of hCu es ere
ruined. The damage to property will smoun
| to a large sum. Just what caused the X
| plosion can only be coniectured, as Cannon
was the only person in the building when Il
| occurred
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
ITALIANS STRIKE FOR WEEKLY PAY
Sewer Work mt Rome, n. ". stopped
hX TrnmhIc OXcr MnEes.

ROME, n. Y, Aug. l7,-Four hundred and
ninety Italians employed By Miller & Co., OF
Ottawa, ILL.,, on Romes sewer system are cut
on strike. The contractors announced On
Saturday that pay day woull occur bI;
once every month hereafter, instedl of ever"
two weeks. gang of italians, LOG in
number, working outside ;he city, refused to
go to work today unless they were paid
every week and they marched to the city
and induced all of Ihe gangs to quit and
threw stones at those who refused 10 join
them. The contractors promised to pay
them as heretofore and the strike was set
tied. The Italians are paid $l.25 a day
One gang struck for $50 per day. This The
contractors refused to pay and gave the
Italians till morning to return to work,
MILWAUKEE,, Aug. IA special from
Manistee, Mich. says: The two mills, salt
block and lumber yard of the Peters Salt
and Lumber company are shut down on ac-
count of a strike throwing 800 men out of
employment The firm notified the men at
pay day, the 18th, of a ten per cent reduc-
ton in wages This morning enough men
did not come to work to operate the mills
in full so they did not attempt to run.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
YEARS COINAGE OF SILVER
Figures from Twenty-0ne Countries Placed
in Comparison,
HALF THE WORLDS PRODUCT is MINTED
Two Hundred and Twcnty-siN Mil-
lion Ounces produccd-unitcd
states Coins uctwccn Five
ana Six Million Dollars!

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-From official in
formation received at the Treasury depart
ment from twonty-one countries the coinage
of silver during the calendar year, 1898.
amounted in the aggregate to SllS6722Oo.
OF this sum, st3.603 200 was rccoinage. De-
Quoting this sum from the total coinage gives
the coinage of silver from new bullion in
1895 as 500. .O69 900.
the country coming the largest amount of
silver in 1895 was Mexico with a coinage OF
S2i S32 $50; followed closely by Japan with
a coinage Of S2S. $50, 500. Next comes China
with IS, ,2S3 $40; Spain, 81 96s ,OO0 Great Brit
ain, $5,S2l,15l; United States, $569S,OOO;
Austria-Hungary, S5,299,OOO; Peru, s4.
073 900; Russia, s3.554 600; Ecua-
dor. $25O0OOO; Germany, s1.S26,000.
The silver coinage executed by
Great Britain during the year for her colo
nies was: For Canada, 81 1861 $50: for Hong
Kong. $4,000, 900; for Straits Settlements.
$3.50 500 a total of 81, sos 1870. France coined
for Indo-China, $6,092 900 in silver and for
Morocco, 1854 800.
During the year 1896 the United States
recoined the largest amount of silver, viz:
rocoined. followed by Austria Hungary with
a recoinage of S3,S1S,500; England, 81, 160,-
900; Germany, $1S2600O; Russia, S6i2 500;
India, $4Si, 500.
From January 1 to August l. 1896. the
coinage of silver dollars by the mints of
the United States was SS562,412. while the
coinage of silver dollars from 1892 to 1873
aggregated SS,031 ,2SS only.
The worlds product of silver during the
calendar year of 1895 is estimated to have
been 226 900 900 ounces. The amount of
new bullion used in the coinage, far
as known, was 100 069 900 ounces, and from
| reports received from twelve countries, the
amount used in the industrial arts was
az, 900 ounces while the exports to the
east amounted to 81 500 900 ounces, making
the total disposition of the worlds silver
product for 1895, so far as known. 179 $780,,
900 ounces, which would leave 45,4S0, 900
ounces for coinage and use in the arts by
| the countries from which no reports have
| L,,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
N. C. S. d. GOES INTO POLITICS.
Mflitfnmen Making an ADpropript ton
Ono fO the LOCnI ISsues.

PIERRE, S. D., Aug. Especial MEM
bers of the state militia have for the past
two years paid their own expenses in their
annual encampments and will make a
strong effort to again secure a state appro-
priation from the legislature. Up to the
session of 1893 they were granted such an
appropriation, but the session of that year
refused them this favor. On account of the
financial affairs of the state through the
Taylor defalcation, they did not ask an ap-
preparation from the last session, but they
are now demanding pledges from candidates
for the Legislature that they support an ap-
preparation for the encampment of the mill
tia, when presented to the session this com
ing winter. The usual appropriation is
about IS 600 for the encampment and the
boys think they are entitled to that much
consideration at least, and are going after it.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
USED A KNIFE IN sELE-pErENsE.
Lawyer stnbs an EnrnTed client Who
Attacked Him.

Attacked him.
CINCINNATI, Aug. l7,-Frank S. Roth
acker Of Cleveland. brother OF Or. Roth
acker. who was buried here last Tuesday.
and who came here to attend his brothers
funeral was reported dying at the Cincin-
natl hospital at o'clock this morning from
knife wound in the abdomen. lie was
found in the street after midnight at the
head OF the Mount Auburn inclined plane
and taken to the hospital. Before becoming
unconscious, he said that he had had
quarrel with Attorney Charles Lundy and
that Lundy had stabbed him.
Early this morning Lundy was arrested
at his home not far from where Rothacker
was found. In front OF the house was
Charles Rothackcr of New York brother
of the injured man. He was abusing Lundy
and was also arrested. Lundy said he acted
in self-defense; that the two Rothackers
had abused him on the street car until he
left his seat and went to the platform.
He got off at his street and they followed
and attacked him and knocked him down.
Then he used his knife in self-defense. He
said Rothacker had had grudge against
him ever since he defended him in di-
vorce suit which was compromised.
Lundy was arraigned in the police court
and his case continued until august 81. The
charge was cutting with intent to kill
Rothacker's wound Is a penetrating one. re-
quiring an operation to secure the severed
part. and the outcome is accordingly very
doubtful. Lundy says he was accosted in
the street car by ore of thef.. with the in
sulting remark: You think YOU are a law
yer. don't you?"
He did not know who spoke. but he an
swered pleasantly. Then the speaker said:
MY brother, Vic Ro.hactCr. can tell
whether you are not | then recognized
the two Rothackers. He had been attorney
for Victor b. Rothacker's wife in a divorce
suit. Victor B. also known AS Charles
Lundy says the conductor stopped their
wordy quarrel and that then pc tried 20
evade the Rothackers but they followed
him. Lundy studied law with the late
George II. Pendleton and was a protege of
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
SPAIN HAS NO CUBAN CIRCULAR
story of Tetunn and Taylor is Denied
hN Premier CmnONms.


by Premier CnnOyns.
MADRID, Aug. lin the Chamber OF
Deputies today senor Canoyas, president Of
the council, denied the statement that the
duke of Tetuan minister for foreign affairs,
had read to Mr. Hannis Taylor the United
States minister to Spain, proposed circular
to the powers anent the condition of affairs
in Cuba and the relations of Spain with the
American republics In general and the United
States in particular Senior Canovas
nounced that no document of the nature
outlined had been dispatched to any gov
ernment. He added that the cabinet had
made detailed notes relative to the Cuban
situation and that at an opportune moment
a memorandum would be submitted to the
powers in order to enable them to judge
of the true condition of affairs in Cuba.
Continuing SenOr Canovas said that the
the policy of President Cleveland, but Sen
ators Sherman and Morgan were to be
blamed for their speeches in the United
States senate. He concluded by advising a
policy of prudence at the present time since
an explosion of feeling would be disastrous.
Senior Melo, one of the Carlist deputies
made brief speech censuring the Spanish
government for its failure to prevent fill
clustering expeditions from America landing
In Cuba.
To this Senior Canovas replied adding that
Spain should not rely upon any alliance, but
rather upon her own resources to retain
Cuba.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
TROUBLES IN THE WORLD OF LABOR
striking TaiIors of Gotham Make NJ
AppcNt for Help.

striking TaiIors of Gotham Make M
Appeal for Help.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE four weeks
continuous strike of the East side tailOrs
summarized, is expenditure of $4,000
from the exchequer of the Brotherhood of
Tailors, the return to work within the last
shops, the opening of seventy cooperative
shops employing 500 men and 700 women,
numerous fights between union and nom
union garment workers, and lastly, an appeal
to affiliated organizations to support loo
striking tailors who are in actual need.
A number of contractors have thus far
engaged extra hands taken from the ranks
of the strikers, and in this way the big
army of idle tailors is noticeably decimated
today. The pantsmakers are gradually re-
turning to work. Up to the present only
fifty contractors employing 700 men and 300
girl operatives, have made settlements. This
leaves over 1000 men and 1000 women,
mostly Italians, still out. Quite a number
Of applications for settlement were received
today by the settlement committee. These
are being examined as to the solvency OF the
surety,
There appears to be no immediate pros
pect of a settlement of the strike OF the
employees of the Adams Express company.
General Agent NJ. C. Williams says that he
has received more than forty applications
| for each place vacated by the strikers. Some
| of the New YoElS strikers say delegates
| have been sent Ito Philadelphia, Pittsburg
and Baltimore to urge the men employed in
the offices and stables of the cities men
toned to join the strikers. No violence on
| the part of the strikers was reported today.
Some of the new men engaged by them have
| uuit work
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
ADVERTISING THE WILD WEST.
South DnlSotn Agricultural Products
to he Sent East.

to he Sent East
MITCHELL, S. D., Aug. 17.-(Special)-
Secretary A. b. Hager of the Corn Belt Real
Estate association went to Yankton Saturday
morning to confer with President G. w.
Roberts and other officers of the association
and to complete arrangements for collecting
a carload of South Dakota products, which
are to be sent to New York City to advertise
the corn belt of South Dakota. The car will
probably start from Mitchell in a few days,
and upon its arrival in New York city the
exhibits will be arranged attractvely in the
immense lobby of the American theater,
where they will remain on exhibition during
the entire season, in connection with Win
slows new play, 1.-The Great Northwest"
The play is laid partly in the Dakotas and
represents vividly the stirring times of the
early days in the great northwest. This
plan of exhibiting South Dako.a's products
will certainly be a drawing card, as 1t will
show eastern people that the northeast and
especially this portion of it is not now the
wild and woody region it was at ;is time
represented in the play. South Dakota
pampas grass will be used in certain scenes
in the play, and a quantity will be sent
from here in the car for that purpose with
the other exhibits.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
Irlshmen Want a New Leader.

NEW YORK, Aug. IA dispatch to the
World says the Canadian delegates to the
Irish Pacific congress to be held in Dublin
have decided that Hon. Edward Blake should
be chosen as leader and consolldator of the
different Irish factions now represented in
the Parliament at Westminster. leading
Irish Canadian says the feeling at home is
bitter between the McCarthyites and Parnell-
tics and other sections of the home rule
party On this account leader should be
chosen outside the ranks of lrishmen proper,
Hon Mr.. Costigan. Archbishop Walsh and
other notables are said to favor Mr.. Blake
as leader for the Irish parliamentary.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
GAIL HAMILTON PASSES AWAY.
DIstinuuIshcd Authoress seccumbs TO
n stroke of Paralysis.

n stroke OF Paralysis.
HAMII, TON, Mass, Aug. 17.-Miss Abigail
Dodge CGail Hamilton), the famous author
ess died tonight at her beautiful home from
the effects OF a paralytic shock. Miss Dodge
was stricken while at breakfast yesterday
and Immediately became unconscious. Med
ical aid was at once summoned ard Miss
Dodge removed to her bed, but while every
possible means was adopted to restore her
she never regained consciousness. Miss
Dodge had a similar shock while in Wash
ington about year ago. Miss Augusta
Dodge and other relatives were at the bed
side when the end came. Too much work
I'm mailing her last book, The Valley OF
Death" during the hot weather broke her
strength.
Miss Dodge SUI tained stroke Of paralysis
while sitting at the breakfast table yestsr-
day morning. She fell from her thair nj
was picked up unccn C os lhe ser US
turn Of her illness was not made puoi
until this morning, wien Dr. Thayer OF
Salem was hastily summoned by the repo.t
that Miss Dodge was dying. DR.. ThuSer
stated to reporter of the Associated press
after he had been with his patient for a
short time that 1t was doubtful II Miss
Dodge could survive until noon, but she
clung to life for several hours, finally pass
ing away about o'clock this evening,
Miss Mary Abigail Dodge, writer, bio
grapher and controversialist' WiaS,iy RhoWn n,,s
native of the town s,n IN which h she rs 6e on ID
In Cambridge She was graduated from lps-
wich academy at the age of 20. In ls5l she
| ford high school. She refused to take the Gus
| tomary examination, but was given the po-
| sition without doing so. she was uiso M M
| for several years and was subsequently
governess in the family Of Dr Gnmaliel !
| Bailey of Washington, p G., the editor OIL
the National Era to which paper she be-
came cam contributor, In 1861 She VAS enc of
the editors of "Our Young Folks, /" a maga-
! From 1870 until a little over year ago
she had lived most Of the time VIII, Win ti1 ner
| ton. In course of this daily contact with
the Blaine family Miss Dodge was led into
| at the death of the latter she became his
| literary executor being in possession OF an
his authorized biographer She was engaged
| on this work, as frequently as her health
would permit from the me + Of fbongbt 6S GeRe her
untiring devotion to the work was insiru-
mental in bringing about that prostratioIn
| in the Blaine mansion in Washington Miss
| Dodge has lived very quietly at her @ @oi9
IN MAS fbs ness er so tba she
| felt able to resume active work. and she
| was for weeks unable TO see even intlmate te
been able to be driven about the town and
to entertain in her delightful manner the
work during this time has been frag-
mentary, done by dlctation as diversion l.
| or when some current event has specially
| attracted her interest.
Gail Hamilton was frequent contributor
| to prominent magazines, and her puDllsheo
style. consist largely of selections from heI
| contributions. Her books inc rda: Country
New Atmosphere, and Stumbling Blocks X .
| "Skirmishes and Sketches, Red Letter
Pays IN Appi;e,h9rpS ana n SuoT "SH
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-18
HELD GUESTS AT hay WITH GUNS.
Clever Crncksmcn Rob the Safe mt n
Summer Resort Hotel

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Aug. T.-Three or
more clever cracksmen succeeded in blowing
open the safe in the Beach Side hotel at
Greenfarm about o'clock this morning,
and they got safely away with It's contents,
which consisted of about 81 200 In cash, 5000
in checks and a quantity of jewelry, the
property of the guests.
There are about $50 persons staying at
the hotel, and the most of these were thrown
into condition bordering on panic by being
awakened by the sound Of the explosion that
wrecked the hotel safe. Some guests started
downstairs, but as the robbers were in the
dark and they in the light, a threat of the
robbers TO shoot kept the guests back until
the robbers had escaped
Afterward the night watchman was found
lying in a stupOr. which was evidently
caused by chloroform, and with his hands
securely tied. He remained unconscious for
several hours. No arrests have been made.