Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1893, Page 2

ready cabled to the Associated press, caught fire and burned so flercely that forty of her crew lost their lives on board of her. Nothing is as yet reported here concerning the damage done to foreign shipping, but the loss is said 1o be very great. Oitizens Terribly Confased. The effect of the explosion upon the In- habitants of Santander, was bewildering in its intensity. For some time after the disaster the people were positively stunned with dismay and horror and then followed A panie, during which 100 peoplo are re- ported to have gone stark mad, while the majority were so paralyzed with fear and shock l‘nl they were incapable of moving to the nssistance of the dying or of making any effort to extinguish the flames which sprang up from a mass of buildings, and ‘vhich began to spread with the most threatening rapidi o quay and promenade close to the scene of the explosion presented tho most sickening sight ever witnessed. Muangled and blackened corpses were scattered hero and there, or were in heaps in many cases upon the wounded and dying, whose fearful skricks of agon d “the are and struck terror into tho heurts of those who, after a time, summoned sufficient courage to venture near the carnage ground. Met Death with the Orews. Over 100 people are said to have been precipitated into the sea by the explosion and there, beneath the . hail of iron and wood, they mict death with the crows of the unfortunate steamer and the tug boat which was about to tow her into the bay. Upon board the tug were many citizens who were heiping in the work of rescue. All of them have disappeared forover. A train from the province, which was just arriving at the railroad stavion when ‘the mer Cabo Michicaco blew up, felt the of the explosion, was wrecked and set re to and the majority of its passengors were burned to death. Soon . after_the explosion wholo blocks upon Mendoz Numez street were blazing and other portions of the city were in flames. No one dared or cared to make any attempt to stay the spread of the conflagration and those. who preserved presenco of mind enouth 1o do so ran wildly about the town, crying in horrified accents the news of the disaster to those who had rushed from their houses in atarm, fancying the end of the world had come. Snved by a Few Brave Men. 1In the midst of this scene, when men and women tors their h and cursed and prayed, a brave men retained enough presence of mind to jump on horseback and ride to the nearest railway stations, whore they caused telegrams to be sent to the authorities in other cities, imploring succor for the wounded and asking that fire engines be promptly dispatched to the scene, as a failure to do so immediately would result in the utter destruction of Sant Andr The cities of Valladolid, Burges, Bilbao and Barcelons were quickly aroused by the appeals for assistance and immediately took steps to do everything possible to assist the stricken city. = Fire engines, physicians, medicine und food were sent from the cities mentioned and nothing was left undone to relieve the distress, Large forces of troops were also dispatched wo Sant Andre, tho soldiers rendering most valuablo assistance in the work of salvage and rescue. Blackenod Tranks and Limbs. The loss sustained by property owners and by poor people who had lost their all through the explosion and fire 1s im:ense. The loss of life is not yet determined, but several hundred dead bodies have been iden- tified, while others will never be recognized from the mass of blackened trunks, heads and limbs which have been gathered to- gether in heaps around the fatal spot. Many of the victims in addition are unknown, and there seems to be no way of telling how many met their death in the water. The shower of iron from the dynamite- laden steamer thrown into the air by the explosion fell upon nearly all parts of the town, and injured buildings at a remarkable distance from the place where the steamer exploded. Some idea of the force of the ex- plosion can be formed from the fact that a man was killed by a piece of iron falling from the steamer's explosion at Pena Casilo, two kilometers distant from whece the steamer blew up. Another remarkable effect of the explosion is that the stenmer’s anchor: was blown up in the air by the force of the dynamite, causing the anchor to fall in a street 800 yards away from where the explosion oc- curred. In falling the anchor smashed a stone balcony into pieces and sank deep into the stone pavement below. Many Detalls Not Obtainable. Many details of the explosion and fire at Sant Andre are still lacking, owing to the fact that telegraphic communication with that point has not been renewed and that none of the local newspapers have been able ta appear since the disaster. Even private lotters, owing to the panic which prevails, have not reached this city from Sant Andre and but few privato telegrams have been transmitted. Sant Andre was lately amonz the most prosperous towns in Spain, but the disaster which has overtaken it will take many years to repair. The whole country is inaignant at the criminal conduct of the crew of the steamer, aswell as the criminality of those who shipped the contrabrand dynamite, and the general opinion is that the government must take immodiate steps to punish the people who shipped the dynamite, as tho death of the captsin and crew of the dynamite steamer is but poor compensation to the hundreds of victims and the destruction caused by their criminality. ‘The explosion of the dynamite lifted the sea up into tho air like a waterspout, ming- ling enormous quantities of mud and ‘stones with the wreckage and hurling them for a great distance on every side, Story of an Eyewitne: An eyewitness of tho terrible disaster says the dynamite was concealed under the fron which formed o portion of the ship's cargo. The fire, the eyewitness referred -to says, is believed to have originated in some Dackages of skins, which were crammed into the steamor's bunkers. When the fire broke out, uccording to the story told by this per- son, the captain _of the transatlantic steumer, Alfonso XII, orderod his steam launch to bo lowered and mannea by nearly all his oficers and crew, whom be sent to the assistance of the burning steamer. Tho steam launch arvived alongside the Cabo Michicaco just o moment before the latter vessel blew up, and cousequenty It was blown to atoms with the cvew of the ona- mite steamer. Convinuing, he say Very Like an Earthquake, explosion was like an earthquake. ver of burning fragments foll upon the houses, which were already tottering, erush- ing im the roofs, while houvy pieces of iron were huried through the walls of houses with all the violence of cannon shots, “Houses were immediately blazing timbe y crushed or wounded by fulling Others ran in terror from the sceno and huudreds went mad with fear, and abandoving the aity, ran into the fields shrieking and teaving their hair with fury, Amumber of Lho most frenzied people ran m Saut Andre into the nvlgnLorlu;: vil- |7,|;a spreading. iu inclpient words, the nows f the disaster, refusing to return to the ill- ated city. even ured all danger wus over. r Slokon'ny Seeno of Carnage, “Others, alter recovering from the shock hastened to the scene of tho disaster to searcn for missing relatives whom they bo- deved to have wet death through tho ex- slosion. Upon arriviug at the scone of wreck ana carnage, they found the place sovered with dead and wouuded, mauy of ihe victims being so horribly burned und nutilated that recogmition by relatives w atterly impossible ‘I'he ground near the quay and promenado ~as strewn with pieces of bodies, heads und dmbs, while all around were 'houses in lames, the air being thick with smoke and pieces of burning material. The bodies of men, women and children of all clusses were found in horrvible medley, blackened, byrned and torn in the most hcarirending ner. % cannot describe the awful scene amid mbumlu ruins on ;‘r;;! du;h Lrewn , rendered more hideous u -nru'z coming from the lumi the of rushod bencuth Wa’??m&.l‘.":'afim owh by deud or sicn. when torn to shreds by the awful explo- searching for Loved Ouvs. *The scene became more;terribic alili when relatives of the dead, wounded and unvruu#u-u\wmw the spot, in order to search for the remains of those they loved. The relatives of those who escaped knelt by the side of thelr wounded friends, and lifting up their hands to heaven. thanked God for their escape from an awful death, ‘Again, the cries of those who found among the ruins, or among the hieaps of dead or wounded, one or more members of their 1amilies blackened in death, were horrible to listen to, and loud and ferco were the curses hurled at the authors of this sicken- ing calamity. “Miany of the searchers only recognized parts of the clothing of those who were killed, and one unfortunate man was ident1- fied by bis watch, which had stopped at the moment of the explosion. Many Miraculous Escapes. “There’ were many miraculous cscapes. fror instance, one man was thrown a great distance by the explosion, and yet he was only slightly infured by the shock sustained through the fall. Another man was thrown into the sea by the explosion, and, though the disaster occurred at about 4:80 p. wi., this man was rescued from the water at 10 o'clock vhe same night, benumbed and stupe- fled, but alive. “On Saturday morning following the awful night of fire and death, a number of people who had been shocked {nto a state of im- becility or madness were found hiding be- neath the ruins. “Crowds of orphans yesterday gathered ut the town hall bewailing theirlost mothers or fathers and asking for assistance in the scarch they had been making among the remains for the bodies of their loved ones. For a loug time 10 come, the city of Sant Andre will noed assistance from other cities in order to succor the homeless and wounded, to bury the dead and to repair as far as ible, the damage done by the awful up- Abandoned Their Homes. “Nothing in the shape of attempting to quench the flames was done for a long time after the disaster, as the peoplo were too panic-stricken to attempt to do a thing, but ran about in terro Thousands abandoned their homes after the explosion, all the stores were closea and all the energies of the people seemed at a standstill after the disaster, and many of them are still so prostr their death is anticipated as the result of the fright sustained. The number of people who have lost their senses through the ex- plosion is very great, and 1t is openly as- sorted” that hundreds of people have com- pletely lost their minds and will have to be fl)nl\lmd inasylums for the remainder of their ives, . “Mandez Numez street is completely de- stroyed and a number of adjoining sections of the city have suffered terribly and are in ruins. One Pathetlc Case. “A father who was cal ng his crippled daughter upon his shoulders was injured by fragments which fell from a tottering wall, and when he neared his home he found it was @ mass of flames, - Laying tho injured child down in the street, the unfortunate father cared for her uutil she died there be- neath the shadow of their home, which was s00n n blackened ruin. X “Ithe dwelling of an English tAmily named Sheldon wus badly wyecked, and the family has a marvelous escape from death. Rich and poor ulike mingledin the search at the hecatomb about-Maliano quay, and agonizing were the sights w‘runussed as the search for ssed. “*Many of those who were thrown into the the explosion were carried away by the tide and drov/ned amid the despairing lament of the few who had managed to strug- gle out of that horrible swirl of blackened corpses und partly or entirely dismembered bodies. *‘No correct estimate can yet be made of the loss of life, some officials claiming that thousands were lost, while others nhold the loss will not bo over 500, and perhaps less.” STORY OF TWO SURVIVORS. Sallors from the Wrecked Ship Give a Graphioc Doscription, 1Copyrighted 1893 by the Associat @ Press.) BiLsao, Nov. 5.—Two seamen who escaped the dynamite-laden steamship Cabo Michi- caco, which caused the fearful disaster at Santander, have arrived here afier being blown up on that vessel and thrown a great distance out to s2a, failing among a mass of burning wreckage. These sailors eventually reached the shors on the other side of the harbor, from where they were driven to this city. Aun old seaman gives the following ac- count of the disaster: “Wedid not know there was any dynamite on board beyond the twenty cases which we landed at the outbreak of the fire. A few moments before the explosion, my mate hur- ried on deck cryingout that everybody should lenve the ship and clear off the quay as the firn was reaching dynamite. *Every one then hastened over the gengway bub while so doing the explosion overtook us and when I fell into the water after having been up in the air for what seemed to me to be quite a long time, I caught hold of a plank and swam away."§ One of the men had his hair badly singed and another ap arm injured. Both assem that the crew of the ship was ignorant of the preseuce of the contraband dynamite on board of her. The two seamen wept while describing wheir struggles wn the water amidst corpses and wreckage. Many Children Killed, Another eyewitness of tho disaster says he saw at least thirty bodies thrown 1nto the sea and that among them were many nurses carrying children in their arms. Another witness declares that the first question the captaiv of the Alfonso XIL asked when his steam launch ran alongside the dynamite ship with the intention of assisting in combotting the flames was, ““Haye you any explosives on board?” “'No,”” wus the reply. *All the explosives have been landed.” The captain of the Alfonso X(I then sug- gested.that the burning steamer be towed inco deep wrater and scuttled, seeing the diffi- culty in extingnishing the flumes. Soon after the explosion took place other people asserted that the Cabo Michicaco had 1,200 cases of dynamite on board, and the authorities of Bilb: where the ill- fated steamer sailed from, are said to have been aware of the shipments of 1,700 kilo- grams of dynamite, and supposed the twenty cuses landed belonged to Santander consignees. ‘The Bilbao people at- tribute the explosion to the bursting of the boiler, and considered t the dynamite was not liable to ignite easily, and, there- fore, that it wus a comparatively safe carge. The Bilbao people also declare ship- ments of dynamite from their factory at | Galdacano for all Spanish forts are frequent, and that the explosive is regarded as merely merchandise. Finance Minister Gamanzo, accompanied by number of Suntander people, arrived at Santander today and convened the re- maining oficials and consoled with them, and encou i them to organize methods of reliel. The firemen of Valledolid, Burges, Bilbao and other towns which have sent cnl‘,,;lr;us to Santandre huve furnished local reliof. Where Santander Lies, ntander s the capital of the province of Santander, situated on the Bay of Biscay, about 207 miles from Madrid. Itis well lo- cated on o headland, and has o large and scoure port, with good anchorage and shelter, a mole and docks. Tho town is the terminus of railway from Madrid. [u the ancient part of the town the streots are uarrow, while in the modern portion the streets are wide and «hie buildings of good architecture. There are teu squares, large and small, as veell as Wany publio buildings. 1t 18 a buay, thrive g plae on_extensive operations in native industrics, as well as o der- able export and wport trade. At the last census the town had a population of 0,302, Coutidence 1o Capriy [Copyrighted 1893 by James Gordon Bennett, | BenLiy, Nov. 5.—[New York Herald Zable —Special to Tie Bek. ] —The kaiser has sent his portrait to Chancellor von Caprivi, ac- companicd by a letter expressing his un- abated confidence tn the couut, aud prom! iug to continue to support hiw. AMay Capture the Hostiln King: Cars Tows, Nov. b.— A dispatch from Fort Salisbury says that, according to Dr. Jame- son, King Lobengula has gone southward toward the Matoppo hills, and his tnmedi- ate capbure is expected. Left ou the Battietiold, BiLuao, Nov, 5.--It is reported the corpses | an_investigation. of the Moors who were killed in the recen battle are still lylag unburied on the hill HIS MATESTY WON, Sult Against the Su'tan ol Johore Deelded In Lonaon. Loxnoy, Nov. 5.—-The action for breach of promise involving heavy damages and the question of possession of a diamond bracelet, brought against his highness, the sultan of Johore, by Miss Jeunic Mitchell of Devonshire Terrac Brighton, came up pefore Justices Swigs and_Lawrence today, The judges decided to ailow the appeal of the sultan to stay all procoedings on the ground that he was an independent sover- cign and did not come under the jurisdiction of the court. AUSTRIA'S NEW BINET. It Wil Be Moderately wervative—~All toline Not e TLoxpox, Nov. 5. —~The correspondent of the Chronicle at Vienna says the new cabinet has been formed as follows: Widmann, minister of the Interior; M Piener, ministor of finance; tho Polo, . roski, minister for Galicia; the Pol deski, ‘minister of justice; Woberscheim and Fatkenhayne retain their portfolios. The others are unfilled. i Tho Cabinet will be moderately conserva- ive. DECLAR UNITY. King Osear Pleads for Closer Kelations Bes tween Norway and Swedon. Crnistiaxs, Nov, 4. —At o banquet given in the palace this evening to celebrate the anniversary of tho union of Sweden and Norway the king said that the union must be preserved intact as a safeguard to the independence and peutrality of the two countrie He urged the necessity of hav- ing one minister of fo m affairs for both countries and expressed the hope that at the coming election ail true men would stund together to support the union. ity MUSEHRENTS. Could the members of Johu Robivson’ “strictly moral circus” looked in at Boyd's opera house last evening, they would have undoubtedly reached the couclusion that the profession was in imminent danger of total annihilation by farce-comedy people, mas- querading as ground and lofty tumblers, ae) artists and worla dazzling eques: triennes, with plain people thrown in ad lib to give & measure of seasoning to the sauce, Had Jenny and Jessamy from Elkhorn in- advertently wandered into the pretty theater while Nellie McHenry. masqueraded as the peerless bareback rider of the tented show, their hearts would bave worked like trip hammers over her featsof riding, to suy nothing of the work of the clever peo- ple who support this new star of the arena i atest circo comedy, “A Night at the “There was onc thing missing, however, hich the management must look after 1n- mediately—the aroma of . the sawdust was lost in the up-to-date perfumes of swell so- ciety, lilies of the v, nusk and frangi pannl. If some expert ¢hemist vent an extract of sawdust the circus w complete. There s nothing tawdry or moth- eaten about this latest ‘‘railroad show.” The gymuasts wave their pink legs about like tho tentacles of & sea ancmone, while the girls in still pinker tights, 45 they turn and twist, look like sylphides in their tinsel ppery.” “A Night at the Circus” is sufiiciently loud to delight the most blase theater-goer, and suggestive, wo, in spots. But the per- formance made an immense hit with the rge audience, Nelite McHenry and her company of players wiuning salvos of ap- })lnusc throughout the three acts of the arce, Miss McHenry is charmingly chic in very best part she has ever played and her final entree as the queen of tho arena was a wonderfully clever stage picture, J. H. Bradbury pl ig. Bonanza, the manager of the Imperial circus, admirably, investing the character with au extravagant breeziness that showed a good actor under- neath his burlesqiie make-up. Robert Watson, as Kicker, an office boy, and later on as stabie boss; was inimitable. There are severul new “turns” introduced, the violin and carnet auet by the DeWitt sisters receiving well merited recognition. Miss Josie DeWitt plays the violin with dash and abandon while Miss Venio DeWitt can play the cornet almost as well as Alice Raymond. But everybody is good in this *show” and **A Night at the Circus” is one of the biggest hits or the year. the Lovers of the German dialect drama will have an opportunity to indulge tneir fancy at the Fifteenth Street thester the early part of the week, Charles A, Garduer ap- vearing in his latest comedy-drama, *The Prize Winner.” The play gives excellent op- portunity for fine scenic effects, which Mr. Guardner has taken advantage of, the wu taken in its entirety being ubove the ordi- drama written about a German dialect actor. Mr. Gardner sings finely, his songs being wand well writtén. The company is capable, and the Tyrolean customs aro given with a minutencss of detail that is positively delightful, Big houses weve the rule yesterday, tho company playing to the full capacity of the house last ht, e FOUND ON A SAND BAR, Ghastly Discovery ofs Corpse in tho River Near East Omahs. While out hunting yesterday, William Beruaue, who lives at Third aud Woolworth streets, discovered the body of a man lodged on a sand bar near East Omaha, The man had evidently been dead for several days, and had been washed upon the sand par, The body was discovered at dusk, and it was too late when the cor- oner was notified 1o make any effort to res- cue the remains last night. The coroner and M, Berduo will go to the place early this morning und take chargo of the body. As 10 ono has been reported missing lately there is no theory as to whom ho might be. The policeare inyestigating the mutter in hopes of discovering the identity of the dead man. B At Germania Hail Not only lovers of amusement but eandi- dates with lightning rods in position also gathered in force at last evening's ex- cellent dramatic entertainment 1n Germania hall. Ike Hascall's face beamed alike upon the fair sex, who had fathers, brothers or husbands possessing a vote, and upon tho sterner ones themseives. 1ke was evidently bent upon securing votes to bYoost himself iuto the mayoralty chair, if one were to judge from the suave manncrs which he specially employed on the oceasion. Notwithstanding his heroic efforts, however, his intended victims were not fayorably impressed with either his great- ness or his favorite hobby—the cunal boud scheme. They appeared to be convinced that somebody else should hold the reins of the ity government for the next two years and vhat chaff was not avhat was wanted, The well arranged program of the enter- tainment was fulfilled to the sutisiaction of the large audience. ———— Arrested on Susplolon, Frank Swmith, alias Holly, and John Sloane were arrested yesterday on suspicion of baving stolen a shotgun from C. 8. Parker, who is stopping at Bett's barn on Jackson street. ‘Tne gun was stolen yester- day, and as suspicion was divected at these men they were bluced under arrest, pending Parker is the wan who had his wagon demolished in a runaway on South Sixteenth strect one day last week. - Frederick Douglas is Coming. Hon, Frederick Douglas, who has recently acquired fresh laurels by his fumous ad- dresses at Chicago, is soou 1o visit Omaba. He is o lecture in Boyd's opera house on Wednesday evening, November 15, on *The Race Problem in the South.” It has been vearly twenty years siuce he visited Owaba. - Accep! o Heduotlon. KxoxviLig, Tenn,, Noy. 5. —Chiefs Arthur, Clavk and Sargent held a consultation yester- day with the receivers of the Fast Tennesseo road about the regulation of trainmen's wages. The resull was un agreement to accept proposed roductions for three mouths, at the end of which Lime old rates will be restored. RESULTS , pF REGISTRATION Official Retarns from All the Oity Distriots Bxclsffi Twenty-Four. o DISCLOSES A ‘[')‘E'CREASE OVER LAST YEAR Sundny Before the klection—Knights of Labor Discrss the Candidates—Danish Muss Meetife—phrenplort's Hand« Weitifg on the Shdewalks, no Registration lists of sixty-four voting districts in the city have beeu returned to City Clerk Groves. These lists, as predicted, show a considerable falling off -in the regis- travion of voters as compared with last year. In the sixty-four districts reported 13,000 voters have registered. This makes an average of 200 to each district, Takmg these figures a basis the romaining twenty-four districts will increase the total registration in the city to 17,500, ngainst 20,- 200 for 1862, a loss of 2,700 vote: Undoubtedly soveral hundred voters have neglected to enroll their names on the regis- tration list, while many who exercised the election franchise one year a0, have moved elsewhiere. An obsorving politician has concluded thaf the falling off in tho regisiration may, in a measure, be at- tributed to the existing jury law. Among a large class of citizens there is a decided disposition to evade jury service, and they possess the idea that by kecping their names off the list of registered voters they will escape this irksome duty, and their mes will not becomo tempters of fortuna in Colonel Frank Moore's lottery for the pancl winpers, Other causes are also attributed. It is believed that owing to the small registration that withm 1,000 of the registered vote will be cast, and perhaps oven a less percentage than that will fail to vote. 3 The registration by voting districts in the wards returned, is gs follows: PIRST WARD. 1803 119 03 Diatrict. Gain. Loas. 1 TUMD WARD. Totals...... .. Grand totals.. E Tywenty-four districts have nov reported. In the nbove list the totals apply ouly to wards from which returns have been received Tor 1803, as compared to the registration of 1802, In the twenty-four districts from which no returns: have been received for 1803, the figures for said districts for 1502 are given in the latter column, but are not used forn busis of comparison of increase or decrease in the resvective districts, AGA THE VOAL TRUST, Bedford's Candiancy for Mayor as Viewea by Workingmen, A contributor to the Western Laborer, published in this ¢ity, has the folowing to say of Joft W. Beddard; the democratic can- aidate for mayor: ¢ My, Jefiorson ford, coal merchant, 15 0ne of the first oreanizers’ of ‘the conl e chittige or trust. Howimany of the buyers ind Consumers of conl &uow thut during tho lust elght or ten years they wosolutely been At the mercy of IS monopoly wnd piying a fixor tribute to wis villainous coal trust? There was 0o such axsoctation until Mr. Bed- fora came 10 Onnin €0 show our cltizons and s fellow coal dewlérs whut could bo accom- Plished by combiningaand now let the voiers of Omahil show Mr. disiford What they can do by combining. The lurger und wealthler conl dealers about ton years ago gol {ogtther wnd drew up o Had eonstfrution TuRd By-Taws “governtug their actions requiving each dealer 10 sign it and agreo t sell coul only at such pricos as Shall be made trom sige 1o tme by an exe five committco of thls fofauons conbin They were also oblféed to deposita forfeit or pledgo of frm B1ONAYELL0 that thoy would not sell at s than wis made by this committoe. How reful ronding of the constitution nid by-laws fuils to say that the mombery wore oblized 1o deliver 2,000 pounds of coul to the ton. This stipulution in the \ract seous (0 have been overlooked by e cundidate for mayo 15 were rash onough to kick or ibination they uclally by the | coul to | his customers st r prices. c dealer tried o be just and disobeyed th f L pination und was ruined eting of the exchunge was hold V'riday, thio 28th of Uetober, wnd whiio nothing definiie is known of the busiuess transacted, it hus leaked out that the ususl advance in prices will not be ordered for Lhe 15t of Novenber, as it might injure Mr. Bedford politically. This conimitice only made prices on domns- e orconl used for household purposes. Tho coul used by the larger and richer consumers Such us the street Fullway and electric light companics, the large hotels aud steaw-heu blocks, the turge packing houses and other in- dustrids of Omuha was Bob coutrolled by this reAson Is booamso they are rich and would not Bo robbed in this manncr. This tyrannical exchange does not daro trifle with the rich consumers; It 18 the poor consumers who pay the profit given to the rich. It ls the only local monopoly that has remataed intact. anid its parmanence is largely duo 1o the man who {8 soliclting your votos for the office of mayor, Mr. Joff W. Hedford. Time and again have poor men gone from one conl office to another In the hops to find conl chenper, the samo s other necossitios, only to be toid with a heartless smilo that the price Is the same everywhere in Omaba. ELLER APFEALS TO CUPID, Judiclal Ermine Dragged Beforo the fyes of Bridegrooms. Cupid has a rocky gauntlet to run at the county building and the cherub of love is experiencing “that tired foelin, Notwithstauding many discouraging ob stacles to surmouat and heroic acqui- esconce to Clerk Walkup's suggostions to buy one of his marringe certificate chromos at a stipulated sum, blushing bridegrooms are now confronted with a new danger which may possibly check local matrimonial ventures in the future. Judge Eller hastenderly thrown his soup. stained judicial ermine around the half-clad form of the litt!® god of love and has whis- pered a piteous appeal in the ear of that frolicsome matchmaker. The judge wants Cunid to put aside his bow and arrows on election day, brush back the golden curl on his brow, stick a campaign cigar in his mouth, fill his soft little cherublike hands with sample ballots and_got ont and hustlo votes for J. W. Klior. Tho judge and Cupid have been on comparatively friendly rela- tions in the past, but it is said that Cupid's wings aro too pure to be soiled by a dip in the pool of politics, and the proposition has been rejected. “The following 1s an exact copy of a letter v dudgge Bller to a gentleman whom ontly married, and who foels under no oblizations to vote for the man who tied the Hywmeneal knot: Couxty Counr or the liberty fact, that Anything you beliult willbe appre ndidate for re-cle to your fri ited, Yours t JoW. ‘The judge regrets the fact that brides cannot vote, ns he is positive that they were sufticiently impressed with his personal beauty and proficiency in *tying the knot" to vote for him if they could. As the judge charged the regular rates for performing the ceromony and made .o re- duction in price during the recent financial depression, it is thought that bridegrooms will resent his attempt to compel them to vote for his re-election. Clerk Walkup, it is said, contemplates an appeal in Eller’s behalf and will recall the ies of new made Benedicts to his utiful pictorial-rosebud marriage certifi- cates which make a nice companion picture w Tfern leal mottoes of * woeet Home.” T'h Holdup certificates S/ thought that the double app will fill the hearts of newly marcied men with such overwhelming grdtitude that they will exer- cise the right of independent ¢ hip and vote for whom they please, re; dictation of men to whom they are under no obligations. 5 Omana, Nov. 3.—To the Editor of Tur B Roferring to your pungent and timely criticisms upon the “hold me up"—:‘now methods” —of Judge Eller in probatinz the cstates of widows and orphans. I beg to ask what assurance we will have in caso we vote for Mr. Baxter that the costs for pro- bating estates and doing other busmess in the county court will be any less than under Judge Eller's administration Will Mr. Baxter please state over his signature how or to what extent we will be relicved? 1 should like to hear from Judge Eller in re- ply to G. W. Shields’ interview in the Herald of yestarday. Apropos, Mr. Editor, of all this fee busi- ness all the various public officers. espe- nlly in this county and city, are not the litigant and stuxpayer, robbed right and left under the pretens: of it being within the ale of the law. REPUBLICAN TAXPAYER. Mercer as a Child of Nuples. Dr. Mercer and Ike Hascall are fierce rivals in an attempt tospread a net for the Italian voters. Several thousand cards have been issued bearing the following alluring inscription in Italian: Votate X per 8, D. Mercer i18irmdaco. Votato X per il canale. Cho avrete lavare sempr Sinznion non mancute dome ssere al cun- tone 17 o Doglas st., alle ore 8 p. m, Dr. Mercer does not speak Italian fluentl: He has but recently developed a hank ing to hug the sons of sunny Italy to his gen- erous expause of shirt front. He “winks the other cye” when he thinks of his great scheme 1o cateh votes. Danish Mass Meeting, The Dauish Nonpartisan club held a rous- ing mass meeting st Washington hall yester- day afternoon. Speeches were made by E. J. Cornish, Theodora Olsen, Charles Anderson, George Munro and others, Engin Howoll discussed the canal proposition. Ho made tho same old speech and talked against tune. No definite action was taken by the meeting on the proposition and no nominees were endorsed. Mans Meoting Tonigh There will be a mass meeting at Washing- ton hall tonight at which Senator Allen, Congressman Bryan and Judge Holcomb will deliver addresses. Everybody is un- vited to attend. —~— Dropard Into & Subterranean Lako, A section of country about a quarter of a mile in diameter has fullen or caved in about a mile above Stone's Ferry, Tenn. The slide cccurred in Lake county and the first persons who saw it the next day were astonished beyond bo- lief to see the land sunken out of sight and tree fops and water about 100 feet below what had been dry ground the day before. The sink was partial on the northerni extremity, getting deener and deeper toward the southern side, where it obtain8d its gr t depth, It appeared as though the tract of land had been resting on a shell of rock which, having been partially destroyed by the action of the water” for untold ages, suddenly gave way and dropped into a subterranean lake. One of the strangest things about it is that there ave hundreds of catfish, perch, buffalo and other fish floating about. [t is al- most impossible 1o convinee unfunu that such a body of land could fall without preducing something of an earthquake that would have alarmed the surround- ing country. The lake will doubtless be hristened Little Reel 'oot, Civil Service kxam'untions, The semi-annual exsmination of appli- cants for positions in the civil service will be held iu the United States court room of the federsl buriding next week. The exam- inution for positions in the dian and de- pavtmental service will be held on Wednes- eay, and for the railway mail service on { Thursday. - Paralyzed i the Sulpit, NEWCAST! ¥ Nov. d.—Rev. Mr. Big- ham, one of the oldest United Presbytérian miaisters in this section, while aching to nis cong: tion at Plaingrove this morn- ing, was stricken with paralysis und caunot recover. He is about ears old. . Commeroi ab Meoting. A genernl meating of the wembers of the Commercial elub will be held at its rooms “Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. A tull st tendance is requested, i Canadinn Forger Captored. EL Paso, Tex., Nov. b. R. Crofton, wanted i Montreal, Canada, on the cha, of forgery was arrested here today by Chief of Police Caples. D — Filled with Fighting Whisky. Charles Cumings took o full course in jag- ology yesterday and filled himself up to the commitive, und Il s ouly uecessary Lo suy the trouslesome gauge. Then he undertook 1o whip Frank Hrown. called an officor, who arrested Chiarles aftor n bard fight. ffe was charged with resist- ing an_oficer, fighting and being drunk Judge Berka will perform the final functions in the case. READY FOR VOTIN [CONTINURD FROM FIRST PAGE.] independent demovrat-for mayor is wiving the regalar party trouble. F. C. Latrobe, the present incumbent. & the democrati and Willlam Malster the repupliczucandi- date. The democrats will elect the threo judges on the castern shore. The spubli- s claim to have a good chance te sloct Richmond as judge over Boyd in we.iern Margland, WARM MASSACHUSETTS FIGAT, Both Sides Engaged in a Determined Cam- pargn, Massachusotts will officors on Tuesday. 1t as a foregono conclusion that republican candidates for lioutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor and attorney general are safe and that the executive councillors will be largely of the same party. ‘The fight centers on the governorship and the work of the past week has been noticeably harder than during the closing days of las s fierce campaign e republicans “claim t Greenhalgo will A majority of at least 5,000, and the democrats make an equally coufident claim for John F. Russell. Both partics ave distinguished themsolves for steady, solid work. ~ Governor itussell has thrown himself into the struggle with great vigor. Bostoy, elect state is regarded Nov Vull Penasyly, PriaveLenis, Nov. b—The campaign in this state has veen the dullest on Chaivman Gilkinson o the republ! committes claiw election of th tic t Yy ranging from 75,000 to 100,000, Chairman Marshall Wright of the democratic com- mittes anticipates the defeat of the demo- cratic ticket by the usual majority, about 50,000. There are four tickets in the ficld an-—State treasurer, suprome court, D, Nowlin Fell. tank Osborne; su- Gustino Thompson. John P. Kent; su Ames. Peaple M. Windsur; supreme tevenson amuel s0n Democrat preme court, Prohibition— ory preme court, Herbert 1 ~Treasurer, F. court, John H. I Samuel South Lakota Kepubiicaus Plensed. Pavt, Nov. b.—Tuesday's election in and the campaign has been very quict. Everything scems to indicate a republican victory. The democrats claim that they will have at least one of the supreme court Jjudges, but the independents or pop 3 put the democratic vote at less thun 8,000, while not claiming the state ticket for them- selves. the fight being entirvely confined to the le isluture and to the sheriffs and other L ofticers in the various counties. vy THE MEXICAN PLAN, It Renders Train KRobbing n Profens Apropos of the recent train robberies in this country, a western vaiiroad man suggosts that we should adopt the Mexi- can plan of dealing with them, which proved so effective there. Moexico offers great advantages over this country for train robbing. It is thinly settled: the land is cut up with mountains, offe iding places for the robbers and a s retreat; 1ts people are not as advanced in civilization as ours, and there is a much larger dangerons clement, bandits and revolutionis! robbing wonld come as a natural trade. The railroads, moreover, are a ne stitution, and it was natural 1o suppose that train robberies would be numerous, During the first extension of our rail- road system into Mexico they were so frequent that a passenger thought him- self lucky to get from the Rio € to Mexico without several stoppages from these “knights of the road.” L teetives, bloodhounds and other means of suppressing the evil were tried, but with little more suce than in this country, when President Diaz, on the old theory of ‘“‘set a thief to cateh a thief,” hit upon the h v idea of util- izing the bandits and railroad robvers to protect the roads by organiz them into a police force known as the ru or rural guards. He had some of men who were suspeeted of this business summoned before him, and offered them an opportunity of entering the govern- ment service as mounted police, and told them that if thhy did so he would fur- nish them with fine uniforms, improved firearms and the best horses th, be bought, but if taey did not he would have the soldiers hunt them down. They knew that Diaz was a man of his word, and they entored the government scr ice, and bein ils. as far as conr- age is concerned, and thovoughly ac- quainted with the ways and methods of the train robbess, to whom they showed no mercy, they v soon suppressed these robber ‘When a train was held up, the rurales, who kiew every monn- tain recess, ney hunted down the last robhe Tho plan worked splendidly, and thero today less interruption to railvoads in Mexico than in this country, although the chances for robbery are so much better there. reecarious e Alnskn's neer Mines. The steamer Topeka, from Alasica, brought to Victoriu a number of Yukon miners whose comt pile of dust” | amounted to $60.000, say are some 300 prospectors in the country, and all maioly doing well, there be gh gold there for tho work. The men who go in however, must be prepared to rough it. Th vesults of mining for the past summer have been fitful, some men doing well aud others the reverse. won It is reportod that Do again be summoned on the carp: ana Police commissiones night. He witl be cliarged with v tho rules regarding the custody of pi w seutling the S Vaughn will before the Ells Hs ki Omeet William Bilis is have re signed from whe police forc It is alleged that he was given an opportunity to res orstaud trial on charges of a rather ser nature, and he chose the former ulternative. Mewvy ¥ Pouriasp, Ore., Nov. 5, —The car houses | and five coaches of the Portlaud Consoli- dated Street Railway company were de- stroyed by fire today. Loss $60,000, fully insured. RIME IN HIGH PLACES! It is not strange that some people do wrong through ignorance, others from a failure to investigate as to the rightoe wrong of & matter. Jul it is strange, that individuals aud firms, who are fully aware of the rights of others, will per- gist in perpeteating frauds upon them, High-toned, wealthy manufreturing firms will offer and sell to retail mer- chants, articles which thoy know to be infringements on the rights of proprie- tors, and imitationsof well known goods. We want tosound a nowe of warning to rande | could | r stopped until they had | Frank objected and South Dakota is for state and cireuit judges | WILLFIGHAT AT NEW ORLEANS Cnrbett and Mitohell Rign Artioles to Meot in the Olympio Arena. JUST HALF OF THE CONEY ISLAND PURS: Money Offered for the Winner Redacod 1 820,000 ~Dato Fixed fs “Near Decom= ber 18" Moth Sides of the Aftuie Sauisfiod, Nrw York, No pocial Telogram to Tur Brr.—Tho articles of agreement be- tween Mitchell and Corbett and the Olymple club of New Orleans were received here woday, and the representatives of the men lost o time in afixing their si the main thearticles do not differ proviously signed by the men with the Coney Island Athletic club. The require- ments are the same, and the club binds itsolt 10 a fulfillment of its promises by making a sh deposit as guaranteo. The great change is in the mattor of the purse. In stead of §40,000 the men will get but halt that sum. Under tho circumstances, the men were oblized to take the offer. Thoers was 10 possivility of thewr meoting at onoy Island, and the Olympic ¢lub being the only responsible bidder secured the mateh, The articles © signed by Billy Brady for Corbetv and by Billy Thompson for Mitchell. The men will meet on a date to bo selected by the elub and the date is to ba as near December 13 as possible. tho agreement had been ratified telegraphied Corbott, who is at Ase Park, and then the paety. including Mitenoll, went to a concert hall the enjoy themselves, atures. In from those we Eversh Well Plewsed Mitchell said he well ficd over the outcome of affairs and was satietied that he would have an opportunity of mecting vig Jim in the 1 “It's what 1 came to this country afte: said the B oxer, “and now tha meeting is assurcd, I will begin trafning in carnest 1 can't sy Just now, but 1 shall do it all rirht. { T only winted u chance to show that I was in earnest and to satisfy the poeople Lam on the fevel. They will now see that I am willing to do as I agreed, and it 1 not bo any fault of mineif we' do uot ot ‘orbott’s manager was also well pleased and he doclared the sizning of the 3 “lifted a load off my wind.! 0 asserted thiat the happiest man in ierica tonight was Corbett, who has been orried over the prospect of the match fall through. Tt w ady's opinion that Corbeit would sleep “like & baby" tonight and that he will iue his training with weartedness of a child at play. fight and less talk | Now for u Muy Mateh Directom and A'lx Bostoy, Nov [Special ramn ta Tur Bek | — At a late hour tonight a messuge vas received from W. B. Iasig accepting the terms of $5,000 on Di ninst 000 on Alix, the race to tak Novem- 1o on duty will bo Holman before tha police 1t is a 1 that the ofticor was found ou his beat early Eriday movning while under the influence of liquor, id after ho v manded he is said to one to the b f one of the commis: n order to prove that he was not e oficer was ovdered o report 10 ptain in charze, and when ho was told that he was under tho influeno of liqaor by ackncwledged that he had taken a drink or two. Lirat Coust € was, United States Circuit Judge Caldwell wi t attend the term of court hore that convencs ou the 13th inst. He hax set the old cas the New York Sccurity and Trust cor vs. the Kunsus City & Beatrice Railw company fora hearing on tho 20th. Thi case has been pending for several nd it is the e ation that a final Wil now be reac I s K, ’ 3 Three Bottles o Lused tobo n great sufl tism, It 03t overy: I toc Lr2o tiles of Jloo found myselt cured. iing without roliets apariils cod T know it was Hood’s Sarsaparilla cured Miig, WILLIAM K ENNARD, Hood's Cure: “Hood’s Piils cure all liver ills. 2o ff;-in,) SniNs UN Fim-_— thi dily cured Ly the JCUIA KM kDI, 1] wkin cinres, blood puniiic y wmor 1o dies of 1 8 it it thie 0 AMUSKMENT BOYD'S ... In'mam. s Mighee SUNDAY, OV 6, ! sty Wit of the season, Joliy Nellie MeHenry, ANIGHTJCIRCUS The Same Company, The Same Performance As during (he sovontoon wooks' ens gogemont in A York City, e sale of seals opeus b O o'clock Saturday g it the usual pri 15thSTREET THEATER %413 LS5 i every Auy seat 260, GENUINE perfo the retailers to bewarc of such imita- tions aud simulations of “CARTER'S Lit- TLE LIVER PILLS.” When they are ol- { fered to_you, refuse them; you do not waant to do wrong, and you dou’t want to lay yourself lisble to & lawsuit. Ben Franklin said **Honesty 1s the best poli- (-{;": it is just as true that “Honesty s thebest principle,” PRIOKS Threenlghts und Saturlay matines. bezinulng HURSDAY, NOV. 4 BARLOW BROS. 'MINSTRELS o0 Colebesged Aptinys 30