Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 9, 1895, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JU OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, S EPTEMBER 9, 1895, e ] SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. FORMULATED THE REFORMS Oonceesions Made by the Porte at the De- mand of the Powers, NOT LIKELY TO PROVE SATISFACTORY Turkish Committee ix to Superintend the Application of the Which Offers No Guarant Thelr Being Effective CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 8.—The drago- mans of the British, French and Russian em- bassies have received the decision of the Porte with reference to Armenia. The Porte Proposes concesslons entitling the dragoman of the three embassies to deal with the president of the Turkish committes of o trol, which is to euperintend the applicat of reform. No Christlan valinors or saries will be appointed, but in the other administrative offices they will be chosen in proportion to the population. The Chris- tlans will be admitted to the gondarmarfe. The mutessarfa will be elected to the coun- clls of the orders and a constabulary will be established, It is not believed that the con- cessions will satisfy the powers. It 1s pointed out that owing to the persecution the Christian population is 8o diminished in many districts that it is now In a minority The officials therefore would always b Mohammedans. INDIGNANT A’ on mutes- T TH the ¥ Caxe Cause m Ing in Mexie CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 8.—The Noticioso | says the lawyer, Espejo, defending the Rowe brothers, will be punished for contempt, he having used improper language in criticls- ing the action of the judge in the case. The attitude of certain papers in denouncing all the Mexican authorities bicause they did not immediately surrender Rowe, is compli- | cating the situation, but Minister Mariscal will act impartially. The insults of the Iowa Ppipers are severcly felt, because entirely un- Just. Minister Mariscal is known to be most especially friendly to Americans, has an American wife, and is frequ criticised by the opposition for his impartial conduct in all cases pertaining to Americans, and no minister could be selected against whom the charges preferred by the Towa papers could have been mors inappropriate. The resident Americans denounce hemently the insulting charge of the Iowa editors, who know nothing of the affair there and can only see one side of this now famous case. The anniversary of the Chapultepec was commemorated today by President Diaz and cabinet. There was a great display of military and a magnificent wreath was placed on th> monuments of the cadets Killed in thai battie. Speeches were made and the exercises were of a speclally solemn character. There were few Ameri- cans present, President Diaz will, on the 16th inst. distribute decorations to persons entitled to them for personal participation or that of their fathers or brothers in the battle of Puebla de Saragosea. A great radieal liberal organization known as the Constitutional Reform club, organized 10 combat the growing power and prestige of the Catholic clergy, and defend the pub- Me schools, is weekly recelving accessions of members over the country. This is the Mexican A. P. A. society and ls believe 2o have afliliated with the Amerl fzation, as the priniples are the same. Fil- omena’ Mita, cditor of the Home Journal here, is one of the chief promoters. The Constitutional Reform club is causing the arrest of all clergymen circulating documents hostlle to the public schools. The organiza- tion is a formidable one, and will have great influence in the future politics of the coun- try. N IOWA EDITORS. Comments on ve- battle of can organ- RECOC TON FORR THE CUBANS. Recelved Only Two Votes Colombinn Councl (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) SOLON, Aug. 20.—Mr. Geronomi Ossa, a #hver of the municipal council of Panama, made a proposition that an address be sent to all the municipalities of the republie, ask- ing them to join that of Panama in petition- ing the supreme court to reccgnize as bel- ligerents the Cubans now fighting for their political emancipation. The author and Mr. Santos Jaguilefa approved the proposition and the rest voted against it. The government of the department of An- tiquoa has ordercd that the $§00,000 voted by tho Assembly to be expended on the in- dependence day feast be handed to the treas- urer of the charity institutions of the city of Medillin, A project Is on foot in Bogota to spend the moaey usually voted by the general and de- partmetal treasuries for bull baiting, music, fire crackers, etc., on independence day In constructing an exhibition buflding and in de- fraying the expenses of an annual exhibition. in th - ———— Negro Company Stranded in London. LONDON, Sept. 8.—Rev. John Jenkins, colored, president of an orphanage, accom- panied by fourteen negroes, ranging in age from 5 to 10, has mads application to the magistrate of the Bow street police court for assistance to return to Charleston, §. C. He #ald the Loys had formed an orphanage band and he had been told by a committee of pas- tors of the orphanage to bring them to Lon- don, where they could perform and thus raise woney. He found that the laws would not permit children under 11 to perform in public and they are now stranded without money and he fearsd that they would starve. The magistrate was unable to help the party. The party arrived in England on board the steamer Paris, which arrived at Southampton on September 4, General Collins. United States consul general in London, said that he could not assist them either, Al'owe Dull Fight to Procced. LONDON, Sept. 8.—The Paris correspond- ent of the Times says the minister of the in- terlor, Intimidated by the violence of the population of southern France, has made a compromise on the question of allowing bull fights and has issued orders allowing the fights, but on condition that tho bulls must not be killed in the Spanish manner. 1l Pasxenger Steamer Ashore. ANTWERP, Sept. 8.—The steamer Nod land, Captain Bunce, which sailed August 4 from New York for this port, ran ashore in tho river hero during a fog. The passcugers were transferred to a tender and brought to this city. Settling a Boundary Dispute, COLON, Sept. 8.~The committee of Nie- araguan ministers sent to Costa Rica with reference to the boundary question visited Port Limon yesterday with President Igles- fae. The city is en fete in honor of the vis- itors, i Intimution Woiler PARIS, Sept. 8.—The Echode Parls, speaking of the Waller cave, says that Consul Waller was convicted in the reg form, and the clumoring of his friends wil! retard his pardon. Braxll Selected us Arbitrator. LIMA, Peru (vla Galvesto " gept. 8.—It Is unvounced that Brazil will be ‘asked to act as primary arbitrator in the Nolivian trouble. If Brazil declines thea Colombla will be asked to ofticiate, Chinese Dylug by Thoasands. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 8.—A Viadivo- stock dispateh to the Novo Vremya says that in ex- | steamship was seen upon SAFELY, Compelled to Destroy Thelr Vessel to Avold Capture. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—The Morning Adv tiser will say tomorrow: When the steamer ntlago arrived at this port about two weeks ago she reported a strange incident. On the first day out from Havana, while steaming along the Cuban coast, the lookout sighted the hull of what seemed to be a small pleasure craft hauled up upon a stretch of sandy beach. The rigging and spars of the vessel were gone and a great hole had been knocked in her port quarter. The hatchway, combings and cabin ligats had disappeared and the vessel looked a total wreck. The damage secmed to have been done by man, rather than by the sea The wrecked vessel left Pler No. 10, North river, a little over three weeks ago, in charge of Captain Sam Elliott. Sho had been char- tered by the Cuban revolutionary party in the United States to convey arms and ammu. | nition to their compatriots. In the old of the vessel were stored 500 Winchester rifles, 1,000,000 cartridges, 500 pounds of dynamite | furnished by the American Dynamite c pany, and large quantities of provisions and medicines for fie'd use, The crew was made up of twenty-one young Cubans, ail sons of the wealthiest Cuban merchants in the United States. After an uneventful voyage the Cu- ban coast was sighted one evening just at twilight. Simultaneously the smoke of a | the horizon. The chored in a small cove marked upon the chart as a coast rendezyous of the insur- gent army and the cargo quickly taken ashore, The following morning the yacht stood out 0 sea. A steamer was sighted. It was evi- dently the same whose smoke had been seen before and it was discovered she was a Span- ish cruiser. To run out to sea meant inev- itable capture, so they had a hole knocked in her port quarter with an axe and her spper works totally destroyed. Then the young patriots struck for the inland, where they found she'ter in the nsurgent camp. Two of | their number left Cuba last week, reaching Key West Saturday. Thelr companions will follow them by circuitous routes, They will man a second expedition similar to the firs yacht a Y OF ARMS, Away Preparatory Cuba. TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 8—Much interest is manifested here among Cubans In a seizure of arms near Cedar Keys, August 20. A sailor who had been engaged on a boat which conveyed large quantities of arms and ammu- nition from Tampa to Phillip Burns' home in Guif Hammok, twenty miles from Cedar Keys and eight miles up Waueassas river, informed of what had occurred. A party went to Burns’ home to selze the arms and were kept at bay by Burns with a shotgun in hand. He denied having contraband goods, but was finally persuaded to submit, United State Marshal Mitchell compelied Burns against his protest to haul the gods to the river, One hundred rifles and 100,000 rounds of ammunition were found in a barn under the hay. Burns pleaded ignorance, contending that the boxes he had were for friends. Evidenco of Collector Cottrell's alertness 1s sown In the s:fzure cf provisions cwned by Captain Hector on North Key, where he con- templated opening a fish camp. He had pur- chased large quantities of provisions in Jack- sonvilie. Last Saturday he reached Cedar Keys and endeavored to employ Captain Hodgson to bring the provisions back, as he had abandoned the plan. Hodgson refused unless Collector Cottrell agreed, as filibuster- ing excitement was intense. = Cottrell was consulted and agreed. Hector fixed Sunday night for the trip, Cottrell took the party Saturday night, went to North Key, woke the megro in charge, and, according to the negro's story, with drawn pistols compelled him to tell everything. They began question- ing the negro, who said yes to everything. All the provisions were carried to the custom house. Late the government authorities or- dered them to ba released on information ed. MORE TROOPS DE TINED FOR CUBA. Twe ousand A Prepared to Sail in November. MADRID, Sept. 8.—A third army corps of 20,000 is to be organized, ready to sail for Cuba in November in case of necessity. Official advices have been received from Cuba that the Spanish defeated the insurgents at Seboroucl on Friday. The Insurgents had ten killed and the Spanish three. A Spanish deserter was captured and shot. The Imperial’s Havana dispatch says that the troops under Colonel Ivera defeated a strong band of insurgents at Sitco Grande after a hand to hand fight in which fifteen in- surgents were killed by machetes. At Guiana the rebels surprised the city soldiers who were out foraging. The latter beat off the {nsurgents, losing three of thelr number, while the insurgents lost six: HAVANA, Sept. 8.—Insurgents met the de- tachment of Agaro near Sagua la Grande and demanded thelr surrender. A refusal was given them, when they attacked, but were repulsed, and four of their number killed and six wounded. They then burned the village, causing a loss of $50,000. Lieutenant Colonel Vasquez, at the farm of Monteagudo, in the district of Remedios, had a fight with a band of insurgents, who re- treated, leaving five killed and twelve wounded, Of the troops one corporal was Killed and two soidfers wounded. Major Oli- vers attacked their rear guard and kilied four and wounded six of them. The squadron of Cama Juani went in pursuit and killed four more. ditionnl Reing Disavows Newspaper Comment. MADRID, Sept. 8.~Senor Canovas del Cas- tilo, the minister for forelgn affairs, utters a denfal of the representations made by the United States with reference te the language of the Spanish newspapers in regard to the Allianca incident. - COLD COMFORT FOR DIMETALLISTS, of the London Press Hon. A. J. Balfour's Letter. LONDON, Sept. 9.—The Graphic thinks the bimetallists will get cold comfort out of Hon. A. J. Balfour's letter explaining his recent utterances In Parliament against the feasi- bility of an international conference. ‘“The letter,” the Graphie says, “virtually confesses Comment on | vaton | encampment at Knoxville, that the cause of which he Is the most promi- nent champlon is hopeless. The fact is that, even assuming a theoretic excellence of the bimetallic system, there is not suffiefent mo- tive power behind the natlons to unmake the currency and other revolutions which please the academic disputants. In America return- prosperity has forced the silver men into nee."" The Dally News says on the same subject: “Mr. Balfour's letter is one of the most ex- traordinary documents that was ever signed by a British minister, Mr, Balfour s now tho authorized exponent of the government's financial policy, What he says the treasury says. Is it to be endured that the first lord of the treasury should treat the gold standard as a mere subject of academic debate? He does not seem to grasp the monometallists’ view of the situation. A Mohammedan arch- bishop of Canterbury would not he more in- congruous than a bimetallist first lord of the treasury.” o The substance of Mr. Balfour's letter, which was yesterday cabled to the Assoclated press, was that his viows on bimetallism had under- gone no change, and that he was and alway had been fn favor of an iuternati ment, but that he did mot belleve that an national conference at this time would such an agreemeut, Another Jack th Murder. LONDON, Sept. 8.—Ancther supposed Jack the Ripper murder was discovered this morn- Ing at: Kensal Greem. The vietim was an unfortunate woman of the outeast clas and ler throat was cut from ear to ear and her liead fearfully battered with a stone. No cholera I8 raging In Ohina aad that 2,000 deaths cccur daily in Pekivg. o The Emperor Starts for Stattin, VIENNA, Sept. 8.—The Ewperor Francis Josepl started for Stettin to attend the Ger- army ueuvers, o, | Lae traco has.been discovered of the murderer. Banker Won the Grand Prix. PARIS, Sept. 8.—The Grand Prix of the wheelmen, at the Vendomg, du Liene, was carried off today Ly the American cyells Bankers READY FOR THE ENCAMPMENT Louisville Fairly Buried with Red, White and Blue Decorations, ADVANCE GUARD NOW ON THE GROUND Conf, W ate Veterans Vie with the rers of the Blue in Making Things Pleasant for the Vise itors—Parade Tuesday. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 8.—Visitors poured into the Falls City today from the south as well as from the north side of the river. Vet- erans who have attended former national en- campments of the Grand Army of the Re- public say they never saw such a large at: tendance on the first day of the great re- week, All rallways had extra trains which were heavily loaded. Many Sons of Veterans are here enroute to their national There are others who never attended these encampments be- fore and who are now enroute to the reunion of the Army of the Tennesses at Cincinnati and to the dedication of the Natfonal park on the battlefield of Chickamauga, the last of the week. This is the third national encamp- ment ever held south of Mason and Dixon's line, and it so happens that three other great events elsewhere next week may bring many through Louisville now. There is no doubt of the fulfillment of the general prediction that there will be more union veterans to- gether this week than ever before. The loss by death yearly increases, but the desire to visit the battlefields and confer with confed- erate veterans, who are doing everything entertain their mnorthern visitors, ha tracted thousands who have not attended a natlonal encampment, The confederate veterans are here in force. The comrades hunt up members of their old regiments and brigades, and then meet con- tederates belonging to regiments and brigades that opposed them, when they confer about things which occurred on hoth sides, and have such reunions as have not been seen since the service of over thirty years ago. The decorations may havg been richer in triumphal arches and other designs at one or two encampments, but at none was a city so profusely or generally decorated with American flags as is Loulsville today. Its business blocks, public and private buildings and homes are literally covered with festoons of red, white and blue, with the American flag as the center plece of every conceivable design. The flag is displayed and no city ever had more bunting out than this city shows today, The distinctive feature of the decorations is the use of the red, white and blue to the exclusion of every other color, even the evergreen arches. The portraits of ali union generals are displayed in unlimited profusion. The confederate veterans partici- pated in all this decorating, as well as in the entertaining. The words of Watterson about this occasion have been heard all over the country, but the deeds of these men will be known only by those who see the Courler-Journal build- ing, which is completely enveloped in decora- tions of the American colors in the most artistic designs. The Kentucky posts have been busy teday escorting visiting comrades from the depot and the confederate veterans were also seen heartily welcoming and escorting them. The first post to arrive in a body today was No. 39 of Newark, N. J. It was followed by many others. The committee on escort esti- mates that there are 1.000 visitors here to- night. Commander-in-Chief Lawler arriv tomorrow morning, escorted by Columbia post of Chicago. On his arrival a salute will be fired and he will be escorted to the Galt house by the Louisville and other Kentucky posts and the citizens' committce, S:n'or Viee Commander Birchfield and the Penn- sylvania posts will be received with another salute and escort parade tomorrow noon, and Read Admiral F. B. Allen, commanding the naval veterans, tomorrow afternoon. The arrangements are complete for the guidance and entertainment of visitors, but nons more o than those of Chairmsn Rob- ert Brown for the work of newspaper men at press headquarters. The St. Paul and Denver delegations arrive tomorrow to open quarters for the contest for the next en- campment. Tomorrow there will ba receptions to Com- mander Lawler and staff and the flagsh'p and other ships of the fleet will be put in com- mission at 4 p. m., followed at night by the dog watch of all the veterans and by camp fires. The parade of the veterans occurs Tuesday morning, and of the Grand Army of the Republic posts on Wednesday morning. FARBEN WAS IMPLICITLY TRUSTED. General Welief that the Amount Paken Was More Than State TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 8.—Assistant Superintendent G. D. Curtis of the Adams Express company reached here at an early hour this morning from Columbus, O. He is making a thorough investigation of the robbery of the company's safe by its local cashler, J. Don Farben. The city agent of the Vandalla railroad, J. Robert. Barnett, s known to be implicated in the crime. In addition to his participation in the express company robbery, he has taken a bunch of California tickets. Barnett was checked up on the 1st inst., therefore could not have stolen more than $200 or $300 in cash from the Vandalia road. Today's disclosures de- velop the fact that the robbery was planned for the last three months, and it is ascer- tained that both Farben and Barnett had large amounts of money in their possession before leaving Friday night. The belief is widespread that Farben, who for many years has been a trusted employe of both the government and the express company, would not have run away with so small a sum as $16,000 or $18,000, the amount conceded by the express company’s officials as having been stolen. to at- heretofore AR SRS FIGHT FOR JOHN WYANT'S MONEY, Question of the Deceased’s Marringe Plays an Important Part. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 8.—The contest for the estate of old John Wyant, who was murdered near Spangle, this county, three years ago, has developed onme of the most puzzling mysteries in the history of the west. John and Joseph Wyant were Virginia boys who came west many years ago. Joseph settled down in Jowa, married and brought up a family of twelve children. John went to Missourl, and the question of his marrlage is now in dispute. Several years ago Johin came to Washington and took up a fine farm near Spokane. Thero he lived alone, con- sidered a bachelor, until the night of his murder and the attempt of the murderer to conceal the evidence of his crime by firing the house. A young man who claims to be the &on of the murdered man is here claim- ing the property, and this claim is now be- fope Judge Moore of the superlor court Depositions ~ taken in Virginia and Nebraska, the claimant’s former home, con- flict as to his identity. Some of the neigh- bors are quite positive that John Wyant was never married. Others are fully positive that he was. A declslon is not expected for some time, ——-— Royalty Attends Field Ch Service STETTIN, Sept. 8.—The emperor and em- press this morning received the Choral asso- clation of Stettin and the Teachers' union and listened to patriotic recitations from the windows of the castle. Floral offerings were then presented to the empress by the girls of the Augusta Victoria school. At 1 o'clock their majesties attended a fleld church service. A tent Liad been erected for their uss in the middle of the barracks square. In front of the tent was un altar decorated in military fashion. The troops were drawn up in the #quare and the band accompanied the musical portion of the service. The emperor remained and took lunch with the oficers and the em- press left for Wild park. « GINRONS TALKS OF HIS TRIP, Comparicon of Governments and Sys- temn with Our Own, BALTIMORE, Sept. §.—Cardinal Gibbons deifvered a sermon today upon his observa- tlons during his recent trip to Europe. “The first subject which naturally occurs me,” said the cardinal, “is my several visits to the pope. Present to yourselves a man in his 86th year, pale and emaclated, with the pallor almost of death upon him, and this pallor intensified by the white cassock and zuchette which he habitually wears, Hi body s also more bent than it was eight or ten years ago, but his eyes are bright and penetrating; his volce Is strong and sonorous, his intellect is remarkably clear and lumi- nous; his memory is most tenacious, which enabies him to recall accuratcly events which occurred eight years ago. He aleo has as- tonishing power of physical endurance, which enables him to hold audiences for several consecutive hours, treating on most imporiant subjects with cardinals, as well as with pri- vate individuais, and passing with ease and elasticity from one subject to another, He is remarkably familiar with the public events of the day. The holy r naturally rejoices at the progress of United States, and takes a_deep interest in our political and so- cial institutions and admires our republic, as we have authority without despotism, aud liberty without license, and then our strength lies in the intelligence and patriotism of our people. For eightcen years the pope has lived within the walls of the Vatican, except when he takes some recreation in the Vatican gardens. He sometimes retires to these gar- dens and resides in them In the summer during the heated term.” The cardinal drew a brief comparigon be- tween the French government and that of the United States with regard to the presence of religion in all branches of our government and the absence of that ih France. ‘“But,” he added, “I am happy to say that the spirit of religion is still deeply rooted in the great mass of the French people.” Contrasting the religious liberty which pre- vails in the United States with the lack of it in certain Buropean countries, the speaker cited instances of civil espionage over religious institutions and - added: *Thank God we enjoy in this country ampla liberty of worship and freedom of consclence. We have a fair field and no favor. “Relative to the govcroment of the people,” he continued, “in continental Europe the taxes are enormously heavy and most minute and searching in their applieation. The rea- son for this is obvious. The European powers have immense standing armies, which are a drain on the material, moral and industriai resources. We have no large army (unless we consider as such our grand army of pen- sioners, whose claims will expire some time in the next century.) We have no formid- able or threatening nelghbors at our door. The day that a monarchy would be estab- lished in close proximity to s on the Amer- fean_continent would be the beginning of our troubles, The speaker admonished his hearers to imagine from his remarks that the m: in Europe are poor, miserable, unhappy and discontented. On the contrary, he found the people comfortably clad and happy and con- tented in spite of the heayy burden of tax- ation. One reason for this, in the cardinal's opinion, 1 the fact that the agricultural dis- tricts have not been abandoned for the cities, “The people of the agricultural districts,” he exclaimed, “are not infeeted with the fever that burns in the hearts of our farmerz, of hor- rying from the country to the city and hasten ing to get rich. This is a serious m'sfortune to us. Our farmers are abandoing the lands for the town — i VETERANS § IR LOUISV the Natiomsd Encampment Haox Commerced. KANSAS CITY, Sept. §=The famous Towa State band that played at the World's fair and veteran company A of this city, the only company of revolutionary veterans in ex- istence, left this evening over the Burlington route for Louisville, Nashvilte, Chattanooga and Atlanta to take part in the different cele- brations to occur at those cities in the near future. At the Chickamauga celebration at Chattanooga the band will lead company A in a procession which promises to be the largest of the kind ever held in this coun- try. The special train which has been pros vided for their use is one of the finest that ever left this ci NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Three hundred members of the Grand Army of the Republic left the city tonight for the encampment Loulsville, “Edward J. Atkinson, department commander of the state of New York, was with the party. The delegation went in four special cars. The route will be via Albany, Utica and Buffalo, and it s ex- pected to pick up two more cars on the way. The train, which Is known as the department commander’s train, will stop at all the sta- tione that members of the army throughout the state may join the official party. The to not Rush to delegation starting from here comprised rep- resentatives of all posts in the city, Brooklyn and Long Island. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—About 1,000 veterans and others, who form the Wash- ington contingent to the Lousville encamp- ment, Grand Army of the Republic, left on special trains this morning. They represent over a score of posts and branches of the Woman's Reliet corps in the District of Columbia. The Mount Pleasant band and bugle corps, eighty-six pieces, accompanied them. TORNADO DOES GREAT DAMAGE Heavy Fall of Raln 8 Unroofed by th EMPORIA, Kan., Sept. S.—Emporia and vicinity was visited by a tornado about 3 o'clock this afternoon. The worst damage was done to the State Normal school ground The new east wing of the main building was reduced to a mass of ruins. This wing was recently built at a cost of $50,000 and was but lately dedica The north gable end gave way before the storm and was blown in. The roof was rolled up like paper and carried off half a block. The entire inside of Albert Taylor hall is open to the storm of rain, which still continues. The damage at the school grounds is estimated at $10,000, and fears are entertained that the wind may yet blow the other walls out. Considerable other damage was done down town. Clark's wholesale furniture store was unroofed and his stock of goods badly damaged. Basements and cellars throughout“the city are flooded, four inches of water falling in less than two hours. But meager reports have been re- ceived from the surrounding country, where it Is feared the damage has been great. At Hartford, twelve miles southeast of here, sev- eral houses are reported blown down and one woman, a Miss Bessie Henry, is dangerously injured. At Neosho Rapids a church, sev- eral dwellings and a livery stable are reported destroyed. A Santa Fe bridge, with 1,000 feet of track, is also washed away near Reading. ——— Foresters Propose Seme Changes, CLEVELAND, Sept. 8.—Delegates are be- ginn'ng to arrive to attend the meeting of the supreme court of the Independent Order of Foresters of Amerles, Which begins on Tuesday. It is said the meeting will be the most important ever held and delegates will be present from all parts of the country. Among the questions to be discussed are the proposed change of the name, dropping the word ancient. It is also proposed to change the endowment plan and also to alter the ritual very materially. Sixty-two supreme officers and delegates are also here to attend the tenth biennlal session of the supreme lodge of the Order of Chosen Friends, which begins tomorrow morning. s o No Mourners for Zip Wyatt. SOUTH ENID, Okl., Sept. §9.—Zip Wyatt, who is believed to have stolen more cattle and horses and been in more train and bank robberies and committed more murders a cost the government more money and the lives of more officers and citizens than any other outlaw who ever Mved in time of peace, was burled at public expense today in Euld cemetery, There were only three persons present, the man who made the coffin, the drayman who conveyed the body and the man who dug the grave, and each was d by county officials to perform his part. Dur- ing his entire illness Wyatt refused to see any minister, and hence wo services were held at the grave. aks 1 wi 1dings HAVE ABANDONED ALL HOPE All Efforts to Reach the Men in the Osceola Mine Are Futile, RESCUING PARTY BARELY ESCAPE ALIVE All Coula Renched the Sarface in Safety by Using Ordinary Dili- gence—Additio the List of the U ve s to fortu HOUGHTON, Mich., Sept. 8.—Huge vol- umes of smoke still issuing from the mouths of shafts No. 4, 2 and 3 show that the awful fire which started in the Osceola copper mine shortly before noon Saturday is still burn- ing flerccly, and the bodies of the thirty miners entombed are still lying somewhere below the surface, without a doubt dead, suf- focated by smoke and ga Besiles those reported yesterday the follow- ing men have been found to be among the missing: Frederick Reardon, Isaac Harlow, Mike Voc, Isaac Mattison, Andrew Rossawick James Wins, M. Cook, Samuel Willlams. Five Poles whose names are unknown at headquarters are also missing. Captain P. Richards with a gang of seven men went down No. 5 shaft this evening and went about 700 feet toward No. 4 shaft when they had to turn and flee for their lives on account of the smoke and gas. Some of these men were very nearly overcome, onl reaching the surface in time to save th lives, It is learned the place where the fire started was the worst in which it could have caught n the whole mine and the only place in the mine where a fire of any extent could have caught. Many of the men who were working several levels below the twent - seventh, fn which place the fire caught, were seen as far up as the eighteenth level, work- ing their way up. Several of the men who escaped claim to have passed others on the ladders who were unable to proceed further on_account of being overcome with smoke and gas. At the time the alarm was sounded oyer 200 were underground, and all coull have escaped had they used proper precautions. Several miners in their flight passed a group of seven or e'ght men who had stopped to rest and were smoking their pipes. They seemed to be In no hurry or to think of the danger. When told to hurry to the surfac they remarked they had plenty of time, and not one reached the surface. The skips were kept running up and down all day Saturday, in order to give any of tha entombed miners a chance to escape it they could reach the skips alive, but none came up. Another attempt will be made to reach the men in the morning. There is no danger of the bodies being burned, as it Is generally thought the men escaped from the shaft to some of the drifts leading to other shafts and were overcome by gas and smoke before they could reach a place of safety. This being the , the bodies will be recovered as soon a the fire is gotten under control and the gases out of the mine. The shaft has been sur- rounded all day by thousands of people, all hoping that some sign or word woull be gotten from the men, but have returned to their homes, fearing the worst. All hope has been given up by the officials of ever rescuing the men alive. KEPT DYNAMITE JIN THE HOUSE, Accldental Fani Exploxion Blew a Whole Iy Into Eternity. DUBUQUE, Ia, Sept. 8.—(Special Tl gram.)—An explosion of dynamite at Spech Ferry, ten miles north of Dubuque, at 7:30 this morning, Killed Edward Latshaw and wife of Victory, Wis., their boys, Ray and Matt, 12 and 6 years old, and Hans DBforn- stad of La Crosse, Wis.. a quarryman, aged 35, and Injured Matt Faher of Wabasha aged 35, fatally, and Mabel Latshaw, aged 15, and Edward Beach of Lansing, Ia., both of whom will probably live. Latshaw was quarrying stons for the gov- ernment wing dams on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi and boarding twenty men in a temporary shanty occupled by his family, stored in tho north end of which was the dynamite, 125 pounds, in five boxes. The men lodged in tents and barns on the hillside and after breakfast stroiled to the railroad depot, yards north, while Ray Latshaw amused himself by firing at a_target near the shanty. It is not known whether he acci- dentally fired into the shanty or whether th> concussion of the rific caused the explosion, which sent the boards high in the air, caused the weather boards to fall off the barns on the hill and was heard miles away. Mrs. Latshaw was found dead “on the shanty floor. Her baby, Grace, 4 years old, lay on her breast, untouched, and her daugh- ter, Mabel, unconscious by her side. Her husband was thrown against the hill and diel just as the men reached him. Ray's body was scattered from the base of the hill to the summit, and Matt’s, blown to pleces. was scattered about the railroad track. Bforn- stad was also dismembered. Faher was badly torn and Bench's eye was knocked out, il e THOMAS SCOR THE PRESIDENT, tional Committeemnn from rado Writes an et DENVER, Sept. 8.—In a published letter replying to criticisms of Frank P. Arbuckle, chairman of the demoeratic state central com- mittee and recelver of the land office, which accised him of disloyalty to the democratic party, C. 8. Thomas, member of the national democratic committee for Colorado, says: “If the party In national convention construes Clevelandism to be synonymous with democracy, it needs no prophet to forecast its certain fate. If the man who rode into power upon its great- est tidal wave, has in two short years wrecked its fortunes and laid its face into the dust, is to be commended for his accomplishments then is Ichabod written upon our party future. I have criticised this administration. I shall continue to do so as long as it con- tinues to trample the party principles under foot. I have sald, and probably will say that it has repudiated every plank in th platform. Even the president’'s boasted polic of civil service has become a byword among all men. During his first administration Mr. Cleveland removed a district attorney in Mis souri bgcause he was trylng to manipulate a party cauci At present his secretary of the interior, who in 1890 openly advocated the subtreasury echeme of the farmers' alli- ance, is now begging Georgia to cast her vote for sound money and eggouraging his subor- dinates by his example’to run the machine everywhere. “It may be that T do not possess in any way the confidence of the national committee; for months past I have had no word from any of them. Possibly you may have had. I can only say that so far as I know my relations with all of them are pleasant, and if because I propose to be a democrat In spite of the administration and its syndicates I have of- fended any of these gentlement I shall not, much as I regret the fact, make any ex- planations, T am weak enough to believe I truly represent the democracy of Colorado and that if I fall it is my concern.” — Valuable Cargo of Ten TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 8.—The steamship Tacoma arrived from the Orient today, bring- ing 3,500 tons of cargo, including 8,000 tons of tea and 1,000 bales of silk. Her officers say the cholera scares from Japan are greatly exaggerated and that the scare there has not assumed the proportions indicated by some of the reports. « and Silk. ——— Movements of Ocenn Steamers, Sept. 8. At Southampton—Sailed—Ems, from Br for New _York; Etrurla, for Liver- for New York. Arrived—Saale, from York. Havre—Arrived—La Campague, York, pool, New At New from ASSES ARE TO tile to the Mixsl WATERTOW N. Y., Sept. Joh W. Foster, ex-secretary of state and the recent counsel for the Chinese govern- ment, In an address on forelgn misslons here tonight spoke as follows on the recent riots in China: “The opinion formed by me after careful inquiry and observation Is that the mass of th: population in China, particu- larly the common people, are not especially hostile to the missionaries and their work Occasfonal riots have occurred, but they are almost invariably traced to 'the literatl or property holders or the ruling holders. They are bigoted and conceited to the highest degree, and regard the teachings of the mis- sionarfes as tending to overthrow the ex- isting order of gover they look upon &s a perfect sysiem and justified by great antiquity. The war with Japan, which resulted in a humiliating psace and the loss of territory, has greatly weakened the imperial authority and the dis- | banding of several hundred thousand troops, mostly without receiving pay due them has added to the prevalling discontent and disorder. Under such circumstances it is not strangs that riots should oc But we in condemnatfon when we recall th rages which have been inflictad subjects in the United States and rememb the Rock Springs, W trouble a few years ago was cqually cruel and fatal in its results and reflected more severely on our authorl tise. I was, however, in full sympathy with | the prevailing demand in the United State | that China should be held to a strict account for these outrages, but in doing this should be exercised by our government it does not lend itself to advance | projects of Buropean governments, which {arc on the alert to turn the international trouble of China to the'r own benefit. United States fis strong enough to act pendently of Buropean combinations China has never failed to comply with its just demands. There sesms to be in a part of the public press of our country a miscon- ception of the ground upon which our coun try bages its intervention in these ric It it not because we are a Christian country and are seeking to support of Christian propa ganda in China; it is simply because the people in whose behalf our government in tervenes are Americ pursuing an avoeation guaranteed nd permitied by Chinese laws.” n © many on Cl 0t care that KNOWELDC Convict K RATON, N. M., Sept. 8.—Horrle, the wit- ness in the Fraker insurance swindle, who is now in jail at Springer waiting trial on charge of bur as made the following statement in re Hackley's connection with the alleged turning up of Dr. Fraker “I have known Jim Hackley since we were boys together In the nelghborhood of De Wit Mo., some twenty years ago. I was arrested t Moberley, Mo., on August 21, on a tel gram from the sheriff of Colfax county, N. M., for being implicated in a_burglary Raton. Hackley, who lives in Moberly, hap- pened to be at home and came to the jail to see me. He asked me if I would talk with him in regard to the Fraker case, and I con sented, but I told him I would say nothin from behind the bars. He offered to get me out on a writ of habeas corpus. He said he would give me a fair division of spoils if he could get anything out of the insurance com panfes, and I think he got at least $1,000. When Hackley returned from Kansas City he told me he thought he would get $1,000 if 1 would give up Fraker's whercabouts, 1 aid not give any information about. Fraker, be- e T had none to glve.” - Id you purchase a wuit of clothes whh your way to Excelsior Springs two years No, sir. When I went to Missouri a month before the drowning I had a suit in a bundle. When I went from Kansas City to Brunwick I left that bundle in a hat rack. About two weeks later I received the bundle at Excelsior Springs. I wore the sult there and had it on when I returned to New Mexico after the drowning of Dr. Fraker." “Did you ever have an offer from the in- surance men?" “No, but about six months ago ing in Rator, I was approached by a gentle- man of that place, who made me an for the insurance men of $18,000 if 1 would divulge the whereabouts of Fraker or furnish any communications from him. I had to re- fuse because I knew nothing.' while Tiy- PERU'S CAPI ATTIR Innuguration of Plerola the Oceasion of Great Rejolelng. ru, Sept. 8.—(Via Galveston.)— Lima presents a gay spectacle today, the fes- tival being in honor of the assumption of the office of president by Senor Nocola Plerola, who was recently elected. The streets are crowded. The route to the palace is lined with troops and flags are flying from all points, while along the streets at different points arches have been erected. The houses along the route are covered with gay wreaths and bright flowers. President Pierola made an attempt this morning to go to the cathedral to attend mass, but he was obliged to return unsuccessful, as the great crowd of entnusi- astic people’ barred his passage and almost mobbed him in their efforts to grasp his hand. President Plerola’ addressed the people as follows: “Worn out with misfortune, Peru has risen, resolved to end the horror of the past vear. Neither conflicting opinfons nor contrary interests must divide us, and our only thought must be for the good of the na- tion. The country demands this and no true patriot will refuse the call. You and I re- ceived the people’s mandate, In the perform- e of my duty I shall act with an eye singly to the common good of the people and the laborers. At this solemn moment of ac cepting on oath the charge, I can only say all hands must work together, trusting each to do his duty. The following ecabinet Home, Antonio Bentin; ju barracin; foreign, Meliton mingo Barra; finance, Fre ANFORD W1 s been announced: ice, Augusto Al- Porras; war, Do- ico_ Basanini. M PLENTY Government Suit Not Likely poverish He SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. McKissick, speclal counsel for the United States in its $15,000,000 guit against Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, hias completed his argument and brief before the United States circuit court of appeals. If the government wins the suit it will in no manner interfere with the bequest of Governor Stanford to the uni- versity, for Mrs. Stanford will still have an estate of from $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 government’s suit was originally filed on March 15, and after an argument United States Circuit Judge Ross sustained the de- fense's demurrer to the complaint, and there 18 now an appeal from Judge Ross' decision Judge McKissick's argument and brief con- troverts every proposition enunciated by Judge Ross and cites opinions by the supreme court of the.United States in support of every position assumed, by the government. It fs particularly set forth that Judge Ross erred in his interpretation of the contract between complainants and the railroad corporation in following the loose dictum of the supreme court of California. The theory held by Judge Ross was that there was no provision of law under which the plaintiff could recover. to Im- Judge L. D. t One of Freta's NEW YORK, B—A local paper from Colon say vices are that Floveuclo Dus with ex-President Carlos Ezet. on the British steamer in June, 1894, from the revolutionists of Ban' Balvador, was taken off the steam: Incy at Liberiad by judicial order of San Balvador. The ch agoinst him is that he committed c under tho Ezetw regime, and his surre by the steamship company is In acco with clause 24 of the Pacific mail ¢ which makes the company subject laws, ordinances and authority of the Sal vador republic while salling In its terri- torlal waters. Caug “ollowers. special to @ Ofticial ad- , Who, , took refuge R Gold Discoveries Are Genulne, LONDON, Sept. 9.~A Capetown dispatch to the Times says the dscoveries of gold in Criqualand are genulue. mnt and soclety, which America shou'd be chary of our the sinister offer YACHTS WERE REMEASURED Was Done at the Request of the Earl of Dunraven. MOTIVE FOR THE DEMAND UNKNOWN Results Verifie us Me ll the sure rk Work of the Previ Tra it on the o NEW YORK, Sept The yachts De- fender and Valkyrie® were both measured at the Erie basin today. They arrived at the basin about the same time, 10:20 a. m,, Vale kyrie in tow of the tug Howard, Defender having a line from her tender, Hattie Palmer. Mr. John Hyslop, the official meas urer of the New York Yacht club, was walts ing for them and got to work with his steel tape the water line measurcment as promptly as possible. The racers lay in pretty much the same position last Friday, when they were first measured, Valkyrie being just outside the dry dock and Defender to the eastward of her, within touch. Mr. Hyslop would not say at that time why ¢ had come to make a second measurement, ut it noticed he made the Board of | Trade mark on the water iino of both ships. This consists of a crescent painted in red on the side, in the center, with the end of cach downward point resting on the water line. It was said by several hands employed at the basin that Valkyrie looked tighter than when was floated Friday. Mr. Hyslop oeeupled until 15 in taking his measure- ments, after which the yachts were towed again to Bay Ridge AND THI? GOAT CAME BACK. 1t Valkyrie accomplished nothing else while in the basin, she got back her black goat mascot. This worthy animal is the property of Dick Burke, the widcawake watchman on the dock, whe loaned the goat to Captain Cranfleld 'when Valkyrie was first dry docked, but on Tuesday last, when the yacht returned to the Robins yard, she determined to leave the vessel and return to her duties on tha dock. Burke was very glad to sce her again, for he places high value on h worth as a mascot, as the following will show: “Five months ago,” sald Dick to a reporter today, between sentences in which he informed hune dreds of sightseers that the yachts had been in the basin and gone away, “that goat came to me without any advances from me. My wifo and I were just taking care of three of our boys, who were very sick with the measles. My wife sald she would look out for the creature for a time, anyway, and we did take care of her. Would you believe it that from that moment our youngsters began to up, and it was only a short time until they were all well and eating as much as_ev Ye rday Burke saw the City of Bridgsport, and had quite a conversation with his lord- ship. The goat question was referred to jestingly by Valkyrie's commander and sere fously by Dick Burke. At any rate, before the City of Bridgeport left the dock one of her crew stood up alongside of Burke at the gate and made known the lord's desire to have the goat on his yacht during a race. Burke consented, but ths three young women who were' clustered about tholr father wore long faces when their pet was taken awa My wife will never forgive me If they <o ammy-rarmeto WE " EAT Dick Durke as his mascot was lod aboard the Bridgeport. WHY IT WAS DON The mystery was cleared away at 11 o'clock. tonight, when the following notice was posted on the bulletin board of the New York Yacht club after Mr. Hyslop had had a conference with the America’s cup committee “At the request of the earl of Dunraven and with the acquiescence of Mr. Iselin the meas= urer of the New York Yacht club marked the yachts Valkyrie and Defender at each end of the load water line. When this was done at the Erie bagin today the measurer, at the request of the America’s cup committee, veri- ficd the measurements taken on Friday, which were confirmed by the measurements taken today. A, CASS CANFIELD, Secretary.” placing of the Board of Trade, op Plimsell, mark on the yachts is something ne in the history of the raci the Amer- ica’s cup. Lord Dunraven's motive In ask- ing to have this sign fixed on the vessels’ water line is not known The mark Is used for the purpoge of enabling an obgerver to dise cover any change in the ship's set In the on as on was she Lord Dunraven on Valkyrie's tender, a STAMFORD, Conn,, dore James D. Smith, fea’s cup committce, was Interviewed by an Associated press reporter thls evening re- garding the remeasurement of Defender and Valkyrie. Mr. Smith said the o-carrence had no special significanco or bearing on the races, but was simply a matter of form to complete the official measurements of Friday. When the yachts were measured by Mr. Hyslop last week there was not time to prop- erly mark the load water line at the stem and stern of each vessel. Such marking, how- ever, is called for by one of the racing rules of the New York Yacht club as a part of the official measurement. But under the circum- stances the cup committce consentel to walve this requirement until after the race Satur- day. It was decided by mutual agreement of the syndicate and Lord Dunraven to mark water line on the vachts Sunlay. Heace achts were marked in the Ere basin No change was made in the other measurements, said Mr. Smith, today's affair being a mere matter of form, LETTING THEMSELVES DOWN EASY. DON, Sept. 9.-~The Daily News this morning says of Saturday's yacht race: “Val- kyrlo was beaten fn a contest sald to have been a test on all poin of salling. New conditions of wind and may easily give her a victory still. It may be argued that Valkyrie happened to have worst of the shameful overcrowding by vessels which proved a dreadful hindrance to both yachts. Young America must reconsider its position in this matter if it wishes the for= cigner not only beaten on its merils, but satisfied if he is beaten any other way.” The Morning Post says: *“Too much should not be made of Saturday's race, since it was Valkyrie's first race after her voyage, whils it 13 not ba forgotten that the course was more familiar to Defonder’s skips per. The only drawback might have been avoided, in the pressure of the pleasure fleet, That the best boat wins is the wish of all true sportsmen,’ The comment of the Standard fs: “Not only in the long beat to windward, but on the run back, also, Defender showed herself to be istinctly superior to Valkyrie. The race does not afford a ground for hope that the tables will be turned. Possibly, as every one was mistaken as to the relative performances of the yachts in a light wind, they may also wrongly estimate thelr powers in a strong one."” The Chronicle says: “We do not give up. lope yet. Perhaps Valkyrie's ekipper was not quite” so sharp in taking advantage of the shifty winds of New Yorlk bay as those to the manner born. If these contests are to co tinue congress must step in and compel eXe cursion_steamers to keep off the course.” The Daily Telegraph says: ch running and beating cannot have brought out the ul mate characterlstics of the two craft, though the facts of the race are enough to show Defender s a very able and wonderful yacht. The English champlon, Lord Dunraven, could not have opponents that would bo more equits atle, more generous and mors high-spirited than the owners of Defender, who fight the sea battle out of the same feelings of friendly Jealousy as are felt on tuis side.” 1 Sept. 8.—Ex-Commo- lent of the Amer- W 1 Shot His Wife GRAND RAPIDS, and Himself, ept, 8.—At Ottawdh beach thia afternoon Jacob Vaney, ownem and captain of the little schooner, Three Sisters, which rune on Black lake, ehot hig wife three thoes, then turned the pistod upen himseif, sending a bullet tuto his brains. The man dled fustantly, but the womaa may recover, Jealousy on the part of the husbend s the supposed cause tinged 1