Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 16, 1895, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 197,A187 — SINGLE COPY FIVE CE\TT.S. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 18935. r o yet been provided, the lines of three TIRW (N0 FIGHT OVER ¥HR TICKET. r Qe EVENTS OF TODAY, T0 BE DEDICATED TO VALOR |say: s o, reress et 26t | STANDS BY HIS INTERVIEW ; "™ |SHIP WASHED 0N THE ROCKS : READY T0 OPEN THE GATES Ohlo, which leads, has fifty-five monuments Harmony on that Subject in the New At the Falr Grounds: and fifty-three granite markers for minor PSRN g York Republican Ranks. Opening day. 1§ —_— positions.in place. Minnesota has five monu- SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 16—The ticket A H Throngs of Veterans of Both Armies Now | ments to her two organizations and two ot | O De d Hi ¢hich will b in the field . : ( Horse and bieycle races, 2 p. m. 1§ f B Lty E Gucusi Ghese are the mont corly of any yet erecen, | o000y Flopew Adhores to His State- | WESE wok be put b 6 Akt by, he wate | Fity-Five Out of Eighty-Ono Persons a0 |\, e reyy LS AL B ke Mgt . Massacl ! 3 o Indiana has thirty-seven monuments in g Binghampton; for sectetary of state, J. Pal- _ Bicycle Race, Charles Street Park, 8 ALL NOW SINGING SONGS OF PEACE ! course of erection, Tinols thirty-three, Wis- m. Nearly All the Surviving Generals Who Teok Part in the Dattles Around the City Will Be Pres- ent at the Ce onies, 'CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 15.—Under the guiding hand of the secretary of war, acting | under the authority of congress, Chatta- nooga and the notable battle flelds surround- ing it have been prepared for a natlonal vent without parallel. Great throngs of veterans who fought against each other are crowding Into the city to take equal part under national enactment in the dedication of the flelds which their prowess made memorable as a national military park whereln the movements and the achleve- ments of each side have recelved impartial attention. As provided in the act of con- gress, Secretary Lamont has invited the at- tendance of the executive department of the government and the members of the su-| preme court, congress and its presiding offi- cers, the lieutenant general of the army and the admiral of the navy, the governors of all the states and their staffs and the vet- erans of the contending armies, All are to be prominently represented. Nearly every surviving general of the two armles has sent notice of his intention to attend. The governors of every state which had troops in the action have responded favorably to the secretary’s invitation. In a few cases the governors themselves will be prevented from attending, but their states will be officially represented. A joint com- mittee of twenty senators and thirty mem- bers of the house will represent congres: The members of twenty-six state commit- tees who have been at work with the na- tional committee in locating the lines of battle of the troops of thelr respective states wiil attend. TAXING THE CITY'S RESOURCES. The Society of the Army of the Cumbe land, of the Tennessee, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Association of Confed- erate Veterans will be present in unusual numbers, This official concourse 1s to be in- creased by a gatherisg of an army of vis- ftors already known to be =0 great that it will tax the railroads center- ing here and the city to their utmost c: pacity. The secretary of war and the na- tional committee, acting under his direction, have made every possible arrangement whi the expenditures authorized by congr wouald allow to Insure the comfort of visitors, and through lerge influential citizen committees the city of Chattanooga has given itself with energy and enthusiasm to the work of assisting-the secretary of war. Lieutenant General Schofield has cordially contributed every assistance which could be given from the headquarters of the army and the movement of regular troops from Fort Sherldan, Fort Riley, Fort Thomas, Co- lumbus Bartacks and Pensacola presented n instance of rapid concentration of special interest. Tho telegraphic notices from Washington to the national committee that distant battalions, batteries and squadrons had been ordered to move were scareely re- celved before dispatches arrived at Park headquarters from eyery post that troops were starting. % DIMENSIONS OF THE PARK. The park which is to be dedicated Is of unusual dimensions. It extends with its approaches from Sherman Helghts, in Ten- neszee, six miles north of Chattanooga, to Glass Mill, in Georgla, a distance of twenty- two miles. The broad boulevard between these two points is owned In fee simple by’ the government as part of the park, and full jurisdiction over this, over the fifteen square miles cf the Chickamauga field, and over many milos besides of other approaches, has been ceded to the government by the ates of Tennessee and Georgla. This cen- tral drive runs for eight miles along Brage's line of battle on the crest of Mis- slonary Ridge. It passes along the fronts of Sherman's army, Thomas' army of the Cum- berland and the army under Hooker. It overlooks all the battlefields about Chatta- nooga, including Lookout mountain, and runs for twelve miles through the center of fighting ground of the three days' battle of Chickamauga. Of the territory over which furisdiction has been ceded to the United States ,for park purposes, ten square milék have Becn already purchased in a single block on the Chickamauga field. The entire crest about Bragg's headquarters on _ Misslonary Rldge, Orchard Knob, the headquarters of Grant, Thomas and Granger dur- consin ten, Michigan eleven, confederate ard four union s have numbers of three excellent monum regiment. Pennsylvania is worked vigor- ously under large appropriations and Ten- nessee I8 preparing contracts for four large memorial monuments, one of which Is to federal soldiers. New York is preparing to erect a costly and imposing memorial. All of the monuments thus far erectéd, except Missouri and all kers. Kansas nts to her one one these those from Indiana, are of granite and bronze, Those of that state are of Belford lime stone. ORIGIN OF THE PROJECT. The park project and the main details of its comprehensive plan was the conception of neral Boynton, now the historian of the national commission. His public suggestion to make Chickamauga a national park was taken up by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, and his first plan was to accom- plish this through a joint memorial associ- ation of union and confederate veterans, with the idea of securing state assistance. A memorial association was organized and char- tered, but before It began operations he per- fected a plan for a national commission, act- ing under the supervision of the secretary of war, He wrote a bill, which is the present law, placed it in the hands of General Gros- venor o Ohto, who introduced it in the house of representatives. Many members of the house and senate took an immediate and strong interest in the measure, notably thirty of those who served in one of the armies about Chattanooga. Before it was called up universal support had been secured for it, and it passed both houses by unanimous con- sent. It provides for the purchase of 7,600 acres of the Chickamauga fleld, and for the equal participation of both sides in the erec- tion of the lines and in the marking of the monuments. All subsequent appropriations, now aggregating $760,000, have also passed without opposition. Secretary Proctor took great Interest in the matter and appointed the commission under which the park is being established. Senator Ekins gave the project energetic support, and through the last two years, while the immense work has been tak- ing final shape, Secretary Lamont has ren- dered constant’ and most encrgetic assist- ance. The national commission consists of General J. S. Fullerton, chairman; General A. P. tewart, representing the confederate side; Major F. G. Smith, Second artillery, secre- tary; General H, V. Hoynton, historian. Gen- eral ‘Fullerton, by order of the secretary of war, has charge of all arzangements for the dedication. The official dedication, under the auspices of congress and the secretary of war, will occupy the 19th and 20th insts., but ex- ercises of a general character, which will be attended by most of the officlals who are to arrive, will occupy the whole day of the 15th and the evenings of the 18th, 19th and 20th. EXERCISES BY STATES. The dedications of state monuments will occur mainly on the 18th, Michigan, her governor presiding, will lcad off at Snodgrass Hill at 9 a. m. Ohio, with an elaborate pro- gram, will follow at noon at tne same place and Minnesota at 2 o'clock. These exercises will all take place at the platform and am- phitheater erectegl for the national dedication exercises at the foot of Snodgrass Hill, the famous horseshoo ridge of General Thomas' battle. The dedication of Ilinois’ monuments, the governor presiding, will take place at Lytle Hill the afternoon of the 18th. Indi- ana will be upon the field in great force for tho dedication of her monuments, the quar- termaster of that state having 600 tents to ac- commodate the governor's party and the vet- erans who are to attend from that state. The Missourl dedication will occur on the 20th at Bragg's headquarters on Missionary Ridge. The hours for Wisconsin depend upon the closing work on their monuments. The night of the 18th, in a tent provided for dedication purposes at Chattanooga, the Army of the Cumberland will hold its reun- fon. * The tent seas 8,000 and the platform 2,000 more. Upon the platform will be seated the leading officials, both national and state, in attendance at Chattanooga, and the lead- ing veterans of both armies and the Society of the Army of Tennessee In a body. ereral C. F. Manderson will be the orator and there will be brief speeches from Lieu- tenant General Schofield, General Dodge, president of the Society of the Army of Ten- nessee; General Daniel Butterfield, General Horace Porter, General J. H. Wilson, Colonel Fred Grant and Father Sherman. VICE PRESIDENT WILL PRESIDE. At noon of the 19th the Chickamauga field will be dedicated, the vice president of the United States presiding, upon the invitation of Secretary Lamont. The orators will be John M. Palmer and John B. Gordon, both of the United States senate. The night of the 19th, in the tent at Chattanooga, the vet- erans of Sherman's and Bragg's armies will hold public exercises, General Granville M. Dodge, president of the Society of the Army of Tennessee, presiding. The chief speeches will be made by General 0. O. How- ing the battle of Chattanooga, a tract elght acres In extent; fifty acres at the north end of Missionary Ridge, being the grounds a: saulted by General Sherman and defended by Cleburne, and a tract of five acres on another portion of the Ridge, 'marking the left of the assault of the Army of the Cum- berland, form portions of the park. Con gress has also authorized the addition to the park of Hooker's and Walthall's battle ground on Lookout mountain. The govern- ment already owns the roads to and over Lookout mountain, through.Hooker’s field, to Wauhatchie, on Longstreet's field. RESTORED TO FORMER CONDITIO; The park and its approaches therefore embraces or overlooks the fields of five days of general battle between great armies, and three days of minor engagements, namely, Chickamauga, Orchard Knob, Lookout Moun- tain and Missionary Ridge, Brown's Ty and Wauhatchie. The plan of the park is to restore the flelds as nearly as possible to their condition at the time of battle, to close all new roads and reopen and improve those used {n the battles and over which the armies moved from the fields. The lines battle have all been ascertained and a va amount of work toward permanently marking them has been done. This Is accomplished by historical and guide tablets, which point the way to and explain the movements upon every portion of the lines, The tablets show the organizations of armles, corps, divisions and brigades, with the names of thelr re- spective commanders and thelr staffs on the field and the commanders of all regiments nd batteries. Full historical text on each blet sets forth the details of movement at ch point. ' ‘There 1s no distinction in the preparation of these tablets between union and confeder- ate forces, nor in any other department of tha work of establishing the park is there any difference. The design is to mark with historieal accuracy the identical ground of engagements which occurred on thesge flelds and thus present an object lesson ffi actual war such as no other nation has attempted. Besides the historical tablets which are pre- pared by the government, the states are erecting monuments Jo mark the position of thelr troops Already $500,000 have been appropriated by states which had troops here and all of the states but two of the twenty- mine which were represented in the battles have commissioners at work locating posi- tions for monumpents, 4 REMOUNTING OLD BATTERIES. There are nearly « hundred miles of roads opened and fifty-two have been improved in the most substantial manner and all run through most interesting military positions. Over 400 guns of the batteries used in these flelds have been obtained from the arsonals and 160 have already been mounted upon iron gun ring which are of the pat- tern of the carriages of the war, and set up to mark the exact position of the batteries of each side in the battle. Eventuslly the whole 400 guos will be in position. Visitors find this one of the most imposing features of the restoration, they came upon bat- every prominent point observation towers rising e forests at various commanding po- sitlons afford views of the entire theater of battle. The Chickamauga fleld s already dotted With state monuments and the government > not over half of the num- which are 0 be erected W3 Ry ook ard, General Joseph Wheeler of Alabama and General Willard Warner of Chattanooga. During the forenoon of the 20th there will be a parade and a review, in which all or. ganized military bodles and the governors of states will take part. At noon the dedication of the Chattanooga flelds will take place in the tent, the speakers being General Charles H. Grosvenor of the house of representatives and General William D. Bate of the senate, The night of the 20th the exercises in the tent will be conducted by the veterans of Hooker's and Longstreet's forces, General E. C. Walthall of the United States senate pre- slding. Among the speakers for this occasion are Colonel E. C. Stagman of the New York commission, General W, C. Oates of Alabama, General J. P, Williamson of Iowa and Gen- eral Frank C. Armstrong of Washington, D. C. ISTRUS oORM K CHICAGO. Several Small Boats Canght the Lak, CHICAGO, Sept. 15.—A terrific wind and rain storm struck this city at 6 o'clock this afterncon and for more than an hour num- erous small craft that had been caught some distance out in the lake were in dan- ger. The yacht Jag, with a party on board, was caught oft Hyde park and as darkness settled over the lake soon afterwards It ran in at South Chicago, having run before the wind to that point under bare poles. Shortly before 7 o'clock the Evanston life saving crew was notified that two men in a small boat, which appeared to be unmanageable, had been sighted off the Evanston shore. The crew manned the surf boat and .went out, but when they arrived at the point where the boat had been seen it had disappeared. It is believed the two occupants of the boat lost their lives. Rain came down In torrents for more than an hour and the storm was accompanied by a brilliant electrical display. Four or five houses were struck by light- ning, but no fatalities were reported. e e CLUB BARS WERE CLOSED. Most of Them Obeyed the Orders of the Police Commission, NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—For the first time fn the history of New York a drink could not be had at the bar at most of the prin- cipal elubs of thiz city today. The action of Presldent Roosevelt and the police com- missloners in-&topping as far as they are are able the sale of drinks in the clubs in violation of the law, met with general suc- cess, most of them through their board of governors Instructing the employes not to open the club today, At the City club, where it was expected a test was to be made, the clerk sald the bar open as usual; that they were running in the same way as on previous Sundays, but there was no member in the city, 80 it was not possible to sell thing. "A clubman furnished the follow- ng list of clubs that had their bars open today: The Century, Manhattan, Union League, Mctropolitan and Knickerbockers and Unlon. The Republican and Democratic and the Players' club bars were closed tight, ac- cording to the same man. ——— Sceretury Olney Back in Washingt WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Secretary Olney Out in his returned to Washington from New Englsnd, where he has been spending the sun mer, - £ Vord LIBERAL UNIONISTS CAUSING TROUBLE Advancing Schemes for Reform Which Worry the Staid Conserva tives—England Desires an Al- lance with the United Statews. EW YORK,, Sept. 15.—Chauncey M. De- pew, who arrived at Quarantine late last night, landed from the steamer City of Paris this morning. Afterward he received re- porters at his office in the Grand Central depot and gave an extended Interview upon the politics of Burope, upon his trip, and a miracle which he witnessed at Lourdes. Mr. Depew said something of a sensation was stirred up among the anglomaniacs by an in- terview which he gave to the London papers. One of the questions was: “‘What is the Amer- fcan idea of home rule, and now generaily are Amerlcans of one mind upon that sub- Ject?” Speaking of this, Mr. Depew said: *‘My answer was substantially that home rule is the corner stone of our institutions, and our people are practically unanimous on the sub- Ject; that there had never been any division among us as to home rue for Ireland, and we could not understand the real or manu- factured fears of the adoption of the policy leading to the disruption of the British em- pire. On the contrary, we thought the adop- tion of the federal principle would benefit Ireland, Scotland, England and the colonies; that we were heartily in favor of English speaking people leading the world, and wil- ling that the British empire should have the first place in the affairs of Africa, Asia, Eu- rope and Australia, but that we could not consent or permit the exercise of control or occupation by an European power of the re- publics of America. Of the 600 members of the House of Lords, all but thirty-five are conservatives or tories, Soclety Is over- whelmingly the same. PREJUDICE AGAINST RADICALS. ** ‘I never had a radical as a guest in my house," said a proud peer to me. While his rule s not general, the fecling is. American residents In England become attached to the dominant power, and many of them are more extreme than its leaders. Their denuncia- tions of home rule and the views of the Irish are refreshing revelations of the influence of environment. They write letters to the papers vigorously denying my statement, Ac- cording to them T was either grossly ignorant of American sentiment or a phenomenal liar, They said that beyond the po:iticians and po- litical papers controlled by fear or the Irish vote, all there is in our country which rep- resents its intelligence, its learning, its bus. iness and its society s opposed to home rule and in cordial sympathy with the ideas and principles of the tory party. Moreover, they told me personally that I wou'd be ostracized for such-talk. “Then from the Westminster Gazette came Its representative with a stenographer and a request for an interview. It filled three col- umns of the paper and was the largest con- tribution of the kind yet printed In an English journal. After reiterating the state- ment before given, I enforced it by stating the daily and weekly press of the United States without exception, o far as I knew, had editorially supported Mr. Gladstone and his measures; that many of the state legis- latures had unanimrously passed resolutions favoring it, and that the house of representa- tives by an unanimous vote had received Mr. Parnell. ABHORS A SHAM. “Now, our English kinsman loves frank- ness and fair play. He is an intense partisan and a born fighter, but has too good an opln- fon of himself to like an {mitation of himself from any other country. He don't care for Anglo-Americans, or Anglo-Germans, or Anglo-Frenchman, or Anglo-Italians. He likes genuine representatives of any country, and Is most hospitable to them to his home and family. Certainly I did not experienca any of the dreadful consequences predicted for telling the truth. A conservative leader said to me: ‘We have won a great and rather embarrassing victory without making a pledge or promisz, We had no platform and no afirmative prin- ciples. We simply assalled the incompetency of the liberal government.' But while the conservatives are safely fn power for six years, the liberal-unfonist is already making matters uncomfortable for his tory partner. A large program for local self-government throughout the United Kingdom, for a broad scheme of state soclalism or paternalism, and plans more or less vague for the benefit of what they call the ‘laboring classes' are maturing. The restless brains of Mr. Cham- berlain and his friends are distributing the rest and comfort of the true conservatives. “Our recent trouble with the British for- elgn office over Nicaragua and Venezuela fs causing an_increasing interest in foreign re- lations, and the possibility of an administra- tion which will enforce the Monroe doctrine has created a new and unusual interest the affairs of the United States. This is evi. denced In the Times appointing Mr. Smalley as its speclal correspondent in the United States and printing several columns a week of his cables. The statesmen of both parties would like a sort of offensive and de- fensive alliance with us. They want our help in China and Japan, and in the difficult arising out of Russian, German and French hostilities and aggression in the east, and would gladly bundle all American matters into our hands in exchange for such an under- standing. WHERE TORY STRENGTH LIES, “The strength of the tories is In the cities, They have no prohibition or temperancs o reform fads or fadlis's &nd the pow:rfu! uor anl beer interests are sol'diy wih them. The London districts which retain members of Parliament have five times more population and voters then the Irish districts, and the one uppermest desire of the conserva- tive you mest Is to diminish Irish power in Parliament by taking twen‘y-three seats from Ireland, giving mo't of tiem to Loadon. “The English elections were remarkable in Aemonstrating how little ther> !s of radicalism in tho radiesl spirit. The disendowment ani the diseitablishment of the church by the state seem in accord with modern progress, but form the text of the ‘Robbery of God.' Every pulpit in the Church of England thundered agalnst the liberal government and thousands who never went to church and scoffed at religion rallied to ths support of the time-honored establishment. Any measure can pass the Houte of Lords when the torles are in power and none when the liberals have the government, so long as the hereditary majority exists, anl yet Lord Salibury die- tinetly challenged the cry for ending or mend- g the Lords by filling his cabinet with pesrs two weeks beforo election to tri- umphantly show that all classes of English- men love a lord and are overwhelming in favor of this middle age relic in nearly rep- resentative government. A large proportion of the majority elected to the Houte of Com- mons are helrs to pecrs or connecied with the families of the nobility, “The excitement in South Afrl mines equals the w'ldest sp:culations in Cali- fornla or Colorado booming times. Both Lon- don and Paris are crazy. One of the best in- forme1 bankers of Europe to'd me that 100 men had pocketel in cold cash in the past years $5,000,000,00) by the sale of stock cr shares of these companies. The money has come from the confiding British public ani the usually cautious French, and $40,000,000 of it won by a man who entered ths Cape as a juggler In a circus and Is now climbing rapid.y the scclal ladder. The stocks are constantly rising in price and of coure capitalization, and at no distant day the bub- ble will burst, scattering ruin more widel than has been experienced for a generation. — Prof, Riley Dies of Hisx Injurie WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Prof. C. V. Riley, the entomologist of the Agricultural department, who was 50 serlously injured by & thrown from a bicyele yesterday, died “ shortly after midaight, s gold mer; comptroller, J. A. Roberts; state treas- urer, Addison B. Colvin; attorney general, T. C. Hancock; state engineer, C. Adams. The platform in substance will be resolutions congratulating the republican party upon the dawn of prosperity for the country due to the confidence inspired in the people by the return to power of a republican congress; congratulating the wage earners, the sugar planters, the farmers and the business men that the conditions are such that the re- publican party can fulfill its pledges of pro- tection to Ameriean industry; condemning the policy of the democratic administration In declining to act declsively on the Armenian and Chinese questions; It8 inaction on ques- tiona of financlal policy; Its refusal to aid the old soldiers and its disregard of civil service law; commending the proposed con- stitutional amendment to bond the state for $9,000,000 to enlarge and improve the Erie canal; endorsing the administration of Go ernor Morton; commending the last legisla ture in its attempt to free the great city of New York from the burden of rule by the democratic ring; declaring that the present tariff system, enacted by the democratic party, is a menace and a detriment to the country; favoring an honest dollar and favor- ing an international agreement which will result fn the use of both gold and silver as in- terrational circulating medium. Tonight there s a sullen crowd marked “excise,”” Mr. Edward Lauterbach, Mr. Platt, Thurlow Barnes, Lew Payne, Frank Hiscock, Frank Hendricks, Warner Miller and Charles W. Hackett are trying to stay the anticipated tumukt. New York, Kings and Orfe are the three counties where the trouble- some cry is coming from. As yet the repre- sentatives from these places are small, and the full delegations will not be here till to- morrow. The attitude likely to be taken will not be determined till tomorrow. Mr. Platt is inclined to think a bill for the protection of the American Sabbath, and yet favoring more liberal excise laws in some way, Is the proper course. It does not seem possible to frame a resolution that pleases both the Sabbatharians and the liquor dealers and their friends. That somebody from one of the three counties named will introduce a local option resolution is fairly certain. The convention as planned will meet at noon and Congressmin Sherman will be made temporary chairman. Mr. Lexow will be per- manent chairman and Edward Lauterbach chairman of the committee on resolutions. From 1 o'clock until midnight the party leaders struggled with the exclse question Close to midnight, after eonsultation with al- most half of the delegates present, the leaders of the party determined that they would avold the question of excise altogether and not make any recommendations in the shape of a resolution until forced to do so by the introduction of such a resolution. tasutegpg ot 3¢ DIAZ HAS LIT NCE TO REST. to Congress Will Show n Favorable Conditi CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 15.—President Diaz got a little opportunity for rest today, his birthday, after the fatigues of two days of sham battles and combats, but was early ready to receive visitors. The city is in gala attire, the decorations surpassing all previous years. The principal military pa- rade occurs tomorrow forenoon, and in the evening the president will open congress, reading his message, which will ‘show the country to be in an excelent condition. The customs revenue in the fiscal year ending with June shows a total of over $20,000,000, while the stamps yielded $15,000,000 more and other receipts are beyond ‘all expectations. He will show a good condition of mining and the steady opening of new mines and will call the attention of congress to the large number of railway projects. Andrew Flores, a priest in Yahullica, shot the mayor of the town, killing him instantly. The priest has flzd. The imposition of a dog tax at Rosarlo, state of Sinaloa, has caused a riot, in which 500 men took part. The rioters were armed with rifles and a regular battle occurred, in which many people and police were wounded. CE ENTRY OF ROME EHRA NG Exercises Will Contlaue During the Next Two Weeks. ROME, Sept. 15.—The fetes in celebration of the twenty-fifth annlversary of the occu- pation of Rome by the Italian patriots began today. The actual date of the entrance of the troops under Cadorna is September 20, but the events immediately leading up to the oc- cupation are included in the celebration. A procession marched to the Pantheon to vislt the tomb of King Victor Emanuel. The fetes are to continue until September 29, There are to be congresses of different kinds, including that of the Italtan Historlacl so- clety; of the Patriotic Veterans and Retired Soldlers, lasting from the 19th to the 25th. On the 20th the column at Port Apla and the monument to Garibaldi will be inaugurated; on the 22d the monuments to Cavour and Minghetti; on the 24th that to the brothers Cairoli at Villa Glorl, and on the 28th that to Pletro Cossa at Ponte Umberto. On the evening of the 20th the festivals will close with a grand girondala. No protest was offered today by the clericals. FOUND MORE THAN HE EXPECTED. Spanish Commander Got n Detach- ment 1 n Mot Fight. TAMPA, Fla,, Sept. 15—Private advices from Cuba tonight state that Colonel James La Crete and General Surez have invaded Matanzas province. Near Sagua on the 9th a detachment of Spanish traops on a train saw a few horses saddled on the hillside, The train was pped and fifteen men were sent after them. ¥ hundred Cuban cavalry charged the Spaniards. The Spanish commander ordered the entire force to the rescue. The train left while the fight was in progre A convoy of eight wagons and 160 mules, under the escort of 1,200 men, was attacked near Parlopecado by Rabbi with 400 men, who were Jater reinforeed. Captain Castro, who tried to dislodge he: insurgents from a strong position, was killed. Twenty-eight were wounded. REFUSE TO EX e Chinexe Take a $tand on the Ku Cheng Affalr. NEW YORK, Sep 15,—A World special from Foo Chow says: The Chinese refuse to execute a single murderer implicated in the massacre of misslaparies until they are assured that with the execution of the ac- cused all cther demangds shall cease. The work of the British and American joint com- mission is therefore stopped. Without the presence of a foreign fleet no punishment by the massacre Iy peobable. The vege- tarians are relying on official sympathy to begin seizing and torturipg Christians, SHANGHAI, Sept. ~—~The Chinese om- cials at Ku Cheng are proving obstinate over the results of the Inquiry into the massacre and are vnwilling to sentence the gulilty. They offer one life for each missionary killed and no more, oo Mark Twain Avrives in Sldney SYDNEY, 3ept. 16.~Mark Twain has ar- rived here on his tour through Austraia. His plan for a lecture at Honolulu was inter- fered with by the outbreak of cholera there. MURDERERS. —-—— Crisp DId Not Declare for Whitney. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.—A special from Athens, Ga., to the Republic says ex Soeaker Crisp denles having declared for Whitney as the democratic neminee for- the presidency and siy: he has mot ex) el a ¢feenc? for any one for that offic e Mrs. Willlams Sent to an Asylum, COLUMBUS, 0., Sept. 15.—Mrs. Willlams, who killed her two children at the Park hotel last winter, Is to be sent tg an insang asylum, ALL BUT ONE OF THE BOATS SMASHED Survivors Plcked Up the Ing by Fishing Vesse Due to Unknown and Currents and High Winds, NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—A special to the Herald from Vancouver, B. C., says: The 2,000 ton China steamer Thun, bound from Sydney to China, with eighty-one human be- ings on board, is lying many fathoms deep off Seal Rock, near Port Stephens lighthouse. Only twenty-six lives were saved. The ter- rible detalls of the catastrophe fill many pages of the Australian papers received today. The following are the names of the drowned: R. FRAZER. R. SMITH. MRS. MATHIAS, MRS. LORING. MISS LORIN NEIL SHANNO AL PHINNE HAROLD LEF R. HANDERSON, surgeon. J. H. HARPER, chief engineer. WILSON, second engineer, J. W. ADAMS, third engineer. A. WOLSTENDHEM, fourth engineer, R. MANNING, chief steward. FORTY-ONE CHINESE. The accident was due ta currents drifting the steamer on the rocks in the fury and darkness of the storm. Mrs. and Miss Lor- ing were the wifo and daughter of the sec- retary of the Imperial Federation league of Australia, and were well known in San_Fran- cisco, having been on thefr way to Sydney via China. At the coroner's inquest it was proven that the steamer was being steered all right, and that the only way to account master. chief officer, ER, third officer, for the vessel striking was thut some mys- terious current carried her on the rocks. Following is an account of the disaster by a survivor, Dr. Copeman, which most ac- curately and briefly details the circumstances of the disaster: CAPTAIN WASHED OVERBOARD. “I was returning to gland by way of China and Vancouver. 2 o'clock in the morning rible she At [ was shot out of the bunk by a ter- k, which was followed by a second one. I rushed on deck and found the steamer listed and rapidly settling. An officer toid me we had struck a rock, and the steamer was being washed away in pieces. Captain Shannon gave orders to lower the boats, and immediately after he was washed overboard and drowned. As the boats were lowered they were dashed to pieces or swept away. At last only the starboard boat was left There were thirteen people in it. It was torn from the davits and washed away. I spran into the sea and was picked up by a Chin man. We rescued twelve more, the Chin man_working brav, “The last one we He dropped limp in the stern, when asked his name said: ‘It's Faw We tossed about, standing to all night, with seas washing over us and were picked up by a fishing boat tn the morning.” The cargo of the steamer was very valu ble. Among the cargo were 10,000 soves eigns, lled In was a European, and EARTHQUAKE STORY WAS A FAKE. Sensational Romancing by Alleged Americn .. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Sept. 15.—(Via Galveston)—The statement that an earth- quake had occurred on last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, with a loss of 300 lives, and causing the destruction of a church and dwellings, s without foundation, so far as is known in Tegucigalpa. No such earthquake has been heard of here, and the statements made In the dispatches are false in every de- tail, The Omaha public was electrified Friday last, September 13, by a detailed report in Omsha and Lincoln papers served by the United press of a horrible earthquake dis- aster, which had devastated the little re- public of Honduras, in Central America, and, it was sald, killed 300 of its inhabitants. This alarming news was published under date of Tegucigalpa, tne capital of Honduras, to which city it was alleged the news had been brought by courier from the city of Yetapan, which, it was said, “had been overwhelmed by successive shocks of earthquakes, bringing ruin and desolation, while the details were constantly arriving in the city of the damage in the sugar country. All day and night Sunday,” it was said, “the shocks lasted. During Monday night sheets of flame ap- peared at different points fn the northwest. Tuesday night the shocks and flames made thelr re-entry in the republic, and at mid- night the church tower fell, carrying with it the roofs of three houses.”” Amidst much “rumbling,” which sounded like the heaviest “cannonading,” and rocks, which “fell in a perfect shower, like a hail storm, killed mul- titudes, and the bursting forth of flames and molten lava,” the word picture went on to deplct the culmination of the awful catas- trophe. There was chronicled the destruc- tlon of seventy-one fouses at Yetapan, and it was stated 153 bodies were already recovered there and many more missing. Reports from other towns in the interior represented the disaster as spreading over a wide area on a very destructive scale, The Associated press, realizing the im- portance of reliable information on o ap- palling an upheaval of nature's elements, in- volving such appalling destruction of human lite and property, immediately dispatched an inquiry to an absolutely reliable authority on the spot. The harrowing tale had made its pas- sage through Tegucigalpa, leaving no whisper or rumor belind. There were no perishing hundreds; no showers of stones; no toppling church spire, and, in short, no earthquake. The history of American journalism does not record anothér such bald fabrication of de- tails in’ such absolute lack of foundation in fact. Not even the names of the localities glven appear in any public gazeteer of Hon- duras, ——e Will Nominate Hornblower WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—It Is today that President Cleveland has deter- mined on Willam H. Hornblower of New York for the place on the supreme bench made vacant by the death of Justice Jack- son. The president has been in communi- cation with Hornblower, and he is willing to accept, provided there can be no doubt of his confirmation. It is well known that Sen- ator Hill will make no objection to the con- firmation, and that apparently leaves his chances good for confirmation. The presi- dent’s admiration for Mr. Hornblower is well known, and his was the first name thought of after Justice Jackson's death. s Attend Chure DENVER, Sept. 15.—The Natlonal Prison assuclation attended services at the Ceatral Again, learned Presbyterian church this morning. Rev. William F. Slocum, D. D., president of Col- orado college and of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, delivered the an- nual address, speaking of the element of justice in charity. Tonight E. R. Brockw. ibe famcus superintendent of the Elmira, N. Y.. reformatory, and the originator cf ihe Eimira prison scheme, addressed (he associa- tion on “Prison Reform. ——— Hud, Snow in Philadelphia, PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.—The weather here today has been remarkably cool for this season of the year, the thermometer at 6 o'clock reglstering 41 degrees. In one part of West Philadelphia a light fall of snow was reported this afternoon, Reports from Potts- town and other nearby places show that (hiera was a light frost e Movements of Ocean Steamers, Sept. 15 At Baltimore—Arrived—Lord Charlemont. At New York—Arrived—LaGascogue, {ro Havre; Maasdam, from Rotterdam. g Vicksburg, Courtland Beach, 9 p. m. “Derby Winner,” Creighton, 8 p. m, Roland Reed, Boyd's, 8 p. m. Bohemian Turnfest, Ruser's Park, All Grent Interest | gress in Sessd DENVER, Sept. auer, —A special to the K publican from Albuquerque, N. M., sa The fourth Natlonal Irrigation congress lo- morrow promises to be the largest and most influentlal body of the kind which has yet assembled in the west. Delegates who ar- rived yesterday and today, including Chair- man Smythe, Secretary Altes, Treasurer Frost and their colleagues of the national committee, have been busy with the prelim- fnary arrangements. Tonight lirge delega- tions arrived from Utah, Colorado, Kausas, Nehreska, Texas and Oklshoma, Among the day's arrivals are distinguished delogations from Canada and Mexico, representing their ective governments Toright's indicatiof point to the elaction of Jesse R. Grant, son of U. S. Grant, as temporary chairman and J. E. Frost of Kan- sas as president of the congress, with ex- Governor L. A. Shelden of California as chairman of the committee on resoluifons, The contest for the next convention w'll be lively between Phoeniy, § Neb,, and Spo W, METHC 1t Lake, Lincoin, END Nebraska Distriot Out for Next Year, INE, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Spe:{al Tel. egram.)—The Methodist Episcopal conference for the northwest Nebraska district, which has been in session hese the past weck, closed tonight. The exerciges of the diy have bien: Love feast at 9 o'clock, led by Major J. A, Scamerhorn; at 10:30 sermon by Bishop New- man. Afternoon services: Epworth leagus, led by George E. Go:ton of Crawford; ordina- tion of five deacons and two elders, followed by an evangelistic meeting, led by Rev. J. W. Jennings of Alliance. This evening's ser- mon was preached by Reyv. Dr. ok, chan- cellor of Wesleyan university, Lincoln, after which the bisliop announced the appo‘ntments Work for the ensuing year. Delegates to the gen- eral conference, which meets at Cleveland next summer, are: Ministerial, presiding clder delegate, A. R. Julian; reserve, 0. S. Moore; lay, George B. Gorion; delegate reserve, T, M. Huntington. There was a large attendanc: to hear Bishop Newman, whose sermon was the most_powerful and eloquent cver listened to by a Valeatine audience. 1 THE Rt BREAKFAST. G Nebras! le Brought in Cloxer Touch with the World NEBRASKA CITY, Sept. —(Speclal Telegram.)—This morning the citizens had The Sunday Bes for breakfast, a close con- nection having besn made with the special train at Union, enabling the delivery here of the great Omaha paper many hours in ad- vance of any of its competitors. Such cn- terprise is greatly appreciated by the citizens here, irrespective of party. It brings this city Into closer touch with the world. AL LI A Morrixon Not Worrying. CHADRON, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—The all-absorbing topic of conversa- tion on the street today is the verdict in the Morrison murder trial. Morrison expresses himeelf today as belleving the verdict re- turned was better for him than one of a less degree, as it would give him a better chance for a new trial. Much sympathy is expressed for Mrs. Morrison and her two children. Morrison has lived at - different times at LaSalle, 11l.; Huron, §. D.; fn Mon- tana, Wyoming and’ several other western states. The town of Crawford, of which he was marshal, is much divided on the case, as there are two strong factions there, o tB L Picnic nt Plattsmouth. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special Telegram.)—The City band, which is com- posed of mostly Germans and Bohemians, today had a picnic on the farm of Nick Holmes, six miles west of here. Music, danc- ing and refreshments, with the usual picnic racing, jumping, etc., furnished the amu:e- ment, David Miller, who has charge of Cass county’s state falr exhibit, came down from Omaha this evening full of enthusia‘m over the fair and its outlook, declaring it to be the grandest exhibition held west of the Mls- sissippi river, it Closed Pittinger's Grocery. BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special Tele- gram)—The grocery establishment of John W. Pittinger was closed Saturday evening and the stock is in the hands of J. E. Cobbey, jr., representing parties holding mortgages, The mortgages under which the stock was taken possession of aggregate $2.155, divided as follows: Mrs. Lumila Pittinger, mother of the mortgager, $1,665; Raymond Bros. of Lincoln, $400; Farmers and Merchants bank of Beafrice, $190. Mr. Pittinger claims the stock will far exceel the liabilities, but ina- bility to collect has caused the present condi- tion of affair: e Turkle Arrested for Forgery. F. 8. Turkle was arrested yesterday by De- tectives Davis and Dunn on the charge of forgery. He is wanted for passing at least twenty checks on business men of the city, forging the signatures of John L. McCague and his brother, Jén A, Turkle. The amounts of the checks vary from $1 to $7. Turkle has lldll,‘nubln before in this way, but has escaped] his brother paid the money obtained on the checks. Turkle was raised in this city, and after the death of his father was under the guar- dianship of John L. McCague, whose name he forged in this case, Whitney Id Jones. Rachel Jones, a colored woman who was arrested on Saturday night because it was thought that she had some connection with a robbery which occurred in a house of which she Is an inmate, was positively identified by Whitney, the traveling man who was robbed of $100 in cash and $8,500 in bank cer- tificates some days ago, as the woman with whom he was when he missed his property. The woman denies that she ever saw Whit- ney, but the latter is positive that she Is the woman, —— Held for Saf George Riley, a man who Is apparently harmlessly insane, was brought to the police station yesterday, and later transferred to the county jall, He was wandering on the river bank at the foot of Cass street, and some passerby, who feared that he might fall into the river, notified the police. Riley says that he lives in Council Bluffs, and he will be held until his friends are found e ey Cudahy Going for 011 CASPER, Wyo., Sept. 15.—(Speclal.)—A contract has been signed by Albert Walton of Omaha, E. H. French and others, with Edward A. Cudahy, the head of the Cudahy Packing company, for the thorough develop- ment of a tract of ofl land near Douglas. Two wells are to be drilled at once. Mr. Waiton Is now in Pennsylvania purchasing the neces- sary machinery for the compafy. b Fight with a Fugitive Murderer. SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. 15.—News has just been recelved that the posse which has been In pursult of Issidor Renteira, wke shot Ramon Areaza near San Luls Roy a few days ago, overtook the fugitive last night r La Grande, fitty miles northeast of this city, and a bleody encounter ensusd fu which Renteira shot and killed a Mexican constable and wes bimsell killed, THOUSANDS WENT OUT TO VIEW EXHIBITS Unanimous ¥ Opinfon that the Statg r of Thix Year Will Eclipse All Former Efforts of braska's Cltizens, Ne- When the order Is given this morning te open the gates which will admit the people of Nebraska to their twenty-ninth annual fain every department of the big exposition will be in readiness for the event. 1t freely asserted three days ago that it was not within the bounds of human pos- sibilities to carry out all of the plans of decoration and preliminary arrangement that had been inaugurated in time to allow all the exhibits to be placed by the time set for the opening. But in spite of contrary prognostications it has all been done. It has required the utmost exertions of hundreds of men, who have worked almost night and day, but they succeeded and before sunrise this morning the biggest falr that Nebraska ver saw will be spread out In all its com= pleteness to glve the world an object lesson on what Nebraska can bring forth, The fact that the regular admission was charged at the gates yesterday did not deter thousands of people from visiting the grounds during the day. It accomplished its object, however, preventing such an inflow of sight= seers as would Interfere with the task of completing the preparations for the opening. The prospect of raln kept people away durln the early part of the day, but in the ‘atternooy the motor trains were loaded to their cas pacity. The arrivals did not make a begine ning at filling the spacious grounds, and it was evident that even the big crowds that are expected during the week will have an abundance of room in which to distribute themselves and sce all of the features of the fair. During the intervals when the sun shone down on the unshaded slopes it was In- tensely hot, but when the kindly clouds shut off the glare it was no effort to make the circult of the grounds and get a glimpso of what the fair will be when all Is finished. In one or two of the larger buildings the managers were compelled to keep the crowds out in order to glve the workers an ops portunity to finish’ their arrangements, but most of the exhibits were thrown open durg ng the entire da; GETTING EXHIBITS IN SHAPE. the big buildings the exhibits were practically in their final arrangement at 6 o'clock. A very few shipments were de= layed and did not arrive until last night. These will be put in early in the morning and at 8 o'clock all will be in place. J. M. Lee of Oxford, superintendent of the agricultural department, arrived yesterday, and found the agricultural features of tha show surpaseing all expectation. He states that the task of awarding the premiums in his department will begin Tuesday. The fudges are Willlam Geddes of Grand Island, Peter Fennessey of Orleans and C. W. Cock= rell of Omaha. If it develops that one set of judges cannot do all the work, auother set will be appointed when it becomes nece essary. Superintendent €. M. Lewellyn of the poultry department is_enthuslastic over the array of standard and fancy breeds which has been brought together in his departs ment. It i head and shoulders ahcad of any similar show that has been seen in Ne- braska and is alone well worth the price of admission to the grounds. There {s oyer 8,000 feet of floor space in the building and when the last of the exhibits were put im place nothing but the alsles were uhe In occupled. The bee and honey department is handly capped by the fact that this has been & very bad season for bees in this state. But nevertheless tho bullding fs fairly filed agd the exhibit is in every respect superior tp that of last year. Superintendent May expects to have his fish exhibit in shapo for the opening. A few species will probably be added during the day, but the bulk of the fish were contentedly, swimming around in the glass tanks yester- day. This feature of the fair is alrcady @ drawing card, and Mr. May prophesics that i§ will be the most popular. FAST HORSES ARRIVE. The exhibits of stock were being hauled. to tho west entranco by the varlous rallrouts all day, and at night they were nearly in place. They came In faster than t could be handled at the pens, and during day some of the stock had to gtand in the cars to await its turn. Munroe Salisbury ake rived yesterday with his carload of fast horses. He not only brought Azote and Ria rectly, who are down for exhibition heats o Tuesday, but also his other celebrated goe Alix and Flying Jib. The last named hor were not engaged by the board of managers in the original contract with Mr. Salisbury, but as good fortune has placed them withi reach at this opportune time, Secreta Furnas has signed a contract with the owner, and they will also go an_exhibit mile against their previous records Tuesday,« The exhibit of hogs will be what the ex; hibitors call a “hot” one. The standard o the entries is exceptionally high, and ths animals that carry off premiums will have tq do it against a close competition. Seve of tho owners have been unfortunato 8o i on account of the intense heat, W, Spicer of Harvard lost his best Berkshire sow, which dropped dead on the track. It was the best animal in his exhibit, and had ‘Jysf come from Des Moines, where it took th silver cup in the grand sweepstakes, The cattle and sheep exhibit will be equally, superior. The pens are taxed to their greats est capacity, and the quality of the stock’is sald to range very high, The Grand Island band arrived yesterda ill alternate with the Pawnee City ban in the concerts, and the rivalry between “i two crack organizations promises. the bdk efforts of each. The Pawnee City band also came in‘during the afternoen. It will be beard for the first time at the 10 o'clock cqriw cert in the Court of Honor today. ¥ Yesterday was a very quiet day at thi grounds, as far as the police were concerned There was no semblance of disorder and nj arrests were made. Justice Bailey was of hand in the forencon, but as there were no offenders in the calaboose the opening.of police court was postponed. Chiet of Polios Grebe says that all articles lost on the grounds will be taken to the polce headquag, ters, where they can be called for, n DBUILDING NoT RAND STANDS, Commissioner J Hourds Cover Court House Terrnces, In certain quarters an idea prevailed that the county commissioners were placing tha boards over the terrace of the court houle grounds that they might sell space to par: tles who might bave a desire to witness thi parade. In discussing this matter yesterday, Commissioner Jenkins said: ! ““There seems to be a misunderstanding on the part of the public as to the preparations belng made around the county court houge for the fair week parade, “Some people have got the Idea tRal the commissioners are erecting reviewlhy stands to compete with thoso of speculators in the neighborhood and that they are goin] to let out space on the grounds to thol who have mohey to offer for it. “Thiz In an entirely mistaken idea. Th commissioners have ordered a lattice world of fence boards put over the terrace lo! two reasons. First, to protect the sod, ai second 1o give the public a better opportun Ity to view the parades. This lattice Iav‘ will afford spectators a fothold where ti grass would not. The whole space s opa. free to every one and the persons who first will get the best places. “The building, on the other hand 1 bo closed to the public, beca we colld not hold unknown people responsible fon any damage that might be done. The men cmployed in the different county offices wild have access to their own rooms and be Reld