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( 4 2] THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. WAR TIME IN SAMAR Incipient Imsurrection in Island is to Be Deals With Bammarily CHAFFEE WILL TEACH NATIVcS A LESSON toposes te Demonstrate That Massscres Are Expensive Affairs. NINTH INFANTRYMEN WILL BE AVENGED Treacherous Rebels Must Pay Penalty for Their Atrocity, WAR DEPARTMENT BRINGS OUT MAPS Wi Acquaint AN rees with To- pography of the B erent Inle That Cam &n May Be Pashed Intelligently, WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—Last advices from the Philippines indicate that the mili- tary authorities intend to take prompt and vigorous measures for the suppression of the Insurrection in the Island of Samar, and that attention will be directed to the suni- mary punishment of the treacherous natives who took part in the massacre of Company €, Ninth infantry, at Balangiga. There is, therefore, every prospect that the Island of Samar will be the theater of active hostill- ties for some time to come, as it I8 the pur- pose of General Chaffea to teach the rebel- Tious Inhabitants a lesson and force them to respect the power and sovereignty of the United States. By direction of Adjutant General Corbin & report has been prepared at the War d partment briefly describing the island and its inhabitants, the military operations that already have taken place there for the pacification of the people and the establish- ment of good order and government. This report s of timely interest fn view of the aggressivo military policy to he observed toward such of the natives as are disposed #till to resist the authority of the United Beates. Iu the last mail report of General Kobbe, department commander, ho says that on the arrival of the Eleventh infantry from the United States two companies of the infantry in the fsland of Leyte will be moved to Samar, which fsland will then be occupied by the Third squadron, Ninth cavalry; two squadrons of the Tenth cavalry, the entire First Infantry and two battallons of the Ninth infantry. Samar bas been added to the military department of the Visayas and the department commander is now there in person directing the operations against the insurgents, but no report of these opera- tions has been recelved at the War depart- ment. ISMALLPOX ON RESERVATIONS Indian Bareans Much Disturbed Over the Serfous Outloek for the Winter, (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. b.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Fear of smallpox becomiug cpi- demic on the Indlan reservations during the winter 1s disturbing the Indlun bureau. For a number of years the Indian appropri- ation bill has carried an item appropriat- ing a certain sum of money for the sup- pression of the disease, but Mtely the amount appropriated has been too small to cover the country contalning the In- dian reservations and in many cases a direct appropriation has been made for fn- dividual reservations. Commissioner Jones, who has just re turned from his vacation, sald toda¥ that in bis travels he had learned there is great fear of a smallpox epldemic among the Indians and that the physicians looked to this matter with dread, In view of the lightness of the attacks in the past few years. With this in mnnd the Indian bureau has prepared a serles of finstructions to all the Indian agents how to handle the con- tagion should it break out and more espe- clally how to prevent its breaking out by vaccination, which is urged upon every Indian. In this connection & report comes from Pender that John Fox, one of the healthiest, most robust Indlans in the tribe, died Wednesday morning from smallpox and that a deplorable condition exists in the tribe in regard to smallpox. The disease has spread until it is all through the tribe. It Is hard to estimate the exact number that have had it and are still having It, as numerous cases were not reported to the physiclan. Had the first cases been strictly quarantined the disease might have been checked, but the quarantine was lax. Indians are running around the reservation with the scabs still on them, spreading the disease right and left, Department Notes. A rural free delivery route has been or- dered established December 2 at Mechan- feaville, Cedar county, In. The route em- braces sixty-three square miles, containing a population of 1,010, H. M. Pardey and A. L. Walshire were appointed carriers. M. T. Wolverton was today appointed postmaster at Campbell, Campbell county, 8. D. Amos Randall of Roseland, S. D., was ap- pointed wheelright at the quartermaster's department, Fort Niobrara. Dr. A. I Livingston was today appointed a pension examining surgeon at Yankton, 8. D, Guy W. Jones of the Santee agency, Ne- braska, was appolnted to a position in the Indian school, Nevada jency, Nevada. ! WILL NOT CHANGE RULINGS Postmaster Genernl Wri Magazine Pablishers Regarding Re. cent Decisio WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—Postmaster Gon- eral Charles Emory Smith, in a letter writ- ten to 4 magazine published hers, which requested a reconsideration of the order in- cluding “‘return’ jcoples from the pound postage, says that the force of the depart- ment's order falls ou illigitimate publica- tions which have grown up outside of the law. He says that the publisher addressed with a single exception is the only pub- lisher who has specially addressed him on this point, By lax practice, says the post- master general, news agents have been al- lowed what is expressly denied to the pub- lishers themselves, viz: Having unsold or roturn coples sent back to them at the 1-cent pound rate, but it is in plain con- traventfon of the terms and intent of the law. The department, he says, Is trying to xecute the law falthfully and thus cut off scme flagrant abuses which have loosely BIowWE up. | VARIETY ARTISTS' EXCHANGE Motles Cromd Gathers st Deinking Tables (0 Awnit Fn- Eamemenis. | - | (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co) BERLIN, 0 (New York World Ca- | blegram-—Spe. Telegram.)—One of the| ! tions. latest justitutions in Berlin s an exchange for variety artists. Some wecks ago (ha World published an account of an exchange for Berlin musicians. The new exchange for variety actors is on a still more ex- tensive ccale. The artists meet in the upper rooms of one of the best known of Derlin's coffee houses, acrobats, jugglers wire rope dancers, wise pig and dog men, | girls with trained pigeons, serpentine and skirt doncers, clowns, fancy riders, funny men, lightning artists and all the rest of | them, about the motliest crowd to be seen in Berlin, aged and young, pretty and plain, respectable anl the other sort They sit at the Mitle tables, drink coffee, beer and absinthe and those of them who have been | abroad cal! for American drink The managers of variety theaters coms around about 4 or b o'clock In the after noon and make engagements. which are realed usually with a nip of brandy or & glass of beer A flourishing industry among these people is the sale and barter of mock jewelry For §2 a variety woman can have a set of rubles or emeralds which a countess might envy. They shine with an almost unnatural brilllancy The careful salesman throws his neckless over the neck of an intending | purchaser and it fs usually irresistible There are also subscription lists going around for the support of brothren and sis- ters in distress. Those who know them say | there are no such soft-hearted people any- where as these half-shabby artists A wire rope dancer may be had for a night to fill a gap for $1.50. The parallel | bar man s dearer; his turn costs $2. No young woman with jewelry and fine clothes and a flock of trained pigeons will think of doing an ordered turn for less than $5; It she is pretty she wants $10. LEOPOLD MA.Y_COME WEST| | Democratic King of t(he Relgions | Talks of Trip to United Stutes, (Copyright % Publishing Co.) PARIS, Oct (New York World (‘able- gram-—Special Telegram.) - Leopold, king of the Belgians, was asked by the World corre- spondent today it the report is true that he intends to visit Florida during his | yachting crulse next winter. It 18 one of my plans,” answered monarch, “but T always have many ahead to choose from. 1f I should Florida, 1 certainly should visit New Washington and Aunapolls. Your school would certainly interest me as as anythiog in America. i The king and the German ambassador to | Parls, Prince Badolin, went democratically | one day this week to the races at Malsons Lefitte. While there they strolled into the cafe attached to tho owners' stund and | sat long, chatting over thelr glasses of beer. A German walter, lgnorant of who | the king was, sald audibly, tn French, to another waiter: “Did you ever see such a | talkative customer as this long-nosed | Dutehman? I wonder how much he is go- Ing to glve me?" A few minutes later the king called the | walter to pay for the drinks. Holding out a Belgian gold louls, he said: “Allow the | long-nosed Dutchman to present you with his portrait. I am the man whose effigy | is stamped here.” | The World correspondent inguired of the | king 1t it had ever been suggested that he take precautions aguinst anarchists and | cranks. He replied ‘recautions have ever proved ineffectual. All the prominent men killed were surrounded with precau- I prefer golng about this way, as | unguarded as you are. Besides, I would | the plans | Ko to York, naval much | Just as lef be killed as feel that detectives | were coustantly all about me.” POLES WOULD FIGHT GERMANY | Secret Socleties Foster Rexentment | Agninst the Kalser and His Troops. (Copyright, 191, by Press Publishing Co) | THORU, East Prussia, Oct. 5.—(New York World Cablegram--Special Telegram.)—The trial bere of sixty young Poles for belong- | ing to a secret society revvaled a state of | affairs anything but pleasant for the Ger- | man authorities in charge of this portion of the empire. Tho Pollsh speaking parts of Germany are honeycombed with secret societies, which, under the guise of pursus jng lMterary and scientifie objects, are actu- ally centers of disalfection and disloyalty. Prussian Poland Is becoming more and | more the Ireland of Germauny, aod there cannot be any doubt that the Poles of Ger- many will use Germany's future necessl- ties for their national purposes A large Polish landowner sald the other day that every Pole he knew would wil-| Iingly bear arms against Germany and that | Germany 1 hated by them with a flercer hatred than Russla. The secret socletles of young Poles, of which there are belleved to be over 200 tn Germany, usually meet in the open air. It s their custom to post sentries, who watch for the police. Occasionally they meet in private rooms, but then only in small numbers. They are divided Into groups of four | persons and each person has a soclety | name in addition to his real name. Each member {s sworn not to divulge the pro- ceedings of the circle to which he belongs, The oath Is taken before a crucifix, but n- stead of using the Divine name in their oath, they swear by some of the semi- sacred names of their bygone national heroes. CATCH THE WOMEN FOOTPADS Police Rid Fashionable Resl- dence Se on of Tts Mid- night Terrors. Paris (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Oct. -(New York World Ca- blegram--Special Telegram.)—The police have finally caught three of the women footpads who bave been terrorizing the fashionable residence parts of the city, Two of the prisoners, one 20 years old, the other 31, were caught just after thoy gud held up with drawn knives a wealthy achelor who was returning home at mid- | night. The man bad allowed himseif to | be relieved of his mouey, watch and jewelry, | but had followed the falr robbe distance until they reached the where there still were many outery then caused a chase, in caature The other woman bandit s 40 vears old and is stronger than most men, Bhe made the mistake of stopping a secret service wan, who at sight of her drawn revolver instantly knocked her down with a blow on the mouth. He managed to handcuf her, but only after a fierce battle, in the course of which she bit off hall of bis left ear. a safe | pulevards peaple. An which ended | | instruments taken from Pekin | and {COTTON BELT TRAIN ROBBERS and J OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER « HURT GERMAN PRIDE nfiseation Incident and 8hip Mutiny Are Inspiring Editorial Lament. 190 INDICTED FgR Doctor's Conduct pwnrd Girl bos ented by Urace tlenl Relatives in an i [ | (Copyright —_— | PARIS, Oct (New York World Cable- | gram pecial Telegram.)—Dr Vial has SAILORS' DEMAND WAS FOR BETTER FOOD | .on inaicted upon the singular charse of —_— mesmerizing Miss Thorne, a \\~v|mlm" | girl who was sitting opposite him in an They Oaly Threatened Beoanss Thair|oumnivus. The defendant admits his xullt, | i but pleads scientific intere: his excuse, | Btomachs Rebel He says that while he was riding In the omnibus with another physician their con- PEKIN AFFAIR IS REALLY HUMILIATING | versation turncd to hypnotiem as a means | Makes Germany an Uawritten Thief of the Instraments. DEMAND IS THAT THEY BE RETURNED Herlin Press Docs Not Propose to Have Object of Their Regret Retained to Constantly Remind Them, BERLIN, Oct. ot the week here of (he return of ~The most lively toplcs have been the question | the Chinese astronomical the proposed rossing of the Unter den Linden by an| lectric raflroad, the reported protest of the Hungarian premier, Koloman de Szell, against the proposed German tariff and the crulser Gazelle incident The North German Gazette this evening says officially that the Gazelle affalr has been investigated, that parts of one of the guus are wissing, that a threatening letter was posted and that these acts were prob- ably committed by somebody familiar with quick-firing guns. One saflor is under ex amination The secretivences of the officlals on the subject is condemned and the npatural result i that there bas been considerable exagger- ation, Quotes the Threat. One puper fms there was a mutiny on board tho vessel, which Is commanded by Captain Neltzke, a eevere disciplinarian The sailors who had served in China were called upon to perform the strictest servic they compluined that their food was not satisfuctory. The captain one day found a letter in his cabln requesting that a change be made and notifylng him that otherwise he would be thrown overboard. ription on the door read: eitzke, take ca Remember the Kro- sigk case The Krosigk case referred to Is that of Captain von Krosigk of the German cav- alry, who was mysteriously shot and Killed in a riding school in January last, as a re- sult of which two noncommissioned officers were tried on the charge of murder. They were acquitted, but were subsequently tried agaln and one of them, Murten, was con- demned to death, The moderate newspapers | ask for the publication of all the details| connected with the alleged mutiny. Ashumed of the Condscation, An i The whole press practically agrees that | the astronomical instruments were ille- gally carried off. Kven the Kreuze Zel- tung criticises the action of the Germans as follows: “The instruments were mani- festly taken unlawfully. The perpetrators | undoubtedly acted in good faith, but that does not settle the affair. The least that can be done is to deduct the value of the | instruments from the Chinese indemnity.” The statement made some three weeks | ago that the Instruments were purchased | and not loancd has not been officially refuted. The Neuste brichten says it 1s not sufficient to place the instruments | go stab a at the disposal of the Chinese and pro- | posed to offer to transport them back to | China and replace them at Germany's ex- pense on the spots from which they were taken, if China is unwilling to do 8o, and deduct the amount from the Indemnity. | The Vorwaerts triumphantly exclaims that China intends to leave the fllegally | acquired goods in Germany as a continual | remembrance of how Germany respects in- | ternational law and says that the honor ot | Germany demands that the instruments be taken back to China The Berliner Zeitung refers to the un- pleasantness of seelug the instruments placed near the historic windmill, which | reminds people of the best traditions of | Prussian justice. General satisfaction 1s expressed at the | reports that Prince Ching has given as- | surances that the dowager empress and the | emper>r agree as to the necessity for a | change in the Chinese system of govern- | ment and that reform edicts will be en« torced upon the return of the court Prince Chun, the Chinese special envoy, and his retinue lived three weeks here at | the expense of Emperor Willlam and the emplre. Even the excursions were pald to atser's Seat Unshaken, Regarding the proposal to run an electric railroad line across the Unter der Linden the Neuste Nachrichten says: ‘““The waves will recede and no victim is required. The democrats valnly hoped to make capital out of the confiict. In view of the fact that legal right is with the crown, as Chiet Burgomaster Kirschuer said, only those who strive to displace the center of gravity, the crown, speak of the ‘power and right of self-government’ and urge an enlargement of the powers of the Berlin government. Calmly reflecting on the reasons why so | much dust was unnecessarily stirred up, we recall the proverb, ‘The mountains are in labor, there will be bhorn a ridiculon mouge.’ Should the efforts made to changze the sentiments of the crown fail, a hase will have been created for action upon the part of the council In recognizing the crown's | rights, upon which an understanding will more easily arrived at than through an im- proper contest.” The Kleine Journal, commenting on the defeat o Shamrock IT, says: “A great race has been won in America. Columbia has conquered Shamrock IT. The latter was or- dered to Cowes in August to be inepected and blessed by King Edward, The super- stdtious will remember that the king was on board the yacht when it was In great dan- ger. It was unlucky, was defeated and the cup remains with the Yankees. Sir Thomas Lipton may build a Shamrock 111, ————— Missouri Posxe Men in Cr Gullty w and Pass. WEST PLAINS, Mo., Oct, | Wayne Crow more, well known horsemen, were arrested nere today charged with using the mails ‘o defraud. They are also wanied for compliclty in the Cotton Belt | railroad train robbery near Texarkana Sep- 2. P tember 3. Large rewards were offered for their arrest and they were caught by a posee ou Pussmore's farm pear bere, i | whose latest | with a Gainsborough hat of coutrolling innocent people for the petration of criminal acts T order to convince his doubting friend Dr. Vial, haviog noticed the nervous disposi- tlon of a girl opposite him, wagered that | he would put her fn a t=ance and cause her to follow them withe cakiog to her. | The experiment suces & i He fastensd his e i pon Miss Thorne | mesmeric influenc physicians I\Illl‘ stopped the omnl’ ¥ . alighted, foliowed | by the girl, whe & ed their steps a few | paces behind. Vial's office in 'hnl presence of se were conduct tlon. For ex phyeicians exgeriments Ach proved his conten- | . when he ordered her to vender across the street Miss Thorne seiced a knife and started {m- mediately, 1t was then that Dr. Vial roused her from the trance,’ explained everything, apologized and even offered to | pay any demand. Miss Thorne went home dazed and after- ward was very ill. She told her brother what had happened. and he, after thrash- ing the doctor, sued damages. The court has postponed giving judgment in the case. for DOMESTICS THREATEN STRIKE | Working Women of Be in Want More clal 1 y and 1 Interco mer & we. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co)) BERLIN, Oct. 6.—(New York World Ca- | blegram.)—Special Telegram.)—Berlin 18 threatened with a strike of domestics. Hitherto Germany has been comparatively free of the dearth of servants which has troubled the United States and England. Now It {8 the turn of the fatherland Women servants of the capital tendency toward social democracy. Re- cently they been meeting in public assemblies to denounce the exiating system | of hirirg, to claim higher wages (a cook n now be had for $5 a month), more frec- dom and a larger liberly in the way of | soclal intercourse with friends of the op- | posite sex. The soclalists are doing a brisk business with the dicontented Rerlin do- mesties and those who are following th movement with attentlon predict a revolt next spring. | In a shop window fn Berlin is exhibited | for sale an ornamental wine glass out of | which the kaiser drank once. The price | | i show a bave demanded is $140, but, as it has been in the window several days, would-be purchas- ers ovidently think the price too high. Attached to It is a netlce stamped (o a notary's seal and document written by the clerk of the Third regiment of the Uhlans of the guard, stating that Kaiser Wilhelm | actually drank out of the glass March 1, 1900, The matter causes infinite mirth among the soclalists and radicals of Berlin. HALL CAINE'S OWN CREED Regrets the Bitterness Which Divides the Churches as Un- christian, (Copyright, 1901, hy Press Publishing Co.) | LONDON, Oet. b.—(New York World Ca- | blegram—Speclal Telegram.)—Hall Caine, | book, “The Eternal City,” 1s provoking much controversy, has described | his own creed “As one who belongs to the big church outside the churches, T regret the bitter- ness which divides the churches as the most unchristianlike thing conmected with Christianity. ““The Christianity of Christ was above all else catholic and in the catholicism of Christ there has been no division among men except good men and bad men “The Catholle church, the Roman church, is the church of the poor. That ought to be its honor A pride. His holiness saw this clearly; hence his encyclicals on the | Christian democracy. “The Christian democracy movement will revolutionize the nations and change the relations of the races. The churches could not afford to let it slip away from their tutelage, “The Christian church that casts in fts lot with (he rich and the great against (he poor and the lowly is a ehurch built on (he sand." BACH TO PLAY IN AMERICA Direct Descendant of the Great Composer is in Hard Luck, (Copyright, 101, by Press Publishing Co.) FURT, Prussia, Oct. b.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)— Hermann Bach, a planist, who is to play this winter in Berlin and to start In Feb- ruary for London and New York, 1s a direct descendant of the great composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, lately deceased in Erfurt. He I8 50 years old, a bachelor, and the composer's family probubly will expire with him. Hermann Bach is a teacher of the piano and is in straitened circumstances. Of a retiring and nervous disposition has he shunned publicity, but st last has been induced to come forward. Although not a great musiclan, he has | @ phenomenal memory and cau play all his great progenitor's music without a slip., THREE PAINT THE DUCHESS Artists Make Fifty T Dollars from Portra ot 0. (Copyright, 1801, by Press Publishing 'e.) PARIS, Oct, 5,—(New York World Cable- gram~—Special Telegram.)—W, K. Vander- bilt 1s having portraits of the duchess of Marlborough, bis daughter, painted by three artists. one s a full length portrait by seymour Thomas California painter. Benjamin Constant is doing a lurge head Eugene Givase, the celebrated aquarellist, has succeeded best in pleasiug both the father and the daughter with a water color he has about finished, in which Consuelo is depicted in a Louis XV costume. Mr. Vanderbilt is get- ting all the portraits for himself. Thes him nearly $50,000 Consiuelo visited her f; racing sfables vesterday and tried (wo riding horses which be bas just glven Bery a or's | MESMERISM | } SEEMED PIQUED AT MISSING NAVAL BATTLE | | cism of the military administration plans. | | was given out for publication. | coming of yellow and enteric | as well as to excuse him for his contradi | manding | garding a brother oficer and the work of 1-TWI ALGER HITS SAMPSO0N rmer War Beorstary's Book Says the Admiral Acted Queerly. Though Otis' Call fer Confe Was Responsible, ROUND ROBIN IS ALSO GIVEN A CHAPTER Acted as 00 Not the Letter, but Its Publioatien, is What He Criticises. MILES COMES IN FOR A ROASTING Is Chnrged with Being Not Only rdy with Accusations, hnt Ap- parently Dishonest in His Motives. NEW YORK Oct General Alger's book ou the Spanish-American war, which his publishers state “‘has been delayed and! changed because of the death of President INTY-FOUR PAGES. THE BEE BULLETIN. ¢ Nebraska—alr 8unday n o We Portion; M Wi Forecast Fair, Variable Page L War Times in the Isle of Samar. German Pride Gets Hnde Sheo Alger's Cat on Ad Lipto Willing to ¥ hange Crews, Dougine Republican Committee. Nehreaskans A¢ e Among Bishops, " 11 for Nebraska State tHon, Kavanaugh Acanitted at Teenmach Baptists of State to Meet In Blinire. 2 Gun for Meyer T cape Teatifying, mahn Soclety. s nt Woodbi Tectrie Frean st W Dispute Tit Woman's W 10 Morse § rable e from Golf T premely Contl Have W + Her Ways and Whims, 1 Mustcal Mattevs by SN Cr ashioned Walter, les Afar, Mausoleu; 1 MeKinley,” will be issued next Thursday.| Opening his book with & eurvey of the Cu- ban situation in 1898, General Alger says: The thoughtful obse of public e Juring the years Iy \ hardly reminded (h e Cleveiand MckKinley adr « sought by every | honorable “me id - compiic with Min, t ons pre I protesting ag ut in Cuba. Ho then comments upon our unprepared- ness for war at that time and the splendid spectacle of the country's response to the government's ultimatum upon Spain. He then leads the reader through the hurried preparations for war, its embarrassments and dificulties, the persecution of the office seeker, the disappointment of hun- dreds of volunteers, the demands of sea- coast cities and towns for immediate and impossible protection and the savage criti- Touches the Round Robin, | The “round robin" fucident comes in for | a fair share of space. While the negotla tions for surrender were pending before Santiago the general officers of Shafter's army met and signed a round robin, which | This paper | threatened tevers and went on to say “this army must be moved at once or it will perish.” Of the round robin itself, General Alger says he has no criticism to offer. But he | does criticlse the publication of it, saylng that it was one of the most unfortunaie and regrettable incidents of the war. | General Alger reviews at length the dif- ferences between General Shafter and Ad- miral Bampson and quotes many official let- showed great alarm over the ters. He concludes this chapter in these | words | “It is difficult to account for Admiral | Sampson’s seeming attitude toward the army during the operations before Santlago, tory statements subsequently made in his officlal report. After the 3d of July the ad- | miral's conduct may be due to the keen Qisappointment resulting from his non-par- ticipation in the engagement with Cervera's squadron. Possibly he felt that Shafter's | request for a conference on the morning of | July &, innocent though it was, was respon- sible for his being deprived of the honor of | actively participating as commander-in- chief in one of the most remarkable vic- torfes in the annals of naval warfare.” | minute As to Embaimed Beef., | Of the Miles-Egan controversy over the alleged furnishing of “embalmed beet” to the army General Alger says ““The com mission appointed by the president, at my request, to investigate the conduct of the War department in the war with Spain, commonly kuown as the war investigation, or the Dodge commission, met on the 24th duy of September, 1898. Up to the 21st of Docember, 1898, this commisslon had taken testimony in seventeen towns and citles and in many different camps, grdnting, | wherever ft went, to the citizens, soldlers or ex-soldiers an opportunity to appear for complaint or testimony of any kind ro- garding the conduct of the war. The com- mission visited numerous camps, in which there still were many thousands of sol- Qiers, both regulars and volunteers, who were invited to give their evidence with- out regard to rank or service. On the 21st of December the major general com- the army of the United States appeared before the commission, then sit+ ting in Washington, and made his state- ments with respect to canned, fresh and | refrigerated beet furnished to the army during the war. Miles Tardy. “Although the commission had been sit- Uing nearly three months the charges with respect to canned aod refrigerated beef were now made for the first time, and strapger and more ipexcusable and more unsoldierly etill, during all those months, with this pretended knowledge of facts which, if they existed, should have been made known to the secretary of war for the protection of the army, General Miles had never mentioned the subject. “General Miles seemed to be pleased with the notoriety which bis etartling statement before the commission and his subse pewspaper lnterview gave him, for Entirely Too on the 81st of March, 1899, in New York City he published through representatives | of the Arsoclated Press and of a metro- politan paper additional charges. This un- milltary and quesionable method of making public grave and scandalous charges re- his department—charges which subsequent and careful investigation proved both un- warranted and untrue—seemed to appeal to certain characteristics of the major gen- eral communding, to which reference here would be out of place, Apprrently Not Even Hon “If we are to believe written evidence the contrary it does not appear that General Miles was even honest in making bis dilatory charges that the tinned beef was issued as “the protense of an experi- o ment” and that it was not a part of the ration. On June 17, 1898, his most confl- dentlal staff offcer signed a letter, “by direction of the major general command- ing the army,” instructing the depot com- wissary at Tampa to furnish to General Nunez 10,544 pounds of canned roast beef, {0 be issued from the subsistence stores of the army. It are to accept the read- ing of this letter as correct it proves that General Miles knew that canned fresh beef was & part of the ration, that he knew there was a large quantity of it at Tampa for issue to tho troops and that he so fer to we wpproved of its use as to direct that the ration be furnished iu Jarge quantities to our allies,” Editorial and Com Allen Do He Cleveland's Tri Author ot Condition Buwsi Commercinl and pernture nt De. 0 I3 “w " LN 50 w 02 SUICIDE IS ALL A-GLITTER Dollurs Worth n Man Who s Himselt, ot CHICAGO, Oct, 5.—~With $15,000 worth of diamonds in hix possession D. W. Dickle, a jeweler who lived at the Kimball hotel, committed sulcide tonight n the Gran monument in Lincolu park. Park policemen heard a pistal shot in the direction of tha monument and after scarching for twenty in the darkness came upon the body of Dickie lying upon a bench just south of the statue. Dickle was about 45 vears of age. Little could be learned wbout him tonight. It is thought, however, that he has not been fu Chicago for a great while. The directory staies only that he s a jeweler, but does not tell hig place of busiuess. COILS OF WIRE CRUSH THEM Two Men Killed and Three Injured at Fence Factory at Alpena, Mich, ALPENA, Mich,, Oct. 5.—~Two men were | Killed and three injured by being crushed under heavy colls of wire at a fence com- pany’s warchouse today. The dead THOMAS LEE WILLARD BOWEN. The injured Michael Frawley. John Mattix, leg broken Frank Wickham The men were piling wire when one tier | of colle toppled over upon them. EL RENO IS FILLING AGAIN peculntors and Disappointed Home- seckers Return to Go Stray Reli le Up Any quishments. EL RENO, Okl, Oct. —The homestead fllings of those who drew lucky numbers in the recent government land lottery have just closed. In the El Reno district 360 | have failed to file. The town is filling up again with people who want to buy re- linquishments and indications are that there will be some good claims for salo, as the government will be unable to prevent speculation in relinquishments. NOT AS OMAHA FOLKS PRAYED Nicaragna Their Appeals Are for Less | Down MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Oct, b.—(Via Gal- veston.)—Religious processions are being held and prayers are being offered for the cessation of excessive rains now falling and that there may not be a repetition of the great flood of twenty-five years ago in western Nlcaragua. ON REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE John G. Cappels Appointed to Place de Vacant by Judge Web- ater's Death, CLEVELAND, 0., Oct pels has been appointed b chairman of the commlittee, the republican national by the death of South Carolina Aistrict attorney John G. Cap- Senator Hanna to a vacancy in committee caused Judge E. A. Webster of Mr. Cappels Is at present Lau Lake Steamer CHICAGO, Oct. & mer I B. | Wells, last of a qua huge lake | frelghters built at the 8§ hicago yards, was launched today. new boat, de- | signed for the general carrying trade, 's feot long and s equipped with quad- ruple expansion engin i twin serews. | Movements of Ocenn Vessels Oct 35, At New York—Safled—Mesab don; Rotterdam, for Rotierdar logne; Phoenicla, for Hambur for Liverpool; Trave, for Minneapolls, for Lond Glasgow; Alexandria Pretorla, for Hermus minfean ports; N Arrived—St, FPaul Tthampton; U'm bria, from Liverpoo of Rome’ from Glasgow At Southampton—-Arrived-Frederich der Grosse, from New York, for Bremen At Yokohama--Arrived—China, f Franclsco via Honolulu, for Honi trom New York via 8l Maru, from Seattle; ol for Hong Kong | At Hong cd—Previously, | Hong Kong Mary \ Francisco via | Honolulu and SINGLE €OPY FIVE CE | rive I TO 12, i G B o LIPTON WOULD TRADE Sbamreck’'s Owner Willing te Race Again with the Orews Exchanged. NEW YORKERS DO NOT FAVOR SUCH PLAN Think Hard Feeling Might Result if Gelden « Yaoht Shonld Wi IRISH BOAT WILL WINTER OVER HERE Dr. Mackay of Erin Says He Feels Sure of Its Staying Awbile. ALSO PREDICTS ANOTHER TRIAL IN SPRING Declares Beaten That Inmbin Can I Wil Glve the Visitor Chance to Try Again. NEW YORK, Oct. . —Shamrock 11, In tow of the tug James Lawrence, left its mooring buoy fo Sandy Hook bay at 11:15 this morn- 1ug, hound for the Erfe baein, where it ar at noon. The tug then went back for the tender Porto Rico and towed it to the same place. The yacht's mainsail was un bent and it will probably be dismantied at once Aftor Sir Thomas Lipton, accompanled by Mr. Jameson and Mr. Watson, had patd a farowell visit to Colonel Burbank and his family at the military post on Sandy Hook Erin'y anchor was hove up and that yacht steamed direct to New York. It was saluted by all the outgoing steamships on its wa up the harbor and anchored off the foot of West Thirty-fourth street at 3 p. m. Willing to Exch nge When asked if it was true that he was willing to put the caplain and crew of shamrock on board Columbla and allow that yacht's erew to bandle Shamrock in a serfes of races Sir Thomas said “Yes, 1 should be willlng to do it if it is fu the Interest of sport aud provided, of course, the other side is willing."" There will, however, be no such race Monday uext, as both the yachts are being stripped and could not be put In trim agaln for weeks, Secretary Oddie of the New York Yacht club sald that such a race might create bad ing, especially It Shamrock would win. Commodore Kane sald the idea was preposterous. Speaking of his future plans Sir Thomas sald he was undecided as vet about his coming engagements, but that he would go direct to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel about Monday and that Tuesday evening he would attend a dinner at the New York Yacht club. He will probably visit Chi- cago about & week hence. The date is pot yet fixed. Mackay Predicts Spring Race. Dr. F. Reid Mackay of Erin said thera was every reason to belleve that Shamrock will be laid up in New York thls winter and that in the spring or next summer It will be raced against Columbia, Constitu- tion or any other ninety-footer. ‘“For,"* sald he, “we belleve that it Is actually a rows, faster boat than Columbia and can beat it if it is raced again under different condi- tions.” . The following letter, which itmelf, was sent today NEW YORK YACHT CLUR, Oct. 5 1901 —Dear 8ir: We have to inform vou that Columbia has won three out of five races explains from Shamrock 11 in the match of 1901, with the Roval Ulster Yacht club, Amer- joa's cup, therefore, remains with the New York Yacht elub. 8. NICHOLSON KANE, ¥ RY D LAWTON, GRISWOLD, Regatta Committee To_ Commodore 1. . Ledvard, New York Yacht Club, Chairman of Committee on Challengg. Lipton Thanks His Crew. Sir Thomas Lipton went on board Sham- rock today and, ordering Captain Sycamora to muster the crew, he addressed them, tbanking them for their loyal work through- out the races He complimented them on thelr good be- or. The mainsail was unbent and they prepared for a trip to anchorage off Thirty-fifth street, North river. Columbla was taken to Clty fsland today. Its trip up East river was a continous ova- tlon from the scores of vessels from the ocean liners down fo the smallest tug At the New York Yacht club Secretary Oddle said today that all the business of the various committees had been com- pleted and thero was no necessity for them to meet again. Bevond the decislon to secure Thomas Lipion at the Yacht club ou Tuesday, no arrangements for his enter- tainment nad been made. Asked if thore was any truth in the rumor that the boats® crews would be cxchanged and a new seried of races sailod under these condi- tlons, Mr. Oddle sald that he did not kuow of any such srrangement and did not think there was one. SAYS SHAMROCK BEATS HOPE Venerable Yachtaman Grant British Yacht Exccls Expectations. Cintms 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) COWES, Oct. h.--(New York Warld Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The Weorld correspondent had an interesting Interview with Mr. Graut, ihe well known venerable yathtsman at Cowes today. Mr. SGrant said: I have watched with tho keenest interest and sceuting everything leading up to the yacht races and consider that they have heen carricd out in & maner bighly ereditatle to all parties. Jameson is the smartest racing man around the British isles and Sycamore not a whit hy- hind. 1 am pot surprised at some litle fricilon over Bhamrock's non-success, al- tervate hopes and fears causing inten<a anxiety. But this will doubtless be easily smoothed away. Shamrock excelled tha highest expectutlons.” SHOT DEAD IN HIS PARLOR Detective Mo ry of Santa Te ted at Win- ficld, Knnsna, (Copyright tro Road Assansin WINFIELD, Kan, Montgomery of the the oldest men in the secret service of the road, was aseassinated tonight by an un- known man who drove up to his bouse in a Detective pta Fe road, one of buggy and shot him with a rifle as Mont- ry was In his parlor. The assassin ed and left no clue. No definite cause is known for the shooting, but it is supposed have been result of Montgomery's coergy in hunting down men who were al to the Al QUeCHBLOWD Celtie, from Liv- for New fved--Ktruria from New Yor for Liverpool At Antwery fled ~Kensington, for w York Y. Liv Satled - Lucan for New york Contrian \ Bostong Cevie, from New rk At Cherbourg cd-Bt. Louls, from Bouthampton, Lor New York, 1 to be stealing from the railrond coms pany,

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