Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 26, 1901, Page 1

[ s \ L 14 . "HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAH SATURDAY MOR ING, ()CT(;;ER 26, 1901-TWELVE P AGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS, TELLS OF THE FIGHT| Admiral £ch'ey Reaches the Vital Peint i His Testimory. VES A STRA'GHT, SIMPLE NARRATIVE Describes [ rosklyn's Loop and Otber Main Features. CONTRADICTS BOTH HODGSON AND POTTS Donies Damaing Texas and Retiring to Ehelter. CROWD EVEN LARGER THAN THURSDAY'S | interested Aud'tors Pack the I Room to Hesr rae Applicant's Own Story of Santinko Engagement ~Next Sesslon Monday. WAEBHINGTON, Oct 25.~~When the Echley court of inquiry adjourned today Acniral Echley had not completed his tes- timony in chief. He took the stand about 11:30 o'clock, afte: ‘ormer witnesses had been recalled for the purpose of making corrections in or additions to their testi- mony, and continued his statement until the court adfourned, at 340 p. m. This Adjournment twenty minutes in advance of the usmial time was due to the fact that the admiral's throat had become somewhat #ensitive as a result of his continuous talk- ing. He bad made complaint to the court of the cordition of his throat immediately after concluding his story of the battle off Bantiago and Admiral Dewey, who evi- dontly had noticed the difficulty, had re- sponded by showing a willingness to ad- Journ the court. Mr. Rayner, however, expressed a desire to proceed, saying that %o had a number of questions which he ‘wished to k, and Admiral Schley as- sented to his counsel’s suggestion. A quar- ter of an hour later Admiral Dewey himeelf renewed the suggestion for an adjournment and, all concerned agreeing to this proposi- tion, the court adjourned until Monday at 11 o'clock. ‘Thursday's Andlence Outnumbered. The day was a notable one in the court. By large odds the largest crowd that has yet attended any of the sessions was pres- ent and interest was manifested through- out the praceedings. Long before the be- ginning of the morning session all the seats reserved for visitors in the court- Yoom were occupled and the greater portion ©of tho spuce in the rear of these seats was covered by men and women standing. They not only stood on the floor, but upon win- @ow sills and tables and even the rude ele- vator machinery in that portion of the hall was covered by men. On only one occ slon was there any effort at applause and this was suppressed before it had reached any magnitude. The chief event of (he day was the ad- miral's relation of the ‘events of July 3, when the America W6t sent Cervera's squadron to the bottom of the sea or to the beach. He told his story of this his- torlcal occurrence in plain words and in unaffected style, but the narrative was straightforward and {0 the point, indicating close famillarity with all the phases of that event. 5 Brookiyn's Conduct. He said that Brookiyn had for a time sustained the fire of all four of the Spanish ships and also the fire of the Spanish land batteries. Explaining the historical turn of his own flagship, Brooklyn, he said that 1t had not approached to within 600 yards | of Texas and that he had never consid- | ered that vessel in the least danger. He al6o said, in response to an Interrogation trom Mr. Rayner, that he had never dur- ing the battle engaged in any colloquy with Lieutenant Hodgson and that he had not used the expression attributed to him by Hodgaon. This refers to the alleged colloquy in which the admiral is alleged to have aaid: “Damn Texas.” Admiral Bchley also gave the detalls of the recon- npolssance of May 31, when Christobal Colon was bombarded. In this connection he de- nied the statements attributed to him by Commander Potts of Massachusetts con- cerning the danger of remaining on the turrets under fire. Rayner Doean't Require Sampson, Preceding the adjournment of the court today the question of calllng Admiral Sampson to the stand was revived by Judge Advocate Lemly, who reminded Mr. Rayner that he (Mr. Rayner) had suggested some time g0 that he desired the admiral called. Mr. Lemly sald he was prepared to issue the summons it called upon to do €0, but Mr. Rayner responded that the in- cident which had seemed to demand the admiral attendance had dwindled into comparative insignificance and he added that it was weil understood that the condl- tion of Admiral Sampson's health was such that he could not be expected to appear upon the witness stand. As Admiral Schley left the courtroom to- @ay he was given an ovation. A large num- ber of persons had halted outside the court- room door and many {insisted on shaking bands with him. The assemblage escorted him up the hills from the gunne: work- #hop in which the court sits to the outer gotes of the navy yard, Deacribes the Engagement. Admiral Schley began his description of the battle of July 3 about 2:15 o'clock. He said the day broke fair with a pleasant land breeze. ‘‘After I had eaten my breakfast,” sald the admiral, “I came up to see what could be observed with glasses. We were lying at that time possibly th miles or & little over from the land and I remember to have wondered why the enemy permitted Us to remain so close without firing at us. At a quarter to 8 o'clock an orderly re- ported to me that a signal had been made by the flagship to disregard its movements and that it had gone eastward. 1 did not, of course, know where it had gone.' Deseribing the coming out of the harbor of the Spanish fleet, the witness said: I was sitting on deck on A hatchway, when T heard a call from the forward bridge to tell the commodore that the fleet is coming out. That was sonie time after the men had been called to quarters about 0:3% o'clock. The ship was lying at that time With fts head in toward the land In the di- rection of Cabanas, a little cove to the westward, and one of the marking points We used in maintaining our pesition. Looks for Ememy, Then for Friends, “I looked over this starboard side and saw the enemy coming out of the entrance of the harbor. I looked eastward to see the order of the ships; 1 saw Texas, ap- parently A point or more abaft the star- board beam. Texas appeared to me to be A(cauu‘nue’d on Fourth P;ie:) CHAMBERLAIN GRIPS IRISH Coloninl Sceretn romises to Dise able Them in Wouse of Commons. 3, Oct Mr. Chamberlain, colonfal secretary, addressing upward of 8000 persons in Waverly Market, BEdin- burg. tonight announced that the govern- ment intended to form new rules for the House of Commons, so as * limit Irish ob- 2iruction. “We proposs,” he saic ’»r,,/ rules which shall give to % “y ot the House of Commons greate. * f, °r its own business and greater co. £ the men who fnsult and outrage it a <hall endeavor to protect the mother parliaments from those who would destroy her usefulness and reputation.” But thie was not the only thing Chamberlain declared the government tended to do. “The present representation of s, he sald. “an abuse and scandal No alteration could be made except in im- medlate anticipation of an immediate dis- solution and we are not contemplating that. But when we get nearer to the time we shall ask you whether you think Irish representation is so precious to you, is 50 valuable to the national interests that it is desirable to continue it on a seale which gives the Irish a representation enormously exceeding the proportionate representation of Scotland and England.” Ireland Too Well Represented, = forward Mr in- Ireland The colonial secretary went on to point out that on the basis of population Ireland had thirty members too many in the House of Commons and on the basis of its contri- butions for imperial purposes as considercd at tha time of the union, it had from forty to fifty members too many. “I ray that this constitutes an abuse, he continued, “and there is no reason why 1t should be perpetuated.” In another portion of the speech, which was largely devoted to the Irish question, ke observed: “If these gentlemen who now openly shout for the Mahdi and pray for the Boers, if they had a parliament of their own, 1f all the strings of Irish government had beon In thelr hands, if they had had the power, is it not certaln that they would have refused to pay their contribution to the war, and that would have placed us in a position of embarrassment.” Tha relations of the parliamentary op- position with the Irish party, Mr. Chamber- lain said, he considered “dangerous to the empire.’ In reviewing the war in South Africa, which he declared again had been forced upon Great Britain by the Boers, he said the government acknowledged that It had made a mistake as to the time of ending the war and that he admired the tenacity of the Roers, but he insisted it the duty of Great Britain to meet this tenacity with equal resolution. Still Greater Severity. Then followed what is considered a most important declaration: “I think the time bas come or is coming," sald the colonial secretary, ‘when measures of greater severity may be necessary and if that time comes we can find precedents for anything we do In the actions of those nations who now critictse our ‘barbarity’ and ‘eruelty,’ but whose examples in Poland, {a the Cau casus, in Algeria, in Tonquin, in Bosnia and In the Franco-German war we have never approached.” The leaders of the liberal organization deny that any meeting of the liberal lead- ers has been called, as cabled to the United States by a news agency, to consider the advisability of issulng a manifesto to the country, calling on the government to re- sign or call a speclal session of Parlia- ment to discuss the Boer war, the dismissal of General Buller and other matters. A ropresentative of the Associated Press learns that General Buller, first of all, after delivering the speech which resulted in his rotirement, received a personal letter | from King Edward Aisapproving of his utterances and clearly intimating that his majesty would be glad it General Buller would resign. Then the war secretary, Mr. Broderick, summoned General Buller and point blank demanded his restgnation. It was o stormy interview, ending In General Buller's flat refusal to resign. It is said that the general, even then, did not belleve that the War office would venture to re- tire him. After the interview Mr. Broderick went straight to King Edward in Scotland and the result of his visit was the action which has now so stirred up the country. BULGARIA ON ITS DIGNITY Says it ia Just as Anzious to Chas- tise Brigands is Any- one Else. SOFIA, Oct. 25,1t {s semi-ofcially in- timated that no indication has been found of Miss Stone's kidnapers having been in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian government is determined to annihilate the band should it cross the frontier and will deal with the utmost severity with any Bulgarians whose complicity in the Kidnaping shall be proved. Great resentment is felt here at the ex- ploftation to the discredit of Bulgaria of a crime committed in another state. LONDON, Oct. 26.—According to advices | to the Morning Leader from Sofla, dated | ymporting or bringing back thousands of October 22, any negotiations that were pending between the Bulgarian authorities and the abductors of Miss Stone have been | broken off. REACH BRIGANDS AT LAST Communication Established Melnik with the Abductors ot » Stone, CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. -Communi- cation has been established from Melnik, province of Salonica, with the brigands who abducted Miss Helen M. Stone, the American missionary, and her companion, Mme. Tsilka. Meesrs, Peete and Eddy had a long conference today on the various phases of the Stome affair, based on dis- patches recelved from Melnik. ON VERGE OF REALIZATION Expected Event Impels Duchess of Manchester for Da to Ask Prajers ter-in-Law. (Copyright, 1601, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Oct. 25.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Consuelo, the duchess of Manchester, sent tonight & spe- cial @ to the reverend mother of the Couvent of West End London asking for the special prayers of the community for her daughter-in-law. This appears to indicate that the expected event Is on the verge of realization. The World's Kim- bolton correspondent telegraphed tonight at 8 o'clock, Just before the telegraph of- fice closed, that a local doctor was sum- moned to Kimbolton at 6 o'clock, BRYAN ON THE DEFENSIVE Pleads with Pepulists and Democrats te Staad by Milver, HIS TEARFUL HARANGUE AT BROKEN BOW Defection of the Voters from His Cause n Source of Deep Hu- ation to the less de “Peer- AEN BOW, Ngb, Oct. (Special) = #a has come and gone and his first epeech of the campalgn here has outlined the scope of the appeals he is making to bring Nebraska back Into the fusion fold It is to be noted that in choosing Custer county as a field of labor he has not fol- lowed his former practice of going into “the enemy's country,” because Custer ccunty 1s known as one of the strongest populist counties in the state, but he is devoting himself to bringing back into line the populists who last year showed that they could mo longer be conjured by the Bryan fallacies. This year the democrats and populists of Custer county have failed to fuse and on this failure Bhyan harped as a special ceuse for his displeasure. “I am not a candidate for any office.” said he. “I have nothing to ask of vou, but I am as much interested In the ques- tions that are before the country as | was in 1806, when you gave me 1,000 majority In this county. When I look over the elec- tion returns of last fall I find that I lost more in this county than 1 did in any other county in this state. 1 felt some humili- ation, T confess, when the state of Ne- braska, that bhad taken so orominent a part in the discussion of economlc reforms. failed to cast its vote with us at the last election and when I was invited to come to Broken Bow I did not hesitate to ac- cept, because I am anxious to talk to the people who were once right, but who back- slid, Wants Perpetunl Fusion. “I regret that your populist comvention adopted resolutions declaring against fusion. I think it was a mistake—a great mistake. I think it was an injustice to the democrats, who are anxious to advance reforms. But I think it was just as Rreat a mistake for the democrats to get mad in turn and allow these controversies to irrie tate them until they are in danger of for- getting the important reforms for which we are all working."" The threatened danger of continued popu- Iist backsliding seems to have alarmed Mr. Bryan to no Inconslderable extent. In another part of his speech he said: ““The politics of the county is linked to the politics of the state, and the politics of the state is linked to the politics of the nation. The action of this state will have irfluence on the national campalign and its bearing upon the settlement of national questions. Nebraska has been a pioneer in the discussion of these questions. The democratic platform of 1804 was two vears in advance of the democratic platform of 1896. We were ploneers and the popullsts of Nebraska have been ploneers In these reforms. And, my friends, T do not want the people in other parts of the country to look to Nebraska and say that out there in that state, where the people have been advocating these reforms, they have abandoned them. I am much more Inter- ested in the success of our state ticket than I am in the success of uny county ticket. Yet I know emough of human na- ture to know that the antagonism over the county ticket will manifest itself in the loss of votes on the state ticket, It ought not to, but it will do it. But, my friends, whenever you find anvone who feels ft necessary to the success of the county that he should be elected to am office. I wish you would suggest to him a piece of phi- losophy that I believe to be sound, and that Is that a man's loyalty is shown more by what he is willing to sacrifice than bv what he is willing to enfoy, and the test of patriotism is to see who will sacrifice more than he will galn. I believe it is a good rule to adopt In the election of officers that the man who would rather be nomi- nated than have his party successful is the best man to leave out and that the best man to put In a position to represent his party 1s the man who thinks more of his prins ples than of his personal success." Berates Populist Backslidera Again, bemoaning the backsliding of Cus- ter county, Mr. Bryan declared: “Now, I want to ask you who were with us in 1806 If you can find any good reason for going back to the republican party, for in this county I had a majority in 1896 of 1,000, while last year I had a bare majority of less than 100. If it were personal 1 would feel as though it were an affliction upon me, but I ran as well as Mr. Poynter, who was the populist candidate. Not only that, but take your local offices, and they show the same loss that we show who were running for the larger offices. How do you explain this fall In the vote of the fusion followers in this county? It must be ex- plained by the fact that some people who were with us lu 1506 did not vote with us In 1900." While the other fusion orators and mana- gers have been explaining the loss of Ne- braska by charging the republicans with votes, Mr. Bryan evidently does not sub- scriba to the same idea. He seems to have finally realized that what beat him for the presidency last year was the refusal of the people to accept the arguments advanced In his behalf in the face of the all-pervading prosperity which gave the lie to his predictions and prophecies of four years before. To offset this he is now trylng to make the people belleve that they had no right to consider their material interests in choosing between republican policies that have been tried and tested and democratic policies purely visionary and theoretical, Says Prowperity Beat Him, “Why this change in the voters between 1896 and 10007 How was it caused? Was the change in one of the parties or was it in these individuals?" asked Mr. Bryan. “It was not in the party, for the democratic | party stood for the same things in 1900 as | it stood for in 1866. It must have been In the men themselves. Now, my friends, what caused that change? “1 will tell you some of the causes. 1 think that the largest cause that tributed to our defeat last year was the prosperity argument. And yet, dom't vou koow, 1 hate to admit it—I hate to sav that any farmer in this county would stand up and say: ‘I believe in eilver, 1 believe in government paper; 1 belleve in the equality of individuals. but the price of hogs s up.’ What do you think of a man who thinks more of the price of cattle than of the principles of his party-—of the man who would put the price of hogs before the price of labor? Yet, my friends, when vou admit that a man who believes in the princivles of re- con- (Continued on Third Pa ROCK ISLAND WRECK CASES tlonality of Nehraska Involved in Hearing Hefor Supreme Court, (From a Staff Corfespondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 2%.—(3pecial Tele- gram.)—-Two cases of Importance to Ne- braskans were argued today in supremos court and submitted. These cases were the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad company against Bertha Zernecke, admiu- Ietratrix of the estate of Ernest R. Z necke, and against Webster Eaton, adminjs- trator of John R. Mathews, deceased. They grow out of a wreck on the Rock Island road near Lincoln in the summer of 1 which resulted in the killing of eleven people. George Washington Davis, who fs now serving a life sentence in the penitentiary, tore up the track of the com- pany, thereby causing the disaster. The question before the eupreme court Is whether the statute of Nebragka giving cr creating a right of action for the death of a person is constitutional. The case was presented on behalf of the railroad by W. F. Evans of Chicago and on behalf of the persons by W. ¥. Mfinger of Lincoln. Both attorneys were accorded ths closest attention, the importance of the question being manifest, as it involves the fourteenth amendment of the federal con- stitution and, as the plaintiff in error as- serts, deprives the company of its prop- erty without due process of law, should the decision of the lower court be sustained. Department Notes, Rural tree delivery servife has been ordered established December 2 at Row- ley, Buchanan county, Ta. 'The route em- braces an area of forty-three miles, con- taining & population of 1,015 Frank Blake and Walter R. Norton were appointed car- riers. The postofice at Quasqueton will be supplied by rural carrief, Willlam N. Hunt has been appointed postmaster at Peoria, Mahasea county, la. The First National bank of Lincoln, Neb., has been approved as a resgrve agent for the Custer Natlonal bank of Broken Bow, Neb., and the Bankers' Natlonal bank of Chicago for the First Natiopal of Alexan- dria, 8. D. The postmaster at Sioux Falls, 8, D., will be allowed one additional earrier Decem- ber 1. The postoMce at Crounse. Lamcaster county, Neb., has been ordered discontinued and mail sent to Raymond. George W. Harker of Washington, D. C., was today reinstated as carpenter at the Indian school, Chamberlain, S. D. ROOT HAS PHILIPPINES PLAN Secretary of War Has About Decided How to Handle the Shiftin Troops. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—Having' reached a decision to check, at least temporarily, the natural reduction which Is golfig on in the United States army in the Philippines as a consequence of the expiration of terms of enlistment, Secretary Root has before him details of a plan for replacing these men from the forces. United States. While a final di the particular organizations ¢ has not been reached, it is tion to withdraw from the' the Fourth, Thirteenth, Sevemteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second and Twenty-third infantry, the organiza- tions to 1eturn to the United States in the order in which they went to the islands. Before leaving the Philippines there will be many changes In these organizations, however, for it is the intention to exchange into them from the other regiments in the Philippines the men whose terms of en- listment are about to expire. To take the place of returning troops the department will send out the Eleventh, Twelfth and Fifteenth cavalry and the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth infantry. The cavalry organizations will be brought up to the maximum strength by recruit- ment before they go out, while the infantry regiments will be swelled to the excep- tional figure of 1,500 men each. In addi- tion at least 1,000 men will be recruited and sent out in battallon organizations for attachment to depleted regiments in the Philippines. The quartermaster's department is mak- ing every preparation to discharge this heavy transportation problem and it is belleved that the movement can begin In & month after the order's Issue. Orders for the movement of troops were announced at the War department today as follows: The Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty- second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty- ffth, Sixty-eighth, Seventieth and Seventy- first companies of coast artillery from the Philippines to San Francisco, where they will be assigned to stations in the Depart- ment of California. Troop D, Twelfth cavalry, at Fort Bliss, has been ordered to march to Fort Hauschacha, Ariz., for sta- tion. MESSAGE TO BE ALL HIS OWN President Roosevelt Will Not Incor- Philippines porate Reports of Sec- retarie WASHINGTON, Oct. 2i.—All members were present at the meeting of the cabinet today. The president discussed various features of his forthcoming message 10 congress and also aprointments that ate to be made within a short time. The consultations between the president and his cabinet oMcers were especially full, owing to the decision which Mr. Roosevelt has reached to write all of his own message to congress and to do it on original lines. Heretofore the secretary of state has written that portion covering foreign relations and the other cabinet officers cach have contributed a chapter on his respective department. The president has determined to do away with this de- tailed statement of the affairs of each de- partment He will devote his message to only such topics as he chooses to lay par- ticularly before the attention of congress leaving the reports of the cabinet officers to acquaint congress with the details of administration. Secretary Hay referred to the case of Miss Stone and, in answer to questions, told of messages received today from Cou- sul Dickinson at Sofia and Charge Spencer Eddy at Constantinople, which throw no light on the present hiding place of the woman . YATES URGES CONTRIBUTIONS ols Governor Issues Proclama- tion In Behalf of the McKinley Memorial Fand. JHICAGO, Oct. 25.—In ald of the McKin- ley memorial fund Governor Yates today issued & proclamation to the people of the state urging them to contribute, both as & mark of esteem to the late president and a rebuke to anarchy. VOTERS IGNORE REGISTRARS Polling Lists Are Btill Shy on the Names by Thousands. REPUBLICANS CONTINUE MAKING Declaration of Party AMilation the Few Who Come in Show the Fustonists Hopelessly in the Rear, GAINS by Total gistration in thirty elty precinets for two days: Republican Democr Popualist No anawer . Tota | registere | Seventh . | Firth | Sixth Returns from thirty precincts in the city show that the registration of voters vesterday was even lighter than it was on Thursday of last week, when the number registered did not amount to 50 per cent of the number that registered on the first day last year Both the republican and fusion campaign managers excused the light registration cf last week on the plea of having made no special effort to get the voters out, but they promised to make a much better show- ing on the second registration day. This they have falled to do, for the figures show that only 2,108 voters registered in v precincts yesterday, while 2,475 registered in the same precincts on October 17, In these thirty precincts only 4,574 voters have enrolled their names on‘the first two registration daye of this year, while 7.285 registered in the same precincts on the first two registration days of last year. This indicates a falling off of about 30 per cent in the total registration. What the Figures Show. Last year, with a total registration of 285 in the thirty precincts, the repub- licans had 4,427, or 60.8 per cent. This year, with a total of 4,574, the republicans have 3,003, or 65.6 per cent, showing a gain of 4.8 per cent for the republicans in the thirty precincts. Last year the democrats registered 1,807, or 26 per cent of the 7,285 voters enrolled in the thirty precine This year they have 1,021, or only 2 per cent of the 4,574 , showing a loss of 3.5 per cent in the thirty precincts. In the thirty precincta reported on in the following tables the vote registered for the two days last year was 41.8 per cent of the city's total for the two days. If the me ratlo holds good for this year the total of the two days' reglstration will be approximately. 10,493, & falling off of 6,459 from the figures of 1900, In 1900 of the total reglstration on the first two days 9,942 or 57 per cent of the voters gave in their party afMlation as republicans, while only 4,584, or 26.4 per cent, owned up to being democrats. At the same ratio this year, based on the estl- mate of 10,493 for a total of the two da. there are registered 6,238 republicans and 2,770 democra! Returns by Precincts. FIRST WARD. Re| No Ans. Tot 1767 Precinct. First Second Fifth Second day . First day Two days, 1901, . Two days, 1900. 9 SECOND Precinct. Fourth Bixth .. Rep, Dem. Pop. Second day . First day Two days, 1901 Two days, 1000.. 'HIRD WARD. Precinct. . Pop. Second day .. First day .. Two days, 1901, Two days, 1900 .......56¢ FOURTH WARD. Precinct. Rep. Dem. Fop. Second g 3 Third .. Fourth . Second day First day L 1801 Two days, ol i IFTH WARD. Rep. Dem. 15 Precinet, Pop. Second day First day Two days, 1901, 180 Two days, 1900. 252 SIXTH WARD. Precinet. Fifth . Sixth . Ninth "Tenth . Eleventh . Second day First day Two daye, i Two days, 23 NTH WARD, Precine Rep. Dem Second IO T Third . g Fifth Bixth Becond day First day .. Two days, 1901....... Two days, 1800, . .668 221 EIGHTH WARD. Dem. Pop. ) » o 09 Pop. Precinet. First ¥ifth Second day . First day . Two days, 1901...... 166 Two days, 1990, 489 194 NINTH WARD. Re) T 1" Precinct . Dem. Pop Third 1 1 o 2 208 Second day ... First day Two days, 1901 30 0 Two days, 1000 534 120 Convicted of B OKLAHOMA CITY, OKL, Oct. %.—A ver- diet of murder in the first degree against | Thomas Curtls was brought in by a jury here tonight. Curtls was convieted of cutting off the head of Willlam J. Lick, whose head was found in a pillowslip in the bottom of the Canadian river in this Lcity three years ago. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Farecast for Nebraska, duy: Sunday Fair; Wind Temperature at Omaha Yesterdns i ) Dew. 54 an B2 ne 0 62 a5 a0 Falr, Cooler Sature h 'Northwesterly SRS I LB~ LRI LE OMAHA GIRL THEIR LEADER Miss Martha Layer Sncoessfully Urges Students to Defend College's Reputation, APPLETON, Wis., Oct. 25.-~(Special Tel egram.)—To be tarred and feathered and ducked 1o the river is the penalty pre- scribed at a mass meeting tonight of 300 Lawrence university students for any newspaver correspondent who in the fu- ture weads out any reports unfavorable to the college. A vigilance committes was appointed to enforce the measure. Great excitement prevailed when Miss Martha Layer of Omaha, at the head of 100 angry young women students, marched Into the meeting and cloquently urged the men to take revenge upon the correspond- ents in the manner proposed At 10 o'clock tonight the entire student body was in an uproar. The trouble re sulted from reports printed during the week, which the students claim have made them the laughing stock of the coun- try. These reports were of “students who ate mothballs,”” together with the organ- fzation of the “Phi Tappa Keg' fraternity, the object of which, it was printed in the reports. was to extort money from unsus- pecting new students. The truth of the reports is not, however, denfed TEXANS PLAY THE TEXAS WAY MeKinney Y. M. C. A, Team and Sher- man Eleven Lay Each Other Out with ¢ M'KINNEY, Tex., Oct. 25.—Fourteen men painfully bruised and five seriously beaten is the result of a foot ball game in McKin- ney this afternoon. The McKinney Young Men's Christian assoclation and the Sher- man (Tex.) team were on the gridiron and in the first rush the Sherman team handled the McKinney boys roughly. Two of the men got into a dispute that developed into a general fight. Bystanders from hoth cit- fes joined in the affray with clubs and sev- eral men were frightfully beaten. Police and deputies rushed in and after some time succeeded In quelling the rlot. Roy Runnels and Mansfield of Sherman and Weeden Franklin and Guy Rambo of McKinney were uncoascious on the ground. Fourteen others were badly beaten and bruised. The sheriff arrested both teams and has them now under guard awaiting trial tomorrow. Rambo, Franklin, Runnels and Mansfield were takea to the hospital, where they will remain tonight. Runnels is still unconscious. BRIBERY IN SALISBURY CASE This Charge Causes Fresh Sensation in Trial of Grand Rapids Attorney. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich,, Oct. 25.—A great sensation was caused in the trial of City Attorney Lant Salisbury, charged with bribery in connection with the water sup- ply scandals here, In the superior court today when Prosecutor Ward announced in court that an attempt had Heen made to bribe one of the people’s chief witnesses, Promoter E. H. Garman. William Leonard, a former city employe, was arrested, charged with offering $1, to Garman to influence his testimony, which Garman says he accepted under the prosecutor’s instructlons. Leonard Is in Jail. IOWA SAFES ARE CRACKED Rock Island and Lumber Company at Underwood Are Rohhe Enrly in Morning UNDERWOOD, la., Oct. 26.—(Special Tel- egram.)—The safes in .he Rock Island sta- tion and the office of ti> Rees-Gabriel Lum- ber company were blown open at 1 o'clock this morning. What amount of hooty was secured is not known at this hour. The double explosion awoke the whole town and thinly-clad citizens ran out of doors in time to see three men run away. The indications are that the burglaries are the work of exaerts. THROW OPEN DAKOTA LANDS Beltef that Acres to Indians Will Cede Their avernment for Use of New Settlers. | DEVILS LAKE, N. D, Oct. 2i.—Major McLaughlin, inspector for the Interfor de- partment, arrived today and will proceed at once to Fort Totten to negotlate with the Indlans for the cession of their un- allotted lands. It Is belleved the Indians will agree to cede thelr surplus at a rea- sonable price. There are 92,000 acres of surplus lands on this reservation and if ! congress ratifies the agreement the lands will doubtless be open next spring. MASON SAYS IT IS FORAKER Tells Ohio Banqueters tha Benson in the Next Rep. Prestdent, 0., Oct, %.—Senator Willlam F. Mason of Illinols was the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Giddings Republican club tonfght. Re- ferring to the contest of 1904, he said that Joseph RBenson Foraker was the logical WARREN president He predicted would be the chief {ssue Movement of Ocean Ve . Oct At New York -Arrived—Germanie, Liverpool; werlvania, from Campanta, from Liverpool At Havre—Arrived—LaBretagne, New York. AL Genon that the tariff 28, from Hambur Arrived-Hohenzollern New York, via Gibraltar and Naples At Cherbourg-—-Salled—Au te” Viet from Humburg and Southampton, for ) York Manila coma, via Hyos At Koehe— AP coma, for Buez. Antwerp—Arrived—Vaderland, rk. via Cherbour, Liverpool-—-Salled Arrived for | ed- Hyson, ndon ng Tea, from Ta- from Ta- from eorgle, for New jeenstown- Bailed - New . for Boston afled —Tunistan, I, for Montreal At' Southampton—8alled torta, from Hambure, for | Cobure. Englani, from Liver- ¥ Vig- vie Auguste New York, candidate for the republican nomination for | LEAP TOTHEIR DEATH Inmates of Eight-Btory Puilding in Phi're delphia Foreed to Jump. NINETEEN FATALITIES ARE REPORTED Many Otbers on Injured List May Not 8ar- vive the Ordeal. FLAMES LEAVE THEM NO ALTERNATIVE Upholstering Material Burns Tos Quiokly for Escape. LOSS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $500,000 Huont-Wilkinson Princip Neighboriug Are Also B, Company Are the inancial Sufterers, hat Establishments dy Damag PHILADELPHIA Oct 25.~Nineteen known dead and property loss amounting to upward of $500,000 fs the result of a fire today in the business section of this elty. The number of nfured fs not known definitely, but fully & score of victims were treated at various hospitals. Police and firemen tonight are searching in the ruins for bodies of those supposed to have been burned to death. The buildings destroyed were the eight-story structure 1219 and 1221 Market street, occupled by Hunt, Wilkin- son & Co., upholsterers and furniture deal- ers, and three-story building® occupled by small merchantmen. The hig furniture es- tablishment extended back a half block to Commerce street and was owned by Henry C. Lea. The list of known dead 18 as follows: DOROTHY KRAMER. MARTHA BAKER. MARGARET HEBD! SUSAN GORMLEY. HARRY HOUSE. H. A, SPARROW. CHARLES E. SPARROW FRED WITTINGTON. CHARLES LANDIS. WALTER STEARLY. J. E. ARMSTRONG. MRS. MARTHA BANKS, colored. MRS. MARY MITCHELIL, colored MARGARET GRADY. UNKNOWN WHITE WOMAN. ONE UNKNOWN COLORED WOMAN, supposed to be named Wilsoa. FOUR UNKNOWN WHITE MEN. Shortly before midnight another bedy, which was very badly burned, was taken from the ruins. This makes the number ot known dead nineteen. N. Origin a Myhtery, Never in its history had Philadelphia ex- perienced a fire which spread with such rapidity. At 10:20 o'clock (his morning the blaze broke forth in the bullding oc- cupled by Hunt, Wilkinson & Co. and one hour later the horrible sacrifice of life bad been made and the immenss loas of property had been accomplished. The origin of the death-dealing conflagration is unknown. It is said that an explosion of naphtha or gasoline in the basement was the cause, but this {s denfed by Mr. Wil- kinson, who says there never was a sufli- cient quantity of either explosive about the building to he responsible for today's ter. ribla disaster. Rumor has it also that an elevator con- structor st work in the basement per- mitted the flame of his lantern to communi- cate with some of the gaseous liquids stored in the basement and that this was the cause of the conflugration. Roast in Crowd's Sight. Such a disastrous fire, attended with se great a loss of life in such a brief time, was never before known in this eity., Men and women died & lingeriug, agonizing death in the presence of thousands of spec- tators, who were unable to lift a hand to their assistance. The rear of Hunt, Wil- kinson & Co.'s building faces on Com- merce street, a small thoroughfare. In the fire pes at this end of the building two men and one woman were slowly roasted to death, while the horror-stricken throng on the street below turned sick at the sight. In the front on Market street a woman, driven to desperation, leaped from a win- dow on the top floor and was dashed to death on the pavement. Firemen claim to have seen men and women, unable to reach the window burned to death in the interlor of the building. If this be so little or nothing re- mains of these victims and it {s doubtful it any portion of their bodies will be re- covered. Seventy-nine of the 100 persons in Huut, Wilkinson & Co.'s building when the fire started were employes and (he re- mainder were customers and outside work- men who were engaged in putting (he finishing touches on the new eighth floor. More than half of the firm's employes were on the upper floors and It was among thess that the greatest number were killed und inured. Victims All On Upper Floors. With the possible exception of the engi- neer, who 15 missing, all pers on the first three floors got out of the bullding safely. The members of the firm had their offices on the third floor and their famil- iarity with the exits is all that saved them from suffocation. Most of those killed were at work on the sixth floor, where women were engaged In sewing. They were at work in the rear of the building, close to the fire escapes, and became con fused by the great quantity of smoke that rushed up the stairway and the elevator shaft. It was reported that goods were stored agaiust the windaws, which pre- vented the women from getting out on the fire escapes, but this was denled by a mem- ber of the firm. On the seventh floor there were twenty upholsterers at work and, thanks to the great presence of mind of the foreman of the floor, who s an ofclal of tha volunteer fire department at Mount Holy, N. J., all escaped. As soon as he learned of the fire he mar- shaled his men and led them through the thick smoke down the stairs and safely into the street. There were eleven employes and a pumber of outside workmen on the eighth floor. A ladder reachea from this floor to the roof, which would have en- abled those on that floor to reach the root of an adjoining elght-story building, but in the excitement this means of escape was forgotten, Several made the terrible leap to the sidewalk and were crushed, while the others ran the gauntlet of smoke and fire down the rear fire escapes. Among those on the eighth floor who Jumped and were killed were H. A. Spar- row, an electrical contractor, and Charle Espanow, his nephew and assistant. A col ored scrub woman also jumped from this flgor and was crushed in the street, It was 10:20 this morning when Howard ¥. Street, a young man employed by Huut, Wilkluson & Co., observed fames shooting