Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1901, Page 5

| | AHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY SCHLEY'S SIDE OF ARCUMENT Captain Parker Opens His Spesch in ! Admiral's Favor. FINISHES FOR HANNA DEPARTMENT Parker Reaches the Coaling Queation When Court Adjourns=Defends Schley's Conduct at All Stages. ’ WASHINGTON Nov ~The time of the Schley court of inquiry was entirely devoted today to hearing arguments in the case of Admiral Sehley. Mr. Hanna fin- ished his argument on behalf of the de- partment, which had been begun yester- day, and Captain James Parker began, but 41d not conclude his presentation of the case for Admiral Schley. Mr. Hanna today considered the retro- de movement, the bombardment of Colon and the charge made against Admiral Bchley of disobedience of orders i Captain Parker had only reached the coal- ing question when the court adjourned. He | defended the conduct of his client at all stages of the campaign as far as he went It 18 expected that Captain Parker will conclude his speech tomorrow and that Mr Rayner will begin Hanna Resumes. Mr. Hanna began where he left off yester- day and after referring to the retrogade movement, the discussion of which he had | entered upon yesterday, he took up the | question of coal supply of the fiying squad- | ron and from that entered upon a dis cussion of the blockade off Santiago and the reconnoissance of May when the | ship Colon was bembarded as it lay in the harbor off Santiago. Mr. Hanoa speke In calm and dispassionate terms and generally contented himself with outlining his con- ception of the purport of the testimony. The undefstanding at the beginning of | | | today's proceedings was that Captain Parker would follow Mr. Hanna in Admiral | Schley's behalf, and while he gave no definite intimation as to how Jong he might epeak, it was generally supposed that he would conclude today, allowing Mr. Rayner to proceed tomorrow. Admiral Schley entered at an early hour and his friends were grat- Med that the severe cold with which he suftered yesterday had greatly improved. Mr. Hanna briefly reverted to the discus- #lon of the flying squadron from Clenfuegos | to Santjago for the purpose of showing that | nelther Vixen nor Merrimac had been the | cause of delay on the voyage i Charges Dinohedie of Orders, Mr. Hanno continued his discussion of | the retrogade movement, saying that but | one explanation had been given for it in Admiral Schiey's testimony, namely, the | inadequacy of the conl supply. ““There is," | he said, “no suggestion of any other reason in this dispatch. In his testimony before this court Admiral Schley gave four reasons for leaving his station off Santiago, no one of these four reasons appears i his telegraphic report made at the time. Mr. Hanna then took up specification five of the pracept, relating to the circumstances attending the reasons for the disobedlence | by Commodore Schley of the orders of the department contained in Its dispatch dated May 25, 1898, and the proprigty of hls con- duct in the premises, In this eenacction attention was directed to the fact that the court was, by letter of August 1, 1901, in- structed that it i bsolutely tree to re- port, it such shall be found to be the case, that Commodoge Schley did mot willfully disobey qrdees.sbut that he whs Justified in disobeying them.' Mr. Hanna contended that while Commo- dore Schley was acting under the orders contained in dispatch No. 8, when the retrogade movement began, May 26, that order was superseded by the dispatches de- livered on Brooklyn May 27 by Captain Cot- ton, in command of Harvard, and in one of which it was said that “all the department’s {nformation indicated the Spanish divisipn is still at Santiago de Cuba,'’ and to which order was added: “The department looks 10 you to ascertain fact and that the enemy, it therein, dves mot leave without a de- cisive actlon. Mr. Hanna took issue with Admiral Schley that this was a suggestion and not a manda- tory order. “So far from being suggestive, doubtful or uncertain are the terms of this order that they approach the verge of re- proof,” said Mr. Hanna ““Their incisive distinctness is motable, 8o much so that I think tew subordinate officers, having turned their backs on a task to which they had been assigned, would care to be arrested in such act by a telegraphic order from a superior couched in such terms.” Mr. Hanna quoted Admiral Schley's dis- patch of May 27, in which he expressed ro- gret, over not bel able to obey ord saying that as it was written after the Cot- ton dispatch had been received, it was an expl! confession that the Cotton tele- gram was an order. Commenting upou this dispatch, he declared that it was “the most remarkable one to be found in'the annals of the American navy.” Anserts Conling Was Easy. He contended that the repairs to Merri- the court room mac could e been. made, they were, without woigg to Key West and that Tex: was not in severe straits for fuel. As for Vixen, it was not a fighting ship and could have been sent for coai. Brooklyn, he #ald, was abundantly supplied. He also sald that on that day, May 27, the condi- tion of the sea was mot such as to prevent coalthg. He asserted that the weather was Tough only on May 25 and that there- fore Commodore Schley's assertion that the ‘weather had been bolsterous and the sea rough ever since leaving Key West was unjustified by the facts. “'Referring,” he said, “'to the {ndisputable evidence of the squadron logs, it appears that Brooklys could have remained on blockade about thirty-two days, Massachu- setts, about twenty-four days: lowa, elghteen da: Texas, forty-six days, and Marblehead, six days, retaining still coal enough to reach Gonaives, Hayt, a point here, by Admiral Schley's tstimony, he could have coaled the smaller vessels in the ports and the larger ones off the coas The speaker also controverted the state- ment made in his dispatch to the depart- ment to the effect that “it is not possible cruise to leeward of Cape Cruz In sum- mer, owlng to southwest winds,” quoting several witnesses to show that the wind was fot from the southwest. Causes Grave Amnxle Quoting from the expression from the eame dispatch, “It is to be regretted that the department’s orders cannot be obeyed," Mr. Hanna remarked: “Most undoubtedly that was & critical time and the action of Commodore Schley In abandoning bis sta- tion before thus, he himself states, fail- Ing to obey the department’s orders created grave apxieties in our nattonal counsels.” Bpecification seven was next considered. This requires an inquiry as towhether every roper effort was made to capture Co- jan as that vessel lay in the barbor of San- tiago. Referring to it, Mr. Haona said: “Certain cautionary orders, some of them confidential in thelr character, issued by the department to Admiral Sampson and printed in the record of proceedings and also 1o the appendix of the bureau of navi- gation bave been cited forbldding the exposure of vessels to the fire of batteries and justifying Comamedore Schley's conduct of the so-called reconnolssance of May 31. Assuming that the substance of these or- ders was ocommunicated to Commodore Gchley by Admiral Sampson at Key West conduct that Admiral S cuser here,” he sald on the 15th of May, 1898, it is clear that there was no application to the conditions existing at Santiago on the 21st of May Withdrawal of the Sh Mr. Hanna referred to the elghth specifi- cation of the precept, concerning the with- drawal of the ships of the fiying squadron trom the vicinity of the harbor of Santiago at night. Of this he said: It does not ap- pear from the testimony adduced before this court that the vessels of the flving squadron were withdrawn from the entrance to Santiago harbor to a distance at sea, and therefore the extent and character of such withdrawal need not he discussed.” Taking up the blockade of Santiago, Mr. Hanna said he did not feel competent to dis- cuss it, and therefore would content him- self with outlining its character Mr. Hanna said that beyond Brooklyn's turn the battle of Santiago was not involved In the inquiry. He said thut Captain Cook and Navigator Hodgson evidently had ob- served Commodore Schley's movements on the day of the battle from different stand- points. He quoted Captain Evans of lowa and Lieatenant Nicholson of Oregon to sus- tain the contention that Texas came to a stop. Thus, he urgued, a battleship was not only imperilled, but delayed by the danger of collision at this critical time. The loop of Brooklyn wus, he concluded the only mistake of that day that had called | for any investigation. Mr. Hanna had not | concluded his arguments when at 1 o'clock the court took its usual recess for luncheon. Brookly Loow. After recess Mr. Hanna continued bis remarks concerning Brooklyn's loop, con- tending that it was not made to avold Brooklyn's being rammed, as there was no such effort at that time. He quoted Com- mander Wainwright's testimony to the ef- fect that Brooklyn's turn left a gap for t escape of the enemy. Mr. Hanna discussed the reported colloquy between Commodore Schley and Lieutenant Hodgson, forms the tenth count in the preeept, in which Schley was reported to have sald during the turn, “D——n the Texas." This remagk, Mr. Hanna said, showed a lack of interest in another ship of the fleet. He expressed the opinion that there was much | to sustain Hodgson's recollection of this incident. He also discuxsed the ques tion of the correspondence between Admiral Schley and Lieutenant Commander Hodgson. The correspondence bad been initiated by the admiral, said Mr. Hanna, and Hodgson had maintained the correctness of his orig- inal position With his remarks upon this correspon- dence, Mr. Hanna concluded his speech at p. m., having spoken about four and Mr {a half hours. Begine Speech for Schiley, Captain Parker, junior counsel for Admir- al Schley, then began his address in sup port of Admiral Schley “I doubt,” said Captain Barker, it the naval history of the world presents, or ever has presented, a case of the importance and character of that in which we have heen so long engaged. [ doubt if a tribunal more exalted in the character of the persons who compose it' has ever sat in judgment upon a brother officer. I doubt it any man of the lifelong character and standing and chley has always dis- played was ever called upon to ask an In- vestigation of his conduet as a victorious commander of a fleet.” Continuing, Captain Barker compared this case with the charges made after the battle of Lake Erie, in which case there might have been some foundation, but in this there was no foundation whatever. He satd that the court had in its wisfom prevented camparisons with other officers engaged in the Santlago campaign. ‘“There is no ac- “Nobody is on trial, and yet the case has been conducted as though Commodore Schley were on trial. We get 1t,”" he went on, “in the order of an argument now being made here, 50 that we are compelled to consider the Inquiry as a trial.” Interviews with Sampnon. Taking up the events of the campaign in their sequence, Captain Barker spoke of the interviews between Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley at Key West, saying that he would not give the admiral’s testimony on this point. He pointed out, however, that Schley was not then informed that the Spanish fleet had letr Curacoa, notwith- standing Sampson had been in possession of this information for three or four days. He quoted Sampson's orders to Schley to pro- ceed to Clenfuegos and there establish a blockade, and quoted Schley’'s testimony to the effect that Sampson told him he had at that time no advices as to the whereabouts of the Spaniards. Speaking of the cruise to Clenfuegos, Captain Parker said it was_inconsistent to criticize Admiral Schley for stopping to take Oaptain Chester on board, while at the same time criticising him for not calling Captain McCalla aboard. “We can't,” he sald, “blow hot and cold iIn the same breath. The truth is, there was no real de- lay in the voyage.” Reverting to the claim that Commodore Schley had not made proper efforts to locate the enemy at Cienfuegos, Captan Parker said that the task of landing a boat on the coast was an exceedingly dangerous one. ““There 18 no evidence,” he said, “to show that Captain McCalla made any effort to send his men on shore, except during his cable-cutting expedition, when the results were disastrous. He assumed and right- fully assumed that the people there were enemies and he acted accordingly.” Clenfuegos Blockade. Ab for the Clenfuegos blockade, he held that it was sufclent that no vessel had gome in or come out without permission. Moreover, the admiral had taken- all the steps possible to take to ascertaln whether the enemy was there. The question of the signal lights on shore at Cienfuegos was also reverted. to and the speaker said it was certain that Commodore Schiey. had not known anything ' of thelr’ significance until Captain McCalla arrived. “All the earthly reason Captain Chadwick had for not communicativg the eignals to Schley,” Captain Parker sald, “was beyond his comprehension. So far as seen Captain Chadwick was the only person to whom Captain McCalla had communicated bis code. Hence, it Chadwick had prepared the McCalla memorandum 1t could very well be inferred, as he had information that no one else had, that he would have re- garded the memorandum in a different light from what others would who knew less."* “I contend that up to this time, so far a8 the blockede is concerned, so far as his conduct there s concerned, there is absolutely nothing shown by ‘the testimony in this case from which the slightest sus- picion of fault can be placed upon Commo- dore Schley. “Dear Schley Letter.” The speaker then read the “‘Dear Schle: letter of May 20, in which Admiral Samp- son sald he had decided not to change his plans to hold Clenfuegos as he felt that even If Cervera had taken sefuge at San- tlago he must inevitably still go to Cien- fuegos, and commented upon it at some length, He contended that both this dispatch and No. 8 had been sent at a later date than had been suggested by the naval officials. Sumpson had, he said, instructed Schley to return to Ciemfuegos, notwithstanding the department’s advice to proceed to Santiago, and in No. § discretion had plainly been given to Schley. “Suppose,” he sald, “he had gone off and it had been found that the Spanfards were there, he would have been condemned and Justly, and In case of court-martial learned friends -here . woul bave thundered against bim. I say that no which | iticlem 1s deserved for the commodore’s conduct at Clenfuegos.’ Taking up the question of the progress of the flying squadron from Clenfuegos to San- tiago, Captain Barker sald that if the court will take the trouble to look at the logs of the various ships the members will see that there Is nothing in that charge. *1 prefer to take what the officers wrote at the time rather than what they may say now.” Captaim Parker claimed that in the pas- sage from Clenfuegos to Santiago the speed of the slowest vessel of the squadron must be that of the speed of the squadron. It would not have been the common-sense idea of the situation, he said, to have abandoned | the collter and to make all speed for San- tiazo Commends Schi s Conduct. Captain Parker also commended Commo- dore Schley’s conduct of the crulse to San- tiago. He had, said the speaker, acted ac- cording to the dictates of his best judg- ment, a judgment which, the captain said, was better than of less experienced office an experience which had been gained command “under circumstances of in every nature, in the Arctle, around both capes, on “He wa least every sea and under every sun. Captain Parker continued, “at as likely to be correct as thosp young officers Who for the first time in their lives were iven command of a small boat." . Takink the fleet from the southward {rom Santfago, May 26, Captain Parker deiailed the meeting with the scout boats and said that the condemnation of the commodore for rot communicating with Captains Jewell and Wise was puerile. “All that Wise had to do,” the captain said, “was to signal that he had important information and he would have heen asked to come on board. It i the business of any subordinate officer to make known to a stperior any information he may have.” In the absence of information by the captains of Yale and Minneapolis, Cap- | tain Parker held Admiral Schley had a right to suppose that Captain Sigsbee had given all the information to be had from the scouts. Speaking of the information | conveyed by Captain Sigsbee, Captain | Parker sald that officers was ‘‘curlously | blind, not purposely blind, but curiously 0. He not only had not bheen able to find out anything about Colon, but when | it was there and in plain sight on May A clear, bright day, when Sigsbeo was off the harbor sketching, he had failed to #ee it. This is to me one of the myster! of the campaign.” Wise in Turning Back. Admiral Schley objects to the date of the 5th, but Captain Parker maintained that he was correct and proved it by Colon's log. Continuing, he sald that with the in- formation given Commodore Schley had acted wisely in turning back to Key West. ““Whether he acted wisely and his judg- ment was sound, is for you, gentlemen of the court, to say, not with the informa- tion that has come since, but with the light that the commodore had at the time.” Going back to the cruise to Clenfuegos, Captain Parker referred to the sending way of Eagle. He sald that Commodore Schley had not sent that vessel away from oice, but because of his great need for auxiliary cruisers. Captain Parker referred te the dispatch from the department received by the Har- vard at Mole St. Nicholas, May 26, “Proceed at once and Inform Schley and also senior officer present off Santiago de Cuba,” he read from the dispatch. “That dispatch does not contemplate at all that Commodore Schley is at Santiago,” he con- tinued. “It I to Inform Commodore Schley and also the commanding officer off San- tiago. So that at that time the depart- ment evidently did not contemplate Com- modore Schley had arrived at Santiago and yet we have heard it sald he was due there on the 24th.” Captain Parker read: “The department's information indicates that the Spanish di- vision Is still at Santiago." “Is there anything positive about that? If the department had chosen to say that the Spanish squadron ‘Is at Santlago’ that would have been another thing. There were still some doubts apparent in the ‘mind of the department on that subject.”” | Referring at this point to the testimony of Captain Sigsbee, Captain Parker said it was Dot mecessary to impeach anybody's veracity, ut slippery memory, after all these years, is a very unsafe thing to go by, he continued, “and the memory of four or five persons as to what Sigsbee sald {s better fhan that of Sigsbee. I think the court can be sure that Captain Sigsbee did say to Commodore Schley, when he came aboard the Brooklyn, that “The Dons are not there.' " Decisive Action. Again quoting from the dispatch Captain Parker read: “The department looks to you to ascertain facts.” “Didn’t the com- modore ascertain facts?” he asked. ‘And that the enemy therein does not leave with- out decisive action,” he continued, reading. , was there not decisive action?” he ““The poor old Spanish admiral was there with his flage flying gaily at his mast- heads on that Sunday morning and before 1 o'clock of that day he saw his ships on the beach burning, blowing, and all destroyed. He came on board the American ship with- out shoes for his feet or hat for his head and a pair of drawers and .an undershirt. Decisive actlon? Was there anything that was more declsive than that? Theére is doubt,” he went on, “from one end to the other. There is nothing positive about it Then followed injunctions‘about coal, but they ‘cut mo ice’ whatever. No doubt the commodore could have gone somewhere for coal, but T do not believe it was ever con- templated that he should have goue off 125 miles for it. So there is mothing positive or mandatory in that Harvard dispateh?" Then he took up Commodore Schley's dis- patch, forwarded by Harvard, and defended the position taken by the commodore in that message. He then referred to the sen- tence in which the commodore Informed the department that he had been unable to obey. Suggestions Not Orders. “If & subordinate informe us that he s unable to obey orders we do not charge him with disobedience. We may censure him for bad judgment,” he continued, *‘but for nothing more serious. Failure under such circumstances is not always dis- obedience. We can all look back and see how we could have done differently. Now, 1 say that Commodore Schley never had any orders. It was merely a suggestion as to what he should do. He was to find out if that squadron was there and to see that it did not leave without a declsive action, Even if true that the commodore committed gross errors of judgment, which 1 do not admit, but even if true, he had no motive but to do his whole duty, as from the be- ginning he had always dose it, no more, no less." Concluding his remarks for the day Cap- tain Parker said: *“That brings us to a dis- cussion of the so-called reconnaissance, which T think can be summed up in a very few words. We have had the information of all the gentlemen who were clothed with no responsibility in the case, that they could, and they would, ete. Well, perbaps, they would; undoubtedly they could have gone in, the whole of them, and risked the ships and been called fools for their pains They might have come out successfully; they might have done something to Colon which was not done; they might have sunk it. 1 do not think that point the least prob- able. There is one little incident about this matter. ‘We are permitted to go up to June 1 and we see by the log of Colon that {t was there until 1:30 o'clock. At 11 o'clock Admiral Sampson came there and Colon was pointed out to him, and there it lay without a gun being fired at it. 1 am not taulting anybody for this.”" Court adjourned without tala time to falsh, &IVi0B the cap- y i [AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Balloting is Even Lighter Thau the 8lim Registrati LIBRARY BONDS SEEM TO BE DEFEATED One of the Hardest Fights I for As- the Fourth Ward, Where oF (Rep.) Wins by Tra en Votes Yestorday's quiet. although election there was exceedingly was considerable With a registra tion of 1 the total vote in the twelve districts of the city was only 3,120, Can- didates for sheriff and county commissioner were especially busy and both parties any number of carrlages hauling voters to and from the booths. Aside from the fight on the library bonds there was a great deal of interest taken in the election of assess ors in the varlous wards hustling by both parti Clerk Shrig was kept busy all day ing out papers for voters who had neg lected to register. About 250 votes we; sworn in. This is & much larger number than was sworn In last November The total vote shows that a great many who registered failed to vote While Chief Mitchell had six special po- licemen on duty mot a single arrest was made during the day. The saloons were closed, in compllauce with orders from the mayor, and no intoxicated men were seen on the streets. Quite a number of women worked in the Interest of the library bomds, but at mid- night it looked as if the proposition had been defeated One of the hardest fights of the campalgn was for assessor of the Fourth ward, The race was between P. J. Trainor, rep., and John Parks, dem. Both candidates worked | hard and considerable mone on the result. Wher count was com- pleted 1t was found t§at Trainor was ten votes to the good and fonsequently elected Annunl Reception Friday, Secretary Marsh of the Young Men's Christian association said last evening that the annual fall reception would be held on Friday evening. The public generally invited. These receptions have become quite popular and the managers of the as- sociation hope that all the friends of the as- sociation will make It convenient to call. No Council Meeting. was wagered Only two members of the city councll showed up last night, and these were Martin and Miller, who urged an adjournment in the face of the opposition. Dworak, who voted for a meeting last night, was in Omaha, while the other members were en- gaged elsewhere. The chances are that un- less the mayor issues a call for a special meeting there will be aothing doing in mu- nicipal circles until the next regular meet- ingon November 18, e Paying City Treasurer Koutsky said yesterday that people are paying taxes more rapidly this year than twelve months ago. For the month of October of this year $4,000 more had been paid in on the 1901 tax than for the same month on the 1900 tax. A great | many people are paylng personal taxes who hkave previously neglected this feature of the tax levy. The corporations seldom pay their city taxes until the latter part of the year and so the heavy returns will not be made until December. Magle City Go Myron Sherman has gone to. Hot Springs, Ark., for a month’s stay. Mrs. Denna Allbery visit with friends in Towa. The council falled to meed last night on account of the lack of a quorum. There will be a dance at Maccabee's hall, Thirty-elghth and Q streets, on Friday night. George L. Dare left vesterday afternoon for Lawton, OKL, to look after property in- terests. Chief Mitchell of the police force s back from a hunting trip. He spent a week in Cherry county and brought home a fine batch of ducks. The Ladles' Ald society of the First Pres- hyterlan church will meet with Mrs. Jones, Twenty-second and L streets, on Wednes- day afternoo HAVANA CLEAN AT ALL COST General W, % that Municipnl Council Close Contracts for las. feturned from a Sewerage and HAVANA, Nov. b.—Governor General Wood sent a communication to the munei- pal council of Havana to the effect that one of the bids recently submitted for the sew- ering and paving contract must be accepted. This afternoon a committee, consisting of the mayor of Havana and, several council- men, had a long conference with General Wood and discussed the matter of raising the necessary funds. The munictpal coun- cil will take the question under consider- atlon and report November 20, General Wood sailed for Santiago tonight. DEATH RECORD. P. H. Minor, Stockman. 8T. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. P, H. Minor, one of the best known stockmen of northern Missouri,who has been a heavy cattls teeder of recent years, died at the home of a rela- tive here tonight. He was 46 years of age and married. He was ill of pneumonia two weeks. « ing Oklahoma Lands. GUTHRIE, Okl ov. 5.—The Cherokee Natlon, in India: erritory, in all prob- ability 'will be opened to white settlement within the next eighteen mont NOVEMBER 6 1901 WYOMING WOOL PILED HIGH per, Second Only 0 Butte Among Western Towns, Gets Nine Million Poands, CASPER, Wyo., Nov. 5.—(Specfal.)—Cas per has come to be known as one of the leading wool shipping points in the vast wool producing section of the mountain and plains country. Indeed, there fs but other town in the west that exports more wool during the course of a year than Cas- ver, and that place is Billings, Mont The output of wool from Casper has been increasing from year to year, and during | the season just closing the percentage of | increase in shipments of wool was marked. | Conservative estimates of the amount of wool clipped at Casper, in this vicinity and hanled in from the extensive ranges to the north, south and west and which was either shipped to eastern commission men or stored in local warehouses, place the figures at over 9,000,000 pounds. This is over one- third of the total clip in the state, which s«tatement alone goes to show the magol tude of the business at this place. The wool that is brought to Casper from the surrounding towns and shearing pens is one hauled in in three-wagon trains, the capacity of which is over 20,000 pounds. The | wool is packed in long sacks and these are | piled s high as possible on the wagons and bound down with chains and rope. The big loads are hauled in by elght two-horse teams, or sixteen horses to a load. REFUSED, HE SHOOTS WOMAN Now John Fenton Scheduled to Break Wyoming's Long Lapse in Hanging: CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. b.—(8pecial Tel egram.)~-John Fenton was convicted of murder In the first degres at Basin City, Wyo,, September 7. Kenton met Mrs. A. L. Hoover, a wealthy woman, in the streets of Thermopolis and proposed marriage. had known her at Basin City. She refused him, whereupon he shot her to death. A mob formed and KFenton narrowly escaped a lynching and was removed to the county Jail at Basin with great dificulty. Fenton will be sentenced to be hanged and the exccution will take place at Basia City probably some time ip December. This will be the first legal hanging in Wyoming since Charley Miller was executed here in 1802, Fenton was also known as A. Win ters, and under that name traveled for a Billings (Mont.) firm. TEN TRAINS TO BE BUILT Overland Limited Will Be with New Equipment He Ided from Chicago to the Coi CHICAGO, ov. b.—Orders glven by the Northwestern for a complete new equipment for the Overland Limited. This move necessitates the purchase of ten entire new trains from the engine to the baggage car, at an ex- | prrdl’,ur» of approximately $1,200,000. It is sald to be the largest order ever given for the equipment of a single train The Limited leaves Chicago daily and it requires ten trains to keep it running on schedule. It 1s expected that all of the new equipment will be ready by January 1. FIRE RECORD. Beaver Creek Co CHEYENNE Wyo., clal Telegram.) — The coal mines near Sheridan are on fire and are a total loss. John Werdeman, the owner, says the fire was set by Incendiaries and that he can place his hands on the man that did the job. OIil was poured into the coal cars and they were sent down the slope into the mine. Beaver creck mines were not extensively developed, but one of the finest veins of coal ever discovered in the state had been opened up there. bave been management (Spe- creek Beaver Two at Ranchester. SHERIDAN, Wyo.,, Nov. b.—(Special:)— Word recelved here states that two dis- astrous fires occurred at Ranchester, I day. The first was the large warehouse of McShane & Co.,, which was totally de- stroyed, the loss being $7,000. The second was the store building of George which was destroyed, contents. Loss $6,000. Hall, together with the Courthouse and Eight Stores. LIVINGSTON, Ala., Nov. 5.—Fire, which broke out In the store of W. 8. Gulley this morning, consumed the county courthouse and elght stores. The total loss will reach $100,000, with but $5,000 insurance. 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Overland ¥ cursions—and you arrive in San Praucgyo three Los Ange- les three and a half, days late Cars Tun right through to Los Angeles via the Seenie Line—by way of Denver and Salt Lake City, passing throngh all the wonderful scene of the Rocky Mountains by daylight. TICKET OFFICE, CIELONY 1502 Farnam st. Tet. 250, ~ Route | BURLINGTON STATION, = J 10th and Mason Sts. Tel. P, 8.—A ticket costs only 128, $40; & berth, §. Began Publication Nov. 3, in ~ The Sunday Bee. ————— “No Other Way” —_BY— Sir Walter Besant The Last Work of This Gifted Writer. ¢ 'v\‘ 0 Powerful and Dramatic Story. Unique in Plot. - T is founded on a most peculiar condition of the English penal stem and debtor's prison. The heroine, a beautiful young widow, is in imminent danger of being thrown into a debtor's cell when & erafty creditor shows her how, by marrying a con- demned criminal, she can escape her debts, and as he will soon be executed, she will also escape the ignominy of this surrepti- tious marriage. With this curious introduction into a plot unique in fietion, 8ir Walter Besant enlists the sympathy of the reader and arouses the keenest curiogity in the final outcome of the strange al liance, Contrary to expectations, the criminal does not die, and the efforts of the heroine to escape her husband, together with the crcumstances of a change of fortune which has come to her gives a swing to the tale and a rapidity of action and develop- ment which endws only with the last chapter of the story, —————0 Began Publication November 3, and runs 16 weeks. Illlustrated.