Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 25, 1901, Page 1

/ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ISTABLISHE WIND SWEEPS C0AST POR TWENTY HOURS HURRICA. Yy, °°8 ', Damage to Property on Mankattan B mated at $3560,000. WESSELS TAKE REFUGE BY ANCHORING Owunaltion Are Not @reas, Theugh Seme Lives Are Lost INEW JERSEY SHORE RESORTS SUBMERGED @ele Comes from Northesst and Followed hy Rains Which Ratee the Tide Ahove Highest Water Mark. YORK, Nov. 24.--A heavy north NEW t gale bas been raging along the comst | the past twenty hours The storm set in at sunset last evening, Plowing with great severity all night, ac- mpaniad by heavy rain. In the upper and ower hay the storm blow with great fury, #n unusually high tide washed upon the Btaten Island shores, doing considerable damage to docks. small boats and other eraft. “The Staton Island Rapid Transit Iroad track between Tompkinsville and pleton was obstructed from wreckage from plledrivers and a small schooner Which was driven ashore and the wreckage | plled upon the rallroad track. A heavy eea | gaged in the upper bay. Two steamers Wwhich arrived during the night remained &L anchor off the quarantine station until woon, when the health officer's tug suc ceeded in boarding them. These steamers were the French liner Panama from Bor- deaux and the fruit steamer Donald from Jumaica. 'The only other arrival up to oon was the Mallory Line steamer, San arros, from Gialveston, Damage in New York City, The storm did considerable damage in the oity. Windows In the upper part of the @ity wers blown in and a few roofs taken off. The rapld transit Booded in many places The Western Union Telograph company Peports having suffered most in the Pocone mountaln district near Stroudsburg, Pa Bleet broke down poles and wires for pearly a mile. Some of the Long Island wires were broken. The Postal company ports heavy damage across the river be- een Suffern and Guttenberg. Both com- panies expect to have all repaire made by morning. The wind here blew thirty-slx to forty miles an hour thia after- foon. The gale sent shippivg scurrying to Sbelter and “alety. Many small boats and other craft were @umaged or driven ashore. tunnel was also Rages Around Lighthouse. During the early morning hours the ferryboats had some trouble, owing to the high wind, in crossing the rivers. In the Past river the tide rose to heighth not remembered by the oldest Inhabitant. Great damage was dene on all the islands lying in the river off the Harlem shore, pler belog carried away, bathing pavillons washed off their foundations, outhouses swept Into the nod and washed to pleces In the waters of Hell Gate. Ona of the strangest sights was that of the Iighthouse standing off the north end of Blackwell's Island. Ordinarily standing Bway out of the tidewater, the lighthouse this morning was in the midst of & raging flood. The waves covered with whitecaps Bushed about the structure, the platform bt the house being but a-ashort distance rom the water. Crew and Ship Resou The full-rigged ship Flotthek, which went mshore at Monmouth beach duriog last night's gale, is tonight resting on the sands apparently little the worse for her #xperience and its orew is being cared for by the lifesavers of Statlon No. 4. The tug Robert Haddon picked up the Flottbek yesterday about dark. The ship, nder command of Captain Singler, was nd for New York from Plymouth, Eng- and, with a cargo of white clay and min- prals. The tug had a crew of seven men Bnd the ship twenty-four men all told. All went well until late In the evening, when the wind attained a velocity of forty or forty-five knots, and the tug was unable to make headway and the two vessels be- gan to work Inshore. Thelr danger was Seen from the beach and the lifesavers prepared to aid them. Seeing the struggle was so hopeless and the only chance of #aving the tug was to let the ship go, the hawser was cut. The ship drifted rapidly on shore und struck well up and close In St a point favorable for work upon it. The tug lost its rudder about the time it w freed from the ehip and, driven by the gale feotly helpless, it drifted down the coast And brought up agalnst the iron pler at Yong Branch and began to pound against §t. The crashing was heard by a fisher- Wwan, who roused some citizens. " With a rope they went to the pier to aid $he soven men on the boat. Bach wave &8 It came In carried Haddon away from the pier and as the next came rolling shoreward the heavy tug would be carried on Its crest and crashed agalnst the piling under the pler or against the steel work he work of rescue was dangerous not only 2o the men being rescued, but to those aid- fog them. After many efforts a man on the tug caught the rope which was thrown from the pler. He hung on and as the tug was earried away from the pler the man cling, ng to the rope swung clear of it and was Burriedly hauled up on the pier before the Bext wave could dash him against the pil- Ang, thus all were saved Meanwhile the ship had been looked after Dy the lfesavers. After several ineffectual @ttempts, the regulation projectile was thrown over It and the rope caught. The whip and cable were hauled out by (b orew and made fast aloft. The lifesavers bad their shore anchor down anrd the breeches buoy was rigeed within a very #hort time. The ship bad struck broadside on, so the work of removing the men was Somparatively e The rescued sailors Were taken to Long Branch. About 3 o'clock In the morning the iron Bler broke in two. The tug had continued o pound agalust it and the plling and su- perstiucture were gradually weakened by the blows. The (UK, 100, was bettered to Pleces k is an Herole One. tuknown Man Drowns, When — — - 4Continued on Second Pa, the pler was carried away, one ~ from | D JUN 25 5, 1901-TEN PAGES, | FULTON EMERGES IN SAFETY the s Submerging of Vensel ia Sate Infactol Accome plished, NEW YORK, Nov. 24.--In the presence of u large crowd, despite the storm, which | Fulton, f the that boat rose ¢ from ¢ bottom bay this morning at 10:30 o'clock all well and greatly surprised “ere was a storm raging. The test lton's staying powers was highly not only to the officers of the built it but to those who went to \ bottom in the boat. They re- i port there was not the slightest aiscom- fort to them during thelr more than fifteen hours of submersion beneath the surface Captain Cable of the Holland company. who was in command, sald that the boat could have remained down for three months it there were food cnough on hoard. Al- though there were but six feet of water over.the top of the turrent, those on board felt nothing of the storm. Through the night there was a light the craft. but this was ascribed to the reg- uiar motion of the water disturbance which was rolling high on the shore Immediately on coming Fulton, under its own power side the dock and tied up. Rear Admiral Lowe and Lieutenant Ar- thur MacArthur refused to go into any discussion of the performance of the boat, except to say they would be satisfled to stay down longer The are. however, known to be enthuslastic over the work of Fulton thus far. Members of the crew say they experienced no difficulty in breath- ng and that the air was all that could be desired and much purer and better than in an ordinary closed room in which are several persons. Every plece of machiners worked to perfection during the night. The men ate'two meals while under water and enjoyed them. Most of them obtained three or four hours' sleep Rear Admiral Lowe sald later: “When we went down I assisted Captain Cable in making an inspection of the ship. Then 1 returned, while the crew played cards and read. Every few hours I was awakened and made inspections of the conditions. Early this morning Captain Ca- ble called my aftention to the gauge which indicated the depth. It showed that we were lower in tHe water than at bigh tide last night, when we sub- merged. There was nothing to show us why it whs, but a little while later I no- ticed that the water as we saw it threugh the dead lghts was very dirty and I imag- tned that a storm was blowing. “There was no rock or roll to the vessel to indicate what was going on." Continuing, Rear Aduwiral Lowe sald the air In the boat wae as clean and as pure as In a house or in the cabin of a vacht. The longest time that any submarine boat had been under water here before in the United States was three hours. Lieu- tenant Harry Collwell kept Holland submerged that long in the Potomac last year. Fulton had never been under onger than about when it made a two-mile run submerged a few waeks Ago. RAIN HELPS COAL CARRIERS Rise in Ponnayl ftntes Tran to ’ saty comp; the waves the surf ran alon, | ama Factl- PITTSBURG, Nov. 24.—Heavy and con tinuous rains for the past twenty-four hours bere and at every point along the { Allegheny and Monongahela rivers assure # good coalboat stage in the Ohio by to- morrow night or Tuesday morning. The stage of water at the dam tonight Is six feet and rising and experienced river men BRY & boating stage of at least two feet is certaln te rise. Coal men and manu- facturers are confident of being able to of the vast amount of freight accumulated during the past four or fixe months, thus relieving greatly the congestion on ratlroads Fully 30,000,000 bushels of coal are await- ing shipment and the movement of manu factured iron and steel will be greater than ever known before. Retween 20000 and 40,000 tons of steel rails will go out, des- tined for the Gould lines, the Missourl Pa- cific, the Texas Pacific and the Tron Moun- tain roads. In addition about 12,000 tons of cotton ties and a heavy shipment of mis- cellaneous merchandise are expected to be sent. sonth, To transport this unusual tonnage it is estimated that seventy steamers and from 900 to 1,000 boats and barges will be re- quired. SNOW IN THE ALLEGHENIES One of the Moat Vielent Storms Years Along the & Onlo. n Baltimore CUMBERLAND, Md., Nov. 24.—One of the heaviest snowstorms in yvears has been prevalling at Oakland and Terra Alta, W. Va., on the summit of the Allegheuy moun- tains, since yesterdny. The snow this moming at an early hour had reached a depth of twenty-two inches. The snow 18 accompanied by a high wind, which {s mak- fnk it drift badly in places along the line of the Baltimore & Ohlo raflroad. There bas been a continuous downpour of rain here since yesterday. East of here several washouts are reported on the Bal- timore & Obio and passenger trains today have been delayed several hours UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER Oregon Woma on Which Four Men Arve Cap- tured. tves O PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 24.—Four men were arrested today on a charge of mur- dering James M. Morrow, who was found dead ou the sidewalk near his home last Thursday morning. They are; Jack Wade, alias Kenuck McFadden, of Pittsburg, P Frank Dawson, Charles Smith and W, M. Martin. When taken to the police station Wade and Dawson accused each other of firing the shot that killed Morrow. Their arrest was accomplished through Information furnished by Mrs. W. W. Whit. lock, at whose lodging hut the men roomed. She stated to the police that Wade and Dawson had come to her house at 3 o'clock on Thursday merning, about three hours after the murder was com- mitted, LIVES THOUGHT TO BE LOST Alerta and Its Passengers Cannot Found and Death List May Ren Two Hundred, MANILA, Nov. 24.~The local steamer Alerta. with 200 passengers, Including some discharged American soldiers, from Olongapo, Subig Bay, to Manila, be- lieved ta have beem lost. gathered to witness the' emerging of the | rolling motion to! and not fo the | pressure | twenty-five minutes, | practically clear the harbor on this rise | the ! INTEND TO BOMBARD COLON Amorioan, British and Frenoh Naval Mea Infermed by Felicaie. :INT[NSE EXCITEMENT NOW PREVAILS | | Colon Has Become a Red City, Relng in Liberal Hands—Re, [0 COLON, Colombia, Nov blan gunboat General Pinzon arrived in this harbor at 9:30 this morning. The ex- citement in Colon at once became intense. Pinzon will not be permitted to land the troops It Is carrying at this point. If | | such an attempt is made the liberals a | sert they will fire on them. 1t is thought the landing of the government troops fram | the gunhoat should be effected up the Cha- | gres river, in the direction ‘of Gatun sta- | tion and at a point about five miles from Colon, or on the beach south of Colon, | where fighting would be permissible. Senor De La Rosa, secretary to General Diaz, arrived here vesterday. General Dias and Lugo are expected at Colon shortly The capture of Colon by the liberal forces is already known at Savanilla and doubt less at Bogota The situation here remains unchanged. Traffic across the isthmus is not impeded A8 & result of an exchange of nofes he- tween the United States gunboat Machias | and General Plnzon, Ignacio Folicalo, commanding Pinzon, which has 600 men on hoard, has offcially notified the Amer- fcan, British and French warships now in the harbor that he intends to bombard Colon at wnoon tomorrow, thus giving twenty-four hours’ notice The various consuls are notifying their respective fellow-citizens that refuge may be had on board the warships. To bom- bard the town of Colon it is absolutely necessary to fire across the railroad tracks | and the railroad employes will probably | refuse to work Lieutenant Commander McCrea of Ma- | chias is the senior naval offcer and he awaits instructions from Washington re- | Barding the threat to bombard. | ixeltement Rife at Colon. 24.—The Colom- There is much excltement in Colon The afternoon passenger train, which | #hould have arrived here at 6 p. m., had | not arrived at § p. m | Breastworks arc being erected in the ! | public thoroughtares of Pan-America. The | townsfoik in the vicinity of these are | hastily removing to safer places. All per- #ons known (o be liberals are arrested on sight. The government has declared its Intention to contest every inch of ground | if an entrance to the city Is effected. It in reported that some seventy men who | were wounded at Perequito were landed on Taboga island. facing Panama harbor, to avold creating alarm in Panama. Taboga 1& about eight miles from Panama The government is very anxious that marines should be landed from the baitle- ship Towa. but Captain Perry, it com- | mander, has pot complied with this re- quest. . | Government Claima Vietory. { | Royaca returned to Panama a second time yesterday afternoon with General Al- ban and few men. The government claims to have effected a landing at Chorrera, routing the enemy and recovering all the | prisoners previously reported taken, with the exception of two. Among the number | recovered, uccording to the government version, 1s the alcada of Taboga. The liberal version fs that the alcada was | afraid to fight and when captured offered Domingo Diaz, the liberal loader, $10.000 it he would release him; that the offer was accepted and that the alcada was al- lowed to go after giving his word of honor not to attempt to escape. The liberals also assert that General Alban effected a | 1anding at Chorrera after the liberals had | withdrawn to join the liberal forces march- Ing to the Empire station Tt {8 asserted that the steamer Darfen, which the liberals recently captured from the government, eseaped Boyaca under cover of night, but it is generally believed that t went to Tumaco some time ago. las Become a Red City. : The government claims that the Chorrera | troops are momentarily expected at Pan- ama and that on their arrival the prepara tions will be made to attack the liberal ad- vance guard and that these will not cease until Colon has been recaptured. Great hopes are entertained that tha news of the recapture of Colon will induce the authorities to send big reinforcemenis to land at Colon and annihilate the enemy. It {8 reported that the liberal gunboat Almirante Padilla, with General Herrera on board, left La Libertad, San Salvador, No- vember 21, bound for Panama. The United Stutes gunboat Concord, Commander Harry Knox, arrived at Panama yesterday. Colon has become a red city, being in Iiberal hands. A large red flag bearing the words “Patria y Liberta” is flying at the cuartel, No Word Reaches Washington. WABHINGTON, Nov. 24.—If any dis- natches from the naval or consular ofclals in Central America regarding the Intention to bombard Colon have been sent to the government here, the responsible officials have deemed It best not to discuss them for publication. Inquirtes tonight elicited re- plies to the effect that there had been no advices received today from the scene of trouble in Central America either by the State or Navy departments or the Co- lombian legation. It {s probable that early tomorrow Secretary Long and Secretary Hay will have a conference with the presi- dent on the situation as developed by the latest news and will dectde upon the course to be pursued by the administra- tion. SUICIDE OF JUDGE ROGERS Former Supreme Court Justice of Col- orado Found Dead by Own Hand. DENVER, Nov. 24.--News has just | reached this city of the sulclde of Judge M. A. Rogers, formerly of the eupreme court of Colorado and one of the ablest | lawyers in the state, at Steamboat Springs, | Colo., in the northwestern part of the state | | on Wedneeday last. | The maouer of suicide was unusual | Judge Rogers lay down on the ground with @ stick of dynamite under him and light- | ing a cigar fired the fuse from ft and calmiy emoked until the shock of the ex- ploslon ended his lite. The act was com mitted smong some willows near Bear | river, just inside the town limits. Steam boat Springs is a considerable distance from the railroad and oniy accessible by stake, which accounts for the delay in re- celving the news in Denver. Judge Rogers had been there all summer with his wife, No cause (s knowa. | night i sh RESIGNS orge Unable (0 Restrain Pres GRECIAN CABINE King G able mier and Mis Dep. utles ATHENS, Nov. 20.—As a result of the demonstrations against the proposed trans- lation of the gospel Into modern Greek the Grecian cabinet has resigned. This ac- tion was taken In spite of King George's efforts to induce the cabinet and M. Theo- tokis, the premier, to remain in office M. Theotokis considers the responsibility of a judicial inquiry Into the recent riots should be left to another cabinet in order that the suspicion. The party of M. Theotokis will supgort the new cabinet, There was & remewal of the rioting to- though not on a large demonstrations agalnst the retiring cabl- net The residences of the stoued. The crowds were finally dispersed by cavalry, Armed students continue to occupy the university buildings. After an audience with King George to- night M. Zaimis, former premier, com- pleted a cabinet, made up as follows Premier and minister of foreign affairs, M. Zaimis. Minister of the interior, M Takos. Minister of marine, M Minister of public rato. Minister of finance, M. Nogris Minister of war. Colonel Korpus Until an official of the riots has been concluded M. Zatmis will hold also the portfolio of justice. TO UNITE ALL ANGLO-SAXONS British Preas Adv ministers were Topalis. worship, M. Monf; tes nte h n Plan an Means of ationnl Protection. LONDON, Nov. Zi.—With the moderating tone of the German press the acute phase of the Chamberlain jncident is regarded as already passed. Whether the agitation will be renewed or die out will depend upon the attitude Count von Buelow, the imperial chaucollor, assumes in the Re stag. - 1t has been reported that Count von Bue- low will take a firm stand against Mr. Chamberlain's Edinburgh remarks, being nothing loth to use the agitation in Ger- many as a lever to assist the navy pro- gram of Emperor William. The discussion still continues in the press The Daily Chronicle says this morning “It should be plain to thoughtful Amer- icans that this agitation in Germany is an expression of animus, aimed not exclusively at one branch of the Anglo-Saxon race, It is probable that if South Africa were peace- ful the Philippines would be the subject of German pen and penell fantasies.” The Chronicle quotes largely from Syd- ney Brooks' article in the Atlantic Monthly as “proving the necessity for an alliance between the Anglo-Saxon peoples.” WAR STORY IS DENOUNCED Denjed that Eoglish Soldiers Sub- jected Women and Lilldren to Death. LONDON, Nov. With reference to the story that Britain placed Boer women and children in front during the fighting | at Graspan, June 6, when General Dewet's onvoy was captured—a story which has been spread broadcast as an example of British barbarity—the Dally Mail sent a dispatch of inquiry to Lord Kitchener, who replied “The statement {s absolutely untrue and devoid of all foundation. One child was Killed and one woman and child were wounded by Boers." As the story has been prominent in the recent anti-Chamberlain campaign in Ger- many the Daily Mail has telegraphed Lord Kitchener's reply to all the leading Ger- man papers W. T. Stead, lecturing in London yes terdny, said he thanked God that Germany and Europe were bold enough to call baby murder crime. “Compared with England's conduct,” he exclaimed, ““Herod's slaughter of the innocents was saintlike. Great Brit ain ought to be beaten in this war.” BATTLE PROVES SERIOUS ONE Casunities at Vi Numerou First fersdorp Are More Than Reports at Indiented. LONDON, Nov. This morning’s ,dis- patches from South Afriea show that the recent fighting near Villlersdorp, southwest of Standerton, as to which Lord Kitchener reported nothing beyond the fact that Com- mandant Buys had been captured after at tacking a patrol of 100 railroad ploneers, was really a serious afair. Tt seems that Grobelaar's command suc ceeded in surrounding and capturing a Brit- force of 100 British Cape railway ploneers. Subsequently Colonel Rimington came up with reinforcements and after heavy fighting compelled the Boers to re- lease their prisoners. The British losses treluded Major Fisher and four officers in- jured. The casualties among the men have not beem reported PRESIDENT LOUBET ATTENDS Jubllee in Honor of the Noted French PARIS, Nov. 24.—The jubll tific debut of M. Plerre Marcellin Berthelot the chemist, was celebrated today in tho grand amphitheater of the University of the Sarbonne, which was filled to overflowing with notables from the sclentific and po- litical worlds. M. Loubet was presqnt, surrounded by the members of the cabinet, members of the diplomatic corps and many representa- tives of foreign scientific bodles. M. Georges | Leyges, minister of public instruction, pro- nounced an eulogy of the labors of M Berthelot and described the ceremony as & national fete. President Loubet presented to M. Berthelot a commemorative medal- lion and embraced him amid great enthu- slasm | THREATEN LIFE OF MISS STONE Brigands Are Said to Have Demanded Full Ransom by Jan- uary 1 LONDON oV Mr. Dickinson has received no reply from the brigands to his ultimatum.” says a dispatch from Sofia to the Dally Telegraph. ““The brigands threaten to kill Miss Stone unless the full ransom 1s paid by Janu- ary L ~- truth may be established beyoud | with | Trianda-Fyl- | inquiry Into the cevses | German | EICHT CORPSES ARE FOUND f Miners Are Taken from Buraing Collierion. | BODIES MARKED WITH BURNS AND BRUISES | | — crishing Men for T | Romi Flght i* Livea=Fire s s Deaperately in the Mines Raging. BLUBFIELD, W. Va., Noy The dead | bodies of the lost party of eight well known | mining men who entered the west mine of the Pocahontas of the Collieries company’s on Friday morning last at 11 o'clock recovered at o'clock today At T m a cuing party numbering forty (persons entered the main entrauce blatticing the mine as they went in orde | to improve the circulation of air. They| had reached u distance of 2,300 from the entrance when they encountered sich quantities of white damp that it was im possible to proceed further. Retracing their &teps they decided to make another at-| tempt from the Tug river entrance, some six miles -across the flat-top mountain They went in this entrance about 10:30 ‘clock and after gofug a distance of som 800 feet found the ¢ bodies of A | Hurst, chief inspector, Bob Odham, sub | #titute fnspector, and F. Bell, mining engineer, all huddled together. From their positions they must have met death sud denly and without pain. All of them were Iving face down, with no signs of a struggle. | Hurst made a pillow of bis coat, ¢n which head rested. The bodies of the other five members of the party, Supgrin- tendent of Mines Walter O'Malley, Joseph Cardw . superintendent of the Shawokin Conl and Coke company; R. t. Clair, second assistant lpspector ate Mine In #pector Price and Maurice Clair, sub- Inspector, were found several hundred feet back in the mine, three of the bodies lying some llttle distance apart Bob St. Clair and Joseph Cardwell were Iving with arms clasped around each other. cold in death. Bodies Are Badly Bruaised, The hodies of O0'Malley, Maurice St. Clair and Price were lored and bruised aboit the face, showlug signs of a struggle, it being very plain to see they made a des perate attempt at retracing their steps 1o | better air, but already had advanced too far into the deadly white damp to escape alive. It is sald by members of the rm«'llrl ing party that Hurst, Bell and Odham would hardly have lost their lives but for the fact that they lost their way, entering a chamber 150 feet to the left, or near one of the passages from the Baby mine, in which the deadly white damp had accumu- lated in great quantity. The bodies were brought down from the mines in four wagons, bedded with siraw and covered from the snow, which has been coming down all day, reaching the Pocahontas wholesale grocery house, situated just in the rear of the Union station, about & p. m., where they will be prepared for burial. The hodies are very much swollen and hav- ing beon attacked by mine rats present a grueeome apectacle. The fite is atill burning in Baby mine and the mine offic'als seem at a loss to understand how it will be finally ex- | tinguish. The only way, it 1s belleved, is by flooding. This will be an enormous un- dertaking, as the mine is a drift mine. Mine experts claim there is great danger of explosions by flooding the mine, as when | water comes in contact with the fire the | generation of gas will be #o great as to possibly blow away the whole side of the mountain, were | | | | | { Men Killed by White Damp. The bodies were brought out at another entrance than that from which they entered. The men met death on the West Virginia side and Mine Inspector Paul of West Vir- ginia, who arrived on the scene today, gives It as his opinion that the men were avercome by white damp, the most deadly { known in the coal mines. An Investigation of the mine by Mr. Paul showed that sev- | eral pockets of black damp also existed in the mine. Secretary and Treasurer Charles Thorne of Philadelphia, who was | here when the men started into the mines last Friday, endeavored to dissuade them | from entering, telling them he regarded the venture a very perilous one. The hodies of the victims were hauled across Flat-Top mountaln in road wagons to this city and are now in a church, which has been turned into a morgue. Prominent coal men from Virginia and West Virginia are here at the request of the Pocahontas Coal company for a consul- tation, which was held last night. The men who formed the rescue party today boarded up every side room in the main- | line shaft for a distance of two miles so as | to aveld further danger from gas and the fans, which heretofore had revolved thirty two revolutions a minute, were speeded to 1100 revolutions to force pure air through | the mounta Notwithstanding this « | number of pockets of firedamp were en- | countered and some of fhe party today came near falling by the way. INVEST IN SAN JUAN BONDS Highest Ridder ix Hundred T and Dol- lars of Municipal Credi American Flrm is th tor ou SAN JUAN, Nov. f'0. of New York are the best bidders for | the latest fssue of San Juan municipal honds of the value of $600,00. They offer 105 The bonds were opened last night. The awards will probably go tomorrow to M. Ceballos & and fo the bids ranging from honds are for twenty years and at 8 per cent, with a guarantee by the insular treas- ury. This Is the firat instance where American | capital has been fnvested in Forto Rico | bonds. The eity oficials are much sur- prised that any bid should have heen made above par. Last month the city undertook to lot the same fssuo at $570,000, but the executive council intrposed on the ground that the fssue was not properly advertised and that in other respects the lav: had not been observed Agents of hond buyers here are much sur- prised at the Ceballos bid. They bond buying firms will never again come to Porto Rico. Tt ix understood that J. M Ceballos & Co. are acting for xome Insur- ance company which seeks investment M. Ceballos & Co Ne ka-Coldrado Ex ST. LOUIS, Nov, 24.—The Burlington to- day inaugurated a dally train service be- tween St. Louls, St. Joseph, Kansas City and Denver that will hereafter make the | 081 miles in twenty-four hours, a saving of | three hours, compared with Louls at 2:15 | express,”” composed of clialr curs, sleepers | the | schedule. Starting from St 2 eve “Nebrask and diners, will reach Deavor at 3:15 p, m. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for -rnnk.i: Fait Monday Tuesda North to East Winde. Temperature at Omaha Vest. and 12 m. . o 8w JUMP FOR THEIR LIVES ingincers in Col remen Which scape Injury Cruoses NEW YORK, Nov. 24.--The Buffalo and Chicago limited in on the Delawsre, Luckawanna & Western raflroad, leaving here at 1:40 p. m., and a train from Dover. N. ). to New York, were in collislon at Morris Plains, N. J.. tonight. The trains wera on o streteh of single track. The fire- men and engineers of both trains Jjumped The indured are Engincer John Stillman of the limited; soverely hurt Fireman Charles badly brulsed Conductor bruised giLeer sised James Tinton of Morristown, a passenger on the local, pinned down by the wreckage of seats; thought to be serfously Injured Both locomotives were badly damaged and tenders cerailed, but the coaches of the Loper, same train Charles Nicols, same train; Gosper 1 of the local limited stood the shock well, although the | crockery in the dining car was broken in bits. As far as can be determined now, it fs said, the local was three minutes late and meglocted to take a sidin CLEVELAND OUT OF DANGER Condition of Former President Satd o Re Mneh Tm- proved, PRINCRTON, N Nov, 24.~The ondl tion of ex-President Cleveland, who is suf- fering with a cold, fe very much fmproved Dr. Wikoff, his physician, gave out the fol- lowing st ent for publication tonight: Mr. Cleveland is getting along very nicely and to all uppearances ‘s entirely out of danger. He passed » restful night and has had a very comfortable day. Mrs. Cleveland made the following state ment (o the Associated Press correspondent tonight “Mr. Cleveland Is very much improved and we are cocouraged to believe that he will be fully recoyered within a few days He is still in bed, but Is resting very quietly. At times he fs somewbat distressed with a cough, caused by the breaking up of the cold.” Tho most Intimate friends of the family have expressed their confidence that Mr. Cleveland will be well again in a few days. MRS. DALE CRITICALLY ILL Woman Charged with Murder of Littile Duoghter is Unable 10 Appear in Court. NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—The body of little Emmeline Dale, whose death caused the ar- rest of her mother on a charge of murder, was today placed in the receiving vault of @ cemetery. It will remain there until County Physician Converso ifsues a permit for ite burlal. This will not take place be- fore the chemical and microscopic examina- tlon of the stomach has been completed by Dr. Schultz of Cornell college and Dr. E. E. Smith of New York Captain Hayes of Hoboken visited Mrs. Dale at the hospital in the-afternoon. Her condition is still critical, the captain said, and in all probability she will be unable to appear for a hearing before Recorder Stan ton tomorrow. He sald her condition seems to &row worse, LEADING CITIZENS Grana INDICTED ury at N Agninst Seventeen Prominent r LAncoln, Finds ona. MODENA, Utah, Nov. 24.—The grand jury of Lineoln, Nev,, which convened at Polo« che last Thursday, has returned indfet- ments against seventeen of the leading cltizens of Fay, Nev., who, It Is alleged, participated in the stringing up of George Elils, colored, in an effort to make him confess to numerous thefta that had taken place in that yicinlty during the last few weeks. All of the men Indicted are now in jail. with the exception of Superintend- ent Gayford of the Horseshoe Mining com- pany, Postmaster DeFrefs and H. I Cooper, who were released on bonds. The trial jury has already been summoned and the case will come up before District Judge Talbot tomorrow., MEANS OF DEATH A MYSTERY in Con- nection with a Supposed Crime, CLEVELAND, Nov. 24.-Fugene Chan- dler, a former well known young man of this city, dled at Huron Street hospital today from morphine poisoning, Whether it is & case of suicide or not the police are not able to determine. A colored woman, who gives the name of Rosa Hanes of Fos toria, 0., has been arrested in connection with the case. Chandler was until recently the agent for an eastern manufacturing concern at Minuneapoll RAYNER DECLINES HIS FEE Admiral Schiey's Preaent Attorney of Reg Remuneration. BALTIMORE, Nov. 24.—I( was learned today that Mr. Isldor Rayner, chief counsel for Rear Admiral W. 8. Schley in the recent hearlug before the court of inquiry, had re- fused to accept a fee for his services. A mutual friend of the admiral and Mr. Ray- ner stated that the adwiral bas re- cently seat a valuable gold wafch to Mr Rayner and a magnificent brooch of dia; onds and pearls to Mra. Rayver. Accepts Movements of Ocean Veasels, Nov, 34, At New York-—Arrived--Campania, from Liverpool a leenstown: Karamania, from Marselllos, ‘Teghorn and Naples; La Champagne, from Havre; Rhyndam, from Rotterdam and Houlogne. At Antwerp—Arrived—Southwark, New York At_Gibraltar—Salled—Aller, and Nanles, for New York At Queenatown—8atled -Umbria, from Liverpool, for New York At Boilly Tsland—-Pasged -Kalser Wilhelm der Growse, from New York, for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen. London. Nov. 24.—The Cunard liver 17m- bria, Captain Thomas Dutton, from Liver- o0ol. for New York, left from from Genon I former | p. m y day, the ~Colorado | the following day. Ltos. uee # p. m., having been «ufim ‘\a FIVE CENTS, VIEWS 0N STUEFER DISCLOSURES ENGENDER DENUNCIATION FEW NEWSPAPERS IN STUEFER'S DEFENSE How Public Sentiment Thronahout Nebraska s Reflected on School Fund Diverstons, as Volced by Country Pre The disclosures made by The Bee of crooked bond deals whereby the state scheo) fund, under tho management of Treasure: Stuafer, has been milked to the extent of thousands of dollars for the/henefit of mid- dlemen who stood in naturally furnish the { principal tople of discussion in the coun- | try pre Tho the credit of the newspapers of tha state of Nehraska be [t sald very few of them undertake cither to excuse or pallfate the diversion of woney belonging to the #chool children Into the pockets of privata epeculators by clipping interest coupons off of bonds bought with treasurer's oheoks or school securities. The keynote of the republican press com ment {8 that the republican party should disciplioe its own recaleitrant officers. Few of the papern take Mr. Stuefer's ex planation and dental of personal profit us | clearing him of complicity, although muny | of them neem to defer docisive judgment In the expectation that Mr. Stuefer will come out with au explicit statement ex- plalning satistactorily overy step in the deal in which he participated The fusion papers are much more severe and even brutal {u their strictures on M Stuefer. Some of the expressions taken from the republican papers of the state are here glven, the fusion comment befng too violent and partisan e v e Bings. York Republican: The Omaha Ree poses in detall two bond deals of T jurer Stuefer, one in Burt and oue in Cum Ing county, by which the two countics or the permanent school fund have beeu worsted {o the tune of $5,000 or $6,000, Treasurer Stuefer was ou In yesterday's Journal with a denial, which 1= in effec( wot a denfal, of The Ree's al- legations. Instead of promptly bringing an action for libel against The Ree he weakly polats to his record und says “he thinke it compares favorably with these of his predecessors.” Blank bis predecessors! One of them {s fn the penitentiary, where lie belongs, and his Tast pr or admity to having milked the 1 't sohool fund cow into his own bucket. ‘reasurer Stuefer was elected for better things. Hi boud was paid for by the state on the prom- ise that the state should have every cent of interest to be made out of the funds iu his care. The Bee's article shows concly sively that the promfse is not being kepi. Interest on moneys in bunk 15 not ac counted for and, worse than all, bonds pur chased by state funds are short of their counons by way of commission to Stuefer's business associate. Every decent repub- lMean in Nebiaska heartily eudorses tha action of the Bee aud every decent repub- lean will join in the demand that the state’s attorney at onde bring action against Stuefer's bond to recover the cou- pons shorn from the honde purchased wih | state money. The people of Nebraska will ot stand for It and if the atterney fails to do bis duty he must answer for it The feellng i strong that Stuefor ought te he impeached. The road which Joseph Bartley has trodden with bleeding feet and weep 1Dg eyes 18 broad and easily found and he who tampers with the trust funds of the state of Nebraska should he made to walx it. The last republican convention showed the temper of the republicans of the state and Joseph Bartley is a monument to (he danger of tampering with it. The prom- ises made by the party must be redeemed and if any man tries again to saddle opta the republican party a second ediion of the Bartley reproach he should be broken without mercy. His name should be made @ bywoml in the land and another should take his office. Plenty of Honeat Men for Pluce, Wakefleld Republican: There are plenty of honcet men in the state to look after the state achool funds without harboring ene who {s liahle to go wrong. A thorough fn- vestigation whould be made at once and if the treasurer s wrongly accused he shouid be vindlcated: if he is guilty he should sui ter the consequences. Rather Suspie Emerson Enterprise; State Treasurer Btuefer should not be upheld in auy unde handed methods of buying bonds, The re publican party in Nebraska has suffered enough from dishonest state effcials, The state treasurer of all others should he above susplcion. Mr. Stuefer may not be gullty of doing anything dishonest in his Burt and Cuming county hond deals, byt these transactions appear rather suspicious at least, ter e County the Beneft. Nebraska City Tribune: The point mad ie thin: 1f Mr. Stuefer had state funds to invest at 4% per cent he should have le: Otoe county have this $50,000 last spriug, {nstead of forcing us to pay 4%, with the state the final lender after all, but only got- ting part of the interest we are paying. |t was not thought such a bad salo at the time, a8 the best terms the county ever se cured was 4 per cent, some three years ago. But we could bave made $5,000 by getting some of Mr. Stuefer's 3% per cent money direct Looks Decidedly Sh Ponca Journal: Elate Treasurer Stueter 18 baving an airing just now on account of the fact that be s accused of milking the #tate echool funds of a few thousand plunke in some bond purchases he made from Burt and Cuming counties. The transaction looks decidedly shady at this distance, judging by the published accounts. We might add that Mr. Btuefer denies the charges in toto and claims to be able to prove his in- nocance v Merits Condemn tion, Wayne Herald: The republican party has its woes in Nebraska, especially in eon nection with the state treasurer's office. Why, the good Lord only kno 1t seems the greed of men to make Mooy OVerpaw-