Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 6, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OFF FOR fllE SOUTH'V'““"S PROTEST IN DUBLIN|PRESIDENT'S WESTERN TRI President Roosevelt Returns to the Capital, * but Does Not Step Long. CHATTANOOGA 1S HIS NEXT OBJECTIVE At that Point He Will Address Gonvention of Locometive Firemen. - 18 CONGRATULATED IIV KING EDWARD Bimilar Message from Prosident Dias of Moxico is Recsived. TO GO ON HUNTING TRIP TO COLORADO Guide Whe Accom ed Him During Last Visit Notified to Pre- pare for Another Trip. CUMBERLAND, Md., Sept. 5.—The presi- dent’s train arrived here at 11:15 p. m. Notwithstanding. the late hour, a large erowd had gathered at the station, but the president had retired. The run from Wash- lnglon was uneventful. At several stations along the route crowds cheered the train. At Partinsburg there was a large turnout of people. In response to their cheers the president appeared on the rear platform of his car and bowed. 3 WASHINGTO¥, Sept. 5.—Smilingly bow- ing in acknowledgement of the enthusiastic #nd prolonged cheers of an assemblage that 'fairly crowded the Baltimore & Ohio station here tonight, President Roosevelt began his southern trip, with Chattanooga, Tenn. @8 the objective point. The president was in the city exactly one hour and a halt. He arrived over the Penn- sylvania at 6 o'clock tonight on a special traln made up at Philadelphia today during the brief stopover enroute from Oyster Bay. Becretary Hitehoock, Chlet Wilkie, Assist- ant Secretary to the President Barnes and other officlals and White House attaches met him at the station. The president ap- peared a little disfigured as the result of the Pittefleld accident, but apparently had quite ‘recovered from the shock. He topped to shake hands with those who pressed about him to congratulate him on police en to the Baltimore & Ohio 1 Hitcheock, Commander Secretary, Cortelyou rode in t and the conqt SULTAN’S BROTHER AT LARGE Berbers' Attack on Mekines Report act with dlspatch. Proclamation st o e Orimes Redmond and Others at Pablic Meetin, Aet DUBLIN, Sept. 5.—~At the public meeting | here today, convemed by the lord mayor of | Dublin to protest inst the recent proc- Jamation of the Crimes act in five Irish counties, it was resolved to hold a demon- Stration In Phoenix Park, September 14. The voting of this resolution was received with shouts of “We shall be Aludgeoned as In 1891." p John Redmond, leader of th of the United Irish league, denoun: proclamation of the Crimes act as a and wicked outrage, lssued at the whim of a despot and a gang of absentee land- lord, ““That proclamation is a 1l sald Mr. Redmond. “In the whole civilized world there is no city so free from crime as in Dublin. The only way to meet this proc- lamation Is to make the political situation in Ireland too hot for these men. Let them create flerce agitation, and Dublin will rise up as one man to join the United Irish Land league and make it powerful and menacing to British misry land league was twenty years ago. John Dillon, nationalist member of the House of Commons, approved the proposals made by Mr. Redmond. He described the proclamation as “audacity” and “ruffan- | ism” and clalmed there was more crime in Belfest in one month than in Dublin in five. “But would Belfast be proclaimed ! he asked. He sald George Wyndbam, chief secretary for Ireland, was slowly descending the path Which had led so many of his predecessors to perdition. He claimed the proclamation was in favor of that flunkeyism which in Dublin and In Cork had almost succeeded in prostituting and debasing Ireland's na- tionality and manhood before the oppressors ors. to Xave Put Morocco’s Ruler in Danger, MADRID, Sept. 6.—A dispatch to the Imparcial from Tangler, Morocco, says the Berbers have again attacked Mekines, a town, with the result that Mohammed, brother of the sultan of Moroceo, Moull Abad el-Azlz, and pretender to his throne, has been released. Mobammed Wwas im- prisoned In Mekines. “‘Officials deny the success of the rebels,” continues the Imparclal's correspondent, woulitwed different gources; and the situation i 14 to be so critical that the powers In maln- taining the status quo in Morocco must The Spanish ambass: dor to France has arrived here and Spain’ ambassador to Great Britain, the duke of Mandas, is coming to Madrid, supposedly in connection with the situation in Mo- roco. It was announced from Tangler Septem- e — OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEP@EKBER 6, 1902 Formal Annewnoement of Pleces to Be Visited and tke Time. COMES TO OMAHA TO VIEW THE PARADE Reaches This City on Night of Septem.- * 26 and Spend the Day of the 27th Out in the State. , Sept. 5.—The Itinerary of the 5 that will take President fi his western trip has been follows: Chicago—Arrive on Pennsylvania rail- road mifdnight, Tuesday, September 23; leave by Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rallway 12:16 a. m., September 24, Milwaukee—Arrive 3 a. m., September 24; leave midnight. Lacrosse—Arrive 8 a. m., September 25; leave, 11. 8t. Paul—Arrive 2:45 p. m., September rain to be delivered to Great Nourtiarn rallway for movement to Minneapolis and Bloux Falls. Yankton—Arrive 11:06 a. m., September 26; leave, 11:20 a. m., September 26. Sloux City—Arrive 1 p. m., September 26; leave, 3 p. m. Arfon—Arrive 6 p. m., BSeptember 26; train to be delivered to Illinols Central at Arion, to go to Denison, thence to Omaha. Omaha—Arrive at Omaha late night and start early In morning of September 27 over the Union Pacific for tour of state, Omaba, arriving in Omaha at 7 o'clock, when the president will review the elec- trical parade. Western roads have agreed to make a rate of a fare and one-third for the round trip within a limited territory to places to be visited by the president. LETTER CARRIERS FOR KELLER President Is Re-clected at the Den- ver Convention by Large Majority. DENVER, Sept. 6.—The National Letter Carriers' association elected officers today and chose Syracuse as the méext meetlng place. President J. C. Keller of Cleveland was re-elected, recelving 758 vots for B. J. Curtin of Lynn, M for A. J. Michener of St. Louis; v fdent, A. C. McFarland, Des Molnes, Ia.; socretary, B. J. Cantwell, re-elected. For treasurer the vote stood: G. W. Butter- fleld, Bay City, Mich., 57; E. Devine, Chi- cago, 663; A. McDonald, Grand Rapids, Mich., 6. As a majority of all the votes is required to elect, another vote will be necessary for this office. . During the day changes were made in the insurance department to make it & purely fraternal order. 'WELVE PAGES. Navy Department Espert Says It Worked Well, but Is Not for Promiscuons Use. WASHINGTON, Sept. §~The report ot Lieutenant Winchell, U. 8. N., the expert detalled by the Navy department to ob- serve the jnstallation and ‘efficiency of the ofl fuel system as fitted to the Oceanlc Steamship company's steamier Maripesa, has been received at the Navy department. The report is an interesting oné and con- taine matter of great to the ship- ping and paval world, positive in- formation in regard to the evaporative ef- ficiency of the boilers and setting out somo facts relative to the use of ofl and fuel which have been earnestly. t from the Navy department by -&: men and oil producers. Some of facts follow: Mariposa’s gross dlsp) t was 3,160 tons and the average homsepower with ofl aboard about 31,518, givilg & mean speed of 13.58 with 278 barrels of ofl per day. This was 50 per cent in ‘weight than would be required of coml, for one and a halt pounds of ofl sufficed to produce : horsepower. An Important advantage of the oll fuel was the refuétion of the en- gine room force from Ix to twenty men. The ship used Ive of its cighteen furnaces, burnifig crude in two burners in each furnace means of an air compressor with a ¢apacity of 1,000 cuble feet per minute at thirty pounds pressure. All of the bufmers were not used except at short intervals. Every precaution was ‘taken to insure safety by ventilating the ofl tanks and otherwise. The entire refuse, after a run of 3,438 miles from Sab hitl, barely filled two the flames did not effect tavorably. Difficultiés e confined to the choking bollers un- lenced were iners, which those parts, | supply of oll compressor needed overhauling in ©n8 or two in- stances, recourse was had to & steam spray, which wisely had been Lieutenant Winchell hat It fewer men are needed in the fire rooms with ofl, it is necessary to secure intelligence, with essentials are that there stant alr pressure for a provisions shall be made | lar temperature of the ofl § ofl strainers be watched tenant Winchell concludes trip was remarkable in was not a tribute to the company which first in leu of coal, the time between then of in conversation with Comimissioner Garfield and ber 2 that the movement in favor of Mo- hammed was spreading among the Berber tribes .of Moroeco. had recently attacked the town of Mekines, but the Resolutions were. adopted endorsing the work of President Keller in presenting matters to gongress, re-endorsing the sal- ary bill now pending before poe- P (REPORTS ON OIL FUEL TEST|NAYBE IT IS A VICTORY Higginsen's Ships Get to Newport Harbor's Mouth Before Deteoted. LAND FORCES TAKE DIFFERENT VIEW | Affirm t(hat Naval Forces Could Not Have So Maneuvered Withont Being Blown Into the Eternal Hereafter, NEW LONDON, Sept. 6.—At 1:30 this morning information reached headquarters saying that four battleships were in line, supposed to be Indiana, Kearsarge, Mas only a portion of the fleet which were saillng from the naval base at Block Island toward Newport. This would indicate that there is to be an early morning fight with the forts near and at Newport. NEWPORT, Sept. 5.—Two crulsers and three battleships of Admiral Higglnson's feet ran the guns of Forts Adams and ‘Wetherill tonight, getting within broadeide range for all their guns before they were picked up by the searchiights of the forts. The fact that Brooklyn got to the mouth of the harbor before it was plcked up by the searchlights is considered by the naval men to bp a victory for the fleet. When, ashore and afloat, the cannonading was st s helght, the scene was one of grandeur. The racket awoke Newport as never be- fore. The big guns had to be deserted after a short time and the secondary guns were quickly manned; the rapid fire guns made the racket worse, if anything, than the big guns. The ghips ran to within short range of the torpedo station, and then appeared to anchor. The firing stopped and it was supposed the great battle was ended. In half an hour the ships suddenly steamed out of the barbor in the same order as coming in, Brookiyn leading. The shipe did not fire a gun, but Fort Adams gave them a few broadsides, and when Brooklyn and Olympla were abreas of Beavertall Light, Fort Greble opemed for the first time tonight. The fleet escaped, if such was the idea, toward Block Island. Dur- ing the battle the smaller craft were in squadron formation to <eaward and d1d not attempt to enter the harbor. Puritan and Indiana were not seen. As there ‘was not time for communication between the shore and tke ships, the maneuver of the fleot was mystifylng. The army claims that not only would its guns have swept the ships, But t % would have wiecked some of them in the narrow channel, 80 the escape would have been impossible for any that reached the harbor. MacArthur Makes Report. NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 5.—Major General Arthur MacArthur, commanding the Department of the East, this noon made public a etatement of the progress of last night's engagement between Forts Wright, Richie and Terry and Admiral Higginson's fleet, together with the movements of the fleet Lefore and after the enga; ent, as reported from the various signal stations. The statement says that Fort Wright fired 329 shots, all calibers, the fort con GLE COPY FIVE CENT CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for and Cooler Nebraska—Generally Fair Omanba Yesterday: Hour, Dex. Gn as os | 68| 70| 72| as . ot . wa ASKING NEELEY TO PAY UP Cuba Has Not Relinguished Claim for Money Alleged to Have Been Embessled, Temperatore at o Frznsis 6.~Bdward K. Jones, the special assistant attorney general en- gaged by the United States to conduct pro- ceedings against Charles F. Neeley and | other officiuls and employes of the United States government in Cuba, is quoted today to the effect that the representations by Neeley that the Cuban government had de- cided to abandon Its claim for the recovery of mo M charged to have been embezzled was enuiely erroneous. Mr. Jones further- more sald that on the contrary the Cuban government, In conjunction with the gov- ernment of the United States, intended to proceed with the most active measures against Neeley to compel restitution of the funds and that the amnesty guaranteed by the Cuban government related only to the criminal offense and relieved Neeley merely of the consequence of his conviction of the erime of which he was charged and that it did not in any way affect his lability to restore the funds. UNDERWOOD WANTS THE MONEY Former Seeretary Urges Confederate Memorial Association to Pay, Its Board Meets. NEW YORK, Sept CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 6.—At a meet- Ing of the board of trustees of the Con- federate Memorial association the office of secretary and treasurer, held by John C. Underwood, was declared vacant. The meet- Ing was held to consider the sult of Mr. Underwood against the association for more than $17,000, which he claims is due him as commission, including a commission on the subscription of $100,000 made by the late Charles Broadway Rouse. -General Robert White of West Virginia was chosen to rep- resent the association in combating Under- wood's claim. The members of the board called in a body on Mrs. Stonewall Jackson ANXIOUS TO LEAVE ST. JOE| Big Muddy Seems to Prefer Even Kan- sns to Missouri and is Edging Over. ST. JOSEPH, Sept. 5.—The ravages of the Missourl river just north of this city on large tracts of fertlle bottom lands has reached-such an alarming stage that a fleet of government steamers and barges have been brought into requisition for im- mediate aetfon against the erratic currents, A sandbar, rapidly being enlarged, is form- | between heaven and earth. FEARS TIDAL WAVE Guadaloupe Hees Where It May Suffer from Voloanio Disturbanoes. MARTINIQUE MAY BE TOTALLY EFFACED Qowplete Destruction New Apprehended as Its Certain Fate, VOLCANO'S ~ CRATER IS ENLARGING It Appears te Grow with Each Reourring Eruptien. RELIEF 1S NOW THE SOLE PURPOSE Steps to Be Taken at Once to Trans- port the Inhabitants to Other Islands of the West Indian Group. POINT-A-PITRE, Guadaloupe, Sept. 6.—It is generally belleved ‘that the island of Martinique Is doomed to total destruction and the fear is that when the catastrophe comes Guadaloupe will be visited by an all- destructive tidal wave. Business is absolutely at a standstill, Faw shops are open and If it were not for the efforts of a small number of more vallant souls hundreds would starve to death here because of their fear of a more terrible death, Details that have been recelved during the last two days prove that the eruption of Mount Pelee of August 30 was far more Violent than any of the earlier explosions. As the eruptions continue the mouth of Mount Pelee grows in size. 1t is now of enormous proportions. Morne Lacrolx, one of the peaks that reared skyward from the slde of Pelee, bas fallen bodily into the crater and has been completely swallowed. There seems to be a side pressure fn the crater and the burning chasm widens per- ceptibly every day. Clouds 20 more hang about the crest of Mount Pelee. The terrific heat seems to drive everything away. The column of flame and smoke rears directly into the heavens, 80 that its top is lost to sight. In the darkness of the night it has the appearance of a stream of molten iron. standing fAvad From Morne Capote the rellef troops were compelled to make a quick retreat, although they suc- ceeded in taking out a few wounded. The entire country, nearly to Fort De France, is buried under a deep cover of ashes. This has made it almost tmpossible to find the bodies of those who have per- ished while fleeing to the seacoas Woman Des:ribes First Wa & Constantine Carra, ofie of the few who succeeded in escaping from Morne Rouge after the explosion, found refuge on the steamer Esk. She was with (welve others in her house when Pelee gave I e mmeat him. | governor managed to. pactty them. Mekings e itively endorsing every union label, appro- has an élegant summer palace, which Is | ing In such a iianner that the main chan- priating $300 for the aid of the striking warnng of e 1o Bour he vi had had so providential an escape, and $eferred to an incident in the battle of Ban Juan, when guushots struck down two men close beside him. The president told the Pittefleld story to the group in the car with feeling and emphasized it with gestures. He said he felt in normal condi- tion again. Tht train pulled out at 7:32. It was In charge of Pullman Conductor William Johnson, who has been assigned to tke presidential specials for a long time past. The personnel of the president’s party '3 the same as that on the New Englana trip, except for the addition of S. B. Hege, the general agent of the Baltimore & Ohlo road, and Colonel L. S, Brown, the gen- eral agent of the Southern railway. Thae president took dinner on the train shortly after his departure, Will Waste No T1 The southern trip will be a somewhat hurried one, and no stops will be made at other points than at Wheellng, W. Va., Chattanooga, Knoxville and Asheville, N. C. The immediate intention of the president 18 to attend the convention of the Brother. hood of Locomotive Firemen, in whoss work he has shown a deep interest. The train will reach Wheeilng at 8:45 a. m. tomorrow, and will arrive in Chattanooga the same hour Sunda: Sunday will be spent at Chattanooga quietly and without public program. The | party will visit the battlegrounds during the day and the president will attend church In the evening. He will attend the firemen's convention Monday. The president and party will reach Washington on the return trip over the Southern at 130 a. m., September 10, and will leave Balf an bour later in a private car at- tached to & regular train over the Pennsyl- vania road for Jersey City, enroute to Oyster Bay. Hears from King Edward. OYSTER BAY, Sept. 5.—The president, sccompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and the | chlldren, left here on Sylph at 9:235 a. m. | Mre. Roosevelt and Kermit were landed | at New York and Sylph then proceeded to | Jersey City, where the president and his party departed for Washington at 1:14 p. m. The president travels in a special car, which 1s attached to a Pennsylvania train. On arriving at Washington the car was iwitched to a Baltimore & Ohlo train. President Roosevelt received from King Bdward of England a message congratulut- ing him upon escape from serious injury in the accldent of Wednesday last. A sim- | Alar meseuge has been recelved trom Presi- | dent Diaz of Mexico. | The message sent by King Edward to the president is as follows: —To the President of The news of the accl- me the deepest concern. I Lrust to receive further assurance t it not resulted in serious conse- | quences to yourseif. EDWARD R. 1. Rejolces. | | | expresses the satistaction that the life-of the fllustrious the hills of Bantlago and defender ocity and the great danger which threatened it ened it PELAYO GARCI President of the Hou"lo WASHINGTON, Sept. house it feels tant of generous Pittsfield, . Were received at the State d:part- ‘ment today. They are as follows: They received a hearty welcome from the | been deprived of its ! the doors. A portion of the massive roof one of the summer residences of the sul- tan of Morocco. BOERS VISIT CHAMBERLAIN nference is Held in Downing Street and Lasts for More Than tween the Boer generals—Botha, Dewet and Delarey—and Colonial Secretary Chamber- lain was held today at Downing street. considerable crowds assembled at either end of the route. The Boers wore im- maculate frock coats and silk hats and repeatedly doffed the latter in response to the cheers. Just prior to the generals’ departure from thelr hotel, Abraham Fisher, the Boer dele- gate, had a conference with them. Lord Kitchener and Lord Onslow, under secretary | of state for the colonles, participated in | the conference. Two stenographers were present at the conference, which lasted two hours. After the interview the generals refusod to give information of their visit to re-| porters. Mr. Chamberlain bas authorized the an- nouncement that the proceedings of the | interview will be published in a blue book later. TROUBLE SPREADS OUT THIN _— Anti-Servian Agitation in Croatia Assumes Less Serious Aspeet, LONDON, Sept. 6.—A dispatch to the Dally Chronicle from Vienna says the anti-Servian disturbances are spreading over Croatia, but that the movement has riousness and is ex- pected soon to collapse. An encounter with the police has occurred at Sissex, in which two persons we killed and sev- eral injured, and there has been rioting and pillaging at Patrinja, in the same neighborhood. EXPLOSION CAUSES A PANIC Portion of Church in Naples Wrecked | and Several People Re- ported K LONDON, Sept. 6.—A special dispatch from Naples says the entrance of a lamp- lighter into the sacristy of the Church of Santa Lucla was followed by a terrible explosion, caused by escaping gas. A panic sued and people In the church rushed to re injured. ported that others were killed by falling debris. CHINA AND ENGLAND AGREEl Treaty Between Two C } and New Ediet ued | by China, | Chinese commissioners signed the treaty between China and Great Britain tonmight, & new edict having been issued specifically allocating the surtax funds to provincial governors. Crew is Saved. PORT ELIZABETH,. Cape Colony, Sept. 5.—The crew of the British steamship In- cape Rock, which arrived at Algoa bay Au- gust 2 from Portland, Ore., and which ameng the vessels wrecked in Algos bay on September 1, were all saved. | anthracite coal miners and recommending a voluntary contribution. of not less than | 50 cents from each member of the associa- tion for the same object. A telegram was sent President Roose- velt expressing gratification at his escape from serious injury. The thanks of the convention were expressed to Commis- sloner Preshoe of Boston and Senator Bev- eridge of Indlana for their consistent sup- port. IDAHO SEEMS MOSTLY ANTI Democratic Convention Registers a Kick on Everything but the Lord and Willlanf Bryan, POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 5.—The demo- cratic state convention today nominated Joseph H. Hutchison for congress. The convention today adopted « platform which indorses the Kans: City platform and Willlam J. Bryan; deplores the assassina- tion of President McKinley; opposes an- archy; cordemns the republicans for ure to enforce the federal anti-trust laws: opposes the Fowler currency and banking bills; opposes government by injunction; favors government ownership of railroad: telegraph and telephone lines; favors the | initiative and ‘referendum; favors the elec- tion ‘of United States senators by direct vote of the people. The democratic state convention tonight nominated this ticket: For governor, Frank W. Hunt; for lleutenant governor, John W. Adams; for supreme judge, F. F. Ogg; for secretary of state, C. J. Bassett; for auditor, John C. Callahan; for treasurer, B. P. Colt- man; for attorney general, Fred C. Culver; for superintendent of public Instruction, Miss Permeal French. THEY DENY THE DOG ON STORY South Dakota Fopullsts Aver They Never Set Canines in Pursuit of Y Roosevelt. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 5.—A special to the Journal from Arlington, 8. D., says there is no truth in reports that populist farmers set thelr dogs on young “Teddy" Roosevelt and his hunting party. Farmers | have posted notices to stop hunting cn| their premises, but these were aimed nol more at young Roosevelt than at the most | obscure hunters. Politics had nothing to | do with the posting of notices, as prac- | tically all the farmers banded together betore the open season to enforce the game laws and prohibit transients from tres- passing. ALVIN C. DAKE IS DEAD Expires in Denver with His Wife DENVER, Sept. 5.—Alvin C. Dake, whose wife and deughter traveled 820 miles 1o twenty hours and twelve minutes in a spe- clal train on the Santa Fe road to reach | bis bedside, after being informed of his | critical illness, died today. He was the | ploneer charcoal manufacturer of Colorado and one of the wealthiest men in th He was born at Allenburg, N. Y. o PROF. WILEY SERIOUSLY ILL © ist of Department of Agriculture Down with Apendicitis in ¥ MADISON, Ind., Sept. 5.—Relatives here bave received Information that Prof. Henry W. Wiley, chief chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture, is very Wl of appendicitis at Venice, Italy, |20 of township 7, south, range 6 e the political seers accepted it @s a notice upon Mr. Wilson' that his resignation would be In order, as it wae mot thought probable that the: president would have two men in the cabinet from one state. Mr. Wilson felt the force of this argument and stated im the cabinet meeting when Mr. Roosevelt announced the appointment of Mr. Shaw that his' resignation was ready at any time it would suit the presi- dent's wishes. Mr. Roosevelt wanted to know why such a tender was made and Mr. Wileon offered the two-cabinet-mem- bers-from-one-state gossip that had been golng on for some days. The president promptly and with emphasis replied that he 414 not want Mr. Wilson's resignation and further added that he would select his entire cabinet from lowa If it suited his purpose to do s0. It fe known that the president has a strong admiration for Mr. Wilson and his work in the Agricultural department and it {s pretty well under- stood that it Mr. Wilson resigns it will be upon his own motion. The present report has it that Mr. Wil- son will resign early mext year to accept the presidency of the lowa Agricultural college at Ames, in that state. The pres- Idency of this institution was made va- cant by the death on August 5 of Dr. Wil- llam M. Beardshear and soon after that the place -was offered to Secretary Wilson. He declined to accept it, with the under- standing the post would be held open for bim until next year. This wae agreeable to the trustees of the college. By deferring his retirement for a year, it is sald, the secretary believes he will be able to secure from congress an appro- priation for the new building for the De- partment of Agriculture, WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Land feor !QI‘IQ_‘T Home Grounds Withdrawn from Set- tlement. (From a Staff Correspondent.) ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Acting Commissioner of the Land Office Richards today directed the tem- porary withdrawal from entry of unappro- priated lands in sections 7, 8, 17, 18, 19 and t. tor use of the Soldiers home at Hot Springs, 8. D., for which congress at the last session appropriated $170,000. Curtis F. Callen has been appointed post- master at Spa J. H. Sears, resigned. The comptroller of the currency has au- thorized the Clark County National bank of Clark, 8. D., to begin business with a capital of $25,000. Ralph Maclean of Creston, Ia., has been appointed a rallway mail clerk. A postoffice has been established at Ly- man, Lyman county, 8. D., with Leongrd A. Armstrong as postmaster. The postoffice at Rockyford, Crook county, Wyo., has been discontinued, mail to ¥y for Civil Life, Sept. 5.—The president the resignation of First Lieu- tenant Grant T. Trent of the Eighth fa- fantry, in order to permit that officer to accept an important position in the etvil government of the Philippines. Lieutenant Trent has rendered valusble service to the Taft commission, and for some time past has held the office of assistant attor. mey general at Manila. His regiment was recently ordered home and in order to re- maln in the civil service in the Philip- pines It was necessary for him to give up his military commission. Governor Taft urged him to remain, as he needed his services, and when the matter was pre- sented to Genera! Chaffee, commanding the military division, he approved ths officer's letter of resignation. , Cherry county, Neb., vice| mander c! M&l’n tive fleet m!: four times u:n‘ of points required. Fort Michle batteries fired at all the ships until the last c2e was out of range and claims to have put out Brooklyn, In- diana and Alabama. Fort Terry, in the meantime, was engaged at long range. The statement adds: It was a very clear and bright starlight night and even if all searchlights are ruled out by the fire from the cruisers the battic- Ebips were easily seen and suffered severely from the batteries at Wright and Michie, After the engagement the fleet proseeded to anchor several thousand yards west of Fort Terry. Shortly after 6 o'clock the battleships passed through the Race, re- turning apparently to Block island. At t time no firing was done by the ships and none by Fort Wright. . Later Panther, Prairie and Mayflower left their anchorage north of Montauk and moved east. At 9:40 Fort Adams reported the fleet in line of battle heading in at 12,000 yards. At 10:28 Fort Adams reported Peoria entering the harbor flying a flag of truce. Anchor Off Point Judith. POINT JUDITH, Sept. 5.—Elght ships of war—Kearsarge, Brooklyn, Alabama, Mus- sachusetts, Indlana, Puritan, Montgomery and Topeka—came to anchor threes miles southeast of here during the forenoon. The squadron left the anchorage at New Har- bor, Block island, at 8 o'clock this morn- ing. The battleships moved slowly in the direction of Point Judith, but tho other vessels made a detour, some arriving from the westward and othars from the south- west. The officers and men at the signal station were using the utmost vigilance and every precaution has been taken by Colonel Reber to ward off or evade a selzure of the sta- tion. As soon as the vessels had anchored all the captains went aboard the flagship. While the war balloon was being re- moved from its hiding place to the station today a gust of wind struck the partially filled bag and swept it across fields and stone walls. The men who were in charge were dragged unceremoniously in its wake and a halt came only after a great hole had been torn in the canvas, letting out the gas. It was nearly noon before the hole had been repaired and the work of filling commenced. Other Manecuvers. BRENTON'S POINT, NEWPORT, R, I, Sept. 5.—Five battleships rounded Point Judith at about $:30 this morning and headed northeast, apparently with the in- tention of gett'ng to the eastward of this polnt and then running In. The ships, which are in line, were as follows: Kear- sarge, Massachusetts, Alabama, Indiana and | Brooklyn. A small tug accompanied them. The weather was remarkably clear and movements could casily be followed twelve or fiteen miles off ghore. The gunboat Peoria came in today under A flag of truce and an oficer from Fort Adams boarded it. It was sald afterward that Peoria came in to pick up counter mines planted last night, as they were a danger to yavigation. At army beadquarters the placing of counter mines is declared to have been an unuecessary move, as no mines had beon placed in that particular locality. DETAIL OF DAY'S FIGHTING Story of the Brililant Ma and Sham Warring in wansett B veriug NEWPORT, R. L, Sept. 5.—~Nearly the tire fleet under Admiral Higginson made a demonstration this afternoon against the army defenses on Narragansett Bay, but did not attempt to come Into close combat with any of the forts. A landing was made at Price's Neck, where the searchli (Continued on Becond Page.) 061 of thee Mikso\Fi river \at this’ pofnt fs being diverted to the Kansas side. The | government engineers say if this con- | | tinues the river will eventually cut a new | chanoel, leaving St. Joseph and a steel | rallway bridge, costing. $500,000, high and dry. HOWE NOT COMING TC OMAHA | After Co M. derable Controversy First E. Church Fails to { Secure Pastor. | SPRINGFIELD, 11, Sept. 5.—(Special Telegram.)—Rev. David F. Howe, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church | of this city, is not to be sent to Omaha, | | but will remain here for another year., | This was decided upon today when Dr. | Howe recelved a letter from Bishop Mer- | Fll of Chicago, in which the bishop say: | ! he will permit Dr. Howe to choose where ! {he will be located. The First Church of | Omaha had made a call for Dr. Howe, and at first Bishop Merrill was disposed to send the preacher west, despite the pro- tests of his parishioners. KID CURRY IN FEDERAL COURT To Be Tried In Tennensce for Forging | Signatures to Bank Notes, | KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Seft. b5.—Harvey Logan, allas Kid Curry, the alleged ring- leader in the Great Northern train robbery {in which $40,000 worth of unsigned Montana | bank bills were stolen, has been turned over to thoe federal authorities, Judge Sneed of the circuit court having ruled that the United States authorities be given concur- rent jurisdiction of Logan, under an agree- ment that they would not take him out of the state for trial. Logan can now be tried for having unsigned bank notes in his pos- session and on the charge of having forged the names of bank officials to them. NOT ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH Oakland Tower Man Rises to the Oo- on When Wild Engine Threatens Crowd. OAKLAND, Cal., Sept. 5.—In the yards of the Southern Pacific railway at West Oakland & runaway freight engine was making for the dozen or so tralns stand- {ing on the platform and crowded with | hundeds of passengers, when a tower man [ just 1\ the nlck of time switched the en- gine onto a sidetrack A collislon was narrowly averted and 'u. engine, which had | attained a high speed, finally plunged into the bay. LORD IS DETAINED IN KANSAS | He for Whose Coming & Minneapolls Vietlm Prays is at Last ‘[ Under Arrest. ! INDEPENDENCE, Kan., Scpt, 5.—William | ID. Lord of Minneapolis was arrestea here | today, charg"d with baving embezzled $15,000 | from 8. H. Hall & Co. of Minneapolis. Min- | resota officials have been looking for Lord | for more than elghteen months. Movements of Ocean Vessels Sept. 5. | At New York—Arrived—Auguste Vie- torta, from Hamburg; Island, from Copen. | hagen: Campania. “from Liverpool and | Queenstown. Salled—Celtle, for Liverpool At the Lizard—Passed—Bremen. fron: New York. for Southampton and Bremen: La Gascogne, for Havre; Rhyndam, from Rotterdam. for New York. At Cherbourg—Arrived—Columbia, New York, via Plymouth, and proceeded At Yokohama — Arrived — Empress Japan. from Vancouver At Queenstown—Arrived—Lucania, o iR L lymouth--. v t New York. from for Hamburg, ot from from | ', She gaid that the first explosion destroyed many houses. She was hurled with great force againss t of the room in which she was sitting. On recovering from the shock she ran outside and there saw three separate tongues of fire sweeping down from the mouth of the vol- ano. The earth ook with so great violence that she could not retain her feet. She was blinded by the glare of the flames. The heat was so terrific that her flesh was blis- tered. She awaited the death which she be- lleved to be inevitable. Fortunately the fires swept a little to one side of her and she Wwas saved. At Grande Anse the tide swept 300 feet in shore, destroying many horses and drowning socres of Inhabitants. Even at Fort De France the most stout of heart have lost courage. Colonel Lecoeur has reported to his gov- ernment that it is his opinion the entire island of Martinique will have to be aban- doned. He asks for assistance in transport- ing the Inhabitants to the other islands of the West Indian group. Ashes Make Night of Day. CASTRIES, Island of St. Lucia, Sept. 5. —The eruption of Mount Pelee on Septem- ber 3 was not remarkable, but there was a terrific explosion from the Soufriere on September 3. The captain of the steamer Savan, now here, confirms the report ca- bled to the Associated Press last night that it ran into dense clouds of dust when twenty miles southwest of St. Vincent at 2 o'clock in the morning of Wednesday and adds that absolute darkness prevailed soon afterward and that he changed his course to due west in order to avold the ashes, which were falling thick. The first officer could not see the captatn two feet away and only knew him by his volce. They did not see the sun until about 10 a. m. the same day. The steamer Yare further reports that several more valuable plantations were de- | stroyed at the time of the recent outbreak in addition to the townships referred to in previous dispatches and adds that the anx- lety and dejection of the surviving popu- lation is general. PARIS, Sept. 5.—The colonial minister ye- ceived a dispatch today from Fort de France, dated September 3, relating to the [ tunds placed at the disposal of the gov- ernor. No mention was made of a new eruption of Mount Pelee. The minlstry has not recelved news of any eruption of Mount Pelee since that of August 30. A cable dispatch from the island of Guadeloupe apnounces the arrival of the Yoonch cruiser Suchet at Basse-Terre, @ lia) of Guadeloupe, and says the re- w8 are that calm has been completely restored in Martinique udeloupe Consul Alarmed, CHICAGO, Sept. 65.—"I am seriously alarmed at the news of the eruption of the Martinique and otber volcanoes,” sald Louls H. Ayme, United States consul at Guadeloupe, who is in Chicago on slck leave. “Should Mount Pelee ‘blow its head oft' | the loss of litg consequent upon the pro- duction of a great tidal wave would be appalling. With Pelee as a center, a chain of islands extends northwestward, embracing a population of some 770,000 persons. Almost without exception ' the cities and villages are situated along the coasts and but slightly elevated above th sea. A tidal wave forty feet high would probably destroy a half million lives be- fore it dashed against the shores of Porio Rico, with its 1,000,000 {nhabitants “The people of these fslands are in a hard situation. Thelr communication with the outer world depends largely on a sio- gle line of steamers which call at fo- tervals of from ten days to three weeks at some of the islands when frei 1 The whole fleet of ihis ilne sould mot carry 3,000 persons.