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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUKE 11) , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY MOHNIXG , XOVEMBEB 17 , 1808 TWELVE PAGES. SIXG-LE COL'Y FIVE CENTS. * ON SHAFTER'-S TRAIL P Witnesses in the War Irmitigation Testify Againfit Him. SAYS HE ORDERED SUPPLIES LEFT BEHIND Colonel Jacobs Defends Quartermaster's Department. IT IS PREVENTED FROM DOING GOOD WORK Ho Alleges Embarkation at Tampa to Be a Haphazard Affair. SUGGESTS INCOMPETENCY IN COMMANDER Srrer * ! WltneRHCii Furnish Te tl- niony Which Tend * to Add Life to the Commission' * Pro ceeding * . WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. Additional In terest ha * been given to the war Investiga tion today by the further direct charges against General Shatter. Colonel Jacobs ot thj quartermaster's department testified that hospital supplies were left behind on positive orders of General Shafter and that only fifty teats were taken for hospital pur poses of which General Miles doubled the number Immediately upon bis arrival at Santiago. Colcncl Jacobs also said the embarkation of tbo troops at Tampa was a haphazard affair , and the conditions before Santiago boraethlng frightful. Ho defended hU own department by saying It could not do more for the comfort of the soldiers In the face of General Shatter's orders to the contrary. Major La. Gardo continued his tes timony today concerning the conduct ot the war from a medical point ot view. Ho spoke first ol the yellow fever b.Mtal . at SIboncy , which was under his charge. In a general way. He cald , how- nver , that his time bos been so' fully occu pied with other duties that he had not visited the Innltution dally. Ho was satisfied , how ever , that the hospital was well conducted and , that the supplies on the whole were ample. He did not have the complete records before him , but bo was sure that the mor tality In thin hospital .did not exceed 8 per cent. There might , however , have been Buffering In Individual cases on account of th- } Insufficiency of supplies and for want of expert nursing. Dr. Connor asked whether the contingency of yellow fever could not have been provided against , asking whether If In bis Judgment U should not have been known by the surgeon general that under the clrcum- Mancea there would be an outbreak of fever. "He should have known that such were < he probabilities and everybody should have known that sucb wuroAbe chances In send ing ah army Into'an affected district In the mimraor. Evidently. the , furgron general did _ _ vaslon a th' jii.Jt' ; : a8vundcrtaken , read 1llo propbeby. " * * Tbc wltijeps , addft ) that Under these clr- eutnsUnVe. * , lie could , not understand why more complete prbVUlon should not have been made for nupplylngi immune nurses and he did not know but that the corps surgeon had been asxcd for this aealstoncc In advance ; he knew only that they had not been adequately provided. Apparently , however , the army depended upon the yellow fever expert to say when yellow fever would break out. However , It nlust bo said that the yellow fever was very mild and It came to bo dreaded less than typhoid. As a consequence the mortality among the sick in Cuba was less than among those left In the United States. Death Hate Ahoat One Per Cent. Returning to the hospital for wounded Roldlers , Dr. La Garde eald that between 1,300 and 1,400 wounded men bad been treated by the surgeons at this Institution. Th'ero Were six operating tables and more could haVe been used to advantage. There were times when forty or fifty men were waiting outside for attention. Of the wounded men there- were about a dozen deaths , or less than 1 per cent. There had never before been a war when tbo mortallt ) record was BO small. This was duo largely to the use of the modern rlflo and the prompt methods ot rendering aid on the battlefield to prevent blood poisoning. He thought that under the old conditions the mortality would bavo been 20 per cenl greater. Dr. La Garde expressed the opinion that bad the soldier * been fully equipped there would bavo been less sickness among them , and be tbougbt tbat much of the trouble was due to the fact tbat the toldlen were compelled to lie on the ground wltboui cover. Colonel J. W. Jacobs , who was cblel quartermaster ot the Fifth corps at Tampt and la Cuba , testified that Genera Humphrey bad been In charge of the em' tmrkatlon of troops at Tampa and that n < order specifying what veEscls they were t ( occupy were Uaucd. In reply to a qucelion from Governo Braver he said tbe embarkation bad been i haphazard affair "decidedly so. " He alai thought there was a great deficiency in thi provision ! for disembarkation , as only twi lighters were provided , and one ot tbosi was lost on the way over. Colonel Jacobs had charge of tbo trans portatlon facilities at Santiago , and he ex pressed the opinion tbat there were not i HUfflcleut number of wagons. Ho though there should bavo been at least one wagoi to each troop and company In addition t the * * at headquarters. General Shatter' first order had been to take only flft ; wagons. When General Miles went to Tamp fie doubled the number , but even this orde did not secure a sufficient number. H Icraw no reason for not lending more , ex oept that there was no means ot gettlni them from Tampa to Santiago. Makei Hrleetlon * on Shatter. General McCook developed en animate episode by asking If there wan any reasqi why the cooking utensils and camp equlpag of the troops should not bavo been for warded from Balqulrl to tbe troops In th Held. "There was no reason , " Colonel Jacob replied , "except that General Sbafter'a orde forbade. " Continuing , be said tbat tbe order vra most positive. It did not specify whn should not be forwarded , but was mos specific In providing that only forage an rations should bo forwarded. Gencri Shatter's ordore to this effect were writ ten , and the general bad given blm strlc verbal Instructions to see that tbe ordei were observed. Food had been sent to tb front cooked , but ho thought the men shoul have had Home facilities for rooking. Th order bad never been changed during tb month ho remained nt Uslqutrl. Dr. Conner atked whether orders ba liet-n given to leave all the hospital equip ments behind at Tampa , and Colonel Jacoba cspondcd that It was his Impression that uch was the case. He had perjonnl knowl edge that General Shafter had given such an order concerning the ambulances. "It was exnected there would be an en gagement , was It not ? " asked the doctor. "Certainly , " responded the colonel. "V/e went down there to fight. " "Then should there not have been some irovlslon for taking care of the wounded ? " "I should say that thcso things should lave been taken along. " "Then , " continued Dr. Conner , "tho med- cal department was left In the air , and the quartermasters' department Is ro.'ponslble ? " "Tho quartermasters' department could not have been responsible. We were acting inder orders. I will swear that General Shafter told mo not to take the ambulance , ilthough I do not recall any distinct orders n regard to hospital equipments. " Itnllroad Facllltlcn Deficient. Colonel Jacobs expressed the opinion that .ho . congestion at Tampa was duo to the act that the Increased business wan beyond he capacity ot the railroads running Into Tampa. Captain J. N. Patton , who , as assistant quartermaster general , had made the con- racta for the construction ot the quarter masters' commissary buildings for Camp Wlkoff at Montauk Point , gate the partic ulars of this transaction and other occur rences at that camp. The buildings were completed within eight days , but not before supplies began to arrive. Ho also said the camp was not entirely ready for the troops when they began lo arrive , the tlmo not ) elng sufficient. Exclusive of the store- louses 2,000,000 feet ot lumber had been used la the camp. Captain Patton was also depot quarter master tand ho said all requisitions , except > osslbly In trivial matters , were promptly tiled. "I do not remember a single solitary thing that was not furnished as soon as It was asked , even without requiring a receipt 'or It , " be said. Witness said there had been a great deal of injustice in the criticisms * In the news papers concerning the delay ot sick men at , he depots going off on furlough. "There was no neglect In this matter , " he said , 'and no more discomfort than 'is necessary In removing sick men. The men were pro vided with seats and cots while they waited. " "Captain Patton said tbat while there had been some delays on the one railroad going Dto camp they bad not been material and le thought the road had done well for a tingle-track line. Transportation papers had been furnished promptly by his office , and If men had to stand In line for hours In order to get these documents he had no knowledge ot the fact. There Won Plenty ot Lnmlicr. Dr. Conner read a letter from Dr. Forward to the surgeon general complaining of the delay In getting lumber for the hosoltala. but tbo witness said he knew nothing of such a condition of affairs. There was an abundance of lumber on hand , and thcro should have been no complaint. In reply to a question from General Mc Cook Captain Patton said there had been no effort on the part of his superior officers to dictate to him in tbe matter of letting con tracts. In the.afternoon session Captain M. W. Ireland , who was associated with Dr. La Oardc. aa a surgeon aud executive officer jn the Slboney hospital , waa the first' wltnetu. Elo eald ho had gone to Cuba on the Sara toga , but had not been able to land for nix days ; why , ho did not know. The hospital at Slboney had been sufficiently wen supplied for 'about 200 patients , except In the matter of cots , of which ithero were not to exceed fifty. Patients In excess of this number were , compelled to lie on their blankets on the ground for the Drst week of the hospital's history. About 1,200 wounded men c-amo to be treated within three or four days after the institution of the hospital. The surgeons were all competent , and notwithstanding the shortage of supplies , the men hiul as good attention there as they couM have had at any other hospital. Thcro was a sufficiency of supplies with the exception of delicacies and conveniences. There was a scarcity o't Ice and milk , for Instance , for the transports carrying con valescents north. These transports wore provided with oil the articles that were on hand. ( Speaking of the Concha , concerning which there has been considerable criticism , ho mid be had supervised the provisioning ot that vessel and ho was sure that It had received all the supplies necessary at least there bad been no complaint before leav ing , and ho had taken It for granted that It had air that was required. Ho did not know ot any ships coming north without medical ofncc7 > and attend ants , yet the convalescents were expected to look after themselves on the trip. Snmenii Look * for Gnn. Dr. Ireland said that on one occasion a surgeon on the Seneca had come ashore In search of a revolver , because , he said , the crew was Insolent. He said be bad not been able to get u revolver , but did get a rlflo , but Dr. Irerand bad never heard that bo had been called upon to use tt. Ho was not 'jure whether this was Dr. Birder or Dr. Hicks. Dr. Edward E. Munson , who for a time was on duty at Tampa and In Cuba , being for a time on the Olivette , and also adjutant to General Pope , chief surgeon of tbo Fifth corps , said ho had understood that requisi tions were promptly approved and that all the difficulty there was In getting medicines and supplier was duo to the lack of trans portation. Each regiment had been expected to take the supplies necessary. There were no orders to leave medical supplies , except the ambulance , at Tampa. Hn bad understood that medical supplies In Cuba were short. They were taken on the transports , but It was Impossible to get them lauded. Dr. Pope had made an appli cation to the quartermaster's department for transportation for this purpose , but was told there was none to be had. Later a small boat had been furnished for one trip only , General Shatter bad ordered the use ot the boat for this trip and bad afterward revoked It to tbo extent of having the boat takt some officers aboard. As a fact the medical department bad tc rely on Its own energies. As a result there were medical supplies which had never becc landed. Dr. Muuson had outfitted some ol the hospital ships going north and on one occasion bad seized from tbe commissary department a largo quantity of dcllcacicE which bad been left on the Iroquols. Condition at , Santiago Dad. Dr. Munson said the condition of the arm ) before Santiago was lamentable , owing ' largely to tbe fact that tbe men were without - out tents. For the first two or thrco day : there were practically no supplies on shore 1 So for as be could determine tbe quarter master' * department bid made no effort tc assist the medical department , leaving li entirely to Us own devices. He thought there was sufficient dressing for the wounded , sufficient medicines anc sufficient medical Instruments , but then was a lack of tents , cots aud necessary diet The deficiencies were met by tbo medical department , but If tbo fighting had con- ( Continued on Second Page. ) EXPANSION TO BE DEPLORED Snch a Policy Not in Harmony with Idea of Protection to Laborers. i FREE TRADE WILL FOLLOW ON MANY LINES Home Market Clnb Show * Why Econ omic Principle * Arc Theory of Annex ation. BOSTON , Mass. , Nov. 16. The annual meeting of the Home Market club was held today. Colonel Albert Clarke , secretary ot the club , In his annual report , considered the question of national expansion from an economical standpoint , and said : "It IB greatly to be hoped that President McKlnley will so frame his treaty of peace with Spain as to minimize the dangers and responsi bilities which we must assume as the result of the war. , "On October 19 , at the quarterly meeting of our officers , till the Now England elates being represented , there were many strong expressions of personal opinion against the policy known as 'national expansion , ' and there was no expression In Its favor. "Somo think our opposition Is because ex pansion and protection will not bo good yokefellows. That will depend upon how the new acquisitions are treated. If they are helped to Independence , as I think they should be , or are governed as colonies , as those not able to govern themselves ought to be , If the constitution will penult , tariff may be maintained between them and the United States which will protect both and at the eamo time give reciprocal prefer ence. "Out If they are annexed and made a part of our country , the provision In sec tion S , article i , of the constitution , that all duties , Imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States ; and the provision In section 9 that no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state , which has been held to apply also to territories , may have the effect to prac tically introduce free trade In such articles as sugar , tobacco , hemp , fruits and various ores , and all'other goods produced In the an nexed regions , and ae It Is impossible to bring working people in these countries up to the American standard , their annexation would seem to expose our Industrial popu lation to unrestrained competition with low prices and ill-conditioned and coolie labor. "If we must lave an expansion policy , and It must take n form of annexation and ter ritorial government , bow can the party which has always favored protection to American labor ever look a workmgman In the face ? "We do not oppose , but we favor the find ing of foreign .markets. We are gaining them constantly. Hitherto the conquest has been peaceful. The best of them are In countries which are self-governed and for which we have to assume no responsibility and bear no expense. We can continue to In crease our trade In those countries , but we can gain vastly more by preserving the con ditions of domestic prosperity and cultivat ing the homo market with equal care. Let us do .both. " ECKELS OPPOSES EXPANSION He Thlnka a Sonnd Current ? ? Would He of More lleiielU 'to the Country. INDIANAPOLIS , Nov. 1C. At the meetIng - Ing of the Indiana , Bankers' association this afternoon the following resolution was unanimously adopted : Unsolved. That this association has watched with Interest the efforts growing out ot tbo Indianapolis monetary convention to obtain conservative * and comprehensive monetary legislation that will place our cur rency system upon a sound and enduring basis. Wo respectfully urge upon congress the necefslty of taking up this matter at tbo earliest possible moment and enacting such a measure as ulll unify and fortify our currency and make the credit nf the United States the best In the world for all time. The following officers were elected : Presi dent , C. T. Llndscy , South Bend ; vice presl dent , D. A. Coulter , Franklin ; secretary , 8. A. MorrlFOii , Indianapolis ; treasurer , E. L. McKee , Indianapolis. Executive council : Hugo A3. Rothert , Huntlngburg ; 3. L. Bay ard , Vlncenncs ; Hardln Roads , Muncle ; Oliver G. Solco , Plymouth ; Mord Carter , Danville. Delegates to national convention : C. T. Llndsoy , South Bend ; Mortimer LeverIng - Ing , Lafayette ; . S. A. Morrison , Indianapolis , and A. C. Lupton , Hartford City. This forenoon > the association was ad- drersed by the bankers , James H. Eckels , cx-comptroHer of the currency ; John Parson and Orin Taft , Jr. Mr. Eckels , In his1 speech , declared against expansion. He said : "It may be possible , though I consider It extremely doubtful and highly Improbable , that this nation may be benefited , and evils at homo remedied , by assuming grave duties and grave dangers abroad and letting alone the things at home , which most affect the people. Let tha currency of this country bo placed on a footing that UJ c.'ie will doubt the Integrity of the country and we shall have contributed something to the forces ot civilization which cannot help but work out results' ' as beneficial as the occu pation of new territories and undertaking now responsibilities. " The convention wound up tonight with * reception and banquf at the Grand hotel. HEAD CHIEF WANTS A BONUS Will Not Allow Children of HU Nation to Attend School Without Connldcrntlon. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. ( Special Tele- gram. ) Agent Rcbok of Sac and\Fox \ ( Iowa ) Indian agency Is In the city with a delega tion of Indians on business before the Indian office. There Is some difficulty between the reds and the Indian office regarding the opening of tbe new school at Sac and Fox agency. Head Chief declines to permit the children to attend the school unless be U paid $500 per year , which he claims be It entitled to under the treaty of 1818. This Is denied by the commissioner. If tbe mat ter is not patched up It is probable tbe school will bo closed. The contract for carrying tbo mall be tween Giles and Purdum , Neb. , was awarded to C. C. Call at $126 a year. M'KIM.KY TAKES HOl'THKRN TRIP , Atlanta Peace Jnhllee Will Entertain the PreHldent. WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. Captain Evar P. Howell of the War Investigating commis sion was at tbe White House today and practically completed arrangements wltt the president for a visit by Mr. McKlnlej to the Atlanta , ( ! a. , peace Jubilee next month. Tbe president wlll leave here De < ccraber 13 , arriving In Atlanta at noon 01 December 14 and remaining until mldnlghi on December 1C. If the Seventh corps Is ai Savannah ho will visit It there. Xevr 1'onliiinntrr * fur > rbriiikn. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. ( Special Tele- gram. ) Nebraska postmasters appointed Hiram M. Mlaner , at Charleston , Yet * J county , vice S. H , Llpton , resigned ; Charlei T. Anson , Glenalpln , Antelope county , rice B. C. Buxton , resigned ; J. T. Plnkcrton , Hcuilngford , Box Buttc county , vlco C. J. Johnson , deceased ; John P. Short , Lomax , Ouster county , vice W. Ai Dlckman , resigned - signed ; P. J. Hunter , sr. , Nlckercon , Dodge county , vice G. W. Tucker , resigned ; Otto Nllson , Phoenix , Holt county , vice E. L. Co. burn , resigned ; Carrie Emanuel , Pleasant Valley , Dodge county , vlco John Emanucl , resigned ; John J. Hicks , Smlthlleld , Gosper county , vice C. H. Blpelow , reigned ; L. C. Reneau , Tryon , McPherson county , vice S. H. Daly , removed. SOME NEBRASKA BOYRETURN They Are Picked lp at Honololv , Where They Had Bee Lett Sick. SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. . The steamer Moana arrived from Sydney , Apia and Honolulu lulu this morning. The vessel brought an other consignment of Australian gold. The shipment Is valued at over $2,000,000 and Is contained In 100 strong wooden boxes. There were forty soldiers aboard , having come from Honolulu. Twenty of them be longed ito the regular army. Two of them belonged to the Eighteenth Infantry and were San Francisco ruen.'i The other sol diers belonged to the Nebraska and Penn sylvania regiments. They were welt enough to leave the hospital and were granted fur loughs , jj CUSTODY OF TEMPLE DEMANDED. Crime Committed In United State * Mnnt He Tried Here. WASHINGTON , Nov. [ 16. At the In stance of the governor of ! Arizona the State department today Instructed United States Minister Clayton at the City of Mexico to demand the surrender ) under extradition proceedings of Temple , the American rail road conductor who Is held , under arrest by Mexicans near Nogales on the'charge of killing a Mexican In tbe United States. If the Moxlcim government concedes the Jus tice of this demand , which Is not doubted , Temple will bo * tried In the United States and ouce moro the principle of extra terri torial Jurisdiction claimed by Mexico will have escaped n test Issue , although our gov ernment Is on record as having by Us de mand for Temple's release repudiated tbat principle. VOLUNTEERS ARE RELEASED War Department I ne Discharge * for a Number of Nehraaka and lotra Soldier * . WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. ( Special Tele- gram. ) The secretary of war. > baa directed the discharge without honor' of Private Ralph O. Chlsolm , Company * L , Third Ne braska volunteer Infantry. tf Colonel John P. Bratt , First Nebraska volunteer Infantry , having rd.eadered his resignation , has 'been bonoivbjy discharged from the service. $ * The secretary ol war h s nferrod tele graphic Instructions dlrectlnjjtfkhe discharge of the following volunteersjpftrlvato Spen cer B. PAxton , Company D.'JPltty-flrst Iowa volunteer Infantry , and B. F"jMewton. $ Com pany F , Fiftieth Iowa TolunteefcInfantry. Control WASHINGTON , NovMl6.- * The ' Unltod States government Is , anxious that the mili tary forces shall have possession of the port of CIcnfuegos on the southern coast of Cuba as soon as this can bo arranged. It has been represented to > thc officials here that the vast sugar-cane fields in the province of Santa Clara , Clenfuegos being the port of entry for that province , are almon ripe and ready for cutting , and that Implements tor the work and oxen for hauling should bo sent Into the district as soon as possible. The United States , In order that these maybe bo given prompt admittance , desires control of the port. The Spanish government has been given notification of the Intentions to occupy the port. GettlnK ToKcther on Reciprocity. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. The Anglo- American commission held a brief formal session today , adjourning In order that the separate conferences representing the two countries might proceed. Rcclprocl'y con tinues to bo the main subject under discus sion , and It Is understood that an advance bias now been made by a tentative agree ment on a few articles which are to be tbe subject of reciprocal concessions. Schley IB Ordered Home. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. An order was Issued from tine Navy department today de taching Rear Admiral Schley from duty w ! h the Porto Rlean evacuation eornml lnn ind ordering him home to await further orders , WILL SING AT USUAL PRICES International Opera Company Conceit Iti Ouiaha Date and In In Bad Way at Kaniai City. KANSAS CITY , Nov. 16. ( Special Tele gram. ) The International Grand Opri company , which was to have appeared Ir Italian grand opera at Omaha tbo last three nights of this week baa cancelled Its engage ments In tbat city and will prolong Its en gagement here throughout the week. The company foas been playing to very poor busi ness In the weet , end tbe managers , it li said , contemplate disbanding it. The loss ai Kansas City has been especially heavy anc It was feared tbat It would be even worst at Omaha. Regular bouse prices will pre > vail during the remainder of the engagement hero. Hey Confennfn to a 31 or dor. MUNCIE , 'ind. ' , Nov. 16. Tonight two little tlo boys , one 4 , the other 7 years old , toU the police that Fred , the 10-year-old SPI of Thorroa C. Oland , shot and killed And ; Bodera liter , aged 5 , whose dead body wa : found In a gravel.pit near Whltcly , a suburl of this place. To the police the boy Fret Oland first said ho shot at a rabbit an < killed little Bodemlllcr. Afterward he de nled this and told several contradictor ; stories. Themes Oland , Fred's father , Is i saloon keeper. Sam Jackson , Gland's colore * bar keeper , Is suspected to bo an accom pllco of the murder. There Is danger of bli being lynched should thta suspicion prov well founded. Prominent Ma on DUappeam. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 16. William H Frazler , grand marshal of the Pennsylvanl grand lodge of Mascms , has disappeared froc his home In this city and all trace r > f H movements has been lost since laat Thurs day night. Mr. Frazler on that night at tcndod a banquet at the Masonic tempi and left shortly after 11 o'clock. He i about 64 years of age , Is married and has family. He ib one of the editors of h Keystone , a Masonic paper , and is rast mas tcr of Mount Morlah lodge , No. 155. Movement * of Ocean Ven eli , Nor. Ill At New York Sailed St. Louis , to Southampton ; Mongolian , for Glasgow ; Ma Jestlc , tor Liverpool ; Southwark. for Ant werp. Arrived Al tla , from Marseilles Trave , from Bremen. At Qucenstown Sailed Pavonla , for Bos ton. ton.At Marseilles Arrived Victoria , fror New York. At Southampton Sailed Kaiser Frcder ick , for New York. At Naples Arrived Auguate VlctorU from New York. FERD PECK TALKS TOO MUCH American Commissioner to Paris Pair Gets Himstlf Disliked. PICARD WILL NOT CONFIRM STATEMENTS Thin Conntrr linn Not Ileon Allorred Mont Space and the Statement It Hud Stir * I'll n Mild Con- trovery. Copyright , IMS , by Press Publishing Co. ) PARIS , Nov. 1C. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The Interview which 1 had with M. PIcard regardlnc Ymerica's space at the Paris exhibition was absolutely authentic and was accorded per sonally by him Friday morning , November I , at his office In the French exposition icadquarters , Qual d'Orsay nnd after he lad himself seen the cable asking for It. The statements are all exact. ThU is so true that Monday , November 14 , at 1 o'clock M. PIcard officially sent me at my homo one of his secretaries , M. Henri j'agnlez , to aslc me If I could kindly glvo him the paper In which his Interview had appeared as he would like to sco his Inter view. I replied that the paper of that date lad not yet arrived In Paris , but I gave ilm a paper of October 23 , containing one of the first assertions In regard to American space. I also showed M. Fagnlez a Paris ierald containing Mr. Peck's Interview upon arriving In America In which appears the phrase , "more than other nations. " He said It was absolutely false and would bring about complications with other forolgu nations. After the secretary's visit I went to the foreign office of the exposition ami was there informed that America certainly lad not the greatest amount of space ; that sjIa had been accorded the most and ; hat America would como third or fourth In quantity as a result of Plcard's Inter view. Peck cabled to his American commission at Paris asking them to request PIcard to confirm his ( Peck's ) statements which he lad mode upon reaching America. This Pleard formally refused to do , eaylng that such statements must remain exclusively those of Mr. Peck's. I am mailing you Plcard's secretary's card presented me to announce his official visit and Important documents , particularly upon the entrance of honor Peck Is having constructed tor himself at the American headquarters and the 'comparison between his staff and ex penditures and those of other nations PIcard is most friendly toward Americans , but Peck's bluff and exaggerations arc harmful to real American Interests. GRACE CORNEAU. GREAT DIVA IS VERY HAPPY Pnttl SayH Her Marriage to S rcillnli Haron Will Tint Interfere with Profemilonal EtiKnKctncntN. ( Copyright. ISSS.'by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Nov. ! C.-N"cw ; ( York World Cablegram Special Tclcgrami ) I saw Mad ame. Pattl at the i Great Western hotel as she was preparing o tart on her return toCrag-y-Jtbs"b"ef"r > 'eish castle. r "Yes , " she said In the sweetest tones , " 1 am affianced to Baron Kcderstrom , but the date of our wedding has not been flxeil yet. It wIM probably be early in the new year and quite quiet. The baron la at pres ent In Sweden , but Is returning to England before Christmas. I don't know that there Is anything moro to be said about the matter ter- except that I am , as you say , yery happy. No , my marriage will make no dif ference in my professional engagements 01 plans. They will bo carried out preclscb SB before. " 'How long have I known Baron Kcdcr- Btrom ? Well , rong enough to bo satisfied that our future will be one ot happiness. " The diva looked the picture of checrlnesn and marvelously pretty , seemingly enjoying , like the princeus of Wales , the gift of per ennial youth. She has been overwhelmed with congratulations. ITALY ENJOYS PROSPERITY Humbert Make * Rood Report to Par liament and Plead * ( or L'nl- tersal Peace. ROME , Nov. 16. King Humbert In .ipen- ing Parliament today made refcrencs to tht rioting in Italy lust spring. His majcaij said he was looking forward to the mumcni when ho would bo able to pardon those whc were misled at that time. C ntliiulag , tnt king pointed to the acceptance of Italy's proposals regarding the government of C'rct > and the anarchist conference as proof of th. cordiality ot Its relations wlch tnt powers The financial condition of the country , hl < majesty asserted , was satWactory ; the navj WLuld bo gradually increased , snd a serlcj of internal reforms would be submitted. Ir conclusion , King Humbert said Italy needei peace and cordially adhered to the c/iar'f proposal to discuss the question of dla < armament at the approaching congress. THINK JOK CHAMIinill.AIX IS niGHI Newfoundland FI shorn Are Pleaietl with Illn Late Speech. ST. JOHNS. N. F. . Nov. 1C. The speccr of Joseph Chamberlain , British secretary estate state for the colonies , before the National Unionists' conference at Manchester , En < gland , yesterday , in tha course of which hi condemned the French policy In Newfound' land along the treaty shore , gives genera satisfaction here. H Is regarded as Insur ing a speedy settlement of the question. PARIS , Nov. 1C. The speech of Josepl Chamberlain has had a disquieting effcc upon French official circles , where It hat been expected that the evacuation of Fasb < oda would satisfy Great Britain. ADVISES SPAIN TO SUBMI1 Parl * Journal Believe * that Spaniard ! Should Iteconi'lle Themxelvea to Inevitable. PARIS , Nov. 16. The Journal today , re ferrlng the peace negotiations , says : " \Vi think that the extravagant exigencies havi made discussion 'almost Impossible betweri that country and Spain. Nothing but sub mission on Spaln'n part ecms possible. A the rumored Intervention of the German em pcror Is a myth , Spain should reconcile It self to the Inevitable and set Itself abou preparing for future struggles. " IIIUTJSII STKAMKIt liOEM AOnOV.NTJ Ilede Suffer * Colliipac nt Month o niver Kibe. CUXHAVEN. Nov. 16. Tha Brills ! steamer Bede of London , ( rom Norfolk , Oc tober 9 , for Hamburg , grounded off Mlttel ruecken at tbo mouth of the River Elbe ttm has broken In two. Tugs and lighters ar attending tbo wreck , nu lnn Tnlfen Illn 1,1 f p. PARIS. Nov. 1C. Lieutenant Gurko. for merly ot the Ruuslau navy , who was undo arrest for an attempt to murder one ot tb Russian state secretaries at Monte Carlo an awaiting extradition , was found dead In hi CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska i'urtly Cloudy : Variable Winds. YcMerdn > ' Temperature lit Uninhiit llnnr. Dcp. Hour. Urn ; . cell this morning. It appears that his brother visited him yesterday and shortly afterward he was seized with a violent sickness. ALLIANCE , TH WORLD'S PRIDE fiord Chnnibprlnln Ilcllter * a Speech Warmly Prulnlnir America He- fore Cuimcrvnllvc C'luli. iCopyrleht. 1593 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Nov. 16. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Lord 3hamborlaln , nt the Manchester Consorva- Ivca' club tonight , eald amid cheers : "Now I rejoice still morq at the change which has taken place lately In our rcla- loua with the United States of America , They Blond 'to us on a , different relation to hat which Is occupied by any other people. They are our kinsfolk and wo never shall 'orgct It. They speak the same language and they proceed In argument and In action 'rom ' the same standpoint as ourselves. 1 tnow a hundred reasons why wo should bo 'riends. I know none why wo should be otherwise. "I bcllevo that this has been the true feei ng of this country toward the United Jtatcs for many years. Wo have been , per- laps , misunderstood on the other side of ho water. Now , happily , the cloud has dis appeared and that good feeling which we had entertained and which we have recently expressed has bceu cordially reciprocated. A combination between the two great En glish-speaking people 1st ] 0,1 combination which would fear no other"alliance. . Our maglnatlou roust be fired when we content plate such a possibility of such a 'cord.al ' jnderstondlng between the 70,000,000 which Inhabit the United States of America and the 50,000,000 Urljtons who Inhabit the United Kingdom and colonies of the queen 'A combination of that kind would bo a guarantee for peace and civilization of the world , If , as seems likely , the United States Is about to enter upon a n . career as a colonizing nation. We shall welcome the union Into the same field with ourselves. Wo know It would be animated by the same motives and will carry out the same methods. Wo know It will be Inspired wl'h the same sense of responsibility and wl'h the same love of Jus'lce , and mich a now de parture would , no doubt , as Lord Salisbury , atd , servo our Interests , not in any selfish or mercenary sense , but because It would give to each of us a bettor understanding ol the work of the other. It would Increase out sympathies ; it would bring us closer to- gcthor ; It would make easy and Inevitable that most < lcslrablo co-operation. " COUNSRI , FUHMSIIKD FOR URfiYFUN Conrt * > t , Cnmmtlotv. Will Demand the Secret 0oi * lor. PATHS , Nov. Ig. The announcement thai two advoaatcJ will Tie sent to Cayenne , cap. 'tat ' of French Gulnna , to assist Dreyfus It the prcpa Jtlon ot his defense , glvo rise U the belief that ho will not. after all , b < brought back. It Is bcllcvcJ he has alreadj received the government's message an > nouncclng the revision. tThe cnuft of cassation will undoubtedlj demand 'tho secret dossier and according tt the solr the gONorument has taken the ful responsibility for whatever measures ma. bo necessary to prevent the dossier from ob > talrilng a publicity that would he dangeroui from , an International point of view. WILLIAM SAILS TOWAItD SPAIN Strict Incognito Preserved and Sn Culler * llccc-lvcd. MADRID , Nov. 16. Tbo Spanish govern- rarnt has been advised that Emperor Will- lam will arrive at Port Mahon , Island 01 MlnTCI. on Friday , and that ho will read Carthagona on Saturday and Cadiz on Sun day. His majesty will observe the strlctesl Incognito , no honors will bo offered and UK transport and German war ships will merelj exchange the usual naval salutes. Th < Spanish authorities will not board the Ira- perlal yacht HozhcnzolJfrn. mOtilJLK FOIl MOTHIJR ENGLAND "Mnd Fakir" U SllrrliiK Up Strife li S > r < it Valley. SIMLA. British India , Nov. 16.-Troubl < Is brewing In the uppsr Swat valley , when the notorious "Mad Fakir" at the head p 600 men Is preparing to attack the Nawal of Dlr , and to create a rising against Brl ! ' Ish rule. BUERS STORM STKONGHOLE Murder of Miloiiary IH AvenKed 1 > J Prompt Action of C'ournifeoim Dutch. PRETORIA , Nov. 16. Th'e Borr forces after a heavy musketry fire and heavy ar tillery bombardment , stormed and capturcc the mountain stronghold of Chief Opefu o the Magatos tribe , In the Zoultansburg dls trict. Opefu recently massacred a mission ary. and his family and tbe Transvaal gov eminent sent an expedition to punish th natives. The latter attacked the Boers , bu were driven into the mountains. Thrci Boers were killed during the storming o Hi6 mountain stionghold. ninnco SHU Han IteRrctn. MADRID , Nov. 16. Captain Genera Blanco , in a letter to Scnor Tinado , says "The keenest sorrow of ray rife Is surren dorlng Cuba , with an army of 150.000 mei and 200 gunr. , to an enemy who claims t have conquered Cuba whllo wo are pos seined of such resources. " Eniflnnd Wnntn Cuhan Trade. LONDON , Nov. 1C. The foreign office to day , replying to a memorial from the Blr mlngham Chamber of Commerce asking I Bteps had been taken to Induce the Unite States not to 'impose protective duties I Cuba , promised that every effort would b made to se-curo protection for Brltleh tradi .Inmniru People DlaapiMilnted , KINGSTON , Jamaica , Nov. 10. Consider able disappointment has been occaslone here by a dispatch from Washington an nounclng the failure of the negotiations f" the proposed An Rio-American reclproclt treaty for the West Indies. I.or.l Ktrutlicoiin Coining Over. LIVERPOOL. Nov. 1C , Lord Strathcon and Mount Royal , the high commtaloncr c Canada , Is ono ot the passengers on boar the White Star line steamer Teutonic , whlc sal red today for New York from this port. William May Cull on France. PARIS , Nov. 16. The Voloate says ; KT poror William has sounded tbo French ccv ernment sbouf visiting French waters , In It is denied that a Ilcot has been ordered t meet th emperor. WANT ARBITRATOR panUh Oommission Springs a Surprise on tbo Americans , QUESTIONS LEGALITY OF THE PROTOCOL Ask tbnt Philippine Dispute Bo Referred for Judgment. WILL HANG ON TO ISLANDS TO THE END Spain Contends It Slionltl Have the Benefit of All Doubts. ADJOURNMENT FOLLOWS UNTIL SATURDAY Spaniard * Arc Merely Mnklnir r.\ > * < niiilonmtlc FIKM They Cnu mid Will OUc In to the rinnl Illtlmutnm , CopyrlRht , 1S3S. by Press Publishing Co. ) PAUIS. Nov. 10. ( New York World Ca- ) U-gram Special Telegram. ) Today's rueeU 'ng of the Joint Peace commission lasted 'oity-llvc ' minutes and of was high tmpor- ani-e. The Spanish commissioners presented heir rejoinder to the American reply on th * , hlllppine question , In which they strongly cltcrated 'tho contention that Philippine sovereignty does not come up for discussion mdor the terms of the protocol and sets out varloas rcaaons why the United States' pro posal concerning the debt could not bo ac cepted by Spain. The surprise of the meeting , however , \vns a request that the dispute should be re ferred to arbitration , as the scope of tin- > rotocol ami its legality demand that the Jnlti'd States should consider the sovereignty eignty question under It. This proposal submitted with the protestation that It wns made simply because the great desire or Spain Is to bring negotiation ! to on arnica- issue also pointed out that the Unlti-d States has alnays been foremost In cham pioning arbitration ; consequently , Spain makes the request with all the more con fidence of its being granted. No name for arbitrator Is mentioned , but It Is understood : hnt the Spaniard * have either the king ot the Belgians or the president of the SWHH ! Federation In view. The American commissioners asked for nn adjournment until Saturday , when It IH fully expected that they will reject thu arbitration proposal which is , in eftect , u derogation from tJelr powon. They are commissioned to settle all points arising nn the protocol and they maintain unshaken their view that sovereignty of the Philip pines Is disposable under that Instrument. The Spaniards are merely making the best diplomatic ! fight they ctm and U is not be lieved here there Is any likelihood pf abso lute rupture , an they will accept though under protest when the American commis sioners say their last word about the Philip pines. I hear from another pourca that the Spaniards' memorandum deolut voluminously with the American arguments and concludes by announcing the Inability of the Spanish commission to uwcrVe from Its counter propositions. Tbo Spaniards also prusunteil the proposition to the American commission to the effect If the latter Insisted on de manding eovorelgnty of the Philippines thu Joint commission should request the two governments to submit the question to an arbitrator to dctcrmlno the true meaning of ibn third and sixth articles of the protocol. InRtractcd to Hans to Phlllppluci * . MADRID , Nov. 16. The minuter of for eign affairs. Duke Almodovar de Rlos , has received dispatches from the Spanish peacu commissioners , now In Paris , indicating that today's meeting of the Joint coiumltulon.- ) will not be the last. Tbo commissioners , it IB added , have received additional Instruc tions to defend Spain's rights in the Philip pines. The minister of marine , Scnor Aunou , and the minister of foreign affairs have con ferred on the statement of Emperor Wil liam's vlblt to Spain. The newspapers discuss the Carllst agita tion , but expieea belief that the followem of Don Carlos will not Issue a revolutionary manifesto. PARIS , Nov. 16. The meeting today of tbo Spanish and American commissioner * began at 2:15 : p. m. and ended at 3 p. m. The Spanish commissioners presented a long document in answer to the American argument which was submitted rant week. By mutual consent the memorandum of to day was handed to the Americans without being read , and the meeting adjourned to Saturday next. The Spanish cominun.cation will bo translated this evening and Ita con tents will be discussed by the United Statra commissioners tomorrow at tliolr usual dally session. The Spaniards In their communication to day reaffirmed the position which they havr assumed against the discussion hero ol Spain's Philippine sovereignty. They Insist that the words "Shall determine the c.on- tror. disposition and government of the Phil ippines" In article ill , of the peace piotocol , do not warrant any reference to Spain's withdrawal from the Philippinesexceptou Its own terms , and therefore , tUe Spaniard * pro pose arbitration on the construction to b placed In the words "The Control , disposi tion and government. " Aninnnt to lie Ottered Spain. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. Up to this point the discussion at Paris haying touched on principle , there has been no attempt to nume exact figures In relation to the amount of money that might bo paid to Spalu by the United Stateu on account of the Philip pines , iluch , for li.fctanco , ns the state ment that the United Slates would rnim- hureo Spain "for the pacific expenditures" made on account of the Philippines , for no one hero at the tlmo hail an exact knowl edge of what these expenditures amounted to In the aggregate. This has been as certained , however , to the satisfaction of the American commissioners at least , and they will name the exact amount of money which the United States Is willing to pay over to Spain on this account. What IB proposed Is a cash payment to Spain , for the United Status does not propose to enter Into any relations whatever with any of the holders of bonds Issued by Spain , notwith standing the efforts of some of the Euro pean powers to bring this result about. ANte to tint amount which will he ottered to Spain , the officials * here are mute , hut It IB believed to Ho lomewhero between $20,00u- 000 and 140,060,000. The Amorlcan commissioners are under instructions to Inform the Bpnnlnh eonimls- ( rloners that 'there can he no further delay | In the final conclusions of the work of thu commission , BO that It Is certain that an end onn way or the other will ha reached bc'foro long. Ttrnmi Left to II * Pair. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16 , The armored cruiser Maria Teresa has been abandunc'1 by thlu time and lies a wreck off the < xuit of Cat Inland.