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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUKE li), 1871.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1901 TWEIiVE PAG ES.
SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS.
MN OF OLD CRUISE ?
ROYAL GREETING AWAITS THEM
Afairftl f cb'ey Eiili Again from CimfifM
to Untiafo farbtr.
reparations Mnde for n Great lleecp-
tlon to Dnke nnd Unchcss oC
Cornwall niiJ Vork.
.LONDON, Oct. Zi.0.,i" .AVrato plans
have been made for the of the
SEA FIGHTER PATIENT DURING THE INQUIRY nd duchess of cornwa;', r'; :k at
Portsmouth and London. It Is . ,,-
GIVES NEBRASKA ITS DUE
Iiintarj Wilion Comdw It it Tary Mioh
ii tha Oari Bait.
SEEKS PLANTS TO ROTATE WITH WHEAT
Judgt Adtocate, HoweTtr, Pratwa Witins
with Km Questions.
FIRE SHOWS UNDER ADMIRAL'S CALM FRONT
Batrtgrada Varamant ta ley Wnt
Iratrkt Oat Filly.
ii
RESPONSIBILITY IS TAKEN BY COMMODORE
Information from Slsjshee anil Cuban
Pilot Indicate That Spnnlnh
s Fleet Wns Not Sheltered
f In Santiago.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2M-The crow-ex
amination of Admiral Schley was continued
throughout the session of the court of In
quiry today. The progress, made wan ex
ceedingly slow. Practically, the whole day
was consumed in questioning the admiral
about tho cruise from Clenfuegos to San
tiago and the motives and Influences that
governed him In turning back after his
.squadron had arrived In the vicinity of the
ally felt that tho tour of tho du- 'r
mv-uiao linn uixu i euvtcsoi ;
whole, comparatively llttlo Interest ha.
been taken lu It, the war and other events
having completely overshadowed tho royal
Journey. The officials, however, aro deter
mined that It shall end In a blaze of glory.
At Portsmouth an effective naval display
has been arranged. Fifteen battleships
and cruisers will sail tomorrow to meet the
royal yacht Ophlr and escort it to Ports
mouth. Other ships there will Join In the
reception, nnd Friday evening the wholo
fleet in tho harbor will bo Illuminated.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra, with
the duke and duchess of Cornwall and York
and other members of tho royal families ou
board the royal yacht, accompanied by a
flotilla of other smaller yachts, will meet
Ophlr In tho channel Friday and escort It
Into the harbor.
The royal party will take train Satur
day and reach London at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon. Hero tho troops will keep the
streets clear for tho procession from Vic
toria station, by way of Constitution hill,
Picadilly and St. James street, to Marl
borough house. All traffic on the London &
Brighton railroad will be suspended be
tween the time of the departuro and the
arrival of the royal train.
Newspaper correspondents who were with
the duke and duchess of Cornwall ana
York's party contribute somo remarkable
letters to tholr pnpera here, highly ap
'resident
.1.
Ttoosevelt Entertains Col.
$ J-' 1 llrliihr if Knilli IlaUnta
. jplnsmtc Indlnna to tie Aem-
bled at Canton.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON'. Oct. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) Secretary Wilson of the Depart
ment of Agriculture leaves for his home In
Traer, In., tomorrow "to vote," said he,
"and Incidentally to make one or two
speeches.
I see," ho added, ''that some of the
western newspapers continue to criticise
me for alleged statements made regarding
the crop conditions du?tng tho early fall. I
am somewhat surprised at these attacks
because ray whole active life has been
spent In the west and I am part of its rest
less energy. The tountry on tho west side
of the Dakotas, to my mind, la In the actual
corn belt of tho United States and any oth
er geographical division would be mislead
ing and any statement that would seem
to reflect on Kansas, Nobraska, the Dakotas
or Colorado attributed to me hardly merits
serious consideration.
"With regard to the enormous wheat yield
in Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas the
department Is giving that matter serious
consideration. No country can grow wheat
perpetually without diversifying and rotat
ing. Tho department, with this general
latter port.
This latter branch of the cross-examlna
tlon had not been concluded when the court prccatlvc of Canada, but they do not like propogtlon In vl0W( 'Bnxloug t0 gct pUnts
adjourned. the gllmpso they got of the United States. ,h , , , . h , whP.t.Brnwlnc
i ne Diocnnue ui annunKu, mo Tttu, ,no Morning 1'OSl corrcsponucui
writes: "Some of us crossed to Buffalo lo
see the exhibition, which waa disappointing.
Buffalo Is a slovenly looking, If prosperous,
city. In great tontrast with the handsome
Canadlau cities wo had recently visited."
eance of May 31 and the battlo of July 3
still remain to bo covered. 'It is hardly
probable that the Judge advocate can con
elude boforc adjournment tomorrow. After
he finishes quite a number of questions pre
parcil by tho members of the court will bo
submitted
The Judge advocate In conducting the
cross-examination used a carefully pre
pared typewritten list of questions. They
called for a comparison of statements Ad
miral Schley han made either In his direct
testimony, in his communication to the
scnato or In his dispatches to Admiral
Sampson or tho Navy department, with thu
testimony of witnesses who have procedsd
him and the logs and signal books of tho
other vessels of tho flcot
The questions wore not asked in chron
ological order, but Jumped from one sub
ject to another. Throughout the strain to
which the witness waa naturally subjected
while under examination the admiral re
tained his customary composure. Only
once did he display Impatience or weari
ness. At one point when asked a question
he replied that he had been asked the same
question yesterday, at the aame time tell
lng what his reply bad been then
At another time when being starchtngly
Interrogated as io bis dlstancea from shore
at Clenfuegos and as to whether the dis
tances were a matter of- record he re
sponded ratter tartly; "Oh, no; I did not
know they would ever become a matter of
importance or-1, "would bavs, olattsd them. TAKE'
and -tnada i'titiwt&tPMWr"
many otner tnings.
Tito Points at Inquiry
The main points to which the cross-ex
amlnatlon was directed today were the
ability of tho ships to coal off Clenfuegos
and the reasons for what Is known as tho
tetrograde movement.
The lattor point waa dwelt upon with
much emphasis and had not been disposed
of fully when the court adjourned. Tho
admiral gave three reasons for turning
back: First, the statement of Captain Slgs
bee, who commanded St. Paul, that the
enemy waa not In Santiago; second, the
opinion of Nunez, the pilot, that tho entrance
was too narrow and shallow for tho Spanish
shins to enter and, third, the ambiguity of
the department's telegram
In tho course of the cross-examination
the admiral said he regarded the depart
ment's dispatch rather u a suggestion than
as an explicit order, a suggestion which he
carried out after the had. abated and thu
coal supply of the ships had been replen
ished. ' A
Tho first question tne Judge advocate
nsked waa in connection with Admiral
Schley's examination In chief, regarding tho pai m triur RCCDC ifl DARK
meeting with Eagle after the flying aquad- rALLJU MNU rttr5 IN Urt1r
ron left Key- West
WEEK'S "BAG" IN SOUTH AFRICA
Kitchener IlepartM Ilnrd Tussle with
Delnrcy nnil Kemp nnd Tells
if Stricken l!ocrN.
LONDON, Oct. 29. A dispatch from Lord
Kitchener, dated Pretoria, October 28, says
he has received reports of important fight
ing. October 54, near Great Marlco, when
Dclarey nnd Kemp attacked a British forc.o
and wcro only repulsed after severe light
ing, leaving torty doad on the field. The
British lost twenty-eight men killed nnd
had flfty-flvo wounded. Tho Boers carried
off eight British wagons and appear to have
paid special attention to the guns, aa thirty-seven
sunners and drivers were killed
or wounded.
Lord Kitchener mentions a number of
minor affairs and says this week's "bag"
consisted of seventy-four Boers killed, six
teen wounded nnd 333 made prisoners. In
addition forty-flvo Boers surrendered and
the British captured 471 rifles. 7,050 rounda
of ammunition, 216 wagons, 630 horBes and
eighty bead of cattle.
A 'LOOK 'UNDERGROUND
Auatnat Belmont nnd Pnrty (lather
Dnta for Use In nulldliiK New'
York Ilnnd.
LONDON. Oct, 29. Messrs. August Bel
mont, McDonald, Bryan, Deyo, Van Vllcck
and Stlllwell having completed their sur
vey of the underground railroads of Europe,
will Start on their return to New York to
morrow on the White Star line Btcamer
Oceanic from Liverpool with much useful
Information for tho benefit of New York
City's underground road.
Mr. Belmont said today to n representa
tive of the Associated Press: "We mot
with tho greatest courtesy everywhere and
all opportunities of seeing what we wanted
to see wero granted to us. We secured
much valuable data, especially regarding
stations and power houses. It would not
be courteous If I made comparisons with
tho various roads we went over. You can
not compare London's 'tube' with tho Now,
York road, for our lino is bolng constructed
on an entirely different principle."
"Ymi said vou had a distinct recollection
that Eagle passed wUhloJhsll In the Yu
catan channel and that ' It reported no
news."
Knaie Deport no News.
"Not In thi Yucatan channel. We passed
Eagle soon after leaving Key Wot."
"It passed within hallf
"That la my recollection."
"And repotted no neW.a?"
Tim liidsii advocate) thin iUmned to Clen
fucRcs, oxarainlng him upon Jits statement Marlborough house is only a few hundred
that upon the nrrlval ot thp squadron there yards leng, King Edward disappointed the
Scorpion was sent In. Is a. picket boat and orowds today by driving from his residence
asked him to reconcile that statement with to the palace and back In an entirely closed
the entry In tho log ot (scorpion to the et- carriage. The king looked aged and pallid.
feet that from midnight ,UT4 n. m. "drifted An Incident which evoked some coramont
aUiiaiii
Gilnsril Drives to nnd from Palace
Ceremonies In Closed Carrlnne,
Disappointing Public.
LONDON, Oct, 29. King Edward today
personally conferred the Insignia of various
orders on 250 to 300 officers and others re
cently decorated. The Investiture was held
in St. JnmeH nnd was nttended by all the
atato ceremonial for which the king Is such
stickier.
While the route between St. James and
portions of tho section referred to. We
have scoured the world to secure these
plants so that the people In this corn belt
will lu the future have forage plants with
which to rotate.
"I repeat that Kansas, Nebraska and the
Dakotas are as pronouncedly In tho corn
belt as any states east ot the Mississippi.
Even this year, with a corn shortage, the
finest corn grown was raised In the states
mentioned and the department Is glad to
herald this fact." i
President Entertains Grlstsliy.
President Roosevelt entertained at lunch
eon today at the White House his former
comrado in arms, Colonel Grlgsby ot Sioux
Falls, S. D., who organized and command
ed tho famous Grlgsby Cowboys during the
war with Spain. The affair was entirely
Informal. Mrs. Roosevelt presided, assist
ed by Miss Alice. Other guests, aside from
Colonel Qrlgsky, were Mr. and Mrs. Page of
this city, Mr. and Mrs. Groves ot Boston
and Lieutenant Commander Cowloa of the
navy.
O. S. Glfford ot Canton, S. D., recently
appointed superintendent of the Insane aay-
ura at that place, has arranged for re
moving to Canton the Insane Indians who
are now Inmates of the government asylum
In this city. It Is believed the Canton asy
lum will be filled to Its capacity from the
start. The Institute will accommodate sev
enty-five patlenta and It Is expected It will
bo opened January, 1.
Mr. and Mrs. It. F. Kloke and daughter
of West Point, Neb., aro at the Raleigh,
This Is Mr. Kloke's first vlBlt to Washing
ton and he and family are thoroughly en
joying the historic surroundings.
Dr. and Mrs. Mackenzie of Watertown, 3.
D are guests at the Raleigh.
Department Notes.
Rural free delivery service will be es
tablished January 1 at Central City, Linn
county, la. Tho route embraces twenty
four square miles, containing a population
ot 610. Dudley D. Epperson waa appointed
carrier.
Postmasters appointed:
Nebraska Anselmo, Custer county, R. N.
Atkinson, vlco II . Kelly, resigned.
South Dakota Prlnglo, Custer county,
Frances Cordlngly; Shlloh, Sully county, O.
D. Varne.
Tho Citizens' National bank of Des
Moines was today approved as a reserve
agent for the First National of Independ
ence, In. i
Charles W. Adslt of Fort Yates, N. D.,
waa today appointed a carpenter at the
Indian agency at Rosebud, S. D. .
The corporate existence ot the First Na
tional bank ot Storm Lake, la., has been
extended until October 29, 1921.
Tho secretary ot the- Interior has ordered
patents Issued to the Union Pacific Railway
company for three more lists ot landa se
lected under lis grant. The first em
braces 89,425 acres In Cheyenne district;
tho second, 132,979 acres In the same dis
trict, and the third 69,791 acres in Chey
enne nnd Kvnnston districts, Wyoming.
SHOULDER AN IMMENSE RISK
Itnllvrnr Underwriters Issne Music
l'olley to Northern Pacific Two
Elements Are Negotiating-.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 29. Tho Northern Fa-
clflo today received from tho Railway Un
derwriter one of the largest Insurance
policies ever written In the United States.
Its total was $13,400,000. It is tho largest
single policy the company ever gave. In
addition to the above the company has also
Insured, out ot Its own fund, a large
amount of property, tho total- being about
$6,600,000, making n total Insurance Just
provided of $20,000,000.
Tho insuranco covers all properly which
Is destructible by Arc and Includes rolling
stock, merchandise In transit, warehouses,
depot buildings, shops, roundhouses, etc.
Insuranco on railroad property Is consid
ered a 'good risk, consequently the amount
paid in premiums was comparatively low.
The Northern Pacifies Insuranco fund
at the close ot tho last fiscal year, Juno
30, 1901, was $578,326, an Increase over tho
preceding year of $52,391.
Twn Interests May Agree.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29. The Evening Post
says: "It developed today that conferences
over the Northern Pacific situation bavo
now reached slightly more favorable con
ditions for ultlmato agreement of tho two
interests owning tho company's stock. What
this plan now taken up may be, those con-
cerned were not today ready to indicate,
and, of course. It may bo superseded, as
havo so many other Ideas.
For the present tho active negotiations
are being conducted by Mr. Hill and Mr.
Harrlman, and It is probable that until they
agree on some basis of actlon'whlch each
Is willing to accept, Mr. Morgan wilt not
be brought formally Into tho conferences.
Mr. Morgan holds tho proxies for the com
bined holdings ot the Northern Pacific
shares and can put immediately Into mo
tion any plan to be worked out by the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
officials and accepted by the interests over
them. I
AGAINST BARTLET BONDSMEN condition ofthe weather PAYS DEATH PENALTY
' ' Forecast for Nebraska: Fair In Eastern.
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LIABILITY OF PAXTtN, SW0BE AND TAYLOR
Mllatntlon 2'ow Presents a Sorn
Proposition of l.nw Never Before
In This Action Cited to At
tention of Tribunal.
Hhowers and Cooler In Western Portion
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day. Probably Showers and Cooler; South
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(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Oct. 29. (Special. )-Brlefs
on behair or tno state in mo casu
against tho bondsmen of former Treasurer
Bartley were filed In tho supremo court
today. Tho action comes beforo tho su
preme lotirt on error front tho district
court of Douglas county, where it waa last
tried beforo Judge Irving F. Baxter. By tho
decision of that court, given on Juno 25,
1901. Bondamon W. A. Pnxton, Thomas
Swobo ond Cadet Taylor wcro released from
liability on the bond. Judgments were re
covered against E. E. Brown, C. C. Mc-
Nlsh .tnd John II. Ames for $545,947.16.
Tho litigation now presents a novel prop
osition ot law regarding the liability ot
Paxton, Swobo and Taylor which has never
before In this action been cited to tho at
tention of tho supreme court. It Is con
tended by the attorneys for tho defendants
that on January 3, 1895, Bartloy filed his
official bond. They Insist tho evidence
ahowa It was approved tho samo day and
that Bartley Immediately began the dis
charge ot his duties. Later, on January 9,
the names of Paxton, Swobo and Taylor
were added to the Instrument nnd the bond
was again approved. These facts, they say,
will not be disputed by the stato s at
torneys. Taking up the legal side of tho
question It Is asserted that the filing Is tho
dominant act incident to making n bond
effective and that the act of approving It
Is only subsidiary. ' Further tho law Is
n I 4 swt 4 Vi n 4 Innm rnllst It A n lAnaMnrnt I flfl
NEW MANAUtH hUK HIU LlHANUt before a contract Is binding. This consld
er.it Ion may bo something paid or somo
MOST IS WITHIN THE LAW
New York Justice rants Stay of Sen
tence to Anarchist owlna: to
Certain Scruples.
Assassin of Fratidait MoKinUy Lxtcutei at
Early Hoar TiMstj Miming.
EXPRESSES NO SORROW OVER HIS CRIME
Eajs It KllUd IfoKioUy Emm I Wu
ai Emmj f Wirkiif Fpl,
REGRETS NOT- HAVING SEEN HIS FATHER
Nat tha Blig attst Mitch tr UniMmly Inol-
dtnt Dariuf tit Exioitiu,
Only Pour Minutes Elapse from Time,
Prisoner Leave Ilia Cell Until
Phrsletans Prnnannc j
Him Dead.
President's Offices Mar o to St. l.onls
and Several Other Important
Changes Impend.
DENVER. Colo., Oct. 29. President Jot-
fcry of the Denver & Hio Grande railway
today announced the appointment ot J. II.
Herbert as general manager ot the entire
Rio Grande system, to succeed J. H. Met
calfe, who will retire November 1. Mr.
Herbert resigned the position of general
manager of the Southern Pacific railway on
the retirement of President Hays. He was
at one time superintendent of tho Gould
line. Russell Harding, third vice president
and general manager of the Missouri Pa
cific, has been made vice president ot the
Denver A Rio Grande as well as ot the Rio
Grande Western and It Is rumored that the
president's office may bu removed to St.
Louis. It Is understood that within a few
daya other Important changes' will be made
on the Rio Orando.
LESSONS IN BI'IUING ROADS
M.
Praetleal Demonstra'.-tongjn .Taraplke I Hented:
thing suffered. From these various prop
ositions it Is argued thnt the names of
Paxton, Swobe and Taylor, having bcon
added after tho bond waa approved In lis
original form, cannot bo held ns binding be
cause the contract had already been formed
and completed.
It Is a neat little point of law and was
treated by Judgo Baxter, In his Instructions
to the Jury, ns follows
If you find that the bond sued on waa
filed In tho office of tho secretnry of state
January 3, 1S95, nnd that thereunder on
that day Bnrtlcv entered unon the dlS'
chareo of his duties or state treasurer, the
addition afterwards of tho signatures of
Paxton. Swobe anil Tavlor was without
consideration, and said Pnxton, Swobe nnd
Taylor uia not tecome name, nunougn tne
governor suDscquenuy approved sum Donu.
Clnlm of Prejudicial Kgfor.
In tho brief field by the state It la al
leged that tho bond in suit is a valid Instru
ment under tho law and facts In evidence
and that the jury should havo been so In
truded. It is further Insisted that the
Instruction by the court was prejudicially
erroneous. In support of this latter con
tention the following argument is pre-
NEW YORK, Oct. .29,-Justlcc McLean DEADLY CURRENT DOES WORK QUICKLY
in uie supreme court, today granieu a cer
tificate of reasonable doubt In tho case
of Johann Mott, editor ot the Frclhclt, an
unarchist paper, In order to stay his sen-
tenco of twelvo months' Imprisonment for
tho publication of an article entitled "Mur
der vs. Murder," which appeared on tha
day ot President McKlnlcy's assassination.
Justice McLean says the only proof to
support thu Judgment Is that Most pur
loined an article expressing certain senti
ments, written by another half a century
ago, nnd published It as bis own, "In a
paper professedly of some circulation, but
which circulation Is shown by the sale ot
but a single copy, that purrhnsed by the'
police, probably tor the purpose of prosecu
tion."
The Judge says that the contention that
the publication has openly outraged pub
lic decency rests solely on tho language of
the article Itself, nnd that, the Indecency
repressed by the law relates rather to ac
tion nnd words which nature and propriety
require to bo concealed and suppressed and
to public displays ot evil books or prints.
'The Indecorum of this pilfered screed,"
says Judgo Mclean, "Is of another sort.
It pratea of humanity, Immorality and mor
ality, reason and conscience, but carries no
suggestion of the obscene."
The utterances, Judgo McLean says, do
not come within the meaning ot the sec
tion of the code under which Most was
prosecuted.
Construction Are Olven Through
out the Soath.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. A apeclsl good
roads train similar to the train recently run
over the southern lines of the Illinois Cen
tral road waa sent out by the Southern
railroad with the object of giving practical
lessons in roadbulldlng In the southern
states through which the road passes. Tho
officials ot the National Good Roads asso
ciation, including President Mooro and Sec
retary Richardson, aro In chargo of the
train and will conduct good road conven
tions In the principal cities and towns
visited.
MEADE IS CALLED TO ANSWER
i
Colonel In the Naval Corps Confronted
with Serious Chnrsjes by the
Depnrtment.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. The Navy de
partment has made public the charges and
In company with the fleet for the "emalnder was the presence of Sir Francis Lans, the 1 specifications in tho case of Colonel R, L.
of the watch." klng'a physician, at St. James' palace. Sir Meade, United States marine corps, who Is
The admiral explained that that entry Francis left the palace and drove to hla to be tried by court-martial at the New
did not necessarily mean that the Scorpion home, oppostto Marlborough, Just before York navy yard on November 12. There aro
waa absolutely In touch wKh the fleet. As his majesty returned there. two charges, "drunkenness on duty" and
he recalled it all the ships were drifting. '.' ,.- ...,,.. "scandalous conduct, tending to the de
Did you regard It uMJkr these clrcum- JQ Ht-rtUfLt nt ItlANdVAAL structton ot good morals.1
stances as a picket boetfy,
"I did. It was drifting In shore."
"How far Inside:"
"That would be a gueis. Perhaps
mile."
Going back to Aduia's appearance at
Clenfuegos Captain Letnly 'asked about the
war bulletin brought by that vessel and
asked it It had not stated, that the Spanish
Ijord Mlltter Indicates llrltUh nexlKim
to SnhJuRnte Snu(h Afrlcnn
Country,
DURBAN, Natal, Oct. 29. The Imperial
authorities havo reached the conclusion
that the early repeopllng of tho Transvaal
Under the first chargo there arc three
specifications, alleging that on or about
March 18, April 30 and June 18 Colonel
Meade, while in command ot the Marine
barracks at the New York yard, waa "un
der the influence of intoxicating liquor and
thereby unfit for the proper performance
ot duty
Under the second charge there are six
fleet had lett thoro on May 20. This the and Orange river colonics Is advisable, so gpeoiflciions. They allege false testimony
wltneis admitted was trila, as ho did also that the normal Industrial and agricultural
that ho had said that tn distance front me of tne colonies may oe rcauiueu. in
Clenfnesos to Santiago was from thlrty-slx the course of a specen yesicraay t,oru
to forty-Olgut hours, rncn captain ixiraiy
while under oath before the court ot In
qulry which Investigated his ease.
asked
"Would not the fact that from thirfy-slx
to forty-eight hours was necessary In cov
crlng this dlstaneo havo brought tho Span-
lards to Clenfuegos after your arrival
there;"
"I did not w,Ish to be understood that
that time would have been necessary tor
the Spaniards to make the voyage. 1 meant
clmply to give tho time consumed by the
flying squadron lu making the voyage."
Reverting to (be blockad,o ot .Clenfuegos,
Captain kimly asked the witness how ho
estimated ho dlstaneo oft the blockading
fleet to be between three nnd four miles
from shore,
"In the. day time I took a bow and beam
bearing. This, together with the' surf and
the land, seemed to confirm that that dis
tance was correct."
In answer to Captain Letnly, the admiral
read abstracts from Brooklyn's log, with
the view of showing (hat the admiral's
(Continued ou Fourth Page.)
Mllner aald It was usclesa to wait until the
war waa over In a formal sense. It might
never be over, ho declared, but it was
burning Itself out nnd in time wo will show
ourselves master In the house we havo
taken, by rebuilding It and can live In it.
POLICE BREAK UP MEETING
Irish Aiillntors Are Itoiiiihlr llandlail
and Mnny Women Are
Trninplrd Upon,
MOURNING PERIOD IS OVER
President llnnsevelt Attends the The-
titer nnd Winter Gaiety Be
ailiis In Washlimton.
DUBLIN, Oct. 29. A force of constabu
lary broke up a United Irish league demon
stration nt Kllrauln, County Mayo, yester
day, though the meeting had not been pro
claimed. The police refused to allow John
Q'Donnell, M. P., or Peter Regan, a league
organizer, to speak; William Redmond waa
thrown about and Mr, O'Donncll was as
saulted and dragged Quougii ta amiL
M,r. Regan's hand was broken by a bit
from a constable's baton and a doien men,
women and children were trampled upon.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. President
Roosovelt and party occupied two boxes at
tho New National theater tonight and wit
nessed Daniel Frohman'a company in "Lady
Huntworth's Experiment." This Is the
first time the president haa attended any
theater since his elevation and his en
trance was warmly greeted by an audience
that packed the theater.
The president was accompanied by Mrs
and Miss Roosevelt, Captain Grcenway and
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Gray of Baltimore,
Tho president's visit to the National
brings to a close the period of mourning
,hr tha late President McKlnley, as many
snnbera of tho official family, as well aa
many leaders of society, heretofore have
refrained from appearing In public.
M0BERLY IS SAFE IN JAIL
Negro Evades Fury of Avcnainsr
Party and Is Conveyed to County
Seat at Murphysboro,
CARBONDALE, 111., Oct. 29. Thomas
Moberly, the negro whom a mob tried to
lynch In this city last night, was taken
from his hiding place about 2 o'clock this
morning and conveyed In a carriage to
Boskydell, a small station six miles south
ot this city, where the fast mall train on
the Illinois Central was flagged and ths
prisoner safely conveyed to the county Jail
at Murphysboro. The mob patroled the
streets until late at night, but Its members
could not learn the whereabouts of the ne
gro. It is not probable that any demon-
atratlon will be made at Murphyaboro.
BIG SALE OF TIMBER LANDS
Iowa Parties Dispose of 81,000 Acres
In Arkansas to Wisconsin
Men for ft ,ias,ooo.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 29. One ot the
largest land sales ever recorded in the
south haa been made by Tom F. Doyle,
representing the Hayward Timber com-
pany of Davenport, la. The deal Involved
81.000 acres of timber lands situated In
Grant, Hot Springs and Dallas countjes,
this state, the purchasers being tho Gllkoy
& Son company of Merrill, Wlsi, Stewart
Alexander Timber company of Warsaw,
Wis., and the Merrill Lumber company of
Merrill. The price paid was $1,125,000.
The theory tendered in Its sunnort' was
that tho bond In question was delivered to
nnd accepted by the stato January 3; thnt
l'axton, hwodc ana Taylor Having signed it
after that date, nnd therefore nrter its de
livery nnn acceptance, mcir signatures
were witnout consideration. Tne solo evi
dence to sustain thla theory wns the en
dorsement on tno uomi. wmcn wns as roi
lows: "Stnto of Nebraska, Secretary's
Office, us.: llccelved and nicu for record
this 3d dny of January, A. D. 1S95. nnd re
corded January 9, A. D. 1895, In record book
C, nt page 480. J. A. riper secretary or
State: J. B. Evans, Deputy." But this wns
not all tho evidence on tho question of de
livery and nccoptance. Conceding that the
bond was handed by Ilnrtley to the secre
tary of state for tho purpose of making the
nbovo endorsement, nnd was by tho secre
tary of stato endorsed, "received and filed
January 3, sun it was not sucn a delivery
or acceptance ns ine law contemplates to
comploto the bond contract, for tho reason
mat ine nonn was not leir. witn tno sec
retnry of stnto January 3, but was Imme
dlatefy withdrawn. Tile most fnvorablo
construction thnt can reasonably be nut on
thin act Is that It was a partial or tentative
delivery, tnnt is to say: tho nond was de
itverea on inni nay to tne- secretary or
stato for tho sole puriiose of having1 him
endorse it, "received and men jnnunry 3,"
nnd not for the purnoso of having him re
tain it in hla office, nor for tho purpose of
having It nccepted by the stnte. Thnt must
havo been Hartley's purpose, elso he would
not navo witnornwn it,- nnd it must have
been tno purpose or tno secretary of stnte,
else ho would not huve surrcndemil It.
The principal and his sureties had not yet
surrenacrcu control ana dominion over it.
nnd therefore there wns no legal nnd Ilnnl
delivery. Tho evidence Is undisputed thnt
after January 3 Dnrtlev had the bond in
his possession, cnrrled It to Omaha, nnd on
tne Ktn dny or jnnunry tneso derendants in
error Paxton. Swobe nnd Tnvlor added
their names thereto, with the knowlediro
nnd consent of tho original nurctles, as evi
denced by their written waiver. Subse
quently he returned it to tho governor for
npprovnl. It wns npproved and then deliv
ered to tno Bccrcinry or stato nnil ny mm
recorded Jnnunry 9, lROfi. Thin was tno ant
that completed the delivery which gavo the
bond vitality. Then for tho first time had
nil things been done necessary to bo done
. ' ... 1. tUn t.nnd Mnillni. nr. nil I. -
tics, because this wns the first time tho
bond had actually nnd finally been deliv
ered to the state. Prior to this hour tho
bond wan under tho control and In tho cus.
tods- of Bartley. but after this time It could
not De recauea or revolted ny its maker.
MINERS HAIL THEIR CHIEF
Mitchell Dny Is Observed by Parade
In Which Fifteen Thnnsnnd
Operatives Take Part.
DEFINES RIGHTS OF NEGROES
(iovernor Aycnnk Points tint Social
Barrier Which,, He Snys, South
Will Never Disregard.
RALEIGH, N. C Oct. 29. Governor
Aycock tonight opened the negro state fair
In an address In which be urged the negroes
to build up society among themselves,
founded on culture, Intelligence and virtue.
In tho course ot the address he referred
to President Roosevelt dining with Booker
T. Washington and said to the negroes that
their best friends lived In the south. He
told them they did not need recognition by
the president, as it would avail nothing In
the south.
He said: "The, law which separates you
from the white people lu tha state socially
has been and always will be lasxorabU
and It nee'd not1 concern Trollop to whether
the law is violated elsewhere. It will never
be violated In the south. Its violation
would bo to your destruction as woll as to.
the Injury ot the whites."
He pledged the best efforts of the whites
to aid the negroes, but told them that social
equality was an Idle dream. ,
In reply Dr. C. H. King, a prominent
negro minister of the Methodist church.
snld that tho negroes did not want social
equality, that he and his people did not want
to sit down at tho dinner table ot tha
whites nnd that, they were not In sympathy
with anv such Idea.
STILL HAS CHANCE TO .LIVE
Shnffer of Montana, Twice Sentenced
to lie Hansted for Murder,
Gets New Trial.
HELENA, Mont., Oct. 29. Joseph Shaf
fer, twice tried and twice convicted of
murder In the first degree and twice sen
tenced to be hanged, has been granted a
new trial by tho supreme court.
Four years ago Shaffer killed a man
named Hawkins in Butte. At the first trial
the Jury found him guilty and he waa sen
tenced to pay tho extreme penalty. Ho waa
granted a new trial on a technicality. Tha
second trial resultod In a verdict of murder
in the first degree and ho waa again sen
tenced to death. The case waa appealed to
the supreme court and an opinion Just
handed down favors the condemaed man
because an error was made by tho lowor
court in instructing the Jury.
AUBURN', N. Y.. Oct. S9. At 7:12V4
o'clock Leon Ctolgosr, murderer ot Presi
dent Wifllam McKlnley, paid the extreme
penalty exacted by tha law for his crime.
He was shocked to death by 1,700 volts ot
electricity, Ha went to the chair in ex
actly the aame manner as have the ma
jority of murderers In thla state, showing no
particular signs ot fear, but In fact doing
what few of them have done talking to tha
witnesses while he waa being strapped la
the chair.
"I killed tha presldont because he waa
an enemy of the good people ot the good
working people. I am not sorry for my
crime."
These were his words aa the guards hur
ried him into the chair.
A moment. latar, mumbling through tha
half-adjusted face atrapa, he said:
I am awfully sorry I could not ace my
father."
Ciolgosz retired last night at 10 o'clock
and alept so soundly that when Warden
Mead went to the cell, shortly before S
o'clock thla morning, the guard Inside had
to shaka Ciolgosz to awaken him. He sat
op on the edge of his cot and made no
reply to tha warden's greeting ot "Good
morning."
Death Warrant Ilead.
The prison official took from his pocket
the death warrant and read it slowly and
distinctly' to the assassin, who hardly
raised his eyes during the perfunctory cere
mony. Just as the warden stepped away from
the cell, door Ciolgosz called to him and
sitld: "I. would like to talk with the su
perintendent." The warden responded: "He will be down
presently."
Then the condemned man rolled over on
his cot, apparently anxious to steep again.
At'6:16, however, the guard brought to him
a pair of-idark trputers with -the le.t If
alt, so-as.' to allow Iho'-free .application p:
Ha waa told o cat up and put these, opv
which he, did. Contrary to the usual cus
tom, .he, was glyen a new, pair ot nbon
yvhon dressed ne lay aown on nts cot ngain,
and In this attitude Superintendent Colllnj
found him at 6:30, when he went down to
visit him.
The superintendent stood In front of ths
steel bara and when the guard had called
Czolgoaz's attention, he tald: "I want to
make a statement before you kill mo."
"What do you wish to say, Czolgoss?"
asked the. superintendent.
Crave I.arsrsr Andlence.
i
"I want to make it when there are
lot ot people present. I want them to hear
ma;" aald tie. pilsoner.
'Wall, you cannot," said the superin
tendent.
Then I won't talk at all," said the prls-"
oner, sullenly.
After the superintendent had left tha
guards brought 'Czolgosz's breakfast, con
sisting ot coffee, toast, eggB and bacon, and
he ate with qutto a good deal ot relish.
While be waa partaking ot this the wit
nesses were 'gathering In the office ot War
den Mead and at 7:08 the procession passed
to the death chamber, going through tha
long south corridor. In the chamber
Electrician Dayls and former 7ardea
Thayer 'of t Danncmora had arranged tha
chair. test, placing a bank of twenty-two In
candescent lights across tho arma and
connecting the electrode wires at either
end. 'The witnesses were ordered seated
and then 'Warden Mead briefly addressed
them, raying:
"'You aro hero to witness tha lesnl death)
MISS GOULD CHAPERONS FAIR ' Un F. Czolgosz. I deslro that you keep
your scats ann preservo aoaoiuto snonea
In, the death chamber, no matter what
may transpire, -There are plenty ot guards
and prison officials to preserve order and
attend to the proper details,"
Tito prison pnysiotan, ur. .ucrin, and ut.
Carlos MacDonald of New York took posN
tlona to 'tha left of tha chair, Warden Mead
stood directly In front and Electrician Davis
retired to the 'llttlo place containing tha
electrical switchboard. Thayer gava tha
signal ;and the current waa-turned through
tha electric lights, flooding tho cham
ber with brilliant light and dramatical!
Appointment Is Accepted to Act
Woman Manager of Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
ST. LOUIS, bet. 29. Telegraphic advices
from Van Buren, Ark., today say that Ns-,
tlonal World's Fair Commissioner P. D.
Scott had. received a telegram from Mlsa
Helon Gould, in which she accepts the ap
polntmont of woman manager of ths
Louisiana Purchase exposition. Miss Gould,
was named by Commissioner Scott at the'
recent meeting of the federal commission, showing tha power that was used -to kill
WILKESBARRE, Oct. 29. Mitchell day
was observed hero by tho United MIno
Workor8 by a parade, In which 15,000 mln-
In this city.
, . nr-o nnuuiTTrr I ers marched and which was headed by John
SH0UP LEAVES UUMMITTtt Mltcholl, tho president of tho union. It
Idaho Member of nepnhllcans' Na
tional Orsfanlsatlnn HcmIkhs, Kl
fective In December.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. Oct. 2S. A spe
cial from Boise, Ida., says that ex-Senator
Shoup has resigned as a member df the re
publican nationals commltteo from Idaho,
the resignation to take effect between De
cember 24 and December 31. Tho reason
for the senator's resignation Is not known.
Chairman Gooding ot tho republican stato
committee has called a meeting ot tho dele
gates to the last national convention to
take action in regard to Senator Sbouo's
successor.
was tho greatest outpouring ot miners evor
seen here.
After tho parade thore was a mass meet
ing, at which President Mltcholl was the
principal speaker. He said he was op
posed to compulsory arbitration, but was
In favor of voluntary arbitration In tho
settlement of disputes between employer
and omployo. Ho urged tho minors to pe
tition congress to re-enact tho Chlncso ex.
elusion act, as otherwise, ho said, tho wholo
country will bo overrun with Mongolians
and many of them will find their way to
the mines, there to compcto with white labor.
SCHOOLMASTER PAINTED RED
Willow Wlclder Who Sympathise
iv I til Assnssln In Roushly
lltindled ny Mob.
PLYMOUTH, Wis., Oct. 29. Herman Dor-
mior, a school teacher, was handled
roughly by a mob this evening and given
a coat of red paint, the result of his ex-
pressed sympathy for President McKlnley's,
assasHln. Tha cltlzenB are still greatly
excited over tho affair.
F0IT0K TAKES A HOLIDAY
Mlssourlan Celebrates Ills Fiftieth
Weddliis; Anniversary by deta
ins" Shop Doors,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 29. Anton J. Fol-
tok, prominent In banking circles of this
city for thirty years, today celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of hla wedding. He
was once a prosperous Moravian manu
facturer and failed, coming to this country
pennilaos. Ho never took a vacation until
today. Mr. Foltlk is 70 yeara old and his
wife (S.
NO USE FOR STEPCHILDREN
St. lionls Kmploye Wipes Out Ills
Wife's Knnilly and Finally
Takes Ills Ovru Life.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 29. Henry Schroo-
der, an employe of tho Homo Comfort
Range company, today Bhot his stepdaugh
ter, Katie Klrst, aged 7, through the heart,
killing ber Instantly, and then fired two
balls at hla stepson, Henry Klrst, aged 11,
both ot which missed him. Schroeder then
swallowed a dose of carbolic acid and fired
a bullet Into bin own brain, dying In a
few moments. It Is said that Schroeder
hated bis stopchlldren.
Movements of Oeenn Vessels Ort, an.
At New York Arrived I'rlesland. from
Antwerp; Ciiflc, from Liverpool. Hnlled
Kron rrlnz wiineim, vjii I'lymoutn, tor
Cherbourg. , .....
At Coronet Arrived Nlcaria. from Ham
burg and Iomloii, for Han Fruticlsco: Uln-
inorBiinHiurp, rrom rnriiunu, ure,, ior oi
VMncnnt.
At Sydney, N. B. W, Arrlvi-d-Slrrn, from
Kun l-'riinciseo. via Honolulu nnd Auckland
At Glasgow Arrived Hnrinntlun, from
Montreal, via Liverpool; Astorln, from New
At" Liverpool Arrived Dominion, from
f'nrthliul.
At Bremen Arrived Knlser Wllhelm ler
Orosso, from Now York, vln Plymouth and
Cherbourg. , , ,.,.,,,
At Cherbourg Arrived Graf Waldersee,
from New York, ror itamnurg.
At liojloKiio Hur Mer Arrived Staten
dam. from New York, for Hotterdam and
proceeding, arriving at Hotterdam at 14
ii. m.
At Yokohama Balled Idsumn Mnru, from
Kobe Victoria; Victoria, from Hong Kong
and Taroma, ror uouiogne; ruociiitia, irom
Hamburg, for flew xorn,
the prisoner.
'Drills!" I" Prisoner.
-Warden Mead gava tho signal to hava
the prisoner brought In and at 7:11 o'clock!
Chief Keeper Tuppcr swung open the big,
steel door .leading to the condemned caiu.
and aa l(o steel bars behind which Czo(
goyz bad bqen, kepi were swung asiae iwa
guards' marched tho prisoner out Into thf
c6rrldor, two dtbors following and tho chief
keeper, walking In front.
The euards on either sldo of Czolgosz had
hold 'of his arms as If either to aupportj
blm or to keep him from maklug a demon
atratlon,' Aa he stepped over the threshold
be stumbled, but they held him up and
they urged him forward toward the cbalf
he stumbled agpln on the little rubber
covered platform upon which the chalf
rests, ills head was erect and witn ma
gray flannel shift turned back at tha neck
he looked quite boyish. Ho was Intensely
pale and au ho tried to throw his hea4
back and carry himself erect his' chit
qtilvere'd very perceptibly. As ho was be
lng' seated he looked about at the assembled
witnesses with qulto a steady stare and
said;
"I killed the president because he yal
an enemy of the good people of tho work'
lng people."
His voice trembled slightly at first, hut.
gained strength with each word. And hi
spoko perfect English,
'I am not sorry for my crime," ho said
loudly,. Just aa t,be guard pushed his head
back on the rubber head rest and dreta
the strap across bis forehead and obln, A4