Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee.
KSTA3JL1BI1EB JUKJ5 10, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOIiNIXG, NOVEMBER 25, 1 IK) I -TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
WLNJ) SWEEPS COAST
Xrrifio lUrm Itriku Itatai Waad aid
Extiadi Into New Yarlc.
fOR TWENTY HOURS HURRC?i. v ,c3
Damaga to Frapaity aa Manaattan Iti. '
maUd at $360,000.
Vessels take refuge by anchoring
jftmltiti An Nat iftat, Thifh lama
LItm Ira Laii
MEW JERSEY SHORE RESORTS SUBMERGED
(hale Come from Cnrthea! and 1
ATolloTred by Main Which Finite
the TMc. AhoT lushest
Water Mark.
NEW VOUK, Nov. 24. A heavy north
east gain has been raging along the coast
tor the pant twenty hours.
Tho storm set In at minuet. last evening,
plowing with groat severity nit night, ne
tompnnled by heavy rain, In tbo tipper and
jower bay the storm blow with great fury,
fin unusually high title washei! tipon tho
tilaten Island shores, doing considerable
dnmngn to docks, small boats ami other
fcraft. Tlio Staton Island Hnpld Transit
railroad track between Tompklnsvlllo and
itapteton was obstructed from wreckage
from pllcdrlvorx and a. smalt schooner
hlch was driven ashore and tho wreckagu
Jdled upon tho railroad track. A heavy ecu
iragod In the uppor bay. Two steamers
Vhlch arrived during the night remained
(tl anchor off tho quarantine station until
jioon, when the health officer's tug suc
ceeded in boarding them. These steamers
tcro the French liner Panama from Uor
fleaux and the fruit steamer Donald from
Jamaica. Tho only other arrival up to
boon was tho Mnllory Lino steamer, Snn
itarros, from Galveston.
nmtiHKe In Nctv York City.
The storm did considerable damage In the
pity. Windows In tho upper part of the
City worn blown In and a few roofs taken
Off.
The rapid transit tunnel was also
flooded In many places.
Tho Western Union Telegraph company
reports having suffered most In the I'ocono
mountain district near 8troudsburg, I'n.
Blent broke down poles and wlreH for
pearly a mllo. Some of tho. Long Island
wires were broken. The Postal company
reports heavy damage across the river be
tween Sufforn and Oiittcnberg. noth com
panies expect o havn nil repairs mado by
morning. The wind here blew from
thirty-fix to forty miles nn hour this after
noon. Tho gale aent shlpplus scurrying to
fthelter and lnty.
Many small boats and other craft were
damaged or driven ashore.
finer, A roil nil , JJahthonar.
During the early morning hours tho
ferryboats had boiuo trouble, owing to the
high wind, In crossing the rivers. In the
East rlvor the tide roso to hclghtb not
remembered by tho oldest Inhabitant. Great
damage wan deno nn all the Islands lying
In tho river off the Harlem shore, piers
being carried away, bathing pavilions
vashod off their foundations, outhouses
ewept Into the food and washed to pieces
In the waters of Hell Gate.
Ono of tho strangest sights was that of
the lighthouse standing off tho north end
Of Ularkwell's Island. Ordinarily standing
nway out of tho tlde.wator, the lighthouse
this morning was In tho midst of a raging
food. The waves covered with whltecaps
Hushed about the structure, the platform
M the house bolng but a 'short distance
from the water.
Crrn nnil Ship Henoued.
The full-rigged ship Flottbok, which went
nthoro at Monmouth beach during last
night's gale. In tonight resting on the
Bands apparently llttlo tho worse for hor
xperienco and Its erew Is being cared tor
by tho llfesavers of Station No. 4.
The tug Robert Haddon picked up the
Flottbtk yesterday about dark. The ship,
Under command of Captain Slngler. was
pound for New York from Plymouth, Kng
Jand, with n cargo of white clay and, mln
arala. The tug had a crew or acven men
pnrt the ship twenty-four men all told. All
Vent well until late- In tho evening, when
tho wind attained a velocity of forty or
forty-five knots, and tho tug was unable
to make headway and tho two vessels bo-
pan to work Inshore. Their , danger wai
teen from the beach and the llfeaaven
prepared to aid them, Seeing the struggle
was so hopeless and tho only chance of
Raving the tug wus to let the ship go, the
hawser was cut. The ship drifted rapidly
tin shore mid struck well up and close In
jftt a point favorable for work upon It. Tht
tug lobt its rudder about the time It was
freed from tho ahlp and, driven by tho gale
perfectly helpless, It drifted down the coast
Itnd brought up against the Iron pier at
Xong Branch and began to pound against
It The crashing waB heard by a fisher
knan, who roused some citizens.
Timk U nil Heroic One.
With a rope they went to the pier to aid
hn soven men on the boat. Bach wave
lis It ramn In carried Haddon away from
the pier and as tho next came rolling
shoreward the heavy tug would be carried
on Its crest and crashed agatnst the piling
tindor tho pier or against the steel work.
The work of rescue was dangerous not only
to tho men being rescued, but to those aid
ing them. After many efforts a man on the
tug caught the rope which was thrown from
the pier, Ho hung on and as the tug was
darrled awny from the pier the man cling;
ng to the rope swung clear of It and wus
Jnirrledly hauled up on the pier before the
tout wavo could dash him against the p
leg, thus all were saved.
Meanwhile the ahlp had been looked after
fcy the llfesavers. After aeveral Ineffectual
fttempls, the regulation projectile was
thrown over It and tho ropo caught, The
hlp and cable were hauled out by the
erew and made faqt aloft. Tho llfesavers
bid their shore anchor down and the
breeches buoy was rigged within a very
fehort time. The ship bad struck broadsldo
tn, so the work of removing the raeu w.is
Semparatlvely easy, Tho rescued sailors
ere taken to Long Branch.
About 3 o'clock In tho morning the Iron
Her broke In two. The tug had continued
to pound against It and tho piling and au
pcrstiucturo were gradually weakened by
the blows. The tug, too, was bettered to
pieces. I
1'nklioiTii jMiiii Itriiwn.
When tho pier was carried away, one
Continued on Second Page.)
FULTON EMERGES IN SAFETY
5iilitiierslnK of the Ycel
lfnrlorll.v Acroiu
pHhcd. Sat-
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. In tho piesence
of a large crowd, despite the storm, which
gathered to witnrss the' emerging of tho
Fulton, that boat rose from the bottom
if the bay this morning at 10:30 o'clock,
,. 'i all well anil greatly surprised' to
vere was a storm raging. The test
. -Iton's staying- powers was highly
satu. .not only to the oiriccrs of the
compa." built It, but to thoso who
went to t. bottom In tho boat. They re
port there was not the slightest discom
fort to them during their more than fifteen
hours of submersion benenth the surface.
Captain Cable of the Holland company,
who was Irf command, said that the boat
could havo remained down for three months
If there were food enough on board. Al
though Ihrro were but six feet of water
over, the top of the turrent, those on board
foil nothing of the storm, .Through tho
night there was a light rolling motion to
the craft, but this was asrrlbed to the reg
ular motion of the water and not to the
disturbance which was rolling tho wave
high nn the shore. ,
Immediately on coming to tho surfaco
Fulton, under lis own power, ran along
side tho dock and tied up.
Hear Admiral l.owo and Lieutenant Ar
thur MacArthur refused to go Into any
discussion of tho pcrforniancn of the boat,
except to say they would be satisfied to
stay down longer. They are, however,
known to bo enthusiastic over thp work of
Fulton thus fur. Members of the crew
say they experienced no difficulty In breath
ing nnd that the air was all that could be
desired nnd much purer and better than
In nn ordinary closed room 'in which ar
sovoral persons. Every pleco of machinery
worked to perfection during the night.
Tho men ate 'two meals wntlc under water
and enjoyed them. Most of them obtained
three or four hours' sleep.
Hear Admlial l.owo sold later:
"When wo went down I assisted Captain
Cable In making nn inspection of the ship.
Then I returned, while the crow played
cords and vrad. Kvery few hours I wns
awakened and made Inspections of the
conditions. Early this morning Captain Cn
blo called my attention to the pressure
gauge which Indicated the depth. it
showed that wu wore lower In tile water
than at high tide last night, when we sub
merged. Thcro was nothing to show us
why It wlis, but a llttlo while later I no
ticed that the water ns wo saw It thraugh
the dead lights was very dirty and I Imag
ined thnt a storm wns blowing.
"There was no rock or roll to the vessel
to Indicate what waB going on."
Continuing, Hear Admiral Lowe said tho
air In the boot was as clean nnd as pure
as In n house or In the cabin of n yacht.
The longest tlmo that nny submarine,
boat had been under water hero before
In tho United States was threo hours. Lieu
tenant Harry Cnllwcll kept Holland
submerged that long In, tho Potomac last
year. Fulton had never been under
longer than about twenty-five minutes,
when It made a two-mllo run submerged
a few weeks ago.
RAIN HELPS COAL CARRIERS
ttUr In Pennarlvnnln. Stream f'ncll-
Mutes Transportation from
thp Mine.
PITTSBURG, Nov. 21. Heavy and con
tinuous rains for the past twenty-four
hours hero and at every point along the
Allegheny and Monomrahela rive.
a good coolboat stage In the Ohio by to
morrow nigtit or Tuesday morning. The
stngo of wnter at the dam tonight Is six
feet and rinlnc and exnerlenced rlvor men
say a boating stage of at least two feel
Is certain to rise. Coal men and manu
facturers arp confident of helne nhl In
practically clear the harbor on this rise
oi me vnsi amount or treignt accumulated
during tho past four or fVvo months, thus
relieving greatly the congestion on the
railroads.
Fully 30,000,000 bushels of coal are await
ing shipment and the movement of m.inn.
faetured Iron and steel will be greater than
ever known before. Between 30,000 and
40,000 tons of steel rails will go out, des
tined for the Gould lines, the Ml
clflc, the Toxas Pacific and the Iron Moun
tuln roads. In addition nbout 12,000 tons
of cotton ties and a henvy shipment of mis
cellaneous merchandise are exnneterl in h
Bent Hontb,
To transport this unusual Innnma II u
estimated that seventy steamers and from
S00 to 1,000 boats and baraes will he re
quired.
SNOW IN THE ALLEGHENIES
One of the Stmt Violent ntornm In
Venrn Aloncc the Rnltlinnre
t Ohio,
CUMBERLAND, Md Nov. 24,-Otie of
the heaviest snowstorms In years has been
prevailing at Oakland and Terra Alta, W.
Va on tho summit of the Allcgheuy moun
tains, alnce yesterday. The snow this
morning at an early hour had reached
depth of twonty-two Inches. The snow Is
accompanied by a high wind, which la mak
Ink It drift badly In plares along the line
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
There has been a continuous downpour of
rain here since yeeterdoy. East of here
several washouts are reported on the Bal
timore & Ohio and passenger trains today
have been delayed several hours.
UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER
Oregon Wuinnn Gives Line nu Which
Four Men Arp t'np
tnreil. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 24. Four men
were arrested today on a charge of mur
dering James M. .Morrow, who wa found
dead on the sidewalk near hla homo last
Thursday morning. They aret Jack Wade,
alias Kenuck McFadden, of Pittsburg, Po.;
Frank Dawson, Charles Smith and W. M.
Martin. When taken to the police sttitlon
Wade and Dawson accused each other of
firing the shot that killed Morrow.
Their arrest was accomplished through
Information furnished by Mrs. W. W. Whit
lock, at whoso lodging hut the men
roomed. She stated to the police that
Wade and Dawson had com? to her house
at 3 o'clock on Thursday rooming, about
three hours after the murder was- com
mitted. LIVES THOUGHT TO BE LOST
AlrrtK Mini lt PnaruBcra Cannot He
Found nnd Death Mat Mny flench
Two llnnilrril,
MANILA, Nov. 24. Tho local steamer
Alerta, with 200 passengers. Including some
discharged American soldiers. from
Olongjpo, Publg Bay, to Manila, Is be
lleved U hava beea loiU
INTEND TO BOMBARD COLON
Amtricaa, Britiik and Franca Ifaral Mia
Iafarmad by Fallcala.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT NOW PREVAILS
Colon Ha Brcomc n lied City, nrlnp;
In Mhernl llnnd llrenptiirr
la Determined
Upon.
COLON, Colombia, Nov. 21. Tho Colom
blan gunboat General Plnzon arrived In
this harbor at fl:30 this morning. Tho ex
cltemant In Colon nt once became Intense.
Plnzon will not be permitted to land
tho troops It Is carrying at. this point. If
Mien nn attempt Is made tho liberals as
sert they will fire on them. It Is thought
tho landing of the government troops from
the gunboat should bo effected up tho Cha
gre river, In tho direction 'of Ontun sta
tion and at a point about flvo mllen from
Colon, or on the bcacli south of Colon,
wnere lighting would be permissible.
Senor Do Lo Rosa, secretary to General
Dlnz. arrived here yesterday. General Dlaa
and Lugo are expected at Colon shortly.
Tho capture of Colon by the liberal forces
Is already known at Savnnllla and doubt
less nt Bogota.
The situation here remains unchanged.
Trafllo across the Isthmus Is not Impeded.
As a result of an exchongo of notes ho
tweon the United States gunboat Machlan
and General Pinion, Ignaclo Follcnlo,
commanding Plnzon, which has fiOO men
on board, has officially notified tho Amer
ican, British and French warships now In
tho harbor that ho Intends to bombard
Colon at noon tomorrow, thus giving
twenty-four hours' notice.
Tho varlouH consuls nro notifying their
respoctlvo fellow-cltlzens that refugo may
be had on board the warships. To bom
bard tho town of Colon It Is absolutely
necessary to fire across the railroad tracks
and the railroad employes will probably
refuse to work.
Lieutenant Commander McCrca of Ma
rhlas Is the senior naval officer and he
nwalts Instructions from Washington re.'
gardlng tho threat to bombard.
Kvcltciiic nl litre nt Colon.
There Is much excitement In Colon. i
The afternoon passenger train, which
should have arrived here at 6 p. m., had
not arrived at 8 p. m.
BrenstworkB nro being erected In the
public thoroughfares of Pan-America. Tho
townsfolk In the vicinity of these are
hastily removing to safer places. All nor
sons known to be liberals are arrested on
sight. Tho government has declared Its
intention to contest every Inch of ground
If an entranre to the city Is effected. It
Is reported that some seventy men who
were wounded at Perequltn were landed
on Taboga Island, facing Panama harbor.
to avoid creating alarm In Panama. Taboga
Is about eight miles from Panama.
The government Is very anxious that
marines should be landed from the battle
ship Iowa, but Captain Perry, lis com
mander, has not complied with this re
quest. '
Government Clnlma Vtrtovr.
Boyaca returned to Panama a second
time yesterday afternoon with General AI-
ban and few men. The government claims
to havo effected a landing at Chorrcra.
routing tho enemy and recovering all the
prisoners previously reported taken, with
the exception of two. Among the number
recovered, uccordlng to the government
version, Is the nlcada of Taboga. The
liberal version Is that the aleada was
afraid to fight and when captured offered
Domingo Diaz, the liberal loader. $10,000
If he would release him: that tho offer
was accepted and that the alcada was al
lowed to go after giving his word of honor
not to nttempt to escape. The liberals
also assert Hint General Alban effected a
landing at Chorrcra after the liberals had
withdrawn to Join the liberal forces march
ing to the Empire station.
It is asserted that the ateamer Darlon,
which the liberals recently captured from
tho government, escaped Boynca under
cover of night, but It Is generolly believed
that It went to Turaaco some tlmo ago.
Ilns Ileenme n lied tit-.
The government, claims that the Chorrera
troops are momentarily expected at Pan
ama and that on their arrival the prepara
tions will be made to attack the liberal ad
vance guard and that theso will not ceaao
until Colon has been recaptured.
Great hopos aro entertained that tha
nown of tho recapture of Colon will Induce
the authorities to send big reinforcements
to land at Colon and annihilate the enemy.
It Is reported that tho liberal gunboat
Almlrante Padllla, with General Herrera on
board, left La Llbertad, San Salvador. No
vember 21, bound for Panama. The United
States gunboat Concord, Commander Harry
Knox, arrived nt Panama yesterday.
Colon has become a red city, being In
liberal hands. A large red dag bearing the
words "Patrla y Liberta" la flying at the
cuartql,
.n Word llenchen AVnshlimtnii.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. If any dls
patches from the naval or consular officials
In Central America regarding tho Intention
to bombard Colon have been sent to tho
government hero, the reaponslblo officials
havo deemed It best not to discuss them for
publication. Inquiries tonight elicited re
plies to the effect that there had been no
advices received today from the sceno
of trouble In Central America either by
tho State or Navy departments or the Co
lomblan legation. It Is probablo that odrly
tomorrow Secretary Long and Secretary
Hay will have a conference with the presi
dent on the situation as dovoloped by the
latest news and will decide upon the
course to bo pursued by the administra
tion. SUICIDE OF JUDGE ROGERS
Former Supreme Court Justice of Col
orado I'll u ml Dead liy Orrn
Hand.
DENVER. Nov. 24. News has lu.t
reached this city of tho suicide of Judge
M. A. Rogers, formerly of the supreme
court of Colorado and one of the ablest
lawyers In the state, at Steamboat Snrlncs.
Colo,, In the northwestern part of the state
on weauceday last.
The manner of suicide was unimnai.
Judge Rogers lay down on the ground with
a suck of dynamite under him and light
ing a cigar fired the fuse from It and
calmly emoked until the ahock of the ex
plosion ended his life. The net was rnm.
mltted among some willows near Bear
river, just Insido the town limits. Steam
boat Springs Is a considerable distance
from the rallrojd and only accessible by
stage, which nrcountH for the delay In le
celvlng the news In Denver, Judge Rogers
had been there all aumnier with bis wife.
No caua ti known.
GRECIAN CABINET RESIGNS
Klim d'ciirup t'nnhle In !e(nln Pre
mier nnil Ills Dep
uties, ATHENS. Nov. 21. Aa a result of the
demonstrations against the proposed trans
lation of the gospel Into modern Greek the
Grecian cabinet has resigned. This ac
tion was taken In splto of King George's
efforts to Induco tho cabinet and M. Tbco
tokls, tho premier, to remain In office.
M. Tbeotokls considers tho responsibility
of a Judicial Inquiry Into the recent riots
fhould be left to another Cabinet lu order
that tho truth may be established beyond
suspicion.
The party of M. Thcotokls will supp,ort
mo now cabinet.
There wos a renewal of tho rioting to
night, though not on a largu scale, with
demonstrations against the retiring cHbl
net.
The residences of the ministers wcro
stoned. The crowdn were finally dlnpersed
by cavalry. Armed students contlnuo to
occupy tho university buildings.
After an nndletico with King George lo
night M. Zfllml. former premier, com
pleted a cabinet, made up as follows:
Premier and minister of foreign affairs,
M. Zalmls.
Minister of the interior, M. Trlanda-Fyl-
laKos.
Minister of marine, M. Topalla.
Minister of public worship, M. Monfcr
rato.
Minister of finance, M. Negrls.
Minister of war. Colonel Korpas.
Until an official Inquiry Into the cause
of the riots has been concluded M. Zatmls
will hold also tho portfolio of Justice.
TO UNITE ALL ANGLO-SAXONS
llrllltlt Prex Adocntt'fl .Such n. I'lnu
nn Alennn of Interim tluiutl
Protection.
LONDON, Nov. 25. With the moderating
tone of the Gcrmau press tho acute phase
of tho Chamberlain Incident is regarded as
already passed. Whether tho agltntlon will
be renewed or dlo out will depond upon the
attitude Count von Buelow, the German
Imperial chancollor, assumes In the Rclcli
stag.
It has been reported that Count von Bue
low will take a firm stand against Mr.
Chamberlain's Edinburgh remarks, being
nothing loth to use tho agitation In Ger
many as a lever to nsslst tho navy pro
gram of Emperor William. Tho discussion
still continues In the press.-
The Dally Chronlclo says this morning
"It should bo plain to thoughtful Amer
icans that this agitation In Germany Is an
expression of animus, aimed not exclusively
at one branch of the Anglo-Saxon race. It
is probablo that If South Africa wcro peace
fill the Philippines would bo tho subject of
German pen nnd pencil fnntaslcs."
The Chronicle quotcH largely from Syd
ney Brooks' article In tho Atlantic Monthly
as "proving the necessity for an alllnnce
between tho Anglo-Saxon peoples."
WAR STORY IS DENOUNCED
Denied thnt Knicllfih Soldiers Sub
jected Women mitt .Children
to Denth.
LONDON, Nov. 23. With reference to
the story that Britain placed Boer women
and children In front during tho fighting
at Graspan, June 6, when General Dewet's
convoy was captured a story which has
been spread broadcast as nn example of
British barbarity the Dally Mall sent a
dlspntch of Inquiry to Lord Kitchener, who
replied:
"Tho statement is absolutely untrue nnd
devoid of all foundation. One child wns
killed and one woman nnd child were
woumlcd by Boers."
Ab tho story has been prominent in the
recent antl-Chnmbcrlnln campaign In Ger
many tho Dally Mall has telegraphed Lord
Kltchcnor's reply to all the leading Ger
man papers.
W. T. Stead, lecturing In London yes
terday, said he thanked God that Germany
nnd Europe wero bold enough to call baby
murder crime. "Compared with England's
conduct," ho exclaimed, "Herod's Hlaughtcr
of tho Innocents was saintlike. Great Brit
ain ought to be hcatcn in this war."
BATTLE PROVES SERIOUS ONE
CuMinltlea nt Vlllleradorp Are More
Nunicrona Thnn Kepnrlii at
Firat Indicated.
LONDON, Nov. 23. This morning's .dls-
patches from South Africa show that tho
recent fighting near Vllllersdorp, southwest
of Standerton, aa to which Lord Kitchener
reported nothing beyond the fact that Com
mandant Buya had been captured after at
tacking a patrol of 100 railroad pioneers,
wns really a serious affair.
It seemB that Grobelaar's command suc
ceeded In surrounding and capturing a Brlt-
sh force of 100 British Cape rnllway
pioneers. Subsequently Colonel Rlmlngton
came up with reinforcements and after
heavy fighting compelled tho Boera to re-
ease their prisoners. The British losses
Itcludod Major Fisher nnd four officers In
jured. The cnsualtles among the men have
not been reported.
RESIDENT L0UBET ATTENDS
.Inhllee In Honor of the Voted French
ChemUt Held nt
.Purl.
PARIS. Nov. 21. Tho iublleo. nf the -ln.
tlflc debut of M. Plcrrn Marcellln Berthelot,
tne chemist, wns celebrated todav In tho
grand amphitheater of tho University of the
finrbonne, which wns filled to ovorflowing
with notables from the scientific and po
litical vorlile.
M. Lnubot was present, surrounded bv
tbo members of the cabinet, members of
the diplomatic corps and many representa
tives of foreign sclcntlflo bodies. M. Georgoi
I,eygcs, minister of pub c nstructlon. nro-
nounred an eulogy of thp labors of H.
Berthelot and described the ceremony as a
national fete. President Loubet presented
to M. Berthelot a commemorative medal.
lion and embraced him amid great enthu
siasm.
THREATEN LIFE OF MISS STONE
Ilrlif nnds Are Said to Have Dcninndcd
Full Kaimom hy Ja.ii
unrr 1,
LONDON, Nov. 23. "Mr, Dickinson has
received no reply from tho brigands to his
ultimatum," says a dispatch from Sofia to
tho Dally Telegraph.
"Tho brigands threaten to kill Miss Stone
unlesB tho full ransom la paid by Janu
ary 1"
EIGHT CORPSES ARE FOUND
Ramaini af Ulniri Ara Takta fram liiaior
Collltriat.
BODIES MARKED WITH BURNS AND BRUISES
I'crlshliiR- Men I'lulit llespernlrl)
for Their LUes l'lre In the
Slinen I Mill
HflKlliR.
BLUEFIELD. W. Va.. Nov. 21. Tho dead
bodies of tho lost party of eight well known
mining men who entered the west mtno of
tho Pocahontas of tho Collieries company's
on Friday morning Inst nt 11 o'clock were
recovered at 12:43 o'clock today.
At 7 n. m. a rescuing party numbering
forty, persons entered the main entrance,
blattlclng tho mluo as they went In order
to Improve the circulation of air. They
had reached a distance of 3.600 from the
entrance when they encountered such
quantltlcn of white damp that It was Im
possible to proceed further. Ilotrjrlng their
Bteps they decided to make another at
tempt from tho Tug rlvor entrance, somo
six miles .across the Hat-top mountnln.
They went In this cntranco about 10;30
o'clock nnd nftcr going a distance of some
fiOO feet found the dead bodies of A. S.
Hurst, chief Inspector, Bob Odhntu, sub
ftltuto Inspector, nnd F. O. Bell, mining
engineer, all huddled together. From their
positions they must have met death sud
denly and without pain. All of them wero
lying face down, with no signs of n struggle.
Hurst bad mado a pillow of his coat, cu
which his head rested, Tho bodies of tho
other flvo mcmbera of tho party, Superin
tendent of Mines Wnlter O'Malley, Joseph
Cardwell, Hupcrlntcndcnt of tho Shniuokln
Coal nnd Coko company; R. E. St. Clair,
second assistant Inspector; Stnte Mine In
spector Price nnd Maurice St. Clair, sub
Imipuctor, wcro found several hundred feet
back In the mine, threo of the bodies lying
soma little distance apart. Bub St. Clair
nnd Joseph Cardwell were lying with arms
clasped around each other, cold In douth,
HodlcH Are Hmll- Ill-nixed.
Tho bodies of O'Mnlloy, Maurice St. Clair
Hnd Price were discolored and bruised nbout
the face, showing signs of a struggle, it
being very plain to see they made a des
perato attempt nt retracing tholr steps to
better air, but nlrendy had ndvanced too
far into 'the deadly white damp to escape
nllve. It Is said by members of tbo rescu
Ing party that Hurst. Bell nnd Odham
would hnrdly have lost tholr lives but for
tho fact that they lost their way, entering
a chamber 1R0 feet to tho left, or near one
of tho passages from the Baby mine, in
which the deadly white dump had accumu
lated in grcnt quantity. The bodies were
brought down from the mines in four
wagons, bedded with straw nnd covered
from tho snow, which has been coming
down nil day, reaching tho Pocahontas
wholesale grocery house, situated Just In
tho rear of tho Union Btatlon, 'about 5 p.
m where they1 will bo prepared for burial.
Tho hodlcs are very much nwollen and hav
ing bton attacked by mine rats, present
a grueromo spectacle.
The flto Is Still burning In Baby Mine
and the mlno odlc'als seem at n loss to
understand how It will bo finally ex
tinguish. The only -way,Mt Is believed. Is
by flooding. This will be an enormous un
dertaking, ns the mine Is a drift mine.
Mlno experts claim thcro Is great danger
of explosions by Hooding the. mine, a when
water comes In contact with tho fire tho
generation of gns will bo so great as to
possibly blow away tho whole side of the
mountain.
.Men Killed hy White Dump.
Tho bodies wcro brought out nt another
entrance than that from which they entered.
Tho men mot death on the West Virginia
side nnd Mlno Inspector Paul of West Vir
ginia, who arrived on tho scone today,
gives It ,ib his opinion that tha men were
overcome by whlto damp, tho most dendly
known In the coal mines. An Investigation
of the mine by Mr. Paul showed that sev
eral pockets of black damp also existed
In tho mine. Secretary nnd Treasurer
Charles Thorno of Philadelphia, who was
hero when tho men started Into tho mines
last Friday, endeavored to dissuade them
from entering, telling them he regarded
tho venture a very perilous one.
The hodlcs of tho victims wero hauled
across Flat-Top mountain In road wagons
to this city and are now In a church, which
has been turned Into a morgue.
Prominent coal men from Virginia nnd
West Virginia aro hero at the request of
tho Pocahontas Coal company for a consul
tation, which was held last night. The
men who formed tho rescue party today
boarded up overy Bldo room In the main
line Bhaft for n dlstanco of two miles bo us
to nvold further danger from gas nnd the
fans, which heretofore had revolved thirty
two revolutions a minute, were speeded to
100 revolutions to force pure air through
the mountnln, Notwithstanding this a
number of pockets of firedamp were en
countered nnd some of tho party today
enmo near falling by the way.
INVEST IN SAN JUAN BONDS
American Firm U the Highest Bidder
for Six Hundred 'liinunnitd not
ion) of Municipal Credit.
RAN JUAN, Nov. 21,-J. M. Cebtllos &
po. of New York nro tho lx?st bidden for
tno latest issue or Snn Juan municipal
bonds of the value of JCOO.000. They offer
10t. Tho bondH wcro opened lnat night.
The awards will probably go tomorrow to
M. Ceballos & Co, und four other bid
ders, tlio bids running from J3S7.10O up. The
bonds nro for twenty yenrn and nt 6 per
rent, with u guarantee by tlio Insular treas
ury.
This Is tho first Instanco where American
capital baa been Invested lu l'orto Hlco
bonds. The city ofllclalB nro much sur
prised that any bid should huvo been made
above pur. Last month tlio city undertook
lo let the Banio Issuo at J5TO.O0O. but the
executive council Interposed on the ground
that the Ihsuo wns not properly advertised
und Hint in other respects tbo law hnd not
been observed,
Agents of bond buyers hero nre much sur
prised at the Oebnllos bid. They say bond
buying firms will novcr ngaln qome to
Porto Hlco. It Is understood that J. M,
Ceballos & Co, are acting for somo Insur
ance company which seeks Investment.
Xchrnckii-Cnlnrudo K a press.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21. The Burlington to
day inaugurated a dally train service be
tween St, Louis, St. Joseph, Kansas City
nnd Denver thnt will hereafter make tho
03t miles In twenty-four hours, n saving of
three hours, compared with the former
schedule. Starting from St. Louis at 2:15
p. m. every day, the "Nebraska-Colorado
express," composed of chair cars, sleepers
and diners, will reach Deavur at 3:15 p. m.
tho following day,
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for, Nebraska-Fair Monday and
jucsuuy; .oriu to rcnst Winds.
Temperature nt Omaha Ycsterdnyi
Hour. lieu. llonr. Tine.
f ft" 1 p. in ri'J
" in :t.-, u p. m nt
7 n. m. .... , ill :i p. m ni
M n. m. . . . , . ,i:t p. m nil
u. m ii r. p, iii 4ii
" Wl Ill O p. m 47
1 1 ii, m no 7 p. ni 4.1
nt .s p. in II
tl p. ni :m
jump Tor their lives
IliiKlneera and Firemen Uscape Injury
In Collision Which Cniiaes
Many Cnsnaltlea.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24. The Buffalo and
i.hlcago limited train on the Delaware
Lackawanna & Western railroad, leavlug
here at 1:10 p, m nnd a train from Dover.
N. J., to Now York, wero In collision nt
Morris Plains, N. J lonlglit. The trains
wero on i atrctch of slnglo track. The flrn
men and engineers of both trains Jumped.
The injured are:
Engineer John Stlllman of tbe limited)
severely nurt.
nrpninn Charles Loper, same train;
nnilly nnilsed.
Conductor Charles Nicols. ssine train:
Druiseii.
EnglLecr Goipcr Hill of the local;
liruised.
Jnmes Tlntou of Morrlstown, a passenger
on tho local, pinned down by tho wreckage
of seats; thought to be seriously Injured.
Both locomotives wcro badly damaged nnd
tenders dernllod, but tho coaches of the
limited Btood the shock well, although tho
crockery In tbe dining car wns broken In
bits. Ab fnr as can bo determined now. It
Is said, tho local wnn threo minutes Isto
nnd .neglected to take a elding.
CLEVELAND OUT OF DANGER
Condition of Former President Said
lo lie .Mneh Im
proved, PRINCETON, N. J, Nov. 24.-Tho yondl
Hon of ex-Prcsldent Cleveland, who Is uf
ferlng with a cold, la very much Improved.
Dr. WlkofT, his physlclnn, gave nut tho fol
lowing statement for publication tonight:
"Mr. Olovelnnd Is getting along very
nicely nnd to nil HppenranecB 's entirely
out of danger. He passed ' restful night
nnd has had a very comfortable day."
Mrs. Cleveland made tbo following state
mont to tbo Associated Press correspondent
tonight:
"Mr. Cleveland W very much Improved
and wo" nro encouraged lo bellovo that he
will be fully recovered within a tow days
Ho Is still In bed, but Is resting very
quietly. At times he Is somewhat distressed
with n cough, caused by tho breaking up of
tho cold.
Tho most Intimate friends of the family
have expressed their confldenco that Mr.
Clovcland will be well again In a few days
MRS. DALE CRITICALLY ILL
Womnn Churned with Murder of Little
DuiiKutcr .1 Vnahle to Appear
In Conrt. '
NEW YORK, Nov. 24. Tho body of llttlo
Lmmeiino Dale, whoso death caused the ar
rest of her mother on a charge of murder,
was toilay placed In the receiving vault of
n cemetery. It will remain there until
County Physician Converse Issues n permit
for Its burial. This will not take place be
fore tho chemical and microscopic examina
tion of tho stomach has been completed by
Dr. Schultz of Cornell college nnd Dr. B. B.
Smith of Now York.
Cnptaln Hayes of Hobokcn visited Mrs.
Dalo at tho hospital In the-aftcrnoon. Her
condition is still critical, the cnptaln said,
nnd In all probability she will be unablo to
appear for a hcnrlng before Recorder Stan
ton tomorrow. Ho aald her condition nceius
to grow worse.
LEADING CITIZENS INDICTED
Grnnd .lurjr at Lincoln, Vrv., FlmU
Aicnlnst Seventeen Prominent
Persona,
MODENA, I'tnh, Nov. 2I.-The grand Jury
of Lincoln, Nov., which convened at Polo
che Inst Thursday, has returned Indict
ments against seventeen of tho leading
citizens of Fay, Nov., who. It Is alleged.
participated In the stringing up of George
Ellis, colored, In an effort to make Him
cqnfpsn to numerous theftn that had taken
place in that ylclnlty during the last few
weeks. All of the men Indicted nro now
lu Jail, with tho exception of Superintend
ent Gnyford of the Horseshoe Mining com
pany, Postmnster DeFrels and II, If.
Cooper, who wero released on bonds. The
trial Jury has nlrendy been summoned and
tho case will come up before District Judge
rnlhot tomorrow.
MEANS OF DEATH A MYSTERY
,p.Hre Arrealeil at Cleveland In Con
nection yrlth n Supposed
Crime,
CLEVELAND, Nov. 24. Eugene Chan
dler, a former well known young man of
this city, died at Huron Street hospital
today from morphine poisoning. Whether
It la a case of sulcldo or not tbe police are
not nhlo to determine. A colored woman,
who gives the name of Rosa Hancs of Fos
torla, 0 has been arrested In connocton
with tlio case. Chandler was until recontly
tho ngent for an eastern manufacturing
concern at Minneapolis,
RAYNER DECLINES HIS FEE
Admiral Schley' Attoruer Accept
I'rraent Instead of HcRnlar
llrinuiieratlon,
BALTIMORE, Nov. 24.-U whs learned
today that Mr. Isldor Rayner, chief counsel
for Rear Admiral W. S. Schley In tbe recent
hearing before tho court of Inquiry, had re
fused to accept a feo for his services. A
mutual friend of the admiral and Mr. Ray
ner stated that the admiral baa re
cently sent a valuable gold watrb to Mr.
Rayner and a magnificent brooch of diam
onds nnd pearls to Mrs. Rayner.
Morciiienl of Ocean Vessels, Xnv, 31,
At Now York-Arrlved-Camnanl.i, from
Liverpool and Queenstown; Knrnmanla,
from Marcllles, Leghorn and Naples: La
Champagne, from Havre; Ithyndam, from
Hotterdam and Boulogne.
At AntwerpArrlved-Soutliwnr)f, from
New York.
At Olbraltnr-Hallcd-Aller, from Genoa
and Naples, for New York.
At Quninstown-Halled -TJmbrln, from
Liverpool, for Ni w York.
At tidily Island Parsed -Kaiser Wllhelni
ilf r OrdHce. from New York, for Plymouth.
i.'herbouiK and Bremen,
I.ondon. Nov. 24. The Cunard llr.er Hm
brla, Cuptnlii Thomas Dutton, from Liver
pool, for Now, York, left Queenstnwn nt
Y) p. m., having been 4etaln6 thero. by a.
VIEWS ON STUEFER
Itata Fnta Ipaakt Oat Abaat Titaianr'a
Oraakid load Dull,
DISCLOSURES ENGENDER DENUNCIATION
Fall t Ita Whan Hit Ixplaiatian Ex
plaina Aajtkiaf .
AWAIT FURTHER PROOF F INNOCENCE
U.l.iJ Spitdily Fartaatalag fiaiig lation it
in Ordtr.
FEW NEWSPAPERS IN STUEFER'S DEFENSE
Hove Pulillc Seiitlmrnt Throughout
INcbrnska Is Iterlectcd on Schoot
Fund Diversions, ns Voiced
br Countrr Preaa.
The disclosures mado by The B?e of
crooked bond deaU whereby the stats schtol
fund, under tho management of Treaaurer
Stuefer, has been milked to the extent of
thousands of dollars for thebenefit of mid
dlemen who stood In naturally furnish tns
principal topic of discussion In the coun
try press.
Tho the credit of the newspapers of ths
atato of Nebraska be It said very few of
them undertake cither to excuse or palliate
tho diversion of mnnnv l,nln-lMr. n . u..
school children Into tho pockets of prlvm
yccm-noni oy cupping Interest coupons
iff of bonds bnuehf. tvltl, n,i,rir'. .
or school securities.
Tho keynote of the republican press com
ment Is thnt tbo rcmihltrnn nrl
discipline Its own recalcitrant officer.
l ow of the papers take Mr. Stuefer'a ex
planation and donlal of personal profit us
clearing hlui of complicity, although ninny
of them f.eera to defer deeUlvo Judgment
In tbo expectation thnt Mr. Slucfrr will
come out with au etnld.li ini...,...,i ...
plaining satisfactorily overy step In tho
deal In which ho participated.
Tho fusion
.r ., luiii-n mure scvuie
nndicvcn brutal lu their strictures on 'W.
oiuoier. home of tho oxprcfcsloiiH taken
from tho rrnuldlcun nminrsi it lit. idi.
t-'-g-vmmr niv rmni tit r
hero given, tbo fusion comment being too
vioieni ana partisan:
Mlected for llcttcc 'liiliiKV.
York Renubllpnii! Tim iin,.i,. n..
- ..... w,,, mi,. I'-
pOSCB lU detail tWO bond il..ai nt T
urer Stuefer, ono In Burt and ono In Cum
ing county, ny which tho two counties
or tho permanent school fund have been
worsted to the tunc of J5.000 or I6,u00,
Treasurer Stuefer was out in yesterday's
Journal with a denial; which Is in effect
not a denial, of Tho Bee's ai
logatlons. Instead of nrnnmiiv irinni.
action for libel against Tho Bee ho wrakly
points to his record and says "he thlnkt
It compares favorably with thoso of bis
riciiecessors. iimnK bis predecessors!!
One of them Is In the n'tilinti .,.., ..a...
- .......-. J fftiwu
lie belongs, and hla Ust prede:nor admits
io naving mimed the 'jM?ri.-.t school
fund cow Into bis own Iim.-vm r.v......
Stuefer wbb elected for better tMngs. HU
oonu was paid for by the stato on tho prom
Iso that tho stato Should hm-n mn,.. -....
of Interest to bo made out of the funds lu
nis care. The Bee's Hrticle sh6ws conclu
sively thnt the nrouilse In nnt iminn-
Interest on moneys In bHnlt Is not ac
counted Tor and. worso than nil, bonds pur
ehased by stnto funds are ntinrl nt .1.-1.
coupons by way of commission to Stuefcr's
nusinoDR associate. Every decent repub
lican lu Nebrnhka hcartllv rtirlni. it..
action of tho1 Bee nu.l ,-vcry detent renuh-
llnt, ...111 lnl.. 1 a. . . '
" " Jul me ucmand thnt the
state's nttornev fit nti., li-l..M it
, . HIHIOII
against Stuefcr's bond to recover the cnu-
iium .morn iroin tlio hnnds purchased with
state money. Tho neonle nf vi,,..,i, ...m
not stand for It ,md if the attorney falls to
do bis duty hp must answer for It. Th
fpellng Is stronc Hint.
Impeached. The road which Joseph Bartley
. ,, Diceoing feet and weep
ing eyes 1h broad and easljy found and'he
who tampers with tho trust funds of the.
state of Nebraska should he made to wulk
It. The last republican convention showed
the temper of the rennhll pfinn .t 4 1... -
and Joseph Bartley Is h monument to the
danger of tampering with It. The prom
Iscb made by tho nartv mini hA .... ..
and If any man tries again to saddle onto
iuc ..iniuncHii party u second edlllon of
the Bartley rcDroach hn hni,i
without mercy. Hla name nhould be made
nj.ura in mo lnnn niia another uhould
uiite iiih omre.
Plenty of llonem Men for Place.
Wakefield Republican! Tb.rn .. i....
of honi-Bl men In tho state to look after the
mm nciiooi minis without harboring on
who Is liable to go wrong. A thorough In
voe ligation Hhould be murie at
the treasurer Is wrongly accused tie should
oe vinaicaien; ir no is guilty ho should auf
fer the consequence. '
llnther Nimplclniii.
Emerson Enternrlso! Bint nv-.
Stuofer should not bo upheld in any under-
..-..,.,. ,,.,., d , nuking nonns, Tho re
publican nartv lu Nehmitkn tiua
enough from dishonest ntajo olflclals, Th
omit, uuuHiirer oi an oincrri tthould b
above suspicion. Mr. Stuefer mnv nn t.1
guilty of doing anything dishonest In hU
uurt nna uuining county bond deal, but
those transnctlonB appear rather niiitiloiniic
at least.
Give Count' the Benefit.
Nebraska City Trlbunor The nnlni mori,.
is this: If Mr. Stuefer had atato funds to
Invest at 3V4 per cent he Hhould havo let
Otoo county havo this 130.000 laxt snrlno
Instead of forcing iih to pay iy,, with tho
state tbe final lender after all, but only get
ting part of tho Intorest we are paying. It
was not thought such n bad t-alo at the
time, as tbo best terms the county ovor as.
cured was 4 per cent, Home three years
ago. nut we could have mado $5,000 by
getting some of Mr, Stuefer'a 3,S per ctnt
money direct.
Lnnlca Heuldeill;- Nharfy,
Ponca Journal: fitato Treasurer Htn.f.-
la having au nlrlng Jum. now on account of
the fact that he Is accused nf mliwim. i,
atate school funds of a few thousand plunk
In soma bond purchases ho made from Burt
and Cuming counties. Tha tranactlon looks
decidedly shady al thla distance, judging
by tho nubllshed accounts. Wo mtvhi baa
that Mr. Stuefer denies the charges In toto
and claims to bo able to prove his in.
r.ocencc.
Merit Condemnation,
Waynn Herald: The republican party haa
ita woes lu Nebraska, especially In con-
nontlon with the atato treaaurer'a office.
Why, the good Lord only knows. It aeemt
tha treed ot men to make motley ovarpow-