A. TEAGEDY AT SEA.
'Waves Mountain High Overwhelmed
a Steamer Off Florida.
"Twenty-Two of tho Crow Drowned and
Ouo Survivor. Saved nil by a Miracle.
Veils a Fatliotlo Story of Their
Jlattlo Against Death.
& Norfolk, Va., Sept. 18. Tho British
steamship Roxby, which arrived hero
.vfrom Port English, had on board Do
..jnlngo Ballo Reyarbaray, tho only sur-
vivor of tho crow of 22 men on tho
.British steamship Moxlcano, which
; foundered with all on board off the
X'tUIIUU VIVJ U A UV.UV4i.4j UltjHl.. AhVUt I
' baray caught a pleco of wreckage and
s .managed 10 keep up until ho was seen
. yestorday morning by tho Roxby and
(-rescued.
Tho Spaniard, through an intorpro
s tor, told of tho Mexlcano's sinking.
' The steamer was bound from Taniplco
r for Vera Cruz with a cargo of petro
leum in bulk when the full forco of
; tho hurricane broke upon her. Moun-
talnous seas broke constantly over tho
i ship and Anally ono high wavo crashed
through her decks. Tho fire room waa
: flooded and tho Moxlcano broko help
! less. For a few moments sho wallowed
in the trough of the sea and then
; plunged to the bottom. Tho rescued
man says hundreds of gallons of oil
were poured over tho ship's sido in a
-vain attempt to calm tho sea and if
.. possible to save tho ship. When tho.
1 Moxlcano went down tho crow wont
-with her. All boats had long since
been crushed by tho forco of tho waves
and the men wore powerless, to save
themselves. Ballo Reyaraberay wont
v. under with the vessel- and by merest
.tshanco became entangled in some looso
j rigging upon which ho floated until
I- picked up.
Team He Will Ho Hunted,
Palmy fa, Mo., Sept. 18. Franlc
- Clark, who was arrested in Galesburg,
i 111., was brought hero and placed in
jail. Clark is wanted for tho attack
i-and attempted murder of Olllo Hess,
s a 17-year-old girl of Clark county,
?. several months ago. Clark says ho is
x not a negro. Ho alleges ho is half
; Mexican and half Indian. Ho has mado
. a confession and expects to bo hanged.
r His only fear is that he will bo burned.
IiOnc Chase of Snyder Ended.
, Kansas City, Mo., Sept 18. Detect-T-ives
arrived in Kansas City at seven
o'clock this morning with Carey Sny-
der, whom they had arrested in a small
-town near Billings, Mont The re
vturn of Snyder was not mado without
a series of dramatic Incidents, and his
-.'Imprisonment In Kansas City ends a
-chase that was commenced in May of
"last year and extended over a great
V-part of tho United States.
Africa for tho Colored Man.
Centerville, la., Sopt. 18. Rev. J.
'W. Crushsh'ong, of Keokuk, mado a
t sensational speech boforo tho Colored
Baptist convention here. He declared
- that it was his belief that tho negro is
destined to go back to Africa and
build up a mighty nation; that tho
people of the north aro becoming as
bitter against tho colored raco as those
-of the south.
Accu.se Fnstor of Immorality.
Springfield, 111., Sept. 18. Rev. W.
. A. Black, pastor of tho Pilgrom Con
r gregatlonal church in this city, is ac
cused of immorality, and it is de
- clared that he will not bo allowed to
uoccupy the pulpit again. Members of
tho church say forco will bo resorted
-to if necessary to prevent him from
entering tho church.
To Show Gold Mine at Fair.
St Louis, Sept. 18. A gold mine in
"full operation will bo shown at tho
-world's fair. Tho mine will bo located
tho gulch, that section of tho out
's side exhibit of mines and metallurgy
which will be devoted to tho oporatlvo
s-.sldo of mining.
Poison Instead of a Tonic.
Warsaw, Ind., Sept. 18. Tho life of
.'Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman was barely
wcavod hero by prompt action of phy
sicians. By mistako his wife gave him
an overdose of bromldla instead of a
Ttonlc ho had been taking.
Elected a New Socrotary.
. Louisville, Ky Sept. 18. The su
ftprerrio lodge, Knights and Ladles of
' Honor, re-elected all the old officers ex
cept supremo socrotary, tho present
iincumbont being succeeded by Georgo
m 'Tate.
Women Drovo In Trottfuir Knee.
Hutchinson, Kan., Sopt. 18. Selden
Wilkes, driven by Mrs. Hamilton, of
Birmingham, Ala., won the pacing raco
yfrom Mascot, driven by Mrs. Allen, of
.Kansas City, In 2:174, first half In
'.;l:0G.
Jndlclal Expressions Aro Privileged.
Chicago, Sept 18. Judge Seamon, in
tho United States circuit court, decided
"that a judge cannot bo sued for libel
";for statements mado in deciding a caso
from tho bench.
Salisbury f.eft Estato of 81,551,080.
London, Sopt. 18. The probating of
Lord Salisbury's will Thursday showed
that ho left au estato valued at
; -J1.551.CS0.
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Senator Clark ltoKIcotd President A
Prolonged Debate Over the Platform
Mill Meet Next Year nt 1 Paso.
Ogden, Utah, Sopt 19. -Tho oleventh
national Irrigation congress camo to an
end late yesterday afternoon. It re
elected Senator W. A. Clark, of Mon
tana, president and decided to hold
tho congress of 1904 In El Pnco and
adopted a platform which requested
congress to mako needed modifications
of tho existing land laws in order that
speculation and monopoly of tho pub
lic domain may bo proventcd.
El Paso won out in its picturesque
fight for next year's congress on tho
first ballot. Thoro was a desporato ef
fort mado by the northwostern states
to bring the honor to Bolso, but It was
unsuccessful, and but ono ballot was
necessary. It was apparent that tho
desire to get Portland, Ore., In 1905,
had much to do with this action in giv
ing tho honor for 1904 to the south
west MONEY IS IN HIDING.
A. Dank at Connollsvlllo, Va.. Otter Viva
I'er Cent. Interest an an Inducement
for Larger Deposits.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 19. Consider
able Interest was created among Pitts
burg bankers by tho announcement
that the Second national bank of Con
nellsville, Pa., ono of tho strongest
institutions in the coko region, had
decided on Tuesday to hereafter pay
j llvo per cent, interest on savings ac
counts.' Tho purpose of tho officials
Is to Induce those who havo been
hoarding wealth at homo to placo tho
money in banks. Unusual demand for
money Inspired tho launching of tho
now plan. It is claimed that tho action
of tho Connellsvlllo bank in paying
five per cent. Is tho first taken since
the rebellion by any banking institu
tion in, the United States.
STOCK DROWNED IN FIELDS.
Upper Mississippi Valley Ik Submerged by
Flood and Families Had to Flc
for Safety.
LaCrosse, Wis., Sept 19. -Tho worst
flood experienced in this portion of the
Mississippi valley for years is sub
merging thousands of acres of farm
lands along tho river, sweeping away
stacks of hay and grain, drowning live
stock in fields and doing inestimable
damage. In tho lower part of La
Crosse 50 families have been forced
1 to move out of their homes, and whole
salo merchants are moving their gooda
from tho lower floors. Tho river is
still rising and weather observer pre
diets that the rise will bo nearly a foot
more at this point.
Mcthodlntn Oppome Danclnjr.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept 19. Tho state
conference of the Methodist Episco
pal church yesterday, put itself on rec
ord as opposed to any. change In tho
discipline of the church. The section
referred to prohibits dancing, card
playing and other games, and has been
tho subject of considerable discussion
on account of an attempt 'of the moro
liberal element of the church to amend
It. A resolution reaffirming allegiance
to the section was unanimously
adopted.
I3d a Hard Time In a Box Car.
Newton, Kan., Sept. 19. Roland
Woodard, a lC-year-old youth, who has
been cooking In the Jennings oil coun
try of Louisiana, was taken from t a
refrigerator car here moro dead than
alive. He had been in tho car 1G hours
without food or water and was uncon
scious when rescued. Ho narrowly es
caped death from a4 smoldering firo
that started in tho car. Woodard
claims his homo is in Marcelino, Mo.
He is now in tho Axtoll hospital In this
city. It is thought he will recover.
Declines to Publish Items of Expenses.
Columbus, O., Sept. 19. Gen. Charles
Dick, chairman of the republican state
executive committee, In a statement Is
sued' yesterday nfternoon, declines to
entertain a proposition submitted by
Charles P. Salen, chairman of tho
democratic stato committee, that Item
ized statements of expenditures inci
dent to the campaign bo kept by each
committee and that tho samo bo pub
lished under affidavit on tho Saturday
preceding the election.
Survoyluir tho ICaw lllvcr.
Lawrence, Kan., Sept. 19. A govern
ment surveying party is working from
Kansas City along tho Kaw river, tak
ing statistics of tho width and dopth
of tho rivor and tho changes in its
course. The party is traveling on foot
and will go to tho source of tho Kaw.
Tho statistics will probably be used
to aid In providing somo outlet for
tho water at Kansas City during tho
floods.
Underground HIver Near Elrono.
Elrono, Ok., Sept 19. Superintend
ent Hill, of tho waterworks system,
has discovered an underflow of tho
river near hero six miles In longth.
This underground stream has a suffi
cient body of wator to supply a city
of from 50,000 to 100,000 people.
Officers at Fort Reno aro Interested,
and it may bo that this will help in
solving tho water question.
HAVE POWERS INTERVENED?
From London Comes tho Noirn That Ureal
Britain, Franco and Italy Have
Warned the Saltan.
Sofia, Sopt. 19. A diatinctly opllmls
tic tono now pervndes government and
diplomatic circles hero and hopes are
again expressed that war may . after
all bo averted. From London and Con
stantinople encouraging; nows has boon
rocelved. From London it is reported
that tho British government will send
a fleet to Turkish waters, whllo re
ports from Constantinople state that
Great Britain, Franco and Italy havo
intervened to prevent tho continuance
of massacres in Macedonia. It Is said
that Thursday tho representatives of
these powers notified tho sultan of
their dissatisfaction with tho methodo
of suppressing the outbreak and do
clared that tho massacres must bo
stopped.
Tho Young Men's Christian union In
Sofia has issued an appeal to tiio Chris
tian unions In Europo and America
asking thorn to mako September 27 a
day of general intercession on bohalf
of tho Macedonians.
Women Forced to Kill Children.
London, Sept 19. A well-known
London journalist cables from Bol
grade as follows: "Starting with pro
Turkish sympathies, I havo found
overwhelming, evidence convincingly
proving that the Turkish atrocities are
rathor underestimated in tho reports of
British consuls, ba Iters and unprej
udiced people. Foreign Minister Tzo
koft tells mo ho knows cases of starv
ing women In tho forests killing two
of their own children to preserve tho
third. Tho forest wanderers will all
perish of cold within two months.
Women and Children Not Spared.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 19. Further
reports from Kastorla say tho city is
burning and that tho maosacro of Its
population (estimated to havo num
bered 10,000 persons) was Indescrib
ably terrible. Tho Turks slaughtered
Indiscriminately Bulgarians and
Greeks, men, women and children.
PROHIBITION FOR OKLAHOMA.
A Movement on Foot to Make the Territory
Into a Prohibition State A Monster
Convention to Do Held.
Guthrie, Ok., Sept?. 19. With a view
to making Oklahoma a prohibition
state, plans have been started by the
Missionary society of the Christian
church, now in session at Oklahoma
City. Arrangements aro being made
for a monster convention, to be held
soon, for either Oklahoma or for Ok
lahoma and tho Indian territory, tho
same to bo composed of two each from
every church or organization opposing
the liquor business. Provision is mado
for a central committee, composed of
one delegate from every church or W.
C. T. U. society in the territories. At
the convention a permanent central
committee is to bo named to look after
tho temperance interests when state
hood comes.
FIRE IN A LIVERY BARN.
Twenty-Flvo Horses rorlsh In tho Flames
and Much Harness and Feud
Destroyed,
Kansas City, Mo., Sopt. 19. Tho liv
ery barn owned by tho Dahonoy Grain
company, at 211 West Fifth street,
caught firo this morning about 2:10
o'clock and about 25 horses perished
In tho flames. Moat of tho vohlcl03
were saved. Much harness and feed
were destroyed. The salvage, If any,
will bo very small.
A portion of tho second floor was oc
cupied as a rooming house. This con
noctcd with tho stable loft and one
woman perished before help could
reach her. Tho names of the victim
was not known to tho employes at tho
stable.
Lilquor Dealers In Trouble.
Wichita, Kan., Sept 19. Kansas
City wholesale liquor dealers who send
small quantities of their wares to
Kansas towns, billing them to persons
who have not previously ordered them
and then sending tho express agents
notice that the stuff may bo turned
ovor to somo ono who does want It,
if tho consignee does not, at the price
named, must explain their methods to
tho United States court Indictments
against four of them, whoso names
were not made public, wero returned
oy tho federal grand jury when It
mado its report yesterday morning.
Crime of au Indiana Detective.
Evansvlllo, Ind., Sept 19. After
shooting and probably fatally wound
, lng Chief of Police Heuko and Capt
Brennecke, of tho pollco department,
and seriously Injuring Frank Lutz, a
councilman of Boonevlllo, Ind., Detect
lve Thomas Hutchens last night shot
and killed himself. Tho tragedy was
tho result of a long-oxisting quarrel
between Brennecke and Hutchens
Gen. Grant Favors tho Cnnteeu.
Washington, Sept. 19. Tho annual
report of Gen. F. D. Grant, command
Itlg tho department of Texas, which
was prematurely published somo weeks
ago, was mado public at tho war do
partmt.t yestorday. Gen. Grant favors
tho canteon and discusses tho question
of maintaining strong military utationa
along the Mexican border.
; News from Over the State i
Mhttt Pay for AVeddtiifr Fount.
Charles Wanock, of South Omaha,
wlu. allowed his brlde-olect to got out
her flno vestments and prepare tho
wedding feast with all tho Invited
guests present, and then kicked ovor
the traces on tho ground that ho would
not allow tho priest selected to marry
him, will havo to foot the bill to tho
tune of $500, according to tho decision
of tho caso roudorcd by tho supremo
court. This Is tho amount which Mary
Kraky recovered la tho district court
shortly after tho fiasco. Waneck won
tho heart of Mary and tho two sot
tied that tho wedding should bo hold
on a certain day" last fall and ngreod
that tho priest In chargo of tho Polish
church should perform tho ceremony.
When tho appointed day rolled around
Waneck wont to Work at tho packing
house as usual and sent a noto to tho
father of tho bride suggesting that tho
marrlago ceremony bo postponed. To
this noto no answer wns returned. To
tho allegation that tho father and tho
girl In not answering acquiesced in his
course, tho court gives an emphatic
donial.
IfnKtliiKA Not to Oppose Kearney.
Apparently Kearney Is to got that
normal school voted to it by tho Btato
board of education without having to
bo tho defendant in an injunction suit.
It was tho talk for sovoral days that
Hastings Would bo tho most llkoly to
contest tho notion of tho board, Jn
&tead of rushing to tho courts Hastings
has taken on another tack and intends
to havo a school of Its own that will
bo just as profitable as tho normal
school. Hastings has a college and it
Is now proposed to tako tho monoy
that was offered to securo tho normal
school and endow- tho college and
make improvements to tho buildings
and grounds. Tho college thoro has
had enrolled 250 students nnd It Is tiro
bollef of an enthusiastic papor of that
town that If it Is properly endowed it
would easily attract 500 pupils. It Is
reported that tho people of Hastings
aro taking well with tho idea and soon
it is expected that Hastings college
will bo a larger Institution than waa
tho dream of tho normal school.
All Went for Uqnor.
Adolph J. Kuhlman, who was as
sessed $100 damago for selling liquor to
James A. Cole, in Nemaha county,
after Mrs. Colo had requested him not
to do so, haH appealed tho caso to tho
supremo court And Mrs. Colo Is glad
of tho appeal, for her attorneys say in
her brief that It was an outrago on
justice that sho should bo awarded
only $100 whon sho asked for ?1,600.
In her brief tho attorneys said that
Mrs. Colo frequently sent her children
to bed crying for bread and suffering
with cold Just becauso Colo, their
father, Bpont all his earnings in tho
saloon of Kuhlman.
. Cam j Ion "WuiitH Free Air.
William M. Campion, who is in Jail
at Soward, wants to got out under
habeas corpus proceedings, and to that
end a brief has been filed In tho su
premo court. Campion was convicted
of helm: tho father of tho child of Nel
lie M. Lattimor, unmarried, and was
assessed $1(000 for tho support and
maintenance of tho child. Ho failed
to pay up and slnco tho trial somo
months ago has been In jail at Soward.
Fancy PrIc.cN for Fine Apple.
E. M. Pollard, of Nchawka, will su
perintend tho Nebraska horticultural
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase ex
position In St. Louis next summer. Ho
has been authorized to pay fancy prices
for extra flno apples and requests thoso
having somo to dlsposo of to write to
him. He expects to procure from 300
to 400 barrels of tho vory best apples
grown In Nebraska.
Sentenced Under New T.nvr.
R. A. Gould, a Free Methodist
preacher at Central City, who olopod
with Eva Flint, a 15-year-old girl, last
March, was sentenced to six years in
tho penitentiary. Ho was tried under
tho kidnaping law passed by tho stato
legislature after tho Cudahy kidnap
ing in Omaha, and IiIb conviction was
tho first under that statute. Ho has a
wife and fivo small children.
No Worlc on CellH.
The time for tho completion of ono
half of tho cells at tho penitentiary,
for which tho board of public lands
and buildings agreed to pay tho Van
Doren Iron workB, of Cleveland, $G9,-
000, has elapsed and do cells aro done.
Cuttle Huve lllnukleKr.
Blackleg is prevalent among cattle
In tho vicinity of Wymoro, and tho
disease has proven fatal in a number of
cases.
While IIIn Wife head to Him.
A. Langston, of Fremont, attempted
suicldo by cutting his throat with a
pleco of glass, while his wife was
reading to him.
Heat flue Library Almont Completed.
The now Carnegie library building
at Boatrlco Is about completed and will
be ready for occupancy within tho next
30 days.
"Wnntcd to Convince Them.
William Fletcher, who claims to bo
tho son of Rov. Flotchor, of Davenport,
Nob., a mombor of tho Mothodlst con-
foronco at Lincoln, is In jail charged
with stealing tho contribution box out
of the Sunday school room of St. Paul's.
church. Tho theft occurred whllo tho
conference was in session and most oC
tho money was found in Flotchor's
pockets. Ho admitted his guilt, ami
as an oxcuso, said: "People claim that
prcachors' sons nro moan, and I wanted
to provo that thoy aro." With a com
panion ho mot in a saloou Flotchor
wont to tho church and whllo tho com
panion waited on tho outsldo Flotchor
wont Into the Sunday school rooms and
stole tho glass contribution globe.
Friendly Content Suit.
John H. MfiClny, mombor of tho lato
legislature and father" of tho Lincoln
monument bill which provided that
tho stato appropriate $10,000 for tho
erection of a monument In tho capltol
grounds to tho memory of tho emanci
pator, tho monoy to bo available whou
iho city of Lincoln should havo con
tributed a liko amount, has brought
suit In tho BUpromo court to mandamus
Gov. Mlckoy to compol him to appoint
n commission of fivo to seloct the slta
upon which to erect tho monumont
Tho suit Is a frlondly ono brought to
test tho constitutionality of tho law,
lit tho suggestion of Gov. Mlckoy, who
mado the stipulation when ho signed
tho bill.
Normnl Ilond Invalid.
Tho supremo court has decided that
a state normal school docs not como
under tho head of lntornal improve
ments as onumorated in tho statute
authorizing any precinct, township,
city of tho aocond-class or vlllago to
Issue bonds in support of these Im
provements. Tho vlllago of Alnsworth
voted municipal bonds to tho amount
of $10,000 as a donation for tho pur
pose of securing tho stato normal
school which has slnco been located at
Koarnoy. Whon tho bonds wero pre
sented to tho Btntc auditor for regis
tration ho refused to register thorn and
tho village applied for a peremptory
writ of mandamus to compel him to
do so.
Hotter Grade of Teach em.
Eastern teachers could find good em-'
ploymont In Nebraska if thoy happened
to bo of that class that rates above
Iho third grado. Reports received by
tho stato superintendent Bhow that tho
ft ate is short about 150 tcaohors. This
Is not duo to a scarcity of matorial
from which instructors aro mado, but
from tho fact that tho ready mado va
riety are all engaged, and that is tho
only kind tho school boards of tho
stato want From tho superintend
ent's office it is learned that tho stato
has just as many thlrd-grado teach
ers as formerly and that it is tho high
er quality demanded that has caused
tho shortage. ,
Hoard Award Contracts.
The board of public lands and build
ings hold n short session at Lincoln
Saturday and authorized tho warden
of tho stato penitentiary to advertiBO
for bids for material and work for tho
completion ot tho west part of tho pen
itentiary and adopted a motion to ad
vertlso for bids for a 50-horso-powor
engine and a 400-horse-flower dynamo,
to bo Installed at Mllford, and an en
glno and dynamo at Kearney. Thl
last was upon tho rocommondatton of
State Architect Tyler, who said tho old
engine and dynamo wero no good and'
that the Institution was without light
Sarpy County Save IOxpeiiHe.
Ira Kotchum, tho young man Impli
cated In tho criminal assault caso with
Edward Snodgrass In Sarpy county,
has been released. Judge Day, In dis
trict court, dismissed tho caso against
both men as young Snodgrass had
Carried tho complaining witness, Mlsa
Glaasmann. This caso created a great
deal of oxcltemont throughout Sarpy
county, as all concerned aro woll
known. Tho abrupt ondlfig of tho case,
whllo not looked for, saves a big ex
pense to Sarpy county.
Gov. Mickey Not Chosen.
Tho Mothodlst conforenco at Lincoln
turned down B. L. Palno and Gov.
iMIckoy as candidates to represent tho
laymen at the general conforenco to
bo hold at Los Angeles and selected
theso delegates: Charlon L. Lewis, oC
Fairfield; Mrs. Nlcol, of Boatrlce; Mrs.
M. E. Roberts, of Lincoln, and Dr. J.
H. Neal, of Peru. Tho governor, how
ovcr, was not ad active candidate and
did nothing to securo tho place.
lliiHhaiid In Jail Too Muuli.
Mrs. Lucy Etherton at Fremont
filed petition for a dlvorco from hor
husband, Tom. Sho charges him with,
cruelty and drunkenness nnd says that
ho has been In jail for various offenses
much of tho tlmo slnco theli marriage,
a year ago.
Grain Iltirncd "Willi Hani.
Tho barn on tho Joseph E. Nolms
farm, 15 miles north of McCook, waa
burned with 1,800 bushels of wheat,
thrco horsos, vehicles, harness, etc