/he Red Man Not Greatly Interested in
the Grand Sights.
A TOUR OF THE GROUNDS
Serenely and Solemnly Passing Through
the Great Building* Without Looking
to the Bight or to the Left—The Tent
ed Field of the Yarioii* Tribe*.
Noon at the Trans-Mississippi Ex- j
position! In the Court of Honor the
blue lagoon was motionless, save for
the rippling gleam that followed the
lazy gondola. Reflected in its depths
were the classic fronts of the great
buildings surrounding it. The shad
ows made black blotches on the white
walks. In the shelter of one of the
curving colonnades s;«t a group of
Turks, placidly smoking and viewing
the scene with appreciative eyes. The
\aricolored flags that surrounded the
roofs of the buildings stretched lan- :
guidly with a passing breeze, and then
dropped wearily back as though ex- !
liausted with the effort. The echo of
a Venetian boat song, charted by a \
stalwart gondolier, floated across the i
water.
Down the steps of the Government i
building came a brilliant procession, i
Wrapped in blankets of gaudy hue,
their faces daubed with many colored i
paints, coarse, unkempt hair hanging J
over each shoulder, beaded moccasins ;
and leggings—as picturesque as a
group of Sioux braves as one can often [
see. Their carriage was dignified and i
stately, their impenetrable faces un- !
moved by the splendor of the scene. J
The snowy facades of classic architec- ‘
lure, the shimmering sweep of the la
goon, the languid gondolas, the distant
song—not one incident of the picture
before them caused one flicker of in
terest to cross those stoic faces.
Suddenly they stopped. Intense In
terest was manifested {n their every
movement. They crowded eagerly
around their chief who had evidently
found something unusual, and was ges
ticulating violently. I crowded up to j
see what strange thing they had dis- !
covered. I found them intent on—a
“penny-in-the-slot” machine! “Rain
in-the-Face” was slowly untying from i
a greasy corner of his fringed blanket,
a penny! Impressively be put it in j
the slot; impressively he pushed the j
button! As a narrow bar of chocolate j
fell into his greasy palm, a shout of j
triumph Went up from the noble [
braves. They danced with excitement.
They laughed with glee.
Then their faces straightened into
gravity, they wrapped themselves in
their accustomed dignity, and, serene
ly solemn once more, started on down
the court. They walked through the
buildings with never a sign of inter
est, turning their faces neither to the
right nor to the left, until in the Man
ufactures building they came to a !
great bottle which advertises a well
known brand of whisky. Here was
something they could understand.
With grunts of satisfaction they sur- |
veyed it from all sides. "Hold heap
lots firewater!” said "Raln-in-the
Faee,” thirstily.
On out of the building they strode
down to the end of the Grand Court j
and up the steps of the great viaduct i
which connects it with the adjacent
Bluff tract. Straight on, not once
turning their heads to look back at .
the splendid scene spread below them. I
What cared they for shimmering la
goon, they who knew the dancing wat
erfalls and the hidden purling brooks.
What cared they for the splendor of the
buildings, who slept beneath the maj
esty of the sky? What eared they for
a demonstration or ttie riches or the
West, who had known its woods and
mountains and plains before the white
man had come?
Turning to the left they entered
the Midway. The Moorish village
with its reproductions of the Aiaham
bra’s beauty, the golden domes and
gaudy minarets, attracted from them
no sign of recognition; but in front of
the Myctic Maze they stopped again
and once more they went into ecsta- j
cies of delight. This time it was the
great concave mirrors that excited i
mirth. Homing their sides in laugh
ter they turned this way and that,
hugely amazed and entertained by the ,
sight of their gaudy bodies extended
in girth to the size of a bulky barrel. I
“Fat man!" grunted one, "eat heaps! ]
ugh!” and his squaw, grinning with j
enjoyment, held her brown papoose up
IU see. '9 ,
The “spielers” next attracted their j
attention, and they stopped In wide- ,
eyed admiration to listen to the man
who bawls through the megaphone
“Have you seen the See-Saw? Don't
say that you have saw until you’ve rid
den on the See-Saw! Sec?’ One
aged warrior, freely daubed with yel
low ochre, wrapped in the most bril
liant of blankets and wearing, to cap
the climax, a pair of green goggles,
evidently considered it a r.ew kind of
battle cry, and danced gravely around
the howling medicant, trying in vain
to imitate him.
They looked with haughty scorn at
a group of almond-eyed celestials, cur
iously at a clumsy camel laden with
laghing Arabiail dancing girls, and
then proceeded unconcernedly on their
dignified way toward their own camp
ing ground.
Here the group of tents belonging ;
to the different tribes were scattered
about in picturesque profusion. In
the center was a great artificial pond ,
of water where the red man. be he
Apache or Navajo, chief or warrior,
brave, squaw or papoose, took his
morning plunge. The flaps of the
tents wrcre looped back, and here and
there one caught glimpses of brown
faces, of gorgeous beaded trines, war
bonnets hung writh feathers, and time
worn tomahawks. In the center of the
Apache encampment loomed up a sin
ister war teepee of painted buffalo
skin. These war tepees are greatly
prized by the tribes to which they be
long. and this particular one is over
two hundred years old.
The most gorgeous array of beaded
trappings belonged to the Flatheads.
Wonderful moccasins, fringed leggings
and befeathered headgear: the Nava
joes gloried in their characteristic na
tive blankets: the Zunis women wove
their dainty blankets and looked with
shy. smiling faces at the groups of
visitors: over at the edge of the vil
lage stood a great cabin, an^ here the
curio hunter will find relics that will
gladden his heart.
€ • ri* t of u 1 .Vcltnow leiliginr nr.
The following letter will be of inter
est to every Nebraska relative of the
boys at Manila, as i* si.ows in a
measure what the Red Cross society
is doing there. The ten dollars de
ducted from the whole amount sent
by the Beatrice society is the amount
charged for membership fee:
California Red Cross, State Associa
tion, San Francisco, Aug. 30, 1898.—
Mrs. O. N. WheelccK, Treasurer: Your
letter of August 25, enclosing your
very generous donation of $8,115, lias
just been received and we thank you
most warmly for this splendid contri
bution. We greet the Red Cross of
Beatrice. Neb., most cordially into our
association, and feel assured that your
kind co-operation with us in alleviat
ing the sufferings of the “boys in blue’’
will seem to lessen the distance be
tween our two states. We We, take
the greatest pleasure in forwarding
the amount, $31.15, to company C,
First Nebraska. I know you will be
gratified to learn we have a field hos
pital at Manila, with a corps of trained
male nurses and equipment for 125
beds, and that by both the Arizona
and Seandia. we have sent every con
ceivable kind of delicacy for the sick
jn this hospital. We have also fitted
out a hospital ship for use at Manila
(which the government provided!,
equipped with all those necessaries and
comforts that are so essential to the
sick and wounded, besides providing
it with trained nurses, both men and
women. To day we will direct our fi
nancial agent. O. H. C. Schlott, who is
now in Manila, to expend the value of
the amount, $81.15, (which will prob
ably be double in the eoin of the Phil
ippines), for the boys of Company C.
It is suppe-ed that the Seandia, which
left last Saturday, is the last of the
transports to go to Manila, so it niav
be impossible to forward the box of
books to company C. If this is the
ease, what disposition do you wish
made of them? Verv sincerely and
gratefully, LUCIAN K. WALLIS.
Corresponding Secretary,
Iloblied of »033.
Omaha Bee: Harry Stockton, a Bur
lington engineer, with his bride came
down from Lincoln yesterday on a
wedding tour and went to the expo
sition. Stockton is still on his wed
ding tour, but he is $925 poorer than
when he left the grounds yesterday
afternoon, for he was robbed of that
amount while getting on a street car
at Twenty-fourth and Pinkey streets.
Stockton had traveled about the
grounds and had become pretty tired,
so about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
he and his wife concluded that they
would go down to their boarding house
at 2606 Blondo street. Passing out of
the gate at the southwest corner of
the grounds, they were caught in a jam
and as Stockton was assisting his wife
and another woman upon the car he
remembers being jostled by a number
of men. some pushing him one way and
some pushing him another. He thought
nothing of this until he had nearlv
reached the place where he was to
leave the car, when reaching around to
his right hip pocket he discovered that
his wallet was gone, which contained
all of his money. It was then that he
called to mind the fact of the men
jostling against him as tie was getting
on the ear. He also remembered that
one of them pushed his coat aside and
at the same instant leaned heavily up
against him.
Slekuesft in the Third.
The governor and adjutant general,
says the Lincoln Journal, are becom
ing very much alarmed over the in
crease in sickness in the Third reg
iment at Jacksonville. Yesterday the
sick report of the regiment showed
sixty-seven 3lck in Quarters and 112
in the hospital. General Barry said
this condition was appalling anti he
and the governor at once set about
doing all in their endeavor to bring
about a removal of the men to some
other location or a transfer in case
they are to be mustered out. The fol
lowing telegram was sent last even
ing:
Col. W. S. Stark. Washington, D. C.
—Sick list in Third Nebraska has
grown so rapidly that a proper regard
for the health and lives of the soldiers
request that they be moved to a
healthier location pending determina
tion whether they will he transferred
or assigned active duty. Meanwhile
it would seem wise to remove them
to some northern state. 1 hope the
war department will, if not incompat
ible with public interest, have this
done, unless they are at once ordered
to Nebraska to be mustered out of ser
vice.
(Signed.) SILAS A. HOLCOMB.
Governor.
Ah to the Crop*.
The last Nebraska crop bulletin says
that corn has generally deteriorated
in condition and even in the northern
counties, where the rainfall has been
sufficient for the corn crop previous to
the last week, the corn is reported as
damaged somewhat during the last
week. The amount of damage in
this section is variously estimated,
some placing it as high as 25 per cent
and some claiming little or no dam
age. Much of the early planted corn
has dried out so rapidly that it is har
dened beyond injury by frost. Late
planted corn is ripening prematurely
and will be a very short crop generally.
Corn has ripened so very rapidly the
last three weeks that most of it will
he beyond Injury by frost in a week or
ten days. The last week has been fa
vorable for threshing and haymaking.
The wild or native grass is being cut
for hay quite generally and the crop
varies from fair to good, but is above
the average in most sections.
Heavy Yield of When*.
Exeter dispatch: Off jf nineteen
and one-half acres P. A. Murphy has
threshed 570 bushels of wheat and of
a fine quality, too. Other farmers
around here who thought their wheat
would not amount to much are meeting
with similar surprises and are feeling
a whole lot better than they did two
months ago. Corn is doing well, but
rain is needed badly to settle the dust
and cool off the atmosphere.
Notes.
The seventeenth annual Cedar coun
ty fair will he held at the grounds of
the Hartington Driving Park and Fair
association on September 14, 15 and 16.
This promises to be the best fair ever
held in tne county on account of the
good premiums and purses offered by
the fair association and the liberal
premiums of the merchants.
ill I HR
An Anarchist Stabs to Death the
Unfortunate Elizabeth of Austria.
THEASSASSIN UNDER ARREST.
Murtferod at Genova, Switzerland, While
Walking From Her Hotel to a
Steamer Funding — For Many
Yearn Slut Had Iteen Fnfeeb
led In Mind and Body —
Sketch of Her I.ife.
Gkxkv.v, Switzerland, Sept. 12. -The
Kmpress Ktizabeth of Austria was as
sassinated here this afternoon by an
Italian anarchist. She was stabbed
with a stiletto. Her Majesty was
walking from her hotel to the landing
place of the steamer at about 1 o'clock
when the anarchist suddenly ap
proached and stabbed her to the heart.
The empress fell, got up again, and
was carried to the steamer uncon
scious. The boat started, but, seeing
the empress had not recovered consci
ousness. the captain returned and the
emperess was carried to the Hotel
Ueaurivage. where she expired.
The murderer is a man named Lue
choni. lie was born in Paris of Ital
ian parents.
The empress of Austria was born December
It, 1*87. She was a daughter of Duke Maxi
milian of Bavaria and was married to Francis
Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hun
gary April '74. 1851. They had three children,
the Archduchess liisolft. who is married lo
Prince Luitpold of Bavaria: the Archduke
Rudolph, who married the Princess Stephanie
of Belgium, and who billed himself in 188k,
and the Archduchess Marla Valeria, who mar
ried the Arei.duko Franz Salvator of Austria
Tuscany.
When a princess she was one of the most
beautiful women in Europe and tier marriage
was a romance. In ISIS Francis Joseph came
to the Austrian throne, and in 1*58 went a woo
ing to tha court of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria,
led by matchmakers to geok the hand of Helen",
the eldest daughter, now tho widow of Prince
Taxis. But the emperor was caught at sight
of her youngest sister Elizabeth, then a girl in
short dresses and more than beautiful. The
marriage, which took place In 1831, was a very
unpopular one In Vienna. It spoiled tho plans
of the matchmakers, hut the impulsive young
emperor claimed the privilege of falling in love
like an ordinary mortal and the marriage took
place.
The Viennese took their revenge in many
little ways, and were led in the persecution by
the Archduchess .Sophia (who died in 1*721. but
the empress's beauty, frankness, liveliness and
gaycty soon won over tho sympathies of the
people, even If tho dignitaries did not like it.
anil the condition of the empire threw into her
hands the means of rtvenic. She favored the
Hungarians, and lived much among them.
Francis Joseph, who at first loved his wife de
votedly, was anxious to please ihe Maygar por
tion of his dominions which had revolted once,
anil he favored his lovely empress s designs.
She was crowned with him queen of Hungary,
and delighted to live at Buda-Pesth and Oodal
lo, rather than al Vienna. She had been sepa
rated in lieurt from her husband, who did not
prove a model husband. Franz Deak. with her
aid. compelled the recognition of ihe Hungarian
slate, and Andrnssy became premier of that
portion of tho empire. The empress was an
excellent Hungarian scholar, and that endeared
her to the people of that growing and progress
ive portion of the empire.
Nota score of years ago the empress was still
one of the most beautiful women in Europe,
just a* her husband. Francis Joseph was one i f
the handsomest men of his years to be found
anywhere. The empress was then one of the
lx*st horsewomen of her time. She surprised
even the daring cross country riders of Eng
land and Ireland w hen she visited those coun
tries by her grace, courage and dash.
In her own olirt. when Empress Elizabeth
held sway, in no court in Europe was etiquette
more strict, in none were the nobles more
proud or more jealous of their rights and priv
ileges Even l’rancl• Joseph, an amiable, easy
going man, was bound ns with hooks of steel lo
all the old rules and traditions of the llaps
burgs the "Austrian Caesars." as they proudly
call themselves. Empress Elizabeth showed
that she was able to ride roughshod over old
fogy traditions and unwritten rules But she
did this with such tact, so quietly und yet so
thoroughly, that the old court favorites that
hud ruled prior to the coming of the clever
young empress scarcely knew how it was that
they gradually fell to tho rear und left their
phi es to be tilled by another coterie, younger,
more liberal, more brilliant and more in accord
with the tastes of the empress.
The young w itnnn went farther. The old
court nt Vienna hurt been more corrupt tha a
any other In Europe It was a hot l i d of scan
dal. Royal names hail liecn smirched, and oven
that of the emperor hlniseir was not free from
scandal. The young empress set herself to the
task of working out reform in this direction. It
was a difficult task. Indeed. It was one in
which she cculd hope to ntecoed only in part.
But she accomplished more than it had been
thought she would, and she made the court ut
Vienna more healthy as to morals than It had
over been in the past. What is more, she en
listed rood matured, easy going Francis Joseph
in her work. He, perhaps, hud no interest In
it. or sympathy for it. lint ho loved his clever
wife with a deep and abiding love that has
never wavered.
Yet it seems a sort of tragic outcome of Em
press Elizabeth's efforts to purify the Aus'rluu
court that there shou d still li nv * existed a con
dition sufficiently unclean to poison the morals
of her only son, whom she loved with an idola
trous love, and should huvo brought him so
deep in dishonorable intrigue that he could Unit
his way out of it only in a sensational suicide
in a hunting lodge on his mountain estate, hld
din away from the out irte world.
This broke the empress' heart. The empress
bad been ambitious for her son. She believed
he had great abilities obscured and undevel
oped by a life of pleasure in youth, that would
be put in evidence later. Later she saw the
weak Archduke Charles, heir to the throne,
shrink from the position that awaited him and
transler hi* right to the Austrian throne to his
son, Francis Ferdina il, who is now destined to
he the next emperor of Austria. There wore
other things to sartil-n tho life of the empress.
First, the favorito brother of the empo or
married a (lancer. Stripped of his honors and
offices, he bought a merchant vessel—he bad
been trained for the navy and. taking his
■ ride w.th him. started in to make his own
living by trading. His ship Is supposed to have
gone down at s-a At any rate it disappeared,
ana the archduke is still among tho missing.
Then cum i the humiliation of Austria by Ger
many, anil the Maximilian episode, and finally
the tragedy in which Prince Rudolph tlgurel.
All of thesj things have served to make of
Fronds Joseph a melancholy, much broken
man, and the effe t npon his wife was much
mote severe. Even the influen e of her hus
bund. who was devoted to her, and of her one
married daughter. Princess Valerie, was lost
upon her.
After the diath of her son, the unfortunate
Frown Prince Rudolph the empress built me
morial chaiels and monuments throughout the
empire, and these she visited from time to
time *h the finey seized her. Of late tho em
press bus fallen upon the idea tha' her end is
near and that she would soon die. Shi ar
ranged for her final resting place at great o x
p-nse She built nt Corfu, upon the plans ap
proved by be.'ielf. a mugnitlcent villa, and
christened It ' L'Aohlllclon.'' To her will she
added a codicil In whhh she said, I wish to
be interred at Corfu, near the sea. so that the
waters cau continually break on my , omb "
A NEW USE FOR THE ’PHONE.
Mr. K»lt»"i{ Will Conduct » lilcli 11111
Sun.lay Sell (ml Front Kaium I lly.
Kansas Fitv. Mo.. Sept. IS.—A very
few years ago it would have been prac
tically impossible to conduct a Sab
bath school eighty-five miles away,
ami even now it is most unusual, but
that is just what I-'. \Y. Kellogg, inter
nal revenue collector, will do to-mor
row. lie will do it by telephone.
Mr. Kellogg has for six years been
superintendent of the First Presbyter
ian Sabbath school at Rich Hill, where
he has lived for nineteen years. When
he came to Kansas City as revenue col
lector last spring lie announced that
he would not give up his Sunday school
at Rich Hill, but would be there every
Sunday to conduct it. lie has failed
fev. Sundays to be there.
Two large megaphones will be sus
pended from the ceiling over the heads
of the pupils. At this end Mr. Kel
loggwill sit in a room at the telephone
exchange and tall; into a long distance
telephone. The responsive reading
will bo carried on in that way. and the
responses by the whole school then
will be easily beard, the telephone
people say, by Mr. Kellogg here. Mr.
Kellogg's assistant there will also
have a desk phone by which he will
talk with Mr. Kellogg.
Further than this the musical num
bers for the occasion will be furnished
by an orchestra and a choir at Topeka.
A part of the Topeka program will lie
a phonographic reproduction of the
chimes from Trinity church. New York
city.
ENGLAND HAS ITS SANTIAGO.
At the Home Army Maneuvers Soldiers
\V«oit Wit hout Food HerAUte of Neglect.
London. Sept. 12.—While the trans
port and commissariat departments of
the British army, as exemplified by
the admirable conduct of tlie Soudan
campaign, appear to be beyond re
proach on active service, there is no
lack of allegations that there was a
serious break down during tlie recent
army maneuvers on Salisbury plain.
In the first place, owing to the In
adequacy of resources of tlie war office,
the contract for the catering was given
to Sir Thomas Liptou, and if tlie re
ports are to he believed, the soldiers
suffered considerable privations. In
deed, it seems,s nno of them suffered so
much that they committed offenses,
preferring prison to tlie treatment
they were receiving on the Salisbury
plain. This is corroborate l by tlie fact
that tiie military prisons in the neigh
borhood were so overcrowded that the
officials declared they would not re
ceive any further prisoners.
besides this, tlie sufferers from sick
ness and accidents complain of great
nogleet. They say they were without
food and drink for hours.or until civil
ians succored them.
THE SINGER’S SONG ENDED.
“Hlrtiiolip RooAeveltt** NomjUreai ami
N 1)rkI lu London.
Xkw York, Sept. 12.—A private
cablegram received here to-day from
London announces the death of
the Comtes? Maechetta, singer and
author, best known by her pro
fessional name, blanche Roosevelt.
Her death was the result of a runa
way accident which happened a year
ago at Monte Carlo. Her sister, Mrs.
Edwin Hollis Low of this city, was
notified some days ago that the end
was near and she sailed Wednesday for
England. Mis? Roosevelt was the
daughter of W. II. Tucker of Virginia
and Lizzie L. Roosevelt of this city,
the latter closely related to Theodore
Roosevelt.
OUR BACK SEAT IN VIENNA.
Austria lias lE.-ruse.l to Advance Its Hn
voy la Washington to Ambassador.
St. Lons. Mo.. Sept. 12.—A dispatch
to the St. Louis Republic from Wash
ington says: Relations between the
l’nited States government and Austria
are reported to be strained over the
refusal of Austria to comply with
President McKinley’s suggestion to ad
vance the rank of the imperial envoy
at Washington and the American min
ister at Vienna to the grace of am
bassador.
YELLOW FEVER IN PORTO RICO.
Tlie Firit Choi Reported Among tlie
American Troops.
Washington, Sept. 12.—Surgeon
General Sternberg received a dispatch
to-day from the chief surgeon at
Ponce. Porto Rico, saying that there
were four eases of yellow fever and
one death among the troops there.
This is the lirst report of yellow fever
among tlie troop? in Porto Rico.
SHAFTER WANTS AN INQUIRY.
Conduct of Snntlugo Campaign, the Gen
eral Says, Should llo Investigated.
Washington, Sept. 12.—General
Shatter had nearly an hour's confer
ence with the President to-day. He
expressed himself a? strongly in favor
of a rigid investigation of t he Santiago
campaign.
The New Maine a Sea King.
Philadelphia, Sept. 12.—It is un
officially announced that Philadelphia
will build for the American navy the
battle ship that is to replace the
Maine—a ship that will be a rival of
the tremendous Royal Sovereign of
the English navy, and the t'arnot of
the French navy.
Topeka, Kan.. Sept. 12.—Thirty di
voce cases are set for hearing in three
days of next week. Eleven will come
up Tuesday, eight Wednesday and
eleven Thursday. These are only a
part of those to eomo up during tho
September term.
The Visit Was Formal and Lasted
Only a Few Minutes.
THE GENERAL TO CALL AGAIN.
General Shifter Says All Talk of Friction !
He tween Himself anil Miles Is "Pop
pyeoek"—lias » l.ong Secret Interview
With .Secretary Alger In the I.attcr's Far
Washington, Sept. in. — General
Miles paid his respects to the i‘resi
dent at 10:45 o'clock. The call was
brief owing to the cabinet meeting at
11 o'clock and was confined to n formal
exchange of courtesies.
The general wore fatigue uniform
showing the two-starred epaulettes of
a major general. At the time of his
arrival the President was conferring
with .1 ustice llarlan. Senator Allison |
and other callers. General Miles and
Colonel Miehler were shown into the
cabinet ante-room and there the Presi
dent joined them, excusing himself
from the other callers.
It was not in the nature of a con
ference, during which questions relat
ing to the war were discussed, hut was
that formal call of respect usual upon
tile return of a high official. The con
ference for more extended discussion
of war affairs doubtless will come
later, although it was said after the
call that no exact time had been fixed
for a further meeting.
General Miles had nothing to say
before or after the call. He was
greeted with a round of applause as
lie left tlie White house, pushing his
way through the dense crowd await
ing the review of returning District ol'
Columbia troops.
CALLS IT_“POPPYCOCK,”
No Friction lletiveen Nlmfter mill Mile*—
A I.oiik Interview With Alger.
Camp Mkaiik, Middletown Pa., Sept,
lo. —Secretary Alger and General
Shatter were at camp Meade to-day.
They witnessed a review of the troops
and made a hurried tour of the camp.
General Alger resumed his journey at
uoon to Detroit and General Shatter
went to Washington.
They were closeted together an hour
this morning in the Secretary's pri
vate ear, which was run on a siding at
Camp Meade station. While General
Graham was arranging forthe review.
Secretary Alger and General Shafter
had another conference, lasting thirty
minutes.
What passed between them neither
would say, except that it was a private
affair.
General Shafter said the secretary
was a very dear friend and that they
had been in the civil war together as
colonels, lie is at work on his report
of the Santiago campaign and expects
to complete it to-morrow.
Speaking of the controversy with
General Miles, Shafter said: “It is
all poppycock. There is no friction
between General Miles and myself. At
least there was not when he left
Santiago. Our relations have al
ways been pleasant, and 1 do not un
derstand the meaning of all this talk.
The general may have been talking,
but I believe that much of it is due to
antagonistic newspapers, whose mo
tives are certainly not patriotic.”
FUNERAL 0F_CADET WHEELER.
Tlie <«eiier:tl Will Acrompiny lilt Hon'd
Moily to the Alalmiua Home.
Camp Wikoff, N. Y., SjiI, . —Im
pressive funeral services were held at
7 o'clock this morning for Naval Cadet
Thomas 11. Wheeler, son of Major Gen
erol Joseph Whooler. and Second Lieu
tenant Newton D. Kirkpatrick, First
United States cavalry, who were
drowned while bathing Wednesday
afternoon.
General Wheeler, his daughters and
his son. Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler,
jr., were the chief mourners. The
Ilev. Archibald Bradshaw, chaplain of
the One-Hundred and Seventy-tirst
provisional New York regiment, of
fered prayer and read the burial ser
vice.
General Wheeler and his family will
accompany the body of Cadet Wheeler
to Wheeler, Ala. The body of Lieu
tenant Kirkpatrick goes to Lexington,
Va. The war department detailed an
officer to accompany Lieutenant Kirk
patrick's body.
GRAY TO TAKE WHITE'S PLACE.
I’eacn CommUnlon Completed by tlie Del
aware Henator'* Appointment.
Washington, Sept. 10.—The P: ~,i
dent to-day named Senator George
Gray of Delaware as the lifth member
of the peace commission. This com
pletes the personnel of the commission,
which stands: Secretary Day, Sen
ators Davis, Frye and Gray and White
law Reid. In selecting Senator Gray,
the President has given Democratic
representation upon the commission.
The appointment probably will ne
cessitate the retirement of Mr. Gray
from the Anglo-American commission
which is conducting its sessions in
Canada, as this commission will re
sume its work about the time the
peace commissioners sail fur Paris.
E«t.rh»«jr Not a Suicide.
Paris, Sept. 10.—There is no founda
tion for the report circulated in the
United States that Major Comte Ferd
inand Walsin Estcrhazy. the alleged
author of the bordereau in the Drey
fus case, has committed suicide.
Our Port* Open to Spain.
Washington. Sept. 10.—The restric
tions imposed by the government as a
result of the war which interfere
with the free passage of vessels be
tween Spain arul her possessions and
the Uuited States are to bo removed.
TURKEY MUST ABANDON CRETE
The Foreign Ailmlrtli Insist on the IJe
movnl of the Snitiin's Forces.
Caxka, (Sept. 10.—Tho admirals of
the foreign powers, replying to tho
protests of the Cretan executive com
mittee against the recent massacres,
have declared that they will recom
mend that their respective govern
ments solve tlie question definitely by
the removal of the Turkish troops
from the island of Crete and the ap
pointment of a governor to be selected
by the powers.
Atuknh, Sept. 10.—The following
dispatch, dated at s o'eloek last night,
has been received from Candia: “Tlie
llashi Itazouks are committing ex
cesses ami the Christians in the sur
rounding districts aro arming to
march to the assistance of the Can
dians.
“There are eight war ships in tho
harbor and a fresh bombardment is ex
pected. The llritish, German and
Spanish consulates have been looted,
and thus far 300 native Christians and
sixty-seven Uritish subjects have been
killed."
I.ondox, Sept. 10.—The London
Times ami the other morning papers
call upon tho government for ener
getic action in Crete, more especially
if tlie stories of tho complicity of
Turkish troops are confirmed.
The German and Austrian papers
declare that their governments will
have nothing to do with Crete. The
Cologne Gazette says: “Germany may
congratulate herself on having with
drawn her tleet from Crete, thereby
leaving tlie responsibility to others,"
MANILA STRIKE AT AN END.
Street Car 1,1ms Again Itunnlng—The
First Prntentunt Services.
Manila, Sept. JO. •— The United
States consul hero, G. F. Williams, iu
behalf of Captain N. Mayo Dyer of the
I'nitod States cruiser Baltimore, has
returned to General Miranda tho
sword which the latter surrendered
to tho American otlieor at the capture
of Corregidor island, at tlie entrance
of the hay of Manila. The general
replied that he was overwhelmed l>y
the generosity of Captain Dyer.
The men who wentout on strike on
account of an attempt to return to an
equal basis for payment of labor, after
the American authorities, iu the early
exigencies of tlie situation here, had
agreed to tlie extravagant demands of
t he laborers, are disappearing, and it
lias become necessary to employ sol
diers to take their places in some
eases, while in other cases the matter
has been compromised. One of tlieso
strikes, as cabled September 5, caused
tlie suspension of traffic on the horse
car lines of Manila, hut they resumed
operations to-day.
Tlie American army chaplains have
instiluted Protestant services in pri
vate buildings. Such services have
never previously been held in tho his
tory of the Philippine islands.
SILVCLA WANTS SAGASTA OUT.
A Desire for Power I* Prompting the
Conservative Leader'* Course.
Madkid, Sept. 10.—Tlie following
statement lias been made by an im*
portant Spanish official: “Scnor Sil
vela, the leader of a section of the
Conservative party, refuses tho gov
ernment the support of his party, al
though he is fully aware of the diffi
culties of the situation. Ho is doubt
less prompted by the desire to obtain
power. We will do all in our power
to realize bis desire with short delay.
Tho country will then see how soon
the man who is posing «s a Liberal
will be transformed into a despotic
dictator."
General Poliavoja has handed a copy
of liis manifesto to the newspaper
men; but the censor forbids its publi
cation. The censor also forbids its
transmission by telegraph. It is prob
able t hat the general intends to read
it to-day in the Cortes, but it is cer
! tain the government will prevent him
from so doing, and will insist upon a
secret session.
The Madrid Liberal to-day again
makes tho assertion that Premier Na
gnsta will resign as soon as tho cham
ber adopts the peace bill.
CUBANS DISARM FOR FOOD.
Tho Administration IIs. Found » \V»f to
Mettle the Insurgent Question.
Washington, Sept. 1 0.—The admin
istration has decided that tho Cuban
insurgents will not bo furnished food
supplies so long as they remain under
arms. Since this decision was inado
tho war department officials have
been greatly gratified to learn that
the advieo of the President is being
followed. tIt has been learned that at
least 400 of the Cuban soldiers huve
surrendered their arms and have asked
for food and work, and it is believed
ttiat there will bo little trouble with
the forces remaining in tlie vicinity of
Santiago. If this should prove to lie
tho ease, the Cuban problem may set
t tie itself with much less difficulty
than has been expected. It may even
result in a marked decrease in the
number of soldiers to be sent to the
island, but this is a matter not yet
definitely settled.
Commander of lllcdsou’s llitttery Dead.
Denison, Tex., S.spt. 10.—Judge L.
L. Maughs is dead of Bright’s disease.
Judge Maughs, during the civil war,
for a time commanded Bledsoe's fam
ous Missouri battery in General Price’s
command. He was major in General
Forest's cavalry and led the charge
which resulted in the capture of Fort
Pillow. At the battle of Chickamauga
he served the gun which killed General
Lytle, the poet-soldier. Judge Maughs
was postmaster under Cleveland.
Cv liz to New York—2, *00 miles.
