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THE EED CLOUD CHIEF.
HNOMIDmiE
Tliroo
Have Already Held
Stato Eloctions.
Their
MANY GOVERNORS TO CHOOSE,
lite Democrat! iwirt ItapaMliAa Chfttr
mm of Mtatrnrt Both Ctnlni tho State
TWentjr-Three Mate Hleet LofiUla
turn Alt IClcot Consrejaeaoa.
Wactijkoton, Nor. 8. Tho Totora of
til except throe of tho forty-flTO statos
Maine, Vermont and Oregon, will go
to tho polls tomorrow. Tlio forty-two
t latwi will clock Congressmen. In Al
abama. Arkansas, Georgia, Kentuoky,
Loukiiniin, Mnrylnnd, Mlwtlailppl, Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Ilkodo Islnud
and Wcet Virginia, only Congressmen
nrc to be chosen. Twenty-tbreo states
wilt clcot legislatures whloh will namo
United Gtatoi aonatorx 'i'hoso aro
California, Connecticut, Dolawaro,
Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Mlou
lj;an, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, Now JcrDcy, New
York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming, Wisconsin and West Vir
glnln. Tho following Slates aro to select a
governor and Sitato oOloert: California,
Colorado. Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas,
Michigan, Mlnncnotn, Nebraska, Now
Jersey, New York, Novada, Now
llampnhlic, Masiaohusott'i, North Da
kola, Pennsylvania, South Cat
olins, South Dakota, Tennosseo,
Texas, Wlnconslu and Wyoming. The
otheru Hl.nols, Iow.i, Florida, Del
aware Maryland. Missouri, Montana,
Ohio, Utuh nnd Washington will yoto
for a treasurer, auditor or othor inluor
state officials.
MISSOURI CHAIRMEN TALK.
I'redlctloni Are YM Apart, hot Until
liiprnm Battataetkin.
fir. Louis, Mo., Not. K Thomas J.
AklnB, chairman of tho stato Republic
an comuilttou, expresses tho opinion
that "tlio election on Tuesday will bo
the death knoll of froo silver la Mis
souri. Tho Itcpublloann will luako
sweeping gains In tho stain. Tho leg
islature will bo very oloso."
8. I). Cook, chairman of tho stato
Demoerstlo committor, says: "Tho
reoults as rogardi tho statu ticket will
not bo materially dlfforont from 1890.
The legislature will bs Dcmocratio in
both branchos and Senator Coekroll
will bo rcturaod by an OTcrwholnilng
majority."
A FIRE IN THE CAPITOL,
tin Saareuie Court Kaon and Library lu
Washington Dunugeil,
YTaiiunotoii, Not. I. Au explosion
jnd aro nt 5: IS Sucday afternoon
wrecked tho sn promo courtroom and
tho rooms Immediately adjoining It on
tho .nslu floor of tho capltol. The
damage Is enormous. Tho ntlro cen
tral eastern part of the groat marble
pllo, from tho main floor to tho Bubtor
nmean basement, practically is a mass
of rains. Tho forco of tho explosion
was bo great that coping stones on tho
outer walls, fust east of tho point
where tho explosion occurred, wore
bulgod out nearly two inolics; windows
in all that port of tho building wero
blown out, and locked doors wero
forced from their hinges quite 150 feet
from tho seouo of It.
Tho library of tho supreme court,
located Immediately beneath the su
premo court room, wns badly damaged
by Are, tmoko and water practically
Cottroylug the great collection of law
reference books. Tlio library contains
about 80,000 volumes, and was used not
oaly by tho Justices of tho wuprome
toart, but by members of congress and
lawyers practicing before tho supromo
court Mr. Ju&tlco Harlan said that
the library was very valuable. Many
f tho works It contained would, he
thought, be dlfllcuH U replace.
jjibrarlan Uaruo, after a cursory ex
amination, necassarlly mado by the
light U lantern, uxprcssod tho oplu
tea that masy of tho books could be
luvoJ, although they had been
drenched by water from the stream
poured Into tho library for two hourj
or noro aftor the explosion occurred.
Tho most serious daiuugo, In tho
opinion of tho justioos of tho supreme
court, Is to tho records stored lu the
sub-basement. Thoso inaludcd all the
records of the supromo court from
llttztolfil). Tho room contains tlio
records of cases aud opinions rendered
by tho fathers of tlio Judiciary of tlio
government. Apparcutly tho dceu
taenU lu this room aro either totally
destroyod or so badly damaged by lire
and water as to bo useless. Justice
llarlan said that whllo tho loss of JJio
records was Irreparable, It was fortu
nate tho later records of tho court,
whtli aro kept lu tho oflko of the
clerk on tho main floor, wero not in
jured. As documents for rcferoneo ut
(his time and later Justtco llarlan
thougrht thoso wero of far greater
taluo than tho records destroyed,
fortunately tho clerk's office was not
m tho least dsmaged by tiro and tho
explosion did no daaiugo lu it except
to blow in ouo window.
Arraugemonta wore completed by LI
brarlan Clarke, of tho supremo court,
nd Colonel Ittchnrd llright, serjeant-at-arms
of tho senate, by which the
eittlugs of tho supromo court will not
10 interrupted. Tho court will con
teno In tho room of tho t-f nnto com
mittee on tbojjlstrlct of Columbln.onc
f tho most 1
m rooms In tho cap
itol. Hoi
Itfvuons of tho
Court Tf U
vlll bodotor-
tnlned'f)
selves.
lrook cablnot
conshlorlug
ritABoesun-
have ex-
FOUND DEAD IN A BATHTUB,
Old's Steading Corp DMeorered After A
OarouMi nt dnolnnatL
Cixcwkati, Ohio, Nor. 8. At 0
o'clock yesterday morning, IL WooJ
row, a prominent stationer, hurriedly
summoned Dr. F. Brunnlng to flat No.
7, in tho Alta bulldlug. Tho doctor
was shown tlio doad body of a young
woman in a bathtub full of water. Dr.
Brunnlng said It was a caso of death
from drowning, It hxi boon ascer
tained that the girl's namo was Nannie
Kverslolgh, formerly of Iron ton, Ohio.
She and Mrs. Joslo Gcrrold, a widow,
oamo tlicro together Saturday night.
Thoy became companions for tho night
of Boyd Wosisl and Frank II. Wood
row, respectively. Mlvi Kverslolgh
and Boyd WorioI had boon living
toguthor at 131 West Hovonth street
fur a year und.ir tho namo of Itoyd
Gnriluld and Naunio Garfield. Mrs.
Gcrrold Is well connected hero. It was
intendod to bo a hoc rot mooting in Mr.
Woodrow's flat, with no thought of
tragedy and oxposuro. Boyd Weasel
Is tho son of a highly roapected busi
ness man tn thb city, and Mr. Wood
row's family connections aro of the
highest respectability.
Nono of tho three survivors can or
will givo any account of Mist Evor
slolgh'a leaving tho bed and going to
tho bathroom. Mr. Woodrow mndo
tho discovery when ho went to take
his morning hath. This all three of
tho parties admit. Tho police- believe
much of tho night was spout In drink
ing wluo and that few if any of the
four woro lit a condition to know what
thoy wero doing. Both young men
aro undor parolo arrest and survell
lauoo, pending an oxnmluntion to as
certain tho cause of tho bruise on tho
dead girl's temple. Nono of tho sur
vivors havo mado any nttomnt to con
ceal tho facts or toescapo, though thoy
left no stone unturned to provout pub
licity. Tlio proa.-nt opinion is that it
Is a caso of suicide or accidental
drowning.
VrUau I'ublUbarf Win.
San Viukcisco. Col., Nov. 8. The
r.trlko of pressmen and stercotypora on
tho dally papera has virtually ended
In a victory fur tho publishers. Tho
Uunday Issues appoarad ai usual, sev
eral outsido cnglnoers doing duty lu
tho pressrooms.and men who had prev
iously boon "subn" aiding tho stereo
type rs who rcraaluod oa duty. Tho
strikers havo piactloally admlttod
tholr defeat by asking that tho matter
bo submitted to arbitration. Tho de
mand, howover, that tho non-union
men who havo aided to prevent tho
papers from suspending publication be
discharged is not likely to bo conceded,
for tho arrival of cxpertouccd work
mon from tho East is dally expected.
Hacked With an Ax.
Two Rivkiu, Wis., Nov. 5. Mr. and
Mrs. John lialils, aged 70 and 05 years,
respectively, woro brutally murdered
In tho village of Mishlcott, about two
mllos northwest of hero, 6omo time
last night. Mr. llahls was killed
In his barn, and Ida wlfo was
slain In their cottage. Tho faces
of tho victims wero hacked to pieces
with an ax. Itohbcry is supposed to
have been tho motive. Ernest Moss
man , a laborer, who had worked about
tho village and who had boon allowed
at times to sleep In tho barn, has been
arrchted on suspicion of having com
mitted tho crime.
Yellow Fever Victims.
Havana. Nov. 8. J. K Caldwell and
l T. Htowart. attached to tlw quarter
master's department, have been strick
en with yellow fover. They havo boen
occupying apartments at the Hotol
Pasajo, adjoining thoso of Colonel
Williams, tho chief quartermaster, who
is suffering from yellow fever. Both
men wcro'rcmovod this afternoon, un
der the order of Dr. I.ano to El Vcdado
fovor hospital. In tho opinion of Dr.
Laino aud other physicians tho Hotel
I'asajo is Infected, and there will prob
ably be a stampedo among the Ameri
can guests when the faot becomes
known.
Wai Heady to (la.
Kansas Citt, Mo., Nov. 8. "I'm
trying to llvo a Christian Ufa. I'm
homesick to sso Jesiu. I'm ready to
go to day, this hour, this minute, if
ueeoMury. Pralsotho Lordl" Soarce
ly had these words luft tho lips of Mrs.
Jenulo Walker, at a religious meeting
nt tho Ooodway mission, fll'J Eist Fifth
.street, yesterday, when sho fell back
Into her scat, dead.
KuMlor KIIU a Woman.
TiRxinoTos, Ky Not. 8. Private
William Kane, Company E, Third Ken
tucky, whoso homo Is ut Curllslo. Ky.,
shot and killed a woman named Maud
MoCluro at a house of Ul fame here.
Kano snappodtho guu in tho woman's
faoo several times. Ho claimed uot to
know it was loaded, but othor women
in tho houso bald ho had threatened to
kill tho MeClnre woman.
Sign Tiaal Voder l'rotent.
London, Nov. . Tho Madrid corre
spondent of tho Dally Mall says:
"Spain will sign tho peaco treaty
under protoHt."
Itlildlod with nutlet.
Jacksonville Fla., Nov 8. Arthur
Williams, a negro, undor arrest for tho
murder of Mist Eilun Ogden, at Well
borno, Fla., on Friday, made a confes
sion last night, implicating two other
nngroes, liuok James and Monroe Leg
gltt. At 11 o'clock last night tho eou
tit able and his guards were overpower
ed by a crowd of incensed cltltsens and
Wlllluuis wastakon from their custody,
riddled with bullots and a 11 ro built
upon hi body. Jamoa and Loggltt are
now under arrest, but U 1s Ilkelr thoy
I will go tho way of Williams.
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Spain Gains Nothing by Refusing
America's Peaco Proposal,
INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO PARIS
In Aotwarlujr tlio Spaniard Claimed
ren Xndcmnltr 'or Our Capture of
Manila Tlio AdmluUtratloa More De
termined Than Uror.
WjtstiiNOTOJf, Not. i. Spain's ox
hanstlTo argument against tho coislon
of tho Philippines to tho Unitod Htates
has had tlio rosult of making tho of
ficials all tho tnoro determined to tako
tho islands. Instructions sent to Mr.
Day will require him and his col
leagues to rcnow to-morrow their de
mnnd for concession of tho group to
tho United Mates, and they will make
in tholr communication tho first offer
of money in paymont of tho islands.
Secretary Hay has received a full
statomont of tho contcnta of tho Span
ish noto. Its character was just what
tho ofllolals expected without any
now argumonts of importanco. Scnor
Ulos and hla colleaguos call attention
to tho aotlon of tho government in de
livering a noto through M. Cambon,
tho French ambassador, to IVosldont
McKinley which Bet forth tho under
standing of tho SpanlBh govornment
that In agreeing to tho protocol Its
sovereignty over the Philippines would
not bo nu"cctod. It Is also clalmod by
tho Spanish commissioners that this
declaration was assented to by Presi
dent McKlnloy. Asa matter of fuot,
tho note had boon delivered, but tho
Presldont had declined to nnswer It,
o'.thcr in writing or verbally, to M.
Cambon.
Tho Spanish commissioners havo
declared, It is said, that instead of tho
United States acquiring tho Philip
pines, this government should pay
their government an indemnity for tho
attack on Manila after tho peaco pro
tocol had bcou Blgned nud for tho
damago consequently dono.
Hear Admiral Dewey's victory In
Manila 1ay was unimportant and the
possession of Cavito during tha war
was not such as to givo tho Amoricans,
tho Spaniards dcclaro, control of tho
islands, nnd it is claimed, and tho
claim Is fortified by argument aud
many legal precedents, that tho Amer
ican government has no moral right to
demand tho cession of tho entlro group
of 1,400 Islands when It hold only bucu
a small bit of territory as that at Cav
Its, and controlled only tho bay of
Manila.
Ait during tho war Spanish troops
wero stationed on other Islands and
wero uot molested. Tho Spaniards
Indicated tholr willingness, however,
to sell tho Islands, and tho authorities
havo no apprehension now that any
rupture will occur unless it bo over
tho amount to bo paid.
Aftor tho Philippine question shall
havo been disposed of tho commission
ers will conalder tho determination of
claims which havo boon fllod by Amer
icans ngalnst Spain and by Spaniards
against tho United States. It Is
thought that this govornment would
bind itself to satisfy Amorlcan claims,
in consideration of tho territory ceded
to tho United Mates, but this state
ment is iucorrcct. Tho Spanish com
missioners havo a heavy claim for fili
bustering against tho United States to
offset claims filed by Americans for per
sonal and property injuries, and tho
question of their disposition will havo
to bo decided.
BRYAN'S NEW AILMENT.
"Armr Lockjaw" ! What tb Nebras
lean Bnji 11, Hi vs.
St. Louis, Mo., Not. K Colonel
William J. llryan, Third Nebraska
Toluntecrs, nrrlvod hero to-day from
Suvannoh, Qa., on his way homo.
In rcsponso to a request for an In
terview, Colonel Uryan said: "Don't
ask ma to discuss tho political situa
tion. Don't Intimate an inquiry as to
prevailing conditions in tho army.
Whv? Uecauso I havo military lock
jaw." Colonel llryan left tho city upon tho
Missouri Paclllc ut 0 a. m.
Minnesota' Forolgn-Uora Vote Cot.
St. Padi., Minn., Nov. 8. With a
registration fully as per cont below
the vote of two years ago, a full Toto
fn.niAMMMin nnlnA In avtMtnliL,! Ufa!
to-morrow caunot be expected. Muoh
of this Is duo to tho new constitutional
amoudmsnt, whloh has resulted in dis
franchising thousands of forelju-born
citizens boeauso thoy had not secured
tholr final naturalisation papsrs.
Whloh party will suffer most beoauso
of this is ono of tho election day prob
lems, thu solving of whloh would pro
duco tho result of tho oloctlou.
A Coliusido Hatter Uaitarlng Oat.
Nkw Youk, Not. 8. Light ltattery
A, Colorado Tolunteora, la mustering
out to-day at Sandy Hook. The bit
tery has been in camp at Fort Han
cock, N. Y., Rcvoral months. Somo of
tho man will enlist In tho United
Statos army, a faw will stay Fast,
while tho majority will go home to
tha West.
Killed by 111 lS-Taar-Old Ilretharv
Gaueiion, Mo., Nov. 8. Clarenoe
Burg, 11 years old, waa shot and In
stantly klllod by his brother, Frank,
uged 13. Saturday night at tha family
home. Tha shooting Is thought to have
been accidental. Tho boy has beau ar
retted, pending tho result of tho cor
oner's Inquest.
A avO.QOQ lU.aa la a Railroad Shop
Bacbamjbmto, Cal., Not. 8. A lire in
the railroad simps of the Southern Pa
clue Hallway oompauy oauscd a loss of
over 1300,000 this morning.
DEMAND
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DELAY CAUSES TROUBLE.
Situation la Ilarann U Not Improrln
Any Crime an tho lacraaa.
IUvAJfA, Nov. K Tho International
agreement botween Spain's enforced
loss of sovereignty In Cuba and tho as
sumption of full military control by
tho United States seems Indefinitely
prolongod, with no lmmodlato hopo of
relief to a country which dally grows
poorer and moro depopulated. On all
sides tho qucsttou la nsked, how much
nearer Is the Unal solution of tho prob
lora than it was on tho day tho prooo
col was signed?
Tho fooling among tho better classes
of intelligent and Influential Cubans
may bo pretty accurately summed up
in tho following observations mado by
a rcprescntutlvo Cuban morchant of
Havana:
"Unless tho Washington govornment
forces its lcthargio commissions into
greater activity, Cuba will bo nn im
menso gravoyard and Its fields barren
bo fore tho United States takoa posses
sion. Tho dally records of mortality
show that tho population In all parts
of tho island is dwindling htcadlly.
Entire vllJagos arodylngof starvation.
On all eldes the Spaniards continuo
robbing and plundering. In tho mean
time, thceo Mgo, gosslpplng commis
sioners from the United States sit .sip
ping cool drinks by day and necking
shelter by night, with mortal dread of
fever, yet absolutely Impervious to
tlio demands of humanity.
"Tho situation created by this un
certainty is Btlll further aggravated
by the fact that no ono dares bow
crops or cultivate lands until tho pres
ent chaotic conditions show somo rays
of light to guldo agricultural efforts.
Thoro is no work for Idlo hands. Day
by tiny tho number of beggars, thieves
und prostitutes lncrcacss, whllo tho
number of thoso a bio to relieve dis
tress shrink lu tho same proportion.
"Tho present conditions can uot bo
much longer protracted without Bub
Jcctlng tho United Statee to well-deserved
criticism. Moro than that, tho
eloments most in sympathy with tho
United States are slowly but suroly
falling off and joining tho rauka of tho
opposition.
"A you aro aware, Sonor Castro,
tho civil governor, only yesterday
issued orders for tho arrest of 203
criminals recently released from Jails
and the penal colonics of Ceuata, and
on tho Isle of Pines. This stop was
rendered necessary by tho incroaso,
tho alarming Increase, in burglarlo.i,
nJg&wny robborlos and assaults.
"Whllo tho bloekado was on tho olty
was ruled with an iron hand, and cases
of assault and robbory woro almost
unknown. To-day, with tho rcleaso of
criminals and tho Inoreaao of poverty,
the list of murders and hold-ups is a
very gravo matter. In addition to tho
already numerous paupers and unem
ployed, driven to bog from Bhcor ne
cessity, thoro aro many discharged
Spanish soldiers entirely without
means of support. Tholr number
reaches Into the thousands.
"Many boys and girln of goutlcol ex
traction havo been thrown on tho
streets to begin thoir lives as beggars
or thlovos and to bring up in jails and
housos of ill fazno. Do tho peoplo of
the United States rcallzo thcto things?
Does tho government of tho Uultcd
Statos, morally rcsponslblo before tho
world for the futuro of Cuba, intond to
tolcrato Indefinitely a dolay which day
by day makes theso conditions worso?"
Tha Mikado It GrnetotM.
Pekino, Nov. rt. Yano Funlo, tho
Japanese minister to China, had an
audleuco with tho empress dowager
and tho emperor for tho purposo of an
nouncing the decorations conferred
upon them by tho mikado.
Tho empress dowagor was seated ono
step abovo tho emperor. Slvo mado tho
usual complimentary specoh, aftor
which the omporor read a spcooh
couched in similar tortus. Uor majfisty
seemed In good health.
Tho foreign envoys decided to make
a strong demand upon tho government
for tho removal of General Kang bu's
troops outsido tho province of Pochll
before November 15. Unless this de
mand Is granted they thrcaton them
selves to assume tho proteotlon of tho
railway communication botweon Pe
king uud the coast.
Captain Carter Da.graa&d.
Washington, Nov. r.--Captain O. M.
Carter, who Is involved In frauds in
connection with govornment improve
ments at Savannah, Qa., will bo sen
tenced to dishonorable dlsohargo from
the army and five years' Imprisonment
I or to pay a fine of 53,000.
I flnaitfr minarV9 ll II D llftm
Great secrecy has bcon observed In
this oaso, and for tho first tlmo the na
ture of tho aentenco has bcootno
known. Tho court-martial recom
mended that Captala Carter bo dishon
orably discharged, to fivo years' Im
prisonment and to pay 13,000 fine.
President McKinley has dcaldod this
sentoneo too severe, aad haa modified
it by reducing tha sentence elthrr by
outtlng off the penitentiary seutonco
or tho fino, but whloh part will bo ro
mltted haa not yet been decided.
Ofllee4ekr Flocking lo Cnha.
Santiago, Not. f . Many peoplo aro
arriving hero with letters from sena
tors. One man Is virtually appointed
by Socretary Alger as collector of cus
toms at ManKaulllo. He expects about
throo times tho salary of the Cuban
now holding tho position.
Iloallltlle Renewed,
PAKA, III., Nov. B.There was a re
newal of liMtllltia at noon yastorday
between tha unloa minora aud the im
ported negroes from Alabama. A ne
gro attacked James lioylo, a unloa
miner, near the Ualtlmore & Ohio
Southwestern depot, which eausod tba
battle. Tweaty-Qvo or thirty shots
wero exchanged. Two negroes were
slightly woundod. No white miners
ware woundod Major liutlor imme
diately aont.Brdetaahmant pf-.oldleri
and a gutling guu to tho scans. No
arreaU havo been made thus fa
IN LUCK TO SAVE IHE GREW
An Ensign's Story of tlio Loss of
tho Maria Torosa,
BRAVE RESCUE OF SHIPMATES
Tho Flrit Inkling That tho Ship Wo la
D.inxer Kspucted Her to Blub Bnd-
deiilr Darliiff of tho I.tfu-DuatU
lu the ltniiT Peat.
Men
Foiit MoNiton. Va., Nov. 8. Ensign
Jamas C. Hummers, who was oflloer of
tho dock of tho Vulcan when tho Maria
Teresa was abandoned, tn tolling of
tho cruiser's loss, said to-day: "Tho
galo in which tho Tercria waa lost
began with n florca squall flvo min
utes boforo 1 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. From tho Teresa's bridge oamo
tho wlg-wng signal by lamp, 'Signal
Merrltt to steer to vIudward.' Tho
Mcrritt at onco changed Iter course to
north-northeast. It hail boon north.
To us tho fact that tho Teresa must bo
kept head to sea was in itself cousld
crod ominous. All signals wero mado
to us by wig-wag flag from tlio Toroaa.
Wo repeated them to tho Mcrritt or
LeouldaH.
"At noon tho galo had incrcasod in
violence nnd all threo veasols labored
heavily In thesox ThoTcrcia, plung
ing deeply, took much wator on board
over tho bows and often whon rooling
sho shipped seas amidships. Only her
starboard cngluo was used. It was
turning thirty-eight revolutions whon
last roportod. Tho forward wrecking
pump was sending out a largo stream
over tho port bow. At ten minutes
past noon tlio Leonlda.n, then fully a
inllo nhcad, waa slgnalod, 'Do not go
so far ahead.' Thirty minutes later
the Teresa slgnalod, 'Can Merrltt run
to Watllng's Island safely?' Tho Mer
rltt answered 'No' promptly. This
was tho first Intimation of tho real
dungor at hand.
"Almost simultaneously with tho
Merrltt'a next signal, 'divo your or
dure,' camo this from tho Torosa, 'Tell
Merrltt to cabt off aud oamo within
hall.' This was dono and her crew
haulod in tho 100 fathoms of hawser
whllo on tho way to assist tho Torcaa,
Tho luttor thou signaled, 'Wo shall
abandon ship. Tvll Lconldas to stand
by us to wludward. Do not cast off
our lines.' Tho Vulcan answered, 'Wo
will.hold on until tho last and use oil,'
to which thu Teresa replied 'Many
thanks,'
"Tho Vulcan's commandor, Lieuten
ant George P. B.ow, Immediately
planned the Vulcan's part in tho
scheme of rescue, llolng almost sura
that tho Teresa's starboard engine
would bo kept working until tho last,
it waa decided to hold on to tho haw
swor, thereby giving tho Torcsa sulll
clont steering way to ouablo hor helms
men to keep tho heavy sea on her star
board bow und still bo to lcoward of
tho Vulcan, enabling tho latter to uao
oil to'advantago when tho rescuing in
boats began.
"From the first tho heavy laboring
of tho Teresa gavo tho Imprassion that
sho would fouador suddenly and that
all her peoplo would bo overboard ut
any moment, either swimming er
drowning before- our eyes.
"After tho Teresa began to fill it
becamo impossible for the Vulcan to
keep her head to windward, but, bolng
pructically waterlogged, sho mado an
excellent breakwater for tho boats,
oven after sho foil off into tho trough
of the sea.
"Directed by Lieutenant Gilmor, tho
crew and engineer's foreo equipped
two lifeboats with oars, life preservers
and oil bags. Thoy wore launched
from tho top of thj dock houso and by
moans of lung lines were veered asteru,
in tho hopo that thay would reauh tho
Teresa, but tkj heavy sea oarried them
far to windward, thoy fouled tho haw-s.-r
and were finally cut adrift.
FlUift BOAT LOAD KKSOUED.
"At Sin tho afternoon tho Merrltt wns
just astern of tha Teresa and camo up
under her leo just In thuj to take off
tho first boat load of reseuoi portions.
Tho wroukers uud volunteers from tho
naval vonols had succeeded In lower
ing ono of tho two burf boats hanging
from davits on tho Teresa's port side.
Pulling quickly elear of tho ship's aldo
tho boat's orow, couiposud of the
wrooker's men, want about saving tho
people In a systematic way,
"There was less than four hours of
daylight loft In which to reseuollt
persous, Including eighteen Cuban
coal passers, and suah a sea was run
ning aa would have eauntod any life
boat crew. To have attempted to go
near enough to the groat ship's side to
let hor pooplo climb down or drop Into
the boats meant oertalu destruction to
the rescuing party. So when the boat
was towed by Its patnWr to tha ship's
Ice quarter and was kept elear by two
men at the oars and by the steersman
In tho stern another lino was used to
sand down tho men from the ship.
"Each man, alung In tho center of
this ropa, was hauled tlirough tho
water In most cased to tho boat and
than tumbled In orar tha bow. It was
a slow but safe process, aa the result
proved, for by ft o'clock every wan, so
far as we could ace, was safe on board
the Merrltt.
"The feroe of tho gale and height of
tho sea may ba best undai stood by tho
faet that although only 330 fathoms of
hawser separated tha Toros from the
Vuloan, the watchers on the Utter Tea
sel, owlug to heavy seas, driving rala
and sprey ware only able to sea tha
bouts of the rescuing party at long in
tervals when thay eame out ef tho
trough of the tea. The Merrltt her
self, although a splendid sea boat, was
burled In tha trough of 'ho sa at
times so that only tho end of bar
masthead wero visible.
"The trat boat lowered made In all
(our road tries bstweea the Teream
and tho Morriti, and Uw ssoond ravlo
threo trips, so that to reeouo all hands 3Ci
iho boat had to make tho puasagrf
through tlkoso hoary combing seas
fourteoa times and right gallantly
thoso braTo follows aooomplUho tho
werk. Lucky tndood was It for thoso
rescued that tho boats woro manned
by past masters at tho oar and holm.
KEADY TO ABANDON ALU '
"Vor two hours mon with axos, un
dor tho direction of tlio exoontivo ofll
oer, had been stationed aft, ready to
cut away at a tnomonl's notice tho
llnca that hold tho hawser, tn case tlio
Torcsa should founder during tho
transfer of her men. Evory Vulcan
man watohod tho groat ohlp'wlth anx
ious oyca as alio plunged 'forcastlo
head under' tlio head seas clear to tho
turret, coming out again with wator
streaming from her hawser plpos nnd
showing tho kcol of hor ram abovo tho
next big son. Forty-four shipmates of
tholra was on board tho doomed vessel
and it was a question whether their
rcscuo would bo offoctod beforo dark.
"ITeavy rain Bqualla beat tho noa
down a llttlo by this time, but the
wind blow harder thau over. Stroj-
gllng for a foothold on tho Torosa's
rickoty bridge, her signalman Cro&sott
wlg-waggod to tho Vulcan at 4o'cloch,
Don't cast off tho towlino yet; two
moro boat loads will olear the ship
Wo ropltod, 'All right; will hold on -
until tho last.'
"High up on tho bridgo, silhouetted
against tho loadon sky nnd bracing '
hltnsolf against tho fearful rolling of
the Teresa ns sho wailowod in tho seas
stood tho man at tho wheel. Ho was
alono and probably tho last person to
leavo his post, for it "was not until the
final boat was rccolvlug Its quota of
men that ho lashed tho whool, camo
down tho bridgo ladder and went aft
to leavo tho ship.
"It was not until cloven minutes past
5, when Lieutenant Blow nnd his offl
ocra wero certain that tho last .boat
loud had bcon taken off, that the or
dor was given to 'cut away.' Two
blows of an axo sovorod tho linos and
as tho links of tho ohaln bridle rattled
out through tho stern chocks tho Vui
oan's crew, led by Chief Engineer
Gardiner Crlms, U. a N., gavo throo
ringing ohecra as a saluto to tho Stars v
and crtrlpes flying as if iu deflaneo of
tho elements at tlio Teresa's jack yard
aad also to tho bravery of tho Mer
rltt'a men, who had mndo such a gal
lant rescue of their shipmates.
"Twenty minutes later it was so
dark that tho Torcsa was only a black,
speck against tho horizon and at 0
o'clock nothing oxcopt tho lights on
tho Merrltt and Lconldas could ba
seen, whllo tho galo howlod and th
soa roso hlghor than over."
A NEW TRIAL FOR BILL ADLER,
IIU Coaptation Overturned In theSaprone
..art on A eonnt at ICrror.
IJhffpbsos Citt, Ma. Nov. 8. Tho
supromo court to-day gavo William
Ad lor, oonvloted in Kansas City oi
murder In second dogreo, for killing
William Johnson on May 2, 1607, a new
trial. Tho trial la glvon because Judge
Wofford of tbo criminal oourt instruct
ed the jury that if Adter voluntarily
ontered into the difficulty ho could not
afterwards avail himself of tho right
of self dofenao. This instruction is
condemned by Burgess, judge, and a
ucw trial results.
The same instruction was given In
tho liodJard caso, nnd this confirms
the roport that Uoddard will got a new
trial when his caso is reached.
Clark, convicted la Jackson county
of murder in tho first dogreo, gets a
new trial, Sho r woo J, judgo, rendering
tho opinion. Tho reasons for giving
now trial cannot bo glvon, aa judge
Sherwood is not in thu city and has
tho opinion.
James Brown, a nogro was convleted
in Kansas City of murdering, ofi
April, 1, 1803, Henry Prathcr, another
nogro. Ha appealed to the supreme
oourt and hU caso was to-day affirmed
and execution sot for December 11,
1803.
DROVE WHITES FROM STREETS,
A Clnth Iletweaa tke H;ro and the
"Bed RhlrU'' Mxpoeted.
WrLWWOTOjr, N. C, Nov. 8. Tho ne
groes havo reoolvod another supply ef
arms. A parade was hold at mid
night last night, every negro boing
heavily armed. Street ears wer
stoned and white citizens driven front
tho streets. A clash with tho "red
shirts" la believed Inovitablo. Tire
Wilmington militia and the naval
reserve romatuad In tho armories last
night.
CONSUL AND WIFE ARRESTED.
A Vew Trk Motel Koepor Charge an
OflUlal WUu Blackmail.
New Yohk, Xov. 8. William A. E,
Moore and wlfo, Vayno Mooro, . who
havo been staying at tho Gronoblo ho
tel, wore arretted last night on the
charge of attanptoxl extortion and
blackmail. Martin Malion, tho pro
prietor of the New Amsterdam hotcd,
it tho complainant, aud charges the
prisoners with having blackmailed hR4
out of 9107 ami a diamond pin auA
with attempting to extort au addi
tional So.OOO,
President IfaKlnley appointed
Moore United Slates consul to Durban,
Indian river. Month Africa. Hla wife
is said to bo tbo Aangutor ef ex-Chief
Juatieo Strahen of tho supromo courl
f Oregon, tni lur homo is at Salem,
Ore.
Moero tatd ho had not yet gono tA
tho atatlon U Seuth Africa to which
ha had bean appointed, as ha expected
to be appointed consul to Budapest,
III home U said to be la ClATelaaJL '
