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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED .JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORSfr&Gr , APRIL 20 , 1898. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SPANISH NAVAL EDUCATION Details of tbo System Fanned and tbo Results Obtained. CLASS LINES IN SELECTING CADETS Fn m mm Seliooln nt Kerrol , Cndlx nnd Knit Keriiniidlno Xnvnl Olllcern n Type of the HlKhc-Kt Cliiim of the SnnnlHh 1'cnplc , The personnel of the Spanish naval officers nd the methods by which they are edu cated are , perhaps , as little known In Europe s la our own country , says a writer In the Independent. Although Spain has what might bo termed an elaborate system ot naval education , such a period has lapned 'nce It has been engaged in a w r of any magnitude that the actual ability of Its navy Is an unknown quantity , although thn near future : may demonstrate- very clearly to America and tbe great powers. H Ifi generally admitted tfcat the Insurrection In Cuba , while long-continued , has merely shown the Inability of Its military forces and what Is generally believed to bo corruption among the officers In ccmmand on the Ulnnd. Tbo naval work has been merely confined to a few engagement * ] of gunboats and filibusters and has been really of no consequence. The reputation achieved by tbe Spanish In the days of the Armada and In the conflicts 'wbtch distinguished the early part ofthe present century Is familiar to every reader of history , and It Is the opinion of Brills' ] and other naval officers that today Spain's power lies principally Its naval repre sentatives. Political Influence , however , han prevailed to a large extent In the army and navy , as well as other departments of the government , but It has not been as wide , spread In the latter branch ot the service es In the other , and the Spanish naval * officer , while he das not received the thor ough -training requisite fora commission li our country or Gceat Britain , Is still fairly proficient , wbllc , so far as courage on ] natural advantages arc concerned , ho Is per haps equal to any of his rank. At the tlm the Armada was afloat the Spanish sallorn lia'l no superiors the world ovxr and their skill In naval tactics at that time was re- > markdblo. The city cf Cartagena was for merly ono ot the principal educational cen ters , but later Fcrrol , near the northwest ern ccact , became the site of tbls branch. . The young Spaniard receiver his primary education still at Ferrol , but , wild the ex ception of the engineering school , the higher Institutions arc at Cadiz. The graduates of the navy complete their course at the academies of Sun Carlo and San Fernandlno where arc located also smaller school of gunnery practice and torpedo practice , which form what could be called In this country post-graduate courses. SELECTING CADETS. Ttic Spanish naval cadet 1 ? selected from the upper classes. Sons of officers In service or retired constitute the majesty , although any ono who Is In proper physical condition , a Roman Catholic and a Spanish subject , Is supposed to be eligible. Outside the sons of officers , however , one finds only the children of professional men In the list , occasionally the family of a tradesman being represented. This Is far different .from the United States , where the members Of the Annapolis Naval academy como" from oil walks ot life. As the navy Is veryi popular ; wlth the people , there le a great demand .for entrance , and the beginning of each school year finds far moro applicants than can bo accommodated at the training ecbool. One reason Is that the army and navy circles < are as popular as In the United ! States * from a social stand point , and officers are everywhere received with the utmost cordiality at festivities and other society events. It la a very pleasing life to he stationed at Madrid , Cadiz or any of tbo larger cltlce , all ot which have a numerous garrison , while all of tbo Important Spanish harbors In tlmo of peace contain ono or more war ships , the officers being allowed ample time for recreation on shore. Another reason is that the number or phy- elclaciB and legal practitioners' is extremely email in Spain , and the opening for young men In this respect Is very limited. The question of caste , such on Important part of the social eystctn , deters the young Spaniard from engaging in trade of any kind unless ho Is of the mercantile claes. Even then many endeavor to avoid an occupation which they consider obnoxious by entering the Bervico. As the pay ot the officers is fairly gsod , and they are , of course , provided for at the expense of the government , life on boanf ship and In a garrison has manv charms In times ot. peace. Consequently It Is not etrango that 1bo officers , aa already intimated , represent the highest claea of , the Spanish people , and number not few scions of nobility in their ranks. The system of Instruction should result In a very high standard ot a'Mllty ' In the navy. Beginning with the training school , which is on board an old war ship at Fcrrol , the students are taught all of the essential stud ies which would enable them to commacvd a vessel and become experts In the most stra tegic tactics of modern naval warfare. The primary Instruction , which lasts from two and a half to three years , Includes hydro graphy , natural philosophy , mathematics , fencing , drawing , gymnastics and the study of English or 'French at their option. Gradu ates In these studies enter the engineering echcol or the academies at Cadiz , the. former students taking special courses la mechan ics , dynamics , etc. . whllo the others receive their diplomas after completing a course In higher mathematics , navigation , naval maneuvering end administration , artillery tactics and , aa already stated , torpedo prac tice' . The finishing touches , sa they may bo termed , are put on by a cruise at sea , vary ing from six months to < a year , after which holders of diplomas are given positions as lieutenant or some higher office. SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION. Tbo Irutructlon In the various schools IB In cbargo of naval officers , appointed through the minister of marine ; meat of them rank as lieutenants in the service , although the training school at Ferrol , as well as tbe academy of San Femandlno , Is In charge of retired commanders who- have solo charge of the curlculum and outline the educational policy. What Is known as the poet captain If * . Is the executive head of each school , who carries out thla policy , the Instructors be ing under his orders. As at Annapolis an'J Weat Point the cadets elect their own ofll- cciu , having a commandant and subordin ates for drill purposes. San Carlo Is es sentially the artillery school , In charge of colonel of artillery and a board of officers representing both branches of the service ; for the graduates of San Carlo man the ordnance both on the war ships an ! In the land fortifications. As may be imagined , the engineer students arc taught special branches , ami the course her * la widely dif ferent from the methods pursued la the other institutions. Contrary to our own plan , Spain has a special system for the education of marine officers. The standing ot these troops la consUered tbo lowest ta the service , and the pupils are made up ot tion-commlsstoned military officers and naval cadets who have been unsuccessful In the training school or have been obliged to leave the navy for some other reaserv. The ago ot admission to the training school la from 13 to 18 years , to tbe < Cadlz academies from IS to 26 years , ami to the engineering chcol from 16 to 21 years. INFLUENCE COUNTS. What naval officers consider the weak point In the Spanish method of instruction , li the 'act that It is r/ necessary to grid- , uate from the trallijschool to enter San Carlo or San Fernandfa. . The applicant who passra a certain examination and who Is a Roman Catholic la religion can enter either of the academjtfc. This allows candidates who have InfliAmce easily to obtain compara tively high petitions in tbe service , -without beginning at rme bottom of the ladder , so to peak ; and It .A a * U know * fact that th examinations ; In nwuy Instances are made easy In order to secure pcslthns for this one or that one wha has an Influential relative or friend at court. The candlJato may bo orwi well qualified and may develop Intoa com petent officer ; but the laxity of the system ( rcquently < admits perrons ntt properly fitted tor ; responsible positions. The rigidity main tained standing , for which the naval service in tbe United States , Great Britain , Germany inar and other countries are noted , Is lacking here. The first ycara of the cadet's life are the hardest , and though he may have ob tained his entrance to the training ship pa through Influence , It must be said to th credit of the Instructors at Fcrrol that they are considered more Impartial than In any cf the other Institutions , except the ar tillery schools. tlK KFFECT 'A ' SUCCKSSKUI , BI.OCKAHK Xorlh Atlantic Mqiimlron In Lliieil Aloittr Cuhii'n COIIN ( . ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH BOAT DUNTLES3 ( Off Key West ) , April 25. The Associated Press dispatch boat Dauntless arrived In this harbor Saturday , before midnight , hav ing In tow the first sailing vessel prize of the campaign , the schooner Mathllde of Havana , sixty tons , loaded with rum. When the Dauntless left the main fleet , under Hear Admiral Sampson , at 3:16 : o'clock on FrIJay afternoon , what seemed a thor ough blockade of Havana had been succesfl- fully effected. The fleet ranges from eight , to ten miles from the shore , along which the ships arc extended to fully twenty miles I In the following order , running from [ to east : Mayflower , Iowa , Newport , Dei trolt , MurMohead , Indiana , New York , Wlli mlngton , with the torpedo boat Porter at tending thn flagship. Morro castle and the city of Havana are n gooj view from the flagship with glassed , ut the coast , as Is always the case , Is cov- red with a haze..No news of what is oc- urrlng in the blockaded city has been obt alned and the newspaper men arc equally n doubt as to the Intentions of Rear Ad- nlral Sampson and the United States gov- rnmcnt. . Soon after 9 o'clock yesterday morning ! ie Atnphltrlte , Puritan , Cincinnati , Caatlnc , lachlas and three torpedo boats , after much Interchange of signals , parted com- > any with the flagship , tailing In a north- astcrly direction , presumably to blockade ilatanzas , Cardenas and Sagua la drando. To the flagship New York belongs the onor of firing the first shot that an on need the Intention of the United States o establish a blockade of the port of Ha ana. IThe scene of this opening event \vai just ft the coast of Cuba , at a 'point about ten i miles cast of Morro castle. The shot was red across the bow of the Spanish steamer : 'odro of Bllboa , outward bound from Ha- ana. It hove to Immediately and In the : ourse of an hour a prize crew from the lagshlp was in charge and It was cm Its ray to Key West. The capture of the Pe- Ire occurroJ at o'clock on Friday after- 100:1. : Afterward the New York , with the torpedo ioat Porter In close attendance , was lying Ight or ten miles off Havana , when the moke of a steamer was seen a few miles .o the eastward. The flupshlp and the Por- er started for It Immediately , but when hey drew near thev found It was the Ital- an man-of-war Giovanni Bausan , bound for 'lavana. The Italian ran up the American co'ors o Its masthead and flre.l a rear admiral's lalute of fifteen guns , It being the first sa ute Rear Admiral Sampson had received 'rom a foreign war ship slnco his appoint ment to his present rank. The Now York returned the salute and as the firing oc curred only a few miles off shore the In cident probably created consternation in Ha- ana. IIAVASA IIAltllOlt , WELL , I'llOTECTEO mill lAriimtronK Improved OuimArc I'nt In I'oxltlon. NEW YORK , April 25. The steamer City if Washington , from Havana , arrived tcday , bringing ninety-five Cuban passengers , two- ' .hlrds of them women aud chlUren. It was : ho last vessel to leave 'Havana before the' United States fleet established .tho blockade , having departed last Wednesday. It brought ' ,050,000 francs cf Prenh gold and a general argo. No trouble was experienced by Cap tain Frank Stevens , In command of the City of Washington , with the Spanish authorities n clearing from Havana. In telling of the iltuatlon there , Captain Stevens said : About t'no only trouble thnt a force In vading Hiivana from the sea would have , In my opinion , would be the fortifications cast of the harbor. These are very strong Indeed , nnd are mounted with heavy guns , nil Krupps and Armstrongs. The Sp-inlards lire working like benvers Improving the defensive powers of t'nese works. They have u stcnm engine nt work night nnd day ' paudylng" sand about the breastworks and reinforcing the casements and embrasures. I reached Havana last Monday morning early , uiul at first I thought I could not ' enter the harbor , for the big black ball was 'nolsted over Morro castle , a signal declar ing that the port was closed and t'nat no vessel would bo allowed entrance , llut I later on saw that the hoisting of the ball was done because an Iron fresli water plpo 1.2CO feet long was being laid between Fort Calmnas and Morro castle. The plpo was laid along a row' of small boats between these two points , and when all was ready it was slipped overboard from nil boats si multaneously. W'nen thla had been done the ball was lowered and I proceeded In as usual. I had no trouble at nil In either dis charging- loading and the Spanish au thorities did not bother me In the least. Simnlnrdrf In London Protect. LONDON , April 25. An excited meeting ot Spaniards took place in London this after noon. It was called to protest against the socialist-labor meeting on Trafalgar square yesterday , at which atrocities committed1 by JpaaUrds In Cuba were vigorously denounced. Several English and Irish speakers sup ported Spain at today's meeting , ono cf them saying 'If American aggression is not defeated in the case ot Cuba , Jamaica will ncoct bo coveted. " There was a rise of a half-penny in the prlco of a loaf of broad today. Colored Men Offer to Volnntecr. ST. LOUIS , April 25. Prof. O. M. Wood , principal of L'Ouvcrture ( colored ) school , has sent a communication to Governor Stephens , tendering the services of himself and l.OOC negroes for the volunteer army. Prof. Wood Is a brigadier general of the colored Knights of Pythias ot Missouri and Kansas , and was at ono tlmo prominently mentioned for ap pointment as United States minister to Haytl. tftenmer with Kninllpox Aboard * NEW YORK , April 25. The Hamburg- American line steamer Moravia , which ar rived this morning from Hamburg , Is de tained at quarantine , owing to a case ol ' smallpox among Its steerage passengers. The paengers will be vaccinated and the eteamer disinfected before proceeding to Its dock. TTTO lien Ilurned to Death. PITTSUURQ , Pa. , April 23. Two men named McCullem nnd North supposed to be plasterers from this city , were burned to death today nt Charlcrol while sleeping In a shanty on McCain street. A man by tY.o name ot Owens was rescued from the buildIng - Ing badly burned , but during the excitement disappeared and has not yet been found. U 1s supposed that he became crazed frorr the effects of his burns and has wanderec away to the woods. Looking- for MoDouald'a Itelatlvc * . Coroner Swanson has been making an ef fort to flnu the relatives of Patrick McDon ald , who was burned to death last Fri day night , and so far , has been unsuccess ful. It was reported that he had relatives at Pilot Grove , la. , a little town not far from Independence , but telegrams sent to addresses clven received no reply. If friends do not take charge of the body , Coroner Swanson will sell what few things McDon ald had to defray burial expenses and hold the funeral tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock ( rom hla undertaking establishment SPANISH TRADE DECREASES Falling Off in Business with the Frond Gastiliatjs. SECRETARY WILSON ISSUES A BULLETIN of the United Stnte * Spnln Iteneh Their Mnxlmuiu lu 18St , since When It Stentllll'nlln Awny. WASHINGTON , April 23. Following the bulletin tssued by the Agricultural department last week on the general trade relations ot Spain with the rest of tbe world , from 18GG to 1885 , the department now Issues another by the same author , Frank H. Hitchcock , chief of the foreign market division , on our trade relations with Spain from 1888 to 1897. According to tbo first ot these bulletins our trade with Spain during the fiscal year 1897 fell off over 11,000,000 , though In the same period It largely Increased with all European countries. Our trade with Spain , although subject to minor fluctuations , appears to have been [ gradually shrinking for about fifteen years. It 1 attained Its maximum development In 1SS3 , when the combined imports and ex ports reached a value of 124,725,032 , or more than i $10,000,000 In excess of the present fig ures. ures.Tie Tie returns for 1S97 , with the single ex ception of those for 1893 , which fell t3 $14- C01.193 , were the lowest recorded since 1878 , twenty years ago. The average value per annum for the last five years , 1&93-1S97 , amounted to $10,240,588 , as against $18,305,401 for the five years Immediately preceding. Our trade balance with Spain has been normally three to one in favor of the United States. In 1897 this balance amounted to $7,280,772. The falling off In trade seems to have affected exports and Imports equally , so the ratio remains unchanged. The bulk of our exports to Spain are agri cultural products , and these have Increased from 75 per cent to over 86 per cent In the past decade. Our Spanish Imports are also chiefly agri cultural , but these have steadily decreased from 05.91 per cent In 1888-1892 to 02.09 per cent In 1893-97. As regards our exports to Spain , the fallIng - Ing off in the agricultural commodities was not so great as that In the non-agricultural. [ The average annual value of the agricultural exports , which came to $10,721,881 In 1SS8- 92 , was nearly as large In 1893-97 , amount ing to $10,360,992 , whereas that of the nonagricultural - agricultural exports declined from , $2,299,997 In the former period to $1,593,110 in the latter. IMPORT NUTS AND FRUIT. Fruits , nuts and wine form 83 per cent of our Spanish Imports , the other Items of Importance being argol , hides , vegetables nd vegetable oils In order of their value. Our Importations of Spanish fruits and nuts have declined quite rapidly during the ast ten years. The average value per an num of these Importations for 1893-97 amounted to only $1,703,772 , as compared vlth $2,509.005 for 1888-92. Our Imports for 897 , valued at $1,441,251 , were the smallest cf the decade , except those for 1895 , which had a valuation of only $1,326,898. The amount of Spanish wines purchased by the United States has for several years been steadily decreasing. The receipts dur- ng 1897 , valued at $523,416 , wcro the small est of the decade. The average yearly value of the Importa , which amounted to $770.032 In 18SS-92 , fell of to $594,555 In 1893-97. The Importations consist chiefly of still wines in the cask. Argol , or crude tartar , Is ono of our leud- ng imports from Spain. The importation of this product has assumed Importance only within the last five years. Prior to 1889 no .mports whatever were recorded in our offi cial trade returns , and from that year to 1892 Inclusive the total receipts were lees than 1,000,000 pounds. In. 1893 , however , the quantity Imported TOSO to 22,244,807 pounds , valued at $218,167 , and although there has since been a considerable decline , tbe re ceipts are still above 1,000,000 pounds a year. During 1893-97 the Imports averaged 1.039,726 pounds , valued at $150,012 , per annum , as against 171,399 pounds , valued at $17,328 , . dur ing 1888-92. The most Important classes of merchandise .ncluded In our non-agricultural Imports from Spain are : Cork wood or bark and Its man ufactures , chemicals , drugs , and dyee , iron ore , lead and lead manufacture ? , palm leaf manufactures , wood and Its manufactures. The several commodttleo mentioned consti tute In value about 70 per cent of the total Imports of non-agricultural merchandise. Cork in its crude and manufactured forms is the meet valuable of these Imports. Our purchases during the last flvo years have amounted to nearly $500,000 per annum. SHIPMENTS OF GLYCERINE INCREASE. In chemicals' , drugs and dyes the most im portant article imported Into the United States from Spain IB glycerine. The im ports of this commodity have greatly in creased in tbe ten years just ended. Durkig 1893-97 they averaged 1,622,827 pounds a year. Licorice root Is another article in this group that is imported quite extensively from Spain. During 1888-92 the yearly Importa tions averuged ay high as 4,409,337 pounds , worth $117,270 , but In 1893-97 they fell to 3,262.023 pounds , with a value of $99,771. Iron ere Is ono of our leading nonagricultural cultural Importti from Spain. The quantity now imported , however. Is much smaller than formerly , the last few years showing a marked falling off. Cottc-ni and tobacco form moro than 90 per cent of all the agricultural produce we send to tbo Spanish market. The only other agricultural exports of any considera ble Importance are wheat , wheat flour and corn , among the breadstuffs ; lard and tal low among the meat products , and sausage skies. Cotton Is the mainstay ot our export trade with Spain. Measured In value , It conetl- tutes over 80 per cent of our agricultural exports to that country , and about 70 per cent of all the merchandise wo market there. During the past twenty years the shipments have more than doubled' ' In size , and much of this growth has occurred within a de cade. The average quantity exported per annum during tbe flvo years , 1893-97 , amounted to 111,652,032 pounds , as compared with 93,249,783 pounds during 1888-92. After cotton our most Important agricul tural export to Spain Is leaf tobacco. The annual shipments average about 20,000,000 pound.i , and their value about $1,000,000. Our exports of breadstuff's to Spain vary greatly from year to year. The largest shipments of the decade were made In 1893 , amounting in value to $1,941,206 , while the smallest those of 1895 were valued at only $4,432. Tbs average yearly value for 1888-92 amounted- $313,355 , and that for 1893-97 to $678.453. The shipments of wheat , which is the leading Item In this group , bave been ex tremely spasmodic. In 1893 they aggre gated as high as 2,443.105 bushels , while In 1893 there appears to have been no ship ments whatever. THEY USE OUR LARD. Of the various meat products chipped from the United States to Spain , lard 's the only item ot any considerable importance. In 1880 there was an exceptionally heavy shipment , aggregating over 1,000,000 pounds. The average shipments per annum fell from 466,147 pounds , worth $34.119. In 1888-92 , to 181,919 pounds , worth $13,989 , In 1893-97. ' Another meat product In our export trade with Spain that shows a 'decided falling off la tallow. Meat products , other than lard and tallow , are exported to the extent of only a fen thousand dollars per ctinum. The average yfcarly value of all meat products chipped was $55.797 for 1888-92 , and $17,769 for 1893-97. Of the various non-agricultural commodi ties shipped from the United States to Spain , the most conspicuous are wood and Iti manufactures and crude mineral oil. The sum we receive for tbwo two item * constitute more than 85 pJ cent of the en tire amount the SpanUh ax for our nonagricultural - agricultural exports. The only other .ItenU of'any ' considerable importance among" toll el ref exports arc bituminous coal , chemicals ; drugs , dyes and medicines , merchandise included under iron and oteel and their manufactures , end rosin. While the exportation of mineral oil from the United States to Spain has declined , that of bltumlnore coal has ) Increased. In 1888 , the first year of the decade , the amount shipped was only 600 tone , with a total value of $1,850. A comparlsro of the five-year periods , 1888-92 and 1893-97 , ehowo an In crease In the average annual exports frqm 3,742 tons , worth $17,600 , for the former period , to C,679 tons , worth $37,573 , for the latter. _ _ _ CI.OSi : CAl/I * FOIl THE DAUXTLESS. Annoclntcd rremi Dlniiatch lloat Get * Into Forhldden Territory. ( Copyright , IMS , ty the Associated Pro s. ) MATANZAS , Island of Cuba { via Key West , Fla. ) April 25. ( On 'Board the Aeso- elated Preta Dispatch 'Boat Dauntless. ) 7:42 : a. m. Bctwen 9 anil 10 o'clock last night the Esoclatcd Press dispatch boat Dauntless vas steaming quietly toward Matanzas , , vhoso lights wcro rcflcMed on the sky a few nllcs southeastward. A largo fire on shore , faa exciting comment on board the dispatch oat and wonder was rife as to where the United States blockading fleet was to be ound. Suddenly a lookout on beard the dls- iatch boat reported , "Torpedo boat aatera , mining up fast. " A moment or sa later , by Its light ? , two cd and one green , by a rocket which It sent up , the torpedo boat Dupont was made out. The rocket was answered by the glare from two ecarchllghtD on board the Dupont. The dispatch boat of the Associated Press had : ome , unawares , within three miles of Cuban horc , and far Inside the prescribed limits. What followed was short , sharp and war- Ike. The Dtipont ran up. to the dispatch oat and hailed her , "What boat Is that ? " Before answering the hall , It was under- teed that there cnmo an * order from the itegaphone , saying , "Keep out of this ; keep outside of the .six-mile line , or you will get a shot through you. " i After further colloquy , mtich more friendly n tenor , as the Dupont leatneel our peaceful mission , the Dauntlcsa was directed to pro ceed slowly toward the Cincinnati , and was also advised to use caution , as otherwise trouble would befall us. The Dauntless pro ceeded slowly , but It eecmiunot alow enough , and the glare of the cruUer's searchlights 'ell ' on Captain Floyd. The first Intimation : hat we wcro in too close proximity to the , vur sh'i ' > was contained Irt. the report of a ilx-pounder. Then came a quick hall , "Heave to. Dauntless. " Then came the order ; "Back her ! Back her or you will get a shot through you. " It was backekd. Then the Pupont stole up quietly , reporting to the Cincinnati , "This la the boat we sighted In Ashore. " A voice from the Cincinnati replied , "Very good ; we will send a boat on board qf her. " All tbla time the Glare of the cruiser's searchlights on the Dauntless was almost Intolerable. Soon afterwarJ a beat { rom the Cincinnati pulled by six oars , with .Easlgn Mclntyre In Uie stern , came alongside , The first order was "Your papers and log , please. " These were produced and were fouacl to bo satis factory. Then sure of cordial relations be- In ? assumed , wo found ( wt' [ had transgressed far within the limits set tw vessels and had had a close shave of belng flre"d on with ohot. Wo exchanged news and ( he .Cincinnati , hav ing ordered the Dauntless "to lay to , per- ml-'Blon was requested to return to Key Weat. Ensign Mclntyre said he , would tranamlt the request to the Cincinnati. . Before leaving the Dauntless the cadet inUrte the following entry In the log"of the dispatch Trtat ; "At 1 o'clock , boarded by Naval Cadet Mclntyre of United State } steamship Cin cinnati and captain was Informed that they were not to enter any Cuban port.under pen alty cf being fired upon' . Boat must flrat re port to ouU'Ide squadron a.id obtain permis sion before entering any port. " The Cincinnati was also informed that the Dauntless would cheerfully take back any mall. In ten minutes a boat returned with this message : 'Captain Chester's compli ments , and he will bo obliged If you will take tn this mall. You can go. 'Advise that you steam due west six miles when you make your flrat course , or'you ' amy get Into more trouble. " The Instructions -were obeyed. Before It had gone six miles a torpedo boat was seen astern , evidently keeping' , n > eye on the Dauntless. Then the Cincinnati's search lights sweep the horizon * And seen after wards four shots were heard In quick succes sion. As they were not followed by others , It was presumed that same other boat had been overhauled. Certain ! there was no bambardmcut of , Matanzas commenced at .night. The Dauntless made a good run , the north gale having abated and { he water being smooth In the straits. It arrived off Sand Key light at G o'clock hte morning. , MATTERS 1ST DISTRICT 'COUIIT. j Trlnl Docket Shovr * tlif- Shortcut LUt of CIIHOM lu "Yearn. The. trial docket for the May term of tbo district court has left the hands of tbo printer and is ready for idistrlbutlon. The docket contains 1,224 civil'and ! 135 criminal coses. The docket la th'o-smallest'In years and contains few , If any. Important cases. Last term of court the trial court docket contained 1,336 civil and 160 .criminal cases , many of which consumed a great deal of .lie time of court and Jury. With the outlook1 at the present time the judges figure that they will be able to clear up their respective dockets and adjourn court not later than June 11. Heretofore the May term of court has run well over into June r.od sometimes Into July , SueaRailway Company. W. F. Shakelford has' eued the Union Pa cific Railway company In an action to re cover the sum of J1,9K ! > alleged damages , on account of personal Injuries sustained. Tbo plaintiff alleges that on December IS last he was driving alcag Eleventh street , at the Intersection of the tracks of the defendant. While upon this public , highway he fays that he was struck by a freight car and thrown from his slelgh.'VHe saja that bio collar bccio and bis l ft\ \ shoulder were broken. In explaining the accl'dfent which occurred Mr. Shakelford avers that 'i freight car was being twitched over Eleventh street and that at the time when It struck him. It was mov ing at the rate of fifteen'miles per hour , a rate of speed prohibited by the ordinances of the city. ' * Mattlilv * U Tioi Batlnlled. Claus Matthlcs hau 'appealed from tha award of the appraisers' and has sued the Fremont , Elkhorn & MUoouri Valley rail road company In an action to recover tbo cum of 116,000 alleged damages. Claus Matthlcs alleges that when the Fre mont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad was constructed It was built through his farm , damaging dls property and ruining considerable of hla land. Appraisers were appointed and in finding the amount of dam ages they assessed but $1.300. H0 eaya that this amount In no way compensates him for the loss of propertyt Mortality gtfctUttc * . The following births and deaths were re ported at the health office during ( he twenty- four fcoun ending at noon yesterday : Births William E. Rhodes , 1333 South Twenty-eighth street , glrjf'Edward ' Shields , 1629 North Twenty-second , boy ; James Darn , 2037 North Twenty-ninth , boy ; James Dunn , 2820 Castellar. boyj'John Elqulit , 2827 Care , toy ; J. n. Salisbury , 2310 North Twentieth , boy. Deaths P. Q. * Weander. C5 , 4l9 South Twentieth , cancer of stomach. Inttrment at Oakland. Neb. ; Patrick McDonald , 72 , Thir teenth and Grace , burned U death. Mount Hope. : Mra T. W. Blackburn. 2134' South Thirty-fourth , consumption , .Prospect Hill ; Mrs. Gustchewakl , 32. 2920 South Twenty- third , lung disease , German Catholic ceme tery. WOMEN ARRANGE DETAILS Board of Managers Has Harmonized Its Ideas Successfully , SPACE IN GIRLS' AND BOYS' BUILDING It no nt * rintinrd nnd Qnnrtem Allotted to Kxlilliltorn nnd llcncflolnrlc * _ Siimt | > lle nnd I'ond to AVnde In Itcmnln. The general plans for the occupation ot the Girls' and Boys' building have been or- ranged and space is being eagerly taken by exhibitors of articles of especial interest to women and children. Tuo main floor ot the building la divided Into several rooms and these arc assigned for different purposes. In the center ot the building is a large room , 50x60 feet , in hlch lectures will be given on economic ubjects , and where living exhibits will be hown. Around the. sides of this room will e exhibits In cases nnd the corners will bo ccupled by exilblte ) of various wares whlh ccupy a small compass. Opening from tdls irgo room on lhe south are four smaller rooms , each 25x25 feet. On this side , at tbo "rout of the building , Is the girls' room. This will be supplied with articles of lu cre * ? t to the coming woman , Including a well elected library , pictures , etc. , and varlout xhlbltn which , will appeal to this portion of ho population. The room next on the east will bo devoted i the International doll collection belonging o Mrs. Horton of Boston , who has agreed 0 loan it for tuo purpose. This room will bo 1 charge of Miss Arabella Klmball of maba , who will display the collection for ho benefit of a child's charity Institution of ills city. The mothers' room and the nursery occupy he next two rooms , and these will be sup- died with a collection of articles calculate ! o Interest the mothers as well as the little nes. iHousehoid articles of every dcscrip- .Io > a , baby junipers , automatic cradles , darn- ng machines and the thousand-and-ono labor- lavlng household necesltles , will be on ex- Ibltlon and In actual use. Cu the north side of the building there s a room 25x25 feet In each corner and a argo room , 25x50 feet , In the center. The oem at the front Is assigned to the boys , nd this will be fitted up with the things oarcst to a boy's heart. Exhibits of every ascription calculated to arrest the- attention Young America will bo hero and the room lll probably be crowded the greater part if .the time. The large room on this sldo f the building will bo devoted to exhibits jf a miscellaneous character and the small oem next east of Itwill be occupied by he kindergarten exhibit. At the east side of the main room , oppo -lie the entrance to the building , will be the creche , where babies will bo checked and taken care of for a nominal fee , while their mothers are Inspecting the exposition. The original Intention of having a sandpllo at the back of the building on one side and a shallow pool or * ho other side , has been ad hered to and thcee adjuncto to a "good time" Irom a childish standpoint will be at hand. These accessories have been the subject of moro talk on tbo part of Juveniles who In tend vlaltlng the exposition than any other thing which has been suggested , and there has tiocn no thought of breaking faith with the youngsters on this point. Thp upper floor of the building will be oc cuplcd by a restaurant , which will be con ducted along strict temperance lines. The concession for this has not been let as yet but several propositions are under consldcra tlon. FAItMEHS IIl'STIyE TO HELP OUT Plnnt Early Crop * nnd Xume Them to 'Provide ' Exhibit * . Speaking of the Douglas county exhibit a the exposition , Chairman Klerstcad of thi Board of County Commissioners said : "It Is fturprlslag the amount of interest that the farmers ot tbe county are taking in the big show. Out in the rural districts the farmers are planting early crops of all kinds that they may mature and bo ready to put en exhibition before the regular crop Is ready to show. In some places In tbe county farm era have planted corn and are coaxing 1 along In order to show just what can be dene In this state. The farmers will protect thl corn from frost and If nothing happens to prevent , the crop will be In shape to exhlbl not later than July 1. "All over the county small patches o vegetables have beJn planted ani In many Instances they are up. The facts are that to exposition purpcses the farmers of thli county are crowding the season and will push it about two weeks to a month earlier than i would bo under ordinary conditions. " Toitoitrniihlcnl Map of Doiiglnn Connt : Next week the forces In the office of th county surveyor- will begin work on th topographical map of Douglas county tha will be shown at the exposition and whlc will bo a port of the county exhibit. Th map will be 10x20 feet in slzo and will show the location of all ot the streams , railroads wagon roads , farms , villages , postoftlces an school "house " ? . In addition to this , It wll show the lands under cultivation , togethe r with the farm lands that are planted to coru wheat , oats , barley , rye and sugar beets. Th e tracts under cultivation will bo in colors i , washed In , so that at a glance an observe r ; can ascertain just where and what crops ar raised. Speaking of the Douglas county map to b a part of the county exhibit at the export tlon , Draftsman Hauck of the county eur veyor's office said : "It will bo the most complete of anything this office has ever la- sued. Wo propose to make the map show every agricultural feature of Douglas county. It will take about three weeks to complete the map , but we will have it done in time for the exposition. " Prof. Enton Will Lecture. Superintendent rears e of the public schools has received a letter from l3eymour Eaton , the head of the commercial -department of tha Drexel Institute at Philadelphia , In which an Invitation to deliver an address be fore the TransmUslsslppl Educational Con gress Is accepted. Prof. Eaton says lip will bo glad to figure In the program for Juno 29 or 30 , and that his subject will be "The Commercial Instruction Needed In American Schools , " or "Tho New Idea of Commercial Education. " As the question of commercial Instruction at the High school Is a very live issue In local educational circles Superintend ent I'earso is much pleased to secure Prof. Eatcu. Sle Is regarded as one of the leading authorities of tbe United States on the ques tions that ho will discuss and his lecture is anticipated with exceptional Interest by local educators. Mlmionrl T. lA. P. ConilnK. Will B. Webber of St. Louis , secretary of the Mlfcourl division of tbe Travelers' Pro tective Association of America , is in the city to make arrangements for tbe quartering of thirty-four Missouri delegates to the national convention which will be held In this city about June 1. He la being piloted about the city by Secretary Hodgln of the Nebraska division. Mr. Webber declares that traveling men of Missouri will be here in force. Some 150 are coming from St. Louis alone. The latter city is also to be made a meeting place of southern knights ot the grip and a special train of sleepers will bring a big contingent to the convention. Several hundred will come In on this train on Monday , May 1. Importing ; Live Kxhllilt * . County Commissioner Hector has received advices from Ma agent at Holly Springs , Miss , , conveying the Information that seven- ty-five plantation negroes bavo been hired for the Afro-American village , Mr. lloctor eay that bo expects that.tho Mississippi contingent will arrive ki the city not l&Ur than May 15. Upon the arrival of the col ored people they will be quarterfl on the Midway , where the men will be put to work constructing the log cabins which they will occupy during the- exposition , Air. lloctor expects to bring along with the negroes a number of small plantation mules , together with the Implements used in the cultivation ot cotton and tobacco. MUiiourl In I.lne. JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. , April 25. ( Spe cial Telegram. ) Secretary M. V. Carroll of the Missouri exposition commission has re turned from St. Loulfl , where ho attended a meeting of the commission jcstcrday. When sskcJ about the jrospects for the state's exhibits , he eald : "A creditable ex hibit of tbe productions and resources of Missouri at 'the exposition at Onviha Is naw assured. A larger number of our manu facturers have already engaged epaco for exhibits that were represented at the World's Fair. Soon after our last meeting , April S. the Impression became cuivent In rarts ot the ) state that the cctiimlslon had abandoned Uie undertaking , but such action w a never contemplated fcv a moment and 1 am satis fied that the subscripting we will yet receive will bring : our fund up to $20,000. After paying expenses to date and appropriating an amount thought sufficlciit for Incidental expenses 'to the close of the exposition we appropriated $100 to the committee cti wo man's work and $500 to the committee on Industrial and eJucatlojial advancement , of the negro ; then the remainder of funds were divided omong the committee * on agriculture , horticulture , mines and educational exhibits. Cyclornmn Picture lArrlvew. A big box , fifty feet In length , arrived at the exposition grounds. This contains thn big picture for the cyclorama , the box and contcntn weighing 13,100 pounds. The cyclorama - rama building lias been completed wild the exceptlrn of painting the exterior , and this is under way. The picture will be placed In position at once and the preparation ot the Interior of the building will bo pushed. Manager MConnell bays the ccncieslon will be ready to receive visitors Inside of two weeks. The jxiliitliis shows the famous fight between the Merrlmac and Monitor , and this will probably prove a stnng drawIng - Ing card In the excited date of the public mind regarding naval affairs. Indian Coii rre M Appropriation. Congressman D. H. Metier writes to the Department of Publicity and Promotion re garding the pending Indian bill , carrying an approprlatloci of $45,000 for an Indian ccngrcss at Ocnaha , that Mr. Sherman , chair man of the conference committee having the bill In charge , had cxprcr-sed great dis appointment at not being able to cloise the conference and IXIES the bill. In closing , Mr. Mercer says , "I have not lest my faith In the ccnfcrenco committee and bcllcro that the Indian congrefs will bo caved when the conference clows. " Elkhnrn Vnlley Editor * . The paescTgor department of the Elkhorn railway Is making preparations to bring to Omaha the editors of all the papers alcnj Its lines. It Is estimated that thcro will bo between fifty and sixty persons In this party and the present plan Is to bring them Into Omaha the evening of May 2 and keep them hero until the following evening. The ex position authorities are co-operating with the Elkhorn management to entertain the vlsl tors. \otex of the Kxi A car containing a portion of the llgh house exhibit of the Treasury ilcpartmen was received at the Government building. The Exhibits department- received from Madeleine , France , d bag of Mlgar beet seed and a box of photographs , constituting th- cxhlblt cf E. Elolr & Co. . dealers In seeds. The Transportation department will open an office on the grounds Immediately. Majo John McCIIntock , agent of the department will be In charge of the office. The exac location has not yet been determined , bu the office will probably be In the brick build Ing on the bluff tract at Mandcrson street. DAVID l/AKSOJi 'XOW A FUGITIVE , Cnnlic * n WorthleHM Check for Flv Dollnrn mill KlecM. David Larson , well known among th gamblers of Omaha , is a fugitive from Jus tice. Ho was arrested Sunday morning a Oakland , Neb. , In Hurt county , where hi mother and wife reside , but afterward es capcd from the town marshal. Since the ; he has been at liberty. On Saturday last Qoodley F. Drucker flld an Information In police court against Larsci and another party whoso name the pollc refuse to disclose until he Is apprehended charging them with obtaining money unde false pretcoses. Larson Induced the com plalnant to cash hlo personal check on th Packers' National bank for $5 , as did ah' ' Larson's partner. When the checks wcr presented for payment it developed tha neither of the men had an account the.re Dy the tlmo the saloonkeeper discovered tha ho had been buncoed , both men had dlsap pcared from the city. Larson la a. member of an excellent an well-to-do family In Burt county , where hi father , prior to hls > death , wao an cxtenslv cattle grower. Having this Information th police notified the authorities to be on th lookout for Larson at Oakland , and arres him when he put In an appearance there The town marshal informed Chief Gallaghe early Sunday morning that ho had arrcite Larson , and the chief sent a reply tha an officer would leave here for the prlaone on the flrat train this morning. During tin afternoon the chief received another com mutilcatlon from Oakland in which the mar filial said It would bo useless to send afte Larson. Tbe prisoner's wife bad called a the jail to see him and Larson was permltte- to go out to the buggy to talk with he. Suddenly he leaped Into the vehicle and set the horses away at the height of their spcet Since then all efforts to get a clew to th whereabouts of Larson have been unaval lng' PI/AXT TIliiS A.\U FIA I OIE Itenl Ktnte KxchniiKe Committee * t I.iibor with CltlceiiM. At yesterday's meeting of the Real Estate exchange the committee whlck.has been en- dcavorlng to Induce the county commlsslon- ere to plant trees alcag the roads leading In to the city reported that the commissioners had consented to plant trees along Military avcnuo as an experiment. The commlosionera contend that If the roads are Uiaded by trcfi It will bo difficult to keep the paving In order and the roads will be wet all the time. For thla roaaco they refuse to do extensive plaitIng - Ing until a trial U made. The commltteo which was appointed to Induce all business houses to erect flag poles and fly flags or burners has been at work an'l ' expects to greatly improve the city's appearance by this movement. To carry on this work moro systematically the city has tccn divided Into districts and members wore alloted districts to canvass as follows : Farnam , Douglas and T > edge west of Four teenth street , ricbblns snd Frenzerj 'Farnam , Douglas and Dcrge east of Fourteenth street , Green and Wead ; North Sixteenth and Cum- Ing , Roys ; south of Farnam and east of Eighteenth , Shrlver and Broadwell. TJils committee also expects to Induce many householders to erect flag staffs In their yards and aJd to the patriotic appearance Omaha should present to Its visitors. FllliiUN In Federal Court. A brief on-the'motion to remand In the case of State of Nebraska against Omaha Na- tlonal Bank has been filed with Clerk Hlllla. Oliver Ames and others filed a petition with the circuit court that the receivers of the Union Pacific bo compelled to refund to the owners ot tbo Omaha & Kansas City line its share of the money that It paid Into tbe Union Pacific Insurance fund , when a part of that sjstem. An answer to this petition was filed today , admitting that money had been paid In by the Omaha & Kansas City line , and asking that the claimants prove that they are tbe persona to whom this money should b * refunded. PART OF "FIGHTING EIGHTH" Well Tri d Veterans on Their Way to Do Police Duty , CAVALRY FROM FORT MEADE MOVING TITO Troop * Knronle to the 'ndlnu Territory to ( Innrd the llene- irnden Iliirlnw the Spnnlnh _ The Elkhorn yesterday delivered to th Hock Island at Lincoln , Neb. , a train of government troops chrouto form Fort Olca'Je , S. D. , to Fort Sill , I. T. These troops ro a part of the Eighth cavalry. They wer not ordered to the seaboird when the other government troops were called out , but have been sent to the ludlan frontier to guard against po&slblo Indian uprisings. They left Fort Qtcada to Sunday night , passed through Lincoln on 'Monday ' morning , ami will reach Fort Sill , about 500 miles from Lincoln , on Tuesday morning. The special train that carried the trcops constated of cUlit cars ; two box and four stock cars and two passeu- ge ? coachi'a. There was a rush of pissengcr repre sentatives of all the lines In the elate to the headquarters of the Department ot the Missouri , U. S. A. , during tbo morning , the railroaders being anxious to get In early bids for the transportation of the statu troops. They were Informed by Acting Quartermaster Samuel U. Jon en that no or ders regarding the transportation ot tliti mllltta bad yet been received. If the prece dent of ISfil Is followed the stale will pay for transportation ot the mllltla from different points In the state to Lincoln , and after the mobilization Is effected there ami the soldiers become ctilUteil as United Stales troops the government will have charge ot their transportation to the destination or dered by the war department. ! > ! < Itond IMnkeM n Iteoord Him. CLEVELAND , 0. , April 25. Without any special effort the Erie railroad jtstcrday established a new record for spee.1 botwem New York and Cleveland. The tlmo of all roads between the two points was " "broken 'by ono hour and fiftj'-ono mlivitca. A spe cial newspaper train left 'New ' York at 3:39 : a. m. sivl arrive1. ! in Cleveland at 3:54 : p. m. The Wcotcn pattern of engine was used f.nd the train consisted of an engine and five cars from Now York to Horncllsvllle , end rii engine and two cam from Hornells- vllle to Cleveland. Some sixteen stops wcro. maclo on the trli > . Seerelury riiiimlierH H Is announced that William F. Chambers * secretary of the Omaha and Council Bluffo Local Parsenger association , has resigned bl . position. HI , ? successor has not yet been se lected , but reports from Chicago are to the effect that the new man will be named at an-early meeting of the Western IViWjnger- uwoclatlon there , and will a.'t as joint agent for all the lines leading to Omaha during the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. Mr. Chambers , has held the position of tvcrctary for some what over n year , and has given satisfaction , to all the lines In that capacity. ItocU iNlnnil'H Xew Truliix. .The tlmo of the new trains of the Rock ; Island that are to run between Chicago , Omaha and Denver 'has been fliMlly" determined - , mined , and the time cards will be issued at. an carlv date. The weotbomul express will leave Omaha for Denver at 5:23 : a. m. dally. The castbound train will leave hero every day at 1:30 : a. m. The new schedule will go. Into effect on May 8. The four new trains that are being built arc very nearly finished. Two of them have already been delivered by- the Pullman company to the Rock Island In Chicago , and work on the other two is nearly- complete. Dlcklnnon in \ MV flnnrtem. Sunday was moving day at the Union Pa- , clfic headquarters. New offices for Generat Manager Dickinson have been fitted up la thencrthcast _ _ corner of the building on tho. second floor. The new offices ot the general , manager ore largo , well lighted and nicely furnished. In the present executive offices , a reception room will be fitted up to take tho- place of the limited space used for that purpose for a number of years past. Tho. new offices of the chief surgeon on the first , floor have been completed. Union Pnclllc I.OKII ! Affair * . William 'R. Kelly , general solicitor for the Union Pacific receivers , has returned from New York , -where ho has been In ccniulta- tlon with the eastern .representatives of the * road for a couple of mcotbs. To a Bee re porter he said : " > ! brought back no new * . There has been no change In policy or prin ciple on the part of the now owners. I can not tell when the Omaha & Republican Val ley , or any of the other branch lines , will como out of .the receivership , " Two Wore Come Out. President Burt ot the Union Pacific has announced that two moro of the auxiliary companies of the Union Pacific have emerged from the receivership end come under tha control of the reorganized company. They are tbo Rattle Snake & Creek Valley com pany , and the Wood .River Improvement com pany. 'Ilnllwny KoteH unit I'emoimlM , I C. C. Hughes left for the west yesterday morning on tbe Etkhorn. General Manager Dickinson ot the Union Pacific has returned from Chicago. Fred Matthews , traveling pseaenger agent for Burlington at Denver , It In the city. A Central Pacific tourist sleeper brought a party of thirty-five to Omaha yesterday. The party divides here , part going to Minne apolis and part to Chicago. Assistant General Passenger Agent Munn of the Elkhorn is at Hot Springs , S. D. Blanks for \oluntcers for tbo army hava been posted on the bulletin boards at the Union Pacific headquarters. The employes ot the Union Pacific and the Burlington who belong to the Omaha Guards and the Thurston Rifles have been , notified that their places will be saved foe them In the event of their going to war. W. O. Davidson , formerly connected with the B. & M , passenger department in thla city , and who has been In business at Madi son , WIs. , for a little over a year , has re turned to Omaha. He will take a Pullman run on the Union Pacific between here and Ogden. The North Platte Tribune says : "On Tuesday flvo night operators wore discharged between Grand Island and Cheyenne. Thla forces < the agents to do all-night work. Such wholesale reduction. ! at this tlmo of the year are In the nature of a surprise to the men , because usually at thU tlmo ot the year new men are taken on. " -liar Aimoclntluit Mcetlnir. i.\t a meeting of the membe > r of the Douglas County Bar association , held yester day morning , R. B. Montgomery , W. C. Lam. bert , A. H. Murdock , J. H. VanDusen and Kd- gar II. Scott were appointed a committee to draft and report resolutions on the death ot Attorney E. H. Lane of South Omaha. The commltteo will submit Us .report at a gen eral meeting of the Douglas County Bar as sociation , that lisa been called for Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. This meeting will be held in tbe criminal court room In the court bouse. Over County Hand * . County Commissioner Hnrte has gone to the country to look over the roads Int'na western districts. While out there he will be Joined by Commissioner Hofeldt. and to gether they will make a tour of all of that portion of the county lylnir along the I'latte river , wlfn a view to recommending Just what roads should be Improved during tb * coming season ,
