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ESTABLISHED ,1UKE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , MONDAY MOKX1XCJ , SEPTUM MKll 5 , I8 8. r\Uji3 ( corv FIVE CENTS.
SUNDAY AT THE FAIR
Pairly Good Attendance at the Great
Transraisaissippi Exposition.
USUAL CROWD TAKES IN USUAL SIGHTS
Nothing Out of tha Routina to Mark the
Course of Events
SHARP SHOWER INTERRUPTS THE CONCERT
Mexican Band Loses Ita Audience , but Plays
Out Iia Program.
RAINBOW BENDS OVER THE BUILDINGS
lli-iiiilirnl MuM Airorili'd lij Nnturi-
Ai-ci-iili-il UN mi ( linen of
| ) II > N to Co for tli
( ifi-at Pair.
To I n \ilinlNxloiiN I W l < T < lnr II.IICI
'lolnl to Unit- , 1,171aT
Th < ro was a tide of travel northward jest
t < rdav that Induced pedestrians to believe
th it It would be nc < 8sary to knock a few
more IK les In the exposition fence to admit
tin crowd Street cars were packed and
e\m womrn and children hung timorously
on the footbojrds until theio was no loom
for more Hut the exposition was not thn
onlv nt traction in sight , for a large proper
tlun of the travelers lode past Its gates to
tin liarinckB whore the soldier bo8 were
cm imped walling for the order to bo
inn urtd out Consequently the turnstiles
th it win already In place were able to
liun lie the business very comfortably an 1
tin ir insmlRslsHlppl show was compelled to
In i nnii ntcd to n very fair division of honors
Ml'h the martial magnet at Tort Omaha
In spite of the great counter attraction It
was fur from being n dull < lay on the
pronnilH There was about the usual Sun
day erowd and the numerous attractions
win- fairly patronl/od. The burst of rain
Unit cjim during the afternoon was rather
ncui iMo than otherwise. A few pretty
< li. sis were caught unawares and lost some
of tin Ir attractiveness and there was a hui-
lli I HI imper for shelter Hut the buildings
Dffiiiilid ample protection and the people
% iiiihid the lain tluough the windows ami
coiiMalulutod each other that the dust that
lind nude life a burden for the last few
fiiys w - , clfecttnlly disposed of The Mexi
can hand was plajlug In front of the fiov-
i niUK nt building when the rain came pout
ing down and scattered Its audience Hut
the mitMrl.ins huddled on the wide portico
and i > lticd on to the accompaniment ol
tin celestial artllloiy.
In half an hour the clouds scattered nnf
n mnKiillkent lalnbow arched over the bluff
tr.ut and undei Its prismatic hues the whiu
iin liHectuie of the buildings presented as
juetly n picture as over lay out of doors
1'ioni the otlnr end of the grounds It looked
in though the aerl.il Illumination WHS ex-
] ie- ly moulded to benlson the exposition
mid the i > upnstltlously Inclined pointed it
out nt < an omen of continued prosperity for
the uitcrprlEc
The Sundiy night crowd suffered some
what on account of the Indications of an
other stoim , but undu tbo dark blanket of
cloud the elictrlc Illuminations were more
than ordlnarllj beautiful E\cr > ra > of In-
eamlesi out radiance was emphasized agaliidt
Ilio somber bnckgiound and the numberles *
lines of light that outlined the buildings
blood out tlearlj In the puilflcd atmosphere.
i.\ > s un u.w.
HiK-Kj Port ! i'rult I.'I'M\ITN I'liipoNC to
< . .litho ( rm ; ' ! 11 l.nixl Tlnit * .
Now that Teach day has passed , the next
big fruit festival will bo held on Prlday
ttptcmhcr U. when melons will be served to
( ill who Vlrlt the t'xposltlon The occasion
Ins bien di sign lied as Melon day and the
lustlous globes and oblongs will bo carved
cm the 111 u If tract , Superintendent Ta > lor of
the Horticultural Department acting as head
carver
Upon the occasion of the Melon diy fes
tivities the llorkj I'ord Trull Growers
association of rolotndo will act In the
capacity of host , the members furnishing the
melons They made the proposition a long
time ngo and have been ready all the time
to stand by the promises made. They have
the biggest crop of melons ever raised In the
west and know of no bettor wa > of dispos
ing of thim than b > bending them hero for
the exiioiltiun guests to ell. Superlnlendeni
Taylor Is In correspondence with the presi
dent of the usboclatfon ami Is Infoimcd that
twcnti carloads , ten of watermelons and ten
of muskmclons , will be sent heio free of
charge to bo given away upon the exposi
tion grounds , providing the exposition people
take charge of the serving
Superintendent Taylur. feeling tint he la
equal to the occasion of carving twenlj car
loads of melons , has wired 10 send the ship
ment on and already he Is making piepara-
tlons to receive the fruit The cms will ar-
ihe In the cil > about next \Vodmsday and
\\lll be sw luhed to the tricks on the exposi
tion ground ! ! , from wheio the ini'lons will
bo hauled to the patk in the rear of the
Horticultural building On this tract n laigt
tent , capable of accommodating 1 OOU people ,
will be erected Up and down through the
Interior long tables will bo placed. Under
these the melons will be stored and upon the
tops the fruit will bo cut and served The
carving will begin as ( ,0011 as the exposition
gates open In the morning and will bo con
tinned until they close nt night , providing
the appetite of the public for melons Is nol
appeased before that time As the tent will
be located In the bouth part of the Illulf
tract , Superintendent Taylor has Intimated
that ho has a dcslro that all parties onur
the grounds through the gates In the rear
of the Georgia building and those at the
extreme toiitheast cornel , thus to avoid a
clash with the crowd that may como In from
the main grounds
It Is not expected that the melons will bo
eaten In this big tout. 1'cople will pass In
through the west cntrauco , receive theli
melon and be conducted out by tbo guards
v.lio will bo called In to assist In handling
the crowds If the llrst round Is not sutll-
clent , tboso who desire more will bo rc-
cjui'stcd to line up at the entrance and I'.ibs '
In for the purpose of receiving moro melons.
K L Mumford of Hocky I'ord. Cole , who
Is hero In the Interest of the association
that will furnish the melons , said "Wo
propose to make Melon day the star feature
of the exposition. Our crop Is abundant ih a
jcar and we have hundreds of acres covtrci !
with melons They are the best In the worlJ
and they arc the kind that we propose to
glvo awayVe realize that our state has
not exhibited as liberally as some of the
other states In the transmlsslsglppi rciston
and take thla opportunity of showing our
appreciation of the exposition "
( u in I nu for Montana ln > .
President Suthcrlln of the Montana * com-
mltslon U anticipating a big crowd of pio-
pie here from Montana on Tuesday wluu the
' - CouUnmxl on riltb rage. )
INVITATION TO PRESIDENT
SiMialor Tlitirxloti anil Illn ( oininltIM | >
\r < * \Vnnlilimlon Itrliilj to
Dlxvlinrui'llulr MlNxloii.
WASHINOTON. Sepv I ( Special Tele
gram ) To bring to a successful conclusion
what has been so auspiciously begun by IM-
ward Ilosewater a delegation of distin
guished Nebraskans Is In Washington to
night to formally tender to President Me-
Klnley as soon UK a meeting ran ! . < arranged
an Invitation to be present at Omaha dur
ing the week of the peace jubilee. Senator
ThurBton , as chairman of the delegation ,
will endeavor to meet the president on his
return to Washington tomorrow afternoon
or early Tueiday morning Immediately
after the engrossed copy of the Invitation
Is presented to the chief executive John L
Webster as representative of the Hoard of
Directors of the exposition will present en
graved Invitations to members of the diplo
matic corps and the first secretaries of lega
tions cabinet , prominent lights In the army
and navy and to the members of the su
preme court. In addition to these two gen
tlemen John r Tow In accompanies the
paity , while Congressman Mercer Is ex
pected tomorrow to complete the delegation.
The advance work done by Mr Ilosewater
when In Washington has made the work of
the Invitation committee comparatively easy ,
and It Is confidently expected that the Invi
tation to President M ( Klnley will be mot
with a hearty response and acceptance.
While the president will bn allowed to name
his own time when he Khali attend the ex
position , the ( otnmlttee will probibly sug
gest October 12 as President's day
A largo number of prominent newspaper
men stationed In \\a hlngton wire seen to
night by the committee and all were en
thusiastic to help along Peace Jubilee week
at the TransmlBslsslppI Imposition.
OLD SOL GETS UP A TRIFLE
I'nrlt'I liriiDcnlliN In Nv \ \ orl. anil
n M Mini ) I'rnsl i at IIIIIK Cniilcr
In ( hlrilRii.
NEW YORK , Sept I The intense heat of
the past few days has given place tonight tea
a shade of coolness A brre/e apl'ates the
air sulllelcntly to relieve the teirlblo pres-
BUIC.hlle the heat of the city was not
as great today In the matter of degrees , It
was Just as Insufferable and more so than
that of Saturday on nctount of the duration
and continuation of the hot weather. This
morning's sun beat down upon the city with
all the Intensity of the hottest day About
noon there was a little sprinkle of rain It
only served to make the pavements and
streets steam for a few minutes and It was
as hot ever
Up to midnight there had boon reported to
police headquniters forty-tinee deaths and
foity-four pio-ttiatlons from the heat. Today
everything that floated cariled a crowd of
humanity. The trains , cable and tiolley
cars and other modes of locomotion wore
Jammed with people all day long
The average temperature of the day In
Icgrrcs was 82 , as against CC for the corresponding
spending date Inbt year The maximum
temperature was SS , but tlu > heat was
lelghtenod bv the humidity , which was SO
per cent all day long
PHILADELPHIA , Sept. 4 1 hero wcro
five deaths from heat In this city today and
about twenty-live prostrations Today for
ho Mist time since the piesent hot spell did
he thermometer show any signs of falling
'or the past three days It has hovered be
tween US and ' 13 , but the maximum reached
oday was Ul degrees The wind reached a
veloilty of about 22 miles and aldid much in
alleviating the buffering Tonight tlier" aic
ndlcattnns of showers with a probability of
cooler weather.
CHICAGO , Sept 4. A severe thunder
storm In this city tonight brought tem
porary relief from the Intense heat of the
faht week Today only one death was ro-
r-ortcd. There were several prostrations ,
none of whiih , howivor are serious.
QUARANTINES ARE DECLARED
Nll.pl unit -ni.hlN mill .InrUsoii
Ill-tilth HoaiilH TilUe Ae-llon.
MEMPHIS. Tenn . Sept. 4 The Memphis
Hoard of Health todav establibhed n rigid
iiuarantlno ncnlnst the entire country Nome
: mo will bo allowed to enter the cltv from
any dliectlon This action wau taken on
nccount of the prevalence of yellow fever
in MIsRlhbl'ipi
JACKSON. Miss. Sept. J A special from
Taylor's station tonight icports three new
canes at Orwood Inspectors have been
there Blnco yesterday The physician In
ihnrto at Orwood Ih sick and anothci has
been asked for.
The Hoard of Health tonluht paspcd the
following otdlnance "Whereas. It has been
officially reported to tliu Mlselsslupl State
Hotru of Health th it there woio IAO biispl-
clous cases of fever In New Orleans , there
fore , bo It ordered by the executive com
mittee that the state of Mls.slbsippl Is
hereby quarantined against the city of New
Orleans pending Investigation , and that
no passengers , baggage , freight or express
will be allowed to be brought into tin
state of Mississippi until thei dlse-abc is
thoroughly Investigated "
GREENVILLE. MIPS , Se > pt 4 Dr S R.
Dun , Inspector of the State Hoard of Health ,
pronounced a case of fever at llenolt , Hol-
Ivar county , to be yellow fever. The man
Is ui > now. Ho has be-eu Isolated , as lias
also everybody that cnmo Into contact with
him Dr Dun thinks there will be no
spread of the disease
JACKSONVILLE , I'la , Sept. I A special
to the Times-Union and Citizen from Key-
West says State Health Olllcer Portei
issued a proclamation today Mating that
ho believes no yellow fever exists In this
city nor has there bien any here this sum
mer The present quarantine will be kept
on for a few dais.
BAYARD'S CONDITION WORSE
( it-nt-ral CoiiiillatioiiN | s ( < t la anil Ills
I'liiull ) Nim IVarN tin- > \ or t
at Any Time- .
DEDHAM. Mn s , Sept 4 The condition
of Thomas P llayu d former ambasbador
lo England who Is at kaiiMclu , the home
of his daughter , Mrs Warren. U critical to
day So pronounced lias been the change
In the last two or throe days It was thought t
the patient would not survive many days.
Mr. Hajaril came to Karlsteln about three
weeks ngo. Ilia health was not good and
during the 11 ret two weeks it did not Im
prove1. A week ago a change came , which
appeared to be a gradual breaking up of
the system , combined with kldnt-y troubles.
At first It was not thought likely that
his case woull prove serious , although it
wns admitted by those In attendance that
the end of u gieat career was not far off.
The extreme heat of the last few days
has had a depressing effect upon the pa
tient and on Prlday anxiety was keenly
felt. A consultation of phjblclnns was
held. I te on Prlday a fivoiabte turn
A us noted but yesterday the change was
for the wornToila } ho was semiconscious
scious , with a fair pulie.
CARE OF SOLDIERS ATVIROFF \
Secretary Algcr Says Oamp Conditions Arc
Beyond Criticism.
CIVIL WAR HEROES FARED MUCH WORSE
Tlilnkn tliiI'rpNlilrnt IH Aiinrrntl >
lcil tliat Crr > HiliiK IN llfliiK
IJillli- for PatIriitN' ( ouifort
Ciinip to Remain.
WASHINGTON' , Sept. 4. Secretary Alger ,
who returned lust night after his Inspection
tour through Camp Wlkoff at Montauk Point ,
commented tonight on the condition of the
camp The secretary said
" 1 feel certain after a careful examina
tion of Camp \\lkoff and a thorough Invcstl-
gullon of Its conditions thai evuryihing pos
sible. Is being done for the sick and well
who are detained there The camp Is an
admirable one , the best , I think , I ever saw
The bite la ideal. It Is beautiful without
being picturesque and Is certainly as health
ful a camp location as could be found In
the eastern country , \\hlle Iho conditions
are as good as could reasonably bo expected
fioni the circumstances even better than
1 ever knew them to bo In a camp a shade
of gloom is cast over the encampment by
the physical condition of the men Sk-k-
icss , suiferlng and death mar what would
ithcrwlbo bo n magnificent military plc.-
.u ru
"The conditions , however , are not the re
sult of the bltuation of the camp Itself , but
of the terrible campaign through which the
troops have Just passed.
"That campaign of Santiago will bo mem
orable In the military history of the world.
It was wonderful both In its conduct and
ho results accomplished.
"Tow military e\poits expecled when the
: ampalgn was Inaugurated that such a suc-
.e s could l > e a < hie Mil In to short a time
It was a tieinendous undertaking to begin a
campaign in u ttopleal country dm Ing the
rainy reason against a position natuinlly so
btiong and so well defended as was Santi
ago. That success was achieved so soon and
with a loss comparative ! } so small , is due
to the energy and ability of General Shafter
and his commanding olllcers , and to the
dash , bravery and splendid lighting quali
ties of the men of General Shatter's corps.
siiiifti-r a pinisoiiiiir. .
"I talked yesterday with General Shafter , "
continued the secretary , "and ho discussed
some of the obstacles which had to be over
come lu the Santiago campaign Just now
ho , by Ihe way , IB suffeilng from the ellects
of the campaign himself While I chatted
with him his face was Hushed with fever ,
and he was really a sick man Upon his ar
rival at Montauk Point ho wont Into the
detention camp with the other soldiers , and
like a Iruo soldier , ho Is , ho asked nothing
better for himself than was being received
by the men whom ho commands The time
of his detention expired today , and ho e\-
peeled on leaving the detention c-amp to
assume command of Camp Wlkoff.
"Ho said that when he arrived In Cuba
and realized the conditions that confronted
him and his men ho know that the cam
paign must of necessity bo one of days
rather than one of weeks and months. He
had lost nearly an of his lighters and was
thus seslously handicapped In effecting a
landing of both his troops and the stores
and supplies which ho carried The tre
mendous rains which stt In Immediately
after his airival rendered It next to impos
sible for either the troops or supplies to be
gotten forward. He felt , however , that
whatever v\ero the dltlicultles ho must
piess forward and If possible end the. cam
paign In Ihe briefest time The climatic
conditions were such that to lose any time
meant the dcstrucllou of his command by
Illness and Iho consequent fairure of tbo
expedition He took no chances on delay ,
therefore , bul swepl his gallant army on
tha Spaniards with such Incslstiblo dash
that victory was won before the Spaniards
knew what they had to encounter. It Is
apparent now that had General Shafter
waited until his army and Its supplies couli'
have been bent forward with ordinary de
liberation , the expedition against Santiago
would have failed utterly.
Actual NrcrNNiirlct Supiillril.
"Purlng the campaign In the trenches
before Santiago and the Immense difficulties
experienced In getting supplies to the fion
the men suffered very ftttle from a lack of
provisions. Of course they did not have
what they are now receiving at Montnuk
Point , but they had the actual necessaries
of llfo , notwithstanding the newspaper re
ports to the contrary. Doubtless there
were individual cascb of suffering because
of a scarcity of sur piles nt the front , but ,
as a rule , the men had all that boldlen , of
the Union army had at times during the
civil war When the federal forces were
ly Ing In the trenches before Petersburg
they suffered at times dining those seven
months for good food , but like the heroes
before Santiago they endured without com
plaint.
"It is partlculaily notable thit the men
who wcro actually engaged In the Santiago
campaign are not complaining of their trcal-
nu'iit I talked with scores of them I was
about to say hundreds and not a breath of
complaint did I hear from any of them
They sintered , .they are suffering yet , but
they endured and are enduring their trials
like Spartans There may bo individual
cases of complaint It would Indeed be
strange If there were not , but as a body
the army of General Shafter Is not only sat
isfied with the situation , but Immeasurably
proud of its Immeasurable achievements
"Tho president wna particularly solicitous
of the condition of the men who are 111. He
wont to Camp Wlkoff to ascertain whether
tha men In the ranks needed anything they
were not getting His orders wcro that they
should want for nothing , but he desired per
sonally to know whether those orders were
being curled out After several hours of
patlint Investigation and careful examina
tion ho left camp satisfied that the men v\ere
being as well cared for as they could bo In
a field hospital. Ho took no olllUal's word
for anything.
li i-sliti-nt SITH for lllniNvir.
"In the hospitals he wont from ward to
ward , almost from cot to cot , stopping every
few seconds to talk to the men , to cheer
them with n kind word and a grasp of the
hand It was an experience not soon to bo
forgotten Such a visit as President Mc-
Klnley made to Camp Wlkoff yesterday Is
almost unlquo In military annals. He went
to the camp equipped with knowledge. Judg
ment and experience to make an investiga
tion. Ho has served In the camp and In the
field himself and he knew Just what ought to
bo expected In the circumstances That ho
waa reasonably well satisfied with the con
ditions as ho found them Is In Itself a guar
antee that they are. not far wrong.
"Conditions have changed
materially dur-
Ine the third of a century since the civil
war. This was noted especially by every
one of the old soldiers in our party yes
terday. In the hospitals at Camp Wikoff
the patients have plenty of Ice , milk , lem
ons and many delicacies which were seldom
seen In tbo field hospitals during the last
war- Then , too , each cot U supplied \Utb
froph clian sheets and pillow rnscs inch
day and there are trained female nurses
to look after the wants of cverj rmUenl
These things are a tribute a grateful coun
try pays to Its splendid soldiers , who In
adding lustre to the fame of their country
have won for themselves a glory that time
will not dim '
Secretary Alger Rild there was no Inten
tion of abandoning Wlkoff. The troops will
DO kept there HO long as It may be deemed
ileslrable to keeji up the camp , because It
was essentially a detention cnmp , n place
of recuperation and not a camp of mobil
ization A rumor was given currency that
the cam ) ) having been found by the presi
dent to bo unsuitable for Its purpose , waste
to bo abandoned Immediately This Secre
tary Alger pronounced to bo without foun
dation.
MISSOI'HIANS ' I.IJI\1J CAM' ' TIUMI\ > .
Itifiuitr } ( iot'M to .IrffoTxon llarrarkN
to III * MllNtfl-CMl Ollt.
CHirKAMAUCJA NATIONAL PAUIC , Sept
< The exodus from the park continued to
day , the following companks leaving at the
hours named-
The Park signal company of Vititf-five
men left at 4 30 p in for Lexington , K/ .
The Tlrst Missouri volunteer Infintry. com
manded by Lieutenant Colonel Cnvandor ,
left for Jefferson Harracks at 7 30 tonight , to
which point they have been ordered to be
mustered out of the service. The teglment
went In three sections over the Nashville ,
Chattanooga & . SI Louis rallroil tovcntv-
llvc > convalescent men of the regiment were
carried along The hospital tialn , in chine ;
of Governor Hradley of Kentucky , left the
paik at 4 30 p m. for Lexington 'Iho trap ,
contained boventy-flvo pick from the Ken
tucky regiments , none of vvhon wore vciy
seriously 111. A special Pullman , con'ain-
Ing thirty-two sick of the Clshtli N'ew York ,
left the park at 8 o'clock this moinlnr ; foi-
Now York via the Western & Atlantic and
the Seaboard Air Line Only thrc-o dent us
nt the camp hospitals have been reported up
to 5 o'clock
Tuo DcntliM at KiitliiKO.
WASHINGTON , Sept. I General Law-
ton'a fiort received tonight of the health
condition of the troops at Santiago follows
Total sick , 32S , total fever cases. 1S4 , to
tal new cases fever , 20 , total returned to
dutv , 9
Death' ' George U Hr.ay' private Com
pany P , Klrst Illinois , tvp'ioid ' fever , Cu
geuo Munger , private , Company C , I'll at cav-
aliy , pernicious malarial feve\r
BLOWING UP OF THE MEIGS
rt'iirfnl I'orciof ( lie i.viloxioii of the
'lorutMlo that Sfin tincNHrl
to the llotloin.
Ni\V ORLEANS. Sept. 4 A Tort St
Phillip special to the Picayune says .When
Iho John U , Melgs had its forecastle blown
up there were six men hurled by thu shock
Into the Mississippi who ne vercame * lo the
btirface. 'Ihreo others were -Mirow'n Into the
river , but were not so badly Injured as lo
prevent their climbing back upon the boat
Contrary to the early advices received Satut- '
day night Iho Molgs did not sink Iminodl-
alely. Disabled as it was itwas carried
by lido and a sllff wind lo' the east bank ,
where Its slern grounded and the bov ; swung
out and pointed down fietim Nearly
everything of value had berli recovered bc-
fore It luiched off the bank , on which the
Btern rested , and plunged bov foremost Into
the decj ) water of the channel. The men
hurled to death by Ihe dynamite never saw
the mine that exploded. The shock came
when It was bixty feel beneath the surface
The men killed were Captain P R Slarr
of Vlcksburg , Sergeant John Newman , Wll-
lot'a Point , N. Y. , Private Pat Carlos , from
the same plico , rircman J D Malo'
Ralph Rogcis , colored ; Harry Jackson , to ! :
ored. * ' *
The wounded were : D. U Reddtcks anil
fritz Koch They arc here In the hospital
Pilot J. C Davis was at the wheel at the
time of the explosion and the 11) Ing frag
ments of Iho lorpedo and Ihe shattered steel
tore the pilot house lo pieces. Mr. Davis ,
however , escaped unhurt. Lieutenant Henry
Jervoy was within a few fOet of the pilot
house and lie , too , was fortunate enough
to escape unhurt. Night Watchman Krank
Co.ap , asleep In his cabin on the- boiler
deck , was awakened by the crask to find a
hole gaping In the roof and his bed Jammei
against the wall by a pleco of the steel dock
Ho climbed out through the hole. Lieuten
ant Jervey and Pilot Harris were also on
the boiler deck D H Roddicks was blown
Inlo Ihe river. A piece of steel went llirougli
his right forearm and another tore off a piece
of his scalp. Engineer Inyno was blown Into
the iher and escaped Injury.
There were nineteen pe-oplo in the boat
when the explosion occurred. The explosion
occurred about 11 o'clock and It was noon
vUien the Molgs sank. Its entire forecahtlo
was blown off and nolhtng but Its water
tight compartments prevented Its Immediate
Finking A column of w ter was huilei
fifty feet high Into the air and debris blowi
several hundred feet high Portions of the
torpedo and steel deck fell on the cast baul <
In front of Tort St. Phillips. 1,500 feet fron
Ihe scene of the wreck. Major Qulnn statci
that no moro torpedoes would bo taken up
The work will be abandoned. There ar
nineteen explosives still In the water Majo
Qulnn and Lieutenant Jervoy agree that the
accident Is Inexplicable It was impossible
for the torpedo to explode. However , the
torpedo did explode. And that Is the way
they summailzo the situation.
WIND STORM DOES DAMAGE
HOIINCN struck li > JjlKlidilnu : am
Terre llnnti-'H Iv. or 1 > . Hall I n-
reiofrel It ) tlu * ( ale * .
TERRE HAUTE , Ind , Sept. 4 A terrific
wind storm swept over this city today at 1
o'clock , blowing clown houses. The Morn
was accompanied by thunder and lightning
and several houses were struck. Dr Willis
a physician , was rendered unconscious for
an hour by n bolt which struck his resi
dence. Stock and buildings In the surround
ing country are reported to have been bacjly
damaged , but as yet no fatalities have been
reported The Knights of Pythias hall was
unroofed and lodge furnlturtnnd Uniform
Rank property were ruined by water. The
aggregate loss will bo heavy.
ANDRE BACK ON EARTH AGAIN
\nril of nil KNIIIIIIIH | Who SIIJH I
Milii DrHcrnili-iI from the ClouiU
Oil llllllhllll Illl ) .
CHICAGO , Sept. 4 A special to the
Times-Herald from Winnipeg says Indians
reaching Dauphin from the far north rcpor
meeting an Esquimaux who told of the ap
pcaranco among them of a strange man
who descended from the clouds on th
shores of Hudson Hay. The opinion amont ,
the whites is that the man Is Andre , the
Arctic explorer.
Moni < -ntN of Oifiinrxxrlx , Sept. I
At New York Arrive * ! La Champagne
from Havre. Salted Cheater , for Ainster
dam.
dam.At
At London Arrived Minnesota , from
Philadelphia.
At Havre Arrived La Gascogne , from
Now York
At Queenstown Sallel Campania , to
New York.
DITO irttvT p/in u r-Tirp
BhGS AGAJN ml JLSIIlh
Miiio. Dreyfus Appeals n Second Time for
Her Husband ,
REVISION SEEMS CERTAIN TO COME
I'til.llt * IVrlltiK In 1'nrlx So < * sti
I theVltllllilf of tinMill -
la r ; Viilhorltle- * IJi.rxKloiiH
of Mt-n on Until Milci.
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1'AKIS , Sept. 4 ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram ) The two
juestlong monopolizing conversation today
hroughout the city were- Will there be. re-
, Islou or will the ministerial crisis result
n nn appeal to the country for Its opinion
hercon * Tomorrow should decide one or
.he other In a letter signed Lucle Alfred
Dreyfus , the wife of the condemned man
writes for a second time to the minister of
ustlcc , Imploilng him to submit the case
for revision to the- court of appeals on the
ground of the discovery of a new fact tend-
ng to establish her husband's Innocence ,
lie new fact , of courbe , being Lieutenant
I'olonel Henry's avowal
Iho following btntements which I have
boon able to gather Illustrate the state of
iiubllc feeling Ex-Mlnlstci of Justice
fiirleuwho came Into olllco a few months
aftei Dicyfus was condemned , says "When
nlnlstcr I went through the Dreyfus dos
slcr and knew of the existence of secret
pieces , but I never knew they had been Il
legally withheld from the pilsoner's coun
sel I therefore took no action Since then
1 have done all I could to obtain Judicial ro
ll e s , and ouly yesterday wrote the present
minister of justice- , asking him to mitigate
is far as legally possible the honor ot the
present condition of the prisoner on the
Isle du Diablo. "
Emllo MasMid , owner of La I'ntrle , says
' I think the Chamber must be appealed to to
take some stop llko revision That may lead
to war with Germany aud cannot bo taken ,
thus forcing the ministers to accept the ic-
spoiislbility alone. UavalKiiac was light to
resign and is now more forwaid In the lun-
nlng for the presidency than Hrisbon , who
Is known to aspire to It"
Captain Culguet , who with Cavalgnac dls-
( ovcted Henry's forget\ , says ' No one-
knows the Dreyfus dossier be < ttcr than 1
do , and I pledge my word that nothing
has occurred which modules my conviction
that Dreyfus Is guilty. "
Iho Temps with noble gravity continues
to uige Ihe necessity of revision. I'resldcut
1'auio has ictuincd to Paris
SI.O\VIA roue IM. TIII : iu\
I'lililliOpinion Too stioiiK for tin-
AUiil < r > \\llliNlaiul. .
PARIS , Sept 4 Owing to the resignation
of M. Godfrey Cavalgnac , of the ministry
of war. President 1'auro retuined to Paris
this morning and confeired with M Do
Casso , minister for foreign affairs , M Hour-
gee s , minister of public education , and Gon-
eial Zurllndcn.
The cabinet will meet tomorrow expressly
to deal with a request from Mine. Dreyfus
for a icvislon of the proceedlngb of the
court-martial that condemned her husband.
As the cabinet Is now practically unanimous
in favor of revision partly because the
mlnlhteis are aw are that there Is no other
method of satlbfylng public feeling the out
come of the meeting is almost a foregone
conclusion.
It Is not thought that M. Cavatgnac's re-
tfriment will Involve the resignation ol
( oilier ministers. The fact that General
Zurllndeu has been In conference with M
'
1'uuro lt > taken to mean that ho will buccced
M Cavalgnac at the War olllce.
The ministerial eonferences which have
boon continued throughout the day have
had to do with the details of revision There ?
Is no foundation for the report that the
chamber will bo Immediately convoked Ac
cording to Le Solr , M. Knure , who received
M Cavalgnac today , btroiigly uiged him to
withdraw his resignation The papot also
asserts that at the council tomorrow the
president will endeavor to prevent a do-
cibion In favor of revision On the same
authority It Is announced that Genera
Roger , chief of M. Cavalgnac's military
staff , will retire , at his own request The
name of General Sausslcr , formerly military
governor of Paris , Is mentioned in connec
tion with Iho War office portfolio
The Tempos , Liberte and Journal dcs He-
bats express regret at M Cavalgnac'B "ob
duracy , " assorting that It adds to the dltll-
culticb of the situation.
The services at the Interment of the re
mains of Lieutenant Colonel Henry at Pochy
ycstculny wcro civil , the bishop of Chalons
having forbidden religious services. Se-\eia
staff officers were present nt the ceremony.
LONDON , Sept 5 The Purls conespon-
dent of the Dally News bays that both Gen
eral Saussler and General Zureliudln have
declined the War oillco portfolio
WILHELMINA AT AMSTERDAM
\OIIIIUT 0.tii-fMi of Holland Will 1'nti-r
tinClt > Ted 11 > In stnli- \ < < < > oni-
imiilcil li > Her .Mollu-r.
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THE HAGUE. Sept I ( Now York
World Cablegram Special Telegram ) Ar
rangemcntB aio. complete for the state en
try of Iho queen Into Amsterdam tomor-
low with the queen's mother. This being
a strktly national ceremony there will be
no Invitation to the royal 01 Imperial fam
ilies The United States will bo represented
In Nleuw on Tuesday by Mr. Newell and
Great Britain by Mr Howard , also 1'ranco ,
Germany , Russia , Austria , Italy , Turkey ,
China , Hclglum , Scandanavla , Portugal and
Spain , the latter being leprosented by Senor
Haguer. Lord Ropobeny urtjves tomorrow
aboard Ferdinand Rothschild's yacht , with
Dalmcny and his other son.
Iti-iniMulii-r tinllnj of Waterloo.
HANOVER , Prussia , Sept 4 The garri
son of the city and the Prussian troops
quartered In the city today attended a camp
service on Waterloo place , the slto of the
fine column erected In honor of the Hanover
ians who fell at tbo battle of Waterloo. The
altar was erected at the foot of the column ,
which was decorated with emblems and 1
wreaths. Emperor William attended the
services and at the conclusion of the ser
mon delivered a brief address. The em
peror said that the troops then standing
within sight of Waterloo column wcro on
historic ground. He reminded them of the
comradeship In arms of the DrltUh and Ger
mans at Waterloo and referred to the fact
that only a few hours before an English
army had won In Africa a victory over a
much stronger force.
At the close of his address Emperor Wil
liam called , upon the troops to glvo three
cheers for Queen Victoria , who Is an honor
ary colonel of the Mecklenburg grenadiers.
Iliiulv of Siiiiln'H Statement ,
MADRID. Sept. 4 The Hank of Spain's
report for the week ending } esterday shows
the following changes : Gold in hand. In
crease , 913,000 pesetas ; silver in hJiiJ. In-
crcobo , 2C69,000 pesetas , cotes in Uicula-
tlon , Increase , 0,529,000 pesetas.
TEMPERATUREAT OMAHA
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illliirliiiu.
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l.alioiDM ) l'n millIO n. in.
NrhniNlia stall" Phariiiae-t-iitli-al VN-
finrlntliin at Dfllinic Hold , S p. in.
HE BLAMES THE NEWSPAPERS
Tliu DoiiKht ; million t.lvc * a IV
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HAVANA , AUK 27 ( New Yoik World
I'ablegiam Special Telegram ) Ramon
ll.uieo , the lust of the Spanish captain gcn-
tals of Cuba , paid n remaiknble tribute to
ho Influence of the American pi ess befoio
he retired to his country pnlaco on Tues-
ilay , there to nwalt his olllelal recall
"Tho New Yoik newspapers. " ho said
with line scorn , "brought on the war be
tween Spain and the ITnlteil States and I
shall never pardon them No , not the
newspapers they are to blame ! "
Hlanco will ii-maln In Cuba until Iho
commission concludes Its work He will
not leave the Island until nil the tioops
liavo gone When ho went to his iimntry
seat on Tuesday ho left General Ciibtillaiio
to inn the government He fore going
Blanco packed and shipped to Sraln | bis
household effects. He will receive the
American commission , but prcfcis to bo
away during its scbslons.
In nearly all of his actions he shows his
lufccnlmenl tow aid the Ameilcan govern
ment He assumes n HUiprlblng Indlfterence1
to the critical condition of affairs and nil
Iho onleis Issued for the preservation of
peace mid the icceptlon of the American
loinmlssioners have been arranged by Gen-
eial Cabtlllnno and Civil ( iovcinoi Do Cas-
tto An inquliy as to his opinion of the
insult of the withdrawn ! of Spanlbh inle In
Cuba elicited the vague reply that no one
could tell. Ho raised his hand to btop nn-
othei question and said"Iho American
ginernmuH can dibccin that only by ex-
pcileiico it Is not probable American
mi thuds and Spanish mcithods will be alike ,
liinie , no comparison would bo Justlllid
Quito ns adroitly Captain Hlnneo evades
the quebtlon , "Do you think the Cubans
capable of governing themselves' ' " Two or
three coiiespoiidcnts of Ameilcan newspa-
pets who vvoio penult led to land fiom
chips In the hnibor , vvhcrn they were de
tained fioni two days to a week , have- been
expelled for breaking tliftr picsnrse not to
bend Information by way of Key West
Ample protection Is afforded all Amer
icans Cubans who have been serving with
Gomez and Cardenas are coming Into town
quietly and by common consent are holding
In check their rnlluiHlat < m over the antici
pated deportation of the Spanish troops
The Cubans under Caidenns , numbering
1,400 , nro encamped near Marine ) . They
opened n now hospital there today A re
port fiom Mailnel savs that Gomez Is not
far from Matan/as with a small force ami
that he Ib coming to Havana Ho Is ex
pected by Monday and will probably meet
the membeis of the commission. Thcro will
be no demonstration In his honor
Gome ? Is said to resent the theory that
Americans will annex the island or bo any
more than a temporary piotcetorate.
PRESIDENT'S QUIET SUNDAY
I'atcrHon l'i-oile | > < ire De-iuoiiNt nillv
III-IK-V IT tin- l'\-i-ntl\ i ? AII-
In rulillc * .
PATERSON. N J , Sept 4 President Mc-
Klnloy spent u very quiet day here today
Ho attended morning service at the Cliuuli
of the Redeemer In company with Mr and
Mrs Hobart. In anticipation of Ills at
tendance the church was well filled. After
the service the piesldcnt shook the hands of
the minister and a lingo numbei of mem
bers of the congiegatlon
Owing to the Intense heat of the after
noon the president remained quietly at the
homo of the vice president until fl o'clock ,
when ho went for a drive with Vice Presi
dent and Mrs Hobart. A number of curious
persons had been loitering around all the
afternoon to catch a sight of the president
and when ho emerged from the house he
was greeted with n cheer As the carriage
containing the president and vlco president
was driven through East Sldo park , It en
countered nn Immense ciowd , who had as-
pcmblid to hear a band concert. The presi
dential party was Immediately recognized ,
the band struck up the president's march
and the crowd made a rush for the Bide of
the dtlve The park rules wcro forgotten
and the erowd trampled down grass and
How or beds In their anxiety to get a gllmp'o
of the executive The carriage was foited
to such a HOW ! pace that a number of per
sons were enabled to grasp the president's
hand. Leaving the- park , follwcd by cheers
ot the people , the president was taken to the
North Joisey club
CASTILLO REFUSES TO SERVE
MIM-II Doiilil Still I\IHIH UN ( o tin-
I'oriiintlon of the * hiiiinlxh
I'iaitoniinlNNloii. .
MADRID , Sept 4 The refusal of Scnor
Leon y Castillo , the Spanish ambassador to
Krance , to servo on the Spanish peace com
mission , on the ground that ho could not
participate , owing to the non-participation
of General Horace Porter , the United States
ambassador to Prance , has been accepted by
the cabinet. If Scnor Montero Hlos ac
cepts a place on the Spanish commission he
will bo nominated as presliU-nt.
The public appears but llttlo Interested
In the forthcoming meeting of the Cortes
H has been decided to pay the next coupon
In the Cuban debt pending the settlement
with the United States.
General Weyler has arrived In Madrid.
The newspapers , it is understood , will be
permitted to Indulge In unfair comment upon
the proceedings in the Cortes unless the acts
of the opposition compel the government to
resort to secret sittings ,
The decision to call out 100 recruits to the
ranks Is regarded as a smart device to keep
the younger men outside the Car ) IB t move
ment.
TrniiHiort .Mllxl lie Dnckt-il ,
NAGASAKI. Sept 4 The Bteamor Zu-
landia , United States transport , Captain
Dowdell , from Manila , hag arrived hero in
a damaged condition. A survey was held
aud U was recommended that the steamer
dock for examination.
ITU IN SOUDAN
c- ; ?
sg
'
11 * '
.
Eu cr * , s'cca Enter Dervishes' ' Stronghold
f % //iiig Oapturcd Black Standard.
THE MAGNIFICENT BATTLE
Cavalry Cuts Off Dervishes' Retreat and
They Are Driven Into the Desert.
TWO HUNDRED BRITONS SAID TO BE KILLED
Attack is Begun Early Friday Morning and
righting is fierce.
BRILLIANT CHARGE OF MARTIN'S ' LANCERS
IIHIIIK Woniulril ( e . .lonl Itlioile- * ,
W -ll Km.it n \\np Con e-imniU-n | ( ,
e-iu-inl l.rcnri-ll |
M Klllcil ami
J'onr OHii-r UIII.IN Wonntli-il.
OMIHTiniAN. ( Opposlto Khartoum.
Ppt. 2.
( Ily camel
post to Nasrl ) The
Sirdar. Gene-mi Sir Herbert
3 r1 1'S 1 ? : : ? ' - '
? r 'l""ln"1- , ' " 'cock H.l . , afar- -
noon , at the head of the Anglo-Egyptian
column , after
completely routing the .lerv-
Hhes and dealing a deathblow to Mahdlam.
Roughly tsilmntliiK , ( he Ililtlbh losses
were 200 while thoubands of the , lertl h
were Killed 01 wounded.
I < Mt night tliu
Anglo-Egyptlan
Ilrmy
ramped at Amalza. eight miles fiom Dm-
durman. Tlio dervishes
were three mllca
distant At dawn
today our cavalry. iia-
tiollng toward Onidiiinmii , discovered the
enemy ad\aiiiliiB to tliu attack In battle
nnaj , chanting war Bongs. Theli front
cons stcd of Infant. .
) and cavalry. stretchc-il
out foi throe or
four miles Countless ban-
ncrs llutteicd o\er their masses and the
copper and brass drums resounded thiotigti
the BOM led tanks of the
fnvago
wanlors.
who
advanced unwuve.lngly . , with aii , helr
old- time ardor.
l > rrNI | < - Atltnn , . , . : , | , .
Our Infantry fornuil up outside the camp.
On the left
weie the Hist baUnrion Noitl-
umbcrland fusiliers , the Second battalion
Laneashlie ftisllcors and the I'list battalion
( .ronaiiloi guaids , with the Maxim luttory
nmnntd by the Royal
Irish fuslUors. In
our cti.tei . wore
the That
battalion War-
wlekshlie ieRlmo.it. . the Kltst battalion
Cameron Highlanders and the nst at-
talion Lincolnshire regiment. with Maxima
woikcd bj detachment , , f ( ho Hojal ar-
tilery , under .Major Wlrilanifl. On our
light woo , the .Soudanese
. hilKado8. com-
man.lod by Gcneial
Maxwell
and
General
MacDonald The Egyptian brKnit8 , , }
the loborves and both
Hanks
woio Bm , .
Ported b , the MaxIm.Nordonfclt
batteHoa.
At 7 .0 a in. the cncm
> ciowdid the ildiC
about the camp and
advanced steadily | \
enveloping foimatlon.
At 7-10 our nr til
ery opened llro
, which was
nnswcied
by
the dervish rlllemon.
Tlulr attack
douloped on our left and
n accordance- will , tluli traditional tactlca
they swept down the hlllalde with the de
sign of rnshlns out Hank
Hut
a wlthmlnu-
hio maintained foi ftcln mmllcB | , , y n | ,
our line fiustrated
the attempt and Urn
dCMlshcs. balked , Bwept toward our u liter
upon which the > toncentiated a n , rce at
tack. A laiRo
force of
horsemen , trjlnjt to
face a .continuous hall of bullets from the
Cameron Highlanders , the Mneolnshhe
reit-
Imont and the Soudanese
, was litonlly
swept away. loadlnK to , the withdrawal ot
the cntlro body , whose dead allowed tha
Hold.
MllKiiIfliM-iit
TLo bra\ery of the der\Ishes can hardly
bo ou-rstated Those who carried the llaca
strupKlrd to within n f , w hundred > aids
of oui fighting line , uhllo the mountc(1
absolutely throw their Uses away
In bold ihartes
When the donlslus withdrew behind the
rldgo In front of their camp the whole
forte marched In echelon of battallona
toward Omdniman. As
our troops sur-
mountcd the crest adjoining the Nile , the
Soudanese on our light came Into contact
with the enemy , who had re-formed under
oo\er of a rocky eminence and had mussed
beneath the black standard of the Khalifa
In order to make a supreme effort to re-
lrlc\o the foi tunes of the day. A mass.
15.000 strong , bore down on the Soudanese.
( icuernl Kitchener nwimg round the ccn-
tei and left of the Soudanese find Bclzed
the rocky eminence and the Haitians , hi Id
In rcscive , Joined the flrliiR line In ten
minutes and biforo the dcnlbhcs could
drho their attack homo
The ( lower of the '
Khallfa'H army \vaa
caught In u dipresslon and within a zone
of withering cross-lire from Ihrco InlKadcs ,
with the attendant nitlllcry. The do\otid
Mahdlsts stro\o heroically to make head
way , but e\cry rush v > nn stoppid , whllo
their bodies \\vro literally mowed down by
a sustained cioss-flre
Mi'lti-d Ai n > I iiilor tli < > I'lii * .
The dervishes planted their Btandards and
died be-Hldo thorn. Their dense masses grad
ually melted to companies and the com
panies to driblets beneath the leaden hall.
Finally they broke and lied , leaUng the
field white with Jlbbah-clad corpses , llko
u snow-drift dotted meadow.
At 11 15 the Sirdar ordered an advance
end our whole force In line dro\o the scat
tered remnant of the fee Into the desert ,
our cavnlrj cutting oft their lotreat to Om-
durman.
Among the chief Incidents of the battle
was a brilliant charge by the Twenty-first
Lancers , tinder Lieutenant Coloucl Martin.
Galloping down on a detached body of tbo
enemy , they found the dervish swordsmen
massed behind and wcro forced to charge
homo against appalling odds. The lancers
hacked through the mass , rallied and kept
the dervish horde nt bay. Lieutenant Grcn-
Ml , nephew of General Sir Krancls Gren-
fcll , was killed. Tour other ollkcrs wcro
wounded , twenty-one men were killed and
thirty wounded.
The Egyptian cavalry were In close fightIng -
Ing throughout with the Ilaggara horsemen ,
Tor a Bliort period the enemy captured anil
held the gun , but It was brilliantly ro-taken ,
The hi role bra\er ) of the derl8hcs nokc < l
unhorsal admiration. Time after time their
dlsperBid and broken forces re-formed and
hurled themsclveu upon the Anglo- Egyp
tians their cmlrs conspicuously liudlng and
spurning duith Evin when wounded they
raised thernscUcs to llro a last shot.
Among the wounded IB Colonel Kbodoa ,
the correspondent of the London Times , oaj
a brother of Cecil Rhodes.
General Kitchener has telegraphed , saying :
"Only two Hrltish olllccrH ucro klllod la
the battle Lieutenant Grenfell of the Twen
ty-first Lancers and < 'aldcrott of the War-
wlckshlro regiment Grenfell fell In u bril
liant chargii by the Twenty-first Lancers ,
who IDBI twenty-ouo killed and twenty
wounded
LONDON , i'cpt 4.- General Kltcbcnee
