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MSTAULISIII5D .IUXE 11) ) , 1ST1 OMAHA , TTESDAY MOHNIMG , SEPTEMBER 0 , 1SDS-TWELVE TAG ES. S1XGLE COI'V FIVE CEXTS.
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I"1 'AIR ' GE1S US SHARE
Down Town Attractions Not Enough to
Overcome Exposition's Drawing Power.
NICE CROWD OUT DURING THE DAY
Authorities Surprised by the Number
Coming Through the Gates ,
MONTANA VISITORS ESENT
Many People from the
Anticipation
WILL DEDICATE A BUILDING TODAY
Special i\crclncn : to lie Held on the
Ciroiindx Thin .Morning In Hi ref
of the OcciiMlon \ cMter-
ilaj'n Attendance.
Total Attendance Yciterdar 1S , : ! | { >
Total to Date lisill.'il |
The hold that the exposition has acquired
on the Interest of the people has never
been more forcibly Indicated than.yesterday ,
when In apite of unfavorable weather con
ditions and a big down town attraction
It entertained about as many visitors aa are
usually seen on an off day. The size of
the crowd was n surprise to the exposition
olllrlala , who had expected a very light
day. In deference to the Labor day cele
bration no effort was made to organize any
demonstration on the grounds and the day
waa entirely without feature Then the
rain brought a sufficient Inducement to the
people to wait for sunnier skies and when
they gathered by thousands on the streets
to wait fof the parade it seemed that none
eould bo left to go to the exposition But
thousands of them braved the approaching
sform and preferred the delights of the
great show to the blare of bands and the
array of marching battalions that filled the
down town streets.
There waa little difference in the morning
volume of arrivals from that which waa ap
parent ou previous and more notable days.
There was an almost continual crowd In
front of the ticket offices at each of the
main entrances and no one would have
Imagined to see the lively aspect inaldo
that there was another show In town. A
large number of Montana visitors , who had
como to participate In the Montana day
celebration today , were noticeable In the
crowd and numerous excursions from other
points brought thousands of % isltors who
were willing to mlsa everything else to see
the exposition. And when they got Ins'do
the gates they were well repaid for their
loyalty. At no time since the gates were
opened have the grounds been more attrac
tive. While the complete coveting of turf
I. nnd giavcl made it Impossible for any
. amount of dust to accumulate inside the
euclosuio , the adjacent streets had become
BO dry that the wind carried the fine par
ticles over the fence and deposited them
Impartially over ( lowers , foliage ami white
buildings. All of this was washed away by
the rain nnd yesterday morning the land
scapes reveled In a brilliancy of coloring
that excited the undhgulsed admiration ol
every visitor.
After noon the people that 1ml remained
down town during the forenoon began tc
move toward the grounds. It looked as
though It was going to be an exceptionally
heavy Monday after all , but then the clouds
burst In heavy showers that turned Lacl <
the tide and made the conditions uufavor
able for the big night crowd that the :5-cen
rate was expected to Induce
IVH HAI.I.OONANIJ CANNON
Captain Ward livtit Word of the Coin
lii of VIore Miiterliil.
Captain Ward of the War department ex
hlblt in the Government building has beei
notified that the war balloons are cnrouti
from Tampa and that they will arrive some
tlmu this week. They are shipped b :
freight nnd their total weight , Includlnj
the apparatus , is 25000 pounds. In antlcl
patlon of their arrival a contract has beei
let for the construction of a wooden tanl
nine feet square , to be used in the Inlla
tlon of the aerial wanderers
The department has also received the In
formation that the War Department has or
dered a number of additional pieces of ord
nance shipped to Omaha for exhibition
These were difficult to obtain during th
opening months of tbo exposition , as ever
piece of lighting machinery was drafted Int
more active service. Now that the wnrisove
the government can afford to become mor
liberal and no time has been lost In se
curing types of a number of the guns use
In the service. The now guns Include
GatlliiK gun nnd carriage , a Hotchkia
brecchloading mountain gun and carrlag <
two 32-inch breechloadlng light artlller
gun and a G-lnch breechloadlng mortal
These are all expected on the grounds be
fore the end of the week.
The war relics from Santiago will als
l i here this week and will bo Immediate !
milled to the \ait display of Intercstln
touvenlrs already In the building. A ne
feature has been fitted up In the hosplt :
department. This Is a travels , which I
ueed for transporting the sick and wounde
In the field. It Is an Improved copy of tli
sledges that nre used by the Indians 1
transporting their po-sEcaslons.
TalKlnir of tllonuui I In > .
Secretary Carroll of the Missouri expoj
tlon conunUelon is in town , making h
headquarters at the Missouri section in tf
Agriculture building He will remain so' '
eral days and before going home he hopi
to bo able to give out something defml
with reference to Missouri day He h :
received a telegram from President Sle
rett. who is In Cincinnati attending tl
Grand Army encampment. This telcgra
conveys no Information aside from statli
that a letter will follow.
Secretary Carroll Is still In hopes th
the St I.ouU people will Join with the mer
bcra of the commission and take steps
observe' a Missouri day and make a gre
artalr. He sayt that U can bo done If tl
people will get together and It the railroai
will give reasonable rates an Immense crov
can be brought to the exposition upon th
occasion.
Regarding the attendance from Mlasoui
Secretary Carroll said "At this time estate
state U sending in about as many If u
more than any of the other states , b
what wo want U to have n day t 831
and bring In tome excursions. With all
the questions adjusted and a fair rallro
rate we could have 100,000 of our people lie
on Missouri day. "
.Mr. Voiiutr N 1'leatcil.
One of the Interested and also Inte
eetlag visitors at the exposition yesterd :
wag A. Youug. one of the prominent bun
ness men uti rttUeDt of Salt Lake CU
I'tab Mr. Yaucg was pleated with tl
exposition genonlly and was glad to knc
t' nt the exhibits p t m by V'tah are a
trai' n 5 so inu H u crst rid ft ntin
In eusiusjlag the rn I'lon , Mr
said "It is n grand work that has been
actomplinhed here and only go to show
the ability , perseverance and enterprise of
thp people of the great west. The exposi
tion Is a grand success , not only as n school
of education , but as a business enterprise
It will have much to do with adding to
the wealth and population of the whole
transmtsslsslppl region as well as other lo
calities that are displaying their resources
and products. "
Mr Young's mother was one of the earli
est settlers In this vicinity. She lived for
a short time at Florence This was fifty
years ago At that time she nnd her people
ple were on their way to Utah and were
among the first to cross the plains.
vim \MIN < ; roii voi.tvnin nvv.
Illll C'onniiltN the i\poHltlon
* Miont Tomorrow' ! * I'lnn * .
C. J. Bills of the Second Nc-
was on the Grounds .yesterday to
arrangements for the participa
tion of his regiment In the celebration of
Volunteer day tomorrow. The only change
there was made In the plan previously an
nounced relates to the route the troops will
follow on their way to the Plaza. Instead
of coming In through the north gate- and
passing through the Midway they will be
admitted at the Twenty-fourth street en
trance. They will march In front of the
Government building and down the north
side of the lagoon and reach the Bluff
tract over the south viaduct. Then they
will march to the Horticulture building
and thence back In front of the Nebraska
i and Illinois buildings to the Plaza , where
they will be reviewed by Governor Hoi-
I comb , Mayor Moores , the exposition offl-
i clals and others The brief speechmaklng
and the dinner at Markers cafe will follow.
I
In addition to the presence of the sol
dier boys and the anticipated visit of thou
sands of their relatives and frlenda from
all over tbe state , there will be two good-
alzcd municipal excursions on the grounda
j the same day. One of these will be from
Galeaburg , 111 , the home of Colonel Clark
I E. Carr , president of the Illinois commis
sion. At first the palesburg people did not
take kindly to the Idea of a celebration at
!
| this time , fearing that It might conlllct with
Knox College day , which occurs October 7.
But they finally decided that the people
who come Wednesday will go back and
boom the ahow to an extent that will make
the later excursion bigger than ever Dur
ing the last week or two the Galesburg
city officials and business men , as well as
the local press , have been booming Galesburg -
burg day Industriously and the Indications
point to a big tralnload of excursionists
from that point
The other excursion will come from
Shenandoah , la , and If the record this
lively burg has made up to date la anj
criterion , there will be nothing left in
Shenandoah bi't the city hall Out of the
3,000 Inhabitants of this ambitloua city
1.6G1 had visited the exposition up to September
tomber 1 On September 2 , 135 more tickets
were sold and as the rallroada have raado
a flat rn'e of $1 for the rouml trip for to
morrow's celebration It la expected that
pretty nearly the entire population will bo
on the grounds.
The presence of these excursions will bo
signalized by appropriate exercises imme
diately after the soldiers break ranks on
the Plaza. The Galesburg people will be
welcomed by President Wattles and Mayor
Mcores at the Illinois building at 12 o'clock
and the Shennndoah part/ will receive i
similar greeting at the Iowa building halt
an hour later.
Mimuct' * * Profitable Kami.
One of the tnterestins features in con
nection with the Georsia exhibit In the
Agricultural building is samples of the
products raised on a twenty-tivc-acre farm
owned bv Tohn A Mauset , a market gar
dener residing Just outside of the city of
Marietta The exhibit is in charge of J. II
Miller , who went south a few years ago and
found the country so desirable that he lo
cated there and has since made it his
home.
John A. Mangel Is a practical farmer and
also baa made horticulture a study , and at
this time he is showing 171 varieties of
products raised upon his little farm which
j In addition to making a living for himself
1 ' and family , has netted him $1,000 per year
for the last live years. The collection In-
' cludea every known Kind of grain , cotton ,
; all kinds of fruit , vegetables and grasses ,
' besides cotton nnd tobacco Manget fre-
1 quently raises as many as four crops per
year , and vvbile he is planting one crop ,
' another of the bame kind is ready for the
market. He hires some help , but most of
' the work Is performed by himself and boys ,
' even to the marketing of the produce
That the Georgia farm exhibit is attractIng -
Ing considerable attention is evidenced by
3 the fact that the registe'r show a from 700
' | to 1,000 visitors dally The other day pco-
3 states placed their
I plo from twenty-seven
r ' names upon the pages of the book
AVIxeon ln and Hal I road Hales.
Commissioner H D Tlsher of Wlsconslr
Is In the city for a few days and Is maklnf
hls > headquarters at the state building Hi
was here a few weeks ago , but sees man ;
changes In the exposition since that time
He says that everything has a more fin
ished appearance Speaking of Wlseonsii
day , September 13 , he said "If the rail
roads make a rate that will admit of pee
pfe coming there will be a crowd , but i
not there will be few people here from ou
state , aside from the governor and thi
members of the commission.
"The railroad people have It In thel
power to make Wisconsin day a grand sue
cess or a dismal failure If they wouli
put In a cheap rate , with a reasonabl
time limit to return , we would bring ou
thousands of people Over In Wlsconsli
people are talking of the exposition am
they all want to come , but they can't do s
aa long as the railroads heM the ratea u ;
where they are at this time.
"The exposition Is a success and nothln
can kill It , but what we want to do Is t
IS make It more successful from a Jinanclo
standpoint and we will do so If the rail
roada will give us an opportunity "
Neliriihkn'H Koldern.
The Nebraska Exposition commission ha
Issued a very neat folder , which Is provin
to be a very poaular little document. 1
has a picture of the State building on th
title page , calling attention to tbe com
| forts and conveniences to be found wlthl
c
! the structure On the other pages are pai
ngraphs telling where the other state ei
* j
: hiblts may bo found and short descriptor
of the moat interesting features Tt
, . folders are being given away by boys wl
are stationed at different places on tt
y
. grounds.
it Marial II a'l'o"nad' Opinion.
le City Marshal .Mulholland of Butte. MentIs
of Is at the exposition as a' visitor and at tt
id same tlmo helping to boom the state fro :
re which he cornea He lll.es the exposltlc
and In speaking of It Bald"While It
not so large , It Is better than the World
fair. Everything seems to be complete ar
so artUtlc The grounds are beautiful ar
the buildings are magnificent In eonstru
tlon and architectural design. "
Te\n * Peculiar Hire.
Texas has just placed on exhibition
Us section in the Agriculture building son
( Continued on Fourth Page. )
HURLED TO INSTANT DEATH
Fatal Collision Between a Railroad Train
and Trolley Oar.
SUDDEN CRASH WITH FRJGHTFUL RESULTS
I'nwuen-
of the Thlrtj-Klve
Kcrn on the tnr Are lavtaatl )
Killed and nt Leant Tun
.More Will Die.
COHOES , N. Y. , Sept. 5 An appalling
disaster occurred In this city shortly before - |
fore S o'clock tonight. A trolley car of the
Troy City railway was struck by the night
boat train on the Delaware & Hudson River ]
road at the west end of the bridge and Its
load of human freight was hurled Into the
air.
Eighteen of the thlrty-flve passengers are
dead and at least ten of the remainder will
die.
die.The
The Identified dead up to 1 o'clock arc :
ARCHIE CAMPEAU of Cohoes.
JAMES TEMPLE of Lanslngburg.
EDWARD BARNEY of Cohoes.
MRS JOHN CRAVEN of Cohoes.
MISS KITTIE CRAVEN of Cohoes.
JOSEPH SENSE of Cohoes.
NELLIE SWETT 15 years old , of Cohoes.
MRS. ELIZA M'ELROY of Cohoes.
MRS JOHN W SCTCLIFF , Cohoes.
MRS. JAMES L TAYLOR , Cohoes.
MISS WINNIE CRAVEN , Cohoes.
JAMES LINSE , Cohoes.
MRS ELLEN SHAW , Cohoes.
JOHN TIMMINS , Cohoea.
The Injured are-
Isaac Shaw , Cohoea , skull fractured
George Ankers , Cohoes , Injured Intel-
nalty.
John W Sutcltff , Cohoes , head cut and
ribs broken.
Miss Lizzie McElroy , Cohoes , leg broken ,
Mrs Llzennesse , Cohoes , collarbone frac
tured and several ribs broken. A baby In
her arms waa crush&l and will die.
Emma Devashlre , Cohoea , skull crushed.
Mrs James Templp , Lanslngburg , jaw
fractured and Injured Internally.
Mrs. Ira Dewey , Cohoes , head crushed.
The cars from Lanslngburg were crowded
with passengers returning from a Labor
day picnic at Renssalaer park. The crossIng -
Ing where the accident occurred Is at a
grade. The tracks of the street line tun
at a grade from the bridge to the point
where the disaster took place The motorman -
torman evidently saw the train approaching
as he reached the track and opened his
controller , but in vain With a crash that
was heard for blocks the engine struck Into
the lighter vehicle.
The effect of the collision waa horrlbfe.
The motor car parted In two. both sec
tions being hurled into the air In splin
ters The maas of humanity for the car
waa crowded to overflowing was torn and
mangled Those In the front of the car
met with the worst fate The force of the
collision was thcie expended to the greatest
degree nnd < jvery person In that section of
the car was killed The scene was horri
ble. Bodies had been hurled Into the air
and their headless and limbless trunks were
found in some cases fifty feet from the
. tracks.
The pilot of the engine was smashed and
amid Ha wreckage were the maimed corpses
of two women The passengers of the train
suffered no injury except a violent shork
The majority of the passengers of the tioi-
ley car were young people and Included
mnny women. Headless women with gay
summer dresses bathed In their own and
the blood of others , limbs without trunks
or any means of identifying to whom they
belonged , women's and men's heads with
crushed and distorted features ; bodies
crushed and flattened these sights consti
tuted a spectacle most horrible to behold.
The railroad train immediately after the
accident proceeded to Troy The engineer
stated that he did not see the cjy until he
was upon it.
In ten minutes fully one-half the popula
tion of the city was surging about the scene
in an effort to see if relatives were among
the unfortunates.
The injured were 'taken to the city hos
pital and to the Continental knitting mill ,
the former not having sufficient ambulance
service to care for them all The corpses
were placed In boxes and taken to a neigh
boring mill shed
ALABAMA IS QUARANTINED
Mint Out AH Comer * from New Or-
leant 1'iitll iixplclono CIIMCI
Are 1'iiiMcd t poll.
MOBILE. Ala , Sept 5 The Mobile Board
of Health today advised that the state ol
Alabama declare quarantine against persona
and baggage from New Orleans until the
suspicious cases in New Orleans are pro
nounced upon. State Health Officer Sanders
advised Governor Johnson , who Is now here ,
to the same effect and the governor this
afternoon Issued a proclamation declaring
the quarantine as uggested.
NEW ORLEANS , Sept. 5 Dr Carter elI
I the Marino hospital service arrived today
from Franklin and went to see the twc
cases which Dr. Dun of Mississippi thoughl
were jellow fever He had no hesitation Ir
taying that one of the cases was by m
means yellow fever
The Mississippi towns along the gulf coasi
have refused to Join In the vigorous quar-
aitlne established by Mississippi and an-
I I nounco that they will maintain dayllgh
. 'communication ' with New Orleans.
t | LOUISVILLE. K > , Sept. 6. Following i ;
a recapitulation of yellow fever reports re
celv < ? d from the far south by the Associate !
Press tonight
Franklin , La. , has had a total of twelv <
cases and one death to date. There ar
cow five cases there
Orwood. Miss , reports three new cases
t o serious One suspicious case has beei
dlacoverfd at Water Valley
Two auspicious cases have been locate
seven miles from Meridian Misa , in a ;
almost Inaccessible locality Experts hav
been sent to investigate .
OVER A MILLION PRIZE MONE'
Large bum Which Will ( jo to Sailor
Muiirtaun Getn a baui ;
Fortune.
NEW YORK. Aug 5 A dispatch to th
Herald from Washington says At leas
$1.000,000 prize money will be distribute
among American sailors as a result of th
war with Spain More than half of thi
sum will be paid In accordance with tha
section of law providing for the payment t
a bounty for persons on board vessels c
war sunk In action It la estimated tha
the aggregate amount due the Asiatic flee
as a result of the destruction of the SpanU
force amounts to $137,500 which congrei
will be asked to appropriate during th
coming session. One-twentieth of thi
sum belongs to Rear Admiral Dewey a
commander-In-chlef and he will therefoi
be $9,375 $ richer than he was before tti
war Rear Admiral Sampson has realized
le
snug little fortune as a result of the wa
As commander-ln-cbut of tbe North A
Kintlc fleet he will get one-twentieth of
every prize taken In north Atlantic waters
and a twentieth of the head money allowed
for the vpsesls destroyed off Santiago and
Cuban ports. It Is estimated that he will
finally receive about $40.000 ns his share of
prize money.
OPINIONS ON DREYFUS CASE
Prominent frenchmen Voice Their
Idcaa of the 'Matter for
' Publication.
( Copj right , ISM , by Press Publishing Co. )
PARIS , Sent. 5 ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) I have been
able today to obtain the following state
ments on the Dreyfus affair Casltnir
Perler , ex-president , says "The matter
now being In the hands of the council of
state It la for tha ministers , and particu
larly the ministers of Justice and foreign
affairs , to decide whether there la a pre
sumption of Innocence and whether exterior
susceptibilities will be excited If a revision
takes place and Dreyfus Is condemned again
agitation ceases once for all. If the con
viction Is annulled the republic cannot suf
fer for having righted a wrong at all haz
ards. "
Brlsson , premier , says : "I have no per
sonal bias for or acalnst revision , but am
In the hands of the ministry and the min
istry Is In the hands of the country The
question , it cannot be denied , has ceased to
be individual and concerns Fn > nce. "
Esterhazy says j'l find myself telling
Journalists every day , and sometimes twice
a day , that I am no the writer of the bor
dereau. What more can they want' I
cannot prove It antf there is no need , as
Dreyfus is Judged by law to have written
It. I nm ruined In every way , but I will
be revenged. "
Trovlllot , minister for the colonies , though
very busy , said"It Is true Devil's island
Is under my department , but I have no
power to release Dreyfus or even modify
the conditions of his confinement , which Is
a matter of the minister of justice The
severity of these conditions is much ex
aggerated in all foreign countries "
Madame Dreyfus said : "I can hardly
dare think of the happiness which seems
at last to fall upon us , and after the ter
rible torture of these last four years I can
not help fearing It too good to be true.
I tremble lest the first ray of sunshine
Into the dark depths which have closed
around me so Ions should suddenly fade
away and leave things blacker than be
fore But , no , it cannot be. That would
be too horrible. My husband's Innocence
will be proclaimed , for he Is Innocent I
know It , feel It , swear It. But what can
ever atone to him for the horrible treat
ment he has had to endure there so far
from all of us whom he loved so much ?
How much I wish I could let him know
what is happening here But they will
not let my telegrams go through. "
ATTEMPT ON COL GOVAN'S LIFE
.No Ieel lon Ilcnched in Klnnc > 'K
Cane , According to fieneral
IJrecUInrldKe'n Ilciiort.
WASHINGTON' , Sept 5 In response tea
a request for information concerning the
reported attempt made by a private of the
First Mississippi volunteers upon the life
of Colonel Govau"f that regiment , General
Breckmrldge , In commK'ud ' at Chlckamauga
park , tonight wired thrfwar department as
follows
Private J. A Klnney , Company II of the
regiment , is alleged to have entered the
colonel's tent after he had retired for the
night , about 10 o'clock September 3 , nnd
with a loaded revolver violently threatened
the life of the colonel The srldier was ar
rested and caused much disorder in camp
The court met for the trial of Klnney at S
o'clock this morning The regiment will
leave for Lauderdale Springs on Thursday ,
possibly Wednesday
It la taken for granted by the War de
partment officials that the court had reached
no decision nt the time General Breckin-
ridge's dispatch was sent
SWINDLE SOLDIER'S FAMILY
Memher of Second Nchrail.a
that Some One lint lleen Ohtnlii-
liiK Mono } on UN Vooount.
WASHINGTON , Sept 5 E K Valentine ,
formerly sergcant-at-arms of the senate
has written a letter to Secretary Alger stat
ing that some time-ago the relatives of i
soldier belonging to the Second Nebraski
regiment received a letter saying that th <
soldier was sick and In want at Chicka
mauga nnd asking that money be sent t <
him.
him.Tho
The money was sent , but no reply wa1
received. A second Installment was sent b ;
registered letter , to which the soldier re
piled , saying' he did not understand wh ;
the money was sent him and had receive *
none previously He said he was well an <
had not been 111 and had not requested an ;
money. It Is thought some swindler wrot
the first letter
WENT TO SEE OMAHA'S SHOW
Ilefore XtnrtliiK , Hovve\cr , Depni ;
Trenxurer Mattliev .Supplied Hliu-
Hclf I.Ihcrallj "llti fund * .
CROOKSTO.V. Minn. , Sept. 5. Th
bondsmen of County Treasurer Beaudry to
day became aware of a shortage In the casl
necessary 'to balance the books of that of
fice The amount is believed to be abou
$6 000.
The shortage Is laid to Deputy Treasure
Joseph Matthews , who left early In July t
attend the Omaha exposition and has no
been heard from since
PHILIPPINES HARD TO HOLI
.SpnnUh ( Jovernor hnj * He Will : See
a ricct nnd an Army of
Mxt > Thousand.
XIADRID , Sept. 5 General Jaudems , a
Interim governor of the Philippine island ;
replying to the government s request fc
information as to tbe true situation of al
fairs in the archipelago , reports that I
assure re-establishment of Spanish sovei
eignty over the Islands would require
permanent army of 60,000 men , a fleet an
endless quantities of materials.
Third Will Ma > III > > eri Ice.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 5 No request ha
been received at the War department fo
the Immediate muster out of Colonel Bry
an's regiment , the Third Nebraska. H 1
also said that if buch a request was mad
It could not be compiled with , because th
quota for Nebraska to be mustered 01
f has been filled
Da the \Vn > to Havana.
NEW YORK. Sept. 0 The United StaU
cruiser Resolute , carrying the Cuban con
mission , passed out at quarantine at S. (
p. m , bound for Havana
Orv era Corn to Norfolk ,
ANNAPOLIS , Sept 5 Admiral Cerve
of the Spanish navy , accompanied by Lla
tci.ant Cervera , his son , left h're today f
Norfolk for the purpose of completing a
ranprements for the transportation to Sm
of the pnsontra now conttueU at Porlsmout
Ix H.
EGYPTIANS GOOD FIGHTERS
Do Pine Work in Battle with Dervishes at
Omdunnan.
MOW DOWN ENEMY WITH THEIR MAXIMS
People of the Ueicrt Plulit Tilth Dex-
lierntlon , hut Vre final ! } Van-
itiiliheil ! > } the Allied
f forces.
( Copyright , 1SOS. by Press Publishing Co )
LONDON , Sept. 6 ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The Eng
lish press publishes glowing accounts of
the capture of Omdurman , an operation car
ried out with brilliant generalship , and fine
courage and discipline on the part of the
rank and file.
The dervishes , for some strange reason ,
preferred to meet the Sirdar In the open
Instead of waiting for him at Omdurmun.
Their defeat therefore was even more com
plete than anticipated. The abandoned for
tifications of the town , though much In
jured by Anglo-Egyptian cannonading , still
formed useful entrenchments from behind
which heavy losses might have been In
flicted on the attacking force.
Quite early Friday moriing It was found
that the enemy meant to take the offensive
They advanced in the sunlight with a front
three or four miles long , flaunting many-
colored banners and shouting war cries.
They tried to envelop both IHnks of the
Sirdar , who was still partly entrenched u
the form of a great horseshoe , but the
movement was repulsed at 6 30 a. m. Their
design of rushing , according to their old
custom , was foiled They were staggered
by the massed lire of the Anglo-Egyptian
force , delivered without Intermission for a
quarter of an hour. Camefthorn Zereba
was charged by 12,000 dervishes , who ex
hibited pluck which compelled the admira
tion even of those most familiar with derv
ish brutalities. The enemy was simply
j mown down In batches by their Maxim
fireThe
The bravery of the dervishes' attack can
not be overstated The Hag men struggled
on to within a few hundred yards of the
British fighting line and mounted emirs
absolutely threw their lives away In the
bold charge After midday the enemy re
tired.
Stubborn flehtliiiv.
When the Sirdar had refreshed hla force
an advance waa ordered. The fight then be
came even more stubborn than In the fore
noon. The dervlahes had maased behind
rocks under the black standard of the Kha
lifa and seemed determined to make a su
preme effort to snatch a victory Some
14,000 or 1J.OOO came down on the Fellaheen
and Soudanese troops on the right. They
clearly thought this the weakest part of the
invading army , but the Sirdar's native
troops have learned to stand firm Assist
ance was , however , given them. By wheel
ing around the center and left and caught
under appalling fire three brigades and the
aitlllery of the dervishes received a blow
from which they never recovered. The
stubbornness of the Egyptian troops after
ward was a topic of general conversation
The courageous foe was again conspicuous In
the afternoon fighting , the dervishes deflantly
planting their standards and dying by them.
Time after time their dispersed , broken
masses were reformed and hurled against
the British line until they melted into units
and then ceased to exist The emirs would
dash forward , spurning death , to encourage
their followers Some almost reached the
British lines before they sank. The wounded
were even seen to turn in their death
agony and fire a parting shot After the
dense mass of dervishes had melted to com-
panlea and companies to driblets , they broke
and fled , leaving the field white with Jib-
bah-clad corpses , like meadow a dotted with
snowdrifts
Mnciilllecnt CharKe.
Chief among the Isolated incidents of the
battle was the great charge of the Twenty-
first lancers. Galloping down on a detached
body of the enemy they found the swords
men massed behind and were forced to
charge home against 2,000 men. They
hacked their way through the mass and kept
the dervish horde at bay by carbine and
magazine fire.
At no time during the fighting was the
result of the battle In doubt. Some of the
Egyptians at one point lost a gun , but had
no difficulty in retaking It. The Anglo-
Egyptian losses were fifty British and 3JO
Egyptians. The dervishes lost from 8,000
to 15,000 killed to say nothing of the
wounded. The strength of the dervish army-
was 35,000. It was w'ell drilled and largely
composed of veterans
The battle waa fought on a pebbly plain.
I The enemy missed his chance twice over ,
I flrst by not meeting the Sirdar behind the
fortifications and second when a fight in the
open was resolved on by not seizing a hill
on the Sirdar's left front.
The Sirdar and staff entered Omdurman at
f 4 o clock Friday afternoon , the Sirdar with
his chief of staff. General Rundle , Colonel
Wlngate , chief of Intelligence , and Statin
Pasha rode behind with two companies ol
Egyptians and Soudanese , who proudly car
ried with them the Khalifa's flag , a black
banner , which waa to lead hla troops tc
victory As they neared the palace- the people
ple living In houses outside the wall poured
out in large numbers to welcome the vic
tors with hoarse shouts
Passing through the long street they camf
to the wall Itself , a solid looking piece ol
rough masonry. There had been no neei
[ ! to employ forty pounders to effect a breach
An entry was found near the river and the
Sirdar rode Into Omdurman unopposed Thi
city seemed deserted save for women ant
some two score men who came forward t (
make submission and lay down their arma
f.xtraorcllnarj Mulit.
The Dally News war dispatch says : Prob
ably a more extraordinary sight was neve ;
beheld than the Sirdar's final march Inti
Omdurman with the beaten enemy movini
sullenly. For a greater part of the dlstan-i
r | the pace was hardly appreciable , slackenei
" ! by the continuous lire of our guns Thi
° I dervish spirit was broken. The/ made n
'
reply and as eoon as possible sought a screei
. in thb hills at Khor Shlmbat , three mile
north of Oradurman. The British brigade
halted to water The men had all born
with admirable fortitude the great fatigue
of the long fight , during which they
perforce covered a huge extent of ground
but though their spirit was as good as eve
many were badly exhausted I saw mane
Instances of officers carrying men's rllle
e
and men riding officers' horses
B
t The Sirdar with the whole Egyptlai
army , with the exception of the cavalr
and camel corps and horse batteries , v.h
were harassing the enemy's retreat , pushc
forward to Omdurman with howitzers an
gunboats stllf shelling. As we neared w
could see the effect of the heavy shells
The Mahdi's tomb was riddled with Bho
and the lofty cupola blown away.
Omdurman Is a huge city , covering a
Immense tract. A wide central street bi
sects the town , which everywhere else I
a bewildering maze of narrow Unea I
the very heart of the town Is the Khalifa
stronghold In Itself a big city enclose
with the famous wall. This la a wonderd
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loofhole nor aperture au > where save a well
guarded great gate on the river front.
llrltlMh IMiiK HoNlcd.
LONDON , Sept. 5 The w ar office received
this evening the following dispatch , dated
at Omdurman jesterday , from General Sir
Herbert Kitchener
' This morning the British and Egyptian
IHss were hoisted with due ceremony on the
walls of the palace In Khartoum.
All the British wounded have loft for
Abadla in baiges tow id by steamei j I Raw
the n before landing They were all doing
well anJ were comfortable
"The cavalry sent in pursuit of the
Khalifa was compelled to abandon the at
tempt , owing to the exhaustion of the
horses , but 1 have ordered camel squads to
continue the pursuit. "
CAIRO , Sept. 5 Advices from Omdurtnan
say the Anglo-Egyptian cavalry company
went in oursult of Khalifa Abdullah after
the fall of Omdurman and followed the pur
suit about thirty miles bejond the city. The
horses were completely e\hausted , having
been ridden forty-eight hours , during six
teen of which they had been engaged In
fighting The Khalifa has gone to Kordofan ,
to the southwest of Omdurman. General
Kitchener has organized Arab camel squaas
to follow him.
Yesterday the British and Egyptian
forces , with the Sirdar , participated In an
Imposing scene In memory of General Gor
don.
I LONDON , Sept G Dispatches from Om-
dutman relate that the newspaper corre-
spnndnit Howard , who was afterward killed ,
rode In the gallant charge of the Twenty-
first Lancers. These troops were scouting
I when they saw In the bush between 600 ami
TOO dervishes The Lancers charged thi
enemy and suddenly found themselves fact
to face with 2,000 swordsmen , being thus
outnumbered at least four to one. The der
vishes were hidden from view In a hollow
The Lancers charged through them , re
formed and charged back to recover theli
wounded , who wore being savagely slaugh
tered.
The official list gives the number of Brit
ish officers killed in the capture of Omdur
man as two , while thirteen were wounded
Of the men twenty-three were killed and
ninety-nine wounded. The loss sustained bj
the Egyptians was OJIlcera , one killed
eight wounded , men twenty killed , 221
wounded Colonel Rhodes , a brother of Cecil
Rhodes and correspondent of the Lender
Times , was severely wounded a bullet hav
ing struck him In the shoulder
IDEAS OF ENGLISH SURGEON
With liiNiilllclent Data at Hiind ll <
Tallin of Mortaltt ) In tuhaii
( Copyright , ISUS , by Prets Publishing Co
LONDON. Sept 5 ( New York World Ca
blegrara Special Telegram ) Sir Wllllan
MacCormac , president < ff the Royal Collegi
of Surgeons of England , surgeon to thi
prince ofales and one of the moat dls
tingulshed members of his profehslon It
Europe , who acted as surgeon to the Anglo
American Ambulance association In thi
Franco-German war , asked today nis opln
Ion concerning the causes of the high mor
tallty from illness among United State
trooos , said
"I tave only very vague Information 01
the subject , on which no medical mai
could give an opinion of the slightest value
except upon precise and exhaustive data
That the mortality is high Ms unfortunate ! ;
patent , especially when compared to th
mortality from Illness among our expedl
ttons to tropical countries. Hut our ex
perlence in that respect compares favorabl
with all other countries. France suffere
terrible mortality from illness In Mada
gascar , nothing , I fancy. In battle. Italj
too , had serious losses from the same caus
In Abyssinia. Now wo have sent expedl
lions to the west coast of Africa and ou
losses from Illness have been trifling "
"la the west coast of Africa more un
healthy than Cuba' "
"Of course It Is much more unhealthy
There Is no reason I can see why wit
proper precautions mortality from lllnes
among the United States troops In Cub
should have exceeded our mortality froi
such a cause on the west coast of Afrlc ;
Then again jou will have noticed that th
force operating under the Sirdar has or
Joyed remarkable Immunity from illness. "
( Ineen I.oulMc UIIH 11 licitlcxH Mull
COPENHAGEN , Sept. 5 Queen Louis
passed a restless night , but this morning 1
reported as being somewhat better. A
though her majesty has long suffered froi
a difficulty in breathing , she Kept up he
4ally drive until very recently.
flower beds In their anxiety to get a gllmp
of the executive. The carriage was force
to such a slow pace that a number of pei
sons were enabled to grasp the prealdmt
hand Leaving the park , follwed by cheei
| of the people , the president was taken to tl
North Jersey club
BAYARD SLIGHTLY RALLIE !
Heat fn -
on Himllilt to Ite
lln Tamil )
DEDHAM Vaa- , Sept 5 The condltic
of Hon Thomaa F Bayard was slight
Improved and for the first time for tuent ;
fcur hours ho win able to recognize tt
n I members of hU family The pbynlclai
i I state that the heat has a very Aeakenlr
s | effect on Mr Bayard anil ihat his -ondltli
; 1 undergoes a rapid change for the betti
7 33 soon & 3 the beat suka.des.
fRFFT Til Fill flIIFFN
ulVLH lllLlli VJuLL < Jl
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Peopla of Amsterdam Warmly Welcome
Their New Sovereign ,
CITY GAILY DECORATED FOR OCCASION
Cheering Thousands Line the Streets and D <
Homage to Royalty.
STATE ENTRY OF QUEEN WILHELMINA
She Rides in a Beautiful Carriage , Gift of
Her Ro < al Mother ,
SMILES ON HER AFFECTIONATE SUBJECTS
Whole HO rut * liiMlnet ultli I.lfc anil
Color Peculiar to tin- Lowland
Couutr > t nafTcclcd liraco n (
\OIIIIK Motmreli.
( Copyright , ISO' , by Press Publishing Co )
AMSTERDAM. Sept G ( New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The
coronation festivities opened today with the
state entry of Queen Wllhelmlna Into Am
sterdam from The Hague. She passed amid
an enthusiastic crowd from the Staat termi
nus to the palace , where she was received
by the commissary of the north of Holland ,
Burgomaster of Amsterdam Moges , nnd
other prominent functionaries of bt.ite. The
co.ioh In which the queen rode was a birth
day gift from the queen regent , richly em
bellished with royal crowns In relief. Its
panels are Ivory , the body supported on
salmon colored springs c' morocco. The
cushions are of whlto silk , bordered with
gold Instead of the box sent was n re
production of Canova's three graces , ilehlv
gilt , the central llguie carrying a royal
diadem and the othuis beaming wreaths of
oak leaves At the back of the carilige was
a cornucopia with ( loners nnd fruit , with
another group of gilt figures cat ry lug
bunches of lilacs. The wheels and lamps
are richly gilt. The coat of arms of tha
House of Orange Is down the front. Local
Dutch color was Imparted by every canal
on the route , lined with gully d.'coraled
barges packed with spectators.
There was nothing n.ore charming than
the unaffected grate of the queen , who ca
tered Into the proceedings with girlish
gaiety of heart. She not only bowed ineesj-
santly at her exuberantly affectionate sub
jects , but waved her handkerchief as sue
smiled on all sides. She was d.eised In
white , with n small toque , while her mother
wore heliotrope and seemed delighted with
the reception accorded her.
The whole scene was Instinct with life ,
color and movement , bells ringing , ian-
non booming , flags and banners waving
and the crowd shouting Itself hoarse with
laughter. The oriental tributary princes
formed a striking clement in the college ,
with their yellow features , dark uniforms ,
resembling that of the shah of Persia , with
blazing jewels.
A noteworthy feature In the streets was the
presence of representatives of the diamond
cutters , largely Jews and Roman Catholic
guilds , notwithstanding thit Holland is
ultra-protestant. The artillery , missive
structures in the square , were relieved by
festal adornments nnd formed an admirable
background to the animated spectacle The
sixteenth and nineteenth centuries seemed
to intermingle A fine spectacular effect
was produced by plkcmcn and musktteoM
of the period of William the Silent with
slashed , multi-colored doublets , shimmering
helments and breastplates , who performed
military evolutions In front of the palace
The queen entered the palace , but speedily
reappeared at a window over the main en
trance accompanied by her mother , again
bowing , smiling and waving her handker
chief , gracefully acknowledging the plaudits.
The moat striking episode was when the
people swarmed tumultuously Into the
square from all adjacent thoroughfares ,
shouting .mil singing the national anthem.
Again and again the queen presented her
self at the window , always waving her hand
kerchief Long after she finally disappeared
the multitude continued to throng the
square , cheering and singing In the wlldcbt
enthusiasm. U can be truly affirmed tint
nobody entered with more heartiness of
spirit Into the auspicious event than tha
' queen herself
I .The sky was overcast In the morning ,
1 but the sun burst out at procession time.
WYOMING HAS A HIGH TIME
Second Annual frontier Daj Celebra
tion llrliiK * HlK CrondH to
Che > enne.
CHEYENNE , Wjo. Sept. B. ( Special
T leg-am ) Wyoming's second annual
frontier day celebration opened today with
a grand parade , In which Buffalo Bill's
Wild West show participated. Excursion
M-alns running Into the city for the last two
days have brought in Immense crowds that
thronged the city and made the occasion
n brilliant success. The parade was u mile
in length , with six bands of music , and
was made up. of the pioneers' emigrant
train , bands of Indians ftom the Shoshone ,
Arapahoe and Sioux tribes , cowboys and
elegant floats , including a magnificent one
from the .Mountain and Plain festival of
j Denver. An old overland stage In the pro-
I cession carried the frontier duy committee
| and the old pioneers of Wyoming and the
' west.
| Governor Richards and Colonel W. F.
i Cody headed the parade In the afteinoon
the first portion of the frontier day pro
gram waa put on at the fair grounds be
fore a concourse of from 8,000 to 10 000
people. This included wifd west sports , In
dian dances and races , a stage coach hold
up , attacks by Indians and rescue by cow
boys , a frontier wedding , roping of steers.
wild horae and novelty rnce-H and other
events of an exciting nature.
Cheyenne never saw BO many people
within Ha borders before. Tomorrow's
events Include a parade , basket picnic of
pioneers and citizens In the city park In
the forenoon and a program of frontier
srorts at the fair grounds In the after
noon
BARBER'S LOVE IS TRAGIC
In Death Onl > , hilt Not In Life U lie
to Ike I'ni-ted from III *
Inamorata. ,
KANSAS CITY , Sept. 5 Belle McElheny.
a 17-year-old girl who came here from Si
Louis three weeks ago with Prank Llnder
man , a barber. 2i ! years of age , was shot and
killed by Linderman tonight In n Grand
avenue lodging house The murderer then
turned the weapon upon himself end la lying
le at the city hospital from a wound In hn
is | breast The tragedy occurred a tier tbe girl
g , had detlured 1-er intention to leave Llndcr-
n roan The murdeted girls mother lives at
.T 611 South fourth Mreit Si Lou's Liadtr-
j man 3 parents also live in Si Louis.