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I * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. fe * ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER 1J > , 1808 TWELVE PAG-ES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COLLIDE IN THE FOG & < r Four Trains Oraah Together Near Moscow la , , Injuring Twenty People , ONE DEAD AND ANOTHER FATALLY HURT Freight , FtMenger , Extra and Wrecking Train All in the Mixnp. SIGNALS ARE OBSCURED BY THICK FOG Brakeman Donahue Between the Oars When the Crash Oame , TRACK CLEARED AFTER FIVE HOURS' D7LAY Engineer of Wcithonnd Freight Un able to Tell When lie Had Ilcached Bfoicow , Where the Extra Wn to Pain Illn Train. DBS MOINES , Nov. 18. ( Special Tele gram. ) Because of the extrcmery heavy fogs which covered tbo eastern part of Iowa today , four trains wcro mixed up In a wreck near Moscow. A brakeman was killed and about twenty persons Injured , some seriously and others only slightly. A Dav enport dispatch gives the following casual ties : The dead : JOHN DONAHUE , brakeman , home at Davenport. Injured : John Nlghswanger of Davenport , fireman ot the fast mall , who may dlo. William Mclntyro , leg broken. Frank Anken , leg and arm broken and a dozen others were injured. Marshall Miller , brakeman , leg broken In the flrst accident , Davonport. Train No. 99 , a freight , was coming west and bed order * to met an extra freight at Moscow. The extra freight was at Moscow , but the fog wa # so ne-avy that the onglneci of the westbound freight did not know hi vas reaching the place where the extro was waiting. He soon discovered that lit was nearlng the place , but bcforo the train could be stopped tt had collided with the extra. Brakeman Donahue was on top ol the cars of freight No. 09 and had com menced to climb down between the can on nearlng Moscow , to turn the switch which the train abould have stopped foi when the wreck occurred and ho was 'crushed between the cars. The cnslne and flvo cars of the west bound freight wore ditched and the englm nnd thrf ' , cars of the extra suffered a like fate. Engineer Hlbbard fNo. | . .99 waf slightly Injured. Other trainmen on thcw trains nro aald tp bo tnore or , less Injured , The wreck occurret ) at 7.a5 a. m. / wrecking train had been made up at Wlltoi Junction and was just pulling onto thi main track In the yards there to go to thi icd | , ) of the wreck when the lr it mail 'coniinb from the east , tore Into ite caboose Because ot the fos the engineer of the faa ' \ nt"Wilton aHtiraUKou3l5golnil * ; a"ix . ate rat&of ifcVed he Knocked thecwro . . 'train 'caboose from thotrack. . The con- tlurtor ot the wrecking train and about t dozen men In the cnboope were Injured. Tin fast malt was not wrecked , but Its flremai was badlj ; Injured. Train No. 99 was sali to'be going at a slow rate ot speed when 1 collided with the extra. The tratk at Moscow was cleared a 12:37. : HAWAII BUYS OF THE STATE ! * OverThree-Konrth * of the Import of .the InliuulM Come from Till * Country. WASHINGTON , Nov. 18. The State de partment has published a report of th Urltlsh foreign office In regard to the com mcrce of IIJ ah tn 18U7 , from which tt ar peats tliat of tbo total Imports of ( he Is land ) the United States contributed 76.9 pc cent , Gloat Britain , Canada and the colonle together Jl.kb per cent , the balance beln clliiirlbuteo about equally between German ] China , Jipar and other countries. Of tlii1 exports , 99.62 per cent went t the United States , sugar representing S per cent of the total. Apart from sugar th chief articles of export were rice , hldei aklns , wool , coffee and fruits. The vafuo of the Imports Into Hawa In 1897 was { 8,871,041 , an Increase ot 1 679,877 over 1896 ; and the value of the e > ports Is $16.0S1,30. > , a gain of jr-08,428. The Increase In Imports WAS especial ! marked In the case of provision ? , wcarln apparel , ' hardware , agricultural Implement nnd machinery.Tbe Increase In exports wt duo mainly to an Increased output of suga ell of which went to tha United States. It also appears from the report that 1 cotton goods tbe United States already hi a largo proportion of the trade and a mi ropoly of boots and shoes , felt bats and tt better class ot straw bat * . "The sugar Industry of the Islands , " ea ; 'tho rr.jrt , "prospered tn 1897 , all ot tt plantations paying dividends. Intclllgci systems of cultivation are In vogue. An a oclatlon of sugar paraters has been forme and It has established a laboratory and e : porlmontal stations , from which much bet cllt hr.a been received. The cultivation i coffee Is extending , but up to the presei time no large estates have been opened , tl area planted being made up ot a nutnbi of small holdings. In addition , there Is fair area of what ls known ns wild c ftc-i that Is , coffee which baa not been sclcntlfi ally planted or subjected to the mqro a ; proved methods of pruning , etc. , but whlc ha been allowed to grow almost entire wild. The export of coffee In 1897 was 337 158 pounds , or nearly double that of 1896 , MAKING A PLACE FOIl GRADUATE .Secretary WIUou Would Utilise A r IV cultural College Htndcnt * . I * ' WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. Secretary Wl son of tbe Department of Agriculture b > llovcs that the graduates of the agrlcultur college * maintained by appropriating i congress should have nn opportunity 11 b como of some practical aid to the sov < ri tnent subsequent to their educational cour at Its expense. For this purpose bo b lloves that tbe best talent sb ud | be Blvi n opportunity , through the Civil Servl commission , to take examinations for woi in the Department of Agriculture a . Wasl 4ngton , their pay to be reasonable at enough to live on , but not large. He thinks that several of theic gradual might be assigned to the department , ne appointees taking tbe places of those secu lug more Important positions In the great Institutions of learning , or In the xter menUl colleges as practical teachers. U probable he will have ronuthtng to si fe about tbe matter In Ms annual report , Formulate Plum for Work. WASHINGTON , Nov. 18. The subcot mlttcvs of the Industrial commission we discussing and formulating plans for wo oday. A general syllabus has been pre- ared , covering a series of general toplca nd questions to be submitted to employers nd employee , which Is designed for these so of the four subcommittees , with such mendatlons as each may decide upon to over the special branch of the Investlga- Ion which it has In charge. This general yllabus will bo submitted to the full commission - mission tomorrow. PORTO RICO ON THE CARPET 'oliluct Inquire * Whether Aliened Ulnorder Bslnt * In that Inland. WASHINGTON , Nov. IS. The cabinet Bslon today was devoted to a largo ex- ent to consideration of complaints that a\o reached the War department that a tate of practical anarchy prevails \rf \ Porto llco. These complaints asserted that the awless elements In Porto Rico ore com mitting depredations of the gravest charac- er and that the seriousness ot the sltu- tlon is increased by reason of ttie fact hat United States troops stationed in the aland likewise have been guilty of gross misconduct. The cabinet took cognizance f the reports and -adjournment Secre tary Alger at the Instance of the presl- ent cabled General Brooke , Inquiring as o the accuracy of the complaints. . During the mee'lng It was learned that long dispatch from the American peace ommlslsoners nt Paris was in process of ranslatlon at the State department. It Is athered from the few paragraphs so tor eclphercd that the dispatch relates en- Ircly to the presentation of the Spanish aso made on Wednesday last , and con tains neither now nor sensational facts. The question of opening a port on the western or southwestern coast of Cuba woa Iso under discussion. It appears from In- ormation just received that there are ap- iroxlmately 30,000 Spanish troops near Clen- 'ucgos , which It was Intended to occupy Irst , and this fact may necessitate the so- e-ctlon of another port. Clenfuegos was re garded as a particutarly deslrablo port at rom It n large part of the Island could be cached by I all. The Spaniards , It Reems art disposed to cxacuato Havana earlier than ivas expected , but It Is said to be probablt .hat Clenfuegos will be one ol the last of the arge towns they Intend to leave. The most serious allegations are ngainsl brigands and lawless elements in tht smaller towns away from the coast. It Is said that taking advantage of the unsettled state of the country , due to the transfer ol .he government from Spain to the United States , bands of men have organized for rob- > ery nnd raplno. burning houses and plan- atlons and levying tribute upon the peopU \\herever possible. In one case It Is said hat they made a raid on a small town ol about 15,000 Inhabitants , fifteen mllss from ho nearest troops , nnd burned nnd de stroyed property of considerable value. General Broke at San Juan has been In structed to use the full strength of tbe mill- .ary foices at his command for tbe miipns slon of rioting and the restoration of pence and order In the land. SPANIARDS SQUIRM IN VAIN America * * Final Claim * Will Not Vnrj from Thee Advanced at Firt. , * "T"- ' < v ifc.Vv > < " WASHINGTON , Nnv7 18. Tn9vtwcr neu points laid down by the Spanish peace com- nlssloucrs In the answer presented by then at Wednesday's session of the Joint com < mission will not be permitted to change tni attitude of the United States commiss.oncrs These points were In substance that thi Spaniards could not permit any question ti be raised as to the authority of the Spanlsl government to pledge the resources of thi Philippines to meet a loan , and that the ; could not permit an accounting of th method In which the proceds of this loai had been extendeil. There was reason to believe that th Spanish purpose Is to conceal encrmou.s de falcatlons by the Spanish officials who hav governed the Philippines since the Issue o the loan. The ostensible purpose Is to b able to plead Inability to state what 'th 'pacific expenditures" have been on accoun of the Philippines , which was all that th United States proposed to reimburse then for. for.Our government , however , In antlelpatlo ; of some such evasive dealings , has prc pared the American commissioners with In structlons which exactly meet this cas < They know approximately just about tb value of the Improvements In the Philip pines , having ascertained thin from prlvat but thoroughly reliable sources. Knowln this , they can afford to Ignore entirely th efforts of the Spaniards to becl ud tbe fact and will adopt the simple expedient C preferring a lump sum , as many mllllo dollars as Is deemed fair and just to tende for the Spanish properties , requiring an . rderlng no statement or calculation as bJls. This will avoid the danger ot c lou wrangle over complex statements of flgarc and tbe Issue will bo made with perfec slearness. U Is believed the Spanish commissioner finally will accept this offer , though It I expected that once the commission reach' ' the point of naming t > ums of money and ha left behind It all of the Irrelevant discus sion touching sovereignty the Spanish com raissloners may make an effort to secure larger allowance than the president ha sanctioned. Judging , however , by tbo con luct ot the American commissioners up t this point , there will be little latitude a ] lowed the Spaniards In this matter and It I believed that they have come to appreclat the fact that the American proposition I In the end just what It was ai the beglnnln ind that American diplomacy Is straight forward at all points. WAR SHIPS PREPARE FOR SE Topeka I * Ordered to Havana au Puiither Will Go tn Porto lllco. PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 18. It was r < ported at League Island yard today thi orders had been received from Washlngtc this morning directing the cruiser TopeV to leave for Havana tomorrow. It was also stated that tbe auxtllai irulser Panther will bo ordered to Pori Rico within , a few days. It U being toadc with supplies and will take a crow fro ; the receiving ship Rlchm ud as soon i officers are detached to command It. Work Is being pushed on the water bo ; Aretbusa , whlcji has been ordered to Man ! to join Admiral Deney , and it Is expects to sail In about a week. k natorN \ 111 thtCutom * Home. NEW YORK , Nov. 18. The subcommltti of the finance committee of the senate , con posed of Senator Olher M. Platt of Connect cut and Senator J. K. Jones cf Arkansas , ai pointed , to Investigate the workings in tl system of collecting customs duties and tl appraisement of merchandise , made Its sei end visit to the public stores today. Fraternal Conirre * * Adjourn * . BALTIMORE , Nov. 18. The national fr tcrnal congress , \\hlch has been tn sessli hero since Tuesday , adjourned this afterno < to meet next year In Chicago. The lima meeting was changed from the third Tuesdi of November to the fourth Tuesday of Ai * i gust JUMP INTO JAWS OF DEATH Eleven Section Men An Mowed Down by t Passenger Tram , FOUR OTHERS ARE SERIOUSLY INJUREC Smoke and FOB Ohncure Paining Train * and In Getting Away front One They Encounter Another. NEW YORK , Nov. 18. In the gloom ol moke , storm and fog that darkened the ralli f the Pennsylvania railroad this mornln ; otween Jersey City and Harrison a belitec uburban train dashed Into a gang of work < nen , killing eleven and Injuring four. Flvi then ) had remarkable escapes. AU thi Ictlms lived In Jersey City. They were : Dead : FRANK BODOSKI. aged 48. GUISBPPI COLASUUDO , aged 31. single THOMAS DOHERTV. aged 47 , single. THOMAS FL-ANNAOAN , single. JOSEPH FAGGEA , aged 48 , single. MICHAEL LAWLESS , aged 34 , single NICOLA LUCCI , aged S4 , single. FRANK LUDOWSKI , aged 21. single. ANGELO PUGOO , aged 25 , single. FRANK SLUMISKY , aged 30. GUISEPPI STINZIANO , aged 23 , single. Injured : Lawrence Hoffman , went home. Michael Miller , went home. Frank Swanzkowskl , St. Francis hospital will die. John Wangdon. St. Francis hospital. The accident happened about two and ; "ialf miles west of Jersey City , Just beynm .ho Hackensack river bridge. At that.poln hero are four tracks , two devoted to pa"srn jer and two to freight traffic. A't the nortl \ro the shops and tracks of the Delaware jackawanna & Western railroad. Foreman QuLrk took out a gang of nine ecn men at § a. m. to repair track No. 4 , th vestbound freight track , at that place. Qulr ! saw that the fog might mean danger , so h > jnt ahead two men. Lawless and Dohortj o give warning of approaching trains. Law ess was to go west and Doherty east an rover all the tracks. They were to shou warnings at the approach of a train. Jniiipi-d Into Death' * Traek. The passenger tracks were kept busy wit' ncomlng suburban trains and tbe smok and steam from these trains helped to mak he atmosphere moro dense. Suddcnf ab'out 8:30 : there was a shout from Lawlesi who was the advance guard of the gani 'Train on No. 3 , " he cried. It was an east bound freight train that came along slowlj caving behind It a heavy pall of smoke. Tbo men , who were scattered along th rack , Jumped out of the way. Almost a ! of them Jumped over to track No. 1 th castbound passenger track. The beav smoke enveloped them and the men , man of them new hands on tbe road , shlvere with fright , for they could not see an could scarcely hear the approaching train that followed the freight. Lawless ha lumped across to track No. 1 , keeping sharp lookout. Suddenly there was rumbo , ! of wheel and the shriek of a. whistle.The Mltlstqn ' local , delayed , by log , w'siB''Jpftilnp the rate ot forty miles an iiour. was struck and thrown thirty feet mangled and bleeding. On went the trail Engineer Van Nostrand had scarcely noliu \ the man's body flying through the air uhe tbe engine struck Doherty , then It pinughc Into the mass of cowering nii > n wlio etoc huddfed together on the track. "It was an awful sight , " Bald the eng necr later ; "there was a mass ot logs an arms and heads ( lying through tlio air. was drenched with blood. I knew 'hi something terrible had happened in i put c the air brakes as hard as possible. "When the train came to a standstill t ) passengers rushed out. The track vj drenched In blood. Tbo meadows and tl track looked like a battfefield covered wll bodies. The shrieks of the dyir.rf drowm the cries of the horrlQed passengers. Worm fainted and men turned away In horror. "Of the nineteen men nine were dead ai six wounded. Some one telephoned quick to Jersey City. Some of U.o bodies , Btl writhing In mortal agony , wen placal < the train and taken to the city. Two ot tl rounded died on the way. A relief tra brought back the others. " TRAINMEN IX TOO 11IG A HURR Rear End Colllnlon Follow * and Tn Men Are Injured. BURLINGTON , N. J. , Nov. 18. Two pe eons were injured , an engine and passeng coach destroyed and a railroad static burned today by a rear-end collision b twecn two local passenger trains on tl Camden & Amboy railroad at Florenc near here. The Injured are : Joseph Smith , engineer , badly cut ai bruised. Harry Jones , conductor , Injured tntcrnall Doth men live In Hlghtstown , N. J. The first train had been ordered to wait Florence for the coming train , but owing carelessness or lack of time the brakemi of the waiting train did not flag the a preaching train until too late. The pa sengers escaped with a severe shaking up. One Killed and Three Wonnded. PRESCOTT , A. T. , Nov. 18. A fat wreck occurred today on the Santa F Phoenix & Prescott. An engine and caboo backing Into the town ran Into the W o : ers , throwing the train Into the dltc Watchman Hanks was pinned between t engine and tender and was killed. E glneer Clements , Fireman Retlly a Brakeman Mcrrltt were seriously lnjur Hnalnciiirn Are Injured. PUEBLO , Colo. , Nov. 19. Pnsbenger tra No. 11 , on the Denver & Rio Grande fro Denver , carrying coaches for the Mlssov Pacific , ran Into a freight train six mil north of Colorado Springs at 5:28 : this al ernonn. The engineer of the passenger a the fireman of the freight were slightly 1 Jured. MEMBERS SHOW LACK OF ZEA Methodlit * Feel that Church Should KiiKUKe In More Active Evangelisation. DETROIT , Nov. 18. Lack of genuine t terest of church members In city cvangeriz tlon was a complaint numerously beard t day during the opening business session the annual convention of tbe City Evangi Izatlon union ot the Methodist Eplscor. church. The faith and energy of workers city fields outside the churches , howcvi appeared undaunted and In come respects e couraglng progress waa shown. Rev. Frank Mason North , D. D. , repr seutlng New York , stated that ha bad be Invited thl year for the flrst time to pre c this work from three leading pulpits of Ni York. Brooklyn reported that the rank a file of the church failed to contribute gene ously and Washington noted tack of enth slasm , due largely to the pastors ai churches , perhaps , because they had unde taken too much. Nearly all the principal United Stat cities nnd Toronto wcro heard from. Horace Hitchcock ot Detroit , president ot tlio na tional union , In his annual address , de clared that the unchurched and unsaved masses will never come to church , The church must go to them. He asertcd that the churches must broaden In their thought and service. SEND A CABLE TO WASHINGTON American Comnil loner la Cnha Communicate at Length with the Home Government. HAVANA , Nov. 18. The Spanish evac uation commissioners today delivered to the American commisst ners a note covering In formation requested on points affecting the administration ot the Island. After its re ceipt Generals Wade and Butler and Ad miral Sampson held a private conference at the Hotel Trotcha. at the close of which a long cable message was vent' ' to Wash- ngton. The strictest reserve 4s maintained regarding its contents. Of late Havana has been almost overrun with Americans , who have arrived here quite without means of support , but In hopes 01 ; etttng lucrative employment -Scores of : hem are now begging cm the streets of the city. There Is really no inducement what ever for outsiders at present and begging will be the almost inevitable fate of nine- tenths of those who come hero In search of work. The Spanish transport Isla de Panay will sull torn trow for Spain with 600 sick troops on board and sixty members of the Guardla Civile , who recently arrived here from Manzanlllo , and 200 members of the local force. The dally papers publish references to General Wheeler's plans for educating Cubans In the United States. This evening the Hotel Trotcha Ic gaily Illuminated with Venetian lamps , the occa sion being a musical soiree following a banquet to General Butler. FUN LIKELY TO COST A LIFE Secret Society Ve * > a Strong Electric Current In It * Initiatory Ceremony. MOLING , I1F. . Nov. 18. Dr. , W. M. Sensi- baugh , a dentist of Port Byron , just east ol this city , In In a serious condition as a re sult of pranks played upon htm while being initiated In a fraternal Insurance lodge In that village. During the Initiatory cere monies he was blindfolded am } given several slight shocks from a live wire. The bandage over his eyes having become loosened , he sought to outwit those who were having fun at his expense by locating the wire and i at tempting to avoid It. One of the Initiating team , seeing the candidate was about tc evade tbe wire , gave him a little shove which unfortunately proved sufficient tc throw htm off hU balance , and he felr hand ! down upon the battery itself ? receiving i shock which rendered htm unconscious After working over htm for'two hours anc finally reviving him , It was discovered thai his right arm hung limp and loose and it this condition tt has remained ever since , f week ago the doctor was stricken with an at- fection of thopneumogaBtrie nerve. Slncelhet he baa kept up mainly through electrlca treatment. One of tbe attending physician : gaya that paralysis of the nerves 1 'threa ' ened , In which event Uje.Vtrufterer isaario ' ) * _ . . . T-H -r .tl'X * V < * tM.ft. CAN RAISE , REIN A MERCEDES Ship ! In Good Condition Rxeep Belnff Full ofVnler , and It May Block Channel. SANTIAGO , Nov. 18. Lieutenant Luclei Young of the Hist reports that It U prac tlcable to raise the former Spanish cruise Retna Mercedes , sunk on June 6 near th entrance of Santiago harbor during the en Easement between Admiral Sampson's wa ships and the Spanish marine and lam batteries. He found that 'It bad been sun ! by opening Its sea valves , that Its bottot tn other respects Is tn good condition an that by simply plugging the valves It cai j i be easily pumped dry and raised. Th , | hull Is now resting on the edge of the Chan nel bank with about 110 feet overhanging A southwest gale would roll dt Into th channel , effectively blocking the entranc to the harbor. / SIN OF A GALLANT SOLDIEI Hero of Sau Jnan Hnit Anvrer fo Crime Committed While Intoxicated. CHEYENNE , Nov. 18 , ( Special. ) Cor poral Scott ot the Twenty-fourth infantr yesterday confessed his guilt of the charg made against him ot shooting three of hi comrades In a brawl In this city Sunda night. Scott says In his confession that big fight was started in a resort here Sun day night and for a time It looked as It hal a dozen men would be killed , as a flerc fight with knives and razors was In progrrs : In an attempt to quell the disturbance h fired his gun , wounding three of the met The penalty for Scott's offense Is Imprison ment from one to fourteen years. He i one of the heroes ot San Juan and wa promoted for bravery at that fight. HI only excuse for his act U that be wa drunk and did not realize the danger c Indiscriminately using his gun. Scott wl be brought before the district court at II next sitting and sentenced. DO NOT APPEAR AGAINST QUA' Attachment * Are Ined for Tw Dank Cahler * for Contempt , of Court. dl l < PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 18. Before Judg Gordon , In the quarter sessions court tc day , District Attorney Graham asked ft n and was granted attachments for tbe ai 1 rest for contempt of court of Wllllai Montgomery , caihler of the Allegheny Ban of Plttsburg , and Steven B. Stone , caahlt of tbe Beaver Deposit bank of Beaver , Pa. In making the application Mr. Grahai said Montgomery nnd Stone had been sut poenaed to appear before the grand jut yesterday to testify in the caee of thegran jury against United States Senator Qua ; his son , Richard's. Quay , and ex-Treasure Haywood , who are charged with consplrac tn tbe misuse of state funds. Tbo subpoenas commanded tbe respondeni to produce certain books of their rcspecth banks before the grand jury , but they fallc to appear. Illlnol * Man I * Mnrdered. ALTON , 111. , Nov. 18. George S. Harrisoi a prominent resident of Upper Alton , wi murdered this evening one mile east > Upper Alton while returning from one of b farms. It is presumed a robbery was li tended and that the horse ran away when shot was fired. The horse ran home wl ! n Harrison's dead body In the buggy. Tl police have put bloodhounds on tt murderer's trail. Troop * Move to Macou. KNOXVILLB. Nov. 18. The Sixth Vli ginla left today for Macon , Go. , over tt Southern railway. The , return of Maj < General Bates Is considered to intimate th- not only the First brigade , but all of tl Second division remaining here , Is to be h eluded in tbe early movement to Cuba. ANSWER TO LAST PROPOSAL American Commissioners Will Treat witL Spain Again Monday , WILL SET A TIME LIMIT TO TALK IT OVER Spnnlh Equity In Philippine * Wit. lie Offoct hy the Valnc o ( Maine , War ttxpennc * and Com mercial Lee * > ( Copyright. K K , by Press Publishing Co. ) PARIS , Nov. 18. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) It Is almos certain that there will bo no meeting o. the Peace commissions tomorrow , cis ttu Americans are not ready with their nev , pioposltlons. It la expected here that tht Americans will reject the Spanish proposal for arbitration on tbo meaning of tin clauses In the protocol relating to the Phil ippines. The next joint meeting will IH held probably Monday. Tbo United States commissioners arc levotlng themselves today ns they ltd yesterday , to formulating their next ircscutatlon for the consideration of tin. Spanish commissioners. While the Amerl- 'ans are reticent as to their Intents , It maybe bo said without reserve that the occasion U near when the exact peace terms ac ceptable to the American commissioners will > e laid before the Spaniards with a time linlt for their acceptance. As previously In dicated the American commissioners will not Involve the United States In any obllga- ton to the creditors of Spain In any shape or form. In other words , the Americans will not guarantee any of the Spanish bonds , ven though Spain may have mortgaged aa security the revenues of 'territory to be akeu by the United Stated. As Bst forth In these dispatches the Jutted States may now balance Its war edger , debiting to Spain the value of the lattlcshlp Maine , the cost of the naval and military operations , the losses Incurred by American commerce and the future pension roll , etc. , while on the other side of the sheet may be placed Spain's equities In the Philippines. If a difference Is found to ex ist In favor of Spain , this amount In casli may be offered It by the American com missioners at the next Joint session here , What this balance may bo Is not definite ! } known , but it may be about $20,000,000. 01 possibly less. The Americans may also re quire until next Monday or Tuesday to pre pare the final presentation of their case. Quaint Game of Nation * . There were three official function : here yesterday afternoon and even Ing which aroused considerable Intercs among the American peace commissioners The first was the bestowal of the Orde of the Golden Fleece upon President Faun by , the queen regent of Spain through tQ1 president of the Spanish peace commission era , Senor Montero Rlos. The second wa a dinner Given by PresldcnUFaure to Seuo Montero Rlos and his fellow commissioners Finally , at 9 o'clock last night , Preslden Fauro received the American commissioner at the Blysee palace , where there was i comic opera entertainment In their honoi There is some surprise expressed amen ihc tncinfeers of tho-American colony "at th bestowal ot the decoration upon the Freno president at tbo hands ot the Spanish peac1 commission at this moment , and others ar asking themselves whether the entertainmen at the Elysee palace was to be regarded a a sort ot compensation to the Amerlcan ! ( whose sensibilities may have been wounde by the bestowal of a Spanish decoration upo M. Faure before the conclusion of the peac negotiations. ' ' DISCONTENT IN SPANISH ARHIP Peel * It Could Hiivc Tamed Tide a War Had It Ileen Given a Chance. LONDON , Nov. 18. The Madrid corre spondent of the Standard , whose dUpatc Is forwarded from tbo Spanish frontle : says : "Tho state of the army causes anxiety 1 political and official circled. It Is an ope secret that' officers of all ranks and th repatriated soldlfrs are dlsccntented , fin at the non-payment of arrears and then b cause they are profoundly mortified at th manner In which the war was conducts which prevented the army from getting much desired opportunity of coping wit the Americans , as they believed the arm would have turned the tide In Spain's favoi "Thus far the republicans have not RI tempted to tamper with the loyalty of th army , but the Carllsts arc positively trj Ing to do EO In Catalonia and Valencia They announce the Impending publlcatlo of a manifesto , chiefly addressed to the at tlllcry , declaring that Don Carlos no long < considers himself bound to show any cot alteration for the present dynasty and go\ crnraent , whoso ( shortcomings and erroi have Involved the loss of both territory nn h-'nor , "The Carllsts * threats are now so ope that all classes of newspapers denounce the propaganda. The Madrid press earcasticall advises the government not to allow Use again to be painfully surprised by the Car ! 1st rising , as Itwas by the Cuban and Phi Ipplnu rebellions. "General Weyler Is regarded "by Spania officers as tbo most powerful and popul ; among them. Ho seems Inclined to avol political intrigues and even shows a dlsp : sltlon to support Senor Sagasta and tt queen regent. Neither Marshal Campos n < General Polavlejo. enjoys equal prestige wll the army. " l.ASIB ATTACKS THIS GOVEHNMEN1 Nol y Scenci In the French Chninhc of Uciiutlt-H. PARIS , Nov. 18. There was a nolt scene In the Chamber of Deputies toil a during M. Basic's Interpellation of the pr < prscd government measures to maintain tt Inviolability of the contents of the packaf of secret documtnts In the Dreyfus cas which are understood to affect the nation ; defense. The premier , M. Dupuy , recalled the n cent ministerial statement on the subjcc adding that the Chamber could depend upc ' j the vigilance of the government In the ma1 I ter under debate , which ho moved be : u , Journed for a month , amid loud applaui 1 and protests from tbe extreme loft. M , Laslo vehemently attacked the goi ernment and tbe magistracy , which callc forth Indignant protests from the majrril of the House. He accused the governmei of failure to enforce respect for the nation honor ; but , amid a great tumult , M. Uupuy motion was adopted. WII.MA3I WILL , NOT GO TO VIK\XJ Tula Give * IlUe to Unmnr * of IIr frlendllne * * Tnnard Auntrlu. BERLIN , Nov. 18. The news that En perro William Is to return h me by a rounc about route without touching at Vienna i Berlin has created a sensation In politic ' circles , as It Is Interpreted as being a cot flrmatlon o * tbe recent Indications that tt relations between Germany and Austria a less friendly than they bavo been. Hl mafewty'B avoidance of Ilerlln ls suj posed to be due to bla displeasure at tl CONDITION OF THE WEATHER "orocnst for Nebraska Fair ; Westerly Winds. bandonment of the projected festal re- eptlon. The authorities at IS > tsdam , how- ver , nro preparing to give the cmprioi iid empress a brilliant welcome on their eturn to their home. Jl'AMSII PAI'IUIS ItUCatET UKLAY , They Irue ! the CoiiiiiilHNlonrrn to Ac cept the Tcriiin Ottered. MADRID , Nov. 18. Almost nil the papers eptecaiu the dilatory inocwiUnga at 1'iirls xpresslng their belief that the United t rites will decline arbitration and urging ho government to yield quickly , ulucu II H Impossible for Spain to renew the strug- Ic or to expect European assistance , nnd urthermoro because It would bo better tc case wasting money and to concentrate at- entlon upon Spain's domcattc affairs and ho restoration of Its finances. Reminder of 11 Friendly Vlftlt. OTTAWA , Out. , Nov. 18. A deputation ol cadlng citizens of Burlington , Vt. , has ar- Ivcd here and presented to the Forty-thlrt Ottawa battalion of Canadian mtlllta a beau Iful silk United States flag .as a couvcnlr ol he visit of the Forty-third to Burlington pi he Fourth of July fast. The presentatlor ook place before an assemblage of 2,000 per ons and the affair' partook ot a natlona character. AH the speakers referred to the rlendly feeling existing between the tw < countries. Government Employe * Appointed. WASHINGTON , Nov. 18. ( Special Tele gram. ) Follov/ng were appointed teacher n the Indian service : Lydla Boo of Dodge \eb. , nt Shf shone ( Wyo. ) agency , $600 Cato B. Ryan , Inman , Neb. , Chcyeuni liver ( S. D. ) agency , $600 ; Lena Ransom o Kansas , Pine Ridge ( S. D. ) agency , $540. Flora Hutehlns was today appointed post mistress at Table , Cutiter county , Nob. , vie : . Morgan , resigned. 1'nnnennpr Jnntpn Overboard. QUEENSTOWN , Nov. 18. The Cunari Incr Campania , Captain Walker , which let New York on November 12 for Liverpool , b ; way of this port , touched here at 9:30 : o'clocl this morning , and reported that a Swexlls ! steerage passenger named Mokartsen com mltud suicide by jumping overboard whll on the passage. fhlnme Kill Two Mlnnlonarlra. LONDON , Nov. 19. A dispatch to tb Dally Telegraph from Shanghai says Ro > Mr. Fleming , n missionary , nnd a natlv evangelist wcro murdered tn the recen attack by the rebels on the town of Kwl-Fi in the upper Yanntse-Kiang valley , when tb Catholic mission there was burned. Pope Approve * American Church. LONDON , Nov. 19. Tbo Rome com spondent of the Dally Chronlclp says : "A Important , poitlacal ; document IK about' ) appear expressing . .the pope's full upproba lion of tha democratic , and liberal tcHdenct * of the Catholic church in the .Unite States. " Prince Geurjie MtartB for Work. ATHENS , Nov. 18. Prince George i Greece , the high commissioner of tt powers In Crete , has arrived hero on h way to that Island. He received an ovs tloh from the Cretans hero and at th Piraeus , who surrounded his carriage at ] heartily cheered him. Information Carried to Dreyfu" . PARIS , Nov. 18. The governor of Freh ( Guiana has sent a dispatch to the colonl office hero saying that Alfred Dreyfus , tl former French officer undergoing tmprlsoi mcnt for life on Devil's island , has been li formed of tbo revision proceedings tn h case. OPERA COMPANY WILL COM Paxton A Bnrneii * Arrange to Ilrln International Orttnnlratlon to Omaha on a Guaranty. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 18.-MSpeclal Tel gram. ) Manager Lesberger of the Intern tlonal Grand Opera company , which h ; been virtually stranded here , signed a coi tract with Paxton & Burgess tonight to i to Omaha the flrst bait of next week und a guaranty. The exact terms are not a : nounccd , but Paxton & Burgess offered $1,4 this afternoon , and It Is thought this was a cepted. At the end of the regular cngageme here the company called on Omaha for $1,0 tn advance , which was refused , and the cot pany remained here instead of filling I scheduled engagement. Since then Paxton Burgess have been trying to make a de and they finally succeeded tonight. T company will play In Omaha Monday , Tue day and Wednesday nights , and Wedncsd matinee , disbanding there Wednesday nig unless further guaranty engagements are sight. MODERN METHODS IN HAVAN Bohher * Hold Up Street Car I Snnnrh * and Cicnpe with Money of Occupant * . HAVANA , Nov. 17. ( Via Key West , Fli Nov. IS. ) At midnight lust night a car i the line running from this city to Jes del Monte , a suburb , was held up by a goi of robbers , close to tbo Cristlna static Every passanger In the car was forced throw up his hands nnd the thieves thi took their valuables. After this work h been accomplished the car was allowed proceed on Its way. The place where t robbery trek ploco was a dark and d serted spot and well chosen for the crltr as no police were on duty there. ' 'oiiHtltntloiial Amendment Carrie ST. PAUL , Nov. 18. Four constitution amendments which wcrt inted on at the i jent elections in this state hava been cc rled , according to official returns so far J solved. The returns from thirty-seven cou UPC on tbo amendment to extend the fra chlso to women on school matters show majority of 9,871. The other nmendmei were : Requiring a majority of voters pros * to adopt a constitutional amendment , hoi rule for cities and for the establishment a read Cominlsalou. "nvei'enn of Orein Ven-ioln , Nov. 1 At , Philadelphia Sailed Nederland , i Antwerp. At Baltimore Sailed Mestla. for Olasgn At New York Failed Ocf-an , for Amsti dam. Arrived Patrla , from Hamburg. At Southampton Arrived FrleslauO , lr ; Antwerp. At Wovllle Sailed Furncsslo , for N York. At Genoa Sailed Ems , for New York. At Copenhagen Arrived Norge , fri Now York. At Lherpool Arrived Nomadic , fn New York. At Quecnstown Arrived Cymric , fn Now York for Liverpool ; Campnula , fn New York for LlverntxO. DFWITS FYF IS OPFN 1/lJHlJl J JJ1L < 1J vl lwl > 'inds ' the Insurgent * in Possession of the : Island of Ponay. .HO ALONE HOLDS OUT AGAINST THEM eaidents of that City Are Begging fet American Protection , EGROS ISLAND DECLARES INDEPENDENCE 'eople ' There Desire Thi Country for a Protectorate. HARLESTON AND CONCORD RECONNOITER tamlral Dcrrey Cable * llcicnrdliift thu Situation and IB Waiting fop Further Iu- _ ( ruction * . WASHINGTON , Nov. 18. News of a mixed character catno to Iho Navy depart ment today from Admiral Dewey , touching : he situation In the Philippines. The ad miral sent two of his war ships. the Charles- : on and the Concord , eomo time ago to tha southward of Manila to ascertain whether ihero was truth In reports that the Insur ants had expended their activities In that Irectlon. Today ho cabled aa follows : MANILA , Nov. IS. Secretary Navy. Washington : Charleston and Concord nr- Ivcd today from Illlo. Glass reports that he entire Island of Panay Is In possession ) f Insurgents except Illlo , which Is de- ended by 800 Spanish troops. All foreign Itlrens them beg for American protection. Fho Island of Negros has declared Inde- > cnucnco nnd desires American protectorate. Situation I * Critical. Glass Is the commander of the Charleston. io far nothing has been done by the admin istration toward curbing the Insurgents la Ihelr operations save verbal representations : rom the American commanders to Agul- naldo , In which It has been pointed out to him that It would be good policy. In vlow of the probability of the annexation of the Islands by the United States , to pursue a course that would not bo obnoxious to the United States. But the situation It now realized to be critical. So far as the Span iards are concerned , perhaps they can bo loft to take care of themselves , but the foreign residents at Illlo are differently re garded. The difficulty In the situation Is that with the best Intentions to Intervene to protect the Europeans and other foreigners , and to save the' city of Illlo , the second In Impor tance In the Philippine group , from loollnp , the United States forces appear to t > o stopped under the rules of war from mov ing from their positions. Such Is the con struction placed upon the clause In the protocol relating to 8 , umpeuslon of hos. tllltles. - / f - - < " The Immediate effect of this state 6f af fairs may bo to hasten action In the Paris conference , for It Is only by tticj tqrmlna- tlon'of ' that tribunal that the United States can come to the relief of the beleaguered ; , Spaniards In Illlo nnd at other points. , It Is said to be a fact , however , that a total disagreement at Paris may result In speu'dler action than If 'the commissioners agreed upon tbo main principles of the Phil ippine cession , for , In such case , several ad ditional sessions probably would bo re quired In order to arrange the details of the treaty. Early Action la Expected , , It Is now thought to bo certain that the commission , at u meeting next Monday or Tuesday , will do one of two things , I. o. , either agree to the cession of the Philip- pine's , or note a disagreement and dissolve the meeting for the administration Is not disposed to tolerate further delay and has so Instructed the United States commis sioners. The latter sent a long cablegram oday In cipher. The deciphering occupied the entire - tire official day , and meantime there were wild rumors touching the nature of Its con tents. As a matter of fact It was nothing moro than an extremely verbose statement of the Spanish side of the case relating to the Philippines. There was a renewal of the attempts to take Issue with the American contention as to the meaning of the protocol clause rela tive to the disposition of stue Philippines , and much quibbling accompanied by quota tions from French , Spanish and other Euro pean languages In tbo effort to demonstrate to Americans just what au English word might mean. The latter will take no notice of this kind of a nalr-bpllttlng plea , but at tomorrow's meeting will call on the Spanish commis sioners to make an answer to tbo American proposition to cede the Philippines , and al lowing until Monday or Tuesday for a final and responsive answer on tint point UEWEY WILL UMIO HIS DOING ! * . Will Italic Three of the VeeU II * Sunk In Manila Hay. WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. The United States navy will soon possess more than a sprinkling of foreign-built war slilpa. Ad miral Uewey lias Informed the Navy de partment that bo has contracted with a Hong Kong ( Inn of wreckers to ralso three of the "Spanish war vessels sunk In the battle of Manila last May day. The cost of raising the ships and putting them In thorough repair will be 1500,000. The vessels to bo raised are gunboats of largo typo nnd In the opinion of Chief ConHtructor Hlchborn they will be tbo best kind of craft for the protection * of the United States Interest * in the Philippines and along the Asiatic coast. They are the sister ships Isla do Cuba , Isla do Luion and Don Juan do Austria. Besides these veaHels there arc already In the United States navy the New Or leans , Albany , Topeka , Manley , B'mers , Alvarado , Leyto and Sandoval , all of for eign build , some captured and some pur chased , during the lant war. The work of raising the three Spanish vessels In Manila bay is to bo conducted under the supervision of Naval Constructor Cappa , who , In connection with another of ficer , has been complimented In the fol lowing Utter which Admiral Dewey baa transmitted to the Navy department : MANILA , Aug. 19. It gives me pleasure to bring to your nctlca , for such action as you may deem proper , the great assistance rendered ino during the cairpalrn endlm ? In th 9 capture of the city of Manila by Lieu tenant Brumby nnd .Naval Constructor Capps , U. 8. N. The clllclent co-opeiation of the fleet and the troops on shore waa largely due to tbo Intelligent arrangement made by Lieutenant Brumby with my chief ulgnul officer ; and to Mr. Capps I am serially Indebted for valuable assistance remlcieil the officer In charge of the o'fieo of m lltar ? Information of the Deportment c.f the Pacific. WESLEY MKIIUITT. This letter was addresitd to Admiral