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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY iMOHNJING , JULY 120 , ISO ! ) TWELVE 1'AG-KS. SINGLE COPY" liTVJH GENTS.
TTPf n TITP OAT IMlTnn
HELP HIE SOLDIERS
J _ Friends of First Eagiment Galled On for
& Aid for Their Dear Ones.
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CHEST PROTECTORS ARE BADLY NEEDED
Precautions Necessary to Ward Off Pneu
monia After the Troops Land ,
| * ARTICLES SHOULD BE FORWARDED AT ONCE
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Transport Hancock Delayed a Day or Two by
* Break in Machinery.
MUSTER OUT WILL TAKE THREE WEEKS
IteKlntciit Not I/IUely to llctnrn to Nc-
hranUa Ileforc the Littler I'nrt
n f Atucuftt or Flrnt of
Scptcnilier.
LINCOLN , July 25. ( Special. ) The mlll-
, tary authorities of the state are In receipt
ot several telegraphic communications from
Adjutant General Barry , who Is now In San
Francisco with Colonel Stark , awaiting the
return of the First regiment. From In
formation received at San Francisco It Is
learned that there Is some likelihood of nn
epidemic of pneumonia on board the Han
cock and steps have been taken by Adjutant
General Barry toward supplying the returnIng -
Ing soldiers with proper and suitable clothing
when they arrive. To this end he has re
quested friends and relatives of the soldiers
to send chest protectors and other articles
of clothing to bo delivered when the troops
arrive , which. It Is now expected , will not
too before the first of next month. The fol
* - lowing dispatch was received this afternoon
by Chief Clerk Ayers of the adjutant gen-
oral's office :
"SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , July 25. I. J.
'Ayors , Adjutant General's Office , Lincoln ,
Neb. : I recommend aud urge as a precau
tion against pneumonia that friends and
relatives of each soldier of the First regi
ment Nebraska volunteers send at once
by mall extra thick chest protectors , cut for
front and ( back. See physicians for details
of making them. The government does not
furnish these. The best medical authorities
hero endorse. Request the prens to give
publicity In best position In newspapers and
to call attention to the fact that town people
ple should notify those In the country. Rush
forward extract of orders relating to pro
motions In the First regiment.
"P. H. BARRY. Adjutant General. "
Official.
The transport Hancock has been delayed
a day or two on account of a ( break In the
machinery , which , though not serious , neces
sitated n atop for repairs. It Is estimated
hero that the regiment will not return to
.Nebraska until the latter part of August or
'the first part of September. The work of
. mustering out the troops will require about
three weeks time and possibly more.
Chief Clerk .Ayers this afternoon addressed
letters to the postmasters of each town rcp-
, resented , lpthe regiment requesting them
* to''Becur /thq publication - ot the dispatch
receivedfrom Adjutant General Barry. The
.letter sent out by Mr. Ayers closed with the
following :
"Too much camel be done for the care
and comfort of the ( boys who have fought
fa gallantly and bravely nnd who have not
only won for themselves the distinction of
being heroes , but have bestowed honor upon
the great state of Nebraska and this re
public , and found a warm place In the heart
of every law-abiding and liberty-loving
cltlscn. "
The parents of young Morrlscy , who was
captured with the Gllmore expedition at
Baler , P. I. , have been unable'to get a reply
to their numerous telegraphic Inquiries re
garding their son. and today the following
dispatch was sent to the War department :
"LINCOLN , July 25. George D. Melkle-
john , Assistant Secretary of War , Washing
ton , D. C. : Has the War department any In
formation of Morrlsey , reported missing with
the Gllmore expedition ? His mother Is
deeply distracted. Governor Poynter In
quired of you on the 20th Inst. , but received
no reply. Please answer Immediately.
"GILBERT , Lieutenant Governor. "
\ CUBANS ARE NOT SATISFIED
AVnnt Lulled Stntt-M to Millie Formal
Ileflnrntloii of lti > Intention
Toil aril the iNluiul.
HAVANA , July 25. A recent meeting of
th" veterans of the Cuban war of indopend-
( M.o IK causing considerable comment.
Muyla Rodriguez presided at the meeting , nt
which the organization declared Itself to bo
the only legal representative of the Cuban
revolution. A resolution was adopted de
manding that the United States make formal
declaration of Us Intentions and supposed
rights based upon the resolution passed by
congress In April , 1898. The Cuban census
commissioners recently appointed were criti
cised , the speakcm fcaylng that they were
mere nonentities and unknown men , In whose
uork the public would have no confidence ,
anil that a census so taken would bo unac
ceptable to the Cubans. General Andrade
uald the United States was fust sucking Cuba
dry.
Gtmlberto Gomez said If President Mc-
Klnley would not consider an appeal favora-
tile the Cubans knew what steps to take to
rid the Island of the heel of foreign Impo
sition.
Messrs. Collazo , Oualbcrto Gomez , Clsno-
TOS and Androdo were appointed a commit-
tro to present a memorial to the authorities
nt Washington. This committee , Is compscd
of men antagonistic to everything done by
the Americans here and who never fall to
utter and print Inflammatory remarks when
ever the opportunity offers regarding Cubans
holding olliee under the- United States , a leg-
Ing tint these officeholders do not represent
nnybody but a few fire-eaters who have been
now appointed to represent the Cuban
voter-ens.
The action of the meeting of Cuban veter-
tins Is regarded as affording confirmation ol
the belief that manifestos recently Issued
had behind thorn the support of a number
of former Cuban officers.
REJOICING AMONG CUBANS
Ceremonies of the FleMtn lie Snntlnui
tire Ohnerveil ami llnrnniln U
\VrlPOined to HI * Dutle * .
SANTIAGO , July 26. Tlie celebration o
the Klesta de Santiago began late last night
with the arrival from New Orleans of Mgr
TiancUco de Barnadu , the flrat Cuban arch
bishop appointed by the Vatican. Archbishop
Barnnda'H appointment IB considered an im
jiortant event In ecclesiastical circle * and
r was made the occasion of a patriotic demon
stration. Today and tomorrow all bushiest ,
\\lll be suspended.
Ono thousand Cubans uttlred in Spanish
unlformu cnmo from Laa Crucea today on a
tux and burgta nnd initiated the lauding o
the American navy. They paraded throurh
the city headed by bands of music. Thn
Cuban Inhabitants were crazy with delight ,
derisively crying "Viva Espana , " but the
residents were disgusted.
iistratlons occurred In front of
Cuban and American
eportcd to the
to bo one
of yellow
TRADE TREATYTS OPPOSED
French Journal llelleve * thnt the He-
clproelty Arrangement In Fatal
to French Intercut * .
PARIS , July 35. The Rcpubllque Fran-
calse , referring to the reciprocity treaty between - '
tween Prance and the United States nt
Washington yesterday , says :
"Washington dlnpatches announce the
consummation of the Franco-American
treaty. An enormous blunder against which
wo endeavored to put the government on
Its guard has then been consummated and
M. Miller and Delcasso have betrayed Flench
Industry nnd agriculture tn the United
Statca and In these two branches of our
national production ruins will bo heaped on
ruins. True , the treaty has not yet been
ratified and wo affirm that It will not bo
without dlscuoalon. Industrial and agricul
tural associations on every sldo are becom
ing agitated nnd manifold protests are be
ing made and when the Chamber reassem
bles the government will find Itself face to
face with an opposition formidably equipped
with arguments and which will energetic
ally lay bare the fatal consequences of the
cctivcntlon , whose cruelty betrays French
Intercuts. "
Satlnfaetlou nt WnnhliiKtnn.
WASHINGTON , July 25. The signing of
the Franco-American reciprocity treaty Is
accepted In official quarters , government and
diplomatic , as not only a desirable trade
arrangement , but also another evidence ot
the friendly political tics between the two
countries. Expressions to this effect were
exchanged during the latter da > of the
negotiations ibetween those highest In
authority on both sides , and It Is under- j I '
stood that President McKInley In partlcu- [ '
lar was desirous that there should bo no
failure In a negotiation which promised to
establish another friendly bond between the
countries. In a personal way , It Is regarded
as a noteworthy achievement of the French >
ambassador who , In hie comparatively brief
service hero has made a reciprocity agree- j
ment , a reciprocity treaty and has acted as
a peacemaker between the United Stated and
Spain.
The officials on both sides are refraining
rom any expressions of triumph over the
esults , as they sav each side has secured
n fair equivalent for what It has given and
hat the trade of both countries will ba
much benefited. The shipments of the
Jnlted States to France are considerably
more than those coming from France. Last
ear our exports to Franco exceeded 600-
00,000 francs , whllo the trade from Franco
amounted to about 250,000,000 francs. More
ban halt of this traffic will be Influenced
ly the rates established In the new treaty ,
n the case of the French shipments , goods
vorth 50,000,000 francs are on the free list ,
while another 50,000,000 francs of goods are
not Influenced by the treaty , leaving ship
ments valued at 150.000.000 francs , to be
directly affected by the now rates. The
alue of 'American goods affected would bo
even greater than this , owingo , , the larger
nmouut of American exports.
NOT ALLOWED TO RESIGN
'itt Heed Cannot Step Ont of III"
I'lnce le 11 ill ii j ? the Investiga
tion of CluirKUH.
WASHINGTON , July 25. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Friends of Agent Reed at Cheyenne
lllver , S. D. , have sounded the secretary of
the Interior to see If the resignation of that
official would bo accepted. Inspector Tinker ,
who Is making un investigation of nffaln ?
at the agency , has also communicated with
ho department asking If that official would
jo ( permitted to relinquish his commission.
Secretary Hitchcock has replied that under
no circumstances will Reed's resignation bo
accepted pending Investigation of charges
made against him.
W. B. Wampler was today appointed post
master nt St. Lawrence , Hand county , S. D.
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes today
gave out an abstract of a report of eighty-
eight national banks In Nebraska , exclusive
of Lincoln and Omaha , of their condition
June 30. A comparison with the report of
April H shows that loans and discounts ad
vanced from $14,076,350 to $1-1,387,565 ; cash
reserve from $1,094.484 to $1,272,922 ; gold
holdings from $601,527 to $682,232 , and total
resources from $24,377,152 to $28,004,353.
The Individual deposits Increased from $14-
039,044 to $16.640,291 and the average re
serve held from 29.17 to 40.23 per cent.
LANDS OPEN FOR PURCHASE
lleelxlou of Necretnry Hitchcock
CloncM the < 'nN Lake t'ontrovcrny
and Settler * y\\\y \ Heiaatll.
WASHINGTON , July 25. Secretary Hitch
cock today finally disposed of the Cans Lake
( Minn. ) controversy. He announced that tht >
government would sell In parcels the north
half of section 1C , which comprises nearly tbo
whole town of Cuss Lake. The COO or more
intruders are located chiefly on this half
section and on the northeastern part of sec
tion 16 , They -will have to remove from sec
tion 16 OH soon as possible ,
The decision of Secretary Hitchcock closes
the controversy over the proposed ejectment
of the Intruders from the Casa Lake Indian
reservation lands. Senator Nelson , who t > ub-
cquently left for Norway for the first time
since ho left the land ot Iil birth , was pres.
cut when the announcement was made and
exprvsned bis satisfaction. This makes the
lands open to all for purchnee.
Tim llnttleNhlim Alumni Flnlnheil.
WASHINGTON , July 25. The two big bat-
t > o ships KearsarKo and Kentucky nro now
so well alone toward completion that the
contractors have called for the eight-Inch
guns , as they are about ready to put on the
upper turrets and mount the guns therein.
It Is thought their first speed trial will oc
cur In September.
Flrnt ChllieHe Hreelve * 1'eiinloll.
WASHINGTON. July 25. Ah Yu of Shang
hai , China , landsman , who enlisted | n the
navy In 1884 and was formerly attached to
Dcwoy'8 flagiihlp Olympla , today was granted
a pension of $30 a month for lung trouble.
Ho has the distinction of being the first
Cblneeo pensioner of the government.
lleaily for 11U Vncntlnn ,
WASHINGTON , July 25. The president
leaves for Lake Champlaln at 3 o'clock to
morrow afternoon. Postmaster General and
Mrs. Smith , who were to have accompanied
the president , will not go with him , but will
join the presidential party later.
firuernl Wheeler Sail * for Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO , July 25. The United
States transport Tartar has sailed for Ma
nila with a portion ot the Nineteenth infan
try and a number of recruits for the army
In the Philippines. General Joe Wheeler
wan also on board. He Is under orders to
report to General Otis for duty.
NO OBLIGATION TO MEDDLE
American Delegates Insert Clause Defining
the Word "Duty , "
CONFERENCE IS SURPRISED AT ITS SUCCESS
AVIIIIant T. Steml Believe * thnt Ilc-
nttltn nt The HitRiic Mnrk
Stride for Clt Illrntlou nnil
Ilnninnlty.
TUB HAGUE , July 23. An arrangement
has been agreed to with regard to the objec
tion raised \ > y the American delegates to the
International Pence conference to the use of
the word "duty" In .Article xxvll of the gen
eral act , In a way that would Imply any obli
gation on the part of the United States to
Interfere In disputes between European gov
ernments and vice vorsa. The word "duty"
Is retained , but on the motion of the Amcrl- i
can delegation a definitive declaration Is Inserted - i
sorted that nothing In the arbitration con
vention shall Impose an obligation upon the j
United Statca to Interfere In European af
fairs or vlco versa. This arrancemcnt was
presented to the plenary conference this
attornoon. H has been decided that the va
rious conventions shall remain open for sig
nature by the several powers until December
31 , 1899.
At the plenary sitting of the confcreneo
In deference of Sir Julian Pauncefote , head
of the British delegation , and In order to
sccuro unanimity , the Danish delegates con
sented that the reference to the landing of
cables bo struck out of the list contained In
Article lilt of the convention on the laws of
wars.
Turkan Pasha , president of the Turkish
delegation , made formal adhesion to the
arbitration convention , on condition that
Tukey's recourse thereto bo purely optional.
It Is understood that about halt the powers ,
Including those formlnc the Drelbund , will
sign the arbitration Immediately.
The third committee met this afternoon
to hear the report on the arbitration
scheme urocosed by Chevalier Des Champs ,
the Belgian delegate , which the committee
approved and the plenary conference adopted
without modification.
The question -whether governments not
represented at the conference may , by ac-
ceptlng the terms of the arbitration board ,
secure the advantages thereof without first
obtaining the consent of all the signatory
powers , occasioned a long discussion. It is
said the Vatican has such a right and the
Transvaal has not. The conference arose
without deciding the question.
Views of IVUllnm T. Steiul.
THE HAGUE , July 25. "I have seen the
American delegates and they talked freely
about the conference , but refused to make a
statement about the results before the con
ference rises. The following , however , maybe
bo accepted as a fairly accurate summary
of the views they entertain :
"The conference achieved a great success ,
much greater than the delegates anticipated ,
and the result was achieved largely by the
amour propro of capable men from all parts
of the world , determined to accomplish
something worth their assembling together.
"The result surprised all of them and the
magnitude of the gains Is Imperfectly under
stood , even by tha conference. The estab
lishment of a permanentcourt'-of-arbltratUm
on the American principle of revision , plus
the French declaration of the duty of neu
trals to recommend disputing powers to re
sort to the aibllratlon court rather than to
war , represents vast progress In the revolu
tion of society.
The resolution to represent to disputants
he desirability of resorting to the arbltra-
lon court entails no obligations on tbo
Americans Incons'stent with their traditional
policy. This Is made absolutely clear by
: ho declaration signed by the American
delegation , read In full , at the conference to
day and entered on the records. .Mr. Low
was busily engaged today on the elabora
tion of the flnal act recording the work of
the conference. Mr. Hells has achieved a
position of Influence much greater than thnt
of many of the first delegates , nnd Captain
Crozlor Is much admired for his plucky fight
In support of his amendment to the Russian
resolution on the dumdum bullet.
nclcKiitcfi on Frlciio'ly TerniM.
The relations between the American and
other delegates , notably the English , Ger
man and Russian , have been extremely
trlendly. The Englishmen nnd Americans
acted throughout like a Joint delegation.
This was duo to no arrangement or direc
tion , but solely because both natlpns found
common ground of defense , common Inter
ests , civilization and humanity.
The only point on which the English dele
gates failed to support the Americans was
the resolution forbidding the capture of
private property at sea. To this the Eng
lish representatives were not opposed , but
British opinion being divided , the delegates
had no Instruction on the matter , and ab
stained from taking action.
After the arbitration convention 1 * signed
It will probably bo opened to the adhesion of
all other powers not represented at the con
ference on condition that no original signa
tory of the con\entlon object. This right
to blackball any power wishing to join the
convention was Insisted upon by Italy In
order to prevent the adhesion of the pope
and by England on account of the Transvaal.
It Is hoped that all the South American
states will come In.
It Is tha unanimous opinion of all the
American delegates that the conference be
gins a new epoch nnd the good seed now
sown will 'bear a rich harvest hereafter.
WILLIAM T. STDAD.
BAND CONCERT BY SAILORS
. \MHTlrnn founti ! nnil Other * Are Kn-
trrliiliUMl hy Uevrey on Hoard
the Olyinjilii.
TRIESTE , July 25. Admiral Dewey this
afternoon entertained Frederick W. Hcus-
ficld , the United States consul here , and a
number of other Americana at a concert
given on the Olympla by the ship's band.
Admiral Dewey did not leave the ship to
day. Ho will sail about August 1 for Na
ples.
KhTHIIIIA7.il' IJKTS SAFK CONDUCT.
Wanted to Tcullfy nt the Necnnil Trial
of nrcyfiiH ,
PARIS , July 25. General Pellleux , re
cently military governor of Paris , has been
appointed to the command of the Forty-
fourth brigade , located at Qulmper. Depart
ment of Finlstere.
Major Count Ferdinand Walsln Esterhazy
will receive a safe conduct to enable him to
testify before the court-martial at Itcnncs
for the re-trial of Captain Dreyfus.
At the meeting of the cabinet this morning
the minister of war , General do Galllfet , an
nounced that General de Allsteln had been
arpointed to the military command of Paris ,
vice General Pellleux. The minister of war
altio stated that Captain Vlllaneuve , who re
cently wrote n letter sympathizing with the
anti-Dreyfus Prof. Syveton , had been placed
under rigorous arrest for sixty days ,
It was announced that In pursuance of the
request of the government commissioner at
Ilennea trial luminous will be Ibeued to
compel the attendances of .Major Esterhazy on
the court-martial retrying Captnln Dreyfus.
The minister of foreign affairs , M. Del-
casse , announced the signing of the Franco-
American commercial treaty , France giving
a minimum tariff In exchange for favored
nation treatment.
BELIEVE KRUGER RESIGNED
l.ntcr Iniluccil to lleconnliler Xot In
Harmony wllh the
Volknrnnil ,
LONDON' , July 25. Reports regarding the
resignation of President Paul Kruger of the
South Africa republic are conflicting , but ac
cording to the best Information ho actually
resigned his office conditionally. The Volks-
rntul , while maintaining Its opposition to
President Kruger's views on the dynamite
concession , has given Ite assurance that It
still has the utmost confidence In President
Kruger and It Is believed that ho has with
drawn his resignation.
As to the difference of opinion on the
question of the dynamite concession , General
P. J. Joubcrt , vice president of the re
public , and the majority of the Volksrnml
favor cancellation of the monopoly , whllo
President Kruger supports It. The minority
of the Volksraad dcslrea 'to buy out the
company.
PRETORIA , July 25. Amicable relations
between the Vorksraad and President Krugor
have been restored. The conspiracy case
against ex-Drltlsh officers'has been with
drawn and the remaining prisoners were re
leased today.
CAPETOWN. July 25. It Is understood
that President Kruge-r has definitely aban
doned the Idea of resigning.
ATHLETES VISIT CAMBRIDGE
Yiile-llarvnrtl Tcnm linn RllntpNC of.
KiiKllxli Vnlvernlty llfc nml l.ntcr
Seen CI Capital ! . "
LONDON , July 25. The Yale-Harvard
Athlotlo team , with the exception of Fox ,
who has gone to tbo continent , visited Cam
bridge today , where It wad cordially wel
comed by the professors , fellows and grad
uates. C. A. Hunter , president oC the Cain-
bridge Athletic club , conducted the visitors
to all the points of interest , such as the
river Cam , the cricket fields , etc. St. John's
and Christ's colleges were visited before
luncheon , which was presided over by the
master of Trinity , Rev. Dr. Henry Montagu
Dutlcr.
The athletes later visited .King's college
chapel , after which a reception was given
th.em and they took tea w.lth Rev. J. A. Gray
of King's college. Tonight the team visited
the Lyric theater , -where Do Wolf Hopper Is
playing In "El Capltan , " and the Palace
music hall , where an excellent blograph of
the sports of lost Saturday was produced
The team will spend tomorrow on the upper
Thames river.
MONTREAL BANK FAILURE
Both Cnnhlcr nnil I'nyliiK Teller Arc
Defaulter * nnil Skip Short
age In About 958n ( > 0.
MONTREAL , July 25 , A great sensation
was caused hero today by the news that the
Villa Marie bank , ono ot the oldest Institu
tions In the city , bad suspended payment.
The cause assigned is a defalcation on the
part _ of the cashier , FV .1i iitioux , and J. It
Herbert'the pa'ying tellet' , both of whom
have disappeared. The amount of the ehort-
ago Is $58,000.
THE\m.VG TOWAHD SCTTLEME.VT.
Report * thnt Alnnknii Jloundnry 1)1-
piitc IM NviirliiKT n Solution.
LONDON , July 25. Despite disquieting
reports It Is believed at the British foreign
office that the Alaskan boundary dispute Is
trending toward a settlement. The United
States ambassador , Mr. Joseph H. Choate ,
today forwarded to Washington Important
detailed dispatches embodying Canada's po
sition "with " reference to the Lynn canal
strip. Sir Julian Pauncefoto's return , It Is
expected , will advance matters , owing to
his knowledge of both the American and
Canadian positions.
HitcM III DreyfiiN Trial.
RENNES , July 25. Among the seventy
witnesses summoned to testify before the
Dreyfus court-martial by the government
commissary are the following :
M. Caslmcr-Perler , ex-president of France ;
M , Cavalgnac , and General Billet , both
former ministers of war ; General Zurlln-
den , former military governor of Paris ;
General Chanoln , who succeeded General
Zurllnden ; General Roget , whose evidence
In the first trial of Captain Dreyfus has
been published In the Figaro ; General Bols-
deffre , formerly chief of the general staff ;
Colonel Plcquart , who was sentenced to bo
dismissed from the army for his champion
ship of Captain Dreyfus , Colonel Du Paty
de Clam , former member of the war office
staff ; Major Count Estorhazy ; M. Lebon ,
former minister of the colonies ; M. Hano-
taux , former prime minister ; M. Paleofogue ,
former attache of the foreign office ; iladamo
Henry , widow of the officer who was ac
cused of forging the Incriminating document
in the Dreyfus case , and Mile. Pays , e-
puted to be the mistress of Major Ester-
hazy.
llcntoreil.
LONDON , July 25. Truth says today : The
queen has bcon undergoing a course of treat
ment for ten weeks for her eyes , as advised
by Prof. Pagenhtccher of Welsbaden , and I
am rejoiced to say with the most BUfcensful
result. The queen's ejcslght la no lunger In
danger and an operation will be unnecessary.
Her majesty now wears powerful glasses of
unusually largo size and with the black
rims which were ordered by Prof. Pagen-
etcchcr. When she Is obliged to use artificial
light she preferu a shaded wax candle.
To Ulncliillne n French Ceiieral.
PARIS , July 25. U Is stated that the
ministry decided today to severely punish
a certain prominent g iernl of division who
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has Indulged repeatedly In remarks Inconi-1
patlblo with discipline. Definite announce
ment of the culprit and tbo punishment to
be meted out to him are expected ton ght.
The names of General Bolsdeffre and Gen
eral Zurllnden are freely bandied about In
this connection
Ice Aloni ; Labrador ConHt.
ST. JOHNS , N. F. , July 25. The mall
steamer Labrador , Captain Dawes , from tha
Labrador coast , arrived hero tonight. It re- j
ports an immense body of Ice along the
northern part of that coast , which will prob
ably seriously Impede the northern progress
of the Peary relief steamer Diana , which |
started on Friday lust. H Is expected here
that the unfavorably Ice conditions will pre
vent the ateamer from reaching a far north
ern latitude.
Firm Will KnrnUh RIIIIN.
LONDON , July 25. At the launching of
the British battleship Vengeance at Barrow-
In-Furness today Lieutenant Dawson an
nounced that Viclters , Sons & Maxim , lim
ited , had received an order from the United
States for a number of six-inch guns , which
were to be adopted for use by the American
navy.
Krt'tiuli llattlr hl | > In I.aunrlieil ,
BREST , Franco , July 25. The battleship
Suffren was launched hero today. It Is the.
largest ship In the French navy , being of
12,600 tons displacement.
WOMAN ALOiNE ON WILD TRAIL
tfrs. Bens of Kentucky Only Survivor of
Party of Seventeen ,
THEY STARTED FOR KOTZEBUE SOUND
Menincr Ilcrthn. Kntera Home 1'ort
from St. .Michael , Whore Hundreds
Arc Ilciitltute Miners Floe
front DnMiion City.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 25. The steamer
Bertha arrived this morning from St. Michael ,
via Unalaeka. with ninety-seven passengers
and about 11,000.000 In gold , $750,000 of which
s In charge of Purser Keyes. The largest
amount brought down by one person Is J75-
000. The purser says that there Is wealth In
ho Capo Nome district nnd declares that
hero Is no truth In the stories of failure to
1ml gold which have been published.
Details of the loss of the liens expedition
are told by passengers. Out of a party of
bovcnteen people who left Port Towns'cnd
Juno 11. 1898 , for Kotzobuo sound to pros
pect for gold only ono survives and that Is
'
Mrs. H. W. Bens of Clay CUv , Ky. For
.wolvo weeks she watched over her sick hus-
jnnd with no ono to aid her. and when ho
died she was left entirely nlono In the bleak
wilderness. After walking nine miles she
'oitnd n cabin In which three fishermen were
wintering. She became sick of scurvy , was
: endcrly cared for and finally reached St.
Michael and took passage for San Francisco
on the Bertha. She will go to Bay City ,
Mich. , where she has a mother , brother and
sister.
It was not until Mrs. Bens reached Nulato
on her way south that she heard that the
members of Uio party , which had been left
jchlnd on the steamer Blk , had all died dur-
ng the winter and spring from scurvy nnd
.hat all had been burled on a small Island ,
These unfortunates were as follows :
CAPTAIN SMITH.
FIRST MATE FRANK JOHNSON.
CARL PLUMMER , a young man from Port
Townsend.
JOHN MORRISON , Duluth.
PETER JOHNSON , Johnson house of
Seattle.
JAMES HUTTON.
E. COWDER , Day City , Mich.
DANIEL M'CALL of Illinois.
CAPTAIN HIBBARD AND SIX ME.N , from
the steamer Eckert.
Story of thi Survivor.
Mrs. Bens described her terrible experi
ence as follows :
"We arrived In Seattle In October , 1S97 ,
from the cast , and after building a little
boat named Elk No. 1 , started for Kotzebue ,
reaohliiE there July J4. 189S. We anchored
several miles up the Selewlck river. In
August Andrew Moore , Frank Bowen , An
drew Laird , Noble , nnd three others ,
went back , their prospecting having shown
little or nothing. Dr. Better of Trenton , N.
J. , then joined the party , and with the
others remained on the ship during the win
ter. Of their sad fate I have only
recently been told. Mr. Bens built a boat
and ho and I went some eighty miles up the
Tagragawlck river In search of gold. Hero
wo found seven men , Including Captain Hlb-
bard from the steamer Eckert. Wo erected
a cabin and Mr. Bens went back to the
Elk for provisions Ho" wits caught In'a
storm and for sixty hours was without food
and shelter. This led to the'sickness which
caused his death.
"Captain Hlbbard and his men Joined the
others on the Elk and I went with my hus
band to the Hoosli river , a tributary of the
Koyakuk. There wo pitched our tent and
thwo. after nearly throe months' suffering
from scurvy , Mr. Bens breathed his last. Ho
was burled by the. three fishermen whose
cabin 1 succeeded In reaching. They are
Charles Grant of Maine and Johnson and
Hanson of Seattle. They mode a rude bier
of furs and saplings and on It carved a
rude squat o and compass , a Maltese cross ,
and his initials , so tne remains might be
Identified If ever found. "
Of the gold brought from the Klondike on
the Bertha $500,000 belongs to the Alaska
Commercial company and over J200.000 Is
said to be In the hands of three fortunate
miners and speculators , S. M. Liggett , G. D.
'Mc-MIra ' and N. Mercler. Harry Smith of
Scnoro , Cal. , a brother-in-law of Clarence
Bciry , one of the first to make a big strike
at Dane n , Is said to have about $70,000.
Of the ninety-seven passengers only thirty-
five bring out more than a few hundred
dollars cash , whllo about twenty-five are
without a cent.
SufTrrliiK nt St. "Mloliaol.
Previous stories of privation nt St. Michael
are confirmed by the passengers , who say
there are hundreds If not thousands of
men there without beds or money to buy
food. The rush from Dawson , where labor
can now be obtained at the cheapest rates ,
tontlnucs and Is sure to add to the desti
tution of the coast ports.
The reports from Capo Nome are ex
tremely conflicting. The officers of the ,
Bertha , S. M. Liggett and several other min
ers say that the district IB even richer than
has been stated , but others declare that I
nothing of vnluo has yet developed. Dr.
Southwell of this city hoarded the vessel at
Tape Nome and presented many of the pas
sengers with valuable nuggets. W. R. Judson -
son of Los Angelco , Cal. , says It will take
$20,000 to work a 100-foot claim at Gold
Hill.
Hill.The
The steam schooner Alblan Is reported to
have sold an entire cargo of liquor at Capo
Nome In ono day , the prlcn ranging as high
au $7 a bottle for whisky and | G for beer.
The pettlement grew from n do/en tents tea
a city of several thousand people within a
few weeks. Thcro has been considerable dis
order nnd fifteen noldlers have been sent
from St. Michael to that point. All the
claims on the water front for two miles on
each bldo of Anvlllo City liavo been taken
up and the mountains back of the place are
staked off. There Is nothing left for new
comers , who must purchase claims from
those already on the ground ,
Itluli MrlU < * nt Aoino City.
SAN FRANCISCO , July 25. A correspond ,
ent of the Bulletin , writing from Nome City ,
Alaska , bays : "I have talked with Louis
Lane , tson of Charles D. Lane , of the lit lea
mine In California. Young f.ane came here
about four months ago and has had good lo
cations. He dbowcd me a bag of gold and
said that in fourteen dayu he had taken out
fifty-five pounds of gold $10,000 from claim
No. 9 , on Anvlf. That , too , without being |
down to bedrock. The claim adjoining hlai
la down to red dirt , below Ice , and as high
as $42 has been taken out from a single pan.
Claims are 1,320 by C60 feet , so that about
four claims run to the mlfe. Anvil creek Is
about eight miles In length , so thirty or forty
locations control the entire creek.
"Up to the preuent time probably 6,000
locations have been recorded In this district.
Many of them a majority , In fact were lo
cated by powers of attorney. These have and
are being jumped all over the district , the
miners not recognizing ( ho right to take up
claims In this manner.
AecoiiiiiIUhiacntN of Mrx. llt-n * .
BAY CITY , Mich , July 25. Mrs. Harmon
W. Bens , only survivor of the eteamer Elk
expedition , la12 years of age. Being fond
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of adventure she accompanied her husband
on all his hunting and K.illlng expeditions.
She never knew fear and can swim and
handle firearms nnd Is an accurate rifle shot.
She once went with her husband Into n
moonshiner's ramp In the Kentucky moun
tains , where she was threatened with death
on suspicion of being a government spy. Mrs.
Dons bad no hesitancy about going to
Alaska.
STRIFE FOR THREE-UENT FARE
"Major Unrnrtlin l.itiv RlilttK Council
HlKht to I'lx Itntfx of Street
Car ConiiuiiilcN.
DETROIT , July 25. Mayor Maybury sent
to the common council tonight a message , In
which hu contended that the council has
rowcv under the older street railway ordl-
rtancs to regulate rates of fare. Said ordl-
nancfu iprovldo that rates of faro shall "not
bo more than 5 cents. " The mayor sug
gested that the council pass amcn'ments
to these ordinances tlxlng the rate of faio
at 3 cents. After a deal of debate as to tliu
disposition of the mayor's recommendations
the council re-ferrcd them to the committee
on Judiciary and the corporation counsel.
The. Lake Shore & Mount Clemens Sub
urban Railway company , which has recently
been refused the use of tlio Citizens' Street '
Hallway company's tcrmlnnln Into the city ,
tonight made application for a franchise o\er
the only remaining eastern Inlet to the center
of the city. The application promises 3-cent
fares within the city limits. The ordinance
was engrossed nnd placed on Its first and
second readings.
A resolution providing for submitting to
vote of the people an amendment to the city
charter to make the referendum compulsory
before granting public franchises was re
ferred to a committee.
The council officially and unanimously de
clared faith In Secretary Alger and endorsed
the recoptlon which will bo tendered him
upon his return from Washington.
MOB SEEKS WILLIAMS' LIFE
Two roni | > aiil ' of .Mllltln Mnlco llaxtc
to llnliilirlilK < to .SurecKro
from Violence.
SAVANNAH , Ga. , July 25. Telefiraphtc
orders were received here tonight from Gov
ernor Candler , addressed to Captain Slid-
dleton of the state mllltla at Valdoste and
Captain Smith of Thomasvllle , to "report
to Sheriff Patterson at Balnbrldgo , with all
your available men , at onco" and to "act
strictly under his orders. " The governor's
message Is mandatory ; It says : "Go at [ i
j once. " The commercial wires having closed
these messages were transmitted over rail
road wires from hero and arrangements were
Immediately wade for special cars on the
Plant system to take the troops , f
The train will arrive nt Balnbrldgo at 3
a. m. The troops are wanted to protect
thii sheriff and jail against the attack of a
niob that Is after John Williams , a negro ,
who Is charged with an attempted assault
upon two white girls. Williams entered
their room while they were asleep and had
| seized ono of the glrla , when he was fright
ened away. A large crowd of country people
are In town and swear they will have Wil
liams If they have to dynamite the Jail. The
Dccatur county Jail Is ono of the strongest
In the state. An attack upon It before the
arrival of the troops Is possible. At 11:30 :
the mob surrounded the Jail and called for
Wllllnms.
SCHELL'S ERROR OVERLOOKED
Kpworth I.eaftue OfllclnlN Find Serloun
Fault T lth < ; eueral .Hcorctnry ,
hut Arc I'lncuteil.
INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. . July 25. The con
troversy over the retention of royalties from
song books by Edwin A. Scholl of Chicago
was settled today In the meeting of the
Board of Control of the Kpworth league
meeting. The discussion which began yes
terday afternoon did not end until today ,
after which a resolution was drafted and
adopted by the convention. The resolution
, in substance says that the board , having
considered the documents submitted to It ,
finds that Mr. Schell , general secretary of
the Epworth league , committed a serious
I official1 wrong , but owing to his assurance
that ho had no wrong Intent and his promise
that ho would avoid further offeiiHo , the
board deemed It Inadvisable to proceed fur-
i tber In the icase. Seven members of the board
| voted against dropping the Investigation and
naked that their names bo recorded.
After the Schell matter had been disposed
of the board appointed a committee of the
most prominent mnn of Its number to confer
with other young people's ' societies , with the
view toward bringing about a closer fed
eration of the three international young
people's organizations. The board will con
tinue In Hcsslon until tomorrow.
BRUSH WILL IGNORE SCALE
fartervllle Aline .Manager DenlpH Au
thority of Stale Hoard ami
Troopxre Mill .Needed.
SPIUNGKIELO. III. , July 25. Samuel T.
Druab , general manager < f the St. Ixuiln &
Big Muddy Coal company'B mines In Wil
liamson county , called on Acting Governor
Northcott this afternoon and Informed him
of the otato of affalr.1 at Cartorvlllo and re
quested that the troops bo allowed to re
main thero. Governor Northcott did not nay
whether or not he would return the troops
ut present , 'but ' tliu Infurent-u ho left In Mr.
Brush's mind was that they' would not be
removed for u whllo.
Mr. flruth. In on Interview with a repre
sentative of the Associate. ! Prcta , In answer
to a question whether ho Intended to comply
with the decision of the State Board nf
Arbitration fixing the calo of mining In
. Williamson county , replied most emphatic ,
ally that he did not Intend to do BO.
WHITE MEN SHOT BY NEGROES
Moh FlrcH on Three Volunteer 1'lre-
men Who Attempt to I'ut Out
Jncciullnry Illaie ,
HOUSTON , Tex. , July 25. A special from
Navasota , Tex. , to the Pest says : A riot oc
curred last night a ( Kuqua'a store , eight
miles north , In which three white men were
killed by negroes. A crowd of negrooa
burned a church belonging to the white pee
ple. Tuck Moody , Will Fuqua and Van
Wright , while trying to put out the fire , were
ahot by a crowd of negroes. White men arc
In pursuit of the negroes. Doctors reft here
for Fuqua.
BAD FIRE AT O'NEILL '
Oounty Seat of Holt County HM a Fierce
Tight with tha Flames.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PROPERTY LOSS
Insurance on Burned Structures Not Over
Twelve Hundred Dollars.
TWO LIVtRY BARNS TOTALLY DESTROYED
Nearly One Hundred Head of Valuable
Horses Burned to Death ,
SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS ARE BURNED
lllnh AVI ml from tin- South Mnkrn Flro
FlKhthiK lluril Work Tomi Only
Snvcil hy Strcnttou *
O'NniLL. Neb. , July 25. ( Special Tele
gram. ) There has boon a veritable carnival
of fire In O'Neill today. At 1 o'clock the
line livery burn of 1J. A. Oeyarman wai
discovered to bo on lire. In an Incredibly
short space of tlmo the entire building was
ft seething furnace. It was conceded nt once
that the building was doomed a nil nil effort
was directed to prevent the flames from
spreading to adjacent buildings.
A terrific gale wns blowing directly from
the south and for a time It eecmod that the
entire northeast portion of.the town could
not possibly bo saved. From the barn tha
flro spread to the blacksmith shop nnd plow
works of Frank rjnln , which were- totally
destroyed. From there It crossed the strrot
to the north and caught In the Fallen livery
barn and a vacant business building belong
ing to the State bank , lloth buildings were
destroyed , but the contents of the barn ,
which was under lease by C. O. linker , were
removed without loss.
From hero the flames passed over the
Methodist church , parsonage and n number
of dwellings and started a conflagration In
a row of private barns three blocks north.
It was only by the most heroic work that the
residences In this portion of the city were
saved. At the time the fire- started Deyar-
man's barn was full of farmers' tcame and
but few camped. It Is estimated that over
100 head of horses were In the barn and
only about fourteen head were rescued , so
rapidly did the llamcs spread. Among the
horses lost were the Flyon , a standard-bred
stallion , sired by Shadcland Onward. Ho
was a valuable colt , with speed and no rec
ord , owned by Deyarman. Mr. Doyarnian
estimates his loss at $5,000. No Insurance.
Another Alarm.
Scarcely had the flro department and citi
zens rested from their combat with flro ,
water , wind and dust , when another vlgorou *
alarm -was sent In. 'This tlma lira was dis
covered in a barn In the rear of the Evans
hotel. The flro was under full headway.
The wind was blowing straight from the
barn to the hotel , which was not more than
twenty foot away. This entire block nnd
the block across the street Is little better
than a flro trap and the people occupying
the buildings 'began ' moving their goods to
the places out of danger. But the 11 re men
saved the day by some of the moat heroic
and scientific work ever witnessed.
Realizing that if the flro should get a
foothold In the hotel the business portion of
the city would be gone , they put forth their
best efforts and prevented the flro from get
ting a firm hold upon the hotel building.
Tlmo nnd again It caught , but as many
times they braved the fierce heat and beat
It out. The citizens gave them cheer upon
cheer for their heroic work.
The total loss by the fires Is about $10-
000. The Insurance will not exceed ? 1,200.
John J. McCafferty. who runs a hardware
store across the street from the Deyarman
born , says be saw the ilro start. On the
west side of the 'barn ' a load of hay was
standing agaJnat the born under the mow
window , ready for unloading. Mr. McCaf
ferty said that from the front wheel of the
wagon , nearest the barn , he saw a tongue
of flame spring up from the hay on the
ground , run up along the side of the loud
nnd into the mow window. Ho gave the
alarm Immediately , but before anything
could bp done the entire building was ablaze.
The other flro Is thought to ho the work
of an incendiary. While It was in progress
a flro was discovered In the barn of M. M.
Sullivan , just back of his store , another
back of P. C. Corrlgan's drug store and
etlll another In the vicinity of tha court
hoiifie. The citizens believe an effort was
being made to burn the town nnd a vigilant
watch will be kept tonight.
JURY ACQUITS MRS. STYLES
Den Hi of AVoiunii Who llepentril Rvll
Tnlen In Vet l.alil nt the Door
of Her Daunliter.
CHICAGO , July 25. Mrs. Augusta Styles
was this evening declared by a Jury not
guilty of the murder of her mother , Mrs.
Catherine Schultz. The caao has beep on
tilal for nearly a week and has 'been full of
hystcilcal opUodes. Mrs. Styles shot her
mother because the latter disparaged to
Belle Styles , a daughter of Mm , Stylea , the
character of her mother. When thn
daughter ramo to her with the stories Mr .
Styles wax frantic and hunting for her
mother shot her down on Might. Much
Hympathy was excited for Mr . Stylf by
the nature of the utorlen told to her children
by their grandmother. When the verdict
WUH announced Mr . Styles was nearly
frantic with delight and kissed her husband ,
her daughter , her two attorneys and nearly
ovcrybody cite ho could rcncli.
MERCHANT FINALLY WEAKENS
Hohhi-rn Threaten to Met Fire to Mut-
trciMfN I'lleil on llelplrnH
lloUlen of III * Kniiilly.
GALION , O. , July 25. Masked burglars
entered the homo of David Miller , living
east of here , nnd after tying the family de
manded tbo key and combination to his
safe. It was refused nnd the burglars piled
mnttrosiex and bed clothing nn top of thalr
helpless bodlos. biiturated the HIDE ; with *
kerosunu and were about to light It when
the old man weakened and accoinpunlod them
to the store , where they mud a him unlock
the safe. They secured about $1,000 and
escaped , ,
I'roNfierlty A ( fee I *
RT. LOUIS. July 25. The Republic Iron
and Stcrl company < -f East St. Louis' today
Increased the wages of Its 1,000 employes
1C per cenl. Superintendent Hanpctcr of the
plant Bald that the raise had been made be-
cmiBO of the general prosperity the plant Is
enjoying.
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Vellotv I'e * IT > n in hern .Ma' v Victim * .
HOUSTON , Tpx . July 25.-- > relay tba
state HeMlh department received Informa
tion from Vera Cruz showing that during tlio
month of June ( hero wore 465 cane * of yel
low fever and IV deaths.