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/ FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JTJXE 11) , 1871. OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBEll 1L , ISSW-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. MERCY FOR DREYFUS , / Olemancj Recommended by Members of 'M Court-Martial. DREYFUS MUCH AFFECTED WHEN TOLD Object is to Eliminate Degradation Feature of the Punishment. REVIVE RUMORS OF MERCIER'S ARREST President Lonbet is Opposed to Such an Extreme Course. EXPOSITION BOYCOTT HAVING EFFECT Mean * I.him of Million * of TrnnePi to tiunittrr Public Opinion Soliercil by Hrnillnir Comment * of World nt RENNES , Sept. 11. The Judges of the iwnyfus court-martial today by mutual Wieoment expressed to the proMdcnt of the republlo through General Locas , the com,3 mandor of the army corps at Rennes , their sincere dcMro that Dreyfus would not be aubmltted to a freah degradation. The court-martial slgnpd a. formal recom mendation for mercy thla afternoon. Us object Is to eliminate the degradation fea- tliro of the punishment. The recoramenda- tlon will be handed to General Locas for President Loubet. When M. Laborl's SEC- Vtary informed Drcyfua of this action ho mm greatly affected and said : > "I still have hopes. " Hevlvo nnmorw of Mcrcler'fi Arrent. PARIS , Sept. 11. Except for slight street dlsturbancea tonight , Paris lias remained unexpectedly quiet , but this condition of affairs - fairs la not likely to continue. The long , heavy rain yeatorday , combined with tno fiyit that the loaders of the opposing parties fVoro at Rennea prevented any organized demonstration. Now , however , they are beginning to BOO the want of logic In conceding "extenuating circumstances' to a convicted traitor , a concession which exoKos doubt as to the strength of the case against Dreyfus. Moreover , public opinion is being sobered by reading the comments of the world at largo and by the prospect , however re mote , thut the exposition will be boycotted , which will mean the lc * > s of millions of franca to the country. There is llttlo doubt that the trial of the Dorouledlsts next Monday , at which it Is asserted aonaatlonal evidence will develop , and tie reopening of the Chamber of Dep uties will bo the signal for fresh troubles. At present both parties are taking breath , but the latent anlmosltlca are undlmln- ishcd. It Is estimated the late proceedings have coat the Dreyfua party at leant 1,500,000 franca. They do not Intend to lot matters rest and rumors arc revived of the impend ing arrest of General ftierclor. Ho declares hu doa not care what happens , being satis fied that ho has done hla duty. It is estimated also that President Loubet oppoaca such an extreme course as prose cuting Morclor or the other generals. He Is rather Inclined to a conciliatory policy ex tending even to a pardon for Dreyfus. M. Dcmango has been blamed for con ceding so many points In his speech , but It appears ho did so in the hope of winning another waverer among the Judges , who , however , finally Joined the majority on con dition that the verdict would be accom panied with the proviso as to extenuating circumstances. The dossier of the Rennea court-martial % proceedings arrived hero tonight for aub- ) mission to the military court of revision , consisting of General Marclllo , Colonel Courbobcese , Lieutenant Colonel Lagreno , Major Copp and Major Allard. It is ald that Mathleu Droyfus Intends to supplicate Emperor William to order the f publication of the documents enumerated w In the bo/deroau. 'ESTERHAZY ON THE TRIAL Claim * thnt the AVhole Proceeding Ii NothliiK lint n Kiiree Arrmmeil III Advance. ( Copyright. 1K90 , by Prere Publishing Co ) > LONDON. Stpt , 11. ( New York World ' ' Cablegram Special Telegram ) Esterhazy his made the following statement on the Dreyfua verdict "Droyfus l condemned thla time , Justly nnd legally condemned whatever the crowd may say In Its blundering , Indlsmnt pas sionate way. The condemnation of Drey'us was Inevitable , the fatal result of evldcnca collected again/it him , and above all of the luminous demonstration of his guilt made by General Mercler. Indeed , It can well be said It was ho who bore the light and con-i vlctlon to the Judges' minds. I am c n- vlnced that If In place of reading the de-j celtful , Inexact partisan accounts of the trial the great bulk of the English people would road the evidence In extenso Ita' opinion would be altogether different and with Its customary good sense It would rec : ognize the truth of that which I have never ceased to iilllrm , the absolute culpability of ' Droyfus. "U cannot very well be seen why , In the affair which Interests the whole of France , that duo rrapect should not be paid to the long llsta of Judgments already delivered In this case by the seventy JuJges , Juries ' or magistrates , both civil nnd military The sentence , like all sentences j/msed by courts- > martial , may not bo appealed against It may only bo carried before a revision court. Perhaps the Droyfusards will make the attempt - tempt to have the affair remitted before the court of cassation. This , of course , would bo altogether Illegal and Irregular. I doubt very much whether thn attempt will suc ceed , "For the rest I am of the opinion that the sentence of ten years has been Inflicted ou Drey-Jus In accordance with an under- 8tandlng with the government. According to French law anyone condemned to a term of Imprisonment may demand to be allowed to serve the sentence In solitary confinement , which fact In itself Is sufficient to secure a reduction of the sentence by \one-half. Dreyfus has been condemned to Rtcn yoara' Imprisonment , but has already aono flve years' solitary confinement , so to dpeak , on Isle du Dlable He finds , there fore , In consequence of this fact , that he Is In a position to claim a reduction of hln sentence by one-hnlf which means that on Saturday , In spite of his recondemnatlon and sentence , he finished serving his time whole 1-iie buslneso Is , therefore , nothing more nor Alusj than a farce arranged In advance and Yvyond all doubt in a short time It will be carried a little further when Dreyfus will bo set at liberty The future will show I have not been mistaken " I.ouilon ruiiileuiiiH the Venllot , LONDON , Sept. 11 , The afternoon news papers today are unanimous In their de nunciation of the verdict In the court-mar tial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus and teem with abuse of the svstemproducing uch .decision " OF THE EXPOSITION . ! Are Alrenily IMnn- 'old ' Sbuiililfr h Kiilr. fCopjright. IKflTSfcJfr'e.'B Publishing Co ) LONDON , Sept 11 - New York World Ca- blcgram Special Telegram. ) Although most of the firms are Inking time to consider so Important a step , there are Indications that many British manufacturers who had , intended exhibiting at Paris next year are contemplating withdrawal as a protest | against the Dreyfus verdict. Several firms already have announced their Intention of doing m , nnd It Is almost certain that others will follow suit In the course of the next few days. Speaking at Newcastle yesterday Alderman Stephens , a well known ship ! owner , who Is royal commissioner to the , exhibition , declared ho would not touch I French soil or have anything further to do with the exhibition The newspapers publish a large number of letters also adn vocatlng a boycott Some newspipers com ment on the proposal. The Dally Mall eays' "There IB one way In which real pressure can be brought to bear upon France by the world. So long ns Dreyfus Is In prison the exhibition flhould be boycotted. The mere menace will Infallibly touch the Frenchman In i the trnderest part , MB pocket , and strengthen the hands of the party which demands , Justice for the victim of militarism , Such pressure Is necessary In the extreme , If , an Innocent Frenchman la to be spared | i from | new tortures , new Indignities. " i The Dally Chronicle eiys "The proposed boytott j of the exhibition is n t an unna'ural sequel of the explosion of anger provoked by ] the crime at Hennes It Is beset , howP ever , by practical difficulties and Is scarcely | Justifiable j on its point of principle. Courses of trade cannot bo permanently suspended or deflected by any sentiment , however righteous i We have no desire to Injure the trade I of Franco , for the obvloua reason that j it cantiot be done without Injuring tr own " j I It Is proposed to organlro a meeting at Hyde ; Park Sunday next to express sympathy - i pathy of the English people with Dreyfua. ( Copyright. 1S93. by Press Publ'shlng Co. ) ' BERLIN , Sept. 11. ( New York World i Cabregram Special Telegram. ) A committee - tee Is being formed hero with the object of i memorializing German merchants and manufacturers - i ufacturers to abstain from participating In i. , 'he ( Paris exhibition. Several exhibitors 'have ' already withdrawn. The government , however , repudiates the idea of withdraw ing Germany's participation and would greatly rcgrot if the agitation were success- i ful , believing It would be useful for German - ! [ 1 man Industry to show tne world at Paris what it can do. By officially withdrawing from participation in the exhibition Ger many would arouse the suspicion of being more mixed up in the Dreyfus affair than any other stato. PARIS TEMPS IS OPTIMISTIC Parilon for Dreyfun nnd the Pnclflen- tlon of Frniice Not Unlikely ISrenti. PARIS , Sept 11. Commenting on the ver dict In the Dreyfus case the Temps today i says that all good citizens who had divided on the Dreyfus affair "agree In desiring that j the Judgment should reopen an era of peace and repose for France that Is far from being . Incompatible with the Judgment. " j Continuing , the Tompa says : "We have a I strong belief that if the judges did not give Deryfus the benefit of the doubt they implied . It In the admission of extenuating clrcum-1 j stances. Considerations foreign to the affair - ' fair , above all the Improvident utterances of' ' 111-advlscd partisans of the revisionist cam- j palgn against the generals , are the cause ' of it. It IP however , possible that Dreyfus may not loee this benefit. It would be < enough for the chief of state to sign his pardon. This solution would brine about the pacification of which France Is in need. " i | DESERTED VILLAGn. ' Mine. Urcj-fii * Vlnlt * Her Hnnlmnil nnd IMinln Illn Spirit * Hotter. RENNES. Sept. 11. A state of calm pre vails here. All the troops nnd gendarmes 'quartered ' In the town and Its environs have left and the Journalists and others Inter ested In the trial have departed since Sun day. The cafes , which for the last few weeks have been thronged with excited I crowds , are deserted j This .fternoon a solitary gendarme paced I up and down before the military prison and I ' j there was not a policeman or a eoldler near j the Lycee , which last week resembled a 1 barracks Workmen were busy dismantling the courr room and packing the chairs , tables and benches on a trolley car outside I Mrae. Dreyfus visited her husband In the ! prison this afternoon , but not the slightest Interest was shown In their meeting by the population She found him as calm as yes- terday. The prisoner smoked a pipe today for the first time In many days , which In- dlcated that he was In better spirits than 1 could bo expected. AN AUTOMOBILE RAIL CAR TlllnolH Central ixiorliiieiitlnK | vrlth nn Innprctliin Cur IlnvliiK Motor ] i Hun l > r ( niollue. | i ' _ CHICAGO , Sept. 11. The Illinois Central I la experimenting with an Inspection car | having a motor run by gasoline. Thus far , i the experiments have been so successful r that It Is quite probable that the road will I adopt this description of car on all Ita dl- visions. Several railroad men have ex- probsed the belief that the "automobile of t j the rail" In a short time will come Into such general use that the hard working In- spectlon ears will be little more than leg- | I oclee of the past. | The cor with which the Illinois Central j is experimenting has an average speed of f twenty-five mllea an hour , but It Is capable i ' covering the rails much more speedily than that. One of the Inspectors of the road la said to have gone seventy-five miles In two hours. A gallon of gasoline ordl- narlly will run the car more than seventy- | five mllea and there Is a provision for car- ; I r > lng four gallons , or enough for an un broken run of 300 miles. MANY VENEZUELAN FACTIONS There Are Tire luiureeiit Parties ' nn < l thu Government ! Sold to Ho Unponnlur , HAVANA , Sept , 11. The captains of f I British shlpa arriving here from Venez I uela confirm the news that there baa been a revolution there during tbo last three weeks. They say there are two parties against the government , and that the latter Is extremely suspicious , Anyone wishing to land mubt satisfy the olllciaU j { that ho Is not connected with either of the j ! revolutionary partiri. The government , it J I U also said , Is very unpopular Ktnnli' > I llliliot hpciil In Ohio. TOPEKA. Knn . Sept. 11. Governor Stan ley has bven compelled to decl ne an invita tion from Chilrman D'ck of the Ohio state I republican --ntr.il committee- spend two weeks beginning October 23 , mak ng cam paign speeches In Ohio Speeches booked for Kansas at that time vviil prevent hi ? leaving the gtatn. WOULD BE OFFICIAL LNSULl' Withdrawal of United States from Paris Exposition a Grave Question. . MIGHT SEVER OFFICIAL RELATIONS Government linn none Too Fnr to Stop : \ovr Iar e I.ntltnde Vllovrcil Trlvnte Citizen * to Show 1 > I - npprovnl of Verillct. ; WASHINGTON , Sept , 11. It Is believed that when congress assembles there will be considerable agitation of a proposlp lion for this government to abandon its ' participation In the Paris exposition. U is known that expressions hostile to the exposition - position quoted from Senator Stewart are very widely sympathized In and it Is , thought that if the conviction of Dreyfus | u permitted to stand , there will bo very- little friendly feeling for France among members of either ths house or senate. Such a move , however , would be a grave one. H Is pointed out that to with draw from participation In the exposition would \ bo regarded as an official Insult to ' France. No further legislation by congress Is needed to carry out the plans of this | country for the exposition. About Jl.200,000 has been appropriated for the expenses of the commission and the government ex hibit ; the commission has been appointed and the space desired for exhibits from this country has been secured , There are not only two ways In which congress could Interfere ; one would be to revoke such part of the appropriation as has not already been expended In the ex penses of the commission and the other would be to pass a resolution , declaring that on account of the unsettled conditions the valuable government exhibits should not be sent to Paris. To do either of these things would be sufficient , It Is be lieved ' , to break off all friendly relations between the two countries. Congress and the State department may look at the mat- ter from different points of view. Th president and the State department having responsibility for maintaining our relations with foreign governments , cannot be ex pected { to find in thla affair a reason for Involving the country In an International complication , and It Is likely that the executive branch of the government will use what Influence it can to prevent hasty action. Unless congress expressly forbids It this government will proceed with the prepara tions , for the exhibition and will send to Paris j euch government exhibits as are de- elded , upon , but this will be done with a realization of the probability that much of the space secured with such difficulty for private American exhibits will be left vacant. Llttlo doubt Is felt that the lati tude allowed the private citizen will be quite extensively availed of o withdraw from participation in the exposition. Another difficulty In the way of an effort to prevent participation in the exposition , however , will be found In the fact that before congress has assembled , much of the government exhibit probably will be packed and on its way to Paris , if not ac tually there. The exposition opens in April and the work of transporting and preparing Jthe exhibit will have to begin some months before 1 that time. Up to this time , U is said i , the preparation of the government ex- hlblt 1 hae not begun , but the work will pro- coed i as soon as the government officials are ; ready. Representative Hepburn of Iowa said today - day i that he had ceased to marvel at the methods ; of French army Justice after observing - serving how the trial of Dreyfus was con- ducted. i No such trial or verdict was pns- Bible i In the United States. He did not think it I would In any way affect diplomatic rela tions i between this country and France , nor did i he think It would Interfere with United States ; exhibitors at the coming exposition , j NEW YORK , Sept. 11. Congressman J. j M. Levy announced today that as so n as i congress meets he will Introduce resolutions i in the house withdrawing the support of this' ' government from the Paris exposition on ac count of the Dreyfus case. WANTS A IJUCL WITH CSTEIIHA7.V. Cnptnln I'lirlnii , n Kniirmn City S nrilniiiiin , iNRnen n KANSAS CITY , Sept. 11. Captain ! Thomas Phelan , a broadswordsman and a crack pistol shot , has Issued a challenge to , Count Esterhazy to fight him In a duel In , defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus. Captain ! Phelan has engaged In several personal en- counters , and Is a man of fearless char- acter. He Is sa d to be backed by several I prominent local Jews , who have guaranteed [ his passage to England to meet Esterhazy. I He is a veteran of the civil war. j Captain Phelans letter follows : I I KANSAS CITY , Sept 11. To Count Ea- terhary , Upper Gloucester Place , Dorset ; Square , London , Eng. : "Sir Believing you i to be the Instigator and arch-conspirator responsible for all the miseries and tribu- lationa of Captain Dreyfus , again convicted I as a traitor to his country , and because i he ( Droyfus ) Is now unable to follow you i and demand satisfaction for the miseries i you have heaped upon him , I , as an Irish- American , who does not belong to bis race i or creed , and believing that a man should I not bo punished on account of his religion , do volunteer to take his place in the field I of honor at any time or place you may designate , the place of meeting to be on i neutral ground. I am reapectfully , "THOMAS PHELAN , "Bx-Captaln United States Volunteers ' \o Nation ran Afford to Ilojcott , j WASHINGTON , Sept. 11 RepresentaI I tlve Grcsvenor of Ohio , who has Just re turned from Europe , spending part of the j time In Paris , when asked by a Post re i I porter If the Droyfus verdict would hurt 1 the Paris exposition , replied "Beyond a doubt. No nation can afford to boycott the exposition as a nation , because such action would bo a direct Insult to France , but , Individuals can express tholr opinion , nnd 1 i In my Judgment thousands who would 1 ; otherwise have visited Paris will now remain - main on this side This will touch the French In a tender spot. The French people - plo are looking forward to making a great deal of money out of the show It is a good thing that the appropriation for the exposition has been made. Congress would hardly be In the mood now to appropriate money. " To Stop California Kxhlhlt. SAN FRANCISCO , Sept U. A quiet movement Is progressing among the Jewish element of thla state looking to legislation for the cancellation of an act passed by the last legislature appropriating (130,000 for a California exhibit at the Paris exposition , j The success of the movement hangs on the possible action of Governor Gage , who has ! been urged In certain quarters to calf an extra session of the legislature for action on other matters , principally the electlcn of a United States senator to succeed Stephen M. I White , i i Mrrllur to Cxlilblt. i NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. Sept. 11. W j f D Stevens , a ship owner and royal com- mlssl-nsr to the Paris exhibition , has declared > - clared that as a result of the Drvyfus verdict he will not put his foot on French i soil. He adds that thousands of his coun- ! trymen will take the pame uttltude Several important firms have already declined to exhibit at Paris. ( Jcrniiiii rirmi AVItlulrntv. BERLIN. Sept 11. The private opinion against the exposition Is beginning to find vlgoro s expression The Vowilscho Zcltung says this evening that a number of the largest German firms have expressed their Intention of withdrawing. The Berliner Taggeblatt says the Berlin council < at Its next session will consider n npeclal mrtlon to withdraw the Berlin municipal exhibit. On the other hand , the correspondent of the Associated Press learns on the highest authority that the German government considers nisi siders the Dreyfus case now under all the conditions . done with and docs not Intend to relinquish official representation at the ex- position. The official responsible for thlo assurance adds that It should be borne In mind that despite the Dreyfus case , the official relav Urns between the two governments hi"1 nteadlly Improved during recent years. Voice of ChlcitKO to lie Hoard. CHICAGO , Sept , 11. A 'monster mass- meotlng to protest against the sentencing of Captain Dreyfus In accordance with the decree of the court of cassation Is being planned In Chicago. Prominent Chlcngoans are said to bo concerned In the movement , which was started yeaterday at a massi meeting held In the Jewish section ot the city. The proposed meeting Is to be held next Saturday and among those who are expected to take part arc Judges Dunne , Gibbons and Stein , State's Attorney Dlneen , Harry Olson , an assistant 'state's attorney , Rnbbl Emll G Hlrsch , John J. Flannerty and Nober Gottlolb. It IsHhe Intention of the organizers of the movement to send a letter representing the voice ot Chicago to the president of France , requesting that the famous military prisoner be given his freedom. MethoillxtM on Ilecoril. CHICAGO. Sept. 11. The Methodist Min isters' association of Chicago at Its meet ing put Itself on record na'protestlng against the Injustice of the verdict In the Dreyfus case. A committee was 'appointed to con sider the appropriateness * of contributing money for a Lafayette monument aa a gift to France. t I'renchor * Deplore Verdict. NEW YORK , Sept. 11. At the meeting of the Methodist Preachers' association of Now York today a reoolutlon was unani mously passed deploring "the shameful miscarriage of Justice In the recent con demnation of Captain Dreyfus. " Gorman * May lloycott J'urlii * Sliotr. BELIN , Sept. 11. It Is rumored that a committee composed of leading manufactur ers here la being formed for the purpose of preventing German participation In the Paris exposition of 1900. Dreyfui Dcinonntrntlon. LONDON , Sept. 11. Demonstration of sympathy for Dreyfus is projected for next Sunday afternoon In Hyde park. M'KINLEY'S WESTERN TRIP It 5Iny He nxtcndpd So n i to Take In Certain Town * in South Dnkotn. ' WASHINGTON , Sept. 11. ( Special Tele- grain. ) In case President , McKlnley decides to extend his trip to 'Minnesota when he visits Chicago In October , there is a pros pect that he will go to Aberdeen , Yankton and Wetster in South Dakota , passing through Iowa nnd stopping at Sioux City on his ' return. Today Captain J. H. Houser of Aberdeen , accompanied by Deputy Auditor of the Treasury Department Person , whose home la In South Dakota , called on the presIdent - Ident and extended an Invitation to him to visit the corn paJace at Aberdeen on Oc- tober 6. The president said It would bo-l ; impossible for him to attend the grain palace - ace , but that if ho went to the Twin Cities 5 ho would be pleased to go Into South Da- kota If the trip could be made without losing much time. Captain Houter showed j the president that the Journey could bo made in twenty-four hours and an agree ment was reached that the matter should ( bo formally presented to the president. Superintendent Machln of the free delivery - livery service today had a conference with the attorney general for the Postofflce de partment with reference to the case of Car- riers Newcumber and Buell of the Huron ( S. D. ) postoffice , who are ald to be emi ployed contrary to the rules of the Civil j Service commission. The law officer for the department has formally taken the matter under consideration and will hand down a [ decision on the case , Mr. Machln today expressed that opinion that the position of the Pofltoflice department on this question will be sustained by the decision of the as- fll ant attorney general , Official's ' of the Indian office do not regard - gard seriously unofficial rep rts rccelvel j hero of the arrest of Agent Reid at Cheyrnno River , S. D. , on the rharzn of soll'n" ' liquor to the Indians. Similar charges were made acalnst Reid last wm- ter and It Is said at the department today that on Investigation it was shown that [ they wore based on the testimonv of Irre- sronslblo persona and consequently the charges were dismissed The department has not been officially advised of Reid's ar- rest ami the oflldala are Inclined to reprl- mand him for dereliction of duty In not re- porting the fact to Ser-retary IIIfhco-k. There Is no doubt that Ro d wllf bo relieved from duty at Cheyenne River and his dis missal Is expected to be announced at an early date. This artKo , It to said will be baod on the report of Inspector Tinker , ro- contly received , Comptroller Dawaa has been advised that J. G Oliver has been made president of the First National bank of Buffalo , Wyo. , In place of C. J , Hogesson , deceased , The comptroller of the currency today de- claired a final dividend of 2.4 per cent In favor of the creditors of the First National bank of Ponca , Neb. , making In nil 2.24 per cent on claims proved , amounting to ni4.29S.G4. The United States National bank of Omaha waa today approved as reserve agent for the riret National bank of Pender , Neb. , also the First National bank of Lincoln for the First National bank of Crete , Nob. , also the First National bank of Kansas CKy , Mo , for the Iowa National bank of Daven port , la , An order was issued today discontinuing the postofflce at Vega , Henry county , la. , mall to be sent to Mount Pleasant. An or der wan also issued discontinuing the poet- office at Eureka , Johnson county , Wyo. , mall to Buffalo. THREE PERISHJN A VAULT Two CliH'liinntl 1'lremen In Attempt- Inir to bate a Child Are Suffo cated liy Hani' * . CINCINNATI , O. , Sept. 11. Two members of the fire department and a child of 4 years were killed by gases in a vault this afternoon , Monroe Dent , aged 4 , fell Into the vault In the rear of the father's1 bouse and the ifire department was appealed to for aid. Thomas Bland and Harry Helnshelmer re- eponded with a ladder , and , descending , were suffocated by the gases. The bodies I of all were recovered. t YELLOW 1 FEVER IS SPREADING Dread I Disease ReBche < Trapt aud Causes the Death of a Victim j I , MISSISSIPPI QURANTINES NEW ORLEANS | One Cane nt .JacUxon I.endn the City Council tu TnUe Menmiren teA A > ohl Another Peer Panic nt thnt 1'lacc. i ' ' I WASHINGTON , Sep1 11 Dr. Altroo of , the marine hospital service reports a d ath i I from yellov fever at Port Tampa City , Fla , i , this morning nnd says the autopsy rcnJeis It ' certain that the original dlagn s s of fever was correct. The source o' Infection was A ( tugboat and It has been quarantined Five other persons from tugs are under observa tion and a small quarantine stall n has been' ' established. He adds that a house-to-house Inspection has been ordered , but that no i quarantine has been ordered against th ? | town. He alto says that there Is no necs1 slty for alarm , but that s-oventy fi\e people left i there on the train last night. Dr. Trotii ter t who Is also Port there , nt Tampa , siys i i Is i a panicky feeling there. ' ' Dr. Murray wires from Jackson City as follows j : ' j Mississippi has a rigid quarantine for the I . present against New Orleans Disinfection I of malU Is unnecessary. No one can bo i permitted j to leave unless Immune aud with | , disinfected baggage , except persons bound i , for | non-lnfeetlblo territory there to re- I i natn , and wholcssle freight , not articles ! , .requiring dli'nfectlon. House to ! ioi&o In-1'1 I ' rpectlon begins tomorrow Hunter has I i taken t all ceceienry steps to control. Vlck < - [ burg 1 has quarantined Jack on. Sinders j I . told us he found no yellow fever In Vlcks- burg. Reports to the surgeon general are to the effect that new cases are still reported ' , dally from Key West. There were two deaths there yesterday from fever. JACKSON , Miss. , Sept. 11. The city council held a special meeting today and paeeed resolutions advising the people not to create n panic over the outbreak of fever like the one a year ago. The quarantine of the entire state ngninst New Orleans went Into effect today at noon. All trains from that city carry Inspectors. City Clerk Porter ter , the only patient here , Is considerably better today. WHEELER IS DISSATISFIED Vcternn Ofllcer > ot I'lcnncil Trlth the \Vny ticnernl ( Mix IN IIiiiullInK tile Mtuntlon. ( Copyright , 1S99 , by Press Publishing Co. ) HONG KONG , Sept. 11. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Advices which were sent here to avoid Otis' cen- sorshlp at Manila , bcarlnc date of September - ' ber 7. say : ' "General Joseph Wheeler only obtained an assignment to active duty after a bcrlous , dispute with General Otis , who wanted to sidetrack the veteran fighter by sending him to some obscure post In the southern i islands , ' "General Wheeler now declares that he will apply for permission to return to the United Statoa "soon unlesr there Is some change In the management of affairs In the Philippines. "An association of natives styling them selves 'The Filipino Liberation society,1 has applied for permission to organize in Manila , I with General Otis as president. The general ' has declined to pledge himself In the matter - ' ter , but thought It might be possible to for- | I wi rd the operations of the association. "According to private letters received j j within the American lines , several of the i ' rebel colonels and two of Agulnaldo's briga- dlers lutend to allow themselves to be captured - tured when the troops attack Karlad because they are tired of retreating. I have the names of these discontented Filipino of- [ fleers , but to publish them would betray them to the vengeance of Aguinaldo. " i Many werlous complaints have been made i by the discharged soldiers now on board I ' the transport Tartar , which is now being repaired here. These men declare that the | vessel Is overcrowded , that It Is In a bad ! j I sanitary condition and that the supplies , ] of food are not sufficient. j ' | | The officers In charge admit the genulne- i ness of o me of these complaints , but they declare that the discharged soldiers crowded I the ship of their own accnrd , although thev had ap option of remaining In Manila until ' the next troop ship should sail. The con- | dltlon ol the vessel will seriously affect the ! health of the returning soldiers. There are 1,200 o f them on board , being carried back to San Francisco. The soldiers on the Tartar are fraternlz- Ing with the British regulars on duty hero and are being entertained at the various mcoppfl of the garrison At these gatherIngs - Ings the Anglo-American alliance is always enthusiastically toasted. There was a shnot- Ing match yesterday between marksmen I frnm the American volunteers and the Hong Kong volunteers. The match was won by the British owing to their superior rifles. The Tartar will sail tomorrow. I'LAWTON | ' MAKES A DENIAL Prononnee * Utterly Fonn ln < lonleHi Newspaper Ileportw of Intcr- with Him. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. The War de partment makes public the following cable ' : "MANILA , Sept. 11. Corbln , Washington : Law ton pronounces utterly foundatlnnless newspaper reports of Interview asserting that he commented on military situation or criticised conduct of operations here. De- | clarea beforehand aa false all future ac counts of such Interviews SCHWAN " General Schwan Is a cMonel In the adju tant general's department and was made a brigadier during the Spanish war. Gen eral Corbln stated that he does not know what the denial refers to and that the de > partment has addressed no inquiry to Gen eral Lawton , MAYOR OF IMUS TURNS REBEL Under ProiulHC of n Generalship n Filipino Olllrlnl Proven Ilecre- nnt to Hlii Trout. MANILA , Sept. 11. ' 30 p , m Ths mayor of Imua has disappeared and It is supposed be has Joined the rebels on the promise of receiving a generalship. He wan a colonel in the Inaurrectlon of 1SS7. The transport Senator , which sailed from San Francisco August E , has arrived here. Promotion * for Shutter' * AluVa , SAN FRANCISCO , Sept 11 Orders have been received from Washington by which two of the aides of General Shatter Captain Robert H. Noble and Captain Arthur C. Ducal have been promoted , the first to rank as major and assistant adjutant general ot volunteers and the second to the rank ot lieutenant colonel , aralgned to duty with the Thirty-ninth volunteer Infantry , now in eSt. ' . I/ul Both men have seen hard I service. Colonel Ducal led the attack on esisan Juan hill in the Cuban campaign and I received a wound supposed at the time to CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair. Cooler , Variable Winds Temperature nt Uninhn > enterdnjM ' Hour. DOR. Hour. Uetc. | i b fighter and also did good work In Cuba. DEATH RE"fORf fRjM MANILA General Otln Cnhlen I.lit of soldier * Who lime Died In thu Orient. WASHINGTON. Sept 11 A cablegram from General Otis to the War depar mont ainouuces the death of Captain Charles L. 1C llins , Company L , Twenty-third Infantry. Ho 1 died nt Cebu on the 7IU Inst. of appen dicitis. General Otis also cables the followIng - Ing deaths- Chronic dysentery , September 2 , Henry Bueson , Company 11 , Ninth Infantry ; Wll- Ham Creelman , Company U , First Tenncs- Bee , acute dysentery ; First Sergeant Joseph Hogan j , Company M , Fourth Infantry , gun shot . wound , accidental. August 24 , Daniel Edwards , Company E , Eighteenth Infantry , September _ 6 , Thomas Gulnan , Company K , i Twelfth Infantry , Sergeant Edward H. Re- , mane , Company L , Fourth cavalry , typhoid fever. July 10 , Henry' Uppendahl , Company K , Flmt South Dakota. September 6 , John Healy , Company K , TUlrd artillery' . drowned In arm of Manila bay. August 2U , Raymond 1. Louth , Company M , Sixth artillery , chronic diarrhoea September 3 , Owen Dunn , Company E , Fourth Infantrye September 6 , James Hogan , Company F , Twenty-first infau ry , peritonitis , John M. I McCall , Company B , Twenty-second Infantry - | try , pulmonary plesls ; Michael Grath , ' Company M , Twelfth Infantry , pneumonia ; Richard Jobln , Company F , Twentj- flrat infantry , gastritis ; Henry L. Noble , Company G , Fifty-first Iowa , alcoholism , acute. September S , William H. Kennedy , Company 0 , Ninth Infantry , fever , remit tent malaria. September 9 , Joshua W. John- con , hospital corps. LIND MEETS VOLUNTEERS Governor and Staff Itench Snii Kran- clnco \Veleonie Minnesota Ileitlinent. SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 11. Governor Llnd and staff of Minnesota arrived here j with many prominent citizens of that state , to | welcome the returned Minnesota volun teers. | The party waa met at Oakland by representatives , of Governor Gage's stiff and escorted , to this city , vvhero headquarters had ] been engaged for them. The visitors were driven to the camping grounds at the Presidio j later In the day and were gladly- welcomed by the soldiers. The Mlnncsotans will moke arrangements while they are here to have the soldiers re turned \ to their homes In two divisions , one over < the Northern Pacific nnd the other over the i Great Northern. At 'Minneapolis the soldiers will be banqueted. Governor Llnd will review the Minnesota volunteers some day this week In Golden Gate park. RELIEVE TENNESSEE TROOPS Otln I ii for m Wnr Department Nine teenth Infantry HUM Left Manila for Hollo. WASHINGTON , Sept. 11. General Otis today informed the War department that two companies of the Nineteenth Infantry left last night for Hello to be followed tomorrow - morrow by headquarters and the balance of the battalions to relieve the Tennessee regiment at Ilolfo and Cebu. The following alee was received from General - oral Otis : "Following minor affairs reported : Captain - tain Butler , Third Infantry , with portion Ballnag troops , drove insurgents at San Rafael , capturing seven with arms. Inaur- gent forces made demonstration against Santa Rita on Porac roadsjlosa two officers , filx privates with arms captured by Colonel Bell , no casualtl i among our troops. " Kremlin Urneli Manila. WASHINGTON , Sept. 11. The following cablegram was received at the War depart- mcnt this morning : MANILA , Sept. 11 Adjutant General. Washington1 Transport Senator arrived I this morning , one casualty , William Ii G'ldthwalte. died at sea. body rmbalmed , brought here. OTIS 1 he Sena or carried ten ofilcera and 660 re- crults. KRUGER'S VIEW OF QUESTION J Diplomatic DlHpatrli Iteferrliinr to the [ Matter of Mizernlnt } Arbitration Ilcfmieil by ( Copyright , 1690 , by Prefn Publishing Co ) PRETORIA , Sept. 11. ( New York World . Cablegram Special Telegram. ) "I will fiend you a copy of the diplomatic dispatch of April , 1897 , showing conclusively the abolition of British suzerainty under the convention of 1894 , "The South African republic wishes arbl- tratlon upon all questions not settled aralc- ably which have arisen or are arising on the interpretation of the treaties , conventions or other written undertakings between the South African republic and Great Britain "England reserves several points , not specifying which. "Thla may nullify the whole. "Tho court of arbitration should consist ' of flve members , two appointed by each of ; the governments Interested In the con- troversv. i "Tho difficulty may be about the fifth , "We , wishing Impartiality , dcalre a for eigner. England objects to all foreigners. We prefer that the president of the United j Slnttp or the president of the Republic 'J Switzerland shair appoint the fifth member : of the court ot arbitration , the other four falling to agree upon a person to serve , "On the above grounds England has heretofore refused arbitration. "SECRETARY FOR PRESIDENT. " Mfiiiufiic'tnrlnif firm I'allo. CHICAGO. Sept 11 A special to the Times-Herald from Indianapolis , Itid , says. The English Light and Manufactur ing company of ITnpl'ah. this state , has failed , and W L Luckett and J ft Dtiilln have been appointed assignees The cor- jtoration was tngag d 'n operating electric ' light plants at English and other places , and was doing a manufacturing bunlnean it English. Ulrdseje. Ktkerty , Mnrengo and Corydon. No statement of thu asuetu and liabilities haa yet tetai made Moi emenlM ( if Oi-eun Vcnneld , Sept. II , At Now York Arrlv ( d Menomlnee. from Ixindon , Laurtnt'a from Glasgow , Ancho- rla from Glasgow At Yokohama Arrived Hong- Kong Maru , from San Francisco Salled-Amerl a Maru from San FrancUvo ( bunker coal has boeu on tire ) At Liverpool Arrived Corinthian , from Boston ; Btrurla. from New York , ! ENCAMPMENT OPJS F.rst Day of Annual Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic. M\NY \ OLD SOLDIERS ALREADY ON HAND Governor Poyntcr Welccm s to Nebraska th ? Veterans Irom Other State ? , MAYOR WINNETT GIVES CITY'S ' GREETING .oloaol Vifqiuin Issues Order for the Paiacle Which Oconra on Thursday. PLANS FO1 ? RLCEIVING FIRST REGIMENT 1 > > < ! > ( liliiH ; In Heaillm'HN for Wnrm Itcoeiilloii tlint In tit lip Given tlir llernen of the 1'hlllp- pine * . UNCOIL , Sept 11. ( Sppctnl. ) Tlio flrel day of the twenty third annual reunion of the Nebraska department of the Grand Army opened nt the fair grounds nuar Lin coln tnli morning with an almost unprecedented - cedented attendance of vctor-iuis. The ar- rl\als today were more numerous than yoa- terday and etlll larger numbers are ex pected tomorrow. This afternoon the first formal meeting of the Grand Army waa held In the laigo fla- Bcmbly tent The program opened with an address of welcome to votcrans from othei etntcs by Go\ernor Poynter , follow oil by un address of welcome to the city by Ma > or Wlnnett. On behalf of the Nebraska de partment Quartermaster J. C Howcn rc- isponded ; , followed by Major McCIay of the Third . regiment. ci-Govornor Ilolcomb and General Gage. In the course of hla address Governor Poyntcr said the nation was marked by tl.reo spirits. Flrat. the spirit of liberty , which had beeu made profitable by thu veterans of 1776 ; second , the spirit of equal ity , the result of the conflict of ' 91 , and third , the spirit of fraternity , which was the outgrowth of the Spanish-American war. The union of these three forces , ho remarked , makes the greatest country in the world. , Order of I'll mil p. Colonel Vlfqualn this morning Issued the following order rolntho to the military parade to ho hold Thursday : The order of the parade to be held on Thursday , September 14 , Is an follows : The Mayor of Lincoln and Mounted Police. The Chief Marshal and Staff. First Division. Colonel J. 11. McCIay. Marshal. The Grand Army of the Republic of Ne braska , 3,000 Strong. Second Division. Captain Charles F Schvvarz. Marshal. The First Nebraska. Third Division. Adjutant Charles F. Heck Marshal. The Second Nebraska , N. 8. M. University Uattnllon of Cadets. All Other Compan.es from the Second and Third Nebraska , U. 8. V. The parade will leave the coiner of P street and Sixteenth at 9:30 : u. m. , and pro ceed west on P to Fourteenth ; thence to O and west on O to nieventh ; thence outh to M street ; thence east to Fifteenth ; thence south to the west entrance to the capltol grounds. A review of the parade will take place by the governor and the assistant secretary of war from the balcony of the sanitarium on the corner of M and Fourteenth streets If the condition of the streets around thn po-stofllcB square permits It the parade will execute a countermarch around It By order of the executive committee. VICTOIl VIFQUAIN. Chief Marshal. There will bo no lack of music on the grounds during the week. The Knights of i Pythias band from Lcxlngtrn , consisting of ' twenty-one pieces , arrived here at 6 o'clock tonight and went direct to the camp , Hage- now's band of this city has also been en gaged for a number of concerts. Genrral Oago received a communication tonight from Captain Uulner of the Thirty-second volunteers , suggesting that an attempt bo made to bring that regiment to Lincoln to participate In the the military parade Thursday. The regiment will leave Fort Leavenworth , Kan. , either Wednesday or Thursday. A committee of citizens will go to Leavenworth tomorrow to negotiate with the army officials with these plans In view. Ilcceptloii to ifirHt HeKmeiit. The plans for the mate's reception to the First regiment are now practically com plete. Up to this time there has been har mony in Its organization and the various committees and their several departments are progressing In the wrrk of preparing for the reci'Dtlon with enthusiasm. There aeoms to bo a sentiment connected with this reception which arbollshes all par- j tlsan lines and centers the Interest of the I public throughout the state In this event , pr- raising to call to the state capltol on September 13. 14 and 15. the larcest crnwd of people ever assembled here. Word comes from the several towns where the companies were made up that largo delegations of citizens on special trains will accompany the members of the First regiment , as they crrae In squads from their company bead- quarters and from some of these towns , Geneva , Wayne and several other points will come as a guard of honor and as a part of the enthuslnom of the occasion I companies of uniformed young women , who will give exhibition drills at the camp grounds , where the reunion Is held. The whole affair seems to have boon planned from the beginning on n hmad scale. It ( i not only n reception a state's reception to the First regiment but also a grand reunion of the First. Second and Third ' regiments , merged Into and a part of the annual encampment of the old ( soldiers' re union , all on thu old camp ground * * , whom the boys were mustered In nnd from which they marched on their way to Luzon and where the old soldiers have held their an nual reunions for many years. Ordinarily COO tents wcrn pitched on this ground to accommodate the 3,000 or 4,000 old eoldiers , but now twice that number are erected and from all Indications this re- union inid reception will be an occasion never to bo forgotten The State National 1 Guards are now encamped nt Lincoln park and they will be able to take a prominent place in tie } grand parade , which will ho one of the chief features of the state's re ception. The First regiment , arriving In squads on Wednesday from the various company heal- quarters will be taken direct to the camp grounds , where they will be received with military honors by the Grand Army of the Rcpublh rThe uniform brings any member of ths . First regiment from any part of the ntato free. Everything Is free to members of the First The member * of the Second and Third pay only 1 cent per mile , while the public pays 80 per cent of one fare for the round trip Monr tci speak In ICenluuLr. LOI'ISVILLE. Ky Sept 11-Former Governor W J Stone of Missouri , noting ( liiilrmun nt thn national democrat ! " com mittee , arrived In I ulsvllle today He will make flve speeches In Kentucky for the regular democratic ticket , beginning to morrow at Richmond , ,
