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C03IPAM WIPED OUTi
fnfantrjcen of Ninth Eegimett Enrprissd
TThilfl r-.t Brekft.
NEARLY FIFTY KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED
Teres of Eaventy-Twi Men Oveicom. bj
Grenttr Nnnbir.
INSURGENTS SECURE A RICH PRIZE
Ttbe Boldlera' SnppHc, Including Their
Rifles.
GENERAL HUGHES WILL RUN THEM DOWN
la
Deported nl Mntilln to lip Aaaenth
Iluu Foree to OliTlnUr nml
trimmer thr AltHekliia;
Itehrla.
MA VILA. Sept. 29. A disastrous
fight
between United Stales troops and
Insur-
gents occurred yesterday In thp Island nf
fiamar. nenr llalnngiga. A large body of
Insurgents attnckc-il Company C. Ninth In
fantry, only twenty-four members o( the
compiiny escaping. All tho others are re
ported to hnvo been killed.
Tho company was nt breakfast when at
tal ked nnd made a determined resistance,
but the overwhelming numbers of the In
surgents compelled retreat.
Of tho survivors, who have arrived nt
luiny. eleven uio wounded
According to the latcBt returns tho
rtrength of the company was seventy-two.
Tho survivor Include Captain Thomas W.
Connelly, First Lieutenant Edward A. Rum
pus nnd Dr. It. S. Orlswold, surgeon.
Captain Edwin V. Ilookmlllor of thi
Ninth Infantry report that General Hughes
Is nsicmbllng a force to attack the In.
mrgonls.
The Insurgents captured all the mores
nnd ammunition of tho company and all
the rifles except tweuty-slx.
Wnahliiicf mi III i ! 1 1 - Informed.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. News of the
dhastroim light between troops of tho Ninth
Infantry and the Insurgents In tho Island
of Samnr yesterday was sent promptly by
General Hughes, commanding In that Island,
to General Chaffeo nt Manila, and by htm
transmitted to tho Wnr department. It
reached tho department during tho early
hours today and Adjutant General Cor
bin realizing its Importance at nnro made
It public, after sending a copy to tho White
bouse General Chaffee's dispatch, which
agrees with the Associated Press, Is as
follows!
MANILA, Srit. 23,-AdJutnnt General,
Washington: Hughes reporiH following
from Hnsey, Boutheru .Samnr:
"Twenty-four men Ninth regiment,
Vnlted States Infantry, ninny wounded,
Imve Just arrived from Bnlnnglga; re
mainder rompnny killed. Insurgents so
Mired nil company supplies uud all rlllea
except twelve. Company was attacked dur
ing iirenkfast, morning September com
liany seventy-two strong. Officers, Thonms
w Connolly, rnptnln; Edward A. Uuinpus,
tlrst HeutetmiU; Dr. it. H. Grlswold. major
Htirgeon escaped. CHAFFEE."
.nl AlliiKether 11 Surprise.
Tho news created a sensation In official
circles, It was the first severe reverse that
has occurred for n long time. 81111 the
omclals were not unprepared for newB of
Just this character from Samnr, In which
the revolution started by Agulnnldo still
continues. Samar Is a country nbout as
large as tho state, of Ohio and the American
forces of occupation number In all between
2,000 nnd 2,500 men. These are distributed
among various posts In the Island, a large
number being located nt the more Important
centers. Spain never mado any efforts to
occupy gnmitr nnd It only has boen for
probnbly thren months pnst that tho United
Btatcs ha undertaken that work. The
latest report nnidn by General Hughes to
tho Wnr department was that the number
of Insurgent rifles In tho Island aggre
gated about 300. Tho FUlpluoR carried on a
guerrilla warfare nnd operations against
thorn were difficult, The dlsastor to Com
pany O of tho Ninth infantry occurred, It
Is believed, while It was engaged In nn
expedition to clear tho country of roving
bands of these Insurgents, Tho fact that
tho Americans were attneked while at
breakfast Indicates tho daring nnd pluck of
tho Insurgents.
llcatill of Aaansalnnllon,
Immediately upon receipt of tho dispatch
Adjutant General Corbln cabled General
Chaffeo to Kend a full report of the fight
nml a lint of the casualties. A well known
ufllclal In Washington said ho regarded the
outbreak ns a sequel to tho assassination
of Pretildent McKlnley. Tho Insurgents
possibly believed tho shooting to bo tho
result of somo popular outbreak against
the president. Tho natives had seized tho
opportunity In tho flickering hope of re
trieving somo of their Ion ground.
Com puny Ca Illatnry,
Company C was a portion of tho Ninth
regiment, United Stalei Infantry, which
went to China nt the tlmo of tho Boxer
outbreak and while thoro performed valiant
nervicc. Later the troops went to Manila
nnd wore engaged in provost duty In that
city During tho past summer a battalion
of tho Ninth was sent to Samnr. All the
olllcers connected with Company C, which
was almost wiped out by tho Insurgents'
nro named In General CbutTeiVs dispatch,
I there being no socond lieutenant now with
I the company. Captain Thomas W. Con
nelly, who commaudod tho company, was
uppolnted to tho military academy from
New York, In September 1889, and First
Lieutenant Rumpus wns appointed to the
nrmy from Massachusetts, having sorved
ns a private in Company A, First Mas
sachusetts heuvy artillery.
Surgeon Orlswold is a recent addtlou
io the army, having crossed tho raclflc
ocean with Adjutant Oenernl Corbln on his
recent trip to tho Philippines.
Durlug his trip General Corbln visited
tho island of Samar. It was Just soven
weeks ago tonight, ho remarked, when dis
cussing the news of the disaster to Com
pany C, that bo was talking with General
Hughes nt Hollo nbout tho condition of af
fairs in tho islands, Tho point where Com
pany C was surprised, said he, was a con
siderable distance from General Hughos'
headquarters, He was not surprised at tba
uttack on the troops In Samar, as that was
one of the Islands considered particularly
troublesome, The natives along tho coast
nro friendly, but many of those in tho In
terior nro regarded as dangerous guerillas,
Vlea of MMcArthar nnd Otis,
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 29. When his nt-te-itlon
was called to tho dispatches an
nouncing the disaster that had overtaken
Company C of tho Ninth Infantry, General
Arthur MacArthur said; "This is one of
these deplorable, Isolated Incidents which
ill have no effect upon the general result.
It Is n portion of the Insurrection which
(Continued on Second l'ao.)
SIA FEEDING THE HUNGRY
'v
lent A mm it nre the Plnn of
(ef II Urupoaea In lli
llnte nl Oner.
ST PET. Sept. 29, Today fol
lowing up i -''recent publication of tho
famine conditions In thirteen districts, the
minister of the Interior Issued n long state
ment on crop failures nnd the measures
of famine relief upon which the central gov
ernment has derided.
Acting upon telegraphic reports the gov
ernment has begun the work vigorously.
The sum of 1D.O0O roubles, has been appro
priated for tho government of Saratoa,
ino.000 roubles for the non-mllltary points
In the Don Basin and 190,000 roubles with
a stipply of provisions for tho government
of Vekntcrlnoslaff.
On August 15 the central government's
famine fund amounted to only f30,000
roubles. Kmperor Nicholas ordered that
this be Increased to 11.000,000 roubles. Ac
cording to the reports of the governors,
slnte nsststance Is required In nineteen
provlnres. not counting tho country of tho
Don Cossacks, which Is under the, War do
partment. The reports estimate require
ments for autumn and winter only, not
mentioning the spring, when the, need Is
greatest.
Great difficulty will be experienced In
transporting grain Iwfnre tho close of nav
igation. Tho government Is now attending
to the most pressing deinnnds. A special
commission hss been engaged since the be
ginning of August In buying fi.HOO.OOO poods
of rye for tho provinces suffering most. In
the thirteen districts first mentioned mod
lenj organization Is active nnd special relief
Is being given.
Scurvy has broken out In the government
of Khvlalnsk nnd two divisions of tho lied
Cross society nro there.
INFANTRY REACHESVANCOUVER
Transport Itiiserrnus I'ltlonitn Tlicre
our Hundred Soldiers nn it
Smite Civilian.
VANCOUVER, I). C, Sept. 29. Tho
United States army trnnRport Rosecrnnn
arrived In port tonight, after a fourteen
dnys' voyago from St. Michael. Ilosccrans
brought 427 Cnlted States soldiers, under
command of Captain Wright.
The troops arriving are aB follows:
pany F, Seventh Infantry, 102 men;
Com
Com -
pnny L, 97; unasslgued, SO.'p ; hospital corps,
12; signal corps, 11 men,
Tho remaining passengers on tho Rose
cruns nro nearly nil government employes
nnd employes of tho consolidated companies
of Alaska, who aro coming either to remain
permanently or to spend tho winter. Of
the troops 199 nro to bo nta(loucd nt Van
couver barracks, having threo years In
Alaska, while 203 of them wero brought out
became their torm of sorvlce expires before
tho opening of navigation next year.
General Randall, commanding the De
partment of Alaska, will leavu St. Michael
on the transport Sownrd In a few dayB nnd
will tnko up his headquarters at Vancouver
barrncks.
IlosecranM left St. Michael for Portland
via Nnmo nnd Dutch Harbor on September
ID. It was nt Dutch Harbor that the pas
sengers and crew learned of President Mc
Klnlcy's assassination. They did not hoar
of his death, however, until this morning
when they entered tho mouth of tho Colum
bia river.
Tho river steamer J. C. Powers loft St
Michael on September 15 for the last voyago
of the year up tho Yukon.
KITCHENERASKSM0RE MEN
London Kxprrsa Kny Me Wnnta
Tvvpiif -FI vr Th ml nun il If. I nil
Sin j- Visit Colonies,
LONDON. Sept. .10. The Dally Express
publishes n report that Ixird Kitchener
has asked for 25,000 more seasoned, mounted
men anil for power to hang rohels, traitors
nnd murderers without referenco to the
home government.
"Immediately on his return from the con
tinent." says tho Dally News, "tho king
summoned a meeting of tho council to con
sider I)rd Kltchenor's position. It Is un
derstood that his majesty nssumed a very
strong attitude and closely questioned tho
ministers upon their proposals."
The Dally Express says It understands
that when the wnr In South Africa Is
"over," King Kdwnrd nnd Queen Alexandra
Intend to visit tho colonies and India, nnd
that while In India his majesty will bo
crowned Emperor of India.
BULLS DECLINE CHALLENGE
Hetcn nl llnynnne Turn Tnll 'When
Automobile Dlsplnae llnrae
In Arenn.
PARIS, Sept. 30. A dispatch from
Bayonue to the Flgnro describes a bull fight
which occurred there yesterday, in which
an autnmotille replaced tho horse of the
plcadar. Tho novelty drew an enormous
crowd, but seven bulls In succession turned
tall nnd fled nt the sight of tho automobile.
M. Henri Dulcho of tho Paris Aero club,
who established tho prize for n steornble
balloon, which M. Santos Dumont, tho
Brazilian aeronaut, made such a valiant ef
fort to win, furnished tho automobile nnd
presided over tho light.
FOR MISSTfONES RELEASE
Hulled .ntra Consul Oenernl Ad
dresses Hiilunrluii Government
In Her llctiiilf,
CONSTANTS NOPI.B, Sept. 29. C M.
Dickinson, United States consul general In
Constantinople, has made representations
to tho Rulgarlan government with n vlow
of securing tho releneo of Miss Helen H.
Stone and her companion, who was captured
by the brigands September 3, near DJuma
bnla. It Is reported thot a number of members
of tho Dulgarlan-Macedonlan revolutionary
committee bavo been nrrestod on evidence
Implicating thorn In tho nbductlon.
WALDERSEE'S LEG PAINS HIM
More Member Grittra Worse nnd tli
Count' Appetite la lleroni
in Affected,
HERLIN, Sept. 29. Count von Waldersee,
who Is nlllrg, Is worse. He suffers fro.u a
painful soro on tho leg nnd has no appetite.
Ho la still near Nekarsulm, Wurtcmberg,
on the estato of his sister-in-law.
CHRISTIANS JN CONFLICT
llnnil In Hyrtn llepnrleri In llnve llnd
llloo.lj KIkIU nllli
Mnaaulmniia.
PARIS, Sept. 29. A dispatch from Con
stantinople reports that a bloody fight has
taken place between Mussulmans and
Christians at Beirut, Syria. No details arc
given.
BATTLE WITH THE POLICE
aiBaiiaaaH
Eu Fraioiico Itrlkari En gags in light that
Bemlti flerioislj.
SEVEN MEN WOUNDED, ONE MAY DIE
Fifty Simla Flreil Are nvldentl
Alined villi ."oiue Cnre Tlilrlj-
Arresla Are MhiIo on
, ' the Spot. ,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 29. A
pitched battle between strikers and police
men occurred shortly after 1 o'clock this
morning la Kearney atrcet between Post
nnd Geary streets. Seven men nro known
to have been wounded, one probably fatnlly
and It Is thought that several others who
escaped arrest wero Injured. Not less than
fifty shots were flrfd. Several of the In
jured were Innocent pnsscrsby, A number
of plate glass windows wero broken by
Hying bullets.
Four special policemen nnd a recently
discharged naval man wero made targets
for a combined assault by n mob of strikers
and sympathizers numbering, according to
the declarations of tho spcrlnl policemen,
nt least 200.
fho following are known to have been
wounded.
Wllllnm Miller, striking teamster, shot
In the left hrenst, will probnbly die.
H. F. Ileehler, special officer, shot In the
leg.
O. Wlsscl, druggist, shot In the kneo.
Eddlo Fuller, messenger boy, shot In tho
leg.
J. Doyne, lacerated scalp wound, Inflicted
with tho but end of n revolver.
MncDonald, shot In tho hand.
Peter Johnson, n boxmaker, shot In the
leg.
The party of special policemen were on
their way homo from n variety theater.
When they turned Into Market ntrcot from
Turk they noticed a Inrgo crowd following
nnd they nsked Policeman John Tillman to
nccompnny thorn Just ns tho party reached
Kearney street n shot wns fired. It was
followed In quick succession by several
others. A regular fusillade ensued. Tbo
mob scattered In nil directions, but not bo
fore n number of policemen arrived and
succoeded In nrrosting nbout thirty of thorn.
Four wero Identified ns striking teamsters.
They were heavily armed.
While Ofllcer Tillman was nttemptlng to
protect the spoclnlH when the tlrst shots
wero flrcd ono of tho mob tired nt him nt
short range. Tho bullet Just grnzed Till
man's car. J. lloyne, who was anion g the
Injured, was n nonunion man. Application
wns made to a number of hackraen to carry
htm away, but they refused to do so because
ho was not n union man. Ileehler was form
erly a member of Company E of the Fourth
United Stntes volunteers. His home Is In
Elkhart. Ind.
CHICAGO ELEVATED GAINING
Ho nth Side Strike Seems Prnrtlrally
Lost Accident Occurs Which la
Not nn Accident,
CHICAGO, Sept. 29. The strlko on the
South Side Elevated road was declared
practically at an end tonight. Relieving
that they would not be able to force offi
cials of the company to grant demands
when the strike wnH declared Saturday
morning members of tho employes' union
began deserting the ranks of tho strikers
early today nnd asking to bo reinstated
In their old positions. In most cases thoy
were taken back nnd placed on tho "extra
list" under those of tho men who stepped
In and took tholr places when an attempt
was made to tie up the road.
Although tho strike lenders will not admit
thnt their forces are weakening tho men
who npplled to be rclnstuted took a differ
ent view of the situation, declaring that
thero wns no chnnco for the men to win
nnd that tho majority of the strikers wero
willing to return to work.
A lnrge Iron bar, which Is presumed to
have been placed on the rails by strikers,
nearly caused a serious accldont to ono
of tho trnlns tonight. Tho cars wero loaded
to overflowing and several persons wero
more or less injured in tho pnnlc that at
tended tho Btnashup. Tho motorman did
not seo tho obstruction In tlmo to stop
nnd the first two cars of tho train wero
thrown from tho track.
TROUBLE BREWING IN BOSTON
Strike of the Rzpreaa Drivers May
(Jrovr In Urgp nnd i:penalte
Proportions,
BOSTON. Sept. 29. The strlko of tho ex
press drlveis of the transportation Arm?
bids fair to cause serious complications un
less a speedy settlement Is reached.
Ono more nttompt to reach an adjustment
of the trouble will be innde tomorrow
morning and In case of failure tho officers
of the Transportation Trades council, com
posed of freight clerks, truckmen and gen
eral merchandise handlers, hnvo been em
powered to call nut overy member of their
various organizations.
This decision wns reached todoy at a spe
cial meeting of the Transportation Trades
council nfter a very full discussion of the
situation.
WANT THEM ALL AT BAYVIEW
UtrlUera Who Are- Out 'Will Servo
Cull on Itudlenln nt
Work.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 29. At n meeting
today of the strikers at Rny View, who still
remain out, it was voted to call out those
of tho radical element who recently went to
work. It Is sold that nbout thirty-five of
the skilled workmen will walk out tomor
row. The reason for their courso Is said to
bo because the Illinois Steel company Is not
paying the Amalgamated scale, which wns
In force when the men quit In n body sev
eral weeks ago, The result will he. It Is
said, the shutting down of two of tho ntno
Inch mills.
TEXANS WHIPNEGR0 TO DEATH
.et Turn Attention in Another lllnek,
Who Kills .liillnu Wood
In Defense,
I.ONGVIEW, Tex., Sept. 29. News
has reached hero of a race riot at
llallvllle, In Harrison county. A
party of white men last night
whipped a negro so severely (hat he died.
They then nttempted to break Into tho
house of another negro who shot and killed
Julian Wood. Armed citizens have been
searching for Tom Walker, who Is charged
with the shooting, nnd late reports say that
he hss been hanged. The trouble arose over
crop mortgages. It Is said that the negroes
secured advances on their crops and then
refused to fulfill the contracts.
NEBRASKA DAY AT BUFFALO
I'roKrnm Ini'linlliiK n llnniiiiet to lie
Git en In Hie Suit limine
Tliiirntln'.
BUFFALO. Sept. 29. This Is carnival
week nt Ihe exposition. Early Monday
morning preparations will be Instituted by
which his maJcBty, .Rex, may be fittingly
received upon his triumphal entry to tho
City of Light. On the same evening Hex
nnd the honored members of IiIb court will
enter upon the sceno of festivity nnd as
sume control of tho loyal subjects. Rex
will proceed through the various avenues
to the court of fountains, receiving In roynl
manner the thousands who will await his
coming with eagerness, Tho program for
the week consists of brilliant spectacles and
formal receptions for each day.
On Tuesday Mexico will crtobrnte. His
excellency, Scnor Asmlroz, with other mem
bers of the embassy, will be In attendance.
Ml the Mexican consuls from New York
City. Buffalo, Chlcngo and St. Louis nro ex
pected. Tho festivities of tho day will con
elude with a magnificent ball In the Stad
ium, to which hundreds of Invitations have
been Issued.
Thursday, Toronto and Nebraska will
celebrate. Hon. O. M. Howland. C. M. O.,
mnyor of Toronto, will mnkn tho principal
pddress of tho day In the Toronto program
anil later In the dny he will hold nn In
formal reception, In thp Canadian building.
In Nebraska day ceremonies many of
the most distinguished men of tho stnto
will participate. This program Includes a
banquet In the famous sod hnuso con
structed of Nebraska sod.
Friday will be Ponnsylwinln day nnd the
citizens of tho Keystono stnto will make
merry, both In tho Temple of Music nnd In
their own beautiful nnd commodious build
ing. Governor W. A. Stone will bring with
him a party of stnto officials nnd tho inem
bern of his Btnff. The governor will bo
orator nf tho day In the ceremonlcn held
In the Tcmplo of Music.
Saturday announcement will bo mado of
tho nwnrds by tho various Juries of the
Pan-Amerlenn exposition lo tho exhibitors.
Dr. H. S. Prltrhert, chnlni'fln of tho com
mittee, will make presentation of medals
nnd diplomas In tho Tomplo of Music nt
11 In the morning. Peru will nlso cele
brate on this day. Representatives from
that country will bo present to mako the
principal nddresses of tho day.
This will bo In addition to Mardl Cms
day, tho feature of which will bo tho pro
cession of Hpeclally constructed floats,
which are exact reproductions of thoso
used by Now Orleans In tho spring nnd
Saratoga during the summer.
DR. WILLIAMJL GRAY DEAD
Hilltnr nf Interior anil Pioneer In
Creed Itevlaloii PnnaeN Anny
In CIiIfuro,
CHICAGO, Sopt. 29. (Special Telegram.)
Dr. Wllllnm C. Gray, thirty years editor
of tho Interior nnd n pioneer In tho move
ment for revision of tho Presbyterian creed,
died this afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock
nt his homo In Oak Park, a suburb of Chl
cngo. Ills death had b$t, "pected the
last two weeks nnd Is tho n'sult of a gen
eral breaking down. Last May, nt his
summer home, Island Lake, Wis., nn opern
tlon was performed nnd for n time ho Im
proved, but a relapse followed his return
to Chlcngo. Plans for funeral services nro
not sottled, but Rev, N. I). Hlllls, pastor of
Plymouth church, Brooklyn, will deliver
the Bermon.
Ever since tho Chlcngo fire Dr. Gray had
been a lender nmong tho Presbyterians of
Chicago and the northwest. In all church
affairs, whether of doctrine, organization
or Hoclal life, his Influence was as great as
that of nny other man, nnd It was not the
power of the pulpit, for Dr. Gray wnB never
admitted to the ministry, but strictly and
exclusively tho power of tho press.
It waa in 1S71 that ho was called to this
city from Cincinnati, where ho was nt tho
head of a largo printing house, nnd was
made tho editor of tho Interior, which
needed to bo practically re-established on
account of its looses from tho big fire. He
bcenmo n partner with Cyrus McCormlcli
In tho Arm of McCormlck & Grny, pub
lishers of the paper, and its conduct had
been his one great concern ever since.
With his wife nnd children ho mado his
homo In Oak Park from tho start.
Ho had been editor of tho paper only
four years when the controversy nroso that
resulted In tho trlnl of David Swing for
heresy, nnd while he had been regarded ns
one of tho enemies of tho famous pastor
of tho Fourth PreBbyterlan church, tho
necessity of tho trial waa always ono of his
grent regrets.
Dr. Gray was born In Butler county,
Ohio, In 1S30. Ho was a farmer's son. By
extra farm work, nnd later by teaching In
a country school, ho earned money enough
to take him to college. Miami university
was the Institution he had plnnned to at
tend, but thoro came a split in tho faculty,
and he followed tho retiring members to
Farmers' college.
Young Gray did not toko kindly to bli
father's advice that ho study for the min
istry, hut Instend he read law for a while.
Intending to become n lawyer. Ho sup
ported himself mennwhllo by writing for
newspapers, nnd before long was so Inter
ested In Journalism that law ceased to have
charms. Thon followed a long period of
experiments In country Journalism, which
filled almost twenty years of his life.
Dr. Gray was always n hnrd worker, and
one of his boasts. was that he never missed
earning his day's pay In nil his life. His
HtuJIcs occupied all of his sparo tlmo, and
ho never nbandoned them. In later yeurs
his acquirements were recognized with tho
degree of Ph. D. from Wooster (O.) col
lege, nml with tho degrco iif LL. D. from
Knox college nt Gnlcwhurg. Ills "Cnmpflro
MitBlngs" and his editorials wero widely
read.
EXPLAINS HILL'S MULE RIDE
Xerr Whntrnm Heport la Thnt He Wna
InapeetlnK Iloulo for See
on il Cuacnile Line,
NEW WHATCOM, Wash., Sept. 29. It
has developed hero that tho purpose of tho
last visit of President J. J. Hill of tho
Great Northern railway to the Pacific coast
was to perBonnlly Inspect n routo for his
second line of railway across tho CaBcado
mountains. In this state. It Is said that
Mr. Hill mado the trip on mule back from
tho head waters of the Lnko Chelan country
to Bridge creek. In tho Cascodo mountains.
On tho eastern sldo of tho mountains the
Great Northern Is extending the system
westward from Marcus to Midway. On the
western side their lino wns tnkon forty
miles eastward from Hamilton to Rockport.
Between Rockport, tbo terminus of tho
line on the weotern Fide of the mountains
to Midway, where contracts nro said to
have already been let for construction on
the eastern side Is a distance of 150 miles
I was to look over tho Intervening gap. In
which lies Skagit Pass, that Mr. Hill mado
nls last trip.
CLONTARF AND THE PRIMARY
Elm. Eiittrj That Wat Nt GWin it tht
Conrtntion Catnrdaj,
PART OF THE SOUTH OMAHA SCHEME
Attempt to Hold n Cnnons villli Dem
ocrat" to Support Ihe Aliened
Delexntea In thei llopuh
llcnn Contention,
Now that the smoko of the battto bns
cleared awny tho facts In regard to the
contest from Clontarf precinct, upon tho
settlement of which the control of Satur
day's convention depended, may bo clearly
set forth. If a committer of five or any
other reasonable number bnd been ap
pointed to hear this enso It would hnvc
been possible to present tho facts, but to
try tho enso clearly nnd Justly on tho con
vention floor was an Impossibility for the
reason that n largo numher of tho dele
gates and others In the room were bent on
howling down tho opposition to tho plan of
the. nntls to seat tho Knstner-Murphy dele
gation. As a matter of fact the Saussay delega
tion had the proper credentials, ns could
hnvo been proved by the official records of
the county committee. Their credentials
wero signed by the Judge nnd clerks np
pointed by the county committee for the
Clnntnrf cnucus, nnd 'these Judges nnd
clerks wero rendy to testify that the caucus
was legally nnd properly conducted. Tho
fact that Mr. Saussay was ono of tho Judges
nnd nlso n candidate for delcgnte nn ob
jection thnt wns rather Ingeniously brought
before the convention by Mr. Van Dttscn
should not hnvo been considered unless It
wns tho will of the convention to upset
precedent nnd question tho right of n grent
many of the country delegates to their
seats. It has alwnys been common prnctlco
for tho county committee to allow candi
dates for places on the dolegatlonB to servo
ns Judges nt tho primaries In tho country
precincts, nnd thero wero among tho nutls
In Saturday's convention n number of flele
gntes from tho country who hnd ncted ns
Judges nt the prlmnrleB. Including for ex
nmple, Mr. Duckcr of Union. Mr. Wltte of
Chlcngo and Mr. Rogert of Dundee. So, un
less precedent wns to bo Ignored nnd tho
nntls wero ready to unseat somo of their
own delegates, the objection to Mr. Saussny
on tho ground thnt he hnd been n caucus
Judgo wns of no force.
Tho county commllteo called the Clontarf
primary to bo held at the houso of Joe
Munser, ono of tho committeemen for tho
precinct. A few days preceding tho pri
mary or caucus tho Clontarf committeemen
wero advised that a gang from South Omaha
headed by Henry Murphy hnd planned to
show up at Munser's at tho appointed hour
and take control of the primary. In order
to nvold this gnng nnd to thwart its plan,
tho real republican voters of Clontnrf, In
cluding tho committeemen for the precinct,
"hold their prlmnry In a back room In Mun
ser'H houso at tho nppolntod time nnd when
Murphy nnd his South Omaha heelers
showed up they wero not admitted. Tho
South Omahi'ns thon ljeld their purported
prlmnry on Munscr's front porch, choosing
Judges and clerks from tholr own ranks.
According to Murphy, there were eight
votes cast nt the front porch prlmnry,
whllo tho Saussay ticket Is snld to hnvo
received six voIcb nt tho official primary.
At tho last general election Clontnrf gnvo
six votes for McKlnley nnd only four for
tho rest of tho republican tlckot and It
would thereforo nppear that tho full
strength of the republlcnns of tho precinct
waa represented In tho Saussay primary.
The committeemen InslHt that only repub
licans voted at their prlmnry and that
democrats nnd non-resldontB of -tho pro
clnct voted at tho Knstner-Murphy meet
ing on tho front porch nnd this statement
Is substantiated by tho fact that the Knnt-ner-Murphy
delegation was composed of
democrats, Including Chnrles Horn, who
wns one of Tom Hoctor's delegates to tho
democratic convention of two weeks ngo.
Yot this delegation of democrats wns
Heated to help nomlnato tho republican
ticket.
As to Snussay's resldcnco In tho precinct,
it is a fact that ho has lived and voted
thero for yenrs, and has represented Clon
tnrf on tho county committee for somo tlmo.
He is n printer nnd works nights on the
World-Hernld, having a temporary resi
dence In the city a portion of tho yenr. Ho
has maintained his residence In Clontnrf
precinct nnd hns never voted nnywhero
elso, Tbo other niembors of tho unseated
delegation nro nlso bona Ada citizens und
voters of tho precinct.
Somo of tho Fourth wnrd delegnten nro
still wondering how It happened that they
wero epllt up so ob to give eight votes for
Waterman nnd soven votes for Munro for
county commissioner, nnd thus decided nn
Important contest between tho Seventh and
Eighth wards. Thoy nro positive thnt the
delegation wbb not polled for Waterman
nnd Munro and that the responeo to tho
rollcall was made without authority from
tho whole delegation. Because things woro
rather exciting and disorderly nt tho tlmo
tho nomination for county commlfcsloner
wns mado a slip of this kind was ullowed to
go through without pretest. At any rate,
tho panic grfvo Judge Vlnsonhnlcr an ex
cellent opportunity to pny Lyman Water
man for the work ho did In tho Seventh
ward last Friday.
Ono of tho nmuslng fentures of Inst Fri
day's contest in tho Fifth ward was the
nllgnment of A. II. Donecken with tho red
Ink nntl-mnchlnlstt. It was Donecken who
engineered the nntl-mnchlne flght In tho
Fifth. Up to n year and n hnlf ngo ho was
a street commissioner under the Moores nd
mlnlstrntlon and no henrtlor or moro en
thusiastic "mnchtno" mnn ever hustled for
Fifth wnrd votos. When he lost his Job ho
went over to tho would-bo machine, ngalnst
which ho hnd fought tlmo nnd again so long
as he was In the city's employ. So on Fri
day Donecken was with his old ndversnrles,
Myere, Saunders & Co., Issuing circulars
condemning tho city ndmlnlBtrntlnn nnd
battling with all his might for tho faction
which had In previous contests called him
nil tho names In tho political vornhulary
nnd charged up to him all tho tricks and
frauds ascribed to machine rule.
The republican cnndldates for nssessors In
the Omaha wards are:
First Ward Henry Bauman.
Second Wnrd Molchlor Lels.
Third Ward John Merrltt.
Fourth Ward-Clifford N. Forbes.
Fifth Ward James Bruner.
Sixth Wnrd George W. McCoy.
Seventh Wnrd Frank A. Johnson.
Eighth Ward ChrU Boyer.
Ninth Ward-Chnrles E. Malm.
Tho populist county committee will con
fer with the democratic cotinty commlUee
next Wednesday on the fusion proposition
(.Continued on Second Fage.),
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JACOB BLODT TAKES HIS LIFE
Prominent riiMetiitiit I'limneler Cmn
lillta Suicide While Under Ihe
dinner uf llmheitr.leiiieiit.
CLEVELAND, O.. Sept. 29. - Believing
himself to be the victim of mnllrlous and
unrelenting persecution, and thinking th.it
he was ruined through the efforts nf his
enemies, Jacob A. Blodt, In n fit of despera
tion, killed himself by nsphyxtatlou In a
llttlo hoarding house here todny.
For twenty years Mr. Blodt hns been
IdcnIIAed with prominent business Interests
In Cleveland. Until a month ago he wns
universally respected and held In contldenco
by tho most conservative business men. Mr.
Blodt was secretary of the Guarantee Sav
ings nnd Loan company, which fulled n few
weeks ngo. Ills nrrest on the charge of
embezzlement followed close nfter the state
authorities had instituted proceedings
against the company nnd he wns still on
ball when he ended his life.
Mr. Blodt lived In n handsome residence
on Euclid nvenue nnd Is survived by n wife
and threo dnughters. Today was his 4lllh
birthday.
ONE KILLED INJVI0T0R CRASH
Pour Other llnilly Hurl hy CoIIInIoii
of Ht'iimvny Klrelrle
nml Freight.
BURLINGTON, la.. Sept. 29. (Special
Telegram.) One person was killed and four
were bndly Injured hy tho wreck of nn
eloctrlc motor car which got nway from
tho motorman on tho west hill grndo this
morning and dashed Into a Burlington
freight train nt the Jefferson street cross
ing. Tho car contained ten people. By somo
unnccouutnble means the motorman lost
control of tho car ami it dashed down the
long Incline Into n passing freight train,
reducing the car to kindling wood. Several
people Jumped nnd wero slightly Injured.
Mrs. Chailes ICupfer wns killed. The
following wero Injured: Georgo Stone,
shoulder dlslocnted; A. C. Hutchinson, hnnd
crushed; Vera Southern, leg broken, lt3nd
bruised; Miss Lutz, head bruised. All wero
on their way to church.
LURES CURRYJTO HIS DEATH
Chnrles lludapetli 1'oreen "Wife In In
vito 31 is ii to Itnomn, Then
KIIIm 1 1 1 i .
KANSS CITY-Sept. 29. Charles Huds
peth of Mason City, III., at midnight shot
Chnrles Curry of Lexington, Mo., becnusc
Jealous over tho attentions paid Mra. Huds
peth. Curry died early this morning. The
shooting took place In the Hudspeths'
rooms In Wynndotto street, where Curry
had been enticed by a lotter written by
Mrs. Hudspeth nt her husband's command.
When tho police arrived Curry wan uncon
scious. Mrs. Hudspeth, who was crying,
greeted tho officers with. "My husband shot
n man who was not armed."
Hudspeth submitted to arrest calmly.
Hudspnth Is 30 years hid nnd says he nnd
his wife have been mnrrled flvo years and
that they havo n child. Ho recently re
turned from a trip to Oklahoma and said
ho had como to look for his wife.
FOREST FIRE JJEAR RED CLIFF
ColorHtln To it n I'eura II Will He
Swept Anny liy l'lnniea
from Mniintnln.
DENVER, Colo.. Sept. Sept. 29. A spe
cial to tho News from Red Cliff, Colo..
says: Tho biggest forest flrn ever known
In this locality Is raging tonight on Battle
Mountnln nnd threatening tho town. Tho
conflagration extends for a couple of miles
along the" west sldo of tho mountnln and
near tho summit Is burning fiercely. The
citizens fear for their proporty nml homes
nnd nil tho flro fighting apparatus Is In
readiness for nn emergency.
Tho Aro Is traveling In the direction of
tho mining camp nf Oilman and that place
Is In even moro dangerous nt present then
Red Cliff.
DURBIN TO FOLLOW MOUNT
Belief la Hint Imllmin Goiernur Will
Turn Ilonn Kentucky' lleiiul-
II Ion A Kill n,
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 29. Governor Dur-
hln will tomorrow decide whether W. S.
Taylor and Chnrles FInley of Kentucky
must bo returned to that state for trlnl
under tho Indictments charging them with
complicity In the nllcgcd plot to nssasslnato
William Gncbel. The office of Governor
Durbln has been Aoodcd today with tolo-
grnms from Kentucky urging him not to
grant tho requisition. It Ib believed hern
tonight that the requisitions will be re
fused and that Governor Durbln will pursue
tho same course taken hy IiIb predecessor,
Governor Mount.
FOOT RACER IS TOO SLOW
KnnxiiK Offleera Overtnke nml .In II
Him for CminplrinkT ARnluat
llepreoenlnll vr lluvls.
FORT SCOTT. Kan,, Sept. 29. O. G.
Stanbury, a professional foot racer, who Is
charged with having conspired with "Bud"
(illicit, nnnther professional sprinter, now
In Jail here, to defraud Stnto Representa
tive Jonathan Davis out of $5,000 by Induc
ing him to bet that amount on n race nnd
thon throwing the race, wan arrested today
nnd Is now In Jail. Offlcnrs nro now after
E. E. Ellis and "Bob" Boatrlght of Webb
City, who nro also charged with being In
tbo conspiracy.
BEER CAUSES KANSAS DUEL
I, nek' of It Amtera Curl While, 'Who
Tempt" Ho mini l,niiK
Into SlKHitlnic Him,
TROY, Kan.. Sept. 29. In a Btreet duel
hero tonight Carl White, aged 23, wns shot
nnd fatally wounded by Howard lnngo,
aged 17 son of n restaurant keeper Whitn
had ordered beer and v. hen Lnngo refined,
lo scr.e I benuse of the prohibitory law
bo provoked a riuarrcl.
STAB M'KIEEY GUARD
Ghuli r QrftT DjitttnlUrs Rprtid to
HkTt Unit si AtUck.
SOLDIER HIMSELF GIVES ONLY EVIDENCE
Tlli Strange Btory Which ! Hot Y.t Filly
Corroborated,
SAYS MAN KNIFES HIM AS HE FIRES
Lxhibiti Gtih in His Blsuss to Prort Hit
Claim,
JAIL DELIVERY OCCURS SHORTLY BEFORE
Some Think I'rlinners' Cenpe Una
Mime Cmtiif rllmi ivlth tnrldent
nt Cemetery IJnnril nt Vnult
la Inorenaeil.
CANTON. O. Sept. 29 -A strange storj
comes tonight from West Lawn cemetery,
whero n company of legulnrs from Fort
Wayne, Mich , Is guarding the vault III
which the body of Ptesldent McKlnley lies
It Is to the effect that the guard on duty
on top of the vault fired a shot nt one man
who refused to heed his challenge nnd thnt
the shot was diverted by nnot'ier man who
nppeiircd from another direction. Also
thnt nn effort uns made to stab the guard
Mllllnry regulations prevent either the
officers or the men of tho post from being
quoted on nny matter eonnerteil with their
service, nnd for this reason Cnptnln Riddle,
who is In commnnd, was obliged to decline
to be quoted at the camp tonight. He will
make a full report to his superiors at onee
Reliable nuthnritles made the following
statement: Private Deprend was on guard
duty on top of tho vault at n point com
manding tho entrance below nnd tho ap
proach from tho rear. Shortly before 7 SO
ho saw what he took to be the face of a
man peering from behind a tree about forty
feet from his post. Ho watched It for
twenty minutes, ho snys, and nt 7:4ft saw
tho man hurry to n tree ten feet nearer. Ho
challenged the mnn to halt, but this was
not heeded nnd the fellow approached
nearer. Deprend levelled his gun nnd
nlmed to shoot for effect, but J.tsl nt that
Inatnnt nnother man who came toward htm
from the opposite side caught tho gun,
throw It up and tho bullet was spent In
tho nlr.
Guard la Knifed.
This same man struck Deprend on tho
right side of tho abdomen with n knife or
other sharp weapon, cutting nn L-shnped
gash In his overcoat nn Inch and n half
each way, and a smaller ono In bis blouse,
Tho flesh wns not broken, but was bruised,
Deprend In tho struggle fell and rolled
dowu the side of the vault. Lieutenant
AHhbrldgo, officer of the day, wns In front
of tho vuult nnd rushed to the top on hear
ing tbo shot, but tho men turnip good their
escape. All mombcrs of the compnny, on
hearing tho shot, hurried to tho vnult, nnd
besides Bearrhlng tho cemetery, tho guard
wan Increased,
Deprend Is n recruit enlisted Jn Now
York four months ngo. He is said to bo
nn excellent soldier and to have n fine
record with his officers. Ho snys the man
who attacked him was masked, hut that the
llrst ono ho saw wus not mnBkcd. He
says tho lattor carried n white package In
his right hand nnd something thnt glittered
In his left.
Since the Incident stories have been told
In camp of some Incendiary conversations
overheard In the crowds thnt have visited
the cemetery. Including one today alleging
that some Btrangcr snld: "Lots of peoplo
would like to see this whole thing blown
up."
Thero nre Beventy soldiers nt tho reme
tery, twenty of whom nro constantly on
guard duty nbout tho vault nnd camp.
Slory Tolil Hy (Junril.
The first mnn, the guard says, carried n
small whlto package in his right hand nnd
something that glistened like n polished
weapon in the other. The second ono, tho
guard says, woro n mnsk over his face.
Lloutonant Ashbrldgo wns on duty less
thnn 100 feet away In front of the vault
and Is said lo have reached tho top within
flvo seconds nfter ho heard tho shot, but
when ho arrived tho guard was nt tbo font
of tho slope In which the vnult Is built,
where ho rolled nfter tho nssnult, nnd tho
supposed prowlers wero making their es
copo with a good lead.
Gunril la lurrenaeil.
Others of the company wero nttrarted by
tho report nf tho rlflo, hut reached tho
scene too late to be nf nny nsslstnner, ex
cept to participate In the pursuit and the
search mado nf the cemetery, and In In
crenslng the guard for the night.
Stories regarding the Incident when they
reached the city were rnnnected with the
Jail delivery that occurred about tho same
time.
While there seems to he nn doubt that at
least two prowlorB attempted to reach the
vnult there Is much dlflercnco of opinion
ns to tho object of the Intruder, who evi
dently made good their escape, ob tho cem
etery huH been searched over In vain.
CANTON PRISONERS ARE OUT
I'.IkIiI Suit Their Way lo Freedom
nml Are Still Abend of
the Hound.
CANTON, O.. Sept. 29. Eight prisoners
broko nut of tho tounty Jull tonight by saw
ing out bare over a window openfng upon
the court between tho Jail nnd courthouse.
They had flvo minutes' stnrt when discov
ered. BloodbnundH wero Immediately put
on tho trail. Only ono prisoner remains,
Michael McGnvern, held for robbery In
which tho victim wns tortured. Ho was re
gnrdod as the most drsperato nnd was held
on another floor of tho Jail.
Thoso who escaped are: Frank Jones,
aesault with Intent to rob; Rush I'nlm, col
ored, robbery: Harry Shen, Indicted under
tho tramp law; John Parker, non-support
nf children; Stacy Lewcllyn, larceny; Al
bert Moore, burglary nnd larceny; Frank
I'nlm, burglary; Genrgo Raymond, a fugi
tive from Olenn, N. Y.
KANSAS POPULIST IS USEFUL
Hon. Hd nidnrly Turns Cnolc and
Dora liiurra for llnnril In
Olilnhom ii.
TOPEKA. Kan . Sept 29. (Special Tele
gram i A report from Oklahoma is that
Ed Rldgely, chairman of the populist state
crmml'tee nnd retired from rongress U-f
Marrli, Is cooking and doing chores for
bl board In Lavs too.