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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JVSE ID, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOHNING, OCTOBER 20, 1001 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. TELLS OF THE FIGHT Admiral Schley Riaclw the Vital Peint la Hi Testimony, GIVES A STRAIGHT, SIMPLE NARRATIVE i)cribli rrosfcljn's Loop and Other Maia Fcaturet. CONTRADICTS BOTH HODGSON AND POTTS J)iei Damainj; Texu and Retiring to Ehelter. CROWD EVEN LARGER THAN THURSDAY'S Interested Auditors Pact the l.nrnr nnnni to Hear Appllennt'a tlirn Story of MniiflnK KimnKement Next Session Monday. WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. When the Echley court of Inquiry adjourned today Afnltal Schley had not completed his tes- tlmony In chief. He took the stand about 11.30 o'clock, nftoi" 'ormer witnesses had been recalled for the purpose of making corrections In or additions to their testi mony, and continued his statement until the court adjourned, af. 3;40 p. m. This Adjournment twenty minutes In advance of the usual tlmo was due to the fact that the admiral's throat had becomo somewhat sensitive as a result of his continuous talk ing. He bad raado complaint to tho court of the condition of his throat Immediately after concluding his story of tho battlo off Bantlago and Admiral Dewey, who evi dently had noticed tho difficulty, had re sponded by showing a willingness to ad journ tho court. Mr. Itayner, however, expressed a dcelro to procoed, saying that he had a number of questions which ho wished to ask, nnd Admiral Schley as '(en ted to his counsel's suggestion. A quar- ter of an hour later Admiral Dewey hlmeolf t onowod tho suggestion for nn adjournment and, all concerned agreeing to this proposi tion, tho court adjourned until Monday at J I o'clock. tThnratlny'a Audience Outnumbered. The day was a notable ono In tho court. JJy largo odds tho largest crowd that has yet attended nny of the sessions was pres- cnt and Interest was manifested through- cut tho proceedings. Long before- the bo- ginning of tho morning session all the eats reserved for visitors In tho court- toom were occupied and tho greater portion oi mo space in ma rear oi mcso seats was covered by man and women standing. They not only stood on tho floor, but upon win- dow sills and tablos and even the rude ele- I Tator machinery in that Dortlon of tbo hall was covered by men. On only ono occa- f Ion was there any effort nt applause and this was suppressed before it had reached any magnitude. Tho chief event of the day was the ad- mlral's relation of , theevents of July 3, wuen mo American neui sent. jervera s aquadron to thu bottom of the sea or to I tno bcficn. He torn ma Htory or this nis- torlcal occurrenco In plain words and In uiianecien siyic, uui me narrative was straightforward and to tho point, indicating clcsb familiarity with all tho phases of that event. rironkl.i ii 'a Conilnrt. He said that Brooklyn had for n time vustalned tho fire of nil four ot tho Spanish ehlps nnd also the flro of tho Spanish land batteries. Explaining the historical turn of his own flagship, Drooklyn, he said that it had not approached to within 600 yards of Texas and thnt he had never consid ered that vessel In tho leoBt danger. Ho also said, In response to nn Interrogation from Mr. Rayncr, that ha had never dur lng the battlo engaged In any colloquy with Lieutenant Hodgson and that ho had not used the expression attributed to him by Hodgson. This refers to the alleged rnilnnnv in whirh h n.imlmi I. nn..,i h,,-. ..m. iinmn Tn." Artiri Echley also gave the details of the recon- that tho general, even then, did not believe Dolssanco of May 31, when Christobal Colon that the War office would venture to re was bombarded. In this connection ho de- tire him. After the Interview Mr. Droderick i. .i.ni .Mrihnin,! i him u went straight to King Ldward In Scotland rnmmnnrtr Pntis of MnsHsehusntts con- cernlng thc danger of. remaining on tho turrets under fire. Itayner Doenn't Require Nampaon, Preceding the adjournment of the court today the question of calling Admiral Eampson to tho stand was revived by Judge Advocate Lcmly, who reminded Mr. Itayner that he (Mr. Rayner) had suggested aomo tlmo ago that he desired the admiral called. Mr. Imly said he was prepared to issue the summons It called upon to do eo, but Mr. Rayncr responded that tho in cident which had seemed to demand tho admiral's Attendnnca had dwindled Into comparative Insignificance nnd ho added that It was well understood that the condi tion ot Admiral Sampson's health was such that he could not be expected to appear upon the witness stand. As Admiral Schley left the courtroom to day he was given an ovation. A large num ber of persons had halted outeldo the court room door And many Insisted on shaking hands with him. The nasorablage escorted him up tho hills from the gunners' work- hop in which tho court sits to the outer gaU-s of the navy yard. neaerihe I ho KnunRcmnit Admiral Schloy began his description of the battle or July 3 about 2:15 o'clock. He aid the day broke fair with a pleasant land breeie. "After I had eaten my breakfast," eald the admiral, "I oamo up to seo what coma do oosorveu wnu glasses. We were lying ai mat umo possmiy tmee miles or a umo over rrom tne land nnd I remember to have wondered why the enemy permitted us to remain so close witnout firing at us. At a quarter to y o ciock an orderly re- ported to me that n signal had been rondo by the flagship to disregard Its movements and that It had gone eastward. I did not, of course, know where It had gone.' Describing tho coming out of the harbor of the Spanish -fleet, tho witness said: "I was sitting on deck on a hatchway, when I heard a call from ths forwnrd bridge to tell the commodore that tho fleet Is coming out. That was some time after tho men had been called to quarters about 9:35 o'clock. Tho fchlp wai. lying at that time with Its head In toward the land In the dl fiction of Cabanas, a little covo to the westward, and one of the marking points we used In maintaining our position l.ooka for Hiieiuy, Then fur Friend. "I looked over this starboard side and saw the enemy coming out of the entrance of the harbor. I looked eastward to ttt the order ot the ships; I saw Texas, ap parently a point or more abaft the star board beam Tes anrjeareil to m to h (Continued on Fourth Page,) CHAMBERLAIN GRIPS IRISH Colunlnl .MTPlnrv Promise lo Ilia- ulilu Them In House of Ci in in it nn. EDJNDURO, Oct. B5. Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial secretory. nddrosMtig upward f 8.000 persons In Wavcrly Market, Edln- ourg, tonignt announced mat tno govern- ment Intended to form new rules for the House of Commons, so as limit Irish ob- ail uuuuu. we propose, he saif v. - forward rules which shall give to ''-, , ''y of the House of Commons greatc. ' .- -.t Its own business and greater col " TJ, the men who Insult and outrage It shall endeavor to protect the mother parliaments from those who would destroy her usefulness and reputation." nut this was not the only thing Mr. Chamberlain declared the governmcut In- tended to do. "The present representation or Ireland Is." he said, "an abuse and scandal. .No alteration could bo made except In Inv mediate anticipation of an Immediate dis solution and we are not contemplating that, nut when wo get nearer to the time wo shall ask you whether you think Irish representation Is so precious to you. Is so valuable to the national Interests that It Is desirable to continue It on a scalo wmcn gives the Irish a representation enormously exceeding the proportionate representation of Scotland and England. Irclnml Too Writ Represented. Tho colonial secretary wont on to point out that on tho hauls of population trcland had thirty members too many In tho House of Commons and on the basis of Its contri butions for Imperial purposes as considered at tho time of the union, It had from forty to fifty members too many. 'I toy that this constitutes nn abuse, ho continued, "and there Is no reason why It should be perpotuatcd." In another portion of the speech, which was largely devoted to the Irish question, he observed: "If those1 gentlemen who now openly shout for tho Mahdl and pray for tho Doers, If they had a parliament of their own, If all tno strings ot msn government had bron In their hands, If they had hart the power. Is It not certain that they would havo refused to pay their contribution to the war, and mat would nave pinceu us in a position of embarrassment." Thn rnlatlons of tho parliamentary op position with the Irish party, Mr. Chamber lain said, ho considered "dangerous to tho empire.' In reviewing the war In South Africa, wntch ho declared again had been forco.l upon Qrcat Britain by tho noers, he said tne R0Vernment acknowledged that It had mnde a miglni0 aR to the time of ending tno wnr nnu that ho admired tho tenacity riners. mit he insisted it was tho duty of GreRt Britain to meet this tenacity wth eqUai resolution. i . -- '"-" ' Then followed what Is considered a moat Imnortant declaration: "I think the time has come or Is coming." said tho colonial secretary, "when measures of greater severity may bo necessary and if that time comes we can find precedents ror nnytning we do In tho actions vof those nations who now criticise our 'barbarity and '.cruelty, uut whose examples in roiann, in me i,u- casus. In Algeria. In Tonqutn. In Bosnia nn(j n tho Franco-German war wo navo never approached." Tho leaders of the liberal organization j-v ,un, nnv mnetlne of tho liberal lead crg has been called, as tabled to the United soi hv news neoncv. to consider tho advisability ot Issuing a manifesto to tho country, calling on the government to re sign or call a special session of Pnrlln ment to discuss the Boer war, the dismissal of Oeneral Duller and other matters. A representative of the Associated Press learns that General Duller, first of nil,, after delivering the speech which resulted In his rotlremont, received a personal lottcr from King Edward disapproving or His utterances and clearly Intimating that his iBW wouU1 '?' lf 0enern,1 Bu",r w0'"' rc9K"' Thcn 'l,(Lwnr "notary. Mr Hrodcrlck, summoned General Duller and P,nl 1lnnK "cmanucii uls was a stormy lntervlow, ending In Gcnoral Duller's flat refusal to resign. It Is said and the result of his visit wbb the action which has now so stirred up the country BULGARIA ON ITS DIGNITY aya It la tnt aa Anxious to Chan tine llrlnnniln aa la Any one Kl.e. sdfia. Oct. 25. It Is seml-offlclallv In- tlmated that no indication has been found 0f Miss Stono's kidnapers having beon In Bulgaria. The Bulgarian government Is determined to annihilate the band should It cross the frontier and will deal with tho utmost severity with any Bulgarians whose complicity In the kidnaping shall bo proved Great resentment is leu nere ai me ex ploltatlon to the discredit of Bulgaria of a crime commlttod In anothor slntc LONDON, Oct. 26, According to advices to tho Morning Leader from Sofia, dated October 22, any negotiations that wero pending between the Bulgarian authorities nnd the abductors of Miss Stone have been broken off, REACH BRIGANDS AT LAST Cuiiliuuulratlnn Katnhllsheil from Melnlk wllli the Aliductora of Mlaa .Stone. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 25. Communl- CBtlon has been established from Melnlk nrovlnce of Salonlcn, with tho brigands who abducted Miss Helen M. Stone, tho American missionary, and her companion Mme. Tallka. Meesrs. Peeto nnd Eddy had a long conferenco today on the various phases ot the Stone affair, based on dls pat-.-hes received from Mplnlk. ON VERGE OF REALIZATION tixprutril Kvent Impela DnrhraM of Mnnuheatrr to Aak lrner fur DiinKhler-ln-I.ntT, Copyright, 1M1, by Preso Publishing Co,) LONDON. Oct. 25. (New York World Ca n1anrnmSniirU I Taldorain Pnneil(iln tht duche of Manchester, sent tonight a spe cial messago to the reverend mother of thc Convent ot West End London nBklng for the special prayers of the community for her daughter-in-law, This appears to Indicate that thn expected event Is on tho vorge of realization. The World's Kim bolton correspondent telegraphed tonight l o ciock, jusi oeiore me iciegrapn oi nee ciuspu, inni a local uncior was sum- 1 moncd to Klmbolton at 6 o'clock, BRYAN ON THE DEFENSIVE Plead with Pepuliiti and Democrats te SUnd by Hirer. HIS TEARFUL HARANGUE AT BROKEN BOW Defection of the Voter from II C'nuse n Son to p of Hern Itn ntltlntlnn to the "1'cer left Lender." iv.K nnu- v., rw it ranlnl.1 ha. rm. on,i rn hi. flrt spetch of the campaign here has outlined the scope of the appeals ho is making to hi-in vh.i, inin .k fn.irvn It Is to ho noted that In ehonslne Custer rn.miv a. o nni,t nt i, fi. lowed his formor nrnMlrn nf nlncr . "the enemy's country." because Custer ccunty Is known as one of the strongest nnnniut rnnniia. in tho tn( hut ho i. devoting himself to bringing back into line tho populists who last year showed that they could nr longer bo conjured by tho Dryan fallacies This year tho democrats and populists of Custer county havo failed to fuse and ;;vjuV duo process of law. should ti e n,h the republican and fusion campaign mcn revenge upon tho correspond on this failure Dhyan harped s a special ty with ut ue proceaa oi lJ " manJcer. ...,, th. ,llthl " f ents In the manner proposed. ccuie for his displeasure "I am not a candidate for any office. said he. "I havo nothing to ask of you, but I am as much Interested In the ques tions that are before the country as I was In 1806, when you gave mo 1,000 majority In this county. When I look over the elec tion returns of last fall I find that I lost moro In this county than I did in any other county In this state. I folt ome humili ation, I confess, when the state of Ne braska, that bad taken so prominent a part In the discussion of economic reforms, in tmnn, i in i unti inivcti ru vi ui iticiib n i failed to cast Its vote with us hI the last election and when I was Invited to como to Droken Dow I did not hesitate to ac- rent, hepnnse I nm anxlou. In tnlk to the people who wcro onco right, but who back slid. tVnntu I'vrpetnnl Fusion. "I regret that your populist convention ndoptcd resolutions declaring agalnBt fusion. I think It was a mistake a great mistake. I think It was an Injustice to the democrats, who are anxious to advance reforms. Rut I think It was Just ns great a mistake for tho democrats to got mad in turn nnd allow these controversies to Irri tate them until they are In danger of for getting the Important reforms for which wo arc all working." Tho threatened danger of continued popu list backsliding seems to have alarmed Mr. Dryan to no Inconsiderable extent. In another part of his speech he said: "The politics of the county Is linked to tho politics of the state, and the politics of Ion of these questions. The platform of 1891 was two years f ,k smnnr.nn ntrn., the discussion democratic In advance v. uiuiubinuv. . - wfc , If 96. We were pioneers and the populists of Nebraska, havo been pioneer In thes I reforms. And, my friends. 1 do not want tne people in otner parts or tno country int.- Biau- is milieu iu mo uuiiuca oi me " ""'" l" -" - ' icuiminuij, annroxlmatelv. 10 493 a falling off of 6 4S9 l ourteen otners were nndly beaten nation. The nction of this state will have the natural reduction which la going on In ' ' ' ' bruised. The sheriff arrested both t Influence on tho national campaign and Its the United States army In the P.hlRpplnes . . ',-i.trfltnn on thc and has them now under gunrd nwa .... 1- II. t . A. . I. ,.. - ... I d.. . -in .n . - 1 . . t 1 ,HM'HnHi-. r.( I bearing upon the settlement of national as a consequence of the expiration or " ; - , " . f h trial tomorrow. Rambo. Franklin. questions. Nebraska has been a pioneer in terms of enlistment, Secretary Root has " . ' . . ,' .,, ... and Mansfield were takeu to the hos to look to rsebraska and sav that out Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second there In that state, where tho people have ftnd Twenty-third Infantry, tho organlza becn advocating theso reforms, they have tiong ,0 let,lrn to tho United States In tho abandoned them. I am much mora Inter ested in thc success ot our stnto ticket than I am in the success of unv county ticket. Yet I know enough of human na turo to know that the antagonism over tho county ticket will manifest Itself In the less of votes on the slato ticket. It ought not to, hut It will do it. Hut, my friends, whenever you find anyone who feels It necessary to tho success of the county that ho should bo elected to an office. I wish you would suggest to him n piece of phi loiophy that I believe to bo sound, nnd that Ib that a man's loyalty Is shown more by what he Is willing to sncrlfico than bv what ho Is willing to enjoy, nnd the test of patriotism Is to seo who will sacrlflrn more than he will gain. I believe It Is a good rule to adopt In the election ot officers that tho man who would rather be noml natcd than havo his party successful Is the best man to leave out nnd that the best man to put In a position to represent his party Is the man who thinks moro of his princi ples than of his personal success." Ilernlea I'opnllat tlnvkallilera. Again, bemoaning the backsliding of Cus ter county, Mr. Dryan declared: "Now, I want to ask you who were with us In 1896 If you can find any good reason for going back to tho republican party, for Mib sixty-elghth. Seventieth nnd Seventy In this county I had a majority In 1896 of f nmnsnles nf const nrtlllerv frnm thn 1 00n w h I i lnRt vear I hnd a hare mnlnrltv - of pbr than 100. If t wern nersnnal I would feel as though It wero an affliction upon me, but I ran as well as Mr. Poynter, who was tho populist candidate. Not only that, but tako your local offices, nnd they biiuw uiu numv iubh witu we biiuw woo were expTa followers In this county? It must be ex plained by the fact that some people who wero with us In 1896 did not voto with us In 1900." While the other fusion orators and mana gers have been explaining the loss ot Ne braska by charging the republicans with importing or bringing back thousands of votes, Mr. Bryan evidently does not sub scrlba to the same idea. Ho seems to have finally realized that what beat him tor tho presidency last year was the refusal of the people to accept tho arguments advanced In his behalf In the face of tho all-pervndlng prosperity which gave the He to his predictions and prophecies of four years bofore. To offset this ho Is now trying to mnko tho people bollevo that they had no right to consider their material Interests In choosing botween republican policies that have been tried and tested and democratic policies purely visionary and theoretical. Sn Prosperity Ilcnt lllm. "Why this change In the voters between 1896 and 1900? How was It caused? Was the change In ono of tho parties or was It In these Individuals?" asked Mr. Bryan. "It was not In tho party, for thc democratic party stood for the samo things In 1900 as It stood for in 1896. It must have been In tho men themselves. Now, my friends, what caused that change? "I will toll you Home of the causes. I think that the largest cause that con trlbutcd to our defeat last year was the prosperity argument. And yet, don't you know, I hate to admit It I hate to sav that any farmer In this county would stand up and say; 'I believe In silver. I believe In government paper; I believe In the equality of Individuals, but tbe price of hogs Is up.' What do you think ot a man who thinks more, of the prlco of cattle than ot ihe principles of his party of the man who would put the price of hogs before tho price of labor? Yet, my friends, when you admit that a man who believes In the rrlnclnles of re- i . " liontinuea on inira rage.; ck islandjreck cases Cunatllntlonnllty of Aehrltakn .Untute Involved In llrnrliiR Before Supreme Court. (Fiom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. (Special Tele gram.) Two cases of Importance to Ne- braskans were argued today In supreme court and submitted. These cases were the Chicago, Rock Island A Pacific Rallroid company against Dertha Zernecke, ndmlu IMratrlJc of the estate of Ernest II. Zar- necke, and against Webster Eaton, adnilnls trator of John U. Mathews, deceased. Thoy grow out of n wreck on tho Rock Island road near Lincoln In tho summer of 1894, which resulted In the killing of eleven people. George Washington Davis, who Is now serving a llfo sentence In tho Penitentiary, tore up i the track of the com- P'". inercoy u,u,B luu uiBler. i, e question before the supreme roiirt Is whether the statute of Nebraska giving r.T creating a right of action for the death of a person Is constitutional. The case was presented on behalf ot the fa!,r?!la V r' r',a"5 "A. "lca? nnn " Uhalf or the persons by fc. Mtinger of Lincoln. Doth attorneys were accorded th-s ciosesi auenuon, me mn-uriu . ol Vno J n n. ..mw n. ttjmml rrZ etltutlon and, as tno piainuri in -error a. decision of the lower court be sustalned. Uepnrtnient Xnte. Rural free delivery service has been ordered established December 2 at Row ley, Duchanan county, In. Tho route em braces an area of forty-three, miles, con- I i h...,i.ii. . i nl ' 1?..t. ril.l.- I luiiiuiK iiuimiuiiuii ui i.v.u,; .ni p. DiniHi and Walter R. Norton were appointed car- rlers. The postofflce at Quanqucton will bo supplied by rural carrier,' Wllllam N. Hunt has been appointed . . . i postmaster at l'eoria, .Manasca county, la. "1D ' "" "v"""-""" '""" b bccn approved as a reserve agent for the ouster National Danit oi uroKen how, Neo., nna tne Manners iNauonai oanK oi Chicago for the First National of Alexan dria. S. D. The postmaster at Sioux Falls, S. D., will be allowed one additional carrier Decem ber t. y The postofflce at Crounse, Lancaster ne posiomce oi crounse. Lancaster nty. Neb., has been ordered discontinued cou nnit rvi o II rnn n T? o ' V1 fr A i -,-n ... n.. a tlUU lUnil EVUb VU txj Iivsili4 , George W. Harker of Washington, D. C, was today reinstated as1 carpenter at th Indian school, Chamberlain, S. D. ROOT HAS PHILIPPINES PLAN Secretary of Wnr Una About Declileil Hon lo llnnille the Shlftlng Troopa. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Havln(c: reached before him detail of a plan for replacing theso men from the forces? noWj In tho tii..i o...... mi.li. . a , j. i uuilfll Ciait.'B. kTllllO H IIUKI (Ui;ttUU HHJU tho particular organization- toxcSange bed. It jS- lhtempla-. nw from tho? Philippines has not. been, reached tlon to wlthdrnw from tho'l Philippines the Fourth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth order In which thoy went to the Islands Before leaving the Philippines there will be many chnnges In these organizations howover, for It Is tho Intention to exchange Into them from the other regiments in the Philippines the men whoso terms of en llstmcnl are about to expire. To take tho placo of returning troops tho department will send out tho Eleventh Twelfth nnd Fifteenth cavalry and tho Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Infantry. The cavnlry organizations will be brought up to the maximum strength by recruit ment before tney go out, wnue tno infantry regiments will no swelled to tno exeep- tlonal figure of 1,500 men each. In addl- .1 ..... . A A ...lit 1. . liuu ill. it'tim i,uuw iucii vtiu uu iruruilt'-u and sent oui in naiinuon organizations ror attachment to depleted regiment In the Philippines. The quartermaster's department Is mak lng every preparation to discharge this neavy transportation proDicm ano it is believed that the movement can begin In a month aftor tho order a Issue. Orders for the movement of troops wero announced nt the War department today ns follows: Tho sixtietn, Slxty-nrst, Sixty- second, Slxty-thlrd, Sixty-fourth, Sixty- I ... . . - . - , .... . - rnuippiDca to nnu rrancisco, wnere tney ...... L ....... , ment of California. Troop D, Twelfth cavalry, at Fort Bliss, has been ordered to march to Fort Hnuschacha, Ariz., for Bta- tjon TO BE ALL HIS OWN President nnnaevelt Will Nol Incor porate Iteporta of Sec retaries, WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. All members were present at the meeting of the cabinet today. The president discussed various features ot his forthcoming message to congress and also appointments that are to be made within a short time. Tho consultations between the president aml hls cabinet officers wero especially ,ul1' ow'1" to the decision which Mr. Koosevelt has reached to write all of his ow'n message to congress nnd to do It on original lines. Heretofore the secretary of state has written that portion covering foreign relations and tho other cabinet offlcers each havo contributed a chapter on his respective department. Tho president has determined to do away with this de tailed statement ot tbe affairs ot each de partment Ho will devote his message to only such topics ns he chooses to lay par ticularly before the attention of congress leaving the reports ol to acquaint congress administration. Secretary Hay referred to the caso of Miss Stone and, In answer to questions, told of messages received today from Cou- ul Dickinson At SoflA and Charge Spencer Eddy at Constantinople, which throw no light on the present hiding place of tho nomnn. YATES URGES CONTRIBUTIONS lllluola Governor luea I'roclitnin- tlon In Iti-liiilf of the McKlnley Memorial 1'nnil. CHICAGO, Oct. 25. In aid of tbe McKIn ley memorial fund Governor Yates today Issued a proclamation to the people of th state urg ng them to contr bilte. both as a . .,.., , ,i, .,,..,,, . marl of esteem to the late president and at a reouKe to aoarcuy. VOTERS IGNORE REGISTRARS Folliig Liiti Are Still Ihy oi the Naaea by Thoieandi. REPUBLICANS CONTINUE MAKING SAINS Declaration of I'bMj- Affiliation li) the Fen- Who Come In Shoir tho Fnslnnlsta Hopelessly In the near. Total registration In thlrtr cltr prerlnctn for two daym imn. 1tor. rtepntillrnn .t.on.'l A.W. llemnernttr .I.O.'ll 1,HI7 rnpniist , an i in So answer .(! Ml Total t.fiTt 7.2.SS Returns from thirty precincts In the rl(v h .... ....... yc3terdny WHB even htcr than ,, Thursday ot last week, when the number roistered did not amount to 50 per cent that registered on tno n (,a ((igt ycar last week on tho nlea of havlnc made no special effort to eel the voter, nut. hut they promised to make a much better show- lng on the second registration day. This they have failed to do. for the flisures show that only 2.10S voters roclKtBrrd in th!rv . i . . . . . . prccincis yesicraay, wnue ',4To registered n tho same precincts on October. 17. in these thirty precincts only -1,574 voters havo enrolled their names on 'the first two reclamation dnv. nf thl. venr whiin 7"$-. - registered In the same precincts on the first two registration nays ot last year. Tins indicates a falling off of about 30 per cent n tho total registration. What the I-'lKtirra .ahnw. Iist year, with a total registration of 28." in tho thirty precincts, the repub licans had 4,427, or 60.8 per cent. This year, with a total of 4,574, the republicans havo 3 003 or 65-6 per cent, showing a gain of , c " , ' i,i.. . ,u., r: . " 'V'"' " iniriy precincis. Last year the democrats registered 1,897, or 26 per cent of the 7,285 voters enrolled In the thirty precincts. This year thoy hnva 1.031, or only 22.fi per cent of the 4,574 registered, showing a loss of 3.5 per cent in tho thirty precincts. In the thirty precincts reported on In tho following tables the voto registered for tho two dnys Inst year was 41.8 per cent of the city's total for the two days. If tho samo ratio holds good for this year tho " " " " . .., .,rn(,n m t. vole" 0 ,nl.11t,,oir, B""ai' , " republicans while only 4.594. or .6.4 pc cent, owned up to being democrats. A s per At . " . . , . . lae "? of M.m tor total of the two days, aro registered 6.238 republicans' and 2,"0 democrats. Heturna by Prcelncta. FIRST WARD. No Precinct. Dep. Dcm. Pop. Ans. Tot First 33 17 Second 13 16 85 Til 227 Fifth i Second day SB First day Ill 161 2C1 Two ilnvs. 1901. ....23') ....327 fit 76 425 633 Two days, 1900. SECOND WARD. No Precinct. Rep. Dcm. Pop. Ans. Tot Fourth 12 Sixth .. 8 Second dny 47 First day 76 20 31 17 8 SI 118 two days. 1901 .123 .156 202 two auys, iw 152 13 560 THIRD WARD. No l nrolncl Rap. Dcm. Pop. Alls. Tot. i First ... Fourth .. " Second day 102 Bfi 30 65 44 223 First nay 161 ,r.vn ,iftVg inni is? 86 5 214 15 109 1S5 Two days. 1900 361 FOURTH WARD. No bocomI tlo.nln.1 Ren. Dcm. Fop. Ann. Tot, ... 37 IS ... ft M Third Fourth .... ... 46 19 ... Hi 81 ... 49 11 ... 8 KS Second day 132 First day 211 48 49 29 16 ?09 279 ,, ian. .i. Two days, 1W)1 in 97 154 45 55 US FIFTH WARD. No Precinct. !!?mDci5' v??: An"' To7o Second .... Third ,. 47 16 (3 .. 55 15 ... 3 71 .. 25 36 ... 9 71 ,1S3 77 ... 16 278 ..194 S3 3 23 3C2 .7377 160 3 38 578 ..561 2.S2 21 08 ?62 Two days, 1901... Two dais, yjw... SIXTH WARD, No Precinct. Rep. Dem. Pop. Ans. Tot. Pi fill 67 5 97 Sixth 41 9 11 10 11 61 Ninth w H Tenth 42 17 Eleventh 38 21 71 Second day 243 91 First day 232 49 l85 44 23 67 r.06 Two i a j, igi J. 475 110 631 S9 324 S3 127 1,273 SEVENTH WARD. No Precinct. Rep. Dem. Top. Alls, Tot. 16 ,. 37 H ... 4 r.5 ,. 45 22 ... 6 73 ,. 45 7 ... 1 53 ,7l7l 59 ' 2 16 " ..287 47 4 12 3-"0 ,7461 "l06 6'28 l ,.666 221 7 96 190 Fifth Two days, 1901. Two days, 1900. EIGHTH WARD No Precinct. Ron. Dcm. Pop. Ans. Tot, First i;j z: ... iz hi .. 58 17 1 9 fC, .. 42 30 ... 12 H ,7l43 ? 33 "253 ,.291 90 9 44 437 ,.437 166 10 77 m ,.4S9 191 II 93 TOO Two days, isnt... Two days, 1900... NINTH WARD. No Prerlnct. Ken. Dem. Pop. Ans. Tot. Third 107 62 92 Finn Sixth 261 ?58 "sio 758 Two days, 1901. Convicted of Beheading;. OKLAHOMA CITY. OK .. Oct. 25. A VP.T- Met nf murder In the first denren a.alnst Thomnn I'urtls was nrouglit in liy a Jury here tonisnt. i:uriis was convicted or cutting off tho head of William J. Lick, wbose head was found In n plllpwsllp In lne bottnm of the Canadian river In this i city three years ai ... 77 16 .1 11 ,., 39 16 1 8 ... 16 21 1 21 .7l62 66 5 In ..208 35 5 10 ..370 91 10 48 ..534 129 17 73 condition ofjhe weather Forecast for Nebraska Fair, Cooler Satur day; Sunday Fnlrj Fresh Northwesterly WliidJ. Temperature nt Omnhn Yesterda? I Ifnnr. 11cc. Hour. Hen'. fin. in...... ,14 t i. nt Tit On. nt nn 'J p. ni T.'t 7 n. m RU Hp, ni Tit K n. in r I 4 li. ni n. ni Ill) ft p. in II in n. in W2 a p. in I7 tl n. in tin 7 p. ni tin 12 in tilt 8 p. in ll O p. m CI OMAHA GIRL THEIR LEADER Mlsa Mnrtlin l.njrr .Snerrn.f iillr t'ru Students to Defend Unlleiie'a Itepntatlon. ATPIjETON, Wis., Oct. 25. (Special Tel egram.) To bo tarred and feathered and ducked In tho river Is tho penalty pre scribed at a mass meeting tonight of 300 Lawrence university students for any nowspapor correspondent who In the fu ture sends out Any reports unfavorable to the college. A vigilance commltteo was appointed to enforce tho measure Groat excitement prevailed when Miss Mrtha Layer of Omaha, nt tho head of '00 angry young women students, marched ,nl0 ,ho u1eetlnK an,, ci0(iuentiy urged the At 10 o'clock tonight the entire student bd w In an uproar. The tioublo re- ""'tcl from reports printed during the wctk' whlch u" stU'lonts rlnlm have macle ,hera tho latiKhlng stock ot the coun- try. These reports were of "students who iila tnnthhatla." fni-nlhrtf- with Ihn nrin. .... ...... Uatlon of the "Phi Tappa Keg" fraternity, thn obJect of hlcli, It was printed In the rPort. w to extort money from uttsus- pccting new students. Tno truth or the , . i. "'' TEXANS PLAY THE TEXAS WAY McKlnnej- Y. M. C. A. Ton in and -Sher man Hteven l.ny Knrli Oilier Out with Claim. M'KINNEY, Te.x., Oct. 25. Fourteen men nalnfullv bruised nnrl flvn nrrlnii.lt- hrai.n s thn Vrsiilt of n fnn hall ; m i 1R u0. rcM,.u of a foot ball gamo In McKln- noy mis nttarnoon. The McKlnney Young Men's Christian association and tho Sher- mnn (Tex.) team were on the crldlron and )n the first rush the Sherman team handled the McKlnney boys roughly. Two of thu men got Into a dispute that developed luto I a general fight. Rjstnnders from both clt- Ics Joined In, tho affray with clubs and sev ernl men were frightfully beaten. Police and deputies rushed In nnd after somo tlma succeeded In quelling thn riot Roy Runnels and Mansflold of Shcrmnn and Wcedcn Franklin and Guy Rambo cf McKlnnev were unconscious on the cround. nnn tennis Itlng Runnels pltal. where they wilt remain tonight. Runnols Is still unconscious. BRIBERY IN SALISBURY CASE Thla Chance Cnnaea Kreah Kenaatlon Attorney. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Oct. 25. A great sensation was caused In the trlnl of City Attorney Lnnt Salisbury, charged with bribery In connection with the water aup ply scandals hero. In tho superior court today when Prosecutor Ward announced In court that nn nttompt had b'een mado to bribe ono ot the peoplo's chief witnesses, Promoter E. H. Onrman. William Leonard, n former elty employe. was arrested, charged with offering $1,250 to Carman to Influence his testimony, which Gnrmnn says ho accepted under the prosecutor's Instructions. Leonard Is In Jail. IOWA SAFES ARE CRACKED flock lulnuit nnd I,nnilier Compnny nl Vudern-nnd Are Itnlilinl in Rurly MnniiiiK- UNDERWOOD, la., Oct. 26. (Special Tel egram.) The safes In .ho Rock Island sta tion and the office of th Rees. Gabriel Lum ber company wero blown open at 1 o'clock this morning. What amount of booty was socured is not known at this hour. Tho doublo explosion awoko tho whole town and thinly-clad citizens ran out of doors In tlmo to see three men run away Tho Indications ara that the burglaries are the work of experts. THROW OPEN DAKOTA LANDS llcllef that Inrilniin Will Ode Their Acrea lo Government for t'ae nf No it Settler. DEVILS LAKH, N. D., Oct. 25. Major McLaughlin, Inspector for tho Interior de partment, arrived today and will proceed nt once to Fort Totten to negotiate with the Indians for the cession of their un allotted lands. It Is believed tho Indians will ngrce to ccdo their surplus at a rea sonable price. Thoro are 92,000 acres of surplus lands on this reservation and If congress ratifies the agreement the lands will doubtless ho open next spring. MASON SAYS IT IS F0RAKER Telia Ohio flniuiuctrra thnt Joseph flenson la the Next Kcpiihllcnn rrcalilenl. WARREN, 0 Oct. 25. Senator .William E. Mason of Illinois was tho principal 1 speaker at the annual banquet of the I Glddlngs Republican club tonight. Re- ferrlng to the contest of 1901, he said that Joseph Benson Fornker was the logical would be tho chief Usuc. I Movement of Ocean Vcaaela, Opt i!5. At Now York -Arrived Germanic, from Liverpool: l'piinsylvnnln. from Ilamburz: I'nninun m. from Liverpool. At usivro rnvcci i-aiin-niKi", iim New York. . At Genon Arrived llohenzollern, from New York, via Gibraltar nnd Naples, At (herhouriz Sailed AURiisto Victor a. from Hamburg and Southampton, for New At Manila Arrived Hyson, from Ta tya ..In Itvnan. for I.nmlnn. At Koebe Arrlved-Ynng Tim, from Ta coma, for Huez. At Antwerp Arrived Vadcrland, from New York, via Cliorbourij. At Liverpool Sailed Ueorglc, for Nny At ' Qjeeiistown-Snlled New KnglnnJ, from Liverpool, for Boston. At Movnie nailed Tunisian, rrom i.iver- pool, for MontrB I. At Southampton SalleclAugtii tnrla, from Hamburg, for New Y ste Vie- ork, vlu. I Coburg. T 0 THEIR DEATH Iamateief Elfht-ltorj Enildine in Phi'r - delphia Foreed to Jtap. NINETEEN FATALITIES ARE REPORTED Maiy Otharr en Injarei Litt Maj Not 8nr- tire the Ordeal FLAMES LEAVE THEM NO ALTERNATIVE (Jpho!sUrii( Material Burns Toe Quickly fer Escape. Ll ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $500,000 If nnt-WIIUInann Company Are thn Principal Finnnelal Nnrferers, tint Kclahhnrliiar Rstahllahnienta Are Alao ltadldy Damaged. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 3.V Nineteen known dead and property loss amounting to upward ot 1500.000 Is the result of a fire today In tho business section of "this city. Tho number of Injured Is not known definitely, but fully a scoro of victims were treated at various hospitals. Police and firemen tonight are searching In tho ruins for bodies of thoso supposed to havo been burned to death. Tho buildings destroyed were the eight-story structure 1219 and 1221 Market street, occupied by Hunt, Wilkin son & Co., upholsterers and furnlturo deal ers, and three-story buildings occupied by small merchantmen. Tho hlg furnlturo es tablishment extended bark a half block to Commcrco street and was owned by Henry C. Lea. The list of known dead te as follows: DOROTHY KRAMER. MARTHA OAKER. MARGARET HBROEN. SUSAN GORMLEY. HARRY HOUSE. H. A. SPARROW. CHARLES E. SPARROW. FRED W1TT1NOTON. CHARLES LAND1S. WALTER 8TEARLY. J. E. ARMSTRONG. MRS. MARTHA RANKS, colored. MRS. MARY MITCHELL, colored. MARGARET GRADY. UNKNOWN WHITE WOMAN. ONE UNKNOWN COLORED WOMAN, supposed to be named Wilson. FOUR UNKNOWN WHITE MEN. Shortly before midnight another body, which was very badly burned, was taken from the ruins. This makes the number ol 1 nnunu inuvi uhidii tin Flrc'a Orlitln n Myktery. Never In Its history had Philadelphia ex perienced a fire which spread with such rapidity. At 10:20 o'clock this morning tbo blaze broke forth In the building oc cupied by Hunt, Wilkinson & Co. and one 5"!!r,ncrm!ll ky1,! i!!lri?, i0,J,? 'V.'1 '"1' "."' , " f IoriKiu oi mo uenui-upanuK LomiaKrauou is unknown. It Is said that an explosion of naphtha or gasoline In thn basement was the cause, but this Is denied by Mr. Wil kinson, who says thera never wnu a suffi cient quantity ot either oxploalvo about thn building to bo responsible for today's ter rlbla disaster. Rumor has It also that an elevator con structor nt work In the basement per mitted the flame ot his lantern to communl- cato with somo. of tho gaseous liquids stored In the basement and that, this wnt tho cause ot tho contli'gratlon. Iloaat In (Jrowd'a MkM. Such a dlsastraim fire, iittpnded with s great a loss ot life In such n brlof time, was never beforo ktiown til this elty. Men and women died u lingering, agonizing riedth In thn nrpKpnrr nf IhniiHHndft nf Hnc tatnrs, who wero tumble- to lift a hand to their nsslstnnce. Tho rear nf Hunt, Wil kinson & Cn.'s building fares on Com merce street, a small thoroughfare. In the fire escapes at this end of tho bulldlus two men and ono woman wero sjowly roasted to death, while the horror-stricken throng on thn street below turned sick at the sight. In tho front on Market streot u woman, driven to desperation, leaped from u win dow on thn top floor and was daHhed lo death on the pavement. Flromon claim to have seen men and women, unublo to reach tho windows, burned to death In the Interior ot tho building. It this be so little or nothing re mains ot these vlctlma and It la doubtful lf any porton of (nBr bodies will bo re covered. Seventy-nlno of the 100 persons In Hunt, Wilkinson & Co. 'a building when the flro started were employes nnd I he re mainder were customers and outside work men who were engaged In putting Ihe finishing touches on tho new eighth flour. More than halt of tho firm's employes wnra on tbe upper floors nnd It was among thebo that the greatest number were killed and Injured. Vlctlma All On Upper Floors, With the publble exception ot the engi neer, who Is missing, all persons on the first three floors got out of the building safely. The members of the firm had their offices on the third floor nnd their famil iarity with the exits is all that xaved them from suffocation. Most of I bono killed wern at work on the Blxth floor, where women wcro engaged In sewing. They wer? nt work In the rear of tho building, close to the fire escapes, and becamo con fused by tho great quantity ot smoke that rushed up the stairway and tho elevator shaft. It was reported that gnodc were stored against the windows, which pre vented tho women from getting out on thu Are escapes, hut this was denied by a mem- her ot tbe firm. On the seventh floor there were twenty upholsterers nt work and, thanks to the great presence of mind of tho foreman of the door, who la an official of tho volunteer fire department at Mount As soon as he learned of tho flro ho mar shaled his men and led them through the thjck smoke down the stairs nnd snfoly into the street, There wero cloven employes and a number of outside workmen nn the eighth floor. A ladder reached from thin floor to the roof, which would havo en abled those on that floor I" reach tho rnof of an adjoining olght-ntory building, but in tho cxultenient thh means of cxrnpe was forgotten, Several made tho terrible leap to tho sidewalk nnd were crushed, while tho others ran the gauntlet of uinoka - and fire down the rear fire escapes Among those on the eighth floor who Jumped and were killed wero II. A. Spur row, an electrical contractor, and Charles Kspanuw, his nephew and Htulstnut. A col ored scrub wornim also Jumped from thla floor and was crushed In the struct, It was 10,20 thin morning when Howard F. Street, a young man employed by Hunt, Wilkinson & Co,, observed flames shooting