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
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'"-" '
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
