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THE OMAHA DAlJxY HKK: nUDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1002. FIRE DESTROYS THE MOLE Southern Pacific Depot at Alameda ii Totally Destroyed. MANY LIVES ARE ALSO DESPAIRED OF Krimrr Catches Alight and Has 0 Leave Men Alhorr-PiaMmtr Loaches Co I p la Rmohr, AN FRANCISCO, Not. 20. The Bout hern Pacific depot and terry Blips at the end of the Alameda mole, which extends far Into the bay from th eastern ahore, were totally destroyed by fife eerly- this morning. A large number ,of passenger coachea were1 also burned , and It la feared that several 'Uvea have been lost. The fire broke out from some unknown cauae soon after the ferryboat Oakland had reached the slip on Its last' trip from this city. It was about 1 o'clock and the kitchen crew of the steamer had retired to their lodging In a small structure near the end of the pier. Suddenly the flames broke out, spreading through the depot, a big building of wood and glass. The upper works "of the Oak land caught fire and lta captain was forced to cut loose and. leave the. men .behind. They might have escaped, but have not yet been heard from. The burning slips were Inaccessible for fire engines from the Alameda county shore, but two flrehoats were dispatched to the aceae from this city and succeeded In con fining the flames to the end of the mole. Nothing else could be done, however, and everything on the board extension of the pier was soon totally dentroyed. Train Dispatcher Walker estimates the lor at from ' $4.10.000 to $500,000. Besides the slips rind buildings, eight broad gauge passenger coachea and twenty-five narrow gauge coaohea were burned. The ferry teamer Knclnal, which waa moored to the mole, waa towed to a place of aafety. The number of men missing Is ten. The depot waa the terminal for trains to Santa Cms - and train for Oakland and Alameda. The depot was conatructed on fllled-ln ground, studded by piles, and was used a an approach for the Oakland and Alameda trains. The cara In use on the line are of the most Improved pattern. During the; last year the Southern Pacific baa expended many thousands of dollars In repairing the approaches to the mole and the wharf. -.; The ferry buildings proper covered sev eral acres and contained the well filled of llcea of the railroad operatives. Heavy Lose at Monona-ahela. MONONQAHBLA,- Pa.; Nor. 20. A block and a half of property In the business sec tion of thla city was almoat entirely de atroyed by Are early today. Loss, $125,000; Insurance. $.75,000. A number of families who were rendered ., hopeless lost , their clothing and barely escaped with their Uvea. Before the flames were under control aid had been secured from surrounding towna and when the Are fighters arrived It waa found tha,t there v. as., no water In the mains with which the flames could be ex tinguished. Dynamite was secured and Just when It was about "to be placed under the burning buildings the water waa turned on and the work of 'fighting the flamea started. The origin of the fire la unknown. GOMPERS FULLY: EXONERATED Shaffer Denies' He Made" Any Charges , ark Jhat He, Deplres to De So. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. " 20. President Compere baa been completely exonerated of the chargea of Infidelity to the principles of trades unionism, said to have been made by Theodore J. Shaffer. ( president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. v The report of the . special committee which haa Conducted.: the Investigation re ported to that effect today before the con vention of the American Federation of Labor. The committee reported that when Mr. Shaffer appeared before it he declared that he bad not at any time, either In writing , or otherwise, made any. charges against Mr. Oompera of Infidelity' to trades union Ism, nor did he desire to before the com mittee. ' P. J. Sberidab, who Introduced the resolu tion which resulted in the investigation, waa aaked at the bearing If It waa true that Mr. Shaffer had made any chargea before the laat convention of the Iron, ateel and tin workera against Sir. Oompera, and he replied that ha had Mr. Shaffer denied It. Mr. Sheridan Offered to read the minutes of the meeting at which the chargea were Bald by him to have been made. Mr. Shaffer objected to thla, because the minutes were those pf a secret, meeting and. If read, by Mr. Sheridan It', would Involve him In trouble with bia own organization for di vulging the Inner workings of their con vention. ' The convention decided that the queatlon of veracity between Mr. Shaffer and Mr. Sheridan waa aomethlng which it had noth ing to do with and there being no charge agalnat M.r. Oompera there waa nothing but to return a finding to the effect that Mr. Oompera waa completely exonerated. This was done and the .report was adopted by the convention. The convention then entered upon an ex tended debate in which at time consider able leellng waa ahown on the resolution Introduced by Victor U Berger of Milwau kee committing the convention to the doc trine of, socialism. The committee on reso lutlona reported, aa a similar committee had reported at the Scranton convention laat year, that the principles of the trades union movement contain all that Is neces sary at the present time for the advance ment of the worklngmen of the country. Delegate Max Hayes offered a aubatltute for the report of the convention to the ef fect that the federation advise .the working people to organise their economic and po litical power to aecure for labor the full equivalent of lu toll and the overthrow of the wage system and establishing an In dustrial co-operative democracy. The substitute waa ruled out of order by th chair a being a substitute for the re port of the committee, which wss a aub atltute for the original resolution. Dele gate Hayes then offered It aa an amend ment, and It waa so admitted by the chair. The atruggle laated nearly all day and a number of able speeches were made on both aldea, notably those of D. A. Hayes, James Duncan and Mr. Oompera agalnat the ' aaclalisir, and Victor Berger, Mat Hayes and W. B. Wilson f the United '"Ti'i'i ,1 Economical and effective !; GORHANt Silver Polish Owing tc Iti fonfi is ex-onomical jn the extreme. . Clean as well ' poliihea . ' : n Mine Workers In support of th resolution Introduced by Mr. Berger and amended by Mr. Wilson In a manner acceptable, to Berger. The debate lasted until (, when a roll call showed 4.744 votes against the amend ment and 4.S44 In favor. Th? miners voted solidly In favor. WANTS DEEPER MISSISSIPPI ew Orleans Man trgaet Coiiflmmi. lion of Projected Waterway From Chicago. CHICAGO, Nor. 20. "New Orleans be lieves In a waterway from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico and as far as possible will assist Chlcgo la securing national aid for such a project, declared M. K. Pandera 'of New Orleans' today t the Auditorium Annex! j 4 Mr. 8enders', U . president, of the New Orleans Progressive union and a represen tative of the Morgan Steamship syndicate and admits that he aspires to membership on the Isthmian canal commission. "The development of the future la In the south and west," said Mr. Sanders. "A waterway from Chicago to New Orleans would be a great stride commercially and I hope will come. There will be no oppo sition In "congress from any of our repre sentatives and I believe I know what I am talking about when I aay that no state adjoining the . Mississippi river will op pose national assistance to the project. "A question might arise If a twenty foot channel waa proposed. The government furnishes now an eight foot channel most of the way and this ought" to be sufficient for some time to come. Within ten or fif teen years It maybe that ' New Orleans would favor a twenty foot channel but the coet of a channel .of such a depth now Is almost prohibitory. Were the waterway to be consummated and commerce con tinue to Increase there would come a time within a few year when a twenty foot channel would be an economical necessity and I know that New Orleans would' back the project to Its utmost power." MONEY TO BE MADE hN WHEAT Shrewd Speculators See' Chance to Make lOO Per Cent or More on Investments. . NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The best posted and most conservative grain men in New York and Chicago are unanimous In the opinion that the time is ripe for a sub stantial advance In the price of wheat; and the Increased activity In the market for the past few days shows that they are acting on their opinion. ' ' Many articles have been published sup porting these opinions, the best and most comprehensive, however, la a letter just Issued by the well known house of William M. Townsehd ft Bro., Produce Exchange Btitlding, New York, which Is a recognised authority 'on 'the' consumption, production and distribution of wheat. ' Many reasons are advanced 'by them for higher pMoea, and altogether they form ' a logical and most convincing argument; they also pre sent facta of ao startling a nature aa to cause extreme restlessness among the beafs on grain. - ' The letter la Issued for free distribution, and can be had on application. WILLIAMS AND WHEELER TALK Tell Court All They Know About Masonle Temple ' Taxes. 'CHICAGO. Nov. 20. Captain William's, as a .witness for the prosecution in the trial of James B. Qormley, president of the Masonic Temple, admitted on cross-examination today that he committed per jury by swearing to a false affidavit In hla own trial. The statea attorney directed hla ra-exam-Inatlon toward aecurlng an admission that the affidavit was made with the full knowl edge of the Temple association's legal ad visors, that they were falae. Bat the only admission witness would make waa that they were presented to him for signature by one of the attachea of the attorney'a office. Luke Wheeler, co-conspirator with Wil liams, and alao under sentence for hla crime, took the atand next and told In de tail nil part In the transaction, aa "the outaide man," James B. Hoy, looking after the fixing of the books on the Inside. SURGEONS ..ARE TO GATHER St. Joseph Is Making Great Prepara tions to Entertain Association Last Week. In December, ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 20. (Special.) The . Western Surgical and Gynecological association will meet In St. Joaeph Decem ber 29 and SO. Extensive preparations are being made by the medical fraternity of the city for th entertainment of the dis tinguished men who are expected on' this occasion. Dr. J. E. Moore of .Minneapolis, one of the best known surgeons of the west, la president of the association, which em braces all the territory between the great lakes and the Rocky mountains. Large delegations will be here from Omaha, Kan sas City, Denver,. Chicago, St. Paul, Mln- neapolia, Milwaukee and. St. Louis. Ons of' the features of the entertainment plan la a banquet on December 29. STUDENTS IN AN UGLY FIGHT Oae of Them Seriously Wounded by Ibctfia In Hands of Another. TIFFIN. O.. Nov. 20. Edward Zerhlel of Culver, Ind., and Roy Zachman of Mar lon, O.. member of the-freshman class. In Heidelberg uulverslty, were seriously wounded last night by a shotgun In the banda of a member of th aophomore class. The freshmen attempted to steal th conveyancea of the sophomores, who were holding a (lass party several miles in the country when they were met by the so phomore with the above reaulta. TO n UK A I ULD I ONE! DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tableta. All drugglala refund the money If it falls to cur. B. W. Grove's signature is oa each box. 95c. 1 MAKES WIDOW A PRESENT nltaa Gives Five Thousand Dollars to the Wife et a Murdered Missionary. ' ' ' ' . . ' . NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The sultan of Mo roceo haa preaented $5,000 to Mre. Cooper, Widow of the English missionary who was murdered by a native last month and Whose sssaaita waa shot te'jleath. In front of a mosque on order of the sultan. . m I " To Establish Sew Resort. ) NEW YOBK, Nov. : 20 2-Oeorge J. Oaiild. Henry U. trick and other capitalists In this city, Philadelphia and Ptttsburg are tjjlievert to contemplate the establishment or a new and exclublve summer resort on TW.o-Nuie Tach Island, three miles north Of Cap Msy City. on. the' New Jersey wast. Application will be made at once jo the state riparian, board of New Jersey (or right oa seven -and oae-haK will of ater front. Work will begin as soon as the necveaary right can be secured. VOLCANOES TALK FOR CANAL Juaserand ayt They Bpeak in Tone of Thunder for Panama. NEW FRENCH MINISTER LOVES AMERICA Kinds Danish Princess Reading; Pres ident Hoosevelt's Books, Which He Afterwards Perased With Deep and Abiding; Interest. PARIS, Nov. 20. M. Jusserand arrived here yesterday from Copenhagen on his first visit to Pari since bis appointment to Washington. He cornea now lo receive Instructions and arrange for hla departure for Washington, where he expects to ar rive early In the new year. Speaking to a reporter tonight he said: Although I have never lived In the United States I feel fairly well acquainted with that country, as my diploiriHtlc life has brought me Into contact with many Amerlrans and I" have formed many last ing Ajnerlcnn friendships. M. 'Jusserand said he had kept np hi Interest In American affairs more recently by reading American books, studying 'the American system, and by a constant cor respondence with a number of well known Americans, two of whom belong to the faculty of Columbia university. Recognise America's Position. He referred to the growing Importance of America In the world's affaire and said that throughout Europe the position of the United Statea aa a new world power waa everywhere recognized. He thought this Imposed serious trials and responsi bility on the country and pointed out that, while the commercial development of the Vnlted Statea waa marvelous, yet Its Intellectual progress was keeping pace with Its material progress. In this con nection he cited the new universities and a personal incident. He had received, he. aald, from a comparatively obscure col lege In the Interior of the United Statea a most scholarly criticism on hla theory re garding the origin of the manuscript of "Vision of Piers Plowman." M. Jusserand, when asked why Denmark refused to sell the West Indies, said the sentiment against , any further reduction of the Danish dominion operated strongly agalnBt the project, although It was at first aupposed that a universal desire for the sale existed.- The failure brought Its compensations as the discussion disclosed clearly that the Danish West Indies would not go to any other power than the United States. The failure was also to some extent an evidence of personal devotion to the king, who shared In the sentiment against part ing with the country' ancient possessions. Questioned regarding the pending Franco-American question, M. Jusserand said he intended to devote his careful at tention to the reciprocity treaty. which was still pending, and said he saw no reason why the two countries should not develop their mutual trade by a more liberal ex change of the products which each pro duced exclusively. He cited American ma chinery, raw cotton and - petroleum as articlea having no French competition which could form a basis of - exchange against those French articles which had no competition In the United State. Volcanoca Canal Talk.' Concerning -the Panama canal, - he aald the question had no official status, but he would continue the friendly efforts of M. Cambon on behalf of the company. He de clared : the moat . powerful . advocates, for the Panama route were the volcanoea of Guatemala, and Nicaragua, which kept' speaking in tone of thunder. ' ' " He related that on one occasion when dining with Bret Harte at the Rabalas club in London the American author ex pressed regret that he was unrecognized In France. M. Jusserand assured him that Frenchmen were familiar with the pe culiar cadence of western stories and proved it by reciting the closing line of "The Luck of Roaring Camp." Bret Harte repaid the compliment by saying that when he was a struggling clerk In California he was Impressed by the dramatic descriptive power of the elder Duma and thereafter modeled his style after that of the great French author. The ambassador spoke of the pleasure with which be had read President Roose velt's strenuous philosophy - and ranch tales. Those stories were first brought to hi attention during a sojourn at the royal palace near Copenhagen, - where Princeas Marie was found perusing - the Roosevelt books and declared them to be moat de lightful. MARTIAL LAW IS REPEALED Proclamation In South Africa la, ' However, Modified by Numer ous Exceptions. PRETORIA, Nov, 20. Martial law today waa repealed throughout the new colonies. The proclamation, however, reserves the right to relmpose military rule In caae Of necessity, provides for the expulsion of everyone considered dangerous to the peabe of the country and authorizes the arrest without a 'warrant of anyone suspected of sedition. Conservative Liberals In Power. SANTIAGO. Chile, Nov. 20. The political evolution baa brought the conservative-liberal coalition Into power. The new cabinet. THE! LIFE OP The Man Behind the Desk. Coffeee' soaked me hard for about three years and I waa' troubled with Indigest ion, headaches and drowsiness; I had no appetite and could not aleep and I was ateadily losing flesh all the time. "I had spent a smalt fortune on .medicine and doctors,' bills; I consulted several doc tors, one told me that I had liver trouble and another told me that I had kidney trouble, 'other prescribed remedies for numerous complaints, but none heped me and I finally looked upon my bad stomach a a' part of my miserable existence, giv ing up hope of ever being myself again. "I knew that the cause of It waa all due to office work, which precluded sufficient bodily exercise and th eating of non-nourishing and non-digestive food, and the drinking of tea and coffee, I had to quit my work as I loat my mental and phyaical strength. "A friend of mine, who weighs about 240 lbs. and who looks th plctar of health advised me to use Grape .Nuts as a food and drink Post una Cereal Coffee. He aald that his perfect health waa due to the use of these two pure cereals. He said that they would build up the delicate cell of the bra la and body and restore ms to health. ' ' "I acted on hla advice and have no cause to regret it. I have now been using Grape-Nuts and Poatum Coffee for sems time and am in perfect health and weigh 10 lbs. more than I ever did. . "Grape-Nuts Food la the crystallized es sens of all. cereals. I eat it four times a day,-prepared with cream, and alao by pouring some of It out of ths box into my hsnd and then eating It. Poatum Coffee haa also helped me greatly." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. formed, yesterday, In succession to the min istry which resigned November 15. Is pre sided over by Don Ella Fernande Albano. Senhor Domingo Amunategul I the minis ter of foreign affairs and Senhor Rlcardo Cruiat Is tb minister of finance. GERMANS INVADE AMERICA Will Float the Country with Machines with Which to Make Foci. BERLIN, Nov. 20. The manufacturera of machinery for compressing coal waste and llgnlt Into "briquettes," of which enormous quantities are used In Germany, have organized a ayndlcate to promote the export of this machinery to the United Statea. The ayndlcate 1 also Importing samples of American coal waste and lignite to analyze and test the machines. During the recent coal strike In the United States ."briquette" dealers here ar ranged to send 10,000 tons to New York, but before eargd space could be engaged the. strike waa ended. Meat Pay. Lsrg Hum. LONDON, Nov. 20. The privy council ha reversed tho decision of the court of king's bench of the province of Quebec on the ap peal of the Bank of Toronto against the St. Lawrence Fire Insurance company and haa ordered 'the latter to pay $2,500,000, the amount secured by the policy In dispute, and cost. Wew Servian Cabinet. BELGRADE, Servla, Nov. 20. General Markovlx has formed a new cabinet. The majority of the ministers are moderate radicals, and three of them are military men, namely,, the premier, the minister of war anl the minister of foreign aft a Irs. The latter Is Lieutenant Colonel Eutonlco. Mineral Exhibit from Pern. ' LIMA, Peru. Nor. 20. Commissioner Wanda of the St. Louis exposition ha re turned here after 'a fortnight's horseback trip through the important mining districts. A very large mineral exhibit from Peru Is assured. One company will send four ton of sample of copper ore. OTHER TOWNS ARE INVOLVED Boycott at Schenectady Spreads , Through . Troy and . Albany. r SCHENECTADY, N. Y.. Nov. 10. An other and more serious development of the boycott Instituted against the Schenectady Railway company by the local Tradea as sembly came to tight today In the possibility of action by the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employee of Albany, N. Y., and Troy; looking to the endoraement of the action of the Schenectady labor body. The statement 1 made by an official of the Amalgamated:' association that the body will positively refuse to allow tho cara of the Schenectady- railway to enter the city of Troy - a long as there are nonunion men aboard them. - If: the company Insists on the carrying out of the terms of Its con tracts with tho Union Traetlon company to use Its tracks, the men will go on strike, he declared. ,..-i-x "In this way,";, be aald. "we hold the real key to the eltuatton, and we can make or break th boycott a we desire. We have tried for a long time to unionize the Schenectady railway,, but are have not suc ceeded In doing so .Now, we have tho op portunity we have covered ao long, and we mean to take action while we have the initiative.:-,'.,,t.,;: That this, act Js . contemplated by the association aa a body Is evident from the report of the Albany T-ederatlon of Labor, which last spring endorsed the boycott and pledged It gupport to the" local Trades, assembly. . The Amalgamated association la a member of this central body. ALBANY, N. Y.. Nov. 20. It la under stood here that tho endorsement of the boycott of the Schenectady railway by the Albany Federation of Labor, which In cluded the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employea, does not neces sarily mean that the men will go on strike if the Schenectady car are run In Albany and Troy. A labor leader said today: It means that we are to alve them moral support by asking all persons favoring labor ana mi our memoers ana tnelr families to refrain from using the Schenectady cars. The cars are running on time today and evidently with aa many - passengers as usual. MINERS ACT IN A BODY Plan Pnt In Execution Which Settles the Dispute In Pnrdee and Company's Colliery. HAZLETON, Pa., Nov. 20. The trouble at the Cranberry and Crystal Ridge col lieries of A. Pardee ft Co., where the em ployes refused to return to work because they were asked to sign an agreement not to Interfere with nonunion men, waa set tled today and operations will be resumed on Monday. . Instead of signing the agreement individ ually at the mine the men decided In a body to abide by lta provisions and empow ered a committee of their local to matte written promise that all of the employes will, comply with these conditlona. All of the men But three, who' are accuaed by the company of having been unduly active dur ing the strike, will be reinstated. ' The only collieries In this dial (A t where the differences have not been settled are those of Coxe Bros. aV Co., whose men will meet this afternoon to receive a proposi tion from the company outlining a plan of settlement. KNIGHTS ENTER BY WINDOW Five Labor Men Arrested by Com rades as Osteons e( Fend. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The feud which baa eilsted for some time In the Knights of Labor haa broken out afresh and Simon Burns and John TIernan of Pittsburg, Henry A. Hltt of New York, Thomas H. Canning of Boston and J. F. O'Meara have been arreated on a warrant charging forcible entry. It la asserted that they cam her from Niagara Palls, where on faction of th knlghta baa been holding a convention, with the Intention of getting possession of th headquarters of the organization, and entered the building through an upper window. Ths secretary-treasurer waa Informed of th move and Immediately swor out war rants for their arrest. THIEVES KILL A WATCHMAN Tragedy Oeenrs la the Yards at the Northwestern Railroad at . . Chicago. CHICAGO, Nov. 20. Charles B. Dillon, a apeclal policeman employed by the Chicago V Northwestern Railroad company, waa ahot and killed early today In the yards of the railroad company while endeavoring to prevent the looting of a freight car by a gang of thieves. C. H. Yoran, a switchman employed by the same company, waa arrested shortly after the shooting and In his possession were found a number of broken car aeala. CARRIE IS IN ERUPTION Mn. Uation Lectures Vanderbilt Women on What The should Wear. GROWS ACTIVE AT NEW YORK HORSE SHOW Seises t hnntnaaae Jrem Cafe Table and Only Stays Her Ontbnrat When Police F.Ject Her from Handing. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Mrs. Carrie Na tion created a sensstlon at the horse show today. Bho harangued the gathering on the evils of overdress, attempted to break a bottle of champagne, and was finally ejected by the police. She entered the garden quietly and took a seat In the' tier, but had been there only a few minute when she caught sight of some member of the Vanderbilt family. She descended to the promenade, and, stationing herself In front of the Vander bilt box, delivered a tirade on over dress, m the box were Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Reginald Vanderbilt and Mis Nicholson. ' "You ought to be ashamed of your selves," screamed the saloon smasher at them. "You ought to be ashamed to wear such disgraceful clothes. Take them off, take them off at once, and attire your selves more modestly." Mr. Vanderbilt hastily came over to where Mrs. Nation waa atandlng wiping her forehead. 11 whispered something In her ear 'and pushed her away. The outburst attracted a crowd and the occupant of the Vanderbilt box were evi dently much embarrassed.' Mr. Nation then turned her attention to other boxea, and finally started for the cafe, where she bore down on a party of men who were drinking wine. She seized the bottle and, glaring at the drink er, shouted: "Young men, don't drink such filthy stuff. You are going straight to hell. Where Is the man who sells this stuff T Show him to me and I will tell him what I think of him." Mra. Nation's request was speedily granted by the audden appearance of M. VIHe Pigue, the caterer at the garden. "Get out of this horrible business." she shouted at him. "You are also going to hell and ruining the bodlea and aouls of men. You are dragging them down with you. . Shame on you. Shame on you!" ' The' Frenchman, however, did not see matter In the same light, and, running up to Mrs. Nation, reacued the bottle which she had stolen and was brandishing In. the air to emphasize her remarks. Then he puahed her out of the door into the arm of atalwart policemen, who put her out of the building. GRANTS RIGHT TO APPEAL Moody Gives Kavr Yard Workmen ' Better Chance' In Witt 7Uhfs. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Secretary Moody today ordered that employea In the government navy yard may present direct to the board any question affecting their wages. Thla matter came up at th League Island navy yard,- Philadelphia, ' but the aecrctary states that his decision la to form a precedent and will apply to all navy yarda. -. In hla letter to the commander of the League .Island yard, he. aay:.,' i "I desire to establish the following pre cedent viz. that a committee of workmen In any trade In the yard by making appli cation to the . commandant ahall be per mitted to appear before the board of wages and present data concerning the wagea paid to workmen In- their trade In the vicinity of the yards and make ex planations concerning conditlona under which the work Is performed and that the data preaented and statement made ahall be given careful consideration by the board In submitting its recommendation of wage rates." Heretofore It haa been the custom at navy yards for workmen to appeal to the foreman, who in turn presented such data as be saw fit to the board of wages. CREW IS PLACED IN IRONS Panic on Gunboat Itesnlts lu Forty. . Eight Being; Charged with Mutiny. ' WASHINGTON, Nov, 20. Isla de Luzon, one of the Spanish gunboat captured at Manila by. Admiral Dewey, la enroute to New York with forty-eight of its men In Irons.' The vessel, which has been doing guard duty In the Philippines for about three yeara, atarted recently for New York, pro ceeding from Manila via Singapore. Advices received at the War department Indicate that on the trip to Singapore some of the machinery od the boat shifted badly, creating ar panic among the crew and caus ing a substantial mutiny. . . Ths result was the placing of forty-eight of lta crew In iron. After It capture Luzon wa repaired at Hong Kong and it la said that the repair were not properly made. LEAVENW0RTHJ3IRL IS WED Marries Captain Famatleroy mi Her Father's Kansaa Home. LEAVENWORTH. 'Kan.. Nov. 20. The marriage of Captain Powell C. Fauntleroy, surgeon U. S. A., atatloned at Madlaon bar racks. New York, to Miss Blanche McGon igle, daughter of Jamea A. McGonlgle, a contractor of thla city, took place tonight In th ballroom of the bride's home on South Broadway. Mr. Willi Ullne, wife of Captain Ullne, U. S. A., was th matron of honor, and Mlaa Mabel Hanna of Cleveland, Miss Estelle Naat of New York City and Mlsa Grace McGonlgle wera bridesmaids. Lieutenant Conrad, U. S. A., wa best man and Lieu tenant Crocket, U. S. A., Edgar Hopklna and Jamea and Edward McGonlgle, brothera of the bride, acted aa groomsmen. IRISH LAND BILL "CERTAIN Dlllen and Davltt Bay Meaaara Will Go Tbroash This Wlater. CHICAGO. Nov. 20. John Dillon and Mirhael Davltt. ths Irish nationalist lead- era, reached Chicago today and will apeak here on Sunday night. Both declare that this winter will witness ha Miun tar th British Parliament ef aft Irish land purchase act that will settle th agrarian queatlon. ' College Y. M. C. A.'s Convene. PRINCETON. N. J.. Nov. 20. A confer ence of the Young Men' Christian ajmoct;i- tlon of the seminaries or tne country win ha hold ml Princeton on December 6. and 1. Kach seminary will send four delegates. Will Sot Inconvenience Public. BLOOMINOTON, 111., Nov. 0.-Rather than further Inconvenience the public, the irMt.nileiV manaaement thla mornlna rim-ided 10 Ktve tho employes all they asksd for and the strike was oeciarea oa. MAY GIVE UPPANAMA ROUTE Check In Canal Xegotlatlona filvrs Renewed Kncouremeit of Other Survey. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The check In the negotiations with Colombia relative to the Panama canal, haa given great en couragoment to the friends of th Nicara gua project and the first evidence of re newed activity on tbelr part wa the ap pearanca at the State department today of Benor Correa. Nlcaragusn minister to Washington. Secretary Hy haa several times called the attention of the Colombian government when the negotiation have lagged to the fact that under section four of the Spooner aot, If he I unable to obtain control of tho necessary territory in Colombia by treaty, then he I required to obtain tuch territory from Costa Rica and Nicaragua. It Is now aald to be probable that to emphasize hla repeated declarations that the action of congress In the passage of the Spooner amendment, did not finally commit the United -States to the accept ance of the Tanama route, Secretary Hay may proceed to draw up a treaty with Nicaragua and - Costa Rica and submit it to the senate alohg with such a treaty with Colombia aa be may be able to con clude. In .this way the senate Itself might de cide whether or not the Colombian-treaty Is satisfactory and If It should decide In the negative then It will have at hand the Nlcaraguan-Costa RICan treaties an that there will be no excuse for delay In the canal project. As for the Colombian negotiations, It can be stated that th United State ha now gone to the end of the concessions It Is willing to make. The Colombian min ister here has been notified of the decision reached and Is expected to make further reply either accepting or rejecting our last proposition. One of the objection lodged by ' Colombia 1 the difference over the tenure of the United State In the canal atrip. Prominent senators who have- been eon suited by the state department have In dicated their strong opposition to the ac ceptance of 100 years leaee with provision for renewal as sufficient to meet the pro visions of the Spooner act. Nothing less than "perpetual control" as set down In the act will aatlsfy them. The Colombians say that would be a vio lation of tholr constitution. But a careful reading of the Colombian constitution by the officials here doea not aatlsfy them that there Is any such prohibition against alienation of territory as la reported. TO BUILD PACIFIC CABLE Delay Is Caused by Protracted Ketco- tlatlona mat nave ius . Been. Completed. WASHINGTON, " Nov. 20. Clarence W. Mackay, president of the Commercial' Pa clfls Cable company, George O. Ward, vice president, and William W. ' Cook, general counsel for the company, had tn Interview today with the attorney general with re spect, to the condition prescribed by Presi dent Roosevelt .for constructing a Pacific cable.. These ' conditions were ' approved by the president in July last, since which time the Pacific Cable company has not officially notified, the government aa to its intention or willingness to accept them. Today, however, Mr. Mackay explained to the attorney general that the delay was caused by protracted negotiations, which have only been brought to . a conclusion within tho laat few days, to secur a land ing place in China to comply with the president' condition that an Independent American Una should be constructed from Manila to Hong Kong, thus giving an all American through Hoe to the Asiatic con tinent. It was thla condition that wa supposed to be the one that the cable company would be unwilling or unable to comply with. It now announcea lta ability and Intention to construct a line from Manila to Shanghai a distance of about 1,200 miles, and to have the same completed within a year. Owing to the claim by the Pacific cable people that, as they read one of the other conditions, it will practically prevent tne necessary relations with extating lines In China to secure the transmission of Amer ican messages to interior points, that pro vision Is being recast to obviate misunder standings and will be submitted to the preatdent in a modified form in a few daya. STILL DEFENDS SANTA MARIA Guatemala President ' Now Admits Some Damage, but Complains of Exaggeration. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. A. Lazo Arrl aga, minister from Guatemala, haa re ceived advices from his government stat ing that ths reports concerning the erup tion of Santa Maria are exaggerated. While t Is true, that a port of tho present , coffee crop la loat, It Is generally expected that most of the plantations of the affected district will recuperate. The loss, of life waa, small and the president of the. republic, from the first moment, adopted measures 'of relief which prevented suffering and preserved peace and order In too affected region Mr. Arrlaga tonight emphatically denied report . that band of . robbers . wcr swarming the desolated sections, robbing pod murdering refugees, and aald the official correspondence Just received showed that aurh outrages could not be perpe trated. ... Bold the Firm advent. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 20. (Special TelegramJ A apeclal Jury In the United States Court today In the case Instituted by St, Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha and othsr creditor of Crabtree Bro, a well known firm formerly la business at Miller, S. 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