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t t THE OMAHA DAILY HE El TUEsiiAt, nrATKMilKn 3i 1002. KERR DETAILS HIS ORDER Te:tifiei to Message j Sent Prior to Ontario Tra n Disaster. ADMITS THAT HE WIRED "MAY BUST IT" Oprar (arson Then Hel.te. H. Rr. eelnt of Mui, bnl a,. Bid Xot Catch Hnallf,uw Word "May." WYOMING. Ont.. Dee. 29.-Th Inquest Into the causi of the desth of the victims or the recent accident on the Grand Trunk railway at Wanstead was beKun here todiy. Dispatcher J.me, Kerr, who tent the train from London, was called. Kerfs evi dence was to the effect that he cent orders to the Watford and Wyoming operators simultaneously t, hav. ,he expTr.,s mnpt the freight at Wanstead. Shortly after Wyoming reported to the dispatcher that the freight wa alow In getting out. Kerr's order rn propel y repeated hark by both aerators and Kerr marked It "O. K " Kerr asked Wyoming why the freight was low In going out. Wyoming replied that e. did not know. Kerr then called Wat ford and asked If No. 5 was coming. Wat ford's reply being "Yes," Kerr said: "May bunt It." 7 Wyoming then reported the freight pull. Ing out. Kerr said: "Let her go." He then called the Watford operator, who re Ported No. 5 had gone and that he had busted the order for No. 5. Kerr thrn called Wyoming and told him to stop the freight. Wyoming answered "I can t." Kerr said: "You must stop her." Collision Had Orrorreil, Kerr then caJled King s Court for seven or eight minutes before raising that office. Kings Court reported No. 6 had passed. Ia a few minutes Wanstead called the dis patcher aaklng If the trains were to cross at Wanstead, as he had heard a noise and had run from his house thinking there was trouble. In a few minutes Assistant Super intendent Costello, who was on the express train, called Kerr and asked for the auxil iary to be sent, as a collision had occurred. W. J. Hanna, who appeared for Carsou, tho station agent at Watford, cross-exarc-Ined Kerr. At the afternoon session Dispatcher Kerr was recalled. Solicitor Pope of the Grand Trunk put him through a lengthy tross examlnatlon on the subject of tho com pany's rules for operators and dispatchers. The witness would not say that the King s Court operator, James Troyer, was remiss la bis duties. Andrew Carson, tho Watford operator, at whose door Is laid the responsibility of the accident by the Grand Trunk officials, fol lowed Kerr on the stand. He appeared cool and collected. He got the order for tho two trains to cross at Wanstead and displayed his order board to stop the ex press. Boon after he heard Wyoming tell of the delay to the freight and then the London dispatcher called the witness and said: "Bust It." He did not hear the word "may" preceding the "bust It." The express had stopped and the con ductor asked for his order, but the witness told him It had been canceled and gave the conductor a clearance order. "Bust It" Is a common form of cancel lation of orders, be said. He did not get a formal order annulling It. There was no written record of the order "bust it." W. C. Watson, a young man 19 years of age, who Is the operator at Wyoming, testl. fled as follows: "The special freight pulled In and I gave Conductor Graham an order to take the aiding at Wanstead. His engine took cn water. London called me to hurry up the freight train. When I got an order to stop the freight I wired that it was too late. I rushed out of doors with a lantern and the caboose of the freight was Just passing me. I signalled the rear brakeman to stop, and yelled at him to stop. I thought he beard me, aa be gave the stop signal. I then threw up my stop signal, which I a aemaphore, about half a mile from the station. Yes, it was In working order, but Is not now. It was all right before and after the accident." C'oadnctor Gives Ills Side, Conductor Graham of the special east bound freight said: "I received my order at Wyoming to take the siding at Wanstead. The engine took on water. My rear brakeman signaled to stop and I signaled all right. I thourht be meant Wanstead. The semaphore was not displayed and there was no stop signal. I proceeded to Wanstead, but owing to the anow the engineer did not see the switch and ran several car lengths by. It was necessary to back up. "The train was 'at a standstill, on the aaatn track, whon No. 5 loomed up. U was but a few feet from us. As I Jumped and touched the ground the crash came. The engineer also Jumped. No. S could Bot have stopped at the rate It was going, vea If It bad had orders to stop." Rear Brakeman Harkneas of the freight next testified. Ha said: "I was on top of the caboose and saw a man signaling 'stop' from the depot and thought It waa my conductor. I signaled ahead to stop and the front brakeman and conductor an. awered me. I could not think who It vas signaled from the depot when the con ductor signaled from the train all right. TIRED OUT. ' There's many a farmer's wife sits on the porch in the crowing shadows of a sum mer evening, knowing to the full what it is to feel tired out as if there was not another ounce of effort left in her. But she knows how sound her slum ber will be and how refreshed the morning will find her. That's 1.1 ft vie ureaness oi - a healthy woman. But it's another NsT thing tor the sick woman to feel tired out. Rest only seems to increase her suffering. Just aa in profound silence a discord 4 jars t li e ear more forcibly, so now that she has atopped moving about. this tired woman feels more acutely the aching back and throbbiiig nerves. Sick women, hundreds ot thousands of them, have been made well by the use of Dr, Pierce's Favorite Preset iptiou. It establishes regularity, dries weakening drains, heals inflammation and ulcera tion and cures female weakness. Words cannot trll what I ulftied (or thir teen years with utrrtuc trouble sad drsgioug dowa pstus through my hip snd bik." wine Mrs. John bitkiua. o4 l.i-ntcll. Assiuibois , N. W. Ter. " I cu t describe the miarry it was to be on csy frrt lung st a t.me. 1 could uot rat aor steep. OiUu 1 wtilitJ to die. Thea 1 saw Dr. Pierce's medicines advertised aud lliouglit ! would try tlicm. Had nut taken jut Untie till I was feeling well. Attn I had tskea five Uxiles of "favorite Prescription ' aud oue of 'OUtiru Medical Iucovery ' I wsa like a new wjuisii. Could eat and sleep and do all my own woik." The Common Sense Medical Adviser, is sent free ou receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 11 one cent stamp for the book in paper covers. st 31 stamps for the volume bound in '-&. AddxcM Pr. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y. r s-V I fSW I did not hear anybody yell 'stop' to me at Wyoming, as my rap was down snd It was snowing hard. Yps, I saw the stop signals from the Wyoming depot. I was on the rear when the cranh came." Conductor Jerry McAullfTe of the passen Rer train, In his testimony, said: "I was late In coming It.to London one hour snd sixteen minutes. I received an order to proceed to Wstford. I asked for the order at Watford, but there was none. I asked for a clearance and Carson gave It to me. I told the operator that the boss was on, meaning that Costello, assistant superintendent, was on the train. I re celved my clearance and started. I was In the Pullman when the crash came and knew at once that a collision bad occurred. There Is my clearance order." The Inquest then adjourned until tomor row. Injorer) early All Iolnaj Well. LONDON. Ont.. Dec. 29. It was reported by the house surgeon st Victoria . hospital tonight that the condition of the injured In the Wanstead wreck was gratifying. All of them improved during the day with the exception of Alex M. Stewart of Chicago, wno is very low. ELEMENTS AIDEDJN WRECKING Official ays If Heavy Snowstorm Had .Not neen Itaalna; Disaster Could Xot Have Occurred. MONTREAL, Dec. 2! Mr. McGulgan, manager of tho Grand Trunk railway. In a statement this afternoon explains that had it not been for the blinding snow storm the Wsnstend accident would have been averted, as the road between Wan stead and Watford Is perfectly straight for four miles. It has been claimed that the operator could have remedied his mistake at King's Court, but the latter Is not a night station, and the train, which was running at the rate of seventy miles an hour, covered the dis tance between Wanstead and Watford, which is a steep downhill, Inside of four and a half minutes. Mr. McGulgan says the conductor cer tainly went Into the office at Watford and obtained his clearance. If the operator has an order which he claims canceled the original one he must produce It. After the coroner's inquest Is concluded the Grand Trunk will Institute an Invest igation of Its own. "In the meantime," said Mr. McGulgan, "I do not feel Justified In making any further charges, but I will say that so far as we can ascertain no superior officer of the road la to blame. It Is simply one of those Inexplicable accidents In which tho human mind has been lacking. "The materal loss to property will no exceed $10,000 or 115,000, but the company expects It will have to face a loss of $250, 000 by the time all the claims have been settled." There can be no blame attached to the engineer, MacKensie, Mr. McGulgan says, and the charge that he was overworked Is not true. The train in question, No. S, left Niagara Falls at 2:25 p. m., reaching the tunnel at 9:25 p. m., so that the train crew were only on duty seven hours. CONFER ON NEW LEGISLATION Central Labor t nlon Committee Meets with Committee from Grocers' Association. Monday evening at the office of Henry Fischer a committee of the Central Labir union consisting of E. E. Rlland, Peter Klewitx, J. A. Bradford and John Klrby met a committee from the State Retail Grocers' association consisting of Harry Flsche.', i. Yungblut of Lincoln and R. W. W. Jones of Dunbar. The conference accomplished little. A bill drawn by the grocers' committee was read. The bill was In line with the mess ure previously published for the empower ing of courts to Inquire into the financial condition of judgment debtors and make provisions for the payment of the debt In Installments. A copy of the bill prepared according to suggestions made as to a sliding scale of payment will be submitted to the Central Labor union at the next meeting. Bills were proposed by representatives of the union, one to csuse goods made In the penitentiary to be labeled with the place ot its origin, snd all penitentiary-made goods from other states bear such label; and a child labor law, which will prohibit J any worn dj cnuaren unaer tne age 01 u years. FIRE RECORD. Railway Offices In Dancer. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 19. Fire which broke out at 11:50 last night In the whole sale whisky house of Bonnie Bros., 139 West Main atreet, threatens to cause a loss of many thousands of dollars. The firs is in the heart of the wholesale district of Louisville. In the building In which the flames originated Is a portion of the of fices of the Louisville A Nashville railway, the main building ot the general offices of the road being two doors below. The stock of whisky In Bonnie Bros.' place Is valued at about $85,000 and Is al ready a total loss, while the flames have reached the upper floors of the building occupied by Wright A Taylor, wholesale whisky dealers, situated between Bonnie and th Louisville A Nashville offices. At 1:05 a. m. the fire was under control. The general offices ot the Louisville A Nashville railroad have not been seriously damaged. Depot Hotel at Talmagr. AUBURN, Neb., Dec. 29. (Special.) The Talmage hotel burned this morning at B o'clock. The hotel property was owned ! by the Missouri Pacific Railway company and was conducted by Talcot A Son. The lire originated in tiio front part of the basement and, being a frame structure, burned very rapidly. The hotel furniture belonged to Talcot A Son and waa Insured for about half of Its value. The amount ot Insurance on the building Is unknown, aa no agent here bas written any for the railroad company. Suspected of Bel us; Murderer. Robert Mitchell of Memphis. Tenn.. was arrested last night In the Midway by Of ficer Klonm. who believes him to be wanted In Frvnclnco county. Mo., for murder. Mitchell will be held until the Missouri au thorities can be hard from. About a year no a ctrrular offering a rewnrd ( was received and the man now under ar rest Is thought to answer to the descrip tion therein contained, he being a mulatto, limning slightly, etc. Mitchell savs that he has been In town only two weeks, com ing here from Memphis. He Is employed aa a 'ItBhwaehi-r Ht the Millard. When arrested in the Midway he was told that he was wanted for stealing a suit of clothes, lie remonstrated atrongly against arrest, and while being searched seemed rather nervous. No papers, but four cart ridge, were found In his pockets. The authorities cannot he sure of their man. as it is a very difficult matter to identify man by a photograph. Cab Drivers' Strike On. ST. LOl 'IS. Dec. .-As the result of dif ferent cunti rences held tortiv the carriage drivers' strike whs declared oft. The strike was Im-ruii several days sgo to enforce demands for higher wag-s and recognition uf the Hack and Cab Drivers' union. trare.es and Whiles Do Battle. WII MSTON. Ala . Dec. -A ehooting affray between whites snd negroes ne ir tit. Nvwbuiy phosphate mire lee ilt'd In the death of two negroes and the wounotng of two while men. There has been bad feeling between the whites and the negroes ernplued at the mines for soma tims. HUMBERTS SAFE IN PRISON Nct?d Persons Arrire ia Paris at an Early Hour. FRENCH SOCIAL CIRCLES DISTURBED Many Important reople Are Likely to Re Implicated Daring tho Trial of Accused Family. PARIS, Dec. 29. The members of the Humbert family, recently arrested In Madrid In connection with the greaj safe frauds In this city, arrived at Orleans rail road station here at 7:40 o'clock this morn Ing. There was no demonstration. The prisonera were conducted to the prison. The arrival of the Humberts was devoid of sensational Incidents, as the French po lice had chosen an hour for their return here when Paris was only half awake. The crowd at the railroad station was compara tively small. But a large force of police and soldiers, mounted and on foot, was drawn up in front ot the station and guarded all the street aproaches In order to prevent the possibility ot a popular dem onstration. A number of chief functionaries of the prefecture were on hand to personally su perintend the prisoner's srrlval. The men snd women of the Humbert party were kept separated during the trip from Madrid to Paris and they were brought from the train In two separate parties. The women csme first, leaning on the arms of the officers. Madam Humbert was dressed in black and was veiled, but was readily recognized by her stout figure. Her young daughter, Eva, was the most pathetic looking of the women. Madam Humbert was followed by her daughter, who did not show the bravado she exhibited at Madrid, but was pale and appeared disconsolate. Frederick Humbert, Madam Humbert's husband, looked broken down. D. T. Ro maln d'Aurlgnac and his wife, Emlle, main tained the calm, defiant attitude they had shown throughout. M. Aurlgnac still wore a Spanish beard, which had served him aa a disguise. The party passed through double lines ot police to the carriages in waiting. Detach ments of mounted police officers surrounded the vehicles, which were driven at a rattling pace through the gathering crowds to tho concergerie, where minute preparations had been made to receive the prisoners. The return of the Humberts to Paris Is the absorbing topic for discussion throughout the city, indeed throughout France, aa no event since the return of Dreyfus has aroused such Intense Interest. All classes of society are equally interested, as the Humberts' frauds were so colossal and so interwoven with some of the foremost per sonages In France that their return was viewed with apprehension. Crowds from all parts of the city were ready to assemble at the station and give the prisoners a disorderly reception, but the secrecy of the police baffled the plans of the mobs and permitted the Humberts to be landed silently and swiftly Inside the gray walls of the prison. The public had doubted the sincerity of the government In ever attempting to bring back the fugitives, owing to the political and social shock which was sure to follow, but the srrival of the prisoners Is now gen erally accepted as showing the purpose of the authorities to spare no means for the prosecution and punishment of the accused. The plans tor the prosecution ot the Hum berts hsve not yet been announced. Owing to the belief of the authorities that Eva Humbert was the Innocent victim of her mother's operations they proposed to intrust her to the custody of her grand mother, Mme. Gustave Humbert, widow of the former minister of Justice in the De Frecinet cabinet, but Mile. Eva positively declined the proposal, declaring her purpose to remain with her mother In prison. The attitude of the girl excites universal sympathy. Later In the day, Eva Humbert was given Into charge of her grandmother, who pre vailed upon the child to accompany her home. The Judges during the day interro gated members ot the family. This was confined to questions of identity. The Judges did not enter upon the merits of the case, as Mme. Humbert and the other chief figures were too overcome with ex citement and fatigue. Mme. Humbert com plained of feeling sick and a doctor was hastily summoned, but be said there was. nothing serious In her condition. The police continue their strict precau tions against the possibilities of suicide. Everything which could be used in self destruction was taken from the prisoners. PAINT MEN SIT AT ABANQUET Sherwla-Wllllama Company's and Richardson Drag Company's Rep resentatives Dine. Monday evening at the Millard hotel the second annual banquet of the Sherwin Williams Paint company to the representa tives of the Richsrdson Drug company took place. The banquet was preceded by a convention, which was held at the hotel In the afternoon. In the conference paints, oils and varnishes were discussed, and the best method of selling the goods. The toast master was T. F. Homme of the Sherwin-Williams company, and those seated at the table were: F. C. Harris, B. M. McDade, R. L. Graves, I. A. Bremberg, representatives of the Sherwin-Willlama Paint company, who came from Chicago, Denver and other cities. The representa tives of the Richardson Drug company were: C. F. Weller, H. 8. Weller, C. K. Weller, F. C. Patten. D. Y. Wheeler, A. W. Hallam, H. T. Fales. A. N. Gereke, F. J. Spafford, R. A. Crandal. A. B. Hunt. T. N. Naudaln. Jr., J. W. Fisher. J. F. Sprlnk, W. A. Parkin, Paul Rehschub, F. M. Rector, H. C. Graham and C. R. Sherman ot the Sherman-Mi'Connell Drug company, and Bert Davis of South Omaha. Following the banquet short speeches were made by C. F. Weller, F. C. Harris and others, who spoke of the trade and the pleasant relations be tween the bouses. ITS CENTURY OF STATEHOOD President Roosevelt to Speak at Cele bration of Anniversary of Ohio's Admission. COLUMBUS. O.. Dec. 29. The Joint com mission having charge of the arrangements for the celebration of the centennial of the admission ot Ohio as one ot the states of the union today announced the program for the celebration to be held at Cblllicothe May 20 and 21. 1901. President Theodore Roosevelt will attend the celebration, and the commission expects to secure the ser vices of the famous United Ststes Marine band. The list of speakers Includes 8enator John W. Daniel ot Virginia. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton university. Senators Hanna and Foraker of Ohio, Wil liam Dean Howells and Hon. Whitelaw Held of New York. Bishop C. C. McCaba of the Methodist church and many prominent Ohio men. President Roosevelt will speak, but will not be assigned any formal aubject. 'No menu la complete without' Cook's Im perial Extra Dry Champagne. Its delicacy and flavor makes It a favorite. THE WILSON DISTILLING CO. Baltimore, Md AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Omaha 4 North Platte fiailroad Wants Va cation of Street SHORT SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL HELD Improvements Continue at Cadahy'a Pack In a; Plant nnd Work on He. bnlldlngr of Sheep Barns Is Progressing;. A short session of the city council was held last night. All members were present with the exception of O'Connor, who Is ill. The Omaha & North' Platte Railroad com pany and the South Omaha Land company petitioned the council to vacate that por tion of Thirty-sixth street in the city of South Omaha which lies between the north line ot L street and the north line of I street, and also those portions of I, J and K streets between Thirty-sixth and Boyd streets. It was asserted in the request for vacation that the petitioners were the own ers iot all property abutting upon the portion of the streets sought to be vacated. Further, the petitioners assert that they are the owners of the property fronting on the west side of Boyd street between L and I streets, and In the event of thi vacation of the first mentioned streets would be willing to dedicate thirty feet of the frontage to the city for the purpose of widening Boyd street. There was no dis cussion over this matter and it was re ferred to the streets and alleys committee without comment. When It came to opening bids for sup plies, the clerk having advertised as per a provision In the chsrter, Adklns moved that all bids be held back pending an opinion from the city attorney. One sec tion of the charter compels the clerk to advertise for bids, while another prohibits the council from entering Into contracts when no money is available. All bids were returned to the clerk unopened and the council will wait for an opinion from the city attorney. Just before the close of the session Adklns brought out the salary roll and a few claims were allowed. The salaries of the city officials were on the list, as well as some of the street department help. The sum of $432 was allowed members of the registration board for services last fall. After allowing these bills and considering one or two minor matters, an adjournment until January S was taken. Cndahy Bnlldlns; Again. Improvements are still beiDg made at the Cudahy plant. Yesterday afternoon E. A. Cudahy stated that work had commenced on a new freezer. The old tank room is being changed to a freezer aud when it Is completed It will have a capacity of 4.000, 000 pounds. Material Is being furnished dally and the work will be pushed as rap idly as possible. It Is thought that the freezer will be completed within sixty days. Balldlast Permits. While the number of building permits for 1902 did not equal the number Issued In 1901 there Is an Increase in the amount shown by the records. In 1901 permits to the number of 279 were issued by the city building inspector, the aggregate coet being $230,000. For the present year 192 permits have been Issued and these show a cost ol $250,000. I: is expected that the coming year will be a great year for building, as many Improvements are now contem plated by packers and business men. Rebnlldlaa; Sheep Darn. As bas been mentioned before In The Bee, the rebuilding of the sheep barn at the Union stock yards, which was destroyed by 8 re -Thursday of last week has been begun. The ground has been cleared and men are at work putting up supports for the new structures. The new barns will be the best In this section of the country, ss the management here proposes keep ing up Its reputstion ss the bett sheep market In the west. As for the main bulldffig. it will be 696 feet long by 160 feet In width snd will hsve a wing 200 feet In length. While the work on the new building Is going on sheep will be housed snd cand for In the covered division designed for hogs. This section of the yards has never been used, being recently completed. Ship Established 1823 WBL WHO pers of sheep can send consignments as usual as all shipments will be cared for the same as before the fire. I.nrre Cattle Receipts. For the first time since the Union Stock yards began operations here In 1884, the j receipts or cattle nave gone over tne l.uuu, 000 mark. Last night's official receipts showed that up to date 1,002,635 head of cattle had been received here. This Is a gain over last yesr of nearly 200100 head. Naturally local live stock dealers are grati fied at the showing made. Church Bell Arrives. The bell for the First Methodist Epis copal church, donated by G. F. Swift of Chicago, arrived yesterday. In accordance with the orders of Mr. Swift the bell was cast at Troy, N. Y., and Is suitably In scribed. The bell weighs about 1,500 pounds and will be placed In the belfry of the church as soon aa arrangements for Us removal from the freight depot can be ar ranged for. Some change in the belfry will have to be made In order to make a place for the bell. Pastor Head, who went to Chicago on purpose to see Mr. Swift and secure the bell. Is confident that there will be no difficulty in securing the money needed to place the bell in position. Paylnif Taxes. Monday afternoon the Omaha Packing company paid Its city tsxes for 1902 in full, the Omaha Street Railway company did the same and also the South Omaha Land company. Swift and Company paid half the taxes and It was the same with the Union Stock Yards National bank. A large number of property owners In the city paid In full and the day was a busy one for those employed in the treasurer's office. After January 1 the taxes due draw Interest at the rate of 1 per cent a month. Magic City Gossip. Frank Doleial Is quite sick st his home just south of the city. Gall Ha mil la back from Iowa, where he spent a week or so visiting relatives. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Villlam Vance, Thirtieth and It stieets. ! Thomas Mullen of O'Nell has returned home after spending a few dsys here with friends. The charter revision committee Is sup posed to meet In the council chamber this evening. Theodore Volx Is expected back from Chicago today. He was called there by the death of a brother. Funeral services over the remsJre of Mrs. Patrick McOonnell will be held at ths family residence. Thirty-first and L. streets, today. Miss I.oj Hunt. Miss Cos Hunt snd Mrs. L. A. Davis will receive New Year's day callers at the home of Colonel C. M. Hunt, Twenty-tifth and K streets, on New Year's afternoon and evening. A MILLION AMERICAN BOUNOTNO BABIES tvre kept crowing- with the delight of Hying because their mamas have learned to use OASOARETS Candy Cathartic. You all know how elh,i?elhb0r" each othr of th rea"y eoo1 thio "7 learned from experience. CASCARETB are one of those good things, and the kind words said for them has created a sale ot nearly A MILLION BOXES A MONTH. It Is easy to protect infants against children's com! plaints, because all theee perils have their beginning In stomach and bowels, and we have In CASCARET3 a perfect medicine that will always keep the delicate machinery in a child's bodv clean, regular and In working order. Children like the little candy tablet, and are kept safe from all stomach, bowel, blood and skin diseases. All druggists, lOo, 26c, 60o. Never sold in bulk. Guaranteed to cure or your money back. Genuine tablet stamped COO. Bamnle and swwws, ww. mwwvds WlrVtiaaUI AVOUIVUT IML ;ninilTfl 01 NAV VAPlT That's All ! SULTAN BARRICADES PALACE Ruler of Morocco Prepares for Attaok bj Iht lebels. SPAIN MAY TAKE PART IN TROUBLE Government Orders Troops to Be Hold In Readiness and Dispatches a Cruiser to the Gates of rm. TANGIER. Morocco, Dee. 29. The sul tsn of Morocco Is nald to have retired to the palace at Fes, with all his available artillery and ammunition and to have strongly barricaded himself In consequence of a threatened attack on the part of the rebels. MADRID, Dec. 29. The Spanish rov enment is preparing for eventualities In Morocco and has ordered troops at Malaga, Cadiz and Algeclras to be held In readi ness to promptly reinforce the garrisons at Ceuta and Melllla, Morocco, should the situation require It. A Spanish cruiser baa been ordered to Tangier. According to dispatches received here from Tangier the government dispatched the cruiser Sulta to the Gates of Fes. It Is reported thst the Europesns are pre paring to leave Fes. Situation la Not Hopeless. Premier Sllvela says the Spanish minister at Tangier telegraphs that he has had an Interview with tho minister of foreign af fairs of Morocco, who, while he takes a serious view of the situation, says It Is not hopeless. The defeat ot the sultan's troops, the foreign minister adds, was due to a surprise. He claims there has beeji no serious battle. The premier added that he supposed other powers would send war ships to Morocco. Those army officers who were absent on furtough have been ordered to return to their posts. A regiment of Infantry has left for Algeclras and another Is being held in readiness to go. Forces of cavalry, ar tillery and engineers, as well as a detach ment of the hospital corps, are also ready to be moved. King Alfonso tonight discussed the Mo roccan crisis with General Weyler, min ister of war, and the Duke of Veragua, minister of marine. In addition to tho cruiser Infanta Issbel, which hss already gone to Tangier, other vessels are to be held In readiness at Malaga and Alreciras to take reinforcements to Ceut and Melllla. The government has asked Its ambassa- ANNUAL SALE Greatest in Je. VST uicnis concerning the Moroccan situation. It seems to be feared In political clrclon here that some foreign power will inter vene In Morocco. The latest news to reach Madrid confirms the previous reports that Fes has been Invested by the rebels. British Cruisers Knronte. VALETTA, Island of Malta, Dec. 29. HIs majesty's steamship Bacchante, the flagship of Admiral Walker, together with British battleships Canopus and Victorious and cruiser Dana, have left here for Gibral tar, It Is believed In connection with the Moroccan situation. Implacable will follow the other war ships shortly. Christiana Reported Rate. LONDON, Dec. 80. A dispatch to tho Times from Tangier, dated December 29, says a courier from Fei reports that the Christians there appear to be safe. The missionary women are in the British con sulate. The attack on the camp occurred at night time. It Is reported that 2,000 of the sul tan's troopers were killed. An absurd rumor Is current, continues the corre spondent, that the French are supporting the rebels. As a matter of fact, the anti Christian movement Is more dangerous to the French than to anybody else, as It threatens them In Algeria. Tangier la quiet. No disturbance ot any kind need be feared here. Library Party a Success. The "library party" given last evening by the Home circle In Metropolitan club whs sn entire success, both from a social and financial point of view. About loo couples danced through a varied program of eigh teen numbers to good mimic. The HfTalr waa for the benefit of the Ulsters of Mercy convent at Fifteenth and Caatellar hi reels and Is the flrat party to be given by the society. Another bail Is planned for Kaater The volumea of the library were the young women present, "who each wore a costume which illustrated the title of some well known book. These handsomely bound ladles were In charge of librarians, who each had a finding Hat, from which ehe was supposed to select a book for each young man who applied. The librarians were Mesdnmes Schall, Morlarty, Tanner McNulty, gmythe and O'Hrlen. The floor and arrangements were under the direction of a committee of which Messrs. O'Brien Frank and Charles Morlarty, Heafey, Gall lagher. Tanner, Lee and Klnsler were tho members. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. George Grant of Cheyenne Is a guest at the Millard. 1 c F. C. Harris and B. M. McDade came from Chicago to attend the Klchardwui IJrug company's banquet at the Millard lust night L00O BOXES the World