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DAVIS ALSO ACCEPTS
Demooratio Nominee for Vice rresident
' Says He it Willing to Make Race.
THINKS TIMES PROPITIOUS FOR CHANGE
Bay People No Lon4 efe Prosperity
ii Due to Bepubli - tendency.
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EXPENSES OF GOYERl .
Statement that Additiot
Be Necessary to Mi
BAYS TARIFF SHOULD
CRITICISED
1 1 tttion Will
5 'it.
REVISED
Firpoie of Democratic Pitrtr Will Be
to Legislate with Dae Reftard to
Interests of Labor and
Capital.
ELKINS. W. Va., Oct. 2 The letter of
acceptance of Hon. Henry O. Davis, demo
cratic nominee for vice president, was given
out tonight. It follows:
Hon. John Sharp Williams, Chairman,
n Other Members of the Committee
Dear Sirs: In accordance lth custom, and
my promise when notified by your commit
tee at White Sulphur Sprlnc. on August
17, of my nomination for the office of vice
president, submit the following observa
tions upon some of the questions now be
fore the country.
The times are propitious for the rein
statement of the democruMo party In con
trol of the government. The public mind
Is being disillusioned of the pretension of
the republican parly, so Ion ttnd so arro
gantly made, that the material prosperity
of the country depends upon its own' as
eendancy. Thoughtful and patriotic people
re becoming more and more distrustful of
the heady and personal element of the
present administration, and are more than
willing to sec it replaced by one that bet
ter recognizes constitutional and other law
ful restraints. They demand that the pres
ent wasteful extravagance In the expendi
ture of the money, drawn by taxation from
the industry of the people, shall tease, and
that economy and honestv In the publlo
Service shall be again regarded as virtues
lu the high places of the government.
Hxpenses of Government Criticised.
The expenditures per capita of the gov
ernment are increasing at an alarming
rate. When the present administration
went Into power there was a Inrge surplus,
tut notwithstanding the enormous taxation,
the revenues therefrom Hre not now ade
quate lu liiei inaj ufinuijoH muue uy recn-
less appropriations. The revenues fell short
during the lust fiscal yeas over tl0.000.0o0
In the llrst sixty days of this fiscal year
the expenditures exceeded the receipts by
S24.000.UOO. and If this rate ot excess should
A .continue the deficit for the present fiscal
"Siyear would be In the neighborhood of J140.
ono.000. This needless deficit is due to the
extravagance of the administration and
can only be met by imposing additional
taxes or selling bonds, thereby Increasing
the Interest-bearing 'debt of the govern
ment. Which course will the republicans
adopt? The cost of government during
the fiscal year was 17.14 per capita, which
means that the average tax paid In some
form or another by every family of five
persons toward the support of the national
administration of public a flu Irs was over
$26, which. In tho ense of WMge-carners, Is
a considerable percentage ot their entire
earnings for the year. No more money
should be taken from the people by taxa
tion, direct or indirect, than is necessary
for the needs of a government economic
ally administered. To show the rapid
growth of the cost of government It Is only
necessary to give the total expenditures in
the last fiscal year of .the fullpwlng ad
ministrations: "
Per
Capita.
Ituchanan, WA I 63.0fl0.0no If.Ol
Cleveland. 1W2 345.0ii0.nii0 5.29
Roosevelt, 1904 6H2.O0O.00 7.14
In answer to criticisms upon the size and
expense of maintaining the army, the presi
dent has tf.ild that the number of soldiers
now Is no greater per capita than In former
times. But an nrmy then as necessary
to protect settlers from the Indians and
to do other police duty In the unsettled
portions of the country conditions widen
So not now exist. The army, however, has
greatly Increased In cost, much faster rela
tively than It has In numbers.
The expenses were:
-T'nder Buchanan In li0 1 in. 500,000
'Under Haes In 18W 88.000,000
r Under Roosevelt in 1904 115.000,000
V all hall as the harbinger of the new
era In tho commerce of the world the In
ception of the great work of building the
Cunai mac is to join me iwo great oceans;
but we deprecate the action of the present
administration, which indicted a wound
I
. upon our national honor by its disregard
of the rights of a weaker nation in order
to gain a doubtful credit for energy in
forwarding that great enterprise. Terri
tory of a neighboring republic, with which
we are at peuco, was seized by a band of
revolutionists, protected by the guns of the
United States navy and erected Into a state
ovir night, which the president promptly
recognized as an independent nation. A
grcss offense against a friendly republic
which It was helpless to prevent.
Alleged Fruits of Imperialism.
These and 'many other unwarranted
things tlUU belotlK more to lin mni.lra limn
a republic, have occurred under tho pres
ent administration, und brought deep con-
cern and alarm to thought.ul nd pair - '
olio minds. They must be regarded ai the 1
first IrulU of Imperialism, mi. I ninn hiv
last we are drifting toward absolutism and
centralised power. The effect ot the Im
per.'allHlic tendency of the republican party
wuu una ii'itrisu aiiaiin in ill Opposition
to the teachings of the founders of the re
public, Htua so Impressed was Washington
with the importance of keeping aloof from
tha affalra of other nutlon.i ilmt In his
wmwrii nuurwi lit warned nia countrymen
tiecla.Uy against foroign entangling alli
ance. Imperialism is hurtful and ablior
iBiit In a free government und subversive
Of free Institutions. The policy of imperial
ism If it car. bo said to havs a policy 1
aiwaya dangerous to liberty. Its powers
are first exercise! In far-off territory and
on conquered people, hut once adopted for
acquired and distant possessions, It becomes
uuuer ui- luier ins rule ot tne home gov
eminent. Liberty und free government
have always been secured at the cost of
lyat sacrifices, but history teaches us that
TJth can be easily lost without tho knowl
edge of the people.
Tariff.
en
ha
HA
Our federal constitution has appropriated
to the exclusive use of the general govern
ment the power of indirect taxation, cov.
ered by the poplar designation of "turlff
duties. In excluding the states from this
domain of taxation, there is nn Implied
and wise partition of the taxing power
between the states and the federal govern
ment. Except in the exigencies of war
the taxing power has been exercised by
congross largely in the direction of the
imputation of duties upon Imports. No one
expects to cbatige this arrangement, which
has proven so convenient to the general
government and so conducive to the In
terests of the states, whose rebort to other
jouice of revenue Is left untrammeled.
I mill act taxation, however convenient
rdu. by raon of its Indirectness, to be
ivutcr.funy guarded, lest abuses should ot
themselves, unknown bv the people
rhat nviny of the existing tariff rates are
X':eajva and enable powerful combinations
to extort unjust and oppressive tribute
from the people cannot be controverted.
The tBrVT, undoubtedly too high upon
uch articles as enables the manufacturer
to sell his product abroad cheap than
at home. Steel rails are a conspicuous
exaniple In this resnect. It Is admitted
that they are being made for lis a ton. A
few years ago they were freely sold In
this country at 117 a ton. They are now
selling at the mills hera tor home consump
tion at 128 a ton, and for the foreign mar.
Kl at rrom is to w.t a ton. ThU unjust
discrimination against nor people la made
mission oniy a wre mat on this article
s entirely too high.
The averag selling pnee of a hnnr.
articles, taken principally from the iron
and steel list, la found to be about 10 per
cunt higher In this country than abroad
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v terough the success of the democratic
n .""'." ,, i-i,iue
v piny, whlcn stands Tor a wise, conserva
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tive and gradual change Id the tariff Inmn
htch will enuallse the burdens ot liM.,n
und make honest competition possible. Rut
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ITALIAN EXHIBITORS COMPLAIN
Englishmen with Money Do
Visit Earl's Court Art
Exhibition.
Not
LONDON, Oct. 2.-(Speclal Cablegram to
The Bee.) "We have been Invited by John
Bull, and find ourselves committed to th
care of his butler."
In this florid metaphorical style Slgnor
E. Vansettl set forth thjf week the con
dition of the majority of the Italian flrmi
who have been displaying their beautiful
and costly works of art at the Earl's Court
exhibition for an unappreclatlve British
public.
Serious financial losses have been sus
tained by some firms. A few declare a
loss of 10 a day; others 25 a week; one
company has lost over 800. This, how
ever, Is not the actual grievance. The
Italian visitors accept their losses with dig
nified philosophy. Their complaint has to
do with national pride.
"We have succeeded, we believe," said
Slgnor Vaniettl. "In collecting the most
Interesting exhlhiton of the Italian fine
arts ever held In Great Britain; yet we
havo been persistently Ignored by the In
tellectual, the artistic and the commercial
classes. Our national pride la wounded."
"The great wheel, the flying machine, th
Venice by night," said another exhibitor,
"'they are all very pretty, very amusing;
but this this Is the Vatican, this Is Rome,
Florence, Naples. The English people do
not want them. The Venus de Mllo, the
Apollo Belvedere, are nothing compared
with the band."
The speaker was Interrupted by a young
lady who timidly Inquired the price of a
delicate statuette in Carrara marble. When
told the price was 150 she gave a gasp
and melted away.
"There is the explanation," said the
Italian, sadly. "The people who understand
the works of Italy, who appreciate and
could buy them, do. not come to Karl's
Court. The young lady thought the statu
ette would be 9d."
POOR TREMBLE FOR WINTER
Destitute of London Will Face Star
vation and Cold In Short
Time.
LONDON, Oct. 2.-(SpecIal Cablegram to
The Bee.) "What will happen In the win
ter?" Almost with bated breath the good
people in tho East End who try to find
work for the workless and bread for the
starving are asking this question. They
; -nnfrrY u- .,, . - , .
) "nflrm th prediction of Mr. Edwin H.
Kerwln that the outlook is the worst since
1894.
In summer It Is exceptional for crowds
of laborers td gather about the dock gates
awaiting their turns for a "Job;" yet for
weeks ptst these pathetically silent hordes
of men have collected dny after day, hop
ing, generally in vain, to earn a crust for
their families.
"There Is no work, I tell you," said a
dock official near the Custom house. "Some
of the ships are sailing empty."
The work houses are full, and the casual
wards also. At the Salvation Army Labor
bureau more applications are being mad
than In the depth of last winter. Over a
thousand men recently competed for a la
borer's Job at a hospital. The applicants
for free breakfasts are hundreds in excess
of the number eight months ago that la, In
January last.
"I solemnly warn the authorities," said
a "social worker" of over thirty yean' ex perience,
"that something on a big scale
must be done to meet the exceptional dis
tress that threatens."
As a crowd of work-seekers silently filed
past he observed, "There are no aliens
among them; there seldom are. Allen em
ployers are In the majority here, and they
engage alien labor."
It Is estimated that In the country gener
ally fiOO.OOO men at present need employ
ment. CNE GOOD MAN TO DEPORT
Valet of Italian Confesses Crime and
Says He Is Coming to
America.
ROME. Oct (.(Special Cablegram to
The Boe.) Slgnor Carlo Rudlnl, who re
cently married Mr. Labouchere's daughte-.
has received a letter from his valet, who
absconded with a quantity of Jewelry, giv
ing an account of himself.
Tho valet In his letter, which Is addressed
from London, expresses the hope that his
lnte master will forgive him. as his crime
was due to falling In love -with a muslb
hall singer, to satisfy whose wishes he had
need of much money.
He took the liberty, he . continues, of
, " , Z T, "-'"nging to
slBnora Rudlni. besides a few gold watches
carrying off some silk dresses belonging to
mm omer irinaeis, ana pawning them.
Now he took the opportunity of forward
lng the tickets so that his master could
redeem anything he fancied.
Tho letter ended by saying that the
writer was about to leave for Nw York
to start a new life.
Fl'KERAI. OP WILLIAM tJARCOLRi1
Rody of Peid Statesman
Burled Thursday,
Will
Be
LONDON. Oct. 2,-The remains of the
late Sir William Vernon-Harcourt will be
burled at Nunehan on Thursday.
King Edward has telegraphed as follow
from Balmoral to the widow of the dead
man:
Allow me to express my deepest eym
pathy In the sad loss you have sustained.
1 have lost an old and valued friend in
your husband.
Melville W. Fuller, chief justice of the
Tnlted States supreme court, sent the
following from Washington: ,
"Deep sorrow and sympathy."
The family are so overwhelmed with let
ters and telegrams of condolence that they
request through the press the indulgence
of their friends, adding that It wlil be
Impossible to separately acknowledge euch
message.
As late as last Friday Sir William wrote
a long letter to his son on various topics,
showing an unabated Interest In publlo
affairs.
American Bvancellst at Cardiff.
CARDIFF, Oct. 2-Rev. Ben A. Torrey and
C. M. Alexander, the American evangelists,
today opened a mission In Torre hall,
which has been specially built for the pur
pose and which has a capacity of 7,000 per
sona. There was remarkable enthusiasm
shown at the meeting and thousands who
were to unable to obtain admission were
turned from the doors.
Lady Cnrann Improving:.
WALMER CASTLE. KENT. Oct. l.-Lady
Curson of Kedleston Is making good prog
ress toward recovery. 1
It is announced that evening bulletins re
garding the condition of Lady Curson hava
been discontinued.
Steamer Oermanie Delayed.
SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 2.-The White Star
liner Germanic, which sailed from this port
today for New Hampshire, was delayed In
Its departure tur hours by the necessity
of repairs.
SECRETARY PAYNE VERY LOW
Postmaster General Has Two Sinking
Spells and His Condition is Critical
HEROIC REMEDIES ARE ADMINISTERED
Heart Responds and There la Marked
Improvement Toward Evening
Recovers Consciousness and
Takes ."Nourishment.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. After a bad night
In which his condition continued extremely
grave, Postmaster General Payne had a
sinking spell at 6 o'clock this morning.
Dr. Grayson was at his bedside and ral
lied the patient, but a second spell occurred
about 7 o'clock which was so severe that
Dr. Grayson summoned Dr. Magruder. The
two physicians administered heroic meas
ures for an hour. For a while It was feared
the end was Imminent, but the heart finally
responded. About 10 o'clock Dr. Osier ar
rived from Baltimore. He and Dr. Rlxle
Joined Drs. Magruder and Grayson In a
general consultation, and at 10:45 the fol
lowing bui'etln was Issued:
During the night the action of the heart
has been very weak. This morning there
is some Improvement, but the conditions
are not so favorable as yesterday.
OSLEK.
R1XEY.
MAGRUDER.
Second Sinking Spell.
Another sinking spell occurred about
noon, followed by a rally. Shortly after 2
o'clock the relatives, who were at luncheon
In the apartment downstairs, were sum
moned to the sick room, and a moment
later Rev. Dr. Smith, rector of St. John's
i Episcopal church, arrived at Mr. Payne's
! bedside, when short prayers were had. This
aroused the gravest apprehension. It was
explained that Mr. Payne had a sinking
spell and that the minister was called at
the request of Mrs. Payne, when she
reached her husband's bedside. The phy
siclnns resorted to stimulants and restora
tives and again the heart action yielded to
treatment. The bulletin subsequently Is
sued showed the remarkablo rallying power
of the sick man nnd momentarily relieved
the tension so strongly felt throughout the
day. but the fear of a recurrence of the
sinking spells still remained. The bulletin
follows:
3:30 p. m. The postmaster general's con.
dltlon Is still very grave. He has been
resting quietly most of the time today, but
has bad several sinking spells. The heart
action has responded to the remedies and
Is better now. MAGRI'DER,
GRAYSON.
In telegraphing this bulletin to out-of-town
friends of Mr. Payne, Private Secre
tary Whitney added:
"Conscious, takes nourishment readily."
It was stated tht Mr. Payne knew what
nourishment he was taking and spoke to
tha doctors about it. After the nfternoon
sinking spell Mrs. Payne at one time got
up to go out of the room, when Mr. Payne
called to her and requested her to remain.
President Roosevelt Calls.
President Roosevelt called aqout.1 o'clock
this afternoon and had a talk with tha at
tending physicians, gaining from them an
accurate knowledge of Mr. Payne's condi
tion at that time. It was found necessary
today to administer the heart remedies In
larger doses than upon any previous day.
Heretofore the heart has yielded to moder
ate doses.
It was also stated that earlier in the day
Mr. Payne had some trouble In breathing
and that at times he would cry out because
of difficulty to get his breath. '
here was another consultation Just after
dusk and the following-bulletin was subse
quently Issued:
6:46 p. m. Within the last two hours the
postmaster general has shown marked im
provement, has recognized everyone around
nlm und has tskeu nourishment with his
own bands. Heart action much stronger.
MAGRI'DER.
GRAYSON.
The physicians added that he asked for
something to eat, and that when It was
given to him he retained It. They spoke
optimistically of his Improvement, saying
he appeared better and stronger.
At 8 o'cloak it was announced that his
favorabU condition continued. This news
was communicated to Dr. Osier at Baltt
more and the latter decided' that he would
not return here until 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
THIRTY MILES OF PETROLEUM
New York Turnpike to Be RenA-tved
Dnstproof for Autoatobl-.e
Race-
1 "
NEW TORK, Oct. 2.-OH tests along
the ' course of the Venderbilt cup race
on Lopg Island have proved so successful
In preventing the raising of dust that ar
rangements have been completed for the
sprinkling of the entire route of thirty
miles and a quarter before October 8, the
date of the contest. It is asserted that
nearly 100,000 gallons of crude petroleum"
will be used for this purpose, and many
portions will be sprinkled twice to ensure
tha prevention of dust.
Several sections along the Jericho turn
pike already have been oiled, and a half
mile stretch through, the village of Hyde
Park is particularly weli covered. Auto
moblllsts who hava driven over this road
with great dust clouds trailing them whera
the oil had not been sprinkled were agree
ably surprised to find that the moment
tha Hyde Park stretch was encountered
tha dust immediately was cut off and not
the faintest cloud was raised until the
oiled stretch had been passed over. ,
Different appHancea have been experi
mented with for the laying of oil, a diffi
culty , being to distribute it in even quan
tities so as not to leave alternate trails of
oil and strips of dust. The Hyde Park
stretch and another short one on the
Hlcksvllle road havo been sprinkled wtth
an evenness that leaves no trace of dust.
PEACE CONGRESS TO MEET
Religious Mass Meeting; at Boston Pre
cedes Opeulug of Itegular
Session Today,
BOSTON, Oct. 2. Every seat in Tremont
temple was occupied this afternoon at the
first of the religious mass meetings which
precede the opening of the International
Peace congress tomorrow. The speaker
Included Rev. Walter Walsh. D. D., of
Dundee, Scotland, and Rabbi Borkowlts of
Philadelphia.
Dr. Walsh's address was an Impassioned
appeal to remove the peace movement from
the hands of partlslans and place It in
the hand of the churches. Later he quail
fled a general statement about politicians,
pointing out that In America there were
many excellent men In politics.
In this connection he took occasion to
compliment President Roosevelt for his
recent action In summoning another peace
conference of the world powers.
Dr. Walsh declared that although war
Is bad, the war spirit was Infinitely worse,
rid said It was the duty of th cbarclits
tu kill th war spirit.
HITCHCOCK MAKES DEFENSE
Reply to Charlies that Land Swlnd
lers Are Sot He In a: Proie.
rated.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock tonight gnv out the
following statement In answer to certain
charges regarding the method of conduct
ing the Investigation Into land frauds on
the. Pacific coast and regarding Uhe steps
tnken by him to bringing the guilty par
ties to Justice: J
Charges are being made and frdely circu
lated by the opponents of the admlnlstra
thn to the effect that the Investigation of
the land frauds by the Interior department
Is not being seriously and dillgi'ntly con
ducted; that criminal prosecutions con
nected wtth the investigation are not be
ing pressed with such vigor as tin manifest
a determination to bring the guilty parties
to speedy Justice, and that an air df secrecy
pervades the department, making it difll
cult to obtain information as to the prog
rexs and present status of the work.
These charges are utterly without foun
dation In tact. The leading spirits In the
fraudulent transactions brought to light
are mostly men who have occuined posi
tions ot Influence nnd high stamtmK, both
socially nnd politically, and many of them
are men of Inrgc wealth. They have thrown
many obstacles In the way. which Tiave re
quired time, patience, constitnt effort, de-
termination ami courage on the part of
hose having charge o"! the Investigation
to overcome. Thev have diligently soiiKht
In season and out of season, to thwart the
purpose cf this Investigation and control
Its results favorably to themselves.
These difficulties have been successfully
met und overcome and tho tactics Tesorted
to by the parties criminally lnvolted. nnd
by their friends, have been circumvented
and defeated at nil points.
Men I nder Indictment.
While only about eighteen months have
elapsed since the Investigation was com
menced the practical results thus far at
tained are both gratifying and emourag
Ing. Thev may be siuitned up as follows:
The Indictment In February, 1913, in the
District ot Columbia of Frederick A. Hyde,
John A. Benson and Henry P. Dlniond of
San Francisco, Cal., and Jooet Schmcider
of Tucson, Ariz., under section 6.4 of the
revised statutes for conspiracy to defraud
the I'nited Slates of large quantities of Its
public lands and the indictments In De
comber, l!in3. In the District of Columbia
fof John N. Henson for bribery of public
omciais in connection witn sucn conspiracy.
The leading spirits in this conspiracy are
Hyde u-nd Benson, nnd their scheme to
defraud the government was of gigantic
proportions. . It Involved an attempt to se
cure titles to hundreds of thousands of
acres of the public lands of the i United
Stales In the various public land states
and In the territories of Arizona and New
Mexico and under the provisions of the
act of congress approved June 4. 1K97, In
exchange tor state school lands lying
within the limits of United States forest
reserves established In the states of Cali
fornia and Oregon. The titles to these
school lands were acquired by and on De
lia I r ot Hyde and Benson In violation ot
the laws of said states relating to the dis
posal of school lands, and In a grossly il
legal and fraudulent manner.
The act referred to provides, among other
things, that the owner of the lands within
a forest reserve may relinquish the same
to the United States nnd select other lands
In lieu tlrereof outside of torest reserves.
Brlolly stated, the object of the conspiracy
was to obtain good titles from the United
States for its public lands outside of forest
reserves, In exchange for false, fraudulent
and worthies title. to school lands se
cured by the conspirators from suld- states
w.thln forest reserves.
Swindlers Secure l.lttlei Land.
While hundreds of thousands of acres
of public lands were Involved In ho scheme,
only a small portion t hereof Wless thai:
4d, W0 acres, had been patented at the tlmtj
of the discovery of the fraud by the sec
retary of the Interior.
The statement then refers to Indictments
found in the state of Oregon against Hor
ace (i. McKlnley, Stephen A. D.IPuter,
Marie I. Ware, Emma L. Watsop, Ouy
Huft, Maude Witt, H. Walgamot, iHarry
C. Bai, Don. W. Tarplpy, Charlew J"un
nlngham,' Asa, . Rayhurn, Dallas O'Hara,
Glen H. . Baling, Shelley Jones, Mark
Shackleford, Kate James and Henry Mel
drum. Continuing, the statement says:
In these prosecutions Charles Cunning
ham, Asa A. Rayburn, Dallas O'Hara,
Glen H. Baling nnd Shelley Jones have
pleaded guilty and sentence has been Im
posed upon all except O'Hara.
The other cafes were set for trial at the
Maj term (1SK4) of the federal court at
Portland. Ore., but owing to the fact that
one of the principal witnesses for the gov
ernment had absconded, the cases had to
be continued and ore now set for trial at
The absconding witness has been arrested
and Is now under ball for his appearance
,t,.t,h? November term. An able attorney,
skilled In the conduct of criminal prosecu-
tions. has been appointed by the govern-
ment to assist the United States attorney
In the trial ot tneso cases and convictions
In all of them are confidently expected
That the chargsa referred to are In every
respect without Justification In fact or
reason can easily be ascertained by anyone
who cares to know the truth. The results
accomplished are largely shown by the
public records of the courts and of the
land department and insofar as not thus
shown; namely, as to the absolute de
struction of the Hyde-Benson conspiracy
and the general breaking up of the fraudu
lent practices in other sections as herein
Indicated, the honest seeker for Informa
tion can hav-a no difficulty In obtaining It
by simple Inquiry of the officials of tha
land department or of the Indicted parties
themselves..
WRECK DUE TO CARELESSNESS
Boy Handling; Engine I liable to Con
trol It and n Collision la
the Result.
DEADWOOD, S. D., Oct. 2. (Special
Telegram.) Carelessness was the cause of
a costly wreck' In the Deadwood yards of
the Northwestern railroad this afternoon.
Engine 1172, which had puiled the pas
senger train Into the city, left the round
house In charge of a boy who bad been
working there about four months and met I
mo yu.u cumin, uVwn witn the
C"'. ,Thu n5 W" t0" Eiietrac
adjoining the main line when the switch
engine came along. The boy got rattled and
could not stop No. 1172 until It over
lapped the main line near the twitch and
the yard engine with a long train behind
it, bunted Into it with such a force
that tha tender of the switch engine was
thrown clear oft the track, the cab torn oft
and the engine Itself left a lot of scrap Iron.
Switchman Nash waa painfully hurt, but
the boy In the big engine and the fireman
and engineer of the switch engine, while
badly shaken up, were not hurt. Engine
1172 was also badly wrecked and the pas
senger train was compelled to go out of
tha city over the B. & M. truck.
ST. LOUIS FAIR ATTENDANCE
Over Three and a Half Million Saw
the Bis; Shovr In Sep.
tember.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.-Durlng the 134 days
that the World's fair has been open, up to
the closing of the gates last night, 12,615,-
SH admissions have been, recorded. As the
fall weather advances the attendance In
creases and the World's fair officials, an
ticipate that te attendance during the
two final months will be unpreceduntedly
large. The attendance record for the past
week was 722.666. divided as follows:
Monday, September 28. 1 1 . 5SU7 ; Tuesday
lm.Wl; Wednesday, 128.461; Thursday, l;7
Jt'tt; Friday, UlB-iO; Suturduy, October 1.
117.318; Total. J:2,M&
The attendance record from the opening
of the exposition follows:
April, one day, 187, 73; May, twenty-six
days, 1.O01, 3ill; June, twenty-six days, 2 124 -IM;
July, twenty-seven days. 2,343.567;
August, twenty-seven days. 3.M,743, Sep
tember, twenty-six days. 1,661.173: October,
was day, 117,318, grand total, 12.6j.6U,
C ARLINC HORSES ARE BURNED1
Two or Three Pine Animals Perish in
Preight Car.
CAUSE OF FLAMES NOT DETERMINED
Keepers of Prise Winners Barely
Escape and One Man Is Badly
Injured Owner on Way
Home.
BLAIR, Neb., Oct. 2 (Special Telegr- "
W. G. Carllng of St. Paul lost two ot ...a
fine horses by fire here this morning. They
were King Leo, tho stallion, valued at 110,
000, and a gelding, Mr. Pickwick. Both ani
mals had been on exhibition at the Omaha
horse show and were, with others, being
shipped back to the Minnesota capital.
The,y were In a freight car on train No.
18 on the Omaha road. Besides the horses
four show rigs, sets of gold and silver
mounted harness and blankets were burned,
bringing the total loss far up Into tin
thousands. The men, Billy Reddlngton and
a colored tender, had the animals in charge
j Hni! nedrtm.ton . h.wllv tho.,eh no. ner.
mancntly or seriously, Injured trying to
rescue the valuable property. The cause of
the disaster Is not exactly known, nor Is the
amount of insurance carried by Mr. Car
ling. When the train pulled Into the yards
here nt a little before 12 o'clock this morn
ing It was discovered the car in which these
horses were stabled was on fire. The flames
spread rapidly, soon - enveloping the car.
The train crew pulled the car within 100
feet of a water tank and set It on a switch
when men who went to the car said the
fire might have been extinguished with a
comparatively small quantity of watere
Statement of Heddington.
Mr. Reddlngton gives this account of the
affair:
"I was awakened by the charging and the
stamping of the horses and found myself
almost suffocated with the smoke. I aroused
the colored man who was In the car with
me, and together we pulled open the door
a littre way and I saw we were passing a
water tank and the darky threw open the
door nnd Jumped with the train In full mo
tion, but was not so badly hurt but he could
walk Into Blair, a distance of over four
miles. With blankets I fought tho fire and
kept It under control until within about a
half mile of Blair, when I could stand It
no longer and I cut one horse loose and
Jum;ed from the car."
Reddlngton lost a suit of clothes he had
Just bought for $25 and some valuable Jew
el ri'.
Reports that the fire started from a lan
tern seem to be an error, as the lantern
was hanging at the top of tho car and
held by strings tied each way from It. Mr.
Reddlngton claims he called to the brake
man who passed over the car with a lan
tern to give him a bucket of water or stop
the train, us he was suffocating, and that
he looked Into the car door from over the
top, but offered no help. The men claim
there was no smoking In the car. The col
ored man returned to Omaha and Mr. Red
dlngton went to St. Paul on this after
noon's train. -
The railroad officials refused him a pass
and he was obliged to pay his fare. Mr.
-Carllng was telegraphed, but no answer
was received up to Reddington'B departure.
Deep Regret tn Omaha.
News of this disaster produced profound
sympathy for Mr. Carling umong his
friends In Omaha, where he had won so
many prized with his fine array of horses
In all, Mr. Pickwick, King Lea, Cabin Boy
King Leo and Lady Belle. Their deep re
grets at the losses were mingled with the
consolation that more of the fine animals
were not destroyed.
The Information received here, however,
was that three. Instead of two, horses were
! ,08t' Mr- Vickwlck, Cabin Boy and King
Lee, not Leo. Cabin Boy and King Lee,
I the team, were valued at $10,000 and the
.,,. r.,i,,.,,i. , nnn i-. r ti.
! Beldlng, Mr. Pickwick, at $2,000. Dr. C. De
! Oarmo Gray estimated them at these flg-
ure. He ex Dressed the keenest avmnathv
for Mr. Curling, adding: "It will break
Carting's heart, for he loved them o."
Charles G. Charleston, the colored secre
tary of Mr. Carllng who became so popular
here during the horse show, said:
"I understand King Lee, Cabin Boy and
Mr. Pickwick were lost. Mr. Pickwick was
valued at $2,000 and the team of bay har
ness horses at $10,000. The rigs burned con
sisted of a new Spider phaeton, bought two
weeks ago for $1,0U0, a gig at $750, a run
about at $600, a gentleman's top road wagon
at $700, five sets of harness at $750, a pair
of carriage blankets at $200, , bits, bridles
und other such things.
"I cannot say Just what insurance was
carried. Mr. Carllng Is a business man and
I presume had his property Insured."
Mr. Carllng was on his way to St. Paul
when his prize winners were burned and
could not be reached by wire.
ENDS TROUBLES IS THE
RIVER
4
Former Policeman, Accused of Burg
lary, Commits Suicide!
SCHUYLER, Neb., Oct. 2. (Special Tele
gram.) Shortly after noon today word went
over town that a dead body hod been seen
In the Platte river a mile above the wagon
bridge across the river directly south of
the cltv. Everyone seemed at once 1m-
pressed that It waa that of Charlee A
8herman, Schuyler's former night police.
man, who was at liberty under a 12,000 bond
for burglary of the store of the Wells Gro
cery company about three months ago.
Officers and assistants went at once to the
scene and found the body caught by its
chin under a large stick of timber pro
jecting from the bunk, head submerged,
feet down stream and floating free. After
much work the badly decomposed body,
with horribly distorted and unrecognizable
features, was secured and brought to the
morgue. Examination disclosed that the
body was that of Sherman. Numerous let
ters, receipts and other papers, a bunch of
keys with a key ring name plate being
found upon his person. There was but a
mall amount of money In his pockets,
111.60.
Mr. Sherman disappeared Saturday, Sep
tember 24, but there was not much talk
about it until the latter part of the follow
ing week. On the day mentioned he talked
about going fishing and was seen going
south toward the river. The last person
known to have seen h,lm was a boy whom
he met at the' slough In the outskirts of
town, of whom he Inquired the depth of the
water in the slough.
There was division of sentiment regarding
his disappearance, but that moat general
was that he had skipped out to avoid trial,
which was strengthened upon knowledge
of his huving drawn large amounts of his
cash from one of the banks. Some, how
ever, Insisted that he had been manifesting
signs of mental distress recently and
hinted that to find him dead would not be
Improbable.
The body was een Frlduy, when a couple
of boys passing along the bank saw whut
tCoutlnusd on Second Pf .)
AK-SAR-BEN CALENDAR
Monday, October 8.
At the Street Fair- f:?H .
Knights of Pythias.
3 and 8 Leonzo, comedy Juggler.
3:30 and 8:30 Pnsxatel, high
aerial contortlonlKt.
4 aud 0 II err Schmidt, strongest
ninn on earth, mipimrtlng cycle
whirl on his shoulders.
4:30 nnd :30 Marvelous Melville,
the human fly, In high neriul
novelty work, closing with .
gpnsatkinal leap for life.
At the Auditorium
Sousn's band, evening at 8.
At the Theaters
Boyd, "Bird Center."
Krug. "Under Southern Skies."
Orpheuni. Vaudeville; mntinee at
a:30, evening at 8:30.
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CHICAGO DAY AT ST. LOUIS
Extensive Preparations Making; for
Entertainment of Visitors from
the Windy City.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2. Extensive prepara
tions are being made by the World's fair
officials for the celebration of Chicago day
on next Saturday. Special souvenir tickets,
which are duplicates of those used on Chi
cago day at the Columbia exposition eleven
years ago, have been placed on sale. Hon.
Ferdfnand Peck, who was United States
commissioner general for the Paris ex
position, la in the city, and stated that all
Chicago is placarded with advertising no
tices announcing Chicago day and the rail
road excursions.
The St. Louis & San Francisco road will
run a special train to St- Louis over Its
newly acquired road, the Chicago & East
ern Illinois, bringing 400 members ot the
Chicago Press club. Excursions will also
be run over that road and the Chicago &
Alton, the Wabash and the Illinois Central,
together with excursions from the territory
contlnguous to St. Louis on all sides. The
World's fair officials estimate that this
influx of visitors will almost equal the at
tendance on St. Louis day, which was
404,450.
Probably the most spectacular of the
day's exercises will be the evening parade,
illuminated by powerful calcium lights and
composed exclusively of Chinamen, Fili
pinos, Africans, Indians and members of
other tribes and races. At the head of this
unique procession will be borne a great
Chinese dragon and a lion of gigantic size,
which will be so manipulated as to give
the Impression that they are In savas'"
battle. The calcium light will move alonv
on floats with the procession. The plans to
observe this week as Illinois week have
been abandoned because of the Illinois
state fair at Springfield, 111. There will
be no functions In the Illinois building this
week.
BLUE SUNDAYAT LEXINGTON
City Solicitor finally Decides that Ice
and Milk Are Necessities
Exempt by Law.
i
LEXINGTON, Ky.. Oct. 2.-Lexlngton to
day experienced Its first Sunday under the
blue law regime. The restrictions were
greater than they wlM be again. Late In
the afternoon the city solicitor discovered
that milk and Ice wagons are "a necessity
and exempt by law. Only a few small
milk wagons attempted to run and their
drivers were promptly arrested. Most of
the population drank coffee without cream.
Families whose sick children were deprived
of milk complained bitterly and threatened
suits for damages. Ipe wagons did not at
tempt to run. Late this afternoon the city
solicitor decided that both have the right
to run and the drivers under arrest were
released. Only about thirty people were
arrested fo violating the Sunday law, al
though about 200 had announced their In
tention Saturday of continuing buslnesg
They decided, when they started to open
and saw police, they had better keep
ciosea. '
Drug stores had a right to sell medicine
on prescription only, but this did not pay
to keep clerks and all drug stores closed.
The only . places open were hotels, livery
stables and newspaper offices, the latter
classes having secured injunctions.
No time had been given citizens to pre
pare for the strict enforcement of Sun
day laws and many families had not laid
in groceries and meats.
Ex-Alderman C. B. Lowery tonight an
nounced hla Intention of filing a 110,000
damage suit against those responsible for
stopping milk wagons. Lowery has two
sick children who subsist mainly on milk
and his wagon fai:ed to arrive. He called
at the milk depot and was unable to pur
chase milk, as the managers of the depot
had been arrested for violation of the law.
lowery says he will Invite all families
whose sick children suffered to Join him
in this suit and he will pay the attorneys'
fee.
ORIGINAL MAN WAS A NEGRO
Representative of Coptic Chnrch
Makes Novel Statement lu
Kew York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Wlth the startling
announcement that Adam and Eve
were negroes, , the Rev. C. F. Checzall,
educational representative of the Coptic
church of Abyssinia, addrepsed a throng of
people In the Macedonia African Methodist
Episcopal church of Flushing, L. I.
Mr. Checxzll has been making an exten
sive tour of America In the Interests of his
church. Tall and straight as an arrow,
the clergyman' skin Is as black as ebony,
but hla features are aquiline. He is
graduate of London and Oxford universi
ties. He quoted passages from scripture
Indicating that Adam and Eve were the
founders of the Abyssinian race. The gar
den of Eden, he said, was somewhere be
tween Egypt and Abyssinia, and conse
quently its human occupants living in the
torrid one must have been dark skinned.
Mormon Withdraws from Ticket.
CHEYENNE, Oct. 2-Jesse Crosby, a
Mormon, has filed with the secretary of
state his withdrawal as nominee for pres
idential elector on the republican ticket.
Objection had teen made to hla candidacy
by persons who charged that he waa a
polygumlst.
FIGHTING AT
PORT ARTHUR
Bntsians Are Making Desperate Effort U
Betake Their Lost Positions.
UNABLET0 RECAPTURE FORT KOUROPATKIN
Bepeated Assaults Made in Hope of Bestor
tog Water Supply of the City.
HEAVY GUNS OF JAPS COMMAND HARBOR
Unless They Are Captured Bemnant of
the Fleet Will Hare U Flee.
MANY SKIRMISHES IN MANCHURIA
Belief at Toklo that the Next General
Encasement Will Be Fought
Rear Tie Pass Japanese
Doat Sinks.
TOKIO, Oct. 2. p. m. Tho Russians
are reported to be desperately endeavoring
to retake their lost positions at Port
Arthur, ( Including Fort Kouropatkln, In
the hope of restoring the water supply of
Port Arthur. They are said to uve re
peatedly assaulted the Japanese after shell
ing from neighboring forts and batteries.
The Japanese continue to hold the post.
tions. Both sides are said to have suffered
severely. The newly mounted heavy Japa
nese guns are said to command the entire
harbor. The position of the remnant of
the Russian fleet Is said to be precarious
are occurring dally and an aggressive gen
soon emerge or be destroyed.
Advices from Manchuria are to the effect
that the Japanese and Russian outpost
and scouts continue In close contact south,
southeast and east of Mukden. Sklrmlaho
are occurring daily nnd an aggregate gen
eral action la expected soon.
It Is believed that the general engage
ment will take place near Tie Pass and
that General Kouropatkln Is holding Muk
den and positions along the Hun river
merely to temporarily check the Japanese
advance. Snow has fallen In the moun
tains east of Mukden and there has been
frost In the valleys.
It Is rumored that a Japanese (run boat
struck a mine and suqk south of the Llao
Tung peninsula. A portion of Its crew
reached an Island and were rescued. Th
name of the gun bc.t Is unknown. Th
Navy department d lea not deny the repnrt,
but says that the department lacks con
firmation. Several Sorties hr Russians.
CHE FOO, Oct. 2.-6 p. m. Severe fight
ing, the Russians being the aggressors,
oocurred September 28 and 29 on the west
shore of the Llaotl promontory near Pigeon
bay, according to report brought by 'Chi
nese who left Port Arthur September 30.
The Russians already apparently are 'at
tempting to capture the heavy guff which
the Japanese have mounted in that vi
cinity. .
The Russians were In considerable fore
tv, they made several sorties, dragging
flely tlllery with them. They were un
aucce 'L however. Three Junks with 160
coolles Ved here today. They left Port
Arthur because they were forced to carry
the wounded and bury the dead. They also
were afraid that eventually they would
have no food, although rice Is plentiful
now, according to their stories. They fur
ther say that while the Russians lost heav
ily during the attacks of September 19 and
23. the Japanese loss was much heavier.
One of the coolies who had been a water
carrier showed a wound in hla hand that
he received September 22. He and four
companions went to a well In the center
of the town. A shell burst and killed three
of his companions and wounded the fourth
one. The Russian ships were silent dur
ing ( the battle and the hitherto unused
merchant ships were, as a result of
fight, turned Into hospitals. 1
Several of the Chinese who were employed
In carrying dead say that the dead were
so numerous that they were unablo to form
anything like an estimate of the number
who fell in attacking and-defending tha
supplementary, forts near Its mountain.
Since the battle both sides continue to shell
at Intervals dally. The Russians make
many small sorties against the Japanese
trenches. Small positions frequently change
hands. The Chinese say they were com
pelled to bury the dead by stealth at night'
for the reason that the Japanese would
fire on them.
7 p. m. A ninety-ton Junk from New
Chwang to Shanghai, ran on a mine
twenty-five miles north of here last night.
No one was Injured. The Junk was kept
afloat by water tight compartments. It
reached here with all available hand
working at the pumps. '
Japanese I e Railroad.
GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUARTERS IN
THE FIELD, Oct. 1.-4 p. m -(Via Fusan
Oct. 2.) The 1 first Japanese train arrived
at Llao Yang this afternoon. The gaug
ot the railway has been changed from
Dalny to New Chwang. A regular schedule
of trains will be established In a few day.
Engines and can have been brought from
Japan. The completion of the railway re
moves entirely the problem of the trans
portation of supplies and ammunition ta
the Japanese forces In the field. Today'
train brought a quantity of ammunition,
telegraph and railway supplies..
Russians Plan Xaval Victory,
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 3.-2 a. m. An
nouncement is made that Emperor Nich
olas will visit Reval on Tuesday to bid
farewell to the Baltic squadron. After
months of preparation and several false
starts, It Is believed that the squadron la
at last on the eve of Its departure upon
Its lof.g Journey. A division In the ad
miralty has existed throughout the period
of preparation regarding the advisability
of sending out the squadron, but with the
decision to double the slie of theM Man
churlan army and press the war with
vigor, the logic of those who for months
have Insisted that every available ship
should be despatched to the far east ha
finally prevailed. The knowledge that no
complete victory over the Japanese Is
possible unless the command of the sea Is
taken from them rannpt he overcome and
though much valuable time has been lost
and the moment seems Inauspicious. It la
officially Intimated that an Irrevocable de
cision has been taken to despatch the Bal
tic fleet, even If the Port Arthur squadron
should be annihilated before its arrival
there.
It Is realised that the squadron, which on
pspcr is about equal in fighting strngth
to lbs Japanese fleet, will be bttr abl
to encounter th foe now than next spring.
(Continued on Second I'S(e-)