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The Omaha Daily Bee LEV3 SECTI3H. Pages 1 to 8. Whir Ada Count THE OMAHA DEC Best tic. West VOL. XXXVI-NO. 77. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15. 190G SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. PANIC AT UXVE1LING Carmoilei at VoKinley afonument at Colnmbu, 0., Interrupted by Omih. CROWD WISHES TO SEE MPS. LONGWORTH Rush Toward Stend Becomes o Great That Hany Women Faint. PEOPLE SOON WORKED INTO FRENZY ! Appeals from President's laughter and Qorernor Harris UnaTailinc. SPEECHES ARE POSTPONED UNTIL EVENING Addrooaeo hy Jadge Day, Senator Daniel, Ueneral Joaepk McKay aad General Brawa, Cemmaader-la-ChJof of Graad Amur. COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. I4.-Wltb a panic threatening tn a crowd estimated at 50.000, urging about tha stand erected In the capltol grounds, frantic to secure a gilmpso of Mra. Nicholas Longworth, the presi dent' daughter, tha exercises arranged for the dedication of the McKInley monument were suddenly terminated this afternoon after the stattie of tha martyred president bad been hurriedly tonvelled. by Mrs. Long worth. Tha prompt action of the committee on arrangements was regarded ns most for tunate, for the crowd was beyond control nnd the shrieks of women and children who wore oaught In the crush was rapidly working tha crowd Into a frensy. Many women fainted and were carried out of the fcrowd by the police. Two were so badly hurt that they had to be removed In an ambulance. Both will recover. Throughout the exciting scenes Mrs. longworth remained cool and self-possessed, hut afterward she said: "It was tha worst crush I ever witnessed. I have seen nothing like It In my trip around the world." Crow' Itormi Storehouse. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth had an exciting experience In escaping from the crowd at the capltol. From the speaker's stand they went, through a window overlooking the platform Into the governor's office, hut they were scarcely Inside when the people began to surge through the doors. Then they at tempted to reach an automobile which was waiting for them, on the street, but once y outside they were caught In a surging crowd. Finding no Immediate avenue of escape they fought their way out of the capltol grounds and across Broad street into the Outlook building. There they re mained until a carriage was secured and he police cleared a way to It and they were anven to notei tiinmin. uaicr imj took a train for Cincinnati . Tha committee on arrangemente had ex pected an enormous crowd on account of the presence of Mra. Longworth, but In view of -the solemnity and dignity of the occasion they believed the crowd would easily be kept In restraint. Under ordinary circumstance -. tha police - arrangements would have been adequate, but the officers found quickly they were powerless to cope , with the crowd, V ,v Tier of seata had been constructed acrosa ' the entire west front of the capltol with the Speakers' stand In the center.- Four thou- sand tickets were Issued for these seats tn invitea guests, ana an .were occupied, The McKInley monument stands at the west entrance to the grounds facing the street and the crowd was packed Into this space between the speakers' stand and the monument. The exercises were set ror s:so and began promptly. ' Women Began ta Speak. It wis when the band wa playing the overture that the danger of a panic be came apparent. Suddenly women In the crowd next to the speakers' stand began to scream for help. Then several women fainted and were carried up to the stand. The Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden roee to deliver the Invocation, but he spoke only a few sentences when the roar of voices forced him to stop. Governor Harris then attempted to quiet the crowd. "Keep back," he shouted; "you are crush ing these people In front to death. The governor's voice could not be heard twenty feet away, however, on account of the din. The commotion then became so alarming that those on the stand asked Mra. Longworth to oome forward In the hope that a glimpse of her might satisfy the crowd. She came to the front of the niada by tne Unltej states. He accom stand and it was seen at once that some- pameo hl, remarks with several compll tUIng must be done and It waa decided . mentary references to President Roosevelt to unveil the statue at onoe. Mrs. Long- , jjr. Franola commented on the good .quail- worth then pulled the ribbon attached to wires which drew the flags covering the tatue aside. A man hoisted on another man's shoulder grasped the ribbons and tne wire and they were quickly torn Into f ragman ts by relic seekers. The crush waa topped for a few moments, but It was soon renewed and Mra Longworth again came to the front of the platform and bowed to the throng. Ia the meantime, however, the committee on arrangement had decided to defer the addreasea until evening at the Memorial hall and a soon as Mra.' Longworth retired the announce ment waa made. The people struggling for their lives In the orowd around the stand cheered, but a storm of hisses came from people on the outside of the crowd, who did not understand the situation. Eaorrlse la tk Evening;. . l n program m omi?i wmrn nia oeen arranged for the unveiling of the menu- . i n 1 1 . www . hwi tmi Mm. m- right. The Immense hall waa filled with people. Governor Harris presided. The speaker were William R, Day, associate Justice of the supreme court of the United State; John W. Daniel. United States senator froru Virginia; General Joseph Mo Kay. of Brooklyn, M. T.. national- comman der of tha Union Veteran1 legion, and Oenoral R. B. Brown, eonusander-tn-ohief of the Grand Army of the Republic , Mrs. McKInley, widow of the late pre! .dent, was unable to attend the dedication exercises, but she waa represented by her niece, Mrs. Ida MoKlnley-Day. Addra by Judsja Bay. Judge Day spoke of WUflam McKInley aa a type of the boat peeslMIKi f Ameri ca! life, of hi exalted oharaater and f his servlo ta the country nr. gad ooaotaded an aloauaut addreas aa fallow: In tha fullness ef life, with f mae.90 of f;uod will ana kindness yet frail) oil his ttieattrg the (vopia, waa dnilgiitad te testify that af action and appraciuiioa whtca wu hie nilii reward for faithful and uuratniltmr sarvioe. he waa teilwd te earth fae na acker eRaaa than tna4. In hi petaoit, ka represented the haad erf the nation and etoed for U bar ay, rfVlaJ4d by law &sj nt fee that uceriaLtd ltoeuse which knuws rt rapeot fur Che law of (o4 or Ba. Be gentle, kind and true had keen this (If that uot eren bis flayer coitld stillie at hlu. WIUQ M grnnauaaa, what nilrhty I t'i W-fc' Daeta ail an aua) tannc ( la tuaii, a a U keso, stands uavallad. dCaaUlnu: eooad Vagn HUNGARIANS ARE CLANNISH travelling- of Washing-ton Moaiaiit Will Be Purely national At fair at Budapest. BUDAPEST. Ppt. 14. -Consul b Chntor declares that th advices by htm' from the State depaC 'ff Washington concerning the unvr , Washington status here 8. ; n merely instruct him not to attend - .'ere mory officially and make no rtvrenca whatever to Charles 8. Ftancli, the Amer ican ambassador to Austria-Hunaary. Mr. Chester therefore will be present at tha un veil inc In tha capacity of an American clti cn only. It la apparent that the Hungarian gov ernment regard! the unveiling of this tatue as a aort of family festivity, uniting the Hungarians In the United States with the motherland. Tho occasion Is bring made aa purely Hungarian as possible, liven tha members of tha Joint Austro Hungarlan government have not been In vited to attend. In a published Interview today axplaln Ing the attitude In relation to the Wash ington statue unveiling. Consul General Chester suggests that possibly the govern ment disapproved of the Inscription on tha monument: "In Memory of George Washington. American Magyardom, 1906." And adds: "I am representing In Buda Pest American Magyardom, but only repreeentatlng na tive or naturalised Americans. The erec tion of the monument being a private af fair, the presence of an offloial American representative Is unnecessary. The Ameri can government does not mean by this order to . offend the Hungarian govern ment." It la seml-offtclally pointed out that the Hungarian government la not represented officially And that Francis Kossuth. Hun garian minister of commerce, only attends aa a party leader. This Is advanced aa the reason why Ambassador Francis was not Invited. STUDENTS TO OPEN. SCHOOLS Rusalaa Inlrersltle ' Will Re Oper ated If Paplla Have Their Will. 8t PETERSBURG. Sept. 14. -At a great "skhodah" or meeting, held today and at tended by thousands of students, It was resolved to open the universities and begin actual academic work, thus putting v an end to the paralysis In the educational sys tem of Russia, which has endured for two years. The resolution which was adopted by 1.241 votes against 8"3, Is as follows: In view of the fact that an attitude of passive protest is Incompatible with a high position In revolutionary activity, nni the great role that the universities hitherto have played In the combat for liberty, the students of 8t. Petersburg find It necessary to mobilise the youth of the land in the capital and other urban centers, and there- fore decide that the universities shall Ve re-opened. A small party of lest fanatloal students who wish to complete their education, re sisted a propossl to hold In tbe universities meetings of the' proletariat, which would cause the government to re-close the schools. They succeeded In compelling a modification of a second resolution, whit h (a amended reads; -,''-. The Jknowent is - hot -ripe. Jcrr political meetlrfgi. The' student . are exhorted to resume their studies, but We reserve the right, id fare or another upheaval of the masses, to hold general meetings- to unify the students and the proletariat In a de i termined atruggle against the autocracy. ! The great assembly hall of tbe St. Peters- i ourg university was pacKea oy siuaents. Several hundred girl students, who are far more radical that their Vnale' associates, ( were present. The students took every , favorable opportunity to burst forth in revolutionary songs and the climax of the meeting Tame when the name of the girl who assassinated General Mln waa men tioned. ' Every student arose and debates were suspended Wie the assembly chanted a revolutionary AM-ge. FRANCIS VISITS COPENHAGEN ! Prealdeat of World' Fair Board Call oa the King- of Den mark. COPENHAGEN', Kept. 14. David R. Francis and L. D. Duller, who went abroad to bestow on various monarchs of Europe the gold medal and the diploma of the St. Louis exposition, were received tn audience by King Frederick this morning. The king heartily thanked Mr. Francis and Mr. Doaler for the medal and the dtuloma and preMed hl. admiration of the progress j ties of the Danes in America and asked nis majesty to send over all n oould spare. The king replied that he waa glad tbe Danes were honoring their motherland by making good citizens In America, but b hoped the emigration would not Increase, as Denmark receded to retain It own sol diers. King mredertok expressed a deair that Mr. Francis and Mr. Doaler prolong their stay her and dine with him at the palace, but the American had to decline, aa they were compelled to leave this after noon for Brussels. Thorn a J. O'Brien, the American min ister, lntreduoed Mr. Francis and Mr. Dosier to the king. NEW RUSSIAN MILITARY RULE to Bo More Severely PaaUbed. M. PETERSBURG. Sept. 14. To Russky Invalid haa published a law Inoreaslng the penalty for refusal lot perform military service to atx year at hard labor and the loaa of civil right. , VILNA, Sept. 14. An attempt of the rural polio to arrest seven peasant of Lukenitea for organising dlaordei caused a collision recalling tbe killing f eight persons and wounding of sixty by soldiers. , ODESSA, Sept. 14. In consequence of arejrchletlo threata te destroy all ofliolal buildings her with bombs, tbe military guard today were doubled. The authori ties are showing vlgilanoe in baffling the attempt of the "black hundred" to stir up attauk on Jews. Political aireata average lit a day. MOSCOW, Sept. 14. Vladmlr Masury, th leader of the Moscow section ef the "flying group," who yesterday was lound guilty of armed resistance to officers, waa hanged today. tstktr Paar Balgarla. PARIS. Sept, 11 Jn a formal net to France and other power Turkey draw attenttea to too warlike preparation wtalnh are going on In Bulgaria. It point out taat suddenly and wliaout reason Bulgaria baa called, tke reserves to the eolar and that rifl dk-fll t being conducted with aa Uvlty In the ana fort. Tnl fosenal no tfftoaMon roam fne pvvto la aagavaed as TOnjES HIT NEBRASKA A, Lnriaton and Kelson Visited hy vf' the Twiiter. OUR KILLED AND TWO FATALLY INJURED I.laktntna; Strikee Tbreshlng Macklne Sear Rtelaaaer and Tbre Men Wbo Took Refngo Under ,, It Are Killed. TECUMSEH. Neb., Sept. ll.-Speclal Tele gram.) Aa tne result of an electrical and windstorm, which was very violent In sec tions of Johnson county this afternoon, four persons are dead and one man and eight children Injured, barns and out buildings, trees and tolepr&ph and tele phone poles were uprooted, etc. At the farm of Henry Walters, Jr., Ave miles southwest of Elk Creek, a threading arew wu at woik, four men crawled under the thresher to osoape the rain. Lightning struck the machine and three of the men were killed outright and the fourth terribly Injured. The killed: O. A. GILES, farmer, aged 40 years, leaves wife and five children. AUGUST SHAMAN, aged 46 years, far mer, leaves wife and three children. ROT CARMINE, farmer, aged 17. The Injured: Henry Walters, farmer, will recover. The undertakers have gone out to Elk Creek to take charge of the bodies. In the western part of the county the storm was very violent southeast of Crab Orchard. The Lone Tree schoolhouse was blown from Its foundation Into a field near by. Tbe school had been dismissed and the children were Just leaving the building. Master George Kohler, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kohler, was Instantly killed, eight other children were Injured, two of them fatally, and It 1 said one will not recover. It was In this section of the county the buildings were wrecked. Sheiiff H. -A. Miner was near the acene of the schoolhouse accident at the time it happened. He was driving one of the Standard Oil company's heavy wag on. He drove his team up to a row of trees for protection and he said, trees as large around as his body were torn from the ground about him, many outbuildings and barns were destroyed. The telephone wires are down In this part of the county and it may be that the damage Is greater than so far reported. Mack Damage at Kelson. NELSON, Neb., Sept. 14. (Special Tele gram.) The worst rain storm In years was experienced here about 1 o'clock to day and In the midst of the worst of it a tornado swept over the west part of Nel son. The Rock Island round house In the southwest part of town, was completely destroyed, parts of It being carried for more than a mile north. Tbe home of H. R. Follmer waa badly damaged and hla large barn, .wind mill and other out buildings were torn to pieces. L. A Rog ers' residence waa blown quit a distance from the foundation and turned half way around. A large barn and other sheds belonging to George Lyon, Jr., were also a total loaa. The high school building was damaged to a considerable extent, all the windows on the south side and many on thofsjest were, blowi. out. Many small bufidln?'ajra,.jMidl,wrecke4 and fenoe and tree were . scale rod about promiscu ously.' Report are coming In from the country that considerable damage haa been done. One and forty-two one-hundredhs of an Inch of water fell. The portion of our town covered by this atom was swept by tho tornado In 1891. PAWNEE CITY, Neb.. Sept. 14.-8pecial Telegram.) Robert Carmine, Ollle Giles and Charles A. Slemann were killed by lightning this sfternoon, while threshing on the farm of Henry Walters, about eight mtlej north of this city. During tho storm they, with Mr. Walters, crawled on the separator, and while there were struck and Instantly killed, Mr. Walters being only lightly shocked. Mr. . Slemann leaves a widow and three young ohlldren. It I reported that he carried 12,00, insurance in th Modern Woodmen. A remarkable thing la that the separator was not -Injured. WILL GIVE AID TO CALIFORNIANS Homeopathic Pkyalclaaa ' Decide to Raise Fond for Hospital at Snn Franclsoo. ATLANTIC CITT. N. J.. Sept. it-At th meeting of the American Institute of Homeopathy among the report made to the Institute was one dealing with . the fund raised for homeopathic physicians who suffered in th California earthquake. It waa reported that .500 had been raised for these sufferer. A committee. Including B. F. Bailey of Lincoln, Neb., was appointed to receive subscription In aid of th San Franclsoo Homeopathlo hospital. , The Institute sub scribed tl.OOO. Following tho busineses session, th In ternational oongrea convened. Tubercu losis was discussed. Dr. .John E. Whit of Colorado Springs, warned physician against sending patient weat to drift. They should have tbe same car In Col orado, ho aays. that they would have at home, under the treatment of a physician. SENATOR BURTON FILES BRIEF Petition for BeheariBg Allege That Ossvlrnss Waa Attained on Improper Bvldemoo. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.-A brief In sup port of the petition of Former Unttod States Senator Burton of Kansaa for a re hearing In the case In which he haa been found guilty of accepting a fee for service rendered the Rtalto oompuny of St. Louis wa filed In the supreme court ef th United State today. The brief la In th nature of d supplication for another oppor tunity to present th case, and aay In part: Believing that tho trial In oourt below waa not a fair one and that the verdict rests on evidence not technically, but sub stantially Improper, evidence which re moved the ease from th region of fact to tha realm of ausnlclen, Hnd bullcvlng also that evldunoe as excluded which alone oonld maet and rebut the evidence wrong fully deutded, we earnestly pray for a re hearing. PASSENGER TO NELIGH ILL Mr. Vashl Baagll of Mississippi s Haw In St. Leals Hospital. ST.' LOUIS, Sept. 14. rspeola) Telegram.) While oa th aay from Wiggins, Mis., to relative In Nelign. Keb., Mra Vaahl Ban dit, 48 ars old, became eriusly 111 at Union station Thursday evening and was taken to fa city hospital, Mra. Ban fill wa ma us th trip to Wsecaaka la aoaroa af health. ho will continue tho pee eoadiUaa sorsattp - DESCRIBES KILLING OF FATHER or Insist Shooting Waa Dsns to Prevent Being; Killed Tkemselves. AUBURN, Neb.. Sept. 14. Special.) The Jury at the inquest over the body of Isiao Williams, wllo resided about eight miles east of this place, returned a verdict that the deceased cam to his death fron tbe effect of several gun and pistol wounds dis charged from the hands of his sons, Clar enoo and Charles Williams. Clarence Wil liams is about a year of age and Charles about IS. and they are the only living wit nesses to the tragedy. They freely admitted the killing to the coronnr's Jury Their story of the killing Is substantially a fol low: The deceased and Clarence were Intend ing to go to a neighbors to help thresh. Mr. William was sitting on a hay rack on a wagon Irf the barnyard and the boys were hitching a team to the wagon. Previ ous to this Charles and his father had been discussing Charles' proportion to go to Shenandoah, la., to attend school, and the father had become a Utile angry about It. Either from something that Charles said or did, the deceased became violently angry and Jumped off of the wagon and ran at Charles with a pitchfork, threatening to kill him. Tho boy ran and dodged around tho team and wagon with the father In hot pursuit, repeating his threats. As Charles ran he fired two or three shots from a pistol at hla father, but apparently none of them hit him. Instead of checking the deceased, this only made him more furious and vigorous in the pursuit. While the deceased and Charles were thus engaged, going around and around the wagon and team. Clarence Williams ran to the old dwelling house of the de ceased, which stands In the barnyard near where th team was being hitched up, and which Is now being used as a granary and store room, and secured a shotgun which was kept therein, and ran out where his father and brother were, and seeing, as he claims, that the father was about to catch and kill his brother he raised the gun and discharged both barrels thereof at his father, which killed him almost Instantly. Six shots from the shotgun penetrated the body of the deceased and there was a alight wound on his arm, apparently caused by a pistol ball. This tragedy 1 the culmination of trouble that had existed between the father and sons for some time. The deceased had a violent and uncontrolable temper and when angry was beside himself. In fact, quite a few of the nelghbora have regarded htm as Insane when mad. A few weeks ago while he and Charles were out milking he knocked Charles down with a club and then ran him Into the house with an axe, threatening to kill him. The two boys and the mother ran Into a bedroom and locked themselves tn, remaining awake all night, expecting to be attacked. Mr. Williams was a well-to-do farmer and has resided In this county for over thirty years. Before mov ing to the farm he was a butcher In Brown rllle. A great many years ago he cut and almost killed a blacksmith over a trivial matter. Some eight or ten years ago he struok a brakeman with a coupling pin of a freight car, which was feared for a long time would rrove fatal.' .Some five or six year ago he -assaulted his oldest boy, who Is now In Wyoming, and tt la believed would have killed him but for tbe timely Inter ference of a neighbor. At this time the decessed left home and wandered about the country for about a week and when he came to himself he was near Rulo, In Rich, ardson county. He claimed to have no recollection of where he had been or how he got to where he was when his memory returned. The other boy at thla time left home and has never been back. When not angry Mr. Williams was a kind and Indulgent father, but when angry he was brutal. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL tar Rente Mall Contract In Iowa to Bo Let ky tko Postofllo Department. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. (Special Tele gram.) The Postofflce department will to morrow awnd out advertisement for carry ing the mall von all star and steamboat routes In Iowa, also for carrying mall between poet offices, railroad stations and Lenall stations In the city of Des Moines and okfr large cities in tne state from jury l, 1907. ' Miss Vn A. Wyman and Emma Griffith, both of Cheyenne, Wyo., appointed clerks In the surveyor general'e office at Cheyenne James B. Martin has been appointed postmaster at West Bend, Palo Alto county, la., vice Joseph S. Robinson, re signed. Rural carrier appointed for South Dakota route: Arlington, route, 5, Ott Jeske, carrier; William H. Oweesey, sub stitute. Route , Warren A. Salley, car rier; Orlln 8alley, substitute. Ashton, route 1, Elmer F. Gllkerson, car rier; Ed Gilklson. substitute. ' Brooking, route B, Carl.M. Chrlstoffer, carrier; Olaus Dybdahl. substitute. Bruoe, route S, Bert Coleman, carrier; Graham Coleman, sub stitute. Bushnell, rout 1, Wilfred A. Crumb, carrier; Floyd Crumb, substitute. Elkton, route 4, Rudolph Roberta, carrier; Fred- C. Roberta, substitute. Volga, rout S, Fred Degroot, carrier; Otto Devrle, substitute; rout 4, George Brown, carrier; Ina M. Brown, substitute. White,' route 1, Milton S. Palmer, carrier; Morton M. Palmer, substitute; route S, V. J. Valentine, carrier; Foster Valentine, substitute. CHICAGO TUNNELS COMPLETED Forvy-Sta Mile of Freight Sabway I'slsr St root Now Ready for aslaess, CHICAOO, Sept. 14. After planning and constructing forty-six miles of freight sub ways under twon streets, George W. Jack son will retire tomorrow a chief and gen eral manager of the construction depart ment of th Illinois Tunnel company. "The construction work on the bore of th tunnel company are now completed," said Mr. Jackson tonight. "Operating ex perts will now take chargo of tha sub ways and organise for the handling of merchandise In large quantities." Mr. Jackson received a salary of f7a,Q0O a year for his service with the tunnel com pany.. After a trip through Europe he will return to Chicago to act a consulting engineer for several nllroads and other corporation!!. Alleged Swindler Arrested. CHICAGO, Sept. II Five men were ar retted today on a rherge of selling bogus bends in various pari of the I'nuad tta. Tht-y are said to have incorporated twe concerns, on of them with an al leged capital of ll.MObrja. The men ar rested are Chester A. liroughn, S. A. Curt ningrMnn, CI, F. McGulre, Genrge F. John ston and Alvia A, HassUy. The name of twehre cetmema are given by the poiioe a being the uwder which th man erUd. CODGRESS SUPPORTS PALMA jTitra Cession Empowers- Frsiidest to Con tinue the War. ALL THE EXECUTIVE'S RtQUESTS GRANTED Blanket Bill Appropriating Money nnd Providian More Troop Promptly Passed -Bine Jackets Return to Denver. HAVANA. Sept. 14. The extra session of congress called by President Palma com pleted at one sitting the business for which It was summoned; namely, the granting to President Palma the fullest power, now already constitutionally possessed by the executive, for carrying on the war, Includ ing the right to appropriate any public funds for war . purposes, revoking appro priations voted at the preceding sesslon.of congress In order to permit the diversion of th moneys involved to prosecution of the war, and authorising Increase of the rural guards to 10,000 and artillery to J.ooo men. This trebles the former. force of rural guards and doubles the artillery. These measures, which were combined In one blanket bill, were passed by party votes, the liberals and Indeupndents refraining from voting and the liberal nationalists voting with the moderates. Palma's Brief Message. President Palma submitted a brief mes sage, principally devoted to deploring the conduct of the opposition, whom he charged with the responsibility of causing the re- belllon. The message contained no recom mendations beyond suggestions that con gress approve all recent executive decrees and take such steps as may be deemed advisable for ending the war. The presi dent regretted that the first extra session of congress should -have been necessitated by a disturbance of public order and said nobody would have suspected that four years after the Inauguration of the re publlo It would have been In the midst of a rebellion threatening the stability of the government, causing the sincerity of Cu ban professions to be distrusted by the world and endangering the Independence and sovereignty which had been purchased so dearly with the blood of thousands of Cubans after long years of cruel sacrifice. Who, asked the president, would have sup posed that with the prosperity of the country and the well-being of the people advancing with millions In the treasury, after paying $19,000,000 to the army of lib eration and Investing 111,000,000 In publlo Improvements, who would conspire to change the constitutional order by plac ing armed force, violence and anarchy be- Ifore law, order and peace, to the country' The message sketched the events of the revolution. . the Imprisonment of alleged conspirators and tha Inadequacy of the military force, and said It would not be discreet to send more soldier from Ha vana. The revolution had found the gov ernment without aufflclent arms, ammuni tion or horses, and the administration had done the best It could In providing these. knllstlng" volunteers, organising militia, "The 'growth of tbe rebellion has been uch we cannot with regular forces prevent rebel forces scattered over an extensive area from entering towns and destroying property." Sennt Without dsorsm. When the Senate assembled It was short one of the two-thirds necessary for a quorum. After the message and blanket bill had been read Senor Reclo, liberal, and Senator Sangully, Independent, called at tention to this, disclaiming any intention of obstruction during a grave situation, but Insisting that discrepancy be made a matter of record. Senator Bravo Correoao, moderate, as serted that tn an extraordinary session a quorum was not neceseary, and this view was affirmed by a party vote. Senator Sangully made an appeal for peace, beg ging the Senate to forget partisanship and to seek a method of securing peace. He pictured in dark colors the possibilities In connection with American Intervention and aald that the continuance of strife would mean the loaa to the country of Its language and racial history. He pre dicted that the trouble would only em bitter the rebels, since, neither V gov ernment nor the rebels could win. Com promise wan tha only reasonable course, he said. In the house of representatives only forty were present, two less than the legal open ing quorum. The senate bill passed the house by a party vote, . and by a party vote also a resolution of confidence In Presi dent Palma waa adopted. A motion for the appointment of a peaco commission of five members to negotiate with the Insurgents was rejected. Bine Jacket Retnrn to Denver. Another feature of the day wa the re turn to the Denver of the bluejaCKeis lanueq last evening. Th Washington government la believed hero to havo regarded the step a open to a construction of Intervention. The events of tbe day indicated that th Insurgent In Havana province held thla view, aa they signified their readiness on that account to quit the field. The railroads are completely tied up, no trains leaving Havana. This 1 a particular hardship to hundreds of country families who were coming to the city for safety. Telegraphic communication I almost a badly paralysed. Reports of the capture of Clenfuegos are persistent, but the absence of telegraphic communication make It Impossible to verify them. The Western railroad will tomorrow en deavor to resume traffic, a promise having been secured from the insurgents not to Interfere with trains. SHAW SPEAKS IN NASHVILLE Secretary of tko Treaisry Dlene tko Roeord of tko Demo ' emtio Party. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Sept. 11 To an au dience limited only by the sis of the Grand theater Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, spoke for more than two hours her tonight to the proposition that the democratic party throughout Its his tory wa more concerned In raising Issues on which to win congress and retain ofltces than In devising definite plans of govern ment and engaging In the study of state craft. The reception accorded him wa enthusln stlc. Ovrrdn Steamer In Storm. ROSTON, Sept. 14. The United Fruit company's steamer, Brewster, seven days overdue at tills port from the West In dies, arrived at Port Antonio, Jamaica, today, according to cabled advice r.w rclved here. A cablegram said inn Draw, ter suffered great damage in the hurri cane laat we.-k. It carried a crew of thirty-five men, but no passengers. The safe arrival of the steamer Manuaiia, five daya overdue, from Raltlmere for Port Antenlo, also wa reverted by cable to th company. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST I'sreeant for Xrkranks-howera nnd fooler natnrday. Monday, Pnrtly 4'londy. Temperature nt Omaha Yeaterdnyi Moor. Ilea;. Hoar. Pes,. B a. m...... IK; 1 p. m...... V a a. m 6.1 p. m I2 T a. tn nt . m a. m ft 4 p. m T a. m fiN n p. m H l(t a. m nt p. an ' 11 a. at CJ T p. m lH m 1 a p. m KCl 9 p. m 6S NO ACTION ON TABITHA HOME Hinted for First Business Before Synod on Saturdny Mornlnsr. i ' The afternoon session of the English Evangelical Lutheran synod of Nebraska convened promptly at 2 p. m. Friday, when It was expected that the question whether or not the synod would assume control of tho Tabltha home at Lincoln would be disposed of. No action, however, waa taken In tho premiers on account of the press of other Important business, but this subject will be the first for consideration at the Saturday morning session. Meanwhile the advocates nnd opponents of the proposi tion are busily engaged In securing sup port, the chunces appearing to be fnvora ble for the synod taking over the manage ment of the home and enlarging Its field of usefulness. Rev. Charles IS. Hay of Baltimore was the first speaker at the Friday session. Rev. Mr. Hay hae had charge of eight deaconess' homes during the past eleven years and stated the parish work he Is now engaged In Is greater In his depart ment than In any other Lutheran hoiVie In this country. He also stated that he was unable to supply the demand for dea conesses from the homes under his Im mediate direction. The next business of the afternoon was the reading and adoption of the annual report of Rev. J. A. Lowe, president of the synod. This report was adopted Item , by Item and consumed considerable time. Tho report was most gratifying, showing a large Increase In the church membership during the last year. Rev. Luther P. Ludden of Lincoln then spoke at .length regarding the work of the Board of Home Missions, elucidating clearly the need for men and money In the extension of this valuable work. His text wa "The New West," and he gave an In teresting talk on the wonderful growth of the territory in which the synod Is inter ested. Notwithstanding the Inclement weather a large audience attended the evening ses sion of the synod at Grace Lutheran church Friday night. The speaker of 41 evening waa Rev. J. A. Koser of Nebraska City. The subject which Rev. Koser had taken as his text waa "The Baptismal Covenant," and his remarks were highly Instructive and extremely well received by the atten tive congregation. RAILROAD HEARING AT END Southern Unes Submit Addttlonnl ' Arawment. for Suspension of Thirty-nay Clause. WASHINGTON, Spt. 14. The Interstate Commerce Commission today concluded It hearings regarding the petitions of the va rious railroads for a waiver of the thirty day notice provision of the railway rate law regarding intended changes In rate. M. C. Markham of St. Luls, assistant vice president of the Missouri Pacific railway, was the most important witness. Mr. Markham said it perhaps was true that If the thirty-day notice were to be waived it would tend to open the way to outside steamers to compote for part of the business now done by the Leylnnd & Har rison lines of steamers on export cotton business to Liverpool nnd Manchester. He sdmltted It waa generally understood thst the lines referred to carried most of th freight, but he would not aay that they controlled the situation. He said that In hla opinion the effect of the abrogation of the system of equalisation aad applying a fixed rate to the ports would be to work out a reduction In the cost of ocenn trans portation and thereby tend, to Increase the profits of cotton to the grower. Representative John' Sharp Williams of Mississippi urged the commission to sus pend for thla season, or ninety daya, the thirty-day notice and at the end of that time give notice that the law requiring the publication of rates to the seaboard must be strictly compiled with. Such an arrange, ment. he said, would give the railroads and the people who deal with thorn as shippers time to adapt themselves to the law. After hearing him the commission an nounced It would take the whole subject under advisement and announce its decis ion a soon aa possible. MEXICAN. RETURNED HOME Saleldo Said to Bo Turned Over to Mexico na radeslrable Foreigner. EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 14 The Nogale Time says that Abram Jose Saleldo, presi dent of tha Douglas Junta of Mexican rev olutionists haa been turned over by United States Immigration Inspector George Webb at that llaee o the Mexican authorities and taken to Hermosillo, capital of Bo no ra. He was deported, it is aald, on order of the secretary qf commerce and labor on the ground of being an undesirable for eigner. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Acting Secre tary Murray of the' Department of Com merce and Labor last Tuesday authorised the expulsion of the Mexican, Abraham Saleldo, from the United States, through the port of Nogalea, Aria. This action was baaed upon the fact that Saleldo had been arrested on the charge of unlawful entry Into the United States at the port of Naco, Aria., on July SI, with out submitting to examination by the im migrant Inspector or the public health and marine hospital surgeon at that port. It also appeared that Saleldo, during a former residence In this country, had served a sentence of two years Imprison ment -at Yuma, Aria. The law under which Saleldo wa de ported Is absolutely mandatory. Philadelphia Ends Life. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14. The body of Henry K. Warnpole, a wealthy Phila delphia manufacturer of chemicals, was found In the East river. New York, last night. He had brooded over the money ahortage of a trusted employe in Canada and undoubtedly committed suicide. Balldtnaj at Jamestown. NORFOLK. Va.. Sept 14. Next Wednes day three-states will begin work upon the bulldlnd to represent them at the James town exposition, which will be held here next year. These are Maryland and Mis-, ouri, which will break ground, and Vir ginia, which will havo cornrton laying xrolsa TAFT GOES TO CUBA f eoretary of War Will Start for Eaana Enndaj Via Key West. ASSISTANT SECRETARY BACON GOES ALSO They Will Investicate Conditions and As eistin Bestorine Feace. PRESIDENT WRITES LETTER TO CUBANS Importanoe of Maintain: Peaceful Condi tleni is Pointed Out. LIFE AND PROPEkir" NO LONGER SAFE I'rolple Warned Tliut t'onttnnatlon ( Disorder May Menu the I 111 mat Loss of Tkelr Independence. OYSTER BAT. N. Y.. Sept. 14.-After a protracted conference wl: Secretary of War Taft, acting Secretary of State Ba con and Secretary of the Nnvy Bonaparta, President Roosevelt tonight addressed an important communication to Cuba and ar ranged to send Secretary Taft and Bacon to that tfciand on Sunday to make a thor ough Investigation of conditions and lend thtir Influence to restore peace. The communication Is addressed to th Cuban minister to the United States, Senor Quesada. It Is an Impassioned plea to Cuba to realise her responsibilities as a self-governing republic and to restore peace In the IslanrT. Her attention la called In no uncertain language to the respotiHlbll lty which the United States bears to th Island and the certainty that such respon sibility will necessarily be exercised should peace not be preserved. The president says he has certain In formation that the peace of the Islands Is now menaced and that American property has been destroyed. Toft Start Sunday. Secretary Taft and Bacon will leave for Cuba Sunday. They will go by rail to Key West, Flo., and from there the Jour ney to Havana will be completed on a naval vessel, probably the crulaer Des Moines. . The conference which resulted In th Cuban decision began at Sagamore Hill shortly after 3 o olock this afternoon nd continued until 10 o'clock tonight. At tu . conclusion Secretary Taft, Secretary Bona parte and Bacon left, for New Tork and will go to Washington tomorrow. Secretary Taft Bald, as he left Oyster Bay, that he had no Idea aa to the lengtlt of his visit to Cuba. He Indicated that there would be no haste In the Invoetlga- tlon which should be there. Aside from this Information no discussion will .be dl-. vulged by those attending the confer ence, th statement being, made that the letter of the presid-nt . wa Intended to cover tbe whole Cuban situation, a far aa ' It wa desirable to do 'so In the publlo print...- . . " '. . . j ' Senator Albert Beverldge of Indiana, a member of the senate committee on Cuban relations, also participated in th con ference. Prewldrnt'a fitter to Qnesnda. Th president's letter follows: OYSTETR BAY, N. Y., Sept. 14.-My Dear" Senor Quenodn: In this crisis tn the affair of the Republic of Cuba I write you, not merely because you are the minister of Cuba accredited to this government, but. because jou and I were Intimately drawn together at the time when the United States Intervened In the affairs of Cuba with the result of making her an Inde pendent nation. You know how sincere . my affection and admiration nnd regard for Cuba are; you know that I never have done and never shall do anything In reference to Cuba srve with such sincere regard for her welfare. You also know the pride I felt because It caine to me as ' president to withdraw the American troops from the Island of Cuba and ofTlcleJly to proclaim her Independence and to wish her God-speed In her career a a free republic. I desire now through you to aay a word of solemn warning to your people, whose earnest well-wisher I am. For seven year Cuba haa been tn a condition of profound peace and of steadily growing prosperity. For four years this peace and prosperity have obtained under her own Independent government. Her peace, prosperity and In dependence are now menaced, for, of all possible evils that can itefall Cuba, the worst Is the evil of anarchv. Into which civil war and revolutionary disturbance will assuredly throw her. Whoever Is responsible for armed revolution and out rage, whoever Is reson8lbln tn any way for the condition of the affair that now obtains. Is an enemy of Cuba, and doubly heavy in the responsibility of the mart who, affect Ins to lie the especial cham pion of Cuban Independence, takes any step which will Jeopardize that Independence, for there la Just one way In which Cuban Independence can be secured, and that 1 for the Cuban people to show their ability to continue In their path of peaceful ana orderly progress. What Cuba I Haperted to Do. Thai cation ask nothing of Cuba save that It shall continue to develop a It ba developed during tue past seven years, that It shaU know and practlee tbe orderly liberty which will assuredly bring an over Increasing measure of peace and pros perity to the beautiful queen of the An tilles. Our Intervention In Cuban affair wilt only come. If Cuba herself shows that she ha fallen Into the iiiaurreellonfcVy habit, that ah lack the elf-reatralnt necessary to peaceful elf-govemment and that her contending faction have plunged the country Into anurchy. I solemnly adjure all Cuban patriot -to band together to sink all dlfferenoea and personal ambloma Hnd to remember that the only way that they can preserve the Independence of the rupubllo Is te pre vent the necessity of outsltlo Interference by rescuing It from the anarchy of civil war. I e&rmwly hope that this word of adjuration of mine, given In the name of the American people, the Maunchest friends and well wisher of Cuba, that there are In all the world, will be taken as It is meant, will be seriously considered and will be acted upon and If so acted upo) Cuba's pf rmanent Independence, her pernio nent suoceas a a republlo le assured. Under the treaty wlt:i our government I, a president of the United State, have a duty In thi matter, which I cannot shirk. The third article or that treav explicitly confers upon the I'nlted States the light to Intervene for the maintenance In Cuba of a government adequate for the orotec. tlon of life, property and Individual liberty. The treaty conferring this right la the ' supreme law of the land and furnishes me with the right and the means of f jlf , H the obligation Ihnt I am under to protect American Interests. I. He Moat Bo Protected. The information at hand shows that the social bonds throughout the Island have b-n eo relaxed that life, property and In dividual liberty are no longer safe. I have relved authentic, Information of Injury l-, and destruction ol Ainerlcun property. It Is In my Judgment Imperative fur the sake of Cuba that there shall be an Immedlat cessation of hostilities and some ai ran la ment which will secure the p'-riiiunent pacification of tbe island. I am aendlig to Havana the secretary of war, Mr. Taft, an 1 the as-ilsl-trl Murr. tary of stale. Mr. Bacon, as th special rei rewntatives of the government, who alll render such aid as is pllje towrd theie ends. I had bod that Mr Root, the secretary of state, could have stopped lit Havana on his return from South Aiu-rc. but the aaemlng Imminence of the crisis forbid further delay. ThYougb you I desire la thla way to com. muntoaie with the Cuban government and with the Cuban people and aoootdlngly I am Bending you a copy of thi letter to h i
