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Daily Bee HKLF RWFXIi TITK CBOWD AK-SAR-BKN NVMBER MAILKD TO YOUR FRIENDS IUUU THEM TO OMAHA AK-8AR-BKX VISITOR CAN HAVK MAIL ApDRKSSED CARK THE OMAHA HF.R Ol'KN 1AT AND MUUT. VOL. XXXVI-NO. 89. OMAHA, FMDAY MOKN1X0, ' SKITKMBER 28, 1JH)G-TEX TAOES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. The Omaha STORM IN. THE SOUTH Harriets Drire the Waters of thi Gulf of : Ifexioo Inland. THREE CITIES PARTLY INUNDATED eaTj.Damaee at Sew Orlean, Mobile and Peneaoola. ' WIRES ALONG THE COAST ARE DOWN Tear of Loti of Life ia Smaller Oititi in Louisiana. STORM CENTER IS MOVING NORTHWARD It U Kow la Mississippi and Heavy Rala la ' Falllnar at Blrmlisham ad Memphis Wild Raiaora Are I neoaflrmed. LOLI8V1LLB. Ky.. Sept. 27.-rThe tropical hurricane' which for the la wenty-fotir hours haa been chufnlno ' aters of the Gulf of Mexico and do. 'v. s- dam age on the coast, and far Inla. 'o ight whipping through north Alabt, t; " a northerly direction at a velocity bui ' Irs than that recorded in New Orleat, Ing the day, Reports received by the '.'',; soclated Press do not Indicate any "-ys life, but the damage to property over the territory touched by the storm la aomethlng enormous. Wire communication Is seri ously disarranged and .in aoine instances has resulted in cutting off cttlea completely. Mobile not having been heard from in nearly twenty-four hourr Numerous wash outs hare occurred, the interruption from this cause In one case extending for thirty miles. ' Pensacola, where the maximum velocity of wind was probably felt early thla morn ing, reports a property loss of t3.000.000 In the city alone, and aends rumors of loss of lire, which it is Impossible to confirm tonight as the uncertain wire which held long enough to glean this Information late thla afternoon failed- with the coming of night. I Wires Are Dawn,- fcew Orleans furnished the subject of numerous wild rumor during the day, but authentic reports from there tonight -Indicate that while there was considerable dam- uge to property, there had been no loss of life- In the city. Wlrea between New Orleans and the gulf were prostrated and It will be reveral days before anything can be heard frsm the vast territory between the Crescent city and ths gulf and before anything can be heard from the shipping which la riding otit the storm In the open gulf. Biloxl, Mississippi City and Moss Point, Miss.,- have riot been heard from for twenty-four hours. Moss Point report ing the water four, rest deep In the streets of the little town at 1 o'clock Wednesday night. .. . - . .. , There1 wan a' heavy wind and rain at Montgomery. Ala., during the day. but no serious" damage waa done, i' . , , AA.l.jsWi.Ylti 04 Birmingham tonight after a day of-oteady rain, and at Memphis, the rain lias been continuous) for thlrty-ulx hour. ' ' .. '.- Atlanta began to feel the storm at noon toduy but up to a o'clock tonight Its force had not ."been 'Increased to an. extent por tending serious results. The damage to railroads Is very heavy. ' Reports to the officials of the Louisville & Nashville road from the superintendent of the Mobile and Montgomery divisions Indicate that the losses approximate II .000,000. The tracks between Flomaton, Ala., and Penaacola. Fla., are obstructed In many places and In soma places badly torn t;p by falling trees, while the section between Georgian and Qracevllle, Fla., "haa suffered similarly. Damage to Railroads and Dorks. At Penaacola, the Louiavllle tk Nashville grain elevator haa been destroyed and the entire trackage to Escambia- Bay Is ruined. The railroad wharf at Penaacola Is reported to be a total losa and thirty-nine cars of coal of the company was washed' Into the bay.. Further reporta Indicate- that the - roadbed bevwecn Bay Mlnette, Ala., and Mobile, a. distance of thirty miles, haa been washed away, rendering traffic Impossible. Five hundred section workmen are being rushed tonight to Montgomery and Birm ingham to the scene of the damage. The Louisville & Nashville also suffered several washouts near New Orleans and no trains are being run tonight over cer tain sections of this track. The New Orleans ft Eastern railroad reports Its tracks under water at several places In the vicinity of New Orleana. No word haa come from any of the other railroads hav ing their terminals at Mobile. The waters of Lake Pontchartraln, which for the past twenty-four , hours ' have been Ave feet above normal, causing a nerloue overflow In-parts of New Orleans, receded appreciably. Tlie water In the sub merged districts began to drain off and ths wind, which veered to the northwest, began to drive the waters of the lake to wards the gulf. Loalalaaa Towns Cat U. .' NfiiW ORLEANS, La.. Sept. S7. All ef forts to penetrate even the edge of the flood caused by the hurricane of the Gulf of Mexico coast, to the etiRt and south of here, has been fruitless- tonight up to , a period almost twenty-four hours after ., receipt nf the last message from the ex poand towns. Apprehension was Increased by the fact that theae placea beginning at Lake Catherine, the scene of the flooding nf the Louisville & Naahvllle tracks -and the farthest point east reached thua far, era much more exposed to aind and water than tP." larger gi'lf cltlea which have liarbors. , '. From '.Lake Catherine t-aatwrd these towns are Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Mississippi City, Biloxl. Ocean Sprlnns, Pass Cagoul and 8.' ran ton. Thews placea face the Mississippi sound, across which ' the wind haa a long sweep. 8ome of then extend up to the very brink of the ar.und, which ts In places not more than six to ten fet above the normal sa level. Many of these banks are moreover of soft earth. Staff correspondents of local newspapers who left here yesterday afternoon and distributed themselves along the shore of Mississippi sound l anticipation of the storm have not been heard from. Although their pap-ra have tried to reach them by roundabout telegrams vnorthward Into ie middle of Mlsslaalppl sound and thence to the coast, net an intimation of tha situa tion has been received long after dark to Ught. Not only waa all rail and tcto rrsphlo and telephonic communication- cut off with the Mlasiaalppi sound towna, Imt there was no Immediate prospects of news by boat. No craft, of any sort has come up the Mississippi river afur dark, "tew Orleans Is Isolated. The -a-lrelesa station atthe mouth, at the rtver - was abandoned early la the storm, the last retioet being ttiat there m about j right feet of water over the floor of the f operators' room. ' Despite Ihe anxiety here toniprlit, bow ever, there was a general belief that few If any lives have tw-en luff. Thia hopefulness wax due to tlie fuel that tha coast In habitants had two darn' warnlne- of the approtu-hlng storm. All reports from the.e places hint night ' were to the effect at the water was rising iind the inhabitants preparing for emergencies. The full extent of the legation of New Orleans today from other gulf centers was apparent In a lull In business, rapertnlly In wholesale cirqies. By long distance telephone New Orleans could reach only Baton Rouge and Houston. Tex., while the available telegraph wives ran to Galveston, Houston and to Memphis, j WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-l8pecial Tile Railroad service north ami west was un- : gram.)-Army and navy circles today were Interrupted. considerably exercised over the meeting Steamer Camellia Mlaslnn. j of the Cuban congress tomorrow. They No news has been received from the saw in It the result of pence or Interven steamer Camella, which, at the beginning j tlon. The consensus of opinion wn that of the hurricane last night, had crossed (congress would refuse to accept the reslr Lake Pontchartraln and was about to land 1 nation of President Palma and his cabinet. forty passengers 'at Mllneberg. but wi.e forced to run back without making its dock and to recross the lake. Nearly nit the pons where the Cuimlln might hnve stopped for shelter have been cut off from communl'.v tlon with. New Orlenns today. Officials of the loulsville & Nashville railroad this afternoon said there was lit tle likelihood of , any trains arriving or leaving New Orleans. They said the northwest wind was washlug the sea over the tracks at Lake Catherine for a dis tance of two miles and that It Is impos sible to do any work of reconstruction v 'iif the irlnrf abates Louisville Jtr Nash- ., ,,.,. ,BV thev were nbsolmelv V 't advices as to the situation on their v . . . . V t. or lKe Catherine. gh the wireless station here nuin agevio speak with steamers miles cut In the gulf, of Mexico today, and as far east as Key West, no answer was returned to calls for the wireltss station it Pen sacola. The steamers far out In the gulf reported a calm sea. Passengers arriving here over the Illinois Central tonight said thn while the train was stopping at McComb, Miss., a hotel had collapsed In a windstorm then, killing two persons. They said that heavy wind waa encountered" at McComb. They ha no further detalla. Harrlcane Strikes Penaacola. PENSACOLA, Fla., S?pt. Z7.-The worst sea storm and hurricane that the gulf coast has experienced since the village of Penaacola on San Rosa Island was swept away 1T0 yeara ago, began last night and j ls attlll raging late this afternoon. It Is re- ported'that many lives between the city and the navy, yard ard have been lost, but as many rumors of this character have been curr.nt ,u any the report does not obtain credence. It Is known, however, that many of tn houses In that section are under from five, to ten feet of water and 'many persons have been taken from second-story window and carried safely to boats. : The estimated property damage Is 13.000, 000. Ever- house In Penaacola has suffered damage and- many roofs are blown -off Telephone and electric light wires , ore among the mass'. The water front Is strewn wltti wreckage for miles on either' sldo of the" ,clty ) and vessels are vtfled on . the wliarves, or -where the wharve-s ence were. In titter ruin.- Big Iron steamers and many llgKter sailing ships are lying high and dry up In. th -city, ehvre thw4ld ti Mur J before beet known fd reach, Every wharr tor miles around -has been swept away or Is ' damaged beybnd repair. The electric power was -abut off at 1 o"olock this morn ing. There 1s no stret car traffic a,nd com munication with the outside world Is prac tically cut off. The streets of Penaacola are strewn with -timbers, tin roofing and broken glass. This dispatch, with other telegraphic matter Is being carried to FlOmatlon, Ala.,- by the Western t'nlon manager, who makes the trip by train' to ascertain- the exact extent of the damage done elsewhere. It Is feared great havoc and loss of life will be shown when reports from the entire section along the coast can be gathered. ATLANTA. Ua., Sept. 27.-The Western Union Telegraph company tonight report that the wind Is still very high at Pen aacola, blowing from tbe gulf. The. indi cations are for several hours' continuance of tbe storm, Rterm Movlna Northward. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Belated re ports to the weather bureau tonight from Penaacola, Fla., announce that the - gulf hurricane passed Inland' west of there, the winds reaching eighty-eight milea an hour at Penaacola. v The storm la probably cen tered tonjght In south centrul Mississippi. It la believed to be decreasing In energy and the weather bureau "predicts that It will , move slowly northward during the next twenty-four hours. An-Increase In the energy of the storm, however. Is ex pected by the bureau when the disturbance' reachea the lower lake regtfin. Its prob able course during the next twenty-four houra will be northward through Tennes see and Kentucky Into the Ohio valley. Prol. Albert J.' Henry, the ' forecast official In charge of the Wfuther bureau tonight explained that as the storm pro gresses Inland It may be expected to show a grudual diminution of strength. The cutting off of communication with a num ber of points handicapped the weather of- ificials In determining the precise center of the storm. The belated Penaacola advices mentioned were sent during the day, the regular night report being missing and no night reporta were received for Missis slppl, Ixmislana or southwestern Alabama. The station reports missing tonight are Pensaoola, Mobile, Vlcksburg, New Or leans, 8hreveport and Meridian. TEN DEAD IN CATLIN WRECK Three Charred Skeletons Fonnd In Debris of smaahap oa Wabaah Road. DANVILLE. 111., Sept. ?7. The known duad aa the result of the wreck of Wabach train No. 8 at Catlln Station yesterday now number ten. Mrs. J. H. Wuldman of rliutnh flnl ill.! Iirtnv from horn. - - - -1 -. - - - ceived in the wreck. Three charred rkele tone were found under the wreck late this afternoon. Of these one Is thought to be that of Peter Paxtnn of Fort Wayne, Ind., who was with Geore-e Goodman In a Ktock csr, the latter's body having been recovered, but nothing has bn heard of Paxtun. The other two skeleton sre thought ii be those of tramps who were stealiug a rid on the passenger trajiu The coroner today continued the inqurst for one week to give Brakeman Hughes, who Is terlously Injured, a chance to testify. Workman Killed toy Train. PIERRE. 8 1)., Sept, 27.-(Special Tele gram.) E. F. Monroe? a blacksmith, who has been working In thla city for several months, was found dead beside the rail road tracks east of the city by a section crew this afternoon. - While be had been here for some time, little Is known of him except that bis home Is In Vancouver, B. C. and that ha haa a alster living In the state of Washington. He waa evidently struck by or fell from westbound train and his skull eruabed. and oaa arm broke. ARMY AND NAVY WATCHING Constantly Chaifinr Condition in Cuba FroVe Ferplexine. INTERVENTION AND PEACE ALTERNATE Max J. Bnehr of Nebraska Retaraa to Hla Poet aa t'onsal at Clenfaeajos v After Conferencei at State Department. thereby forcing upon the mediators of tbe t'nlted States government Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary Bacon to either arrange a modus Vivendi or recognlie ths contention of the liberals that Intervention upon the part of our government is the only way out of the difficulty. The news from Cuba the last week ;has betn blowing hot or cold, until General Alnsworth, military secretary, has come to regard the situation al 'chill days" and "fever daya," chills and fever belnir the manner in which the situation In Cuba Is flow regarded In army circres. Notwith standing the optimistic reports from Cuba, every department of the army and nnvy Is actively at work to bring about the assembling of the first expeditionary force In the quickest time poVslble, and even though nothing comes of the mooted Inter vention In Cuba, army officers would Jlke to see the expedition go forth, because they regard it as the very best maneuver posxl ble and the very best training ths soldier could have. S Max J. Baehr of Nebraska, consul at Clenfuegos, Cuba, who has been "on leave, arrived In Washington today and Immedi ately repaired to the State Department, where he held a long conference with Assistant Secretary Wilson regarding mat ters in Muntanaea province. Mr. Baehr shortened hla leave, believing his duty Was at his post during the present up rising in Cuba .and having personal ac quaintance with tha leaders on both sides, he volunteered to return to his post, which was gratefully accepted by the State de partment. Mr. Baehr left Washington for New York tonight and sails on Saturday for Havana, which he will reach Tuesday next, where he will have conferences with Assistant Secretary Bacon and Secretary Taft before proceeding to his post of duty. Iowa, Land Case I' p. Attorneys representing the case of the Iowa railroad . Land company of Cedar Rapids, against W. E. Moses of Denver, a speculator In land scrip, were given a hear ing today before the. assistant bommls sloner of the general, land office. Henry H. Griffiths of Dea Molnea appeared for Moses; Frank Farrell of Fort Dodge, for the settlers, and J. B. Thompson of Wash ington, for the Iowa Railroad Land com pany. The lands Involved in this discus sion amounts to fourteen tracts of fory acres eacn, lying In Webster county, Iowa, and, .were-, orlgloalty dliaposed. of in J86T to settlers bj-( the state" of Iowa as swamp ana. : ' . Subsequently the Cedar Rapids A Mis sourl Railroad company 'secured a grant and ran Its line of railroad through this particular territory In Webster colinly and claimed the lands which the atate had previously sold to settlers, basing 'their contention on the provisions of their charter. The railroad company selecte lands in Webster county under its grant, which had been sold by the county of Webster long before the 'railroad was project. W. E. Moses bought scrip and figures against the Iowa Railroad Land company, successors to the Cedar Rapids & Missouri Railroad company In claims In the case. The case was tried in the Des Moines land office as far back as 1901 and ts now before the general land office on appeal. BRYAN AND DAVIS SPEAKS Nebraska and Arkansas Men Addreaa Crowd at Vlalta After Late ' Meetta. VINITA, I. T., Sept. 27. William J. Bryan spent strenuous day In the tefritory today, speaking here, at Chelsea, Claremore, and al other points on his trip northward. Mr. Bryan arrived in Vlnlta early today from Muskogee, where he finished speaking to a crowd Irorjjlhe rear of hla car at I o'clock this morning. At 7:30 thla morn ing he was escorted by 400 horsemen to a grove near town. There he spoke for an hour and much enthusiasm was displayed. He departed from Vlnlta Immediately after he had concluded his speech. - During the afternoon Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas addressed a crowd at the grove at Vtnita. ' TULSA. I. T., Sept. 27. The P.rynn spe cial arrived here on time. Mr. Brvan was greeted warmly by 8,000 persona. He was Introduced by former Osage Chief John. Palmer and spoke for fifty minutes. Sev eral Indian chiefs besides Palmer were pit the platform. GUTHRIK. Okl., Sept. 27.-Guthrle ac corded William J. Bryan a hearty-reception tonight. The Nebraskan devoted a half hour to an address In which he merely touched on national issues. He elicited pro. longed applause when he mentioned the carpet bagger In politics and warned the voters of Oklahoma against railroad In fluence In the constitutional convention. A notable feature was the great cheer that greeted the reference to hla government railroad ownership proposition. Mr. Bryan talked from the observation car of a apecial Santa Fe train, arriving at 7 o'clock from Perry, Okl. ." , He has made eleven speechea today .and appears exhausted. Among those who are ! - ,h v-.i , - ,. .v. u, ii ., "r. ..rumnauu an? l. niem Rogers an-.l Porter of the Cherokee and Creek Indian tribes. EIGHT-YEAR OLD MURDERER Iowa Boy"t"anvleted of Kllllnar ran. pa Ion nnd Sentenced to Re form School. ALUIA. la., Bept t7. Oscar Napier, the i i 1-year-old boy who waa convicted by a, ! Jury last 8unday of murdering 7-year-old I Frank Adams, was today aentenced to the reformatory at Eldora, to remain until he 1 Is V3 years of age. The boy broke down ' and wept plteously when he was sentenced, the first time since his arrest. I The crime of, which he was'convlcted oe- i curred last December. The 8-year-old boy, ' with his elder brother, was visiting a nelghbor'a house. A shotgun waa left out- : aide and young Oscar waa playing with It. Aa Adama approached the gun waa.dls-! charged, accidentally the boy claims, but Intentionally the stats proved, at tha re coot trial. . , , 'Judge prcuty in Denver More' K.lanre of Discrimination Against ma!l t nal Operatnra hj-, t alon Pncltle. DENVER, Colo.', 8-pt. 7.-Judge C. A. j Piouty. representing the Interstate Com merce commission,- resumed In this city today the Investigation of railroad In con nection with cost conditions, which was begun at Omaha loft week and was con tinued this week, at Salt Ijike City. The t'nlon Pacific was the railroad und,er In vestigation when the session opened today. Ten witnesses have been summoned here and Judge Prouty said he expected to con clude tho hearing in Denver today. The testimony of a number of witnesses showed that the Cnlori Pacific Coal Com pany secured large number of men to sign declaratory cool stntemcnts, tut.ing up coal land in Wyoming nml at the stme time to sign relinquishments to this land. The pay for this sen-Ice was tl or II In each Instance. Among the witnesses examined todny were Cyrus Beard, Justice, of the supreme court of Wyoming. On the recommendation of George t. Black, one of the officials of the t'nlon Pacific, and with money-ad vanced by Black, Judge Beard testified that he purchased certain coal land In Wyo ming. He sold the land to V. O. Clark at an advance of I20f on thn recommenda tion of Black. .Tuntloe Beard denied that he knew that Clxrk ,wua acting for the t'nlon Pacific company. Vice President lRurles H. Sehlacks of the Denver A Rio 5rande vailroad testified that this company does not own any stock In any coal compaules In Colorado nnd added that neither Tie Jor any othc official of the railroad la ; stockholder In any coal company along the line of the railroad. The t'tah Fuel company, lie said. Is In terested In r some; mines along the line of the Denver '& Rio Grande. All of the stock of tbe fuel company is. owned by the Rio Grande Western rallrond. Several witnesses-, testified that they tried to start In the coe business along tha line of the t'nlon Pacific; In Wyoming, but wore unable to secure transportation facilities from that railroad and were forced out of business. 1 . With this 1 testimony the hearing was closed in Denver. MURDERER CCNFESSES CRIME Alma Tnakjlan "ays. lie Killed Brother Afte Quarrel and ' ' v Severed Body. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Alma Tashjian, who confess, d to killing his brother, with stood the operation of the police Inquisi tion system all night with some fortltudo. At various times during the night he was shown long knives and asked If he cut up hla brother with- any of them. He waa shown pictures of the dismembered parts taken In the morgue and these he begged tearfully to have taken' away. He did not otherwise seem disturbed by the , ordeal and steadfastly maintained his Innocence. Finally Tashjian said to . Police Inspector McLaughlin that he killed hla brother be cause.. he was the "meanest and stingiest allow" he eversaw. Last Saturday night, he said, he quarreled wltlf .his brother over money and- told f , hat h ' waa .too stfngy to' live, that he would be better off dead, that ' he made a go of his money, and that when '-he died -he would try to take it with him. , ' "I made up my mind lo kill him that night," said Tashjian. "He went to sleep and I stabbed him In the feck while he was aeleep with that knife," pointing to a, knife found by the police.. "I wanted to get rid of the body, so I deoided to cut It up," continued Tashjian.. "Between 12 and 3t'clock T had him cut up. ' First I cut his head off. then his arms, and then his legs, I wrapped the trunk ; up, left the house with it and threw It In the hole where it was found. Then I took the legs and arms, and threw them Into the care. About o'clock In the morning I put the head 'in a black colored -valise, with a piece of Iron and threw It Into the river. I took 165 of my brother's money. I am glad to tell you all. for it worried me a lot." . ' The prisoner then complained of feeling hungry and asked for somethfng to eat. He waa fed. COUNTESS APPEALS HER CASE Spanish Woman Wanta Damages for Loss of Meat Monopoly In s Havana. 'WASHINGTON.' Sept. i7. The ap peal of the , Spanish - Countess of Bucna Vlata In her damage suit against Major General John R. Brooke, which was re cently decided against her by te federal district court of New Tork, has been dock eted in the aupreme court of the United Statea. The New York court held that while the countess has cause for action against the government of the United States or that of Cuba, bhe. had none against General Brooke and It ta asserted In the appeal that this ruling ia erroneous. The origin of the suit ia found by the (Jtolitlon by General Brooke while he waa Itovernor general of Cuba In 180!) of the countess right to slaughter all the' cattle killed in Havana. This right has been exercised by. her family since 1727 and ahe asked damages in the sum of 2C,0;o. PRESIDENT ON STATE CAMPAIGN i Aside from Cengratalatlnar Hashes He Will Take Wo Part In Contest. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. Sept. t7.-If.the present plans are carried out v President Roosevelt will take no part in the New York gubernatorial campaign this year. While It la known that he waa greatly pleased with the selection of Charles E. Hughes as the head of the republican state I ticket, . his comment on the convention's , t, fOT the time being at -feast, will be . . .v.. CUB"" .' " ' vu... .lumuoij ... . . . .. . i. - ..j .... , . ... i which he sent to the candidate last night. Send in Your Copy Only Two More Days IWore The Ak-Sar-Ben Number The Omaha Sunday Bee Don't mi's a chanee like this, to Impress the people coming to Oruaba Ak-Sar-Ben week, that they will be welcome at your place of business. Our Advertising Dt-pt. Will , Impure Vuur Copy for Vou. IVlf pltoite Douglas 2:11. , TAFT READY TO ACT i Provisional Government for Cuba Will Probably Be Proclaimed Today. MODERATES RESUM i EVASIVE TACTICS Move Now on Foot to Befnie to Accept Falma'a Beticcaation. '; PRESIDENT REFUSES TO RECONSIDER BaaaaBaassBsea. Americana Hats Littlo Confidence in Sin cerity of Folitio'ana. , PREPARATIONS TU LAND MARINES Twenty-Five Hnndred Men Will Take Possession of Points of Vantage (eaeral Faastoo Vlalta I n aaraieat Camp. ' HAVANA. Sept. i7. The moderate party tonight decided to make a linn I effort to perpetuate the, authority of the Palma ad ministration by determining to reject the resignation of the president when pre sented to congress tomorrow. AVhen thla decision was reached Bf cretary of War Taft and Assistant . Secretary of Slate Bacon, the American commlse loners, had already concluded to intervene, but they agreed to await tomorrow's developments, as they are anxious to afford the Cubans every opportunity to work out their own salvation. President Palma steadfastly refuses every solicitation of his friends to withdraw his reptgnntlon. Typical of this was the cable gram he sent to Presdent Roorevelt In re sponse to the final urgent message from the American president that he remain at hla helm. In this President Palma expressed his warmest appreciation of President Roosevelt's efforts to secure peace for Cuba and the friendship he has always ahown the Cuban people. He referred to bis own previous sacrifices for Cuba, which he sjild had not been made In vain, but In the present situation and In view of all that had transpired he felt that further sacrifice on his part would be useleau and that It was not consistent with his dignity and prestige to remain In .office. Were It pos sible to Induce President Palma to with draw hla resignation the situation still would be most difficult and Intervention would continue to be ithe most pronaoie outcome. If Palma's resignation were ac cepted It would then become necessary for congress to elect a provisional president. Such an election would be a new sort or contention - not only between the opposing political parties, but probably between the opposing factlona within these parties. Attitude of Americans. The American " commissioners .jsrlll" not brook the establishment of a provisional government, by the Cubans simply as a means of gnlng time. They noia tnai ir a provisional government Is created It must be by the United States. , Secretaries Taft and Bacon would not be -properly dis charging their fulj duties If such a arovern- ment were created in any otner manner. , Tr American commissioners have little qonfldence In the serious intentions of ths politicians, who have been vacillating and Insincere throughout these nine days of futile .negotiations. This being the situa tion nobody Is Inclined to doubt tonight that within twenty-four hours Secretary Taft, by authority of the president of, the United States, will proclaim himself pro visional governor of Cuba. Such a govern ment would be made Cuban, as far aa It were possible to do so, by continuing the various departments under the Immediate control of the present heads thereof. Immediate developments In the situation depend dh the action taken by congress to. morrow. It is not likely that the liberals will attend the session, but tho moderates and the liberal nationalists combined ex pect to reach, a quorum. The moderate leaders tonight expect nothing except In tervention tomorrow, it being a matter' of common report among them that 'armed American forces will flock ashore from the warships assembled, here, even before the meeting of congress, but this will not oc. cur unless some violent change in the situation makes It necessary. Even shug I congress carry out its announced Inten tion of not accepting President Palma's resignation," Secretary Taft will hold that a vacancy exists unlesa Palma himself concludes to remain In office. Ready to Land Marines. - In the meanwhile preparations for the landing of murines and blue Jackets from the American warships have bean, fully completed and within a short time after Secretary Taft. gives the order.all advan tageous points which already have been selected by naval officers, would be occu pied by a force of at least 2,500 men. Such an order would not be given until Secretary Taft regards It aa absolutely necessary, but It Is certain that the present, conditions will not be allowed to continue fqr more than one day longer. The nonacceptance of President Palma's resignation and its withdrawal will be Cuba's last card. - General Funston arrived here todo.v. He has gone over all the military plans, ap proved them and familiarised himself with the military situation a presented by Major Ladd, who has beeji here for a fort night. Among the places visited today by Gen eral Fuaaton waa the rebel camp outside of Havana. Here the American general met Generals Ouerra and Delcastlllo and other commanders of the insurgents, some of whom he knew during the last revolu tion. - The' atmosphere at the palace tonight Is decidedly gloomy. Everybody who emerged from President Palma's private office wore long face. Members of the cabinet ro Iterated that Palma had not receded from .... ... i . .i.. MIS ocniuiiiii.u a I persuasive arguments of his nost inti mate friends. The president himself haa succumbed somewhat to 'nervous fatigue and everybody regards the wlndup of the ('administration aa Imminent. Prealdent Palma will retire aa poor aa when he aa auirled the office, but all hla friends con cede that he will have the satisfaction of having conscientiously snd induatriously discharged his duties in face of the almost constant lack of co-operation from con gress. . .. .Normal Food for Soldiers. WASHINGTON. Sept." 27. Subsistence auppllea of a' kind similar to those now uved by tho army In the Philippines and In Porto Rico will be used by the army In Cuba In the event of Intervention by the United States. The troop will be given In rations what they have been accustomed to, and not what any one might auggeat they ought to have, for service In tropic'! climate. Some, military observers marvel at the wonderful amount of work accomplished Continued oa Second Peg. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair and Warmer Friday. Hatarday Fair and Cooler In West Tort-Ion. Temperatare at Omaha Veaterdayi Hoar. Dev. Hoar. Dear. a, m,,,.,, Ml t p. m T ft a. in 4H a p. m ...... "It T a. an . r . . . . 47 It l. na TO a. n at 4 p. m ..... . TO U m m. ..... M B p. m Tit lo a. m ..... . 4M Bp. m tt H a. mj. . . . . a T p. m VI m to p. m tV4 ' n p. m...... Ul EARTHQUAKE IN PORTO RICO Series of Heavy Shorka Tharaday Horalag C'aaaea Panic la 9aa Jnsa. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. i7. The city of San Juan and the laland of Porta Rico experienced a series of heavy earth quake shocks today, beginning at 10:47 a. m. The people were thrown lnt.i a condition of consternation and Indescrib able alarm, but the resultant damagt waa comparatively slight and there haa been no lose of life. The first preceptible tremore brought many people In alarm to the streets. They Increased In Intensity for twenty seconds and then decreased for Ave seconds. Fol lowing this came the moat severe shocks, the earth shaking violently lor live seconds more. Tffnn all waa" quiet. The nrst vibratory movements were from Jfct t,o west and were followed by heavy mo tions such aa are experienced on board ahlp In heavy aeas. - In San Joan the people were stunned, and when they realised that an earthquake was upon them, consternation and alarm prevailed throughout the city. People thought of the catastrophes of San Fran cisco and Valparaiso. They tied from their houses to the streets and crowded the open squares. v Panic reigned and hysterical women fainted. Many begun praying in the streets while large num bers rushed to the churches. Ihe achoola were stampeded, the children aarrowly escaping Injury In rushing from the buildings. .The government buildings on the principal square In San Juan were quickly' emptied, everybody rushing fran. tlcally to the open, huntlug for places of safety. Many clocks throughout the city stopped : at 10:47. Wares were shaken down from the Bhelves In stores. The beds In the sleeping apartments of the infantry barracks were thrown about In all directions. The walls of the city ball, the Infantry barracks, the postofflce and the woman's and children's 'hospital were cracked In many places, but not badly damaged. The old artillery building near the sea, now occupied by tho quartermas ter's office, waa badly damaged. Reports received here from olher points on the Island show that the Shock was general an that it lasted for thirty sec onds everywhere. ' School houses and churches In Humacao, Guayamo and Fajardo were slightly dam aged. , RANGERS FIGHT WITH REBELS i '' r Brnsh with Alleged Revolutionists sit ' ' Vltorla, Mexico, Reaalla la ; ne-srml, leta tha, , . HOUSTON." Tex. Sept. A courier Just arrived says that- the revolutionists and a force from Cludad Porflrio Dlas clashed last night at Vltorla, about Ave miles south of.JImines; that one ranger was killed and that the revolutionists left several dead. They scattered - and arc being pursued by Mexican troops.. Jlminea Is not In possession of the latter. The affair is regarded here as possessing but little of a revolutionary or political char acter. EL PASO. Tex.. Sept. 27. An Eagle Pass special to the Herald, received late today, says: "A government force of seventy five cavalrymen encountered forty self styled revolutionists thirty miles .above here and dispersed them, Hilling two. One hundred more soldlera ire coming from Monterey." WASHINOTON. Sept. 27. The following telegram was received at the TrVaaury de partment today from the collector of cata tonia at Eagle Pass, Tex.: "Yesterday about thirty bandlta and smugglers took possession of Jlminea. a small town In Mexico, thirty miles above Eagle Puss. A fight ensued with Mexican soldiers. Sev eral men were killed. Sensational reports were sent, the press dispatches describing It as a revolution. . Efforts may be made to induce' the War department to send troops here. Nothing serious In the situa tion reported up to the present time." CORN PALACE IS TOO SMALL I'nable to Accommodate Crowds Which Gather far the Band Concerts. MITCHELL, -S I)., Sepi. 27. (Special Telegram.) Every previous record made by the corn palace for-uttendance at a single concert waa broken thla afternoon, when nearly 6.000 were gathered In the great auditorium. Thirty minutes after the con cert commenced- jio more tickets were Bold and the doors were closed to further ad mission, as ever Inch of standing room was taken and the people were massed In very close assemblage.- It waa the largest audience .ever massed under one roof In South Dakota. While the concert was going on there 'were 1,000 people on the streets unable to gain admission to the building. Three special trains over the Milwaukee road brought In thirty-five coach loada and the eight regular tralna brought In twenty coachea, all of which were crowded. Over half of the exouralonlats remained over to the evening concert and will leave on the early morning trains. The weather Is Ideal. The palace closes Baturday evening. . , EXPLOSION OF NATURAL GAS Edgar Sine Smelter at C'herryvale, Kaa, Demolished and Two ' Men Killed. ' . CHERRY VALE, Kan., Sept.. 27 An ex plosion of natural gas here thla afternoon demolished the Edgar slue smulter, kill ing two workmen and injuring five others, three of whom will die. The dead: ROBERT SMITH. HOSTKTTKR. Fatally hurt; Oeorge Mi Keeheu, , Luther liarppton. Jeo lanard. Seriously Injured: Melvtn Burna. f ' Ryeinger. Losa on building and eoutenta, 110,000. Wabaah Strike tends. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Sept. 27. The atrlke of the Wabash railroud liollerinukers. niactiln lxia and bluckamith's was terminated today by the granting ft an Increase In wages after a cont'ervneo between the strikers committee and general Manager Henry Milk-r of the Wabash, which began last Monday. CROWDS ON HIGHWAY Seooad Vight Sees a Larce Increase ii Number of Pleaiure Cesser. FUN ENOUGH TO 60 'ROUND, THEN SOME Different Attraction!; All in Full Blait and Running 8mootbly. WEATHER MAN ON HIS GOOD 6EHAVI0I Furnishes a Brand Whioh it Not Too Ce and hot Too Warm. AIRSHIP ALL READY FOR ASCENSIOl Preparations for the Three Big Parades of ext Week Praetleally Complete, Thoasjh Task, Has Been Henry, Weather: Fair and warmer. Attractions: Street fair at carnival ground "The Girl and the Bandit.'' at the Boyd 'At the World'e Mercy," nt the Krug. "Lady or Lyons," at the Burwood. taiudevllle at the Orpheum. Base ball, Omaha vs. Sioux City, a Vinton park. Attendance This Year. Last Year. Wednesday 2.6M 3,' - Thursday t l.m J.tei Tho Kings Highway last plght was th Scene of great merriment for the ever In creasing crowds of pllgrlnni from all paru of the Kingdom of Qulvera. . From far ani near they came, many more Ihnn on lh first night of the festival, and made metrj at the bidding of their king. Thousands oi men In knightly attire were there and theii ladles In gala dress, and walking anion, them to see that all went well was Jarnef of the house of Dahlnian, mayor of lh king's chief city, to whom the royal edlc. proclaiming the festival was addressed. The evening waa ideal, neither too want nor too cool, and the attendance waa good, Just a suggestion of tho mighty host tl-at will gather on coronation day. The High way waa crowded all evening and it was not until a very late hour that the street was entirely deserted. , Aside from the laughing and talking anil eating and throwing of the gay confett', amusements were ao numerous and so at tractive that the subjects of tha king hardly knew where to go first. They looked and laughed and wondered all evening and when the midnight had come they went their way thinking they would surely havo to come back the next night and the next In order to enjoy al) the good things Sam son hnd provided for them. Some rode on the Ferris wheel or the merry-go-round, some went to see the nineteen separate acts In the Nbfth America show, others took In the animal show or the Kataenjam mer Kastle, while still others -went to see tbe antics of tha Skldno girls, especially the one-eyed men, , who were admitted at haf prlcer and the old maids, who got In free.' , --"'..' Girl frosa Abilene Is 111. To the great disappointment Of the multi tude the Girl from Abilene was s.llr In the care of 0 -phyiliiiaii. having'-lmrjtd on the opening night after looping the loop In a big ball,'"' She was 'feeling oonslder ably better and said she felt sure aha would iro aula lu nun . in un . . i ' o mi.i j , - formancea the next afternoon. , The wonderful airship was a subloot of much speculation among tho people, "and a crowd was gathered about tho tent in which It Is moored. Hundreds were unablo to restrain their furiosity until they should see the ship sail In the air and went Into the tent to Insaect It. -One center of attraction was the animnl show at the west end of the Hlehwny. Al Barnes has three beautiful Shetland ponies which added numbers, . prance 1. da peed and went to bed. and MUllo Barnes' trained dogs were the special -lellght of the children. Crlea of "Oh" were heard and shudders of apprehension were teen when frail little Dollie Dimple came Into the ring with a beat- and two, huge lions, and the women In the audience were more frightened yet when the little woma.i tlrst lay down with the lions and then fvd them raw meat from her mouth. . One big fellow with a long mane waa especially, fierce, and several times last night Dollie Dimple had to (Ire blank ca'rtrldg's In his face In order to keep him from striking her.. Mr. Barnes came out ag.iln ith a mountain lion, which he made to rlle on the back of one of the ponies. Csptajn Ray Ward caused a sensation by ent.-r-lnj the cage of the Caarlna. Wallace, the aavage lioness with a bad record. All through the show the three Hon whelps. Ak, Sar and Ben were seen, slumbering peacefully in one corner of their mothor's cage. Heallatle Projections. The presentation of the "Johnstown Flood" la a 'piece of spectacular stage art which drew many to see It a seoond time. . Remarkable reproductions werj given of moomise and sunrise, the city busy or sleeping, of the storm, and of the terrible flood which swept down front tbe mountains! and engulfed the town, The Bucoess of this show make one anxtoua to see the reproduction of that other awful cataclysm of nature, the Sou Francisco earthquake, and the portrayal of that disaster Is exceedingly realistic. In North America the people are given a number of ahows Inside one Inclusive and all for the one price of admission. There Is, first of all, the Girl from Abilene though she did not perform, last night; there ia Elser. the famous trick rlih r- McSpadden, the wlxard with the lasso; the lyncrlng pf the horse thief; Captain Rigga, the friend of the Indian, and Chief Horse Trail, with his party of aborigines men, women and children. In a word. North America Is a representation of the cus toms and happening of fifty years ago,, when skill and daring were passport to excellence on the frontier and when -men took more pleasure In hairbreadth escapes than In safety.- Bootha Aro Many. Many of the king's subjects found their amuaement outside of the tents throwing confetti, eating Ice cream conesi riding on the mcrry-go-round and visiting the many booths along tbe street. The Lowe Avenue Presbyterian church has - an Interesting booth where one may have his picture niude In silhouette. The money taken In here during the featlval will be pluoed In the fund for the erection of the new church. Another booth la full of Indian curios, leather work and beautiful bead work, and one can buy the trinkets from a dark skinned Indian maiden. Woman's Relief corps No. 104 haa opened a country ator on the highway, and here may be bought everything from a rocking chair to a safety pin. The Travelers' protective ssao clutlon bus opened headquarters un the grounds, and Its booth ia thu renuVavous for traveling mcif-and their wives. Several 'of th rough places oa ths
