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VOL. XXXVI-NO. 89.
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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.
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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
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.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
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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
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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
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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
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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
