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TAFT TAKES CHARGE
PeoreUrj Will Proclaim Himulf Pro
Tiiiontl Qorernor of Cub Tsday.
MARINES ARE GUARDING THE TREASURY
Cpmmandtr af Rural Guards Co-operatinc
with Amiricans.
PRESIDENT PALM WlNDLRS RESIGN AT.6N
Concrete i'd8: t) Accspt it and Atki
H j ;iu tcGDiider,
LXcCUl.V
TO TaKE THIS STEP
Ctiiretimrn lifumtt aatria at
Evening Session Cabaa
Government Passes Oat
f Existence.
" HAVANA, Sept. '.&. American Interven
tion In Cuba will be an accomplished fact
tomorrow.
President Roosevelt's peace commission
ers, although clothed with the fullest au
thority from Mm to take such action
whenever It became obvious Inut the secur
ing of peace fcy harmonizing tho warring
Cubans was Impossible, patiently withheld
their handa from thus setting; nvlde Cuban
sovereignty Until the Inst hOe dinuppenred.
This stage was reached st a lute hour to
night when a majority -of all three po'it
lral parties rrfuxed to attend the senlon
of congress called to1 act upon the reslg-
nation of members of the government, mid
declared definitely that they would have
J jiothing to do with iho government of Cuba.
rf As was expected there has been consid
erable rabid denunciation of tin) course
pursued .by. the American couuu..u.......
who, It . was alleged, have sett! untuU'iy
toward i the government.. But the great
masa of the residents of Cuba, Cubans and
Spaniards, Americans and all other for
' signers, welcome Intervention as something
for which they have longed throughout six
weeks of unrest, disorder and 111 feeling.
Twenty-Bve United Slates marines were
landed here tonight to guard the treasury
building. There will be no fimlwr' land
ing tonight, but Secretary Taft's proclama
tion, creating himself provisional military
governor of Cuba, will be Issued tornnrro.
A further force of Americana vill Ire
landed tomorrow. Tonight the city Is po
liced by rural guards. General Rodrlgues,
commander of the rural guards. Is co-optr-
atlng with. Secretary Taft.
Palsasv OtTtriiseat Abdicates.
Up to the time the congress took a re
cess at I o'clock this afternoon Itw as a
day of waiting. After that ' hour various
babilltlea became certainties. By 6:20
esident Falma definitely and firmly an-
nouncved to his political followers that his
resignation was absolutely Irrevocable.
Following this announcement the moder
ates held a long consultation at the resi
dence of Senator Dots president ; of the.
senate, at which it was' decided that 'no
moderate should return to the session after
the .potass, thue precipitating a. condition
In which no ' provisional president could be
elected. This throwing up of their hands
would practically give over the-control of
fcffalra to American commissioners.
Up to that point . the attitude of the
Commissioners had also been a waiting
one. - Secretary Taft, who has had to a con
atderable extent' taken the newspaper cor
respondents into his confidence, said that
he waa then in a position where he could
not eay anything for publication. During
the day Secretary Taft heard various kinds
of propositions and counter propositions
about available and unavailable candi
dates for the presidency". None of these
propositions' proved at all agreeable to al
factions. Among those who visited the
secretary were Governor Nunes and other
liberal nationals. They regretted that
President Palma persisted in his deter,
to 1 nation to resign'. ' Zayas came, too, and
asserted that Secretary of the Interior
Jfontalvo had BOO soldiers In the. arsenal,
close to the house of. representatives, and
waa prepared to shoot him and other
liberals It . they approached the', house for
tonight's meeting. It was In a spirit of
utter apathy that a Joint session of the
senate and house received the resignations
of the president, the vice president - and
members of the cabinet thla afternoon.
Thla attitude wae due In a great measure
to despair that any action would result
in making - American Intervention , less
probable. ' 1
'Brief aid Confused Debate. '
I '.After a brief but confused debate con-
v ' V areas decided on the final and forlorn hone
I of an appeal to Palma to reconsider his
Jmp decision to retire. Although the session
had tteen called far t o'clock, it was nearly
1 I before the member began to arrive, and
I at that hour the Improvised gallery In 'the
long, bare chamber, formerly a workroom
In a big tobacco factory, contained only a
sprinkling of spectators. Over the presi
dent's rostrum hung the faded and tattered
folds of tho original Ion star flag, which
"was first raised by Carlos Cespedes In the
ten years' struggle for Independence, It
was now a "w Uncus to the closing , scenoe
of the brief Ufa of tha first Cuban republic.
From the broad street upon whleh the
house la situated a small crowd of loungers
and workmen gased silently at the windows
of the building.
Tha assembly was called to order by
Senor Pols at 1:20 o'clock, and a roll call
revealed a Quorum.' fourteen imntitn mnA
a, jjdurty-slx representatives being present.
yl IBs resignations of the members of the
cabinet to President Palms were then read.
Thereupon Zayas entered a protest, declar
ing . that the president had no right to
accept tne resignations of the cabinet with
out appointing successors. Representative
Manduley declared that tha president had
acted entirely within his rights. The
resignation of Mendes Capote, the vice
president, was then read without comment,
Fallowing this and amid a profound alienee
d the resignation of President Palma was
I read, as follows:
I President Palma'o Resignation.
. . .v J "huiiiuii .w w lUt 11 pttu
lie order haa been reduced alnce the Initia
tion of armed rbeiltta In the province of
nar del ruo and the lct that there Is now
In operation In this capital an American
commission, said to be one of peace, and
repreeentirig the government of Washlna-
ton. and that In consequence the executive
Has practically lost ail authority, while
the rebels continue In arms and In a
threatening attitude, and the writer, on
me otnnr nanu, anmnng sincerely snd ar
dtsntly that the country return In In n.i.
Ural state of order and tranquility, and as
It Is absolutely impossible to accept the
conditions which Lhe said ct-mniuuton pro
' pustts as ili only euns cf terminating
the lebelllon. I have rearlvtd. considering; It
lo be patriotic auid dtcufcub. to prevent
formally to Congress, and In Irrevocable
form, my reltrtiad m from tha preaidency
ef the republic, to which offlie I as
alevled by the citisena and lhe vote vf
th ImI..mI rll.,. Ur id 1
. - - - . . ' " i w i run
f S tng this will bo at once aiccepted. I extend
tnj manna to Doftt legiaiauve bodies, to
(Continued oa 8eoond Pegs. j
CAVALRY MOUNTS ARE SCARCE
Horses aad Male Hard to PI
Prices Arc Golag tp
Steadily. '
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. -Difficulty la
being experienced by the quartermaster
general's department of the army In ob
taining horses and mules. , Even at hlg-h
prices good cavalry horses are scarce and
nearly Impossible to procure. The scarcity
In not local, but extends throughout the
country, even In the stock raising regions
of the west and northwest. A few week
aro a contractor In the state of Wsstilns-
ton waa swnMM a contract to siinnlv the I
army with about 600 cavalry horses at hl''.
bid of $2 a head. He thus far has be
unable to fill the contract and It Ir
gnrded as likely that he may nee,- V.
flnanelally ruined In hie efforts to n.
obligation to the government. A . A
time before General Fuoston was ordered
to Cuba he requested authority to pur
chase. In an emergency, fifty cavalry horses
at P.i0 a head. The request was refused by
the department, because of the contract
which the government had made for such
horses st I'.lt a head. On account of the
scarcity of horses, animals suitable for
the cavalry now are worth about 1140 a
head. Mules are even scarcer than horses.
Good mules are worth ebcylt $180 a head
and are difficult to get at that price on ac
count of the general demand. Return
from the bids opened last Tuesday In the
west for cavalry horses and mules have
not been received at the War department
yet It Is expected that , the prices will be
high, particularly a the eperlflrntfnns re
quirements of delivery within fifteen days
of the award of the contracts.
IRON ORE DEAL COMPLETED
l sited States Steel Coraoratloa Takes
Over Hill .Properties la
Northwest.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2S.-lnterests repre
senting the United States Steel corporation
an'l the Hill Iron ore property In the north
west' held a conference here today and
from trustworthy sources It was leamd
thf t an agreement concerning this much
discussed desl has been , reached.
F'ormal announcement giving the details
of the transfer of the ore lands to the
steel corporation will soon be made. Only
a few minor details remain to be worked
out. It Is expected that the terms will be
to tho material advantage to holders of
the HUI railroad stocks, particularly Great
Northern. The Hill Issues were strong nnd
active In the late session of today's stock
market. Great Northern preferred making
a gain of 10 points and Northern Pacillo
SH points. The steel stotki, which had
been under pressure for some days, with
especial weakness In the common shares,
recovered sharply.
Negotiations for the lease of the Hill
properties have been under way for three
yeara The Great ' Northern has held out
tor a lease based upon royalty for every
ton of ore mined, with an agreement as to
the minimum output. The royalty, begin
ning at a certain figure. Is to be Increased
until It Teaches II a ton. The Hill prop
erties are declared to be richer In Iron ore
than any. other except that of the Oliver
Iron Mining company, which is already
controlled ,by the ateel corporation: ' ,
PALMER QUESTIONS PLAN
Omaha Postmaster Does Rot toe Wis
dom tf -Abollsblngr Back
Stamalac Process.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 28.-Kansas
City and Los Angeles have been added to
the list of postoffices In which authority
haa been given to discontinue the back
stamping of mall. '
The foregoing telegram: was shown to
Postmaster Pslmer. He said no such in
structions had 'yet been received at the
Omaha postofflce, ....
I understand," continued Postmaster
Palmer, "that the plan Is being adopted
In all the larger cities, and I am at a loss
to see where anything la gained 'by doing
away with back-stamping letters. With
our present stamping machines, which are
in -use. In all the larger offices, from 600
to 800 letters csn be stamped In one min
ute. By the back stamp the recipient of
the letter knows Just when the letter Is
received at Its destination, and If there
la eny delay in Ita delivery he knows Just
where tbe fault lies. I question the ex
pediency of abandoning back stamping of
letters, as to back stamp them Involves
little or no delay."
ROCJC ISLAND IS PROSPEROUS
Aaa'aal Report of Coaaasr Shows
. Larato Iaereaso la Its Set '
KaralaaYS.
CHICAGO, Sept. a. -The annual report
of the Chicago, Rock Island dc Pacific Rail.
way company for tha year ended June 30,
190, was given out today. Tha gross earr
ings were tGl,23?,S6S, an Increase of 17,188,318,
or 1M per cent; the opeiitlng expenses
$36,07,068, an Increase of 14.008, (48, or 12.1
per Cent. So. the net earnings were $16,170,
79s, an Increase of 13,177,400, or 24.S per cent.
Other Incomes of 11.015,837 gives the totsl
Income of $17,187,3. The taxea . paid
amounted to 11,431.890. the Interest aad
rentals SS.7tit.sl4. Deducting these left a
net Income, after providing for all charges,
of $4,783,832. or 04 per cent on the capital
stock of 176,000,000. ' The dividends paid
were $4,677,662. or 64 per cent on the cap
ital stock. Tbe surplus, '$2,101,279, sa In
crease of $2,061,711, was appropriated for
"special Improvement and equipment
fund."
Tha increase In freight earnings was
$6,0X3,437, or 14. per cent, and the passen.
ger earnings Increased $1,866, 24 , or 1S.I per
cent.
DUNNE CHOSEN PRESIDENT
Mayor ( Chicago' . Heads the
Leao of amerlraa Ma air I.
alltlea.
I CHICAGO, Sept. S. The League of
American Municipalities today flatly re
fused to put Itself on record as. being "for
or against" the municipal ownership of
public utilities.
Prof. Prank H. H. Roberts of Denver, In
an address, said municipal ownership la
distinctly detrimental to the best Interests
of a city and that the evils of the present
system should bo corrected mther than
experiments be made with a system which
might result la Infinitely worse conditions.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi
dent, Edward P. Dunne, ''"hicasto: secretary-treasurer,
John MacVlcar, Des Moines;
vice presidents, George Htnes, Poughkeep
sle; J. E. McCan"rey. Wilmington. DW.;
L A. Poinle, Montreal; Silas Couk. East
St. Louis.
Norfolk. Va.. waa selected as tbe meeting
place for UOT.
CROWDER ORDERED TO CUBA
Cffloer Well Tnowa ia Cmaha Gtei to
Advise Baoretary Taffc
SIX THOUSAND TROOPS READY TO MOVE
Army Officers Anticipate Oaly a SaffW
eleat for Pollca Duty Will
j Sded. Anticipating
no Fighting.
0
rom a Staff Correspondent.)
.dHINGTON, Sept. li. (Spectrl Tale-
v ft.) Colonel Enoch Crowder, assistant
..dee advocate general, who li.i many
a arm friends In Omaha, where he waa sta
tioned for several years, leaves tomo-.-.-ow
for Cuba under orders to report" to Su ro
tary Taft. Colonel Crowder takes wltU
him a small force of clerks who speak tha
Spanish langusge in order that the mili
tary occupation of Cuba may be sei forth
from both the American and Spanish points
of view. Knoch Crowder, Who is the
senior colonel In his grade, since his 6a
uaUon from West Point In 1881, hss turned
his whole mind to the law, and by reason
of his studies along legal lines, he was
chosen Judge advocate of the Philippine
Colonel Crowder formulated the laws relat
ing -to the military occupancy of the Fl'llr
tpplnen and his. work there brougnt him
eventually to Washington as assistant -to
Judge Advocate General George B. Puvis.
Becretary Taft, as governor general of
the Philippines, early appreciated the
legal mind of Colonel Crowder, and the
policies which brought success to the
present secretary of war are confidently
said to have been decided upon after Colo
nel Crowder had passed upon them. Sec
retary Taft, who Is now In a very deli
cate situation In Cuba, with the eyes of
the world upon him, so to speak, now
calls upon his old friend of Philippine
days to assist him In working out the
Cuban situation, should the American flag
go up over the Cuban capital.
Six . Thoasaad for Cuba.
Six thousand men probably will consti
tute the first provisional brigade for
Cuban service. There will be a comple
ment of Infantry and .cavalry, together
with field and mountain artlllory, an en
gineers' battalion, signal corps battalion
and last, but not least, a medical outfit
with camp and field equipage to take care
of a brigade. The Infantry and cavalry
will be made up of those troops having
seen service In Cuba, on the theory that
these men can more easily adjust them
selves to the conditions than those who
have not had service' In the tropics. The
field artillery will be composed of light
pieces, easily moved by horses, while the
mountain artillery contemplates pieces on
the backs of mules.
According to a member of the general
staff, ,00O men can be thrown into Cuba
In seventy-two hours after Secretary Taft
decides upon Interventlpn. TTiese troops,
It Is uaderstood, will be used for police pur
posea only, but should there be a disposi
tion to resent the presence of the Ameri
cans In the Island they will be prepared
to take care of themselves until reinforce
ments arrive. . The quartermaster gen
eral's department has'-learned a good deal
of wisdom since the- old Spanish-American
days and Instead of cobgWlng rallroada
-with supplies will send supplies forward
from time to time, so that the soldier In
camp or In the field will be supplied with
necessary food and clothing without delay.
General Humphrey said tonight that while
he had no knowledge of the situation in
Cuba, he believed he requirements for
speedy action on the part of the army
would b of Incalculable service because
It put every officer and man on a high
tension and gave him a suggestion of what
would occur should a call to the colors he
sent out.
No rlchtlaa; Anticipated,
Peaceful Intervention by the United States
Is believed by Acting Secretary Oliver and
many officers at the War department to be
the probable outcome of tbe Cuban trouble.
Intervention Is regarded by these officials
i today as almost Inevitable, but In spite of
the unfavorable dispatches from Havana,
they cling to the Idea that tha aendlng of
large bodies of troops to Cuba will not be
necessary and feel that Secretary Taft will
establish a temporary government and re
store peace In Cuba without the assistance
of the American navy,
It is generally believed In Washington
that that the secretary of war will find the
marines and bluejackets now In Cuba and
preparing to go there capable of guarding
Havana and neighboring cities, pending the
holding of a new election and the placing
of the Cuban government on a satisfactory
basis. " Keeping In touch with their ships by
rail, the marines can do guard duty very
satisfactorily at points where - disgruntled
leaders may threaten the property and Uvea
of foreigners.
An army always itnacka of a foreign In
vasion, but marines nd bluejackets do not
cause aucb alarm. Consequently It Is be
lieved that Secretary Taft, - who is pre
eminent as a diplomatist, -will not oall for
troops until all hope of handling tha situa
tion with ths navy la lost.
In the opinion of some army officers trie
interior of Cuba will become hostile shortly
after Intervention and conditions will arise
which nothing less than a powerful army
can meet, but even the most pessmistlc of
ficers do not believe the army will be
dragged Into the Cuban muddle for several
weeks. Preparations for the movement of
troops at short notice have not been abated
in the least, however, and nothing Is lack
ing but transports for the Immediate send
ing of troops to the unhappy republic.
WarahlFO Get Ready.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept., 38. -The coaling
of the ' cruiser Brooklyn has been com
pleted and the warship la ready to sail
for Cuban waters at a minute's notice.
It will sail with Ita full armament and
crew on Sunday or Monday. The Ten
nessee will be ready to sail as soon aa Its
equipment of 'men Is complete.
Marines bava been arriving for the last
'few daya and a big detail cams today
from Norfolk. . Nearly all . the marines
stationed at the Virginia yard have been
ordered here.
Water Is being pumped out of the ballast
tanks of ths St. Louis, tha other trans
port stationed at the League Island navy
yard, preparatory to the loading bf stores.
It will be ready to sail at about the same
time as tbe Panther. On account of the
delay In getting the two transports ready
for orders, the first men will be sent to
Cuban service on tho Brooklyn. It is ex
pected that this cruiser will csrry about
600 marines under the comrnand of Lieu
tenant Colonel Moses. '
Tobbk Men's Institute Electa.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., S.pt. !8.-The su
preme convention of the Young Men s In
stitute una anTiiaon electee I. C Mahan
of Kureaa, fal.. supreme presl.l.-nt snd
chose Louisville as the next meeting place.
Mongolia Rtsfkei Hunolala. '
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. J8.-A cable mes
sa received here from Honolulu says
tht tits Mongolia, which recently wont
ashore oa LUdasy island, rsached that port
todajr.
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BRYAN ENDS OKLAHOMA TOUR
Kebraskaa Concludes Three Days'
Trip by Addressing Large
Crowd at F.atd.
ENID, Okl., Sept. 28. William J. Bryan
concluded his three days' tour of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory today and left here
tonight for Kansas City.
Mr. Bryan shows tho effect of his strenu
ous trip 4hrough the south. His voice Is
hoarse and his last series of speeches wss
made with evident difficulty.
Fifteen thousand people heard him at
Enid this evening. His special train ar
rived at 6:30 from Alva and Geary, where
he spoke to large audiences this afternoon.
He' was escorted by automobiles and a
mounted band of the Cherokee club down
town to a stand, where he spoke.
At Geary some bitterness was shown by
local people because the school board re
fused to dlsmips tho city schools In order
that the children might hear Mr. 'Bryan.
He left at T o'clock for Black well, which
was the last point of his itinerary. He
waa greeted by a large crowd. He devoted
part of his speech to remarks on the
growth of the twin territories. He de
clared he was delighted with -the manner
In which he had been received by the peo
pie. , .
The Bryan party returned from Black
well at 8:80 and left immediately for Kan
sas City.
OKLAHOMA CITT, Okl., Sept. 28.-WU1-lam
J. Bryan spent another busy day to
day, speaking at several territory points
from the rear of his special train. His
first speech was at Clinton, Okl., at 8
o'clock thla morning. Later he spoke at
Geary yand at Alva. Big crowds greeted
him everywhere.
MUZZLE ON ARMY TIGHTENS
Oeaeral Order Prohibits Officers aad
Men from Giving Information
, . la Pension Cases.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 28.-A general order
Just promulgated by the War department
positively prohibits.' the soliciting of pen
sions or other ctr.ms against the United
States on mllltar(JxeervBtlons or at mili
tary posts., conusor stations. - and com
manding officers i -d' directed to . take meas.
ures ' effectually to (prevent auch solicita
tion. Officers and enlisted men who give
Information with -a view to aiding persons
who solicit such claims will lay themselves
liable to trial by court-martial.
In thla connection the army regulations
hsve been amended so aa to provide aa
follows:
Information concerning sick and wounded
officers and enlisted men may be freely
conveyed to allay the anxiety of friends.
The fact of death may be communicated
to relatives, but not circumstances con
nected therewith, such as could be made
use of In prosecuting claims against the
f overnment. If any person In the military
ervlce has knowledge of facts pertaining
to ths service of an individual who Is an
applicant for a pension he may. upon re
quest, if not pecunlarly Interested, furnish
a certificate or affidavit setting forth his
knowledge, but such certificate or affidavit
will be furnished only to the military sec
retary of the army to be forwarded to the
proper officer of the. Interior department.
STORM CENTRAL IN ARKANSAS
Wlad DImlalshca In . StrenaTtb and
Rala Still Falling; la Mia.
slsslppl Valley.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Weather bu
reau reports today Indicate that the south
ern storm Is now central In Arkansas,
much diminished lit atrength. The , wind
has subsided and normal conditions prevail.
Ths atorm will doubtless continue in a
northerly direction and meet a second dis
turbance that is moving eastward north of
the Dakotaa. Rain haa continued in the
lower Mississippi valley, the east gulf and
South Atlantic states and overspread the
middle Mississippi In the last twelve hours.
For tonight and Saturday raJn Is pre
dicted In the Ohio valley, the South At
lantic states and tha western portion of
the middle Atlantic atates and the lower
lake region. The. temperature changes will
be generally unimportant.
The winds along the middle ' Atlantic
coast will be fresh northeast, along the
south Atlantic coast fresh southeast, be
coming northeast; along the east gulf coast
fresh and variable, on tha lower lakes
fresh southeast.
OLD CHINATOWN REBUILDING
Plctnresane Partioa of San Fraaelsoo
Where Celestials Dwelt la .
Belnn- Rebuilt.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 28.-(Special
Telegram.) One of the first permsnent
buildings to be erected In tho old China,
towa district is now well under way. It
Is a class C structure, with pressed brick
xteiior. and will comprise four stores and
about fifty rooms for a lodging house. The
picturesque old hillside, with Ita squalid
tenements, has been purged by fire, .but
the placid Celestials will gather on the
old site In mors conventional dwellings,
set up again their Joss houses and put out
their cabalistic red paper and their crim
son lanterns. ; San Francisco ahsll always
have an oriental city la the heart of the
municipality.
ANTI-TRUST SUITS IN KANSAS
Attorney General Will , Proceed
Against Harvester fomaaay
aad Two Millers' Clabs.
TOPEKA. Kas., Sept. 28. K red 8. Jack
son, assistant attorney general, announced
today that Just as soon as the evidence
I secured at the recent hearings l Iran-
scribed, proceedings, both criminal and
quo warranto, will be filed In the Kansas
supreme court against the International
Harvester Company of America, the North
ern Kansas Millers' club and the Southern
Kansas Millets' club for alleged violation
fit t& state ana-trust laws.
LOSS OF LIFE, AT MOBILE;
0 anMBmmmSam
Victlmi of ths Storm Variously Estimated
from Firs to Fifteen.
hmSBB
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY IS ENORMOUS
Maay Boats Are aak and Water Is
Seven Feet Deep la ' Wholesale
District City tnder Mar
tial Law.
. MOBILE. Ala.. Sept. 28. (Via Meridian.
Miss.. Sept. 28.) Loss of life variously cs
tlmsted at from five to fifty, many parsons
Injured, 6,000 houses damaged, the business
section devaststed and a property lose of
fully $3,000,000, Is the effect of the tropical
hurricane upon the city of Mobile. The
storm, 'which struck the city about
Wednesday midnight, raged for hours, the
wind reaching- a velocity of ninety miles an
hour. The water from Mobile bay was
bloan Into the city by the gale and tor a
time was seven feet deep In the wholesale
dintrltt, which Includea that section front
Royal street to the Alabama river. The
loss of life Is believed to be mainly among
negroes, although conditions are so cha
otic that definite Information ie Impossible.
Shipping suffered severely.
Amdng the steamers sunk were the river
boats J. P. Schuh, the Mary E. Staples,
the Mary 8. Blees, Csma, Overton, Hattle
B. Moore, City cf Camden, the United
Slates revenue cutter Alert and many
other smaller craft.. It ia feared that the
crews of these boats have been lost.
Mllltla la Control.
The city has been placed under control of
the mllltla. Nobody Is permitted on the
streets except newspaper men and persons
wearing badges. Much apprehension Is felt
for the suburban towns, aa It Is feared
they have been obliterated. The chances
are that the loss of life on Dauphin Island
Is heavy. Many fishermen live there and In
other outlying marshy districts, and from
these no tidings Jiave been received.
The suffering in Moble la severe. The an
nihilation of transportation facilities has
shut off all supplies, and unless help
reaches the city soon great distress will
result. .
Every church in Mobile waa damaged,
through Christ Church cathedral and Bt.
Francla Street Baptist church suffered
more than others. The damage to the for.,
mer is estimated at $40,000 and St. Francis
Btreet Baptist church at $10,000. Mobile's
shipping suffered more than anything else.
Many or the river boats are now beached
or sunk, all complete wrecks.
' Revenue Cutter Sinks.
The docks and those of private cor
porations are fearfully wrecked. The
revenue cutter Alert haa gone down In
Mobile river. It waa rammed by some other
vessel and aunk Immediately. The crew
Is believed to have escaped, but nothing
has been seen of them. The city was put
under martial law at dark Thursday and
no person allowed to enter the wholesale
district. The city authorities were quick
to act.
All wharves from Frascatl afreet, the
extreme south end of the city, ae far up
the . river as Three Mile Creek, are total
wrecks. ' Thla' Includea also the new Mobile
and Ohio docks and the Louisville and
Nashville docks. .
Telegraphic communications Is paralysed,
with poor prospects of a wire for several
days. . . .
Electric light companies, street railways
and in fact all business haa been sus
pended. The Mobile A Ohio road waa the
first road to get a train out of the city.
Its first string of ears having left Mobile
at 4 a.' m. Friday. Numerous sawmills
located In the northern and marshy dis
tricts have been either washed away by
the terrific waves or torn to splinters by
the wind. Their lumber and timbers are
scattered over the city or floating- down the
slowly falling river. (
The harbor steamer James E. Carney,
plying between Mobile and the eastern
shore. Ilea beached Just across the river
and opposite St. Francla street. Its sides
are Jammed In and ita superstructure blown
away.
Fort Morgan Still Isolated.
Much fear Is entertained for Fort Mor
gan, where the government .- quarantine
station Is located and many soldiers are
quartered. In tbe city, many persons and
much live stock were rescued only after
herolo efforts. Provisions are almost . ex
hausted. Restaurants feed many, but have
few supplies on hand. Ham and eggs con
stitute their food supply. These, too, will
soon become exhausted. Wholesale houses
lost many thousands of dollars from flood
and willingly paid aa high aa $1.60 an hour
for common . labor and earnestly hedged
men to accept such pay, so frantic were
they In their efforts to save gobds. Even
at this figure few men, white, or black
would accept work.
Words cannot describe the terrors cf the
storm. Between 8 p. m. Thursday and noon
Friday, trees fell and roofs were crushed
by the hundreds. Through the streets,
carried by the terrific wind, were hurled
thousands of pieces of slate, tin roofing,
cornices, shingles and all kinds of debris.
Blinds were blown from their fastenings
and windows smashed aa though of tlsrue
paper. Many people were ariously In-
Jured and cut by the flying state and tin,
The railroads have started wrckcs out to
clean up and repair tracks, but their tatk
Is herculean.
Telegraph Offlees Flooded.
' The office of tbe Weatern Union Tele
graph company waa six feet under water,
lis batteries ware flooded and It will be
seme time before business can be re
sumed. Tbe Postal Telegraph building.
while not quite as low lying, also suf
fered severely. The New Cawthorne hotel.
Just completed, and the Bienville hotel,
facing Bienville square, are damaged to
ths sxtent of $6,000 each, and tha Windsor
hotel, $6,000; St. Andrews, $3,000; the South
sin, $3.ou). The Southern Supply company
estimated its loss at $100,000. Among the
wholesale houses that have sustained the
greatest damage are:
Pollock S: Bernheimer. wholesale ' drv
goods; the English Manufscturtng Wagon
company; oi. jaconaon, ary gooas; Uor
gan at Young Hardware company; t un
r.ingliam Hardware company: Rarnev-Cav
atiaugh Hardware company; Mobile Drug
company; K. O. Zadek Jewelry company;
Draper a- burns, clothing; American Hud-
ply company, mill supplied: Christian Sup
ply company Cleveland Bros., wholesale
grain; i. u. bubo company, grocers
James McDonnell company, grocers; the
Maraliall-I-yons urooery company; Muscat
Sr 1U. produce dealers: the Mobile Brew
ery; the Bienville Bremery; the Dixie Chair
company; james Mcrmiitps Grocery com
pany, and many others. -
. Tha Merchants bank, the First National
bank and the Llenkauff banking eatab-
Haliments were Inundated.
There is no wsy to arrive at a correct
estimate of the losses, owing to the dis
ordered state all business Is In. . The city
was sstir early thla morning, however. The
water hss receded somewhat and every
body, armed with bucketa and brooma,
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THE BEE BULLETIN.
Foreeaet tor Sehraska-Falr Saturday
aad Sunday.
Page.
1 Americana Practically la Charge.
Colonel Crowder Cfrri to Cwba.
Lives ,oat la Southern Storm.
Airship Makes Sehedaled Flight.
9J latest from Cuban Rmbrogllo.
S Mews from All Parts at Nebraska. -
4 Plot Agalast Life of the Csar.
5 American t'ltlsens Safe la Cuba.
Review of Current Literature.
Woman la Clab and Charily.
- What Is Doing at tho Playhouses.
T Prosperity Comes Farmer's Way.
Court Stops Building of Sewers.
S) Affairs at Soath Omaha.
10 Editorial.
11 Andersen Loses on the Recount.
13 Sporting Events of tho Day.
IS Commercial aad Financial Sews.
IS Council Bluffs aad Iowa Sews.
Flnaaclal Review of tho Week.
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CLEANING MUNICIPAL HOUSE
Former Kansas City Councilman and
Traction Represeatntlvo
Indicted.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28. The grand Jury to
day returned Indictments against Robert
M. Snyder of Kansas City, charging bribery
in connection with the passage of the
Central Traction franchise bill through the
municipal assembly In 1898, and former
Councilman Frederick O. Uthoff. now of
Denver, on the charge of having given
perjured testimony on the same matter be
fore the grand Jury in 1902.
The Indictments followed Uthoff' s ap
pearance before the grand Jury for two
hours today. He arrived last night from
Denver and expressed his willingness to
testify at once. Uthoff was arrested and
released on $3,000 bond.
KANSAS CITT, Mo., 8ept. lis. Robert
M. Snyder, the capitalist who was. In
dicted at St. Louis today, is out of the
city. In reply to Inquiries made at hla
office and his residence, it was stated
that Mr. Spyder'a whereabouts were not
known and that it waa not known when
he would return to Kansas City.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Appointments In the Postal Service
la Nebraska ' aad
Iowa.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
., WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. (Special Tel
egram.) Ernest B. . Bols has been . ap
pointed postmaster at St. Llbory, Howard
coonty. Neb., vice G. E, Bailey, resigned.
Rural u carriers appointed: ' Nebraska-
Chester, route 1; Alfred H Jeffries. car
rier; Herley Hancock, substitute. Poolo,
route . 1; Fred D. Miller,' carrier; A. D.
Hanoa. substitute.' p. Iowa Spencer, route
2; Erlck Flngerson, carrier; George L.
Merchant, substitute.
Complete county free delivery service
haa been ordered established in Hamlin
county. South Dakota) effective November
11 making a ' total of ten routes In the
county. '
M'CLELLAN BOLTS HEARST
Mayor of New York Will Not Vote for
Democratic Nominee for
Governor.
NEW TORK. Sept. 28.-Mayor McClellan
gave out a statement this afternoon in
which be said he would not vote for Hearst
for. governor.
'As I said yesterday, I am a democrat
and accept the action of the democratic
convention. I will be a democrat when my
party baa a name, but as a democrat and
as mayor of this city I am unalterably op
posed to Charles P. Murphy and to a very
thing that he stands for.
"I recognise the humiliation I must en
dure, in common with other democrats.
Nevertheless I will vote the ticket of my
party In this state, but never for William
R. Hearst, Him I will not vote for."
TROOPS PURSUING' BANDITS
Said to Be Headed for Texas
Effort to Escape Over tho
Border.
la
EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 28. A speolal to
the Herald from Eagle Pass this after
noon says: Colonel Agullas, in command
of the Mexican troops telephoned early to
day from Jlmlnes that he waa in hot-pursuit
of the bandits, who captured the town
night before last,- and that they were
headed for Texas. One hundred and twenty
men from Saltlllo under command of
Lieutenant' Colonel Antonio Rojo reached
Eagle Pass last Jilght after midnight from
Saltlllo and the party left this morning
for Jlmlnes, Two hunred cavalrymen from
Monterey are expected tonight at the
border. All Is quiet In Cludad Porflrlo.
ROOSEVELT VISITS THE FLEET
Ships at Target Practice Off the
Coast of Massachn
, setts.
OYSTER BAY. N. T., Sept. 28.-Presl-dent
Roosevelt salted today on the yacht
Mayflower for a visit to the North Atlsntio
fleet off Provincetown. Mass., to witness
squadron target practice. Ho wlU be ab
sent from Ssgamore Hill about forty-eight
hours. Tbe president will spend six hours
On the battleship Missouri. Three hours
will be occupied In trslning exercise and
practice. The prsctlce of the other ships
of the line will be observed aa the Missouri
passes down the line.
LYTLE WILL, BE OUT OF RACE
Driver aad Car Exeladed from tho
Vanderbllt Cap Contest oa
Technicality.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 It was ssld today
that tha car driven by H. H. Lytle in the
Vanderbllt-cup race has not been restored
to a place among the five machines selected.
Lytle's machine waa excluded because It
tas towed part of tha way to tha starting
Una. ,
' Tbls renders unnecessary the withdrawal
of tho car. which waa given the place oa
the Amerlcaa team, when Lytle was ex-eluded.
AIRSHIP B SUCCESS
Ksabenshoe Vessel with Aeronaut Hsmil
toi Aboard Makes Two Flituts.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VIEW THE SIGH1
Mas Proves Vaster of His Craft sad ii
' Cheered by Thrones.
MAKES ANOTHER TRIP THIS AFTERNOOr
Soars Firs Hundred f set in Air oa Firit
Two Tours.
CARNIVAL VISITED BY LARGER CROWDS
Each Day Swells Atteadaaoo al
tho Great Imperial - Play
groand of King Ak-Sar
. Bca.
Westher: Fslr Saturday.
Attractions:
Street fair at carnival grounds.
"The Girl and the Bandit," at the Boyd.
"At the World's Mercy," st the Krug.
"ldy of Lyons," at -the Burwood.
Vaudeville at the Orpheum.
Attendance - Thie Year. Last Year.
Wednesday 2,fM $,:'57
Thursday 6.106 6,4
Friday ,. fc,i40 fcoiW
' Airship ' sailing has not yet become a
erase In Omaha, even If Aeronaut Charlei
K. Hamilton did make two successful
flights yesterday afternoon from the
King's Highway In the Knabenshue dirig
ible balloon. Considerable local Interest
had been worked up over the arrival and
advertised flights of Mr. Hamilton knd his
big aerial ship, the first to appear In this
city. While both flights were successful,
the gasoline engine which furnlshse the
motive power waa not In aa good working
order as It will be today, which was tha
reason the ' aeronaut t made two short
trip's. ' This afternoon, 'weather conditions
favorable, Mr. Hamilton will sail over th.
business portion of the city and make aft
ernoon calls at the various sky parlors
of the large buildings, and in that-of Sky
Pilot Welsh.
' Thousands View Ship.
Before the ship was brought out from
its canvas confinement In a tent thousands
passed through the enclosure and were
enlightened aa to the workings of the
strange creature and the man who navi
gates it. It waa Just 1:80 p. m. when the
airship waa brought out of the tent and
4:62 when Aeronaut Hamilton had every
thing in readiness for the first ascension.
After the ballast and the mechanism had
been adjusted to a nicety tbe attendants
released tbetr hold and the airship sailed
onward and upward - like a large bird
toward Eighteenth and Douglas streets.
Hamilton at once showed the perfect con
trol he had over hla ship. He gyrated
around over the carnival grounds and then
over toward the city hall and telephone
building-, returning to his starting place
six minutes later. " After placing some
more gasoline in , the tank and adjusting
tha machinery the ship was atarted oa a
second fight, the second trip being. a course
toward the high school and over the car
nival grounds. The second flight took up
six minutes. '
' ' Receives Great Applause.
l aw manner in wnicn jar. nmiiuiivi,
brought the ship to the . starting point
without tbe slightest mishap and through
a labyrinth of wires and trees elicited
both wonderment and applause. It Is cus
tomary In landing for the aeronaut to
drop a guy rope when near .the ground
that' he may be assisted to the ground,
but when landing the second time yester
day Hamilton Inadvertently i threw the
rope over a wlre,but by dexterous hand
ling of the ship effected a gentle landing
unassisted.
The way Hamilton tacked against the
wind and directed his airship at will waa
convincing proof that he Is maater ofNhla
art and beyond the experimental stage
In dirigible ballooning. .
Tha ship is drawn by an eight and a
half-foot ash frame propeller placed in
front of the ship and operated by a five
horse power gasoline engine. A rudder
at the rear of the ship la used for steer
ing. ' . When Mr. Hamilton wants . to reach
a higher altitude he moves to tha reav
on a triangular spruce . framework, ' thus
tipping the nose of the gas bag upward,
and If he wanta to descend he moves for
ward, thus lowering the front of the ship.
Having reached a desired height, he sits
at a point near the center of the frame
work. V '
Vast Crowd Watches it. '
Thousands of spectators Inside and out'
side of the King's Highway watched tho
flights of the airship from every vantage
point. The windows and roofs of every
large building were crowded with anxious
watchers, and when the word wss passed
around that Hamilton waa "up in tha air"
thousands downtown stopped business and
craned their necks toward rbe aky. Many
had been inclined to be skeptical os the
airship question, but when Hamilton
waved a merry aalute from his perch too
feet In the air to the cheering multitudes
there was not one who would not say that
the aeronaut had made good every promise
msde by the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, who
brought the airship to town. . .
In connection with his feats of yesterday
there Is something Interesting In the per
sonality of Aeronaut Hamilton, Many ex
pected to see a dare-devil man who held
In little esteem his life and who merely
made ascensions on his nerve aad for the
money 4 here Is In it. While Hamilton has
no particular philanthropic motives la mak
ing his ascensions, yet he wins admiration
by the manner In which be goes about bla
work, tfe baa nerve and plenty of It, but
be has full confidence In his airship ami
knowa what he is doing. He Is skillful
and takes no needless chances. He nsver
gels excited and knows every detail of
hla craft aa well ae being a skilled
navigator of tha air. Hs U quite unas
suming, extremly temperate In his habits
and genially disposed.
Another Trip Today.
The airship will be here during the
carnival season and Hamilton will go up
again at 4 o'clock thla afternoon, besides
making several trips next week. H. J.
Penfold, Bmll Brandels and Al Powell of
the Board of Governors of the Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben were (n tha airship tent yes
terday afternoon at the time of the as
censions and were pleased with the showing
made. They believed the feature the best
ever brought here under Ak-Sar-Ben
auspices. They are specially pleased with
the results of yesterdsy In view of the fact
that so maay thought another Ak-Sar-Ben
carnival hoax, like the ground hog and
bridle chamber, waa to be sprung on the
unsuspecting.
Big Crowd at Night.
Tbe cltisena - of Qulvera went in a
rampage on the King's Highway FrlJay
night, when the largest assemblage since
