The Omaha Daily Bee The omaiia dee la the most powerful business RiMter in the went, bruni It goe-s to the homes of poor and rich. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Cloudy; colder. For Iowa Cloudy; wanner. For weather report pee pase 3. VOL. XXXIX NO. i:;s. OMAIIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 'J4, 1900 TWELVE PACES SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. LAST HOPE FOR MINERSGIVEN UP Exploration of Second Vein Shows that Portion of Many Tunnel Have Collapsed. Astor's Yacht is Declared Safe at San Juan Port OIL COMBINE MAKES1TS PLANS General Solicitor Announces that Cor poration Will Not Seek Amend ment of Sherman Law. Well, Who's First? KNOX WOK KINU0N NICARAGUA CASE Department Having Trouble in Fixinj Political Status of Americans Shot by Zelaya. ',' O" 1- ii ii'i' ',' ' 1 1 ' '!. 1 Passengers on Steamship in New York Declare Nourmahal is in Harbor. ' ' . 1 EODIES PROBABLY UNDER DEBRIS IS PERFECTING ITS APPEAL VICE CONSUL IS ASKED FOR FACTS ' JrttiSvo-. ". - .s.K'.;V-.t f'efe-S" ,v?.-v.l Place Where Men Were Believed to Be is Full of Black Damp. ONE MAN TAKEN OUT ALIVE DIES Total Number of Survivors is Now Reduced to Nineteen. RESCUE PARTY IS OUT Tiifnlj-I'lvr Mtn Who 1 - Knur Hundred Fret frc Shift Temporarily onfil for Fire itnrrtl Unit V- -. c r V - '- CHERRY, III., Nov. 23-Hoi U- here might still be alivo some of Tien known to be entombed In tl aul mine was practically abandoned today. An exploration Into what Is known an the I accond vein, where It was thought prob able many miners had barricaded them ' selves and had managed to exist on oats and corn provided for the mules showed that great portions of the tunnels had col lapped.. It la believed many men were burled under the debris and If the obstruc tion is not soon cleared away at least 100 beilles tray never be Jus up. Kire was still racing In this tunnel and the buck portions vhere the Imprisoned miners could have found a retreat was said to be full of the fatal black damp. "What little hope we had was given up when we penetrated to what Is called the overcast," raid W. W. Taylor, general manager of the mine. "In that place pure air would have been found If It could have been found anywhere, and the miners, aware of It, would have retreated there. When we got Into that place we found lit empty, both of bodies and of live men. We listened In vain to delect a signal or any other sign of life." One Survivor Die. Meantime Cherry continues to be a vil lage of mourning. The death today of one of the survivors brought to the surface last Saturday reduced the total number of those saved out of the 310 lost In the disaster, to nineteen. Nearly all of the forty-two bodies taken out yesterday were Identified. Down In the mine the rescuers met with great obstacles. In one Instance fire broko out in a tunnel, temporarily cutting off the escape of twenty-five men who had renturcd 400 feet from the hoisting shaft. The smell of tinoke gave the warning above and the rescuers were reached and brought to safety by anotlier rescuing party. Following telegram sent' to Governor, Deneen by the executive board of the I miners' organization asking that some one be designated by the state to take charge of the mine. Mine Inspector Hector Mc Allster was pluced In charge. It was said that despite the fire and the discouraging news of tunnels having fallen in, the res cue work will be pushed night and day. Second Gallery Illorked. Fire In the second gallery resulted today in heavy cavings of earth, blocking the rescue work to the cast. In this section will be the best chance of finding sur vivors. It Is found that the passage la so badly blocked that It will be Impossible for many duys to make an entiauce. Meanwhile men now alive may starve. The news spread gloom throughout the village, re lieved only by the fairer prospects of ex ploring the 600 foot, or bottom shaft. It Is said the blockade In the entry to Llie east la near the main shaft. As one living Is followed by another, endangering .ie lives of the workers, attempts to re move the debris were halted and efforts begun to hew a new passage through solid earth around the fire and piles of earth. According to Duncan McDonald, presi dent of the United Mine Workers of Illi nois, this will take several days. "Does that not mean that practically all hope Of reaching Imprisoned men In east workings have been abandoned, or practi cally so?" Mr. McDonald was asked. The union official looked gloomy and did not answer directly. "We have hopes of rescues In the 600 foot level," he said. , After experiencing all the terrors of his long Imprisonment and the Joy of being brought to the surface alive, David Hol lufchek, one of the twenty survivors res cued baturday, died today. Death was due to general exhaustion. Pur Air la Loner Vein. At midnight yesterduy boy miners had forced their way Into the third vein, pre paring the way for a rush of their com rades to the sojne vein today. They de al! ed the air In the gallery stagnant, but capable of sustaining life, the water but b few Inches deep and all Indications favorable to the prolonging of life to those Imprisoned In the depth. The youths, ltobert McJb'adden and Har ney Dougherty, had scarcely emerged from the shaft when tidings were spread that the fire in lite second vein had broken out am w. All preparations for the further explor ing of the vein were halted while Chicago flit men attacked the blaxe which ilireat- citd the main shaft. The contest with the fire continued several hours, during which the rescu-ia threw thtmselves on cols, blunkets, or the floor of the boiler house, JL :o be awakened when all was ready for f f .hem to descend. That scores of men aie alive In the lower level was the almost unanimous assertion of miners who listened to the story of McKaddcn and Dougherty. The two pene tiuled l-l) feet Into I he vein and shouted, bir. no response came. Then they hurried buik to the lk. 'There Is no icusou v. hy they shouldn't be alive,'" raid Dougherty. After learning that the lower shaft eon ta.ued air, not too impure to sustain life, the hope of those above was Increased in mighty measure. Many reusons were advanced to show that the men still may b alive. ahorlaga of Men on Ham. CODY. V)'Q.. Nov. 23 (Special.) The fulled titans Fidelity and Guaranty com pany, which Is constructing the great sho stioii dam of the government Irrigation project near here is having great d.ffi .cJlty to secure sufficient nun and teams W Vork as fast as they would like. The 4m, when aompleled. will be 31 feet high. About sixty fevt of masonry must be con structed before the tui-k will be finisld It all- be Uie ltkest Uui iu tint world. NEW YORK. Nov. J.I The steam yacht Nourmuhul, with Colonel John Jucob Asior on board, board, arrived at San Juan, P. It., from Maynguez, on Sunday. November 14. and was still there on the evening of November IT. All were well on board and the Nourmahal was planning to leave soon for l'once and from tin re to some Cuban port before its departure north. These tidings of the Nournialial's safety were brought hein by the Insular line steamer Harry I.uckenbac.i. which arrived this afternoon from Porto Ric.in ports The news brought here by the Lucken bach makes it positive that no I. arm came to the yacht In the storm earlier In the month. Tlie Nourmahal has hy this time prob ably proceeded 10 l'once, where it would have been reported had cable communica tion been re-established to that point. Dynamite Wrecks Five Buildines Danville, 111., Aroused by What is Believed to Be a Black Hand Outrage. PANVILLK. 111., Nov. 21 A charge of dynamite was exploded under the fruit and wine house of Joseph Mascuri early today, demolishing fivo buildings and doing dam age of about $.".0,000. Mascarl charged members of lb "black hand'' society with the crime, but he de clined to say If he had received threat ening letters. Two men were seen to run from the vicinity of the building two minutes be fore the explosion. The blast shook every building and resi dence In the down-town section. Hundreds of people were aroused, believing there hid been an eartheiuake. Pie for President Largest Ever Baked Gift from Bakers' Union Weighs Fifty Pounds and is Twenty-Five Inches in Diameter. NEW YORK. Nov. 23. President Taffs fifty-pound Thanksgiving mince pie was baked today In a Newark bakeshop. To morrow this pie, the largest ever baked In America, will be taken to Washington by a committee of the bakers' union. The pie is twenty-five Inches in diameter and three Inches in depth. Costly Jewels for Music Hall Bride Prince of India Weds Comedy Actress and Gives Her $100,000 in Ornaments. LONDON. Nov. 23. Dolly Paniell, a popu lar musical comedy actress, was married today to Prince Nesir All Khan, the son of one of the most powerful of the native rulers of India. The prince presented his bride with jewels valued at $100,000. LINCOLN GIRL HELD BY WASHINGTON OFFICIALS Miss Katherlne Porter Voknowlnttly Passes Worthless Cheek and Her Father Goes to the Rescue. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. (Special Tele gram.) Major Sylvester, chief of police of this city, today received a telegram from W. F. Porter of Lincoln, that he has started for Washington to relieve his daughter's embarrassment. The young woman. Miss Katherine Porter, was ar rested upon the charge of having passed a worthless check for a trivial amount and had since been held in the house of deten tion awaiting the arrival of her father. Miss Porter Is a school girl and Innocently secured payment on a small check, which she says she had every mason to believe was a perfectly good piece of commercial paper, but unfortunately fur her, It turned out to be worthless, hence her temporary detention. MRS. D0XEY POSED AS WIDOW Bt. Louis Records Dhow She Collected Urder's Insurance 1 ailer This tintif, ST. LOCKS. Nov. 23.-(Speclal Telegram.) The official records, when Inspected here today, disclosed that the woman Identified as Dr. L. F. Doxey's wife at Columbus, Neb., collected William J. Erder's life in surance here as Erder's widow. A local minister identified Mrs. Doxey's photo graph as that of a woman he married to Erder as Dora Dodge. Erder's sister will sue the life Insurance company for the amouni of the policy. GOVERNOR HADLEY POISONED Injury on Hand While Huntlnic Br. t-oun-s Serious aad He la Hushed Home. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Nov. 23 Governor lleibert S. Hadley, wh' has been hunting In the Taney county hunting reserve, was forced to leave for Jefferson City last night on account of a badly swollen hand, caused by a fall. Physicians advisid tho governor to return to his home at once, as they feared blood poisoning on account of the accident. STUDENTS UNDER POLICE EYE President of Drake Calls for Aid to Stop Uanibllun; on Foot Hull -ani. Dl.S MOINKS, la., Nov. 23 president Hill M Dell, of Drake university, told the students at Chapel today that betting or gambling of any kind at the foot ball game between llrake and Ames at the stadium Thursday must not be. He has appealed to the police for plain clothes men, who will sea that the edict Is obeyed. No Further Steps Until Court Says the Last Word. NO FOREIGN HOLDING COMPANY Mr. Elliot Says Plan Suggested is Not Practicable. FURTHER DISCUSSION OF DECREE lie Thinks There Is No Heason to Frnr Any Forced Liquidation of the Securities of Any Sub sidiary Companies. NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Iteport. rumors end legal prophesies to the contrary. th3 Standard Oil company announced authrl tatlvely today that It bad no Intention of seeking to procure an amendment to the Sherman anti-trust law, but will proced with the appeal to the United States su nremo court, which as already announced ! through Mortimer F. Elliott, Its general solicitor, is to be taken from the decree of the United Stales circuit court at St. Paul. Until the supreme court has rend ered a decision, the company will consider no other plan of doing business than the method now in use. Mr. Klllutt Is authority for the fore going. He discussed the case with a repre sentative of the Associated Press at the Standard Oil building, 26 tlroadway, this tifternoon, after a conference with William G. Rockefeller and John D. Archbold. "There Is to be no effort on the part of the. company to procure an amendment to this Sherman antl-trust law," said Mr. Elliott. "We shall await the verdict of the supreme court before we take any steps looking toward either re-organlzation of a new statement of our case to the public. The court has first rights. .o Foreign Holdlna; Company. ! "It seems highly Improbable to me that there will ever be a foreign holding com pany organized as you tell me has been suggested. The complexity of control ex ercised by the several states shows too many difficulties in the way. "Such comment on the case as I have seen misses the fact that the Standard Oil company Is not a holding company pure and simple as the Northern Securities com pany. For Instance, It owns outright at Payne, N. J., the largest refinery In the world. There l.i nothing In the decree to prevent the company from continuing to do business although I admit that it makes doing business more cumbersome. "Although the decree enjoins the Stan dard Oil company from voting Its share holdings In subsidiary companies or re ceiving dividends frorr them, there Is no reason why the individual holders, among whom such shares would be divided under the decree, should not elect their own officers In the subsidiary companies a;'d receive their own dividends from those companies. A proxy system among our 6,000 shareholders would certainly be no more unmanageable than the same system as now used by railroads and Industrial companies with, say 60,00 shareholders. No Fear of Liquidation. "In brief, there Is no cause for the mar ket to fear a forced liquidation of the securities the Standard OH company now holds. I disagree with the gentlemen who think a redistribution Is necessary, other than of the sort I outlined in my first statement.". Mr. Elliott In that statement said he understood the court to order that the Standard OH holdings In subsidiary com panies be apportioned among Standard OH share owners in ratio to their holdings in the parent company. An executive officer of the company, said today that no alarm was felt over the possibility of a criminal prosecution under Section II of the Sherman act, should the present decree In equity be up held in the supreme court. NEBRASKANS PLANNING CAMPFIRE' AT CAPITAL Washington Residents from This State Will Invite Congressional Delegation In December. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 23 (Special Telegram. The officers of the Nebraska State association today decided to hold a "Nebraska Campflro" at the Normandia hotel annex on the evening of December 7 and all the members of the Nebraska dele gation In congress are expected to attend. Short speeches will be made by prominent Nebraskans now residing in Washington, and a buffet luncheon wilt be served. A choice musical program is being arranged. AID FOR ROOSEVELT BOOM Timothy Woodruff Says Fx-Prrsldeat Could lie Fleeted Governor of Sw York. NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Timothy L. Wood ruff, chairman of the republican state com mittee, speaking today of a movement among certain republican leaders, himself excluded, to have ex-President Roosevelt nominated for governor of New York upon his return from Africa, said: "While I have no knowledge, and have not even received any Intimation as to whether Theodore Roosevelt would run for governor, 1 will say this: "If Roosevelt would consent to run It Is my opinion that lie would be nominated and elected, and that would be a matter of great advantage to the republican party In the state of New York." M0XLEY GOES TO CONGRESS Republican Will Sueeeed William C. l.orlaier, Recently Fleeted to Senate from Illinois. CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 23. William J. Mox ley, republican, wss elected to congress In the Sixth Illinois district today to succeed William I .or I me r. recently elrcttd to the I'nlted Btstes senate in place of Albert J. Hopkins. Moxley, who was backed by Senator Lorlmer, was opposed to Frank . Ryan, democrat, and Carl L. Barnes, an Independent candidate. Moxley received H.M4 vulvs, Larnes, S.U7 and l'.yau, ,tlt i.'i--r- ...iiimv-z wrfitw - i-.f vi irrr t: i n iff I .irtiiiiite From the boston 1 lerald. DE ARMOND BURNED IN HOME Congressman from Missouri and Grandson Victims of Flames. BOTH TRAPPED Hi "BEDROOM Mrs. De Arraond Haa Narrow Escape and 8on Almost Loses Ills Life in an Kffort to Rescue Father. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 23. Representative David A. De Armond, one of the demo cratic members of congress, and his grand son. Waddle De Armond, aged 6 years, were burned to death In a fire that de stroyed the De Armond home at Butler, Mo., early today. Hones believed to be those of the con gressman were found by searchers In the ruins this morning. It Is believed both congressman and the boy were burned to death without being able to leave their rooms. The other occupants of the house at the time of the fire escaped. They are Mrs De Armond and Mrs. Hattle Clark, wlfi and daughter, respectively, of the congress man, and a woman servant. Mrs. Clark suffered a slight burn to one hand. Mrs. Clark believes that her father sac rificed his life In an heroic effort to save 1.1s grandson. She thinks that Congress man De Armond was aroused In time to save himself, but that In awakening the boy and attempting to carry hlni from dan ger he became confused in the smoke, which was momentarily growing denser, and was overcome before he was able to find the way out. The fire started at about 4 o'clock In the morning. The De Armond home was a large frame structure, set well back from the Btreet. On two sides of the housi, equal with the second floor, four rooms, or outdoor sleeping apartments, had been con structed, and at the time the fire broke out the occupants of the house occupied these rooms. Congressman De Armond and his young grandson occupied one room on the south side of the building, while Mrs. De Armond and Mrs. Clark were In separate rooms on the opposite side of the house. Nettle Roles, 20 years old, a servant girl, had a roo n on the west end of the house. Mrs. Clark was awakened by a cry and, going to the door, saw smoke Issuing from the part of the house where Congressman De Armond and Waddle slept. Heard Voices Through Flame. "Get me out of here," she heard Waddle cry. "Never mind, son; I'll save you," Con gressman De Armond answered. Those were the last words either victim uttered. A moment later the smake In creased In great volume and Mrs. Claris fled downstairs to the telephone. Within a minute she had given the alarm to the ttlephone office and hurried back to the room of her mother. By this time the entire Becond floor was flooded with smoke and flames were leap ing from the windows. Groping her way to Mrs. De Armond bedside she hurriedly awakened the congressman's wife and dragged her from the room. There was no time to think of aiding the others. L'rglng her mother down the s alr way the younger woman with difficulty succeeded In reselling the street door and opening It. The two had scarcely r ach-d the ground when Mrs. DeArmond fainted and It was necessary to carry her from the scene to save her from the flames. Mrs. Clark suffered a burned hand, but maintained her composure and helped to administer to her mother. The flames by this time entirely envel oped the big house, shooting from every window, and to have entered the building would have been certain death. James D Armond, however, dashed for the front door, frantic 1 an effort to save his father and the boy. He had already been lost In a cloud of smoke before neighbors could get to him and prevent hla entering iCuutiuued ou fcecoud Pag4 w-t i i i v.i ii jri j. sisa v.v r w mw m ji i iaw Banker Shoots Himself While Dusting Counter Alone in Bank, He Attracts Pass ersby by Throwing Shoe Through Window. WEBSTER CITY, la., Nov. 23.-(tipeclal Telegram.) Attracted by a shoo thrown from the Inside through the plate glass window of the Webs;er City Havings bank this morning, passersby found F. A. Ed wards, piesldent of the bank and thre; times mayor of this city, lying on the floor shot through the abdomen. Hu was re moved to Mercy hospital, but physicians held out little hope for his recovery. Mr. Edwards was dusting the counter when his duster struck the revolver lying thtro. The gun exploded, the bullet entiling his body about the pit of the Htomxch. II was alone at the time, but retain, d pres ence of mind enough to throw the shoe through the window to attract some on to his aid. Latham Hunting in Aeroplane French Aviator Surprises Party of Sportsmen by Flying to Lodge. BERRT, France, Nov. 21 Invited to Join the hunting party of the Martinis De Po liglri, Robert -.atham, president of the committee on aviation, arrived here today In his monoplane, having flown from Chalons, a dlstunce of about nineteen miles, In about thirty minutes. Reaching the lodge, the machine twice circled above the grounds and then settled to earth near the front ' gate of the en closure. In a moment Datham had stepped forth, gun In hand. WINCHELL HAS NOT RESIGNED Koek Island President Refuses to Talk After Making; This Statement. NEW YORK, Nov. 21 "I have not re signed," aald President U. I.. Winehell of the Chicago, Rock Island and Puclfic Rail road company on his return to New York today from a visit to the west. Reports of President WincheU's resignation have been current for some time past, president Win ehell would not make any further state ment regarding Rr.ck Island affairs. Lake Steamer Helpless in Heavy Storm Near Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 12. The steamer Purl tan, whicn lost its rudder in jestcrday'sj storm und after perlous hours In which It was dragging anchors, drifted down I the east coast of Lake Michigan to a point off New Buffalo, lnd., where the anchors held, rode out the night safely ana today It was expected, would be towed Into Chli ago harbor, which it left twenty-four hours auo. In the niht the heavy winds died down and the waves subsided In pome degree so that, although there Is a heavy sweil running, there Is believed to be little dan ger to the crew and passengers of the vessel. Captain Carland of the Chicago Life Saving station, remained on duty through the night with the crew whieh braved the storm yesterday in a trip to the stranded freighter, Boston, off WJlmette, fifteen mllos north of Uie city harbor. On the CURTIS TO AID MACYEACI1 Boston Man is Appointed Assistant Secretary of Treasury. MORE CUSTOMS ' HOUSE GOSSIP statement from Washlnsrton thut Successor to Oenernl Clnrkson Will lie Man Recommended by Senator Hoot. WASHINGTON, Nov. Zl.-.Iamea Free man Curtis of Boston, now I'nlted States district attorney and one? Intercollegiate golf champion of the United States, has been chosen assistant secretary of the treasury. Mr. Curtis Is a grndunte of nllrvard, clnss of l'-fj. ills appointment Is 111 some respects similar to that of Dec McClunr;, United St.itfs treasurer. Mr. McUiung gained fame In college as a halfback on the Yale gridiron. Mr. Curl's won prow ess ns a champion on the Intercollegiate golf links. Mr. Curtis is an o'd friend of Secretary MacVcagh, has often visited Dublin, N.' H., where the summer home of Secretary MacVcagh Is located, having fi lends among Mr. MacVeaghn's neighbors. lie has practlctd law since getting his degree from Harvard. 113 was assistant attorney general of Massachusetts tinder Attorney General Malone. nnd resigned to become assistant under I'nlted Stat s Dis trict Attorney Hill. Mr. Curtis' appoint ment was decided upon some time ago, but announcement was deferred because of his cngug.Mnent with what are known as the steel combination cases in Boston, to which Mr. Curtis has devoted the last ten wet ks. These cases Involve charges of combina tion of bidders for municipal contracts. Mr. Curtis Is uninarii d ur.d Is about 33 years old, which, hh secretary MacVcagh expressed It, "Is a little older than Alex ander Hamilton was when he beeame sec ret iiry of the treasury." He will take churge of his new duties next week. Parr Will -Not Succeed Clnrkson. Collector l.oeb of New York left for home today, after concluding his conferences with 'resident Taft and Secretary of the Treasury MacVcagh and other officials here regarding the customs conditions at his port. Mr. Doeb took luncheon with Sec retary MacVeagh and had an opportunity to go over the matter In detail with him at that time. The names of Richard Parr, chief of the weighers' dlvb-lon of the New York customs house, and of George W. Al drldge of Rochester, N. Y., have been men tioned In connection with the survivorship of the poit of New York, which will be vacated by General J. H. Claiksou on Jan uary 1, but It can be stated authoritatively that neither one of these men are to he (Continued on Second Page.) return trip to the station, t lie life boat was badly battered by the waves and lempoiary repairs were necessary when the toat houhe was leached. MICHIGAN CIT V, Ird.. Nov. 23-At & o'clock this morning, the tugs George W. Nau and Roni'a. came alongside the steamer Puritan, where she was tugging at tier am hers, eight miles east of this city and tine? ml us off shore. Hawsers were made fast and the tow Into south Chicago was begun. Hourly reports by wireless were received through the nlgnt from the puritan by Captain Ml' had Ilgle of the MIehlgan City life saving station. The reports were thut all was safe on board, but that the captain wanted the life saving crew to be In readiness to take the passengers and crew to safety should the anchor chains part. Ho reported forty men aboard the vessel. Were Men Planting Mines on Their Own Responsibility. NAVY DEPARTMENT IS READY Marines Can Be Sent South Any Time After Tomorrow. SALVADOR ARMY IS ACTIVE , Humor that Government Is rrrunrlna to Invade learaa uit umber of Americans Reported Mlnslnir. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.1. -The delay n the part of the United Stats In taking any action with respect lo the kllllim by order of President .claya of Nicaragua, o." the two Americans. Groce and Cannon, it developed today li occasioned by ,h In ohilily cf the government up to this time to fix the exact status In Nicaragua of tlm slain men. It was explained today that every ef fort was being niado through government agencies to determine: whether til so n.cn . were In fact, members of the revolutionary nimy or whether they wcro acting on their own resposlbility at the time they wen captured. If U can be- proven, as see.ns very doubtful, that ti ey were really responsible- for planting of mines for tlm purpose of blowing up troop ships of the Niciiragunn go 1 .iiunt and were- ac int in this matter on tholr own responsibility, their siatus would be very different from what It would be were they acting as a part of the revolutionary forces. H U this point that the State department is trying (o cienr up befo:o it takes uny aggressive uctlun against Zeluya. Vice Consul Asked for Facts. The American vice consul at Nicaragua, Henry Calde-rn, has been Instructed to ob tain a llpossllile information on the suo Jeel and it is believed that other agenilei i have also bc-n employed for the same pur pose and until tills information is received ll Is extremely duubll'ul it thu Unit;d States will lake any steps looking to the chastisement of Xein'ii beyond putting It rclf In a position to act promptly snouhl occasion ieu,ulre It. It is believed that plans for the concen tration of warships and marines on I he Nlcaraguun coast will continue and It may be that this show of force will have a marked effect In stimulating the energies land hopes of the revolutionists and result I In large accessions to their army from the I eUsaffected portions of the country Ui Id by Zelaya's army." ISnvy Is liendy to Art. Tho Navy department Is preparing for any eventuality In Nicaragua. Overtime work nus resulted In putting the troop ship Prairie, now at the Phila delphia navy yurd, In a condition to sail at any moment after Thursday of tills week, with 400 marines, who are Irhmo- diateiy available for transportation to i Nicaraguu. If in-eessary, UiU number I can he increased within a fow hours' j notice to 700 or even sOrt. j It is known that tlio naval offlcera ure I hourly In expectation of receiving orders j to direct the lialrle to rail and they i would not be in the least surprised if oilier warships were ordered to the Nlcu ' rnguuii cim t. S I nee prevailed at Ihe Slate department tediy. Secretary Knox and Assistant Sic i reiary Wilson were not at the depntm.nt and Assistant Svcielury Adee stated that i nothing hud been received by tin depart ! men. that chant; d the Nicuraguan status in uny decree. I At the end or a iv.o hour and a half i seaMoii of the cabinet today, It was an ( noiir.ctd tiiat neither the .Mearaguan slt I tiuiloii, the standard Oil decision, nor tho ; sugar trust fraud situation la New Yor.i ! I. ad been consideied. j Salvador -Hay Tnkc Part. MilV tiltLKANS, :uv. 2.1. A dispatch from Port l.m:u, Costa i 1 1 en, says that ' pas.seni;cis urrivm; at puma Arenas re j port u great inov Cici.t or troops In Sal jvadoiean purls, it Is said General Pru- denclo Alluro is ai Uie head of l.WU Mca jragiiar.s. '1'hls expedition Is suld to be well armed and eiin.pp.d. 1 '1 lie arrival of Don DtilS Alolizo Baru j bona, tho ex-cai:ditlatc for tilt) in e sldeiiey j of Salvude.ru, is uioinenta: ily expected and j he will Join Willi Ailsro and 1' igueroa as one of tile revolutionary chiefs. The revolution. st.i ure said U la possession of Castillo Vlcjc. in u San Jose paper It is predicted that j the Invasion of Salvadol '.y Nlcaraguuns ' may precipitate, a general uprising In Cen tral America. Following is the sltustlon as seen In Salvador. If Altaro Is beaten the troops of Sal- i vailor and Guatemala will march Uiroii-.li Honduras to attack Belaya. If AK'aro suc jouls, a revolution in Guatemala will be I assured. I Scores of applications from American I for birvic.3 iii the Kstruda ormy In Mea I ragua uru being received by his office, ! according to Coi.sul General Stishinun, rep- rrbciiiing the provisional government In 'New Orleans. .None of the oners has been 'acceptod on account of the neutrality laws. Mosi of the applications are liom the g jlf stale s. A cable gt am fiorn Colon to the Picayune tonight u).: "Passengers urrlving from ! Nicaragua report thut a number of Amer I leans who w ei In business in Nicaragua jute nits.' 1 1 : k and say liiut they are la'l 1 gulshi'ig ill Jail. ! "Preside nt .elaya lias plastered all that ' pi l lion of Nicaragua gove rned by hlin with 'liaming I'l.-ter-i denouncing the Americans ! in li.e u.ost violi lit I u gouge and eullii.g ihe pi isent 1 volut.oi' 'tlie Gringo coiispl: ai y.' " i lie cruiser Des Moines has gone to Grtytutt n. CHILE READY FOR HAGUE Deposits I .imiii, (Mill u Credit of Court of A rll I ra t loit to Cover A Isnp t laliiis. LONDON, Nov. 2'!. Domingo Gon. C!i!l can minister to Great Itil'aln. lodav de posited with the Rothschilds, H.'M.HrM to tlie order of The Hague- arbitration court. This sum represents in ri.iind figures the Alsop claim of tlm Untied Slates ag-ilnst Ctiil and the bankers are instruct' el t.i pay the same to the government of II'- Unite el States, should the decision of The Hague! tribunal confirm the couletitluu of tho claimant