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ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR, ABILENE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 31, 1901 -TWELVE PAGES,
'MGOSZ EXECUTED.
''t Anassln of President Mcfln
1.' ley Expiates Hit Crime.
LIST WORDS UTTERED BT HIS.
i.
j tfji Phyilclniii Held u Autopsy-Cool-
goat's Brain Normal Aeld P oared
'I Owr the Bad j to Uonun It
la Pew Hours.
'lAnburn, N. Y Oct, 30.-At 7:13
.. dock yesterday morning Leon Czol-
Iiu, murderer of President Willinin
iKinley, paid the extreme pennlly
acted by the law for his crime, lie
is shocked to death by 1,700 vnlta
electricity. He went to the chair
exactly the same ninnner as have
i majority of murderers in this
te, showing no particular sign of
Mi and tulklng to the witnesses
hlle he was being strapped in the
"air, Ciolgosz retired Monday night
ten o'clock and slept so soundly
'at when Warden Mend went to the
11 shortly before five o'clock in the
j -Drning the guard inside the cell had
f J snaite Lzoigosz 10 wuiu-h mm.
! ne prison official took from his
Jacket the death warrant and read
; slowly and distinctly to the assas
In, who hardly raised his eyes dur
' 1g the perfunctory ceremony. .lust
'j ".'a the warden stepped away from
( he cell door Czolgosz culled to him
i' nd said: "I would like to talk with
$ Je superintendent." The warden re
b rionded: "He will be down present
i J," . Then the condemned man rolled
I rer on his cot apparently anxious
,9 sleep again.
;,'At 5:15 the guard brought to him
j " pair of dark trousers with the left
1 g slit bo as to allow the free appli
1 -Hon of the electrode, anil a light
( ay outing shirt. He was told to
i ,u't up and put these on, which he
i d. When dressed ho laid down on
e cot again and In tliln attitude Su-'-rlntendent
Collins found him at
30 when he went down to visit him.
ie superintendent stood in front of
He steel bars and when the guard
d called Czolgos.'s attention, he
Id: "I want to mnke n statement
iiiore you mil me. -mini oo you
;Tsh to sny, Czolgosz?" naked the
perlntendcnt, "1 want to mnke It
uien there are a lot of people pres
j t. I want them to hear me," Raid
')'b prisoner, "Well, yon cannot,"
'jd the superintendent. "Then I
Wt talk nt all," said the prisoner,
t;,llenly. After the superintendent
Id left the guards brought CznlgiMW
m breakfast, coiisiHling of coffee,
. ijtast, eggs and bneon, nnd he nte
j Ith quite a good deal of relish.
I bile he was purtnklng of this the
Lltnesses were gathering In the of.
es of Warden Mead and nt 7:0S the
occasion passed to the death chain
ir, going through the lung south
itrrldor.
"Warden Mend pnve the signal tn
five the prisoner brought in mid nt
1:10 o'clock Chief Kcper Turpper
iwiing open the big steel door leading
lo the condemned celli and as the
steel bins behind which (Volga had
!cen kent were swung aside two
jj'unrtfs ma relied the pi'luuicr out into
. 'i he eorridiir, two others following.
I nd the chief keener walking In frnnl
Tie guards on either side of Colgos
vlied hold "f his arms n if .-'( lir tn
t support Mm' or to keep him from
nnklng a demonstration. An he wns
( jelng seated he looked about at- the
issemblcd wltnesRCH with quite
iteady stare and said: "I killed the
'' president because he wns an enemy of
i he good people of the working peo.
V le." His voice trembled slightly at
Jrst, but gained strength with each
word, and he spoke perfect Kngllsh
I am not sorry for my crime," he
I said, loudly, just ns the guard pushed
this head buck on the rubber head
rest and drew the strap acrosa his
.forehead and chin. As the pressure
Ton the straps tightened nnd bound
i'the jaw allghtly, he mumbled: "1
'i am awfully aorry I could not see my
, lather."
J Vas just exactly 7:11 o'clock
when he crossed the threshold, but a
minute had elapsed and he had just
Jnlshed the last statement when the
strapping was completed and the
guards stepped back. Warden Mead
raised his hand and at 7:12:30 Klectrl.
clan Puvls turned the switch that
threw 1,700 volts .of electricity into
the living body. The rush of the cur
rent threw the body so hard agiiins
the straps that they creaked per
ceptibly, It was then gradually
turned oft nnd afterwards again
turned on in full. At 7:15 the cur
rent was turned off for good.
Prom the time Czolgosa had left
lire cell until the full pennlty was
paid less than four minutes had
elapsed. The physicians present used
the stethoscope and other tests to
determine it any life remained, and
t 7:17 the warden, raising his hand
announced: "Gentlemen, the prisnne
is dead?' The witnesses filed from
the chamber, many of them visibly
affected, and the body was taken
' r from the chair Bnd laid on the op-
4 rating table.
I The physicians held an autopsy and
I after a critical examination decided
1 that Czolgoaz's brain was normal, if
V not above normal. After the autopsy
Jje body was placed In a black
, A ttained pine coffin, every portion of
I the anatomy being replaced. Shortly
i afterward it was taken to the prison
1 cemetery and an extraordinary pre.
1 .....Inn .lrit fn onmnletelv destroy
am' ..--- , ti i
it, A carboy of acid had been ob
tained and poured upon the body in
tfct) coffin alter it had been lowered
lata the grave. It la the belief of the
tilclans that the body will be en-
1 r- . r i
f Vrely dlslntegratea wunin is noun.
BIG INSURANCE POLICY.
The Northern Pacific Innurrs All lis Prop
erty Destrayabla by Fin, Including
Merchandise la Trunelt.
St. Taul, Minn- Oct. 30. The North-
em Pacific yesterday received from
the railway underwriters one oi tne
largest Insurance policies eveY writ
ten In the United States. Its total
was $13,400,000. It is the largest
ingle policy the company ever gave.
In addition to the above the com
pany has also insured, out of its own
fund, a large amount of property,
the total being about $0,000,000, mak
ing a total insurance just provided of
ao.000.000. The insurance covers an
property which Is destroyable by fire
nd includes rolling stock, inercnan-
dise in transit, warehouses, ucpoi
buildings, shops, roundhouses, etc.
Insurance on railroad property is con-
idered a good risk, consequently the
amount paid in premiums was com
paratively low.
The Northern I'aeinc's insurance
fund at the close of the lust fiscal
year, June 30, 1001, was 55i8,.WO, an
increase over the preceding year of
$53,301.
The Cave-In at the Highland Boy Mint.
Salt Luke City, Oct. 30.-A11 hope
has been abandoned of rescuing alive
William Anderson, the miner, who,
with three companions, were en-
ombed by a cave-in in the Highland
lliiv mine near Hingham hist Friday.
Large gnngB of men ure still at work
on the rock slide, but It is considered
almofit certain that Anderson, if not
instantly killed by the falling rock,
has by this time succumbed. Charles
Nuttinir. the miner who wns rescued
yesterday, wns almoRt dead from his
ordeal. When the rock slide occurred
Nutting was pinned down by a heavy
en by ten timber. Through this he
whittled with his pneketknife before
he wns able to move.
Kneai sad Helult Fnotliall (tame.
Keloit, Wis., Oct. 30. Kansas uni
versity and Beloit college met on the
gridiron here yesterday In a spirited
contest, but neither side was Bole to
score. Kansas worked ner guaros
buck formation throughout the game
with fair success. Twice In the first
halt llelolt held for ilownB on her
en yard line. In the second half,
with the ball on Kansas' 20-yard line,
Merrill tried for a goal kick, but the
pass wns poor nnd the bull was
docked by Kansas, Iteferee Kilpat-
rick giving the ball to Kansas on a
liiestionable decision.
An Irlah l.esitue Deminnlmlliin stopped.
Dublin, Oct. 30. A force of con
stabulary broke up a United IrlRh
league demonstration nt Mlmnln,
County Mayo, yesterday, though the
meeting had not been proclaimed.
The police refused to allow John
O'Donnell, M. I'., or l'cter ltegan, a
league organizer, to speak; William
liedmond was thrown about and Mr.
O'Donnell was assaulted and drugged
through the street. Mr. liegan's
hand was broken by n blow from a
constable's baton and o dozen men,
women' and children were trampled
on or clubbed.
Shot While Playlnf a Prank.
Pittsburg, Va., Oct. 30. While In
dulging In preliminary Halloween
pranks Fred llradley, nged 15, was
shot and almost, instantly killed last
night by Mrs. Mnrgnret Cameron. A
crowd of boys gathered around the
grocery store of Mrs. Cameron on
Knercher street, and frightened her
ten-year-old son by playing ghost,
Mrs. Cnmeron secured a revolver,
after having wnrned the boys away
and fired four shots Into the crowd,
one of the bullets entering Bradley's
abdomen nnd he died within nn hour.
Hated Ills Stepehlldreo.
St, Louis, Oct. 30.-Henry Schroeder,
nn employe of the Home Comfort
liange company, yesterday shot his
stepdaughter, Katie Kirst, nged
seven, through the heart, killing her
instantly, nnd then fired two balls at
his stepson, Henry Kirst, aged 11,
both of which missed him, Schroeder
then swallowed a dose of carbolic
acid and fired a bullet Into his own
brnln, dying in a few moments. It
is said that Schroeder hated his step
children.
Mother and Child Found Dead.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 30. News was
received here yesterday that Mrs.
Julia Wugstaff and her ten-months-old
babe were found dead in their
home nt Sun Ranee, Wyo. The wom
an had committed suicide by taking
blue vitriol and the child, it is sup
posed, continued to- nurse from the
lifeless body until It perished from
poisoning or from cold.
A Urge Plat (llue.
Kokomo, Ind Oct. 30. The largest
plate glnss In the world was success
fully finished at the Kokomo plant
of the Pittsburg Plate Glass com
pany yesterday. It weighed in the
rough 2,500 pounds. When ground
and polished the weight wns 2,500
pounds. The plate is 13 feet 1 inch
in length and 13 feet 1 inch in width.
Wanhburn College Kecelvei a (lift
Topekn, Kan., Oct. 30. Washburn
college has received a gift ot $50,000
from a Boston man. The donor gave
the money on condition that his name
be absolutely withheld. He speciflee
that the amount ahall lie used for
building an astronomical observatory.
The trustees ot the college have ac
cepted the gift and its conditions.
Have Mot Sold to Standard Oil Company,
Fort Scott, Kan;, Oct. 30. The re
port recently sent out to the effect
that the M, K, & T. Oil company
had sold its Interests at Beaumont,
Tex., to the Standard Oil company
was formally denied yesterday by the
compsny, which declares it retains all
its holdings at Beaumont,
ACCIDENTS TO SHOWS
The Train Carrying Buffalo Bill's
Wild West Show Wrecked.
i HUNDRED AND TEH HORSES KILLED
Cok Codj'e Favorite Saddle Hon, "Old
Pap," AflHiDf the Kllled-To form
paash and Del Circus wtaked
Near Ha tun Haas, La.
Charlotte, N. C, Oct, 30. One hun
dred and ten of the ring horses of
Buffalo Hill's Wild West show were
crushed to death in a railroad wreck
near Lexington at three o'clock yes
terday morning. Among the horses
killed were "Old Pap," Col. Cody's
favorile suddle horse, "Old Eagle,"
the Btur ring horse, was killed and
bis mangled body fell on top of one
of the wrecked engines. The mules
that drew the Dead wood coach also
urp Lilli.,1 from the mass of wreck
aire blood poured in a stream that
. .... .... 3 i i. i- .. I
run alimirsiite the railroad track in a
small rivulet. Only two or three
horses escaped death.
The accident was the result of a
southbound freight, train and the sec
ond section of the show train and
was due to a misunderstanding of or
ders. Several train hands were in
jured, but no one wns killed. -
Col. Cody spent, yesterday at the
scene of t lie wreck nnd is heart
broken over the slaughter. He says
his loss is $00,0110. The train wns
en route to Danville, where the show
wns to have disbanded nnd the ani
mals sent to Hrldgeport, Conn., to go
Into winter quarters.
Forepawrh and Nells Clrciie Wreeked.
New Orleans, Oct. 30. The Fore
paugh and Sells circus was wrecked
yesterday near llaton Itouge. Four
cars loaded with animal cages were
hadly wrecked, um none ot tne ani
mals escaped. A carload of elephants
were turned loose tli rough the wreck,
but after they had wandered about
the country a short time they were
driven into Baton Iionge and cor
ralled. Three men were badly hurt.
The wreck wns caused by the front
section of the circus train running
Into the rear end of a freight train.
THE RACE WAR AT BALLT0WR
It Hat Left a Carnival of Blood Up the
Pearl Klver Valley Unequaled In the
Country'! Illatorjr.
New Orleans, Oct, 30. A special to
the Picayune from Hulltown, La.,
says: A ruce wor between blacks and
whitea started nt a negro comp meet
ing at Duncan's chapel Sunday after
noon nt four o'clock and has left a
carnival of blood up the Pearl river
valley unequaled in the history ot the
country. One white mnn Is dead, an
other is now dying with a bullet hole
through his stomach and a third
white man Is badly wounded. Nine
negroes were killed in a bloody af-fray-r-five
men, three women and one
small child. A dozen or perhaps more
negroes escaped to the woods and
swamps with wounds that are be
lieved to be certain death In the
brush away from medical care.
The trouble began over a license
and Crear Lott's tent became the cen
ter of contention. Some trouble oc
curred Saturday evening, but no
bloodshed. It came irp Sunday after
noon when Constable Boon and a
posse rode up to Lott's tent with a
warrant, l.ott came out nnd is re
ported lo have shouted with nn oath:
"One negro has been burned, but a
d d white man will be next." Wade
Walker, one of the constable's posse,
was struck on the bead with a Win
chester and then the slaughter began.
The Picayune correspondent left
the scene of the buttle yesterday aft
ernoon nnd all was quiet. The ne
groes are cowed, are badly scared,
und the whites believe there will be
no further trouble.
President Rooievelt Ones to the Theater.
Washington, Oct. 30. President
Roosevelt and party occupied two
boxes at the New National theater
last night and witnessed Duniel Froh
mnn's company in "Lady Huntworth's
Experiment." This is the first time
the president has attended any the
ater since his elevation and his en
trance was warmly greeted by an au
dience thnt packed the theater, The
president was accompanied by Mrs.
nnd Miss Koosevelt, Capt, Greenway
nnd Mr. nnd Mrs. Reginald (Irny, of
Baltimore. The president's visit to
the National brings to a close the
period of mourning for the late Presi
dent McKlnley, aa many members of
the official family, as well as many
leadera of society, heretofore have re
frained from appearing In public.
Stay of Hentenre for Johann Most
New York, Oct. 30. Justice Mc
Lean, In the supreme court, yesterday
granted a certificate of reasonable
doubt In the case of Johann Most,
editor of the Frelhclt, an anarchist
paper, in order to stay his sentence
of IS months' Imprisonment for the for,, V1ckcd. 12c. rotators-Western. 90c
publication of an article entitled UaoO per mi.; ;
'.. , . ., , , R.pts Wtfl'ic per dos. bunches Onions,'
"Murder vs. Murder," which appeared; per bu. Tomatoes, SOfiSOc per H-
on the day of President McKinley's ,, i,,',Hin. eucimners, WH75e ir bu.
assassination.
A Teacher KnUUy Hurt by a I'upll.
Owensboro, Ky., Oct. 30. While Ev
erett Bohannan, a one-legged school
teacher at Beech Grove, was whipping
Marshal Hardin, aged IS, for misbe
havior yesterday, Hardin kicked the
crutch from under Bohannan's arm
and stabbed him in the left side with
a knife. Bohannan Is dying and the' 70c; No. 3, 6670c. Cora-No. t . S.c: No.
h.i...h...n..,ut. U W57c, oats-No. t W,tH7c; No.
v - - -
Jimmy Manning, owner ot the
Washington baseball team in the
American league, has Sold out and
wm quit ine psn
NO SOCIAL EQUALITY.
Dot. Aveock Telle Metroes That the Law
Which Separate WHIM and Blacks
II Inexorable.
Kalelgh, N. C, Oct. 30.-Cov. Aycock
yesterday opened the negro state
fair in an address in which he urged
the negroes to build up a society
among themselves, founded on cul
ture, intelligence and virtue. In the
course of the address he referred to
President Boosevclt dining Booker T.
Washington and said to the negroes
that thoir best friends lived in the
south. He told them they did not
need recognition by the president, as
It would avail nothing in the south,
lie said: "The law which separates
you from the white people in the
state socially has been and always
will be inexorable, and it need not
oonccrn you or me whether the law
la violated elsewhere, it never will be
violnted in the south. Its violation
would be to your destruction as well
as to the In jury nt the whites." He
pledged the beat efforts of the whites
to aid the negro, but told them that
social eiiiality was an idle uream.
Tn iwnlv Trr n H Krrnr. a nromi.
nent negro minister of the Methodist
church, Biiid the negroes did not want
social equality, thnt neither he nor
his people wanted to sit down at the
dinner table of the whites, and that
they were not in sympathy with any
such idea.
Ciolgou Hang'd In EDgy,
New York, Oct. 30. Czolgosz waa
hanged In effigy at Hempstead, I.. I., I
last, night, with elttoorate ceremo
nial, amid hisses, catcalls and groans.
Moses A. Baldwin, of post No, 44, G.
A. 1!., marched with the elaborately !
constructed eliigy to Smith's hotel, '
where it was swung up into a tree 1
und many pistol shots were fired at
it. Itockets, ltoman candles and red .
fire were burned and under the swing
ing effigy a fire of tar barrels was
started. Then amid the cheers of the
thousand or more persons who had
gathered, the erhgy wns taken down :
and allowed to drop Into the fire,
where it was consumed. -.
Got the Negro Awajr from a Mob.
Carbondule, 111., Oct. 30.-Thomas
Moberly, the negro whom a mob
tried to lynch in this city Monday
night, wns taken from his hiding
place at two o'clock yesterday morn
ing and conveyed In a enrriuge to
Boskydell, a small station six miles
south of this city, where the fast mail
train on the Illinois Central was
flagged and the prisoner safely con
veyed to the county jail at Murphya
boro. The mob patroled the streets
until lute at night, but its members 1
could not learn the whereabouts of
the negro. j
British Have a Brash with Hoe re.
London, Oct. 30. A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Octo
ber 2S, says he has received reports of
important fighting October 24 near
Creaf' Aiurlco river, when DeLarrey
and Kemp attacked a British force ,
and were only repulsed after severe
fighting, leaving 40 dead on the field,
including Commandant Omstlrbey
sen. The British lost 28 men killed t
and had 55 wounded. The Boers car
ried off eight British wagons, j
Bitten by a Mart Dog.
Colorndo Springs, Col., Oct. 30.
Miss Knte Land nnd seven children
were bitten in West. Colorado Springs
yesterday by a mad dog which
showed symptoms of hydrophobia. '
The dog belonged to K. F. McAulilTc
nnd three of his children are among
those bitten. j
A Cmlgoul Nyinnathlier Kouchly Handled.
Plymouth, Wis., Oct. 30. Herman '
Dormier, n shoemaker about 50 years
of age, was handled roughly by a moh
yesterday evening and given a coat of
red paint, the result of his expressed
sympathy for President McKinley's
r.Bsassin. . I
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
1,1 re Stock.
Kansas City, Oct. .-Cattle-SIitrnet
strong and active; beef steers, t.i.46;
n.illve cows, $1.7664.75; native stockera, '
Jli.nMi't.OO. Hnga Market S to 10c lower
at $3.f6.00. Sheen-Market strong to
18c higher; sheep, t2.Mii3.75; lambs, I3.lt
((4.85. .. I
Chicago. Oct. 29,-Cattle-Ooo(l to prime
steers. W.25ifiS.86; Blockers and feeders,
J'.25''i4.25; Texas steers. t!.75Ji3.75. Hogs !
- Mixed and butchers, $S.iii.25. Sheep
Good to choice wethers, 13.4044-00; west
ern sheep, I3.0O.gj.75; native lambs, 12.50
ifi';.oa. I
St. Louis, Oct. 2!.-Cttle-Beef steers, .
S! IMffi.iK; stackers nnd feeders. t2.O.1Jj4.00;
Texas steers, t2.imff4.80. ltngs-PIgs and
lights, J5.fl0ftfi.75; butchers, lli.O0M.3214.
Sheep-Natives, 2.735i3.tiO; lambs, V Wt ,
475. j
(IralM and Pruvlninne-
Kansas City, Oct. M. Sales by sample
on track: Wheat-No. 2 hard, 67'n74c;
No. hard. 66HSi67c: No. 2 red. S.W70VSc;
No. 3 red, Sfi'inOc. Corn-No. 2 mixed.
5i,Vi59'4i'; No. 3 mixed, Kie: No. !
while 6!i'ii5.'ic: No. S white, 6!OTVic.
Pats-No. 2 mixed. 3'ic; No. 3. 3?v,c: No.
2 while. SSMiinSXV; No. 8 white, 3!i3sc.
Km No. 3, 66c. Ilay-Ttmothy, $0.08
u'oo' nrnlrle, $6.00fll3..i. Eggs. 17c per dm
Poiiliry-Hens, live, 6c per lb.; roosters,
mm 2iia 'men; turkeys, 6';!; ducks, 6f8c;
nim-oua. 11.00 per dos. Baiter-Cream-
' " ..,. fun(.v. c pr l: dairy, 16c;
Cabbage. S0cS$1.10 per cwt. Means, wax.
HOflOOc per bu.; green, OOSioc. Squash,
i78c per doi. drapes, home grown, ISfi
2o per peek basket. Apples, 50cfll.60 per
bu. Peaches, home grown, SOtitOe P"
peck.
Chicago. Oct. .-Wheal-No. 1 red, 71
67ittc: No. t, 9447Hici No. I hard win
7... cov,:in.n: Nn. 3. Ri'vflTlll.ic: No. I
' northern spring. 7W2c; No. I Vtf
1 MU.4,3Se.
St. Loultr Oct. .-Wheat-No. I red
cash, elevator, Be; track. lH4r72c; No.
I hard. if70c. Corn N t cash, $'
track, 5P6oc. Oats-No. I cash. Br,
track. UHc; No. t white, $',tc
THE MM IM1Y.
The Cross-Examination of Admiral
Schley Continued Yesterday.
PROGRESS MADE KXCEED1SGLY SLOW
The Blockade at Santiago, the Reconnalt
aance on Alay 31 and the Battl ol
Santiago Still Keuiala to
Ho Covered.
Washington, Oct. 30. The cross-examination
of Admiral Schley was
continued throughout the session oi
the court of inquiry yesterdoy.. The
progress made waa exceedingly slow.
Practically the whole day was con
sumed in questioning the admiral
about the cruise from Cienfuegos to
Santiago and the motives and influ
ence that governed him in turning
back utter his squadron had arrived
in the vicinity of the latter port. This
latter branch of the cross-examina
tion had not been concluded when the
court adjourned. The blockade at
Santiago, the reconnaissance on May
31 and the battle ot July 3 still re.
main to be covered. It is hardly
probable that the judge advocate can
conclude before adjournment to-day,
After he finishes quite, a number of
queationa prepared by the member!
of the court will be submitted. The
judge advocate In conducting the
cross-examination used a carefully
prepared typewritten list of ques
tions. They called for comparison of
stntcments Admiral Schley has made
either in his direct testimony, in hie
communication to the senate, or In
his dispatches to Admiral Sampson
or the navy department, with the
testimony of witnesses who have pre
ceded him and the logs and signal
books of the other vessels of the
fleet. The questions were not asked
in chronological order, but jumped
from one subject to another and from
one singe of the campaign to an
other, Throughout the strain to
which the witness naturally was sub
jected while under examination the
admiral retained his customary com
posure. Only once or twice did he
display impatience or weakness. At
one point when asked a question he
replied that he had been asked the
same question Monday, at the same
time telling what his reply had been
then. On another occasion when he
wns being searchingly interrogated
as to his distances from shore at Cien
fuegos and as to whether the dis
tances were a matter of record he
responded rather tartly: "Oh, no.
did not know they ever would become
a matter of such great Importance,
or I should have plotted them and
made a memorandum, as I should of
many other things."
The main points to which the cross-
examination was directed yesterday
were the ability of the ships to coal
off Cienfuegos and the reasons for
what, is known ns the "retrograde
movement." The latter point was
dwelt upon with much emphasis nnd
detail nnd had not been disposed of
fully when the court adjourned. The
admiral gave three reasons for turn
ing back: First, the statement of
Capt. Sigsbee, who commanded the
scout ship St. Paul, that the enemy
wns not in Santiago; second, the
opinion of Nunez, the pilot, thnt the
entrance was too nnrrow and shallow
for the Spanish fleet to enter, and
third, the ambiguity of the depart
ment's telegram. Tn the course of
the cross-examination the odmiral
said he regarded the department's
dispatch rather ns a suggestion than
as an explicit order, a suggestion
which he carried out after the sea
had abated and the coal supply of
the ships bad been replenished.
TUESDAY'S CABINET MEETING
The Military Situation In the Philippines
Censldered The Troops to Be Re
duced In Number.
Washington, Oct. 30. A considera
ble part of the cabinet meeting yes
terday was devoted to a consideration
of the military situation in the Phil
ippines. After hearing Secretary
Root's report and discussing the situ
ation thoroughly the cabinet decided
that there was no present occasion
to suspend the reduction in the
United States military forces in the
Philippines. Secretary Root said that
the sporadic outbreaks at isolated
points in the Islands would be dealt
with properly as they arose and addi
tional troops to meet these small
emergencies would scarcely be need
ed. Historic Missouri Character.
Hannibal, Mo., Oct. 30. Judge Adam
Thels, for 27 years treasurer of the
grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, Is
dead in this city. He was captain of
the Thirty-ninth Missouri volunteers
during the civil war and was at the
Centralia massacre with Maj. John
son. Loot Their Lives Is a rire.
Chicago, Oct. 30. Two persons lost
their lives, three were Injured and
more than a score were overcome
by smoke in a fire in the Eagle flat
building, Lytle and Taylor streets,
yesterday.
In Carrie Chapman Catt'e Expectation,
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 30. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, president of the Na
tional American Women's Suffrage
association, is in the city arranging
for the stBte convention of her asso
ciation. Mrs. Catt told of her efforts
to bring representatives of the na
tions of the world together at the in
ternational conference to be held In
Washington the week of November
13. She expects 14 different nations
will be represented at the conference.
FEARS FOR MISS STONE.
Aa Impreuloa That the AmerlrH Ml
lonary Captured by Brigands le Dead
Information lar from Sattofaetory.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 30.-Jhe Rus
sian foreign office is still co-operat
ing heartily with the United States
officials in the efforts to obtain the
release of Miss Stone, the American,
missionary, and her companion, Mme.
Tsilka, who were captured by brig
ands September 3. U. Bakhmetieft,
the Russian representative at Sofia,,
who is married to an American, is.
displaying much energy in co-operating
with United States Consul Gen
eral Dickinson, of Constantinople.
In government circles at Sofia the
impression appears to be that Miss.
Stone is dead. Mr. Dickinson is try
ing to learn definitely whether she is-
alive or not.
Spencer Eddy, secretary of the
United States legation at Constanti
nople, and W. W. Peet, treasurer ol
the American mission at Constanti
nople, had a long conference on the
subject of Miss Stone yesterday. The
information from the missionaries
who are near the brigands' retreat
is far from satisfactory.
United States Consul General Dick
inson has left Sofia for Samakov in
order to be able to superintend more
closely the measures being taken for
the release of Miss Lllen M. Stone
and her companion, Mme. Tsilka.
Communication Had with Mlu Stone.
Washington, Oct. 30. The state de
partment has been advised by its
agents in Constantinople and Sofia
that communication has been estab
lished TfUh Miss Stone. No details
are furnished.
GEN. GREELY'S REPORT.
The Chief Signal Officer Tells About the-
Work of HU Corps for the
Fait Year,
Washington, Oct. 30. Gen. Greely,
chief signal officer, in his annual re
port, says: "The operations of thfr
signal corps have been co-existent
with the operations of the army of
the United States, not theoretically,
but on broad lines and activities
which have comprised practically the
entire area, not. only of the United
States proper, but also of Alaska,
Cuba, Porto liico, the Philippines and
a portion of China. There has been
constructed 31)6 miles of telegraph
line In Aluska and arrangements have
been made with the Canadian govern
ment to use its lines to Alaska. The
signal corps operates 3,348 miles of
telegraph in Cuba, an increase of 162
miles during the year. The operations
of the corps in the Philippines have
been very extensive, there having
been erected 4,851 miles of telegraph
line, nn. increase of 2,054 during the
year. Gen. Greely, In recommending a Pa
cific cable, says: "An eastern trans
pacific cable Ib a military and com
mercial necessity if American inter
ests ore to be safeguarded in Asiatic
regions. Such a cable, while of great
value militarily, will especially fur
ther Industrial interests and facili
tate commercial operations."
A FILIPINO PROCLAMATION.
Malvur Appoints Himself Captain General
anil Will Continue HmtUltlen Against
American Forces In the Philippines.
Manila, Oct. 30. Mnlvnr has Issued
a new proclamation appointing him
self captain general and reorganizing"
the Filipino army under two lieuten
ant generals and four generals of di
vision. Every guide caught aiding the
Americans will be treated as a
traitor. Those who surrender to the
Americans will be treated in the same
manner. Malvar congratulates the
soldiers on the good work they are
doing In the field and also those who
are working for the cause of freedom
and liberty in the cities.
The Live Stock Exposition at Chicago.
Chicairo. Oct. 30. At a meetinr
yesterday of the executive committee
of the International Mve diock ex
position here, General manager Skin
ner made an address in which he said
that there would be 2,000 more en
tries and 40 per cent, more live stock
at the exposition than was there in
1900, He said that governors of IT
live stock raising states have accept
ed Invitations to attend the exposi
tion. The committee yesterday se
lected the judges, who who will
award prizes.
Paymaster General's Report.
Washington, Oct. 30. Paymaster
General Bates, In his annual report,'
says that the pay of the army for the
year was $53,215,345, an Increase over
last year of $1,301,364. He makes sev
eral recommendations relative to pay
accounts in the army, the most im
portant being that officers of the pay
corps no longer be compelled to fur
nish bonds.
A Railroad Offlcer Shot,
St. Louis, Oct. 30.-J. W. Brown, of
East St. Louis, 111., special offlcer of
the Vandalia railroad, was shot and
killed yesterday at Forest Lawn, 111.,
by a crowd ot suspected brass thieves.
One of the men who did the shooting
was killed by Brown.
Baa Into Fasoenger Train,
Qsceola, Mo, Oct, 30. A freight
train ran into a 'Frisco passenger
train here yesterday, telescoping the
last coach and damaging the engine
,1. J ! V TV, fMll,e. nm-
' neer, William Malanthy, was danger-
erously Injured.
The National Confederate reunion
is to be held at Dallas, Tex, com
mencing April it next year.
Bourke Cockran, of New York, waa
severely injured yesterday by being
thrown from his horse.