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THE sEABOARD AIR LINE.
Hts Purchase by Thomas and Ryan Not In
the Interest OF tho Southern

BALTIMORE, Oct l5.-Gcn. John A. GIL, who
is now in Wilmington, y. c., attending the
Special Masters Court In the matter OF the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway, tele-
graphs the United Associated Presses reit-
Grating his statement that his purchase for tho
New York syndicate OF the controlling stock OF
the sea9oard Air Line was made with The un-
derttahdng and agreement that 10 was not for
the Sou hern Hallway: that tho line will be
operated as an absolutely independent system
in connection with the Charleston and Western
Carolina SYSTEM
The sun., 1896-10-16
ArrIva, of Americans Ds.po,lea In Cuba.

William and Louis Clean, American citizens.
who were recently released from the Spanish
prison at Sagua Cuba, were passengers on the
steamship Iumuri. which got in on " sdnesdnv
evening from Havana. Their plantation M
financially They refused to Say SnythInp ahn"t
their case. which they VIII lay before the state
DepaI lment In DAY or so.
The sun., 1896-10-16
DIR. Jordan Won't Leave stanford,

PALo ALTO. Cal, Oct. 15.-Concerning the
mention of his name in connection with the as
sistant tsecretarysh, pofth Smithsonian Instilu-
tion, recently made vacant by the death OF Dr.
H. Brown Goode, DR.. Davis :. Jordan SAID last
might thar while mis- ambition was to serve In
that Institution. lie could not possibly consider
any offer 10 leave stanford University.
The sun., 1896-10-16
WAL1oN STORM SET FREE.
Grand Jury Refuses to IndIet HIm-The
Diamonds Returned.

The Grand Jury dismissed yesterday the
complaint OF larceny against Walton Storm.
ex-As~istant District Attorney, who had been
locked up in the Tombs since Saturday ON the
complaint Of Milton Bagg. n jewellcr of 81
Maiden lane. Storm was accused OF obtaining
two diamonds. valued at $500, on m.moran-
DUN and faIiing to pay for them or return
them. When the case was before Magistrate
Mott in the Centre street Police Court Bagg
wanted to withdraw the complaint, as the un-
monds had been returned 10 him. but Magis.
trate hi0tt refused TO allow IL. When the Grand
Jury refused to indict Storm he was released.
The sun., 1896-10-16
Australian cr,eAeter. In San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. l5.-The memibc.. Of
the Australian cricket team, who arrived frmu
the East late last night, had scarcely recovered
from the fatigue OF their overland Journey
when they faced picked team of eighteen
California players on the Pre-idio O,al this
afternoon. The visitors were first 10 hat and
retired with total OF 1893, Gifiin an, Iari.ng
making the best stand. The Locals fc.urd
toranttuliy. Alter the Californian Ind scored
was called. ''' '
The sun., 1896-10-16
Rockford, ILL.,. Bank Clo....

ROCKFORD. H., Oct. l5.-The Second National
Bank, the oldest financial institution Of the city.
has gone into voluntary liquidation. The result
is due TO steady shrlnkage OF deposits since
July l. The Clearing House says that drpositors
will be paid in full, and the bank will ultimately
reorganiZe.
The sun., 1896-10-16
spain Reports All Quiet.

Madrid, Oct. l5.-A despatch from Manila.
the capital Of the Philippine Islands, says that
all the reinforcements which were despatched
to the islands have arrived The town is quiet,
and all Of the insurgents have withdrawn into
the interior. The insurrectiun in the island OF
Mindanao has been completely suppressed
The sun., 1896-10-16
At the Food Show.

To-day at the Food show Mt tie Grand Cen
tral Palace Mrs. Lemcke viii lecture on The
New Woman," and will instruct her hearers in
Lobster III ChaNng Dl>h.' Following the
regular lecture. which brEius at . J.. NJ, the la
dies OF the Professional WOman's League of
America will be entertained at IA special func-
tlDn.
The sun., 1896-10-16
A Specialist for RrooLIyn's Water

City Works Commissioner Willis of Brooklyn
has appointed Prof Albert X. Leeds special
expert TO supervise the work OF improving ths
condition of the water. He is to receive $3.50 a
month Tor his services, provided the entire COM
pensatiou does not exceed $1,000 u year,
The sun., 1896-10-16
Train Held Up In Utah Was hound West.

Assistant Superintendent Mack OF the rail.
way mail service -aids Yesterday that tho train
held up by robbers at Peterson, Utah. on We'd
heetlhy Was weHt bound, instead Of east bound,
hH appeared from some Ot the dispatches. 1t
carried registered mail which left New York on
10, for California points
The sun., 1896-10-16

IT is very strange that the insurrecton in
Mindanao should have been suppressed. When
the rebellion in the island Of LuZon began Gen.
Blancos troops were still engaged Ia quieting
Mindanao. AS LuZ0n. where Manila is situated
Is OF greater Importance To Spain than Min
danao. most OF the troop, were at once summoned
TO Manila. ami IL Is difficult to under,tand how
with several Thousand soldiers has been
achieved without them.
The sun., 1896-10-16
No Dnrk CsIls for Grow nm ConxIc,s

The Charities Commissioners in Brooklyn
have prohibited incarceration in the dark cells
as punishment for refractory conyicts in the
Kings county penitentlary, except when directed
by them. ln Iuture such convlcts are TO be dis
clpliDsd with solitary confinement in the reuu-
lar cells and n diet of bread and water,
The sun., 1896-10-16

The will OF the late John Holmes Van Brunt,
who participated In the shooting OF Mosher and
Douglass. the abductOrs of Charley Ros., at
Bay Ridge nearly twenty years ago has been
offered tor probate. The entire estate is left To
the widow. in trust for Ike children
The sun., 1896-10-16
HnaehnII NnIen

LoUsyrLE Oct. 10 -Dr Thomas Uuu, s,r,ky
WIN resign tho Presidency OF the Loul,vll. !. 80
baii ,lnD at the annual meeting next month an
The sun., 1896-10-16
AFrER-ELEc1Iov BOND SALE.
The City VIII Open Bids on Nov. o for
Sixteen Millions.

The Snkiny Fund Commission authorized
Comptroller Fitch yesterday to advertise for
bids for Sic. .O46 500 10 OF city stocks and bonds.
The bids will be opened in the Comptroller's
office at noon on Nov. 0 next. The amount is
The sun., 1896-10-16
SPAIN DEFEATED.
Tho Philippine Islanders Repulss zoe
Spanish Troops.

MADRID. Oct, 15.-Gen. Blanco, Captain on
eral OF the Philippine Islands, reports the re-
pulse by insurgents of 400 Spanish troops who
had been sent to assist an OUTPOST at Talisay.
The troops lost eighteen killed and twenty
three wounded.
Two battalions afterward rescued the outpost
The insurgents orcupying Talisay compelled
Gen. Blanco to alter the route of his own ad-
vance. moving toward Lipa Catangas to stop
the advance of the insurgents.
LONDON, Oct. 15.-The Standards Madrid
correspondent teleGraphs that the Spanish Gov
ernment will Immediately prepare several fast
steamers to convey several thousand troops to
Manila.
The Government has te!egraphed to Gen.
Blanco Offering him all the forces he requires
for the suppression Of the insurrection. The
despatch adds that the news of the defeat OF tho
Spanish forces has caused an unpleasant sensa-
tion in Madrid.
Talisay. where tho insurgents have defeated
the Spaniards. is about thirty miles south OF
Manila, and stand on the northern shore of
body of water as our Crater Lake. Ii is separated
fr IN the sea only by narrow isthmus. Is
700 feet deep. and 10 supposed to be the enor-
nous crater OF a Volcano. one OF whose vents is
still active. and forms the island OF Taal IN the
middle OF the lake. Taisay is only six miles
from this volcano. which the Catholic natives
call "Purgatory."
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Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28
GAY sWINDLER JAILED AT FRISCO.
Yale Graduate VIII Stand Trial for
Numerous OTenses.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. CIV. C. Wal
lace, young man Of many aliases and a
graduate of Yale, is in the city prison await
ing extradition to Fort Worth, Tex, where
he is wanted for forging a draft for $780,
900 on the First National bank of that place.
The prisoner was captured two weeks ago
by Detectives Seymour and Whitaker as
he was coming from breakfast at the Pal
ace. Chief of Police j. II. Maddox of Fort
Worth is here to take Wallace back for
trial, but there Is some hitch in the extra
dition papers. Wallace Is also wanted for
alleged crooked work at Colorado Springs,
Denver and Kansas City, where he and a
partner named ]. T. Mckay are said to
have cut wide swath in first-class hotels
without paying for the entertainment. Early
in the month the police here received a
circular from the police at Colorado Springs,
stating that one j. T. Mckay and A. ].
Ash, with their alleged wives, had been
swindling hotels at Kansas City and Colo
RADIO Springs.
1t was also stated that Wallace, who
sometimes went by the name OF Brown, had
deposited a 500 900 draft at Fort Worth,
representing himself to be a wealthy cat
tleman; then he and Mckay travelled about
the country, issuing checks on the worth
less draft. The sum of $3.50 was realized
in this way. When the pair left Colorado
Springs they came to this city, arriving
here September Is. Mckay registered at
the Occidental hotel under the name OF
j. Fl. Camden. On the way to the coast the
swindlers mailed letters to themselves
which were duly received at the hotels named
one day after the arrival Of the guests.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28
MILITIA AND RIOTERS FIGHT
Exchange Number of Shots Around the
Leadville Mines,
ATTACK MADE ON THE CARBONATE HILL
Guards Quick 20 Respond 10 the As
snults of the Unknown Men
Results of the shooting
Not Yet known.

LEADVlLLE, Sept. 27.-9!30 y. m.-Gen-
eral Brooks has just telcphoncd the Herald
Democrat that an attack is in progress on
the Carbonate Hill reserve OF the Lead
vile Water company and that shots are be-
ing exchanged between militia and rioters.
$40 p. MA lively fusillade began at the
Bohn mine and was continued for ten min
utes. The sounds resemb.ed a number or
shotguns, seemingly from one place, an
swered by rifle shots from different points
near by.
Lieutenant Verdeckberg telephones from
the Bon Air mine at $40 that four shots
were fired at a picket, who returned the
fire and called for the corporal OF the guard.
When the corporal ran out two shots were
fired at him and they were returned. after
which a squad started in pursuit OF the as
sailants.
The funeral OF Jerry O'Keefe, the fireman
murdered last Monday morning, while turn
ing hose on the fire at the Coronado mine,
occurred today. II was the longest funeral
procession ever seen here. The funeral OF
William Higgins, who was literally filed
with buckshot while engaged in the attack
on the Coronado mine, was from the same
church and Immediately following that of
O'Keefe. Almost the entire Miners union,
including fully 500 people, followed the re-
mains to the cemetery
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28
COLLEGE BUILDING BURNS
Young Women's Seminary at Mount Hol-
yoke Goes Up in Flames.
SEVERAL TOWNS CONTRIBUTE FlREME'
students scatter and No Lives Are
Lost-Structurc VIII lie Rebuilt
Mt Once Says the
Faculty.

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass, Sept. H.-Mount
Holyoke college, the pioneer institution for
the higher education of women, received
severe blow this afternoon in the burning
of the main building, with a probable loss
of over s15O,00O. The buildings have cost
over $500 900, and could not be replaced to-
day for less than that. Fortunately none
of the 400 students or faculty were injured.
The fire was first discovered in the laundry
in the gymnasium wing, about 4:30 o'clock.
The college fire apparatus was put to work,
but it was soon seen that they could not
control the fire and help was sent for from
South Hadley Falls and Holyoke. Fire ap-
paratus was sent from these places, and sew
eral hose wagons were sent but arrived TOO
late to be effective.
The fire slowly worked through the door
ways in the fire wall, then into the south
wing of the building and then into the large
building fronting the street. At the same
time it burned through the gymnasium into
the north wing, and at 1880 the entire struc-
ture was mass of flames. About oclock
the walls began to topple over and an hour
later all that remained Of the structure
were sections of the wall looming up
through the smoke. The library building
adjoining the main structure on the north,
and containing 10000 volumes, was saved.
The burned building was in the form OF
a quadrangle, all of brick. Facing the street
was a four-story structure with about 15O
feet frontage In the basement was the
large dining hall. Extending to the east
ward from the building we're two wings
about $50 feet deep and four stories high
These three sections of the building were
occupied for dormitory purposes, the first
floor of the front being devoted to the
chapel, reception and music rooms and of
fees. 1t is supposed the fire originated in
the laundry from an overheated steam pipe
The building and its contents were insured
for 1854, 900. A. l.. Williston of Northamp-
ton, treasurer of the institution, says that
steps will be taken toward rebuilding.
Tonight most of the students are scat
tered about in the houses Of the town peo'
pie. the hotels and the churches, while 9th
eis have gone to Holyoke, Northampton and
other nearby points At o'clock tomorrow
morning the faculty and students will meet
in a church to consider plans for continuing
the college work AS nearly all the APP
paratus of the institution was in Williston
scientific halls it will be impossible to con-
tinue the sessions until after arrangements
are made for lodging the students and fac
ulties. -.
MERRIMAC, Mass, Sept. 27.-The Little
and postofice blocks were destroyed by
fire today. The fire probably caught from
a cigar stump. Loss, $4,000. The insur-
ance on the blocks was SIS 600. During the
fire two fremen were slightly injured.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27-The big wooden
elephant, which was built some years ag'
for use as a hotel at Coney Island, wa'
burned tonight
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28
AS PALMER VIEWS THE SITUATION
Thinks the National Democratic Party
tha. pnrIY of the Eulure.


WASHINGTON, Sept. Ex-senator John
national democratic party for president, ar
rived in the city this afternoon from Phila-
lelphia. The senator is on his way to his
home in Illinois and stopped In this city to
pay a visit to his married daughter, ana
or the purpose of looking after some de-
Dartmental matters requiring his attention.
lie will leave for Springfield tomorrow or the
next day. Next week he has some matters
demanding his presence at the meeting OF
the supreme court OF Illinois at Ottawa and
after that will hold himself in readiness
10 respond to calls for speeches that he
may be asked to make by the national com
mittee.
The senator does not as yet know what
demands there Will be made on him in this
respect Concerning his brief trip In the
eastern states and the general outlook, the
senator tonight spoke substantially as FOL
lows:
"I was very much pleased and gratifed
at my reception, and at the audiences which
greeted me in the various cities, and es-
pecially at the predOminanCe of young men
in the organization OF the party. There is
an evidence of organization and earnestness
of purpose that shows great hghtlng
strength. The national party Is the party
Of the future. The democratic party Is pass
ing from the hands OF the older leaders like
Morrison and the young men are coming
2ation is in bad shape in New England,
New York and Pennsylvania, and the repub-
ican party will carry that section OF the
country Mckinley, / believe, Will also
carry Maryland and Illinois, and | think he
will be elected president
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28
WARNS THE SULTAN
TirstDiplomatic Move of that Republic in
the Turks Affairs.
REGARDED AS EXCEEDINGLY SIGNIFICANT
Ambassadors Declares that the west
ern Powers Are Determined TINT
Armenian Reforms Must Extend
over the whole Empire.

LONDON, Sept. 27.-The Paris correspond
ent of the Chronicle learns that NJ. Cam
bon. the French ambassador at Constan-
tinople, had long interview with the sui
tan yesterday, in the course of which he
declared that the western powers had re-
solved to insist that the reforms which
had already been granted in the Armenian
provinces should be extended to the whole
of the Turkish empire. The Chronicles
correspondent adds This is the first diplo-
matte move OF France and it is regarded as
a final warning"
The morning papers devote some atten-
tion to the sudden change in the attitude
OF the Russian press toward Great Britain. or
these the Bourse Gazette and the Novosti
warn the government to beware of force
and to join the Dreibund, limiting that Ger
many is annoyed at England's aloofness
from this alliance and is trying to SOW
discord between Russia and England The
newspapers make note of the fact that the
change of face on the part OF the Russian
press Is coincident with the visit of Lord
Salisbury to Ballater for a conference with
the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28
LIBERIA COLONISTs SUFFERING.
Returning COIOrcd People Tell HOrri-
bic Stories of DestitntiOn.


PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27.-The steamer
Waesland, which arrived here today from
Liverpool, brought back as passengers six
of the colored colonists who went to Liberia
early in the spring on board the famous
steamship Laurada. They tell of horrible
sufferings from disease and destitution by
the unfortunate people who gave up their
homes in this country to journey to Liberia
Forty members Of the expeditions, consisting
of 315 people, are already dead, while the
entire number previously taken out ON the
Danish steamship, Horsa, have been carried
off by John Bull fever. Among the party
returning is Taylor Smith of Forest City
Ark. He says the country is unfit for civ
ilization, and that those who went on the
Laurada are now pennlless. They have not
sufficient money to carry them back, and
certain death awaits them there, fever carry
ing them off. Several times they joined to-
gether calling upon the president for help.
When the expedition was made up, it was
represented each man would be given plot
of land and other grants were to be given
to single men. Strips of land are given
them but they had no shelter for several
months. Provisions command high prices
and they cannot be secured by these poor
creatures. and there is no way to earn a
living
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28

Estimated Damage is Something Over
Forty Thousand DnIIurs.

SAN MARCOS, Tex, Sept 27.-Such in
vestigation as could be made today shows
no lives were lost as result of yester-
days downpour but 1t is apparent the loss
will not be less than the estimate first made,
100000 The damage TO this town is very
heavy. The whole south part which for
tunately was not very thickly settled, is
almost gone. The houses generally were
small and limsy and they We're foated
away as If they were boats. People were
rescued from the tops of them and from
trees. in boats, Had the rain occurred
at night many lives would have been lost
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas and Interna-
tional & Great Northern roads have lost
about a mile and a half of track each
Large forces of men have been at work re-
pairing since last night, but no train on
the International has passed yet and 1t is
not likely any will until tomorrow after
noon. The food was not caused by a water
spout as at first reported, but by heavy
rain of five hours, when eight inches fell
The San Marcos river rose twenty-five feet
in that time Usually it is small stream
of three or four feet in depth.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28

One Brakeman Supposed to He Under
the Debris.


the Debris.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-An extra freight
train bound for Washington was wrecked
on the main line of the Baltimore G. Ohio
this evening near Riverdale park, eight
miles from this city. Nine box cars were
smashed and piled up in heap and the
other twelve badly damaged. Brakeman w.
|. Morgue of Baltimore, % years old and
unmarried, is missing and is believed to be
under the debris.
Another freight wreck occurred on the
Pennsylvania road between Baltimore and
Washington today. On a grade near Sow
eregn five freight cars became detached
from freight and rushed down the grade
where they were derailed and piled in heap
No casualties.were reported, but traffic was
delayed some time.
MILTON, Pa, Sept. PA disastrous
freight wreck occurred Saturday night on
the Philadelphia & Reading road, nine miles
southeast of here. An empty engine and
tender collided with a heavily laden coal
train. throwing eleven coal cars off the
track and burying Engineer Mitchell of the
former beneath the ruins. Fireman Kelly
of the same engine jumped off, but was SO
badly injured that he died. man named
Burlew, who was riding on the train, was
terribly bruised. 1t is claimed the wreck
was due to disobedience of orders.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28
PREACHER BECOMES BITTER.
Denoupces These who Take the
Place of LcndviIlc strikers.

DenOunces These who Take the
Place of LcnLviIlc strikers.
DENVER, Sept. 27.--Rev. Myron w. Reed
of this city delivered a very sensational SER
mon to a large congregation at the Broadway
theater today. His subject was the Leadvile
strike and the labor question generally. He
opened with denuncation Of Terrence v.
Powderly.
Referring to the Missouri miners recently
imported to Leadville he said 1t was likely
to prove "a dangerous change of climate at
this time of year.
Speaking of the political situation, he said:
REV. Mr.. Hills is in the place of Prof.
Swing in Central Music hall. Chicago. I
have just been reading his sermons. The
pulpit of Prof. Swing is still vacant"
He then devoted some time to DR.. Hills
sermon on Reputation" saving ii was
cheered by every banker in the church.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-28
IRON GATE CAN1L is NOW OPEN.
Monnrchs of Austria, Scryia nnd
Rnumnnin Dedicate the Work.


ROumnnin Dedicate the Work.
oRSoVA. Sept. 27.-The kings of Servia
and Roumania have arrived here to attend
the ceremony on the opening of the
Iron Gate canal ndwere warmly greeted
by Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, who
arrived yesterday, accompanied by Count
Goluchowski. The members of the Austria
Hungary cabinet and representatives of
Germany Great Britain, Italy, France Rus
sia and other countries are also in attend
ance.
The emperor of Austria the king of
Servia and the king of Roumania embarked
on board steamer at $3.50 this morning.
The vessel was towed from the quay down
the river, amid the continuous firing of
salutes and the cheers of the thousands of
people standing upon the banks of the river.
which were lined with troops. At the en-
trance to the Iron Gate canal, about four
miles from the city the tug cast off its
line, and the steamer, upon which were
the monarchs, snapped the flower laden
cord across the mouth of the canal, thus
formally opening the work. Ovations by the
multitude were renewed as the imperial
party returned to the station. The sover
eigns then proceeded to Kerkulsbad, where
there was banquet in the Cursalon, after
which the royal guests bade each other fare
well and departed. The towns we're bril-
liantly illuminated at midnight.
LONDON, Sept. 2S.--The Times CORE
spondent at Orsova says: The ceremony mas
significance not confined to its CONNER
ciaI aspect. On entering the canal En-
peror Francis Joseph proposed toast 20 ;he
prosperity of the three peoples, dwelling
upon the event as symbolic of the community
of interests and giving a peaceful impulse
to the development of international rela-
tions. The three monarchs drank the toas
from golden goblets made especially TO conf
memorate the occasion. The Roumanians
had prepared surprise in having mobil-
lied q complete division of troops on their
shore, who shouted "Hurrah" as one man.
Emperor Francis Joseph has gone to Rou
mania, accompanied by his chief of general
staff. 1t is generally believed the result OF
tho visit will be the conclusion of a mill
tary convention.