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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
EL PASO, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THROW UP THEIR
HANDS AND QUIT
Palma and His Associates
Give Up in Despair the
Task of Governing
the Island.
TODAY WILL SEE END
Congress Fails to Induce Palma
to Withdraw His Resigna-
tion.—Taft Will Issue
Proclamation Today
AND CUBA WILL BE OURS
Havana, Sept. 28.—American Inter-
vention In Cuba will be an accom-
plished fact tomorrow.
President Roosevelt’s peace com-
missioners, although clothed with the
fullest authority from him to take
suoli action whenever It became ob-
vious that the securing of peace by
harmonizing the \»iring Cubans was
impossible, patiently withheld their
bands from thus setting aside Cuban
sovereignty until the last hope disap-
peared. This stage was reached at a
late hour tonight, when a majority of
all three political parties refused to
attend the session of congress called
to act upon the resignation of mem-
bers of the government and declared
definitely that they would have noth-
ing more to do with the government
of Cuba.
As was expected, there has been
much rabid denunciation of the course
pursued by the American commission-
ers, who, it has been alleged, have
acted unfairly toward the govern-
ment. But the great mass of the
residents of Cuba, Cubans, Spaniards,
Americans and all other foreigners,
welcome Intervention as something
for which they have longed through-
out six weeks of unrest, disorder and
ill-feeling.
windows of the building.
The assembly was called to order
by Senor Dolz at 3:20 and a roll call
revealed a quorum, fourteen senators
and fortysix representatives being
present.
The resignations of the members
of the cabinet to President Palma
were then read. Thereupon Zayas
entered a protest, declaring that the
president had no right to accept res-
ignations of the cabinet without ap-
pointing successors. Representative
Manduley declared that president had
acted entirely within his rights.
The resignation of Mendez Capote,
vice president, was then read with-
out comment. Following this anoth-
er amid profound silence, the resigna-
tion of President Palma, was read.
Ready With War Arrangement*.
Washington, Sept. 28.—Both the
war and navy departments have been
practically on a war basis today and
tonight at many of the offices In the
departments advices from Cuba were
anxiously awaited. The cruiser lies
Moines was ordered from Havana to
Cienfuegos to assist in protecting
property at that point. This was the
only naval order of Importance during
the day.
In the war department there w^are
many conferences, but few order* of
consequence were issued. The de-
parture of President Roosevelt from
Oyster Bay for Provlncetown caused
many officers to believe that he does
not expect any emergency in Cuba
before Monday, when ho is due in
Washington.
NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN.
Hon. O. A. Larrazola and Hon. H. B.
Ferguson Open at Alamogordo.
Correspondence The Times.
Alamogordo, N. M. Sept 2G.—Hon.
O. A. Larrazolo, Democratic nominee
for delegate to congress, and Hon.
H. B. Ferguson addressed a Demo-
cratic rally here last night. The
speakers declared that Che statehood
question was not an Issue in New
Mexico In this campaign, pralsel W.
.1. Bryan, abused the monopolies and
corporations, complimented President
Roosevelt on his efforts at securing
legislation governing corporations and
trusts, and pleaded with the Demo-
crats pf this section to roll up a great
majority for the cause of Democratic
doctrine at the comtng election. The
speeches were well received by a good
sized crowd, most of whom were
Democrats. They left today for Ros-
well and the Pecos valley.
MILLIONS OF PROPERTY
DESTROYED BY STORM
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, REPORTS SEVEN MIL-
LION DOLLARS DAMAGE.
Mobile Reports Four and a Half Millions.—Immense Loss Along
the Gulf Coast.—One Hnndred Lives Known to Be Lost and a
Great Death List May Follow the Wrecking of Hundreds
of Vessels Between New Orleans and* Florida,
Havana, Sept. 28.—It is certain
that American intervention will take
place tomorrow.
Twenty-five United States marines
landed here tonight to guard the
treasury building. There will be no
further landing tonight, but Secre-
tary Taft's proclamation creating
himself provisional military governor
of Cuba will be issued tomorrow.
A further force of Americans will
be landed tomorrow.
Tonight the city Is policed by ru-
ral guards. General,Rodriguez, com-
mander of the rural guards, is co-op*-
crating with Secretary Taft.
Havana, Sept. 28.—Up to the time
that congress took a recess at 5
o'clock this afternoon, today was a
day of waiting. After that hour var-
ious probabilities became certainties.
By 5:30 President Palma definitely
and firmly announced to his political
followers that his resignation was
absolutely Irrevocable. Following
this announcement the Moderates
held a long consultation at the resi-
dence of Senator Dolz, president of
tne senate, at which it was decided
that no Moderate should return to
the session after the recess, thus pre-
cipitating a condition In which no
provisional president could be elect-
ed. This throwing up their hands
would practically give over the con-
trol of affairs to the American com-
missioners.
Up to that point the attitude of the
commissioners also had been a wait-
ing one. Secretary Taft, who has
to a considerable extent taken the
newspaper correspondents into his
confidence, said he was then In a
position where he could not say any-
thing for publication.
During the day Secretary Taft
heard various reports of propositions
and counter propositions about avail-
able and unavailable candidates for
the presidency. None of these prop-
ositions proved at all agreeable to all
factions. Among those who visited
the secretary were Governor Nunez
and other Liberal Nationals. They
regretted that President Palma per-
sisted In his determination to resign.
Zayas came, too, and asserted that
Secretary of the Interior Montalvo
had 500 soldiers in the arsenal close
to the house of representatives and
was prepared to shoot him and other
Liberals if they appeared near the
house for tonight's meeting.
It was In a spirit of utter apathy
that a joint session of congress re-
ceived the resignation of the presi-
dent. the vice president and member*
of the cabinet this afternoon. This
attitude was due, in a great measure
to despair that any action would re-
sult In making American intervention
less probable. After a brief but con-
fused debate congress decided on the
final and forlorn hope of an appeal to
Palma to reconsider his decision to
retire.
Although the session had been
called for 2 o’clock, it was nearly 3
before the members began to arrive,
and at that hour the improvised gal-
lery In the long bare chamber, for-
merly a workroom in a big tobacco
factory, contained only a sprinkling
of spectators. Over the president’s
rostrum hung the faded and tattered
folds of the original lone star flag
that was first raised by Carlos Ces-
pedos in the ten years' struggle for
independence. It was now a witness to
the closing scenes of the brief life
of the first republic.
On the streets a crowd of loungera
and workmen gazed silently at the
THE DEAL IS A GO.
The Hill Ore Lands in Northwest Sold
to United States Steel.
New York, Sept. 28.—Interests re-
presenting the United States Steel
corporation and the Hill Iron property
in the northwest, held a conference
here today and from trustworthy
sources it was learned that an agree-
ment concerning the much discussed
deal has been reached.
Formal announcement giving the
terms of Ihe transfer of the ore lands
to the steel corporation will soon be
made. Only a few minor details re-
main to he worked out. It Is expect-
ed that the terms will he to the mater-
i?.l advantage of holders of the Hill
road stocks.
The Hill issues were strong and
active in the late session of today’s
stock market, Great Northern pre-
ferred making a net gain of 10 points
and Northern Pacific 5 1-2.
THIEF AND POLYGAMIST
Arrested in Kansas, Lodged in Garden
City Jail, Licks the Jailer
and Escapes.
Topeka, Kans., Sept. 28— David
Mackley, wanted at Casper, Wyo., on
charges of grand larceny and bigamy,
was arrested at Garden City, Kansas,
tonight by the sheriff Of Natrona
county, Wyo. It is alleged that
Mackley stole seven carloads of
horses in Wyoming and that he has
three wives.
Garden City, Kans., Sept. 28.—The
arrest of Dave Mackley. alleged horse
thief and bigamist of Casper, Wyom-
ing, was followed here tonight at a
late hour by his sensational escape
frotp the county jail. When Jailer
Tippin entered Mackley's room with
the latter's supper, Mackley tore a slat
from the bed, felled Tippin to the
floor and Inflicted two ugly gashes on
his head. He then made his escape
from the jail, sprang Into a buggy anJ
drove madly toward the west. Mack-
ley leaped from the buggy after travel-
ing half a mile and ran toward the
beet sugar factory whero he had been
working when he was arrested. A
posse of twelve men Is pursuing the
fugitive.
Massachusetts Firemen in Convention.
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 28.—Nearly
seven hundred firemen •from all parts
of this state are assembled here to-
day to attend the twenty-seventh an-
nual convention of the Massachusetts
State Firemen’s association, which will
convene for three days. Many inter-
esting matters will be discussed at
the business meeting of the associa-
tion. The local members have ar-
ranged an elaborate program for the
entertainment of the visiting mem-
bers. ■ ■
Closing Mt. Gretna Camp.
Mt. Gretna, Pa., Sept. 28.—The mili-
tary encampment at Camp Roosevelt,
which for more than one month had
attracted thousands of soldiers, regu-
lar as well as militia to Mr. Gretna, is
at an end and the last of the troops
will leave here this evening to return
to their respective stations. It is
stated on good authority that the re-
sult of the maneuvers and the field
work done by the troops during the
encampment has been highly satis-
factory and a great deal of good is
expected to result from the experience
gained. A careful and comprehensive
report of the work done will he sub-
mitted to the war department by Gen-
eral Grant who was in command of the
encampment.
Mobile. Ala., Sept. 28.—Between 75
and 100 lives lost, fully two score ves-
sels driven ashore or wrecked in vari-
ous parts of the gulf of Mexico, dam-
age amounting to $4,500,000 in tho
city of Mobile and to millions more
at outside points, is the record of
the storm which swept Mobile Wed-
nesday and Wednesday night. No ac-
curate estimate of the casualties can
fee- made as yet, and It is doubtful If
exact figures will be known for a week
or more.
Grave apprehensions exist regard-
ing Gulfport ami Biloxi, where It Is
believed that many lives have been
lost.
Reports from those places are mea-
ger. It Is declared by the local mu-
nicipal officials that no lives have
been lost in Mobile, but that all of
the deaths have occurred within a
radius of fifty miles of here.
The dead, as far as known, are as
follows:
At Navy Cove—
MRS. D. LADIMER and two daugh-
ters.
ALEXANDER JOHNSON.
HENRY JOHNSON.
At Coden—
MRS. SIMON KLOSKY and infant
grandson.
SUSAN CREVILON, servant of Mrs.
Klosky.
O. WERNETH.
MRS. O. WERNETH.
MRS. S. M. M’RAE.
MISS M’RAE.
MRS. HENRY TURNER.
CAPT. J. STEVENS.
Thrr,' MISSES ALEXANDER.
EDWARD HUELAND.
MRS. HUELAND.
Three HUELAND children.
Three unidentified bodies found on
the beach.
At Bayou La Batre—
Two brothers named CARRAWAY.
At Alabama Port—
MRS. ELIJAH NELSON.
At Del Champs—
MRS. A. L. HAZEN of Newcastle,
Pa,, and two children.
One unidentified woman.
Two unidentified negroes, children.
Three negro men killed by falling
house.
MRS. HENRY WARMICK.
Mobile, Aia., Sept. 28.—Towns along
the Mobile and Bay Sltore road suffer-
ed Immensely owing the their rendi-
tion. No word from the coast towns
along the Louisville and Nashville
road has reached the city. There is
no doubt that, many lives have been
lost and severe damage done both
to residents and business property.
Along the gulf coast there were many
fashionable residences, some costing
$30,000.
All along the lino <yf the Mobile and
Ohio railroad to Meridian, the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent saw lingo
trees lying flat'on the ground with
limbs torn off and twisted. Tho
streams are all out of their banks
and for 25 miles north of Mobile, look-
ing to the right of the railroad, one
can see nothing but a solid sheet of
water running swiftly toward Mobile.
Many farm houses are situated In
this section, and there may have been
loss of life (here.
Bienville square, one of Mobile's
beautiful parks, is devastated. The
bay shell road is washed away in
many places. At the extremity of
the road Is a suburb called South
Eads. This has been totally destroy-
ed, one small house only remaining.
The Bayou Latre, Couder, La
Champs, Theodore, Parker, all in Ala-
bama, on the Mobile and Bay Shore
road, have suffered great, damage.
These towns are surrounded by exten-
sive truck farms and are popular
summer resorts.
Scranton. Miss., Is said to have suf-
fered severely from the storm. Many
houses were levelled and all trees In
the place are said to have been blown
down. No lives are reported lost;
At Biloxi bath houses and wharves
have been badly damaged and much
of its fine shell road Is destroyed.
The storm is known to have raged
with great severity ail along the
north coast of the gulf, but. as yet re-
ports from the places which It is fear-
ed have suffered have been few and
far between.
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 28.—Via Flo-
maton, Ala., Sept. 28.—The worst
hurricane to visit this city In its his-
tory raged here furiously all last
night and this morning and today,
with a gale still blowing.
The city presents a wrecked ap-
pearance and the damage is esti-
mated at $5,000,000.
The loss of life will be heavy
among the mariners, but thus far
only one body has been rescued.
Commencing at 7 o’clock last night
the wind blew at fifty mile's an
hour for three hours, then increased
to sixty miles. From that time until
5 o’clock this morning it remained
at about eighty and ninety miles an
hour. The tides from the bay backed
Into the city for blocks, destroying
homes and making rivers out of the
stroets.
When tho gale was at Its highest
and children and women were run-
ning frantically about the streets In
darkness, an alarm of Tiro milled to
the confusion. The lire started in
the Pitt mill, near the business dis-
trict and the horses of tho fire de-
partment refused to go out in tho
weather. With tin roofs, trees and
wires falling around them, the fire-
men dragged their hose wagons by
hand to the blaze, and after hours of
work controlled it,
This afternoon the water rose until
the business districts presented an
almost indescribable scene. Of tho
fifty or sixty big steamers and sail-
ing vessels in the harbor, only five,
or six remain. They have been
driven ashore, and along the. water
front is a mass of wreckage from
steamers, tow boats, launches and
sailing craft. Thirty fishing vessels
have been destroyed or damaged ana
the three big fish houses, with their
wharves, are gone. Muscogee wharf
and the Commandancla and Tarra-
gona wharves of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad are badly dam-
aged. Great Iron ships of two and
three thousand tons have been driven
not only ashore, but have gone
through houses a block from
water front.
Every house along tho water front
for ten miles has been destroyed and
the wonder is mat the loss of life is
not greater.
The tracks of the terminal railroad
to the navy yard and Barranca* have
boon destroyed, as have also the
trestles and bridges. No communi-
cation can he had with the navy yard,
hue it is believed that it has been
badly damaged.
War vessels at Pensacola navy
yard undergoing repairs wore the
gunbodts Vixen, Machlas, Isla do Lu-
zon and Gloucester, beside several
smaller craft and Ihe quartermaster's
steamer Poe. They were In an ex-
posed position, and It. is feared they
may have been beached.
Every business house from the
more than anything else. Many of
the river boats are now beached or
sunken, all complete wrecks,
All the wharves from Frasclta
street, tlw extreme south end of the
city, ns far up the river as Three
Mile creek, are total wrecks. This
includes also the new Mobile & Ohio
docks and tho Louisville & Nashville
docks.
Tel.: graphic communication Is par-
alyzed, with poor prospects of a wire
for several days.
Electric light companies, street
railways, and, in fact, all business,
bns been suspended.
Mm oh fear Is tV It for Fort Morgan,
where the government quarantine sta-
tion Is located and many soldiers are
located.
In the city many persons and much
livestock were rescued only after
h. role efforts. Provisions'are almost
exhausted. Restaurants feed many,
but have no supplies on hand.
Words cannot describe the terrors
of the storm. Between (! p. in. Thurs-
day and noon Friday trees fell and
crushed hundreds of roofs. Through
the streets, carried by the terrific
wind, wore hurled thousands of pieces
of slate, tin roofing, cornices, shingles
and all kinds of debris. Blinds were
torn from their fast.vnlngss and win-
dows smashed as though of tissue pa-
per. Many peolpe wore seriously In-
’jjjp I jured and out by the Hying slate and
tin. The railroads have started
wrecking outfits to clean up and re-
pair the tracks, but their task Is her-
culean.
into the courts. In the meantime. It
Is appreciated In the war department
that something must lie done to pro-
tect the army and outsiders from
such oraaglzatlon* hereafter, and,
while the regulations forbid the es-
tablishment and maintenance of com-
pany exchanges, it is considered
proper to repeat the warning, which
will he done In the form of general
orders, giving strict Instructions for
tho guidance of commanding of-
ficers.
CASTRO DYING.
The Venezuelan Ruler Reported as
Seriously III.
Washington, D ft.. Sept. 2S.—Mtnls-
ter Russell at Caracas advised the
state department today that President
Castro of Venezuela is seriously III.
He Is so weak that he has to be as-
sisted Into or out of a carriage. The
nature of his malady is not generally
known.
Railroad Estimates.
New Orleans, Hopt. 28,—The escape
of ion miles of the gulf coasl between
here and Mobile front loss of life or
serious property damage was shown
tonight itt r ports received by Louis-
ville & Nashville officials.
These same reports, however, indi-
cated that the wrecking power of the
hurricane made Itself severely Lit
eastward front a point fifty tnileB
west, of Mobile. These points are
live town of West Pascgoula, Miss.,
where, while the P w details obtain-
able did not indicate much damage
to the town, the Louisville & Nash-
ville found what are the worst wash-
wharf on Palafox street to the union between hero and Mobile,
station has been unroofed, many J Telegraphic communication was
plate glass windows being broken, I opened early In the evening as far
stocks badly damaged and wires and j east, as Pass Christian, the first mas-
poles all mixed up together. There j. sage over the wires from there read
are no electric lights nr cars or tele-
graph or telephone service.
The track of the Louisville & Nash-
ville railroad on tho Pensacola and
Atlantic division has been destroyed
for thirty miles and I wo engines and
cars sent out to quarantine station
have been lost.
Acting Mavor Maura ordered every
saloon closed this morning, and fifty
extra policemen have been sworn in.
The homeless families are housed In
all portions of the city, but. many will
walk the streets without, food or a
ing: "Storm over; no lives lost. Very
tit 11.5 damage. Only a few boat houses
blown over and several trees uproot-
ed."
News Out of New Orleans.
New Orleans, La., Sept, 28.- About
twenty-Av, wrecked schooners on the
gulf ocast between here and West.
Pascagoula, Miss., were observed to-
day by a Loiiisvill & Nashville rail-
road engineer on an Inspection tour.
At McNeill, MISs., J, M. Roberts
.........* „........was killed by a falling tree and at
place to sleep until some order can I Macomb three persons were severely
MEXICO GUARDS BORDER,
Smugglers Masqeurade as Revolu-
tionists and Cross Border.
Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 28.—Two
additional carloads of troops were
sent to Jlmlnez. where a disturbance
occurred night before last, from this
city today. Everything Is reported
quiet there at present. An official re-
port tonight Is that 301) peons crossed
(lie river from the United States to
start a revolution. There was an en-
gagement with thirty of the military,
In which one man was killed on each
side. Only a few of the revolution-
ists lmve arms.
It Is the purpose of the government
to place a sufficient force on the bor-
der to crush the movement.
There is no indication of co-opera-
tion by revolutionist* In this country
except nt the "Big Bend" of the Rio
Grande, where the attack was made
EL PASO IS EXEMPT.
Inability of Department to Send In-
spectors Leaves Packers Free.
Washington, Sept. 2th The depart-
ment of ngrtetuture tins decided-to
exempt the small packing and slaugh-
ter houses at El Paso from tin- opera-
tions of the meat Inspection law until
the department Is In n position to es-
tablish inspectors at El Paso. Tho
El Paso concerns do a large Inter-
state business with New Mexico and
Arizona and have unnotme. d that, they
are ready to comply with the law, but.
the department Is not yet ready to
send Inspectors to El Paso.
Illinois State Fair Opens.
Springfield, III., Sept. 2K. - The fifty-
fourth annual Illinois state fair open-
ed on tho fair grounds here this
morning, it is the largest and most
complete exhibition of this kind ever
held here and judging from the largo
number of visitors already In town,
ll promises to he a great financial
success. Fifty-two thousand, five
hundred dollars In prizes will he
awarded in the various depart merit*.
In addition In the customary exhi-
bition feature of tho fair, including a
flue agricultural exhibit, a display of
cattle, sheep, horses, dogs and pof
animals, poultry, fruit, etc,, many
special entertainment features are
Ottered to tho visitor*. Seven bands
and two or three quartets have been
engaged to furnish music. The rac-
ing -program is the be*i ever offered
and some of the fastest horses in the
country will contest for the liberal
prizes Sousa and his hand will give
concerts every night In the large
State .arsenal building, which lias ft
seating capacity of 10,000 people.
There will also he balloon ascensions
and other Interesting features. Tho
fair will close on October 5.
READY TO MURDEE
CZAR AND FAMILY
Two Armed Terrorists Are
Found in the Closely
Guarded Palace at
Peterhof.
LET IN KY SERVANTS
Czar Was Expected at Peterhof
Soon.—Mystery of Threat-
eninjr Letters Explained.
Arrests Are Made.
A MM UNITI0N CONFISCATED
be brought out of chaos. Thieves
are breaking open trunk* along the
beach, entering unoccupied houses
and stealing everything in sight.
Mobile Suffers Heavily.
Mobile, Sept. 28., via Msrldlan,
Ml**, Sept. 28.— Los* of life varies
from five to fifty, many persons In-
jured, 5,000 houses damaged, the busi-
ness section devastated and a prop-
erty loss of fully $3,000,000, 1* the
effect of the tropical hurricane upon
the city of Mobile
Tho 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 blown Into tho
city by the gab . and for a time was
seven feet deep In the wholesale dis-
trict, which includes that section from
Royal street to the Alabama river.
The loss of life I* lie lb ved to be
mainly among negroes, although con-
ditions arc so chaotic that definite In-
formation is Impossible.
Shipping suffered severely. Among
the st. amors stink were the river
boats J. I*. Schuh. Mary E. Staples,
Mary S. Bices, Cama, Overton, ilattie
B. Moore and City of Camden, the
United States revenue cutter Alert
and many other smaller craft.
It Is feared that the crews of these
boats have been lost. The city has
been placed under control of the mili-
tia. Nobody Is permitted on the
streets except, newspaper me n and
person* wearing badges. Apprehen-
sion is felt for the suburban towns,
a* it Is feared they have been oblit-
erated. The chances are that the loss
of life on Dauphin Island is heavy.
Many fishermen live there and In oth-
er outlying marshy districts, and from
these no ridings have been received.
The suffering In Mobile is severe.
The annihilation of transportation fa-
cilities ha* shut off ail supplies, and
unless help reaches the city soon
great distress will result.
Every church lu Mobile was dam-
aged, Mobile’s shipping suffered
injured by the falling coping of a ho-
tel.
The Penrose May Be Lost.
Washington, I). C., Sept. 28 The
revenue cutter service steam launch
Chas It. Penrose, was at Pensacola.
She was commanded by First As. I •
ant Engineer J. t. Bryan. The vessel
was built in 1883 in Tottenville, N. Y.
SENATOR CLARK HURT.
Had a Rib Broken in an Automobile
Wreck In France.
Helena, Mont., Sept 28 - A special
to the Record from Butte, say* that
word has been received from Mar-
seilles, France, to the effect that Sen-
ator W. A. Clark was In an automo-
bile wreck and sustained a broken
rib, At last accounts the patient was
slowly recovering,
No More Company Exchanges.
Washington, Sept. 28.—There has
been much trouble hi the war depart-
ment during the last few months by
reason of the unsettled bill* of a de-
funct company exchange, which In
volvod the transactions of Homer K.
Lewis, at one time a second lieuten-
ant, of the Both infantry ,and now a
convict In the penitentiary at Leaven-
worth. Kan.
lewis conducted an exchange for
the officers of his company, and after
It hail passed through a period of
maladministration it was found tnat
the exchange owed lulls to consider-
able extent, one of more than $.T>0
due a firm In Omaha. The company
appealed to tho war department,
which holds that nothing can in*
done short of going into the civil
courts and collecting what may bn
obtained from the officers who con-
ducted the exchange as a private en-
terprise, and who are alone responsi-
ble. The company fund ean not be
used In payment of the bills, and the
war department can take no step*
beyond advising the creditors to go
Navy Fears Raised Checks.
Washington, Sept. 28, 11 has been
found that It, Is possible to use acids
and other chantical-s on official im-
pel' so ns to change documents which
have been signed or certified, and If
is proposed to render it Impossible
to make such amendments Accord-
ingly, the navy department tins
called in nil the acid* and other
chemical* which have,been used for
such purposes, and will prohibit tltelr
future use. The desired changes
will he made !>v striking out with
red ink any portion which must be
erasi I. placing them above the
erased part. No attempt, is to be
made to conceal the fact of erasure,
and In addition, the person making
the correction must place Ills Initials
on the paper, so that the authority
or responsibility' for the alteration
may he recognized by those familiar
with the official transaction.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 28.—A well-
bid plot against the life of the em-
peror. and one with all the chances
of success on its side, was uncovered
today by the arrest of two armed ter-
rorists. a nmn and a woman, In the
quarters of one of the servants of the
Alexandra palace, Peterhof. hi*
majesty's closely guarded residence
on Cronstadt bay. The servant’s son
and another laeki y named Klemni
Klepnikoff, who were concerned in
smuggling the terrorists through tho
guards, w. re arrested also.
Emperor Nicholas has been expect-
ed to return to Peterhof this week,
and It is presumed that the terrorists
intended to shoot him when he was
prom, tut ling or playing with his chil-
dren In the palace grounds.
Part, of the great park at Peterhof
Is protected on one side by the waters
of the buy and on the other sides
it is enclosed by a high wall sur-
mounted with Iron spikes. This wall
is constantly palroled by trusted Cos-
sacks, Inside the palace grounds the
only buildings are the unpretentious
palace and two or three smaller
houses for the servants.
The ramifications of tho conspiracy,
in which arrests have been reported
almost dally, since September 15,
when a lackey and several others were
arrested, are extensive and may pos-
sibly hav.> Included two or more sub-
divisions, one directed at. the emperor
and Hie oilier against Grand Duke
Nicholas.
The arrests of these lackeys ex-
plains the manner In which threaten-
ing letters went introduced to the
apartments of the emperor,
A general campaign of arrests ami
domiciliary visitations was inaugurat-
ed In St. Petersburg today. It, Is not
connected with the Peterhof plot, but
Is an outcome of the recently arrived
Warsaw socialists, who came to as-
sist, their St. Petersburg confreres in
organizing a reign of terror here.
Several consignments of arms and
ammunition which arrived by rail
have been seized.
MR. BRYAN WORN.
His Strenuous Trip Is Telling on Him
Leaves Territories.
Enid, Okla. Sept. 28—Wm. J.
Bryan concluded his three days' tour
of Oklahoma and Indian Territory to-
day and left here tonight for Kansas
City.
Mr. Bryan shows the effect of his
strenuous trip through the South. His
voire is hoarse and his last series
of speeches were made with evident
difficulty.
Fifteen thousand people heard him
at. Enid this evening.
May Amend Constitution,
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 2.8.—The
New Jersey State Bar association
will meet at the Marlborough Blen-
heim hotel this afternoon for the pur-
pose of considering the prop.wed
amendment to the New Jersey slate
constitution which provides for a re-
adjustment of the Judiciary of the
state.
Chief 'Justice Gun mere, Justices
Ga risen. Fort, Garret son, Hendrick-
son, Pitney, Sway'ze, Reed and
Trenchant, Chancellor Magic, Vice
Chancellors Pitney, Emery, Stevens,
Stevenson. Bergen and Garrison, Gov-
ernor Stokes, ex-fiovernors Murphy
and Griggs, ex-Judge Van Syekel and K ,.y
Judges Limning and Cross of the
United States district court, arc ex-
pected to attend the mrvting. At f>
o’clock the member* of the associa-
tion and their wives will give a re-
ception to the guests and In the even-
ing a dime r will be served.
New Jersey Golf Championship.
New York, Sept. 28.—Instead of
seeking an inland course for its an-
nual championship contest, as tn pre-
vious years, the Hast Jersey Golf as-
sociation has selected for this year’s
tournament the links of the Deal Golf
and Country club. The contest be-
gan this morning and will take two
days. The championship is only open
to members of the six clubs who have
played In at least six of the team
matches during the season, but to-
morrow there will be a thirty-six hole
handicap for the best gross and the
best, net prizes, to which all the 200
players of the league are eligible.
The championship contest began this
morning with an eighteen-hole ipialt-
lylng round. The eight, lowest scor-
ers will continue at match play for
the title.
FIRE AT BAR3TOW.
Started in a Barber Shop and Swept
the Business Section.
• Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 28.—A spe-
cial to the Times from San Bernar-
dino says: Fire, which originated In
Flag Day in Kansas.
Topeka. Kan., Sept. 28 -Flag day
is celebrated in all the public schools
of till* state toilay. Tie* actual date
of the one hundredth anniversary of
Hie day when the Am- rlcan flag was
first unfurled in the territory which
now constitutes the .tale of Kansas,
lull as the 2ftth this year comes on
a Saturday, It was decided to hold the
celebration on the day before. In ail
schools patriotic r \< rcises were held,
In which refen m S was made to the
part which Lb p. Zebulon Montgom-
Pike played in the historical
events one hundred years ago. It
was while Lieut. Pike with his ex-
ploring part passed through the ter-
ritory which now forms Kansas, that
the American flag was first, thrown
to the breezes in that wilderness.
MONGOLIA AT HONOLULU.
The Wrecked Steamer Arrives From
Midway.
Honolulu, Sept. 28.—The Pacific
mait steamship Mongolia, which re-
c ntly went ashore on Midway Island
ant was subsequently floated, reached
a barber snop has swept the business t|,js port today, accompanied by the
section of Barstow, destroying also i ttited States army transport Buford,
the Santa Fo reading rooms. No fur which was sent to the aid of the
ther particulars have been learned, j stranded vessel and Its passengers.
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