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jfi. . ,. -, -lx PAGES 9 TO 16 . VOL. XXL PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1902. NO. 30. Swwj yi m i in i i numi i : . PART TWO . 'wct$mm Tomorrow's SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Ladies WalKing' 5Kirts Only about 40 Walking Skirts, made of heavy melton, in Oxford gray, graduated flounce, stitched top and bot- J & ? torn White Wash Skirts Made In our own workroom. Extra quality white duck ladies' Walking Skirts, strictly tailor made, seven gored flounce, strapped seams, not $iO & many of them; special t&fJJ Fancy Wool Waistings A new arrival most attractive fancy Waistings. Advance styles in striped and pin dot effects, colors are cream, sky, reseda, gray, royal, navy, cardinal, etc., just the thing for outing; why not buy anew material at price of old? Only per Ladies' Shirtwaists Each and every Shirtwaist greatly reduced. Ladies' Shirtwaist Suits Jill this season's attractive styles reduced in price to cost of material. 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Free instruction in Art Embroidery. o r N-'-' plain and fancy drop- OEf iJ" Vx Box Paper, containing quire of paper and 25 envel- "J fr opes; special Xt. 1500 fine ink Tablets, 3 sizes, kid finished paper; spe- &. cial ZJ WAS FIGHT A FAKE? Story ThatSanTrancisco Was Prearranged, CAUSES DIFFERENCE 0F-QPINIQN Principals .nnd AH Connected With the Battle Emphatic In Their Denials Badly Bruised Bruisers. The choree has been freely made at Ean Francisco that the Jeffrles-Fltz-trtmmons fight was a pre-arranged af fair. The pugilists emphatically deny the assertion, and In support thereof exhibit cuts, hrulses. dislocated Joints arid other evidence of ring punishment. Prominent sporting men who saw the fight are also of the opinion that It -was no fak. The story la based largely on an anonymous letter written to a news paper before the fight that Flt2slra mons would lie down In the eighth. SAN FRANCISCO. July 2C The result ot the championship battle fought here last nlsht between James J. Jeffries ami "Robert .Fltzslmmons Is prolific of wide spread discission. The story circulated to the effect that the fight was a pre arranged affair has enraged the champion and frenzied Fltzslmmons to the point of bursting into tears and fainting away. If any proof of a fake can be offered, says Fltzslmmons, he will forfeit his winnings and his last dollar in the world. Jeffries Is equally vehement In his denials and both are courting a full Investigation. Mayor Schmltz Is weighing the alleged evidence In the case and Intimating that he will end prizefighting here If he finds the circumstances bear out the charges that the fight was a fake. Fltzslmmons Is badly hurt The terrific blows that he received last night have unquestionably affected his heart. Great welts stand out on his back and sides and once today while being rubbed down he fainted "When coming out of the faint he imagined he was in the ring once more, and his attendants had a busy time of it controlling him. "I was beaten fairly and am badly hurt," Kald Fltzslmmons to an Associated Press representative today. "The story that I engaged in a fake Is a He." Fltzslmmons right thumb Is dislocated and the first two knuckles of his left hand are partially out of place. He Is now under the care of a physician. Those who claim that the outcome of the fight was prearranged base their alle gation principally on the fact that Fits, after waging a masterful and terrible bat tle, dropped his guard, leaving an open ing which Jeffries took advantage of. Fltzslmmons Insists, however, that this was not done lntentlorially. He was flghUng all the time, and the severe pun ishment he had borne up under told on him at last. Delaney. Egan, George Slier, Lou House man. Alec Greggalns, Sam Thall and oth ers are loud In their denunciations of the story that the battle was a fake. They sav that the prophesying of the result and final round In a sealed note to the Ivlayor was a coincidence, and that hun dreds of anonymous letters suggesting par allel outcomes are extant. Fit Breaks Into Tears. Fltzslmmons said today: "It's a shame to call It a fake. I foaght the greatest fight of my life, and here I have been branded as a cur. There are people who thought I was "winning all the time, but I could not have won, anyway. Both hands were gone. I've fought 32S battles, and have been defeated twice, both times by Juirles. That shows he Is the better man, docs :t not? I've had 25 years ot hard fighting, and my hands have gone back on me. If they had been all right Jeffries would not hav lasted six rounds; but I've got no excuse As God Is my judge. I did my best." Fltzslmmons cried as he said this, and looked regretfully at his crippled hands. "I knew pome woman had written to Nauphton that I was to lay down In the eighth. I was told of It yesterday. Naugh ton was to Judge by the fight whether there was any truth in the story, and now he comes out and says It was a fake. When I srot in distress In the eighth last night I thought of -the letter and tried to stall off the end, but I could not do it. I remember that as I went down, I said, or ti.w to say. 'I'm gone,' but I guess It was not more than a gasp. It took all the wind out of my body. I did not say That was a peach,' and if I smiled, as they say I did. that must have been a smile of pain. I tried to last, but I could not. I got what 1 gave many a good man. It was the same blow I gave Corbett, only It was a little to one side, but it did the business. "Some time during the fight Jeffries got In one that caught me under the heart. I did not feel It much then, but this morning about 10 o'clock It caught me good, and I thought I was going to die. 1 cannot raise my left hand now. "My hands went back on me," repeated Fltz. "In the last two rounds I put my gloves Into his face, but there was no force to the blows. I was licked fair and square, and the story that I laid down la a d n malaclous He. Barring my hands. I was never In better condition In my life. Where Is there a man of my weight and age," he asked, proudly, "who couid do wnat I did last night?" A mo ment later he said. "And they say I was faking. I cull on the American people to judge." He cried again as he said this. "Why," he said with childish frankness, "I prayed to win this fight. It was the first time I ever prayed to win. I lay in that room there" he pointed to the adjoining apart ment "and prayed God to give me strength to win this battle, and I will be thankful, amen. Do you think I would fake after that? If I wanted to fake 1 could do It better than any one In the world, because I'm not afraid of a punch. I would have gone up and taken one that would have stretched me out. I have been offered hundreds of thousands of dollars to throw fights, but I always fought on the square. I did my best. I could do no more. Now I'm going to re tire. I'm done for." Jeffries Indifrnnnt. When Jeffries was seen his face was- a sight. His eyes were puffed out and dis colored and his cheeks cut and bruised. "I look like a faker," he facetiously re marked as he looked at himself In a glass. "If I was gong to be a party to a fake I would not have stopped all those blows with this face of mine. Anybody who says the fight was crooked Is a liar, and they can break me If they can bring a bit of evidence. If there should have been a fake I would have been the man to hit the floor, for I was on the Ions end of the betting." Mayor Schmltz made the following statement In regard to the fight: "I saw the exhibition, and up to the Urae the blow that settled the fight was struck It seemed to be a very fair and creditable performance: but at the time that the blow was delivered by Jeffries Fltzslmmons appeared to bo entirely off his guard. Perhaps so much stress would not be placed on this fact were It not for the information given to me on the night before the exhibition that the con test would end and in favor of Jeffries In the eighth round. I am loth to be lieve that the promoters of this exhibi tion were in. a conspiracy to defraud the public, and believe that they knew noth ing at all of a prearranged affair." Trainer Delaney's Version. Trainer Delaney issued the following statement In behalf of Jeffries: "The fight Is over; Jeffries won, but not without a struggle. I am free to admit that Fltzslmmons gave us a surprise. 1 never did like Fltzslmmons, but his ac tlons last night won me over. I admire him as a fighter and sympathize with him that he should have been subjected to the mean accusation of faking. Taking his age and weight Into consideration, he made a marvelous showing. If he is a faker we are willing to admit ourselves to be In his class, for It Ls the kind ot faking that wins glory and champion ships. If that fight was a fake wo were a party to It. "I have been before the public for a quarter of a century, and have never even been accused of participating In a dis honest ring' contest, and I am perfectly willing to let the people Judge for them selves relative to last night's fight. I like a courageous man or animal, and when I sec a man who fought as Fltzslmmons fought last night accused of throwing- his friends, I am compelled to do something I have never done -before rush Into print In defense of the honesty of a fight I was connected with. To defend Fltzslm mons from accusation Is to defend a prin cipal In the greatest pugilistic encounter the world has ever seen. I think the story Is the brightest feather In Fltzslmmons' wing. It has had the effect of making me a warm supporter of a man whom I never liked, and I venture to say it will have the same effect on thousands of others. "Even the spectators did not know what a bad fix Jeffries was In. His cheek bono was laid open; he had a broken nose, the blood from -which ran down his throat, preventing his breathing. One of his eyes was cut between the eyebrow and the eye lash, and we were afraid that the lid of his eye would fall and blind him. His other eye was also "blown out" for a mo ment. I think Jeffries demonstrated that he could take as he could give. I eagerly watched for some sign of 'weakening In Fltzslmmons. It came In the fifth round. I then told Jeffries to keep close to him and not to let him recover. Jeffries fol lowed instructions and landed the punch In the eighth. "In conclusion, I will say that it was the gamest fight between the gam est men the world has- ever known, and the best man won " Opinions of Others. Referee Graney saya of the charge of "fake" In the big fight of last night: "I think the contest was legitimate. From a referee's standpoint the fight was as near perfect as a fight could be. There were no fouLs not even a semblance, of a foul. I had to caution them once, but this was not for anything that either did to the other, but for their bumping into me. It was the greatest' fight I ever saw, and I doubt if there will ever be another like It," The Chronicle this morning says: "There was no taint of suspicion coming from any quarter that the contest was not en tirely fair and square, and the best man won. Surely no other encounter of the kind ever waged combined all the good qualities of that fought last night." The Call says: "For seven rounds Rob ert Fltzslmmons made a pitiable spec tacle of the young Hercules from the South, and then fell under Just such a blow as that with which he won the world's championship from Corbett at Carson on that memorable 17th of March, 1S97." The Examiner Insists that the fight was a fake, "pure and simple." Secretary Harrington, of the San Fran cisco Athletic Club, has made the fol lowing financial statement of the fight: "Total receipts from sale of tickets. $31, SS0; 70 per cent to contestants, $22,316; 60 per cent of 70. per cent to Jeffries, $13, 3S9; 40 per cent of 70 per cent to Fltz slmmons. $S926; revenue of club from this source, $9564. All money was paid over by Sam Thall, who acted as treasurer, at an early hour this morning." Delaney, referring to the champion's future plans, said: "We will consider the challenge of Corbett nnd determine whether or not It Is reasonable. I do not know what his proposition Is. If he means business wc will meet him and will take care of him. Jeffries Is young: and strong and has no Intention of quitting the ring." Dr. M. W. Frederick, who attended Champion James J. Jeffries' injuries last night and thl6 afternoon, and repaired his broken nose, made the following state ment concerning his injuries: "The condition of Jeffries' face would make It evident to any one that Jeffries was not engaged In a fake fight. The condition of his face showed the punish ment which he received was enough to have put out a fighter who did not pos sess the extraordinary staying powers of the champion. -The wounds prove what force the blows must have exerted. Had these blows been rilned on one of less staying powers, the fight would have been over long before the eighth round. The other visible effects of Fltzslmmons" blows show or prove that an honest attempt was made to turn the victory toward the loser." WHAT LOCAL SPORTS SAV. Majority Think Figrht Was on the Sqnnre. The theory that the great Jeffrls-FItz-slmmons prizefight of Friday evening was not won on Its merits flnd3 little support among Portland sports, although a few cling to the belief that "Lanky Bob" sold out to the young California giant. It Is the prevailing opinion anong local sports men that the battle was a fair and above board affair, and that the superior weight and youthful strength of the champion carried him through to victory. It is a well-known and well-established fact that the "yellow" papers and the disgruntled sports of San Francisco raise the great hue and cry of "fake" after every fistic battle waged In that city. San Francisco Is never happy without something sensa tional or scandalous to discuss and harp over, consequently the charge against the principals of Friday's battle created no surprise among those who are familiar with the temperament of San Francisco and San Francisco people. Admirers of the two heavy-weights, especially those who support the Cornlslynan. say that Jeffries won because he is a bigger, younger and stronger man. All agree that Fltzslmmons put up the nerviest kind of a fight, but followers of Jeffries hoot at the Idea thnt the Callfornlan was "all but out" when the chance blow put "Fltz" out of business. It Is said that Jeffries led his opponent Into the scrim mages, chancing all kinds of punishment, receiving many a hard Jolt, but finally landing the one knock-out blow for which he had so keenly watched an opening. (Concluded on Page 10.) MONEYTOCETTRACY Governor May Put Greater Price on Outlaw's Head, HERRILLFUNDLIKELYTOBEUSED Snm Left After Settling "With Mrs. Wnfrsoncr for Retnrn of Convict's Body Is Available Her Reim bursement .Not Yet Fixed. SALEM. Or., July 25. (Special.) Gov ernor Geer held a conference with Super intendent Lee, of the State Penitentiary, today, regarding the payment of the re- NEW PRESIDENT FEDERATED TRADES COUNCIL l3b3 ilKtMr' CSSSSSSSS t v?'.sssssflHBBBK3ffi: VwS?S 5V bbbbbb. aW'ftHBJifltiHHH !v ''ssHssHMLBflHKilssBsBm r i xPbbbbbbbbbLbsbbbW&. h4;t9bbbbbbbbbbM V SHilt iIbbbbbbbbbbI bbbbbbbbbuBbbbbE!'IIb'& &(.3bbbbbbbbbbbbb wbbbbbbbbbbbsb1bbbbw-. m IkaiHlsBslslsH -. JlsSlslsHVIsKEL,'tn ?;.; ssBHBIsl r " JBaBaBaBaBaflsKAf!ssBaBaLH m&v iiJKiS'iSHBiBsBaBaV CHARLES M1CKLEY, DELEGATE FROM TAILORS' TTCJION. r & t ' Charles Mlckley. who was elected president of the Federated Trades ' Council. has .been a delegate to that body from the Tailors' Union, and Is known as an untiring worker In the cause of labor. Mr. Mlckley was elected a delegate tc the cduncll from the union when It was organized, a year ago. He served on some important committees, and was a prominent member of the convention at which the State Federation of Labor was organized, and was elected treasurer of that body. ward for the return of thebody of David Merrill, the outlaw, but no conclusion was reached. Warden Janes Is absent at Tacoma, and no action will be taken in the matter until his return. Governor Geer said today that It Is desirable that the Identity of the body should be cer tain, and it Is upon this point that he wishes to confer with Mr. Janes. "The state Is not disposed, to bo over exacting or to quibble over the matter," said Governor Geer, "but It would place us In a very bad position If we should pay the reward, or a part of It, and then Merrill should turn up later over In Seat tle. From the reports I havo heard I am Inclined to presume that the body re turned Is In fact Merrill's, but since I have not had an opportunity to talk with Mr. Janes, I will take no Immediate-action. There is no need to hurry the mat ter." Reward for Mrs. "Wapsroner. Governor Geer could not say at present whether the whole amount of the reward will be paid In case he concludes that Mrs. Waggoner has returned the body of Mer rill. He said that It does not seem to him that a person who made no effort whatever to "capture and return" the fugitive should receive the whole of a reward which was offered to Induce peo ple to engage In the hunt for the crim inal. At the same time, he realizes that It Is worth something to the state to have the body of the escaped convict returned, and the person furnishing the evidence of the death of Merrill should be paid liber ally. He will consider all phases of the question, and try to do Justice to all con cerned. May Be Added to Tracy Reward. Governor Geer said that in case all of the reward Is not paid to Mr3. Waggoner, he will probably add the remainder of the 51500 to the reward offered for Tracy. He does not believe It advisable, or practica ble, to send out men to hunt for Tracy, but thinks that the reward offered is suf ficient inducement for men to engage In the hunt. No funds are available for the purpose of sending out men to keep up a continuous hunt at state expense, for all the appropriations are made for specific purposes. Tn many states the Legislature sets apart a "contingency" fund, upon which the Governor may draw In case of emergencies which the Legis lature could not foresee and provide for. But In this state there is no money that can be used for emergency purposes at the penitentiary. The appropriations for the asylum and other Institutions are made In a lump sum. so that the boards can use the money for the purpose re quired, but the appropriations for the penitentiary are lr. small sums for spe cific purposes, as for the salary of the superintendent, salary of guards, fire wood, etc., and no part of the money can be used for purposes other than those mentioned In the law. A number of men wrote to Governor Geer while Sheriff Cudlhee and posse were hunting Tracy, proposing that If the Gov ernor would call all the men off the chase they would undertake to capture the desperado. Since the posse has been dismissed. Governor Geer thinks the way Is now clear for those who believe that Individual effort will be most successful, and he hopes to see some one go after Tracy and capture him. Search For a. Mlsnlnfr Brother. DENVER, July 26. Major Charles B. Ewln, U. S. A., arrived in Denver from his post at Fort Preble, 3Ie.. to make a search for his brother Ephralm B. Ewlng, a well-known attorney of Wash- Ington, D. C, -who Is supposed to be wandering about the country Insane. The Ewings are brothers-in-law of United States Senator Cockrell. of Missouri. The last seen of Ephralm Ewlng was. about two weeks ago, when he appeared at the Wells ranch, at the head of Snake River In Wyoming-, where he used to spend his Summers. He was suffering from lack of food. His clothes were ragged and ho looked a physical and mental wreck. He applied for work as laborer. Ewlng's friends were notified by wire of his presence In that section but before a reply was received, he disappeared. IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY Phenomenal Development Here Dis courages the British. "WASHINGTON, July 26. The phenom enal development of the Iron and steel Industry of the United States led the Brit ish Iron Trade Association to appoint a commission last year to Inquire Into the industrial conditions and competition of the United States. The report of that commission, which has been recently presented. Is briefly reviewed by the Lon don Commercial Intelligence, a copy of which has Just reached the Treasury Bu reau of Statistics. It says: "It Is, Indeed, a marvelous, and, to the --f J British manufacturer and trader, In some respects a most discouraging story. The British Iron Trade Commission give3 de tails of the mineral resources of the United States as affecting that funda mental Industry the manufacture of Iron and steel; shows the extraordinary rich ness of the principal fields of coal. Iron oro and kindred minerals, and demon strates by concrete examples how the natural inventiveness of the American has enabled him to apply to the operations of production and distribution of wealth original Ideas and methods that are as yet little known In Europe. It Is also made manifest how, on land, on lake, on river and on canal, the American people have applied their minds to the solution of the conditions and problems of cheap transport until they have at last attained a level of rates and charges such as we havo hardly had any experience of on this side of the Atlantic. It Is not, how ever, to be supposed that the triumphs of the American people In these matters have been achieved without effort. Much testimony Is borne to the fact that in the conditions of organization and admin istration. In their dealings with labor, In the confidence and enterprise with which they have embarked on Industrial opera tions of great magnitude, In the efforts made to adapt themselves to new condi tions, in the eagerness with which they have endeavored to create new demands both at home and abroad, and In the care and attention given to the successful cul tivation of foreign markets, the American people have labored strenuously for many years, until labor, ingenuity and enter prise have become their most distinguish ing characteristics. When one has ap preciated all that the Americans have done for themselves, It Is neither natural nor reasonable to grudgo them the suc cess which has Attended their labors." Commercial Intelligence presents the following picture of the relative growth of the Iron and steel industry In the United States and the principal countries of the world: Production of pig-iron in the United States, United Kingdom. Germany, and all other countries. In thousands of gross tons: i United United Ger-A" co'Sn- iear ouiies. .Kingdom, many. tries 1865. 1S70. 832.0ft) 4 xu nrrt 760. COO 2. ran m 1.66S.00O 5.964,000 2,021,000 6.365.000 3.3S5.000 7,749.000 4.045.000 7.415.000 9.203,000 7.901.000 9.446.000 7.703 m 1.369,000 2.902.0U0 1.997.000 3.510.000 2.6S6.O0O 3.201.000 3.629.000 4,439.000 4.6S5.000 5.73S.00O 5.379.000 6.376.000 8.3S6.000 9.265.000 7,737,000 9,042,000 1S75. 1SS0. 18S5. 1SS0. 1SS5. 1SC0. 13.7S9.000 S.960.000 1901 15.S78.000 7;750;00Q 'Iron and Steel Association figures j . , Rnn Down by Cars nnd Killed. j BAKER CITY. Or., July 26. J. F. Early, a locomotive fireman, in the employ of i the O R. & N. at Huntington, was brought to St. Elizabeth's Hospital here late last night, with one of his leg3 ' ground to a pulp. He was acting as a temporary switchman, when his foot caught In the switch-frog as an engine and several cars were backing down on him The engineer didn't hear his warn ing cry until the cars caught him. Drs. Dodson and McDanlel worked hard to save his life, but he did not recover from the shock. He died early this morning. Mlsnlnp: Girls Located. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 26. , Edith and Florence Lewis, of Chicago. I who went from this city to Cripple Creek last Tuesday and then disappeared, were located today at the home of a friend In Cripple Creek. They were surprised to hear that their absence from Colorado Springs had caused alarm. WAKEFIELO GETS IT Drydock Contract Awarded for $162,000. STRUCTURE IN TWO SECTIONS Long: Timbers for Bottom Chords of Trnsnes Compromises Rennlt In Savins: of $3000 End of Long Negotiation. The Board of Port of Portland Com missioners wont Into executive session yesterday afternoon and awarded the con tract for the construction of the drydock to Robert Wakefield, of the Portland Bridge & Building Company, and fixed the price at $162,000. The figure agreed upon wrs the result of a compromise. Wakefield stuck to the bid of J165.000 for long timbers, which he presented Friday, and the Commissioners were equally as determined that the cost should not ex- ceed 5160,000. At the conference an agree ment was reached by which both sides made concessions. Wakefield's alternate bid was changed so that long timbers' would be required only on the bottom," chords of the trusses. Instead of on both chords. The change was accepted by Mr. Wakefield, and all that now remains be tween the decision and the beginning of the work Is the drawing and the signing of the contract. The meeting of the board was attended by President Banfleld and Messrs. Ad ams, McCraken and Swlgert. Commis sioners Reilly, Selling and Hughes were absent. Consulting Engineers Blackwell, of the drydock, and Lockwood, of tho dredge; Manager Hesse, of the Columbia Engineering Works, and three reporters were also In attendance. When the meet ing was called to order Mr. Swlgert moved that the board go into executive session. and the motion was carried. This was taken as a polite hint that the presence of none except the Commissioners and Mr. Blackwell was desired, and headed by Engineer Lockwood the five others left the room. At the expiration of 13 min utes all were recalled and the contract was then let, on motion of Mr. Adams. For further information the reporters were referred to Mr. Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell said that under the agree ment the dock will be built in two sections Instead of three. There will be one splice in the bottom chord nnd the remainder of the dock will be built according to specifications. The dock will give just as good service at the one provided for In Mr. Wakefield's alternate bid. and It will result In the saving to the port of $3000 In the cost of material. After having received the congratula tions of the Commissioners, Mr. Wake field asked when the contract would be ready for his signnture. Mr. Blackwell said he would prepare It and submit fttto the board, so that all matters pertaining to the dock from the engineer's point of view would be clearly understood. The board will In turn pass the contract to Its attorney, J. C. Flanders, to attend to the legal part of it. That practically ended the drydock question, which has troubled the board for the past eight months. Tho board authorized the treasurer to pay $7500 to the Columbia Engineering Works for work performed upon the new dredge, upon presentation of a certificate from Consulting Engineer Lockwood that the company had not failed to perform In time Its portion of the contract. There was no question that the company had done the work In the time required, but the certificate was deemed necessary. CHANCE FOR HIS LIFE. Xlcaragrnn Consents to Postpone Dr. Wilson's Trial. WASHINGTON. July 26. Senor Corea, the Nlcaraguan Minister, today Informed Acting Secretary of State Hill that his government has accepted the Minister's recommendation relative to the postpone ment of any final measures in the caso of Dr. Russell Wilson, the American cap tured with a filibustering party near Blue fields, until all of the rights which ho has under the law have been Invoked. Fur thermore, President Zelaya showed tho confidence he felt In his Minister here by Indicating his purpose to be bound In the final disposition of Wilson's case by tha Minister's recommendation. As Senator Hanna has represented that Wilson was In Chicago In 1S99 by way of controverting the statement that he was engaged in a former revolution In Nica ragua, Senor Corea has explained to tha State Department that the revolution re ferred to was In the preceding year. 1S9S, and Wilson's participation therein was ab solutely established. Victim of an Error. CLEVELAND, O.. July 26. Senator Hanna has sent another telegram to Washington In regard to Dr. Russell Wilson, who Is about to be tried by court-martial In Nicaragua for participat ing in a filibustering expedition. Dis patches from Nicaragua state that Dr. Wilson Is seriously compromised, as ha was suspected of having participated in an expedition in one of the provinces of Nicaragua In 1S99. "I have discovered," said Senator Han na, "that Dr. Wilson was a student in the medical department of the Ohio Stato University In 1S99, and he did not graduate from that Institution until 1900. There Is no truth In the charge that he partici pated In the revolution of 1S99. I havo wired Assistant Secretary of State Hill, requesting him to notify our Minister to Nicaragua, and see that Dr. Wilson Is accorded a full and fair trial for his life." Miss Van Alen Weds. NEWPORT, R. I.. July 26. The mar riage of Miss Sarah Stewart Van Alen. youngest daughter of James J. Van Alen, and granddaughter of Mrs. William Astor, to Robert Joseph Collier, son of Peter Fenton Collier, of New York, took place today at the Van Alen villa, Wakehurst. Only the members of the two families and a few Intimate friends were present. To Snrvej' Site for Reservoir. SHERIDAN. Wyo., July 26. Professor J. A. Pershall. ot the United States Geological Survey, pased through here to day en route to the Basin Country, where he will make a preliminary survey for the construction of a large Government reservoir, provided for under the Irriga tion bill passed by the recent session ot Congress. Spanish-American "War Veterans. PHILADELPHIA, July 26. The third annual encampment of the Spanish American war veterans will be held in Annapolis on September 22, 23 and 24. President Roosevelt has written that he expects to attend the encampment on Sep tember 23.