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THE ESTAIJLISILED .JUNI3 JJ ) , 187J. OMAHA , FHIDAY MOKXIXf ? , HI , 18)0 ! ) TWELVE VAC3KS. COPY 1TIV13 CENTS. PURSE IS WIDE OPEN Benato Votes Money to Employes with a Lavish Hand. SALARIES RAISED WITH LITTLE TROUBLE ; Bopublicans Join with tha Fusionists in the Wild Scramble. [ RAILROAD LOBBY MUCH IN Board of TrnnsporUtion is Given Three Secretaries. i GETS RAISE OF EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS Total Incrriixo of If'J ! ) , IIIO Over Ihu Hillary Aiir | | < iirlutl | HN ot 1HO7 lloiiNc I'lttn In < liillc n lliiHy Day. LINCOLN. March 30. ( Special. ) The Hen- nto has finished the consideration ot the sal- nry appropriation hill and the generosity ex hibited by the largo republican majority to the fusion olllce grabbers In the atato house has been n HUrprlso to those who have watched the proceedings. The house had at- IcmptL'd sonio much needed reforms In the extravagance wllh which the people's money has been expended In the imst many years I for the pin-pose of furnishing "Jobs" to the politicians who flock about the state house llko carrion. While In several canes they had the courage to pare down the salary ap propriations , the senate almost unanimously lias voted to restore the former scale. Now offices for the faithful have been uddeir that linvo not hitherto existed. Salaries were raised 'with ' easy conscience. , The fusion minority voted to a man for | every proposition that would Increase the appropriations. Senator Van Dusen touched the keynote when In nn eloquent plea for economy he said that he wns astounded at the rapacity of the minority In the matter of appropriations , who wore voting In n solhl phalanx to ralne Bolarlcs and got new Jobs cYeate.il for their fusion friends. Ho called attention to tholr platforms and tholr cam- Iialgn speeches , nil pledging economy and u general reduction In the running expenses of the etato. Ho scored ttio hypocrisy of those who preached reform on the stump nnd practiced the extravagance the fuslonlsts were exhibiting In the legislature. The fusion olllccholdlng lobby , which has swarmed like locu tH on the floor of the sen ate during the consideration of the salary appropriation bill , has exhibited Its rupu- clousni'ss to the utmost limit , persistently hammering for an Increase In their wnges commensurate with the "Increased prosper ity" oftho times. The old argument nbout the great expense of living ln _ Lincoln has 'been ' worn threadbare and the members seem to have entirely forgotten that there were a dozen applications for every Job at the state liouso nnd that men of as much experience nnd r-ompotenco could be secured by the wholesale at 25 per cent Ices wages , which lire } u many cuseiral least 35 per tfentHrgur than private persons and firms pay for sim ilar work , Komiot Hie IiicrrnHON. Among the increase wns the one provid ing for three secretaries of the Hoard of Transportation , a total raise of $8,000 , while Jt is generally known that no department Is u greater detriment to the state than this .board . and has been for years. When Sen ator Farrell mudo his plea for this Increase , characterizing this board as the only thing ( standing 'between ' the people nnd the rail roads , nnd the senate sanctioned the increase - crease , railroad lobbyists rushed to the mem-1 faers of the present board , congratulating them upon their good luck , having a goodj laugh together ever Senator Farrell's re marks. It may not be apparent to many why the publicans have 'been ' so busy pulling fu sion , chestnuts out of the lire , but those on the Insldo readily understand the situation. It. Is a combination of members from dis tricts In which state Institutions are located to get aid In return from the fuslonlsts for npproprlatlons asked for these Institutions. There nro thirteen senators coming from districts having state Institutions. With the Uffitccptlon of the Douglas county delegation th-rso - members have been supporting all ap propriations of nil kinds. In Justlfleatlon of their actions It Is said the republicans assert they will have the atalo ofllccs iignln Intwo years and then they would want their employes to draw big pay. They said It wouldn't look nice to raise thcmi right awny , hence It IB better to da so now In anticipation. Following Is a tabulated statement of sal ary npproprlatlons that will make InterestIng - Ing rending : Senate. House. ISO ! ) . ISifl. 1K07. Governor's ofTlco . . . .J IG.COO J 15.20. . ) $ lfi.600 Adjutant general . . . . < iMO 6,000l.ono Com. of labor fi.OOO fiecrotary of state. . . . IS.COO Auditor il.fiOO Treasurer 15,600 Kupt. public Inst S.SOO Attorney general . . . . W.OOO Com. Public. I-Jinds and llulldlnKS 23.SOO Tdstrlct court 221,000 Huprnmo court Sl , ) Htnte library 4.RO. . ) SlankliiK department. C.fiOfl Homo for Krlemlles . li.OiK ) ] 1 < 1 of Transportation 13,000 Normal dcliooU . . . . . . 11,8'H ' } Lincoln Insane Has. . ll.SOO 5InntlnK Insane Hoa. J.oon Norfolk IliKane Ilns. 7.O. . " ) lid. of Irrigation I,0- ' Ktuto university . . . . . 2 .RW Kearney Reform Soli. 17.(00 ( ( Icnova Indus. Rcliool P.tOrt IJnaf pnd Duniii Inn. 2SfiOc ) KcoblH Mlmleil Inn. . . . 13,200 ln . for mind 1S.200 VMi commission 2jW Mllfonl indim. Homo. 7.1RO UlfonlSiil. . Homo . . VJSi ) Grand I. Sol. Homo. . 9.720 Insuruiu-o dcpaniment C.flQO Totl , JS43.KO 7,180 JS05.300 IncrenVo ovr 1W7. . . . 3S.SSO . . . . over 1837 9,120 lloiiNn In n C'art'li'HH niiniil. The house was In a rarcless mood again today , especially during the afternoon , when Jones of Oago wau In the chair. In commit tee of the whole , and for awhile there wer Hcenes of Jollity and disorder that fur nished u rtMnlnder of some of the proceed ings on the last day and nights of previous Kccslons. H was iSIr. Jonce' first experience \ \v \ the chair and the members made It very / Jbrm for him from the atari. The bills up / rfor coiuddenitlon were not such as Inter ested the monibera greatly , and they let the fun go on for A long while. During ilr. Jones' Incumbency In < he chair one matter came up that raised a Hltle bait blood 'between c-ino of the fusion members nnd tha sifting committee. When this com- uilttco it ado its lost report the list wan hung up and the bllta were taken up In their order. During the afternoon the rommlttce discovered thut S. F , 11. the free high school bill , won not Included , and they handed It In to the clerk to be taken up along with tab others. When U was reached there were ImmoJluto rtbjeotlonei froni niviulbera who ( Continued on Third Puge. ) DITCHED NEAR PARKVILLE Moiilliliiiiniit Iliirllnuloli I'nn Wrri-Ui-il l-Vtv Milllul of KIIII- MIIM City OIHMnn Klllfil. KANSAS CITV. .March SO. The south bound Ilurllngton passenger train , duo here Into this afternoon , was wrecked three miles north of Prakvllle , Mo. Thr > whole train , except the dining car , rolled down u twenty-foot embankment , car rying with It several telegraph poles , thus breaking telegraphic communication. Flro 1 > roki' out in one of the conches nnd was extinguished without dlfllculty. The mail and baggage cars were turned bottom and the sleeper turned on Its side , left the tracks , but remained up- of the wreck , though not Is supposed to have been The fb j5V"nlll"K at the r.ilo of about thirtylivefii5Jj an hour. The Injured are : F. T. Norton , Kansan City , head badly bruised nnd fnco gashed. O. 13. Hendce , mall clerk , Kansas City , fo.ro and head bruised. W. II. Yoak. Atwood , Kan. , hip bruised nnd wrists sprained. Peter Moore , Palmyra , .Mo. , hip nnd shoulder hurt. William 'Rogers ' , 'brakomau ' , leg nnd head hurt. hurt.Prof. Prof. H. W. Ixhrman. Topcka , Kan. , shoulder nnd knee Injured , Mary A. Miller , Mlle , Mo. , foot mashed and head cut. Iito tonight Norton and Hcmleo were un conscious. Their condition Is serious and neither may recover. This Is the trnln on the Kansas Cltj- , St. Joseph & Council Bluffs railroad , leav ing Omaha nt ! > : - " > a. in. and duo to nrrlvc at Kansas City n'lout 4 o'clock In the after- noon. Parkvllle Is the first station this sldo of Kansas City. Nothing was known of the wreck by the Burlington olllcers In this city at 0 o'clock last night. AIRBRAKES FAIL AT NEED i .liic friMV In I'linliUto ' . \v < > rl I'll till ColIlMlllll Hot \VCfll I'llMNCII- uer TrnlUN. ST. LOUIS , March 30. A special to the llopubllc from Alton , III. , says : A heat'on collision of passenger trains occurred on the Bluff line nt Haynes , ten miles above Alton , nt 9 o'clock this mornIng - Ing nnd the following wore Injured : Dr. D. W. Porter , Jorseyvllle , III. Phil Gardner , Hoonvllle , Ind. Mrs. J. H. Yuthan , Hclltrecs , Ind. J. II. Mallon , 'baggageman. ' The engineers escaped -by jumping. The trains were No. 2. northbound , for Spring field , and train No. 3 , southbound , for St. Louis. They were scheduled to pass at Haynes. They arrived simultaneously and the southbound train slowed up to let the other In on the siding. The airbrakes of the latter train failed to work and -the train could not bo stopped , but plowed Into the southbound , both locomotives being totally wrecked. Traffic was blocked for several hours , but the cars were finally pulled away and a train made up nnd sent to Alton. Dr. Porter was the most seriously injured and -was taken to his homo this afternoon. MRS , GEORGE'STRIALTUESDAY Klittcnioiit IN Muilo liy \VlincHN Kc- r < li < ' Klnillnu of tlic Ilv- volvcr that Killed Sa.vton. CANTON , O. , March 30. A few weeks ago Sergeant of Pollen William Haslcr re turned to the county prosecuting attorney a revolver found byhim - on lost October 10 , three days after the murder of George D. Saxton , of which Mrs. George stands ac cused. He had kept the pistol concealed I In his possession several months. Ho was j ' ( subsequently discharged from th4 force by Mayor Ulce , who Is also chief of police and a practicing attorney. i Today Hasler made nn olllclal statement I of his conduct In the matter. He said thai I on October 10 Mayor Rice directed him | where to find the pistol near the Henry house , lie went as directed , and found it and took It home , but the next day he de nied to Mayor Rice that ho had found It. l Hasler says he was worried and took advice - ' vice of counsel who advised him to turn the pistol ever to the attorneys for Mrs. George's < lcfense. At that time Mayor Rico was one of the attorneys for her defense , but ho recently withdrew from It. Mayor Ri e denies that he directed Hasler where to find the pistol or anything of the kind and that ho know nothing nbout the mat- i ler. Hasler , on the contrary , says that after his discharge Mayor Rico come to htm nnd asked him If ha knew about the revolver. ( Mrs- . George will go on trial next Tues day. One hundred witnesses have been sub poenaed. UNLOADINGTHE FUNERAL SHIP Tranxporl Ht-iii-ht-n llrooUlya with ( he lloillt-M of SolillL-rH Kiilli-u In SiuiiilNh Wnr. NEW YORK , March 30. The United I States transport Crook , having on board the bodies of 6S8 American soldiers and civilians | who lost their lives In the American-Spanish , war , was moored alongside the government t deck In Brooklyn today and the work of dis charging the cargo was commenced. Cnvtaln Buck , with Company I of the > Thirteenth UnlUd States Infantry , awaited the arrival of the vessel. The work of trans- I ferring the caskets from the ship to the | dock will probably occupy the greater part ; of three days , ns the boxes are only swung over at the rate of ono every live minutes. When the caskets reached the floor of the dock they were put on litter and carried by four men to different parts of the wharf , so that Identification by relatives or frlcnde would be facilitated. Lieutenant Robinson of Olilo who went to Cuba for the purpose of Identifying , bodies , Is 111 with typhoid fever. Ho waa removed from the Crook to the Long Island college hospital. The wlfo of Brigadier General - oral Ezra Kwers Is also sick. She was re moved from the Crook to the Park Avenue hotel , this city. RAT ROW'S PERIODICAL BATH l-'looil ConiliiK DIMVII tin- Ohio A Kill ii mill LiMver Cliii-liiiuill In Get ting AV.-t. CINCINNATI. March 30. A flood Is com- ilng down the Ohio , hut not a dangerous one. There Is rising water between Wheeling and Parkorsburg. also from Portsmouth to Louisville. At all 11011118 on the upper Ohio uoovo Portsmouth the river Is fulling. The rise between Parkersburg and Wheeling U owing to the outpour of the Allegheny. Hero ut 10 o'clock tonight the river Is forty-eight feet ami eleven Inches and ls rising three Inches an hour. It may reach fifty-one feet , which Is ono font ubove the danger line , by Saturday , It will not go beyond that unless there should bo heavy rainfall Immediately. Them "was a light rainfall tonight. Rat row and Sausage row are getting one of their periodical ilooJIngs. LEE'S PASSENGERS SAVED Tit n limit-nil of Sixty l' - oilrIoil | In .Sloninliont Acliltnt at T > lrr , 31 . MEMPHIS. March 30. Dennlte Informa tion wan received at the general offices of the l.co line today regarding the nature of the steamboat disaster at Tyler , Mo. , yes terday nftcrnoon. It reached that olllcn In the shnpo of n telephone mesMge from their travel I n R freight agent , P. C. Lewis , who wns on the Itowcna Leo nt the time It went down. Two lives are known to hnvo been lost and olio Is missing. The dead : MRS. CHAMBERS of Cnruthcrsvllle , Mo. UNKNOWN NKOHO WOMAN. The missing man Is George Kuchler , mall clerk. General Manager llohurt 1C. Lee of the Leo line furnlshtil the Information regard ing the casualties as soon as It reached his ofllre. The message said that Uio boat left Tyler nt I o'clock nnd In backing out from the landing to reach the middle of the channel , struck seine hidden obstruction , the nature of which was not known , nnd It began to sink Immediately. iAs soon as this fact became- known the pilot changed the course of the boat and started back to the landing , but before It was reached It had settled down In thirtyfivefoot of water , All the passengers and crew were saved except these whose names have been given. Mrs. Chambers took passage nt Caruthers- vlllo for Memphis and was bound for somn point In Mississippi. The passengers nnd crow were picked up .by the steamer Ora Lee , which was turned back from Tlpton- vlllo. The RowcnnLee Is a total loss. It coat $40.000 In 1S'.I3 and was Insured for $15,000 with the Louisville underwriters. Another vemloti of the sinking of the Itowcna Leo reached hero late tonight from Cnruthursvllle , via Cnmjibell , Mo. , anil In creases tihe casualty list to live. The de tails and list of names follow : Mrs. Edna Chamberlain , passenger , Caruthcrsvllle. George Kuchler , mall clerk , 'Memphis. ' Unknown chambermaid. Two unknown negro roustabouts. The boat was heavily loaded with cotton and railroad Iron ; had made a landing and was getting under way again when the wind caught It and WenIt on the bank , tern first. It l supposed the vessel struck a projecting log , tearing u hole In Its stern. It ibegan to sluk nt once and 'went down In two minutes. The iiassengem and crow jumped. Some were picked upby shifts or swam ashore. Alra. Chamberlain Jumped on the river nldo and wns never eecn after ward. POLICE ARE ALL GRAFTED HooNcvolt lU-cclvt-H Coiniiiiiiilcatloit from Xi w Tor It'll Patrolmen lle- iiK mi Kxtortloii. ] ALBANY , N. Y. , March 30. Governor Roosevelt has received from several members , of the police force of New York communlca- | tlons saying that an assessment has been levied on that department for some un known purpose. The governor made n statement to that effect tonight. Ho refused to divulge the names of hla correspondents , nor to permit tholr communications to be published. These- letters" , lie 'said , > vcre TTrincliralIy"fro"m"men who had been asked to contribute , but have not done so. They have been received by him for the last two months. From what he gleaned from the letters the men of the police force had been requested to contrib ute according to their rank. He under stands that the patrolmen were assessed f 10 , the roundsmen $15 and that the sergeants nnd captains paid proportionately. CISSY LOFTUS WANTS DIVORCE Ht-r IIiiNhiiiiil , .IiiNtlii McCarthy , It-lull Politic-ill I.riulrr anil Author , -linkCM Kin-mill DcfeiiNi- . NKW YORK , Mnrch 30. The Herald to morrow will say : Cissy Loftus McCarthy , the actress , has begun suit In the supreme court in this city for an absolute divorce from her husband , Justin Huntley McCar thy , the Irish political leader and author. Ho has filed an answer to her complaint , denying her charges , but It is understood that this action IB formal and Intended to prevent the trial of the suit in open court. In accordance with the rules governing un defended cases. iMrs. iJIcCarthy's complaint Is based upon statutory grounds. Her hus band. In his answer , makes no counter charges. BLACKSTONE STEPS OUT HIM PiiNlUoa IIH Kxviuitlve llt-nil of tinI'ltlonKo t Alton Ha II uny. CHICAGO , March 30. Timothy B. Dlnck- stonc , president of the Chicago & Alton railroad , took the decisive action today that puts him loose , after so many years , from [ the executive control of the corporation. ' Ho forwarded to New York nil his holdIngs - Ings of stock , preferred nnd common , for deposit with -the United Stntes Trust com pany nnd at tln < same tlmo tendered his resignation ns director nnd president of the ; ' road , to take effect April 1. With this nc- ho formally abandoned all thought of [ ! Interposing obstacles to the reorganization iof the system iby the eastern syndicate. PANIC OF CONVENT CHILDREN n -A\lille ( Yli'hrntliifC Holy Thursday M Ari'lilt-nt CIIIINI-M II Illii7iIn liiirittiiailraiy , SPRINGFIELD. Mo. , .March . 30. Florence Rule , a ipuplt at the 1/areHu academy , while Inking part In the celebration of Holy Thursday nt the Church of the Immaculate Conception was 'badly burned. The pupils marched Inside the church , carrying candles , one of which came in contact with the little glrl'n hnlr and rlothlng , setting them on fire. The 100 children In line -broke away , causing a panic. Several were trod on. Florence -was seriously , but not fatally in jured. Others were slightly hurt. CoalInriital'H Ciixlilrr ( ilvt-n K\ni e , MEMPHIS , March 30. The charges against H. L , Armstrong , cashier of the Continental National bank , came up before United States Commissioner dough today. Mr. Armstrong waived examination and gave bond to appear before the federal court In May. It Is claimed that the overdrafts which it Is charged wore In violation of the national banking laws , reported by him under thb head of "loans nnd discounts" In the bank's statement of December , 1837 , were over drafts which were secured by pledges of col * lateral. They were paid a few days after the statement was made and It Is claimed not a dollar was lost by the bank on account ot such overdrafts , Sulro'M Kxtatr lU-liivt-iitorli-d , SAN FRANCISCO , March 30. The second Inventory cf the estate of the late Adolpu Sutro has just been completed and shows that the entire estate Is worth 52,713,127 and that of this sum * 2-i26,07G ls Invested In real estate in the counties of San Francisco , San Mateo and Alameda. The Sutro library Is appraised ut 175,000. the Sutro baths , said to tie the finest In the world , are UL-urnd to bu worth 1200,000. BREASTWORKS OF DEAD HEX Slaughtered Filipinos'So Thick on Field They Are Usnd for Befuge. SIGHTS DESCRIBED BY RED CROSS WORKER Vomits of Utnlit llrnlnlly i-i'il liy the Nntlvvnlillo Cnrlnpr for AVouiiiIi-iI Ainu on UnUlrlldil. WASHINGTON' . .March 30. Tie following extracts nro furnlshrsl from n report just re ceived by the lied Cross society from F. A. Hlakn ot California , In charge of the Red Crow * work nt iManiln. The report Is dated j Fubrunry IB. It says : I "Just ono -week - ago today , did the fighting I I ' actually coimnciipp , and thn last week has l 'brought ' o'bout changes llttlo dreamed of. j ! The Intnirgenls have been pushed back ( n all sldw until rur circle of outposts have j ! advanced In eonio < llrcctlonr as much n. ? i ! twelve mlloa. Our IOJTS fought llko tiger * j and 'inndo such n namn for thcmselvea for | 'bravery ' , endurance and Htrlct discipline 113 j will 'bo ' Iwudtxl down -pCKterlty for ages to come. I "With the thirty-three woundoil last night It brings our total dead and wounded up to ' date a trlflo under 200. I never saw such j i oxecutlon In my life and hope never to eeo such Rights as mot mo on all sides 03 our llttlo corps passed over tihefield , dressing wounded legs nnd arms ncnfly dftnoll-Miod , total decapitation , horrlbltf wounds In chests nnd abdomen , showing the dotormlna- tlon of our soldlew to kill every native In sight. The Filipinos stood their ground heroically , contesting every Inch , 'but proved themselves unable to stand the deadlly fire of our well-trained nnd eager boye In blue. Drnil Filipino * for llrctiittrvorl.N. "I counted seveivty-nino lead natives In ono small flcKl , and I learn that on the other sldo of the river tholr bodies were stacked tip for breastworks- . The blockhouses - houses filled with natives were stubbornly held and only taken after it bayonet charge. Hero Is where wo had so many wounded. You see , they seek shelter behind the densely wooded localities , while wo must advance In the open , and many times only guess nt their location. "I witnessed many daring deeds of In dividual soldiers and olllcors , absolutely defying death under a perfect shower of bullets. This kind of fighting nnd pushing forward has completely paralyzed the na tives , as the Spanish would simply make a sortlo and return for a siesta and smoke and then wait for another week or month and repeat. "A Spanish ofllcor , surveying the field , raado the remark that the Americans had no etiquette In warfare , not allowing Uio troops to stop for a week after an attack. This rush Is putting the fear of God In the na tives , and I think when 'Agulnnldo's head quarters Is attacked they will cry enough and surrender. , "Tho firing -commenced - at about S p. m. last Saturday , and from the rapid move ami from the volleying , we all knew the - spoil was at last broken. After a four I hours' wait the flrluj.je : se < y "with ntr , and j thn-o.tttu.-k-'veered to our't ' , ( { ; yV > returned ' 'five rallcc on fo"bt to cuppjj-Vertnjj drugs i badly needed ami prepared for the day at- I tack , txitvvertlnE our private conveyances Into a kind of ambulance suitable for carry- 1 Ing ilu the wounded. Dwlght , Tanner and I Night -Nurse B.urrows and myself went to j the front , arriving Just as the firing began. j It was our first ibaptlam of lire and it was an event not to bo forgotten soon. At Work on the llnttlullelil. "The Americans were shelling a very large stone church full of Insurgents who were blazing away from parapets at our small force on a bridge not seventy-five yards away , when a cry came , 'Red Cross , Red Cross. ' Wo three made a rush with cases and stretchers , secured one poor , taavo sol- ! cller who wns struck with a Mauser and . mortally wounded , After binding his -wound | under fire wo removed him to an ambu lance and I took him in. ' 'On the way this rig was actually fired upon and bears .two Mauser bulletholcs. Returning , our line had advanced and with the aid of artillery drove hundreds of na tives on to Santa Ana and after n brilliant charge In the open Santa Ana fell and by 10 a. m. -wornont.soldiers - . were resting under shelter of the Insurgent general's house , vacated .by him an hour before. We first cared for their wants by carrying water , giving stimulants where required , and returned over the field to dress wounded In the Hold and behind entrenchments. Hero wo mot faithful Waoge n9W superintendent of the California convalescent hospital at Ermlta and Dr. McCarthy , with sleeves turned up , working llko Trojans. "Early nex-t morning wo started for Ma- late , where -the Monadnock did such tcr- Irlblo execution. Again wo found all wo 'could ' do dressing wounded Filipinos , after i first satisfying ourselves our own had been ! attended to. "I must say the general hospital corps acted most heroically , working early und Into , until really oxhanuted. 'It ' was mar- Jjvolous the rapid manner they got our .j wounded In and , lastly , all the enemy. The -moral effect It had on the natives to eo after ' \\ns electrifying , nnd I trust mnko them realize the greatness of the Anglo- Saxon race. .Had . the order of things been reversed our -wounded would have been treated to a machete tab. Frightful Iliitc-lu-ry of u Surgeon , "Our surgeon , Dr. Young of Utth , while actually dressing -wounded man on the field was entrapped and throat cut from ear to car , fingers cut off and otherwise most cruelly slaughtered , showing the treachery of the natives and utter disregard for Red Crosa attaches. "I gave my arm badge to n surgeon and trusted to luck. The girl nurses God bless them ! worked llko beavers and won well merited praise from tholr Individual sur geon nnd general thanks from Major Crosby. They worked up to 1 nnd 2 o'clock every morning , with a sea of blood In the oper ating room , amid most sickening sights , that would mnko a man wince , then after npor > ntlons , dressing wounds and all without a word us to being tired. "And now , us to what has been done slncu I last wrote : " \\'a only got rid of our Inst fever pa- tlmt on the Sth and 'have been dressing temporary wounds to ease up the general hospital , sheltering any soldiers who might drop In , preparing food for boys nt the front and holding ourselves In readiness to answer the requisitions made on us by a surgeon. Yesterday I was with Colonel Smith of the First California , and In the name of the society presented $1,000 for regi ment and $1,000 for Krmlta hospital. Path wore most grateful. " MLMi-mu.s : ; HOLIDAYS i.v SANTIAGO. Ol-IIITItl SlIMIMMIHlOII Of Uimllll-HM for Holy 'I'll ii roil ii- . , SANTIAGO , March 30. In .former years under the Spanish regime the Interval from 10 o'clock In the morning of Holy Thursday until Easter Monday was Invariably a guv- the railway companies , which ceased to run trains during that period. The stores also were closed , business generally wns suspended i pended and no music of any kind was per- i milled from Holy Thursday morning until Sunday. This year there Is n general suspension of business nnd the railway lines will not be In operation. Tomorrow the eablo olllcn will close nt noon , not to reopen until the next day. Scnor Ilacardl , the mayor , has requested , however , that there be no formal designa tion ot a civil holiday this year , on the ground , as ho somewhat humorously puts It , that It the people of Santiago keep all the Spanish , American nnd Cuban religious j and secular holidays , they will only work nbout three days a week. As n result of this suggestion the civil employes have been notified that It they quit work they will not bo allowed to rc- j turn. I Probably many will lose tliclr employment by disregarding the warning , but there are na many others ready to fill their positions' MAY SEND THE MONEY HOME Ci-nci-nl < ; onu'T. IN ( ircutly DlHu'iiNt ami I'l-t-llnn IN 1111 UKKUtnnt ( lie HAVANA , March 30. Governor Ocncral Hrooke has almost made up his ml ml to send ' the $3,000,000 tack to the United Statw If ; the Cuban military assembly does not give ' up the army rolls. j "You may as 'well do BO nnd not trllle | much Conger , " said Secretary Algor , when dlscte.4iiiK : the matter In the conference wltti ( icncral Ilrooko nnd General Gomez. The latter eald tliat such a course would serve the assembly right. Anyway , the impression Is spreading that the governor general may return the money to Washington , and It Is stirring up fresh ! feeling against the assembly. General Krnsi called upon the Cuban general , Rafael I'or- tuondo , chairman of the executive committee - j tee of the assembly , three days ago and asked for the rolls. "Do you cnmo from General Brooke ? " asked Porttiondo. ' "Yes , " replied General Ernst. "Officially or unofllclally ? " "I come unonlclnlly , " answered the Amer ican. "Then I cannot glvo them up , " retorted Portuondo. "I can only do so' on ofllclnl recognition. " A file of United Stntes troops would probably l > o sentto take the rolls If the | military administration know exactly where they were , but there Is a feeling thai n mintnko mlclU be made nnd the adminis tration plnced In the light of over-anxiety and possllij * hs ianntir ! } at. In Uio course of n conversation with nu old friend from San Domingo today Gen eral Gomez said : "I am ready to go home. I am tired of this jangle with the assembly. I have learned scmrlhlng about these people which I did not know before. They are an un grateful people. They do not appreciate what the United States government Is doing for Item n service In which I am assist ing. I "These assembly commissioners have run 1 off again to the United States to beg for money , while I , who have a wife in San Domingo , have not money enough to bring Jier here. Hut there I do have a house and , might bo sure of enough to live on. I am old and tired nnd I feel like going back. " The organization of the so-called Cuban national party U proceeding. Meetings are held nightly and today the promoters is sued a manifesto to the people of Havana , calling upon them to unite their efforts nnd to organize ward committees with a view ot disseminating Information preparatory i to a national convention. This movement , it Is said , Is duo to the approaching elec tions , but It has already developed a split In eastern districts , where the Cuban fedor- , allsts have organized to promote a republic. UOES AFTER AN INDEMNITY , Minister lliiir ( .liny 'nll fpon ( lie Navy ( o Collect tf-ri , ( ) ( > ( } from Jloiiiliiriix. 'NEW ' OIU'EANS , March 30. Minister Hulter loft for Honduras nnd Guatemala today. He will demand $2. > ,000 Indemnity ! for the Pears' killing In Honduras and the ! navy may help to collect It. Ho will then go to Guatemala , In the Interests of the nl- legwl filibusters under arrest there. Ho cabled a request for a stny of proceedings until his arrival , and the request was granted. MISSOURI BEER TO B TAXED llyili-r Hill ProvlilliiK for IiiNpcrtlon ot ( lie llr < MVH of the Nlulc 1'nxNcn tli < * HOIINP. JBKPBIUSON CITY , Mo. , March 30. The house .today passed the Ilydcrbill providing for the levying of an Inspection tax of 1 cent per gallon on all beer manufactured , or sold In the Htate. The money goes Into j the revenue fund to meet the expenses of tl\o state government. I'.IIHllll-t-l-H' . \NNIK-llltlOII Ul'I'fM , BUFFALO , N. Y. , March 30. The first an nual meeting of the Hallway Kngineorlng and Maintenance of Way association mis held In this city today. The association In com posed of the chief engineers of the various railway systems throughout - the country. The following officers were elected : Pres ident , J. if. Wallace , Cincinnati ; vice pres ident , P. A. Peterson , Montreal , und W. G. Curtis. San Francisco ; treasurer , W. S. Dnw- ley , Chicago. A board of directors was nlf > o chosen. The latter will moot In Detroit on April 12 , when the time for holding Uio next iiii-ntlng of the general body will bo deter mined. MriliMin FiiKlllvc In KIIIINIIH City. KANSAS CITY , March SO. The local police - lice are busy looking Air Santiago ' .Morplo' , who Is wanted In Mexico for embezzling $70- 000 of bank funds , but as yet have necured no clew to his whereabouts. Mornuy es caped from a detective In New Orleans on January 23 and la tmpp-j&ed to bo In hiding In the vicinity of Kansas City. II < -III-H KorfcllH DIIIIIIIKI-N. INDIANAPOLIS , March 30. The supreme court today held that on employe of a rail road In agreeing to accept benelltH from a railroad reJIvf association In rate of Injury relinquishes his right to bring suit against the company for damages. I H ! < I or of I'liiiiniiiTli-iiii I'M If. BUFFALO , N. Y. , March 30. At a meetIng - Ing of the directors of Ihu Pnnarnerican Ex position today Colonel John W. Iow ) r was appointed commissioner general of the ex position at a eaUry of $0,000 ner annum , Mac Arthur and His Brave Soldiers Now in Full Possession. flLIPINOS HRE THE CITV AND THEN RETIRE They Offer But Slight Resistance to Our AdvancingForces. . HIS CABINET NOT IN SIGHT Hall's Brigade is Advancing North from the Water Works and Driving the Left Wing of the Enemy Back Has Quite a Sharp Engagement , with Twenty Casualties. MANIl/A , Muroh ! t1. ( Noon. ) Mnjor ( "Joni'i'iil MncArtliur entered Mnlolon , tin1 scat of tla > SD-mlli'tl Insurgent jjovonmuMit , nt liiilf imst Si this niornltij : , the ivltcls biiruinf , ' tlio city mill simultaneously ovac.tintlnj ; 11. Tlioy arc now In full retreat toward the north , wliero AKtilnalilo ami ( lie. cabinet have Itocn for two days. WASIHIXUTOX , March : tl. Tlu War liepnrliliont at IS'.O this moniinn nm lu public the following dispatch from * ticn oral Otis : "MANILA , March : n. Adjutant Onera ! , Washington : Mat-Arthur cap tured Malolos at 10:15 : this morning. lOnemy retired after slight , resistance and tiring city. Particulars Inter. Hull had quite severe engagement beyond Mnrliinlna ; casualties twenty. Knemy driven out. OTIS. " MANILA. March . ' ! ! . (10r ( : : i a. m. ) Major ( Jetieral Mac.Artlinr advanced lo attack Malolns , the scat of the Insurgent government'til. 7 oclock this morning , lie was met with- strong opposition , the rebels resisting desperately , but losing heavily. General Hall's brigade is advancing north from the water works and driv ing Hie left wing of the enemy across. ( Copyright , ISS'J. by Press PnbllKhlng Co. ) MANILA , March : ) . ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) South Dako'ans and Nebraskans took the trenches to the right of Malolos at H:30 : p. in. Trains are now running towll'lilu three miles of , Malolos. The train carries supplies out. but the bridge and pack trains are not yet at Oul- gulnto. A cool , drenching rain this afternoon much refreshed the men. The Ore- gons and Minnesotans , with the Kourtli cavalry , are guarding Uie railroad and baggage train. The Impetuosity of our advance saved Ciulgulnto bridge from burning. The railroad Is further unharmed except flint a few tics are -torn up , but mil UcHivoycil. There Is 110 effort hi force against our line of communica tion v. ' th the front in .1 i > , m. ' - . . . * , , * > . - ! . NEBRASKANS LOSE FOUR MEN UcNiilt of the KlKhtliiK- CinlKl Where- tinKniiuy IN Concon- trntvil lit Force. MANILA , -March - 31. (7:3."i ( : a. m. ) The United States troops rested last night Jn the jungle about a mile and a quarter from Malolos. The day's advance began nt " o'clock and covered a distance of about two and a half miles beyond the Gulgulnto river , along the railroad. The -brunt of the bat tle wns on the right of the track , where the enemy was apparently concentrated. The First Nebraska , First South Dakota and Tenth Pennsylvania regiments encoun tered them entrenched on the border of .the woods and the Americans , advancing across the open , Buffered u terrific lire for half an hour. Four men of the Nebraska regiment were killed and thirty were wounded. Ten men of the South Dakota regiment were wounded and ono of the Pennsylvanlaim was killed. The Americans finally drove the Filipinos back. Although there were three lines of strong entrenchments along the track -the enemy made scarcely any defense there , General iMacArthur nnd his staff were walk ing on the track abreast of the line with everything quiet , when suddenly they re ceived a shower of bullets from sharp shooters In trees nnd on housetops , but these were speedily dislodged. The enemy's loss was apparently small , the jungle affording them such protection that the Americans were unable to see them and In firing were guided on by the sound of the Filipino phots , The American ar tillery was handicapped for the same reason. Last night's long line of campflros made a beautiful sight , with the Twentieth Kan sas regiment on the left of the Gulgulnto station and the Pennsylvania regiment on the right , beyond the river. I The provision trnln was delayed by broken bridges , but the stores of grnln ami Hock * of ducks In the locality rurnUhed ample forage. The hospital work Is remarkably cnlclent , as It has been throughout the whole cam paign. The telegraphers keep abreast of the line and maintain a constant connection with the city. Kurlli-r Klnpnii-ln'M. WASHINGTON , March HO. The following dispatch from General Oils was received at the War department tonight : "MANILA , March 31. Adjutant General. Washington : MacArthur made dispositions yesterday for attack on Malnlos today. ! 5u- gagoment opened at 7 o'clock this morning and Is now progressing. Casualties yester day , four killed and twenty-three wounded , all brought to Manila last night. Hall moved out from camping station ut daylight this morning with the three battalions northeast : attacked and has taken Mnrl- qulnu and Is pursuing enemy ; ordered to re turn this afternoon. OTIS. " WASHINGTON , March 30. Wllh the American forces within three nnd one-half miles of the Insurgent capital , Intormt In tliu military movement north of Manila hae ubout reached the culminating point. It wan titati'4 at the War department today that tlui march of three nnd one-hulf miles might Uiko all of today In view of the sue- cnsjlvo lliiiH of rebel entrenchment * ) und the BtroHK earthworks which It H believed HID robeltt havu thrown up immediately around the city. In that event the Ktormlntc of the city j Itself would not begin until tomorrow , There Is no'f.c'crtalntihdwflver / ' . that. the phorl distance .maynot , 'bb"conipas ' ed e rly' today * day so as to permit annss.ault' lato'-tbday or during the night. General Corbln was of opinion that the attack would begin to day. Plan of tinAdvance. . Major Simpson of the military Informa tion bureau had made a final readjustment of the American position showing Just how the approach to the Insurgent capital will bo executed. It shows the brigade ot Halo stretched out on the right and that of Harrison risen Gray Otis on the left. Bach brigade In this advance line Is made up of seasoned volunteers , with four bat teries of the Third artillery , thcso being the only .regulars , But Just back of them nnd midway between the two advance brigade * Is the strong force of Wlieaton , which has been kept from the arduous work of the Inst few dnys and hold as a sort of batterIng - Ing ram. It In made up mainly of regulars , the Twenty-second Infantry and the Third Infantry , as well us one regiment of volun teer * , the Second Oregon , which ban se < m Homo of Uio hardest fighting of the war. Halo's advanced column on tha right Is made up of the First Nebraska , First Soiitn Dakota , First Colorado and the Flrnt Wy oming. Otis' advanced column on the left is mnJo up of the Twentieth Kansas , First Montana , four batterlm of the Third artil lery , the Thirteenth Minnesota nnd the Tenth Pennsylvania , The Mlnneoota regi ment was sent forward from the water works yesterday In order to strengthen tha advance line for the final nfnault. BATTERY E IS ORDERED OUT -I'llIrd Artillery at JrfTrrNoit llarriickM Will Sliirt ut OIIL-C for Manila. ST. LOUIS. Mnrch 30-flJattory E of th Third regiment of artillery of the United States regular army , -which - Is now stationed nt Jefferson ibarrackw , lias boon ordered to Manila , and will depart us noon aa arrange ments can he made to transport the men and equipments .to . the Philippines , Lieutenant Colonel G , C. Smith said thn buttery will depart on orbefore next Tuos- duy and will o direct to flan Frnncl co and Inko passage on n transport. Them will lie 120 men and two carloads ot hams. ARMY IS WELL PROVISIONED .Mi-lltN III DllliKcr of NiiollliiK Are .Sold ut Aiiiilliin ami llrliiur I'rolll- iihliI'rltrx , WASHINGTON. Mnrch 30. The following has been received at the War department : MANILA , March 30. Adjutant ( -neral l Washington : Subsistence supplier ( .xci . > l- lent iiml abundant. Meats deteriorating In this lint cllmnto ore Hold at public auction at high figure. Considerable hard brcarl spoiled ; will be some loss. Supplies In nil other departments good ; medical supplies abundant. OTIS , IIOl.M ) TO KI'I'Plir.SH ' A ill\AInU. I illicit Miiti-n IN Piircril to Put Ilonii Ili-hi-llloii to Prol.-i-t iiiroiiiiiiM. | LONDON , .March 30. The Speaker thin week , commenting upon the dlfllcultles of the Americans In the Philippines and asserting that the now series of troubles which It In said to bo Inevitable , oven after the capture of Mulolos , probably puts an end to the Fil ipino republic , continues. "It must ho noted throughout the present struggle that the Filipinos have put them selves In the wrong. The plea that they were fighting In dofcnso nf their rights docs not hold good In the case of Manila , which Is the center of European Interests. It could not Im left to the mercy of revolutionaries , America , through no fault of its own , hna become responsible for the good government of ( be Philippines and la bound to eupnrwi