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    FHE OMAHA DAILY
ESTABLISHED JUNE If ) , 1871. OMAHA , F1UDAY 2UOHNTNGATMML 7 , KSJi ) ) TEN PAG US , SINGLE COPY FrVia CENTS.
QUASH A REBELLION
Bandits' Incipient War in Negros Broken Up
by Oalifomiana.
LEADER PAPAISSIO'S ' FORCES ARE ROUTED
Labzitl , tha Hcadnntc5llitired ! ! and
Thirty-Five
WANTED TO RUN AMERICANS IN ?
Troopa from Water Trout and Troops Inland
Do Quiok Work.
REBELS ARE DIGESTING PROCLAMATION
Mnlolnn Quickly Wcnr * Off Ihr AHJIOP !
ofVnr mill Ilic SolillcrN S M lo
\Vork ClrnnliiK City mill Mnk-
IIIM ThliiKi Comforlnlile.
MANILA , April C. 6 45 p. m. Colonc :
Smith , the governor of the Island of Negroa
reports that a number of bandits headed lj
a man named Papaisslo attempted n re <
ticllloli on March 27 and killed several am/
of Jumamajlan. Ho also capturei
other odlclals and tsaucd n proclamatloi
calling upoii the natives to rise .and ex >
terminate the Americans and Spaniards.
Major Sims and two companies of tin
California rpglmcnt were dlnpatched bj
water to tbo scene of the disturbance am
Colonel DuboBC and two other companies o
troops were sent overland On April 2 thi :
force marched twelve miles and capture (
I abzld , the headquarters of the bandits
nnd ilostrojcd the town. The troops als <
captured thirty-five prisoners and siattpre (
I'apalsslo's forces , thus effectually quelllnj
the reboHIon at the outset.
There has been a week's respite In tin
hostilities , ohlefly In order to allow the Fill
plnos to digest the proclamation of thi
United States commission. The rebels re
main remarkably quiet. The sharpshooton
of General Lawton's line have borrowed thi
Filipino tactics and are harassing the rebel
nt night , picking off some of them nightly
llalolos Is resuming Its natural aspect
business Is going on , preparations arc bolus
made to establish a permanent camp for thi
troops there and the Boldlors are clcanlnf
the city
Ilotler ArniK fo r JtncArtluir.
A third of the American force at Maloloi
Is sent nightly to form an advanced line <
mile north of the city , with patrols and sen
tries ahead of the line. General MacAr
thur'n volunteers are receiving Krag-lorgon
sen rlllcs , the Filipinos having dlscoveiei
that they could effectively fire theli Mauser :
ami re-treat before the American approachei
near enough to use their Springfield illle
\7lth effect.
Advices received here from Samar , ai
Island forming a province of the Philip
[ ilnc3 , say the revolutionists there nn
weary. Their leader. General Lukban o
Chlniso ancestry , has deserted with thi
funds The Inhabitants are desirous o
American rule.
TASK IS A FORMIDABLE ONE
Soiit * " of the C.rrut IlMiul\nntfiKii
llntlor "WlilolliiKrlrnn Troopn
Are PlKlitliiK ( lie rilhilnoM.
( Coiiespondence of the Ansociatcd Pi ess
MANILA , March 4 , ( per steamer Arizoni
to San Francisco ) April C AlthoiiEh thi
rupture between the American and natlv
forces ot Manila occurred exactly oni
month ace today , the conquest of the lattc
b > the former , which has long been con
ceded a necessity , can scarcely be said ti
have commenced as yet.
Had the Americans been In a poalllo :
to follow up their advantage and kee ;
right after the flying rebels , disorganize. .
us they were , by that first unoxoccted ad
viuice , thorc Is no doubt that the questlo ;
of supremacy would have been settled b
this tlmo , once nnd for all time. Un
fortunately , however , large armies , such a
that of the Eighth corps , arc not self
supporting and as no provisions had hoe
made for such nn omergencj as arose o
the night of February 4 , It became netessar
to call n halt at every outset of what prom
Ised to be a clean sweep to victory.
Wlille this was unavoidable It was die
astrous In many vviijs. Firstly , becaus
the moment the halt was made the morn
effect ot tholr first defeat was eradicate
from the minds of the rebels , since i
gave them tlmo both to iccover from the ]
fright and to frnino excuses for their fallur
to r.vold It , secondly , It afforded an oppor
tunlty , whleh tholr leaders were quick t
take advantage of , to plav upon the feel
In K.I of the majority and enlist the sym
jialhU'R of thousands who had carefully re
fralned from joining the rabble In tbel
ill-advlsod demands ; thirdly , It allowed th
rebels to rally their scattered forces an
after concentrating them In various place :
to Infuse new blood Into tholr ranks.
A soon as It dawned upon them tbr
the Americans were still on the dcfonslv
and no further advance was to be fearc
the rebels again assumed the aggrosslvi
adopting the same bushwhacking tactic
which had proved so successful against tliol
old enemy , the Spaniards. At first thee
were almost harmless , slnco they almos
Invariably brought on a fresh advance o
the part of thoho fiom whom they -wei
Intending to Intimidate.
HfUi-r ItniiKf of Tliflr Ulni-H.
After the , battle of Caloocan , ho nine
TO hen the American line was HO long nn
thin that any further general advance he
came inexpedient , the rebels made a dl :
covrry which revolutionized their plans an
Inspired them with rim&wed courage. Th
\\as that tholr rllles had a aupurlor runr
to tboso of the majority ot the America
uoapoiiB Thereafter their sharpahootci
carefully remained out of range of U
Sprlngflelds curried by the volunteer reg
ments ! n front of thorn , but nmlntulnc
a constant and moro or less effective fli
from trees , clumps ot bamboo , rocks , <
1 other natural points of vantage , both I
day and night.
A moro galling situation than that I
which the American troops huvo be <
placed for the past few weeks It would I
tllfllcult to Imagine. It was constant
pitted nt by an unseen foe , nimble to slleni
hlti flro , except upon such taru occasion
until the country KHH ordered cleared ui
then rcniprllcd to retire to their origin
lines ,
The wonder Is that tha men were l.e ;
in checkout all. Yet they were ; not hi
cause they were KO thoroughly dlsclpllin
as to accept unwelcome orders uncamplali
lugly. but because they were biujed wli
the hope that when tbelr relnforcemen
already onrouto arrived , a general advaii
would < bo made and then their turn wou
come. That tlmo la near at hand , b
Tibet her or uot thu Uek before the eag
Americans will be accompllshei so soon ns
thpy anticipate is an open question.
If the entlro rebel force could be cor
ralled In any ono section of the Island the
werk of mfbdulng It would bo very pimple
and snon accomplished without doubt. But
In the Island of Lu/on nlono well equipped
army of 13,000 men has only succeeded In
clearing the country within a radius of five
mllrs from Manila so far. nnd no one knows
with nil ) degree of eortalnty what Is ahead
H Is certain , however , that the further they
ppnntrato Intd the wilds of the Interior the
greater will bo the disadvantage to the white
troops , slnco unamp nnd Jungle lighting arc
the strong points of the natives H Is nlro
certain that what Is to bo done must ho ac-
mpllshed before the rainy season , because
from the consideration of the health of
mrst of tfio country Is absolutely
from May to October.
I'orci" of I > IU-IIM tnUuonii.
Among the uncertainties to bo faced Is
that of the force to > bo encountered So far
as can bo uszertalnod the rebel army whlcti
hemmed the Manllans within the confines
of the Uty for so long consisted of 30,000
mon , onp-thtnl of whom were armed Most
of thoao weie , of course , the TngalcH , who
nro the malnntny of the rebellion If , as
claimed , there nro 300,000 of thcso vet to
meet , under climatic and territorial disad
vantage' , the problem iwhlch confronted
Kitchener at Khartoum was a Blmplo one
compared with that with which Law ton haste
to face on his arrival
Of course , there mo tribes , such as the
Ilosanrs , whose hatred for the Tagalos might
render them useful allies , hut the question
arises ns to whether It would l > e safe to trust
them with the arms necessary for the pur-
POHO. The lesson taught by Agulnaldo Is one
that 1 not likely to be forgotten In , a
hurry , and there Is great danger In such ex
periments at this stage of the proceedings
There Is nn off chance that In the event of
the ) serious setback Agulnaldo's forces mav
show the white feather In such nunibeis ante
to render further resistance useless , but It
must bo conceded thit the rebels have not
shown any such disposition so far. They
bolted at thp first sight of advance , It Is true ,
but partly because they were Ignorant of tno
strength of tholr ov n position and partly
ibccaueo tholr first Instinct Is to fly from
cover to cover when attacked. In this con
nection It must bo borne In mind that their
only education In the art of warfare was
received In the Spanish school , and the
Spaniards , llko themselves , nlwaja fought
from cover when possible The few brushes
which our troops have had with the enemy
to date have proved conclusively that the
latter will not stand a flank attack , but they
are quick to learn and once they realize thai
bolting across the open Is suicidal under the
circumstances they 'will probably adopt the
wiser course of fighting It out.
TliiM lluSinokolcHN I'imuVr Now.
Another feature of the natives Is the
number of arms which the rebels possess.
That they nro being supplied at frequent
Intervals from some unknown source
scarcely admits of a doubt , but In what
quantities cannot even bo conjectured. Un
til a few da ) s ago there was every Indica
tion that the rebels along our whole front
were using home-mado ammunition , but
now smokeless powder Is again being used ,
and. Judging from the enormous quantity
of ammunition expended every twenty-four
hour's , their supply must bo unlimited. A"
every vantage so far thousands of rounds
of Mauser cartridges have been seized , but
still there Is no appreciable difference In
tha amount expended from day lo day
It must also hi lememberBd that hlthertn
*
tuo avntj has been acting In conjunction
with the navy nnd that Dewey'a Bhlps have
materially assisted In routing the enemy
along the shores of Manila bay. While there
Is a disposition on the part of many sol
diers to belittle the work done by the other
branch of the scrv Ice , there can be no ques > -
tlon ns to lie effect of the Monadnock's
and Cho lesion's shells upon the rebel
tienohes both at Malato and Caloocan ,
This help can no longer bo counled upon
now that the army advances from the coast ,
nnd the rebels are alive to that fact.
Unlc&s nil algns fail , the enemy may be
depended upon to make n better tliowlnp
from this point on , In which case those Im
agining that the campaign will bo a walk
over foi the Invaders will probably fine !
tliat they underestimated the native valor
I If their foolhardy and hardy leaders woulc
that there can bp only ono outcome -
' como to the struggle with such a nation n"
the United States all would bo well , bill
unfortunately the Tugalos shut their ojei
to the truth and Uioso vvlio know them finj
that nothing short of extermination wll
Insure peacp In the Philippines In sonic
respects , perhaps , this would bo n gooi
I thing for the other millions who Inhabit the
archipelago , Inhuman though the verj sug'
gcstlon mav seem.
lif'rlmrUiii of the Trllicx.
That they nro the sole Instigators of tin
rebellion there can bo no doubt and thcii
methods show that the Instinct of the savage <
ago still piedomlnates For Instance , no
spite their boasted Intelligence and liumnnl
tarlanlsm , Hie Tagalos have , frequentlj
been Keen to drlvo their scared nlllcs Inti
half constructed earthworks at the point :
of their bavoncts , knowing full well tha
they would bo shelled out again by tin
American artillery Immediately. Again
ono of tbolr favorite moans of decoylni
their foes Into the open Is that of showlnt
n white flag.
Worse still , they have been guilty ro
pcatcdly of the barbarism of t > ( ioottng vol
leys at hospital ambulances , both In tin
open and whllo returning from the front
Mutilation of the enemy's dead Is nnothe
evidence of their boasted civilization. I
our troops retUo for strategic purposes i
glorious victory Is heralded all over thi
country , and , according to the stories related
lated by Mio natives , moro Americans n
heliif , killed CVCT > day than have yet boei
landed on the Islands.
In the matter of exaggerating the en
umv'B loss , however , they are not nlono , fo
our own troops nroery "prone to fall Inl
Ifio sanio error In fact , to hear the moi
i elating tlio execution they had done dur
Ing the day nt supper tlmo , ono might bo lei
to bellovo that the country was strowi
vvlth dead Filipinos Vet , with the excep
tlon of the two big fights , the largest nura
bcr of killed In one day has been 113 , mots
of whom were mown down by the galling
on tlio river gunboat Laguna do Bay. ncu
San Pedro Macatl
As n matter of fact , In nlno cases ou
of ton when brushes occur our men hav
no opportunity to hunt for the enemy'
dead and the loss lb purely a matter of con
jucturo
IlrpoitH from KniiNiiN Mi-n ,
LAWRENCE , Kan. , April C A prlvat
cablegram received hclo today from Majc
Wilder S Metcalf of the Twentieth Kansai
at Manila , referring to his wound and tli
condition ot the other members of Com
pany II , recent ) } wounded In the fighting 1
thu Philippines , sa > s "My wound , scratch
Ceptaln Adna Clerke , Company H , Corpon
E-aest Cribs and Private Edward R Heel
all wounded in action , doing finely"
lliirliit-N start for tin * rriiut.
PHILADELPHIA. April 6. Fifty marine
will lea\u the League Island navy yard U
morrow enrouto to Manila. The > will I
joined by 200 moro In New York and proccc
to San Franclbco. From there. lhe > wilt ga
for tbo Philippines to Join the marln
garrison now forming In Ca\lto , This U tti
; first Installment of 1,000 mcu to be eeat.
SEBRASRANS FROM MANILA
Major Williams and Six Wounded First
Eegimcnt Boys on Transport Arizona.
ALL ARE DOING V/ELL / ABOARD THE VESSEL
rifleon Coliirnilomift IVIio rough *
Mlth tlic IJiijw AVho AttneUtil
1'nco Clinrch Arc on the
Lint of I
SAN FRANCISCO , April 6 The United
Stales transport Arizona arrived hero today ,
hlrty-ono tlnys from Manila , Ua Hong
Cong. There was no contagious sickness on
> onrd and the vessel was not required to go
nto quarantine
Following Is the list of the soldiers In-
\allded homo-
Flrit Nebraska :
tAlbcrt I1. Hoaker , Company I.
John L. Hronson , Company U.
John C Klein , Company A.
A C Council , Company K
Con i : . Egan , Company K.
Samuel F. Shannon , Company I.
Tenth Pennsylvania :
Nelson G. Rash , Company I.
Daniel J Newell , Company K
i : . C. Caldwell , Company 1) .
T J Ilaurlan , Company B.
H. A. Funkhouse , Company A.
Harry 13. Duffy. Company H.
rirst Tennessee :
John D. Cummlngs , Company L.
Thirteenth Minnesota :
Max Schlehor , Company E.
A. B. New berg , Company Q.
rirst Wisconsin-
C.V. . Stewart , Company E.
Sixth Arkansas.
C. r. Holdrldge , Company D.
Twentieth Kansas :
Charles A. Hammond , Company F.
David M. Horkman , Company II ,
rirst North Dakota :
Clarence I. Noyce , Company A.
Harris C. Zimmerman , Company B.
David A. Jones , Company Q.
E. Chrlstoferson , Company Q.
Hugo Zully , Company D.
Hans Pedersen , Company C.
rirst South Dakota-
Levy T. iHeald , Company F.
Trod W. Schneider , Company M.
John II. Foster , Company B.
Kay V. Bennett , Company D.
Oscar I. Webb , Company C.
Benny O. Lundborg , Company K.
Edwin A. Ortmajcr , Company 1.
Paul Chrlstman , Company M.
John M. Barnes , Company D.
L Morgan , Company V.
The Arizona left Manila on March C am
put Into Hong Kong , -where It went Into tnc
dock. H sailed , from Hong Kong on thi
18th. Among the men who returned on 1
Is Lieutenant Hogan of the California regi
ment , who -was wounded at the attacL 01
Manila. Fifteen Coloradoans who fough
with the bojs who attacked Pace church an
on the list of returns.
The other officers with the Arizona are :
Major Williams of the Nebraska regiment
Lieutenant E. K. Irwln of the Washing
tons
Surgeon C. Qulnan , who Is In charge of tni
slcK.
slcK.Tho
The following numlbar of men from eacl
regiment are report < > < ! on LiardIWbraskn
fem , Third artillery , four. North Dakota
eleven ; Montana , four ; Idaho , eight ; Slxtl
artillery , four ; Pennsylvania , sit ; Mlnno
sola , six ; Oregon , ten ; Washington , twelve
Kansas , two ; Dakota , eight ; Hospital corps
three ; Fourteenth infantry , twenty-four
Eighteenth infantry , three ; Twenty-thin
Infantry , twenty-five ; Colorado , fourteen.
Quartermaster John J. Boadlln IB Ii
charge of the ship. The wounded arc dolni
very well. No deaths were reported on thi
trip.
GOMEZ'S POLICY TO CUBANS
ll * npMlrf for Independence mi
AliHoliilr > i > iiurntlon from United
SI ii I CM Ilia Oiil > l-iirpuxf.
IIAV\NA , April C The Cuban mllltar ;
assembly ibeing dead General Maximo Gome
will take up his program of solidifying tin
Cuban people Into a party that shall , with
out ceasing , urge the United Slates to TUtli
draw from the Island. His purpose Is ti
make the people seem to have but on
emotion , ono desire the thought of Independence
pendenco and absolute separation from th
United States.
General Gomez considers the dlssolutloi
of the assembly as his personal achlevemen ;
aided by the military administration her
and countenanced at Washington. He be
llevcs that he emerges from the controvers
with thp assembly stronger than ever wit :
the. betler classes , HI theory Is that tn
Cubans who thought him merely nn adrol
guerrilla before nro now willing to regari
him as a good leader , and a fow- days mor
will probably see him In name general-ln
chief of the aimy.
Yesterday General Pedro Diaz Invltp
fcveral generals and brigade commander
who are friendly to Gomez to a. confercnc
as to the lattcr's future course , As man
who were Invited were some distance aw a
from Havana , and could not arrive In tlm
for the meeting , there wpro only n few prei
pnt. But the pcfcslblllty of relnstatln
Gomez as commandor-ln-chlcf was formoll
dlBciifcfced , with the result that llttlo or n
opposition to the proposal developed.
In ordnr to get n. moro general oxpresnlo
of opinion It was decided to defer the forms
meeting until tomorrow morning ,
No other candidate i possible and If an
such action IB attemptell It will undoubted !
bo tarried through. General Gomez , If roln
stated , would be of great service to th
Unte | > d States In the disbursement of th
$1,000,000 , but his political program mean
the keeping up ot agitation In the minds o
the people and the weakening of America
authority by producing the Impression tba
everything done by the Americans IB tern
porary and sooner or later may bo over
turned
OUervors consider nny such agitation a
extremely harmful to the Industrial revlv
and the reStoration of Cuban credit. Horn
who are high in authority and who have ex
ceptlonal opportunities of knowing the chat
acter and Ideas of Gomez think the Unite
States government may have trouble wit
him > ot. His attitude has always been con
slatent regarding Independence for Cuba an
hu U still working for the same end.
RAIN AND SNOW IN THE SOUtt
'I'l'inn 11 n null me-n ( 'oiiRrnliilati'I'lu-in ;
Mi-Urn on nil Inv nliiiililu
rail of MiiUfurc.
ST. LOUIS , April G A special to th
Post-Dispatch from Dallas , Tex , says : Tfi
mobt BBVoro winter drouth that the stat
has known for a quarter of a century I
broken bj a lain that has fallen cotitlnu
ounly In Pallas for tlx houra and for
longer period In the east , north and weal
E\ery Inch of Texas Is soaking wet. Al
ready rain worth millions of dollars to th
farmers nnd ranchmen has fallen Th
crops are uavcd and the ranches will hav
grata and stork water.
MARYVILLE , Mo. , April 6. Anothc
snow fell over rij rthwoi < Missouri lust night
The cnntnllultb ! rt weather Is preventing
farm work nndwnrmcrs nro becoming dl -
couraged Thr rrteent etrovv * and rnlna have
raised the 102 , Nodhwixy and Plat to rivers
nnd people living along Ihelr hanks greatlv
fear they will suitor henvj losses by over
flows.
PEACE DELEGATES CHOSEN
AmorliMin I'nrtli-lliuiifn In Mlxiiriii-
n men t
tinA
WASHINGTON. April 5 The secretary of
state has anuoum d < ho constitution of the
t lilted States rich gallon to the disarmament
congress , which will moot at The Hague In
the latter part of May. The delegitlon con-
slsts of Andrew IVAVhlte , Unllod Stales am
bassador at Bel Hit : btitnford Nonet. Unlled
States minister tf the Netherlands , Presi
dent Seth Low ot the Columbia university.
Now York ; Captain Croaler , ordnance de
partment , U. S. A. , and Captain A. T. Mu-
han , retired , IT S. A. ' Xir. Frederick Hells
of Now York will * io secretary of the dele
gation ,
The American commission , as a whole , Is
regarded as nn exceptionally strong body ,
being mmlc UD of tiion well known not
only In public and political life , but as men
of letters and International affairs. They
am all men of HC ohirship , flno linguists
and those nttalnmci Is helpful In a congress ,
representing the nations of the woild , con
ducted under the diplomatic usage which
makes French thp accepted language
Mr. White Is best known In the Holds of
education and diplomacy. After graduating
nt Ynlo , claasi of 33 , . ho went to Europe
for sevcrnl years to p u sue his studies ,
mainly at Berlin and Pi Us , after traveling
on foot through Europe Aftet n tlmo ho
was an attache of Ito .Tailed Slales liga-
tlon at St. Petersburg. Returning to this
country , ho began hli university career as
professor of English literature at the Uni
versity ot Michigan. Liter ho became the
llrst president of Cornell , his sorv ILO con
tinuing from 1SG7 to 18S5 , when ho retired
through Ill-health He was United States
commissioner to Sau Domingo In 1S71
From 1879 to 18S1 he was mlnlhtcr to Gur-
iraany , again taking this important post
under President McKinley During the
administration of Mr Cleveland Mr White
was chosen as one of the Venezuelan com-
tnlssloners , at the tlmo when the affair was
at Its most critical stage Ho was nlso
mlnlsler lo Hussla In 1882.
Solh Low also Is known as an educator ,
as well as a man of public nffalrs. Ho was
graduated from Columbia uulversltj , whose
president he became In ! SriO , later giving
$1,000,000 for unlversltj buildings He was
mayor of Brookljn In 18S1 and again in
1883 , his service being marked by numoioim
reforms , Including the Introduction of a
civil eorvlce system In municipal affaire.
In 1897 he was an unsuccessful candidate for
mayor of Greater New York
Stanford Newel was appointed minister tn
the Nelherlands from Mlnuesola. His se-
lecllon as ono of the delegiles was cx-
pecled because ho was inln'stor ' resident at
The Hague , vvhoro the congress Is to be
held. Mr. Newel Is a 1 , vjcr of repute and
had long practiced In Paul , whore he
was moro of a counselli than a trial law
yer. Although ho h is , beeir active In
politics , he never hold Jlce until ho was
appointed minister to ao Netherlands by
President McXliiiey. > , - ? . <
p- „
O.iptalu " \ .Vam CioiioS' Is &J „ V
most highly accomplished of the officers ol
the ordnance corps. He was boiu In Ohlc
and appointed to the military academy from
Kansas. His father was the late Judge
Crozlor , at ono tlmo a United States sena
tor from Kansas. In conjunction with General -
oral Budlnton , the newly appointed chlel
of the Ordnance department , ho invented
the disappearing gun carriage , which has
been adopted by the United States govern
ment aa tlio highest type of coast defense
weapon. General Bulllnton nnd Captain
Crozlor generously bestowed upon the
United Slates government all of the patent
rights they had acquired In this powerful
weapon of warfare and perhaps It was the
spirit of dlbintorestednuss thus exhibited
that led the president to name Genera !
Bulllnton as chief ordnance officer and to se
lect Captain Crozler as a member of this
distinguished delegation
Cuptaln Alfred T Mahan U a sailor
Blraleglst and author Captain Mahan was
born In Now York and appointed an aotlv
midshipman In the United States navy Ir
September , 1856. Ho reached the grade ol
lleulenant at the oulbreak of the olvll wai
In 1S61 , becamn n lieutenant In ISS . a com
mander In 1872 nnd a captain , Septembei
23. 1885 He retired November 7 , 18 %
His last command was that of the Chicago
then on the European stnllon , and he 10-
llred In order to puisuo his literary work
His most Important contribution to litera
ture Is "Tho Influence of Sea Power upoi
j History " Whpn It was realized that wai
vvlth Spain was Inevitable , Secretary Lens
cabled promptly to Captain Mahan , then Ii
Rome , summoning him to Washington
Hero ho took his place as x member of tin
famous naval war board , known during Iti
existence ns the slrale-gy board , whlcl
planned the program of campaigns. Glnci
ho was retired from duly upon the wa :
board Captain Mahan has been living quletl ;
nt his home In New York state.
Frederick William Hells , appointed to nc
as secretarj and counsel to the delegation
IK the senior member of the law dim o
Hells , Wagner & flurghard of Now York
He was born In Butler county , Pennsylvania
In 1857. He Is the son of Dr. GeorgeCharlo
Hells , an eminent German Lutheran cdu
cntor , clergyman nnd philanthropist Ii
1878 ho graduated at Columbia collpgo Hi
then entered the Columbia law school nn <
was admitted to the bar at Poughkeepsli
In 1880 , Since then he has been In con
tlnuous practice In Now Yoik City. Ho Ii
Iho nulhor of various ui > sa , lectures an <
travels and lost year received the doKiei
of LL. D. from the Unlvpisity of Lclpslc.
-BANK ROBBERS' PLOT FAILS
CUM not Open Safe After IlrenKliiir Ii
A unit mill HUMOnl > I.nlior for
Tlu-lr I'uliiM ,
MONTGOMRRY CITY , Mo , April C.-
Four men tried unsiiccchsfully to rob tin
bank at Wellcsvlllo , a small town nine mile
west of here , befoio dark this evening
Coniad Meutz , the town night wntchmnti
was at the depot waiting for a train , whei
lie v\a > s accosted by n man claiming to bo i
tramp , who wanted to sleep In the ciilu
boose Mentz agreed to accommodate him
but when they rp.uhed the door of tin
"cooler" three othei men seized and boum
and gnggod the night watchman nml lock' ' !
him In Aftpr leaving the calaboose Ihe foil
men met Samuel KnlpIIo , a citizen , whoi
they beat Into Insensibility The four mei
then went to Uio bank , where they broki
Inlo the vault , They were unahle to opei
the safe and , therefore , Eecuied nothing
They left no clue as to their Identity.
Tn Miiiiiifnelnre .SniiiUelexx I'otviler
THI3NTON. N J. , April C. Artltlcs of in >
corporation were filed with the secrctau estate
state today of the International Smokelpai
Powder and Dynamite company , vvlth ar
authorized rapttnl of $10,000.000 Thu com
pany Is formed to inauufaciuic powder unt
dynamite.
WILL SUBMIT TO UNANIMITY
High Officials of Three Powers to Investigate
and Regulate Samoa.
DECISION FINALLY REACHED AT BERLIN
tinrmntij'i 1'ioiiiiMil lli-KitnlliiK < hi-
IK-eNltm * of lli % oniniltnloii An *
Au.reeulilc l AH COIUMM IUM |
on lilt Wn > .
liniU.l.V , April 6 An agreement has been
roichoil between the three powers-Uio
United States. Oreat Britain and Oorm.Uij
on two propositions , namely.
The appointment by each power of n hlfti
olllclnl to Investigate and rosulnto the condi
tion * prevailing nt Samoa and the making
of mtai'lmlty nocc'eary In nil decisions of
OIMO high olllclnls.
The nowspapeis hall the result of the
negotiations with satisfaction
The National Xeltung confirms the report
that Great Britain ha * agreed to unanlml'y
decision In the n o of the Samoiti commis
sion LONDON , April ( ! &pedal dispatches
from Beilln s.iy that ( ! rp.\t Britain has
agreed to the ( Jerman proposal for munanlm-
Hv hi the decisions of the Samoau com
mission
\V\SHINGTON , April C. llorr Self , who
Is to succeed Dr. llaeffel as president of itiia
municipal council of Apia , has left Washing
ton for life i > tist Ho Intends to stop In Chicago
cage for a day or two , and also at Colorado
Springs. Trio , planning his movements teas
as to bo r.blo to take thb hteamer at San
Pram Ibco some tlmo 1ielwecii the 10th and
the 15th of next month.
Tlu > Stale department lias not \ct selecti'1
Its leprosentntlvo on the Same in commt'-
slon , but the president in giving the nnlUJ
his personal attention Ne.atlv oveiy Amor-
lean who has hid nnvthing to do with
Samoa In a representative capaeltv In rp-
lent joars has turned up as an applicant roi
this place. But the Stito department doe
not fepl dlspcaed to choose from amonc
them , principally for thu reason that It la
deemed proper to name eome person who
has not been Involved In any manner In tnt
past dlfticultles on the Island
The German ambassadoi , Dr von Hollo-
iben , called nt the State dopaitment loilaj
to felicitate SecTetary Hay on the sitlsfnc-
torj adjuntmcnt of the Samoan affair
The present tendenev Is not to provide r
final .irbltr.alor , but to assume that the com
mission will agree among themselves This
eliminates the presence of King Oscar , whc
had been mentioned as umpire
DREYFUS CASE REVELATIONS
Purls rnpprN Continue in I'ulillNh Hit
TeKtlinoii ; lU-l'orc ( lie Court
Of ClIHHIltloll.
PARIS , Api II 6 The Figaro today pub
lishes the evidence given by n\amlnln §
Magistrate Bertulus before the court ol
cassation In the Dreyfus case. M Bertulus
it appears , gave au interesting account ol
hlB examination of the late Lieutenant Col
onel Henry , who committed sulcldo by cut
ting his throat with a rarer In August lasi
in the military prUon of Mqntevalerlon
, after confes'Inc to fc ni S certain docu-
wenla coniiplrtedvvlth the affair. The e < -
amlnlng magistrate ertlrt that when Honrj
found himself cornered ho confessed tha
Lieutenant Colonel Du Paty do Clam an <
Major Count Bsterhazy were the authors o
the spurious telegrams aiming to Incrlml-
natn Lieutenant Colonel Picqimrt , w here
upon M. Beitulus said to Henry. "Ester-
hazj and Du Paty do Clam are guilty. Lei
th latter blow out his brains this ovenln ;
and Justice will take Its course agains
Estcrhazy , the forger who Is now maklnf
charges against you , which If they rpacl
the cars of jour enemies , may load them t <
acciiBo you of suppljing Esterhazy with thi
documents "
Henry , it further appears , upon hearlnj
this collapsed In his chair , speechless , am
then throw his arms around the magistrate
Ks8c ! d him on the forehead and check , cry
Ing , Imploringly "Save us Save us
Hsterhazy Is a scoundrel. "
The magistrate then pressed him fo :
further Information against Knterhaz > , bu
Honi ) begged him net to Insist , having
"The honor of the army before ever } thing '
M Bortulus nlso expressed the belief tha
the "veiled ladv" who has figured in tin
case was no other than Du I'atj de Clan
himself
WHITE ACCEPTS THE MISSION
IVnoo < inifi-ri'iico AX 111 Meet ut Tin
II UK lie I'rolmld ) nn Ihe
N Illi Illilllj.
BERLIN. April G When Andrew D
White , Iho United States nmbun > ador , yes
| teiday told the correspondent hero of th
i Associated Press in u-nlv to nn Inquiry 01
the subject 1hat ho knew nothlii2 of th
' report thai ho had been appointed lo icpre
j bent the United States at the pence con
ference his appointment had reallv not ai
rived. Mi. White today Informed thp coi
respondpnt that ho has accepted the nj >
pnlntmont and that ho believes four dele
gates and one secretaiy will ho sent to Th
1 Hague by the United States The secretaij
j he added , will bo a New Yorkpi a friend o
. President McKlnley , and a niot > t competen
I man.
I Mr. Whlto expressed the belief that th
I conference will meet on the czar's birth
I day , May 18 , nnd said that the report tlm
the delejjatcb would bo Instiucted In a cei
tain wav was piomulure and that in nn
j case nobody thlt.lm of uBklnz the Unite
. States to reduce Iho sl/o of Its army
| Mr. White nlso romaikcd thil HIP Unllc
Slates Is depplj Interested In the arhltiatlo :
feature lo bo dlsuused at the confeicnce.
ORDERS 10 APPLY THE TORC *
( lilni'MiAllln ; c'H to SullciIleeaiis
( .erinniiH AVcri * I'lrril I | > nn
ll > IllllllllKlllltH ,
PKICIN. April C The governor of Klan
Cbou hab glveni orders to burn two Chines
villages In the neighborhood of I-Chou ,
short distance from Kiao-Chou , where th
German patrol was recently Jired upon. Th
orders , however , nro considered hero to Ii
arbitrary and unnecessary and aio con
sldered unlikely to bo appiovcd hy the oil !
clulH of the German legation , to whom th
Chlnoso foreign ofllco vestoidav gent a roll
remonstrance
Alull fur Meili'n Iliimeil.
CITY OF MiXICO , April 0 The Unlle
Slnles mall duo to arrive hero yesterda
over the Mexican National ruihvay wa
burned on Monday near SaUlllo by Iho ex
plosion of n lamp The mall deztroyp
comprised lotlers pr&ted nt New York Marc
31 and al Chicago Apill 1. Tha nugllg
mall was also destroyed , only two sack
of newspapers arriving hero.
VMellv ll > of
MADRID , April C Tlio Imparclal todn ;
announces n revival of Carllst activity Ii
the province of Navarre nnd tlio eaptali
general cf Arrau oa , vUntvh lucludeb th
*
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forrc-nst for Nobrnikn
Fair. Variable Wind- "
Teiiinetnlure lit Oiniitin j ( Mrritn * i
Hour. Hen. Hour. ! > < * ;
provinces of Hue oa , Saragossu and Tcrucl
nndlilch Is bounded on the north by
France , 1ms arrived In Madrid In order to
confti with the government with reference
to the Cirllst movemint
MM * AHCII i % sncitnr nosir.it.
Vmitliei * Itisliilliiii-nl of Com I of ( "nx-
Niidnit I' % IriVniM * Vlioiil 1)1-1" % TIM.
r\UIS , Apill fi Thp VoHalro. which > rs-
lerday published nn Irdtnllmont of the evl-
drnrp given before the Court of Cns < atlon hy
M 1'alnguo rpgardlng the repudiation by the
Italian gournment nnd bj Colonel
Srhwaitzknpppn formpi mlllnry attache
hrrc , of rclatloiiB with Drnyfus. publishes
today a further Installment showing that the
scailed s-ecrpt dosler Is not eonnpcted with
Drovfus except IIM rpgnrds n single docu
ment , n letter mentioning him. which Is
dnted aftci his condemnation , nnd Is , thoro-
IOIP , unimportant.
WAR SHIP FOR BLUEFIELDS
'i-li'im Ini > i < > Mtn full tor Sulmdm-
llal IMotucdon In TiiHiulcitt
. WASHINGTON , April fl Thp cruiser Du-
trolt , which Is now I ) Ing off La Guayni ,
VoiipFUoln , has boon ordered post haste to
Bluellelds , Nicaragua , for the protection of
American Interests In that quarter.
On the way It will touch at Port Union ,
Cc ta lUca , whcro Its commander will put
himself in communication with the United
States consul at that point and where ho
may al ° o lucelve further Instructions The
vessel Is likely to make a very brief stop
at tile ) town
The dispatch of the Detroit under hurry
orders Is at the urgent request of the State
department , to which Anierlcin residents
both at Bluellolds and In Costa nica have
appealed for protection of Amcilcnu In
tel ests
The nibltrary and extortionate policy ot
General Torres at Bluellelds , who on more
than one occasion has made himself per
sona lion grata to this government and
whoso restoration to power nt thlb timp
has been followed by acts against which
American residents protest and lesent. Is
the main cause of the dispatch of the De
troit
The State department at the same tlmo
has tabled Instructions to the United States
diplomatic agent at Bluollelds to lodge an
energetic protest with the Nlcaiagunn gov
ernment against the action of General Tor
ies A disregard of this protest Is likely
to be taken up by a moiu positive step on
the part of this government. In Costa Rica
the Americans In business and the resl-
di-ntn nro In trouble as the result of an
Insuncctlonary move It Is understood that
the Insurgents are lovj Ing forcsd loans
upon them , besides collecting exorbitant and
diules < > IL imports
BELONGOTKE NEW NAVY
Former hpnillNli GutiliontH H < T 'l\c 11
HoiiHliiK AWlcoiui' UN The hull
Into Ilrookljn .Nil\j \nril.
NKW YORK , April C With the stars
nnd strlpeb drooping gracefully over the
stern of each , thi * foimei Spanish gunboat1 !
Alvarmlo and Snndoval , came Into this har
bor today and , amid the cheering of thou-
bandi of peibons llntnl up on shoio and on
t'lio ' Brooklyn bildge , they proceeded to tilt
BrooKljn navy yard , where they will tic
up foi a couple of da\s before going to the
Portsmouth navy > aid. From the time ol
leaving Washington last Monday via the Inside -
side canal route until Uio ntivy jard wai
reached the trip of the lalrst additions Ic
the American navy has bec n altcmlod bj
n continuous lound of cheering and dipping
of American Hags Some repairs will have
to bo made at the Qrooklvn navy varcl
when the > will pioceed to Portsmouth
TWENTY-TWO BANDITS BAGGED
I'\elemeiil on Hie Inereiimlletriiril -
lUK < l > e OiilluiiN In I > lHtrlit
Aliout SuiitliiKO.
SANTHGO DE CUIHprll fi Th"ro nr <
now twenty-two bandlla In the Smiting !
mllitaiy prison Major General Wo d , tin
military governor , U actively eupprcsslni
dlBlurbincrs from this source
YostPrdnj four bandits fioin San Luis an
two fiom Gimntanamo were In ought lu
There Is not n little excitement over ti
appearance of the outlaw H and iiimors a ,
in circulation regirdlllg troubles In the dli
tricts of Holguln , but the present offoit-j eDie
Die military nuthoiltlcs will soon : i.s3uri
safely in all pal Is of the province.
There Is no foundation for the report I'm
Hie Cuban general Jose JHro has been Ii
any way Involved In Iho dlsluibance. Oi
Iho contrary ho has assured General Wooi
of his active co-operation In pulling dowi
brigandage.
The news of an early muslerlng out of tin
volunteer regiments U welcome to ofllceri
and men
The water famine Is broken nid there I
a good supply
LAMP CHIMNEYS IN A TRUS1
i M \l | Over the ( oiintr ;
\le (11 I nlle In < ninlilmMllll
Cuiilllil < > ( H-II.OIID.IMIII ,
PITTSBUHO , April C.-Tho Post tomor
row will su )
A $20,000,000 combine of lamp ehlmnn ;
manufacturer ! , of the United States IB Ii
Iho process of foimiillon , with every Indlcn
tlon that Iho piomolcrH of tlio enterprlh
will carry Iho deal to a sum h-aful tormina
tlon The factoilrH e-onccrned In the com
blno comprise rveiy nmnufncluiui nf lam ]
olihiinuja In the United States Thu fi'tnu
tlon of a new lompany to acquire the plint
nf ll'efco companies has been K"lng on fu
Eoino lima nnd It Is xnld thut n meetlni
will bo held In New York within a fev
dnn to hear the reports of Iho expert
now nt wnik iibccrlnlnlng the value o
the different plnntH and the trims on whlc-1
tl'ey ran bo secured
MAY BE CAUSED BY A TRUS1
( liiN mid \ n pin- Stove Miiniifiieliirei
Deelile til VlHnnee I'rll'ex 1'lf-
leeil In Thll l > I'er ( flit.
CLEVELAND. 0 , Apill 0Tho gas nm
vapor Btovu manufacturers In husxlon at thi
Holle-ndon ileildeil tula } to advance price
on vapor stoves from 15 tn go pu nl , ae
cording to grade of product. The reaeoi
they give la tha Increased cost of taw nm
tcrials All of them pinfws ontlio Ignc
ram-o of the inojt t to cousolidalu tLu vj
pur atovo companlta ,
DI ? /wro fivrriMH p
BELONGS 10 SIAIE
Homo for the rrientUcss Declared to Bo
Property of tlio Oormuonwealtli ,
DECISION OF LONG DRAWN CONTROVERSY
Supreme Oonrt Affirms Ruling of the Lower
Tribuunl in the Oaso.
WOMEN MUST NOW SURRENDER POSSESSION
Supervision by tlio Society Declared Not to
Bo au Irrevocable Eight.
SEVERAL OTHER DECISIONS BY COURT
: \o Mtniev Airoirlnl | | Ml for thti < 3oY-
eiiior tn Kiieiul | tn the PiiroluiNo
oC .llciliiln fur < lic 1'lrnl
LINCOLN , Neb , April 0 ( Special ) Th
BUpiemo courl today handed down nn opln-
Ion In the Homo for Iho Friendless cnso ,
ninrinlng the Judgment of the district court
and declaring the Home to bo a atnto Instl-
lullon. The svllabus of the opinion Is n
folltiws.
1. > The Institution established under the
authorltj of thp act of Tcbruary 28 , 18S1 , en-
tltJod "An act lo establish n Homo for the
rilandless In Iho state of Nebraska and to
provide for the election and location nnd
ROVeminent of Ihe same , " Is a state Institu
tion
J Hy portion 4 of said act the Society of
the Homo for the Tilrndless , nn elecmosy-
narj corporation , was given supervision of
said Institution , subjeci lo the paramount
nutuorltj of Iho Do.ard of Publlo Lands nnd
lUilldlngs
3 The supervision Kl\en to said society
ovpr Ihe Home for the FrlendleRS was a mem
piIvlleRo and not a vested , Irrevocable rlRhl ;
II depended upon thp Btutulo nnd vvns en-
tlrelj extinguished when Bcctlon 4 was re
pealed.
4 In establishing a homo for the frlond-
lc s under thp authority of said act , the
Hoard of Public Lands and Buildings could
not lavs full ) purchase a building slto and
take Iho llllo Ihorelo lo Iho slnle In trust
for the Society of the Homo for the Krlcnd-
lees
fi Heal estale purchased by the Board ot
Public Lands and Buildings upon which to
erect a homo for the friendless was convoyed
to "the state of Nebraska for thv use ami
benefit ot the Home foi the Friendless "
Held That the clause "for the use nnd
benefit of the Home for the rrleudlefas" was
not designed to create a trust , but was
merely doscrlpllve of the use to which the
property should be devoted by Iho slalc.
AVomcii Miixt Ol' " lip.
The 1897 legislature passed an nmenda-
lory act placing the control ot this Insll-
tullon under the governor. Governor Ho >
romb appointed new officers and emplovci
for the home nnd they were dented posses
sion ot Iho property by the appointees ot the
Society for the Homo of the Friendless.
The stale attempted to staivo them out by
limiting off all state supplies , but the
women secured private donations und pluck-
llv held on. Ticn ) cmno a suit lu the dis
trict court of Lancaster countv to recover
possession and judgment was rendered la
favor of the state nnd ngalnst the women
of tlie home. They appealed to the supreme
court which has decided the judgment be
low was right. The society will now bo
compelled to surrender possession of the
home.
The wilt was denied In the case brought
by the countv ireabiirer of Stanton counly
against the stale IrcnKiiror lo compel Iho
Hlate treasurer to pay the expense ol tranh-
mllllng funds from Iho county seats to Lin
coln The decision holds that the state
treasuier Is retiulred to Issue receipts lo
Ihe counly Ireasurers and nol to the express
company and that the county treasurers
must pay the expenses of tiansmlttal
The case of Frederick Smith against
Henry II. Silver Is dismissed.
The court handed down opinions , affirm
ing the decisions of the lower courts. In the
following cases
W S Martin against Inez C Humphrey ,
George \V Mcllildo against J A Wakefleld
and Wlnona Savings Bank , " \V R McAl-
llstei against Laura L. Pitts , Wlllard Hammond
mend ngalnst CtiHmhoilaln Banking : House ,
et al , KeubPii AV Itcss against George B.
Barber , et al , Gcoige M. Murphy against
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank.
The cabes reversed wore
I F Dully , ndmlnlstrntor , ngalnst n &
M Railroad Company , Globe Loan and
Trust Company against 0. S Wood , Hugh
Dcak ngalnst Jnmes Reynolds t > t al , A. L.
Hoover & Son against Columbia National
Bank , Omaha Brewing Association agalnet
C Bullnhelmer , Albeit Hnrtxuff ngalnst
i ThomaH F Hall , Chicago , Durllngton &
1 Qulney Railroad Company against William
{ H , Bond , ndmlulstintor , ( "onnecllcut Miilual
i Life Insurance Company against John
Westorholf , Peter Fox ngalnst Kountzo
Hrolherfa , GUB Norberg against III I Plura-
mcr , John N. Frcnzor flgalnst Alfred n.
Dufrene ,
Thill Tliinitim Count j HIM.
In the closing honrb of the session ot the
legislature II R lr > 7 was among the num
ber of bills lhat were lucky enough to ho
pushed lo the fronl nnd passed. An ex
amination of the enrolled bill now In tha
powc'Ealon of the sceietiiiy of atnto allows
that while In the title It la a bill for the
jellef of Thurston county , It nUo provides
for the relhf of Dlxon and Cumlng coun-
tleb 'Iho object of the bill In explained
by a potiplo of "wherenscs" that follow the
llllo and readn ns follows
AVtiPifas , Thin Bton Loutitv has Incurred nn
IndobtPdncHs In the aggregate lo the amount
of ? 5lSli In thp prosecution of three cilmlnal
casts for felonies IIH follows In the cntta
of Uio Stale ngnliiHl Henry M Rlcs and olh-
ers for murder , $1,850 , In the case of Ihe
State against \V f Ream foi catllo Bleating ,
$7.3 kj , and In the c bo of thn Slalo against
J SUdnej GoodmniiBon for murder hy p'4bon-
Ing , ? J.fi78 lri and ,
WhorodB , the financial condition of snM
county Is Hitch that the burden of the nbovii
Indebtedness cannot bo pnlil without herlous
pmbarnibament to the local government of
said county
Then comrs the peculiar part of the bill.
It appropriates $1,214 86 for the relief of
Thurston county "to liquidate nnd rtlsthnrgo
thn Indebtedness against said county In
clined In Ihe proHeculIon ofV C Rpgni and
J Shinny GondmanEon for felonies"
'Ihu s-econd socilon of the bill proceeds to
appropriate money for Cumlng and Ulxon
counties In thi ) following language
That the auditor of the stale of NehrKKka
la hereby authorized to draw his wnnanl
upon Iho mute treasurer cjf tlio state of Ne
binsKa for the sum cf $ CJ068 In favor rf
frald Cumlng count } , and the sum of $2,584 48
In favor of said Dlxon county
The counties of Dlxon nor Cumlng uri
not icferrod to In nny other part nf the
bill und no reason Is given why said bumi
are appropriated In figuring up the totali
appn printed Ihe three tountlrb In the enrolled -
rolled hill It makes $ U,429.C2 , wbllo the HUIU
mentioned In the firfit part of the bill , ua
bhown above , wan $ r 18'J
Thu bill as originally Introduced by Hup-