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.1 , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. JU2TE 'JO , 1871. OMAHA , MONDAY , Al'RTL 10 , 1809. STXai.13 COPY FIVE CEXTS. ' iJojiijVg.o/ . 'l'irab Nebraska OhronScled by 4 : , Ono of Its Mjrabera , -V1 ; ' . . pnS WRITTEN. EARLY LAST MONTH jRegtoirit Then Static PLEJhY OF ' 'EXCITEMENT AT Boys'A'ccornmodfitecl with a light on Very ' ' " ' , , . "Short JNo'tlM , ; : FILIPINOS KEEP VHEM ON THE WATCH 'ntlVci I'nr.-Ao.Attention to Proper - ; i ? o lit i'UUo K/IIR / Tie It to > TJiclr tiuiiN nnil Illuzc . 'V v'llu . A'wnr. ' ' 1 N ' . ' * NCr ' ' ' -Cr ' . PWIp'lNO'STATION , Near Manila , P. T. . ( March/ . ( Speilal Correspondence ) . ) The First 'Nebraskaboys continue each day to add fresh lauroU- the grand record they hiiYO already achieved for themselves since tj-c opening 'fif hOstllUlcH with the Insurg ent F41lpjnon. ' Thfl "poeltlons which the ' 1'fcglnient now -holda nnd defends nro the most Important places in the line of ac tion. The rcgimontfls protesting moro terri tory and. 13 extemind farther to Iho front than any other regiment on the Island. SJnce the -ciipluro of the filtering station , known , as .the Ilesposlto , and the pumping elation four-miles from thd Iespo lto , they havft retained possession only toy continually fighting-with the Insurgents , who have made Bovflrnl attempts to recapture the water works , but .liavn on every occasion been rrpulsed and driven off by the Nebraskans. Along the road leading to the pumping otiufon from the iDesposllo ono battalion of the First Nebraska Is distributed , with an 'interval of one mlle between each company. Patrolo and out/posts / arc sent out by these companies for about two miles In each direction from their camps. Quo company Is left in camp at Santa Mesa , lo guard the property left there by thti regiment when It took IU hasty de parture. This gives the companies , ono at rt .time , , n chance to recuperate , by changing them often. Company A IB at present taking its turn at Santa > Mesa , having yesterday , " " 'v relieved Company C. The balance of the regiment is stationed at Camp Stoteenberg , - slth ( the exception of Company L , which ' ' -is Iittho ipumping atatlon , about 600 yards in UcJvanco c-f the camp. Kach day one cdmpany' goes ever to -Maraqulna - road . , - . . anil" docM , outpost duty for twenty-four liQlin ; . / < The guns of the Utah battery are ' placed ou Iho Jilll nnd command a clear v .ylow-of the valley tor miles around. ' 'Tho alpnal coti ' 1'aa ' run wires to the , , putnplnKplatioh' , ivlth several branch wires ' 'T/lrtnJijff / to'nil Important positions. This ' five's'1iM nuck ) communication .with heafl- HL.I lr. l.i ; tulty Sluaal towers have .built alon ? thu i > < ad , under inn lina an cltlcle'nt corps"of N. _ . , _ _ _ _ assist him in the working of lh'o signal Hags and lanterns. Work of IIoNfiltnl Carp * . The hospital corps under the command of Captain Jensen Is doing some very creditable work , especially when the troops are in action. The litter-bearers have followed close behind the firing line and under a heavy lire have rescued the injured men as aoon as they were stricken down. Several times the Insurgents' sharpshooters have tried to pick off and oven capture the hos pital corps while they were In the field seeking men who needed their attention and assistance , and had to be driven off by other members of the corps that were not busy with the wounded. In the engagement of March 6 two mem bers of the United States ambulance were wounded by n rifle shot while they were looking after the wounded Nebraska boys. Almost every day a scouting party Is sent out through the Maraqulna valley nnd along both sides of the water works road , and they hardly ever fall to stir up a bunch of insurgents. The natives generally fire upon the Hcoutlng party at first sight and then try to surround them and cut off their re treat. The odds are against our boys In r numbers , but with a little cool-headedness they manage to got out all right , or hold the natives off until the arrival of re- enforcements from camp. The boys have found that any tlmo they want a fight they can -bo accommodated in short order by only going n couple of miles from camp. The country all through this locality Is very rough nnd uneven , broken by success ive rows of terraces rising beyond ono an other In regularity. The terraces are from ono to two feet In height nnd about twenty feet apart. To travel over ono of these abandoned rlco fields re-minds ono of climb ing the stairs of a ten-story tenement house. In gazing over a field laid out In this manner a person would think it WBB made for a 'battlefieldfor the ridges afford the most excellent cover for the men In charg ing upon the enemy by rushes. Often the officers may be hoard clvlng the command "Advance by ridges , " But still , where this has 'been of great benefit to the infantry , the artillery has found It very difficult to moro its heavy guns and many times could the artillery have u ad nuns to good advantage , but found it Impossible to pull the pieces over the rough ground. The Filipinos In general seem to show very little respect for the white flag of truce In Its use nnd significance. They decorate - orate tholr 'bamboo huts and carry their llttlo white Hug fastened to a bamboo stick nnil nearly fall all over themselves In taking off their halt * to assure you they are most faithful "Amljsos. " Hut the next moment they will have u nun or knife In their bund trying to kill you when your back Is turned to them , Several American soldiers have met their death through these supposed friendly natives firing from their bamboo hills that were profusely decorated with white flags. In ono of the engagements which the No- hratkans had with the Filipinos a native had u white flag tied to his rllle and was shoot ing like blazes at our men. llo was a true Insurgent until he saw the Americans were getting the host of it , when he commenced waving hla ling. It Is needless to say he got shot by a stray bullet , O. 13. SCRAMBLING. SEE SOME HARD FIGHTING DutiilU of the UuK"ireiiieiit 5eur thu Puiiililnur .Station ou the Sixth of .11 uroh. PUMPING STATlONTNcar .Manila , P. I. , March 8. ( Special Correspondence , ) The Flittt Nebraska today wna again called to | uphold Its reputation as the "Fighting Nebraska " and defend Its right to hold end protect the water works against all 1 odds. Monday morning , March C , was the day the Insurgents camu to the conclusion that ihey wanted to recapture the water works ' * V nnd laid plnns to that effect , hut they did not succeed as anticipated , and agnln the natives had to acknowledge th.it the Ameri cana were not to bo beaten no easily. Shortly after daybrijnk , some 3,000 Filipinos pines congregated In the valley along the San Tolaco river nnd cast of the pumping station and made an advance on the rlcht Hank of our linen. The outposts were rein forced by Companies A , 1) , L and F of the Ncbraskans. The insurgents had now bcfiun to pour heavy volleys Into our Ijm-.i , but with no effect. Our bojs returned tholr flru with their "long-tonm" with a loud bang that jicotned to almost drown the report of the rgi'jits' Manners. Untile Haiti * * Flereely. ' .iboitl two hours the battle raged nnd furious , then the guns of the Utatfbattory got their range and sent a few shell * and shrapnel Into the midst of the natives with the desired effect and the enemy suddenly realized It could not withstand the fire of the artillery and hastily withdrew. Still the Filipinos were not satisfied and had no sooner been routed on the right than they matle nn advance on the left In an attempt to break our lines In this direction. Companies K , M and 1 of the Nobraakans , with two companies of the Oregons , were occupying the left flank , Company L still ranmlnlng In the center of the firing line and near the pumping station. When the Insurgents made their attack on the left they found as heavy opposition to thwart their efforts to gain possession of the water works as there was In their former attack on the right flank. For an hour and a half a lively nnd Interesting battle was kept up along the Maraqulna road. A Hotchklss rapid-firing gun was hurried to the scene of action , closely followed by a Oatllng gun under the charge of the Oregons. The two gunn were turned loose nnd , as usual , the natives boat a hasty retreat. Our boys then flanked their lines nnd drove them to ward the city onto the Oregon lines , who were anxiously waiting for them In the trenches. Major Mulford , who was In command , chased them as far as hi dared without leav ing our front unprotected , and ordered tlio men to withdraw toward camp. Companies R , H nnd D of the Nebraskas , who were sta tioned along the water works road , took up -the chase where Major Mirlford left off and drove them still farther Into the -woods , and they soon dispersed and disappeared In the cane fields In the distance with the ex ception of a few sharpshooters who kept up u desultory flro 'the test of the day , but doIng - Ing no damage. In the action a native- was taken prisoner who Informed Colonel StotsenbcrK upon close questioning that the Insurgents had planned to recapture the water works by attacking from all sides at the same time , but that their orders had miscarried and the attack onthe - north was some two hours late In being made. made.The The Tlny'K Cnmmltlen. The casual les of the day's fifidtlug were as follows : Corporal W. J. Hunting , Company F , First Nebraska , shot In left side , seriously. Prlvnto C. A. Lewis , Company I , First Nebraska , shot In right thigh , slight wound. Private John TrlmbnH , Company I , First Nebraska , shot In 'left thigh , slight wound. Two men of 'tho ' Oregons and two of the United Stitco Hocp'tal corpo were also , YuunJc'l , but not jwrlously. " Mori-dar''iilyhfL'vCrj'hIriK ( ' ! Vos quiet nlont ; the line. A battalion of the Twentieth United States infantry , recently arrived from the states , and three companies of the Flr " Colorados were ordered to reinforce Generul Halo's brigade. Generals MacArthur and Hale , with Colonel Stotscnberg , held a con ference Monday night and arranged plans for a general sweep of the country In , the vicin ity oftho water works from the San To7aco river near Maraqulna southwest o the north sldo of the Paslg river , on 'the ' extreme left of General Anderson's division. The gunboat Utah , which patrols the PaslR river , did some very effective work with Its rapid-fire guns. The proposed plans would extend our lines for a distance of about six miles and would sweep about fifteen square miles of territory. At daybreak the following morning the troops along the water works and Maraqulna roads , after a hasty breakfast , commenced the reeve against the Insurgents south of the road. The brigade formed In the follow ing position : Companies K. H , R and G which compose the third battalion of the First Nebraska , nnd the third battalion of the Twentieth United States Infantry occu pied the center of the brigade ; a battalion of the First Wyoming Infantry nnd two guns of the Utah battery held down the right flank , while on the left of. the Twen tieth regulars were three companies of the First Oregon Infantry and on tholr left was ono battalion of the First Colorado , while on the extreme left flank were stationed Companies K , M and F of the Nebraskans. Company L held dawn Its usual place at the pumping station and kept a watch on the valley in Its front. Companies n , A and I were hold In readiness at Camp Stotsenbern to guard against nn attack from the other side. side.Tho The firing line , under the command of Colonel Stotsonborg , gradually moved south from the read , but had gone only n short distance when the natives opened fire upon our lines the first thing , as they usually do. The regulars nnd volunteers replied under command and the one Krag-Jorgcn- son and Springfield rifles filled the air with ono report. The lighting soon became very ' brisk nnd spread toward the center of the .brigade. The Twentieth and the Nebraska 'boys were soon In the thickest of it and they mule charge after charge upon the insurgents , hardly haltlng for an Instant. ( KillinKM I In Iliiuk , The enemy gradually fell back , stubbornly contesting every foot of the way , and made several stands behind hunches of bamboo nnd rocks in an endeavor to re .1 gain their lost ground , but met with n dis mal failure. Colonel Stotsenberg ordered the left flank to swing around to the southwest and sur round the Insurgents and cut oft their re treat , and our colonel shouted "Wo have got them , " and gave the command "Charge , " "Double time. " With a yell , away wont our boys , charg ing upon them , only to meet with dUap- . polntmont , as wu had driven them clear to the Paslg river , a distance of six miles from our slartlns point , only to find that the enemy had ororsed the river and taken refuge In an eld stone church In the bills , wher * it rwoH impossible to follow them. We fired a few volleys ncrcus the river nt them i an they retreated and then withdrew for n i short distance , where wo were allowed a i much needed rest. The companies were then formed and were marched along the river toward the Des- pcollo. The Insurgents , thinking wo were retreating , followed us back and fired upsn > U3 with fatal results to two of our boy * . Private Roscoc Young of Company U anl I Prlvnto Guy C. Walker of Company ( I. Captain Ough , commanding Company 1) ) , was shot in the left thigh and was certainly wounded , and Private Herbert Hedges was ! shot In the neck. I The Nebraska boys returned the fire , ani j for another half hour a lively fusillade was kept up between the lines. The enemy wa * again routed and disappeared , Our part In the engagement was carried ( Continued on Second Page. ) LWTOX IS OFF ON A FROLIC Ohoeen Band Starts Around Laguna do Bay in High Spirits. EXPEDITION MADE UP OF FLOWER OF ARMY CoiinlrjSouth' of I.nlcc IN Sivrjil llpfiirp the I'nrlr Hon - n TIIKM Tow Flotilla if TiTrnt } ' MANILA , April 9. 9:50 : a. m. The expe dition of 1,600 men under Major General Henry W. Lawton which started last night with the Intention of crossing Lagutm dc Day , capturing the town of Santa Cruz , on the eastern shore of the lake , and then sweeping the country to the south , consists of 200 picked sharpshooters , chosen from the various regiments ; Hawthorne's mountain battery , Gale's squadron , three troops of the Fourth cavalry , unmountedwith Bronko's and Tappun's battalions of the Fourteenth Infantry , Llnck's battalion of the First Idaho Infantry and Fralno's of the First North Dakota Infantry , under General King , The llotllla of twenty canoes , towed by tugs and convoyed by the gunboats Lamina do Bay , Oesto and Rapidan , and preceded by the launch containing General Lawton and General King , started from San Pedro Ma- catl , on the river Paslg , moving toward the lake , Jus.t as evening was setting In. It was a truly picturesque scene. Tbjs men were all In high spirits and carried rations for ten days , with the lightest marching equipment. I'uriioMc of ( icncrnl I.ntTtiin. General Lawton's plan was to reach Santa Cruz this morning at daybreak , to rapture or destroy any rebel gunboats or shipping , to take the town and then to scour the coun try to the south of the lake , a district not yet explored by the Americans. The tactics will be those of the old-time frontier fight ing and It is probable that the command will be divided Into squadg of twelve , umlur non-commlesloned officers. In General Lawton's abeonce the Second division is temporarily commanded by Gen eral Ovenshlne , whose lines extend from the beach near Malate , south of Manila , to the shores of Laguna do Bay , beyond Paslg , a distance of about seven miles. The withdrawal of the eighteen companies constituting the expeditionary force made a gap In the line from the teach to Cullcull , Just southwest of San Pedro Macatl , which was subsequently filled by the Fourth reg ular Infantry. -The rebels on the extreme right had evi dently been Informed of the withdrawal of the troops and they attempted to sneak through after nightfall , but they met with n warm reception and fell back upon dis covering that the line was still Intact. CITY UF SANTA CRUZ TOTTERS AV r Ueiinrtiiicnt Look * for Newa of ItnFnll During the Day. " WASHINGTON , April 9. The War de partment authorities look for important news from Manila tomorrow , announcing In alb probabjllty 'he capture of the city of Sinta CU. | , * - la . , 'J > { totfn In the'country as yet untouched by the American forces and now In the hands of the Filipino forces. No report of the movement of General Lawton's men has been made to the War' department , but the Associated Press announcement - nouncement occasioned no surprise , for the1 , move Is looked upon as one of the natural I steps In General Otis' carefully laid plans' , against the Insurgents. Santa Cruz Is a place of considerable Im portance In several respects. It is the cap ital of the province of Laguna and has a' population , according to the best available' , Information , of considerably more than 13- 000 persons. It is regarded OB likely that' ; General Lawton already hns gained posses- ! slon of this little stronghold , for It Is but a short Journey over the bay lagoon , a i fresh water sea which pomes almost up , to Manila Itself , which Is forty-eight miles' away from Santa Cruz. The details of the dispatch show that' General Lawton , by essaying the formation , of squads of twelve men each , will make l n thorough reconnaissance of the ground before - fore making n definite attack upon the city' and vicinity. It Is felt here that there will1 only be a show of resistance by the na- lives and whether they actually surrender the town or abandon It to the southward the campaign against the place will servo as an object lesson of the determined policy of our forces In the Islands. DEATH LIST FROM GEN. OTIS Virltcrn , Klr \el.riiNkn , of AVnuiiilH llceclveil in Action. WASHINGTON , D. C. , April 3. The fol lowing cablegrams from General Otis at .Manila were received by the War depart ment today : MANILA , April 9. Adjutant General , \\ashlngton , D. C. : Casualties not bercto- fore reported : Third In f mi try. Killed March 25 : PRIVATE JOHN Q. INOHAM NELSON , Company O. | PRIVATE THOMAS P. MORRIS , Company - pany F. Wounded : Private Jack Hamilton , leg , slight. Private Joseph Slack , Company M , arm , slight. Private John McCullough , Company M. arm , Blight. Private John W. Parrott , Company M , , foot , slight. Private Joseph D. Sweet , Company M , heel , severe. .Si-omul Cnllfuriilii. Wounded : Private Lionel Sturman , Company D. arm , slight , TtvontlHh Knnmii. Wounded : Private Wesley Mathews , Company G , above uye , alight. Private Oeorgo Myer , Company K , nbdo- men , slight. Private Lawrence Page , Company B , foot , slight. Cortland Fleming , band , abdomen , sovcro. Kirn ! .Uoiitiinn. Wounded : Private John V , McLaughlln , Company G ! hand , slight. I Flrnt IVuihlngtnn , I Wounded : I Private Thomas L. Monroe , Company K , i scalp and hand , blight I Tenth I'CIIIINvnnln | , Wounded : j Sergeant Frank Sharp , Company K , abdo- i men , severe. Private Charles Rasenrekcl , Company D , leg , slight. l-Mi-Nt .South Dnkotn. Wounded : Private Guy P. Davis , Company C , hand , slight. Private John Rogers , Company L , back , semi-severe. I lull Artillery. Wounded : Private John H. Ponder , Battery B , thigh , severe. Private A. J. Borderwlne. Fifty-first Iowa , Is missing , OTIS. Also f'le following ; MANILA , April 9. Adjutant General : Washington. D. r.K , . ; < jwlng drains have occurred -Incc lapt rrpofi : Mnrch 81 Jiicob llnrt-Ht-rgcr - , prlvntc. com pany H , KlKhtrenth nfantry , Run shot wound , accident. AprU. ! Ocorge 11. Forgo , private , Company F ( Klrst Washington , dysentery. From wounds In ncllon : April 1 Frank O. Armstrong , assumed nnnio , real name Frank O'Kecfe. corporal , Company C , Twen ty-third infniitry ; bcqnard 13. 1'lillllppl , corporal , Company 0 , First Colorado. April William Marshall. prlvntc. Com pany D. First Montana. . , April 4 Arthur H. Vlckers. first ser geant. Company F , Vliat Nebraska. April 6. Joseph J. Mou , private , lUltery K. Third nrtlllory ; William K. House , pri vate , band , Twenty-third Infantry ; William Tuffts , private , Company F. Fourth cavalry. REBELS MUSfSPEAK SPANISH AKtilnnlilo lmue it Manifesto I'rn- tentlnw Annln U the line of MADRID. April . Tito following dis patch from Manila Is published hero : "Agulnaldo lias Issued a decrno directing that Spanish shall he the oniclal language throughout the archipelago and protesting against the American pretension to force the use of English on thw natives , who do not know It. " 0 Death Report tram llroolio. WASHINGTON. April. 9. General llrooko has cabled tlio following doalh report for Cuba to the War derailment : HAVANA. April K. Adjutant General. Washington. Denth repDrt , April 6 and 7. Puerto 1'rlnclpe , 1'rlvato Tllder Fisher , Troop F , Eighth cavalry ) typhoid ; Private Kenjaniln O. Dlckcreon , Company C , Fif teenth Infantry , malaria ; Corporal Clark Kvers , Company F. Eighth cavalry , typhoid. IJHOOKB , Comuiaudtug. Dlt-N Of WlMIIIllN , WASHINOTON , April n. ( Special Tele gram. ) The following death from wounds In action Is reported from Manila , April 4 : ARTHUR II. V1CKKRS , first sergeant , Company F , First Nobrrskn. TRADE WITH THE COLONIES CoKxatlon of llimtlllUeM llrliiKi Creut StlmiiliiN ( < > Cojnin > rec with WASHINGTON. Aprjl 9. Acting Secre tary of War Melklejohn gave out for publi cation today some Intelosting statistics re garding the trade of thp United States with the islands of Cuba , i.'orto Rico and the Philippines , prefacing them by calling at tention to the fact that normal conditions of trade have not yet been fully restored be tween the Islands nanV'.d. The returns for February show an Incrijaso of imports from the Islands Into this country amounting to $374,408 and a. correspoiiUlng Increase of ex- Tiorts from the Unlted/jtales to the Islands of $603,269 , as compared with the same month a year ago. The trade of the Utt'ted ' States with the Philippines , it is said , begins to show the natural growth due to jho direction of the attention of America'exporters : to the archipelago. Whlla tl ' exports from our ports to the Phillppirv elands for February of last year only av jntod to $1,907 , for the same ti.onth , hisear they are moro than nine tines as nu , . -elng $19,523. For ! 1 the eight months - v ; rlth February 28 , ] 1S98 , they A. "re on / ' . - .ifwhile for the t I cnrruspoinlli iioru .J iu preaant fiscal y nr theyBiMf ' * v"ft tJ.UJfnearly' 70 ev cent , reaching $117,021. Our direct Importations from Manila for February were $277,033 , a gain of nearly 50 per cent over the same month last year. ' Notwithstanding the decline of Imports Into ' the United States from the Philippines dur- i Ing the months of active warfare , the 1m- ports for the eight months preceding March i reached $2,041,175 , as compared with $2,102- ' 889 for n similar period the year before. Our trade with Porto Rlco likewise shows an excess of Imports over exports to that tJsliind. ' The eight months of the fiscal year ' show that Imports from Porto Rlco to the 'United ' States gained $60,000 In value over ' the former year , being $585,884 , against : $525,881. Of this gain more than one-half was in the month of February , when the imports of 1899 reached $124,618 , against $89,185 for 1898. ' The trade balance between this country ] and Porto Rlco is now in favor of our exporters - ' porters , ns for the same month the exports were $207,169 , or $170,500 in excess of those of 1898. For the eight months of the fiscal , ! ' year the exports amounted to $1,326,596 , a I gain of $12,596 , which developed regardless of the several months when the ports of the ' Island were closed to our wares and mer chandise. Co in me roe with Culm. Trade with Cuba has been In the past sev eral times as largo as our trade with Porto Rico and the Philippines combined and now Is already showing wonderful gains over the older figures. A year ago In February , be fore the war , was Imported from the Island of Cuba goods valued at $2,059,729 , while for the sauio month of the current year the fig ures were $2,308,910. For the period of July 1 , 1898 , to February 28 , 1899 , the total Imports to United States ports from Cuba were $9.178,777 , against $6,413.028 for the like period a year earlier. This Increase mainly occurred during the last several months , when the crops wore being shipped. The exports to Cuba have also prospered , those of January and February showing an Increase of over $1,000,000 In value. For February , 1898 , the merchandise exports from this country to Cuba was valued at $1,160,744 , while for the same four weeks of 1899 the figures were $1,671,816. The aggregate worth of the exports from July 1 last to the end of February Is given at $10- 142,949 , an Increase of 33 per cent over the preceding year. 1 1 Oil. MIT STII.I , SKIIIOUSI.Y I I.I , . t'oiiMtimt llPNt. However , IN Slowly HrliiKluK Iliiel.- HIM StrriiKlli. WASHINGTON , April 9. Vice President Hobart IB slightly better today , 'but is not yet out of betl. He is slowly gaining strength through his constant rest and suc ceeds In gaining considerable sleep. His progress , however , It Is admitted , ie not as rapid as had been hoped for and he con tinues very seriously 111. Representative Balrd of Louisiana had a very good day and Is Improved tonight. ELEPHANT KILLS ITS KEEPER IJi'iite KiieelN I'lion Iiitoi- Iruteil Atteiuliiiif nml CriiMlii-H Out IllH l.lfc. KANSAS CITY. Mo , "April 9. "Rajah , " a mammoth elephant owned by Lenten Brothers' Circus company , which 'has been wintering In Argentine. Kan. , near here , today killed Its keeper. Frank Fisher. Fisher had returned to the tent Intoxi cated and tried to make the different ani mals perform. Coming to the elephant , ho hugged the beast's trunk and ordered It to open Its mouth. Becoming enraged , Rajah crushed Fisher's arm and , throwing him to the ground , made repeated efforts to pierce the prostrate train er's body with Its tu/sks. Unable to reach him , Rajah finally knelt upon Fisher. crushIng - Ing his life out before assistance could ar rive. rive.Fisher Fisher was 28 yeara old and his homo was > In Montreal , Canada. Ho is said to bo i Rajah's ninth victim. STRANGE SUICIDE IN OMAHA A , J , Smith of Salt Lake Puts Violent End to His Lifo. BEQUEATHS HIS BODY 10 MEDICAL COLLEGE n Dollur Tip to n t'lininlu'r- ntnlil mill .Money Knoiiuti lo Set- tip llln IliX.- rlotiM After bequeathing his body to the Omaha Medical college , n guest at the Mlllard hotel swallowed a quantity of cyanide of potas sium and In a few seconds was dead ami ready for the dissecting table. Ills name was A. J. Smith and ho regis tered from Salt Lake City. An air of mystery that the untiring ef forts of the police have failed to dlspoll shrouds every weird circumstance of the remarkable suicide which occurred early Sunday morning. No man could have hidden - don his Identity moro completely or planned his own destruction with greater delibera tion than did this stranger who came to the city Thuisday. The suicide was discovered by a bell-boy named Andy Cophrun , who was making the usual round of early calls. As the stranger hart loft a request at the olllco to be waked at [ > : ; iO o'clock In the morning. In time to catch an early train , the boy rapped at his door at that hour. There was no response. The lad then knocked a second time and , hearing no sound in the room , bo climbed up to the transom anil peered over It. In the dim light of daybreak ho saw on the bed the outstretched form of a man with his clothing on. Thun Jumping to the ground and breaking In the door he en tered the room. The guest had evidently been dead for several hours , as the body was cold. By his face lay an empty glass and on a chair at the bedside was a small chloro form bottle , empty , and a paper - containIng - Ing a drug In white lumps , half of which appeared to have been removed. Without waiting to make further discoveries the lad hastened down stalra to Inform the pro- prletor. The police were notified and nn Investi gation was Immediately made. On n small table In the stranger's room three letters ' wore found. One was addressed to the hotel , ' containing money to settle hlfi bill and In- structloiifi regarding the disposal of Mi 1 body. The second letter was n will be- queathlng the body to the Omaha Medical | college and the third was addressed to a , j chambermaid , enclosing a $1 tip for uaro of the room. There was nothing among the suicide's . effects to reveal his Identity or to show n j cauao for his self-destruction. Ho had , i every appearance of a man of refinement and high social position , having boon well dressed and always courteous and affable to men with whom he came In contact around the hotel. SupiioMiMl Previous Attempt. There are Indications that ho had planned to kill himself Friday , notifying his friends ' of tin ? Intention , fiml.thAt. ) .o'niade , the at tempt , but failed , probably Ijecause he did not swallow a sufficient quantity of tiio drug , either through Ignorance of Its power or Inability to endure the pain It caused. At the second attempt lie took -the addi tional precaution vof inhaling chloroform after drinking n large quantity of the poison , making death a certainty. Smith registered at the hotel Thursday morning a few minutes before 7 o'clock and was assigned to a room on the second floor. In the few days following ho was seen around the hotel only three or four times. At Fuller's drug store the poison register | shows that Smith purchased an ounce of j j i cyanide of potassium Thursday afternoon. ] ] saying ho Intended to use It to clean I jewelry. Friday morning ho told the cham bermaid tuat ho had been ill during the night and there were evidences' that he had taken some of the poison. In the afternoon ho bought a half ounce of chloroform at an other drug store , as is shown by an entry j In their books , this time saying that he wished to make llnament with It. Saturday night at 11 o'clock Smith sent a note to the hotel ofllco requesting to be called at 5:30 : In the morning , the hour when he was found dead. That Smith Intended to kill himself Fri day and Informed his friends In other cities of the determination Is suspected , for the reason that a telegram to the chief or police came Saturday night from Salt Lake City , asking If n man 'by ' that name hail committed fliilcjde. After Investigating the matter and finding no trace of the man , the chief wired back a reply to that effect. A story of the search for Smith was printed In Sunday's Bee. Left \o Money. The suicide had no possessions besides a few articles of wearing apparel and the $7 which ho used to pay his bill and tip the chambermaid. The money was In silver dollars and two of them were pocket pieces , one having ibcen coined In 1802 and ttiu other In 1S03. Both are valuable In coin collectors and are worth considerably more than their face value. On the satchel con taining clothing were "stickers" from custom housrH In foreign cltlcn , and a small map of Europe , on which a route was traced from London to Naples , As the custom house stamps are from cltlra along that route , the police believe the suicide recently returned from abroad. The letters written by Smith showed no : evidences that ho was nervous. The hand -j writing Is as clear and smooth as If In 11 business or social note. In the communica tion to the medical college Smith bequeaths 31 the body to the cause of science and rc- j quests that his clothes he given to some poor man. A postscript contains the In formation that ho was crippled by spotted 11 fever when 12 years old. The chief of police at Salt Lake City was notified of the suicide , but no reply was re ceived from him. TURN IN MOLINEAUX CASE llee.Uman , ( lie 1'rlvate. Letter Ilex .Illlll , IIIN II llllll Itcroril. NEW YORK. April 9. The Times tomor- I row will say that 'Nicholas A. Hcckman , ' the private letter box man , who Identified I Roland B. Mollneaux , charged with the mur- j der of Mrs. Kate J. 'Adams ' , as being the | man who rented a box at his place under ! the name of "Cornish , " la wanted In Ten- I nessce , It being charged that hu escaped from u penitentiary there April 8. IS'JU , while serving n two years' term for larceny. It is stated that Governor Roosevelt , at the 1 request of Governor Mf.MlllIn of Tennessee , Issued on Friday last a requisition for Percy 1C. Raymond , which U tul'l ' to be Hcckman's right namo. The governor Informed Dis trict Attorney Gardiner that ho had Issued the requisition and the district attorney in- I forme-1 Captain McClusky. Jiifct as an effort - fort was being made to arrest the man , it > Is said. Governor Roosevelt telegraphed that bo hud revoked the requisition. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for > * obrRki : Partly Cloudy ; Coaler. Hour. DI-K. Hour. Deu. % n. in ! tl ( I l > . m .11 it n. n : KI u ii , in * * > ! T n , in III ! it | i. n > * > S S It , in. . . . . . ! 17 I | i. in. o" u ii , 111 ii n p. in ID 10 n. in in < i p. in " ' ! > 11 a. til IS 7 p. ill " ' * i - in r > i : s i > . 111. . . . . . * % t ii. 111 n i ROOSEVELT REACHES CHICAGO Colonel of the lloiiKh Illilor * ( ilveli nn IliillitiNliiNtlc Wi < li > onu * on Illi Arrlvnl. CHICAGO , April n Governor Theodore Roosevelt of Now York , who Is to bo the guest of honor 11 the Mnrqtiette club nl Its annual Appomaitox day banquet to morrow , arrived In Chicago thU afternoon. The train > benrlng the ox-Rough RUlnr chlof- J : tain was niet at the subtlrban lntlon at j Englowooil by n reception commulep , which | ' was , however , lost In an Imm'cnso nnd I enthualnstli1 or. wd that had gathered. The | | governor was forced to rome loathe platform ' form of hl car and say n fpw rwSY'ds , From the moment Governor Roisuveiajcft l\ls car j at the Lika : Shore depot , wherOjio. vas mot i by an escort of eight Rough flMwa , o the .Inora of his hotel , he KIM surgjjnn.'ited nnd | followed 'by ' > TJwds , who chccr djhlm every' time he movril and shook hls liand till the | governor \\An forced to desist" from sheer ] exhaustion. - ' " * This evening Governor Rooacvclt was given a dinner at the Union League elul ) . He was glvi-n a warm reception and in turn inuilc a speech dwelling principally on poli tics. A short time before Governor Roosevelt velt madu his speech ho had dropped tne remark that he was a cog In n political mnchlne himself , but the sort of cog that hriMks away when thp machine dots not go rli'ht. In his speech he began by advising the seventy men silting around the table to stay out altogether rather than cast "con science" VOtfH. "Political life Is Just like the roof tree of I a house. " he said. "There are happiness and i peace In politics. 1 mippnso I get as much happiness out of It as any one , but as for peace" and the governor paused. He also i ) , spoke sarcastically of so-called "reformers" ] whose agitation In many cases , he said , j I helped to elect rogues. Governor Roosevelt calK'd thi'm the "goo-goos" and declared hu hail reached the point where It hurt him 'i to have such men identified with him. ! , ' Tomorrow morning Governor Roosevelt will visit the Chicago university and will hold a brief reception nt the Quadrangle j 1 club. Ho will tnkc luncheon with the Har- | | vnrd club at 1 o'clock. At the conclusion of ' ; , the Hamilton club banquet In the evening he will take a train for Ann Arbor , where the undergraduate body of Michigan university will do him honor. TAKES A SHOT AT IV10NEY London I'ri'llc-lK-r Pciioiint-c * Mlllloii- nlre MnrrlnueN In No Uncer tain TOIK-N. ( Copyright , 3S09 , by Press PubHrtilnu Co. ) LONDON , -April 9. ( Now York World Ca blegram Special Telcgram.r-Rov. ) AYilllam Carlllc , revivalist vicar at ' , St. _ Mn.ry'5r- - Hull , who always' chooses some topical 'ob ject for sermons , discoursed on millionaire marriages at both services today. 'Ills ' church Is situated near the Bllllngs- gate fish market and draws most of Its congregation from that , locality , but It makes up In earnestness what It lacks In smaituess. "These Americans , " ho said , "are almost worse than ourselves for marrying for money , nnd In the accounts of thcso great weddlnps this week In Nexv York everything scemH to have been lest sight of except the fortunes the wives brought their husbands. When these Americans 'want ' to marry they don't say , 'who shall I marry , ' but 'how much. ' Everything else Is of second rate Importance to the dollars. AVe are nearly as bad here , .but not so frankly money worshippers. It Is singular and a fact that "but " for the Immigration cf the original set tlers , America would now 'bo ' extinct. It was the same with the great Latin rnes ' wbero dollar worship also ruled supremo. This adoration of money Is a sure sign or national decay. Unless these American couples have n homo to fall back upon be yond the money , tholr lives will bo bloated , their homes miserable , their old age cheer less. " The preacher then brandhcJ off Into other topics , the personal note running througn everything. Ills services nro unique. Ho takes a trombone with him Into HIP pulpit , and when the singing become * spiritless hu livens It up with a few blasts on that In strument. During the greater part of the service the church Is darkened , and hymns , prayers , sacred and other pictures are thrown hy llmo light on a .huge screen sus pended acrofs the altar. In addition to the organ ho has an orchestra consisting of girls wearing surplices and college mortar boards , RELIGIOUS' RIOT IN RUSSIA KainliHanil TyplniN I'orin a Combi nation that CaiiHi'N .SrrloiiN DlNtlirlllllH'I'N. LONDON. April 10. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Telegraph says : 'A ' very serious situation which has re cently developed In the province of Kason , In boulhern Russia , a territory Inhabited principally by Tartars , Is likely to result In a general uprising. Famine ami typhus | have long been devastating the Volga terrl- lory and the government has been compelled to m-nil ftoil , clothing and Red Cross sanl- ! tary agents. Unfortunately rumors were circulated j that tbn representatives of the government really wanted to convert the Mahnmmedans. I A genuine religious panic ensued nnd the government agents everywhere mot with n j hostile reception , being btoned and other ' wise maltreated , so that It becamu Impos sible to distribute the aid sent. The gov ernment Is attempting to reassure the Tar tars. MAKESSENSATIONAL CHARGES Ac-diifieH C'nlholleN of Iliiriilnur I'rolextanl t'hiiiielH anil Tor t u r I HUT Pro I ex I a n IN , LONDON , April 10. The Dally Mall pub lishes the following dispatch from Shanghai : The American Prottstant missionary at Han-Kau , a Chinese treaty port on thu Yung-Tae-Klang river , makes sensational allegations against the Roman Catholics or burning Proteatant cliupcls and torturing ProtfHtants. Ho gives the name of u pries : concerned and 'pictures ' a reign of terror In { certain districts. 1 - HeNiiIlM of IrUh Kleelloim. DUBLIN , April 9. Returns received last night show that * the Irian county council elected about 300 nationalists , one labor candidate and one liberal. Thu carl of Dun- raven and Mount-Karl , Baron Montcagle of Brandon and Baron Hmly , unionists , were elected In the Limerick dlbtrlct. The re- suits of the elections in a few places will not bo known , until tomorrow. VICTIMS OF FLOODS Many Persons Known to Have Been Drowned in the Yellowstone. CHINOOK MAKES RIVERS RAGING TORRENTS Montana Towns Suffer from the Forward Rush of the Water. TWELVE LOSE THEIR LIVES AT GLENDIVE Family of Six Hoportod Among the Missing at the Same Point. LARGE PART OF.MI-ES CITY UNDER WATER w llnvo to lit IntniiteH-Ne. . ' , " - rloiiHt"\Vftil\oulM Aluiur the I , lite 39oKfyl&Vthcrii ! rnelllo. ' s" - * ST. I1AUU ( Minn. , lAprll 0. A flneclnl froon Qlcndlvc , Mont. , to the Pioneer Prr says : Twelve perrons are known to have been victims of the oynillow caused 'by the Ice In the Yellowstone river below Olrndlvo Friday night. Ten of the bodies Imvo BO far been recovered and searchers expect to find the other two tomorrow. CHICAGO , 'April ' fl. A Record special from Glcndlvc , Mont. , says : An Ice gorge In the Yellowstone river at this point caused that stream to overflow last night , drowning four persons. Eight moro nro missing. Three spans of the steel brlilgo are washed out , causing a loss of $25.000 ; the Northern Paclfki trucks iiro Inundated and possibly washed away for sonic distance and the loss to live stock by drowning will Involve a largo sum. The dead : MRS. R. W. SNYDER. wife of ft rancher. MISS NELLIE REAOA1N , her niece. MISS ROSE WYHECIIT , a visitor to thi Snyder ranch , EITQHNH F. O'CONNOR. The missing : James Sullivan , wife and six children. The Ice began moving at 7:30 : In the even i ing and continued flowing until U:30when : j j It formed u gorge. The Snyder party , nolle- Ing the 'backwater ' , started for the Northern Paclllc tracks , hoping thus to escape drown ing , but bofora they covered half the dis tance the water was waist deep and they took refuge In a tree. O'Connor was the first to bo washed from the tree , Airs. Sny der the second and Miss Wybecht the third , A hugo piece of lee utruck the tree and broke It hi two , carrying of Miss Reagan , It Is thoughtitbat the family of James Sul livan , -wife ' nd six children , were swept away by. tbo' Sffti oy , aa 110 trace of them " : * " * ' eaa b6 1M ' - - IllvorH Arc HIIKIIIK Torreiiin. ANACONDA , Mont. , April D. Specials to the Standard from various parts of Mon tana show that the recent chlnook has made raging torrents out of most of the rivers , In many cases breaking all records. The Yellowstone has caused the greatest loss to life and property. Ice jams have backed the water up at Olendlvo and Miles City , where the greatest damage has been done. At Miles City the Ice jammed at the mouth of Tongue river , forcing the water back until the entire south side of the city was under water. Seventy-five houses had to bo abandoned , the people having to bo rescued In boats , BO quick had been the HBO of water. Later In the afternoon water ibroko over the track into Main street , which ran In a torrent. Dynamite has been used and It Is believed the woHh Is over. The loss cannot bo estimated. Washouts nro re ported all along the Northern Pacific and passenger trains are stalled nil along the line , but the details are slow In coming In. Kniully IVIiifil Out. ANACONDA , 'Mont. ' , April 9. A special to the Standard from Glondlve , Mont , , says : Later developments today found eight moro persons who were victims of the over- How , making twelve In all. They comprised the entire family of James Sullivan , wlft and six children , whoso residence Is 200 yanlB from the nearest point of the Ycllow- stone river. I When Sheriff Aiken and Charles Parker crossed the river amidst floating Ice they found the Sullivan resilience with doors and windows open and the entire family dead In one room. ALGER RETURNS FROM SOUTH HU Kxi'iirNloii lo folia anil I'orto nice liriirctcil to Achieve Clooil Itl-NllllH. SA'N ' JUA'N ' , Porto Rlco. April 0. Secre tary of War Alger with his party loft tbli morning at 8 o'clock by the transport In- galls , proceeding direct for New York , whera ho should arrive on Friday. Ourlug his stay hero hu received many petitions from municipalities asking financial help and relief from i'xccrslvc taxation. The administration of General Guy V , Henry , the governor of thu Island , Is nmlcr- i Ktroil to be entirely satisfactory to the scc- ; rotary of war , who entirely approves his I pollry. The secretary and the governor had I a long conference and an understanding was ! reached between them as to the futuru. Al though General Alger refrained from ex- prcsbtng any opinion on the matter , It in believed that In his judgment civil gov ernment must como slowly and that the Porto Ricans must exercise patience. I.at .vr Dli-H on Ulnuler , BKATTLB , Wash. , April 9. L. J. Malone of Boston , MOBH. , who arrived hero from Copper river , , Alutka , brings news that a lawyer yarned French , formerly of Chicago , perished on Vnldcg Glacier about three weeks ago. His body was recovered and burled at Valdos. About 100 destitute prospectors at Valdes are bslnc cared for by Government Agent Charles Ilrowu. Tclli-r In Nearly Itci-ovorcil , DENVIJR. Colo. . April 9. United States Senator Henry M. Teller has been quite 111 of fever , lenultlng from a Huvoru cold , con tracted while In Chicago , hut It Is an nounced that the crisis has been passed and that ho will be able to bo out again In a few days. Movement ) * lit tie * Vemirln , April , At Bremen Arrived Kaiser Frledrlcb , from New York via Cherbourg and 'I/mdon , At New York Arrived -LabrcURne , from Havre , Ktrurlu , fiom Liverpool and Quceus- town.