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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MOirNTNG , MAT 20 , nSOO-TWJBLVE PAGES. SINGLE COL'Y IfIV13 OI3XTS.
LEGATESUT MANILA
t7/
Tour of Aguinala'5'V
Oily and Open Negotit
THREE LOCAL FILIPINOS JOIN COMMISSION
Delegation Approaches Otis with Same Old
Proposal for Armiatico ,
GENERAL REJOINS WITH PROMPT REFUSAL
Xiuna Makes Frenzied Effort to Postpone the
Coming of Peace ,
THREE REPRESENTATIVES UNDER ARREST
I'nrther IlcMfiliinue , However , In Con-
l 10 IIP l < 'lltll - Itllll UlllllMllOIIM ,
UN OnUeninunt ! of ( lie Hehel
roruc IN .SOU on luty.
MANILA , May 20. dO'45 a. m. ) Two
military anil two Uvll Kjllplno commission
ers , appointed to co-operato with three citi
zens of Manila In negotiating terms of peace ,
arrived hero at 8:15 : n. m , today.
They have submitted no now proposition ,
lilt want the armistice pending the session
of the Filipino congress.
( Major General Otis has refused to enter
tain the proposal ,
MANILA , May 10. 6:30 : p. m. General
ILuna Is reported to bo poking desperate
efforts to restrain the educated Filipinos
ftvlthln the limits of his self-appointed juris
diction from communicating with the Ameri
cans , even to arresting nncamluo anil
Herrora , two of the mowt InllurntlrU officials ,
while on their way to Muloloo to join those
Who am coming via San Isldro today.
This and the removal of the seat of gov
ernment , to Tarlac. thirty miles north of
Ban Fernando may lead to complications and
delay In the pacification , but It Is generally
conceded that further opposition to Ameri
can sovereignty Is useless and ridiculous.
( Neither General Luna nor General Plo del
Filar has sufficient force to resist or com
pel submission.
General Wheaton has been relieved of the
command of the second division for a spe
cial assignment and General Funston has
been assigned to his brigade.
A board consUtlng of Colonel French of
the Twenty-second Infantry anil Major Ca-
Ibel ! and Captain Randolph of the Third ar
tillery has been appointed to proceed to Bn-
tavla for the purpose of Investigating the
European methods of providing for the
lioalth of the troops there ar.d to report on
the subject for the benefit of the Americans
here.
The transport Warren has arrived here
Itrom San Francisco.
DEWEY SAILS ON SATURDAY
I/Vilnilriil'H / FliiKHlilp Will lie Thor-
oilKlily Overhauled While
at IIoii | IvoiiK.
'
NEW YORK , .May 19. dispatch to the ,
Journal and Advertiser from Hong Kong
Bays : Admiral Dcwcy will leave Manila'on
Saturday morning , the 20th Inst. If all
Goes well ho will arrive hero next Monday
morning. Arrangements have been made
here to put the Olympln , the admiral's Ilag-
ehlp , In dry dock ns soon as It arrives. Its
long sojourn In tropical waters has fouled
Its bottom no badly that It will need n
thorough scraping In order to lit It for the
( trip acioss the Indian ocean. There are
ether matters , too , that will need to bo looked
after. Its machinery will be completely
overhauled. New "trim" will bn added and
the "ginger bread" work which was dis
pensed with at the time It was put In war
rig will be replaced. U will bo coaled and
provisioned hero and when It steams out of
the harbor about two weeks hence will bo
5n shape to mnko another record-breaking
jvoyage with Its record-breaking admiral.
CASUALTY LISTJ-ROM MANILA
Unc 3lcmhcr of TucnO-Sccond In
fantry Killed niitl Three
AVonniluil.
WASHINGTON , May 19. General Otis-
last casualty list Is us follows.
Killed :
Twenlj-Seeoml Infiintr > .
CORPORAL HENRY LANOFORD , May 18.
Wounded :
Sergeant Peter Cosgrove , arm , slight.
Private Carl Carlson , abdomen , moderate.
Private Simon Shucllcr , Company L , nbdo-
taicn , severe.
Thirteenth MlniieNoln.
Private W. E. Tow , Company F. thigh ,
Blight.
beennd Oregon.
F Prlvalo Frank Butts , Company L , thigh ,
f Slight. OTIS.
CITIZEN POSTMEN IN CEBU
Fifteen Tin * * ' Sen lee Yearly Ie-
innnileil of llm-li Jlnle Inhnhlliint
of thu Inlnml ,
WASHINGTON , May 19. The operations
of the former Spanish postal sjetcm on the
iBland of Cobu , In tin ) Philippines , are In
terestingly described in a letter dated April
8 , Just received by Postmaster General
ISniory Smith from Director of Posts Vnllle
nt Manila , who wiltes ,
When our forces took possession of the
town of Cebu It was done contrary to the
vUhes of the Filipino oillclals in charge , but
without tinned opposition.
rillplno officials continue to ndmlnltstei
nil departments ; except that of captain of the-
port nnd the Ccbu postolllco. This will prob-
ttbly bo changed to a considerable extent nt
once , as officers detailed to administer
affairs there- wont to Cebu on the snmo
teamcr with mo , but had not taken hold
\\licn I left.
The Filipinos had In effect n service mod-
pled exactly after the plan of the Spanish
forvlco on the island. Each village or city
Jiod a chief , called "presldonte local , " In-
plead of , ns with the Spanish , the "capltnn
luunlclpal , " or "gobcrnadorclllo. "
U was made part of the duty of the presl-
ilente local to handle all malt , registered or
ordinary , to provide curriers for taking tha
jnalls to the next village on the route , to
keep a record of such service and to keep.
pn hand u supply of stamps Or which ho
paid cash , bulng them of the secretary of
liuclendns at n alight discount. On the
Island of Cebu there are eight routes , cov
ering all the villages on the Island.
Every citizen U required to perform
fifteen days' service ach year for the gov
ernment and the only pay the messengers
K C for carrying the mall Is that such service
icela credited to his account against the
fifteen days due. Ab the trip to the next
Nlllago Is credited ns a day's work , and Is
much easier than a full day's work on the
highways , bridged or public buildings , the
mall service Is much Bought after und there
la a regulation that na citizen can perform
more than fclx days' work as n mall carrier
in ono ) ear. One carrier takes the mall
for fifteen or twenty town * , showlne the
nmnll nmonnt of mall there In ono dispatch
of thlrtx.cn letters everyone wns official.
Kvory boat leaving n port Is required to
carry the mall ,
PRESIDENT STARTS FOR HOME
Arldioii IrilunidifH Are HeeeUril lo
CoiiKrntnlntor ) Menmuien lo the
Ccnr mill ( ienornl
HOT SPRINGS , Vn , May 19. The special
train bearing the president and Mrs. Mc
Klnley nnd their party left hero at 10:30 :
o'clock tonight en route for Washington. At
Staunton , Va. , the Chesrtpeake & Ohio road
will bo left and Iho trip through the She-
nnndoah valley made over the Baltimore &
Ohio , passing Harrlsonburg. Cedar Creek ,
Winchester and Harper's Ferry. Washing
ton will bo reached early Saturday evening.
The visit here has lasted eleven days , during
which tlmo the president has been greatly
benefited In health. He leaves at this tlmo
In order to fulfill engagements In Washing
ton next week In connection with the peace
jubilee.
A reply wns received to Mr. McKlnloy's
message to czar ot Russia , congratulating
him upon the opening of the peace confer
ence nt The Hague. The ncknowledgment
from Nicolas was ns follows :
"ZARSKOESALO , May 18. President of
the United States , Washington : Deeply
thankful for jour good wishes and congrat
ulations. NICOLAS. "
General Otis has torwnrdoj an acknowl
edgment of the president's message of yes
terday , In n dispatch saying
"MANILA , May 19. Ills Excellency , Pres
ident McKlnley , Hot Springs , Va. : General
I > awton nnd command send grateful ac
knowledgment for congratulations.
"OTIS. "
This afternoon Mr. McKlnley vvas Joined
by Secretary Hitchcock , General Corblu and
Comptroller Dawes , the four taking a long
walk.
The party returning with President Mc
Klnley and Mrs. McKlnley consists of Sec
retary Hitchcock , General Corbln , Mr. nnd
Mrs. Dawcs , Dr. and Mrs. Rlxcy , Secretnry
Cortoljou , Mr. Barns and Mr. Hamlll of
Cleveland.
IYIAHONEY GLORIESIN HIS TITLE
llookinnkciTnlipn 1'rlile In Aliena
tion llml litIN u "Pool
Ilooni Kin IT. "
NEW YORK , May 19. James A. Mahoney ,
the bookmaker , was the first witness before
the Mazet Investigating committee. Mahoney -
honey declined to say whether or not a full
page story In the Now York Herald , de
scribing him as the "pool room king" and
describing hla alleged pool rooms , wns true
or not. Ho had not sued the Herald for
libel. Ho refused to deny the truth of the
statements. Tbo article In question stated
that a reporter went to Mahoney and said
he Intended to open a pool room nnd that
Mahoney said"Go ahead , and when you
arc ready to open come over and see me. "
Mahoney refused to answer any questions
In regard to this. When asked If ho In
tended to sue the Herald for libel , Mahoney
sold : "What ! Sue a paper that made me a
king ! " and the spectators were convulsed
with laughter.
In declining to answer , Mahoney made sev
eral humorous remarks , and ho was excused ,
having added nothing of Importance to the
record.
Wyndon Lynn , formerly employed by J. P.
Marren , an undertaker , to whom unclaimed
bodies at { ho Harlem mor uo are delivered ,
testified that on Marrcn's behalf he had on
two or three occasions paid * wo clerks at
the morgue $3 for bodlrs that were not
properly deliverable to Mnrren. Marren ,
Lynn said , had told him that so long ns
Croker and Carroll controlled affairs he
could continue his arrangements with the
morgue keeper. Lynn also testified that
Marren bought from the morgue for from 50
centb to $1 each coffins made for the city at
a greater cost. Lynn admitted that ho had
como to the committee direct from the
Tombs , where ho was fined on complaint of
Mnrren , charging petit larceny. Lynn said
ho had pleaded guilty to the charge. The
sum Involved was $21 nnd ho had himself
discovered the shortage , to conceal which
ho had made a false entry In Marrcn's
book. A friend had written to him that the
prosecution would bo dropped If bo would
promise to leave Harlem. After leaving
Marron's employ the witness had gone Into
the undertaking business on his own ac
count.
Two other former employes of Mnrren
gave evidence corroborative of Lynn's. Benne
Lcvvlnson nnd Samuel J. Goldsmith , who
were candidates for city Judgeshlps , were
questioned regarding assessments for cam
paign expenses , but had nothing of conse-
qucnco to tell.
J. G. McCarthy , a Judge of the city courr ,
said that ho had contributed $2,000 c < r $3,000 ,
he wns not sure which , to the democratic
party nt the election In 1897 , when ho se
cured his position on the city bcntti. He
said ho thought ho had drawn a check to
Mr. Croker , as chairman of the finance com-
mltteo of Tammany hall. Ho said ho ap
proved of judicial candidates contributing
to their political organizations.
STRIKE TO WEAR ITSfcLF OUT
heoniiern Ignore IllNlioii ( lulKle > ' t Ail-
tlue mill IlefiiHC All I'cueo
Ot erture .
BU1TALO , May 19. The grain shovelers
tonight adopted resolutions repudiating all
agreements made with the La iceCarriers'
association and demanded the unequivocal
abrogation ot the -contract with Mr. Conners ,
The striking freight handlers at their
meeting voted to Ignore the advlco of Bishop
Qulglcy In which ho urged them to return
to work under the terms granted by the
Associated Lake lines nt the conference- this
afternoon.
The action taken at these two meetings
tonight , It Is thought , will end for some
tlmo to como the negotiations which have
been In progress for over two weeks to
bring about a settlement of the dock trou
bles , The grain shovclcrs will refuse to
make any further proposition to either the
Lake Carriers or to the contractor , and as
the Lake Carriers some days ago decided to
withdraw from the conflict thu Indications
are thut the strike will bo permitted to
wear Itself out.
PANA STRIKE FINALLY ENDED
Union IN lleeoKnlzeil ami All Colored
.Nonunion Mliiern AVI 11 He He-
filNi'il Hinnlo ) itiniit.
PAN'A , 111. , May 19. As a result of the
meeting ot coul operators the State Board ot
Arbitration and thu United Mine Workers
officials , an agreement was reached this
afternoon which will end the long-drawn-out
struggle. The agreement gives the union
recognition and provides all negro miners
shall leave the rlty and only union men bo
employed.
iurnU of Oeenn Vcum-lx , Miiy II ) .
At Now York Arrived Clmrlc , from Liv
erpool ; Yucatan , from Havana ; Renfrom ,
from Messina , etc ; British King , from Ant
werp , Saratoga , from Clenfuegos ; Pawnee ,
from Venice ; Eldersllc , from Palermo.
At Naples Arrived Ems , from New York.
At Liverpool Arrived Britannic , from
New York.
BROOKE ASKS FOR ORDERS
Refers Request of Oubans Concerning Sur
render of Arms to tha President.
LIKELY TO IGNORE THE MALCONTENTS
In Cnap Agreement In Jfnt Itenelictl
SMHIII United .Slute * Will Drill 1)1-
redly ivltli ( litl'rlato
of I lie Oiilinn Ami ) ,
WASHINGTON , May 10. "It Is the sheer
est nonsense , " said Secretary Alger today , In
commenting upon the published story that
the president or himself had counteimanded
any order made by General Brooke relative
to the disarmament of the Cuban troops.
The stnto of the case , In brief , Is as fol
lows : The president canvassed very thor
oughly with Secretary Alger and General
Btooko thu best method of securing the dls-
bandmcnt of the Cuban troops and their re
entry Into Industrial life. It was decided
that a necessary step toward this end was
the surrender of the arms held by the Cuban
soldiers. It was apprehended , that retain
ing their arms , some , If not a largo portion ,
Inclined by their past predatory existence ,
would lapse Into brigandage. So the presi
dent himself ordcied General Brooke to
cause the arms of the Cuban soldiers to bo
delivered up to representatives of the United
States army. With these Instructions General -
oral Brooke has been patiently striving to
carry out the president's plan. Ho has ar
rived at that point where the Cuban leaders ,
as a matter of sentiment , they say , make
It a condition of disarmament that the arms
shall be placed In the custody of the mayors
of the Cuban towns. Realizing that to as
sent to such conditions would be contrary
to the president's Instructions , General
Brooke has telegraphed to Secretary Alger
the facts In the case and asked for a de
cision. The faecretary In turn has com
municated with the picfildent and asked for
Instructions , for he feels that ho Is not
authorized to amend or revoke an order
originally emanating directly from the pres
ident. That Is the state of the case at
present. The president has not yet notified
the Wnr department of his Intentions.
It Is said nt the War department that
should the Cuban leaders refuse to accept
General Brooke's proffer , whether It Is con
ditioned upon the surrender of arms to the
United States army officers or to Cuban
mayors , that will terminate the efforts of
the governor general to como to a satisfac
tory arrangement with these leaders. For ,
thereupon , General Brooke will proceed to
address himself directly to the Cuban private
soldiers. Ho will have his agents United
States army ofllccrs pay off every bona fldo
Cuban soldier who Is willing to comply with
the conditions laid down by him and this
will be done without further reference to
any of the malcontent leaders , who have so
long retarded settlement.
HOT SPRINGS , Vn. , May 19. Adjutant
General Corbln arrived here today bearing
some douments upon which he desires the
president's action. It Is undcistood that
they refer to the situation In Cuba regarding
the plan for the payment and disarmament
of the Cuban troops. A question has been
submitted bv General Brooke as to whether
or not the aims should bo turned over to
tha mayors of towns or to United States
officers. General Corbln was with the pres
ident only for u few minutes bofoio the cn-
tlro presidential party started oft for a
drlvo. General Corbiri probably will return
to Washington on the special which leaves
here at 10:30 : o'clock tonight.
CUBANS PLEAD BAD FAITH
Agreement CKM Hint Military AMKCIII-
lily or ItH ItcprfKeiiliitlvc .Shall
llec't-l c the AriiiN.
HAVANA , May 19. Havana Is In n fer
ment again over the Idea that the Washing
ton administration has determined to take
the arms of the Cuban troops and to retain
them In the possession of the War depart
ment. This view of the latest news from
Washington has been telegraphed to tlie va
rious cities.
Governor General Brooke Is thus far una
ware , save through the press telegrams , of
any dissatisfaction on the part ot General
Alger , secretary of war , with his ( General
Brooko's ) plan to have the arms deposited
In lli > care of the mayors of the municipali
ties , nor has ho received any other inklings
of the secretary's purpose to lav- the matter
before President McKlnley. Consequently ,
unless Instructions to the contrary are re
ceived from the Washington admlnlstratloh
the governor general's order respecting the
distribution of the $3,000,000 as modified ,
will bo Issued tomorrow. The secretary ot
war has been Informed as to the substance
of this order In the usual course of business.
Havana's midday papers publish the Wash
ington newspapers' report commenting edi
torially upon It. The conviction announced
them that the mayors cannot bo trusted
with them Is a cause of fresh discontent
just at the moment when the various com
plications appeared to bo unraveled. The
mayors are the appointees of the governor
general and when the military assembly dis
solved they vvcro made Its representatives
to receive the arms. Article. Iv of the agree-
nient between General Gome/ and Robert P.
Porter , President McKlnloy's special repre
sentative , runs ns follows1 "Tho Cubans
shall biirrendcr their arms to tdo Cuban as
sembly or to Its representatives. "
General Gomez , who at the tlmo of coming
to the agreement with Mr , Porter had not
quarreled with the assembly , Insisted upon
this point. Since the quarrel ho has again
raised the point repeatedly , saying also that
Mr. Porter brought full written authority
from President McKlnloy nnd In the presi
dent's nnmo agreed that the arms should gt.
Into the assembly or Its representative. At
Monday night's meeting of the Society ot
Veterans of the Independence organized by
former members of the assembly the speak
ers dilated upon article Iv , asserting bad
tnlth ,
La Discussion sai : "Secretary Alger ap
pears to wish to provoke n conflict here.
Hu Is nioro dlstlnguUlied In the United
States as n business man than as a poli
tician , and his relations with certain syndi
cates are -well known. Ho opposes every
thing that Cuba wants nnd favors everything
that would cause feeling and provoke ex.
clteinent. His attitude prompts the quca-
tlon , What does bo want ? Does ho desire a
war , similar to that In the Philippines ? Wo
are forced to believe that Ue only approve *
what Is unsatisfactory to Cuba. "
Tlu > follow las official dispatch has been
received at headquarters from the city ot
Puerto Principe , dated May 19 ;
To the Adjutant General , El Vedado : A
man named Fernando Alvarez reported that
a band of sixty armed negroes hud attacked
n farm at Guayalml , cast of Santa Cruz , and
had killed six out of the fourteen men era-
ployed on the farm , afterwards escaping.
Captain Fountain and two troops of cavalry ,
scouting near Gulmara , were ordered to pro *
cced to Guayabal with pack animals as soon
as possible , returning along the Santa Cruz ,
road. Another trocp was sent down the
Santa Cruz road with rations and grain to
meet and assist Cap-tain Fountain's com
mand. Two detachments of rurals vvcro lu
the meantime sent to Santa Cruz.
Alvarez , the man making the report , had
not been to Guayabal at all , but an Indi
vidual named Pedro Roberto , at Sobontca ,
asked him to come to Puerto Prlucluo mid
to have his story printed In the lornl papers ,
promltdng to pay him. I have directed that
Roberlo be placed under nrrcsl nnd be con
fined with Alvarez. I write this to show
how Botuo stories ot brigandage originate ,
( JARPENTER ,
Governor of Department.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the tempera-
lure In Havana was 83 degrees Fnrcnhclt.
lin\jTII CONDITION AT HAVAM.
No > rvv t'nwen of Vollovr K Mer le-
> Hoi > I'reemitloii * llclnn Tnkeli.
HAVANA , May 19. The man who wns re
ported to be suffering from yellow fever Is
now out of danger and no now cases of the
disease have developed. Orders have been
Issued that only Immuncs arc to he allowed
to work under the ground near the harbor ,
as It Is believed this work caused the former
case of fever.
Owing to orders from Washington n ma
jority of the omplojes have been discharged
from the navy yard hero , which has not loft
enough men at the yard to pay proper san
itary attention to the place. Naval officers
expect that In the near future the city san
itary Inspectors will bo called upon to take
steps , In order to properly nafegtinrd the city ,
for cleaning certain portions of the yard.
Governor General Brooke has ordered the
Immediate making of copies of all conces
sions for public works and railroads given
by the Spanish go\crnmont or by former
governor generals of Cuba.
Tito llolen In llollom of Memlc.
PONCE , Island of Porlb UIco , May 19.
The United States transport Meade , formerly
the Berlin , which on Mnf 15 , while leaving
this port with the Nineteenth Infantry on
board , on the way nortli , struck n sunken
wreck outsldo the hnrbof , necessitating Its
return , has been found to have steve two
holes In Its bottom. It will bo repaired hero
and proceed on Its voyage In a few days.
DRUMMERS TAKE HASTINGS
Trnellii r 5Ien of A'ehrnnkii Cnpinrc
the I'roNncroiiN County Sent of
AiliiniH County.
HASTINGS , Nob. , May 10. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The traveling men concentrated
their full forces today and captured the city
of Hastings. The grand council ot Nebraska ,
United Commercial Travelers , opened a two-
days' session In Hastings this morning , with
ail attendance of nearly 200. At 11 o'clock
all the members of the organization met nt
the council hall nnd adjourned till 1:30 , when
they met nnd marched In a body to the
Burlington depot , where forty or fifty mem
bers joined them , nnd the procession pro
ceeded to the city , where they paraded the
streets headed by the United Commercial
Travelers' ( Zobo ) band of nearly forty pieces ,
which continually plajcd "There'll Be n
Hot Tlmo In the Old Town Tonight. " H. H.
Cherry of Hastings acted as drum major and
John R. Cory was color-bearer.
The procession came to a halt In front
of the council hall , where a largo circle- was
formed. The band Immediately began playIng -
Ing that old familiar midway air , ivhlle some
of the knights of the grip did the coucho-
couche dance In the main street , while others
did the Cakewalk , which kept the vast crowd
of spectators In a constant uproar.
At 3 o'clock Major Fisher delivered the
address of welcome In the council hall to
nearly 200 members of the > order. Ho said
In pnrf
"I am proud to welcome today to Uio hos
pitality of the third city of the fitato the
commercial men , who havo.hoJiorcd Hastings
with their presence at tble meeting. Some
of you who In the pa l''may hnvo sold our
worthy merchants leo cruam freezers and
fans In midwinter or overcoats nnd haid coal
In summer , may have had a delicate hesita
tion as to your reception. If so , be at eato.
Banish the thought. All Is forgiven. Wo
were easy and you gathered us In. There
Is but one thing that would give me more
pleasure than to welcome you here na visi
tors today and that would be to welcome
jou now or hereafter as citizens of this city.
And , finally , not as a necessity , but rather
ns an evidence of good faith In you , lest
In an ; mgunrded moment you stray without
the city walls and the trusty warden locks
you out , I present to you the key to the
city's gates. "
D. K. Clink , grand counselor of the state
of Illinois , responded In behalf of the order
and In accepting the keys said ho was more
than pleased to receive the key to the front
gate as well as the back door. This caught
the crowd and Uo was loudly cheered. He
further said that when the koja were re
turned they would bo as clean and untar
nished ns when presented.
C. B. Flngg , supreme secretary , of Co
lumbus' , O. , was called upon for an address
and responded In a pleasing manner. Tlio
meeting then adjourned.
At 3:30 : the grand council went Into ses
sion. Reports ot the various officers were
approved. The secretary's report showed
that the organization was In a sound condi
tion. Officers for the ensuing year were tlien
elected ns follows :
Grand Counselor , C. E. Grcono of Nor
folk ; grand senior counselor , Theodore F.
King of Norfolk ; grand past counselor , J.
A. Trephngan of Hastings ; grand secretary ,
C. E Miles of Hastings ; grand treasurer , W.
C. Brooks of Beatrice ; grand conductor ,
Charles N. Atchlson of Beatrice ; grand page ,
Bert Wnlton of Grand Island ; grand sentinel ,
C. S. Troyer of Lincoln ; executive commit
tee : T. F. Bartlett of Lincoln , Jack Hol
land of Hastings.
Committees on mileage , charters , auditing
resolutions , etc. , were appointed with In
structions to report tomorrow. It was uiuin
Imously decided to hold the next annual
meeting nt Norfolk during the first Friday
and Saturday of May.
In the evening the lodge.nttcnded the thea
ter In a large body , after which It re
paired to Its council hall , where dancing
nnd n reception were enjoyed. Promptly nt
12 o'clock tonight a white nightshirt parade
was participated In by the traveling men anil
their frlcndii In this city
I'llllll Afi'lilflit.
ALLIANCE , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tel
egram ) William Schlnter , ft prominent nnd
wealthy sockimm living thirty miles south
east of Alliance , wns thrown from his horse
josterday , striking on his head , which
caused concussion of the brain. He died at
3 p. m. today , never regaining consciousness.
The deceased was well known nt Plaits-
mouth , where his parents now reside. Ho
leaves a wife and ono child.
Capital .Set-I.H Iincnfinenf.
TAUNTON , Mass. , May 19. The News to
day says The offer of the English capital
ists to buy nil the cotton yarn mills of Bristol
county has been accepted by a majority of
the stockholders of the mills. The presert
treasurers and superintendents have beii
assured thut the mills will ho operated under
their management aa heretofore nnd that
the purchase Is made purely aa an Invebt-
ment. The following mills arc Included In
the deal : Cohanncl , Nomasket , Globe , Sanford -
ford , Bennett , Howlatnl and City. The actual
bonds to bo paid for above the par value Is
$2,455,000 nnd the total amount the present
stockholders will receive is J8-100,000.
Appeiil In llelinlf of Kreeilnien.
CINCINNATI. Slay 19. The Methodist
bishops. In their rewnt semi-annual meetIng -
Ing In Syracuse , received the committee ot
the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educa
tional society , which had been appointed by
the managers at Cincinnati to devise a plan
to relieve the society of indebtedness and
provldo needed endowment for Its schools
in the southern states.
It was agreed to create- Twentieth Cen
tury fund for these schools , The correspond
ing secretary , Rev , J , W. Hamilton , today
announced the plan and the appeal of the
UishODS. The fund will consist of $1,000,000. 1
CANNON WILL BE HERE SOON
Omaha's ' Relio of the Spanish War to Bo
Forthcoming Before Long.
MERCER CUTS DEPARTMENT RED TAPE
All that IMV Ileiiinlnn lo lie Done
IN for Oinnhii to ( ! et the
IIlK ( inn Trniifiporteil
Here ,
WASHINGTON , May 19. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Judge advocate general of the
army has decided that the secretary of war
has authority under nn act pase.l by congress
In 18 % to loan condemned cannon , Including
trophies taken In the Spanlsh-Amcrlcau war ,
to municipalities , Grand army posts and be
nevolent Institutions. Many applications for
loans of Spanish cannon for exhibition pur
poses In parks , cemeteries nnd other public
places have been received by the Wnr de
partment , hut Secretory Alger has hold that
ho has no authority to dispose of these tro
phies without the consent of congress. The
Navy department , on the other hand , has
held that the net of 1890 did not restilct
the distribution of condemned ordnance , nnd
they have gone ahead endeavoring to locate
cannon captured In Spanish fortresses , with
a view to their loan to vailous cities
throughout thu United States.
The Army and Navy depattments of the
government made an equal division of can
non captured from the Spaniards nnd It Is
cno of the Navy department's cannon which
will bo sent to Omaha. The department Is
now endeavoring to locate the captured can
non , many of which were brought on trans
ports nnd placed cither at the Watervllet
arsenal or the Now York navy jnrd , and
just as soon as the location of these can
non Is known Congressman Mercer will he
Informed , so that the city authorities may
have It transported from Its present location
to Omaha. It Is Senator Thuiston's Inten
tion to ask the War department for ono of
Its cannon , which may also bo sent to one
of the public parks In Omiha should tha
city decide to bear the expense of trans
portation nnd ho Is successful In securing
the loan.
Senator Thurston today presented the
name of John J. 1'ershlng for major and as
sistant adjutant general of volunteers , vice
John A. Logan , Jr. , resigned , to the presi
dent. Major Pershlng was military In
structor at the University of Nebraska sev
eral years ago and claims the Antelope state
as his home. Ho Is a member of the Tenth
cavalry.
Itiirnl Mull Delivery.
Special Agent Houpt of the rural free
delivery service , who has been In Omaha
the post week looking over a new route
with Elk City nnd Benson , Douglas county ,
as the principal points , was expected to
leave Omaha today for Colorado to take up
similar assignments. Upon completion of
his work In Colorado he will probably re
turn to Nebraska , as he has In his posses
sion papers and petitions lequestlng the es
tablishment of rural free delivery sjstems at
Fairmont , Wymore , Falls City and Fremont.
At ono time Agents Rathbone and Houpt of
the Postofflce department roportc-d adversely
to the establishment of a route at Elk City
and Benson , but Congressman Mercer sta > ed
-with them until he eventually was able to
secure consideration at the hands of the
first assistant postmaster general relative to
those two points In his district , nnd the visit
of 'Special Agent Houpt grow out of Con
gressman Mercer's work for his district.
An additional letter carrier has been al
lowed Kearney , effective September 1. For
several years past the pcoplo of Kearney
have been endeavoring to secure an extension
of their free delivery sjstem , but were , un
successful until Senator Thurston tsok the
matter up personally last week with the
postofflco department , with the above result.
An additional $30 has been allowed the Ox
ford postofflco for clerk hire , making $1,000
In all , duo to representations made by the
postmaster that the force as at present con
stituted was wholly inadequate to perform
the requirements of the service , Oxford beIng -
Ing at the junction of both main lines of
the B. and 31. railroad.
AViir Bihllilt for UviiONltlmi.
Representatives of the Greater America
Exposition had an Interview with ( Assistant
Secretary Melklejohn , Quartermaster Gen
eral Ludlngton nnd Colonel Bufllngton of the
ordnance department In relation to a Wnr
department exhibit at Omaha. It was agreed
that It the Greater America Exposition
would put up bonds for the safety of the ex
hibits and pay the transportation to and from
Omaha that a creditable exhibit might be nr-
ranged. Assistant Secretary Melklejohn will
submit the question to the president on his
icturn nnd If ho authorizes the secrctaiy of
war to prepare an exhibit both Ludlngton
and Bufllngton said they would do all pos
sible toward repeating the exhibit of last
year. In the event of nn exhibit being oont
It Is expected that a quartermaster sergeant
nnd ordnance sergeant will bo sent to Omaha
to look after the property. It now remains
for the olllcinls of the exposition to say bow
much of an exhibit they want.
lAn order wns Issued today authorizing the
removal of the pcstofflco nt Hock Springs ,
Wyo. , to a building on the corner of C nnd
South Front btreots , at a rental of $300 a year.
An order was issued today establishing a
postofflco substation , No. 1 , in Cedar Rapids ,
la , , to bo known ns the West Side. The
contract for furnishing the public building at
Cedar Rapids , In , , with fuel for the coming
fiscal jcnr wan awarded to Hamilton Bros
nt $615. i.Mrs. Ann Moncghan was today ap
pointed postmistress at Gallant , Leo county ,
la.
COSTA HICAN IlOlinnit IS
Iiniienillnir Conlllet
Iteiileil > > > .tllnlNter CiiMo ,
WASHINGTON , May 19 Minister Calve
of Costa Rica docs not attach much Impor
tance to the renewed reports that Nicaragua
and Costa Rica are messing troops along
the border nnd that n conflict Is Imminent.
Ho sa s there Is no Indication that the
friendly relations between the two govern
ments are disturbed.
President Inglcslas recently arrived In
Costa Rica from his trip to the United States
and Europe. The press of Costa Rica Is
profuse In Us pralso of the Washington au
thorities for the honors shown the Co&ta
RIcan president. Some return will bo given
for them by u reception to the Intoroceanlc
canal commission when It visits Costa Rica.
During the visit of President Iglcslas to Eu
rope ho opened negotiations for $2,000,000 In
gold , 'to ' ho shipped to Costa Rica ( o carry
out the plan of establishing the gold stand
ard.
I nlillu llnllilliiK ill Unite.
WASHINGTON , May 19. A commission
consisting of Bernard Osanno of Chicago ,
William Wlndom of the Twisury depart
ment and James A. Hall of Big Timber ,
Mont. , has been appointed to select a Blto
for the public building at Butte , Mont. Pro
posals will bo opened at Butte on May 25.
Under the law the decision of the commis
sion Is final.
Trllmlr < o ItellrlnK Admiral.
WASHINGTON , May 19. When Admiral
Stewart , U. S. N. , retired from the service
ho rc-celvcJ this letter from Secretary Long :
"In view of your transfer , l > y operation of
law , to the retired list I cannot let the op
portunity go to express not only my personal
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
forecast fnr Nobinskn
Thunder Storms , Southerly Wind *
Teinpernlure ill Oinnlm J rutertlnj I
regret nt the termination of your otllclal re
lation to the department , but my very high
sense , which I am sure IB shared by the navy
and the country , of the admirable nnd moat
efficient manner In which you have dis
charged the dittlra of pa > master nnd chief of
the Naval Bureau of Supplies nnd Accounts. "
TIl.X'NsroHTS PlTlinill OW.N I'l.AIJ.
Ser * I u i * lleoo M of Sneh Imiiorlnnee
UN In Merit lUMIiiftlic ninlilriil.
WASHINGTON , Mn ) in The iirmy trans
port scivlco has become recently of such
Importance that the secretary of war lint
decided that it Is entitled to the dignity of
a distinctive flag. That chosen Is a tri
color , with white , red nnd blue stripes In
diagonal lines , with the white forming n
field , In the center of which | g a representa
tion In blue of Iho Insignia of the quarter
master's department of the nnny the fa-
mlltir wheel surmounted by nn eagle and
crossed bv n sword nnd key. The H K will
bo displaced on every vessel engaged In
the transport service.
Troop * CluillKC Tlu > lr I'ONtn ,
WASHINGTON , iMay in. TlTo secretary ot I
war has ordered the following changes lu |
stations of troops :
Battery D , Third nrtlllcry , from Fort
Monroe , Virginia ; one company Twenty-
fourth Infantry from Fort D. A. Russell ,
Wyoming , nnd ono company Twenty-fourth
Infantry from Fort Douglas. Utah , to the
Department of California. The garrison of
Fort Washakle , Wyoming , will ho with
drawn and Troop E , First cavalry , now gar
risoning the post , will be transferred to
Fort Robinson , Nebraska. It Is "probable
that Fort Wnshaklo will be abandoned.
MIUINNNluiicil to .Snii rranclNCo.
WASHINGTON , May 19. Lieutenant
Colonel Marlon P. Mans , Inspector general ,
has been relieved fiom further duty In this
city and ordered to
San Francisco for as
signment to duty ns Inspector of that de
partment. Colonel Mans has been on the
staff of General Miles for several jcars.
SEARCH FOR PROF. ANDREE
Xntliornt'iH nxiirilltlon I.rniH for the
Connt of ( ireeiilnnil to I.ooU for
LONDON , Slay ! ! > . The Dally Mall pub
lishes the following dispatch from Stock
helm An expedition under Prof. Nathorst
will leave tomorrow ( Saturday ) for the
northeast coast of Greenland In search of
Prof. Andree. After carefully examining
the region between the
seventy-third and
seventy-fifth degrees , north latitude , the ex
pedition will proceed toward Capo Blsmar ,
on the cast coast of Greenland , In the hope
of meeting Captain Otto Sverdrup's expedi
tion , which left Christlanla last Juno on the
Pram , i\ery effort -will bo made to find
the explorers.
COPENHAGEN , May 19. Nothing is
known here ns to the reported discovery of
a letter written by Prof. Andree , the miss
ing Arctic explorer , said to have been found
in a bottle early last month on the north
east coast of Iceland by a farmer named
Johnnn Magnusscn.
A letter In ti bottle was found recently
containing reports or last year's work of
, Prof. Nnthorst's expedition , engaged In testIng -
Ing Arctic currents. This bore the address
of Ernest Andree , brother of the aeronaut ,
and who was manager of the expedition.
RELIEF WORK AMONG JEWS
itlctlioiln of itcinlliiKTriuiNleiil
A I it Arc CoiiHlilerril liy Confer
ence of Cli ti ri ( I- * .
CINCINNATI , May 19. The annual meet
ing of the national conference of Jewish
charities began hero today and will continue
until Sunday night. Isaac S. Isaacs of New
York was elected permanent chairman , Mar
tin Butzell of Detroit vice- chairman nnd
Miss Annlo .Marks of Cincinnati secretary.
President Isaacs devoted his annual address
to the discussion of transient relief and
tha afternoon was devoted to a discussion ot
that subject , participated in by Alfred Mnu-
rico of Denver , May HeUberg of Philadel
phia , A , Burnstcln of Ixmlsvllle , M. M.
Brenner of Baltimore , Isadore Lowcnthal of
Washington , I. L. Leucht of Now Orleans , I
M. Lansbcrg of Rochester , Mrs. Edward
Pisco of Denver and others.
Messrs. Martin Butzell , Max Lansberg and
Louis Levl were appointed a committee to
draft .1' plan for a more perfect national or
ganization of all Jewish charities.
After the general dlscufnlon of the nddrcss
of Chairman Isaacs , Messrs. Loucht , HeU-
bcrg , Brenner and Senior vvcro appointed a
committee to report n plan for the treat
ment of all transient applicants and for
transient relief generally.
BIDS FOR BEEF FOR THE ARMY
Half n Million DollnrN * Worth \cnlcil
for Troop * In Culm anil
I'orfo 11 1 co.
CHICAGO , May J9. Proposals for fur
nishing the War department with more than
5,000,000 pounds of beef for the troops lu
Cuba nnd Porto Rico during the year be
ginning July 1 have been leeched by Colonel
H. G. Sharpu , In charge of thu Chicago sub
sistence station. Tha bids were tabulated
and foi warded lo Lieutenant Colonel F , 13 ,
Nye , chief commissary , Department of Porto
Rico , and Major A. L. Smith , chief commis
sary , division of Cuba ,
Every precaution has been taken to fur
nish the men with the best meat obtainable.
The demand Is for 1.020,000 pounds for Porto
Rico and 4,020,000 for Cuba. The estimated
cost of the supplies Is $500,000. Five Chicago
firms submitted bids , but Colonel Sharpe ,
In accordance with department rules , de
clined to make public the mimes , of the bid
ders or their prices. The bids nro divided
Into these classes Beef , refrigerated cattle
shipped to the West Indies from this coun
try on hoof and slaughtered there , and cat
tle purchased In the Islands and slaughtered
for use as desired ,
TliiHlry Will Wat I'll UlN Ouninf. .
KANSAS CITV , May 19. Charles Tins-
lor , an engineer In an apartment house ,
who had been exposed to smallpox , locked
himself In his house today and defied the
officers nt the point of n revolver to remove
him to a tent on the city hospital grounds
set apart for suspects Health Olllcer Coffin
would not order the police to take Tlnsloy
for fear of the consequences , HO Is being
guarded nnd his homo has been quarantined ,
There nro now twelve Binullox ] patients nt
the pesthouse , most of them dangerously
HniHi-tlilef KIIU tlnn of I'OHNC.
WICHITA , May 15. Dr Esmond , member
of a posse seeking BUI Watson , a notorious
horse thief , was shot and killed by the latter
northwest of Shawnee , Okl. , lust night. The
cans escaped and another DOSSU U la nurault.
P/MTf PAT TO fVlTH PTTPPM' '
SCIILEYISOURGUtSl
Omaha's ' Gates Swing Wiilo Open to Welcome
Distinguished Naval Hero ,
CROWDS GREET HIM ON HIS ARRIVAL
Rend the Air with Applnuso ns Ho Seta Foot
on Nebraska Soil ,
MAYOR PRESENTS THE KEYS OF THE CITY
Prominent Citizens nnd Army Officers Call to
Present Their Respects.
PLANS FOR PUBLIC RECEPTION TODAY
CH > Hull lloliiniln. Where the Putii'-
tlon Will TnKe I'lnee TlilM Afler-
iHioii , IN llnnilNntnel > leeornte l
fitr ( tic Ooeniloii.
for To tiny.
Public iccemlcm at the City hnll , 4 to
'
Evcning-nceoptlon bj Union Veterans'
Legion. '
Hear Admiral Wlnfic'ld Scott Senior and
Mrs. Senior are the guests of Omaha.
The distinguished na\al captain and his
charming wife arrived In the city at 8:05 :
Krlilay morning and will remain until next
Wednesday , when they leave for n brief
western trip , going as fur as Salt Lake ,
with n stop at Denver. During their stay lu
Omaha the gallant rear mlmlial and hl wlfo
arc domiciled at the residence of former
United States Senator Charles F. Mnndor-
son , at whoso Invitation they niado the trip
to Nebraska's metropolis.
All Omaha has been on edge for some time
In expectation of welcoming the man who
smashed Cerera's licet , and this afternoon
at the city hall , from I to C o'clock , the gen
eral public will bo given nn opportunity to
grasp the hand of the Intrepid officer who
commanded the mighty crulsor Brooklyn on
that eventful third day of July that prac
tically ended the wnr with Spain.
The city's guests remained within doors
yesterday , owing to the bad weather and
their desire to recuperate from their journey.
During the morning Mayor Oloorcs called
and presented Admiral Schley the keys of
the city. Several other prominent citizens
and army officers paid their respects and
to all a klndlv meeting wns extended.
ArrlicH ill I InIlnlii. .
In the midst of pouring , penetrating rain
that defied umbrellas and sonlted through
raincoats and cairlogo coverings several
hundred people congregated at the Burling
ton depot to be among the first to welcome *
Sehley. The unfavorable weather and the
fact that the pcoplo icallzed that this was
not their only opportunity to extend fellcltn-
tlons pievented the crush that would hav
occurred under other circumstances , but the
corridors of the depot were well filled ana
the long platfoim was closely congested
with enthusiastic spectators. The train
pulled In promptly on tlmo and Admiral and
Mrs. Schley loft the Pullman at onec ana
worn cscottcd to the carriage by General
Manderson , who was waiting to conduct
them to his residence. The admiral was
quickly recognized by the crowd and when
some one yelled "What's the matter with
Schley ? " the familiar answer was vocifer
ated with a will. While there was no ex
travagant demonstration , the chcera of the
spectators were tremendously cntliuslastlo
and the admiral bowed pleasantly to the
crowd that courteously made room to clear
the way to the carriage
The visitors woio driven directly to the
Manderson icsldcnce at 3100 Chicago street.
As they entered Its hospitable poitals they
passed under two handsome silk flags that
vveio draped over the entrance , and were
met by Mrs. Manderson , who joined with
the general In the cordial sincerity of n truly
western welcome. The pleasant Interior of
the dwelling was In grateful fcmtrast to tn °
storm that continued to beat on the laml-
scape. A bright wood Jlro burned In the
grate of the cozy parlor and the looms were
effectively decorated with huge clusters of
magnificent loses. Doth Admiral nnd Mrs.
Schloy wore disposed to rest ns much as pos
sible after their long trip nnd the forenoon
was passed lounging In the comfortable
chairs and chatting Informally with such
guests ns dtopped In thus early in the day.
Major I'rcKunlN KCJH of ( litCity. .
One of the first callers was Mayor Moorcs ,
who presented the admiral with the emblem
of the freedom of the city. This consisted
of two huge golden keys bearing the Inscrip
tion , "Omaha welcomes Schley , the Hero of
Santiago , " and they were tastefully deco
rated with the colors of Ak-Sar-Uen. The
keys rested In a solid bank of American
Beauty loses , and the sentiment was ac
cepted by the ndmlinl with n cordial expres
sion of his nppicclatlon. Mayor Mooics dis
cussed the general details of the reception
which will bo tendered to Admiral Schloy In
the rotunda of the city hull Saturday after
noon , and remained foi some tlmo In gen
eral conversation with General Manderson
and his guest.
During the forenoon n committee rop-
icsentlng the Royl ( Arcanum also called to
confer In regard to the reception that they
will tender Admiral Schley Wednesday
morning , and John N. Baldwin of Council
Bluffs cnmo over to complete the arrange
ments for n trip to that city , which will oc
cur Tuebday forenoon. The party will leave
Thirty-first and rnrnam streets at it.30 on
ono of the cars nf Iho Council Bluffe , &
Omaha Railway company , which will ho
switched to that point for Its accommoda
tion. A reception rommltteo fioin the Im..i
city will accompany thu car , which will Htop
at the Gland hotel , whcio carriages will bo
In waiting to tul.o the party on a short drlvo
thiough the city and In Falrmount park.
It will return to the hotel at 12 o'clock ,
where n luncheon will bo served , nnd then
the party will return to Omaha In the special
cur.
cur.Dr.
Dr. George L. Miller , president of the
Oieater America 1'xpnsltlon association , also
railed during the morning to urge thn wish
of the absoclatlcn that the nilmlrnl will par
ticipate In the celebration of Schley day on
July 3 , the annlvcrsay of the battle of San
tiago. Admlial Schley and Mrs Schley allko
expressed n wish to return to Omaha at that
time and after some conversation they ac
cepted the Invitation , subject to the ap
proval of the Navy department , an the ad >
mlral Is still on duty.
Among the other callers of the forenoon
vvcro Rev T. J. Mackay nnd Fred J. Sackett
lion J. Sterling Morton and Senator Hayward -
ward vvcro said to ho on the way , but they
did not arrive at the residence during the
morning.
Will Alleml Trliilt > hnniliiy.
About 11 o'clock a special messenger
brought Admiral and Mrs Sch'fly ' a very
urgent Invitation to attend the Sunday
seivlieB at tlic 1'lrst Methodist church , cither
In the inoriilng or evenlni ; . Unfortunately
this arrived u trlllo late , for the question baa
already been tettled In favor of Trinity
EpUcopal cathedral The admiral In a Bap
tist , but as Mrs. Schley in u devout Ejilaco-