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FHE OMAHA DAILY .FSTAKLIRHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , FRIDAY MOENINGr , AUGUST 11 , 1890. TWELVE PAGES , COPY FIVE CENTS. IOWANS IK THE FRAY Fifty-First Regiment Goes Through Hottest Fighting of Campaign , AMERICANS ADVANCE THROUGH DEEP Mli i Filipinos Flea to Northward , But Maintain a Steady Fire , ' SEVERAL HAWKEYE VOLUNTEERS WOUNDED MaoArthur'u Total Loss is Five Killed and Twenty-Nine Wounded. ONE HUNDRED FATALITIES AMONG NATIVES Konr fiunhont * Prepare for the N'orlh- \inril Movement by IlonthardliiK Smi Fernando nnd Many lloniic * Arc Riddled or DcMtroycd. DBS MOINES , Aug , 10. ( Special Tele gram , ) A special cablegram from Colonel Leper of the FIfty-urst Iowa , which was engaged in yesterday's batlle , rcada : MANILA , Aug. 10. The Fifty-first Iowa saw Borne of the hardest fighting yesterday It has encountered during the present cam paign. Our forces advanced several miles from San Fernando , wading through Jeep mud and fighting almost constantly , the Kill- plnos retiring In considerable contusion , but maintaining a steady lire. The engagement was general , fi.OOO ot the enemy being engaged , while nnoral Mac- Arthur had , in addition to our regiment , the Ninth and Twelfth regulars , the new Thirty- sixth , part of the Seventeenth , and a cavalry troop. Our advance was assisted by the artillery , fifteen guns being employed. Ono battalion of the Flfty-flrst accompanied the artillery In a successful movement In the direction ot Mexico , the regiment advancing with the main body of troops toward Angeles. The American loss was severe , several1 killed , nnd about twenty-five wounded. Our r casu/tlcs were as follows : Company A of DCS'lolncs , A , M. Slattenwounded in the leg , private , age 21 , enlisted In DCS Molnes under Captain Hull , and Is a native of Mis souri ; Company C of Glenwood , Peter J. Harris , wounded In the chest severely , private , age 26 , and homo in Henderson , Mills county ; Company E of Shonaudoah , Second Lieutenant Lament A. Williams , wounded in both thighs , moderately , age 22 , and residence In Shenandoah ; Company M of Red Oak , Harry P. Bernholts , wounded in the leg severely , residence at Mount Pleas ant ; Company E of Shcnnndoah , J. F. Stew art , wounded in side , slightly , member of the band , and homo is in Clarlnda.LOPER. LOPER. After reading the various telegraphic re ports of yesterday's battle Adjutant General Byera stated that it is evident that MaJoT ? Duggan's ' ba.ttallori , consisting of Companlei A , D , F and II , and Major Hume's battalion , consisting of Companies E , M , L ad C , were the only ones engaged in the fighting and that the other four companies wore sent out with , o troop of cavalry to make a feint on Mexico. ' Report from Otla. . - WASHINGTON. Auc. 10 General Otls.to- , STday'cabled * VhVWar aC partmeritUib "follow ing report of yesterday's engagement : MANILA , AUK. 10. Adjutant General , Washington : MacArthur's movement yes terday very successful ; serves to clear coun try rear and left and right of Insurgents , has advanced north to Calulet. six miles from San Fernando , whence he Is now reconnoi tring ; his casualties flvc killed , twenty-nine wounded. Officers wou'nded : Major Braden - den , Captain Abernethy , Thirty-sixth volun teers , leg and arm , moderate ; Lieutenant William * . Flfty-flrst Iowa , thigh , moderate. These troops operated to left and rear to ward Santa Illta. MacArthur's advance under Whcoton and Llscum consists Ninth , Twelfth. Seventeenth , part of Twenty-sec I end regiments and portion Flfty-flrst Iowa. Movement verv dllllcult of mud and sur face water. MacArthur reports Insurgents' loss 100 killed , some 300 wounded ; they were rapidly driven noithwnrd and last evening apparently abandoned Porac line , where they blow up. imwdcr works. OTIS. Troop * Clone to AiiRcleM. MANILA , Aug. 10. 6:45 : p. in. Official re ports received hero from the scene of the recent fighting with the Filipinos say tin day 'was ' spent In rcconnolssance , during which the American troops found a few of the enemy. Hut there were no engagements ot importance. A battalion of the Seven teenth Infantry under Major O'Brien , ad vanced very close to Angeles. Tbo major reports there are about 2GO Insurgents there. lA battalion of the Twelfth Infantry made a roconnolseance in tbo direction of Porac , but the enemy there scattered. The main body of the American army is at Calulum. The line has boon materially changed since the advance was stopped yesterday and now In cludes the towns of Guagud and Santa Arlta. Major General Otis today issued an order closing the ports In tbo bands of the in surgents to inter-island traffic. Agulnaldo issued a decree July 24 dated from Tarlac closing the insurgent ports to vessels flying the American flag aud inviting vessels under other flags to visit them. Visitors under foreign flags cannot traffic with these ports without running the blockade. The gunboats Concord , Yorktown , Callao nud Pampanga bombarded San Fernando Tuesday. The Filipinos replied with can non and musketry for an hour and then fled to the hills , the gunboats firing on them with their machine guns until the rebels disappeared. The bombardment was con tinued for some tlmo afterwards and many houses wore riddled nnd destroyed , but the town was not set on lire. The gunboats did not land men. The rebel losses are not known. Confer * with Root. WASHINGTON , Aug. 10. Major General Miles had a conference of more than half an hour with the secretary of war today. Sec retory Root said that the conference was devoted to military matters , but would not epeak definitely us to their character. When it was suggested that there were rumors that howas consulting General Mllrp with ref erence to a change of commanders In the Philippines ho said he had nothing to way on that subject. It is known , however , that General Mllea 'brought up the vecent order of Secretary Alger upon the Inspector gen eral's department. That portion of the or der which places the bureau under the di rection of the secretary of war and omits the commanding general of tbo army , as X was the case in the former regulations , la not satisfactory , It la said , to General Miles. CHARTERING ; NEW TRANSPORTS Scheme to Take Troopa to Philippine * Submitted to Secretary of War. X NEW YORK , Aug. 10 , A special to the Tribune from Washington gays : The t schedule of the army transports for raising the force In the Philippines to 60,000 men has been completed and will bo delivered to Secretary Root today , It shows that If ad ditional steamers arc chartered about 18,000 eoldleri can t > e sent across the Pacific to reach Manila by the end of .November. The omalnlng 2,000 which It Is proposed to send o General Otis , If ho needs them , will bo lent by way of the Suez canal. The latter route cononmcs nearly two months , and It ho War department Is compelled to wait until the renovation of the Atlantic trans ports Thomns and Logan U finished troops on those vessels cannot reach Manila before ary 15. to too sent to the Philippines Regular recruits now nt ,500 ; eight troope of the C5 ; United States marine ults for the skeleton regiments atianlla , 1,900 ; ten volunteer regiments Infantry , 13,090 ; total , 19,855. Seventeen vessels arc available for the raosportatlon of thcso troops. MUTINY ABOARD TRANSPORT Aiifcry Cliliiiiineii , ( Member * of the Crew , In Open Rebellion and Ilnttle Narrowly Averted. SEATTLE , Wash. , lAug. 10. The trouble that has 'been ' brewing on the United States transport Victoria for several days culmi nated In mutiny today. Nearly sixty ot the Chinese crow were In open rebellion against the captain and his officers. A terrible bat tle appeared Imminent at ono time- and was only averted by the cool nerve of the ship's first and second officers , who stood in the face of the angry celestials with drawn pis tols. There was fighting for a time nnd mutinous Chinamen fought their way from { between decks forward up the companion ladder to the upper deck nnd thence back | to near to amidships before their onrush was [ ' finally stayed. Had it not 'been ' for the presence on board the ship of carpenters and mechanics , who were armed with hatchets , i hammers and saws , the Chinamen might have won out. The reason of the mutiny Is a demand for money and shore leave on the part of the crew. The Chinamen hayo found they are to work for the United States government and they demand extra pay of ? 7 more per month. HONOR TO COLONEL HAWKINS llenmlnn Arrive at Ills Home In Wniili- InKton , Pa. Military Funeral Wlicn Tenth Gel * Home. WASHINGTON , Pa. , Aug. 10. When the funeral train bearing the remains of Colonel1 Hawkins reached hero shortly after 0 o'clock , a vast concourse of citizens gath ered at the station to do honor to the mem- orry of their fellow townsman. The funeral escort was met at the station by Post 120 , Grand Army of the Republic , the ex-members of Company H , Tenth regi ment and Camp 316 , Sons of Veterans. After the casket had been placed in the funeral car , the procession moved to tbo former residence of the deceased. All the business houees and residences were draped with the national flag and crepe. Tomorrow the body will be placed in a vault to await the arrival of the Tenth regi ment from San Francisco , when a military funeral win take place. ONLY STOP WILL BE AT OMAHA Pennnylvnnln Volunteer * Decline All Other Invltatlonii Ten dered Them. 'SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 10. The Tenth T ! jvJ < iajUn volnntfRt3 wJy , rc3Jalc.sat > thQ' ' ; "Presidio twelve days longer a'nd then leave I j J for their eastern homes , escorted by the ! cdmralttee of twenty-three that came here j to receive them. According to the present J ; arrangements only one stop will be made. during the Journey to Plttsburg , the in- i ! vltatlon of Mayor Frank E. Moores of j Omaha having been accepted. Many other cordial invitations from cities along the route have been declined on account of lack of time. The start will be made from this city on August 22 , the day the troops are mus- J ' tercd out , and Plttsburg will bo reached on the morning of August 28. CAPTURE LETTERS OF REBELS Kxhorl Their Follower * to Hold Out a I.lttle I.oiiKer for European ItecoKultlon. WASHINGTON , Aug. 10. The following cable has been received from General Otis : MANILA. Aug. lO.- Adjutant General , Washington : Captured letters from high Insurgent authority exhorting Inhabitants to hold out a little longer ; that European recognition will bo granted by August 31 and that the present United States adminis tration will bo overthrown. OTIS. SHERIDAN LEAVES MANILA Transport Start * for Home with the Month Dakota and M I line- Meta MANILA , Aug. 10. The United States transport Sheridan sailed for homo today with 667 men of the South Dakota regi ment , 99R of the Minnesota regiment and 205 men discharged from various organiza tions. lIJIiUAJITV : OF C.II'IFORMAJVS. Soldier1 Reception Fund Largely Augmented by Theater Ileeelpln. SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 10.U the Or- pheum theater today an auction eulo of seats and boxes took , place for the 'benefit ' of the 'fund to be used in the entertainment and reception of the returning California regi ment. Five boxes were sold for $3,900 nnd of this eum Mrs. A. S. Townsend , formerly of Boston , contributed $2,025. The sale of seats will net a very large sum. llrenlcx Up nilplno Trnllle. WASHINGTON , Aug. 10. Mall reports re ceived at the Navy deaprtment show that Admiral Watson Is using every means to break up the Insurgent traffic between the Islands of the Philippine group. Commander Sperry of the Yorktown at Hello reported to Admiral Watson early In Juno that In his opinion the insurgents were throwing troops Into Ncgros and Leyte from Luzon and the Island of Panay. Commander Sperry sent the gunboat Saruar under command of En sign H , C , MoFarland to break up this traffic. In four days he destroyed thirteen schooners along the coast of Panay , Each ono of those vessels bad a full cargo. In each case the natives were set ashore with their personal effects. Ttni TrannportB Sail , WASHINGTON , Aug. 10. The following has been received at the War department ; MANILA , Aug. 10. Adjutant General1 , Washington : Transport Pennsylvania left for Hello this morning ; Sheridan should leave Maulla this evening. OTIS. Third Lot of Gold Ccrtlllratei , NEW YORK , Aug. 10. A third lot of gold certificates , amounting to about JJ.000.000 , was received at the subtreasury here this morning , and before noon they bad all been parceled out among twelve banks. Altogether about 14,600,000 of these certifl- cates of all denominations have been re ceived here. Hlii Clip and ( iood Prlrei. MINNEAPOLIS , Aug. 10. A special from Big Timber , Mont. , says : The woof season haa come to a close with a record of 4.250,000 pounds of wool received. Prices ranged from H } & to IS centi per pound. OLYMl'IA ' SAILS FOR LEGHORN Neit PausB on Homeward Journey Will Be Beached Sunday Afternoon , ADMIRAL DEWEY SITS FOR HIS PICTURE LOUR Deferred Orilcnl CiturnKconnly I'nccd nnil iVIne Sncceiuiful I2x- pofliircn Taken ItItnynl Photographer. ( Copyright , 1899 , by Press Publishing Co. ) NAPLES , ( Aug. 10. ( Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The Olympla departs for Leghorn at 6 o'clock Saturday morning , arriving Sunday afternoon. Ad miral Dcwcy has been spending his tlmo very quietly aboard receiving calls , both from American tourists and friends among the Italian officials he has met here. To night ho dined with Herr Stolte , a leading German Importer , whoso wife Is a Cuban educated In Now York. In reply to many requests ho has said that American tourists will ho welcome aboard at Leghorn , and It Is likely that njanywill come "from Italy , Switzerland and France. Yesterday ho sat for his photograph. I arranged for Chevalier Mauri , who Is pho tographer to the king ot Italy , to go aboard , where he adjusted screens and hangings In the after deck so as to secure the light effect ot a studio. Nine noses were taken. Once he had consented to the ordeal , which has been so long postponed , the admiral said when asked If ho had a preference for any position that he was In the photog rapher's hands and would obey orders. The result Is a remarkable success. When shown the prints today the admiral expressed the greatest satisfaction with them. They will supplant with the admiral the unhappy pho tographs taken in Washington before his departure to command the Asiatic squadron. LONDON , Aug. 11. Admiral Dewey , In re sponse to an Inquiry made toy the Dally Mall , oends the following : "Regret cannot visit England. Must arrive at New York October 1. " ABOUT DONE WITH DOSSIER Only One More Day of Secret Senslon in Droyfu * Cnc Small Crowd A * cmhle * . RENNES , Aug. 10. The .members of the Dreyfus court-martial today took the testi mony of MM. Shamoin and Paleologue. The former was examined from 6:30 : to 9:30 : and the latter was on the stand from 9:30 : to 11:45 : a. m. , when the court adjourned until tomorrow , when it will conclude the exam ination of the secret dossier. Colonel Jouaust , president of thn court- martial , on leaving the court today said a public session would take place Saturday. The police adopted the same methods of precaution as yesterday and there was only the smallest gathering of spectators. Cap tain Dreyfus was allowed to walk to and from the Lycee without his usual escort of four or six gendarmes. Only a captain of gendarmes was -with him and this officer walked a few steps behind the prisoner. Moltre Deman e , the counsel for Captain Dreyfus , in an interview today after the res- slon with a reprosentaUve .of the Associated ' ' Press , e'xpressed'hfmself as' yorywcllvcon- tented with' the"way * matters "are proceeding and Judging from his manner ono may say the defenders of the accused have not met anything very criminating or surprising in the dossier. Naturally M. Demange declined to give any information regarding the dos sier. Saturday's public session wllf be a verlta- ble field day , probably the most important' ' and exciting day of the whole trial , ns Gen eral Mercler and M. Caslmlr-Perler have been cited to give their testimony then. The first witness will 'bo Lieutenant Col onel Do Larocho Vernot , French military attache In Berlin at the time of the arrest of Dreyfus. His evidence , it is expected , will soon be disposed of and General Mercler will 'bo ' calFed. A dramatic scene Is anticipated by the , ontl-Dreyfusltca , who rely upon him to throw a ( bombshell and confound the accused once for nil. His words , "I have complete proofs ' of the guilt of Dreyfus , " are remembered and both sides are waiting for him to prove his statement. The Dreyfusltcs believe that his testimony will be torn to pieces by MM. Laborle and Demange and that he will leave the court utterly discredited. Captain Dreyfus will have the right to question him and It Is expected that tbo lattcr's cross-examination of Mercler win prove the climax of the whole proceedings. Former President Caslmlr-Perler will fol low , If possible , tbo same day , but it Is doubtful whether his examination will bo concluded before court adjourns until Mon day. There will be no eefslon on Tuesday , that being "Assumption day. " ENGLAND HOLDS TRANSPORTS Shipping Compnnle * Notified They Mny lie Called On to Carry Truopn , LONDON , July 10. The St. James Ga zette this afternoon says that the shipping companies under charter to the British ad miralty for transport purposes have been notified to hold all their transports In re serve for the Immediate dispatch of troops. The steamer Dunera has been ordered to bo In readiness Saturday to ehlp a detachment of horse artillery. the Great Wmtorn , QUE13NSTOWN. Aug. 10. The British ship Nelson , Captain Perrlan , which sailed from Lyttleton , N. Z. , May 6 , for , London and which has arrived at this port , reports that It passed July 3 , In latitude 48 north , longitude 21 west , a three-ton cutter , con taining ono man , steering in the direction of Ireland. The occupant of the boat made no reply to the Nelson signals. The little craft was proceeding gaily on smooth water. Her name , apparently , was "Great Western , " or "Great Eastern , " Howard Blackburn of Gloucester , Mass. , set sail alone on the afternoon of Juno 18 last in a little sloop-rlgged four ton boat , the Great Western , on n trip across the At lantic from Gloucester , Mass. , to Gloucester , England. "Yankee Doodle" at Capetown. CAPETOWN , Aug , 10. 'As the British transport Braeraer Castle was departing from here yesterday evening with troops for Natal It was vociferously cheered by the crew of the United States cruiser Chicago , Rear Admiral Howlson's flagship , which ar rived here July 11 , the band of which played the national anthem. The Braemer Castle's band responded by playing "Yankee Doodle. " KxprcNNc * Deal re fur Pence , PARIS , Aug. 10. A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says : At the banquet given to day In honor of President Roca , president of Argentina , < by Dr. Campos Salloe , presi dent of Brazil , the latter thanked his guest for his presence on Brazilian territory. Dis cussing International policy the Brazilian executive said this mutt not be limited to the Interest * of American or the South American republics. General Iloca , In his reply , said that 'both governments desired peace and quiet among the ; South American republics. | LEGAL BA1TLE FOR A CHILD Hearing of 1'erot Ahilnetlim Cane I'oMtponed at llciiueat or Defendant. LONDON , Aug. 10. Mrs. William Y. Perot ot Baltomlrc , Md. , charged with abducting her daughter , Gladys , was again remanded at Bow street pollco court today , until Tuesday , ball being allowed as previously. At the conclusion of the hearing she was served with a habeas corpus to produce Gladys , granted on the application of Wil liam II. Perot , her fathor-ln-law , and re turnable in the high court Saturday. The court was well filled with fashionably dressed people , including the Misses Blood , N. Blood , Solicitor General Hlchords. W. H. Perot , er. ; Messrs. Hodson and Sumncr of the United States embassy and the lawyers Interested in the case. Jlrs. Perot was beautifully dressed In cream embroidered serge. She appeared at 11:40 : a. m. , holdIng - Ing Gladys by the hand. The defendant was much paler and more nervous than on previous occasions. Counsel for Mrs. Perot said ho had only received the extradition papers an hour previously and had not had time to ex- amlno them. Therefore ho asked for n short adjournment. Mr. Newton Crone , counsel for W. II. Perot , said ho did not object , i i provided' it was understood that there would bo no further postponement. This was ' agreed to. Mrs. Perot left the dock smil ing at Gladys , and said : "Come along , j darling. " After she loft tie court room the habeas corpus wns served. ' COPYRIGHT FOR NEWS MATTER New KiiRlluli Law Protect * tlie Fub- llMhcrn of Xcrfflpaper * from Piracy. LONDON , Aug. 10. The 'copyright bill as amended by the House of Lords select com mittee has been issued. In a memorandum to the bill Lord Thrlng calls attention to clause 12 , which provides that the proprietor of any newspaper or news agency shall bo entitled for eighteen hours to the exclusive right of publishing foreign news which he has obtained specially and Independently and Imposes a minimum penalty of 1 and a maximum of 50 on each copy ot a publication in which such news Is published within eighteen hours without the consent of the proprietor. His lordship remarks that the clause adds to the law by making news. Independent of the form in which it is conveyed , the sub ject of copyright and by imposing an efficient penalty for Infringement. He adds that there seems no reason why news acquired by the exercise of great ability and great ex pense should not be protected by copyright as much as a letter or article commenting on news so acquired. Hon. Sir. Ford North , Judge ot the chancery division of the high court of justice , rendered an important judgment to day. Ho granted the 'London Times an in junction restraining a publisher named Lane from reprinting speeches of Lord Rosebery , admittedly taken from the Times.- The Judge held that the reporter had a copy right In his report and that this copyright had been acquired 'by ' the Times. VoIImrnnd Taken , * Stopito Dlftgentiiiir Elements In the Trniinvaal. - PRETORIA , Aug. . 10. The Volksraad has revised , the groundwer ( constitution of the South African republic ) > by adding two mem bers to the executive council , who compose the cabinet. The executive council Is en larged to nine members. The proposed In crease in the representation of the gold fields is also ratified. EurtlimmUe In Comlcn. AJACCIO , Corsica , Aug. 10. An earth quake shock was felt last night In the neigh borhood of Corte. There woe a semi-panic In the neighborhood. Pope in Cooil Health. . ROME , Aug. 10. Dr. Laponnl , the pope's physician , who returned from a vacation August 1 , declares the pontiff Is in good health. To .Tola Pacific Cable Seliomc. MELBOURNE , Aug. 10. The assembly of Victoria today adopted a resolution pledging the colony to join the Pacific cable scheme. SUPPOSED DEAD MAN IS ALIVE Robert Mnnn Hear * Illiimclf Kulo- Klxcd Willie Attending AVIfo'n Funeral ScrvlceM , SPRINGFIELD , 111. , Aug. 10. Robert Mann of St. Louis sat In the Second Meth odist church In Springfield today and heard Rev. U. C. Solomon , pastor of the church , pronounce eulogies over himself , It belns supposed that ho was dead. The minister was preaching the funeral sermon over the remains of Mrs. Robert Mann , who was KllleJ by on explosion in a laundry Tues day morning , and during the course of his remarks ho alluded to the death of Mann , who was supposed by the minister to have ( been ground to death in a St. Louis fac tory -where ho had worked. Mann sat through the sermon , but after the funeral made his Identity known. Mann's state ment caused much excitement In the church as the dead body was being carried to a hearse. DISASTROUS FIRE AT DALLAS Guild IlnlldliiK , One of LnrKent III City , Entirely Dextroyed Many Ll\f Iout. DALLAS , Tex. , Aug , 11. Fire this morn ing completely destroyed tbo Guild building , one of the largest buildings in tbo city , occupied by the Rarragh Furniture and Stor age company. Tbo fourth and fifth floors were occupied by families. Many heroic rescues were- made by firemen. The Clifton hotel on tbo west and Garllngton Produce company building were partly demolished by Jailing walls and are now burning , Armour & Co.'a storage pfant and the Standard Elec tric Light company's immense plants are threatened. At 1:40 : a , m , the fire Is still raging , It is supposed several people who became panic stricken lost their lives. It 1s Impossible to verify at thle hour. Kpldemlc at MII Hnd , NEWPORT NEWS , Va. , Aug. 10 , The yellow fever epidemic Is practically at an end. The quarantine established by this city against Hampton and vicinity was raised to night. The focal quarantine against Nor folk will be raised Saturday evening. The record of the ecourge to date shows a total of forty-three cases , of which eleven re sulted fatally. Twelve cases were discharged as cured and twenty convalescents remain In the hospital at the Soldiers' Home. NORFOLK. Va. . Aug. 10. Norfolk will raise the quarantine against Newport News , Hampton and Ofd Point Comfort Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock and Newport News has been accorded the privilege of doing so earlier if such action li desired. The quarantine against Phoebus and the Soldiers' Home will be maintained perhaps ten dajrs longer. GREEN FIELDS LAID WASTE Northern Minnesota and North Dakota Aw Stricken bj Bain and Hail. DEVASTATION COVERS EXTENSIVE AREA Two Hundred and Fifty Tliotmnitd Acre * Sold to llae Ileen Snrpt Cnnn and Trnlll Conntlen llcnvlent SulTerer * . ST. PAUL , Aug. 10. A Forgo , N. D. , special to the Pioneer Press says : Two million bushels ot wheat are estimated to have boon lost In today's hailstorm , which partially destroyed the crop on nearly 250- 000 acres of land in the state. Farme'ru ' who were busily engaged this morning In taking In wheat were driven to their barns for shelter and afterward found It unneces sary to take the binders back to the fields , ns the grain had been harvested by hall In a few brief moments. Just before 11 o'clock the storm struck the northern part ot Cass and southern part of Tralll counties , In addition to n big area over which hall fell thickly heavy wind and rainstorms com pleted tbo destruction of thousands of acres of grain on either side ot the center of of the path of the hailstorm. Covering an area fifteen miles north and south between Argusvlllo and Gardner , In Cass , to Kelso , in Tralll , and on cast and west territory rang ing from five miles wide on 'the south to fifteen or twenty miles on the north the country is practically devastated. Losses are estimated all the way from GO to 100 per cent of the crop. I.ONR of Priilialily Fifty Per Cent. The acreage in Cass and Tralll counties U placed at from 100,000 to 200,000 acres. Many conservative estimators say that 50 per cent of the crop of 125,000 acres is not too largo a figure for the destruction in Cass and Tralll. In the northern part of the county the storm seems to have begun ns far west as Erie and Galesburg and gone directly cast on the county line between Cass and Tralll to Red river aud then over into ( Minnesota. The hall wad apparently heaviest along this line and crops on big farms like the Grandlns and and Stanfords , near Kelso , were completely wiped out. The destruction Is so com plete in many parts of the devastated terri tory that no effort will "bo " made to harvest what Is left. .As an indication of the loss , G. H. Knight telephoned In from his farm at Grandln stating that ho had cut 200 acres before the storm and tomorrow would start his plows to summer fallow the other 1,000 acres of his farm. A 50 per cent loss from hall almost equals a total loss , as what is left rarely pays for the harvesting and threshing. The storm swept east from North Dakota Into Minnesota nnd telegrams from Halstead and Hendrutn report terrible destruction. The lowest estimate of the loss in that vicinity hos been placed at 50,000 acres. In all the stormstrlcken section in surance men assert that less than 5 per cent of the acreage was covered by hall In surance. The large strips of country on cither sldo of the hailstorm suffered Just as severely , as the wind and hall flattened the grain and beat It Into the ground so badly that'lt cannot straighten up on account of its ripened condition. , Another storm is reported at .New Rockford InEddy , county , where it'is asserted from 25 to'lffo per cent of the crop of 40,000 acres of wheat was laid waste. The total loss will be over $1,000,000. Heportn from Other Poliitn. MINNEAPOLIS , Aug. 10. A special from Halstead , Minn. , says : Hall totally de stroyed crops in this section today. Many wlndowo were knocked In and several Inches of hall were piled In the street. The storm started near Kelso , N. D. , and cleaned a strip fifteen miles wide in a southeasterly direction , passing through Halstad , Per- ley , HlKhwlnd , Nielsvllle and Shelly on the north and Georgetown on the south. The crops on the Stanford Dalrymple farms are totally destroyed. The insurance among small farmers Is light. A terrible storm passed over Ada , Minn. , and vicinity shortly before noon today. A large acreage of crops was destroyed by hall. Hall fell north and eouth of Ada. Jamestown , N. D. , reports the most de structive hailstorm of the year last night. ' The storm began at New Rockford and swept through Eddy , Foster , Grlggs and Barnes counties to Rogers In the latter county. It Is estimated that 40,000 acres of wheat were destroyed. The losses are over 25 per cent of the total. Not one-half of the grain destroyed was Insured. TO DISPLAY AMERICAN COAL Attractive Kxhlhlt Will He ArraiiKcd at PnrlH KxpoMltiou by Our ComiiilHNloiier ( ifiternl. NEW YORK , Aug. 10. The plans already under discussion for securing a European market for American coal , particularly an thracite , will be forwarded by the action of Ferdinand W. Peck , commissioner general of the United States exhibit at tbo Paris exposition In 1900 , who announced today that ho desired to make the American coal ex hibit ono of the most Interesting and prom inent at the exposition. The exhibit will bo arranged In handsome glass cases seven feet high and four feet In length. Neces sarily no Fargo sample can be accepted and It Is prcferrablo that small cubes of about four pounds weight should bo sent. The place where found or mined , tbo thickness of the scam and the analysis of the coal are particularly spught from exhibitors. Views of collieries , works , shipping arrangementa , steam colliers , barges , etc. , will also be shown. The Anthraclt Coal Operators' as sociation , In its report for August , deprecates the fact that the commissioner has seen fit to not give enough space to mineral exhibits and saya that unless this Is done tbo ex hibit win have little or no commercial value. The association , therefore , will make no united effort to demonstrate the value of American coal , as it would have done had sufficient Bpaco been given. SECOND DENIAJU-ROM LAURIER In n Prlvntf Letter to H. II. Kohlimnt He DlNClaliiiH Recent Utterance * Attributed to Him. CHICAGO , Aug. 10. In a personal letter to H. H. Kohlsaat of the Chicago Tlmus- Herald Sir Wilfrid Laurler , the Canadian premier , denies the truth of an Interview re cently given out by F. W. Fltrpatilck of the , Treasury department , Washington , in which Mr. Fltzpatrlck asserted that Premier Laur- , ler had stated to him ho would not accept , an invitation to the Chicago autumn feotl- val , believing the somewhat trained rela tions between the two countries might re sult In some unpleasant incident during his visit. In his letter Premier Laurier says : "You ore at liberty to Htate that \ have paid no attention to an Interview published recently in a Weshlngton paper In which J i the reporter purported to give to the public' words not spoken by tne to him , but to somebody elsa. Life is too short for a busy man to take notice of this kind or any kind of hearray evidence. If I had any commun- CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Kilr and Cooler ; Westerly Winds. Temperature nt Omaha jcnterdnyi Hour. DCHT. Hour. IU-K. [ i a. nt 77 1 | i. in Ill t n. in 7(1 ( a | i in in 7 n. in .78 II i > in O % N n. in. . . . . . so -i 11 in. . . . . . i > n o n. in st : n p 111 in 10 n. lit 87 II I' 111 < 11 ill tit. . . . i. SI ) 7 It lit. . i. . . htl 1- in. . . . . . . . . 1)1 ) N 11 in Ml dp in S'J Icatlon to make to the public I would prefer to make It directly and In my own words. "It seems to mo that 1 need hardly add that the Invitation from Chicago will re- cclvo from mo a most cordial reception. " A meeting of the committee of arrange ments will be held on Friday , at which tlmo Chairman Truax , who baa been In Washington , where ho wont to extend n formal Invitation to attend the festival to President McKlnlcy , will be present and the Canadian premier will 'bo cordially In vited to attend the festival. This will bo the first Invitation extended to Premier Laurlcr , as the members nf the committee deny that Mr. Fltzpatrlck had any author ity to Invlto the promlor or that ho to In any way connected with the festival. TWO TRAINS COME TOGETHER ColllMlon Iletween PnnneitKer and FrclKht Hemnltn lit Seven People Injured. BRINKLEY , Ark. , Aug. 10. A collision between a passenger train on the Choctaw & Memphis nnd a freight on the Cotton Bell at the crossing at this place today resulted in the Injury of seven people , two of whom are probably fatally wounded. The Injured : Mrs. William Kirk , Forest City , head and hip. hip.T. T. F. Moore , El Paso , Tex. , wrist and arm. arm.Mrs. . W. D. Sails , Armory , Miss. , in ternally. Four-year-old eon of Mrs. Sails , back and head , critical. Six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Sails , head , severely. J. A. Glrard of Now York , top ot head , very iscrioualy. M. M. Holcorab ( colored ) of Llttlo Rock. brakeman , Internally and on head , condition critical. The wreck. It Is thought , was caused by the freight crew miscalculating the speed of the passenger train , they thinking the ciosslng would bo clear whan they should rcach ! it. The Choctaw engineer opened his throttle , but was unable to clear the cross ing In time to escape the freight. STAUNTON , Va. . Aug. 10. The Chesa peake & Ohio "Fast-flying Virginian , " while entering the depot today , ran Into an open switch , striking some freight cars on a sid ing. Eight persons were injured , none fatally. HIS.TIME HAD NOT YET COME Gcornrc Pntcraoii Trie * Severn ! Meth od * of Sclf-DeMtructlon , Dut In Unable to Succeed. CHICAGO , Auc10. . In an effort to com mit jnalcldo today , George Paterson , a cook , I of. EvanBton , first drank a quart of whisky , t tlion secured an old rusty sword , set the hilt. I Against the bathtub and fell upon the point I so forcibly that the .blade went nearly through his ( body. Feeling lltUc pain and being still able to stand , Paterson again fell upon the eword. His vitality was still strong , however , and he placed the weapon's point against his stomach nnd rushed with the hilt against tbo wall. Still ho did not collapse and , plucking the 'blade from his wound , he set fire to the house and crawled Into a closet and waited for the fire to con sume him. Ho was rescued by firemen , how ever , and taken to the hospital. Ho may recover. MEXICANS DEFEAT THE YAQUIS Several of the Indlann , bnt None of the Mexican * Killed In- dlaiiM Retreat. CHICAGO , Aug. 10. A special to the Tribune from the City of Mexico , Mox. , says : The state troops have had another encoun ter with the Yaquls near Modano , defeating them with a loss of several killed. The state troops did not lose a man , but Lieuten ant Francisco Callcs died from sunstroke during the forced march made to overtake the Indians. The wound of General Torres , received in combat , is a Blight one and ho la progressing rapidly toward recovery. The Indians have retired from Baicum nnd are supposed to be in force near Vlcnm. The death of Juan Maldonado or Totabiato has been confirmed. The Indians will bo shortly attacked near Vicam , FOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION St. I.oulH Will Make VlKoronn Effort to Secure Itx Location lit Thnt City. ST. LOUIS , Aug. 10. The Business Men's league today resolved to Inaugurate a vig orous campaign to secure the republican convention next year and authorized Presi dent C. P. Walbrldge to appoint a special committee for the purpose , ns well as to officially notify each national committeeman - man of the city's candidacy. The cooperation tion of the mayor , Merchants' Exchange and National Commltteeman II , C. Kerens has been secured. It Is proposed to offer the exposition coliseum for the convention , owing to Its Immense size and abundance of adjacent rooms for committees. WOMAN IS BENT ON MURDER Kill * One Pemnn and Threaten * to Take the Live * of Sev eral Other * . ST. JOSEPH , Aug. 10. Mrs. William Montgomery , wife of a farmer residing near Dearborn , endeavored to exterminate several wltneeses who had testified against tier In a recent suit for slander. Armed with a re volver , sha searched the home of Mack Van Meter , whom bho Intended to Kill , but ho escaped. She then called Van Meter's sis ter , Mrs , Hannibal Collier , to the door and fatally shot her , She than started for another witness , when she was arrested. Sbo nays if she is not lunged for killing Mrs. Collier she will kin the rust of them yet. Movement * of Ocean Ve Nel , Aug , 10 , At Liverpool Arrived Catalonia , from Boston ; New England , from Boston ; Penn- land , from Philadelphia. At Hamburg Arrived Palatla , from New York. At New York Sailed Augusts Victoria , for Hamburg , via Cherbourg and Soutbamp- ton ; Frledrlch Der Orosse , for Bremen , via Southampton , Arrived Germanic , from Liverpool ; Patna , from Hamburg. At Southampton Arrived New York , from New York. At Rotterdam Sailed Amsterdam , for New York. HUNDREDS ARE DEAD Flood and Hurricane Bring Desolation to the West Indies , LOSS AMOUNTS TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS Tempest Rages on Porto Rico for Nine Hours with No Abatement , MANY TOWNS ALONG THE COAST WRECKED No Food Supplies Are on Hand and Many Thousands Face Starvation , ORANGE AND COFFEE CROPS ARE RUINED Armr OIHolnl * Direct the Dlnpntch ot Relief WaRou * to Allay tUe DlatrciiN Hundred * of Cnttlc Perish. SAN JUAN DE PORTO IUCO , 'Aug. 10. A hurricane broke over the south const at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning and swept north west. There was no abatement for nluo hours , the greatest damage being done be tween 8 and 10 o'clock a. m. The wires wor down and communication with the Interior was for a tlmo Impossible. It U now chiefly carried on by couriers. At San Juan four natives were drowned In the harbor ; eighty houses were demol ished and hundreds were unroofed. Thl damage to property Is estimated nt $500,000. Commissary stores to the vnluo ot $50,000 were destroyed. A dispatch by cable from Ponce , ecnt al 10 o'clock ihls morning , says the town wai almost destroyed. Almost all the fnuna buildings arc down , the brldgo Is swept away and there Is no communication between the port and the city proper. The damage to the port Is estimated at $250,000. Two natives are known to have been drowned. The records and property of the custom house are ruined and all the vessels are ashore. At Aibonlto very llttlo remains standing excepting the cathedral and the barracks. Four natives perished and three United States soldiers were badly Injured. As the town Is without food , government relict has < bcen dispatched thlthor. El Caney was levelled to the ground , 200 houses being demolished. Two United States soldiers were Injured there and many cav alry horses killed. At Catano the entire plant of the Stand ard Oil company was ruined. The loss on the property Is $200,000. At Bayamon a majority ot the houses were destroyed and the rest were flooded. Two hundred cattle wcro killed and the railway was seriously damaged. The vil lage of Carolina was literally razed. At Caguas four persons were killed. A courier who haa Just arrived from IIu- macao. capital ot the province of that name , on the eastern coast ot the Island , reports awful destruction there. The test > to property Is estimated at $500,000 , but this .is the least Item in , the disaster. Tha courier 'brpught ' an official report from C p- tain Eben Swift of the Fifth United State * cavalry , who says : Town In Entirely DeMroycd. "Humacao was entirely destroyed by the cyclone. T'orty-slx people wore killed o"nd there are many more In the dobrls. Eight privates of Troop C were Injured , two fatally. Sergeant King of the Eleventh In fantry was Injured. North , a discharged private , Is missing. At the port of Human- cao eighteen bodies have been found. Eight hundred people are starving here. " Three persons were- killed at Las Pledras , five at Junco. Couriers from the other district ! are anxiously expected nt the palace. The steamer Slocura , Captain Thomas , onroulc from Mayaguez to San Juan , was caught In the storm , but Its passengers aud crow wcr saved through the heroism of Mr. Single , the llrst olllcer. The coffee crop Is ruined and the loss -will roach millions. Very great Injury has been done also to the orange crop. No definite re turns have yet been received from the oouth- ern section of the Island , apart from Ponco. It Is certain , however , that the food supplies In the stricken districts have Hieen destroyed and In these Quarters the supply of govern ment stores In atore Is small. Ilellef wagon * will bo sent out tomorrow In various direc tions. General George W. Davis has cabled to the War department an appeal for as sistance. ST. THOMAS , Aug. 10. As later advices cnmo In from Montsorrat It fa seen the first reports conveyed only a faint Idea of the sufferings of the people and their deplorable condition. The administration appeals for help , At La Polntc-a-I'ltre , Island ot Guadeloupe , Immense damage was wrought and , Accord ing to a report not yet confirmed , 102 per sons wore killed. In the Island of St. Crolx tbo destruction was appalling. It was chiefly wrought at ths weal end , where the wmallcr houses nro a tangled mass of wreckage. Thirty pernonn were killed and tbo Inhabitants are In great distress. I'ONCE , Aug. 10. A hurricane struck hero at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning and lasted until 3 p , m. The rivers overflowed , flooding the town. U Is estimated that 200 persons were drowned. The town and port are total wrecks. It Is believed the damage done will amount to over $500,000. No news has been received from the Interior since the storm broko. KINGSTON , Jamaica , Aug. 10. Turk's Island 'reports that the ryclono passed dur ing the night , after doing trifling damage. The center of the disturbance Is apparently progressing northward toward tbo Ameri can coast , PARIS , Aug. 10. Advlcee from La Polnta- a-I'Hre , Island of Guadeloupe , say the cyclone - clone did cnormuus damage to the Interior of that Island , a number of coffee and cocoa ottateH bclne devastated. Lo Mourlo , a suburb , WHS half destroyed , There were * number of fatalities. St. Jean advices auy the cyclone caused crcat destruction la Porto Rico , whence it passed northward to Dominica and thcnco to Cape Haytlen and the eastern end of Cuba. All SliliihiHT | IN A horn. WASHINGTON , 'Aug. 10. The secretary of war today received the following report from General DavU , commanding In Porto Klco , on the cyclone of last Tuesday ; "SAN JUAN , Porto Illco , Aug. 9. A hurrl. cane of extreme violence passed over Porto Klco yesterday. The principal * military Ion at San Juan was one temporary company liar- rack wholly destroyed and tome quarter master property damaged. No personal In juries yet reported , but all wires are down. No Injury to shipping save two small local schoonerumk \ , two eallors drowned , Baa Juan lights temporarily disabled. "Cable reports from Pence say all shipping IB ashore. Custom house sheds badly dam aged apd goods stored therein. Mt-BsengOTi from two Interior posts tell of barrack * un roofed and personal and public property