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VOL. 21. NO. 40,
PLATTSMOUTIJ, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1901.
S1.00 PER YEAR.
'THE COURT MOVES SOON
Chinese Royalty to Vacate Sian Fa to)
Pekin After October 6.
THE EMPRESS MAY BE DECEIVING
Suspected of Relna; Too Fearful of Sol
dier to Kelura at Oort I.l Hong
Chans ia Ordered to Uorrow 700,000
Taels to Pay for (lis Trip.
PEKIN, Oct. 3. Dispatches from
Sian Fu announce that the Chinese
court Is preparing to start about Oc
tober 6. The temporary palace there
is being dismantled and all the fur
nishings will be carried for use en
route; the officials and servants will
constitute a caravan numbering from
5,000 to 7,000 persons, with carts and
several thousands of horses and mules
that have been collected in the Sian
Fu t!i.4riet.
Two parties of officials have al
ready started to make preparations
along the line. The towns through
which the court will pass are engaged
in decorating temporary palaces and
collecting supplies. The emperor, or
the empress dowager in his name, has
issued an edict strictly commanding
the officials to pay for all supplies
The native papers report that several
eunuchs have been beheaded for prac
ticing extortion upon the people. An
imperial edict commands Li Hung
Chang, as governor of the province of
Chi Li. to borrcrw 700.000 taels from
the other provinces to defray the ex
penses of the court's journey. Special
local taxes are being levied, which
the people, already impoverished by
bandits foreign punitive expeditions
and missionary indemnities, are ill
able to afford.
LI Hung Chang said today that the
court will certainly arrive in Pekin
within two months. Despite such offi
cial statements many foreign officials
here believe the empress dowager
fears the foreign troops are kept to
entrap and punish her and their the-
ory is that she will pass the winter in
Kai-Yuen-Fu, sending the emperor to
Pekin.
The continual broadside of reform
edicts is the topic of much varied
comment. Those lest able to judge
of their sincerity or effectiveness with
hold judgment. Prince Ching. con
versing with foreign officials today, as
serted that the emperor and the em
press dowager were agreed as to the
necessity of changing the Chinese
methods of government and that steps
for the enforcement of edicts would
be taken as soon as the court return
ed to Pekin. Unquestionably the re
form movement stronger among the
tipper classes than ever before. Prince
Su, who was recently appointed col
lector of taxes on goods entering Pe
kin an office heretofore considered
worth 100,000 taels per year has an
nounced that he purposes to deposit
all the collections in the treasury and
to request the emperor to pay him a
fair salary. His subordinates resent
this plan and Prince Su has been
threatened with assassination.
INCOMPLETE RAILWAY LAWS.
Report of Industrial Commission Points
Oat Difference.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3. Railway
legislation in this country is incom
plete, especially as to stock issue, joint
arrangements and provision for emer
gencies, according to a report issued
today by the industrial commission
on railway regulation under foreign
and domestic laws. The report points
out extraordinary differences among
the laws of some of the states. It
indicates, too, that our laws do not
recognize differences of importance of
different railroads; do not provide for
adequate administrative machinery,
qualifications and powers of commis
sioners, and lack power to compel
compliance with the laws and other
essentials of railway regulation. A
characteristic of railway legislation in
the United States, the report says, is
the great extent to which special leg
islation was persisted in after general
laws had been enacted by the respec
tive legislatures. Some railways have
been organized on the basis of special
charters granted many years before,
although when organized there were
general laws and constitutional provi
sions preventing special franchises.
Minister Crlbe Resign).
NEW YORK. Oct. 3. A dispatch tc
the Herald from Bogota, Colombia
via Buena Ventura, Colombia, and
Galveston, Tex., says that Dr. Uribe
minister of foreign affairs, has re
signed. Bid Mews Trails Prince Chan.
BERLIN, Oct. 3. Prince Chun be
fore leaving German territory senl
long dispatches to Emperor William
thanking him for the gracious recep
tion extended to the expiatory mi
slon, for-tbe hospitality bestowed anc
the decoration conferred upon hirJ
and expressing a "hope that the pow
erful German empire may .promote
the rultareand development of Chinr
by. a gracious show of mercy toward
the Chinese dynasty. .
STRIKES CLCK AT GERMANY.
Austria. Will Mot Renew Commercial
Treaty on Ilasls of New Law.
LONDON, Oct. 2.' The correspond
ent of the Times at Vienna gives
many additional and interesting de
tails concerning the statement pub
lished at Buda Pe. h Ilirlap and re
produced and confirmed by the Magyr
Nemzet, the Hungarian semi-official
organ, to the effect that Austraia and
Hungary will decline to renew the
commercial treaties with Germany on
the basis proposed by the Germans,
The statement, which was given in
the form of a communication from
prominent Berlin politicians, says that
the Hungarian premier, Koloman de
Szell, in conjunction with the Austro
Hungarian minister of foreign affairs,
Count Goluchowski, and the Austrian
government, have intimated to the
German government that no treaty of
commerce can be concluded with Ger
many along the lines of the project
ed German customs tariff.
M. de Szell has stated that he op-
poes the projected German tariff, in
order to maintain the peace of Eu
rope, as well as to protect the eco
nomic interests of Hungary. It is also
asserted that M. de Szell's action may
save from disaster the German impe
rial chancellor, Count von -Buelow,
"who would rejoice to be rescued
from the tariff deadlock."
DR. RIXEY LEAVES CANTON
Says Mrs. McKnIeya Health Is as Good
a a Year Ago.
CANTON, Oct. 2. Dr. Rixey, Mrs.
McKinley's physician, left Canton last
night for Washington. In his absence
she will be under the care of Drs.
Phillips and Portman. Dr. Phillips
has been for many years one of the
family physicians of the late presi
dent and Mrs. McKinley and Dr. Porr
man has frequently been consulted by
them. Dr. Rixey will be available at
any time and will come to Canton
whenever his services are needed.
Secretary Cortelyou returned to
Washington last night, but will return
in a few days. He will make frequent
trips in the exercise of such supervis
ion as may be required by the mat
ters coming under his charge as one
of the administrators of the McKinley
estate.
Dr. Rixey said that Mrs. McKin
ley's condition is such that all her
friends are very "hopeful that no
change for the worse will occur. He
said he had no apprehension of the
near future and that the general
health of Mrs. McKinley is as good
as it was a year ago.
RACE IS CALLED Off
Lack of Wind Spoils Another of tho In
ternational Yacht Trials.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2. Yesterday's at
tempt to sail the second of the series
of international yacht races for the
blue ribbon of the sea was a dismal
failure. Between 25,000 and 30,000 peo
ple, who crowded the pleasure fleet
off Sandy Hook lightship in the hope
of seeing a repetition of the thrilling
sport of last Saturday, witnessed in
stead more of a drifting match than
a race.
The wind vas exceedingly light and
variable, at times falling so low that
the pennants, which are as light as
thistle down, hung limp against the
masts of the big single stickers. The
wind, with crews lined up on the lee
rails, was not sufficient at any time
to make the racing machine? heel to
their lines. At the end of the four
and a half hours the two yachts cov
ered less than one-half cf the pre
scribed course of thirty miles, and as
there was no possibility cf their fin
ishing withlng the time limit the re
gatta committee declared the race off.
Ridg-ley Sworn In.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. William B.
Ridgley cf Illinois, who was recently
appointed comptroller of the currency
to succeed Charles G. Dawes, resigned,
took the prescribed oath today and en
tered upon tho duties of his office.
Mr. Dawes resigned to enter the cam
paign in Illinois for United States
senator and will leave for that state
tomorrow.
hot OA From tho World.
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla., Oct. 2. The
cities of Dayton and Seabreeze, on the
east coast, have been shut off from
the world for four days by high wat
er, which inundated a large part of
the towns. Communication with them
was only re-established today. Many
persons were unable to leave their
homes. Floods all through that sec
tion are heavier than in former years.
It has wrought the most severe hard
ships this section has known for
years.
J, Blanch Bates Has Malaria.
DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 2. Miss
Blanche Bates, who Is playing the
leading feminine role in Frobman's
Under Two Flags," at the Detroit
opera house here, was taken to Grace
hospital today. She is suffering from
a severe attack of malarial fever.
Her physician announced that it would
be several days before she would be
able to resume her work. In the
meantime, Miss Helen Ware will fill
her place in the company.
LAST OF CROP REPORTS
The Bureau at Washington Gives Season's
Final Beport.
FAVORABLE E0R MATURING CORN
Heavy Rains HoweTer, Damage Hay And
Stacked Grains in Nebraska and South
Dakota Cotton Conditions in the
Southwestern States.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Following
is the last weekly summary of the
crop conditions to be issued by the
weather bureau this season:
The temperature conditions of the
week ending September 30 were high
ly favorable throughout the central
valleys, lake region, middle Atlantic
states and New England and no dam
aging frosts occurred in these dis
tricts. Heavy rains in the upper Mis
souri valley and Minnesota interfered
with farm work and caused some dam
age to hay and stacked grain in South
Dakota and Nebraska. Excessive
rains also interfered with farm work
in portions of the South Atlantic and
East Gulf states. Rain is generally
needed in Illinois, Indiana and south
orn Michigan, to put the soil in condi
tion for plowing and fall seeding and
also over the greater part of Texas
for pastures and truck farms. On
the North Pacific coast the week has
been coo! and wet, with damaging
frosts in Oregon and Washington. In
jurious frosts occurred over the mid
dle Rocky mountain districts.
The week has been favorable for
maturing and gathering corn and re
ports from the principal corn states
indicate that a much larger acreage
than usual at this date has been cut.
The crop is now practically safe from
frost in all districts.
The weather conditions in the cot
ton belt have been more favorable for
picking, except over portions cf Geor
gia, Florida and North Carolina
where this work lias been retarded
to somo extent by rains of the latter
part of the week. Picking has pro
grossed rapidly in the central and
western districts, where cotton has
opened rapidly, the bulk of the crop
being gathered in some districts. Over
the eastern portion of the cotton belt
the low temperatures cf the week
were not favorable for the develop
ment of the top crop and heavy rains
nave damaged the staple in portions
of North Carolina, Georgia and Flor
icja. whi,le the sea island crop of
South Carolina suffered from drouth.
In Texas lata cotton is being dam
aged by insects and the outlook for
top crop is poor.
Only a small part of the tobacco
crop, and that in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, remains unhoused. The re
ports generally indicate that this crop
has been secured In satisfactory con
dition. In Kansas and portions of
Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and West
Virginia, more particularly in the first
named state, the reports respecting
apples are encouraging, but no im
provement is reported from other dis
tricts.
Plowing and seeding have progress
ed favorably in nearly all districts
and the early sown wheat in the states
of the lower Missouri valley ha3
come up in excellent condition. In
southern Michigan and portions of
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, how
ever, plowing and seeding have been
delayed on account of the dry condi
tion of the soil, and in Ohio seeding
has been purposely delayed on ac
count of the Hessian fly.
MORE LADS FOR SETTLERS.
Two Indian Reservations In the North
west Soon to Be Opened.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2. The Inte
rior department is rapidly complet
ing plans for the opening of the Fort
Hall (Idaho) Indian reservation. The
date for the opening has not yet been
fixed, as the preliminary work has
not been completed, but it is expected
that the reservation, which contains
400,000 acres, will be thrown open to
settlement within a few weeks. The
Quinault reservation in Washington,
comprising 300,00 acres, probably will
be thrown open to settlement next
spring. The contract for surveying
the reservation is about to be award
ed. Commissioner Herman of the
general land office said today that it
was probable the old "sooner" sys
tem would be adopted at the opening
of both of these reservations.
. Attorney for Toprka District.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. The presi
dent has decided to appoint J. S. Dean
a United States attorney for the To
peka (Kan.) district, vice I. E. Lam
bert, resigned.
Fnnrrst' of Jie i Haver y.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 2. Funeral
services over the body of Jack H. Hav
erly, who died in this city Saturday,
were held in the opera house this
afternoon. Many friends of the for
mer "minstrel king" and all the the
atrical people of the city were in at
tendance. The stage was draped In
crepe and the casket was literally cov
ered with floral offerings. The re
mains will be taken to Philadelphia
for interment.
HUGHES TO TAKE COMMAND.
General Starts With Expedition to Scene
of the Recent Disaster.
MANILA, Oct. 1. General Hughes,
from the island of Samar, reports the
arrival of Sergeant Markley and one
private at Laning from the fight at
Balangia, where over forty men of
Company C, Ninth infantry, were kill
ed by insurgents, who attacked the
troops while at breakfast Saturday
last. The men who have reached La
ning say that the officers cf the com
pany, who were first reported to hav
escaped, were killed with the major
ity of the company. The troops were
attacked while unprepared, by 400 bo-
lomcn, cf whom the Americans kill
ed about 140. Many of the soldiers
were killed ib their quarters before
they had time to grasp their rifles.
General Hughes is going to the
scene of the disaster and will per
sonally command the troop3.
A new branch of the Katipunan
has been discovered at Tarlac, capital
of the province of that name. The
object of the society is the slaughter
of the wLites. Marcelico Mariville,
president cf Banoang, is the chief of
the new branch, which includes num
bers of the native constabulary, who
were recently armed. One policeman
admits that he was taxed $1 and was
ordered to make bolos. A regular col
lection has been made by the organ
ization from the natives, either by
persuasions or threats and an upris
ing had been planned for an early
date.
The conditions in Tayabas and Bat
angas are not encouraging. The worst
form of guerrilla warfare prevails
there. The insurgent forces are dis
tnbuted, under cover, along every
road and trail and wait for travelers
in ambush. The insurgent leader Ca
ballos (who formerly belonged to Gen
eral Caillc-s' command, but who refus
ed to surrender with Cailles) is re
treating to the mountains. The main
foices cf the insurgents are scattered
in bands over the province, where
they dig up rifles when there is an
opportunity to use them.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 In addition
to the enlisted men, three commis
sioned officers of Company C, Ninth
infantry, are supposed now to have
been killed in the action at Samara
Philippine islands, last Saturday.
The officers are: ,
CAPTAIN THOMAS" W. ' CON'&tJL.
FIRST LIEUTENANT ERWARD A
BUM PUS.
MAJOR SURGEON R. S. GRIS
WOLD.
M'KIN LEY'S WILL IS PROBATED
Messrs. Day and Cortelvoa Are Appoint
ed Administrators.
CANTON, O.. Oct. 1 The will of
President McKinley was admitted to
probate at the conclusion of the for
mal hearing yesterday by Probate
Judge Maurice E. Aungst. In pursu
ance of the wishes of Mrs. McKinley
and upon her signed recommendation
the court appointed Judge William R
Day and Secretary George B. Cortel
you administrators cf the estate. A
joint administrators' bonds of $106-
000 was filed.
In their applications for letters tes
tamentary Judge Day and Secretary
Cortelyou say that the amount of per
sonal property left by the late presi
dent will be about $140,000, and of
real estate about $70,000, aggregating
about $210,000.
Kills Judge I.emley's Sister.
CHARLESTON, S. C, Oct. 1. Miss
Laura Lemly, 43 years of age, sister
of Judge Advocate Lemly of the navy,
was burned to death in her home in
Salem, N. C, today. Her clothing
caught fire from a kitchen stove and
sh9 was so badly burned that she
died in a few hours.
For the President's Salary.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Warrants
were drawn at the treasury depart
ment in settlement, of the salary due
the late president at the lime of his
death.
Warrants were also drawn covering
Mr. Roosevelt's salary to October 1,
or seventeen days, ana aggregating
$2,300.78.
Harrlman Succeeds Hay.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1. It is announc
ed that E. H. Harriman has been elect
ed president of the Southern Pacific
to succeed Charles M. Hayes, resign
ed. He has been chairman of the ex
ecutive committee of th Southern
Pacific. He will direct th? affairs of
the company for this city.
The United States transport Buford,
which recently went aground on a
sandbar off the island of Mindanao,
has been safely floated.
Iowa Elevator Darned.
RIVERTON, la., Oct. 1. J. B. Sam
uels' large elevator, at this place
burned. The fire was discovered at
about 11 o'clock, but had gained such
headway that nothing could be done
to stay it.
Empress Tictoria III.
BERLIN, Sept 30. Empress Aut
gusta, whose return from Rominten
was earlier than she had Intended)-is
ill and confined to her bed.
THE GDARDJS PUZZLED
Incident at President McKinley's Vault
Still Cloaked in Mystery.
DEFREND'S NERVES ARE AFFECTED
Captain Diddle Thinks Sentry the Victim
of Surroundiuss White Another Offi
cer. Thinks There Was an Attack
Prompted by "Cussedness."
CANTON, O., Oct 1. The ofHcers
and men of Company C of the Four
teenth United States infantry, on duty
at West Lawn cemetery, guarding the
resting place of President McKinley,
worked diligently investigating the
strange story of Private Deprea.4.
which happened Sunday night.
The military regulations which pre
vented the officers and men from
making detailed statements concern
ing the incident last night were as
rigidly observed today. The repre
sentative of the Associated Press saw
all of the commissioned officers, sev
eral non-commissioned officers and a
number of privates and gleaned the
following:
All of the commissioned officers and
the members of the company in gen
eral last night accepted fully the story
related by Private Deprend and really
believed that the prowlers were about
the vault, with no good purpose. To
day only one of the commissioned offi
cers adhered to the belief that an
attempt had been made on the senti
nel for ghoulish purposes. He said:
"It was the real thing. It was prompt
ed by the pure cussedness of some
people who thought to bring reproach
upon the nation by doing damage to
the resting place of the dead presi
dent." All the men who were seen express
ed the belief that Private Deprend
acted in good faith and that he relat
ed only what he believed to be the
real circumstances.
With the captain and others he went
over the details of the whole affair
at least a dozen times, and, it is said,
never varied in a matter of impor
tance. Particular inquiry was made
as to his sobriety at the time and it
is said that it is established beyond
all reasonable doubt that he had not
been drinking and that he was in his
normal condition.
The most common belief is that the
sentinel was overwrought by the lone
liness of his position; that his nerves
were ovei taxed and that imagination
contributed some of the details relat
ed in good faith. The post was re
garded by all as particularly isolated
and depressing to the man guarding
it at night and it is understood that
more sentinels will be stationed at the
point in the future.
- Captain Biddle thanked the report
ers for what he -called the fair man
ner in which the incident had been
described in the morning reports, say
ing they gave a full and complete
statement of facts, as far as reveal
ed last night. He was fully convinc
ed last night of the truth of the story
as related, but after investigation en
tertained doubts, not of the sincerity
of Private Deprend, but of the correct
ness of the conclusions.
CUBANS AGREE WITH WOOD.
Sanction His Plan for Two Elections and
a Commission.
HAVANA, Oct. 1. The constitu
tional convention held a private ses
sion and considered a. letter from
Governor General Wood advising the
appointment of a commission of five
members to have charge of the forth
coming elections and aiso advising
that two elections be held Instead of
four. The attendance did not amount
to a quorum, but General Wood's sug
gestions were approved by all present.
Another session will be held today for
the purpose of appointing . the com
mittee and making the necessary
change in the election law.
A manifesto has been issued by
prominent revolutionists approving the
recent letter of T. Estrada Palma as
the program for the future republic
and strongly recommending his elec
tion to the presidency.
Queen of Denver Carnival.
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 1 The city is
crowded with visitors from all over
Colorado and adjoining states, who
have come to participate in the festiv
ities attendant upon the annual Fes
tival of Mountain and Plain. Tonight
Miss Mary Malone, daughter of Judge
H. Malone of the district court, was
crowned queen in the presence of an
immense concourse of people and sur
rounded by maids of honor from ev
ery county in the state.
One Stationed In Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct.. 1. The Ninth
regiment of United States infantry
of which Company C was almost an
nihilated in the Philippine island of
Samar, near . Balingiga, Saturday
morning, was formerly stationed at
Omaha. In 1886vthis command was
at Fort Omaha, regimental headquaii
ters and all. Thatvwas when the'post
was In Its prime. Officials about army
headquarters know many- of the offl-
osrs of the Ninth.
STAS M'KIMLEY GUARD
Ghouls or Grave Dynamiters Reported to
Have Made an Attack.
CANTON, O., Sept. 30. A strange
6tory comes tonight from West Lawn
cemetery, where a company of regu
lars from Fort Wayne, Mich., is
guarding the vault in which the body
of President McKinley lies.
It is to the effect that the guard
on duty on top of the vault fired a
shot at one man who refused to heed
his challenege and that the shot was
diverted by another man who appear
ed from another direction. AIjo
that an effort was made to stab the
guard.
Military regulations prevent either
the officers or the men of the past
from being quoted on any matter con
nected with their service, and for
this reason Captain Biddle. who is in
command, was obliged to decline to
be quoted at the camp tonight. He
will make a full report to his super
iors at once.
Reliable authorities made the fol
lowing statement: Private Deprend
was on guard duty on top of the vault
at a point commanding the entrance
below and the approach from the
rear. Shortly before 7:30 he saw
what he took to be the face of a man
peering from behind a tree about
forty feet from his post. He watch
ed it for twenty minutes, he says,
f.nd at 7:45 saw the man hurry to a
tree ten feet nearer. He challenged
the man to halt, but this was not
heeded and the fellow approached
nearer. Deprend levelled his gun
and aimed to shoot for effect, but just
at that instant another man who
came toward him from the opposite
side caught the gun, threw it and
the bullet was spent in the air.
PRELIMINARY TO MESSAGE
President Requests Cabinet Members to
prepare Their Report.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 30. At the
cabinet meeting yesterday only routine
matters were discussed. The meeting
vas attended by Secretaries Hitch
cock and Wilson, Postmaster General
Smith and Attorney General Knox, the
only cabinet member in the city.
It was determined that the cabinet
officials should begin at once the prep
parations of their annual reports. In or
der that the president might have at
an early date such information regard
ing the executive department as would
enable him to prepare his first mes
sage to congress.
Regarding the action of the Hawaiian
legislature in providing for an addi
tional district court in Hawaii, the
president and attorney general are
In some doubt. The question of the
validity of the act has been raised.
Nothing about it will be done at pres
ent, but Attorney General Knox will
examine it and prepare an opinion
upon it for the guidance of the presi
dent. Columbia Takes First Prize.
NEW YORK, S. pt. 30 In the closest
and most soul-stirring race ever sail
ed for the old Ameiicas' cup, the white
flyef Columbia Saturday beat the
British challenger over a windward
and leeward course of over thirty nau
tical miles by the narrow, heart-breaking
margin of 39 seconds. As Lipton's
latest aspirant for cup honors must
allow the defender forty-three Eeconds
on account of the extra 833 square feet
of canvas in her tail area, gives Col
umbia the victory by one minute and
twenty-two seconds.
Labor Riot In France.
RHEIMS, France, Sept. 30 The
gen d'armes have been called out to
suppress an oulbteak of the grape
pickers, who are dissatisfied with the
pay they are receiving, and overrun
ning the Ay district, in the department
of Marne, waving red flags, singing
the Carmagnole and attacking travel
ers. The strikers seized one employer
whom they wished to hang, but he
was rescued by the gen 'darmes, Many
arrests have been made.
Kitrhiner Wants Mora Horses.
LONDON. Sept. 30. The Daily Ex
press publishes a report that Lord
Kitchener has asked for 25,000 mora
seasoned mounted men and for power
to hang rebels, traitors and murderers
without reference to the home govern
ment. Will Soon Have Protectorate.
BOMBAY, Sept. 30. The Bombay
Gazette says it believes a British pro
tectorate will soon be proclaimed over
Koweyt, the proposed terminus of the
Bagdad railroad cn the Persian gulf
as a result of the Anglo-Turkish dis
pute. Fooa ?cr Is Too Slow.
FORT SCOTT, Kan., Sept. 30. O. G.
Stanbury, a professional foot racer,
who is charged with having conspired
with "Bud" Gillett, another profes
sional .sprinter, now in jail here, to
defraud State Representative Jonathan
Davis out of $5,000 by inducing him
to bet that amount on a race and then
throwing the rtce, was arrested and
is now in jail, .fleers are now after
E. E. Ellis and "Bob" Boatright of
Webb City.
A COMPANY WIPED OUT
Infantrymen of Ninth Efgiment Bnr
priaed While at Breakfast
NEARLY FlfTY MEN ARE KILLED
liesldes lals Many Are Wounded A
Force of Seventy-Two Men Overcome
by Greater Number Insurgents Secure
Rich Pi Ire.
MANILA. Sept. 30. A disastrous
fight batween (United S5ates troups
and insurgents occurred yesterday in
the island of Samar, near Balingiga.
A large body of insurgents attacked
Company C, Ninth infantry, only
twenty-four members of the company
escaping. All the others are report
ed to have been killed.
The company was at breakfast
when attacked and made a determin
ed resistance, but the overwhelming
numbers of the Insurgents compelled
retreats.
Of the survivors, who have arrived
at Basey, eleven are wounded.
According to the latest returns the
strength of the company was seventy
two. The survivors include Captain
Thomas W. Connelly, First Lieuten
ant Edward A. Bumpus and Dr. R. S.
Griswold, surgeon.
Captain Edwin V. BookmJIIer of
the Ninth infantry reports that Gen
eral Hughes is assembling a force to
attack the insurgents.
The Insurgents captured all the
stores and ammunition of the com
pany and all the rifles except twenty
six. '
WASHINGTON, Sept. SO. News of
the disastrous fight between troops of
the Ninth Infantry and the insurgents
in the island of Samar yesterday
was Eent promptly by General
Hughes, commanding in that island,
to General Chaffee, at Manila, and by
him transmitted to the War dep. rt
ment. It reached the department dur
ing the early hours today and Ad
jutant General Corbln, realizing the
importance, at once made it public,
after sending a copy to the White
House. General Chaffee's dispatch,
which agrees with the Associated
Press, is as follows:
"MANILA, Sept. 29. Adjutant
General. Washington: Hughes re
ports following from Basey, Southern
Samar: ;
" 'Twenty-four men Ninth regi
ment, United States infantry, many
wounded, have Just arrived from Bal
angiga; remainder company killed.
Insurgents secured all company sup
plies and all rifles except twelve.
Company was attacked during break
fast, morning September 28; com
pany, seventy-two strong. Officers,
Thomas W. Connelly, captain; Ed
wrd A. Bumpus, first lieutenant; Dr.
R. S. Griswold, major, surgeon, es
caped. CHAFFEE."
The news created a sensation in
official circles. It was the first se
vere reverse that has occurred for a
long time. Still the officials were not
unprepared for news of Just this char
acter from Samar, in which the rev
olution started by Aguinaldo still
continues. Samar is a country about
as large as the state of Ohio and the
American forces of occupation num
ber in all between 2,000 and 2,500
men. These are distributed among
various posts in the inland, a large
number being located at the more im
Jxwtant centers. Spain never made
any efforts to occupy Samar and it
only has been for probably three
months past tLat tho United States
has undertaken that work. The lat
est report made by General Hughes
to the Wr.r department was that the
number cf Insurgent rifles in the is
land aggregated about 300. The Fil
ipinos carr.ed on a guerrilla warfare
and operations against them were dif
ficult The disaster to Company C
of the linth infantry occurred, it is
believed, while it was engaged in an
expedition to clear the country of
roving bands of these insurgents,
-he fact that the Americans were
attacked while at breakfast indicates
the daring and pluck of the insur
gents.
Mrs. McKinley Drive Out.
CANTON, O., Sept. 30. Mrs. McKin
ley had two drives again yesterday.
On account of dismal weather and the
rain of yesterday and last night, the
outing was confined to the streets in
the city. It was raid at the McKinley
home last night that there bad been
no material change in her condition
and that she continues to bear up re
markably well.
Waldersee's Leg Pains Him.1
BERLIN, Sept. 30. Count von Wal-
dersee, who is ailing, is worse. He
suffers from a painful sore on the leg
and has no appetite. He Is still near
Nekarsulm, Wurtemberg, on the estate
of his slster-ln-law.
Christians In Conflict.
PARIS, Sept 30. A dispatch from
Constantinople reports that a bloody
fight has taken place between Mussul
mans and Christians at Beirut," Syria.
No details are given.