PRECIOUS NEAR A CONFLICT
Oulf CoolneM .f AiurrlrHn Olflorr Pre
TcaU no Outbreak.
Manila. Un j3,via lung Kong, Jan
21. T e Ainericin4 and Fili inos were
probably neirer a conflic' this afternoon
than at any time since the occupation.
Forto' ateiy tb nia- er - amicably
settled. A Fili: in') lieut'i ant imag n
tn;r that hi moo d I ee n in nlted by
a me Am ricn troop, marched a com
p nv of forty urined natives t- the line
' f the Americ no, and the sentries f ur
in number, back of the Montana rcgi
ni -nt, in obcdi. nee to orders, were com
pelled to retire t.i ti e oirp't in order
to avoid trouble. As tl e Filipinos dis
oy 1 the com man I to halt, depl yed
in the cane brake and ae-uui d a iieter
K n d, threatening atii iide, Lieutenant
Jar sen, who was in c mm nd of the
post, tidficrapUd to bnir de hea'qnsrt
erg and General Oiis invesl gated the
mutter The Kil pino lieutenant was
moft ex ited a"d General Otis insisted
upon interviewing his superior oflioer.
Oon-equ"otly the Filipino captain was
summoned arid he was fomd t be ex
cite i. As a limit i f 'he ctnfertmehe
admitted that the Fiiip'-o lieutenant
badrxceedel his auti.o ay. Hi-men
were drawn up in line, painted, court'
eeie were exchanged an 1 tbe Filipinos
ttt red.
The iucil-nt is significant, as it shows
the tendency of the Hlipinos to disre
paid pickets, knowing that H e Ameii
can' are not wm! natocommence hostil-
ities, a; d it, also is! rates the dan-'
ger id irrespouH b!e ju ior officers of the
Filipino army precipit. it hu t.oubleat
any moment.
ANOTIIKIl I'HOCHMATIOH.
Ano her pro aoiai on, purporting to
be i?ened by an Anoriean ami signed
'V. T.,'' ai ji ared no frid y a 11. 1 ap
pled in broken Knclii-h to hrotht r
Auier en ami c iiiihiIi b 10 let the Fi i
pinos clone, and thui "ii il.eir cfliccrs
compelled ih m to tire, ti p!ea4 tire
in the air." The proclamation alto j
a pflaieil to Am- mans to tl iregard
Filipinos, "who pretend to favor annex
ation" and alleged "that tiie Amer;ran
u;ri anon to hold tbe islands is f istt-red
by at f. w officers who aie making money
thereby."
The proclamation concluded with
paraphrasing ihe Monroe doctrine in
the words 'The Philippines for the
Filipinos."
A native dentist here named Arevelo
has been arr sled, lie denies the hu
thorrhip of t' e docu nent, hut admits
connection witli it. lie ms foimerly
an aid of AiMiinahlo and hid arrest
caused constcri.ation among the Fili
pinos. The native pi-per lu 'epencia, whxh
i now puhi-hedit Malalos, was'un
usual y vindi a'ive today. Comment
ing up n 'hi; si UAlioii, it nays:
The Americans are trying al the
time to excite ihe Filipnos to com
mence botilitbs, in the meantime
tricking the natives f r the purpose of 1
gaining time neces a y for brb g rig out
reinforcement."
The paper adds: "The p-oc'aniation
which wai euipre'd and for which
Arevelo wan arrested, apt ears to have
iiit the t ail on the head. 1 he Fi ip n s
need fear no'lvng. The American sol
diers sre comph't' ly demora in d. They
are unwilling to fight a free people who
re only demanding their rights. "
Tl e Malo'ot vovernment is inflexible
(riilnftldii'u ilMtcrnitripft fllnil
seems to have temporarily welded al' 1
fat: ions toelher.
lliink Kvcrjr due IVrtalied.
Nkw Ohi.kans, Jan. 23. lawrerce
Jones, owner of the ill-'ated hunch
Paul Jones, and Mayor Ta-'eart of Ind
ianapolig.fa'iher tif Mi-gTgart, arrived
in the city Friday night. They have
received word of more wreckage p'eked
p, such as pi'lowsam) cuihions Indong
ing to the yacht and are firmly con
vinced of the vi-tS'Ts !' wi'b all on
botir.l. They will re ain here a few
days to hear reports from the numerous
rescue parties now 0'it.
Advicet r aciiirig this city leave no
further doubt as to the 1 0m of the
yacht Paul Jom s. Mini of the wreck
age and elfi-cts of t' e boats and th' se
on board have been picked np by the
logtrer George, grd Mr. R 8. Leavy, a
prominent nltixen of the loner coast
who is in the city tolny, ha seen and
Inspected the art ic es found, and some
of which was brought to the city. A
pillow cushion and one of Mist Tag
gart'i handkerchief', in addition lo that
lady's bunch of keys, bug been recover
d. Parties ate now hunting for the
bodies of the unfortunate yachting
party, and the helief is expressed that
some of them will be recovered.
Trim to Kill C'hoirm. '
ToLsno, O., Jan. 23 Mrs. 8. J Mo
d Hough, wife of a well-known man of
this city c tnimitl' d suicide last nht
and attempted to kill her family of th-ee
children before she took the drug. Tbe
woman waa undoubtedly inane.
Four of the children were violently
ill yeeterday caus'd by eating diseased
meat. One child died ye-terday after
noon and, the mother attempted to give
tbe I'vlng children, all of whom are in
critical condition, a dote of carbolie
Mid.
Wrrkd ty Npraattlna Rail
Pro.UMANNA, Pa, Jan. 23, A bad
wreck ore 11 red at Great Hend, Pa., near
here last evening. I lay express train
No. 8. on the Erie road was thrown
from the track by the spreading of
mill, and the 'locomotive and two ran
want down twenty f tot embank
nt Flieman John J, Freely of
Owego, who wat riding on tbe loco
1 live, waa crushed to death. F.ngi
Mer Wrlfh and Fireman Smith, both
rfOorMvilra, wm badly Inturad. J
OUDEd IN I'OItCE
RESIDEN;
A
o OF SANTIAGO
NEW GRIEVANCE
HAVE
Inttllifut rwttvefl Much Worried Ovrt
the Mmloo l')iiulalut MAtl Tlml
Cubttu Mre Killing; KpliiHr(ls Tli
Matter Kept a fcftcrvt.
Santiago Db CVm,
United States mi itary
Jan. 21 T. e
authorities in
Havana I ave ei
p rl merit an or
tied ttie Pantiao de
er directing taut nut a
cnt of the cu toms r eipts of t'ie de
partment is to he expet.de'l without the
permission of (iovernor (ibneral Brooke.
The oide' ulso di ect that tbegretb-r
part or the catiitary wurk jerformed
shall be done wi bout money pay and
for raltot s merely.
The directions regarding the customa
funils hve not, yet b en made genetady
known, As tuost people, r lying upin
a recent diepitch Irom Dr. Joaq un
Oattdlo, now in Washing on, have re
ardeJ th.s point as detb iteljr settled
in f ivor of San ia;o, it - ha been con
iidered advieahle thu Isr not to al ow
tbe Older in question 10 become pnbl c,
leant tin re le a renewal of the pipu ar
sc tment provoked by the issuance of
the original order foi the concentration
of c atoms at Havana.
Intelligent Cuo.ms, who are in posses
sion of the fai ls, however, are greatly
worried over the situation, as are a'so
the Americans, I r this and other recent
orders virtually reduce the military
governor of the department to a mere
a'lt mutton.
Such a policy as is now sug-'estel re
Zarding the work of sanitation miht
lnve been applicable in Julvuni Ao
gtist last, but is certainly not under the
iha.nged ondition yts erday.
( nliiui- KillliiK Ni.inlltril.
Havana, Jan. 21. lien. Jimir.ez
Castellan s, lormcr cap'ain-tieneral of
Cnha, now at Ci nfiienos, has com-
p!ain 'd to (iov-rnor (ieneral Brooke
I that, the Cuharg
in tne province 01
Santa Clara are murdering Spanish
ex-volunteerg. flu eays that elbt
have been killed in one week.
Tbe governor-general referred the
matter to Ma jo--General Bates, mili
tary governor of the depart nient of
Santa C'lura, witti direcliona that
prompt measures be U.ken to pnnisu
the guilty and prevent the recurrence
of similar act-.
Ge11er.1l Brooke appointed Thomas
Vicies today to b-t hei ret.iry of the su
preme court, lie also apiio.nted three
jii'iges for the province of Piiur del K o.
Nwtw ithstanding the unpopularity of
Ihe Spanish b.mk, and the attacks up m
the policy ehch alh.ws il to collect
hack and p e eut tuxes, the sum of
f 100,000 was de;oited in that institu
tion yesterday, largely fcy hpaniardn.
' li is said that such deposits will increase
lb-cause of tbe knowledge that tie
bank's funds cannot be man pulaied by
the Spanish government.
The cru Ber I'.roiklyn sa led yet t rday
foi the United Stales.
Tt e Auieticni hoard of pardons yes
terday retouimcii led f'.e release Irom
jail of seven men who have been Con
liiied here without tr al since fr
the al ege I tobberv from a safe of funds
belonging to the 11 vy paymaster for
Han Juan de Pur to Kico. The prisoners
declare, and information from San Juan
tends to rimain them, t' at the alleged
f,0'H!rf .
a plot upin the part of
Hnanish (hi ial to cover up their de-
I nquencie' and to obtain scapegoats for
the Kpanihb paymaster at San Juan,
wlio, it is further ass r ed, was probably
a party to the dishonesty approp iaiing
the funds, rollo-ving the diaapearanc
of the money at Kan Juan some 200
suepecjs w ere arretted and they were all
releaped except seven who were tortured
f. r the purpose of ubtaininga confe-sion
an 1 were fhippe ! to Havana in March
1897. They now show the i-flect of the
torture upon them.
The board of pardons has txamined
many other prisoners and has recom
mended lo General Prooke the release
of lixty-crven who sre in confinemen.
l.ieiitenant-Col inel Lewis M. Mans,
chief mrgeoii of the Heventh army corps
has decided, after a conference with the
mayor of Marianao, to open a dispen
sary there for the free distribution of
government medicines to the poor of
the district. Rations will be issued to
the needy, and the who e community
forcibly va cillated. A fresh supply of
100,000 vaccine points has arrived.
Nhol Down by a liur(mr.
Nsw Yokk Jan 21. Chief of Police
Crow of Somerville, N. J., was shot and
perhaps fatally wounded early today
while chasing a burglar. The chief was
in ids home when he heard Ihe noise of
an explosion. Going out to inve-tigate
he lean ed that the office of Swift A Co.,
wholesale beef denier, had b en blown
open with dynamite. A Chief Crow
reached the ollice of the company lie
skw a man coming out. Tne chief
chased him for n block, when the burg
lar stopped suddenly and fired at Chief
Crow, the bullet penetrating the lungs
The burglar then r.n, being pursued by
the chief until tbe latter fell exhausted.
The burglar got away. The thieves, of
whom th -re were tfire, did tint have
lime to rifle the safe.
Nlirk lo Hi Old Onlor.
Wakiiinoioh, Jan. 21. Labor eaving
device are not wanted in China. 'I his
is clearly shown by Consul General
Ooodnow in a report to the slat depart
m nt, made in reply to an inquiry of an
export association in New York. "I
cannot give you any iicnnragement,"
he lay, in regard to the shipment ol
wheelbarrows, acrapera, duinpcarts and
the I ke to China. The wheelbarrow
nred here hal on lar whaal in tin
middle and a aeat on aitber aid.
SPOKE FOR HIMSELF
Koivkrr lenlc Bep fwnl liig- I lie PimI
dent. Wasiiivoton, Jan. 20. The senate
li-tened ni'ter yea erday to disimsnion
of the policy of expansion. Mr. Turner
ni Wtihhii gt-jn, populi t. deliv-ieda
i-arefully j rej areJ ejusech m the Vest
,e?otut:on. The s . ech was for the
mo-t ptrt a constitutional argument in
winch Mr. lurnertook ig-ue with bena
or Piatt and Senator Forak r upon
their recent utteianc 8. He opposed
.iurai quiring the Philippines and denied
ibn contention t .at the acq'iis tion of
far di-tant country had been fo ced up
on this country by the arbitrament of
atms. Tnisco i try was at liberty to re
tain such foreign territory a-i it h ig con
quered if it sj desired, and such of it
was suitable in boQ, clim ite and inhabit
ants, we might want to keep, but he
denied that our only other recourse was
to give back tbo oonqnered territory to
tlu enemy.
"If we may keep it ouree'ves," sa'd
he, "we may r-quire it to be given to
the people who inhabit it, for the pur
I we of i dependence and liberty."
This, he believed, was tbe proper
course to pursue iu the case of the
Philippines. Tbe sovereignty of th 1
country ould not be impeached by
such yen' r us acti n.
Mr. Turner adverted to the statement
of Mr. Forakera few days ago that it was
not the purpose of the United States to
retain the Philippines permanently,
but be stid he was forced to differ from
tbe Ohio sena or because he found in
the treaty which had been negotiat d
under the direction of the president
"evidence of such a character that it
must override the opinion of the distin
guished senator from Ohio. He re
ferred to thai pi t of the treaty, he
said, which made . nly a cession to this
country of sovereignty over the Philip
pines, l-ut an acceptance by uh of that
sovereignty. It was impossible to for
get, 400, ttiat the treaty was negot'ated
in th--midst of a clamor for an ex'en
aion of our dominions. As further
proof of tiis poduon, Mr. Turner re
ferred to the. president's sueech at At
lanta, in which lie a'ked: 'Who is
there that will dare to haul down the
American flag from the toil noon which
it haa once been planted?" He said
the president had madetfnt m-.ning of
the administration too pUtiu r con
troversy. I'OKAKKK TAKES EXCKITlONS.
At the .oticlusion of Mr Turner'
argument Mr. Foraker took some sharp
exceptions to etatements made in the
speech, especially the?e ref'-rritig to him
personally. He explained : ength the
nature of his i-tatemcii'o, declaring,
among other ib ngs, that he t.d Fp ken
on y for hims'lf, nd hd had no in
j tention or des-ire to poae as the re
' preaentative. of the administration, so
far as his utterances were concerned.
t Referring to tbe interested comment
1 which had been aroused in Great
t Britain by hi statement, he said :
"I waa n l sp aking for the adminis
tration, and tbe chtll that went up and
down t ,e batks of our friends in Lon
don whb due perhaps to a mi-appre'
hen-ion as to which of the Ohio sena
tors was speaking."
Mr. For d:er niaintaine 1 that neither
he nor any ottier member ha.l held that
congress could or would lefd-hte for its
' territories without reference to its
obligations k t' C constitution,
j "What I said," be continued, "was
that ihe constitution was not operative
in the territories as to the political
'rights of their inhabitants until the
1 legislative luachiicy wass.t in op
'eratioti thereon. The coiit-ti'u ion ail
! not apply to the territory acquired by
j the Unitee States g vi rnment, but that
I while the dominion was a territory con
j gren had plenary power to desl with
the conditions there.
Mllcln to Ilia First htorj.
Paiiis, Jan. 20 Th) Soir Thursday
published another interview with Gen
eral Mercier, who was minister for war
at the time of tbe conemuation of
Dreyfus.
General Mercier teiterates bis former
statements .-ml reasserts thai the bor
dereaa was "certainly tbe work of
Dreyfua and not oi Esterhazy, a ho was
net aware of ita existence until long
subsequent to th) trUl."
Under the plea o. professional se
crecy he declined to explain bow the
war ministry documents, fully proving
the infercmes deduced from the hoi
derean. Tbe suggestion that it con
ta ned letter from a foreign sovereign
he characterized as "a pure invention,"
as was ala, be declared, the statement
that M. Caitimir-Peiier resigned the
pre dencv of the republic 011 account of
tbe Ureyfus affair.
Regarding the motive that prompted
Dreyfut to commit the treason imputed,
Geneial Mercier said :
"Dreyfus was loo fond of the society
of women of a certain class. Had it not
been for bt reputation in this respect
he would have left the military college
among the lirst three of bis class, bin
owing to his immoral proclivities be
waa placed elevent h. I think he recent
ed this and that hit treason was prob
ably an act of revedge for it.
"Dreyius whs alto in the habit ol
talking unpatriotically."
Irosiths at IUmi,
WAsiiisorOrJ, Jan. 20. Gen Brooke,
at Havana, yesterday reported the fol
lowing deaths among the tfo.jp:
Report of deatha Pi; Private Jacob W
Dexter, hospital cor,),mailpoi ; Piivai
Arthur D. Christ, company F, Forty
ninth Iowa, hernia ;Oorpo al Fraud V.
Oreena, company E. Fourth Illinoii
drowned; Private John F, Keliher,oom
pany C, Third Nebraska, injury fton
railroad tn;ina, all Havana; Corpora
Michael tt. Kppes, company li. ilb
Ohio, pntnmoiiia at Oisnfuagoa.
DANGER LURKING
lieporU froui (liieral Utiif Judliaiit
Am ety
"W asiiikoton, D. C, Jan. 25. Senor
Lo;x z, ee. r iurv to Airoueiilo, the Wich
ington representative of Ayuinaldo,
call d an the state department veati-r-Jay
aiteruoou and ioged with the chief
;lerk a con muuicjtioii w hich accotdiug
to toe couim n exje : aiion, marked the
critical ttage in the Phil ppme que tion.
l lii.- is thi third at empt made by tbe
Fihp no repreeenta'ive to secure official
tecogmtiou from the United 8 ales
government. Secretary Hay, at tne
line the touimuuication was piesenttd,
was attending a meeting of the cabinet
tt the White house, so (hat all chief clerk
Michael could do under tbe circum
stances was to receive the paper as he
would any other handed in to him.
The advices from Manila which have
reached the war department are far
Iram reassuring. It is understood that
jeneral Otia reports an expectation on
ais part that the insurgents are about
.0 lorce an bsue, and if thia should be
90 the r-ult cannot be foreseen. Manila
itself, and Uoilo, as miht at first be
luspected, is retarded as tbe danger
p i t just now.
Orders have be n given for the
rwenty-second regiment of tegular in
iintry at Ft. Crook, Neb. to leave there
)n the 27th inat., for Manila.
RttlTIIIIK AN ACTOMCI.IhllKO FACT
Maiihid, Jan. 25 A dispatch from
Hong Kong says a letter teceivel from
.he Philippine islands under date of
January 20, announces that the rup
lure between the Filipinos and the
Ameiicans is an accomplished fait and
that the lives of the tSpaniard-i in the
licliipt'la.'O are endangered.
The minister of war. Genera) Correa,
received a cable dispatch yesterday
l.oin Geiii ral lio, the Spani-h com
mander in the 1'hiiipjiineH, aniiouncing
ihat all the sii k and maimed c.ivd and
military prisoners were released by th
F lip nos yesterday. The general added
that he hopes the remaiude' of the
prisoners will he at lilier y st ortly.
I1o.no Konii, Jan. 24. The members
A the Filipino junta here have issued
die following statement:
"The purchase ny the American au
thorit e- at liottg Kon of a number of
steam launches for rive.r work in the
Pliilippi -e islauda is high-handed, un
mcessary and Vexatious,
"Domieiliory v sits throughout Ma
nila are exasperating the Filipinos.
Toeir suspicions are i roused hy such
ictions. The dispatch of the reinforce
ments: is incompatible with peuce, and
:,he aiiK)irunienl 01 a commission is only
pretext to Ka n time. The American
secret police its acting offensively towards
the Fdipinos at Hong Kong, who are
British Nuhjects.
"The Filipino con;;re89 at Malolos has
unanimously vetoed aniiexatton."
Ilnrtflttr J'lr; r'lal .Shot.
Niiw Youk, Jan. 25 After being
limited from houi-e to bouse, fired at,
from a dozen windows and by half a
Jozen poiicen.en, a hutglar turned at
b.iy and shot George Kverhart, a
pluinher, throiiLb ttie aUlomen. Kver
hart will probably aie. (Jas Steel, a
bowery di-n reu, is under arre-t on
sufpicion of heing the burglar.
The htiruhir bad rigged up a rope
ladder to the room formeilv occupied by
Jo-epli Young, reputed to he a rich
pool room man, woo always kept, a
large am unt of ca-li and diamomlH in
hi.i room, young ;s at St. Aiiutis ine,
Fia. 'Ihe burglar was di: covered by
Ut arles Frank, who lives next door.
Kverhart was heating the burglar wi'h
a board hen the latter drew a revolver
and tired 0110 shot, which took cilect iu
1 lie aodomvn.
j I'miff. Much recited. '
I Pana, 111. Jan. 25. The excitement
! Tuesday I as been int' iisified by the
fiet i(:iit appearance of negios on the
1st reel?, 'i 1 er.' im, been no work in the
' 11 nous today, whicti is vi-rv exttaor lin
1 .' u tiflideriug tne urgent deimind for
y nl. ihe union 11 11 e- t.re on the alert
in,: arc prepared for .ttie v. 01 St. A num
ber ol ciiiz'tiiM h ft the city y sterday for
places ol safety. In Hoiicipatioii of
trouble Captain (ion h h ? h s men
stationed ovi-r the cityan 1 heavy provost
guard is doing iiut.y iu ti.e business sec
tion. 'Ihe blacks and 11 n union white
miners Will meet tomotrow to p. rlect,
their oran z nion, which came in'o
existence last Sunday ami is fc b kri'iwn
as the Afro-Annlo-miitud lienelit ajM)i:i
ation. It will be a secret order and
only ne;r,ri,s.
Hyn he Has Seven Wlvm.
Pkokia, III. Jan. 24. George Peres
Foyle of thin city wasarrewted yesterday
at Davenport, in. , on a bench w irrent
n-siie.l at lies Moitos. lie is charged
with ti h i 11 ceven w,ves scattered
through the cities of this C'jiititry and
Canada. His newest wife, who lives
here, left last Friday to meet her bus
band at Des Moines.
Coiialftctnt Itelurn
Hami'ton, Vs., Jan. 25 The trans
port Port Victor anived at Old I'oint
toiUy with thirty four coiivulesceut
soldier from tbe Fifth regular infantry
and the Fifth and the Ninth volunteer
infantry and alxuit 200 furloughed or
dischargeil men. Ttie convalesce" ts
were discharged here and taken to the
Josh Simpson hospital. The remaining
men were taken to New York.
Niiiio-il tVreck Vlellni,
Miami, Fla., Jan. 25. The richly
dressed body of a young women, prob
ably one of the party lost in the wreck
of tbe naphtha launch Paul Jones, was
found Sunday morning at Boca Ratone.
The gulf stream swing in clo-e to the
shore at that point. The dress is of (oft
woollen matetlal with narrow stripes,
gray, red and black; the jicket is striped
in blue and purple. The underskirt
was of red flannel, the stocking black
nd the boots lacod.
CUBANS ACTING IT
BAD REPORTS SENT FROM SANTI
AGO PROVINCE
Credit Given Soldier on Guard tor Eitln
gulliiiIS: (he Fire.-r unUer iirpuru of I
utlairr In .Majuri IJi.tnct Trying lo
linn. K.iu.u
Santiago bk Cub, JJn. 24. Lieut
enant Colonel R,iy, who is in command
at Guantauamo, cables to headquarters
bete th.v.a eeton i ttiemptbas been
made by-dieaff, c ed Cubans to burn tbe
coe on the Komeli plantation, but that
little damsge was d.me, owing to tbe
promptitude of ihe Unit d States sol
diers on guard in extiiiguirhing the
fir a. He believes that an organized
gang is endeavori. g to burn tbe cane on
ad the plantations in bis d strict, and
he is using every eff,rt to di cover the
perpetra ora of thes, outrages.
The Unit, d States authorities refuse
to confirm or deny tin rumors that a
band of men have been committing
murders and robberies in tbe Mayard
dislr ct, but the reports are persistent.
Col.-nel V;v iente, chief of General
Da mcdi, has been instructed to raise
an extra company of p di. e fur that
part of tbe province. Much difficulty
u how experienced in communicating
with the iioUh coast of the p.ovince
owing to the fact that no boat is avail
able. The health of the troops through
out the province is fairly good.
-
All the Meat wits Had.
Wahiiinumon, Jan. 24. Ti e board 01
iurvey appointed by Secretary Algef to
pass upon the question of the proper
condemnation of a large quantity of beef
de-tined for the mops iu Porto Rico,
has received from C.pt. Barclay H.
Warburton of the Pennsylvania vol
unteer hattallion of artillery, a sworn
statement 01 the condition of refriger
ate t beef on board the transport Mani
toba, which was at Ponce from AuguBt
10 to 25. In the course of this state
ment, Captain Warburton says:
"1 ate of the beef which tbe transport
Manitoba brought to Porto Rico. It
was served to th9 offioerh' mete on the
tranpport Misnii-sippi, which brought
my c.mmand back to New York, Sep
tember 10, 1898. When I say 1 ate the
meat I mast qualify my statement by
saying that I tried to eat the meat. It
was so bad that it was impossible to
swallow it. In my opinion the meat
was not good, nor was it fit for issue.
1 hud no idea tt at this meat had been
suhjec ed to any chemical process, but
believed the beef to have decomposed
on Recount of f e lack of proper refr g
erntmg facilities caused by the clogging
of the machinery used for that purp se
on tbe Manitoba.
"Iu reply to your request to give tbe
board a iy other ev dence or information
ir my po-s. wdou or acknowledge, my
answer in general is that all be f issued
to my bait ldon was bad and had to be
buried immediately upon delivery at
our camp, wh en, was about two miles
beyond Ponce. On the day in question
Private Hack ot the Pennsylvania vol
unteer artillery was sent to the com
mi sary depoi for an issue of beef. On
his return 1 uie. the wagon aud while it
was yets . me hundred and fifty yaMS
from n e 1 noticed th most ternlle
td r, which seemed to me to Fm!l some
ttnn like carrion. When I gotaUng
s de of the wagon I looked into it and
raw tbe ni at h;ch had hi en issued to
him. It looked white, nb .ut tbe color
of the belly of a flounder which bad
be n coverc d with green blime. I in
structed him to present my compli
ments to bis comin, tiding otlicer. lieu
tenant bean, with instructions to have
ttie same buried iuimt diat. ly upon its
airivtil at camp."
Captain Warburton gives the names
of some witnesses whose testimony
miy be of vaiue.
Cet Caught In an lee Flue.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Jan. 24.
While nearly one hundred persons were
on the gi eat ice br dge in the goiceof
the Nugaia river ttie icy mass was
broken loose from the banks at either
end. There were thousands ot Sunday
B'glreeers in the parks and upon the
upper steel arch enjoying the beauty of
the crystal-like structure. They htard
tne cracking of the ice and saw the
ret.t maes as it was moved by the Bwift
current of the river, and hundreds
shotted warning to those on the bridge.
Some of these vem utcsome peri-ODs had
only eone a short dii tance from the
river ba k, while others were out in the
iTeiii. r 01 ma nriugo ana were cro eing i
me river, iiiohe near the end soon
found fafetv, but further outtoward the
center were a numher of small boys.
Before they were fairly started for the
shore the gr. at bridge wag loosened
from its lastenings. then it became a
race for lite, but the youngsters, amid
wild shouts, finally rear e l the chore.
It wag then seen that all except three
persons had reached places of safety.
One was a man not far out from 1 he
New York side. The others were a man
and a women, who were fleeing across
tbe ice toward the Canadian side. The
man near the7 New York shore kept his
courage well. His eyes were directed
toward the steel arch, under which he
would pass, if tbe ice continued to
move down the river. Onward it went
and just as he reached the bridge be
leaped from the ice and caught the
arch as it rises not l ir out from the
abutment. Thu man and women reach
ed the Canadian shore.
Concerned for a Nhlp,
Naw Yonx, Jan. 24,-Condderable
com men', is being made among thipping
men as to the whereabouts of the British
freight steamer Almida. which has been
out thirty-five days from Shields for
New York. It sailed from fhield on
December 19 on ita way from Hamburg
to New York in bsllast and vas re,ort
ed passing Dun net head, Scotland, on
December 21. Since thei nothing has
been heard of it. The weather on th
Atlanti : has been had.
I NEBRASKA NOTES, j
vsH--4-r4""W
In the int. rest of Dave McMurrie
member of the B.air bind, who baa for
s me time teeu on the eick list, the
b,.nd gave a concert at ihe opma bouse
Tiiurrday evening. .Alter p.s; in a 1 ex
P' 11 C, th. y were able to pieccut Mr.
McM urrie f 25.
One of the social events of the season
was a b inquet given at Table 'Rock by
the husbands of the lady member of
ti.e W. S. A. to their wivt. Ninety
pi, ilea were laid aud ihe banquet lasted
irom 8:30 p. m. until mtdn ght.
The postothce al Friend was broken
into Friday morning about 2 o'clock by
two unknown men who wrecked th
safe in tbe office by means of explosives
bur, so far as now known got no money.
About the time of the explosion No. 1
on the Burlington arrived and tbo
passengers getting off the train near to
p stofiice frightened the robbers array.
Ihe safe was blown to atoms aud the
st impj and money were badly mixed
togetner.
The power for press work in the
Pilot printing offi e at Blair, will here
after be fnrniBbed by a gasoline engine,
a new one having been put iu.
Tbe frequent cumber of new cases of
measles and chickeupox that have de
veloped at Sutton this week, occupied
the attention of the board of health
Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon tbe
sci ool board waa convened and decided
to dismiss school tor two weeks.
A fight took place a' Swaberg Men
day aft.: rnoon in which Peter Peterson
come out second best in a terrible con
dition. He was set upon by Andrew
Linu, jr , and Charles Encksun, two
young farmers oi tnat v.cinity. They
not (.nly pounded their victim but took
bis money, a sum of about $16. Peterson-swore
out a warrant for their arrest,
bad blood has existed betnetn the trio
for some time.
Mrs. Oe.irge Bi euhbel of Syracuse,
who as ser iously injured in the receut
railroad accident near there, in which
her hiibbaud was k'.be I, is lepor ed as
improving and hopes ot her recovery
are entertained.
Kev. J e .lonea is holding meetings in
the 11 w M. E. r.i'ureb at Syracuse.
Much interest is matiilested and the
building is crowded every night with
eaer listeners.
Tuesday night when George Arm
strong, who lives six miles south a est of
Beatrice, returned home from a revival
meeting, be was shot at by someone
concealed in the house. The ball barely
missed bis bead. He quickly picked up
a revolver that was lying on a table
and tired aibotin the direction fiom
whenc be was shot at, when the
would-be murderer Hied atiain. This
t ine the ball struck him m the leg be
low the knee, making a dang, rous
wound, fears being . entert uned that
amputation will be neces.aty.
Two young men from the town of
Ragan, ten miles west of Wilcox, came
to town' Satuiday evening and pro
ceeded to get drunk. It terinina ed in
a fight in which both young men were
terribly beaten. Brickbats and billies
were the weapons they ueed on one
another. !
For two weeks past families in the
eas t and north parts of Wy more have
been bothered by some man who makes
a nightly practice of vini ing the homes
in the e neighborhoods and peeping in
at the windows about the time tbe little
folks are in the habit of retiring. He is
described as a young man of medium
height and of rather heavy build, who
wears a dark suit and a slouch hat.
The Kellerman and Prttisht fa m; lies
of Daykin, who were infected gome
wieks ago with trichinae from eating
raw sausage, are reported by Dr. Heath
as improving slightly. The children
with one exception are much better.
One hoy, twelve years old, is quite low.
August, Kellerman, father, is about as
reported a week ago, Mrs. Kellerman
is very low. Her d-ath is expected any
time. Tbe Patlisiit boys, aired nine
and eighteen, sre about the same as
a week ago.
Mrs Ches Chinn of Elba; died Bun
day at 12:40 p.m. She leaves a hus
band and daughter about twelve years
old, and a large circle of friedda to
mourn her loss.
Considerable excitement was caused
at Rising City Sunday by word received
from Columbus to the effect that th
four jail-breakers who had been eon
fin' d there for sometime past, had
broken jail Saturday and been tracked
in this direction as far as tbe Platte
river. 80 far, however, none of th
men in qnestion I in evidence, and it
is thought that they must have gon ti
some other point or else sre still in
hiding north of there.
The fellow who stole three horses, a
couple of boggles and a large number
of minor article ner Fairhury a cou
ple of weeks ago, has finally been run
down and arrested In Kansas, with to
olen propertv in his pnMeulon, and
the owners of the property in now
flsnrins on the best method of gtttlag
their effects without pnrchanlng ttlMs
outright of the Kansas officials.
The divorce cat of Emily Oresnlaat
against her husband, Fraacis, wbkh
wm heard Hattirrtay'' evening by Jtidsw
Grlmlsnn at Fremont, was takm and
advisement.