CLASH HAS COME
INSURGENT ATTACK ON THE OUT
POSTS OF MANILA
Corporal Orrrlrj r'lres First Bbnt and Kill
Ftllpla -H.l)-I Ki.rr I)r i-n llmk
A asm-Iran Army's I.uu U Twual killed
aod Itfi Wounded.
Makii.a, Feb. 6 , 8:15 p. m. The Ion.
expected rupture between tbe Ameri
cana and the Filip no has come at last.
The former are now engaged In solving
the Philippine problem with tbe utmost
expedition possible.
The clash came at 8 :40 Saturday ave
ning, when three daring Filipin.e dart
e 1 past the Nebraska regiment's picket!
at Santa Met but retired when ehal
lerfd. They repeated the experiment with
out d-awmg the sentry's fire Bat the
tbiril time Corporal Greeley ehallanged
the Filipinos and the fied, killing one
of them Mild w undine aaother.
AlaioRt immediately after aid the
Filipino' line from Calvoeiia lo Santa
Mea, commenced a fu-nale which
vu i n ffi'Rtiinl.
niHiiiKi inn MAt critna
The Nebraska regiment aWo distin
guished itreif, capturing several pruoa
ersai d one. Howitser and a very strong
pc sit on at the reervoir, which ik con
nected with the er work a.
The kai.aas iii i D.k.ta regments
compelled the e ei. v'n right fl.mk to
retire to Calv can
The losses oi the Kill, in -a can not he
estimated at p-enent, but they are
known to he considerable.
The American losses are estimated at
twenty men killed and 125 wounded.
The Ygmates, armed with lows and
arrows, ma le a very determined Hand
in the fare of n hot arti.lerv fire and
left many dead men on the fl Id
r-everal attempt' were made in this
city Saturday evening to assays nate
American officer".
i)Kar coMfca to thk kkscok.
The I'nited Slates crnieer Churlt-s-ton
and the gunboat Cone nd, stationed
T;ff Malnna opened fit,- from their sec
ondary 1 at eriee oi the Filipinos poi
tion a; Calvi-nan an I kept it up vig
orously. At 2:45 there wa another fusi-lado
along the ntre line, mnl the 1'oited
htatt 8 tea-goim: double turret'-d moni
tor Moimdnock pencil 11 e on tha
enemy r an off Walae
With dii)l.tht the Americans ad
vanced The California ami Wa h U.t :n rcg
men' made a splendid charge, and
drove the-Fdipinoa from the villages (if
I'hio and ranta Mera.
.Nebraska boys klcd at Manila:
( bar ea O, Biill-ngrr Citpat.y L Oma
ha Hurry S. Hull, knst t-v pe:ut,
Company A York. Charles K. Kickey,
Company A York. Uirm T. Curtis,
Company C Beatrice Davis Lig,cr,
Company i Louis L. Heeler. Company
V K Fg.en, Company unknow n. Jam s
Pierce, Mumcian.
These eidit Nebiaska boys are report
ed among the killed at Manila. 1 he
First Nebraska was right at the front ol
the fighting line and apparently was
the heaviest sufferer rom ihe lire of the
insurgents. It in i.ot known to what
extent it contributed to the list ol
wounded.
As in the former b.iulu of M .n Ja.it
was one of the Nebianka boys, this
time Corporal tireelv, who ti ed the fi st
shot, when tlie natives attempted to pa.s
the outposts. Tlie pickets eoi.si-ted ol
Nebraska, Molilalia and North Dakota
soldiers aud they held thmr ground un
til reinforcement arrived.
In the furious charge which drove
tbe enemy from its po-ition tho Nebras
ka boys captured sereral prison- rs, one
howitier aud a very strong position on
the reservoir which is connected with
tbe water worms.
It is plain I'oin the lint of killed that
all the companies in tbe Nebraska regi
men t partus. piled in the con (hot. At
the hour of goi g to press but meager
information is available respecting the
Nebraska dead.
AMERICANS KIHPOKII IISAVILY.
The Americans responded with a ter
rific Are, but ow;ng to the darknexs they
were unable to detenu ne. the ef!.ct.
Tlie Utah light artillery finally sac
ceed in silencing the t a'lve battery.
The Third artil ery also did good work
on the extreme left.
The engagement lasted over en hour.
The United States cruiser Charle-ton
and gunboat Concor l,tfoned ofT Mala
bona, opencil Are from their secondary
batteries on the Filipinos' position at
Calvoran and kept it up vigorously.
With daylight the American! ad
vanced. The California and Washing
ton regiments made a splendid charge
and drive tbe Filipino" from the villages
of Paeo and Santa Me.
CamplllHK Hook on HariioaraL
Amis, la., Feb. 7. A new book on
horticulture is being prepared by the
B'.ate F-ducatioDat board under tbe di
rect ion of Prof. Craig ol tha department
ai horicnllure and forestry in tbe Iowa
State Agricultural college in ibis city.
K.iprHMt no HurprlM.
London, Feb, 6.-rA rr porter of tbe
Associated press saw the !xndon rep
resentative of Afnlnaldo yesterday.
Ha did not express surprise at the
Mil from Uie Philippine islands, but
declared that tbe Filipinos at Msnlla
wart) suspicions of the attitude of the
United rllates and bad formed the
opinion tbat it was better to light be
fore tha Americans were reinforced.
The fpanieh gnvarnniMt has no news
af ths cot diet at Manila.
A SECOND FIGHT
FOifiliina K r rom llaltla In bod
Onlr.
Manila, Fel . 810:30 a. in.-Lat
MomUy Oeueral Hale's brigade ad-
aijc.ei and Tixjk the waterworks at'
K.i.gaioi.. Four c ompanies of tbe Ne-j
1 raxka regiment and a par' of the Utih '
batteiy with two field guns and two
Hotc'ikiss guns m t the enemy on the
hil', a half mile out, and a sharp en
gagement took pla x, in which the Ne-hrat-kans
loft one dead and three
wounded !
Dr. Young, formerly quartermaster
ergcan', In the 1 inl artillery, was
wounded, raptured and brutally mur
dered and his body, when recovered,
whs fonnd to have been horribly mu
tilated. T e Hlipinoe were driven back, re
tiring in ld order, and carrying with
them the valves and heads of the steam
chest, aud cylinder of the pumping ma
chinery. General Overshine's brigade advanced
and took I'aranaque, rapturing two
field gun". They met with noopioi
tion. (jeneral McArthur's division ad
vanced beyond tiagnlangin without lo-s
the enemy retreat ng beyond Caloucan.
AUKK1CAN8 WKI.L OKH.OVKD
Tlie Americ na now have the steam
car to Malabon and 600 marines, with
four Maxim guns, have leri la (led on
the Wch north of tlie city. The Third
artillery, on the main road, and the
Utsh battery in a cenetTy, covered the
ad vane ! of the Kansas trop.
Among the important point captured
wai a strong euibrarurcd tartbwork
within sight of Caloocan.
There tas coniderab:e firing from
the npper w indows of thn honses in the
riat ve quarter of the city la't night,
but no casualties 1 ave been reported at
the re-ult.
Tiie signal crpi was compelled to
run their 1 nes along the tiring line
during Ihe lighting, srul, conserjuentlj
th' re were frequent, interruptions of
cmmunieA'ion, owing to the cutting of
the wiref, an t the a goal men were
ordered to kill wi'.hout any heuitar.cy
anyone who attempted to inte fere with
tbe lines '
A0I IN4I.I) 8 l'1-.IX LAMATION.
Agnin hlo, the rebel p-adcr, i piie-l
two p :oc,i at ions on Saturday and
Sir day. Tim fire I declares the Ameri
can o: ened the fih! and caps upon
tb' Fii.ni'o (Mng e-s t i giiupen I the
COt.Ht.tUli II.
T: e -econd sa s: "We have (ought
our ancient optireii-'O'H without iirme
and e nt.w truitto (iol to defend us
aiiairi't the forei;n oe "
The Nebraskan-i hae recovered the
lost p rlB i the pumping machinery
of the wnt rwork", wi ieh as urea a
ppeedv re.-ntup ion of t'.o wa'er supply
of the city.
The Amerians. a tins dp patch if
tent, are in c tnplete c n-rol of the
eitmition wrhina radio f f 1 1 e milej
of Manila, their
inea extending tc
Malalion on the i orth mil t Porimnqne
o: the south aiefu'ly twenty five mil-
long.
While a few detached Uidie of t' e
enemy olfe' lietuiltorv oppo-ition, tht
main bodv of the reheln is in ful re
treat and u t- rly route I f the horde
of 'r op" ' r ginil'y dra n up in 1 at tie
array iig;iint the Americans, fully one
third are already incapacitated mid tht
the otheta are. scattered in every
direction.
ItlHmct the NetirwuUa Moyi
Losnn.v, Yeh. 7. The president of thf
Enrofiean Fi i poo junta, in an interview
with a representative of the Associa'ed
pr"i-s tod'y, snid:
"It is pretty clar that the unfortu
nate hostiliti s at Manila were occa
sioned by an attempt of the Nehrakam
lo find a pretext to obtain crn(rol of the
Sicgaloo waterworks The Americani
for months have endeavored fniitlenidj
to induce the Filipinos to withdraw
from those waterworks, as the latter
fully reco'n x d their Immenne strategic
lmoortnee. By the des' ruction of ths
vidacee between the sea and the river
bank the Americans secured a vait open
space from which Manila might other
wise bave1been attacked under cover.
"The American' having captured the
waterworks, the Filipinos will now have
to retire to the mountains of San Mateo
and lioeo H , which, as tber are only
an hour's distance, command the capi
tal and it will be impossible to dislodge
them from there.
"The whole Filipno strength will
never I devoted to tbe protection of
tlfe rountry outside of Manila, as Agni
naldo is aware tbat, even if he cap
tured the city, he could not hold it with
American warships in the bay.
"The Americans will also have to
depend for tjl.eir food sn only on ship
ments from abroad, as tbe insurgents
will effectively rut off the supplies (rom
the interior."
Oil NnllHr.1 of KHliltratlon.
Wahiiinoton, Feb, 8. When the news
of the ratification of tlie peace treaty
reached the prwnident, at his direction
it van cabled to General Otis at Manila,
who promptly replied acknowledging
the receipt of tbe message containing
the information.
Kemnt l.aal lliMnallAnaMin.
Wakiunotoh. Feb. M. fly nnanimoul
ro'eoftbe judiciary committee of the
house yesterday decided to recommend
tbe rep el ol what is said to be the last
remnant i difquslifl -atioo against
those serving in tbe confederacy. Tha
proposer, amendment repeals thosa
sections of the revised stetotes which
disqusllfy persons from serving ss (rand
cr petit urors in the courts of tha
United Htatea who participated in tha
civil war.
UKWS WILL SUFFER
EFFECT OF DREYFUS AGITATION
TO FALL HEAVILY
Many I-rem h ir en. Nerertliete Who Will
Alaj lluld lllil (iaiity-Eltrrh.iz
iiivro a Tip lo Leave I'aru Jut'ire
Nure to lie Ione.
I'akih, Feb. 2' The most ardent sup
porters of the theory tint Dreyfu9 was
unjiis ly coii'Jeni'ied now admit, that
ttiere is no longer the least douhtth.it
jiiHtice will be d..n. pr minent nieiu
br of ttie unive-sity of Pans who from
the first has I een a militant champion
of a revision ot t'e trial says :
"For ninety-nine out of a hundred
Frenchmen the guilt or innocence of
Dreyfus is a mat er of sentiment. All
the reasoning in the worll would not
induce them to change their attitude.
There are millions of Frenchmen who
will insitt of Dreyfus' gu.lt in spile
of any proof to the contrary.
"A featurnof the si-uation is that
tbe attitude of this maj r ty is dictated
by motivea w dch they lielieve to lie
d serving of the hieheet respect. I ad
roit tbat some of the Dreyfufard' are
much to bla'ne for this Tiie beet cauee
may be ruin, d by JiSieputable adher
ents, and there are men on the Dreyfus
side of whom every patriot. c French
man is the na'ural enemv While the
(majority of us have oeen mere;y de-
u.anding that justice should be done, a
pestilent minor ty has made this de
mand an excu-e for virulent onslaughts
on institutions we lio.J in great es
teem. "
In concl'iron the anemherp of theuni
veisity pre hcte.l hat the result ol the
agitatonwill ne an onslaught of un
parallel -.1 viole. ce .in the Jews, as the
inaneet! are convinced that they are at
the bottom of the whole trouble."
NOTHING :N HI At'HKl'A'KZ iIIAKGES.
It is perniptently reiterat. d in the
lobbies of 'he I'&iai" Buuibon that the
com mi tee ol ti.e-chamber oi deputies
now on-ider.ng the g-.verument's re
vision hill !ia already decided 'hat the
ellcpii i ii, ma le oy Q ;enav de Beau
repaire aiain-t M Loew and other
niembers ol the criminal branch of the
court of cat-ea' ioti are w ithout f un la
tion.
Accor.iU E to another rumor the com
mittee's e;r,m nit ion ol the dos-ier
sut.niittel in M. Maziau first presi
ilcnt ol the 0- urt of raiS.ition on the
Mihjtct of M .1 Beaurepti re's clianee.
sho.is it lo c .ntaui letters eulogiz-ng
tile criminal i-e.retary writ'en hy M.
Mhz au'g own -.-a :e.igiics. f'he Mas-au's
d-'Seiei i alf.ii laid to corvaiu fl letter
from M Leti leckrni,; ;b it the m 'm
liers A tn-criminal Secretary ti.ive.rei
cei'.e.i ,eUfi a: most without number
c .i la. nil. 8 it Hi' t and i l.re; ol death.
M I.cow 6 letter is a!-o a.i to explsin
that he api.e.nteiJ M. ha' j, who is an
tintiiarrie I i.i .n, to n.ake li.e original
i r'"" u" l' r ' ;-e ... .r ,rr. uia.
i in se ii. teats ci vio.ence were carrieii
out, a whole lamily .1 no! be
plunged itilo u.ouri.irjg
Count Ft-rdmana U niter, r-lerhaj!y
wiis tormoily mlotmed v cerduy that
his tes-t :nnny hefore the court of c.'.s-a-tion
m the Dreyfus lu juiry being con
cluded, pro' edir.gs rjgau.ji tiiii on
criminal Charges would he resumed in
twcnry-ioiu hours. Ho left it once for
an uninown destination by tbe North
ern railway.
Hfletlon Ktill Stra,nij
Aucxla.vd, N. Z Feb. 2. Tbe 'ullow
ing advices have just been rece.ved here
from Apia, Samoan island, ander date
of Januany 24, from the csrreapoadent
of the Associated press:
"There bas been no further general
fighting between the pari:am of the
rival chieftains since the last advices
were forwarded, except that a party of
MataaTa's followers was routed in the
bush by Malietoans It t expected,
however, that fight:ng will he resumed,
as Mataafa is rearresting persons who
have bee already fined and released.
."The work of pillage continues, among
the houses looted being Vailima, tbe
home of the late Robert Lou s Steven
son, the novelist.
"The f-xiled MaHetoan thiefu were
landed at Pago Pago, on the islan I of
Tutuila, the schooner on which they
were being unalde lo prncned to Msntii
island owing lo adverse winds. Tbe
Tntuilans gave them a hearty welcome,
and made an attempt to sieze Mataafa's
son who was on hoard the schooner,
but the captain put to ses.
"There has been a collision of au
thority between Chief Justice William
I Chambers of the supreme court and
Dr. Joannes Raffael, the German presi
dent of tbe munincipality of Apia.
Here Grosmtihl, a German resident of
Apis, who was arrested for smashing
the windows of tbe supreme court cham
ber, was sentenced by the chief justice
to imprisonment and to psy a fine Dr.
Paffsel instructed the police authorities
tn release llerr Grosmub). whose fine
was subsequently fixed at 11,000 "
A Vlrinal Vinitiratton
Ai basv, N. Y. Feb. 2. As a remit of
the eourt-martial in the cases of Cap
tains A J. Pleeker and W, F. Meeks,
of the Peven'y-flrst New York regiment
charged with a violation of the regula
tions in discussing- publicly the action
of other officers and af conduct prejudi
cial lo military principles, the men
were found guilty and sentenced each to
be reprimanded and fined 1100. Major
General Roe, upon receiving the court's
decision Immediately remitted tha fines.
STORM STILL ON
Ilrlfta of Nuw riliuir llirlo-r In Colorado
anil Hull 11.11I4 Hloeked.
fh.NVKu, Colo., F b 3. The fniw
etrm that baa rag d w th bu'. brief n-
tenniasions f. r more t an a week in
Cdor-ido was ren -wed y st rd y wit'i
energy unnbated' The snowfall dur-Dg
the l-i'er hours of the nigh' and nearly
all day was very In avy, while s'roiii'
winds piled it np and filled railroad
cuts, almost completely b'ocking rail
toa l traffic in tlie mon te n d s rxts.
fSnowslides have occtind at several
pointe, one ei bteen miles weal of
Leadvdle, on Mt. Elbert, carry. ng d iwn
a n inerY cabin and burying William
Manning, aged sixty years.
Many mountain lows' are cut off
from the world, tbe only means of
communication being men on snow
boee. Food and fuel supplies are be
coming alarmingly short in many
pla-e.
Sl'rPLT TRAIN RIACHKS rKK SlHKllei.
A difficult and realty hazardous piece
of work to relieve the saspenxe st
Breckiaridge, Como, Dillon and other
po'nts aronnd the first named camp
was suece"afjl!y accoonp'ished by the
Colorado A Southern ra;Iroad today at
noon, when citiiens, armed with shov
els, cleared off the Houth Park tracks
to the depot in Breckinridge and a
much-batt-ed supply train crawled in
to the town, the first inside of three
weeks.
Tbe situation at. Breckinr'dge was
becoming critical. Food was becoming
ecsree at d tbe groceries kept in the
stores were at low ebb. Rolled oats
and breakfat foods were being fed to
bor-es and stock. Miners, prospectors,
mill men and timber cu'ters were com
ing in Irom the surrounding hills beg
ging provisions. The supply train in
cluded several fr ight cars loaded with
hay, grain, coil, beef, flour and groc
riej anflice'it to lat about two eek.
At Leaiville the sup y of coal is so
small that a f reed shutdown of mines
and s nelters is Ibreatened.
RAILROAD LINKS TIKI) CP.
All transc.ontir ental railroad lines
leading through Co'orado are t ed np
bv tbe now F.ait bound trains f om
Salt Lak on the Colo-a'o Midland
and Denver A Rio ( rande rrads are
stalled at Glenwuod Springe, being un
able to proceei lurther because of the
enow on tbe trac'8. The wes' bound
trains on the e road have puhed
through the drifts as far a Kail"
P,is, where they are now b'ocked
Trin Ni. 1 on the Denver A Rio
Grande ran into a enou"-li Ic ne r
Minshonp about ni-ie miles f on hfire.
The maii car te e co- ed the tender and
the b 'Cg 'ge car wa jammed into the
mailcir. The rmil c'. rk a.v.l the hag
gije master were sevcre'y injured.
Th ;1,.' names ha e no', been h a-ned
The sli 'e which caused the di aster is
al-O'it 100 feet long and 100 fejt deep.
The road w i 1 probably bi blocked un
til late this afternoon .
The mercory reached 10 b -low r.ero
last night,. It. was 6 below at 6 o'clock
this morning, dropping another d. grce
bed re 8 o'clock, when the wea h-r
again begin to moderate It began
snowing at that hour,
B1.IZ7.ARI) RAOINQ IN IDAHO
BorSK, Idaho, Feb. 3. e of the
most severe blizzards in the history of
Idaho is raging in Lemhi county. A
message from Red Rock, Mont., tie
junction, states that all traffic over the
ctage li e to Slraon City I a be'n
sust ended Groat loss of stock i-. re
ported and peveral people caught bv
' the storm In the mountains, it is feared
have perished.
Vancouver. B. C. Feb. 3 Later
details from the snowslide at Rogprs
Pass, on the Cansdian Pacific railroad,
are thai the track will not be clenred
b"fo'e thin afternoon. The dead are
known fob": WiTum Carter, acent ;
V". Tutor and two children; .Tamea
I y. ensme w-lp r; Frank Carsoi.
-for; a Chi-'""e cook. The in-j-
.-lnrn; Anna Verger, leg broken;
Frank Yager, brn'"d "n head.
Ppoimnk. Waib., Feb. .'t The em-pe-ature
bs hoverel around rero for
the pat twen'vfour tours. A din
ning win I ha1 blown steadily out at
'he eort'iea't. which makes the weil'
r bitterly cold. Passene s conrng in
f'om the northern country rppnrt Id to
20 below in the Kootenai cuin'rv of
Brit'sh Columbia, and on the Co'ville
recprvntion. At Tekoai, Wash.. E'l
Brivner. aged seven, was frozen o
dea'h bile poing to school a mde and
a ha'f in the country.
PaitI.akk City. Utah. Feb 3. Th
heaviest snow 'all of t' e eason set in
ve-te-day, AIout six inches of snow
hsd (alien up fo 1 o'clock.
t.lfht on Pnlaonlni t'aee
New York, Feb. 3. Lieht has at
last been thrown on the myterion
A ''tin roisoning case District At
torney Gardiner said today that he
was of tbe opinion that he would be
able to adduce evidence at the inquest
tbat would lead to the arrest of two
and perhaps three persons Hp aid he
bad the ne essary evidence for this
The poison sent to Cornish caused the
rfeath of Mrs. Kate Adams on Decem
ber 2 Isst
Want no Discrimination
Alsant, N. Y., Feb S. Governor
Ifoo evelt announced yesterday that be
wonld not sign any hill passed hy the
legbliture which would show any dis
crimination between regular snd vol
tin'eer soldlera, This declaration was
brought forth hy the intrxluclton in
tbe legislature ol a bill giving to the vol
unteer soldiers in the wsr with Hn'n
the sane privileges as are enjoved by
tbe veterans of the civil war. Governor
Roosevelt says that a bill of this chsrsc
ter is unjust.
THE AT Y RATIFIED
SENATORS STAND BY THE PRESi
DENT AND RATIFY PEACE FACT
uanrreclion at Muuila ChaiiKs tlie Views
or two Members and Make Kalluca
tlnn lnalll Interest Ju aud Outsida
tbe Chamber Jutense.
Washington, Feb. 8. Tbe treaty ol
peace negotiated between the commis
sioners of the United States and pain
at. Paris waa yesterday ratified by the
United States senate, the vote being
flity-seven ayee and twenty -seven nays,
or one vote sore than tbe two-thirds
maj irity B-ceeaary to secure senatorial
concurrence in a treaty document.
The vote waa taken in execuiive ses
fioo, and the vice president had no
more than announced the figures before
i-ewators rushed out of every door lead
ing from ths senate chamber, declaring
thai the treaty had been ratified. Some
made the mistake of stating that there
were three votes to spare. There was,
ia tac , only one vote more than was
neceesflrv.
iktkkest in bekult intkkse
No vote has been taken in the senate
since that on the repeal of the silver
purchasing clause of the Sherman law,
that has been followed with as clote in
terest as was tbe vote yesterday.
Only the elect few knew bow Senators
McEnery of Louisiana and Jones of
Nevada would vote half an hour before
their votes were cast, and not even
thee knew when tbe bells rang for the
executive session at a quarter past 2
o'clock.
Many of -the vast th t on g which was
turned from the galleries after the doors
were closed in re-pnnse to Senator
Davis' mo ion, lingered in the corridors,
all waiting eagerly for the first news
from inside.
M'LAUKIN CAUHR8 A SENSATION,
The call proceeded quietly until the
name of Senator McLaurin was an
nounced. He created the first stirjof
the occasion by a speech in explanation
of his vote for the treaty. This was
the initial break in the ranks of the
opposition.
"I am, as I have been from the firBt,"
he Bftid, "irrevocably opposed to tbe
expansion of onr territory, and should
I have voted against, ratification but for
1 the news that has come to us over the
I cab e in the past two days."
I Ho then went on ti say that the at
' tack upon our Iroops had brought about
i a ne ennditbnof affa rs ami that he
i should vote for tbe treaiy.
1 Th 8 announcement cieated a hubbub
of excrement, and broijiht cone oppo
sition senators to his side with remon
1 Btrarioei, but he repliid to them that lie
1 could not any longer see hie way clear
I to cast his vote aifinst ti e treaty.
j STANDS BY TICK I'HI-.SIDRNT.
I Continuing his remarks he referred
to Senator Kairbank' appeal to support
i the administration as an assurance
i that the critical condition exiiting at
J Manila cojld be more easily handled if
; the treaty should be ratiQ d. F, r one,
'be was not willing to mbarrass the
i government at bo cr.t cai a time. If,
after the ratification, the administra
tion 'hould fail to pursue the proper
course towatda the islands the failure
would be tbat of the government, and
not iiH. lie also referred to t' e agree
ment to pais the McEnery resolution us
a pledge a.ainst expansion. In view of
this promise and in the hope that ratifi
cation would lessen bloodshed in the
Philippines he would, therefore, he
said, cant his vote in the affirmative.
Mr. Jones of Nevada did not vote on
the first roll call, but came in frim the
cloak room befote the vote was announc
ed and by unanimous consent made a
brief and fee ing speech He said he
considered it a patriotic duty to vote for
the treaty and consequently tie cast bis
"ote in the affirmative.
I'REKIDKNT IS UKATIFISD.
News of the ratification ol the treaty
' reached the White hous almost im
mediately after tbe announcement ol
the vote. Postmaster General Emory
Smith was with the president at the
time, and was tl e first to congratulate
I him. Naturally the president was grati
fied at the vote and so expressed him
! Belf, Secretary Gage came in soon
j afterwards, and was followed almost im
mediately by Secretary Alger and Sec
retary Hay. Within forty minutes
after its ratification General Cox, the
secretary of the senate, appeared wilh
tbe treaty itself, which he promptly de
livered into tbe president's bands and
then letired. The cabinet raetbers as
they left the Whits house were jubilant
over the i at ideation of the treaty, and
spoke of it as a great triumph. Secre
tary Hay expressed his gratification
that the treaty was ratified and raid he
only regretted tbat it had been fonnd
necessary to occupy so much valuable
time in doing it. He said that the
treaty would now be submitted to the
Spanish cones at the session which
opened this month, and he anticipated
no obstruction in that direction to the
final exchan.es.
New York Howlers Win.
Chic Aoo, Feb. 7. The Greater New
York howlers won three gam s from
the "Social Seven" this afternoon snd
tonight defeated the North Chicago
team two out of three games. The visi
tors left for Linsing, Mich., tonight.
Tha Inter-club bowling league of Chi
cago today withdraw from tha Ameri
can bowling congress on account of the
recent decision of the congress on soma
dispu ad kcal games.
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NtuLitfASK NOTES.
At Hei r .n, an in rmal banquet waa
tendered the rcti led members ol
Company G. '
The supp sed can( if smallpox at Ord
was pronounced b the expert, Dr.
Towr.e d Omaha, l b- c cken pox,
and tl e Quarantine h been raii-ed.
District court con -ned Tuesday at
Beaver Cr s ng Judg Norris presiding.
There are 1-10 casee' on the docket,
eleven of -w hich are I't d vorces. Tba
B aver Oity Times lib.4 case came np
for bearing Wednesday
At Ha' yard, Evangelist Potter closed
bis revival meetings at (he Methodist
chnrch Tuesday night. Some fifty con
vertions are reported from the three
weeks labors and hie visit here is con
sidered very successful.
Tlie little three-year. old daughter of
D G. Jsemer of Creighton, died Thurs
day from an abaes on the brain. This
is the only child, and tbe parents feel
their loss keenly. The grip is said to
be the primary cau'e of tbe little one's
death. The funeral wa held Friday at
2 o'clock. , .
Special service" are in progress at the
Christian church at Gordon. Pastor
Wilkinson is being assisted by a singer
from Weeping Water, Miks Ward It
is likely the meetings will continue for
some time it bad weather does not in
terfere. The jury in the ce in the State
against James Martin at. Columbus re
turned a verdict late Tuesday night
finding bim euilty as charged in the in
formation. Martin was charged with
aid'ng and abetting the shooting of
Officer Brock here on the night of
December 21 and was one of the four
who escaped from the jail aout a week
aero and was captured at Hebron. The
I penalty is from one to twenty years'
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1 Ul pi 1B11U 1J1CI1 b. llC UBB HtSl Jr - ' fjrru
sentenced. His attorneys say they will
move for a new trial Martin ia be
lieved to be a member cf a pretty well
organized gang. .
j The past 'few dav have" been the
coldest of the wint-r in' this' section.
J Several rh.ldr. n in the country districts
I had ears and finaers frozen while going
to fcbool. Tbe continued cold Ireezing
j weather with no snow or rninlall is
extremely hard on winter heat.
I At Atkinson an ice war has teen on
' frr the las' week and some ot our denies
were comnellei 1 1 pngsge a htt't' inrd
of m 'king .ti eir ow n ttoek The! eriff
was called to terve an injunction imt
tbe use of th Elkhorn .river ice , and
now all is moving along with a rei 'jon
able degree ol smoo'hness
E.J. Howe, a prominent farmer 60
ye rsofaee, livine four miles east of
North Bend, was found dead in bed
Sunday morning. It is supposed to be
a case of paralysis of tbe heart.
While knocking the blocks from nn
dere au engine m the Burl ngtrn shops
at Wymore, a large sledge hammer,
which was being wielded hy John Hook,
slipped and struck Jack Ourrie, another
emp'oye, over tbe leff eye, cut'inga
J'arful gash about three inches in
len-'th Currie was taken to the office
of tbe company surgeon, where several
6titches were taken in the Wound, after
which be was removed to tiie home.
Anton Peterson of Hastings, tbe man
who was so badly burned by a gasoline
explosion at Jacobson's poultry house
December 31, died Jan. 31 at noon after
a month's terrible suffe-ing. It was
thought at one time tbat there was a
possibility of his recovery, but his con
di' ion for the past two weeks has txen
gradually erowing worse. The funeral
will take place Thursday afternoon.
A successful operation lor apendicilie
was preformed upon E. S. James ol
j Benedict lndicat'ons are that Mr.
James will be; in to improve at once.
A queer story of burirlary south of
Wymore has come to light. It seems
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I iii'. rfniiiro uioru, a huuci Him indUStri
OUS farmer residing several miles south
of Wymore drew $275 from a bank in a
neigdboring city and look it home with
him. That evening he placed the
wallet containing tbe monpy in his
trousers' pocket and placed the latter
under his pidow. Mr. Green bad been
working hard during tbe day, but no
ticed a peculiar sense of weariness and
inclination to sleep shortly after supper.
His wife seemed to be affected with tha
( same sensation, and the family dog,
usually far from qu;eland docile, bardly
made a move during the evening. Mr.
and Mrs Green soon retired snd they
slept until morning without bearing a
sound, and on awakening both felt very
d:ssgrepable. Mr, Green especially to.
After vetting up, Mr. Green looked for
his trousers, which hsd been left under
bis pillow. They were not there, and
sn investigation located them in tha
kitchen, The wallet bad been emptied
of its contents and the money was gona.
All indlcstions point to the fact tbat
Mr. and Mrs. Green, as well as tha dog,
were drugged, but just how they are
unable to tell.
A young man at Fall Oity giving his
name as Gsrnie W. Harris was taken
Into custody at Barada, charged with
stealing a team of horses in this city a
few nights ago. The team waa found
in bis possession. He was brought to
this city. The yoong man was hot 19
yesrs of age and ssld be took the team
with the expectation of being captured
snd sent lo prision. He said ha waa
without money and preferred the pent
tpntlsry to such a life.