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IMTTOII IS ADVANCING RELIEVED THAT AGUINALDO IS READY TO SUBMIT. General Otis Reports Latest of Killed end Wounded in Recent Battle. List Manila. May I. Major General Law toa a column advanced to a petition two and a bait miles north of Balinag Friday. Before making; a forward movement General Lawton sent back tc Manila two wounded men of the Min nesota regiment and one of the Ore conlans, who were hurt in yesterday's Stating, besides twenty men. They were sent by way of Matolos. General Lawton's advance met with but slight opposition. Outside of Maa ln 2,000 rebels, who occupied an en trenched position, were routed In short order. Many corpses of rebels have been dls covered In the river at San Tomas Scores of rifles and other arms have been recovered from the river, into . which they were thrown by the retreat !ng rebels. Major General MacArthur's division is resting at Pan Fernando, making in ;he meantime extensive reconnaisances. AGUINALDO READT TO SUBMIT. Chicago. May 10. A special to the Times-Herald from Washington says: Aguinaldo's representatives to the American Philippine commission have formally admitted the sovereignty of the United States over the Philippine archipelago. From a member of the cabinet it is learned that thU admission was made ;a President Schurmann at a conference Held by him with Colonel Arguelles and Lieutenant Berna! several days ago ft was In reply to a direct question put to them by Mr. Schurmann and the character of the answer was no doubt is gratifying to the commission as it is io the president. As a result of a dispatch sent by Mr. Schurmann, it is the confident expecta tion of the president that the end of the rebellion is close at hand. This result will not be obtained, though, without soncessions, which have been recom mended by the commission, and which, by direction of the president, will be granted. These concessions contem plate giving to the Filipinos a form of government modeled after that of the United States. The member of the ;ablnet who gave the above informa tion said that the commission had inanlmously adopted a recommendation which was submitted to the president, n Mr. Schurmann's dispatch, providing three departments for the new govern ment of the archipelago first, the ex ecutive department; second, the legisla tive department, and third, the judicial department. TWO NEBRASKA BOYS KILLED. Washington, D. C, May . General Otis reports the following casualties: Killed: FIRST NEBRASKA. Private James Spiory. company G. i 8. H. Spiory lived at Geneva, where the company was organized. Private William Belden, company L. William Belden was a barber, and at the time of his enlistment worked In the barber shop of S. S. Randolph, 1304 Dodge street. Omaha. He joined the company at Lincoln before its depart ure for the Philippines. He was 23 years old and was born at Minburn. Dallas county, la. He Ms a brother in Omaha, Dwtght Belden. who is em ployed at the Oregon restaurant on Dodge street. TWENTIETH KANSAS. Second Lieutenant William A. Mc Taggart, company G, May 4. Private Merton Wilcox, company H, May 4. FIRST MONTANA. Private Thomas Seallon, company K. TWENTIETH KANSAS. Colonel Frederick Funston, hand, moderate . Captain William S. Albright, company C, thigh, moderate. Sergeant Major Casslus Warner.com pany C. hand, moderate. Sergeant Joseph Robinson, company D. leg. slight. Corporal 8. Eliex Allison, company K, foot, slight. Private Benjamin Oliver, company H, thigh, slight. Private Frank Semple, company C, bead, severe. Private William Lantechen, company C, knee, severe. Private William McDougal, company F, sholdre, severe. Private William Davidson, company H, leg, severe. Private Christopher Clapp, jr., com pany I, chest, severe. Benjamin Concerns, band, lung, se vere. ENOINEER CORPS. Private Fred H. Buttner, head, se vere. vroer vrnmairi Private H. F. Dunning, company E, thigh, severe. The Initials given on the roster are Benjamin F. Dunning. He lives In Richardson. Private John C. Hover, company F, abdomen, severe. J. C. Hover was an original member ef the company. His home is at Bat tle Creek. Private Peter Madsen, company I, ab convetv, severe. Peter Madsen enlisted from Bennett. El nearest relative. John Madsen, lives at Davey, Neb. He was born in Den aaerk, was a farmer by occupation and was M years old. He was unmarried private WtlUam I. Johnson, company X, tuts, moderate. The malt William Johnson doss not e-psax oa the muster roll of company l WUtet B. Johnson, probably the sea referred to. enlisted from Colum ta. Be was M rears old and single. Lw nearest relative Is Abraham John see, residing at Columbus. FIRST MONTANA. Cental Thorns s t. Dllloa. company C, eeet, severe. Ttrtff Bruce Belknap, company K, ftitvBte Fred W. forth, company C. ' rLXXT SOOTH DAKOTA, f rhTUfi Woe, la, stvert. OTT-riJLT IOWA. Everett f t, rttrt. - . i Castilaff. eempaay C, Brian, company X Be rasa. H . , I' .' ' ' J TRUST FACTORIES ARE BUSY. Cabmen the Latest to Combine Other Trust News. Trenton. N. J.. May 10. Articles ol .ncorporation of the General Car nage company, with an authorized cap Ital of t20.000.000, were filed with th secretary cf state. The company ir formed to hire and traffic in cabs, car riages and vehicles of all kinds. The incorporators are Peter H. Evans. Jas N. Clarke. Richard C. Ellis. Frederick Centner snd Robert J. McKinistry o Camden. The Universal Fuel company, author ized capital II. COO. COO, was also incor porated. The company is formed to op erate furnaces, ovens and fuel distill ing plants. Also to purchase, manufac ture and deal in fuel of all kinds. The incorporators are Charles A. Brown George L. Tagg and Max W. Sabel. Pittsburg, Pa., May 16. W. A. Reis cl Newcastle, Pa., president of the Nation il Steel company, and Alex R. Peacock first vice president of the Carnegie steel company, limited, have gone to Chicago, the reported object of their visit being to hold a conference with John W. Gates, chairman, and John Lambert, president, of the American Steel and Wire company. Mr. Keis w ould not discuss the rumored consoli dation of the National Steel company with the Carnegie interests, the Amer ican Tin Plate company and the Amer ican Steel Hoop company, neither would oe admit that he had come fresh from conferences with H. C. Frick. A. W. Mellon and others in New York. Mr teis said that important engagements infecting the entire iron and steel bus! ness of the country were going on. He ;ould not tell what the result of the ne gotiations would be and said the pub ic would have to be held in suspense or some time to come. When told of he statement issued by Mr. Frick, Mr. Reis said that it was much nearer the truth than any of the reports that had ret come out. The impression he gave as that the negotiations were pro gressing without a hitch and that the .ombinatlon or "gentlemen's agree ment would be concluded possibly wiih- n a week or two. Seeks to Control Patents. San Francisco, May 10. Articles of ncorporation have been filed in the of- 1ce of the county clerk by the National ar Equipment company, with a cap- .tal stock of $10,000,000. It proposes to obtain, by purchase or otherwise, patents, and to manufacture and deal articles and inventions, to deal in eal estate, to act as the agent of in- iividuals. Arms, corporations, to bor- ow money and secure notes therefor oy mortgage, trust deed or pledge of property. The incorporators say that he main purpose of the company Is to btain control of patents, now In pos session of a local corporation, for pre- enting the flattening of car wheels and or regulating the pressure of air drakes. The company Is incorporated 3y John Dolber, Henry F. Allen, John Hooper, Rudolph Spreckles, Richard vV. Corrill, Joseph H. Thompson and W. H. Chickering. Trust Downs a Gould. Chicago, 111., May 10. Edwin Gould's Continental Match company is to be swallowed by the match trust. If the. present plans of the Diamond Match people be carried through to a success. ul conclusion, seven or eight match factories, which are now working In pposition to the Diamond Match com pany, will be put tinder control of the latter corporation. These will Include the plants of the Continental Match company, of which Edwin Gould is president, at Kanka nee. 111.. Passaic, N. J., and Ogdenburg, N. Y. The Continental Match compa ny was started by Edwin Gould in op position to the Diamond Match com pany. Stael Trust's Officers. Columbus, O., May 9. The announce ment is made here that the officers of the Republican Iron and 6teel com pany will be as follows: President, Au gust Belmont. New York; first rice president and chairman of the execu tive board. Myron C. Wick, Youngs town: treasurer, John F. Taylor, Youngstown. BREAK IN FRENCH CABINET. M. Da Frayclnet Resigns Portfolio of War. Paris, May 10. M. Charles D. Frey ;lnet has tendered his resignation to M- Dupuy, the premier, of the portfolio ot war, M. Dupuy Immediately sum moned a meeting of the cabinet, which M. de Freycinet did not attend. At the conclusion of the cabinet meeting Pre mier Dupuy had a conference with President Loubet, with the result that Senator M. Camitle Krants was ap pointed minister of war to succeed M. de Freycinet. The new minister of war said 'n the course of an Interview that be fully realizes the difficulties sur rounding the office to which he has been appointed, but he declared that be had a perfectly open mind with re gard to the Dreyfus matter He never bad been connected with the affair. It is understood that M. Krants will cleanse bis department of everyone who was mixed In any way with Dreyfus. M. de Freycinet s reslg nation was a great surprise to French politicians, but it is the general im pression that he was anxious to escape a probable debacle In lbs near future. ARREST OF COUNTY OFFICERS Sheriff and County Commissioner Charged With Aiding Strikers. Wardncr, Idaho. Msy 14. James D. Young, sheriff of Shoshone county, was arrested Saturday upon an order cf State Auditor Sinclair, who it acting as the personal representative of Oov. ernor Steunenberg. The arrest was made by United States troops and the sheriff Is bow confined In a barn with Ms) other prisoners, charged with aid. lac and abetting riot, and proceedings will be commenced Immediately by At torney General Hayes to remove h'rr, from office. In the meantime Coronet France will act ss rherlff. After the sheriff r.ad been placed In custody the attorney general asked fot the resignation of County Commission ar William Beyle. He asked for time la which to consider th matter bui this was refused and a squad of troopt laced Mm wader arrtst. Jews Barrett former United State rtaftter te Mam, has t't London foi nm Tacfc, . ft e-Uro-stors at Till in, tV havi PAYING OFF CUBANS CENERALS BROOKE AND COMEZ FINALLY AGRFE UPON A PLAN. Each Man will Receive $75, Reck onlng the Native Army to Consist of 40.OO0 Men. Havana. May 10. Forty thousand will be u fed as the divisor in fixing the shares of the soldiers in the 13,040.000 allotted by the government of th United States to be divided among the Cuban troops and the payment will begin at the end of this week. A general order declaring the pay ment and setting forth the rules to be observed, will be issued by Governor General Brooke on Monday next. The governor general and General Gomez have decided that it would be Impra-cticatie to try to verify further the army rolls as submitted ty the re cently disfclved Cuban assembly. Gen eral Broi ke has sent to General Gomez a list of the commissioners fur the several corps, asking if he wuhed to make any charges. The commis sioners or,e Cutan and one American for each corts te ordered to meet at once in Havana, to take action as to the detail? cf :i.e division of the money. The order in which the payments wilt be made is as follows: First, in Havana province, then In the provinces of flnar del Hlo, Matanzas. Santa Clara, Puerto Principe and Santiago. The next important rule laid down is that one requiring the giving up of all arms as a condition of the payment of the 17a each man is to receive. After all the privates and non-com missioned office s are paid some money will be left ar.d this remainder will be probably divided tmcng the maimed and destitute ctt.ee rs it the army. The rule ejttltiou.g fnra the division those employed by the government does not apply to the day laborers tu govern ment work, but to those employed at a fixed monthly salary. The wioow of Major Maucas. who was killed with General Mateo, b written a letter to El Heconcentrado. suKKestlng that Generals Lacret taa- tilles. Nunez. Cefpedes and other oin cera of blah rank, cede their shares In the 13.000.000 in favor of the widows of the men killed in the war. Major General Ludlow, military gov ernor of the department Ol Havana, recently asked Senor Lanuza, secretary of Justice in General Brooke's advisory cabinet, to arrange to allow American lnu vrrs tj oractice here, because of the desire of the American syndicates and merchants coming to Havana to em ploy Americans to defend their Inter ests. Senor Lanuza reterrea me mai ler to the universldad, which governs admission to the Havana bar; and Its reply, which was approved by the sec retary cf Justice, was a refusal of the request, it being held that as it Is not compulsory that Judges only speak their own language, it would be for the best interests of Americans to employ Cutans with a knowledge of the local laws. .... The citizens cf Santa jsahei nave sent a request to iiajor uenerai son military governor of the depart ment of Matar.zas and Fanta Clara, to remove tne mayor ti ice vn. -u-... iht-v accuse of selling Quantities of ra tions Issued to the city, for his own account. The receipts of sugar st Havana thus far this season amount to 400,629 sacks. AGAINST SUNDAY PAPERS. Fight In England Takes a Turn To ward Their Abolishment. London, May 10. Agitation against Sunday newspapers has had a splendid Inning this week. The Earl of Rose bery, in the course cl a public speech, took up the rr.atter cn Tuesday and de clared strongly against the system, sp. pealing for "a truce of God" between the Mall and Telegraph, whose pro prietors were sitting on either side cf him at the time. His lordship inti mated that etch was desirous of ceas ing the publication of hie Sunday paper If the other would agree to do likewise. Th evidence points strongly to the fact that neither Sunday paper has been the success anticipated, and other newspapers are Jubilant at the position In which the two rivals find them lelves. both being willing, but ashamed to withdraw. Mr. Harmswcrth. proprietor cf the Mall, has written s letter, saying that hf hopes the proprietors of the Dally Telegraph will accept Lord Rosebery s .repfition and agree to s truce. Mr. rlarrr.sworth adds that the Sunday rewtpaper development is quite as un noessry in England today as It was I- the I'rlted ftsles thirty-live years sro when it commenced there. One br ore the meet conservative newepspers of the Vnlted Hates were forced Intc tfc Sunday msrket. Mr. Harmswortn cencludes by saying thst the present a golden crpertunlty to stop the in crease of Sunday newspapers. Mr. Harmsworth evidently has bad enough of Sunday journalism. Died of a Broken Heart. Wlehlta, Ktn.. May -Jessie Wood of the Red Cross died Friday at Cald well of a broken heart, so the doctoi says. She has been wandering over the United Ftstes since the Cuban war ended. In search of Private Howard Oldmsn. troop D, Rough Riders. They met In the hospital In Cuba, the soldier having been . wounded. There they plighted their troth snd were to have been married as soon as the war was over. The records ifcow that Oldmsn was mustered out at New York, but never returned to bis nsncee. fbe came to the United fctates in search of him. Not long ago she received a letter from him dated Oakland. Cat., ststlng that he was being held there under hypnotle influence. Miss Wood hastened io the rescue, only to And thst he bad gone. Then sbs returned home snd died. Canadian Bank Robbed. Dresden, Ont., May 10. Tne, local branch of the Canadian Bank of Com rnhhrf of an amount estl mated at $10,000. Tbs charwoman who Ukes care of the bank offices i was the first to discover the robbery. The front doors of the bsnk had been pried open. Two boles were bored In the vault door, a charge of nitro-e:lyeertne was explod ed and then the Inner safe was attack ed In a similar manner. The second door yielded as quickly ss the first and the burglars gathered in the currency and Sad. The manager of ths bank M they did not get more than tt.OM. TIM nettee report thst the amount ot wrrency stolen was tlt.m. aad those who are in a position to know Mr this amoMt Is neeriy correct. How bsjrgkirt came into tows in BW fbe left ae ene knows. - GERMANS FEEL NEGLECT ED, Think Their Claims Have Been Die regarded in Samoa. Berlin, May 10 The belief has taker complete possession if the public mint! in Germany that German interests ir Pamca have teen brutally and ruth lessly disregarded ty both England and the United States. It seems that this view Is stesdily gaining strength with nearly all classes. The press openly reflects the sentiment with Increasing violence. The government has done nothing the past week either to fortify or to dispel this trend of public opinion. The agrarian newspapers and many other journal! have seized the occasion of the birth day anniversary of the Imperial min Ister for foreign affairs. Baron von Buelow, to severely attack him foi what they style his supine disregard of Germany's legitimate Interests in Samoa, and his alleged obsequiousness toward Great Britain and the United States. The matter of claims of damages both in Samoa and the Philippine islands for German property destroyed n recent engagements has also been injected Into the press discussion with singularly growing excitement, the as sertion being made that the United States meant to disregard these "Just claims. The imperial foreign office, however, has done nothing to create or fester this condition of public feeling. In the course of an interview with the correspondent here of the Asko- ?lated Press, the United States ambas. sador to Germany. Andrew D. White said: "The question of German claims for Jamages for property destroyed in the Philippine islands, or in Samoa, in consequence of acts of our naval or land forces, was never once mentioned luring all the conferences which I have had with the Imperial minister for foreign affairs. So far as I am iware, no such question has yet come up at the foreign office. At any rate, t is too early to discuss the subject, is no evidence, pro or con, has been idvanced on either side." It appears that the sole basis for the wholesale charges in the newspapers ivlth regard to these alleged enormous iamages is a few private letters re elved from the Philippine Islands and Samoa, in which the writers seek to nake out a case in advance. OTIS IGNORES CLAIMS The Vosslssche Zeitung and other journals have reproduced two of these etters, taking for granted all that was herein claimed, and arguing on tne Inez presented by the writers of the etters, who, among a number of al leged facts, asserted that Major Gen eral Otis, at Manila, had bluntly de clined to recognize any German claims (or damages. When United States Am bassador white was asked about this matter by the Associated Press corre spondent, he was very reticent, only taying: "Of course the reports of Gen. ;ral Otis on any of these cases would jave great weight with the state de partment, but in any event the final idjustment of such claims must be -nade at Washington and not at Ma nia." i The Kreuse Zeltung. in the course of in editorial article that has attracted i great deal of attention, said; "Despite the African agreement be ween England and Germany, and de- iplte the civilities interchanged, this xtraordinarlly perfidious act in Samoa was planned by the English, who kept in the background and sent some American hotspurs to the front in irder to establish the fact cf an Anglo American brotherhood in arms and em broil Germany snd the United States o the extent that an understanding was rendered next to impossible. NOT LIKED PY ENGLAND. "This much Is certain, that the friendly understanding between the United States and Germany is a com. binatlon that British statecraft ;usi now relishes least of all The North German Gazette, mention ing reports that tngnsn ana American merchants in Samoa express a aes.re o e Germany annez the whole of tne rroup. bitterly attacks the Imperial for- en office for suppressing mis state ment and keeping It ou. of the press. The azrarian Deutsche Tages zeltung. n the course of a severe review of Ger many s attitude towaro tne umifn States during the past year, blames ihe imperial foreign office with "knuck ling down to the Americans" In every ase. even recalling the instance pi aq- tilral von Dlednchs at Manila, "so ss not to hurt the feelings of mesleurs, the Americans." The article concludes is follows- "Only by now showing a bold and unyielding front can the arestlee of the empire, which has suf- fered so seriously latterly, be re-estab lished." German' Squadron on a Cruise. Berlin, May 10 A squadron which r.ss Just left Kiel for a long cruise ilong the coasts of Denmark, England r.d Portugal Is the largest that evei failed from a German port. It Include four large ironclads, two second-clssi ironclads, one cast Iron-clad and twe tmaller cruisers. The total lonnage ot the squadron is f 1.500 and 3,700 mer ire aboard the rhlps. During the cruise seme recent in ventions st Admiral Thompsen. the commander rf ihe squadron will b practically tested. One of these con im of an electrically worked appsra tus, by means of which an officer or the bridge of a warship is enabled tc automatically move and point gun below and on the deck. It Is believed thst this contrivance will be of vsst Importance In facilitating the flghtlni power of a vessel. -nterest 'n the Coming Race. London. May Eitraordlnary en thusiasm and interest are being man! fested In Clyde yachting circles ovet the crmlng ccntest fcr the America's cup. Net enly have many ewners of steam yachts signified their intention rf Mesming ever ihe rice, providing the largest muster of British yachts ever seen in Amerlrsn waters, but even workmen In the building yards ar In fected with the same desire. A club has been formed hers by ths workmen in Greenock yards to open a fund to which each member pays a filed weekly sum until the end of Septerr.ber, when there will be cash enough on hand to 'arry them on the round trip to New York and back The Idea and fund are entirely of their own devising and they receive no assistance from any outside qusrter. The crown prince of Oermsny and his brother are learning the trades of Join, ers and woodworkers. A committee which visited King Otte ( Bavaria found the king as arasy at ever. A SPLENDID SHOWING NEW WILSON LOAN AND BUILD ING ASSOCIATION LAW. The Annual State Meeting of the Association Held In Grand Is land was Well Attended. Grand Island. Neb. (Special.) The seventh annual convention of the Ne braska State League of Local Loan and Building Associations was held in the city of Grand Island on the 25th ult., delegates being in sttendance from most of the leading associations of ths state. Owing to the rapidly Increasing Importance of such associations In this slate, and the late comprehensive revision of the laws governing them at the last session of the legislature, ths meeting proved of extraordinary inter est and benefit. P. L. Hall, secretary of the state banking board, together with Bank Examiners V. E. Wilson, E. H. Linkhart and J. F. Coad, jr., were among those present and were granted the privilege of the floor In the discussions of the convention. C. J. Phelps of Schuyler, president of the league, acted as chairman, and E. E. Bryson of Omaha as secretary. The convention was opened by an ad dress of welcome by the mayor of the city, which was responded to by T. J. Fitzmorris of Omaha on behalf of the league. The annual address of the pres ident was a complete resume of the league's work for the year past, con cluding with a high tribute to Exam, iner Wilson as the drafter and chief promoter of the highly meritorious as- sociation law passed by the late legis lature. Following the address, resulu tions commendatory of Examiner Wil son and Secretary Hall for their labors In behalf of the new law, were adopted by a standing vote. Much of the discussions of the con vention related to the various provis ions of the new act, addresses being made by President Phelps on "Some of the good features of the new building and loan associations laws;" by Exam iner Wilson on "The general manage ment of associations under the new law," and by National Delegate C. F. Bentley of Grand Island on "Liquida tion and receivership in associations under the new laws." Futile attempts had been made by the league at the two preceding sessions of the legisla ture, in V&b and IK) 7, to have the laws amended in a few specially important particulars, and the delegates felt ex ceedingly gratified to learn of the mul tiplicity of additions and amendments provided for In the new act. The need of a revision of the old law had been so keenly felt that the new law Is con sidered as marking an era In thehlstory of loan and building associations in this state. Perhaps the irmst Important of the chanea from the old law Is that vesting associations with the additional powers necessary to become the sav Ings repositories of thv state, In the place or tne rapidly vanmnwg leavings bank. It will thus combine the advan tages of a safe plare of deposit for the people's earnings, with that of a home building Institution, and become. In fact, a co-opieratlve bank, in which the members share equally in all of the PlrorttR andloaiilg privileges Inclifc-nt to credit Institutions. It was but fol lowing in the wake of many older east ern states, and long experience there has demonstrated the building and loan association, or, more properly speak ing, the savings and loan association or co-operative bank, to be the safest and best private Institution of modern times for the deposit of the people's savings, having withstood the vlclssi tudes of the severest panics and crls-s with comparatively small damage. The institutions have become, of late years, the principal savings repositories of such states as Massachusetts. New York. Pennylvania, Ohio and others, driving out savings bank of time hon ored standing and reliability. It is the co-operative spirit of the age manlfest ng Itself In the m'st unlooked for quar. ter, that of banking, and It is safe to say that the day of the private stock, public-bust savings bank is past. While the operations of these associ. atlons have been confined largely to the cities, In the past. It is believed that the future will see them extended, with equal success, to the country, to the farmer and his homestead as well as to the wage-laborer and his cottage. There exists no reason why the farm er's ready cash or deposit In the bank cannot be turned through the agency of such an association to the carrying of his neighbor's farm mortgage, thus yarning dividends greater than ths rate of Interest wnicn can ne piaia oy banks, while furnishing borrowers with as chesp or cheaper money than they can obtain of the banks or of eastern loan companies, and keeping the monry of a community and the profits there from at home. Much of the credit for the Increasing efficiency of the associ ations in this slate, as well as for Ihe passage of th new law. Is due Bank Examiner V. E. Wilson of Omaha. ho also examines snd supervises sll of Ihe tssoclations In this state, and at the roncluslon of his able address a rising vote of thanks was unanimously ten dered him. The league decided to hold Its next annual convention at Schuvler, Neb. WHY ATKINSON BENT THEM. Waa Informed That Nebraska Moth ers' Cablegram was Stopped. Boston, Mass., May . Edward At kinson of this city has addressed an open tetter to the attorney general of the United States on the recent action prohibiting ths transmission of certain pamphlets through the malls by Mr, Atkinson, In which ths writer denied that the matter was of a seditious na ture and repests what he previously has said In Interviews, that the pant, phlets have appeared as public docu ments In connection with the proceed Ings of the United States senate. Mr. Atkinson also denies Ibat he has sent any communication of any nature to any private soldier or regimental officer of the United States In ths Phil. Ipplnea Mr. Atkinson says that It has been suthentlcsllr reported to him thst ths parents of Nsbresks volunteers had not been allowed to communicate wKh their sons ob duty In tht Islands, and prompted by Indignation, he decided te make a test and to do so mailed nam. phlets to the Philippines, and wrote te the seeretary ol war, telling aim what be bad Asm. . COKVfCTS IN SUITS OF GRAY. Asa Result of Prison Reform In Kan sas Stripes are Abolished. Leavenworth, Kan. (Special.) Tht abolition of the striped garb In thi state prison here has been wonderful! beneficial ln reforming convicts. War den Landis Introduced the new aysten two years ago. Before the change In uniforms scarce ly a day passed without some prison er's punishment and the dark cells wen seldom without occupants on a diet o; bread and water. Today the solltarj cells are without an occupant, and out of the S23 convlcta only twelve are tt be seen wearing the hated garb. Thes men have been returned to the stripes for attempting to escape, for fighting among themselves or for refusing t obey orders. That they feel the extra degradation can be seen In the averted downcast faces In the presence of vls itors and In their earnest petitions t the warden or deputy for permission to iresume wearing their "clothes," at they call the new uniform. Other changes in the management of the prison have been made, until a convict released several years and now returned would be hardly able to recog nize It as the same prison. In few of the state institutions can this pro gressive spirH be seen more fully than in the state penitentiary. A few years ago this prison was typical of the many similar institutions throughout ths country. Its cellhouses were foul, which caused much sickness and kept the hos pital constantly filled with patients. Many convicts, unfit for hard labor, were Idle a fruitful source of trouble. Two men occupied each cell. Scandals were numerous, and In fact the peni tentiary was a disgrace to the Btate. Now new cellhouses have been added and each man has a cell to himself. An improved system of ventilation has been Introduced, reducing sickness to the minimum. The hospital today con tains only two men, one of whom Is convalescing, the other being a hopeless paralytic. A "tinker's shop" was es tablished, In which cripples and those unable to engage In hard labor were given employment In making useful and ornamental work, w hlth Is sold to visitors as souvenirs of the prison. Dur ing the seventeen months this shop has been In existence about 12,000 worth of Its product has been sold, all of which is a net gain to the state and those who would of necessity be idle find steady employment. The contract and furniture shops are a picture of clean liness, for a perfect exhaust system carries awsy all dust and litter. The Improved system of ventilation. the facilities for employing the time ol ill convicts and the disappearance oi :he stripes have been of great saving :o the state. Permitting the convict to ear the present neat, tasty unirorrB places the prisoner on bis good behav. lor and reduces the number of days lost by punishment. During the twenty- l,W QmonthS.. Since Jhcse reforms were - :nstltuted the state has lost a total of J.670 days from sickness, punishment ind all other causes, against 21,112 days luring the previous twenty-two month. This, figured at 50 cents a day which '.s a little less than the state receives from the prison contractors for labor Deans a great saving. By a new con tract made for boarding the prisoners ind other reforms will swell the total laving to at least 115,000. The convicts appear to be as contcnt d as is possible for men to be when -estralned of liberty. The prison con :alns a number of notorious persons. John Henry Collins, convicted at To peka for the murder Qf his father, waa Drought there a short time ago. As be gave his occupation as laborer h was assigned to the prison tailor shop ind is now engaged In making the gray inlforms. He is becoming familiar with the use of the needle, and says that he can sew a straight line. Emmet Dalton, the famous bank rob ber. Is cutter and superintendent of the prison tailor shop and wield his scls lors with as much ease as he did his Winchester when he rode Into Coffey vllle to rob the bank. He wears his hat over his eyes In true cowboy style and till retains a vigorous physique, show ing no effects of prison life. Willie Sell, under a life sentence for the murder of his parents, has charge of the laundry, and Is spoken of as a model prisoner. Another effort Is being made to secure a pardon for him. Prof. R. C. Meade, formerly of the Atchison schools, is In the library, and William Chadbourn, a noted train rob ber. Is kept In the cell house, as he ex. hlblts signs of insanity. There are a number of others of more or less no toriety, among them a former chief clerk of the prison, now doing duty In the hospital. Warden Landis Is preparing for Ihe Installation of a binder twine plant, the recent legislature having appropriated 1260,000 for this purpose. The warden and the board of penitentiary directors have Just returned from a tour of in spection of the twine plant at Still water, Minn., and from the examina tion of machinery at Chicago. The board will hoiu a ineeuhg i r days when the needed machinery will be or dered. It la the Intention of the board to have the product on the market. If possible, In time for this year's harvest. If present- plans go through the ma chinery of the prison's electric light plant will be used until the new ma chinery csn be obtained and a room built for Its use. There are 21 men and one woman un der life sentence and 4 men under sen. tence of death. As no Kansas govemot will sign a death warrant this meant life Imprisonment, with always the hope of a pardon. The convlcta are al lowed I cents a day, their earnings of the first year being retained, but sftei the first yesr they are allowed to da whet they please with the money. Kacb prisoner Is allowed to receive all mail sent to him, provided It contains noth ing of an objectionable character, an la allowed to write one letter each month Is he is not undergoing pun ishment. Bat all Incoming and outgo. lag mail must flrst pass through Um ., y.,4 ,v ..u