ARMY BILL COMES NOW7 W A Determined Effort for Im mediate Consideration. STRONG OPPOSITION TO BE SHOWN Adherents of tlie Measure Point Oat the Plight the (internment Will He In When Volunteers lilsheutl — Reduced Porne Will Ouulitless Work Injury. WASHINGTON, Febt 13.—The prom I m Feb. 13 When i he thermometer registered 83 tlugfoea below aero et 2 o'clot K thie morning a Bre started In one of the i-ottage* of ihe state Insane asylum, whlrh result t*d In the drath of seventeen pareonn Kvwry effort waa made to eava all the Inmatea. hut the lire had the advan tage and kept It. Those who did ee tape weal down the narrow passage way In their night rlothes and t*are fret Into the bitter roW, and had M not been that shelter and warmth were so near at hand e»*i»» of them would have perished All that re mains of the rsMtage are the bare granite wella. gw tomptete »be “rtamgee " WAIMIINUTON, I» C , Feb 12 The navy department has been informed of (be reorganisation of »he rune-m that undertook la build tbe eubmnrine bant (lunger, under lbs anrne of tbe NMer trie Hunt roar pea y Interested la tbe ee« r. u.psey It la aabd are t lemmi A ilh»..w, M tore A H hley, ferry Helasunl. William kl U »' an I others Tbe rp«ny bae an lei taken to Inns if Italy resume the prue«> utUsn of the work «a the ('lunger wht#h has been •«•••>• nded el the Folembten lr»a Works fat nearly a «t*d also lu put the submarine boat Holland Into eoadittoe feu ae< vUe at onew THE PHI LLI PI NO LOSS. Destha NninlMr '4,000, the WoniMlcd and Captured Largely Kireeillug That Num ber. MANILA, Fob, 13,—All is quint along tho entire line, nothing having hap pened up to thlB hour to disturb the peace of Sunday. In Manila the in habitants have generally recovered from the alarm occasioned by the fear of a native uprising and are resuming their ordinary business. The shipping is naturally suffering since there have been no clearances for Philippine port* for a week, but on the other hand for eign shipping lias increased, especially for Hong Kong, every steamer bound thither being crowded with timid ref ugees. Despite the quietude, however, many are asking whether the problem is still not far from solution. A week ago those who took an optimistic view pre dicted that the terrible lesson Just ad ministered to the rebels would settle the question of Filipino Independence, ltut this prediction bus not been ful filled. As a matter of fact the rebels are now scattered through the country, bushwhacking, except at MalaUon, where they are gathering in force. Even there their methods savor more of guerrilla than of civilized warfare, every bush, clump of trees and tree furnishing a cover for sharpshooters. Unfortunately, for miles around the land Is studded with bamboo iungle and open spaces are few and fur be tween. This affords the natives, who fight better under raver, a distinct ad vantage. Under such conditions It is remarka ble that the American casualties should he so few, while the number of dead natives found in the brush ufter every skirmish testliles to the precis ion of our fire. Uast week there was not a single day without fighting, but the Americans steadily advanced, tar rying everything before them. It is now known that the Filipinos loss is fully 2,500 killed, with wounded vastly in excess of that number and thousands are held prisoners. All tins has been achieved at the cost of sixty five Americans killed and 27« wountleJ. There are twenty-five Americans missing and unaccounted for. No fewer than ten of the native villages have surrendered or been captured. Several nave been destroyed beausa their houses harbored men, fr-crnntlv disguised in 'eurutle attire, who shot cans Many rules and a ton of ammuni tion have been seized. Ah might be expected, there Is looting in the out skirts, but it has not been general and has been done In direct violation of orders, The only lneident that has broken the quiet of the day followed the ar rival of the Herman first elans cruiser Kaiserln Augusta. When saluted It sa luted Admiral Dewey this afternoon a report spread rapidly that the Amer ican warships were bombarding Mala bon. Today crowds have visited the scene of laHt week's fighting All th-s mads from the city were thronged with ve hicles, but beyond burn a J villages and new mom is in the fle.ds then w -s little to he seen. Inspection showed that most of the enemy’s dead had re mained at their posts to the last as the bodies were usually surrounded by empty cartridges, while In the trench es, wherever there were no dead, thera was little and often no ammunition. A Fight at (lamp llawejr. MANILA, Feb. 13.—Yesterday after noon a reconnlterlng party of the four teenth Infantry came upon a large body of the enemy In the Jungle near Camp Dewey. The rebels were at tacked and fell hack upon the main line of the Insurgents. The fourteenth infantry, the North Dakota volunteers and the fourth cavalry then engaged the enemy and drove them toward the beach .where one of the gunboats received them with a fusillade from automatic Colt guns. The enemy's loss Is severe, and they scattered along the beach, seeking cover from the fire of the Americans. Private Hansom Hensel and Saund ers of company F of the fourteenth Infantry and two troopers of the fourth cavalry were wounded. The bodies of two members of the California regiment were subsequently line. They had been shot to pieces by found In the hush to the right of the the enemy. One of these itodles was Identified as that of Private Abneghan, but the other has not yet been identi fied. Mr, llrjrau Not Invited. HARRISlH'lhG, Pa.. Feb. 13.—A resolution was presented In the uenats today providing fur the appointment of a legislative committees to assist la making arrangements for the unveil ing of ths llartrauft monument la Harrisburg, May 12, ami also extending hu Invitation to President McKinley to take part In the ceremonies. When the resolution had been pre sented, Kenator Washburn of Crawford county, moved that William J Bryan of Nebraska lie also tuvtteU to attend the unveiling. After a short time the presiding officer asked: "Is the mo tion seconded." There were several democratic senators In the chamber at ths time, but uous of them responded. Sun.) Pur the C WASHINGTON, K» b 13 The cme* tlon of the transportation to Cuba of ths f i.cioo.noo, with whic h the lusur sent army It to i.s paid off and the kinds of money to be sent, was briefly considered by the cabinet. It was ugrved that the Cuban* could have any kind of money they wished whether gold, silver or certificates, or a part In rack Nhlpmeitis of fiiooocxj each pro hahiy will be made at Intervals of a few davs. or as raetdl) as needed The question of an extra »-*al<.n < f congress was also discussed and it la ths opinion of Mvinbers of the cabinet that ia ease of the failure of the army reorganisation hill an extra session wlU be accessary. Oeweswi XrkisOsr live a WAMIHNGTON. U C P»b II — Gsnerwl Kd round behrlvey, a gradual# nf the military academr of me • u-a of 1*33. and us* of the ulibd •»#!* era In the arm), dud beta last night Horn a • "lupin si Ion of dU-ases Incident In <4>i sgs. General Akriut •«> a native of Pennsylvania CALOOCAN IS CAl’Tl IIED Americans Dislodgo Rebels with Heavy Loss. EIRE OF INSURGENTS INEFFECTIVE III* (Inna of Monsiltiork I’lsy I* ro ml nr nt I’art In the hrig-gt.incui—klicll Kn* tranchiuaolk Willi KfTrrt liaora* anil Third Artillery Make (inllaiil Charge Across the Opi-n—Klllplnus Uellre ■righting stubbornly MANILA, Feb. 11.—The Amcrl.-an forces male a combined attack on Ca ioocau ant. reduced It In short order At a signal from the tower of the l)e Lome church, the United .States double-turreted monitor Mouadnorlt, opened Are from the bay, with the big funs of Its forwa. d tu. i et on the earth works with grout effect. Soon after ward ths Utah battery bombarded the place from the land side. The rebels reserved tbeir Are until the bombardment ceased, when they Bred volleys of musketry as the Mon tana regiment advanced on the Jungle. The Kansas regiment on the ex treme left, with the Third artillery deploying to the right, charged across the open cheering, und carried the earthworks under a heavy Are. Bup porled by the artillery at the church, the troops further advanced, driving the enemy, lighting every foot, right Into the town line, penetrated to the president-la, and lowered the Filipino flag at 0:30 p. m. The enemy’s sharpshooters In the jungle on the right, fired at long range on the Pennsylvania regiment, but the rebelB were soon silenced by shrupm-1 shells and the Pennsylvanians remain ed In the trenches. As the Americans advanced they burned the native huts. J fit riwt'in with ruuweu uuwu iiwe grass, but the American loss was light. MANILA, Feb 11.— the rebels have apparently selected Mutation as their base of operations In their next en counter with the Americans, as they are concentrating In considerable force there and at Culoocan Many small bodies of scattered troops are strag gling In from the right, and others are undoubtedly arriving from the north Interior provinces. Aguinaldo Is re ported to have •established headquar ters at Malabon for the purpose of ral lying his forces for a decisive blow. In order to cover their movements the rebels again opened Are on the Kansas outposts lust night from the Jungle The Arlng was continued for twenty minutes without effect The Ameri cans reserved Are until a detachment of the enemy emerged from the bam boos, when a well directed volley made the rebels scuttle back to their cover like rabbits, Beyond this everything is quiet. The Fourteenth Infantry has un earthed several tons of Spanish shells which had evidently been stolen from the Cavite arsenal and cached by l»be rebels in the vicinity of Paranaoue. Fifteen cart loads of It have been brought Into the city, as has also been a modern naval gun and a part of its mount. There Is no doubt that the gun was stolen by the Insurgents or re moved from one of the sunken ships. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11.—The fol lowing dispatch from General OUb was received tonight: "MANILA, Feb. 10.—Adjutant Gen eral: Insurgents collected considera ble force between Manila and Caloo can, where Aguinaldo Is reported to be, and threatened an attack and upris ing In the city. Swung left of Me Arthur's division, which Is north of Pasig river, into Caloocan, driving the enemy easily. Our left Is now at Cal oocan. Our loss slight, that of insurg ents -considerable. Particulars In morning. Attack preceded by one half hour’s Arlng from two of Admiral Dewey’B vessels. "OTIS." Scouting parties of the Dakota regi ment yesterday surprised some Filip ino scouts at the bridge across the Par anaque river. The enemy retired hur riedly swimming the stream to reach the main body of the rebels, en trenched opposite troop K of the fourth cavalry. A few rebels have concentrated at Paranaque. While they are entrenched they are fully ex posed from the water front. General King's headquarters are now at the village of Pasig, which sur rendered yesterday without opposition. Many of the rebels are coming In, hop ing to be allowed to enter Manila, bur they have been refused the necessary permission and are now afraid to re turn to the enemv's ranks. The Cali fornia regiment, whose members are In excellent spirits, Is now occupying the villages of I'uslg, Malate and Kauta Ana. t'abluel a ( nil of Itmf. WASHINGTON. Feb. II.- In the cabinet uieetliiK the president read a brief extract from the report of (he war Invest Ixni in* cummUnion and (he matter was discussed Informally. Dur 11>k the conversation u cun of r There |« Utile new# from th* Kl ndika claims as yet j this year. Ht.«mp< d»a to aew dtalrlrta ar* of I ten) uwn i ur urreace. but no in portant dla»otrer|a* are report ml. Fath er Judge. who founded tit. Ylaty'a hoa- ! pltal here, la dead of pneumonia Tom YlcFathrtch aa old man. was found (ro4«n In hi# cabin t•*«eatber 33 Word ftiWM front Circle City of th* ihoottaa of Jo* Uaitiiit and th* rob b*ry of a saloon by two massed non Moranst* way >11 . v* r«"*o »o «tstixi ( *##•*« MAHtttH F*h It Th* supra military court whl>b bn* had undef const deration th* |u#s of th* tftpauy t nu. tom tt t a t., t wn*. on Jmy ast lu lbs id >1 to pom < at* In , On nesitoa with th* >ii«t»i,r Aitwiial t o>t and Coiuioaiotani Fmtito HU* d* Morea Nn*f caputs u| I ha 4* atiu d >t«let t hltato at Colon IN THE SENATE. X«briiika NriiHtor I'rgea that I'rlnrlplaa of llfflarutlon nf luilap«iidi« I/mm church yard. Across the ra vine from the Montana regiment is Captain Jensen’s company, holding the : stone fort supporting Grant’s battery j of four Utah guns, a fifth gun to the left on the railroad supporting the Kansas troops. To reach is present position the brl suof imn Bimuiroa lour lutiew timer Saturday In a aeries of brilliant rum bata on different parts of the line of action, especially so on the Bth, 6th and 7th The Ins* advance waa the moat sanguinary, the American lost being one killed and atg wounded, while the Klllplnos suite ml a hats oi f irtv-fnur killed and were utterly runted The brigade has lost to date si* killed and fifty-live wounded. The Klllplnos lost Kin. All Ihe dead were irled, fleveriil bnyoMt charges ««.*• i na«t« on the 7th during Ute advance of the right and center. The taking of the Chinese cemetery on the Bth by the Montana and IVttnsylvanla regiments was s superb piece of work A bril liantly egreuted advance tip the slope >n the open made a battle picture that would delight a veteran. *l«*ts Will Keep Ike 1‘sreltees. UAt>1(111. K«b II Tbs Mpantsh goveranicsl has decided not to sail th# Caroline Intends vl|Ml Keeps St* VmttS WAKXrKvtTON K*h It Owing to I ho preset sg need for additional slg ial corps Mrs ts ths I'htlipplnes and I to dim* nlty of getting rsiaforreuteaU ik«r« front the I nlted itiates It has been decided by the War departat "SI to ■ irenaibtA a rorp* n >• in the ts *a Is by th* addition of tvae company of *4g- , ty non rerrutted trow the volunteers '« Ike forces BUS Msttoked there Th* OitSMStr Will be rc-rultcd I tom the ] i Ml wen obtainable In the sm«|m and i «o.| t*v tbs t at now so tout It* ton «wl ofltiefW that the rottt tN»Mi com manders are wlll*ng (a spars. mmm hands Report of Investigation Into Conduct of the War. DECLARED MOT TO BE A WHITEWASH A Criticism of Milos' Strictures on llsef— Commission IIiim Over Kililencs with the I’rmlilriit and Inquiry llimrd'i O 111 - tlsl kilstrucs Thereupon Hull*. WASHINGTON, Feb.10.—The report of the war in vt it'gating commission id In the hai'.ih of the president and the commission is dissolved. All tiie members of the commission, Including the secretary, Mr. Weigh* man. and the recorder, Colonel liuvis, met by appointment at the While House at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon and were at once shown into the cab inet room, where they were received by the president. General Hedge. chairman of the commission, presented the report and in receiving it the president congrat ulated the commissioners on the com pletion of their work. Seated around the cabinet table, the member* went ever their work In a general way ard at he reouest of the president read port ions of their re port, which covered ertatn points In whl'ih ne expresse d an Interest. <.• eonferen.’o listed nlout *.u bout an 1 n half. and -is the '-ommiss oners were about to leave the president slate t.iat lie was satisfied that each member bad done his whole duty. He himself hud rendered them every assistance possible and sa.a that they would bear witnecs that he had not sough: to in fluence them In any manner In .ne slightest degree. The report may be in the hands of | the president several days before being Riven official promulgation, to enable full consideration of ihe document. It consists of between 60,000 and 65,000 words. The general scope of the re port was sent out last night and re newed attention was called today to the fact then pointed out that there were only two witnesses who made charges against the government In tbe beef issue. i ue r.ugun lncmeni is passed over without material mention, in view of General Eagan's icvinlon of the state cient that he originally made to them. 1 ne report avoids ail question of the strategy of the war, that Doing a mat ter regarded as mislde the fundin'* of the commission The referen.se to General Miles’ commanding trmy are devoted mainly to strictures on his con ire with reference 10 me beef Issue covered in his testimony. in speaking of the report today to a Star reporter a promluen. member oi the commission said: "The report does not whitewash. It criticises, but not persons or tbingB not warranted by the evidence before us. We started out with the assump tion that the conduct of the war was all right and then we went ahead to hear and call witnesses who said lr was not. The report represents the honest opinion of every member of the commission. We were unanimous in adopting it. I say this and I am of the opposite political faith and don’t ex pect and don't want anything from the administration. “I know that every line of the report represents my individual view and if any member tr*ed harder than I did to get at and out ui me tacts l nave yet to see hiao. There was no suppres sion or concealment and no uolnt brought out in the evidence was evad ed or glossed over. We never met be fore hearing a witness and agreed not to examine him or to touch jpon cer tain matters that, might turn out un favorable. Everything that a man knew or thought he knew was the subject of inquiry and I am satisfied when the country gets our report in full that there win be no conmlalnt either at or to our methods or results.” "The president never saw a line of cur report before he received it offi cially; not n single word Nor, indeed, has he never talked with any of the commission about it. "He hiiB never in any way. by word or action or meuevger, evinced a wish to have us use anything but the truth. "We have questioned more than 50o witnesses and the majority of themhad some complaint they wanted to relate. In no Instance cun it be proved that we have omitted to call any witness who has been brought to our attention as naving important facts to disclose. Hut had we desired to wmiewarh’ the administration we could have had 6,000 witnesses who could fully testify that the conduct of the war was all right. Or course there were some evils, but they were to ne expected, i ne soldiers ill the civil war never had hospitals or medical attendance aa good as was given them In the war with Snaltt. And their army ration then was not aa eatable aa it is now "M n who complained the moat of the food we found were very generally tne militia men from the Interior of st a lea who had l>ean allowed t. per need for sitbelalenre store* while they were In elate tamp* When they wen* Into the active P/h'tng they expected the aanie sort of thing ’'In questioning these men t eariy til confessed to us »hst they had always received armv rations They had no t.yht to expe-t any more I could ««*ll some very fttnnv ttorlea to tlltw* *gte (Ms There were many romplalpta brought to ua that ns their fur* were foolish and false, tr.t we went to ev ery trouble and ettwetme to Inquire In to the genuine thargea ” Mllte* l« Itreap* Pulls WAMIIINOTON »b 10 Ihrotuihly within forty eight h tir# lleneral Mil ler will have begun the attempt to oe cupv Iloilo on the tala ad of t*away Mu spec IUr order* on this more have been aunt to him attare the belli# of ttalsr day and gugdar, hut it »u hU hooag tMeattoa to make this Important luuieawat ea wmi aa h# felt that ««• itiiioita warranted It, and rlalowsini OM istead iw lha prsae reworta llu.q Manila t out lace the odUiala here 'hit * at into at tail baa authorised th*» U»-Ua* TO TAKE ILOILO. General Miller Kxpecte noun to Poxaeiw the lltjr. WASHINGTON, D. D.. Feb. 10— In terest tonight in the Philippine situa tion is centered upon Iloilo, which Is believed to be in the possession of General Miller's command. General Otis cabled the war department today announcing the dispatch of the First Tennessee regiment to llollo to rein force General Miller, but it is not cer tain that it will arrive at its destina tion iu time to take part in the at tack. It developed today that under the terms of the Instructions sent to Gen eral Miller by General Otis, the former is to present an ultimatum to tiie natives directing ihat ttrey evacu ate the town and permit the landing of the American forces by 9 o'clock on February Id, or it will be Immediately bombarded and forcibly occupied. General Miller now has between 2,500 and 3,000 men, and the First Tennessee will increase bis command by another thousand. It is not expected that General Miller will find any great difficulty In occupy ing the port, as It Is easily approached. Disembarkation under the guns of the naval vessels can be readily accom plished, and the men-of-war will ma terially assist the military In driving the natives out of the city. Some of the Insurgent defenders are understood to be armed with Mausers and Remingtons, but the greater part of their force have no firearms. The German cruiser Irene is at Iloilo, and it Is expected that her commanding officer will land a guard of marines for the protection of German subject* and Interests. No objection could be taken to such action, buf as soon a* the American troops are In possession and are capable of maintaining peace and order the German commander will he expected to withdraw his force. With respect to the situation at Manila the authorities feel that Gen eral Otis continues to have the situa tion at well In hand. He v* - -1 use his own Judgment with respect to the con duct of the campaign. The adminis tration approves his action In declin ing to answer Agulnaldo’s communica tion, and it is not expected that he will recognize the Filipinos In any way,_ FALLEN NEBRASKANS. lieitr Brant of the I*om In Additional OftlUiltj Lint Kearlved. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The fol lowing cablegram was received from General Otis: MANILA, Feb. 9.—Adjutant Oenersl, Washington: Additional casualties: First Nebraska—Killed: ARTIFICER GUSTAVE EDLUND. Company U, Fullerton. PRIVATE WILLIAM PHILPOT, Company F, Madison. PRIVATE II. G. LIVINGSTON, Company M, Plattsmouth. Wounded: Charles Keckley, Company A, York. George L. Clothier, Company B, Genoa. Robert E. Childers, Company B, Ful lerton. Fred Kuhn, Company C, Beatrice. Oral F. Gibson, Company E, David City, Douglas T. Bridges, Company F, Norfolk. Harry Seabrooke, Company H, Nelson. Grant Boyd, Company K, Columbus. Francis Hanson, Company L, Adlah. Moro C. Shlperd, Company M. Broken Bow. Daniel Campbell, Company M, Broken Bow. Of the above George L. Clothier and Charles Keckley had been previously reported. Artificer Edlund. Privates Phillpot. Childers. Boyd, Shlperd and Campbell do not appear on the original muster rolls and the location of ths company Is given: Manila Ha* a Quiet l»ajr. MANILA. Feb. 10.—All Is quiet hers today. The Filipinos are lying low exceiyt on the extreme left and right. They are evidently concentrating be tween Caloocau and Malabon. Judging from appearances, the Filipinos are being reinforced by better drilled men from the northern provinces. In front of Calooean, they are as thick as a swarm of bees. The American troops feel the heat at midday in the open, but they are anxious to proceed. The soldiers are Impatient of restraint while in sight of the enefny. The Fil ipinos are still intrenching themselves on the left of Caioocan. Sergeant Major Smith of the Tenes rccs has been ordered to proceel to I he United States by the next transport as an escort of the remains of Colonel William C. Smith of the First Ten nessee volunteers, who died of apo plexy during the recent battle with the Filipinos. Nut Vu IuIdi for Fnn. MANILA, Feb. 10.—The report that Agulualdo had sent a representative to Manila to arrange for a cessation rf hostilities is denied ut headquarters. General Otis says no accredited repre sentative yel entered the linea. WASHINGTON, F«b. 10.- The navy department today received the follow ing dispatch. i' NILA. Feb. 9.—After continued interference and Intimidation of eur workmen I ordered armed inaurgenla to leave San ituque by 9 this morning. They left during the night, a few re maining. who burned the village this mornlug. it Is uow occupied by ell* troops All quiet, l>FWKV. Philippine fwluRtM. WASHINGTON, I). C., Tub. 10.—Teg poetal employee are now eu route fur the I'hliipptnee tu aid li|, score of Fuel a Vaille la uetabilabing a mod, ra s«t v iee. I tils represents seven bunded |M*t*i clerk* aid three railway service expert* They carry important instruct tune, and. amung t>lh«r things, are dire* ted tu open up the p • t fit e at Iloilo. One of their Wret duueg. yrulebly, will he restoring the p *tal service nt Cavite knsoii fUtwmf Pus (trevee, II\\ ANA. F»b, 19 CuMneief* M J i‘row el I, rooiman der uf In* Fatted dtutet navy yard here, following tke instrwetloa* received from Cbm 1*9 li Mien, assistant mnufy wf vN United Mint e navy. *au«*d a (s ee ua i . * l Ml l> .»«• end pvt *4 p'-SltX ll lie placed on tke grave* uf lb* vt ll eg ..f the de#tr*«'tlon uf the Failed it *leg ianltleehtp Maine