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Lawton's Troops Penetrate the Swampa
Around Laguna de Bay.
MOVING UNDER GREAT DIFFICULTIES
Ceamand Divided In Hope ol Surround
ing i’lo Dal I’llar’* Force*—One of tho
Meat Oallaut Charge* of the War I*
Made by American*—Four Are Killer
And Fifteen Wounded.
MANILA, June 5.—General Hall's
column in the movement upon the Mo
rong peninsula, completed a circuit of
twenty miles over rough and moun
tainous country, having two engage
ments with the Insurgents, one of them
severe, and keeping up an almost con
stant Are against scattered bands of
rebels for nearly twenty-four hours
trom 4 o’clock Saturday morning,
when the column left the pumping
station. The Filipinos were driven in
every direction and the country
through which General Hall passed
was pretty thoroughly cleared. At 10
o’clock this morning the column
reached a point a few miles from Tay
Tay, where General Hall was met by
General Lawton, who had already en
tered the town and found It deserted.
General Hall’s objective point was An
tipolo, ten miles off, and there was
desultory firing all along the line of
march. The gunboats could be heard
■helling the hills In advance of the
column.
The column, after driving the rebels
from the foothills near Maraqulno
about noon yesterday, with a loss of
but two or three slightly wounded,
proceeded with all possible haste to
ward Laguna de Hay, the Fourth cav
alry In the leud, the Oregon regiment
next and the Fourtn Infantry last. At
6 o’clock these three regiments fought
their second battle of the day and It
resulted like the first in the complete
rout of a large Filipino force located
In the mountains and having every
advantage of position.
The American loss was four killed,
iaree wounded of the Fourth cavalry
and one Oregonian, and about fifteen
wounded. Thp Filipino loss could not
be ascertained, but the terrible fire the
Americans poured into them for half
an hour must have Inflicted severe pun
ishment. In this engagement our
troops made one of the most gallant
charges of the war and the enemy
was forced to flee in the greatest dis
order.
It was tnp intention to prpsa on to
Antipolo last night, hut this was found
imposslhlp, owing to the two fights
and the constant marching for more
than twelve hours, with nothing to
an- since morning and no supply train
In sight. The troops, moreover, suf
fered from the Intense heat, many be
ing prostrated and all greatly exhaust
ed. consequently they bivouacked for
the night on the second battlefield.
The cavalry, the Oregonians and two
companies of the Fourth infantry had
just crossed a small creek about 5
o’clock yesterday afternoon and en
tered upon a sunken road, from which
they were emerging upon a small val
ley surrounded on all aides by high
and heavily-wooded hills, when the
rebels, concealed In the mountains on
the three sides of the plain, opened
a not fire and sent showers of bullets
into the ranks of the Americans. The
latter deployed immediately in three
directions.
Then followed a charge across the
rice fields and ditches and up the hill
sides, from which the shots c?.me r.ll
the time pouring in a terrific hail,
while the air resounded with the con
stant rattle of musketry.
The Fourth cavalry, being in front,
suffered the severest loss when the at
tack opened, two of their killed be
ing sergeants and the other a private.
The Oregonian killed was a private.
The natives were unable to stand
the vigorous firing of the Americans
long and at he first sign of their wa
vering the cavalry. Oregonians and the
Fourth infantrymen broke Into wild
cheers and charged still faster up the
hillsides, pouring in volley after vol
ley until the men left the places where
they were nartially concealed by the
thicket, fled over the summit In the
wildest confusion and disappeared in
the surrounding valleys. After the
fight was over the firing was continued
by the Americans for more than an
hour in clearing out the bush and in
driving away straggling Filipinos.
The troops, after ramping for the
night on the battleflpld. started at 5
o’clock this morning for Antipolo,
where it was expected a strong resis
tance would be made. Antipolo is a
place far up in the mountains which
the Spaniards had said the Americans
could never rupture. It hus cost Spian
the lives of 300 troops.
The progress of the column was con
siderably delayed while passing up
the steep mountain grade by a small
band of Insurgents, hut these were ef
fectually routed by the Fourth cavalry,
which wan in advauce, and the troops
reached Antipolo in a few houra.
Our lines were Immediately thrown
around on three sides of the town and
then the final advance was made Hut
It waa found unneveaaary to lire a shot.
Not a rebel waa visible and the town
was entirely abandoned.
Two houra later, after a conference
between Oeneral !<awton and Oeneral
Hall, the cohimu proceeded toward
Morong to drive away any rebels found
in that quarter.
Whew the atari was made for Anti
polo In the morning the Oregon regl- ,
men! and the nth Infantry were left be
hind as a r>*ar sosrd sad there was
considerable firing along their Hues in
Hearing the enemy from the high hill
between their position and the lake.
• »■«> fi.i saeOuge
SANTIAGO 1 *IC FIMA. June J.-ln
view of the continued publication If
luflamiastory editorials la the local
press Oovrraor Oeneral Hn««>h» ha* is
sued aa order directing the appoint
ment ol a press lessor rot Santiago.
The editor* are Indiguaat but the pub
lic geaetally la p»ea«-d The sedHIous
artt« i--a Ii4»e ii.i> !<*■• it In tin 41,
expression of Ike general opinion
get era I anonymous tellers hare been i
received by I sited tlstec military of
•vials here threatening nn uprising ni
an earl* date unless certain centres
fmated
HOT ON TME ROBBERS’ TRAIL
Sheriff anil I’ngne Only Three Hours He*
hind Inlon I’arlllc Train Dynamiter*.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 5.—(Spec
ial to the Omaha Bee:)—Three of the
men who dynamited and robbed the
Union Pacific mail train at Wilcox
station Friday morning have been lo
cated and it Is believed will be cap
tured tonight.
Their trail was followed by a posse
under Officer Wheeler of the Union Pa
cific detective force from the scene of
the holdup for a distance of forty miles
across the Laramie plains to a point
about twenty miles south of Glen
Rock, where it was lost.
This posse and one from Rawlins
reached Casper this morning and got
fresh horses. While there a sheep
herder came In and reported having
run across the three robbers, who
were cooking breakfast In a ravine
about six miles west of Casper. One
of the robbers held him up with a
Winchester and ordered him to leave.
A posse was at once formed by the
sherifT of Natrona and Converse coun
ties and pursuit commenced. They
are not more ,han three hours behind
the outlaws, whose capture is ue
lleved to be certain.
The outlaws were evidently heading
for the “Hole-ln-the-Wall” country, a
rendezvous for desperadoes about sixty
miles north of Casper. To reach this
refuge they will have to cross the
North Platte river, which Is so swollen
with flood waters that it can only be
crossed by bridge. All the bridges
are guarded, so that the escape of tba
fugitives is cut off.
On receipt of information from Cas
per thut three of the train robbers had
been seen in that vicinity today Gen
eral Mannger Dickinson and Superin*
tendant Harris of the Union Pacific
and Manager Gentsch of the Pacific
Express company started from here
by special train for Casper to direct
the pursuit of the robbers- Later in
formation from Casper states that the
robbers have reached the north side
of the Platte river and are making for
the Hole-ln-the-Wall' country. They
have plenty of friends there and ww.
be able to make a strong nght against
the officers.
DENVER, Colo., June 5.—A special
to the News from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
says:
A report from Union Pacific sources
Is to the effect that the Albany county
sheriffs posse has captured three oi
the Union Pacific train robbers six
miles from Casper, Wyo., and that one
of them has made a confession. The
rest of the gang Is being pursued in
the direction of Glen Rock.
AN ASSAULT ON LOUBtT.
I*r#*Hldent of France In tlio Object of a
Ifnfttile I>« mountratlou.
PARIS, June 5.—President Loubet,
accompanied by the premier, M. I)u
puy, and the chief of the military
household, General McBailloud. drove
to the Auteuil races this afternoon,
closely followed by Madame Loubet
in a second landau. As they drove
along the Avenue Des Champs Elysses
the crowd bowed respectfully, but ar
riving at Auteuil, they were met by a
violent demonstration, evidently or
ganized and directed against the pres
ident. There was a storm of hoots and
veils and cries of “Panama." “Abas
Loubet" and “Vive L’Armee." A few
shouts of “Vive Loubet" were drowned
in the clamor. A strong force of po
lice kept order and arrested many of
the disturbers, induring a man who
tried to force his way to the presi
dent's carriage. During the second
race the clamor increased to violence
and was plainly directed by ac om
mittee of the League cf Patriots col
lected with their supporters both be
fore and behind the presidential stand.
During the grand steeplechase many
blows were struck and several police
men were injured in their endeavors
to prevent an invasion of the presi
dential stand.
At the crisis of the excitement, while
shouts of “Vive L'Armee" and “Vive
Deroulede” were heard on all sides
Comte Christian! rushed toward the
president, brandishing a stick and di
rected a blow against him. striking
his hat. The crowd rushed upon
Christian!, who only escaped severe
handling by being taken under police
protection President Loubet remained
all the while quite unmoved, talktng
to the premier, while the officers of
his military household were defending
him against violence.
Finally, after thirty arrests had
been made, the prefect of police or
dered the Republican guards to sur
round the presidential stand. The
main demonstrations were Jose Lasiea,
deputy for Oers. and M. Firm In Fan re,
anti-Semite and nationalist, deputy
for Oran, Algeria.
Police Inspector Grilllerle had his
head seriously wounded in the melee
and President Loubet has since decor
ated him with the cross of the Legion
of Honor.
On returning to the Elysses palace
M. I -outlet received many sympathiz
ing caller* It seems certain that the
demonstration was organized by the
Juenneaaee royalists, the Llgues dea
Patriot** and the anti-Semite*, the
rallying sign being a carnation in the
buttonhole.
Nhrriaaa Cline* •«» llopr
VTICA. N Y.. June 5 — Hon James
8. Sherman left tonight for New York
to he gone all week On Tuesday Mr.
Sherman will go to Washington Mr.
Sherman appeared to regard the speak
ership contest with complacency. ||*
said to a reporter:
"I am still a candidate and shall
continue to be unless a majority of
New York's delegation should dweiarv
for some one else."
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Jiataafans Keep Without the Limit Set
Them by American Admiral.
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THREATEN TO DEFY COMMISSION
—
Declare They Will Tight Tntll Titerroln
ateil Before They Bill Keeognl/.e Tanu
King—Opinion Matlin Must Be Dl»
armed.
APIA, Samoa, May 19.—(Via San
Francisco, June 5.—When Admiral
Kautz issued his proclamation of April
23, directing Mataafa and his following
to keep beyond certain deflnited limits
around Apia, the prescribed district
covering an area twelve miles long and
six miles broad, followed by a notifica
tion to Mataafa thai unless the rebels
were outside the prescribed limits in
twenty-four hours flte would be opened
upon them wherever they could be
reached, this ultimatum brought about
an immediate and unconditional com
pliance with the admiral’s directions.
From that time up to date there has
been no conflict wltn the rebels. Cap
tain Sturdee of her majesty's ship
Porpoise,accompanied by Rev. William
Huckeit of the London Mission society,
as interpreter, went to the rebel camp
at Falena on a visit the day following,
and in order to avoid mistakes In the
future went over the boundary Hue
with several Mataafa chiefs, who
promised to keep the peace until the
commission had had time to act. The
district which the rebels have evacu
ated Is quite large enough to supply
food to the Malletoans in Apia and
thus one of the great difficulties of the
nuval authorities has been overcome.
Since the rebels went to Falena a
strong patrol of 700 or 800 men dally
makes the round, seeing that all Is
quiet and that no looting or damage
Is being done by the Malietoa follow
ers. Several cases of looting have been
reported, and where It has been pos
sible to find out the offenders they have
been punished. The damage caused by
the .rlendlles has, however, been very
small in comparison with that caused
by the Mataafans, not one-twentieth
part. The large fort at Lotopla has
been destroyed by the Malletoans and
It is reported that Mataafa is highly
enraged at this, claiming that In the
event of his wishing to return to the
same after the commission nas made
known Its decision he ought to have
been allowed to do so. In the meantime
he Is building form Inland at the town
of Falena and his followers stoutly de
clare that even if the commission is
unanimous against him he will never
acknowledge Tanu as king and will
fight It out to the bitter end.
"These assertions may be only talk,
but as far as we can judge here the
question of the kingship does not seem
to lie within the scope of the commis
sion. Tanu has been publicly crowned
by the American authorities here and
has oeen saluted with royal honors
by both the Philadelphia and Tauranga
on the occasion of his coronation and
of his formal visit at the war ships
since the armistice has been in force.
His chiefs and l’amaspse, the vice king,
are carrying on the government in a
way that performs all the functions
of a good and Btable government and
they are in possession. Tanu is king
de facto as well as de Jure—and, in
addition, there are now in Apia 3,500
made adults carrying 2,700 rifles sup
porting him. This means that abso
lutely half of Apia is at present sup
porting the king. Mataafa is likely
to be a disappointed man, and although
a persona] friend of his, who had an
interview with him a few days ago,
says that Mataafa is preparing to ac
cept the inevitable at the hands of a
unanimous commission, he will never
submit to a minority, even though that
minority he the two greatest nations
on the earth. This appears farcial, no
doubt, to most people, hut serious In
deed to the few white residents of these
islands.”
In the meantime the rebels are
strengthening their positions, sending
out messengers for their sympathizers
to come to Join them and are busily
engaged in manufacturing cartridges.
Deserters from the Mataafa camp say
that on the occasion of the Falke Inst
visiting Saluafata that some of the
rebel chiefs went off to the ship and
asked for a supply of ammunition, but
that the same was refused, to their
great disgust. The loyalists, on the
other hand, are fortifying their in
trene.iments around Apia and are being
daily drilled and instructed by officers
from the different war ships. A four
inch gun had been taken from H. M. S.
Torch and Is now mounted at Mullum
In such a poaitlon as to eommand the
whole of the western portion of the
municipality. The great question Is,
‘‘Will the commission order the dis
armament of the nativea?” If It does
not It Is the opinion of almost every
white resident that these Islands wilt
no longer be safe to live In. and many
declare that If the natives are to retain
i their rlllea, never mind what other so
lutlon of the Samoan question Is made,
■ they cannot and will not live here with
their wives, families and property at
the mercy of the nest lot of rebels.
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RAN KHANtTSFO. June 5-Willard
j R Oreen and J It Porter, who were
| taken to police headquarters an I ques
tioned in connection with the my*ter»
lous disappearance of 125,000 In gold
on the steamer Alameda on Its trip
from Hydney to this port, were re
leased by the police after a few hours '
at headquarters The police have con*
i eluded that Oreen and Porter had no
i connection with the disappearance of
the ni.'iiev It la said Oreen is a a ell ,
kilosn mining man of Denver, and
porter Is his cousin, and they s»rs
returning from n trip to Australia.
1 he police hold to the theory that the
money was taken at tlydney before t^e
Teasel left that port
«w«ll Hot fee Meaner*
OMAHA. June 1 4‘tty t'lerk H ell'
er* of the hii II. Kvpress company a
nftir In thin city has received n tele*
gram from Oenernl itupei isiwndeui V*.
f* Ibnlek eho ta at M« llclae tbiw, i
Wyu Investigating the train rubbery
cun.mined Frtda| ntorninp
THf OHIO RtPtBLICANS.
Text of the Tlatform Adopted at Their
I-ate ( onvfiitiou.
COLUMBUS, 0., June 5.—Following
is the platform adopted by the Ohio
republicans at their convention in this
city:
We earnestly endorse the great ad
ministration of William McKinley. It
is distinguished to a remarkable de
gree in the history of national admin
istrations. I'nder the last democratic
administration, and as a result of dem
ocratic principles ami policy, our in
dustries were destroyed, capital and
labor unemployed, the poor suffered as
never before in our history, agricul
tural products could not be sold be
cause consumers could not earn money
with which to buy, and every branch
of trade felt the blighting influence of
democratic tariff reform; the gold re
serve disappeared; the government
borrowed money to pay current ex
penses, Increasing the public debt In
times of peace hundreds of millions
of dollars. The democratic party pro
posed to the people as a remedy fox
all tiiese democratic ills depredated,
dishonest currency, which Intensified
every evil. During all that period of
depression and distress the republican
party stood fast .or the principles and
policies under which American Indus
tries were built up and flourished be
yond example; the principles and poli
cies under which the people prospered
and the nation had grown for genera
tions; stood fast for sound, honest
currency, and in 18% elected to the
presidency William McKinley, the beat
exponent of republicanism and true
American Ideas and policies; the friend
of every American Industry; the wise,
patriotic defender and advocate of
honest oney. I'nder his splendid re
publican administration public credit
was restored, the prosperity of the peo
ple developed, our commerce lias
grown great, our trade, domestic and
foreign, has increased to a degree
never before known, and the people
are looking with confidence for greater
things to come.
The magnificent achievements of
our army and navy in the war with
Spain for the liberation of the down
trodden and oppressed people of Cuba
from a domination of fastllllan des
potism, accomplished under the mas
ter and guidance of a republican ad
ministration. are necessarily subjects
for the highest encomium by the con
vention of Ohio republicans.
To the same guidance, controlled by
the great principles that shaped the
high destiny of the Republican party,
from Lincoln to McKinley, people can
safely commit the solution of the mo
mentous problem of the future in
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines.
Their wise solution will vastly In
crease our foreign trade, spread
American civilization abroad and ndd
to the honor, power and glory of this
great nation. We commend the presi
dent for judicious modifications In th®
civil service rules, recently promul
gated; for national defense, for the
reinforcement of the navy, for the en
largement of our foreign markets, for
the employment of American working
men In the mines, the forests, the
farms, the mills, the factories, and the
shipyards.
We demand Immediate enactment of
legislation similar to that favorably
reported to each branch of the Fifty
fifth congress at the last session, bo
that American built, American owned
and American manned ships may re
gain the carrying of our foreign com
merce.
ROBBERS TAKE THEIR TIME.
Mall Clerk f.lves Ilia Vcinlon of the
Holdup of Colon I’aellle Train.
OGDEN, Utah, June 5.—W. G. Bruce,
one of the mail clerks on the train that
was robbed In Wyoming, has arrived
at Ogden. He said that when the train
stopped the robbers came to his car
and ordered him to open the door. He
refused and the robbers began shooting
into the car from both sides. Bruce
turned out the lights. Then a stick of
dynamite was placed under the door
and it was shattered. The clerks, fear
ing the car would be blown to pieces,
opened the door. One of the robbers
stuck his gun into the car and tired,
but the bullet did no damage. The
lights were then turned on and the
clerks got out of the car.
The clerks In the Portland mail car
were also ordered out and the party of
clerks and trainmen were stood up in
a line and guarded by one man. A de
mand was then made of Ernest Wood
cock, the express messenger, to open
his car. but he refused. A couple of
shots were fired into the car and the
door blown o(T. The express and mall
cars were run down the track a mile
or two to the camp of the robbers.
There the trainmen were placed about
150 feet from the track and about
twenty sticks of dynamite were explod
ed on top of the safe in the express
car. The explosion wrecked the car
and spilt the safe wide open. Five of
the robbers carried away two loads
each from the safe and must have se
cured a large amount of plunder.
When the robbery was complete the
robbers walked leisurely up the hill
north and disappeared in the darkness.
Two hours were consumed In the rob
bery.
Dreyfus fists a New Trial
PARIS, June 5 The court of cessa
tion today rendered a verdict In favor
of a revision of the Preyfut case and
ordering a new court martial, to sit at
Rennes, sixty miles front Sanies, for
the trial of the prisoner
Previous to the announcement of the
verdict crowds of people assembled at
the Palace of Justice and In Its neigh
borhood. awaiting the decision. Perfect
cairn prevailed The decialon. which
was prouotiured at 3 to p iu says the
prisoner Is to be retried on the fol
lowing questions ' Is ttreyfus guilty
of having had rontmuntcatlon with n
foreign powrr or Its agents with the
view of facilitating sets of h<mltlltleu
In the iiw of a war with France'"
The nudtea-e received the deldufl
with rrlea of Vive la juvtlcw,” Vive
U kit “
> It I' V * J . H-.ii \ liu'nil
it- hley ac« ompa uie-1 by hie wife arriv
ed In Uhl* ago t.sia) ftom Omaha A
hudy of Uhtrago naval reserves who
fought at daaitago a commute from
the Uqtl l#(iuk and a multitude of
cltiteaa welcomed him at the slat turn
A HP. TRAIN REIJI if
No. 1 on the Overland Attacked at Wil
cox, Wyoming,
—
| ENGINEER IS SEVERELY WOLNDID.
Dynamlt* Couttrti tiiprru Car Into a
Mum of Urltrlt — Safe llluwn Open anil
C'outeutx Mtolvn — mix Itolibrrx Am
Known to llava llrni In the Tarty—
Odlverx Hot on the Trail,
OMAHA, June 3.—The Omaha Be(
nays: Just before daylight this morn
ing, and in the midst of a drenching
rain six masked bandits held up a
Union Pacific train just beyond Wil
cox, Wyo., blew up the express car
with dynamite, severely wounded the
engineer and escaped Into the moun
tains with their booty. The robbery
was one of the boldest that has oc
curred on any western railroad in
years, but, according to the statements
of the local officials of the express
company, the plunderers obtained only
a nominal reward for tbelr exertions.
A posse of well armed and determined
men, headed by the sheriff of Carbon
county, is close on their trail and It
is not believed that they can escape
capture and punishment.
Only meager details of the affair
are yet available. The first Informa
tion that reached the Union Pacific
officials came at 4:25 this morning In
a brief telegram from Engineer Jones,
who whs at the throttle of the train,
and which contained the following:
"First section, No. 1, held up one
mile west of Wilcox. Express car
blown open, contents gone. We were
ordered to pull over bridge Just west
of Wilcox, and after we passed the
bridge the explosion occurred. Can’t
t»11 how bad bridge Is damaged. Have
telegraphed for outfit to repair It. No
one hurt except Jones; scalp wound
and cut on hand.
’’JONES, Engineer.’’
During the forenoon the dispatch
was supplemented by several other
telegrams, each one of which added
one or two details to what was already
at hand. These Indicate that the rob
bers hoarded the train at Wilcox,
where No. 1 is due at 2:0'J a. m. As
the train reached the bridge one or
more of the robbers crawled Into the
cab and, with leveled weapons, ordered
Engineer Jones to pull across and stop
on the other side.
Other members of the gang were at
work In the express car, where a heavy
charge of dynamite was placed to blow
open the safe. Just as the engine
pulled off the bridge there was a tre
mendous explosion that drove the
remnants of the express car 100 feet
In every direction, stove in one end
of the mail car and knocked out a
number of the stringers of the bridge.
i ne wounds received by Engineer
Jones were dealt by the flying missiles
scattered by the explosion.
It did not take the robbers long to
complete their work. The express car
was knocked into kindling wood and
the big safe was open and ready for
their fingers. They quickly snatched
Its contents, signaled to tbelr confed
erates on the engine and before the
passengers and the remainder of the
train crew knew what had happened
they were scurrying away towards
unerty.
As the train is due at Medicine Bow
at 2:35 and the dispatch from En
gineer Jones did not arrive until
nearly two hours later, ft. Is presumed
that tt required nearly that time to
dispose of the wreckage and permit
the train to proceed. The run to.Med
icine Bow was made as quickly as pos
sible and therp the engineer wired the
news to headquarters at Omaha, while
the local officials routed out the sheriff,
who Immediately organized a posse
and took the trail.
While the rain that fell in torrents
while the robbery was going on as
sisted to screen the operations of the
robbers, it will also assist materially
in their capture. The soft ground
makes the trail as plain as could he
desired and the sheriff declares that
he will have his men before night.
A later telegram from the scene of
the robbery conveyed the Information
that the west bent of the bridge was
shattered. It will require new string
ers and some slight additional repairs,
but the damage is not scriousenough to
intprefere with the regular running
of trains. The passengers were scared
out of their wits by the startling ex
plosion just as they were In the depth
of their matutinal slumber, hut none
of them were disturbed by the robbers,
who seemed satisfied with the con
tents of the express safe.
The local officials of the express
company have received no information
beyond a telegram which stated that
the train had beeu held up and the
safe blown open.
ll«B«»r'i Story of th* Hold-lip
DENVER, June 3.—A special to the
Times from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: At
4 o'clock this morning I'nlon Pacific
mall and express train No. 1 was held
up one and ona-half miles west of Wil
cox station. In this state, by six mask
ed men, evidently professionals, who
blew open the safe of the express car
and carried away all the contents The
mail was not touched, presumably on
account of the fact that four armed
mall clerks were In charge. The mail
1 and express runs as the first section
| of No. 1. overland limited The second
, section follows live minutes behind A
bridge two miles from the scene of the
-ohPery was fired to prevent the section
: rubbery was fired to prevent the
ond section from coming up during
j the operations. A bridge in front of
! the train was dynamited. The train
men were ail covered with rides and
ih* rubbers look their time The value
' of th* plunder Is unknown, but is rep
resented as light The sheriffs of At*
lurny and Carbon > aunties with pone**
tnd I niied ittsies marshals, are after
th* haadlta. who are supposed to be
members of the aotortou* "Hole la the
Wall1 gang, whi> h haa terrorism! the 1
stale fur years
Iiobobi 0*1* Ik* isl«*4e
V M'ttll* Juae 1 la the epee- h
from Ih* throa* ai the opealng of Ih# I
1 I Vs fee today II was annouared that
lh» Marianna, Caroline and I'xltuu
Wefe ceded to Oermaay
ABDl'CTED CHILD RECOVERED.
Little Marian Clark Found Where Ska
Had Been Carried.
GARNERVILLE, N. Y.. June S.
Marion Clark, the 21-montha-old chUJ
kidnapped from her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Clark, of New York city,
on May 21, was discovered two mites
south of Sloatsburg, a village about
eight miles from here, this afternoon.
She was found at a farm house of
Charles Youmans, and was in the cus
tody of Mrs. Jennie Wilson, who took
the baby to that place during the early
part of last week. Mrs. Wilson was
accompanied by her husband, and
stated to Mrs. Youmans that she want
ed hoard for the little girl for the
summer.
The Clark baby attracted the coun
try people by her appearance, and the
curiosity aroused made her cafitcn
grow uneasy and they kept her closely
confined at Youmans' home. As soon
as the notices of the abduction reached
the neighborhood, the people b tgan to
suspect that the child was Marion
Clark. They felt positive of it, be
cause the child were the same cloths
us at the time when she was stolen.
I'eputy Sheriff Charleston, taking his
clues from pictures of the child and
the dricrlptlonB given him by tho peo
ple who saw her, went to the Yci
mans' farm house and found Mrs. Wil
son. The officer produced a warrant,
arrested the woman and demanded In
formation as to the whereabout of the
child. At this Mrs. Wilson weakened
and made a confession. The baby was
then produced and the sheriff took
both prisoner and child to Magistrate
Herbert at West Haverstraw.
Mra. Wilson refuses to make a full
statement. She is the daughter of
Mrs. J. J. McNally, of Goshen, N. Y.
Marion Clark, the child, In in good
health. Arthur Clark, the father of
the abducted baby, arrived here this
evening and immediately Identified
the child found in the custody of Mrs.
Wilson us his lost Marlon.
latter in the day a deputy sheriff
arrested .Tames Wilson, who claimed
to he the husband of Jennie Wilson,
and both were locked up on the charge
of abduction. . ^
HOLDING ON TO KIDNAPPERS.
Locul Official* Kefima to Olve lip Hi*
Abductors of Marlon Clark.
NEW YORK, June 3.—Captain Mc
Cluskey expressed indignation today
at the action of the officials of Sloats
burgh and Garnerville in refusing to
give up the kldniper of Marlon Clark.
Jennie Wilson, or, as she is said to be
really named, Addle Wilson, and her
husband, who called himself James
Mc.»ally. Both are In Jail in New City
and Captain McCluskey said the refusal
to give them up to the New York de
tectives was an “outrageous piece of
work.” He said that the county offi
cials had absolutely no charge to make
against them and were holding them
on suspicion. The crime of abdufluon,
he says, was committed In New York
City and the prisoners should havo
been brought up here at once.
The captain says he will appeal to
Governor Roosevelt if the prisoners
are not immediately given up to him.
The baby passed a peaceful nighT In
her home.
Captain McCluskey would not say a
word about what he considered the
motive for the abduction of the chTTl.
Arthur W. Clark, the father of
Marion Clark, today secured a warrant
for the arrest of James and Jennie
Wilson and Carrie Jones.
A crowd began to assemble about
the Clark home early today. School
children predominated, hut there were
many grown people who Joined in the
shouts for a sight of the baby. Finally
Mrs. Clark went to a window, raised
one of the sashes nnd held Marion
up. The crowd cheered and yelled and
the mother and child laughed for sheer
happiness. The cheers kept u*p for
some minutes and the child kissed her
hand to her admirers.
Mr. Clark Is determined to prosecute
every one who has been in any way
connected with the abduction of the
child. The man known as Wilson i-i
said to he George Beauregard Barrow,
a newspaper reporter. He is also said
to he a son of Judge John C. Barrow
of Little Rock, Ark,
HOLDUP TACTICS Of CUBANS.
Olflrers Demand a linntis for Identifying
tlie Private Soldiers
HAVANA, June 3.—There Is much
comment hPre over the fact that Cuban
officers have been demanding i-> as
compensation for identifying Cubana
who have been applicants for the #75
allowed by the United States authori
ties to former soldiers of the ClTban
army who surrender their arms. A
majority of the Cubans here do not
believe the statement, thinking the
story was prepared to injure them in
public opinion, but facts prove the
story to be true.
Great interest Is manifested among
all classes in tomorrow's races, which
bid fair to be very successful. Soldiers
and sailors In uniform will be admitted
free, so the army und navy will be
well represented.
General Wilson left here this morn
ing for Matanza*. General Wood leaves
tomorrow for Santiagi de Cuba, and
General Carpenter will leave Havana
on Tuesday for Puerto Principe.
Troop* fi#itl to !h» KM#fti!lim.
NVW YORK, June 3 - A Apodal to
the Herald from Washington says:
Secretary Alger has directed the com
manding general of the Department of
Dakota to order a troop of the Kind
cavalry lo proceed to the Tongue Hlvwr
agency and preventer conflict between
the Northern Cheyenne Indians ami
the white aettlers residing in the vicin
ity It la thought hoatttlilies can be
avoided. Captain George w Slouch,
Third infantry who was acting Indian
agent several yeara. has called alien
tlon to i he fact that there are" many
whttea on the reaervation. not ail be
Ing Itona Ade settlers If the former
can be bought out and the s<|«taitera
later ejected a great cause of friction
between the Indians and the whiten
will be eradicated.
HfU »«li ( ttlwwli.iu Hinra ( Iimp
HAN DON II r June 3 Ml silver
and lead properties in this vicinity >i
< ept lb# Kluran Star have shut down,
refusing to pay |i •*» fur eight laate«4
-*# ten hours' work The hi or an Star,