I
Tho Philippino Forces Reorganized
in Two Divisions!
KANSANS UNDER M'ARTHUR.
A Rebel AUnck Itrpul.ed
ylvanlaus Will Heavy
Hy (ho rnn
Lou A tlun-
bout Wltli Iteeutart on Hoard
Attack'
IDC Htnall Ton in Along tlin Coast.
Manila, March 20. Tlio entire
American force haft been reorganized,
two divisions, uf three brigades each,
being formed. General Lawton 1ms
assumed command of tho first, which
consists uf the Washington, North
Dakota nml California volunteers un
der General King; six troops of the
Fourth cavalry, tho Fourteenth regu
lars, the Idaho volunteers and a bat
talion of the Iowa troopi under (Sen
eral Oveiishlnc, tho Third and Twenty-second
regiment infantry and the
Oregon regiment under General
Whcaton and Gonernl Dyers and Haw
thorn's light batteries.
General McArthur's division con
sists of two batteries of tho Third ar
tillery, the Kansas arid Montana vol
unteers, under General Otis; tho Col
orado, Nebraska and South Dakota
regiments, six companies of tho Penn
nylvunUns, under General Halo; tho
Fourth and Seventeenth regulars, the
Minnesota und Wyoming volunteers
and tho Hale nrtlllory.
A separate brlgude will bo assigned
to provost guard duty, consisting of
the Twentieth and eight companies of
tho Twenty-third regiment infantry.
General Anderson, now In command
of tho First division of the Eighth
army corps, will return to tho United
States in accordance with the order of
Januury 34.
An attack was made by tho rcbols
yesterday upon tho bittcry at Lonu
Church, but wero repulsed by tho
Tcnnsylvanlans with heavy loss. Lieu
tenant Thompson and Privates MoVny
and McCanso of Company 0 were
wounded.
A gunboat with a company of tho
Twenty-third regulars on board Is now
on the hike attacking the small towns.
Sho was last heard of oil Morong and
Santa Cruz.
FRANCE WAS NOT PREPARED.
MlnUter of Marine Tslls of Terrible Can
ftltlon When War Was, Threatened.
Paws, March 'JO. In tho chamber
of deputies during tho debate on tho
naval estimate, M. Lockroy, minister
of murine, sketched tho government
program and govo a curious Insight
Into the unprcparedness of the navy
during tho recent Anglo-French crisis.
1 ho minister proceeded to reveal a
number of startling facts relating to
tho condition of tho French arsenals
at the critical Juncture In thorolatlons
between Franco and Great lirltaln
omo months ago. He quoted from
tho much-talked-of letter written by
General Des Hordes last year, declar
ing that "not one of our n.ival bases
Is ablo to fulfill (ho function for
which It was established or capable of
making a defense to save the honor of
French arms."
"To-day, howovcr," our minister de
clared, "our coast defenses ur.s so
much Improved that wo can speak of
tho conditions of ulno months ngo as
of tho dlbtant past. Tho dllllculty at
that tlmo was an almost nbi-oluto lack
of men. At our principal ports only
one-third of tho batteries could bo
manned on tho first day of the mobil
ization aud most of the shells had uu
fuses.''
DESERTED TO THE FILIPINOS,
A Caliroriilmi'a Iloiljr la Found In an In-
urgent Uniform After h Skirmish.
Manila, Feb. 1, via San Francisco.
The American, a daily paper pub
lished here, says: Ex-Corporal John
W. Hayes of Company I), First Cali
fornia voluntoers. a traitor and de
serter, has found his just end. His
body now lies in a trench dug to
bury
tho enemies of his country.
who
fell In battle, with no
at his head, his naino for
hatcd by his own regiment.
lab
ever
Hayes came with his regiment to Mar
nila. Iast October ho married a Fili
pino and two days later deserted to
the insurgent line. This was tho last
his regiment heard or cored to hear
about him, until yesterday, when
burying tho dead insurgents, they
came across his body riddled with bul
lets, with tho clothes of a first lieut
enant of tho insurgents.
San FitANCiseo, March '.'0. Tho re
port that Corporal John V. Hayes of
Company D, First California volun
teers, turned traitor and was killed In
the Philippines is supposed here to re
fer to h man named Huee. Thero
was no J. W. Hayis In tho regiment,
liaise served in the United States
wavy and was said to be a bruve sol
dier, but was fond of liquor und ruther
erratic.
Fire Destroy.
Nkwton. Kan..
Radlz Hotel.
March 20.-
Tho
last
iladlx
stiff lit.
liotol of Ilurton burned
Loss, 87,000.
BEEF INQUIRY BOARD.
Arrouur Parkin Ilmiso Employes at
Kaiis.ii City Heard.
Kansas Citv, Mo.. March 20 .The
army beef court devoted two hours
this morning to hearing the testimony
of several uiun who aro now employed
in the canning rooms of Armour'
packing house. Tlieso witnesses woro
taken before the court to refute the
testimony of a former employe, who
had sworn that a great quantity of
tinned roast beef had spoiled In the
packing house lust sprlnz bniWo l
aonltl be shipped '
MORt OF THE SEA FIGHT.
Home Inftlilo If uptX'tiliiKH
In tlio Nuvnl
('iiinpiilKn nt SunlliiRii.
Nr.w Your, March 20. Hear Admir
al Sampson has contributed a chapter
to tho IkjoIc "With Sampson Through
tho Wnr," just Issued by V. A. M.
Goodc, correspondent of tho Associated
Press on tho flagship New York dur
ing tho war.
Tlio author slates that the famous
dispatch beginning "Tho fleet under
my command," dated July 3, ulthongh
signed by Sampson, was not written
by hi in.
Admiral Sampson holds that tho vic
tory over Ccrvera is not entirely ac
counted for by tho superiority of tho
American forca and Is Inclined to bo
llevo that It was duo more to excellent
marksmanship than to anything else.
Hoarding tho strategy of Corvcra,
Sampson Is of tho opinion thut had
tho Spanish admiral comu out during
thoevuning, making his departure to
coincide with a passing storm, ho
would have had a good chance to save
ono or more of his vessels. Explain
Ing this, Admiral Sampson writes:
"If this attempt had been made dur
ing darkness it would havo enabled
ono of tho Spaniards to havo gone out
of sight of most of our vessels In a few
minutes. Tho result would undoubt
edly have been different. Therefore,
It Is my opinion that if the time of
escape had been sot for tho evening
tho result would have been more suc
cessful. Tho whole night would havo
been left to tho Spaniards to cludo
their pursuers und especially had tho
hour been set to coincide with a pass
ing storm, which would havo dimin
ished the intensity of our searchlight
and would havo greatly Increased tho
Intensity of the darkness."
CAPTAIN EVANS' OPINION.
Humming tip tho much-discussed
question of how Ccrvera was bottled,
Captain Evans, after telling of tho
discovery of tlio Cristobal Colon, on
May 29, in tho mouth of Santiago har
bor, writes at follows:
"Wo signaled to tho flagship (Brook
lyn) 'Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon
in the harbor,' aud the answer camo
promptly, 'I understand.' A moment
later a second Spanish cruiser, sup
posed to bo the Maria Teresa, was dis
covered to tho left of Coy Smith, and
still later the spars of n third wero
seen over tho land. The Iowa was at
onco cleared for action and everything
was undo ready for battle, as we folt
sure the Spaniards meant to fight. If
they had wanted to escapo they cer
tainly had had every opportunity to
do so.
"Later on It was found that Adml
ral Ccrvera hud entered tho harbor of
Santiago May 15, tho day aud almost
the hour the flying squadron left Koy
West for Cloufuegos. It Is, therefore,
evident ttiat tho maneuvering of tho
Hying squadron had nothing to do
cither with forcing Cervern Into San
tiago or preventing his escapo there
from up to 7: 1 j a. m. on May SX
"On Juno 1 Admiral Sampson ar
rived upon tho New York and tho
Iowa ceased to bo a vessel of the flying
squadron. Tho admiral's plan of
blockade was substituted for that of
Commodore Schley and the beginning
of tho end was in sight."
Iu another chapter, entitled, "The
Ilattleshlp In und Out of Action," Cap
tain Evans gives tho following lessons
that In n gcneinl way he deduced
from the war:
"First Tho absolute necessity for
fust urunre.l cruisers, capable of long
bca endurance.
"Second Ainplo supply of torpedo
boat destroyers.
"Third The absolute necessity for
proper colliers and biipply vessels.
"Fourth Tho absolute necessity of
biuokeless powder.
"Fifth Tho need of soinu Instru
ment by which tho range can bo ac
curately and rapidly obtained.
"Sixth Tho necessity for a more
perfect system of communication, both
as regards tho ship herself and as be
tween different ships of tho same
squadron.
"Seventh Necessity for smokeless
fuel.
"Klghth Inefficiency of fire from
ships against earthworks properly
constructed.
"Ninth Necessity for two conning
towers, ono fore and ono aft.
Ucgurdlug tho best olaco from
whlcli to fight a battle ship Captain
Evans writes: "I know of no more
devilish plaee than the cnanlng tower
of a battleship In action " Yot the
former commander of tho Iowa Is
forced to admit that, taking iuto con
sideration tho tactical value of the
captains Hfo, tho conning tower is,
after all, .tho best but by no means tho
most pleasant place in action. Cap
tain Evans htatcs that he believes tho
effects of tho rapid lire has been over
estimated by tho hasty conclusions
drawn from tho battle of July 3. Re
garding water supply for ships Cap
tain l.vans writes:
"Tho effect of using silt water in
tho boilers of our buttle ships during
tho late war was so injurious that it
seems to mo it would ba criminal to
allow it to occur again. We must
either have a distilling ship for, say
each two batllo ships In our feet, or
else, knowing the amount necci.sary
to make up our waste, put in tho bat
tle ships a distilling plant capable of
dl3tlllln:r the ujiauat rcciirci."
TO PAY SPOLIATION CLAIMS,
The Treasury Ilvelut Settling the 100
Year Old I'rpncU IHrasge Cases.
Washington, March 2tt Tho treas
ury department has begun tho settle
ment of claims against tho govern
ment for which appropriation was
inado in the omnibus claims bill passed
at the last session of Congress. War
rants aggregating about 82.10,300 al
ready have been Issued to tho bene
ficiaries and it is expected that the
whole amount carrlod by the act, ap
proximately 83,000,000, luo'.udl'ig tht
French spoliation claims '
THE JtED CLOUD CHEEP..
Filipino General Beheaded
Advising Peace.
for
MOKE CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
t'he tninreent lader Will Not Permit
HugcPitlnnt of Cessation of llmtllltlos
Weakness In the Itebel Hanks Im
pressed by Atuorlcan Kindness.
Manila, March 21. It Is reported
on hitherto reliable authority that
Agulnaldo Is taking extreme measures
to suppress signs calculated to cause n
cessation of hostilities. Twclvo ad
horcnts of the cnuso of Independence,
residents of Manila, havo been con
demned to death becauso they were
advising surrender. All loyal Fili
pinos havo bean called upon to perform
"tho national service" of assassinating
them.
Last Friday General Lagarda visited
Mulolos to advlso Agulnaldo to quit.
Ho argued with tho Insurgent leader
and attempted to convince him of the
folly of his persistence in the face of
overwhelming odds. Agulnaldo was
furious at the advico nml ordered Gen
eral Lagarda to bo killed Immediately.
Tho general was promptly beheaded.
Many prisoners represent that tho
Filipino soldiers arc wonkenlng. Tho
generous treatment that tho Ameri
cans administer to the nativo prison
ers and wounded seems to influence
tho Insurgent army powerfully. In
tho opinion of tho Ainerleuns, how
ever, tho Filipino loaders will con
tiuuo to provoko fighting just as long
as they can retain their hold upon
their followers, becauso they have
everything to gain and nothing to
lose.
Tho enemy has twlco as many men
on their firing lines as they havo arms,
and tho fact that so few arms arc cap
tured by tho Americans is because the
guns of tho wounded Filipinos and
many of thoso who surrender, arc
spirited away.
DARK NEWS FROM HONG KONG
Some Oftlolnts In Maulla Think 10,000
Reinforcements Are Needed.
noNO Kono, Mnreh 21. A corre
tpondent of tho Associated Press at
Manila says: "An a.-my has seldom
operated under harder conditions than
have been encountered by the Ameri
can 'flying brigade.' Tho country the
American troops havo traversed is in
tersected with lagoons, narrow and
unfordablo rivers and bamboos so
thick thut tho cnomy can not be seen
100 feet distant. During the charges
the Americans were ignorant as to
whether they were attacking 100 or
1,000 rebels. Tho Filipinos were un
expectedly fierce at Calnto. Had it
not been for tho fact that the Ameri
can lino was thin, the enfilading, fire
wjuld havo slaughtered many of our
m.-n.
"One of tho prisoners captured by
the Americans says tho Filipino lead
ers boast that they can continue such
a war for years, depending upon tho
American forces being weakened dally
by twenty men killed, wounded or in
valided. "Some of tho high officials hero
think that 10,000 rclnforceiients are
needed, as tho troops now on this isl
and arc hardly more than required to
maintain a lino arouud Manila and
polico tho city.
"Considerable rain has fallen al
ready and it seems that the season for
rains Is beginning prematurely. It is
possible that when the steady rains
begin our troops will havo to be with
drawn to permanent barracks, which
may enable tho rebels to return to
their old positions.
"Tho Americans havo refrained
from destroying the buildings In tho
country swept by General Wheaton.
Sentries havo been btattoncd at every
store In Pasig, but tho soldiers are
bringing in loads of loot from dwell
ing houses."
MILLER REPULSED THEM.
fiuurcciitj at Hollo I.oit S0O In un At
tack ou the City.
Manila, Mureh 21. Tho mountain
banditti of Pauay Island recently
threatened a serious attae i upon Ho
llo, but tho were repulsed with a loss
of 200 men by General Miller.
McNeil's battalion of tho California
regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel
Duboce has been ordsred to embark
upon tho Indiana to-morrow, in order
to reinforce tho garrisons of the towns
of Hals and ISaguyan, upon tho cast
coast of tho island of Negros, where
Colonel Smith Is in command. This
is only a measuro of precaution, as
Major General Otis says ho does no;
anticipate trouble.
CASUALTY LISTS.
A London Dnpatch Hays Seven Americans
Were Killed and Thirty Wounded.
London, March 21. A dispatch from
Manila says: In the fighting of Sun
day tho American loss was sevcu
killed and thirty wounded, They
svero Washington and Oregon voluc
tocrs and Twenty-second Infantry
regulars.
MR. SHERMAN NOT SO WELL.
The Doctors IlUcouraced Over the Ex
Secretary's Condition.
Kingston, Jamaica, March 21. Tha
condition of ex-Secretary John Sher
man, who is a passenger on board tho
American line steamer Purls, is not
favorable. He Is much weaker and
the dootors are discouraged.
Oan Knds Their QnarrsL
CniCAQO, March 21. Charles Tx
Dackman, an engraver, shot and mor
tally wounded his wlfo. Ho then scot
bullet Into his own breast, dying
almost lnstautlw.
ONE BODY FOUND IN RUINS,
Workmen Kenrch In tlio Debris of tin
Wlnd.or No Shovel, Used.
Nr.w Yoiitc, March 21. The skeleton
of a victim of tho Windsor hotel flro
was found to-day upon tho Forty-sixth
street side. It was In such a condition
that It was Impossible to tell whether
it was that of a man or woman. A
human foot, with nearly all tho flesh
still on it, was also discovered at tho
name spot. A llttlo later the burned
bono of a human leg was taken from
the ruins.
Keurch of tho ruins of tho hotel was
begun to-day by a large force of labor
ers. The flro Is still smoldering, do
spite a steady pour of streams f rorr
two flro engines throughout the night.
The big otlloe safe was dug out, ap
parently intact. Numerous small nrtl
ticles, such as jewelry, purses, bundles
of papers, photographs and wearing
apparel, which had belonged to occu
pants of tho hotel, wero also gathered.
No picks and shovels are allowed
tho laborers. They remove the debris
with their hands. Thero Is a two-fold
design in this. First, thero is the
euro to recover valuables from the
wreckage. Wero tho debris taken up
by tho shovelful, jewelry and other
valuablo property might bo thrown
away among tho wasto heaps.
Miss Helen Gould turned her house
into a relief bureau for tho workmen
last night. Four long tables were
spread in her kitchen, boilers of coffee
wero put on tho range, ham and cheese
wero cut in tho laundry and all the
men employed on tho ruin were invited
to eat.
All sorts of theories aro current at
to tho origin of tho fire. Ono very
persistent story is that thieves set lire
to tho hotel to aid then In purpose)
of robbery.
LEFT HIS CHILDREN TO BURN.
I'lve Suffocated In u Flro nt Hutchinson,
Kansas.
Hutchinson, Kan., March 21. Fiv
children were burned in bed hero thlt
morning while their father 6lcpt in an
adjoining room.
The house occupied by John Moore
burned aud his children wero dead
from suffocation before they were
reached. Mrs. Moore was away from
home.
The flro is thought to havo started
from a lamp explosion, as a lamp had
been loft burning in tho children's
room. When Mooro awoke his bed
was on flro and ho rushed from the
building, shouting that his house, was
on fire and tho children woro burned.
Firemen arrived in a few minutes, but
could not enter the building until the
flames were partially checked. Then
they found tho five children sldo by
side in their bed upon tho floor, all
dead. Tho bodies were not badly
burned.
Tho dead children wero Carl, aged
12; Mary, aged 10; Pearl, aged 8.
Charles, aged 7, and Lee, aged 3 years.
Tho house was a two-story struc
ture and tho family till slept down
stairj. Thero were only two rooms
on tho ground floor. A connecting
door was directly between Moore's
bed nnd whero tho children were
sleeping.
Moore's actions after tho flro cause
much comment. As soon as ho gave
the first alarm ho got a horse and rode
madly away to where his wife was
staying. Ho was either crazed from
fright or neglected a chuneo to save
his children. The MooVa family moved
hero from Emporia about three week.'
ago.
A SUNDAY SESSION.
Ileef Inquiry Ho.ird Moots nt Fort Loav
enworth. FonTLKAVK.vwoitTH, Kan., March 21.
Tho board of inquiry heard tho testi
mony of ono witness yesterday nnd
left at 4:15 p. in. for Chicago. There
wero but two sessions of the board
hero ami all tho witnesses were army
officers who had been scrvica in Cuba.
Sergeant Bdward Mason of tho First
cavalry, was examined yesterday
morning.
"Did you as commissary sergeant or
acting commissary sergeant for the
regiment draw any refrlgoratcd bee
at Tampa or LukelandV"
"1 did, sir."
"What occurred?"
"The meat wo reccivod was in ap
pearance fine, but It was undoubtedly
chemically treated. Ono morning 1
went down to the refrigerating car tc
draw meat, and I objected to tho np
pearance of it. An agent of Armour
&. Company was thcie. I do not know
what his name was, Ho told mo at
the tlmo that this meat hud been
treated with what was called preserv-
aline. It was as if it hnd been painted
over with something like parnfil.ie
wax. Thero wasa light coating on
tho outside of tho meat. I objected tc
tho color of the meat nnd refused tv
accept it."
SS.ono f.tr a Y. W. C. A. Homo.
Kansas Citt, Mo., March 21. Col
onel James L. Abcruathy, president
of the Abcrnathy Furniture company,
has offered to give gfi.UflO toward the
building of a homo for tho Y0U113
Women's Christian association In this
city if some ono will give u suitable
Elece of ground on which to oroct t!if
ulldlng,
"Apple Klnc" 1'anes Away.
Atchison, Kan., .March 21. John M.
Downey, living at Sugar Luke, Ma,
died yesterday of brain fver, uged O'J
years. Ho wits known as tho "Apple
King" and was one of tho proprietors
of tho Ileeee t Downey orchard, on
of tho very largest In the country.
lo Cro.li the Klullrv
London, March 21. An Anglo
Kffypllun expedition, will ha under
taken next autumn to finuily dispose
of the Khalifa Abdullah and the other
dervish leaders in the Soudan.
FATAL OMAHA FIRE.
TWO WOMEN DIEANDMANY
INJURED.
Patterson llloclc Hums I'lre Hlnrtcd
While a Ladles' Lodge was Holding at
Session In Itooms on Third floor Homo
of tho Thurston Miles.
Omait A, Neb., March 22. Two women
dead nnd a doen or more seriously,
home probably fatally injured, is the
result of a fire in the building on tho
northeast corner of Seventeenth and
Douglas streets, occupied by the Thurs
ton rifles armory and known us Lnbor
tcmplc,yestcrday afternoon. About 3
o'clock, while a meeting of ntout fifty
ladies of the Koyal Neighbor was in
progress on the third floor of the struc
ture, fire broke out In an adjoining
apartment. It swept through the
building with such spontnnicty that
quite a number of the ladies were un
nblc to reach the stairway. They
gathered about the windows on the
w'est side of the building and some of
them got out on the narrow ledges,
from which arc suspended fragile lire
escape ladders nt the north end of' the
building.
The dend arc:
MRS. THOMAS H. TAYLOi., wnose
husband Is employed lit the Cuduhy
packing house iu South Omaha.
MRS. ANNASCHAMAL, inother-in-law
of Dr. Merrium, 260.'. Pierce street.
Over a score of persons were more or
less severely burned or otherwise in
jured. Accurate details of the occurence are
extremely ditlleut to procure, but it
appears that there were thirteen wo
men who found their escape to
stairwnv cut off by the llames In
the
tho
narrow hall. Of these four arc re
ported to have jumped from the third
story windows to the stone pavement
below. The escape of those who wero
so fortnnate ns to reach the stairway
was attended by hardly less haard.
They came down the narrow stuirways,
amidst blinding smoke nnd flame, in a
veritable panic, and it is the greatest
miracle that many of them were not
killed. Some of the women who hud
climbed out upon tlio fire escape ledges
were only prevented from jumping by
the persuasions of the crowd below.
.They remained and were fcufely taken
out upon the arrival of the flro depart
ment. FRIENDS OF FALLEN SOLDIERS.
Adjutant (Icnerur- Has located Itt'lullic
at All bat Vive.
, Adjutntft General Harry has sent out
inquiries to locate the relatives of the
Nebraska boldiers who have died in
foreign hinds and has heard' from all
except relatives of tjie following:
George F. Hansen, Company A, First
Nebraska, Mr. Stallknccht, Copenha
gen, Denmark.
John Black, Company 11, First Ne
braska, H. Muck, Mlllcrton, Pa.
Gustaf E. Bdlund, Company U, First
Nebraska, Charles IJH.xt, Omaha.
Walter W. Hogue, Company G, First
Nebraska, J. A. Hogue, Milllgun, Neb.
Frank Scelcy, hospital corps, Mrs.
Ann Seeley, Santa Itarbara. Cal.
It is believed that Gustaf B. Bdlund
had two sisters living in Omaha, but
they have not been heard from sluco
the report came of Bdlund's death.
CLAIM WORTH MUCH MONEY.
A Klondike Miner Kofiinc 8100,000 for
Ills Oold Mint-.
Fifteen years ago J. W. Flnnegnn,
of Chadron, and George Johansen of
Dawson City, Alaska, were railroad
men employed on an Illinois railway.
They met recently in Chadron for tho
first time in fifteen years and com
pared notes. Mr. Finnegan Is at pres
ent a passenger conductor on the Blk
horn railroad, and Mr. Johansen is the
owner of a claim in the heart of tho
Klondike region, for which he has re
fused an offer of 5100,000, and Is in
terested in several other mines in that
rich gold-bearing district.
HUNTERSHOOTSHIS BROTHER.
Vouhr Man Dies l'roni tho Accidental
Discharge of n dun.
'Vord has just been received from
Oak Hill, twenty southwest of Clay
Center, thut Phillip Delter was acci
dentally shot in the leg by his brother,
Charles, and tiled from the effects. It
seems that the two brothers were
about to start on a hunting trip and as
ono took down the gun, which was
loaded with buckshot, it wahdlschnrged
with the above result. They uro sons
of J. G. Delter, postmaster and merch
ant at Oak lllll und an old settler in
the county ,
I'rolmlily Fulully Hhot.
Ray, the eight-year old son of F. it.
Bstahrook of Norfolk, was shot In tho
left lung recently. The doctors are
probing for the bullet, but he Is not
expected to live. Some boys wero
shooting at a tin can near the Union
Paclfle tracks and young Bstahrook,
who happened to be passing, received
u bullet in the lung. It is supposed to
have glanced from a rail.
Will I'ractlre Jmw I Manila.
S. II. Steel, u prominent attorney
the llutler county bar and a cltlren
David City, has started for Manila,
I., to take up the generul practice
law there. Mr. Steel is well known
throughout the state us a republican
politician, having several times maiv
uged the llaitier congressional tight.
Ten Years In Prison.
At Tekamuh Judge Keysor, before
adjourning court, sentenced John
Odam, who hud been convicted of bur
glary on two separate counts, to ten
years In the state penitentiary.
FOR MURDER AND ARSON
John A. Monro Under Arrest for Killing
Hit 1'ltn Children.
IIt'TCll!M)., Kan., March 22. a.
fiondlsh crime, similar to tho recent
Gilbert murder in Clay county, oc
curred hero yesterday morning. Flvo
children were murdered by their
father whllo sleeping and tho houso
afterward burned over them. Tho
children were Cirl Moore, aged 12;.
Mary, aged 10; Pearl, aged 8; Charlie,
aged 7, nnd Lee, aged 3 years, all the
children of John A Moore.
Last evening, nfter the cloo of tlio
coroner's Inquest, Moore was arrested
upon tho chargj of murdering tho
children nn.l is now in jail.
At 2 o'clock yesterday morning1 tho
houso on East Tenth street, whero
Mooro nnd his family lived, was partly
destroyed by Arc. When tho flro was
gotten under control nud the ilrcmco
entered, Moore's five children svero
found dead upon a bed on tho floor.
Their bodies lay side by side, just as.
they would be when sleeping. Tho
lower parts of their bodies wero badly
burned.
During tho day tho belief spread
that tho children had been murdered
beforo the house was burned. At first
the only evldcncq of this was tho fact
that the children hud not moved lit
their bed and tho presence of blood
upon parts of tho bed.
An inquest wns held which devel
oped tho fact almost beyond a doubt
that tho children were murdered by
tho father, llcforc tho inquest physi
cians made nn examination of the
bodies. In tho skull of each was
found a fracture made by n heavy
blow by some blunt instrument. Witlv
one exception, each child nlso had a
cut in tlio neck, evidently made by u.
knife.
Thofather'8 story told boforo tho
coroner was that he slept in tho next
room to the children. Ho nccountod
for the flro by saying he left a lamp
burning In the children's room nnd
that it had exploded. Mooro talked
indifferently ubout tho affair. II11
said ho was awakened by tho smoko
and rushed out doors. Ho was about
fifteen minutos recovering from tho
effects of the smoko and gas.
Ho then awakened a neighbor who.
lived about twenty feet west on tlio
next lot. He did not try to get tho
children out, as the flro had too imicli
start. When others arrived ho could
not tell whero the children were sleep
ing. No one clsa was at tho house,
the mother having gono out to nurse
a sick woman.
Moore's testimony was given beforo
ho had un Intimation that it was
known that tho children had been
murdered. He said when ho saw the
children could not bo saved ho went to
his wife's father's and stayed until
morning. When tho doctors testified
that the children had bcon murdered
Mooro gave closa attention, but his
countenance did not change Onco or
twice he sneered at the evidence.
When the verdict of tho coroner's jury
was brought in, charging him with
the crime. He acted a9 indifferent as.
before. Ho refused to talk after tho
trial.
John Mooro has no relatives In Kan
sas aud his native state is not known.
Ho is a medium sized, dark complex
ioncd man. Those who know him say
ho talks very little, and that his main
ambition has always been to educate
his children, having had little or no
education himself, llo camo heic from.
Emporia three weeks ago and ha
brooded much over being out of work.
He spent last summer farming la Ok
lahoma, but formerly Jived in Em
poria aud returned there last fall.
His wife's father, M. W. Franklin,
lives hero, but tho family knows very
llttlo about Moore. Ho has no appear
ance of being Insane and has never
6hown any such symptoms, so fivr an
can bo learned.
A ThlrdltodjUtWiid.
Nhw Yokk, March 22. Tho thlrtT
body taken out of tho ruins of tha
Hotel Windsor was recovered early
to-day. Tho body was that of a wo
man. Only that part of tho head f romv
tho jaw down was still on tho ucelc.
Tho body was badly mangled.
A hundred men worked all night on
the ruins. In many places tho debris,
was too hot to permit of work there.
A number of pieces of bodies wero
found during tho night. Early thl
morning workmen who began dlgglng
on the Fifth nvcnuo sldo near tho en
trance, where the first traces of bodies,
wero found, camo upon a pleco of pel
vis weighing about two pouuds.
Later a workman found what seemed
to bo tho knee cap of a child svltn
pieces of the joining bones. It was.
dug up on tho Forty-seventh sireet
side. A pile of damaged clothing- was.
found here.
EVEN CUT OFF HIS TOPKNOT.
Corea's Emperor Now Wears a UolforiQ
Cut In Aiuerloan Va.hlo'u.
Tacoma, Wasli., March 22. Accord
ing to advices from the Orient tho em
peror of Coroa has caused a sensation
by appearing in a full uniform out in
American fashion. His attendants,
havo also been attired In .American,
btyle. Tho emperor, it is stated, hn
cut off his topknot or short queue,,
whleh from tlmo immemorial ha- a
adorned tho Corean'emperor's head. m
Mormons In St. Jot ph..
St. Joskph, Mo., March 2a. Thereto
aro four Mormon elders from Utah Ir
this city distributing tracts written
by Congicss,man Uoborts of Utah.
Tho Latter Day Saints havo donounco.1
them and ndopted resolutions against
them. Tho elders domando.l a henr-.
ing from Rev. H. O. Smith, pastor ofw
tho Latter Day Saints' church, and ho
has granted them tho building for
three nights. He will reply to thorns
on tho succeeding nights. Two of the
Mormons, Elders William II. AtwoodU
and William II. Smith, preached last
night.
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