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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , JS71. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORoSTXtt , PEgTJUARY 11 , 1890 TWELVE VAU ES. SLXGLB COPY JIVE CENTS.
ILOILO IS CAPTURED
Capital of Panay Island Palla Into Hands of
American Troops.
INSURGENTS FIRE TOWN BEFORE LEAVING
Baltlmora and Fatrcl Bombard the Place
Saturday.
NO CASUALTIES AMONG AMERICAN FORCES
Eabel Governor Disregards Miller's Warning
and Attack Follows ,
FIRES EXTINGUISHED WITHOUT DAMAGE
Native * riltcn Until Cvenlnir of llth
IiiM. to Surrender , but Hostile
Autlonn Ilrlnir on I nuiiKiMiiciit
mid They tliile.kly Itctlrc.
MANILA , Feb. U. 0:45 : a. in. The
Unltcil States forces under Brigadier General -
oral Miller captured Hello , capital of the
Island of Panay and seat of the so-called
government of the Vlsayas federation , on
Saturday last after a bombardment.
The rebels set the town aflro before
evacuating It. but the American troops ex
tinguished the names.
Thcro worn no casualties on the American
Bide.
WASHING-TON , Feb. 13. Shortly before
midnight Adjutant General Corbln made
public the following from Major General
Ottn , reporting the capture of the town of
Hello by the American forces on the llth
inst. :
"MANILA. Fob. 13. General Miller re
ports from Hello that the town was taken
on the llth Inst. , and held by troopti. In-
aurRents given until ovcnlng of llth to sur
render , but their hcetlle actions brought
on engagement during the morning. In
surgents fired native portion of town , but
little loss to property of foreign Inhabitants.
No casualties among Uio United States troops
reported.
" ( Signed ) OTIS. "
I'etrel IlrlnifN Report.
MANILA , Feb. 14. 9:45 : a. m. The United
States gunboat Petrel arrived late last even
ing with dispatches from Brigadier General
M. P. Miller to Major General Otis an
nouncing that Hello had been taken by the
combined military and naval forces on Satur
day morning.
General Miller , ou receipt of his instruc
tions from Manila , sent native commission
ers ashore from the United States transport
St. Paul , with a communication for the
rebel governor of Hello calling upon him
to surrender within a time stated and
warning him not to make a demonstration
in the Interval.
The rebels Immediately movc-J their guns
and prepared to defend their position.
Thereupon the Petrel fired two warning
guns , the rebels Immediately opening fire
upon It.
The Petrel and the Baltimore then bom
barded the town which the rehels , having
Bet on fire. Immediately evacuated. Ameri
can troops were promptly landed and ex
tinguished the fires in all cases of foreign
property , but not before considerable dam
age had been done.
It Is believed that the enemy's loss during
the bombardment was heavy , but no Ameri
can casualties are reported.
Relief Felt nt VVnHhlitKtnii.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. The Associated
Press dispatch announcing the capture by the
American troops under General Miller of
Hello , on the Island of Panay , was the first
news received In this city of the full of the
ccoml largest city in the Philippines. The
announcement was promptly communicated
to the president * t the White house and it
wan read with gratification ! . Half an hour
later the official Intelligence of the fall of
. the city came in a cable dispatch from Ma
jor General Otis , which Adjutant General
Corbta promptly authorized to bo made pub
lic.
There Is a feeling of Intense satisfaction
among administration officials , as consider
able apprehension ban existed as to the
ability of the Americans to take the place
when they decided upon this step , and as
to the lota of life which this might Incur.
It Is felt here that General Miller has con
ducted himself with great circumspection In
treating with the natives.
About a month or more ago tlie officials
liero and In the Philippine * deemed it wUo
to dlspntrh an expedition to Hello because
of the news that thu natives were gathering
In that and neighboring localities and were
threatening to take the city.
hplllllurilN Clve Up to Uehelx.
General Miller , who was on duty at Ma
nila , was selected for this city and several
regiments of infantry were forwarded , con
voyed by an American man-of-war. Before
they reached Hello the Spaniards , who then
occupied the town , had surrendered It to
the Insurgent * , who Immediately occupied It.
When thu troops attempted to land they
wore notified by the Insurgents that such a
course would precipitate a battle and General -
oral Miller under his instructions to pur-
euu , a conciliatory course held his men
aboard the transports. Tbo men became
tlrcif of this and about two weeks ago the
Kitty-first Iowa regiment was sent back to
( Manila and thu First Tennessee was sent to
Hello to replace It.
As soon as the latter arrived It Is be
lieved General Miller decided to force a
landing. The desire of the administration
has been that the natives should submit to
American demands and avoid a forced fight ,
tut It appears that up to the last moment
they could not toe so persuaded.
General Miller his with him the Eight
eenth Infantry and Battery C of the Sixth
nrtlllury and. If they arrived oa expected ,
the First Tennessee regiment of Infantry ,
while the naval atslstunce rendered htm was
by the gunboat Petrel and by the cruiser
Baltimore.
Klrlnir Into the * Air.
MANILA , Feb. 13. 10 33 a. m. Pursuing
their customary tactics , the luhiireents on
the extreme left of the line opened fire
at long range on the American troops last
night , maintaining their tire for a ton
minuted before settling down. None of
their shots took etfect , however , and the
Americans .did not reply. All wag quiet
uloug the rest of the line.
The Concord la now lying off Paranaiue. |
Tbo weathur at night now U cool and
Bhowtird are froquont.
I'rlvato Melilck. of the Montana regiment ,
died In the hospital yeate.rday.
4.05 p. m. The Twentieth Kansas a ad tie
Pint Idaho volunteer * Lave ( MOB ruMlled
from the marsh land * north of MaUban and
the former regiment Is now entrenched In
front of Paloocan The American lines form
U com tic IB cordon tweny-t 3 miles lu
length , from the coftit north almost to Pasa-
qun , south of Manila.
Thorn has been no change In the disposi
tion of the troops except thnt tht < Fourth
United States cavalry has relieved the First
Idaho volunteers and a battalion of the
Twenty-third Infantry baa been stationed
on the left flank to prevent the rebels steal
ing along the beach. The enemy U bustry
throwing up Intrenchmeirts on the left ,
sharpshooters In the jungles covering the
operations.
Several Americans were Bounded In the
trenches. Second Lieutenant George A. Sea
man of Battery B , Utah artillery , was shot
In the leg while stinrtlnn near his gun. Four
men of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers
were wounded slightly. Last night Private
Hrlnton , Company B , and Private Stevens ,
Company G , of the Twentieth Kansas were
wounded.
All the enemy's dead at C.llooran have
bren burled , 127 last Sunday and 300 yester
day.
day.The
The United States cruiser Charleston has
moved up the coast and is now off Malolos ,
the Heat of the so-oalltvl Filipino govern
ment , at a distance of abo'it eight miles.
CASUALTIES AT CALOOCAN
Lint Ini > liiiN > Kntntltlc * unit Thnxe
AVonniled Snlil to He Only
Hurt.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 13. The adjutant
general today received the following cas
ualty list from General Otis :
MANILA , Feb. IS. Additional casualties ,
engagement nt Caloocan February 10 :
Twentieth KmiNiin.
Wounded :
Captain Charles M. Christy , Company B.
Private James Kersherer. Company A.
Private Charles Bonnet. Company M.
Morsenberg , Twentieth Kansas , reported
February 11 , should read Morse.
Klrit .Mo nt mm.
Wounded :
Sergeant George W. Lowman , Company D.
Private Adoiph Charrette , Company E.
Following are the casualties In the
trenches nt Malabnn on the night of Feb
ruary 12 and morning of February 13 :
Klrst .Montana.
Wounded :
Private Steve Stevens. Company G ;
Private Charles Brittan , Company B , and
Private Joseph Callahan , Company M.
Utah Artillery.
Wounded :
Second Lieutenant George A. Seaman ,
Battery D.
Twentieth IvniiMtin.
Wounded :
Private Via Payne , Company A.
Flrnt California.
Wounded February G :
Private Edward O'Neill , Company E.
All foregoing slightly wounded.
OTIS.
MANILA IS ITS FORMER SELF
Uuli-t Prevail1 * ami HunliietH Is Ile-
i ; ItH ( "Hlial ChunnelH
Without Incident.
WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. The following
has been received from General Otis-
MANILA. Feb. 13. Adjutant General ,
Washington : Everything quiet this morn-
Ing. Business in the city Is resuming
former activity - OTIS.
The following was received In response to
an Inquiry :
MANILA , Feb. 13 Adjutant General ,
Washington : No Adclph Miller , Fifty-flrsjt
Iowa , Randolph Miller , Company E. that
regiment , sick , Honolulu. OTIS.
MAlvKS MOHE DENIALS.
Say * He Did Not ' ml Cahleirniii
ProNol.'iim : ThIt AVnr.
MONTREAL. Feb. 13. Beyond declaring
the statement that he advised Agulnoido to
drive the Americans out of the Philippines
bflfore reinforcements arrived to be a He
Agonci/lo absolutely refused to talk this
morning. Later he said :
"I absolutely deny that I have sent a ca
blegram provoking the present war. When
the time comes I will produce the cable
sent to Aguinaldo and the cable I received
in reply from him. They will clear mo
from any such accusation. "
He then showed the first official cable
gram which he had received about the sit
uation at Manila and which came through
the Hong Kong Junta. This stated that
the Americans were 'to ' blame for everything
and bid publicly announced that they in
tended to exterminate the Filipinos.
Following Is a copy of an official telegram
from Aguinaldo to Agonclllo-
"On Sunday night the American army at
tacked our lines with premeditation nnd
without Justification nnd the men-of-war of
the American iiotilla bombarded Mnlabyii ,
Caloocan and Parannque , k lling men , women
and children. In the cities of Manila and
Tcndo clofiMicek'SS and unoffending civilians
wore arrested , the Americans besides injur
ing property of the people , at the same
time saying that they would never cease
till they had exterminated the Filipino
race. The Filipinos are united with one
eentiment. They are resolved to die glori
ously for .the independence of thu Philip
pines rather than to submit to the unjust
ambitions of the invader. "
HKI'OIIT OK MIMI.A , HOSPITALS.
OtU Culileo Dentil l.UIol IniMiiilliiK
Killed in Aetlon.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 13. General Otis
today cabled the War department as fol
lows :
Adjutant General , Washington- Follow
ing deaths slnc la t renort. not Including
thobe killed In action : February 4 Victor
13. Sc liollohl , private. Company A. Fir
South Dakota , variola. February G Michael
P. Crow ley , private. Company D , Second
Oregon , dysentery. John Marion , private.
Company K. Third artillery , auppurative toii-
silltis. James Garvoy. private. Company A ,
Flr t Tennessee , \nrlola. February 8
Daniel Kyger , private. Company L. Fli : > i
Washington , typhoid fever. Februaiy 10
Cliarlx ) Lillle , private Company L , Firm
Colorado , acute uiarrhooa , from uiikhoi
wounds In action. February S Joy Shel
don , sergrant. Company L. Twentieth Kan
sas , W Chopwood. ' private , cpmpany D ,
Fir t Washington. February U L. J How
ard , private. Company B , Twentieth Kansas.
OTIS.
STEAMER LAWRENCE LOST
Cretr l'ut Oir In lloat Ilefore Vettxel
llreuliM I'll Only One limit
Ia mix.
SAVANNAH. Ga. , Fob. 13. The steamship
William Uiwrenuo of the Merchants' and
Miners' line , running between Baltimore and
Savannah. I a wreck and probably a total
lou , off Port Royal. 3. C. H left Baltimore
Wednesday last with a full cargo , but no
pa b ngor8. Saturday It ran Into a severe
titorm off the South Carolina ooait. The
vt s l Wcame dlwblad and In a helpleu
condition drifted ashore near the Port Royal
bar. The crew abandoned tUa > biji in tout
boats. One boat containing A. J. UarrU-
cell , oeond assistant ongiaaar , and Jobs
Caiuiway. John Donahue. WU'aui Seifort
Charing Green and Frank Boidou. s ain a
made Port Royal. Three otb r boat * , coo-
taming Captain WII1U the ttrut and eumi
olBrers and th < eng'nee'-i an i members o
the rrcw- have not bem h' arl f im.
EAST IN BUZZARD'S CRASP
Train Senica Abandoned and Business
Halted by Fierca Storm ,
STORM SURPASSES ALL SINCE THAT OF 1888
Lowest Temnerntnro nVer Ileeorileil
In Mimtherti Stnten. SrnrliiK n Full
ot Nearly Ninety
lu Uii < < Week.
NEW YORK. Feb. 13. The storm which
has been raging since Saturday night In
creased In violence today , becoming a thor
ough bllzznrd. Snow fell all day and la
still coming down. A bitter northwest wind
drives the snow in clouds through the
streets , piling up three-foot snowdrifts.
The street cleaning department , after
struggling for thirty-six hours to clear the
principal streets , gave up entirely , even sur
rendering Broadway to the wind and snow.
The surface railroads run snowplows over
the roads at Intervalo , but the cars are not
heated and are not well patronized. The
elevated roads are running , but trnlna payne
no regard to schedule time. In tlio suburbs ,
where the wind has free sweep , the drifts
are live to ten feet high , street railroads
have stopped altogether and suburban steam
roads are blocked. Many neighboring towns
are cut oft from New York altogether. Few
trucks and delivery wagons were seen on
the streets today. Floating Ice cakes In the
rivers hinder the ferries greatly. Few per
sons ventured from their homes today un
less obliged to do so. Courts had to be
closed on account ot the cold , and the spe
cial Lincoln day celebration and the theaters
were thinly attended.
Today was a legal holiday with the banks
and exchanges and an enforced one In the
business districts generally. As there were
no shoppers , the big stores closed their
doors and sent the clerks home. Tonight
the streets , even In the theater districts , are
almost deserted.
The snowfall In New York this month
has teen nearly two feet , or more than the
entire fall for last winter. The temperature
is higher than last Friday and Saturday ,
but thu driven snow stings like a whip and
persons obliged to be outdoors sutler se
verely.
Fifteen Hundred FiunlUe * Dentltnti ; .
All the charitable societies are taxed be
yond their resources , owing to the sudden
demands made oa them. Of the l.oOO desti
tute families in the city , as estimated by
the superintendent of the outdoor poor ,
nearly all are either freezing or starving to
day. The continued storm has handicapped
all efforts to aid and the blizzard of today
has necessitated a complete suspension.
The thousands ot poor Jews , Italians ,
Greeks , Syrians and Armenians , who make
a living by selling fruit , confectionery and
other small articles from push carts and
stands have been driven out of business
altogether and brought to the verge of star
vation.
Persons employed outdoors have lost em
ployment temporarily. They number many
thousands and come of them will swell the
list of destitute. At the city lodging house
310 persons were housed last night. Of
these 2/16were / men , . ' 2 v > cre women i < l'
the remainder children.
The task ot keeping railroad trains in
motion was almost herculean. Particularly
was this the case with the lines running
out from the Grand Central station. With
each hour the heavy conditions increased
and these In charge of the work were com
pelled to admit the total stagnation of traffic
stared them In the face.
It was stated that the Old Colony ex
press , westbound , was stuck In a snowdrift
somewhere east of New Haven and that
nil trains on the Now London division were
having much trouble.
Ilnllroiiil 'I'm111cStiiKiiiiteil. .
Tonight orders were issued to suspend all
operations on the main line and branches of
the Long Island railroad until the storm
subsided. Drifts nearly ten feet high are
prevalent throughout the island nnd the
wind blows the snow on the track almost as
fast as plows can remove it. The drifts in
the Shlnnecock hills are reported to be
twelve feet high and Indications are that
the road will not be open for several days.
All of the sound steamboats are tied up
by the storm. No out-of-town mails were
received hero today , with the exception of
two early morning consignments from Dos-
ton. None of the Incoming malls from the
north nnd northwest over the Now York
Central and from the south and southwest
over thu Pennsylvania and the Baltimore &
Ohio railroads W.IH delivered at the post-
office today. There is some danger of a
bread fnmlno In the city It the storm con
tinues. Tills is not due to the fact that
there is not a sufficient amount of flour In
the various warehouses , but because of the
impossibility of having it delivered.
Chief of Police Devery tonight Issued an
order to the captains of thp various pro-
rlncts In Greater New York to give shelter
in station houses to all who apply for It ami
to afford general assistance to destitute per
sons.
sons.Mayor
Mayor Van Wyck today notified Commls-
eloni'r John \V. Keller of the Department of
Chanties that ho had J20.000 subject to the
commissioner's draft for the purpose of re
lieving the poor. Tammany hall give half
the amount and Richard Croker and James
R. Keene contributed J5.000 each.
Trains on Iti'iiillntliiiiiiioiied. .
PHILADELPHIA. Fob. 13. The Reading
railroad at noon today issued an official an
nouncement of the entire aoandonment of Its
train servLo untH further notice. Tbo
Pcnnsjlvanu railroad Is moving about half
of its regular scheduled passenger trains , but
hag abandoned freight and coal trains.
Tlio storm in this vicinity tins assumed
the proportions of a blizzard. The wind has
had the effect of piling the light , dry snow
In drifts until tome streets have become Un
payable to trolley cars. Shipping remains at
a siandatin on the Delaware river. A coal
famine is imminent in ports that depend , on
Philadelphia for a supply of anthracite.
Three fuUlltiet , incident to the storm were
reported. John W. Tcamens , aged 69 years ,
fell dead at Seventeenth and Cherry utreets ,
and Benjamin Zeeley , aged 70 , becainu un
conscious at Seventh and Charry streets and
dii'il before be could be placed In the hos
pital ambulance which was called. James
Hall was found dead in the yard of the Pat
terson club at 203 South Camac street.
WASHINGTON. F b. 13. With two
Inches lefs than three fo t ot snow on a
level and the mercury hovering constantly
11 on- zero the capital Is in the grasp of the
| most severe blizzard In its history. The rMl-
I way mall eorvicp U paralyzed by the storm
I and mails are at a standstill throughout the
I Atlantic region. No through trains arrived
i bore from the w t over the Pennsylvania
i road during the day and only one over the
' BalUwore & Ohio , train No. 10 from Pitta-
j bur ? . < lu * her * at C 4 ( bis morning. U
j arrived * t 1 o'clock tills afternoon. All oth-
| erg en lliv UUw line were abandoned save
) for a few lucili. Tb only out-bound train
I started on ib * Pencaylvama an an xtra.
I pulling out at 4 SO thU afternoon for the
taut
\I Che reako & Ohio trams were aban-
I Co. f and Uirre were co iralua aeui out or
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Coast line. The AUantlc-'VjoaA line No. 85 ,
whh-.h i . ( t h ere.itt. 3i4 v < yw ( Jrdajf.tattenioon ,
is reported fast in a snowbank south of
Alexandria , Va. The fant mall scheduled to
arrive In New York at 3.40 p. m. has not
been heard from.
Ten-Foot Drifts at HnrrliliurK.
HARRISBURG , Pa. , Feb. 13. Harrisburg j
Is stormbound. Twenty Inches of snow have ,
fallen In the last twenty-four hours. Traf- |
flc on the trolley lines Is seriously Impeded
and all the railroad lines are blocked. Pas
senger trains on the railroads are from four
to eight hours late. There have been no
trains from Plttsburg since last night. The
snow has drifted ten feet high in some
parts of the city and business Is practically
at a standstill.
ATLANTIC CITY , N. J. . Fob. 13. A blind- j
Ing northeast snow storm prevailed here all |
night , accompanied by high winds , nnd is
atlll raging. Train service is suspended. |
No news has so far been received here
of casualties on the coast. Twenty inches ,
of snow have fallen since the storm began
on Saturday night.
EASTON , Pa. , Feb. 13. The weather rec
ords of K.iaton and Northampton county do
not contain a parallel for the present bits- !
zard and its paralyzing effect. Snow has
fallen steadily since Saturday evening. !
Toward midnight last night the blizzard net
In anil the fall of snow since that time has
been unprecedented. The wind is blowing a
gale and the thermometer registers from
2 to 3 degrees below zero. Trolley trains i
are at a standstill. Coal and freight trntllc '
has been suspended. The Philadelphia paper
train Is stalled on the Bethlehem division of
the Philadelphia Reading road. The Bel- i
videre division trains , two passengers and
a local freight , are stuck near Rlegelsville ,
N. J.
CAPE MAY , N. J. , Feb. 13. Snow has
fallen continuously since S o'clock Saturday
night and shows no signs of abating. The
snow is thirty Inches deep. AH train service
lu suspended.
Set en Feet of SIMMV In Virginia.
FALLS CHURCH. Va. . Feb. 13. It has
beeu snowing here since 3 o'clock this
morning and the snow lu northern- Virginia
has drifted until It Is seven feet deep In
places. On the Washington & Ohio railroad
all traffic IH tied up. There are three morn
ing passenger trains scheduled southbound
and not one of them started today. All are
frozen In at the terminal points and no
train could penetrate the great drifts in
the railroad cute. Throughout this region
all is snowbound. Much concern Is fult aver
a scarcity of coal. Much suffering Is ex
pected ,
LEXINGTON , Ky. , Feb. 13. Attested
thermometers registered 24 below zero this
morning. The poor have been fed at a
soup bouse all day and various citizens
have donated coal. Only two coal yards In
Lexington have any coal and they will not
furnish to any one parson more than a
ton. Coal has jumped from $2.25 to J4 a
ton. Tonight the weather bureau predicts
a drop to 36 below zero. All trains Wo
late.
late.MIDDLETOWN.
MIDDLETOWN. N. Y. , Feb. 13. John
Keagan , a farmer , who was bringing a load
of feed to this city , was found frozen to
death , taU buried under a lot of bags in
the wagon.
Hirer Craft Endangered.
PITTSBL'RG. Feb. 13. The mercury con
tinues to hover abjut zero. Latt night It
dropped to 6 degrees below and to day It
Is 1 degree below. Yealtirdan and la t night
many of the largo mllli wer kept iu opera
tion to prevent the machinery from freer-
mg. There Is a continued stagnation of
river navigation , but no further damage to
boats and other craft bag been reported.
Tbure m much ice la the Ohio and the
upper river * remain froaen tight. Thu
rivers are still falling and the grtuue&t
danger feared by river men Is that craft
will suffer wattn the breakup eomee-
WILM1NGTON , Ilel. , Feb. IS The
blizzard of last nlgbt and this morning
elfeUuallv blook 4 railroad travel la
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CORONER'S ' JURY IS AT WORK
Inquiring Into the Causes of the Fira at
Yankton Insane Asylum.
INVESTIGATION IS NOT YET COMPLETED
Xu IVew DevelopnienfH Have Come to
1.1 ( ill t anil the Ilenil of the In
stitution Cannot lie
Illumed.
YANKTON' , S. D. , Feb. 13. ( Special Tel
egram. ) The coroner's Inquest , which has
been In progrcfa since yesterday investi
gating Sunday's tire at the Insane asylum ,
Is still in session. It is thought that per-
llifs the investigation will bo finished to
night. No now developments have come
to light. Apparently no blame can attach
to any one for the fire.
Thnt the building burned should not have
been used for occupancy as a hospital ward
Is an acknowledged fact , as It was never
Intended as such , but Instead for laundry
purposes solely. The state legislatures for
the last eight years have been asked for ap
propriations to milflcicatly euro for the In
sane , but seemingly of little avail. In 1S)2
Superintendent Mead made his first report
to the legislature , showing that the hospi
tal was in a overcrowded condition and
that room should be made for at least sev
enty patients for the next tivo years.
Twenty men were then in the fever ward
and every bed In the building occupied. He
recommended that cottages "be built , also
that a laundry was needed. Five thousand
dollars was then appropriated for the laun
dry but nothing for u cottage. The laun
dry building was erected , the demand fu'
room being imperative , and the upper per
lion of the laundry was of necessity uacu
for patients.
Incessant have been the requests for
money , but thu legislature has done abso
lutely nothing toward alleviating the over
crowded condition. Thus it will ho seen
that Superintendent Mead , the responsible
head of the institution , Is In no way to bo
blamed for the terrible accident. This flre
Is very apt to ma'.e ' considerable change in
the matter of appropriations asked of the
legislature for public Institutions.
Governor Leo arrived at Yankton tonight
from Pierre , also President Slbbtson of the
Board of Charities nnd Corrections. It Is
expected that the new board will soon ar
rive and together with n legislative com
mittee formulate a statement concerning the
situation for the legislature.
By the losd of the laundry , washing for
the vast institution will be done by hand. A
new outfit of laundry machinery has been
ordered.
Stnmtor Edgcrlon of this clly will en
deavor to sucuro an appropriation from the
pnoent legislature to reimburse the female
attendants who lost all they possessed , sal
aries Included. A good gub rlptlon was
railed by thu asylum employes to assist
tuuin.
There being no Insurance on state Inutl-
tutlons , conflagrations at the Madison Nor
mal school , Vurmllllon university , Plankln-
ton Reform school and the Yankton Insane
hcepltal have ccet the state within thu past
four years a IOBB of 4200OOU.
\Voodilioiieri Interfered With.
DBAPWOOD. S. D. . Feb. 13. ( Special.- ) .
Supervisor Hamuker ot the Black Hllta for-
ejt reserve luuod an order ycaterday pro-
blbtting any wood to be taulod from the
ttmb r line the cities for ae ! and no more
can bt cut , cither from green or duad lira-
bur. 7ie new order la caueud co/nvurna-
tlon among the woodbaulera and choppers ,
who depvod entirely upon thU work for
tljrtr living. Thera la very little surplus
wood in the cltltir and a fuel famine la
threatened.
.Saloon Keeper lliully Hurt.
STfHGIS. S. D Feb. 13 ( Special ) Last
light W W Hopct-nft a saioon k'--per of
h.a city , way nturvv ki led Ly an explosion
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
. . ?
Forecast for Xt'brasKa
Generally Fair and Warmer.
Temiieriiture at Omaliai
of acetylene gas at the rear of his salocn.
Ho was seen to go back to the little build
ing in which the gas plant was stored and
soon afterward terrific oxploslco occurred.
Hopcroft was thrown several feet backward
by the force of the explosion and be was
picked up in an unconscious condition. Ills
head was badly brulced and It Is feared
ho is injured internally.
Old Trooper * Wnnt Aetlve Serviee.
PIERRE , S. D. , Feb. 13. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Major Stewart of the Third cavalry ,
Grigsby's regiment , hoH been asked by tin-
War department how soon the regiment could
bo organized for service again. If active
service could he promised most of the old
troopers could be gotten together again on
short notice , but for ramp life most of them
are satisfied to stay out. Major Stewart Is
a member of the present state senate and
could not , therefore , take an active part In
the reorganization for several weeks.
Merenry Holtn llm > nril.
PIERRE. S. D. , Feb. 13. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The temperature hero went from
TJ degrees below rero Sunday to 40 above
t 3 o'clock this afternoon , with a chlnook
' .owing from the northwent. The tempera
ture of the period since January exceertb
aay record of the otlleo Hlnce It was estab-
lifted at Fort Sully , fourteen years ago ,
both for continuation and severity. The
present break lb welcomed by all. as the In
terests of the country were beginning to
suffer.
These Wnnt to Fluht.
YANKTON , S. D. , Feb. 13. ( Special Tel
egram. ) E. F. English of this city has
tendered the president a regiment of light
cavalry for service In the Philippines , to
be recruited In Oklahoma , Iowa , Nebraska ,
Missouri , Wyoming. North and South Da
kota , In anticipation of senate bill -ICS7.
I'oHlolllce Holilicrn Senteneed ,
DEADWOOD , S. D , Feb. 13. ( Special
Telegram. ) Fred Kcenon and Frank Kclley ,
charged -vith robbing poatolllces In the east
ern part of the atate , were found guilty ami
sentenced to three years' imprisonment and
a line of JIQO. The grand Jury has be j dis
missed , but ono civil case remaining.
TWELFTH AWAITS TRANSPORT
.MUnonrlanx Coinforliihl > - Quartered
at ( iraftonV. . > a. , I'nlll Storm
AlloMH Sherldiin to Sail.
NEW YORK , Feb. 13. Colonel Amos
Klmball , deputy quartermaster general , to
day received a telegram stating that eight
companies of the Twelfth Infantry , which
loft Jefferson Barracks on Saturday , arrived
today at Grafton , W. Va. Colonel Klmball
Immediately arranged with the railroad oil ) ,
elals at Jersey Clly to sidetrack the tourist
cars containing the troops and have the
cars boated by steam until the transport
Sheridan , on which they are going to bull ,
Is ruady to put to sea.
The transport was scheduled to leave
Brooklyn tomorrow , but the War depart
ment has ieeued orders to hold It until
twenty-four hours after the blizzard ceases.
Coal 4'oiiiinniiilH ( 'ooit Prleex.
IRONTON. O. . F b 13 Onn hundred coal
m'nprs in local banks have strurk f > r an in-
erf ase from 70c to (1 per load Coal is bridg
ing almost any pn'e In 'ustr't * are crip-
oad a cool farniBo la
BOLD HOLDUP WORK
State Examiners Sqneeza Insurance Com *
pwie for All Traffic Will Bear.
SOME "SNIDE" ONES DO NOT YIELD MUCH
Causes Inspector Palm to Emit a Wail Whan
Ho Reports to Cornell
SIMPSON IMPROVES HIS OPPORTUNITIES
Makes Benefit Association Pay Five Times
the Legal Fee ,
REAL REASON FOR LICHTY'S ' DISMISSAL
Former Chief Clerk of the Innnrniiue
Department KniMtM Some Thlnifn
Which .Mnde the Auditor
Tremble *
LINCOLN , Feb. 13. ( Special. ) The dis
missal of Insurance Deputy Llchty by StrUa
Auditor Cornell has stirred up a decidedly
lively mess , and from present Indications It
Is likely to bo a case of "didn't know li
was loaded. " Thu ostensible reason for the
dismissal of Deputy Llchty is given lu thu
following letter :
Office of Auditor of Public Accounts ,
Feb. 10 , 1899.
Samuel Lichty ,
Chief Clerk In the Insurance Deparunonl
Sir ; From circumstances and facts that
have come under my observation from time
( o time , und especially during the month
jut > t passed , I am convinced that you have
not been faithful and have not oxerolsed
your beat Judgment In performing the du
ties of your offite.
Without authority of law and without my
knowledge , you collected from fraternal so
cletlea J-G6 , which you returned under my
direction. You havi > taken from my mall n
letter addressed to mo marked "Personal
and have not advised mo of its contcuts.
You have , contrary to my Instructions ,
withheld agents' certificates under the pre
tense that > ou knew m'ire about the revenue
laws than the Treasury department. I belicvo
you have tried to favor certain Insurance
companlc-j contrary to law and at the same
time have not acquainted me with your ac
tions.
You have used your Inlluence to the detri
ment of the office. You have not given me
the advantage of your counsel. You nave
always objected to keeping the records of
our office , and especially the fee beak , In
such a shape that the office could be prop
erly checked.
You pretend to have facts , which , If they
were divulged , would deprive me of my
office. You , for the sake of your position ,
withhold these facts. Such houitjty would
shame the devil.
I tremble while you are In the employ of
the state , hence I discharge you from its
service , and demand that you deliver to mo
all papers , books , documents , money or
other things in your possession belonging
to the state. JOHN F. CORNELL ,
Vu-ljtnr of State
IDc-OuijifCy Unity tol'i .1 dj < 55eu > r story ,
as follows :
"I um asked to state the reasons that led
to my discharge from the afllce of the staie
auditor , " Bald Samuel Llchty , late insurance
commissioner. "There are various reasons ,
but the main reason Is the divergence of
opinion with regard to the enforcement of
the insurance laws and certain disclosures
affecting Auditor Cornell's official Integrity.
"Section 2S of the insurance laws sajs
'The auditor shall not appoint anyone to ex
amine insurance companies who is an offi
cer , agent or stockholder of any Insurance
company. '
"In defiance of this law the auditor has
all along had O. W. Palm of Lincoln as
bis insurance examiner , although it is
claimed that Palm Is unc of the largest and
most prosperous Insurance agents in the
state. Serious protests came to the office
against such lawlessness , anil I have for a
long time asked the auditor to discharge
Palm and obey the law. My pleadings baio
been in vain , and .is late as December 18.
ISflS , this man Palm was cast 'holding up
companies , as ho very properly terms it
"This leads mo to say that there la a
rule In our Insurance department , approved
by Auditor Cornell , that examiners of Joint
stock and old Hue companies shall have
not to exceed 510 per day and expenses for
their work. I can prove this by a copy of a
letter to the Erie Fire Insurance company ,
dated January 9 , 1899 , and copied on In
surance letter book of that date , pages 119
and ICO. I affixed the auditor's name to that
letter on his orders , after ho hud read tlm
letter. Now the fact IH that during last
year letters and documents fell Into my
hands evidently not Intended for me and
they proved conclusively that the auditor a
Insurance examiners were vitiating not only
this wholesome rule , but plain statutory
law oa Hell , and were 'holding up' com
panies shamefully upon written orders from
the auditor , and by the power of the great
seal of the state.
Maken Kxorhltant Clinr r .
"Tho fraternal insurance law of 1897 pro
vides In section 9 that men who examine
fraternal associations 'shall be limited to
J5 per day , and necessary traveling ox-
penueH and hotel bill. ' A few weeks ago a
director of the National Aid association of
Topeka , a fraternity doing business in thla
state , protested to me because the auditor
sent his nephew , J. A. Simpson , to examine
their books and rccordR , and that after
only two days' work Mr. Simpson Illed a
bill for $100 , which , though an unlawful
charge , they paid rather than to have
trouble with the state auditor.
The Traders' Insurance company of Chicago
cage sceraB to have had u cull frt m Mr
Simpson recently , bucked by n corainiesion
from his uncle , and after n few hours' Malt
the company was hold up for J11U.
"During 1897 I succeeded In getting all
Insurance examinations recorded In a book
kept In the office for that purpose , and thrro
were no 'hold ups' In the name n' * state ,
or violations of law in regard , aralna-
tiona that I could Joarn durliifTt it year
but during 1S98 it was dlfforeiiC Not a
single examiner could I Induce to put u
single date or data on the records In thu
office , and my appeals to the auditor
to compel them to do BO were of
no avail. The auditor and the exam
iners combined to keep nearly all th
reports of the examiners and everything
touching thu examination of Insurance com
panies away from me , although I often
asked to have them so I could record thu
facts and file the papers In their proper
places. I declared that ull this uncalled for
conduct was simply to keep mo from seclnK
their crookedness , and no of course 1 de
served to walk thu gang plank.
"The provision for the appointment of in
surance examiners la contained in sertnn
28. chapter xllll of the Revised Statutes of
1&95 , as follows :
i -Se-tlcn 28 It shall be the duty of the
auditor of state , wh nt vor ho aliall det > Tj > t
expedient wi to do. In hi Judgment o ap
point one or more pertiuii , mt officer' ,
agents or stockholders f any nsurtnce
company doing business in hl nn'e to cx-
iclo U : * aJUut and coiuUUou of aajt
