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MUG IN HAVANA
Police Attempt to Maintain Ordtr nnd Are
Tired Upon ,
DEADLY RESULTS FROM CLUBS AND BULLETS
Baffled Populace Vents
Arrests in Gomez
WILD SCENES ARE ENACTED AT A BALI ?
Two Injured Civilians Said to Have Died
from Their Wounds ,
TROOPS USED TO SUPPRESS OUTBREAK
, . , . . , , . . . Thirty ntid Tlflj People , It
In Hi-purled , Are "Wounded , Some
Verj M-rloiiNl ) Mtioli Ill-IVel-
lllU In HilMinil.
HAVANA , March 19 A serious conflict
bwtwcen the police nnd people of Havana
last night resulted In much shooting and
clubbing. Prom thirty to llfly people vveie
voumlcd , some seriously. Among the In
jured Is 1'ollco Captain Ustampes , formerly
ti colonel In the Ouban army.
Kver Hlnco the police Interference- about
ft week ago with the demonstration In honor
of General Gome , the police have been un
popular with the populace , who Jeer at them
and declare them Inefficient. Certain news
papers let no oppoitunltj escape to criticise
the force , denouncing the nrrests'ns unfair
nnd charging the police with "trampling
upon the rights of n free people "
The police are vlrtuallj In the position of
men who have to make the people fear them
In order to secuio obedience , ns they have
no record to fall back upon for example
I asl night's trouble occurred nt a public
mulatto ball In San Jose street , an unsavory
quarter of Havana Many Cuban olllccrs ,
colonels and captains nmong them , attended
the iiflalr. A policeman tin duty In that
street , following orders to prevent a crowd
collecting In fiont of the building where the
ball was In progress , nekcd a group of men
to go In oi disperse His request was tin-
hooded nnd after repealing it ho was at
tacked by the group , whereupon ninny men
issued from the building , bet upon him , took
n-vay his club and revolver and handled him
roughly.
rir < - on ( hiPolice. .
The policeman Immediately notified head
quarters , who ordered twenty rescrvco to the
stetio of trouble The crowd hud prepared
for their arrival It is bald they opened
with a revolvei lire upon the police , which
the latter returned , the shooting being kept
up until the nn munition vvne exhausted. The
opponents of the police acted with deter
mination In the affray.
Many who were In the building mounted
to the roof , which Is ctunparatlvoly low , and
llred upon the police from that point. Thej
were apparently vvi-ll mined and this fact ,
together with the icsolutlon with which they
fought , seems to conflrm the belief that the
attacking partv was moBtly made up of
Cuban ofllccis , as ordinary civilians would
have fled from the lovolvors of the police
31anj- women vvnro wounded A icport Is
In circulation this evening that two
of the lujuied Chilians ha\i < succumbed
to their wouiifH , but this Is not confirmed
Among those feilouslj hurt nto Policeman
Donate Aroza , Kmlquc Munoz and llcnigue
Vnsque ? nnd Civilians Jose Domlnguoz ,
lUouo Gallato , Alberto Aloja and Iione
Hoque
1'ubllc opinion respecting the police Is con-
lllctlng. Some Mistaln them and others
charge- them with Interfering with the rights
of the people. As tlio facts become known ,
however , opinion Is Increasing In favor of
the foieo
H Is ropoiteil on good nuthoiltj that many
were wounded who wlthdiow hastily be
cause uiiwiHin , ; to have It knuwn thcv
vvero preunt
Tl < M IIN MllU < - Al'tl-NtN.
American tioops were called to the scene
when the liouble wait ovei and nmneiouh
aircstH followed 1'ollce Captain ! : stampe ,
who Is we'll known In Cuban mllltarj ilr-
cles. In so badly Injured Hut fears are
entertained that bo will not icrovei
Pedlce Inspector Itaoul Ainugo. who came
Into notice on the di > of the Gomel demon
stration , because of his attempts to hicak
up the pioccsslon , nnd who subsequently
challenged General Allelando Rodriguez ,
chief of staff of General Gomez , for having
necusi'd him of clubbing a woman , Is cred
ited with braverj nnd coolness In his efforts
to restore orJci.
Numerous poimlts have been Issued for
similar bills this evening Including ono for
an uffali at the same house nnd It Is feared
that there in ij bo further trouble Those
who ought to know say tint thej are really
( igilnst the law and that thu permits should
bo revoked
Shurtlj before 9 o'clock It was reported
that another conflict between the people nnd
the pnllio had taken place this evening In
the outskirts of Havana and that two police
men nnd Fovcral civilians , all wounded , were
eonvejcd to police headquarters
It 1s iiHsertctl also that two pollccmnn
wore killed nnd tint the reserves had been
called out.
There Is also a rumor that n policeman
was stabbed to death this afternoon
l.iiillnn sii-U of UlN .loll.
Major General Ludlow , military governoi
of the Department of Havana , di'slres to
bo relieved of his duties , nnd to go to the
Philippines It U unJcr laud that ho hat
applied to the War department for n trans
fer nnd has btrunuouslj urges ! that 'it be
made He * Is wearj of the * details of cltj
administration.
Captain Johnson of General Ludlnw'i
staff sailed for Tampa todaj enroute foi
thu Philippines
Postmaster General Smith Intends to gel
a thoiough Insight Into the Cuban postn
pjtttem and will remain hero n week
The workmen's demonstration In fuvor oi
General ( lome this afternoon was a sue-
cesuful allalr , some 500 men and vvomei
forming on the pratio and marching wltl
inutile and banners to thu residence of General
I oral Gomez , where thej were joined by i
blmtlnr processiru from Guanabacua
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the torn
peraturo In Havana was t > G elegrcci
Pahrenhelt
GREAT EXODUS FROM HAVANA
nnd Snldlorx Unilini MiiK oi
llomonnidlmuiid Ship * In
Kne-npu ( luiiriiiillne ,
HAVANA , March 19 The Two Hundrei
euid hecond New York arrived hen
this niornlue from Guiuajiv and spent tin
day in shotiplng Thej tvill in- bark on Un
transport Th mas tonight on tlulr re-tun
to thu I'lilu-J States
btcaium cleared from tbl
i
port todaj. They will take out about COO
Americans , Inaugurating n general exodus of
persons who nro leaving In order to reach
American ports before the ciuarantlno regu
lations go Into effect
Dr. Powers of the American Church Mis
sionary Society for Rplscopal Purposes Is
about to ask the church for'n donation of
$100 ooo to be used In the erection of orphan
nsvlutnft In Matnnraas and Havana prov
inces Dr. Powers bollcxcs Cuba Is the
gnatcst Held In the world for Protestant
work
Thn J100(1,000 ( allotted by the United
States government for the pajment of
[ ibnn troops upon their dlslnmlmcnt lia >
.transferred from the United States
Meade to the Ilurnslile. where H
thy a dcitachment of thirty men
will remain on the llurnslde un-
'ements have been made for laud
g It
The Meade will convey a battalion of the
Tenth regulars from Havana to Mntan/aB ,
and there will take on the Twelfth Now
Yolk for home
The crulBcr Chicago , which has been or
dered to proceed to meet the Paris nnil
take on board John Sherman , who Is to be
convoyed to the United Slates , sailed this
morning for San Juan do Porto Klco
Sennr Munoz Hlvcra , formerly secretary
of state in the Porto Itlcan cabinet , arrived
hero this morning en route for the United
States. Ho will visit Governor General
Drooko tomorrow , nnd will wait on Gomez
later , after which ho will proceed to Wash
ington
General Chaffco Is suffering from tortlary
malaila and Is confined to his bed.
Postmaster General Smith arrived here to
day.
It Is expected thnt when the pajmcnt ot
the Cuban troops U actually made , It will
bo found that the number ot privates and
non-commissioned olllcers entitled to pay
will bo found to be less than half the re
cent estimate , which WOK 12,000
The Tlllman tourist party airived on the
Olivette this momlng The excursionists
will take a look around and return to
Tampa Monday night.
NORFOLK & WESTERN WRECK
TMI > Trainmen nnil Trump Are Killed
'lliroiiKli Trnln HrenUliiu : III Two
on Mniintiilii Side.
NOHPOLK , Vn , March 19.A fatal
wreck occurred on the Norfolk it Western
railroad at Adi this morning.
The killed
riUCMAN VAX \NDINOHAM of this
city.
UIIAKHMVN n A GRAHAM.
AN UNKNOWN TIIAMP
Several trainmen were more or less In
jured Three freight tiains were vviccked.
All we-ie coming east The flrbt train hud
stopped. The second bioku In two and the
sections In their illght down the mountain
side , crashed Into the Hist section "Thcv
vvero soon followed by the third , which had
not been flagged
PURLOINING POSTAL CLERK
Fourth DlMlionexi IJniplote of I'lltN-
luiru I'oHtofllee "VVIthlli it
eiir IN ArrcNlcd.
PlTTSntmG , Pa , March in W. J Pltz-
goruld , a clerk In the distributing depart
ment of the Plltsbutg postotllce finco 1895.
was arrested bj Postoflice Inspector W W
Dlckson , charged with stealing monejed
letters He was caught In the act and , it
is understood , made a full confession though
he could not say how much he had pur
loined
This makes the fourth arrest In the same
department within a jcar ami the fifteenth
in the Pittsburg postolllce since 1801 Fitz
gerald has been under suspicion for three
months
\TION or TIM : SIMiins. .
< j MI'l IIIIKMlt U III VI Ilk II'riltfNt
VfililiiNtiiierleiin Vltldide.
" \1ADIUD , March 1 ! ) Senor Sllvcla ,
premlei and minister of foreign affairs had
i conference ivlth the Prench ambassador
regarding tlio liberation of Spanish prisoners
In the hands of the Plllplnos The gov
ernment. It Is slid has determined to pro
test to the clvlll/od world against the at
titude of the Americans In hindering the
efforts of General Klos , Spanish commander
In the Philippines , to liberate the prisoners
The government will demand a credit for
the pajmont of the Interest on the Cuban
debt The amount to bo naked for i
15 000,000 pesetas
siir.mivN is srnvmi.i IMPIIOVIM ; .
i\-Seerelnr % Will lie TrniiMfei reil to
( i ulNor ( lili-HKO ill Oiie-e.
KINGSTON , Jamaica , 'March ' 19 The
Ami'rlcaii Him Htoime > r Paris , Captain Pred-
rlck Watklns , with the party of Americans
touring In the Went Indian waters , arrived
hero todnj.
John Sherman Is growing rapidly better ,
though lie Is still a very sick man and
cannot with safety be transferred tomorrow
to the United States cruiser Chicago Great
interest Is manifested In his recovery on
boaid the Paris
DIMVI , .
DeiioiineoH ( liurue of Tieiixoii UN a
( liiniH } I in enlloii ,
PARIS , March 10 The Temps todaj pub
lishes an Interview with Daron von Mohren-
helm , former Russian ambassador to Prance ,
who now lesldes at Pan , In which ho de
nounces as a "clumsy Invention" the story
that ho is the real culprit who sold both
Russian and French military secrets to
the German government nnd that It has
lie on only to avoid n publli scandal greater
than the Drejfus aftalr tint he has been
unpunUhed
llaiiiiuet of Perm Inn MeleKittoN ,
LIM\ . Peru , March 19 ( Via Oalve-ston ,
Tcx ) lrvlng H Dudlej , Unltenl States
minister to Peru , nnd Hlchard U Nell ! .
secretarv of the United States legation ,
worn gurtitH at n 'banquet ' given today by
Messrs Garland and Laltosa. the Peruvian
delegates nt the recent Philadelphia con
gress , to iMr Schoff , the representative of
the Commercial museum Among others
present were : Senor Canadamo , president of
the Peruvian senate , Senor Asplllaga , presi
dent of the Agricultural society , Senor
Pa > an , manager of the lianco do Peru y
Lomlrps , and Senor Qucaada , editor of HI
Co'iierclo
Dr. Kniipii Turun I'p safe ,
LONDON March 19 The Hov Dr. Knapp ,
former principal of Queen's college , N P. ,
who mjstorlously disappeared from his resi
dence In Ilrlghouse , West Yorkshire , on
January IS last , writes to friends in this
country that ho has reached New York
In a hailing vessel
llllilU ( it Spulii Sliitrnillt ,
MADRID , March in The HanU of Spain
report for the week ending jestorday shows
the following changes Gold In bund , In
crease Ml,000 pesetas , ether in hand , In-
cipnae 17,019,000 pesetas , notes In circula
tion , decieaso 14.210000 pesetas
ruiiernl Ship lleiielu-H Home.
POinSMOL'TH England. March 19The
llrlll'li cruiser Tulbot with the bed > of
Ilaroii Hera-hell on board , which Balled
f'oin Now York oa March 8 , arrluJ here
11 tixluy.
DEATH IN A TWISTER'S TRACK
Desolation in Path of Funnel-Shapjd Oloud
in Alabama ,
BABY ONLY IN FAMILY OF ELEVEN ESCAPES
\Vliero\er Tornnilo SlrlUes llullilliiKM
Are Itnrcil nnil 'Many People
Arc Killed nnil Si-rlotiil )
' Injured.
Mn.MI'HtS , Tcnn , March 10. \ special to
the Commercial-Appeal from Ulrmliighatn ,
Ala. , Ba > s Additional details of last
night's cjclonc ne.ir Edwnrdsvllle vcro re-
cohcd hero late tonight The following Is
n list of the dead and wounded so far as
known
Dead-
LUWIS COKrnn , aged 5G , tax assessor of
Cleburne county , and the following members
of his family
MIIS COPPKn. aged 46.
LHILA , age < l 22.
JAMBS , aged 20.
LULU , aged IS.
JACOIJ , aged 13.
iiviitoi : , ngcd s.
DOLLin. aged 10.
Giiovnu , uged c.
JOHN' , aged 4
UNKNOWN WOM\N , near Hcllln.
The Injured-
Itcsslo Coffee , aged 12 , daughter of Lewis
Coffee , will die
Mrs Hunuclls , aged 73 , will die.
Myrllno Stanrell , aged C , will probablv die
Mis. J II Cason , Tom Uunnells , Wood
Stan/ell , Andrew Stelr-nn. all seriously hurt
Matj Stelpan , Llz/lo UunnellB , J H. Cason ,
Georgia Stanzell. Gainesville Stnnrcll , To-ih
Stanzell , Colcnmn Stanzell , nil bull )
bruised.
Several other people were more or less
seriously Injured but their names are not
known.
Thu pith of the storm was about 200
> ards wide and It traversed the country for
( melvo miles , beginning in the northern
part of Cloburn county near Iron City and
moved southward. Those who saw it say
that there was an Immense funnel-shaped
cloud and that it bounded along like a rub
ber ball , rising at Intervals nnd leaping for
fiovoral hundred jards , without doing any
damage.
Striken ColTee' * Ciililn.
When It descended It would pick up houses
and crush thorn to plccru , uproot trees or
twist them off level -with the ground and
sweep nil ibeforc it
Low Is Coffee's residence , a strong double
log hoiibe , situated on a llttlo hill , -was In
the path of the storm. It was swept away
.md the Umbers scattered for a mile Ten
of its eleven occupants were Instantl } killed ,
the exception being the baby , which was
found under the ruins of the chimney. The
corpses of the dead were carl led half n mile
and none of them was found together.
Everjone of the foodieswere stripped ot
clothing. Ono was twisted around a stump
and two others were headless
Desldo the body of the father lay Bessie
Coffee , the only member of the family not
Instantly killed. She was unconscious and
her arms were around her dead father's
ne-k. .Ilio js unable to TCI * and -will die
In the same neighborhood the residence
of J. W. Wilder , J. H. Cason and Andrew
Steipan and Den Stanzell were wiecked and
all their occupantfi Injured. Near Hoflln
a white woman , whoso najiie cannot , be
learned , was killed and five persons in the
same family hurt.
It is ostlm.ited that about fifty buildings
wore destroyed , between twenty and tweutj-
flvo persons were injuied and over n score
of faniiK devastated. The storm lost its
force just south of Hoflln , near which place
a do7cii buildings were wrecked.
The path of the rjclone presents a terrible
sccno of havoc. Timbers of wrecked huiisei
aio dcatteicd In every direction Some were
carried hlgn Into the air and others were
driven deep Into the ground or through
trees Many head of cattle were killed
Ono dead cow was found with a hhliiglo
driven through her back. Rut for the fact
that the country over which the storm
pasted lf > Bparscly settled the loss of life
would have been niULh greater. There were
many marvelous escapes
J. H. Carson and wife were blown through
a window as the house was falling and
after the storm they found themselves in a
field n hundred jards away , both badly hurt
The funeral of the Coffee family occurred
this afternoon and was largely attended
Ten bodies , homo of them mangled bc > end
recognition , were buried In ono grave
I1ISMAIICK , Ala , March in A teninc
wind storm , accompanied by rain and hall ,
passed through the extensive plantation oi
Samuel Cuny In Clinton county last night
I31oven tenement houses were blown
down and two negro bojs were killed. Sev
enteen other negroes were injured
I'onr People Killed nt AViDiioNlinrn.
ATLANTA , Ca , March 19 A special to
thd Constitution from Wajnosboro , Ga
sa > s a cjclone passed over Ilurke county nl
: ; o'clock tills morning In the vlelnltj ot
Wajnesboro four people were killed Sev
eral houses were demolished and much
damage done
There were cloven houses blown down on
Walker McCathcerns farm , six miles from
Waynesboro. Ono house near town was
completely demolished while It was occupied
by eight negroes , but they all escaped un-
Jured
KNOXVILLB , Tenn , March 10 Heavy
rainfalls for several days past nro now be
ginning to manifest their results The
Southern railway has suffered considerable
damage to Its tracks between this city and
Abbeville. N C , ttrlstol. Tenn. and Chat
tanooga , Tenn The tracks have been sub
merged and partially washed out for a dis
tance of tlvo miles near Ashovlllo All tralllc
on the Ashovlllu blanch has been suspended
The damage to the Chattanooga branch has
been tempurarlly repaired The Tennessee
river at this city Is twentj-sovon feet above
low water nnd is rising rapidly. A sprint ;
freshet Is feared.
ri.rius : n\
ThlK Country n l.ieut III MI I for Orenl
llrltiiln In Commerce.
WASHINGTON. March 19 Ambassador
Choato's recent remark that the United
Stoles and the United Kingdom would
doubtless continue a friendly rivalry In re
gard to the world's commerce Is quite
Justified by the latest figures on the com
merce of the two countries as supplied by
thu treasury bureau of statistics
These iliow that the experts of domestic
merchandise from the United States In the
eight months ending with February amount
to ; fi29,335.1U ! and those from the United
Kingdom amount to $798.960.427 In the
calendar jear 1S9S the domestic export *
from the United States amounted to $1,238-
GG4.S2S , while those of the United Klngdon
amounted to 11.131.944,331 The jear 169i
was the flmt In utiUh the domestic export :
from the t'nltel States exceeded the domed
tlo exports from the Fnlted Kingdom Ot
enl ) two occasions prior to 1S18 have th (
i domestic exports of the I nlted States ex-
a billion dollars , while those of the
United Kingdom have constantly exceedei
a billion dollar * during the laat twcntj
jcar3. The latest year In which Its ex
port * of elotne'tle merchandise fell below
the billion "dollar " line was lS7o , when they
amounted to $9JS,92,026. In 1S79 our own
exports of domestlcc merchandise
amounted to $757,7SR " | g. Thus , In the
twenty jonis since l TSj the figures show
an Inneaso of but 22 pen rent In the domes
tic exports of the Unltell Kingdom , nnd of
C,1 per cent In those of the United Stales ,
apparently quite Justifying Ambis ador
Chonte's assertion that tin United States
would contlue to bo a rival , though n
friendly one , of the United Kingdom In Its
relations with the cnmmerchl world
That the rlvalrj has bcAn and Is a friendly
one , oven to the extent of cordiality , 1
Allow n by the fact that despite our rapid
Increase In the supplies which we are offerIng -
Ing to the markets of the world. Great
Drltnln continues to toke n proportionate )
share of thnt Increase. Our exports of
domestic merchandise to the United King
dom In 1879 amounted to $34G.tfnSSl , ana
In 1S9S were $ * > 'M.3tV03 ! , an Increase of t > 4
per cent , while , as aireadj shown , our gen
eral exports Increased 63 per cent during
the period.
Thla Is the more striking nnd worthj of
remark In view of the fact that our own
Imports from the United Kingdom have not
Increased at the rate It : , purchases from us
have grown Indeed , the Imports Into the
United States from the United Kingdom In
IS'tS nro no gieater tliiin thej were twenty
jcras ago , the Importti from the United
Kingdom In 1879 being ? 10S 5SS.S12 and In
3S9S $10SUli 1S3.
CRIME OF A FEROCIOUS NEGRO
N AVoiiii-ii Arc ll < > nti > ii Into
it Jell * nnil Ono or tin- \ I--
tlnis IN Demi.
UPI'BU MUILBOHO. ( Mil , iMnrch 19
Mary A. Clarke , aged G2 , was beitcn to
death , ami her Mater , \nnle Clarke , aged
IB. wo.s fatally hurt last night nt Bowie ,
Md , n village neai this place by John IJerr ,
a IG-jear-old negro boy , who is In Jail for
the crime
The deed was a ferocious one , the
j defenseless women bt'ug surprised by
( the boy and literally beaten to a.Jelly with
I a club Mlrt Annlo Clarke saved Iierbelf
ifroni Instant death by promising to give
the bov 4100 and pledging herwelt not to
i betiay him if ho spared her life Intense
i indignation prevails hero and a lynching Is
not Improbable.
Mrs Demoinsch , Charles Ford , Mrs. D. J.
Johnson and Annette Upham of Vermont ,
included In lost night's list of missing , are
safoWASHINGTON
WASHINGTON , March 19 Ucrry was ar
rested and confessed his guilt. He was today -
i day held by n coroner's jury for the grand
j jury of Pilnco George county for murder.
I The murderer nas lodged In the Marlboro
Jail , but later , for fear that he would be
lynched , yns brought to this city and to-
j night was taken to Baltimore on the 10
I o'clock train for safekeeping
ST. LOUIS HAS NEW EVIDENCE
IiiNpcclor Kcnrriil r.iirllIlK.li Souiuln
AVHnoNKo * for Iniiuliy Hoard In
A nil j Href Sciiiiflul ,
ST LOUIS , .March 19 The army beef
scandal has reached St. Louis In the shape
of a quiet Investigation for tha purpose of
| obtaining -nhat avaltobln ) aidenr < i exiftB for
use before the war boarJ of inquiry.
List week Colonel K. A Oarllngton , one
of the Inspectors general , was In the city
to aeo a number of prospective witnesses
with the view of ascertaining If their evi
dence would bo material It IH unofficially
announced thnt the result was more than
startling.
Inspector General Garliugton paid the citj
a hastj visit and proceeded to Omaha , where
ho ib said to be engaged In obtaining evi
dence germnino to the points at Issue ,
Pi lends of General Xolson A Miles ha\e
taken up the woik in St Louis started bj
Colonel narlington
Some fifteen or twenty witnesses have
been bounded and If reportB are true theli
testimony will provo highly interesting
Most of these men nro ox-snldlers , who can
testify from personal oxperlenco ns to the
quality of the beef served to their rebpeC'
tlve regiments and companies
SKAGWAY RAILROAD STRIKERS
IJiiNiie'eeNNfnl AMempl IN Alndito
Drlie Non-sirlklii Vln Avvny
fioin Camp.
VICTORIA. D C , March 19 The steamei
Amur , which arrived today , reported s
ilotous outbreak of railroad stiikcrs at Skag-
way , The men mido an unsuccessful at
tempt to drive the non-striking men fron :
camp No 1 White , the ringleader , led s
laige body of men to the camp , whore Dr ,
Whiting , the railroad surgeon , and a few
men stood ns guards
While advanced In front of the partj
and parlojed for a few- minutes , then sprnnf
for Whiting , Knocking him down with .1
rifle , breaking It and Htunning White The
iloters then dispersed While at work 10 (
men have been nwoin in to assist the mar
sli.il nnd the town Is under martial law
The siloons and gambling IIOIIDOB have beer
closed ,
A movement Is on foot In Skagway If
charter n steamer and Bend the striken
who are rauslng the trouble home Mosl
of the men nro without funds and wouli :
gladly go back
The Wells house at Wellington was de
stroyed by fire this morning Loss , $12,000
MRS. PLACE PREPARES TO DIE
New V orli'M "Woiiinn MnrilereNnerven
llei-Neir for ( he Supreme Tent
nnil IN lleeonelleil.
NiW YORK , March 19 Mrs. Martha
Placo'H last Sunday on earth differed but lit
tle from the other dajs she has spent in
Sing Sing prison She displayed no nlgus
of breaking down nnd apppeared to bo grow
ing stronger and mure composed ns the
time for hei death diow closer.
During the morning Warden Sage called
on Mrs. Place and warned her to bo pre
pared to go to the death chair Whether ho
told her at what hour of the coming week
she must expert the summons Is not known ,
but It Is not thought ho intimated to her
more than n general Idea of the time. Mrs
Place took the warning coolly , far more so
than she took the breaking of the news that
she muiit not hope for a pardon
With the coming of midnight tonight tlio
hours Mrs Place has to live are few The
sentence may bo executed at any hour after
ward , but junt when the woman will be
led to the chair Is known to no one except
Warden Sage , and It is a matter of doubt
If even he has fully determined the matter
ItlplliiK Sllll lmprnIIIK. .
NKW YORK , March 19 Hudjard Kipling
tonight read the papers dlctute-d some let
ters and saw a few fi lends He spoke of
getting out soon and bin physician , Dr Dun
ham , encouraged him with the promise that
he will be permitted to leave his room in
a fan dajs
liiMpeeti. Porlo Illemi Troopx.
PONCK Porto Rico March 19 IiiHpector
General Dreckcnrldgo ot the United States
i army , who will Inspect all the mllltarj posts
i In Porto Rico , reviewed the troops at Ponce
v < iprja > and proceeded today to the Yauca
district.
TESTIFY MEAT IS EMBALMED
Witness ntFort Luvenworth Swoan Beef
in Cuba is Chemically Treated.
CAN'T SHAKE SERGEANT MASON'S ' EVIDENCE
lie In To 111 li > ARPIII of Aiiuuur'M Hint
'I'roju'rxnlliii' " IN I neil Hrelnrcn
Ilic ConlltiK < > * < T l Ii Ukc
I'ltriilllniWnt. .
LDAVnNWOKTH , Kan. , March 19 The
army beef court of Inquiry concluded thn
taking of testimony nt Kort Leavenworth at
noon todaj and nt 4 1" > departed for Chicago ,
where the sessions will J'o resumed Monday
morning.
The sole witness examined today was Ser
geant IMwnid Mason , Troop "A , " Pirst
United States cavalry , located at Port Uob-
Inson , Neb , who served as leglmental com
missary sergeant nt Lakeland , Pla , anil dut-
ing the Cuban campaign.
Sergeant Mason's testimony was probably
the most direct thnt has been adduced since I
1
the court left Chicago , witness declaring
that meat received at Lakeland for use In his
regiment was "undoubtedb chemically
treated " "An agent of Armour S. Co , " ho [
futthcr testified , "told mo nt the time that
this meat had been treated with what was
called preservallnc" Witness had refused
to accept the meat
Sergeant Mason was Intenogaled Indi
vidually by each member of the court and
could not be shaken In his testlmonv
The court met nt 10 o'clock this morn
ing In the court-martial room nt the fort
Sergeant Mason , whose failure to reach the
foil Hstorday made It necessary for the
court to take Sunday testimony was llrst
questioned by Recordei Davis Ho told ot
the meat furnished on the vojnge from
Tampa to Cuba. No complaints were undo
of the canned roast beef , but the meat wan
tasteless and unsatlsfactorj generally and
had < o bo thrown overboard In CuCit the
men of his regiment would not eat the
canned roast beef and as a rule It was
tin own awaj. The refrlgeiated beef issued
after the sin render was good , but as a lulo
it spoiled before it could be used
The witness was then taken in hand by
Major Lee
Ho said ho was detailed commlbsaiy ser
geant nt Lakeland about April 20 and terved
as such through to the close of the Cuban
campaign.
Moat Trcntrillli I'rcncr nlliie.
"Did jou , ns commissary sergeant or
noting coinmlssary sergeant for the regiment ,
draw anv refrigerated beef at Tampa or
Lakeland' " asked Major Lie.
"I did. sli "
" ' "
"What occurred'
"The meat we received was In appear
ance fine , but It was undoubtedly chemi
cally treated. One morning I went down to
the refrigerator cai to draw meat and I ob
jected to the appearance ot It. An agent ot
Armour & Co. was there. I do not know
what his name was. He told me at the
tlmo that thlB meat had been treated with
t what was called prescrvallno. It was as if
1 It had been painted over with something
I like parniune wt > x. Thenras n light coat-
1 lng"on the outside of Itie 'meat. I objccfea
to the color of the meat and icfused ta
accept It Oui commissary officer came
down and ho refused to accept It. "
I "About what time was tint' "
1 "The 28th < ir 2Jlh of Mav "
I "Who was the officer that came down1
| "Lieutenant C J. Hartman "
i "About bow much was theie of this meat
at that time' ' "
"Probably 3,000 pounds that was In the
"
car
"Did jou notice it generally ? '
I "I examined the meat verj carefully ns
commissary sergeant , I had handled meat
' before. The meat was undoubtedly spoiled. "
, "Wero anj icports made by Aimour's
agent at the time ns to the harmfulness 01
lack of haimfuliiess of this pieparation7
Was It discussed' " '
AiU INPN Tilinliifr HIP Mn ( .
"My rccollr-etion Is that he said the
preparation u&cd did not hint the meat ,
that It was safe He advised us to cut off
the outside , and said the meat would be all
right in the Interloi next to the bone "
"Did he state where this had been done ? "
"No , sir "
"Where had the meat come from before
coming to Lakeland' "
"I do not know It came In carloads ;
probably from Chicago or Kanbis City"
"Might It not have come from Tampa ? "
"Yes , sir "
"You know , as a matter of fact , Hi it
there was a refrigerator establishment there ,
where meats were sent to the various com
mands ? "
I "I know that I think our meat came
from Chicago It was not billed In any
! way to the commissarj "
I "It came entliely to the commissarj' "
i "It came to the agent entlioly. "
I "To whom would ho report In regard to
the meat ? Would ho report to the commlB-
Httrv ? "
"Ho would piobibly notify the commis
sary officer Wo would go down In wagons
and gut the meat every morning. "
By General Wndo "Wero jou at Lake
land when the car was opened' "
"I do not think I opened the car , but I
was there when It was opened. "
"Was It a regular refrigerator car ? "
"Yee , sir"
"It had only 3,000 pounds in It ? "
"No , hlr ; the car was full when It came
in "
"Was the meat you got out of the oar
beforn that , treated ? "
"Yrs , sir , I suppose tlio same HH the rest
of It"
"Was that the only car treated ? "
"No , sir , wo would take about a car a
week Wo had four regiments there , thn
Second Massachusetts , Sovcntj-becond New
York , Klrst nnd Tenth cavalry. "
Mont SUM-UN nnil I InAKiiit niplnlnn.
"Was all the meat ) ou got there treated
with prcservallno' "
"That I could not nay. The only thing
I knew was what Armour's agent told mo. "
Ily General Glllesplo "How did the agent
happpcn to tell jou about the appearance
of the meat ? "
"Tlio meat was supplied In the morning
nnd It smelted bad nnd had a bad appear
ance. The agent junt simply speaking of
it said 'That Is prttenallnu That Is thu
chemical wo use to protect the meat to pre
serve It' As to what preservallne was I
do not know "
"Was this agent nt Lakeland or Tampa ? "
"He came up from Tampa "
"Do vnu wish the court to understand
that very much of the meat supppllcd to
you of that refrigerated beef had been
treated clieralcally' "
"I would not swear that It was. I will
say that In my opinion It was "
"Did jou call the attention of the ser
geant to that meat being treated' "
"I called the attention of my commissary
olllcer my Immediate superior'
Il > General George Davit ' Did all the
nivat jou got at Lakeland appear to have
this gloiity surface like parulllne'1"
"Yes sir"
Did jou say that it looked like parafflne
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
NebraskaFn'r. . Variable \Vlnds
Toinpernltire ill Unmlin je tordul
Hour. PI-HI Hour. Pi-HTi
r. n. in i.-i : t p. 111 : n >
a ii. 111 ui z P. : < i >
r n. in as : t p. in. . . . . . no
s n. in. . . . . . -d ! 1 * . in SI *
II n. ill 17 ! T. ii. ill tis
ID ii. 111 us ( i p. 111 -it
ti ii. ii : ti > r ii. ni -i
iv : in : u s p. in - -
II p. III SO
was over It ? "
"All ( ho car moat wo rccclxctl had that
appear nice "
"How nbollt the beef jou iccelveil Into
In Cuba ? "
"Tho majority of the meat wo received In
Cuba spoiled on us ; It was the fault of
tlio rllmalo as I thought nt the time. "
"Dhl It have this \\hlto appearance ? "
"I coiilil not say , because It was nil In
cloth "
" \Vlio \ was present beside yourself nt this
Interview with the nRout of Armour Co ? "
"Lieutenant Ilarlmnn , nnd ptobablj Ser-
gonnt Abies , who Ii no\v n eommlsHiry ser
geant at Santiago "
"Are jou sure the agent was an Armour
man ? "
"Yes , sir : I nm posltlvo of that , because
1 made out the. vouchers "
" \Vas he a lesldcnt of Tampa , or did lie
clmph come fioin there"
" 1 think he was piobablj n Chicago man "
"What was his appearance1" "
"He was a shott , heavj set man In
fact. Armour had two agents there , one , i
jouiig man of 23. the other decldedlj Jewish :
| In appearance The ono I refer to was the I
voung man "
"Could jou scrape this material off the
surface of the meat the prcservnllno' "
"I could not saj that we could scrape It
| off. It would break It was so light I
i could not scrape It oiT "
M'KINLEY'S ' QUIET SUNDAY
Vtll'tlllN rilllK-ll Mllll V ll'C I'- | > Nt < ll-lll
llolinre uiKl DrlM-K III tinVflfi -
IIIIOIl Toilll ) * M I'lllllM.
TIIOMASVILLB , Ga , March in Presi
dent McKlnlcy attended rtiurch toda > < it
the Methodist fhurch of Ihomusvllle Tlio
president's carriage drove up In front of
the church Just before seiTicca began and
Mr \ leKlnlejVice President Hobart and
Mrs Hobart , who were the only ones to
attend , were "hown to a pew well to the
front e > f the body of the .church Mr Me-
Klnlej did not attend , the wcnthor today
having turned I-OAV and cold , making It
prudent to remain iudonis Presiding nldcr
J. O nianch conducted the services
The president listened attentively through
out the rather long sermon and nttempte 1
to Join with the congregation in singing He
looked fairly well , but was decidedly pale
The vice president showed that he had not
jet fully recovered from the grip.
The hou.se party enjojcd u elrlve in the
afternoon and then , owing to the cool north-
nest wind , spent the time indoors. Prepni.i-
tlous lave been made to leave hole In a
special car over the Plant sjstcm at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning for Jekyl Island
Uruiibwlrk will be rcache 1 about 2 o'clock.
Politics. It Is reported , most pOMltively
have nctlilng to do with the trip and no
/ijVitieal LonlOicii i' , 11. _ j o i.iiwty asset ted ,
will bo held there The probability that
Speakc" Heed and the president will meet
1 ° , ft eourse admitted and the possibility
Is that a result of It maj be better relations
between ilium , though neither will bo a
paitv to an ) attempt to bring them to
gether The exact personnel of the party
Is btlll undecided Those certain to go are
I'K-sldent nnd Mrs McKlnley , Senator
Hanna and Dr. Hexey of the navj- , the
family plijslcl.ui.
MOB MENACES AUTHORITIES
Tei.ni Sliile llenltli Ollleer KneoiuiteiN
Ilnlle-tH mill ( Inlix TrjIiiK to He-
move .Siniillpox I'lllli-nlN.
LAUKDO , Tex , March T ) The work ot
removing smallpox patients to the pest
bouse uudei direction of tin ; Mute health
ofllcor , Illunt , was begun this morning
nftei ten had been removed the olllcers encountered -
countered on Kast Matamoras btrcot n mob
of eevcrnl hundred Mexicans , who menaced
them In such a manner tint the chief of
police was telephoned for
.Marhlml Joe Uartholow and Assistant
Marfhal Xjo Ider hurried to the scene and
when they attempted to arrest the leaders
of the disturbers thej were assaulted with
stones nnd fired on Iilar was knocked
down and severely beaten about the head
IwfoiH he could bo rescued One of the
ilolers wah shot but , aided by his friends ,
managed lo escape. Abont twenty ( -tiots
wore fired , a doren arrests made and the
mob dispersed
The health officers resumed their work ,
but were soon met by ( mother mob of fiOO
or GOO Mexicans , many of them nrine-d. As
they could not contend with this force the
health nlllccrs deslstc-d and Dr Blunt opened
telegraphic communication with Governor
SayciH AH a ii'Mill ho was instructed to
call on the United Stntos military nuthoil-
ties at Kort Mclnto h In tlio name of tlio
governor for such assistance IIH was needed ,
and later he was Informed that the War de
partment had telegraphed authority to use
troops Tlio Mexicans nro iniicli excited
nnd oxpre fl contempt for the negro United
States soldiers.
ADJUDGE HER A LUNATIC
Truxl Complin ; Mu > Till.c ( ImrKe of
AVIilmv of I.nlc Klten 11 , ll > erN ,
M111 In mi 11 < II n n n fin-1 u rer.
PITTSIIURG , Pa , Maich 10 Mrs Anna
Hayes livers , widow of the late Kbcn M
IljeiH , the millionaire mumifnucturor vvhoin
last BlrknctB nnd the events connected with
It n few jcars ago caused n sensation
throughout the country , has been adjudged
a lunatic ; and It Is probable that nlio wilt bo
placed In the rare of n trust company ulonh
with her property , which she Is said to have
wasted dining the last two jears Her ( ma-
band died some jcars ago In n Philadelphia
Institution and It Is claimed fluco then reasonable
enable offers have been made for u settle
ment of the case , but that Mrs Dyera i in
jected all these , against the advice of hei
friends and relative's It Is claimed the re
sult of so much jangling mid cxclteme > nt Is
the sicknciss which has now overcome her.
GOLD STRIKE IS A MYTH
Smeltero mill TnolN of Alle-urd Mine
ill Maltern , ( > . , V ro Tat.en In
Hand I , ) Sheriff.
CARROLLTON. O. March 19 The
BMiC'lU'i and tools at the alleged cold mine
at Malvern are In the hands of the sheriff
of Cnireill tumty , who levied on them to
satisfy n judgment of J5CO obtained by Mere
dlth & Co ( if Bast Liverpool against the
company reiontlj organised to develop the
alleged gold deposits It was recently an
liounccd that tl ' > development coni | > an >
would lave a capital stock of S500.000 but
so fur aa known none of the stork hu
been sold. Ttie reported gold Jlud lu a
mvth.
Fierce Tight with Filipino Insurgents In
Vicinity of Taguig ,
WHEATON SEVERELY PUNISHES THE REBELS
In the Darkness Two Americans Are Killed
and Twenty Woundcil
LIEUTENANT FRANK JONES AMONG FALLEN
Twenty-Second Regulars Do Vnliant Some *
on Eight Wing.
ARMY AND GUNBOATS DO GREAT DAMAGE
I'ropeily of IniurHentn Valued
KMKUMIO IN I > eilro > eil mill O or
Two Hundred NnUe Klllc'd
lN Arc > Venl. nlnn.
MAN1LV March 10 0 30 r m Some ol
the rebels rccentlj expelled from Cavlto
and imall towns In the \lclnlty of Pnslg
combliuMl foiees nnd last night as already
cabled attacked a company e > f the Wash
ington volunteers , a detached post nl Tagulg ,
about a mile and a half southe-ast of Pa < lg
General Wheaton Immedlatclj reinforced
the Ametleans with two companies each of
the Washington nnd the Oregon leglments
'Hie post had held the enemy In check mid
the tire of the iclnfoiclng companies re
pulsed them , driving them across to nn
Island foimed by the estuary They were
thus In control of the Twentj-second regu
lars
On discovering that they were entrapped ,
the rebels fought desperately , aided materi
ally bj the jungle and the darkness , but
thej were completely routed with heavj loss
after two hours' lighting.
The Americans lost two killed and twenty
wounded , among the latter Lieutenant Prank
Jones.
General Wheaton determined to punish the
natives and nt daybreak today his brigade
started in the following order- The Sixth
artillery , holding the extreme light ; the
Oregon volunteers , heading the center ; the
Wnsblngtoi regiment keeping to the edge oi
the lake and the Twenty-second regulars oc
cupying the right of the line , which swept
the whole countrj along the lake , In a
southeasterly direction , toward General
Ovciishlno's position.
The line thus extended over two miles ot
countiy , which was rough and covered with
thick jungle , advanced eleven miles. Tin
enemy fled , the last of them bnlng heou
about t 30 o'clock this afternoon. At
rcntetly > v dm" 'lid ' Uic Americans get
within 1,200 yards of them.
Tun Hundred rillpliinn Klllril.
The troops nto leturnlng to Paslg tonight ,
exhausted by the hard work under re hot nun
The OroEon regiment had one man killed
and four wounded and the Twcntj-sccond
regulars one wounded. Accotdlng to the
otllclul reports no fewer than UOO Filipinos
were killed
General Otis sajs the American army and
gunboats now command the lake. Ho esti
mates that properly of the insurgents valued
nt $500,000 haw been destrojcd , while quan
tities of rice and sugai and 100 tons of coal ,
which is very valuable here , have been cap
tured
Many prisoners represent that the Plll-
plno soldleis are weakening. The generous
tiintmcnt that the Americans administer to
the nntlvo prisoners and wounded seen.s to
liiliuenco the insurgent nrmj powerfully
In the opinion of the Americans , however ,
the Plllplno leaders will continue to pro
voke fighting just ns long as they caa re
tain their hold upon their followers , be
muse thej have everything to gain and
rotlilng to Io3c
The enemy have twice ns many men in
their firing lines ns they lime anrs. nnd
the fact that so few arms nro enntuicd by
the AMICIleans IK because Die guns of the
wounded Plllpiuos and many of those who
BUI lender are spirited away.
SliellN tlio 'lottit nf MoroiiK-
Tne armed tugs Lnguirn do Day and Oesto
have re-turned to San Pedro Mncatl nnd
reported the result of their tour of the
lak uu Prldnj morning last they ehollnd
tl-o town of Morong , the rcholu fluoliiK with
out making anj rcHpouHo to the fire Thu
Americans landed a partj , which destroyed
n eiuantilj of stores and nil the stone buildIngs -
Ings except the church ,
The expedition then proceeded to Majay-
jay whore u augai mill and saw mill were
destroyed
On airlvlng at Santa Crur n town of
1,200 Inhabitants , It was learned that the
enomj was stiongly entrenched and pre
pared to defend the position , assisted by
two gunboats and several launches More
over , the mouth of the river was blocked
with rocks and bamboo
A few shells caused an cxodufe of the citi
zens , but not of the enemy's troops. The
Americans did not attempt a landing.
Captain Grunt , who Is In charge of the
expedition , asks for roluforcomontH nnd will
probablj take Santa C'nu tomorrow ,
lrl ArrltoH ill Mmilln.
MANILA , March 10 2 ( if p. in. The
United States distilling ship Iris , which left
Honolulu for Manila with the United Htntes
battleship Oregon on Pohruary 20 , arrived
today
This morning also arrived the San Joaquln ,
the lust of the overdue KiiKllBh etoamora
adillng under American rcglstcis that vvpro
detained by tlio Insurgent * on the north-
Ami ennui of Iiii-oii
The trooi-H that accompanied the expedi
tion wfro a detacl mcnt of the Twenty-
thlrej regiment under Captain Pratt , which
HUH towed by the gun boat on tt ea > co a
square ended , flat boltome-d boat ueed "by
the Filipinos ns a lighter The Americans
had captured four cascoe * ot Majayjay ,
litre they encamped on Friday night ,
OIlH * lleport ,
WASHINGTON , iMarch 1 ! ) Tlio War de
partment todaj received the following dis
patch fiom Major General Otln regarding
eiporatlnns against the limirgents
MANILA , March 19 To Adjutant Gen
eral. Washington Our Improvised gun-
txiats , under Captain Grant. Utah artillery ,
have full ponscsHlon of Luguna do Bay ,
troop * , Inhabitants nnd proputy on shore
of lake ut our mercy Wheaton brlgHte on
I'nslg rlvi'r line drove enemy northeast Into
the province of Morong Last evening enemy
attacked portion of his forte south of Paslg ,
killing two men and wounding tuniy of
the Twenty-second Infantry. 'Ibis nurolug
Wheuton moved against this Insurgent
force , driving It to thu eouth fifteen inlleJ ,
experiencing very nilgai low. Knemy left
200 dc-nd on Held. OTIS-
