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ESTABLISHED JTJXE 19 , 1ST ! . OMAHA , TUESDAY M OKXIXO * , 2 ] , 1S90-TWELTE PAGES. SIXGLE COPY PIYE CEXTS.
Details of the Historic Engagement of
Sunday , February Fifth.
STAR PART IS ALLOTTED TO NEBRASKANS
One of The :
COMPANY D SENTINEL
Tirst Eogiment Oontinuonslj in Hottest
Port of the Pield.
FIGHTS WITHOUT REST FOR NIGHT AND DAY
( I in nil n Cotnimnj "Win * nnirrlnl | fJlorj
in MlorniliiK WnterVnrk , ChnrK-
ItiK itltli Seitiit Suiiiiiirt , in
Fuce of n llonv j Fire.
Killed.
BALLENGER CHARLES O. private ,
Compan } L , head bullet , Instantly killed
EDLUND , GUSTAVE. private. Company
B. left Rldo chest , bullet , killed Instantly.
EGAN , CONRAD , private. Company K. j
bund , bullet severe died later j i
PHILPOT , WILLIAM. Company F. right j
chest , bullet , killed Instantly
KELLS. RALPH W. . private. Company L ,
head , bullet , death
LIVINGSTON , GUY , private , Company M ,
head , bullet , killed Instant ! } .
PEGLEH. EDWIN , private , Company I ,
left chent , bullet , killed instantly.
V'oundecl.
Bed , Grant private. Company K , right
thigh bullet , slight. |
Bronsou. John L private. Company D , I
right arm. bullet severe
Brown. I'errv , private , Company F , right
arm , bullet , seveie
Chlldcrs. Robert E. private. Company B ,
right hand , bullet , slight.
Clothe ! , George L private , Company B ,
right eye , bamboo , slight.
Curtis , Orrin F. sergeant. Company C ,
right hand , bullet severe
Epps , Henry , private. Company C , left
Bhouldcr bullc't , slight
Hanson. Francis , private. Company L , left
Bhoulder bullet , slight
Hull. Harrj , corporal , Company A , right
hand , severe
Keckley. Chat les , private. Company A ,
loft arm , bullet , severe
Kcnnojer , Hugh , corporal , Company M ,
left side of chest , bullet , severe
Kerr. Howard L , private , Company M ,
right testicle bullet , severe.
Kuhn Fred , private , Company C , left
thigh , bullet , severe
Maddox , William , private , Company I. left
thigh , bullet , severe.
McKlnnej. James , private , Company L.
left arm , bullet , severe
Pierce , James , musician , flesh wound ,
bullet slight.
Scabrcok , Hurrv , private , Company H ,
eplaucBtlc. spent bullet , slight.
Shlpherd , Marv C , private , Company M ,
left leg , bullet , slight
Simonson , Simon , private , Company K ,
left arm. bullet , severe.
MANILA , Teb ! > ( Special Correspond
ence. ) 'Headquarters of the First Nebraska
Volunteers , Stationed near Water "Works
The long-looked for trouble with the insur
gents came nt last to a focus when an at
tack was made b ) them on the camp of the
First Nebraska , which is situated about
four miles from Manila on what is known
us the Santa Mesa road This attack was
quickly followed by others on all parts of
the city and even regiment was soon In
action and under heavy fire The Nebraska
camp is situated right in a nest of the
insurgents , their block houses and strong
holds being on three sides of the camp
It was the general belief that the Nebras-
j kans would be the bos to start the ball
t rolling and the expectation was fulfilled , as
1 they were in It fiom fltart to finish
V Saturday evening February 4. about S.30
n shot was heard fired from our outpost No.
2 , that is situated about n half mile north
of camp In the village of Santal , nnd about
200 } ards southwest of block house No. 7 ,
which Is occupied by the insurgents Four
j Filipinos came down the road toward our
t hontr ) . Private Gresou ot Company D. who
ordered them to halt Instead of doing
BO the ) cocked their pieces and continued to
cidvancc. The sentry challenged them again
din ] as the natlvcb still continued to ad-
vaucc he fired , and in about five minutes
fire wan opened upon our lines fiom block
house No. 7.
Lieutenant Whedon , in charge of the out
post , quickly formed the cuard and took a
position to hold this point until the arrival
of reinforcements Colorado's outpost , on
our left , at once signaled to our camp and
was answered by Sergeant Will Bache of
Company L but owing to the difficult ) of
keeping the lanterns lighted the signaling
was not a complete success. Soon a steady
firn wue directed on the camp from three
Bides , the bullets falling like a Nebraska
hall Htorni. but about all the damage they
did wcs to fill the tents with holes , us there
was only a few men In camp at the time ,
the regiment alrcad ) being In the line of
battle In positions that were prevlousl } ar
ranged b ) Colonel StoUenberg Twelve men
under Sergeant Curtis of Company C were
placed on a knoll east of camp to prevent
the natives from crossing the river. Here
they made a gallant fight und kept the
insurgents well in check It was here that
Sergeant Curtis received a rifle shot In his
hand.
J'liiimton June * Lend the AVuj ,
Company L ( Thurston Rifles ) was the first
compan } to leave camp and take position
along the pipe line near where the trouble
started. But by orders from Colonel Stot-
benlMTg , Company L. under Captain Taylor ,
nud Company M , under Captain Wilson ,
wcio moved to the south Hide of the camp
to reinforce Companies C und E to bold
the native * from advancing in that direc
tion.
tion.The
The two companies coxae through camp1
under u heavy croasfire and advanced b )
rushes to within about 1RO } ards of the
mono convent , directly across the San Juan
liver. There was u large bed ) of Insur
gents stationed in the convent , which is
vj ! > 'oloried bj B high stone wall.
jj These insurgents kept up a steady fire
in d made this u very dangerous point to
About 3 o'clock in the morning the fire
Blackened to a considerable extent and Cap-
tulu Ta > lor brought bis compan ) Into camp
for n short rest to prepare for the struggle
at da ) break , but they had no sooner ar
rived there than the attack was renewed
( fo from that quarter Company L quick ! ) re
> turned to the front , advancing UB fonnerl )
b ) rushes and for the balance of the night
they took what rest they pot In the trenches
At da ) break Compan } L made a gallant
charge of ub ut00 jards and those who
saw it from cump said it wa an inspiring
sight It was a disastrous charge for the
insurgent * but resulted lu the lose of one
.
( Can'lnued on Fourth Page )
BEHEADS PEACE ADVOCATES
\Krnlnnlilo lleaortu to Kitri-mr Mrno-
uren let Keep IIIK Adherenla
In l.liie.
M\NILA March 20 MO a m It Is re
ported on hitherto reliable authority that
Aguinaldo IB taking extreme measures to
suppress signs cnlcultited to caune a ccfina-
tlon of hostilities Twelve adherents of the
plan of Independence. residents of Manila ,
hove been condemned to death because they
wrote advising surrender and all loyal Filipinos
pines have been called upon to perform the
national sen Ice of dispatching them.
On Fridnj last Gonrral Lagarda visited
MnloloB for the purpose of advising Aguln-
nldo to quit He argued Uh the Insurgent
leudcr and attempted to convince him of the
folly of his persistence In the face of overwhelming -
whelming odds Agulnaldo MSB furious at j
the udvlcc and ordered General Lngarda to |
be executed Immediate ! } . The unfortunate
general was promptl ) decapitated
Among the incidents of } esterday's fight
ing -Km the coolness exhibited by a com
pany of the "Washington volunteers , who
crossed the river in n native canoe under a
heav ) fire fifteen being taken ncrose on j i
each trip of the small boat to attack the
euemj's trenches
The Inability of the commissary train to
keep up with the advance led to considerable
suffering and inanj ot the men were com
pletely exhausted whec they were recalled
and , falling from the ranks , were strung
along for n distanceof almost six miles ,
numbers returning to camp in the artillery
ambulances , which were always close up to
the Hues The work of the ambulances was
especially worthy of mention
Among the dead are several who were
previously reported as wounded
Yesterday's casualties were as follows :
T r lit-Second H opinion I.
Captain Prank P Jones. Company E ,
Privates Young Arenson and Yunt of Com-
panj D nice , Pasmlr , White , Ellis , Morgan ,
Schunder , Coumpholr and Porte of Company
E , Edwards of Companj K , Renter of Company
;
pany ' G and Corporals Coraeinerge and Nel
son ' of Companj II
WiiHhliiirton VolnnteerM.
Privates Wess and Bartlett and Corporal
Waters of Company D and Corporal Drlck-
leln of Company 1C.
Oreeoii Volunteer * .
Private Brown of Company M
MlnlioNota Volunteer * .
Private Bruce of Company C j j |
All the above named are more or less I
serious ! ) wounded
DEATH ! N THE FIRST NEBRASKA
Mrmlier of Coniiinnj 11 I > | C-N of
Tjjiholcl IloNpilnl Itfjiort AUo
Itrcriv I'll from Hniiinit.
WASHINGTON , March 20 The following
dispatches have leached the War depart
ment
MANILA , March 20 Adjutant General ,
Washington Following deaths since last
week ! ) report March 11 , Private Timothy
Enrlght , Company B , Thirteenth Minnesota ,
electric shock. March 34 George J Smith ,
Company H. First Nebraska , typhoid , John
Spierings , Company H. Second Oregon , j i
djsenterj. Corporal John T Kennedy , Battery - i
tery A , Utah artillery , dysentery , March IS ,
Andrew Mlckelsen , Troop A , Nevada cavalry , I
Died of wounds received in action , i
Ma-ch ID. Private Charles A Davis , Com
pany. H. Twentieth infantrj OTIS
HAVANA , March 19 Adjutant General ,
Washington Death report for Marth 1C , 17
nnd IS Camp Columbia , Sergeant H. M
Barrier. Company L , First North Carolina ,
typhoid Piivate Alho Isdell , Company K , I
Forty-ninth Iowa typhoid I j
Santiago Second Lieutenant F W Dunn. !
volunteer signal corps , accident , falling tree
Private John McDonald , Compau } L , Second
immunes. dysenter } BROOKE
WASHINGTON , March 20 To the Bee
The following death IB reported from Manila !
since the last weekly report March 14. I
Private George J Smith , Company H. First j I
Nebraska , typhoid j
G D MEIKLEJOHN. ] i
Assistant Secretary of War. j |
George J Smith was one of the original j
members of Company H , which came from
Nelson Smith's residence is given as Denton
FIGHT UNDER DIFFICULTIES |
Siildlrrn Ciinnot Tell AVlu-llu-r Thi'j
Art * Clinruliii ; 11 Handful or
TllOIIKIIIIllM Of I'llllllllOH.
HONG KONG , March 20 A correspondent
of the Associated Press at Manila toysAn
army has seldom operated under harder con
ditions than have been encountered by the
American "Flying brigade. " The country' tbe
American troops have traversed is inter
sected with lagoons , narrow and unfordahle
rivers and bamboos so ttlck that the
enemy cannot be seen 100 feet distant Dur
ing the charges the Americans were igno
rant as to whether they were attacking a
hundred or thousands of rebels , which
uuiares the foreign observers The Filipinos
pines were unexpected ! } fierce nt Caintu
Had it not been for thi fact that the
American line was thin the enfilading fire
would have slaughtered many of our men
One of the prisoners captured by the
Americans pays the Filipino leaders boast
that tliey can continue such n wai for
years , depending on tic American forces
being weakened dally by twent > men killed ,
wounded or invalided
Some of the high ofllcials here think that
10.000 reinforcements are needed , as the
troops now on this Island are hardly morr
than tire required to maintain a line around
Manila and police the city.
Considerable ruin has fallen already und
it seems that the season for rains Is be
ginning premature ! } It is possible that
when the atead } rains begin our troops will
have to bo withdrawn to permanent bar
racks , which ma ) enable the rebels to re
turn to their old posltlonfi
The Americans have refrained from de
stroying the buildings in the country swept
by General Wheaton B troops A sentr >
has hreu mutloued before every store at
Puslg hut the soldiers are bringing In
loads of loot from dwelling houses
MOUNTAIN BANDITS BEATEN
I'uuuj iHlnnilorN Lenvo Tlielr
iieNneii to Veet Miller , Limi
Tlioreli ) Tw o Ilnnilred Men ,
MANILA. March 20 I 40 p m The
mountain banditti of Pana ) island recently
threatened a scrloue attack upon Hello , but
they were repulsed with a loss of 200 men
b ) General Miller
McNeil's battalion of the California regi
ment. under Lieutenant Colonel inrboce , has
been ordered to embark on the Indiana to
morrow , In order to reinforce the garrisons
of the towns of Bais and Baguyan on the
east coast of the islands of Negros.where
Colonel Smith lit in command This Is enl )
a measure of precaution , as Major General
Otis Kujb h ) does not anticipate trouble
bupiillei. fur Troop * nt Muiillu ,
SAK FRANCISCO March 20 The trans
port Cleveland will Bull tomorrow for Manila
with 1.300 tons of supplies for the Ameri-an
! troops liwill be fo lowed In a few days
by the Zeaiundla , Charles 2srl on und Cit )
{ of Puebla.
BOOMING THE EXPOSITION
President Miller and Chairman Rosewater
Oall On Heads of Departments.
INTEREST THEM IN OMAHA'S COMING SHOW
Alcrr IMneew tlir Trnii
rtx nt Their UlKn nl to IlriiiK
Article * from tlie riillli- |
jiliim for Inhibition.
WASHINGTON , March 20 ( Special Tnle-
gram. ) The first effective work of enlist
ing government aid in bnhalf of the Greater
America Exposition was done toduy by Dr
George < L. Miller , president of the associa
tion , tind E Uosewater , chairman oi the
Advisory iboard , and the encouragement
they received was much more than luid be n
anticipated , according to the statement of
l > r Miller.
"There Is nothing like having a man with
jou in touch with the administration , " said
the veteran dernosratlc editor , "and I ap
preciate how much the help of Mr. Roue-
water means < when it comes to matters of
this kind "
Their r t Interview was had with Secre-
tar } of War Alger , who capitulated at once
and promised that the War department
would do everything iposslblc In bringing to
this country articles intended Xor > the expo
sition and would have the officers on arm }
transports Instructed to carry whatever was
desired to show the people of the United
States not only the products of our new
possessions but the habits of the natives ,
that n better idea might be formed of the
value of the colonies as iburden bearers
rrotn the secretar } ot war the represent
atives of the Greater America Exposition
called upon Quartermaster General Ludlng-
lon. a former resident of Omaha and one
\\ho still calls the Gate cit } his home Here
as w 1th Secretarj Alger tlie utmost courtesy
was extended and 'the ' delegation went Into
detail as to what would be required of tin-
War department in the vvu } of transporta
tion General Ludlngton stated that the
transports were leaving Manila almost fort
nightly and In many cases nearly empty
These vetsels could be utilized to carry implements - |
plements cf agriculture , native productfi of
the Philippine island ) , , bamboo and fiber nui-
terialsweapons of war and even Filipino
families , the desire of the exposition management -
agement .being . to bring about 100 natives
from the Philippines and set them up in
native hutt upon he ex-position grounds.
Colonel Bird , -who is assistant to General
Ludington and well known in Omaha as
having been stationed there In bygone years ,
has transportation matters in charge and I
.
his co-operation was e cured in anything |
that would tend to make Omaha's second ex- {
jrositlon ne much of n success as the first
Will Help.
Secretary Gage of ithe Treasury depart
ment was visited and the question of postponement - I 1
ponement of the sale of the government j
building on the exposition grounds taken
up , but in this the delegation was not sue- ,
cesslul , the secretary taking the position .
that the department had no other recourse [ !
than to sell the burlding under the provis- j I
ions of the law recognizing the TransmlF- '
sIssiBpi Exposition The customs end of i
the question was also dlscnesed anu the fci- ,
retary pledged his department to d"o every
thing possible within the law to help out
the exposition
Assistant Secretary Spaulding. who has
had charge of the customs division of the i
treasury since How ell left to become one
of the general appraisers nt New York , was <
Interviewed nnd offered several suggestions
as to the manner in which the management i
of the exposition should proceed It was
ascertained that birds could be brought In
free of dut ) and also a number of other
articles intended for educational purposes ,
but Spaulding was in doubt if the sugar ,
hemp and tobacco products of the Philipj j 1 I
pines could be brought in unless duty was ,
paid He took the whole subject under ad-
nnd requested the delegation to ] i
prepare a list of what they proposed to I
bring in
Sccrotarv of Agriculture Wilson was also
seen during the day , and whil/he pledged
hlmfolf and his department to do ever ) thing
to heli > out. he said his agents in the Phil
ippines had been unable to pursue their
investigations and collections in those
islands , being engaged with the army at
the front
"Whatever we have collected , however , "
said Secretary Wilson , "Is nt the disposi
tion of the Greater America Exposition , and
I will so notlf ) our people not only in the
Philippines , but in the West Indies aswell "
HP then suggested that as the weather
bureau had established a great man ) sta
tions in Cuba and Porto Rico observers at
these several stations might act as agents
of the exposition in the collection of articles
that would show the habits , intelligence and
civilization of the Cubans and Porto Rlcaus ,
which suggestion was ut once accepted.
AVorK IMiiniioiI for Toilnj.
Tomorrow the delegation will call upon
the secretary ot the navy , the secretary of
the interior and the heads of other depart
ments that ma ) help the work of making a
great exhibit at the exposition
Chat les P Matthew son , agent of the
Omaha aid ; Winnebago Indian reservation ,
and W E Peebles of Pender are in the
city , the former on matters connected with
the agency
The United Statet , National bank ot
Omaha and the Importers' and Traders Na
tional bank of New Yolk "were today ap
proved as reserve agents for the Commer
cial National bank of Columbus. Neb ; also
the National "Bank " of Commerce of Minne
apolis , for the Cedar Rapids ( la ) National
bunk Comptroller Dawcs has been advised
of changes in the officials of Nebraska na
tional banks as follows The First National
bank of Crete , O W Wefkbach , caahler ,
V C Shirk , assistant cashier , in place of
C W Weekbach The Firpt National bank
of Wymore , J E Cameron , assistant cash
ier Iowa First National bank of Spirit
Lake L D Goodrich assistant cashier.
First National bank of Buffalo Center , J P.
Strong , assistant cashier
Private Garfleld Hoag Company G , Third
Nebraska , has been ordered disnharged.
M > nANr.nii FHOM puitro IUCANS.
.Humor * of III ( . .tintliy the Ulnndrrm
all ] In ] lr J5ntirrl > Fill * * ' ,
WASHINGTON Marcn 20 The following
dispatch was made public by the War de
partment tods )
SAN JUAN DE PORTO RIPO , March 20.
Adjutant General , Washington Newspaper
reports of conditions here and reported in
terviews with me btatinc chances of up
rising are abbolutel } falsle. There is B great
deal of idle childish talk on the part of the
ignorant , hut rumors of any resistance
against law and order of any kind b } the
masses are absurd There has blwaye been
political agitation here less now than ever
l > efore Truth should be known and the
island not be injured by false statements.
HENRY.
TIME II'U tCU IIOKS VT CO I .NT.
Ilcclklon of .liulK < - Adiuputr I.emley
oniir S T lff of Olllcer * .
WV.FHIV3TON March 20 JudKe Adro-
r-a'e General Lemley of the War depart
ment hat rendered a decision as to the com
mencement and termination of the civil and
SpanMi- ! < Arm < icnu war , as & basis for rnlru-
latlng war service of officers to be retired
after April 30. He haMs that the civil -war
began April 15 , 18C1 , the date Lincoln P
proclamation issued , and It terminated
Augtmt 20. 1806when hottllltien ceased In
Texas , and not April 2 , 1SCC , at , stated by
the supreme court.
The Spanl hAmerlcanwar began as de
clared by congress April 21 , 18 % and it is
held to IK- still In progre-w It is alio held
that In computing the thlrtj vears service ,
v ears epeut' In the nriny or marine corps in
time of actual war shall count double , but
no time shall count lor peace fierrlco
SHERMAN GROWING WORSE
Ainrrlenn Liner 1'nrln Snlli front
ICiiiKNtnii , Jniimicn Crnlxcr Chl-
CIIRO HUM Not Arrived.
KINGSTON , Jamaica , March 20 The '
American liner Paris , Captain Frederick
Watklnswith the party ot American ex
cursionists-w ho are touring In West Indian
waters , sailed at'6 o'clock this evening |
Mr Sherman is vvorto and is not llkuly to
eurvlve the night.
The United States cruiser Chicago has not
yet arrived , but it is supposed it will meet
the Paris at Santiago de Culta The Fails
will piobably touch first at Guantanamo H
le-ft Instructions lor the Chicago to follovr \
with all haste. The hot -weather has greatly
wakene'd ( Mr. Sherman nnd his doctors feel
that unices a change for the better come *
quickly nil hope -must be abandoned
BRYAN TO PERfiY BELMONT
I'cinltlon of KuNiorn Doim.rrnoj It
bnch Hint lie ; Cnniiot C'oiiM-Ieut I-
ounlr Attend tlic ll
CHATTANOOGA , Tenn. , March 20 W. J.
Bryan today made public tils answer to
Perry Belmont's telegram In relation to
the Invitation to Bryan to be present at
the Democratic club's dinner at New York.
In Belmont's telegram , it was stated that
"individual opinions have not been con-
sideied in issuing- invitations to celebrate
the birthday of Thomas Jeflerson. "
Bryan writes.
I might plead a previous engagement
as a reason for declining , but that would
bf equivalent to saying that 1 would come
but for the engagement , but frankness com
pels me to add another reason I appreciate
the compliment which the De-mocratic club
pays me In extending an imitation , but I
do not understand how individual opin
ions can be ignored at a political gatherIng -
Ing You are the president of the club and
represent the club before tht > public Your
position upon public questions was well
known Jn ISiiC and your telegram indicates
that your position- has not been changed.
M > position upon public questions is nlnn
well known. The antagonism between our
opinions is so great that we cannot with
propriety join in a political banquet , given
in honor of democracy R patron saint
Jefferson stood lor certain well-defined
principles. If your views are a correct re
flection of his ideas , I fear that m ) voice
would sound a discordant note at your ban-
quet. If , on the othei hand , the Chicago
platform applies ( as I believe it does ) Jef-
fersonlan principles to present conditions ,
then your oonsplcu ur pr/"wicR ut the Juf-
fersnnlhu banquet -uoulJ icut. liuuor the mem
ory of the world's greateat democrat
Do not misunderstand me. You ma } be
right nnd I ma } bt wrong , but 1 take it
for granted that we are equally conscion-
tious and J trust that I ma ) not show m ) -
self less courageous than you You pro
claimed to your fellow citizens In 18UC that
mv election upon a democratic platform
would endanger the nation's welfare , you
will pardon me if I suggest that a banquet
presided over by you will injure rather
than aid the democratic party
Mr Bryan said tonight to the Associated
Press that he would attend the banquet in
New York if postponed until April 1& , if the
management of that entertainment made It
distinctly a Chicago platform banquet in
'honor of Jefferson , otherwise not Hewas
informed on authoritv that the management
would postpone the banquet if he would
attend.
DON CARLOS HAS BACKERS
SOOlllliNIN 1111(1 Spnllihll Itl'IllllllirilltP
AV1JItiirt HOA nliillnn After I'onco
Trout I OK ArtI'iolumtod. .
ROME , March 20 The Opinions sa ) s that
Don Carlos , the Spanish pretender , has ]
received advances of several millions from
English and French bankers and will soon
enter Spain The exact date is withheld j
until the ratifications of the treaty of peace
between Spain and the United States is
completed , but , accoiding to the Oplulone ,
the socialists and Spanish republicans will
start a revolution Immediate ! } after the ex
change.
MIT 11ED Olios' . MK'IETY'S WOUK.
for Itoloiino of 1'rlxonorn
.Not UK IliiMinonH.
GENEVA , March 20 The national com
mittee of the Red Cross declares there is no
foundation for the statement claimed to be
made ut Madrid b } General Polavieja , that
ho had received a dispatch from the com
mittee giving notice of the convocation of
the general assembly of the Red Cross for
the purpose of appointing delegates to ne
gotiate for the release of the Spanish pris
oners in the hands of the Filipinos On the j !
contrary the committee informed the Red I
Cross society that It regretted being un-
nble to undertake a role not under its prov
ince.
I'OI'K'S LIFE IS lSIHII > r. AAVAT.
> o Alitriti In Ki'H. tl'i" fuliliirt *
Anticipate t rUln.
LONDON , ( March 21 The Rome corre
spondent of tht Daily Chronicle Bays : Al
though there Is no immediate alarm , it is
generally felt that the pope's life is ebbing
away. Communications have recently passed
between the different cabinets relative to
the eventuality of a conclave
Bimlii'N Ilom > riiiiiiiolnl Hiiriloii.
LONDON , March 21 The Madrid corre
spondent of the Standard in a dispatch dealIng -
Ing elaborately -with the plans of the Span
ish government , to reorganize the finances
of the country , saE
"Even with the contemplated reductions
and a settlement of the colonial and _ Im
perial dubtE , Spain will require ubout 3S
000,000 for its future annual expenditure and
Its taxation has never } et produced more
than 31.000,000 "
A nliolpalok n Souniliil ,
LONDON , March 21 The Dally Mail
says this morning that an ugl } divorce scan
dal is about to come before the courts
The co-ruspoiident is a young bachelor earl ,
and the respondent the daughter of a
wealthy marquis noted for her * > eauty All
the parties , according to the Dal ! ) Mail ,
ur prominent 1n smart
Arrlvul of HoroohoU' * HnualiiN. I
LONDON , March 20 On me arrival hero
this evening from Portsmouth of the rr
mains of Lo'd Herarhtll TIH ' asi.u was' '
taken in a mdi" " hr-'ni' TO 'he la-e rem
deuce of tut ; deceased ib Grosvunor Gur- |
deux. j
, i PALM'S NICE LITTLE CRAFT
,
I
; Insurance Commissioner Ohirpca Three
Hundred Dollars for Doing Nothing.
CORNELL SAYS HE KNEW ALL ABOUT IT
Willie Tentlfjlne Ilefore tlie
tee the Auditor < ilvew 1 eMltiioitj
that IH Coiitrnilletory mill
Unite I iinntlufnctor } .
"
LINCOLN , March 20 ( Special ) The
legislative committee resumed itr work in '
the CornoJl investigation this morning |
Janitor Stockman was called by the defense
and euid that he had a talk with Licht )
in 1897 about the packing of the blanks nnd
books Licht ) told him that extra mone )
was to be paid for the work , and that the
janitors ought to do this extra work , InasI I
much a * the ) got less regular pa ) than did j j
Price and other deputies , i
Here arose a dispute between the nttorncs
lie to whether the Janitors and the deputies , ,
occupied the same positions in i elation to ! j
salaries received from the state It turned i
out that the deputies receive- stated salaries
by I appropriation , while the Janitors come Infer
for pnv under an nppiopriatlou to cover
labor ' about the capital building
Stockman said he did part ot the packIng -
Ing for Price He worked a day or two
So far as ie knew Price received all the
pay A letter was Introduced In evidence , written - j !
ten by an Insuiance company in June 18 % .
transmitting S104 on account of the reclpro- j i
cal law , and covering taxes frr 1S.17. i
Letters from the New York Life company :
I
relative to the appraisement of the com-
pany's propurt ) at Omaha , in which it vae |
stated that the. main building at Omaha I /
Is carried on the books of the company at
1
J'ioO.000 were offeied In evidence.
i
The purpose of offering these letters - t
ters was to show that Cornell had received
no extra fee for the appraisement , which was j I ,
made Rt the request of the compaii ) . ,
Letters from Omaha agents of the Na- | '
tlonal Life company were ulso intioduced , to '
flhow that Llchty bad notified the agents .
that the ) were acting in an unuathorizod
manner , and the ngcnts disputed this 1
The matter of Palm t > threats to the agents i
because he had not received money fiom i
the home office was taken up , and Cornell - ,
nell was called to testify that he knew
nothing of any such threat. He knew Palm
said he ought to have pa ) for his expenses
I'ulm'N SiO : ( ( Grnft.
A letter from Clara B. Ady of Omaha ,
written in December , was then offered b ) ] i
Weaver of the committee , in iwhich the j
writer complained that as agents for the | i
National Life the Omaha parties had been j
prevented from doing business in the state
because of Palm's failure to receive money ,
from the home office at Montpelier This
was the case where Palm made no examina
tion , but asked for $300 for expenses
Auditor Cornell stated that the expense
money asked for had never been paid.
He knew that Palm had sent in a bill , but
did not know that threats had been made
to tbc Omaha agents.
Another letter vvrltte.ii by Cornell to
Palm was read , in which the writer stated
that the National Life people "were still
grow ling" l > ecauBe of Palm's treatment of
them. The letter was written In Apnl.
IS'iS , and the page relating to this matter
follows I '
was as
"The National Life of Montpelier are still j
growling at us through their general agents | ]
in this state about the way } ou treated ( ,
them Please send me } our bill of expenses I
to Montpelier nnd return. Let me know
if you need an ) more certificates "
This letter was addressed to Palm at
Hartford.
Cornell admitted when questioned bv j
Senator Prout , that he knew Palm was I
doing wrong in demanding money from this
compan } when no examination had been
made , but had never had occasion to men
tion this to Palm His lecollectlon was
that the charge was about $300 The letter ,
mentioned above had been written after the i 1
compan } had withdrawn from the state i
Questioned olosolv Cornell said he could |
not condemn the action of Palm in thicat-
ening the agents o-f the compan } for not
paying the mone } If himself or Mr Licht } I
had made such threats he was quite sure
jt would have been wrong
A letter dated Februar ) 1C. 1S9S , and writ
ten by the president of the National Life
compan } was offered , showing that the com-
pany Intended to re-enter the etate. and
telling the auditor that he might designate ,
the newspapers to publish the notices. The '
letter was written in reply to one of in- j !
quiry sent the company b ) Cornell No cop ) j
of the Cornell letter to the company was
found in the auditor's letter book
Cornell'N Evidence I'liNnllhfnotor- .
A copv of the bill rendcicd the National
Life company by Palm nnd calling for
$32G was offered in evidence lij the com
mittee , the copy having been found In the
auditor s desk
Senator Prout asked Cornell if the let
ters to the compan ) were not written for
the purpose of helping out Palm in the
colloi lion of the money
Cornell did not think he wrote for such
purpose He could not remember what he
thought about It nt that time He thought
the company was again admitted to the
mate because its annual statement was all
right. He could not remember what the
statement showed.
At this point the committee asked Cor
nell if he had his bank books with him I
The witness and his attorneys hero asked !
if the certified copies of the books could
not bo used instead , but the committee Insisted -
sisted on the original books.
At this point the committee took an ad
journment to 7 30 p m.
The testimony of the morning , so far as
It relatfd to a defense of the auditor , was
very unsatisfactory , and the National Life
correspondence wus in contradiction to the
communication of the
company written a
month ago in which he said that the com
pany had never had any dispute with the
Nebraska Insurance department and had
never been Ill-treated by the examiners.
neiiiiNlteil 11 H 1'rlviUe 1'uinU.
The committee resumed Its work tonight
and se'cured ut the outset evidence to show
where Cornell kept the state funds received I
by him during IS97 and 1S9B Auditor Cor
nell returned his bank books to the com
mittee , showing the money he had on de
posit during- the years 1897 and IBUb The
mone ) was shown b ) the books to havp been ! 1
deposited us Cornell's | > crsonal funds
These books showed that on the 5th of
June , 1B97 , the time Cornell had in his pos
session JB 03G of the fc'es of his oflice , he
hud on deposit UB follows Vordcm State
bank , t2f 70.91. Merchants' bank , Lincoln ,
$4107 , Richardson Count ) bank , 12,806.50 ,
total. JG.-I2U38.
The defense re ailed Licht ) to show that
Examiner Simpson B report of the Fort
Wayne rompou ) also referred 10 the annual 1
Fta'cmcnt of the tompan > Hied with The
auili'ir and madi > it a pan of the report
fiinjjE-n wu1 ! then called nnd told how
he verified the figures in the report made
ty the company und fcur-J tbenj to be nil Ia
j' CONDITION ' OF THE WEATHER
Forecast i for Nebraska
Thr atenlnr Snow oRalti Wnrmrr
TViiiperntnre nt Omnlin > ewti-nlnj I
Hour. Hoc. Hour. Don.
r n. in t-4 1 | . in. . . . . . -tl
11 n. in lit U | . in. . . . . . : i < >
T n. m ia : t i. in J t
! II. Ill 11 -1 1. III. . . . . . ill
ti n. in 12 r. i. in : n
1 < > n. in in < ! ! 111 Ill
11 n. in an r i. in : n
t- in , in * i. in. . . . . . : ti
i > i. in : ti
right 1 He said his report of a page and a
half 1 and the annual report were filed with
the ' auditor at the same time
Tred Archard was called nnd denied some
rf ! tlir details in a conversation us staled
bj Llchty.
Pi lee Draw * Donlilo I'nj.
IJjnd Clerk Price was called to prove that
nfter the uttorno } general's opinion against
extra , pa.v for regular emplo.ves , no em
ployes ] of thi auditor's offlci- had been ul-
loweJ ] pay. Price also told how seme money
had 1 been collected from Insurance compa
nies i In IKfl' under a misapprehension of the
Jaw ) b } Licht } , nnd was returned to the
companies i under Hie advice of the witness
and i the auditor , bocaute the law authoris
ing ' the collection had not } ft gone Into
effect. Price Bald he earned $11 or $12 writ-
lug foi Insuiance journals and paid the
money o\or to the treasurer when the at-
tornc } general's opinion ul.cmt extra pay
came in Hi did not , bowevei turn In the
mone } received for packing the revenue
books and blanks , because It was hard work
In answer tc n question Price admitted that
he was drawing n regular { -alary from the
state when he was earning the extra pay
;
The work was done during office hours and
Janitor Stockman only helped him four or
\
live hours
The witness said Cornell never asked him
Ito leturn the money tecelved for packing
the books
A reference to the appropriation made b }
the legislature in Ifci" showed that there
WHS nnthltig allowed to pa } for the work
of packing the books
'Auditor ' Cornell was recalled to show that
the fees received by him as referred to by
Licht } had been turned Into the trensurj.
To do this he presented a receipt from the
state treasurer The receipt showtd that
the mone } had been turned In on February
22 : , isnn , nfter the present examination hnd
begun ThK witness was unable to ex-plain
wh } he had not presented it sooner. He I
had held the mone } or part of It since '
1897.
Cornell mill HI * I'ni. o .
Senator Prout called the autditor's atteu-
tiou to a warrant drawn In favor of J. A.
Simpson , amounting to S30. Attached to
the warrant was a postolllce neelpt of
for : stamps bought The auditor wus unable
to evplain it , but said he would look it'- '
up i
Cornell admitted that Price was out cam-1
palgnlng about two months In 18 % and that
iJ , M Koerbel of Saline count ) was em-t
ploed In the office about that time and ,
paid from the extra help run. The auditor
and his deputies tipent a good deal of time
campaigning
The auditor testified that he had never
been influenced bv the receipt of lallroat }
passes. He said that the "fifty trip passes
for } ours 'lf and Morehead" was reallv a' 1
t ufl ju i. rjr Oe/ii go A' ' . Cornell anu an-i
(
other for Morehead good for fifty tiips. He
bad himself an annual pass over the load
The witness then told how he helped In
1897 to add to the valuation of the B &
M road the telegraph lines and in 1898 the
state bonid Increased the valuation of sev-
eral lines The reason why the increase
wus made in 1898 was because conditions
had greatly improved i
' Prosperity had come , hadn't if" asked
Senator Prout
The witness admitted that there had been
a great increase in prosporlt ) since ) IS'l.'i ,
Justifing the increase in the assessment
of railroad propert )
The question here came in about the Hot
Springs trip in n special car in the spring
of 1H97 The auditor said the persons who
took advantage of the trip were himself
and wife. Deputy Pool , Dcput. ) Wesner and
Mrs Wesner and the tax , commissioner of
the B . M The railroad compan } footed
the bills The party visited Hot Springs ,
Deadwood and Spcarfish
"You had no jurisdiction over the road in
Dakota , had you9"
"No sir"
"You combined business with pleasure ,
then1" '
"Yes , I enjoyed the trip "
The auditor said he viewed the country , '
but did not stop ito look at any railroad
property. One reason - h ) the trip was
made was that the compan } wanted the
tax on the line reduced He > said the trip
was taken only a short time before the
Board of Equalization met After making
the trip he felt much better satisfied about
the valuation of the line
At 11 o clock the committee adjourned. I
I
BEST SOCIETY IS SHOCKED
Divorce III Clev elnml'x Kxoliihlv o Clr-
olon HovHox Severn ! I Kl )
Morten.
CLEVELAND , March 20 One of the bo-
rial sensations of the } car culminated to-
da ) in the granting of a divorce to Mns '
Annie Stewart Worthiug-ton from George E.
Wortbington I
Mrs Worthington's father Is president ofj
the Forest Clt ) Stone company and Worthington - (
ing-ton was socretar ) After she hi ought !
suit for divorce her husband sued Frederick' '
M. Nicholas , a social leader and well
known Blnger , for alienating her affec
tions
Luter he withdrew the suit and signed a
retraction of his accusations The divorce
was fronted for nun-support All those
concerned in the affair moved in the best
&ociet ) .
INDICT CAMPAIGN GRAFTERS
Onioliilt. nt Fort I'ei-k Inilliin lto or-
v ntlnn to He I'rofceeiileil for
BUTTE. Mont. . ( March 20 The United j
States grand jtirj toda } returned Indict- .
meuts against Dr J L Atkinson surgeon
Charles IMUntjrc , Irrigating engineer , and .
Frank A Hunter , clerk u the Fort Peck i
Indian reservation for soliciting a campaign
fund for the 1SBG election The money is j
alleged to have been collc'ded on November >
20. IBJifi to help make good a deficit in the
campaign fund of the national committee of I
the democratic part ) i
MAKE A PLACE FOR MATT QUAY
Senator I'eurone Ik to Hex IK" mill the
( oteriior Will Aiiiolnf < tuu >
to Fill Anemic ) .
YOUNGSTOWN 0 March 20 Hon Wick '
Taylor has returned from Washington and
states ifiut wHU tl'ert hci wae orcdIU )
iUf rmed that Immediate-l ) following the d
joarnmeni of he Penn ) lvania Je-gisiature
Senai r Prnrone will presein his magna
nn 10 the governor and the latter will
appoint Hon M B Qua > to thuuwncy
the UTUI ei Irltsc in IS/01. / J
FOR SEW BUILDINGS
Proposed Structures to Be Added to Existing
State Institutions !
HOUSE SPENDS SOME TIME OVER MATTER
Total of 5245,700 , Onllcd Tor in Gtvon Bills
Cut to 5182,200. ,
OMAHA SCHOOL FOR DEAF FEELS KNIFE
Bequest for S50.000 is Scaled Down to but
Half that Sum.
HOUSE OVERRIDES RIFTING COMMITTEE
ItrjuiMlrnnn T Ur tlir lilt In Tin-11
Tooth mill \ ( Ha noc Hill * fur
CoiiKlilcriitton to Still Tlir I r
On n Plonmirc.
LINCOLN. Moron 20 ( Special. ) Tb
house ' today spent a long tlmi' in the con
siderntlon of UIP bllln calling for new
buildings for Uie Rtato institutions The
total amount called for In the seven bills
ros $245,700. and was for Improvements nt
the vuriouB ahvlums of the. Mates
\s URUtil. an institution In n certain Incnl-
it ) of the stall had special friends In that
locallt ) nnd In order to get through the ap
propriation Item thev agreed to the amounts
asked for h ) other institutions. To bo euro
tliut there -would be fair play In thi * a-
ranpoment the ibllle were all unude a spiulal
order for this afternoon and all came up lit
the same time
The plan "worked " very well nnd there was
little disposition to cut down the amounts
asked for until the bill for the jr > 0.000 nrt-
dltlon to the Denf nud Dumb school at
Omaha ( wtu > re'ached. when the amount was
ibjectod to This led to Rome dlRBUFsion
but finally the appropriation was cut to $2" -
000 This , with some reduction nt the other
point * , reduced the total amount to $182-
200As
As has been the cnne in many former ses
sions , the 'bill ' that was the lost to be con
sidered J was the one tlmt pot trlmmwl down
the most The amount asked for at HastlngH
for a ( boiler bou&e and other improvements *
VSHB cut to $ lf > ,000 The item for a bollor
house ] and improvementB at Omaha was
raised to $7.700 The $73 fiOO asked for nt
Beatrice ] was cut to $48,500 The bill as
final ] ) recommended to pass carried the fol
lowing ] appropriations
H R S Hastings asylum , addition. $ SO MO
H j R B Hastings boiler house
H. : R. 2IC , Lincoln asylum , addition
H. : R 275. Omaha V & V addition.
H R 2SO Omaha boiler house , etc
H : R TtG Heatrkt addition
11. : R. 5W. Nebraska City , addition .
Total J1B2.200
Doivnn tlie Slftlnir Committee.
The republican majority 1n the house
locked ! horns with the new sifting commit
tee i this morning and csme off victorious.
Th chairman of the Judiciary committed
rUOrtori ! twentytwo s < , i * tn Mils with the
recommendation : rhut they bo udTauced tea
a i third reading. This -was jumping them
over i the heads of the sifting committee ,
and i prompt objection was made by Repre
sentative i Fisher of the committee The
chair , however , decided that the lecommen-
dation i was in order and the report was
adopted ; on a standing vote , some of thu
fuamnists : voting against the sifting com
mittee : and in fuvor of the repoit
A -few davs ago the house adopted n
resolution tailing for an investigation of
the expenditures made by members of the
supreme i court nnd of the court commis
sion i Today the speaker announced the ap
pointment of Lane of Lancaster , Detweilor
of Douglas and Shore of Cherry as BUI b
committee
Heiiiilillenii Scnndirlnl CIIIIOUH.
The republican members of the eennti
held a caucus after adjournment this after
noon to agree upon the personnel of tha
sifting committee This meeting was to
have been held Snturda ) afternoon , but too
many of the members wanted to go home ,
necessitating adjourning the meeting till
today
While many of the members have been
adverse to naming this committee until ab-
Eolutoly necessary that time has now ar
rived. The sixtieth day of the session will
bo reached Friday , and while the end ol
the session is almost at hand , there me ,
fie'veral 'bills ' on general file 4n the senate
that should lie considered. The enl ) way
to gut them at the top of the file with
out a big fight is through the sifting com
mittee. The senate has b < on spending con-
Hiderahle time on bills of minor impoitBiicc.
bills that ntaiid little show if any of pass
ing the house at this late date For this
reason the sifting committee is needed to
get important measures before the senoto
for consideration.
All attempts to enlist republican mem
bers of the senatein
senate a scheme to combin *
with the f unionists for the purpose of con
trolling the jriftlng committee- that body ,
as hats he-en done in the house , have ab
solutely failed. iN'o such plan ever stood (
ghost of u show
At the senate caucus tonight the following
sifting committee was delected Prout , Tal-
bot. Crow , Giffort , Reynolds , Owens , Cana
da } ' .
or inn
Iliilollnlfo I'tiHf ixuioiiiont of the .State
Toil III.ill. Hill ,
LINCOLN. March -Special ( ) The
HCimic did not convene till 11 10 this morn
ing The routine did not take five mluutca
and the snuuto went into committee of the
whole with Ourrie of Ouster in the chair.
S F 21C , by Talbot , was recommended to
pass , after considerable labor in correc ting
the grammatical construction The hill steki
to amend section 2 , chapter xx. Complied
Statutes , relating to probate courts. Tin
following In the important amendatory pro
vision in the bill
"No Judge of probate Hhul ! act In any
case or matter whvrt ho is next pf kin to
the deceased , nor where he JK legatee , 01
devisee under the will , nor where he U act
ing ab executor or trustee under thu will ,
or IB one of the subscribing wltneBsoi
thereto , nor where he is related to any
pany in Interest in any case before him by
consanguinity or affinity , or where he hai
counseled or advised an } of the parties
fcofort him , or pii-pared an } of the papers ,
other than piocess to be served by the
sheriff , constable- coroner in an } matter
before him , or has such an Interest therein
as would exclude him from acting as Juror
in BUtb cone or matter "
S P 25 wus reached Just before the no in
hour , but the committee arost without tak
ing It up This U thi "text hook commls
slon bill ' which propone * to place the pur
chase of all books In the hands of uTO -
mihBion upjioin'ed l > s 'hn governor tuereVy
rmiuvuij ; lu < on'rol of g hoe ) ttit liuoKe
from ihu loful grhool disarm board * B'rcug
opp s'Mou 10 tin bill has divuopod
S J' 26 WUB considered in committed ot
the whole jJtur the noon rettss. The object