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THE ESTABLISHED JUNE ] 0 , 1871. OMAHA , JfJUDAY MORNING , MA 1011 21 , 1800 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COlY FIVE CENTS. HEAVY FIGHTING SOOS General EngAgerrent Looked For in Manila Before Many Days. AMERICANS PLAN TO DEAL CRUSHING BLOW Commands Are Shifting Rapidly and Being Placed nt New " COMMUNICATION ESTABLISH T ArriTal of EoinforcemenU Braces Up the American Forces. NATIVES MASSING FOR THE FINAL STAND Wnolc Sam'H Soldier * Arc EHK T for the I-'ray , the Volunteer * Hho - Ititf n Rrcat Amount of KlltlltlxllKIll , ( Copyright , ISM. bv Press Publishing Co. ) MANILA , March 23. ( New York World Cffljlegrnm Special Telegram. ) A general ensagpinent with the rebel forces may bo expected at any moment. In fact , I am led to the conclusion that tomorrow will show nicflt Important development * . On cvory hand are the evidences of busy preparations to strike n flnal and crushing blow. Regiments and commands are being ehlftod rapidly nnd placed at new points. The arrival ot reinforcements on the transports Grant and Sherman , with the Sheridan duo In a few days , haa given now spirit to the American forces. In addition telegraph nnd cable communi cation has 'been ' again established ever this and the other Islands , nnd the lines are well under the -control ot General Otis , so that he can keep tbo cntlro section In hand. There are reports that the rebel cause Is gaining adherents In the northern end of the island. Tbo general feeling among the natives hero In Manila , however , so far as It Is given outward expression , la that of Bub- mlssion to tha situation and many express n desire to have the Americans administer u quick , crushing blow to Agulnnldo. Niitlven Arc tlnlc-t. The natives are quiet , tout it must be said It Is In a large measure n question of re pression. They nro kept well Inside their houses after nightfall and allowed a fair amount of freedom during the day. As n consequence a whlto man can walk the etreets after nightfall unarmed nnd alone In comparative safety. In the last three days there has been lit tle that resembled lighting along the lines , yet the great strain upon the men has been kept up. Once In a while a band ot rebels lias appeared opposite our lines on the south , but the terrible and deadly lessons that have been taught thorn so recently have made them very cautious and they arc careful to Jceep out of range. The rebels nro heavily massed In the trenches opposite our lines on the north. This evidently" comes from a belief on the part of Agulnaldo that a blow is to be struck v ry soon at.'Malalos , their capital , Un- doub-tcdir < tria-flgn"n& nerV-i-'and. na "Ttiafte stated. It may begin tomorrow will bo tor- rlflo and heavy. Prisoners who hare been brought in within the lost twenty-four hours' say the rebels hove the "last ditch" feeling and will make tbo moat decisive stand they have yet taken. The second line of defense occupied by the rebel forces Is between San Mateo and Mannallches. There are rows of trenches , ono after another , and the advance of our troops can only be step by step , with re- Distance to be expected nt every trench. American * to But there Is no lack of spirit and fighting flealro among ftio American soldiers. Their j courage Is simply Immense. The volunteers especially are eager to fight. "Rush the fighting , " can be heard on every band from these boys from Washington , Montana , Ne braska , Idaho and Minnesota the pick of the west. There is a reason for this , U comes from the desire to close the -whole business nnd have It over with before the terrible rainy season sots in. They want to bo on the high sea and en route for homo when this time of the year comes around. The weather now is most favorable and there ure only 87G men reported in the hospitals. ] The troops under General McArthur , holdIng - Ing the strong line to the north , are provided 1 with shelters to keep off the sun and as ' they have no marching to do nnd nro not' exposed they are generally very healthy. General Lloyd Whcnton has been putting / the men under him through some lively ; [ campaigning slnco bo landed , but they arc 1 now resting and recuperating and are In fair condition. What the men most need Is light clothing. This want Is being mot , however , as khaki uniforms are being hurried there by Hong Kong and Singapore firms. General Otis expressed himself today ns satisfied with the situation so far as the Vlsaya islands nro concerned. REBELS USE BRASS BULLETS Wound * llecclved ny American Sol dier * Are IllllliMilt of Treat ment for that IteaHon. NEW YORK , March 23. A special from Washington says : Reports received at the War department from the medical nlllcers serving with troops In the Philippines show that Agulnaldo's army IB using brass-tipped bullets , Several Amorlcau soldiers have been wounded by the poisonous projectiles nnd In consequence the wounds are more difficult to heal than those caused by the ordinary ballet. Of course the authorities can do nothing to prevent the Insurgents using any kind of bullets they sea flt. They have no government to which an appeal can bo made. Their action tn this respect , ofU- clals say , U another Indication of their utter unlltness for self-government. TORTURED BY THE FILIPINOS Fhotnurraiihor CaiiKht OntNlde of the Unei Klnnlly Mut'iinen Other * Held IIM I'rUonerM. SAN FRANCISCO , March 23. A Jotter from Captain MeQuesten , surgi-on of tuo Twenty-eighth regulars , now at Manila , tells of the release of A. R. Peters , a pho tographer , who waa captured and tortured by the Filipinos. Petehi was made prisoner while taking pictures outside the lines. Ha waa thrust into a filthy Jail , 'Whero he was visited by a native captain , who tested his sword on his body and promised to kill him. The rebel chief then culled In a number of naked uuvugea , all armed , who executed a war dance and made passes nt Peters , one of whom wounded him in the arm. The next morning ho < wag taken to Malolon , where he found eight Americans , two Englishmen and a Spaniard. From here he finally secured his release through the Intervention ot Ameri can officials. "The savages who attacked Peters , " con- tlnuea Captain MeQuesten , "wero of the trlbo known an head-hunters nnd cannibals. They llvo In the Interior of this Island nnd will not show any mercy after this to any unfortunate 'whlto man who may fall Into their hands. " SHOT IN RECENT SKIRMISHES General Otln Submit * I.lnt of Cnntial- tlenenr San I'cdro Alucntl nnd Jam 1'niiay. WASHINGTON , March 23. General Otis liasreported to the War department the icastmltlcs : Klrnt Idaho , March 1C , near San Pedro ; Private C. A. Benedict , Company H , fore arm , First Colorado , Wounded March 21 , near Marlqulna : Artificer Archlo A. Aldrlch , Company F , arm pit , moderate. KlKhteenth Infantry. Killed March IB. nt Jaro Panny : PRIVATE LOUIS BIEHL , Company B. Wounded : Private Joseph Daly. Company B , thigh. Private Theodore Burr , Company B , cheat. Private Preston Savage , Company B , fore arm , Prlvato William Bruschke , Company B , chest. Prlvato Tax Horme , Company L , forearm. Prlvato Joseph R. McCreary , Company C , band. Private William Lehman , Company C , thigh. Private John B. Rodgcrs , Company C , thigh. Private William Blxman , company C , leg. Private Rlley O. Gallaghan , Company M , scalp. Private William R. Rhodenbcrgcr , Com pany M , hand , Prlvato William Marwood , Company F , leg. Private William Buster , Company E , leg. Corporal Charles E , Bates , company I , foot. Flrnt California. Prlvato T. A , Marlow , Company L , shoulder. REPORT ON ILOILO FIGHTING One American Killed and Fifteen Wounded Several Canon of SiiiiNtrnUe Hoportcil. MANILA , March 23. 5:10 : p. m. Details of the fighting at Hello on March 16 show that 400 rebel riflemen from Panay were met by seven companies ot the Eighteenth regiment ot United States Infantry and a battalion ot the Tennessee volunteers. As supports Uicse troops had three two-Inch Ilotchkiss guns , under General Miller , north of Jaro , across the river. The Americans wore met with a heavy fire. One man was killed and fifteen wore wounded of the Eighteenth regiment and there were several cases of sunstroke. General Miller estimates that fifty rebels were killed and 100 wounded. PRESIDENT ON A TALLYHO IM en MI lit Kxciirxlon IM Made Into the Country Short Trip In I'lnmicd to Tnllnhnnnec. THOMASVILLE. Ga. . March 23. A tallyho party In 'honor of President McKIn ley was given today by a nephew of Senator Hanna , Charles Chapln , and Mrs. Ghaptn. iTVp- start 'WiR vyls , bcrforq ,11 o'f ! % > ck ami several hours were spent on the best of the roads hereabouts. Except Mrs. McKIn ley all the party , Including President Mo- Klnley , Vice President Hobart nnd Mrs. Hobart , and Senator and Mrs. Hanna and Miss Hanna and young Garret Hobart , went along. The day was quite warm , but a fair breeze tempered the heat. Before going the president signed a batch of army and postofllce commissions and this evening will devote another hour to this task. The mayor of Fitzgerald , the Grand Army of the Republic community In South Georgia , ( has been Insistent that the proal- dcnt should visit that town , but a flnal declination liaa been sent , and n like answer will bo sent to all other Invltatlona. Tomorrow quite a party will go by train to Tallahassee , the ancient capital of Flpr- ldat leaving hero parly In the forenoon , re turning late In the afternoon. The governor of Florida probably will entertain the presi dent , vice president nnd Senator Hanna while there. It la stated again authoritatively that politics wore tabooed at Jekyl laland. Speaker Rred declined a vice presidential nomination nt the last convention and no thought of a change of view on his part I over has been suggested and the admlnlstra- tlon leaders have not had him In mind in this connection. Moreover , the statement ' can be made that the closest nnd most cor- I j i dial relations , political nnd personal , exist | /between Messrs. McKInley , Hobart and Hnnna , and that for some time they have had a definite understanding that It Mr. McKlnloy were rcnoinlnnted his running mate would bo Garrett Hobart. ALGER ON THE WAY TO CUBA IliN IMoannre 1'arty IN Dined hy Cltl- sciin of Savannah , lint Secretary DOOM Not IiliiKfr IJOIIK. SAVANNAH , Ga. , ( March 23. Secretary ot War Algor and party made quick connection here this evening for Cuba. The party ar rived over the Southern & Florida Central and Peninsular railroads In a special car at 4:30 : o'clock and at 0:30 : were on the way to Havana on I'lio ' transport Ingalls. Upon arrival In the city the secretary and party were driven at once to the DeSoto hotel , where they wore met iby Mayor Myers and several mcm'bers ot the city council and n num'ber ' of leading citizens , A dinner had ibecn prepared for the distinguished visitors and It w&s served immediately , The spread was wholly Informal , Impromptu talks were made by several of the diners , 'but ' what waa said was strictly personal and private. From the secretary's private secretary It was learned that the party would leave the ship at Havana and take a trip across coun try , and that the Ingalls would .meet them and take them on again nt Clenfuegos , The. trip \\111 occupy about thrco weeks , Governor Mount llovoUex I'nrole , INDIANA I'OLIS , March 23 , Governor Mount , after a consultation with those who had asked for the parole of Mrs , Augusta Schmidt , the prl&oncr who refused the parole after it had been granted to her , lias re\oked hla action and Mrs , Schmidt will remain In the woman's prison , She said she would noi leave prison unless she wan declared Inno cent by those who convicted her of murder. She Is said to bo pleased at the governor's last action. . \l > | > lu QUINOY , III. , March 23. The Mississippi Valley Apple Growers' association was formed hero by representative pomologlste of thrco states. The ofllcerb ejected Include Henry Clay Cupp of Fall Creole. 111. , presi dent , and Captain James Handley , Qulncy , secretary. I'ure Water liiil Kallw. PHILADELPHIA , March 23. The ordi nance appropriating J2,300OCO for the Im provement and extension of the water sup ply of the city fulled of final passage tn belect council today by three votes short of [ a necessary h\o tbirds vole. COBAS ARJR MUSTER ROLLS Military Assembly Has Best of Argument for it May Not Give Them Up. GOMEZ CANNOT DO ANYTHING AT PRESENT If ( lieANHPiubly Still PonnonnrH the ItoMcr the Piijiiirnt of the Vnltcil StntrV Money May lie I.on r Drill ) eil. HAVANA , March 23. 'The executive com mittee of the Cuban military assembly has appointed Ocnoral Uartolomc Maso , formerly president of the Cuban revolutionary gov ernment , commanOcr-ln-chlet of Iho Cuban forces tn the Orient , or eastern provinces. The nsiombly was In session this afternoon. The motion presented yesterday by Senor GuaLberto Gomez , for the reorganization of the Cuban army was parsed , but under ex- ieting conditions the matter Is unimpor tant. tant.A A dispatch was read from the Veterans' association ot Santiago , asking the as sembly to restore General Maximo Gomoi to the post of Commander-in-chief. From General Mnso a telegram was received j recognizing on his part the superior author ity of the assembly , acknowledging It as a duty to sustain the assembly and lamenting the controversy with General Gomez. Will Not \cnleet $ : tOOUOOO. It Is reported that a secret alerting Is In progress this evening at the house of Senor Parrngas , where the dissolution motion to bo argued on Saturday Is under preliminary consideration. The Cubans , DIas , iMontea- gudo , Robau , iNodarse , Betancourt nnd Poraza , who held n sccrot meeting last night after consulting their commands with refer ence to the course to bo .taken In the con troversy between Gomez nnd the assembly , reported today that they had decided to ac cept the $3,000,000 for the soldiers and also to help organize a now Cuban army of 10- 000 under the American administration. Meanwhile the Cuban muster rolls are not In the hands of General 'Brooke. ' They were last seen by nn American ofllcer In Guana- bacoa , when they were In the possession of General Roloff , the Cuban Inspector general. From his hands they were probably sent to the military assembly , and If the assembly still possesses them the payment can ibe in definitely delayed merely 'by ' the withholding of the rolls from the ( American authorities. If the assembly should dlssolvo next Sat urday after ordering the dlsbandmcnt of tbo army with permission to accept Ameri can money , which It Is asserted will bo the case , It Is asserted the Americans would probably get the rolls immediately. If the assembly should not dissolve It would still hold the key to the situation , for General Gomez does not seem able to get the rolls by persuasion nnd his lack of official au thority makes It impossible for him to de mand them. Therefore the action of the as sembly Is watched with particular interest. Comniandern to Meet Aleer. Governor General Brooke has notified the department commanders to hold themselves In readiness to come to Havana to meet Secretary Alger. They are now submitting reports as to the number of Cuban officers holding positions under them. The city of Havana alone shows nearly 400. The other departments have not completed their , rp- pors exci > t Ptirtb Principe , where Brl ? dler General Carpenter reports that Cubans hold ninety-three out of 1GO offices. The decree establishing a supreme court for Cuba will bo published tomorrow. The I court which Is a provisional Institution , ! I necessarily Is based upon tno former Cuban court of last appeal , which Madrid Intended to operate until the laws of the autonomous regime hod been thoroughly revived. It isi i adapted to the present neecs of the Island. i It will consist of one presiding judge and , six associate Judges. Tho'salary of the j ! presiding judge will be $8,000 a year In ] 1 American gold. The law under which It Is constituted requires the presence of flve | judges In rendering sentence In an ordinary case and of all seven In the icase ot a sen tence to death or perpetual punishment. The court will have jurisdiction over crim inal actions against even its presiding Judge , as well as all civil officials and the military secretaries In the provinces. CnhiiiiN Helenne a I'rlNoner. A "sentinel on the Toledo plantation yes terday ordered an armed Cuban about enter ing to halt. The Cuban , Ignoring the order , pushed on and the corporal of the guard , I v ho'was summoned by the sentinel , arrested the offender and started to take him through Mariano to General Lee's camp. While passing a bouse In Mariano the two Aruor- , leans were accosted by eight Cubans , who came out with rlflos leveled , and were told to release the prisoner. As the Cubans had such an obvious advantage the prisoner was , released , but the Americans Immediately icported the Incident to General Leo , who sent Major Russell Harrison , the provost marshal , to General Mayla Rodriguez with instructions to Inform him that If the offending Cuban was not surrendered within three hours General Leo would go personally with n sufficient force of American soldiers to take him. General Rodriguez found the man and gave him up and ho now lies In the Mariano jail. SHERMAN PASSES GOOD NIGHT HIM Condition IM nt I'renent Iletter Than at Any Time Hlnce HIM IlliieHN SANTIAGO DB CUBA , March 23. Mr. John Sherman passed a satisfactory night and Is now better than at any tlmo since he was taken sick , Hla recovery Is confidently expected , Mr , Sherman Is feeling very much better thla evening and his physicians regard his condition as much Improved. During a part of the afternoon ho gat on the deck of tha Paris , viewing Santiago. The United Slates icruiser Chicago Is expected here by daybreak tomorrow and Mr , Sherman will bo Immedi ately transferred to It , The party of tourists on board the Paris has made the most of the day , visiting every accessible spot , crowding the battlefields , buying jellcs and oven paying fabulous prices for machetes that have been shipped from the United States since the war. VarlouHi ! I excursions have boon taken during the day , i one to San Luis , another to Morro castle and [ I a third to view the wrecks of the destroyed' cruisers of Admiral Cervera's squadron , the Vlzcaya and Almlrante Oquendo. Tonight n banquet and ball to citizens of Santiago will be given by the tourists and the Paris will leave In the morning about S o'clock , The United States transport Crook , formerly the Roumanla , Its colors half-matt with Its mournful cargo of dead heroes , the remains of those who were killed or died at Santiago , etcamcd slowly out of the har bor this afternoon. It carries among the passengers Brigadier General Ezra P. Ewers and family , Captain Carnation and wife and Lieutenant Frazer and wife , WASHINGTON , March 23. Rear Admiral Sampson notified the Navy department today - | day of the arrival of the cruiser Chicago at Santiago. The exportation Is that ox-Sccro- inry Sherman will bo put on the cruiser tomorrow - morrow It his condition permits. MALARIA AND MOSQUITOES UnotorloloRlHt Kooll tloon on Soloii- Illlo JlNMon tn Tronic * to Slndy of Mnlurlii Koter. DEHUN , March 22. Prof. Hobert Koch , the celebrated bacteriologist who In 18S3 , at the head of the German cholera commission , visited Kgypt anil India nml then discovered thesocnllod "comma" cholera bacillus , will start with an expedition next month for the troplci to continue hla Investigation as to the nature and origin of malaria. The Reichstag has 'made a grant of 60,000 marks Ir. aid of the undertaking. The expedition referred to In the foregoing Is In line with t'ho ' efforts of Prof. Koch to mitigate faroplcnl fovers. When ho returned lost year from n aUullaf expedition to the German East African const he advanced the | theory that In the case of human beings ' mosquitoes played the part in communicating malaria which tlcka $ jlay In the entile disease known 05 "Texas fever. " He hod reached the conclusion .Uiat Where there are mosquitoes there IB always malaria , and where there are no majqultoes there Is no malaria. of Utoroovcr , ho reported' It was possible by microscopic oxamlnatloByof the blood of a patient to discover froifrMlio nature of the microbes the exact stngo iwhlch the dlsoaso had reached. This discovery foe regarded , according to hit ; report Sit'tho time , as of the highest Importance in iCs'bearings upon tlio administering of quinine" shortly ibeforo the attack or shortly after : I His theory , ns then expounded , is that tbo quinine , taken at the right moment , stops malarial fever , not * y the killing of t'ho ' gfcrtuj,1 tat by arresting their growth , and his conclusion 'was that a proper employment ot ( | ulnlnc with t'ho ' es tablishment of anovnftUn health resorts would rob tropical fever 'of many of Its ter rors. PHYSICIANS. Follow * IlHiinl AvociitfntiN , Although He lit Vnry feeble. LONDON , March 241 According to the Rome correspondent offthe Dally Chrrfulclo Dr. Lapponnl , the pope's physician , has been ill for two days. He Is suffering from an at tack of bronchitis and will not resume his attendance upon the pope until ho has. fully recovered , , The correspondent further says that the pope ignores his doctor * ' prescriptions and follows his usual occupations , though he Is so fcoWe that It Is doubtful -whether ho will bo able to hold the next consistory. The next conclave is a subject of much negotiation. REALISM OX A. CIIiM STAGE. Popular Aetrena Shootn IlerneH In SljtJit of Audience. LONDON , March 24. The Vienna corre spondent of the Standard soys that the popu lar actress , Lolo Banzolln , exclaimed , " 'Us love that kills , " nnd.shot herself with a. re volver on the stogeTin full sight of the nuillenoo during a "pqrformanco at "Cllll , Styrla. and was removed In a dying con dition. Tlailijor Pannen nt Vulpnrolno. VALPARAISO , Chill , March 23.-The United Statoe auxiliary cruiser Badger has arrived here , having on 'board ' the exhumed rentnlna of Rear Admiral Jnmea H. Spotts , U S. J . , wtn ( Mryt Ht .jSifS ? taciey. SfiLji * land Islands , In IStt. - * - < - - The Badger Is oa its .way to San Praa- clsco. Humbert Receive * Cbliienc Miiilnter. LONDON , March 23. A dispatch to the Standard published today that the Chinese minister was received In solemn audience by King Humbert on Tuesday last , prior to his departure the same evening from the Italian capital. Heavy Death Hate from InfltieiiRfi. PARIS , March 23. Paris Is suffering from the scourge of influenza. The deaths during - ing the last seven days have been 238 above thp average. BERLIN , March 23. The Influenza Is rag ing here and the death rate Is heavy. More LahorurM on ( lie Cniinl. COLON , Colombia ( Via Galveston , Tex. ) , March 23. The officials of the Panama Canal company have decided to send agenta to Jamaica tomorrow for the purpose of secur ing BOO to l.OOU additional laborers for work on the canal. FROM A DROUTHTO A FLOOD _ ExeoNMlvo Itniiifall In California TlirentonH to CIIIINO Dimmer CltloN Under Water. SA'N ' FRANCISCO , . .March 23. Practically without cessation It has been raining throughout the northern part of California since last Sunday morning. All fears of a drouth have long alnco been dlapelled , but In some sections there are now serious appreheiiKlons ot "prospective " floods. Many creeks have overflowed tholr banks , sub merging the lowlands and causing consid erable damage. At Panta Cruz a number of houses have the ground floors under water , bridges and I dams have been swept away and along the line of the Narrow Gauge railroad there have boon so many landslides that trains on this line made no attempt to run today. In Santa Clara county Uo bay towns , Alvlso and Mllpltas , are under water , and the lower portion of Gllroy , In the southern end ot the valley , Is also submerged. There has boon no intermission in the storm at San Francisco , The total precipi tation today exceeded ono nnd ono-balt Inches , while yesterday's rainfall waa two nnd one-quarter Inches , PURPOSE IS TO MAKE DISCORD Perry Ilelinont MaUoM llrlef and CIIIIN- tlo Ileply to Senator Teller' * ItemnrlCM Anent DomourntN , NI3W YORK. March 23. Perry Belmont , president of the Democratic club , wns shown an Interview tonight In which Senator Tel ler of Colorado was quoted na saying : "The members of the Democratic club are republicans masquerading under democratic colors , " Mr. Belmont In reply Issued the follow- Ing written statement : "Senator Teller is the leader of the silver repitbllcana the allies of > Mr. Bryan up holding with him the Chicago platform and naturally uniting with him in hla purpose to create discord and division in the ranks of the democratic party. " M'KINLEY ' MAY REVISIT WEST I'roHliloitt May Take n Hummer Viien- tlon , Ineliiillnir thn YellunHtone and I'aellli ; I'oiiHt. WASHINGTON , March 23. H is now be lieved that President McKlnloy will take an extended vacation this summer , If public business will permit , Last spring ho wanted to make a trip through the west , visiting Yellowstone park and going as far as thu Pacific coast , and ho may see his way clear to taku that trip this summer. LITTLE J I RIVER'S ' RACE WAR Moba of Whites Prowl Through Country Wreaking Vengoanoa on Blacks. N.YNCH , SHOOT AND THROW INTO THE RIVER l Scheme" of "General" DnoUett ami HI" Follower * to Precipitate n War U S'lpiieil Ten XIK " P" Knoun to He Demi. TBXIAHICA'N'A ' ' , Ark. , March 23. A race war is on in little River county. During the last forty-eight hours an Indefinite num ber of negroes have met tholr death at the hands of nn Infuriated \\hlto population. Sovcn are known to have been lynched , shot to death or slain In some manner ami j the "work Is not yet done. The bodies ot the | victims of the mob's vengeance are hanging to the limbs of trees In various parts of the county , or strung UP. while that ot another was shot to death while trying to escape and thrown Into n creek and left there. The country Is In n state of most Intense excitement. White men are collecting In mobs heavily armed and determined ; negroes - ' , groes are lloclng for their lives and the I community Is In nn uproar. The exact number of negroes who have been sum marily dealt with or those who may yet full into the hands of the mob 'before or der is restored may never bo known , Seven 'bodies tavo been found and other victims are being hunteii and will meet a similar fnto when run to earth. The known dead are : "QBNERIAL" DUCKETT. . EDWIN GOODWIN. ADAai KINO. JOSEPH JONES. BENJAMIN JONES. M. JONES. UNKNOWN 'MAN. Joe King and John Johnson were also token In liand by mobs and whipped. They were afterward turned loose and have dis appeared. Neisroos Plan rtuee War. Little River county is In the extreme southwest corner of the state , bordered on the west by the Indian territory and on the south by Texas. The negro population [ is largo and has for a long time proved very troublesome to the whites. Frequent murders have occurred and thefts and fights have become common affairs. Olio or two negroes have ( previously been severely dealt with when the people found It necessary to take the law into their own hands , but it was not until Tuesday that the trouble took on avery sorlous aspect. It developed that carefully-laid plans had ibeon made by a number of negroes to preci pitate a race ivar and that many -white men lind been marked for victims. It Is learned that twenty-three negroes were im plicated In this plot and the whites are now bent on meting out summary punishment to the entire coterie of conspirators. Seven have been killed and the work of wiping * he entire list continues without relaxation of detormlnatlon. IA1I implicated in the plot are known and small parties ot whlto men varying In num ber from twonty-flvo to fifty are scouring the country f r them. Wherever one Is found ho. Is quickly strung up , his body per forated \\iffy Jenden misjdles , to- make sure J-thoir M Ae and tip"-mo ! , Iui.vcns ( iirln ( 'quest of iji next victim. 'Sotte ' ot them were found near Richmond and the work of dispatching the first two or three was nn easy matter. But the news spread among the negroes , who , instead of making re sistance and offering the battle that they had threatened , 'became ' panic-stricken and began getting out of the community as quickly as possible. Two whose names wore on the list of the conspirators got a good start , and they succeeded In reach ing the Texas state line. 'However , they did not escape. They were exhausted , but were swung up without ceremony. S ear Death to Hindi * . Trouble arose over the killing ot James Stockton by Duckett. Just prior to the lynching of Duckett the negroes had planned to inaugurate n rnco war. Duckett was the I ' leader , and nt his death the negroes let the i matter out and the citizens became greatly ' i enraged. Another negro named Joe King i remarked that Stockton should have boon murdered sooner. Ho was taken to the i woods and whipped , as was also John John- i I son. Other negioea made threats , but noth ing occurred until yesterday , when the dead ! | body of Goodwin was found hanging to u I ! tree Just across Red river from the Stockton ] | form , In Bowlo county , Texas. Ho formerly I , worked for Stockton and was chased across ; Mud creek. The place where the trouble occurred Is govural miles from any town of communi cation and It is difficult to obtain details , as the people are very reluctant about giving out the news. A Justice of the peace went j to wliero Goodwin was hanged. Advices from New Boston , Tex. , tonight are to the effect that acrces the river several negroes have been lynched. Thla morning Benjamin Jones was found dead on Hurri cane Bond and from New Boston It Is learned that Joe King and Mlsor Jones were found hanging to a tree nt Horseshoe Curve to day. Another Jones Is missing today. In the gang that was plotting for a race j wnr were twenty-three negroes and U is likely that the cntlro number have been strung up In the thickets , The negroes are , fleeing from the district , Today thrco j wagons full arrived nt Toxnrkana , having crossed Red river at Index at midnight last night. Shot niul ToNNeil Iii Itlvt-r. JACKSON , Miss , , March 23. Three negroes were taken from an ofllcer of the law nnd lynched by an armed mob near Silver City , In Vnzoo county. After being shot to death the bodies of the victims were weighted with bundles of cotton halo ties and thrown Into the Yazoo river , The negroes were : MINOR WILSON. C. C , REED. WILLIS HOYP. They were ringleaders of the negroes In n race encounter on the Midnight planta tion early last week. They wore arrested and taken to Ynzoo City and held In Jail. Tbo countable boarded thp steamer Rescue with the negroes Saturday morning and reached Silver City with them. All that Is further known Is that the negroes fell into the hands of the mob at this point , were shot. to death and thrown Into the river , as above stated. The feeling against these negroes had been very bitter on account of a dis turbance at the < Mldnlght plantation last week , In which they , with two other negroes , had fired upon two whites upon the public road , r nml Children lliirneil , UNIONTOWN. Pa. . March 23. Mrs. Frank Wllslck of Oliver used kerosene In kindling n tire today and aa a result she and her two little children tire fatally burned , When she poured the oil In the steve fcha was holding a babe in her arms and another child was standing near. Sud denly there was an explosion and the Ilames shot out and enveloped thrrn all. Their clothing was burned off and their bodies were horribly charred. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska - aenonilly Fnlr. Warmer : Southerly Winds. Temperature ut Oninlin yoitordnyi Hour. Don. Hour. ICK < n n. in 4 I. I p. in. . . . . . US I ! n. in II U p. in Ui > 7 n. in 1-1 II p. in < tl S n. in 11 -I P. in Jtl it n. in. . . . . . in n it. in. . . . . . : i- 1(1 ( n. in IS i II | i. 111 : ta 11 n. in "t 7 p. 111 : r- iu in ! ti s p. in : ti ti p. in ; tu ADDED TO AMERICAN NAVY KCIMory of the Cimliont llnrm'Oii Will Servo INavy Doiinrtitiettt'a Aeeil for n Patrol. WASHINGTON , March 23. The Navy de partment is gratified to learn that Its rep resentatives who have .been working for some time In the vicinity of Santiago nnd Guantanamo have succeeded In adding an other vcEsol to the American navy In the uhape of the gunboat Daraeoa , which -was icported to have been towed Into Santiago , as stated in the Associated Press dispatches from Santiago , The Bnracoa was ono of the Spanish gunboats - boats , sunk mar Gunntnnnmo. It Is a useful typo of vessel for patrol work and Is about SO per vent larger than the gunboats San- doval nnd Alvarado , now at the Washjngton navy yard. The Baracoa Is of steel , 1H feet U liahos long , Iii feet ! ) Inches beam and S feet 2 inches draft. Its displacement Is l.lo tonu nnd with 220 horse-power It Is nblo to make ton knots. It carries one Hontorla gun of 3.f > caliber , one of 2.2 inch caliber and two machine gnus. Probably It will bn ordered noith ns soon as It can be made ready for the voyage , to bo thoroughly over hauled at ono of the navy yards , The Navy department Is still waiting to hear from the Swedish company which has undertaken to ralso the Crintobal Colon. The project has not been abandoned by any means. Expert engineers In the employ of the company visited the wreck and made a careful study of the situation. Tlan- re turned to Sweden , and , according to their report , began the preparation ot exact esti mates of the cost ot raising the ship. They entertained no doubt of their ability to raise the ship. GENERAL MILLER TO RETIRE M Out of the ItoKnlnr Army on March -7 , HuvliiK lleauhcil the AKU Limit. WASHINGTON , Maroh 23. ( Special Tel egram. ) H Is announced that Brigadier General Marcus Miller , now in command of United States forces at Iloilo , will retire from the regular army on account of ago on March 27. It has been arranged that Colonpl Edwin V. Suranor ot the Seventh cavalry ( major general United States volun teers ) , In command of the Department of the Missouri , will be appointed to succeed General Miller as a brigadier general of the regular service and will then apply for re tirement. He will be succeeded as n briga dier general by Colonel Thomas M. Ander son of the Fourteenth Infantry ( major gen eral U. S. V. ) , now on his way borne from Manila. Horace G. Burt , president of the Union Pacific , arrived In the city today to attend a meeting ot the Interstate Commerce com- , 'mission f-alled for tiia pnrposo , ot dyvlslng' ' "nays dud meaus-for carrying1 Into effect the agreements ot western railroad lines rela tive to tariffs. All the great western trunk lines are represented at the hearing , which began this morning. Luther Drake of Omaha accompanies Mr. Burt. Tr , G. L. Miller , president of the Orcnter America Exposition , left for New York this irornlng. PREPARE TO GET DEPOSITIONS Evidence for Trial of Mm. Georjtc to lie Taken In Slonx City anil Iii- ivooil. In. , and Canton , S. U. CANTON , O. , March 23. Mrs. George , accused of ( ho murder of George D. Sax- ton , the brot'hsr ' of Mrs. McKInley , was m court today , when commissioners were ap- pointed to take depositions In South Dakota and Iowa for tfio trial , which will begin April - \ . Judge Taylor named Judge Frank R. Athens of Sioux Falls , S. D. , to taku depositions in Canton , S. D. ; nnd August Freiberg of Sioux City , In , , to take depu- sltlons In Sioux City and Inwood , la. Mrs. Gcorgo was divorced from her husband - band In Canton , S. D. The wltnestes to be examined at Canton , S. D. , nro Charles M. Seeley , O. K. Brown , Claude Treat , F. H. Hclgorson and M. B. Randolph. At In- wood , la. , Leslie Footo and Mrs. Footo ; at Sioux City , F , F. Royniiine , Robert Hunter nnd Jay Gould. Thcwe depositions are to betaken taken Wednesday , March 29. DEATH LIST IS NINETEEN One More 11 oily IM I'lii'iirllied from ItiiliiN and ANhON of WlmlMor Hotel No Ideiitllli'iilloii. NEW YORK , March 23. Nineteen dead nnd thirty-four missing Is the record so far of the Windsor llro on Friday last. Ono more body was found today. This brings the list of unknown dead to nlno. The fragments wore dug up about twenty feet west of the Annex on Iho Forty-sov- onth street side , In a part of the rulna where no otticr bodies or bones have been found. TJio remains consist simply of n portion tion of a spinal column with some of the ribs attached , a piece of the skull nnd bomu binall bones and charred flesh , Identification In thin case , ( is in the largo majority of the other bodies at the morgue , will bo Impossible. It Is not likely tliat any of thu bodies yet tu bo found will bo recog nizable. DIUBY BELL IS STRANDED FlleN Petition In llnnl < riiitoyf | ( > IviiiK MiihllltloN at tflliT.IHKI-I'rn.- tleallyo AHNON. ( NEW YORK , March 23. Dlgby Bell , Ihu actor , filed a petition In bankruptcv today In which he asks to bo relieved of llabllltlci aggregating $27,000 , Ho states Dial ho lnu. no assets except an Interest In n judgment for $228 given recently In Now York. The filing of the petition is said to luivo been Induced by the results of an unsuccessful engagement , which closed on Saturday night , when Ills latest play , "Joe Hurst , Gentle men , " was taken off the boards and the com pany dUibanded , REUNION OF ROUGH RIDERS Hofmcvell'N Urine CluirwrN Will Moot at ( inthrle , t ) , ' ] ' . , In .Inne nml the. Governor Will Attend. GUTHRIE , 0. T , March 23. Arrangement * are being made for a reunion to be held here in Juno next of the Rough Riders who fought In tlio battles about Santiago. A letter hag been received from Governor Roosevelt of New York , Bccejillng an In vitation to attend , REVENUE BILLS DEAD Pollard's ' and Van Dnsen's Mnnsuros Are Laid Away to Kest , INDEFINITELY POSTPONED IN THE SENATE Only Four Senators Vote in Favor of Van Dusen's ' Measure. SENATE SIFTING COMMITTEE ORGANIZES Senator Reynolds is Chosen Chairman as a Eoward of Merit , ANTI-PASS BILL IS TO COME UP TODAY One Fathered by Gilbert Will llo Considered n Spccliil Order nt UlilO p. in. Hoiitluc Work In Senate. LINCOLN , Match 23. 'Special. ) TUB eonato has Indefinitely postponed II. R. 1ST , j better known OH tlio Pollard levenuo bill. | The bill illd not appear to have a alnylo champion In the senate at this Into day In I the session , although four member * opposed | Its postponement without ome consldora- j tlon. The vote to postpone was 19 to 4 , j Senators Van Dusen. Owens , Hnldermon j and Fowler composing the latter. It Is enld. however , thcso memburs hail expressed j themselves as opposed to the bill , but will ing for It to receive consideration. TUo senate sifting committee has organ- bed by clcctliiK Senator Reynolds as chair man. As Is known Senator lleynolds U representing In nn able way the district that sent Mutz to the senate two years ago , and ho was tendered this Important chairmanship by reason of the good show ing made by lilm during the present ses sion. sion.Tho The Indefinite postponement of S. V. 210 by the senate Mils afternoon disposes of the main revenue measures before the legisla ture. Neither bill had many friends In the senate , owing to a general distrust that both bills proposed too radical changes from the present law. In his closing argument Senator Vnn Dusen road a clipping which reported the action of the Klllmoro county Hoard of As sessors at Its meeting. The board agreed to assess land at $4 per acre , when Fillmore - more county land Is worth from $10 to $40 per acre. It fixed the price nt which corn was to bo assessed nt 3 cents a bushel and wheat 6 cents a bushel. Ho cited that ns an illustration of what a howling farce our present revenue law Is. It IN said the republicans of the senate have agreed to push forward n bill Intro duced by Currlo of Cuator , which soelte to enforce the present law relating to cash valuations of property , and that the bill will bo so amended as to redeem tfie pledge ot the republican party In Its last platform to revise our revenue laws. Heior | < * of Ntnnillni ? Committee * . Standing committees In the senate thla morning reported II. II. 331 , the McCarthy "nntl-trust bill , " for a place on general fllo without , recommendation ; H. U. 3K3 , thn Evans bill , requiring .physfciitns to report "births and deaths' to Iho county cleric , < o pas' * ; S. P. JflO , a concurrent resolution In- utructlng the State Doard of Transportation to take steps toward a reduction ot local freight rates In Nebraska , Indefinitely post poned ; S. F. 300 , requiring sleeping car com panies to keep safes In their care for the safe keeping of the valuables of passen gers , indefinitely postponed : S. F. 42 , relat ing to the Hoard of Transportation , Indefi nitely postponed ; H. R. 191 , to pass ; S , F. 74 , Indefinitely postponed. H. U. 191 Is the Weaver 'bill ' reorganizing the Insurance laws of the Btato and re moving the department from the auditor's care. The committee recommended some amendments -with the report. S. F. 74 Is the Talbot iblll , 'which ' Is the sumo as the Weaver bill , except the amendments therato. H. H. 191 having passed the house , It takes ' the place of S. F. 74 In the senate. I Senator Schaal called up his resolution to I appoint a committee of three to Join with | the house committee in Investigating the supreme court. Talbot of Lancaster moved to table the resolution for the reason that the house committee had already begun their investigation and had not asked the senate's help , the motion under which the | committee is acting not being a concurrent resolution. He said the charges made against the court did not consist of any unlawful act , but simply the employment of relatives of the Judges as private secre taries. His motion to table prevailed by a vote of 18 to 9. Illlln Panned. The following bills -were passed : S. F. 21C , relating to the duties of probate courts ; S. F. 112 , relating to the organization of school district hoards ; S. F. 27'J , providing for the disconnection of plats from cities and towns ; and S. F. 209 , amending the road law as to width of roads. Canaday of Kearnuy made a second at tempt to advance S. F. 289 , the Gilbert "anti-pass" bill. Ho moved It be made a special order for 2:30 : this afternoon. i'rout of Gage raised the point of order that the motion was out of order , following the rule adopted yesterday turning over th general fllo to the sifting committee , unless the motion Included the suspension of the rules. The chair held the point not well taken and the motion to bo In order. The senator from Gage appealed from tha decision of ths chair. President Gilbert explained the reason for his ruling to bo that as the sifting commit tee had not yet made a report , the order of business should proceed the same as bo- font. Currlor of Ouster Bald ho favored the mo tion to make this a special ordur , but be lieved the point of order was well taken and that the suspension of the rules was necessary. Senator Canadaauked leave to withdraw his motion , which obviated the appeal from the chair's decision. Ho Introduced another motion that the rules bo suspended and the senate go Into committee of the whole to consider 8. F. 2fs'J with Talbot of Lancaster In the chair. In opposition to the motion members called uttontlm to the fact that 8. F. U10 was still pending as a special order to be taken up again nt the first sitting of tha committee of the whole. During roll cell on tlio last motion , Rchaal of Sarpy made a call of the house , which was not BUfllclcntly seconded. After four ad ditional members had been secured , the call was raised on motion of Senator Talbot. The motion failed to carry , 14 voting In the alllrinatlvo and 1C In the negative. The enato reconsidered Its action In. definitely postponing S. F. 170 and recom. inltted It to tha committee of the 'whole. II provides for the appointment of fire Insur ance brokers > by the auditor , The clerk of the house reported the pas sage of H. II , 8. 9 and 538 by that bojdy. just before the noon recess Senator Schaal sent up the following motion ! 'I move you that our sifting commltty fc