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 ,
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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.
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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
