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TOUCHES UP TALBOT
BOQ'B Report About Weaver Insurance Bill
Houses Lancaster Statesmani
SENATOR GROWS WARM
Bays Oharga that
"A
LETS LOOSE A TIRADE AGAINST THrBEE
Denies that He Has Displayed Bad Truth
Regarding the Measure.
TELL-TALE NOTE GIVES THE SNAP AWAY
SlKiilllcniit Letter AVrlUrn < t
li > - Si-nntor Tiillint to Introduce
'My Krlcnil , Sir. M.eliitoili
of Oiiiitlin. "
CLINCOI/N , March 27. ( Special. ) Today
In the senate the Weaver Insurance bill wns
lip for dlBcusslon nnd Senator Tnlbot took
occasion to deny that ho had displaced Ind
faith In regard to this measure , and made
a labld attack on The Bco 'because ' of UK
criticisms 'Ho ' denied specifically that he
had met an Omaha lobbyist In a room In
the Llndcll hotel , or that ho had conferred
wltto an Omaha lawyer about the Insurance
bill. Ho branded the statement as "a
elnmnnblo lie "
In this connection the following letter
cpeaks for Itself :
"Llndcll Hotel , Lincoln , Neb , February 0 ,
I8D9 This will Introduce to you my friend ,
Mr. Mclnttjsh , of Omaha , a prominent law
yer there , with whom I have had a talk
rtbout my Insurance bill. I send to you for
a conference thereon. Ho IB a gentleman
with whom you can talk freely and frankly
about It. Your * truly , A. R. TALBOT. "
Thlr. letter was written on the night ot
February 0 In room 112 at the Llndcll hotel ,
where Mr. Talbot spent the entire evening
with the Omaha lawyer. The Joint repub
lican confercucc was being held In a room
on the same lloor of the hotel and a reference
>
ence to the dally papers of the morning of
the lOlh will show that Mr. Talbot was not
present at the Joint conference , although
lie wns known to be in the building.
Tallin I Contradicted.
This Is In direct contradiction to his dec
laration today that ho did not meet the
Omaha man nnd that ho did not miss the
joint caucus. The original copy of the letter
quoted above Is In the possession of The
BOP nnd pretty well locates Mr. Talbot and
the Insurance lobby oven If there had been
no one guaidlng room 112 during the oven-
Ins referred to. ,
During his speech this afternoon Mr. Tal-
Ibot made one charge for which ho was no
doubt sorry afterward -\vhcn \ ho icferred to
newspaper mun as being "degenerates , "
applying thu description to the whole pro
fession ,
' f , The storm stirred up to cotmtprert The
V H.Vf " VjWff ttlf. ily I ult. ftc > eOn
tboJdofoat or mutilation 6f Iho Weaver bill
end the best Mr. Talbot and his friends
could do was to got In some minor amend
ments nnd so delay mattcis that the com
mittee waa obliged to arise without finish
ing the consideration of the bill. It Is now
ceitalu that tl.c friends of the measure are
strong enough to prevent further delay and
recommend it for passage tomorrow.
Mctiilled Hriiort.
I
tA. detailed report of the discussion on the
insurance bill , with an abstract of Senator
Talbot'o remarks , In as follows :
The Wefvoi Insurance bill , H. R , 191 ,
came up at the special order at 3 o'clock ,
and 'Mr ' Allen took the chair. The reading
of the bill and the conslduratlon of the
amendments wns slow , for the reabon that
the house had made u largo number of
amendments to the printed bill , nnd the
eenato committee had suggested and had
J printed a number of amendments which re
ferred to the engrossed copy and were hard
to locate In the printed copies.
The first amendment reached was one re
ferring to suits against companies In this
otato. The committee amendment , which
was adopted , added the wordfl. "upon all
causes of notion arising" In this state.
Sections 7 nnd 8 of the bill called for
chungcB In the title of the statutes , replac
ing the words , "auditor ot public accounts , "
with the words "Insurance commissioner , "
end calling for the Immediate transfer of
the 'books ' nnd records of the department
from the auditor to the insurance commis
sioner and relieving the auditor of all con
nection with the Insurance department. Mr.
Prout called attention to th so sections and
gave It aa his opinion that they wore in
operative. No amendment was offered ,
however
An amendment to section IB was sug
gested by 'Mr. ' Van Dusen nnd adopted , re
quiting certificates of capital to bo recorded
with the commission , the original bill only
requiring them to bo filed ,
IMr. Van Dusen offered nn amendment to
petition 20 , requiring policies to bo sub-
ncrlbed 'by ' the president or vice president of
ihu company. Before amendment the bill
reid "mibscrlbed by the president or such
other ofllcer as may bo designated by the
directors for that purpose. " The amend
ment wns adopted.
On motion ot Mr. Van Dusen an amend
ment was ndeiptcxl requiring annual state
ments to ton filed within thirty days after
tha first of January of each year , the origi
nal bill having allowed sixty days.
A ctnndlng committee ) amendment was
adopted , sti Iking out the requirement that
otatomcnts should show the "aweased valua
tion" of pioperty securing loans , and pro-
V HI eel Instead that they should show "tho
state In which said loans are made. "
Talbot TnUra 11 llnncl.
On motion of Mr. Talbot the committee
amendment to section 36 was adopted , strik
ing out of the bill the clause exomptlng
companies from paying special assessments ,
occupation or lire department tax , to any
county , township or municipality ,
Mr. Reynolds moved that the standing
committee amendment * to section 37 ba
adopted. These were the amendments over
which the main contentions had been made ,
ami provided for a reduction of the filing
fees of companies of other states from 1100
to $76 for filing charter or statement , filing
copy amended charter from $75 to $50 ; fil
ing statement by miscellaneous companies
from $50 to $30.
The amendment also allowed life and ac
cident companies to deduct "from their
prrei premium > celpts , or assessments , col
lected as ths cuso may bo ,
their losses , commissions and dividends
paid to citizens of the ! etuto during the
year. " A tnlntr amendment was also pro
vided for relatjnc to the limit of fire de
partment tux ,
ilr , Owens , ithalrman of the Insurance
committee , moved that the amendment be
not con'urrcrtyn , and when Mr , Prout asked
'
for some j * < V n for this latter motion , Mr.
* *
' ued on Third Page. )
NARROW ESCAPE FOR MANY
I'll u r I'ITNOIIN Injiirril liy .fitniiiliiK
nnil I'nllliiK from ItiiruliiK Hnllil-
IIIK In
CHICAGO , March 27 IVmr persons were
Injured and property loss to the amount of
J2r)0,000 was sustained In the burning of
the four-story brick structure of the Armour
Curled Hair nnd Kelt company at Thirty-
second Btreot and James avenue. The In
jured
.Ier"mlah Steele. Jumped from a third-
ntory window , logs nnd arms broken ; will
.lie
.lieJosep'i Kuda , badly burned tibout the
hands and ibcdy.
Joseph R. Header , Jumped from second-
story window , leg broken.
George Mcshcr , fell down elevator shaft ,
right shoulder broken.
August Schomherg , ankle sprained and
scalp wound.
Mnmlo Ryan , face and boily burned.
( Jcorgo Ssherpf , face nnd arms burned.
Margaret DelUmml , both arms cut , head
brulacil.
Nelllo ftloNab , hand * and face burned.
Paul Rosomler , iboth hands burned , left
side of head scorched.
Hnrry Lee , fell from second story win
dow , scalp wound ,
Several other employes were slightly
ihurned. The lire spread with amazing rapid
ity and many of the 1IJO employes had nar
row escapes The loss Is covered by In
surance.
Tonight It wns found that six people who
were In the building when the fire broke
out wore missing and while It Is not thought
all of them nre dead , It Is probable that
thu majoilty of them perished. The names
of the missing fqllows1
James Tlannlgan , machine hand ; last
seen standing on third floor.
William Olllson , workman ; last seen on
fourth lloor.
iili Hcnnllwclght , last seen on second
floor.
Thomas Mitchell , last seen on fifth lloor.
Dennis Sheehan.
John White , last seen on third floor.
ANDRE STORY IS RENEWED
lleiilllriniitlon of tinItcport ot tile
FliulliiK of the Iliuly of the
UnllooiilNt.
( Cop\light , 1S9U by Press Publishing Co. )
BERLIN , March 27 ( Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) The Novoe
Vremya published n letter from Sportsman
Ljalln , who first announced the discovery
of Andre's remains , positively reaffirming
the truth of the story. Ho says the Tune-
Juse offered to accompany him to the spot
where the bodies were found but could not ,
as ho waa lacking provisions and documents.
MH.TAS : i\i itnhsns noon AVIM , .
TourlNtH oil AiiwiiKti- Victoria Are Ile-
iiUMiihi'riMl ultll I'rOMC'ittx.
( Porresnondence of the Associated Press )
CONSTANTINOPLE. .March . 12. Oscar
Stinus. the United States minister , was re
ceived In private audience 'by ' the sultan
Friday , after the ceremony of the selamllk.
He w.is accompanied iby Mr. Drake , a rela
tive of Colonel John Hay , United States
secretary of estate , whom he presented to his
majesty. The sultan requested Mr. Straus
to eonvey his salutation to the Beeretary ot
i > tat < \ aiil dd.WliR Mr. VaUu lie 'iiclar'M
tint he held Iho American , minister por-
lianallv in the highest esteem , adding that
ho appreciated the Impartial and energetic
manner In which the minister was carrying
on the negotiations ho had In hand , and that
America's representative had the good will
of all Turkish officials
Later In the conversation his majesty ex
pressed the lope tliat all questions pending
between the Turkish empire and the United
States would soon bo adjusted.
Before the Harriburg-Amorican liner
AitRusto Victoria left yesterday for the
Piraeus , with the party of American excur
sionists , an aide-de-camp ot the sultan car
ried on board n largo quantity of delicious
confections and cigarettes a present from
the sultan.
Illittlf * I in in III lit In I'l-rn.
LIMA. Poru. March 27. ( Via Galveston. )
Advices from Bolivia say an encounter Is
Imminent between the government forces
nnd the federalists , or Insurgents. The
filming will probably take place between
Oruro , where the government reserves are
stationed , nnd Coracolla , about sixty miles
northwest of Oruio.
Spiilii Mnj Tri-nt IJIrpc * .
MADRID , March 27. La Rcforma sa > s the
government Is considering means or arriv
ing at n direct understanding with the Filipinos
pines for the release of the Spanish prisoners
ors , "without the Intervention of the Amer
icans , who might oppose the plans which
the Spanish government hopes will Imvo a
successful outcome. "
AiiiIniHNiuIor Choiitr Him Inlliicirsn.
LONDON , March 27. Joseph II. Choate ,
the United States ambassador. Is confined
to his loom with a severe cold and has been
obliged to cancel his engagements for the
future.
' COIN" HARVEY RESIGNS
Sum II , Cook of MlNMOiirl Surrpril * Him
ou the DiMiiourntli * NiUloniil
Co in m Hire.
CHICAGO. March 27. W. H. ( Coin ) Har
vey has resigned as general1 manager of the
wa > s and nieann committee of the demo
cratic national committee and Sam 11. Cook
of Missouri has been appointed In Iilfi place.
Mr. Cook has been In practical charge of tlui
olllco for eomo time , while * Mr Harvey hns ,
been In thu field. Mr. Harvey gives as the
rauso of his leslgnatlon that 1io could not
get the committee to agree on what ho
thought VVJB a practical , businesslike and
aggressive policy.
Ho expressed an earnest desire- for the suc
cess of the work of the waya and means com
mittee and the principles of the Chicago
platform , but further than this refused to
make any statement.
CENTRAL PACIFIC STOCK SOLD
Mrn , Jane Stmifiirit DlNpeiHrrt of 'III , ! ( ( ) ( )
ShnrcH for If 1,711 1 , < ! ( ( ! > While In
\orU.
S.VN PIIANCISCO , Moich 27. The Ex
aminer tomorrow will say :
Mrs. Jnne Stanford , while In New York
last month , ecld 33,300 shares of Central
Pacific stock for $1,731,000.
The story became public through the ar
rival of George Crocker from the east. The
deal was negotiated through the banking
house of Spcyer & Co. , and the Central
Pacific Shareholder * ' association of Lcn-
don la credited with being the purchaser.
On Mrs. Stanford's pain the enlo has been
a very successful business transaction , Tne
disposal of her stock will hava no effect
upon the existing policy of the Central
Pacific and the consolidation scheme It has
In view * with the Southern Pacific of
Kentucky.
I'lftcrnth 'Mliuimotu Mimtpreil Out.
AUGUSTA , Oa. , March 27 The Fifteenth
Minnesota regiment was mustered out here
today. It left In three sections over the
Georgia railroad. The men were orderly.
NOT YET ENTRAPPED
Strategic Movement to Pocket the Filipinos
Not Wholly Successful.
MOVE SHIFTS INTO CHASE AND A RETREAT
Twelve Miles Separate Main Opposing
Forcea , but Pull of Difficulties.
AGUINALOO GETS OUT OF DEWEY'S ' RANGL
Monday's Fighting Completes Eecord of
Seventy-Two Hours' Battle.
NOT LIKE CIVILIZED WARFARE , HOWEVER
Army omocrn Are Sntlnllod tlmt tin-
ItHirlN Arc JIniiufnctiirlnK Their
( Inn AnimiinlllonVliloli The }
\ViiHtc I'mill loiiNly.
WASHINGTON , iMnrch 27 The third day
of the lighting north of Manila brought llt-
tlo of n decisive character from which War
department officials could Judge what the
final outcome cf this movement would be
In nil official quarters the most Intense In
terest prevailed , liut there was no oxclte-
ment , and none of that anxiety nnd tension
shown during the memorable days of last
summer when the decisive. Mows wore being
struck at Santiago.
Early In the day General Otis cabled the
War department a brief dispatch summing
up the situation. It disclosed that severe
fighting was going on today \\lth out forces
advanced as far north as Mnrlloa whllo the
summer when the decisive blows were being
driven back -with considerable slaughter.
This , and the press dispatches , satisfied
the officials that the strategic movement nt
entrapping the Insurgents 'bctueecu ' our
lines , had not 'been ' as successful ns de
signed and that the move had now shifted
to n retreat by Agulnaldo's forces and a
pursuit 'by our troops. The Insurgent retreat -
treat toward ( Malolos was slow- and dogged
and advantage was taken of one after an
other of lines of Intrenchmcnts , the burnIng -
Ing of bridges and the Interrupting of com
munication. General Otis' dispatch , al
though receded early today , -was sent Mon
day evening , Manila time , and summed up
the work of three days. That the fighting
would proceed Into the fourth day was
ehown by his closing sentence :
"Tho column -will press on In the morn
ing. "
1'iirKiilt and Retrofit.
This refers to Tuesday. The engagement
has nc w shaped itself so that It Is looked
upon as inc-ro of a chase than the execu
tion of a strategic movement.
With the American base ad\anced to Marl-
loa nnd the insurgent base forced back to
iMalolos , the main bodies of the two op
posing forces are about ten or twehe miles
apart. This could be quickly covered In a
forced march Minder fair conditions , but It Is
twelve miles of Innumerable- difficulties and
obstncle * whlpJv < (5ur ( fjojp * tnu = Uovor * p
fore tlfey reach the vrourgent strongholfl.
It Is expected that the engineers with ftlao-
Arthur nro hastily repairing the burned
bridges. This will penult the artillery to
bo taken forward as 'well ' as the Infantry
columns.
It is expected that every nillo of the
distance to Malolos will be contested by
the Insurgents , for General Otis reports that
It is a stretch of countrj covered with the
Intrenchments thrown up during the last
three months. Our men , therefore , must ad
vance slowly , repairing the roads as they
go , and at the same time they must fight
their \vny through well-made rebel Intreneh-
ments. Serious as the work Is there Is uo
lack of confidence among officials hero , as
to the outcome of the campaign.
Malolos Is the Insurgent capital , where
the assembly has been sitting and ( tie Insur
gent government has been In operation.
Oul of HUHKC of Driic'N RUIIN.
It represents more to the Insurgents than
any other place In the Philippines , and little
doubt Is entertained that they will make
n desperate stand there.
Tim tactics of Agulnaldo are taking him
gradually beyond the range of Admiral Dew-
ej's guns. While the Insurgents were at
Malabon on Saturday they were within a
mile of the water front nnd easily within
range of the fleet But as they have moved
northward they have gradually moved away
from the bay. Malolos Is about seven miles
back from the hay , although there are shal
low estuaries which would permit light
draught boats to get within a mile or two.
The duration of the battle Is beginning
to attract the attention of army strategists ,
as It Is a very Important element in deter
mining the strength of the men , the sup
plies of ammunition and stores , nnd fho
spirit of the army. The first blow was
struck before daybreak last Saturday and
the fighting continued all tlmt day , again
on Sunday nnd now on Monday. The re
ports show little night fighting , except In
repulsing an Insurgent attack Saturday
night.
S M onTun iioiirH * riKhtliiK.
With today the fighting had lasted seventy-
two hours. Judged by the standards of grc.it
battles , such as Waterloo , Plevna nnd others
mentioned by army authorities , this Is a
long and Intensely arduous engagement Hut
the lighting about Manila Is quite different
from the standards of civilized armies nnd
It Is a tunning brush conflict , with only
occasional Issues between organized bodies
of tioops. Some of the battles of the civil
war lasted many dajs , notably the battle of
the Wilderness nnd the fighting about Rlch-
1)1011(1. ) (
In speaking of the clement of endurance ,
General Sternberg said today that ha had
gone for teven days In the continuous fight
ing around Richmond without renewing the
supplies originally Issued before the fighting
began The main question In thebe long
continued fights la to have all supplies ,
stores , etc. , kept abreast of the fighting
force , BO that there may be no exhaustion.
In this respect all the reports of the fighting
above Manila are most gratifying to tha au
thorities here , In showing that the quarter
master , commissary , medical and signal
stores are well up with our fighting Hues.
The belief Is expressed at the War depart
ment that the Filipinos are manufacturing
the ammunition that Is being used with such
recklessness , When General Greene was in
the Philippines he went to the rillplno
camps and remained some tlmo among them.
His report to the president shows that the
Filipinos obtained qulto a large supply of
arms and ammunition when Dewey captured
Cavlto and that they had heretofore obtained
a supply of Remington and Mauser rifles.
rilliiliiOM MiiUliiK Ammunition.
General Greene also found that the Filipinos
pines hud established a factory for the manu.
facturo of ammunition for these rifles and
the factory probably still Is In operation and
furnUhlng a sufficient supply to the insurg-
untH.
untH.A
A short time ago the Zealandla a d Puebla
left San Francisco with the Ninth Infantry
bound to Manila. Uy April 1 four transports
nro expected to arrive at Sim Francisco from
Manila nnd they will return with reinforce
ments for Otis about April 13. The Hancock
will take the T-ventv-fim Infantry , the
Warren , eight batteries oT the Sixth Artil
lery and recruits , the Newport , 250 marines
and recruits ; nml the Morgan City , six
companies of the Thirteenth Infantry. A
little later the Ohio will arrive und rctuin
with the remainder of the Thirteenth In
fantry. The Senator Is also expected later
iu the month and can tnko 1,000 men.
The USD of Chinese as * litter-bearers Is
said to bo a device to save our own men
for the moro serious work. The Chinese
'
carry n light bamboo litter , nml being ac-
ciiBtomed to the climate , they can travel
twice ns far as an mi.iccllnlrtted carrier. The
main point , however , is that the fighting J
ferro In kept Intact.
While the casualty list Is a source of pro
found regret In army quarters. It IB paid
to bo comparatively lowj | considering the
number of men cngigcd fui'l ' the duration
of the action. This la accounted for by the
long-range shooting of th Insurgents , who
do not shoot at a mark , wit In the general
direction of our lines. Whfl | ! these stray bul
lets do considerable havoogn our lines , It Is
far less than the results o rlosc rnngo vol-
leys from solid ranUs ofj usureents In the
open , or from a considerable number of
sharpshooters.
1'rlNoiirr * . ,
War department ofllrlalff-lmy that the po
sition of thrso Spaniards Svho nro captured
by the United States forfeit vvhun fighting
with the Filipinos will hftvo to be consid
ered by the president befow , uny determina
tion can bo reached. jgl&prescilt General
Otis hns full plenary P7W"In the Philip
pines nnd the War dtijwwjljient does not
seek to Intel fcro with $ jm * management of
the campaign < ln any nil. It Is believed ,
however , until the prestiSlut consldcis the
matter , such prisoners wil | too held ns pris
oners of war.
Little is known hnrn at Prince Loevvcn-
steln , who was killed at'JjMnnlla yesterday.
There Is no record allowing that ho had
authority to go with the r-my ns a repre
sentative of n foreign government or In any
other capacity. Jt was BSRl ho had enlisted
in the regular army , huK there Is nothing
In the War department towiow it. Secretary
Hay of the State department knew Loewen-
Btoln In England , where he was married In
1S07. Ho was of a roving disposition and
went to the Philippines In a spirit of ad
venture.
DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS
Location of ( lie Vitrloun ItcKlinciitN In
the Oiiurntioim Around
Manila.
WASHINGTON , March 27. The adjutant
general's office today prepared the following
statement regarding the disposition of the
troops under the command of General Otis :
North of Paslg niver , Mat-Arthur's Di
vision Wheaton's brigade : Twenty-second
Infantry , two battalions Twenty-third Infan
try , Second Oregon. II. .0. Otis' brigade :
Twentieth Kansas , Flist Montana , four bat
talions Third artillery dismounted as infan
try , Tenth Pennsylvania. Halo's brigade :
First Nebraska , First Colornilo , First Soulh
Dakota , First Wyoming. Hall's brigade-
Third and Fourth Infaufry , two battalions
Seventeenth Infantry , &v > > ; t'pd squadron
Fourth cavalry , two Jl / v . „ iisillong Utah
? fUI3 < > , * * „
South of Paslg Rher. Lawton's Division-
King's brigade : One battalion First Cali
fornia , First South Dakota , wirst Washing
ton. Ovenshlno's brigade : Fourteenth In
fantry , First Idaho , squadron Fourth cavalry ,
one battalion artillery.
At Hello : eighteenth Infantry , First Ten
nessee , one battalion Sixth artillery.
At Negros : Two battalions First Cali
fornia.
At Ccbu : One battalion Twenty-third In
fantry.
Postlon unknown : Two battalions Cali
fornia heavy artillery , First Wyoming , bat
talion Twenty-fifth infantry , Fifty-first
Iowa.
These troops are either within the city of
Manila or at Cavlto.
General Corbin says that the position of
the Thirteenth Minnesota Is not known , but
hns possibly been attached to General's '
Hall's brigade. The fact that It has suffered
severe casualties indicates that It hns been
on the firing lino. Just where It Is located
cannot bo ascertained from the dispatches
thus far received. General Corbla explains
that It is the First North Dakota "which
probably is with King's brigade and that It
Is 0110 battalion of the First Wyoming whose
position is unknown , the other two being
with Halo.
BODIES OF DEAD SOLDIERS
TrniiNiiort Ciook IN Hue at > ew York
Tuiluy 111 Hi Klrxt Iemit of the
IteiuiiiiiK.
NDW YORK , March 27. .Tho transport
Crook , which left Santiago March 23 with
the bodies of/soldiers killed In Cuba , Is duo
at this port tomorrow and the Quartermas
ter's department IB busj ; preparing for Us
reception.
The dead that nro Identified will be given
to the relatives or friends of the deceased.
Thoao who nro not Identified will bo Interred -
terred In Arlington cemetery near Wash
ington ,
The Crook was sent to Porto Rico and
Cuba to bring back the ( bodies of the sol
diers who died dm Ing the campilgn. The
removal was undertaken nt the expense of
the government. There are I.SOO dead to ba
brought hack , and as soon ns the Crook Is
i unloaded It will return to Santiago to bring
back the remainder
I
I The following mrwbers of the Twenty-
second Infantry nro Included In the Crook's
cargo C ill Black , Company II ; W. A.
Klllock , Company O , James W , Hampton ,
Company G ; A , II , Leek , sergeant ; Gustavo
V. Sutler.
Bodies of United States unknown sol
diers number 110.
CUBAN ASSEMBLY SQUELCHED
fioort'tiirv AlKor I'linU l\ ply IlrclliicH
to . U-coril KN -irpNfntiiti | > t > M
ii n Inter * Inn.
( Copyright , 1699 by Press PuTJTlRhlns Co )
HAVANA , March 27 ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) The princi
pal result of Secretary Alger's visit has
been the quelling of the Cuban assembly.
The secretary has absolutely Ignored this
body It endeavored to obtain an Interview
with him this afternoon , but he declined ab
solutely to rcoclvo the members. As the
assembly has held together thq last week
solelj for the purpose of meeting Secretary
Alge r there IB no further reason for the
continuance of the body.
Mr * . Moon * Dl
NEW YORK , March 27 Payne Strahan
Moore was today discharged upon her own
recognizance by Justice Fursman In the su
preme court under the charge of "badger-
Ing" Martin Mahon She waa , how over , held
In 11,000 ball on the charge of stealing bll-
verwaro from the Waldorf-Astoria hotel ,
She said she would furnish thu bond Mahnn.
the complaining witness In the badgering
case , has remained out of tbo city and thu
prrsecutlon has been unable to aucure hla
attendance at the proceedings ,
ADDITIONAL LIST
OF CASUALTIES
AT MAJilLA
WASHINGTON , March 27. Advices re
ceived by the War department show that
the number of casualties In Sunday's nnd
Mondav/s fighting was : Killed , three ofUccrs
ami twenty-five enlisted men ; wounded ,
nine officers and 203 enlisted men.
FIRST NEBRASKA.
Vonnili'il'
. WILMAM J ,
Private , Company I , thigh , severe.
William J. Klnko lives at Dennett , nnrt was
ono of the original members of the com
pany.
FITCH E. HARRY ,
Private Company D , hand , moderate.
Harry Kltcho lives at University Place.
HOI1D1NS. WHI..DON R. .
Private Company A , thigh , moderate.
There Is no Wcldon R. Robblns on the
muster roll of Company A. There Is a
V. U. and a T S. Robblns , however. Iloth
of them live In York , -where the companj
came from.
SMEDLHY , WALLER S ,
Private Company E , thigh , moderate.
Waller L. Smrdley of Company 12 was re
cruited nt Omaha. Ho was n laborer and
his nearest relative Is Delia Ilyine , Lang-
try , Tex.
STORCH , JOSEPH A. .
Joseph A. Storch , reported as first lieuten
ant of Company C , wns second lieutenant
of Company B when the regiment was
mustered In. His home Is at rullerton.
SUMERS , MATE ,
Private , Company M , ncrk severe.
Mate Sinners does not appear on the orig
inal roll of Company M.
WAONER , FRED R. ,
Private Company D , chest , severe.
Frederick R. Wagner was iccrultcd at
Omaha. Ho gave the name of his near
est relative as W. J. Wagner , Firth , Neb.
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TWENTY-"sECOND'iNFANTRY.
- .
.
BYRNE , PATRICK.
Tlrst sergeant Company B , leg , slight.
BUNLAP , WILLIAM J.
Private Company L , hand , severe.
CANE , SPUROEON.
Musician Company K , toe , slight.
OEYER. WILLIAM.
Private Company A , forearm , sllgh't !
HAOCBAUM , WILLIAM.
Artificer , Company F , back.
MILLER , JOHN.
Private Company I , head.
SCANLAN , Henry J.
Private Company A , shoulder , slight.
WALMB , OLE.
Private Company r. shoulder , slight.
FIRST MONTANA.
Woumloil.
Major F , J. Adamn , urs on , thigh , slight.
ViUuioLl ( \ ui < 4 AiOJ-ridKr , Company _ 4.
arm , slight.
SECOND OREGON.
Killed.
PR1VATH L. V. STRAWDCRMAN , Com
pany L.
PRIVATE HAYES B. TAYLOR , Com
pany L.
Wo muled.
Private Leo B. Grace , Company A , neck ,
moderate.
Private Daniel C. Bowman , Company D ,
hand , severe.
I Private Richard E. Prlckdale , Company F ,
leg , moderate.
Private Charles E. Cochard , Company G ,
sprained ankle.
Corporal Frank E. Edwards , Company M ,
thigh , severe.
| Private William D. Collins , Company G ,
shoulder , severe.
Musician Elmer E. Barnes , elbow , slight.
Private Ralph Hodgcns , Company H ,
elbow , moderate.
Private William R. Stoffer , Company I ,
chest , severe.
Sergeant Charles T. Wallace , Company K ,
neck , alight.
TWENTIETH KANSAS.
KIlllMl.
SERGEANT JIORRIS J. COHEN , Com
pany B.
PRIVATE H. FAIRCHILD , Company II.
\VoiinilciI.
Private John C. Muhr , Company B , lung ,
fatal.
Artificer James E. Heated , Company D ,
neck , moderate.
Private Samuel F. Barton , Company B , log ,
moderate.
THIRTEENTH MINNESOTA.
AVouiiclcil.
Private Jack Hamilton , Company E , thigh ,
and knee , slight.
Private Robert Geib , Company F , thigh ,
moderate.
FIRST WASHINGTON.
Won 11 il 'd ,
Prlvato Robert E. Morln , Company G ,
bund , ollgbt.
THIRD U. S. ARTILLERY.
Won ml ( * d.
Prlvato Robert Norfeldt , Battery K , . leg ,
severe.
Prlvato Patrick O'Brien , Battery K , fore
arm , severe.
Private Mason Callaway , Battery L , eldo
severe.
FIRST SOUTH DAKOTA.
Woimilpil.
Private George Benson , Company 0 , leg ,
slight.
Prlvato Byron Hastings , Company F ,
knee.
Sergeant Hiram A , Pratt , Company F ,
thigh , slight.
Prlvato Fred Barber , Company I , cheat ,
severe.
Artificer Arne Hughes , Company C , thigh ,
moderate ,
Prlvato M > era Allison , Company L , hands
and arms , moderate.
Private Fred Lorencon , Company L , chest ,
severe.
UTAH LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Wonndfil ,
Private Parker Hall , Battery B , thigh ,
severely ,
FIRST IDAHO.
AVoillKlci ] ,
Private Claude Hill , Company A , chest ,
bovere.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for N brn ku
Fnlr , Wnrmer , Variable Winds
nt Oiiiiilin jrxtcnlnj t
Den.
liitIt
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ItIt
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nil
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SIXTH ARTILLERY.
Wotinilcil.
Private Uroderlck J Kellv , llattcry I ) ,
shoulder , alight
TWENTIETH INFANTRY ,
WoilltlltMl ,
Private Ira Wright , foot , severe.
HUSHING VOLUNTEERS HOME
\Vnr nriinrtnii-iil lloprn to HUM'Iliini
All Out of L'ulm tiy
WASHINGTON , March 27 ( Special Tele-
grhm. ) Under the plans of the \V.ir depart
ment practically all the volunteer tioops
will bo withdrawn from Cuba b > the Hint of
Ma ) * , which nro us follows , with stations'
Second United States volunteer engineers
nt Havana , Third at Clentuegtia , Miuanzas
nnd Plnar del Rio ; Second , Fifth nnd Ninth
United States volunteer infaillrj nt Santiago ,
Fourth at Mnnznnllln : Second , Fourth and
Ninth Illinois volunteer Infantry , One Hun
dred and Sixty-first Indiana , Foity-nlnth
Iowa , Second Louisiana , Sixth Missouri ,
Third Nebraska. First North Carolina , Sor-
oml South Carolina , First Texas nnd Fourth
Virginia , all at Havana , Third Kentucky and
Eighth Massachusetts at Matnnzas , Thlity-
flrst ( Michigan , Sixth Ohio and Fourth Ten
nessee at Clonfuegos.
In addition to the above it Is proposed to
bring homo as soon as possible eight com
panies of the volunteer signal corps sta
tioned nt various points on the Island. .All
i volunteer organisations will be mustered out
soon after their arrival In the Unll'vd
StatcH. Vigorous cflorts are bulng made to
bring homo as many of the troops ad possible
before April 5 , which marks the beginning
of the usual summer quarantine established
by the marine hospital service and the local
health nuthoiltles In all thu principal south
ern cities against West Indian , Cential
American nnd South American ports. The
discharge ot this large force , aggiegatlng
about 23,000 men , if ) In anticipation of the
Issuance of the proclamation of peace.
C P. Matthewson , agent of the Omahns
and Winnc'bagoes ' , who h s been In the city
for n fortnight , leave's for his Nebraska
home tomorrow. In nn Interview the agent |
sild the now school for the Wlnnubngo
agency would be constructed early In the1
fall , hut that the school for 'the ' Omaha |
agency would not bo commenced ou ac
count of lack of funds. He stated that lie
had recommended a now system of water
works for the agency , but doubted whether ! >
the same would bo recommended this ycai |
'
by the Indian ofPce. He also recommended
? 1.000 frr repairs on the agency buildings
which are preall.v In need of the same , nrd
liojKd fur favoiibisiiiilllerr.i'oi / llpiili
the question of fUlotuients hesaid - I I
"Tho Indians want the residue of unal I
lotted lands allotted to their children and In
this they are supported by Inspector Tinker , | 1
whoso report hns Just been received by j
Commissioner Jones. There Is some dif '
ficulty in the way of this proposition , some
of the lauds having been patented. My
impression Is that this question will have
to go to the couits for settlement , n test i
case being necessary to clear up the clouds j
hanging about this much discussed ques
tion. "
E. W. Woodruff of Button , Clay county ,
Nebraska , waa before examlneis of the
Treasury department toda > , looking to tak
ing a place under the auditor for the Treas
ury department , W E Andrews Three
additional clerkships were provided under
the sundry civil bill to help out the auditor's
ofllco In catching up on unsettled accounts ,
there being a larger number of accounts un-
dcr the war loan of 1818 than under nil
I other existing loans. At the end of the
j last nasal year , Juno SO , IS'lS , there wore
I twcntj-filx unsettled accounts , on March 1 , j ,
I 1899 , there were 280 unsettled accounts , ag- I j
gregatlng $20,000,000 , and to bring these up
three additional clerks were deemed cfteeu- ,
tlal , which Mill bo prclbafoly given to Ne
braska , Illinois and Indiana.
The United States National bank of
Omuha was today approved as reserve agent
for the First National bank of Button , Neb ;
the Corn Exchange National bank of Chicago
cage for the Omaha National bank , the
Third National bank of St. .Louis for the
Merchants' Nntlcnnl 'bank ' of Burlington , la.
An order was Usued today making the
po-stofllco at Arlington , S. D , , an Interna
tional money order olllce , to take effect
May 7.
An order was Issued today icmovlng the
postofllco nt iMIIlbank , S. D , to a building
owned by the postmaster at a rental of
ISO a year.
TO coio\ci ,
t'oloni-l ilolin W. 1'ri-iK'li
IN to Ilo I'ronioti'il ,
WASHINGTON. March 27 The vacancy
In the colonelcy of the Twenty-second regi
ment , caused by Colonel Egbert's death , will
bo filled by the promotion of Lieutenant
Colonel John W. French of the Twentj-
thlrd , who Is now with his regiment In the
Philippines.
Colonel French It n native of the District
of Columbia nnd entered the army at the
outbreak of the civil war as a private In the
Seventh New York volunteers. In Oclobei ,
| 1S01 , he waa appointed seeond lieutenant of
j the Eighth regular Infantry and hns nerved
i with the regular army since that duto , rcach-
1 Ing the grade of lieutenant cojrncl of the
Twenty-third Infantry In July , 1898.
i'noMOTio > KOII i'iuTI : i : < ; niiiT.
Son of tin * CiillniH Colour ] I'roiiinlcil
to' Si'i'oml Ilrii ( < * iiiiii ( * > .
WASHINGTON , March 27 Yesterday General -
oral Otis cabled the adjutant general tlmt
Iho eon of Cnlonel Egbert wns n private In
, his father's regiment , that ho had a fine rep
utation , bill ) us a gentleman and u Holdltr
Today the adjutant general cabled the presi
dent's order that young Egbert was apP -
P 'luted ' , subject to the usual examination ,
bocond lieutenant In his father's rcglnie'nt.
of 'l'riiiiNiortH | ,
SAN FRANCISCO , March 27 The namci
of tbo United States transports Scandla and
Arizona have been changed. The former IB
now the Warren , and the latter thn Han
cook.
OiiliTfil to Manila ,
WASHINGTON. March 27 Major JoJin L
Tlornon , I'irat artillery , has been BBHlxnei *
to command the battalion of light artlllni )
under orders for Manila.
rntul ( tiiuiri * ! of IIiiMlncHM Men.
MEMPHIS Tenu . March 27 At the Clar-
endcn hotel today Walter Furrabee Hhot wnd
seriously weunded William S Arburklu Bn > h
men are prominent In business circles The
j cause of the shooting IB not explained.
General Otis Keeps Up His Energetic Hunt
for Fleeing Filipinos.
IS PRESSING FORWARD TOWARD MALOLOS
Proposes to Oloso Up tlin Campaign as
Soon as Fo&iblo ,
BATTLE CONTINUES ALL DAY ON MONDAY
Insurgents Destroy Bridges nml Impede tbo
Progress of Artillery ,
AMERICAN CASUALTIES ARE ABOUT FORTY
I.rnvc About Our lltmilrvil
of Tlu-lr Dciul On tinriflcl
ARiilniililo Co i n in u n tin 111 *
I'lirom In I
WASHINGTON. March 27. A cable dis
patch 1ms been received from Ocncral Otl (
saying that the b.ittlu continued all day o
March 27 , with the loss of about forty CD
the American side. Ho fiayn that the troopa
will press forward In the morning. AgulnnMa
commanded the Insurgents In person. H is
supposed that the dispatch waa ecnt ou tha
evening of Monday , March 27.
The following Is the dispatch received
from General Otis rcforreul to In < he previous
bullelln H reached Washington at 8.65
Monday morning :
MANILA , March 27. Adjutant Ocncral ,
Wubhlngton MacAithur holds Mnllloa ;
severe fightliiK today riml our casualties
about forty.Tho liibuiaairtK have destroyed
bridges , which impeded piogrcss of ttaln
and artlllei > Our tioops met the concen
trated Ineungcnt forces on noithcrn line ,
commanded by Agulnnldo In person , nnd
drove them with eonsldcrablc slaughtur.
They left nearly 100 dead on the field nnd
many prisoners and siiTall arms were cap
tured The column will piess on In the
morning. OTIS.
MANILA , .March 27 3 23 p. m. General
Mae-Arthur's division tpcnt the night nnd
moinlng nt iMaykawiivan , the- next station
ba > and Polo. After reconnotlcrlng his front
ho pushed along the railroad this afternoon
toward Malolos If the statement of the
thirty-five prisoners captured today Is truu
the main body of the eneui.y has retreated
to Malolos. Thcio are no moro trenches to
encounter , although over thirty villages , in
cluding the larger settlements ot Bularan.
and Gudgulnto , Intelvene.
Call to ArniN.
At every railroad station circulars have
been posted , signed by the Filipino com-
mnnder-In-chlof , Antonio Luna , ordering all
spies nnd bearers of news to the enemy to
bo shot without trial and Instructing that
all lowers and rrwlshern , bo treated In tha
W f *
IJIIP manner. 1 J rther , Jill towns ufoatuiuiifl
by the Filipino t ) o ; > 3 nio llr t to be burned ,
Whllo deploring the existence of vv'nr , the
circular maintains thu undeniable right of
I the Filipinos to defend their homes , lives
and lands against "would-be domlnators who
would kill them , their wives and children , "
adding that this motive ought to Impel all
Filipinos to faacriflco everything.
The shelling of Paranaquo was not pre
meditated. The turret ship Monudnoek
anchored off the town nnd the Insurgents ,
emboldened by the long silence of the war
ships on guard duty , opened fire on It with
muskets , with the result that one man was
killed and three were wounded. The Monad-
nock then destroyed half the town , Including
the church.
The Washington regiment had an exciting
experience and displayed much gallantry ,
The soldiers found a band of Insurgents con
cealed In a stone lioiihu over which Ihe
French flng was ( lying. A pilvato volun-
leered to eci 11 ro to the building. Ho did
so and the troops approached while It was
burning and the Filipinos had apparently
fled. But they were greeted with a sudden
volley from the balcony of the house , resultIng -
Ing In the building being cleared of the
enemy In short order.
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN ALTERED
Strul < * Kl < ! SI n < Aliimclonoil mid the
Illicitly IN Driven Toward
MitloloN ,
WASHINGTON , Mareh 27. MaJor Simp
son , chief of the military information
bureau , was again < busy today assembling
the latest Information from the oceno of
battle , nnd HO arranging It on the military
map as to show thn progress of the en
gagement. It disclosed a complete cbanga
In the movement since Saturday. Then the
essential feature of General Otis' plan wia :
to enclose the Ineurgcntti between two par
allel lines of the American forces and thus
entrap them to bo allot or captured. Now
thla strategic move lias given way to a
combined forward movement of the ontlre
American forces under Major General Mao-
Arthur. The ehango of operations w.as due
to the escape of the Insurgent fore-es from
Malahon , where the orlglml purpose waste
to take them "In raverte " MaoArthtir has
under his command the bilgadoa of Wheaton ,
Hale and Harrison Gray Otis Tboy are
> \c.plng straight forward along the railway
toward Maloloa. There Is no strategy or
surprUe In the movement unless something
unexpected develops It is simply a slow
and dugKi'd retreat of the Insurgents toward
Malolus , and the straight advance of the
wall ( if American troops toward the retreat
ing insurgents
f IIIIIIKI * III thn HOIMIC.
The great changes wrought since Satur
day are shown on the military map with Ita
new arrangement of forces , In two da > H the
Insurgents' base , which wue at Malab-m ,
about five miles north of Manila , has fallen
back to Malolos , about twenty miles north
of Manila At the name tlmo the American
lines have moved forward from Calcoocun ,
about four miles from Manila , until General -
oral Otis reports today that MacArthur holds
Marlalao , twelve miles north of Manila.
Thus the Insurgent rotre-at covers.about
fifteen miles und the American advance
covers ut/out / eight miles , This advance ,
however , has been circuitous , first lutwanl
toward Novallches and then westward to
Marllou
Thu ontlre movement Is now procec-dlnK
along the linen of the railroad , which U pra-
< iimtd to be n lovcl Btrotch all the way be-
tvfun tie two opposing force-a. There are
10 IMS than ten sinhll streams crrtslng the
' allroacl between thu two forces. These uro
ho nr.'iima to which Genetul Otis rofora in
reporting that thu InaurKvuiH have destroyed
, which impede the prog rota of our