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ON MAIULAO PLAINS
'V ' General MaoArthur's Army Pauses After
Three Days' Bavero Work.
THRO' BRUSH , RIVERS AND REBfl-fiRENCHES
Advance to Ba Mndo at
Morning on Bocavo.
DAKOTA REGIMENT SUFFERS tIEAVIl
Aguinaldo Heportsd Willing : to Surrender if
Wo Can Take the Capital ,
TROOPS ARE MOVING STEADILY FORWARD
In < c Ilcport SUJB Amnrlcnnw Hatr
TiiUcu Ilocunnd Ociiernl
Mat-Arthur IN Within
Mllcr * or
IV YORK , iMarch 29. 'A dispatch to the
Journal , dated Manila , Wednesday , says :
Bocavo has 'been ' taken by our troop * ) . The
railroad bridge Is uninjured. General Mac-
lArthur Is now wltihln eight miles of Malolos
NEW YORK , March 20. ( A dispatch to the
.Herald from Manila says the Insurgent
"capital has been moved from Malolos to San
1'cnmndu.
The Insurgents burned Bulacan Tuesday
afternoon.
The monitor Monadnock shelled LOB Plnas
' ! south of 'Manila ' Tuesday noon.
MANILA , -March 28. 3 p. m. General
MiKiArthur and his army are resting on the
jilaln iboyond iMnrllao , after three days'
scrambling in the brush , fording rivers and
blazing sun. The
charging trenches In the
f men are tired , but nro In splendid spirits
The engineers are repairing bridges , the
robola having fulled to destroy the Ironwork ,
nnd the railroad Is kept busy hurrying sup
plies to the front. The country to Malolos Is
level , -with oocnulonal streams and patches
of wood , but there are no moro Jungles.
The American troops will advance at elay-
llght , tnklns four dajn' rations "with them
and having 200 rounels of ammunition In
their bolts. They expect to take Bocavo ou
the railroad to the cist erf Bulacan tomor
row. It IB a difficult position , protected by
streams. The American line IB about 1,200
yards from that of the rebels. Desultory
ehota were exchanged today
Unltotii Hewltiiunt SnlTer .
The American reports show that twenty
men wore killed nnd elxty-ono wounded on
our side yesterday. The Dakota regiment
loot ton men killed and had thirty-seven
'iwounded. .
According to prisoners tn the hands of
the Americans Agulnaldo's generals Garcia ,
Tofreo nnd Pacbeco < wcro with the Filipino
army yesterday and droyo their followers
Into the llrst aggressive demonstration. The
jrobels attempted to charge across the plain
cast ot the railroad , but the Americans
I'S \ ' -Sc4T\.t \ > -&tt them -ami the FJllplnon-
'ijolted , after a ? ew shots , leaving several
anon killed on the field.
o The rillplno prisoners further declare
that the rebels have lost all taste for light
ing ana that thcli officers have to keep
them in line by beating them with swords.
Ono of the most brilliant and costly
achievements of the campaign was the
chat go ot Major Howard's battalion
acrcssi the rtvor Advancing at the
double quick they found the river beneath
them and splashed across with a yell , swim
ming and wading with bullets spattering In
the water and rushed ou the rebel trenchcs ,
Ten men were killed and eleven wounded
In the charge.
Urn * pry of Onr lien ,
At the capture of Maillao there wore sev
eral Incidents showing the bravery ot our
troops. Some Filipinos were entrenched on
nn Island In a bend of the river.
The Americans approached In a triangular
formation with the Third artillery In the
apex and the Kansas and Pennsylvania reg
iments forming the sides. Colonel Funston
called for volunteers to swim the river. Two
men crossed under lire nnd secured materials
with vvhleh n crossing was eventually ef
fected.
Major Bull of General MacArthui's staff
vvlth Company I of the Pennsylvania regi
ment and Lloutenaut Abernathy and ton
men engaged In similar exploits.
After the Filipinos had raised the -white
flag many of them attempted to run und
Eovoralwere shot for so doing.
In the church ) ard of Marllao the Ameri
cans found thirty newly-made graves of
rillplnos and a dozen bodies were seen
drifting down the river with gruesome
wounds. The prisoners are digging tholr
ioimcr comrades' graves.
Many huts nro smoking ruins , having been
Imrnod by their Inhabitants. The Ameri
cans are not burning any buildings.
Our troops captured four Spaniards who
ivvcre lighting with the Insurgents ) ,
General Mae-Arthur wns under a heavy
Pro yesterday.
The prisoners aay Agulnuldo hna declared
that It tha Americans can take the Filipino
capital ho will surrender.
( The American army Is now about six
milt's from the Filipino capital , Mnlolos.
Dulncan , which lies on tbo way , is a place
Df 2,000 people , almost a part of the suburbs
of Malolos. Bulacnn ls situated on n shal
low estuary of Manila bay and on the line
of railroad leading from Manila to Malolos ,
the capital of the Insurgents , U Is about
t Iho miles from Mnlolos and half way be
tween that city and Marllao , the town cap
tured by the South Dakota regiment Mon
day night , after A hot skirmish. )
AS IT LOOKS ON THE WAR MAP
Army U Ailv niii-i-il KUe
Mllrx on I Inllnnil to .Muliilori
Nuturnl Oliliiulf In Wn > .
WASHINGTON , March 28 The Insurgent
capital of iMnlolos Ii now the point of atten
tion tn which all oftj In ofllclal quarters are
directed.
Major Simpson , assistant adjutant general ,
chief of tbo military Information bureau , to-
diy advanced -the American front five miles
on ( ho map , baaed on the latest advices
froai General Otis * . These were rather
tucagor slnco yesterday and the dispatches
today related to yesterday's fighting with
out stating whether the action had been
rcoumpd thin morning , It was sufficient ,
however , to show that MaaArthrtr's division
V\I\H now lieond Murllao and well on Its
way lo Muloloo.
This disposition of the forces , as s'lown by
tlio latent dihatclu-s. | places the brigade of
General llairlson G. Otis , advancing , on the
loft of the rallioad and the brigade of Gen
eral Halo on the right , Wren'on's brigade
I * further back , maintaining his communica
tion with the udvanco forces ) . Ahead of the
American force. ) .tho . moat torlous natural
ia the Dulacau river , which IB , In
reality , an nrm of .Manila bay , about a mile
wide ami very deep nnd reaching straight
across the path ot the advancing American
forcte. Hut to offset thl * General Otis' dls
patch of thin morning conveys thu cheering
Information that our small gunboat arc In
the Hulacnn river , where great execution
wni done yesterday , and where they will relieve
lievo the pretHtiro on MacArthur'a front.
This. In the judgment of military authori
ties , Is a strategic move of great advantage- ,
as the tltilncaii river and the big city of
Dulacan may bo the key to opening cosy
cent to the Insurgent capital Ijlng just
end
Is a cltj of Importance , second
and Is the rapllal of the
I Is much lirger nnd stronger
fnsurgent capital , Malolos , and
nnd deep river Is a sort of
to the capital
Only two small towns , or pueblos , Bocave
anil Taal , lie between our troops nnd the
river. There Is no doubt the bridge over
the Dulncan Is destroyed and this Is prob
ably the bridge to which General Otis refers
It Is felt thnt some delay may ba occasioned
In overcoming so Important a natural ob
stacle as this deep , wide river. Once across
It , the city of Bulnran lli-a to the loft.
The railroad skirts around and our forces
may leave It and pres < s forward to the In
surgent capital , or may see fit to reduce this
Important city. Beyond Bulacan the road
to Mnlolos Is practically clear It permits
cither n straight march due west or else a
circuitous move along good ro ds , northward
to St. Isabel , then striking Mnlolos In the
rear. Hut the belief here Is that General
MncArthur will press straight ahead along
'the railway , preferring n direct Issue with
the Insurgent forces rather than another
strategic move to entiap them.
General Otis' report that the supply trains
ire up to Marlluo Is a source ot special
satisfaction among officials , as It shows that
the stores are well up with the fighting line.
Another reassuring feature of General Otis'
report Is that the troops are In "excellent
condition and spirits. " After a three da > s'
ght such high spirits In the troops counter
or qulto as much as adequate materials and
stores.
The silence of the reports as to the move
ments today caused no apprehension. H Is
lonBtrucd to mean that the operations of
estorday were proceeding- today without
natcrlal change. Major Simpson was In-
illncd to believe that after the three days'
iteady fighting there would bo a lull while
iur forces rested. Dut as rest benefits both
Ides , giving the enemy an opportunity to
cpalr and fortify , the more general Imprcs-
lon Is that MacArthur's advance wlll _ not
10 delaicd many hours.
General Greely received a dispatch from
Manila this morning and the fact that It
illd not mention any change In the military
Ituatlon was acee'pted as showing tbat no
material change had occurred.
About the War and Xavy departments
affairs proceeded quietly today , with no evi
dence of agitation or alarm. Word was re-
iclved that the Third Infantry had been sent
'orvvard to relieve the Twenty-third In
lale'e brigade The latter regiment has been
lighting almost continuously since the
rouble In the Philippines began. It fought
gainst the Spaniards and moro recently has
been in the front of most of the engage
ments. The regiment having been on pro-
, -ost duty is especially familiar with the
Ity of Manila , where It will resume duty.
LULL'IN THE DAY'S REPORTS
roluthmtlcM Arr that TuciitFetur
Hours Will Ill-till ; KorcrH to MII-
loliiH If All COI-N Well T < xlu > .
WASHINGTON , March 28. There was n
nil today In the reports from the scene of
action north of Manila , -which for a tlmo was
rather mystifying to the War department
authorities. Only ono dispatch from Gcn-
eial Otla was received during the day"elc.it-
ing vvlth the situation at the front and this '
related to yesterday afternoon. It was not
until the Associated Press dispatch came ]
late In the day , telling that the American |
forces were resting beyond .Marllao that
General Otis' silence was explained.
After the arduous work of n three-days'
fight under a florco tropical sun , through
rice swamps and jungles , It was expected by
the authorities hero that MaoArthur would
conserve bis men by n halt long enough to {
rest and take supplies before the final blow
at the insurgent capital. The supply trains
nro well up with the troops , BO that this
permits full supplies of ammunition and fool
to bo distributed.
The American advance line Is now beyond
Mnrllno nnd almost up to the largo town of
Bulacan At the rate of progress made In
the last two days the next twenty-four
hours should In Ing tbo American force well
up to the Insurgent capital , If , Indeed , the
assault upon that place Is not begun by that
time.
The ofilclals nro disposed to allow moro
time , however , considering the natural ob
stacles of unfordable rivers and burned
bridges , together with the successive lines
of rebel Intrenchmcnts. And , moreover , as
at Santiago , It Is now doubted that the In
trenchmcnts will become more formidable as
the elty Itself Is approached , Leading War
department olllelals today referred to the
ilcspcratlon with which the Insurgents were
fighting. It was taken as an Indication that
they bad staked everything on tbo nutcomo
of this fight and losing It that they "would
submit rather than prolong a hopeless
struggle. In this view , the fierceness of the
rebel lighting was taken as an evidence that
"once whipped they will stay whipped "
The Navy department received nothing
from Admiral Dewey during the day and up
to the close of office hours nothing official
had been received regarding the achievement
of thu Yorktown In capturing u Spanish
merchantman In the gulf of Llngayen. While
the dispatch Is silent ns to tha cause for thu
capture , It Is surmised that It wiis duo to the
vessel carrying a contraband of war. This
Is appaiontly barno out by the fact that the
gulf leads to the terminus of the raljvvay ,
which in turn leads to the Insurgent'cupl-
tal of Malolos. It is further berne out by
the fact of the capture Itself , which would
hardly be attempted against n neutral mer
chant ship unless for serloutj reasons ,
Spain Is now practically In the position of
u neutral , so that Its merchant ships have
Immunity from capture unless there Is good
foundation for belief that aid and comfort
are being given to the enemy. The" last
Information fioui Dnwey aa to the YorKtowu
canio jesterduy , when ho stated that the
gunboat was crultlng off Luzon.
SOUTH DAKOTA BOYS WHO FELL
Ci-iii-i-nl r.rlcf I'clt Tliroiitrlinut tin-
Mult * for .Many of Solillcrx
Wore Wll ICniMt .
ST. 1 > AUL , March 28. Lieutenant Jonas
Lien , adjutant of the First South Dakota
volunteers , who was killed jcatcrday In the
Philippines , was a brother of B , H. Lien
ma ) or of Sioux FalU , a native of Brooklngs
S. I ) . , nnd was 24 tears of ago. He served
two ) curb ago as chief clerk of tbo South
Dakota house nnd afterward completed his
education at Lincoln , Neb. When the call
for volunteers was issued he was one of
the first to respond , Ho was recently com-
( Continued ou Fourth Page. )
BOOMLErFOR RICHARD OLNEV
Ex-Seoretary of State Proposed for
Democratic Candidate for President ,
IMPERIALIST , BUT AGAINST ANNEXATION
Itiiiuor Hitinnnlc-i from IloMon Unit
.Mmo In Vtiller XV'nj to Put Him
I p nn ATiillulil-1 mill
Choice Sclcolliin.
MILWAUKHK , March 28. The Journal to
day bays that a movement to
make ex-Secretary of Slate lllchnrd Olney
the democratic candidate for president next
year Is revealed In a letter from Boston
to the Journal General Olney's campaign Is
based on the theory that ho Is In favor of
Imperialism , w tille opposed to annexation.
The writer of the letter referred to la
very prominent In democratic politics and
ho says the movement In Mr. Olnej's favor
Is well under way. It Is urged In Mr.
Olney's behalf that Tie , though u gold demo
crat In 1896 , did not make himself ob
noxious to the free silver element and that
en the expansion question he would be an
available candidate , being opposed to the
annexation of distant Islands to the tcrrt-
toiy of the United States. Mr. Olnej's views
on the acquisition of foreign territory are
very pronounced. Ho believes In the United
States striving with other nations of the
world for commercial greatness , but not for
political extension.
L'lVIJ TIIOUbAM ) KOll OMJ VOTI3.
.Moro llrlliirjllvlclriice ViivnrlliiMl In
Iliiliui } liitcntlKiitloti.
HAU1USBURG , Pa. , JInrcli 28. The legis
lative committee Investigating the charges
of alleged bribery In connection -with 'the
consideration by the house of the McCarrell
jury bill and the balloting for United States
senator held sessions thin afternoon and
evening and some Interesting testimony was
presented.
Several of the mcm'bere ' admitted that of
fers had been tendered them for their votes
Representative Kendall of Somerset testi
fied tint a resident of Bedford county , not a
member of the legislature , had told him thnt
If ho could ece his may clear to vote for Quay
for United States senator ho would receive
$3,000. iHo declined to name the man.
Hepresentntlvo Laubach of Philadelphia
testified that a man named Frank Jones of
Philadelphia told him that If he would vote
for Quay ho ( L-urbach ) could have the chief
clerkship of itho mint or the custom house.
Representative Brown of Union ewore that
a man had offered him $200 to remain away
on the day of the first Joint itnllot for United
States senator. When ho refused the offer
vvus raised to $300 , and ho was told that It
he would go Into tlie convention and- vote lor
Quay the price would "bo altogether dif
ferent. " All the offers -were refused , air.
Brown declined to glvo the name of the man
to the committee.
The committee Insisted and finally Brown
said that fihe person who made him the offer
was ex-Congressman .Monroe . H. Kulp of
Shamoklu.
POPULISTS WILL AVOID ALLIANCE.
.Mi tin n it I mid State Cmii-
liiilprn tit limiiKurnttMl In Snntli.
NAHV1LLTJ , " > in0 March-2S. -.pcoi !
to the American from Birmingham , Ala. ,
says :
Dr. G. B. Crouve , state chairman ot the
populist party , states that the national and
state populist campaign of I89'J will soon be
Inaugurated. Various state conventions will
bo held this spring and the platform of
the Cincinnati convention Indorsed , as will
also bo the national nominees , Wharton
Baker and Ignatius Donnelly. Milton Park ,
national chairman , has appointed Frank
Burkett of ( Mississippi organizer for Ala-
'bama ' , Mississippi and General Phillips of
Georgia organizer for Georgia , Floilda and
South Carolina. The organizers will map
out the state campaign plans without de
lay. Dr. Crowo says the populists will
steer In the middle of the road , forming no
entangling alliances.
Congressional fights will be made In all
the gulf states and several winnings In each
case are predicted.
\LAIIVMV nntificuAT * * ! TO tinn-r.
Ilffii t > ii I'roir T or I'oimllNtn to Ho
Allotted Nuiiilirr of DclcKiitcH.
MONTGOMERY , Ala March 2S The
lemocrats of Alabama hold their atate con
vention hero tomorrow to nominate dele
gates from the state at large to the consti
tutional convention next August and put
forth the party's platform on this Important
lane
The democratic Mate executive committee ,
In session tonight , rejected the proposition
of the populists , which was that If the pop-
ullstH wore given Uio same number of dele
gates In the convention that they now have
senators In the state legislature ( seven ) they
would not mnko a flglit against the constitu
tional convention. The committee also re
fused to submit the question to the state
convention tomorrow There scarcely le-
mnlns a doubt that the convention will do-
dnni for a submission of the constitution to
bo adopted to the people for ratification.
WORK OFLYNUHERSIN'KANSAS
llnnil of rnrnii-rH Ilimir llriiry Sander-
Him from IllKli IlrlilKt > for ICIII-
IIIK John FIu
HOLTON , Kan. , March 28. Henry San
derson , who murdered John Flolsher at May-
etla , a small town ten miles south of here ,
on Sunday , was lynched by a mob of fifteen
men on the outskirts of this town this mornIng -
Ing Sanderson attempted to shoot his
sweetheart , Myrtle Klelshcr , for refusing to
receive his attentions Mlbs Flelsher es
caped unhurt , but the first shot from the
Wlnehestcr struck her father , John FloUher.
who died lust night ,
Sanderson was brought to Holton Sunday
night and placed In a room In J Hoor'n
restaurant , Instead of being taken to Jail , ns
ho was suffering from an accidental gunshot
wound Indicted by himself. .Sheriff Haas
placed no suard over him , except an un
armed attendant to look after his wound.
At 2 o'clock this morning men In farm
wagons , accompanied by a few horsemen ,
drove into town from the south , aroused the
'proprietor ' of the restaurant and covered him
with revolvers. Others ivcnt to tbo rear
room , where the prisoner was confined , and
kicked open the door.
The prisoner , stupid from the effects of
morphine given him , sat up In bod. His only
words were"Where can you hide me"
The lynchers bundled Sanderson up In bed
clothes and placed him In a farm wagon
After leaving a guard over the restaurant
keeper nnd attendant tbo procession drove
out to the edge of the city to a high bridge
which crosses Banner cre-ek , Here they
bound Sanderson hand and foot , tied a stout
rcpo about his neck and pushed him off the
bridge , His neck was broken by the fall
The little band of farmers then proceeded
homo as quietly as they had come.
Thu lynchera were not masked and made
no efforts to conceal their Identity.
The sheriff and deputies cut down the body
at 5 o'clock this morning. No sympathy 10
; expressed for Sanderson.
HAIL STONES BIG AS EGGS
.Southern I'lilnln Del n llrnxli from 11
t'roni-llreil Octoin : mill
"Nortln-f. "
LEXINGTON , March 2S. A destmctlvo
wind and rain storm parsed over this counts-
today. Hall the Mzo of bird's egga did con
siderable damage At Crawford n number
of barns , trees and fences nere blown down ,
stores were unroofed and the steeples on
two churches were blo-wn off.
Ol'HLIKA , Ala. . March 28. A tcrrlllc
storm passed over this city today. The roof
was blown off the Mineral Well hotel and
In the eastern part of the city n two-room
house was demolished and Hugh Gurley was
Instantly killed. Many trees were blown
down nnd much damngo done.
SULMA , Aln , March 28. A cyclone did
considerable- damage today In the little town
of Hldorvllle , twenty-two miles north of
this plivce. The sawmill ot the 12 13 Jack
son Lumber company and the company's
store were badly wrecked and a number of
dwelling houses demolished. A large frtuno
dwelling was cairled moro than 100 yards i
and overturned nnd parts of several houses
were blown completely away. Ex-Governor
Jackson of Maryland , who Is president of
the lumber company , was visiting the mills
and with several others was In the olllco
during the storm. The odlce was wrecked ,
but nil miraculously escaped Injurv. The I
cyclone was about one-eighth of n inllo wldol
and moved In n southeasterly direction I
WACO , Tex. March 28. Immense damage' '
has been done In this section by the Irct-ro
of last night und today. Coin , which was
In most places from one to two Inches high ,
was killed and will have 1o be replanted , i
while the great cotton crop Is practically do-
strojed. The loss falls heavily upon a Inrgo
portion of the farmers , who had to buy seed
In the first case. The temperature this
morning was 30 degrees ? , the lowest ever
known hero this late In the spring.
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN SOUTH
iiir Cold WoiUIior lee * Orrnt
UnmnKf to OrelmrdN mill
ST LOUIS , IMarch ' . ' 8. Slnco jretorday
morning five Inelies of snow has fallen
In this vicinity and throughout sectlonH of
Missouri and southern. Illinois and Is still
coming down here. The weather Is cx-
tionielv cold for this teason of the year
and the fall of anaw the greatest In years
for the latter part of March. It Is feared
that garden tiuck will bo almost a total
loss and that small fruits , vvlth the excep
tion of strawberries , which are In excellent
condition , will bo damaged considerably.
Boports sfrom Oklahoma eay that apricot ,
pear , plum nnd some peach and cherry trees
were In full bloom and that practically all
the fruit In the territory Is Killed , entailing
n heavy less.
KANSAS CITY , March 28. A snow storm ,
In many places the most severe of the jear ,
was general throughout the southwest last I
night , and at some points fully six Inches of I
snow covers the ground. At Webb City ,
Mo. , four store fronts collapsed from the
heavy weight of snow covering the awnings.
At Plttsburg , Kan , street cars wore stopped
and at Independence drifts were piled high.
In Oklahoma the storm -issumod the pro
portions of a blizzard , sleet niid snow fall-
Ing. U Is believed that I'v > 'noV will benefit
' whs.t If h'in A * * > ' the '
BrQi'lPIl ( { ! ; I's. tvir' < \
torles It Is ffarcd fruit haZ suffered.
FIVE BODIES IN THE RUINS
TliriMPornoiiN Arc Still MNHIIK | | nit
Hi-Mult of tin * riilriiKO rirc In
jured IImi May Ulr.
CHICAGO , March 28. Five bodies -were
recovered this afternoon from the ruins of
the Armour Curled Hair and Felt works
1 which "burned " last night Four of the bodies
, recovered were Identified ,
i The recovered bodies are :
I WILLLVM rUCKSnCKHU , aged 40.
JOHN B GOIIGU , 60 years , unmarried.
JAMlflS FLA'NiAGAN ' , 21 years of age ,
lived vvlth his mother and sister ,
JOHN S1IITJI , 18.
Unidentified man , burned beyond recogni
tion , thought to bo remains of Daniel
Sheehan.
The missing are :
Miss Hlla Hcmmllwright , forewoman of
picking room.
William Olllson , wor-kman.
John White , elevator man.
The three men , J. Steele , James Kudn ,
nnd Paul Hosemler , who were the most seri
ously Injured , are doing well , Steele , who
lumped from a fourth-story window Into the
llremen's net , IB the only ono who Is In a
critical condition. Tonight at 0 o'clock he .
regained consciousness nnd had an even I
chance to pull through. The other Injured
will reeover speedily.
FIGHTING THEIR BATTLES O'ER
Cri-vtN of AiiK-rU-uii CriilNlntc l-'li-ct nt
KliiKHtoii lllot Over Ill < - Olet IllN-
IMlti * AllOIlt I'lllKNllIp ,
KINGSTON , Jamaica , March 28. The
crews of the American licet , ashore on leave ,
fctarted tiotlng among themselves lost night
over an old feud about the Ilagbhlp Now ,
York's .ibsonco fiom the lighting at the
battle of Santiago do Cuba.
The trouble hinted over two hours before
the officers and police tsucceedexl in suppres
sing It. Severn 1 men mere slightly wounded
and Green nnd Armfetead of the Texas were
moet seriously Injured. Tlio former had his
bowels ripped open and the latter was twlco
btubhed In the side. Both men are In the
hospital , where thoj are pronounced to tbo In
a dangerous condition.
The wounds were Inflicted by n colored
man named Johnson , also of the Texas , 'who
Is a Jamale-an born Ho was surrendered by
the police and 1 now In double Irons on
board hlfl ship
The governor of Jamaica , Sir Augustus
Hommlng , received Hoar Admiral Sampson
this morning nnd returned < the lutler'a visit
this aftoiuoon
IDAHO MINERS ARE DROWNED
if from Iliiirnlo Mump In limit
on Salmon Illvcr , Craft C'miHlzi-N
anil TliriiAn - lent ,
Li\VISTON , Idaho , March 28 James Me-
Caffery , a minor , arrived In Granvlllo today
bringing news of the drowning of his part
ners in the Salmon river , four mllcH above
Old Wire bridge. They aio ;
A. T. SHOHTHILL.
MIKE O'UIUKN.
JI3FF TUHPIN.
TUio party of four were returning from
Malflck mining district , near Buffalo Hump ,
In a boat Striking very rough weather the
boat capsized.
McCaffcry ulone succeeded In reaching the
shore.
Oiil > ii IVn lloiiifM Ill-main ,
NKW YOHK , March 28.--Eight charred
bjucrf , all that remain of a himar , being ,
were found today among the debris of thn
Hotel Windsor on the rorty-wvuntil street
Bide. It was Impossible to tell whether thi
bones were those of u man , woman or child
Because they were found all In eve place
they were officially recorded as the thlrty-
tliltd knowu dead from the fire of Mai\h 17.
CUBAN ARMY WILL DISBASD
General Gomez Gives Alpor Satisfactory
Assurances to that Effect.
HOLDS CONFERENCE WITH THE SECRETARY
1lomntj of Pu rnoiip mill 1'orxiinnl
lNiii of Ciilinii l.omlt-r lin-
lire-NN Ilptnl of tin- War
Iil > nrtiiiciit.
( Cop\ right , JW , Viy Press Publishing Co )
HAV\NA , March 2S ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) Seeretarv
Alger's only engagement todav. Involving a
discussion of politics , wns a visit paid to
him this forenoon on board the Ingalls b\
General Gomez The Insurgent lea < ler had
u long conference with the secretarj of war
conccinlng the final disposition of the Cuban
armj nnd Its p-ivment. General Gome , * , de
clared that hU army would disband without
trouble , and nil questions In regard to the
men were settled to the s.Ulsfirtlon of both
parties before the Inters lew was over The
secretary has expressed himself to the re
porters us greatly Impressed with the evi
dent lioiusty of purpose of the Insurgent
leader and hi * person.il magnetism
Later In the day Se cretar > Alger landed
and went to Vedado to.ee General llrooke ,
Mid In the afternoon dro\e through various
parts of the city with Colonel Frank
He-cker. returning to the ship at C o'clock.
Secrelnrj Algor will probably go to Matan-
/as tomorrow , but Into tonight nothing
definite could be arranged
Advices received here todav from I'luar
del Hlo , capital of the prov Inco of that
name , say Civil Governor Uolz has lufoima-
tion from four confidential ngcnts who have
made a thorough Investigation of the recent
outbreak of brigandage In that part of the
country , ehowlng that ten or twelve men left
Gnanajay for the rural districts about the
city and killed three or four hold of cat
tle. Then know Ing they would be pursued
they dl&porsed
The reception In honor of the secretary of
war. General Huisell A Alger , held nt Gov
ernor Gencial Brooke's residence at Vcdado
last night , was a brilliant affair. Among
those present were General Maximo Gome/
nnd his staff , the officers of the Seventh
army corps of Havana city , General Fltz-
hugh Lee , commander of the Seventh army
corps , Major General William Ludlow , gov
ernor of the Department of Havana , General -
oral J. C. Bates , commander of the Depart
ment of Santa Clara ; Major General J. I !
Wilson , military governor of the Depart
ment of Matanzas ; Brigadier General
Henry C. 'Hasbrouck ' , military governor of
the province of I'lnar del Kio , 1'edeilco
Mom , civil governor of Havana * General
Fernandlo Freyre do Audrade , president of
the Cuban assembly ; I'erfecto La. . Coste1 ,
mayor of Havana , and also many Cuban
and American civilians.
The One Hundred and Sixtieth Indlani
regiment expects to leave Matanzas for the
United States any day on board the trans
port Thomas.
AI-TUH TUN MILLION * . .
Il < > | > rr ! > < cii < ii < ! iH of the ( "ilium AHNPIII-
III : . Yrr III WiiNliliiKton.
WASHINGTON Murth 2SSt > noloin
It. Vlllalon and Hevia , who were appointed
by the Cuban assembly -present t" * - '
Washington authorities. the retolutli
that body , have arrived In this ell *
mission , In addition to the pre-se-ntc < > , .
the resolutions , Is to explain In dota.i the
request In connection vttho \ \ \ Culiaa ami } .
While the absemblj did not reject the
$3,000,000 which General Gomez arr inged
with Mr. Robot P. Portei to receive and
pay oil the Cuban troops , they believed It
to bo entirely Inadequate to meet the situa
tion. They desire at least $10,000,000 , and
as much morn as can be obtained
They argue that If the Cuban army Is
dlsbinded after the distribution of but
$3,000,000 , which would gl\e 'o each enlisted
man about $ GS , that the monej HO obtained
would be barelv ulllclent for them to pro-
euro clothes nnd leturn to their homes ,
leaving them no margin upon which to en
ter upon the peaceful pursuits of life.
Without the moans of subsistence Seuor
Vlllalon says that disorders would almost
Inevitably follow and pel haps bilgand-
nge. The object , both of the United States
und of the assemblj , sajs Mr Vlllalon , is to
Eocuro tr.mqulllty In Cuba , preparatory to
thu Bolting up by the Cuban people of an
Independent government , and he says that It
Is , therefore , as. much to the interests of
the United States authorities us to those
who immediately represent the Cuban p.i-
| trlots to see that the disbanded soldiers arc
given an opportunity to return to civil
pursuits.
The assembly represents1 , not the Cuban
people , Mr. Vlllalon declares , but only these
-who have been In arms struggling for their
Independence Had Cuba achieved Us abso
lute Independence ho sajs the revolutionary
assembly would lu\o raised itifllclcnt funds
to piy off the army In full , and Inasmuch
as the United Stiles now .ibsumeb and oxei-
clscs the functions of a trustee of the
I Cuban people duiing the re-establishment of
order thioughout the Island prepantory to
the establishment of a stable and Independ
ent government , ho , as the representative of
. the assembly , will urge that It Is the duty
I of the United States to furnish ample funds ,
ropajablc subsequently out of the Cuban
revenues.
They desire the Washington authorities to
understand the dangers which may follow If
the Insurgents are disbanded and sent to
their homes without adequate means to be
gin life afresh. If the United States ad
heres to the present understanding with
General Gome/ , and the army Is disbanded
upon the $3,000,000 basis and dlsordei fol
lows , Clio assembly wants Its HKIrts clear
of responsibility.
Senor Vlllalon says that the assembly de
sires the most umlcahlo relations with the
United States , that nothing could exceed the
gratitude of the Cubans for the aid the
United States has rendered , 'but ' they can
not too strongly cmphasUo the belief that
the problem of the future would ho greatly
simplified If enough funds nro distributed
among the Cuban soldiers now to Insure
their being able to return to the peaceful
pui suits of life. The ashcmbly will , Senor
Vlllalon says , probably be dissolved as soon
as the army Is disbanded , as It represents
only the Cubans In arms. He "believes that
within a > ear a convention representing
the whole Cuban people will meet and frame
a constitution and he ready for the assump
tion of the duties of self-government.
. So Ollli-lal ItP
.Senor Vlllalon and his colleague it 111
probably beck an audit-in o iwlth the presi
dent himself und If this Is dcnlod then they
will sec the secretary of war. If the presi
dent receives these gentlemen It will be
an visiting citizens , not In their representa
tive capacity. No such re-eognUlon will bo
accorded ( hem. If they desire to present a
petition or requtut to this government It
will have to go through the ordinary chan
nels , In this Instance it will bo through
the mlllturj arm erf the government. Such
a petition , when presented , will bo referred
to General Drool. o. as military governor of
Cuba and the one person authorized to deal
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER1
Torccasl for Ntbniskn
I'ulr and Warmer.
'l > iiilii riitnr % Omiilin jonli'filiij I
Hour. l > rw. Hour. He-Mr.
% it. I U- I ! ' > ' - "
II n. in -1 U p. in ' ! -
7 it. in a I : t it. 111 ! t-
S II. I - - I II. Ill " 'I
ii ii. 111 a i . " P. in Jii
in n. in -T " P. i" : tl
11 n. in : : ! p. in ! H
m in us s P. in SM
n p. in. . . . . . : > -
with Cuban nffalis It Is also probable tlitit
thuso Cubans will lie told that any answer
to the request OP petition will come from
General Brooke
Tlio United States government cnnuot. It
Is pointed out. recognUo > parson us
loprcsentlng the people of Cuba or elalmliiK
to represent them through the eirganlzatlou
Known np the Cub.in assembl ) .
To this It Is Intimated that they would
not partleularlj object \Vbnt they desire.
Is to lav their case before the goveinlng
authority , and Inning done that , their d\ity
Is ended.
TROUBLE IN NEGROS ISLAND
ItiliitlilfniitN ItciMidliiliPIMM Inolnl
> % < Sninu-oNfUMl li >
Vlinilln CutiNiir.
Om : . March 21 Trouble Is brewIng -
Ing In the Island of Xegroa , where the In-
habltnuts icpudlato the Bolf-constlluted au
thority of Anlsclo Lacson , president of the
provisional government , to arrange affairs
with the Americans nnd have nttaeked the
Americans
The censor at Manila suppressed thq de
tails.
The Insurgents In Luzon sent n message
to Lieutenant Commander Cow per of the
Brltlhh gunboat Plover , when the latter en
deavored to effect a compromise , suggastlng
that they were ready to treat for peace
through n neutral great jio\\or
RECORDS NOT EASILY TRACED
mnicult > Met In l.ocnlln-i I'll 111-ii Sol-
llerN * l-rlcnilr llonnl Will hull
( ! ovi-nunIMIt llnlIi
WASHINGTON. March 23 ( Special Tele
gram ) Of the enlisted men of the Twenty-
second Infantiv wounded during the last
few days In the Philippines , but ono has
been found , according to the records on file
In the adjutant general's olDce , who Joined
the regiment nt Toil Crook , Sergeant Al
beit E. A\t , who enlisted August 3. ISO' .
He was bom In Germany It has been found
to be almost nn Impossible task to ascer
tain the nearest relatives of those wounded
In and nbout Manila on account of the mus
ter rolls of the regiment not being In com
plete form
Secretary Gage today appointed Supoivis-
Ing Alchltect James K. Tayloi , Janu's P
Ixw , ehlcf of the technical division , ; in I
J C. Plant , chief eompnter of tbo supervts-
Ing uichltect's office , a board to appraise the
government building at the Transmlsslssipp !
exposition The board Is requested by the
fcocrctary of the treasury to submit Its con-
duslons in a written report In order that
the structure may be sold according to the
| i provisions of the act making the approprti-
tlon for the exposition Mr. Taylor said thai
In all probability the tiimfi wouKf nWi : ) a
meeting tomorroxv-
' rimrlos P Mnthenvson , agent of the Omalu
1 " -mobago agency , nnd W 13. Peebles
left for Nebraska this evening.
I fhewson speaks very highly of In-
um > . 'ommlsslonor Jones and believes that
I he > Is thoroughly Interested In advancing the
condition of the Indians as far as It Ties In
(
his power .Mr Peebles , who eame to Wash
ington prlnclpilly In the inteicht of an
allotment goes homo verv much encour
aged and believes that tribal lands on both
reservations will be nlloted this spring Mr.
Peebles has been at work having this end
in vlon for several ve-ars , bilnglng several
delegations of Indlins to Washington dur
ing that time to uigo work being done
SHERMAN REACHES HOME SOIL
CrulNor Itfin-liiK i\-M- ; < -r < - < iirj HuterN
CllCNIIlK-llUl' llll > Ultll J'lllKT
nt Mi\nt Hi-nil.
C\PK HiNRY , Vn , March 2S The
cruiser Chicago , with e\-Secrotary Sher
man aboard , pabsed In nt 10 l.r a m. No
lgnals were displayed and the ensign was
up at the proper place.
NI3WPOIIT NEWS. Va . March 28 The
cruiser Chicago has just arrived in Hampton
Ito \\H \ ( \
The United States cruiser Chicago , having
on board John Sherman , arrived In Hamp
ton Iloads at 12-10 o'"lock. Mr. Sherman
stood the trip well and Is much bettei today
than ho bus been any time since his sick
ness began. At 1 30 o'clock Mi. Sherman
was placed on n steam launch and brought
ashore , whein many people were awaiting
his arrival The eiowd cheered as the gal
lant statesman was being conveyed to the
Chimberlln hotnl , where his daughter has
been stopping slnco jcsterday. Mr Sher
man was accompanied by his secretaiy , Dr.
MeGIll and n nurse , nnd was given eveiy
attention on the vo > ugc
HIGH WATER DOES DAMAGE
Coiitliiiii-il II u I UN CIIIINC n I'loiiil In
Ki-iilue-lo mill 1'nrt of VllilillcH-
linrii IN Sm-iit.
MII > r > LiSBOHO , Ky. . March 28. The
vvomt flood known In > ears passed over thl
section today. H has been raining for sev
eral da ) a nnd the flood renehed Its height
nbout 0 o'clock this afternoon. All of Mid-
( llesboro south of Cumberland avenue and
the railroad Is inundated There Is eighteen
Inches of wnter on Cumberland avenue , nnd
at le-ast novel ! Inches In most fatorcs. In
Powell's valley , Tenn , across the mountain ,
over > thing Is washed away , with thousands
of dollars' lots. The water Is now receding.
STOCKTON , Cal . March 28 He ports from
many sections of the San Jo.iquln valley
show that the flood caused by the late heavy
rains Is Inercaslng Instead of receding , ns
It was anticipated It would Water IH still
pouring In on the lowlands , but In Homo
places the area covore d Is not increasing ,
owing to the depth of the pcckotb In man )
placets the Hood will bo beneficial. It IB
ctitlmatc'd that the flooded area eovere now
nearly 30,000 acrw
DR , WATSON IS SHAKEN UP
IliirlliiKloii I'liHHiMiKi'iTnUrx n SjiiirC
On tin * Tli-M nl I. i-n v I-IMI urlli mill
llriilNi-N Scvi-ral
LIOAVI3NWOHTH , Kan. , March 28. The
Burlington passenger train from Kansas
City was wrecked at iast LeavenworJ.il today
b ) spreading rails
H , L Harmon , general southwestern agent
of the Burlington , received a few bruises
about the head , but was not eerlousl ) In
jured. and A. T. Kruko of Ilalate-ud , Knn. ,
and H. A Crow of Kansas City were more
or less badly hurt. Brakeman G. W. Sum.
tners had his hand crushed.
Her John Watson ( Jan Ma laren ) , who
was on the train , was uninjured ,
DAYL1G1ITFIREWORKS
House of Representatives Hat n Little
Celebration All Its Own ,
GETS RIGHT AFTER A FREMONT EDITOR
Objects to an Editorial Intimating Some
Members An Bribed.
BURNS OF LANCASTER SETS BALL ROLLING
Wants Iho Dodge County Scribe Brought
Before the Ilousa ,
RESOLUTION TO THAT EFFECT ADOPTED
IV I toot lllll IrolilliiK for Ueillntrlct-
I'nu tlir Mule In Di-fcntoil After
n I'lirllnnirntnrj-
IN IniliilKiMl In ,
LINCOLN' . March 23. ( Special Telegram. )
Tlio house was In a cnre'le * < mood today
and mixed fun with business In nbout equal
proportions. In the mwnltig the resolution
Hindu by Burns of I uicastur cnmo In rofer-
i Ing to thu boiullo charges made by the Fre
mont Tribune and asking that the editor
of the paper bo called before the body to
specify which members Tie meant when ho
inndu the charge. Nobody was quite auro
whether the monition ) vvc-io In earnest In
asking for the testimony , but It w s Inter
esting to note tliat the 1'iemont editor dla-
nppeatcd from \luw within a minute after
the ndoptton of the resolution. U was said
during the afternoon that the sergeant- -
iirma hud been sent to Fiemont to Inter
cept IMItor Hammond when he should ai-
ilvc home.
In the forenoon the house had an eco
nomical streak v\hioh It sometimes loit
track of during the day. When the resolu
tions cnmo In giving e\lra pay nnd over
time to nil the employes there was little
tioubla In laying the whole matter on tlio
table , but In the afternoon when rame old
claims came In that ihad , ns one member
expressed It , "whlsjkers ten feet long , " many
of the members forgot all about the economy
nnd voted to pay out the money vvlth n fret
litiiid. Scveial claims were allowed with Ihn
full knowledge of the members that the sen
ate would cut tliem out of the bill. On tlio
other hand many meritorious claims weio
knocked out.
H U 600 , the deficiency claims bill , which
was taken up early tn the afternoon , called
for appropriations amounting to about J15-
! 000 to make good the deficiencies In the stnto
i departments Amendments were added
amounting to fully $10,000. nearly nil of
them having been certified to the standing
committee by the administration officials.
In the debates during the afternoon the
fuslontsts of the liouso wore compelled to
admit thnt the legislature of 1807 was too
niggardly In supplying the state Institution !
wllli fuuda nnd that the economy claims of
tlio , last campaign had m > place U tbe ptisv
onf discuFslon. In fact most of tine fuslou-
Ists3 kept perfectly meek and quiet while
the lequcsts of the state ofllclnls were be
ing , consldcied. The amendments to the
claims bills that were rejected called for
appropriations amounting to $12,000 and
among them were some calling for money
for 'estimated deficiencies for March nnd
April of the piebunt yeni. "
When the chilms bill rnrao up the coni-
mltYi-e of the whole voted some Items with
a free hand nnd Iden took a rclapso ami
killed off the newspaper claims with very
scant discussion The largo amount was
allowed foi the payment of wolf bounty
claims nnd the similar claims for the pay
ment of sugar und clilcory bounties weie
killed.
Vftcr Kdlfor Hammond.
The hoiiEc had some daylight fireworks thli
morning , when Burns of Lancaster arose to
u question of personal privilege and offered
a lesolutlon which called attention to nn
editorial published In the Fremont Tribune ,
and asked that u subpoena bo Issued to lirlnj ;
In the editor of the paper referred to and
compel him to tell ulilc.li members of tha
bitting commltlco had demanded money. Tha
lesolutlon quoted the objectionable editorial ,
whleh was as follows-
"Tho icnegado republicans of thfi lower
house of the stuto legislature , who have tied
up with the fuslnnlsts to control legislation ,
attempted to justify their action by saylns
they have done It In order to prevent the
passage of the bills making an appropria
tion to pay the sugar boot bounties. Thli
Is a frank confession of their purpose. They
Imaglna If they get In the way of the passage -
sago ot these bills < there will bo un ludvite-
mcnt forthcemlnK for them to clear tbo
track. Tholr position Is a very natural ono ,
for that kind of men , but they forget they
are trjing to hold up farmers to whom th
beet bounties nro due. Four of the precloui
lot of patriots have offered to vote for tha
appropriation for the slight consideration ol
fC"uO per bend. "
Thompson of Merilck moved to table thl
resolution , nnd on roll cell this was de
feated by a vote of 31 to 61. The resolution
was then adopted.
Lane of Ijuienster asked unanimous con
sent to have the bills amending the Lincoln
charter engrossed for .1 third reading In
answer to an Inquiry from I'ollard of Can ,
Mr Lane eald thnt the bill did not affect
the balance of the slate and did not ehaugo
the manner of assessing tallroailH , The
motion to engiosH was mlo-itcd.
Oiiiulili Clmrli'illlll. .
Detwuller of Douglas obtained unani
mous com cut to have II. H. 3S5 , the Omahft
t barter bill , amended by the house and then
cngroiicd to n third reading.
'Mllbourn ' of Keainey moved tlmt wcctlon U
on page 10 of the printed bill H > o stricken out.
The suction referred to the ilutlm of the city
lax commissioner and his deputies In the
nssibsment of property within the city Iho
amendment was adopted without dlvlulon
Mr Mllbourn also offered an amendment
that that part of ectlon 18 from the begin-
iilng of line 31 down to the word "railroad"
In line 63 bo Htrlcken out. The pant ruforrud
to i elated to the duty of the tax eoiromla *
Blonur In thu a < ieFHment of railroad prop
erty , and the amendment was adopted wliU-
out division
Detwcller of Douglat asked unanimous
consent to liavo H , H , S'2 ! , another charter
amendment , advanced to a third reading- .
but objections - ere irado to any further ad.
vancenicntM II. H 302 related to the elec
tion of police judgcti In cltlea of ( ho mutro-
polltan clattu
The chair announced that house rolls that
were not passed today stood no chance to
become laws , and said that they should bo
given the preference over senate bills In the
order of third reading , unlrttf tlu > ro were ob <
Jecllonn.
H Ii G10 , the bill appropriating (5-5,000 ( ta
buy und furnUh n manulon for 1he governor ,
HUB taken up on third reading and passed H > f
n vote of 60 to 32.
Having fall i-4 to paea with the