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FHE OMAHA H i ESTABLISHED JUNE TO , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MOKNTN'G , 1 , ISOO-TWELVE PAGES , SIXttLK COPY I < M.VE CENTS. \ FRUITS OF VICTORY HaoArthur's Men Enjoy a Best in the Insurgent Capital. OCCUPY MALOLOS AND RUN UP OLD GLORY Montana Boys Lower Filipino Hag and Raise Glare and Strbes , AMERICANS BEHAVE Advance Steadily Through Jungles SufTor from Frightful Heat. NEBRASKANS BEAR BRUNT OF FIGHTING I'lrM lleulinent Horn tile llnrilmt -U'orU niul SuCTc Ilio Ilonvleat I.nnn AKiiltinlilo'N Siilillcrn TnUc ( o Their Heel * . WASHINGTON , Mnrch 31. The following dispatch was received nt the War depart ment early this morning : MANILA. March .11. Adjutant General , Washington : Troops resting nl Malolos. Considerable portion of city destroyed by fire , Our casualties one killed , fifteen wounded. Hall has returned with his troops to his former position north of Manila.OTIS. OTIS. MANILA. March 31. 3C5 : p. m. The American flag was raised over Malolos at 10 o'clock this morning. The Kansas regi ment and llio Montana regiment , on enterIng - Ing thn city , found It deserted , the pres'i- dencln burning and the rebels retreating towards the mountains In a stntn of terror. It Is believed they cannot In future make even a faint resistance. The American loss was small. It is evident that the rebels for some time past have abandoned all liopc of holding their capital , for the Americans found there evidences of elaborate preparations for evac uation. On the railroad the rails and ties for about n mile had been torn up and prob ably thrown Into the river. The only pris oners captured were a few Clilnumen. They oald Agulnaldo left Malolos on Wednesday. The principal citizens of Mulolos , their families nnd goods have been taken Into the country over the railroad , while others have departed on foot , carrying their possessions nnd driving their cattle and other animals before them. .Most of the rebel forces were removed yesterday evening to positions east of the railroad , leaving only some small bunds lu the strong trenches In front of Malolos. General MacArthur started for the rcbe capital at 7 o'clock this mof&lng with two rapid lire guns flanking the track , two guns of the Utah battery on the right and two guns of the Sixth artillery on the left ot the rapids , flrln continuously. The Kansas a d Montana regiments moved upon Malolos and the Nebraska and Penn sylvania regiments nnd the Third artillery kept along the right of the railroad. \eliriiNl.-niiH Si-c l-'lor'jc KlKlitlnir. The only effective stand made by the rebels"wns at a bamboo and earthwork , Imlf a mlle from Maloloa and on the right , where the Nebraska regiment , as was the case yesterday , had the hardest work and Buffered the greatest loss. Colonel Funston , always at the front , was the first man in Malulos , followed by u group of dashing Kansans. The Filipino llag , which was flying from 1 the center of the town , was hauled down by dome of the Montana regiment , who triumphantly raised their own above It. From the column of smoke arising from ' the city It seemed ns If the whole place was ablaze. It turned out , however , that only the prcsldcncln , or government building , anil a few of the smaller buildings had been set on lire by the rebels before they evacuated ( ho place. From the reports gathered by the American olllcers , from prisoners and others , It Is be lieved that the rebel army Is constantly los ing strength on account of desertions , and that although the cnomy may make one or two moro stands , the forces of Agulnaldt will disintegrate , in perhaps a month , to f few hundreds , who may continue waging t guerrilla warfare In the mountains. t < ; nlliuitry of AiuorleiiiiM. The American troops behaved splendidly They advanced steadily against successive lines of trenches , through woods and Jungle : and Buffering from frightful heat. In addition the American volunteers wen handicapped In fighting by the fact tha their Springfield rllles are of shorter rangi than the Mauser rllles In the hands of tin rebels. Under those circumstances tin steady advance of our troops Is a really remarkable markablo achievement. Hut the most noteworthy feature of thl onward sweep of the Americans Is tin patience and endurance ot the prlvat soldiers. They have never hesitated ti plunge across any kind of dlfllcult country against any number of the enemy and Ii the face of positions of entirely unknowi strength. This ajternoon the victorious America ; army Is feasting on cocoanuts and banana and enjoying a well earned rest , while th hcspltal train is carrying the wounded -bad to Manila. c A menu OP cm , . nti < : n FIINSTO.V lira ve KniiNiin Who Ii > d III * 31 ei I'lrxl Inlo MalnloN , KANSAS CITY , Mnrch 31. Colonel Fred- erlclc FmiHton of the Twentieth Kansas In fantry , who. with a handful of Holdlurs , wa > the llrst mnn to enter Malolos today am' \\hoso brilliant record since the Philippine campaign opened lias attracted much at tention , Is u son of ex-Congresvman E. H Funaton of the Second Kansas district. Ho was born In Ohio thirty-three yean ago , and U a graduate of the Kaunas Stati university. In his earlier days Funstoi worked ns a reporter on the Fort Smltl Tribune. During President Harrison's an ministration ho was sent to Alaska by tin government on a hunt for Bpetlmcns nm luul many thrilling experiences , demonstrat lug his pi-owes * . Ho made n canoe trl | alone POO miles up the Yukon. In the fnl of ISO ! Funston went to Cuba nnd onllste * In the Cubiin army. For two years In fought valiantly for the cause of the Insur Simla. At one time ho was romraUsloned i colonel and commanded thn entire artlller ; forces of the Cubans under General Garcia. lie llrcd the flrst dyimmito gun used b ; the Cuban * in their war against the gpauUti nnd was In many severe battles. In on charge ho received a bullet Just below th heart , which penetrated his body. Ho re turned to Kansas nnd hod barely rccovcre from hla wound when Governor Leedy ap pointed him colonel of the Kansas rcglmenl Last fall Colonel Funston was called t Florida and gave General Miles many point of vuluo regarding Cuba. Colonel Funston' frlemlH luivo urged him for appointment a brlpiulier general nnd tils numo 'has ' bee prominently mentioned as a gubi-matorl : candidate , THREE NEBRASKANS KILLED lleiiorl of ItriTtit IO I * N III Ilio Move- inrn ( Xnrtlmnril I'IIIHI I lie rillplno I'n | > l I ill. WASHINGTON' , March .11. The following llfit of casualties has been received from Gen eral Otis under today's date : Klrnt .NeliriiNkn. Killed : LYNDE , 'MILTON ' Private. Company A , YeTk. Milton I.yntld was with the company when It was mustered In. Ills homo Is In York. OHH , WlM.ilAW Private , Company A , York. William Orr'R name does not appear on the rjlnal ( muster roll of the company. QMOKB. JAMBS II , Company I , . tmoro wns 23 years of ago nnd ns given at the adjutant was that of a ranchman. Ho wan a nephew of the Whltmoro. Bros , at Valley , nnd his father , James B. Whit- more , Is a merchant who resides at Holyoke. Mass. Whltmorc was a pri vate and waa mustered Into the service with the Thuraton Rllles May 9. Wounded , March 29 : BARBER. HERBERT II. , private , Com pany A , York , wrist , thlgli nnd buttock , severe. Herbert II. Barber was with the company when mustered In. His home Is In York. BEACH , J. L. , private , Company M , Broken Bow , forearm , slight. J. L. Beach Is n recruit. The muster roll dora not give Ills residence. BLAKELEY , OAYLORD S. , private , Com pany L , Omaha , slight. Gaylord S. Illakely Is a mechanic by trade , 21 years of age. His residence was Omaha , nndhls father Is Arthur Blakely , a con ductor on the Union Pacific , who resides at 2123 locust street. He was musterec into the service , a member ot Company L.'Mny 9. BOOMER. GEORGE R. . private , Company C , Beatrice , forearm , slight. Gcorgo R. Boomer's name la not on orlglua muste.r roll. BURNHAM , L. , private , Company C , Be atrice , chest , severe. L. Burnham's name Is not on original mus ter roll. CA.MPBELL , ROY , private , Company C , Beatrice , leg , moderate. Roy Campbell was ono of the original mem bers of the company and lives In Beatrice. CHENOWETH , CLAUDE M. , private. Company G , Geneva , thigh , slight. Claude Chenoweth's name not on original muster roll. CLAPP , HUGH , sergeant , Company T > , Lincoln , thigh , severe. Hugh E. Clapp wns a private when mustered In. Ills homo was In Steclc City , Mo. DOWIS. JOHN n. , private , Company G Geneva , hand , slight. John E. Dowls' name Is not on original muster roll. DOWNING , EDWARD , private , Company II , Nelson , thigh , slight. i Edward S. Downlng went out with the com pany. Ills home I > in Nelson. DUNCAN , Ray , private. Company II , ! Nelson , leg , slight. I Ray Duncan's name not on original muster roll. ELIFR1TZ. WALTER A. , private , Com pany H , Nelson , arm , severe. " Jv'alter A. Ellfrltz's name does not appear on the original muster roll. HECICMAN , HENRY , private , Company G , Geneva , thigh , severe. Henry Heckman went out with the company. His home Is at Fairmont. HEDGES , HERBERT , private. Company D , Lincoln , log , slight. Herbert Hedges' name Is not on original muster roll. HOTTENSTELV , LOYD , private , Company | H , Nelson , hand , severe. Loyd Hottenstein's name not on original muster rells. KUSTENUERGER. WILLIAM 0. , private , Company II , Nelson , shoulder , slight. .William . O. Kustenbcrgcr was with the company - ' : pany when It wns mustered In. His home ' ! is In Nelson. 1 LOGSDON , WILLIAM , private , Company C. Beatrice , chest , severe. There Is no William Logsdon on the original muster roll. There Is a Langdon but his Christian name Is Oliver. M'CONNELL , ROBERT , private , Company H , Nelson , breast , slight. i Robert McConnell's name does not appear 3 on the original muster roll. MARSHALL , JOHN , private , Company H , Nelson , leg , slight. John Marshall wns mustered In with the company. His homo Is In Angus. NEUFELDT , ERIC , private , Company D Lincoln , tlilgh and shoulder , severe. | Eric Neufeldt's name Is not on original muster roll. VICKERS. ARTHUR , first sergeant , Com pany A. York , groin , severe. The name of Vlckera does not appear on the original muster roll of the company. WATTS , BERT W. , private , Company C Beatrice , thigh , slight. Bert Watts went out with the company. His homo is in Beatrice. S l-'lrnl South llllUntn. o Killed. March 29 : e PRIVATE OSCAR FALLEN , Company M. o Wounded , March 29 : Private Lewis C. Barber , Company C , n | thigh , severe. * \ Private John Benedict , Company 0 , lung , severe. n Private M. Rickman , Company D , thigh , severe. Private Hancen Baker , Company D , leg , slight. Private Frank Ferguson , Company D , ecupula , sovorc. Private John Ottman , Company L , thigh , severe. Private Knut Peterson , Comoany L , hip nnd thigh , seven1. Private John Donnelly , Company M , leg , moderate. Corporal Oscar Johnson , Company II , flesh , slight. r.ilormloniiNViiiiuilril lit Mnnlln. DENVER , Colo. , March 31. Lieutenant Fred S. Perry , who Is reported as wounded In yesterday's fight near Malolos , Is with Company B of Boulder. Ho Is 22 years ol ago and gave his vocation as a student. He was promoted only a low days ago to first lieutenant. Ills nearest relative Is given as J. M. Perry of Jollot. III. O. S. Carter belonged to Company E. II ( Is 2C years of ago and a married man. lilt wife la In Council Bluffs , la. KnimniiN Wniiiiilt-il nt Manila. TOPEKA. Kan. , March 31. Captain William . liam J. Watson of the Twentieth Kansaf regiment. Injured * at Malolos , enlisted at hi ! homo In Plttsburg , Kan. , under the original call for troops. Ho < went in as a first lieu tenant In Company D and was aftcrwan ! 'Promoted ' to too captain of Company E. H Is 2G years of age , a lawyer by profession and u graduate of the law department of the State university. Ills nearest relative 1 : A. 'M. Watson of Pltteburg. Vol n n I PITH Areto , HiHfta Ined. WASHINGTON , "March 31. It was statci at the War department today that the pro vision of the army law allowing the reten tion In service for six months of the volun teers In the Philippines had been couutrum to mean the officers as well as the men and that the volunteer organizations wouh jfoo retained just as they now oxUt. WANT THE BRAVE BOYS BACK Anxious Parents Desire to Have the First Nebraska Ordered Homo , APPEAL TO MEIKLEJOHN TO HELP 1IIEM nrui Mcreer , In nn Intrrvlctv In n AVnnliliiKton I'nior | , Hire * Dp lie I'ollllenl Slluiillou In Aclirnnkn , WASHINGTON. March 31. ( Special Tele gram. ) Acting Secretary iMelkleJohn Is re ceiving many letters from mothers and fathers of Nebraska nuking that their boys In the First Nebraska bo ordered homo , a the assistant Keen-clary promised last fall on the stump In 'Nebraska ' would be dono. Some of those letters are most paMict1c. Secretary Mclklejohn , who feels keenly for 'tho ' boya of Uio First Nebraska , Bald that his promise- made on the stump last fall had not been vlolate-d In a single degree ; that bin promise that the First Nebraska should lie among the first of the volunteers to 1 > o returned to their homos holds Just as good today as It did then. Conditions , he said , have greatly cbsr.gwl since November ami work Is to bo done. Then the sky see-moJ clear for sending the volunteers homo and filling tholr places with the regu lars , but now nil la changed , and until the purpose for which the volunteers wore cent lo the Philippines Is aocoiuplUhc-d it will bo Imporslblo to make any change In the troops. "Somo criticism ihan been Indulged In be cause I did not make n mandatory order ifor the return of the First Nebraska , " said Secretary Mclklejohn. "God knoww It I had the ordering ot things the First Nebraska would have ) 'been ' home long ago and peace wculd reign In the Islands constituting the Philippine group. 1 sympathize with the mothers ot Nebraska who have boya In these far-away Islands and I repeat .my promise , that the First Nebraska shall be among the first to leave the Islands , but I cannot tell the date when It willbo ordered away , for we have work to do and every man is loyally -doing his part toward bringing order out ot cliaos. No promise of mine has been violated , 'but ' rather every promise will bo tulfllled to the honor and glory of our state. " Mercer on ( lie On I lee It. Congressman Mercer , Interviewed by an evening paper , says as to tha contest next fall : "Tho election this fall , " remarks Mr. Mercer , "although only a supreme court Judge nnd two regents of the university are to be balloted lor , will be a contest ot universal significance. In the Judgeshlp the light will ass u mo strictly party lines and , coming as It will , Just a year before the presidential election in a state which gave Bryan a plurality of 13,676 In 1896 , will be watched by the nation. The democrats will probably nominate William V. Allen , whoso term In the senate expired the 3rd of this month. The only other candidate men tioned Is ex-Governor Holcomb. Either would bring out a full vote and so afford a good test of the Bryqnlto strength In the state , as between tht-m the understanding U that Holcomb , who lives In -district which has been represented In congress by Wil liam L. Greene , who died n few weeks ago , may be nominated to fill this congressional vacancy , In which case Allen will have no rival for the nomination for supreme court i judge. I "The republicans have not decided upon their man yet , but will try to pick out some body equally representative of tholr party In the state. If the republicans carry the state by a substantial majority it ought to put an end to W. J. Bryan as a demo cratic nominee. But if the republicans carry U by a trifling majority It will bu argued that Bryan's candidacy is needed to save the day. Everything points to a warm light. ! Allen and Holcomb make any contest Into which they enter picturesque. The repub licans will not be outdone In the selection of talent for the stumping of the state , and It would not be strange if the most signifi cant election held anywhere In the union November next would be that of Nebraska , " ( invpriinifiit llnllilliiKH AiipriilNCil. The board of appraisers appointed by Secretary Gage of the Treasury department lo appraise the government building and life saving station nt the Transmississippl Exposition , provided for under the act grant ing government aid to the exposition held lu Omaha last year , had a meeting today. After a full discussion between members of the board , consisting of Supervising Archi tect Taylor , the chief of the drafting dlvi- ' felon and the chief of the computing division of -supervising architect's office , It was decided t'liat ' $1,000 would 'be ' n. fair con sideration for both buildings. Accordingly , letters were today mailed to Frank E. Moorea , representing the city of Omaha , and Gurdon W. Wnttlc-s , president of the Trans- mlsslsslppl and International Exposition , calling their attention to the act albove re ferred to and stating that the buildings pul , up by Uhe government had been appraised according to law. The letters 'written ' re quested the parties In question to indicate to the secretary of the treasury whether they desired to purchase said buildings , preference being given to the city of Omaha and next to the Transmlssl-sslppl association , Should neither desire the buildings , then the Treasury department will sell to the beat advantage. Senator Thureton returned today froni Howey Cedars , an Inland In Barnegat bay , whore ho haa been for the lost week , shootIng - Ing duck and enjoying the 'breezes ' of the Atlantic. He was the guest of William Henry Sayre , ono of the leading manufac turers of Philadelphia , who entertained a party of ten , Including the -senator , at hie bungalow on the Island. Wyoming pcstmastera appointed : Berths C. Miller , at 'A ' r col a , Laramlo county , am ! Yorlck Nichols , at Pratt , Laramle county. An order was Issued establishing n pc-st- office at Elk , Dccatur county , la. , with Johr L. Brown as prat-master. An order was alsc Usne-1 dltrcontlnulng the postodlco at Wax Catfs county , In. , Im mall going to Grant. Eldun J. 11 ant thorn ofIowa , waa todaj reinstated as assistant attorney lu the D ' partment of the 'Interior ' at $2,000 a year. Rt'bert ' Potwln -Nebraska waa today up. pointed messenger In Uhe Interior depart ment at $360 a year. I'OOIl IS AM , IlinilT IN MA Ml , A .11 n Jo r I'enrom-'d Tteiiort an the Condi- Hull of tlliih Troop * , WASHINGTON. March 31. A report hai been received at the War department fron Major Penrose of the Utah regiment , nov a brigade surgeon at Manila. It is datcc a February 10 , but contains no Informatloi regarding the fighting that had been goln * on about Manila. The details rclatei mainly to the sickness and health condition of the brigade. There were tome tnalarli and some smallpox cases , but the brlgadi had evidently not b en engaged In an ; lighting , as nothing was said about casual ties. This < brlpu < le was about three am a half miles outside of Manila and stretchei from 1'aslg to Manila bay. Surgeon Pen rose aid tholr meals were cooked InMa nlla and sent to them throe times a day The food -waa excellent and there was n complaint among the men. ANOTHER VIEWjJF FILIPINOS Van Ciiiilnlii nt Miuilln Say * VnHvc , Left < o Illn OVvil Intdillnitftt Will Xo ( llcM eel l 'Ritinp. WHEELING , W , Va. , .March 31. Lieu tenant William Bnuiiifirsreuther , executive olllc-er of tie Charlostpfi. wtoc-sp exploit In making the bloodless enpturo of the Ladrone ( Manila last summer ntI3 told by himself In AEttoclated Pros dlsfifiWhos. v rites an In- tenvstlng letter frwn LMailllu to Hon. Augus tus Pollack of this clty 'Ho ' Is now cnptuhi of the port of ( .Manila , % nd has under him some. r.OO naitlvo FlIltHuJf * , whom ho llnds It easy to control. Speak'K ' of the unlives ho says : The native himself. It ; * , to Ills own Intui tions , will never prove Xroublcsome. The } will be only too willing to curn a meagre lit ing and net il few dollars. They lire not hard to handle at nil. 1 mploy several hun dred In my dejmrttnent i\nd \ lliul no trouble whatever , though I hnvo often to work thorn at night In docking and Ulidocklng vessels. During all the lighting , ituiong the hvindrodu In my einiVloy , they ij.imilncd loyal and faithful. I lost live or U In ull. and thofcc , I believe , were frightened elf for fear of subsequent moli-nlatlon < jaould thn rebels ( as they contended they couid do ) wipe all the Americans off the fnco ol the earth. Heretofore , when fighting with Spaniards , the rebels have been Willy organliwd and ] i much worse armed. Notwithstanding this ! ; condition they had In a"goneral way a suc- I CPSS out of every engagement \\Ith their I natural oucmlcs. Since * hal time they have been better drilled , bctt r armed and butter organized , and thuy Manually concluded thej could easily succeed In oxbariulnatlng the Americans. They tried , It two weeks ago yesterday at 9 p. m. 0V , my : what a sur prise ! Thosimnds oC thum nro dead , ere- mated and burled , and the hospitals arc tilled with their woundrd , many of whom . will never recover. They have lost In nnd i ubout hero over 10,000 men. Our loss has ' been less than 100 ; to bo exact , sixty-elgh't olllcers and men killed nul75 wounded. Our wounded people have a much better chance to recover than theirs , for this rea son , the Mauser ball radircs n cleaner and smaller wound than do our Remingtons and ' Sprlngllclds. To glvo you nn example of this : In one of the hottest parts of our firing ! line a Boldlnr fought.for three days , having I been wounded on the first night by a Mauser I bullet through the thigh , i > bove the knee. He ( says that during the -fight he thought he ; rushed up , against a bush and was stuck bj a thorn. On the night of February 4 , when the rebels started firing ; unite a number of American ladles were at the Hotel Orlontes. I sent up for them and placed them on n transport In the bay. My two girls refused to go and stayed through. It all. The great danger was from nn uprising ot the natives In town. This was prevented , however , and thus a great deal of wholesale murder was avoided. The city Is so well guarded that it would bo suicidal In their attempting to create an uprising here. PLAN OF FILIPINOS FAILED Interview In JniiniioNo J'nnor Stiiic-s AKiilimlilii niMclnlnin HrNiioiisl- liillly for the OiidircaU. WASHINGTON , March. 81. A copy of the Japanese Times of February 12 , published at Toklo , has been received here. It contains an Interview with an American named Cracker , who may be Prof. Crocker ot Columbia college , who was an eye-witness of the flrst two days' fighting about Manila , which began February E. He Indicates that the Filipinos In the city undoubtedly contemplaJ u.-lfl K , ea masse , * but 1'allt-d to carry cuir'iio Jjtian Of e . operation with those In arms outside of the city. city.He He say i If the rebels had destroyed Uic water supply of the city It would have en tailed great hardship upon the Americans , and attributes tholr failure to do so to their regard for the wall-being of the Filipinos In the city. "During the flgtitlng , " says Mr. Crocker , "Agulnaldo , who la supposed to bo at Malo- los , communicated with Dewey. Ho sent him a message , In which ho said , 'For God's sake , stop the firing , ' nnd disclaiming all responsibility In connection with the startIng - Ing of the trouble. Dewey , however , refused compliance , and I think Agulnaldo Is now accepting the situation. "There was some talk of Agulnaldo re signing and washing * his hands of the whole affair , but I do not think he will do so. The opinion is that it was not Aguinaldo who precipitated t'hla ' thing , but his follow ers whom he could not control. " Mr. Crocker Inft Manila whllo the fighting was still in progress and his estimates ot the casualties arc very wild. He say there were from 3,000 to 10,000 FlllpinoH killed and wounded , nnd tells of the terrific destruc tion wrought by the shells from our war ships. The shells from the Monadnock , bo aaya , killed "twenty , thirty , nnd sometimes fifty natives at a time. " HURRY FORWARD SUPPLIES TriiiiMiiortadoii Department of Army al San PrnnulNCO Hi-come * Very Active. SAN FRANCISCO , Mnrch 31. The trans portation department of the army is becom ing very active , the news from the Philip pines being of such a startling nature that the shipment of supplies and troops Is being hurried as rapidly as possible. The steamer Nippon Maru has been char- tnred to take four batteries of the Sixth United States artillery to Honolulu and Batteries A , I , K and N will leave hern on that vessel about April 12 , under command of Major Mills. Three batteries of light artillery under command of Major Tlernanwill leave here for Manila about the same time , possibly a llttlo later. The Morgan Olty or the New port will be chartered for this service. The horeca , guns , caissons and fomge for this detachment will bo shipped on the Leolanaw. A number of toauisturH will bu taken to cnro for the horses of the battalion. The sailing vessel llldaton Hill will sail with freight for -Manila In flvo or six days. ni.ncTio.v CO.XTHSTS KIIIU : IJAIU.Y , ANplrnntH for Ciinrcn-iiMliiiiiil fii-al ' Avoid UKIttiNli. . WASHINGTON , March 31. The clerk ol the house of representatives Is beginning to receive Installments of the testimony lu con- teutod election rases , which will come up for consideration at the next session of con- gross. Thus far the moat of the testimony ( has been from the contestants. Probably the most Important cases will be these of Dockery against Bellamy , In the Sixth North Carolina district , uuo AValker agalsnt Rhea In the Ninth Virginia dlbtrict. In the elections In both these dis tricts , Incidents utnciui-nt ttiertrto have been attended with bloodshed. Evidence 1ms been died from other dis tricts as follows : Fourth , Alabama , Aldrlcli against Rabbins : Eighth. Kentucky , David son agalnit Gilbert ; Eleventh , Kentucky , Wblto against lioerlng ; Ninth , North Carolina lina , Pearson against Crawford ; Second , Virginia , Wl o a aln t Young. roil nUPAUT.MU.VT OK Tim MISSniTIII y fii-neral Merrlmn ( o X MV T-rrrUory. WASHINGTON. March 31. Brigadier Gen eral Henry C. Merriam has been awlgnet -temporary command of the Dopai'tmen of the Missouri , In addition to hid dutle : as commander of the Department ot tbi Colorado , HOT CENSURE FOR CORNELL Invfistigating Ooramitteo Shows Up Auditor in Unenviable Light. SHAMEFUL PROCEEDINGS IN HIS OFFICE Knot * * * " Arc l.nltl llrforp Mio LcnUI tiiro In n. IrnuHi > - HopuH. 1ml \n ItrcttmmiMiilnttiiiiN Made for LTNCOIA . Mnrch 31. ( Special Telegram. ) The report of the Cornell Investlgatlm ? committee came In tonight nt llRD. : It wrti written by Mc-prescntatlvo Weaver and was signed by all thr > members of the connnilttce. . It findIn brief that Mi-are have been great Irregularities In the auditor's ofllci- , partly because of his unwise selection of subordi nates : that he received fees nnd deposited tha samp Intermingled with his private ac count nitd kept U for months nt n time. The committee declares this u bad practice. The drawing of extra pay by regular employe * la condemned and the vouchers no Orawn are decUred Illegal. The allldavlt rn the one drawn drawn liy Deputy Pool l do- clnrcd to have been false and fraudulent. The finding Is that the nudl'or was con versant with the Illegal practices of his dep uties nnd that the amounts ought to be re funded. The employment of Treasurer Examiners Archard and Simpson as Insurance exami ners nnd allowing them to draw pay Is found to have boon illegal. Their expense accounts wore 'found to be In nn unsatisfactory shape. The examiners were found to have charged Illegal fees , extorted money from companies , took money where no examinations were made nnd made threats to extort money , nnd the auditor know of this and kept them In the work. Such proceedings wore shameful and reflect discredit on the state. The ex aminers were found to have charged an average - ! ' orago of $20 a. day for four hours' work. The ' examinations were for the most part super ficial. The auditor Is strongly censured for retaining the examiners in his employ after . I they offered to pay him part ot the fee ] ! money. The Insurance examiners arc found to have been unlawfully appointed. In con clusion the report says : Impeachment ImiirnetU-nlile. "Your committee , after carefully Investi gating the testimony In the case , docs not find grounds for Impeachment as defined In the only precedent In this state , the Hast ings case. Under the law as enunciated by Samuel Maxwell in his dissenting opinion in that case an Impeachment of John P. Cornell would 'be justified and wo believe we would , 'be ' sustained. Under the law as enunciated 'by ' a. majority of the court In Ks sweeping opinion , John V. Cornell would not 'be ' convicted If Impeached by the legislature. With this condition of the law and the un certainty and utter Improbability of convic tion by the supreme court. Involving as it would an outlay of several thousand dollars' expoiiFo to the state , your committee baa without recommendation plainly set out the facts as disclosed by the evidence nnd ngaJn challenge your attention to the gross Irreg ularities practiced , by the Btalo auditor nnd his subordinates. " The full report covers twenty-five typo- wrUfpn p.ies. It was reftd 4n fu'l ' to .he house and was adopted by a unanimous votu. COMPANY MAICr.S 1JOOD RKCOHI ) . Sipuxl Separate ! ! from He lnicnt Cuts tlx AVny IlneU Ilniuc. FIlKiMONT , Neb. , March 31. ( Spcclal.1 Private C. R. Kellcy of Company A , First Nebraska , writes to rclatlvca here , under date of February 17 , a 'brief account of the good work done l > y Company A the day be fore. Ho says that at about S o'clock on the morning of February 16 Colonel Stotnen- burg ordered a sergeant and a squad of men from that company , which 'was then on outpost duty , up a road about four miles to feel for the enemy as scouts. After going about three miles .they met a low natives with n white fl.ig , ( but paid no par ticular attention to them. A little later they found themselves surrounded on three Bides , the natives they had met with the white Hag being In their rear , armed with Mauser rifles. Some hot ilrlng followed , but with the aid of the rest of the company , which cnmo up and attacked the natives In the rear , they escaped without the loss of a man. Two men of Company A wore Reverely wounded. Private Day 'was nhot lu the head and Private Andrews was lyliif ; on his loft sldo firing when ho was struck by a bullet which passed through hlo body Just liclow the hc.-irt. In this fight Captain Holllngsworth anil Lieutenant Whrl3ii ; of Company C were also severely wounded. Kelley writes that during the lighting on February fi , while n Ut.ih batter- which supported the Nebraskaiw was shelling the Insurgents , w&o were intrenched In a htoiio church and behind a atone bridge , from which tlit-y were pouring n deadly fire , Mru. Barr , wife of an olllccr of the battery , stood a llttlo way back of the guns watching her husband light and was remarkably cool , Hey Plinixlirtl for Pt-iIillliiK Liquor. YORK , Neb. , March 31. fSpc-dal.- ) Charles Ivane , ngcd 17 , and his youngei brother were arrested yesterday by Sherlf Lancaster , charged with selling Intoxlcatln ; liquors at Benedict. Harry Harrington tes tided that ho had made purchases fern them. The younger Lane was discharged His brother pleaded guilty and was flnet $100 and costs. Kli'Pt Hound * diptIIriCii > olfM , DOUGLAS , Neb. , March 31. ( Spcclal.- ) A farmer living near Burr , an adjacen town to Douglas , own two large hounds o a cross between the Russian stnghound am the greyhound , which have caught nnd Ulllei three coyotes this winter. Ono mlle Is tin longest distance of any chase. Ono eoyoti was caught after u run of about one-quurte of a mllo. HAS A DEPLETED TREASURY il Condition of Slate of I'eiin- Bylvnnlii AVorxi- I'rem-ul 'I'liun .SliuiCltll War. HAniUSIlURG. PiTT March SI. The March statement of State Treasurer Iteui-oni bhows n balance lu the fund of | 5rj.'iS2Jo the smnllcst balance In the btnto traisuo sfnco the clcfio of the civil war. Mr Deacom , fays the claims now duo and pay able aggregate at lexU four times tbl. < amount , and that It will be Impossible ti accumulate enough money by Juno c , whor the school appropriation of J5,500,000 for the fltcal year becomes due , to pay any part ol tl.u appropriation during that month. He tays also It will be fortunate If the re ceipts nro sufficient to pay the expenses ol the legislature , make the ( juaiturly piiymcntt to the charitable Institutions and returr tha personal property tax yield to Phila delphia and Allegheny counties. . .tutorol n llrllUli Clllren. ( Copyright. 1 9. liy 1'renn Publishing Co. ; LONDON , Mnrch 31. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Wllllan Waldorf Abtor la not a Drltlbh citizen. Ii he had been naturalized the uniiounceinrni would have been made In thn Otllclal Ca zctte , which has not hern dono. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER rorciMst for Xcbrnskn Fair : Variable Winds. Tetunorntiir-e nt Oiniilin Yc-drnlns I Hour. ! ) < . Hour. DI-U. RUSHING THE TROOPS HOME Tlilrlcoii TlioiiMiinil lleliirneit from Culm llMrlnu Ilir Month oC .Mil roll. WASHINGTON. March 31. So far dur ing the month ( if Mnrch 13,000 troops Imvo b i'ti landed In the United States from Cuba. This work bus required especial expedi tionary measurcH on the part of the quarantine service , but so far nil the re- fiuitumonis made Upon the service h.xvo luen met. The War department has exercised unusual haste- because of the desire to avoid the necessity of compliance with the order of the Treasury department requiring the disinfection of all the baggage of returning troops and their equipment prior to entry. This ban been succi'ssfully nc.trpllfihed : by the eo-operatlon of thoMnrlne hospital service and Iho quartermaster general's olllce with out nn exception. The arrival of transports at pout hern ports has been so arranged ns to permit the dis infection of baggage without causing undiin detention of troops. Transports carrying troops were sent in accordance with this , arrangement to the quarantine stations nt ) Dry Tortugas and at blackboard Island nnd j to the Florida state quarantine station at ; Tampa nnd the city quainntlno station ati Savatiunli , Gn. Marino hospital surgeons were sent to nil these points to expedite tliO | business , but Colonel Hclltnger , quarter-1 master cf the War department. Is In general charge of the work. The marine hospital service also has furnished additional dls- ' Infecting machinery for the work. All told nbnut 1.000 tons ot baggage has been dls-1 Infected during the month and no baggage > wan allowed to evade that duty , nlthougli some efforts were made In that direction. FIND MISS HOFFMAN'S BODY Two More Vh-tlmn of ( tit * AVIiiilnur HoloemiNl Ari < TiiUcn from HlC HlllllH. NEW YOIIK , April 1. At 1:30 : this mornIng - Ing the workmen In the ruins of the Windsor ser hotel discovered the body of a woman j which was almost Intact. When the body was raised n gold watch fell from It. On the outside of the watch case was the word "Dora. " It is believed the body is that of Miss Dora Hcffman of llnltlmore. Miss Hoffman was a guest nt the hotel at the time of the fire nnd haa been counted among ithe missing blnco then. Shortly after the body , which Is supposed to bo that of Miss Hoffman , was found , another body , which , to all appearances , Is 1 that of an old woman , was discovered. It I Is well preserved and Is supposed to be I that of the woman who lived with Miss TlnlTmBn. T * titnl dead cvUij. . Windsor j hotel flro now number forty-throe. Of these thirty-two are unidentified bodies. EXPECTING THREE THOUSAND I'lnnl Stii ( < 'iiirn ( of ( lie Hollar Dinner I'rnJ-eodirK ( o Si > ( nt Hent All DnuhfK. NRW YORK , Mnrch 31. Eugene V. I Urowster of the committee on arrangements j of the -silver dinner to ha 'given April 1 ! ) to commemorate the birthday of Thomas Jef- 1 forson gave out the following statement to- iday : | "To dispel all doubts In the minds of the , iptfblic and the friends and admirers of the i Chicago platform and. those who have for- i warded money for tickets for the Jeffcr- 1 sonlnn dinner , we , the only uuthorlzed nr- * rangements committee of fifteen , In order to avoid all disputes In the future , hereby do- slro to announce that the Jcffersonlan dln- i ner will be given by Chicago platform dem- i ocrats Wednesday , April 1 ! ) , -at 7 p. m. In the Grand Central Puloco , nt which Mr. Dryan will bo present and make an address. " ' It Is estimated that 3,000 will bo present at 'tbo ' dinner , of which 1,000 have paid for seats. UNDERWRITERS GETTING OUT Ciniiliiiiiii-N iti'prfNi'iilecl In ArliniiNim liiNlrui't AnelllN ( o FlII'MlLT IltlNllieNN. I PINK BLUFF. 'Ark. , 'March ' 31. On nci - i count of the passage ot the Hector anti trust law by the legislature many of the In- i surnnco coin-panics are telegraphing their agents to refuse further 'business. Within a week the following companies have an nounced their withdrawal from the city : j The Royal of England , Queen of America , - ! Imperial of New York , Caledonian of 'New ' r York , American Central of St. Louis nnd T the German-American of New York. It is ; expected that all other Important companies . will follow their example. ii | ' The legislative net provides Unit any In- I. fltiranco company "belonging to u rating \ , bureau In any state shall bo prohibited from doing business In this city. CANNOT DIE FOR A FRIEND t. linn I'niler SeiilLniMof Di-alh for ' - .tlnrilt-r n ( ! , iiMt 'IVIN | Name of Iti-nl .11 n rili-re r. | NEW YORK. March . ' 11. Edward Wise , e , who in awaiting rentenco uf death for the murder cf Charles 13. Beaslry In tlila cllj lust November , baa ulmont at the last mo. ment declared that another man committed the murder. The police are looking for this man. They refuse to divulge his name Wise declared 'that ' ho was willing to suf fer for -Iho sake Imprisonment of a com- pnnirn , but now that death confronts hilt ho will shield him no longer. IN PURSUIT OF A DESPERADO Mil Moore Kill * 1'ollct-iiiiin ICIIroy nl Nevada 1'llj , ( 'nl. , anil KH- miieH lo Hie IIIIlN , NEVADA CITV. Cal. . March 31. Policeman - man William Kllroy UHB eliot and kllli't today by Kd Moore , whom he was trylnt to arrest. Moore ehcaptd to the hills ani a POBEO IB In pursuit. Moorn Is a denperaU fellow and It Is not thought ho Mil allovt himself to bo captured alive. Ill-turn nt .MeallriKr Vennclx. ST. JOHNS. N. F. . March 31. The seallns steamer Harlow. from the Gulf of St. Law rence , arrived hero loduv with 0.000 teals It reports that the Nlmrod hau 4.000 and the Kite 1,000. The Bteamrr Rancer. with u.50 ( teals , came Into port shortly after the Hur- low , hrlnsliiK In tow the mUnlon titeuinei . Sir Donald , ulilch It nicked un derelict Ii tin Ice pack. It t > aw no trace of the crew of the Sir Donald and It Is believed thut ) l has periehol , u-ftor KOMC | adrKt on an Ice floe. , Miv Nebraska Lawmakers About Kently to Run Under the Wire , LAST HOURS OF TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION Numerous Bills Passed and n Little Harm less Pun Indulged Ini STATE UNIVERSITY WINS ON SALARY ITEM House -Conferees Agree to Original Amount Demanded of 8242,000 , , REPORTS OF INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES Millie Auditor Cciiniirril niul Sniirci Court ilintucn KviineriittMl .Shore e.i Hint .1 ml ice \orvul In ( Sillily of 1'Vlony , LINCOLN , April ] . ( Special Telegram. ) At linlf past 1" this morning the legis lative halls are deserted , the members hav ing gone to .bill . to rest until itlio confer ence committee * on the salary appropria tion bill shall bo rr.uly to report. The ses sion , In ull probability , will not really cloao before noon , tis the legislatives fiction oC March SI has foe-en In force over since noon on Krlday. The closing hours of this legis lature have .been . very quiet as compared with those of some of Ita predecessors. There has been the usual rush ot bills and the common tendency to pass anything and everything that came up , but there haa been little boisterous conduct. The cus tomary resolutions of thanks to the prc- nldlng officers and to the press were passed nnd womo songs sung and n llttlo harmless fun l &i.lged In. On ; . ' ( the featurcH of the last day was the presentation of the reports of the com mittees appointed to Investigate the state auditor and the supreme court. Early In the day an effort wns made to call up tooth reports , but the ruling majority decreed otherwise and the reports were not presented until the night ocsslons. The committee on the supreme court presented a majority and n minority report , the latter bolng signed .by Representative Shore. The majority report - port finds nothing of serious Import to crlll- I c.lno or condemn In the court nnd explains satisfactorily two items relating to Judge * Sullivan and Norval. The minority report holds that Judge Norval Is guilty ot a felony and calls on the house to begin Im peachment proceedings. An attempt by the fuslonlsts to substitute the minority for the majority report was voted down , -14 to Gl , and the majority report adopted. CoriK-11 IN Onmireil. Shortly after midnight the report of the committee appointed lo investigate the state auditor's olllco was presented. The facts of the Investigation were set forth , the auditor severely censured , but no rec ommendations were made , as , lu the com- . Lilttec'S ) opinion , ImpuacLmeiit pio-iuedldgs would not 'be likely to succeed. The repoit was adopted by a uminlnums vote. Numerous 'billswere passed during the day and night , the members evincing a burning desire to close up public 'business ' ns soon as possible and hie themselves away to their respective homes , there to resume the peaceful avocations of private life. life.Tho The conference committee was not out long and had agreed upon n compromise report on II. R.Ill before 2 o'clock. The principal dlfl'ercnco was on the uni versity Item nnd .the house members of the committee agreed to the semite amend ment raising the salary appropriation to Representative J. H. Shore fell on the capital steps when leaving the building this morning and badly cut and bruised his face. He was not dangerously Iiurt , hut suffered much from loss cf blood. piu > t'nii ix < JS Til 13 S13NATK. Lively Time Over .Mi-rnrthy'n Stunk iii-luiiiu < - Hill. LINCOLN. March 31. ( Special. ) Some of the oxclting scenes of the lower branch of the legislature were enacted In the Bonate today , nnd the members were not destined to adjourn without having at least one ex tremely lively sitting. Sprdn of Nuckolls nrouo at a time tha xemitors had about Ilnlslicd whetting their appetites for u bountiful repast , and wanted lo know why the sifting committee had Ignored the icquest of eighteen members of the senate to advance H. R. 331 to the head of the general ( He. Ho did not need to ex plain thnt It was the McCarthy bill to break up the South Omula Live Stock Uxcbange. Senator IltyuoldH. chairman of the com mittee , explained in answer to the query that the committee had not been ublo to get together since the Bcnnto adopted that re quest and that there wore plenty of Itn. portnnt measures on general file meriting Ui * senate'ti attention. Canaday of Kearney then offered the fol lowing alleged report of the Bitting com mittee , which became the real hornet's ncatt Mr. President ; Wo , the undorBlgnrd , mrla bors of your slftlnc committee , to whom was referred the McCarthy bill , being House Roll No. 331 , a bill for an act to pruvunt combinations , trusts and monopolies In buv * ing and Boiling live slock , etc. , on commis sion.-have had the fiimo under con < > ldcrati n , and In view of the i luctnnro and henlta't ofHomo incmhurH of your committee to make any report whatever anil their fnll'irn so far to comply \\lth the motion pat.a' > l by the senate yesterday , which course , If im-- titled in , might be construed by the people of our state as showing a determination to smother said bill In thin way. Therefore , wo beg leiivo to report the bill buck to the senate with llm recommendation that Ito ! advanced to the head < > t the general file. Senator Cannday wan a member of the Elftlng committee. Senators Tallin ! and Van Diifien at once challenged the Kearney ncn-i- tor's purported report us no report nt nil , that It dimply V.-IIH the statement of ono mombrT of iho committee , acting In his Individual capacity. Kath oftho rslx rn- mulnlng membuiH of the ulftlng comtnlttea suld Senator C'unaday had novelHubmlttoJ < surh a ri port to them nnd they had not been the report nor heard of It until offered by him In the senate a few minutes before. In the midst of thl > dlscuwlon Tarbot of Lancaster moved that the "report" bo tabled and roll call was demanded. His motion was loHt , the veto bolng n fcllons : Ayes Aronds. Barton. Crow , fllffert , Huldormun , McCargar , Noyes , Owens , I'rout , Reynolds , Rocke , Tnltiot nnd Van Dusan 13 , Nays Canaduy , Currlf , Dunn , Karrell , Hale , Hannibal , Howard , Kntpner , Miller , Morgan , O'Neill , Suliaal , Smith , Sjiohn and Steele 15. Van lu on Ihon ratand the point of orlop that tills KUtemeiit Heiit up by the senator from Kearney was not a committee repoit- The chair overruled hlb .point . of order , and he appealed from the < lwi lon of the chair Then began a cross-lire on that point that carried the momtiers far past the noon hour , anj opened a fli-Jit that UBS out fctoj pcd