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\ 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
