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HE H ESTABLISHED JUXB in , 1871. ( TMAIIA , MONDAY MOKNINO , APRIL a , 18 ! ) ! ) . SINGLE COPY ITLVIi ! CEXTS. HflPFIFAVFSUPRFIS llvl Ju JuL/iY V UJ jU.LtLJL'Lu General Peeling that .Hour of Collapse is a PROMINENT FILIPINO Del Pilnr Leaves Agninnldo's Hanks Accepts the Inevitable , TWO THOUSAND PRIVATES DESIRE TO YIELD Many Noncoinbatant Natives Are Returning to Their Homes , SPANIARDS ENTERTAIN LESS HOPEFUL VIEW in from Tlit'lr Own H. Unit ind inot Yet In .SIBIH 1'rleiulljUlxnulu an to ( he LitnrvlN ut .Mnloloi. MANIUA , April 2. C-.30 p. m. The 'American troops under General MacArthur aio still resting at Malolos , where every thing has been quiet today. Hostilities else where , so far as officially reported , hava been limited during thu last twenty-four h&urn to an occasional exchange of shots be tween the insurgents and the troops form ing the lines of General Law ton and Gen eral Hall , extending from the water works to La Lonla. But the shooting has bccu Just nctivo enough to make the lives ot the soldiers a burden and to compel the olllccrs to sleep In trenrhe. ' , clothed and In readiness to repel possible attacks. Most of the Americans are becoming con vinced that the backbone of thu Insurgent opposition Is broken. There are numerous rumors pointing to an early collapse of the Insurrection. One of these is that General Plo del Pllar , the best fighter among the Filipino officers , will desert Agulnaldo and give hi * support to the Americans. The Spaniards , reasoning from their ex perience with the natives , refuse to believe tbo rebellion Is anywhere near put down. They declare that the Filipinos will noi take their defeat at Maloloti with the loss of the city and the removal of their so- called government seriously to heart. On the contrary , the Spaniards predict that the insurgents will hover near the American lines , bothering them as much as possible , and when attacked In force , dissolve , only to reappear at other points. Thla sort of tac tics , the Spaniards say , twill be followed until the wet season compels the Americans to bo housed In barracks , and then the Filipinos will return and reoccupy such towns as the United States troops do not garrison. With the next dry season a repetition of the present operations will begin. Time alone , will show how much there Is in this theory ; but , as against It , It must be borne In mind s * that .the Spaniards in all their domination V > ofthc Philippines never gave the Inhabi tants a demonstration of power comparable ' . Ihf effectiveness to that given them by the KlUliliion nendy ( n Ylolil. A priest and two men , members of the so-called Filipino congress , who hid them- cclves in the woods during the fighting which preceded the capture of Malolos , re turned there this morning and declared that 2,000 of the Filipino soldiers were anxious to give up fighting and would do so but for their ofllcers , who keep them under arms. The country between Malolos and Caloocan is now full of frlendlles , women , children and old people , who arc returning to their homes , carrying white flags. The Ameri cans nro trying to gain the confidence of ( ho Inhabitants by proving to them that If they will return and attend to their ordi nary work , peacefully , no harm will befall them. Two hundred and fifty civilians came back to their homes In Malolos last even ing. Two thouannd women and children , with a sprinkling of unarmed men , sup posed to bo warriors , camn to the outskirts of Malolos on the sea side of the c'Ay and afterward sneaked away , carrying all the goods they could. There has been no little good naturcd * rivalry as to which regiment the First Montana or the Twentieth Kansas IB en titled to the honor of having raised Its flag first in Malolos. Colonel Funnton and twenty men of Company K , Kansas volun teers , claim Iho distinction , on the ground , as nlrcmdy cabled , of having entered the town at double .quick nnd raised the com pany's flag , but the firm Hag to bo recog nized oluclally vras that of Company G of the .Montana Infantry. RECENT DEATHS AT MANILA KrultN of I > | HI.IINC nnil IliilleU Arc II c- linrleil to ( he War De- liiirtiiient. WASHINGTON. April 2. Following is General Otis' casualty list today ; MANILA , April 2. Adjutant General , Washington : Following deaths have oc curred since last report : March 25 ; ThomaB F. Wultesldo , private , Company L , First Colorado , dysentery. March 28 ; Adolph Kloplon , private , Com pany A , First North Dakota , drowned , acci dent. dent.March March 25 : Smallpox Edward Pratt , pri vate , Company L , Thirteenth Minnesota ; Walla.co Ilolln , quartermaster sergeant , Fifty-first Iowa ; Frank A. Partin , private , Company I , Twenty-third Infantry ; Nelson McKollar. private , Company F , First South Dakota ; James O. Stovall , private , Company U , Sixth artillery. From wounds In artlon : March 2 ! > : David Campbell , private , Com pany M. First Washington. March 26 : Robert Brown , private. Com pany G , First Montana ; John Miller , pri vate , Company I , Twenty-second Infantry ; William G. Courtney , private , Company II , First Washington ; George. H. Fortson , cap tain , Company H , First Washington. March 28 : Mat Burners , private. Com pany M , First Nebraska ; Leo Forby , cap tain , Company O , Flrut Nebraska. March31 : Churles Preachers , flrst sor- gwant. Company M , First South Dakota ; Will May. private , Company I. First South Dakota ; William H. Heasperllng , corporal , Company 0 , Third Infantry ; Fred H. Wheaton - ton , private. Company H , First Montana ; Josr.ph Wall , private. Company II , Twentieth Kansas. April 1 : George A , Tnylor. private. Com pany H , Tenth Pennsylvania. OTIS. SLAUGHTERED BY INDIANS M\teeii l'ro | n-etor Ueporleil < o lime Been ICllleit at Month of K lllvrr .tlimlin. SAN \NOISCO , April 2. V special from Junrau , Alaska , to the Call , contains the report cf the murder cf sixteen prospec tors f-cm Kcu'ucky , No details are at band , but the titory Is to tl e clTr t that the cold uekers were lulled asleep by Indians , who wanted their kits and nuppllos. The crime Is wild to have been committed a number of months ago , whlls the prospectors were near the mouth of Ktiskokwlu river. It In said that the massacre had been re ported to thf Interior department , -which boa taken the matter up. ELECTIONS CAST SHADOWS CiinitinluiiN In Ohio A rr n Vlriv toVhnt May After. CINCINNATI , April 2. Whllo the munic ipal elections In Ohio tomorrow arc for local ofllces yet they have strong bearings on state and national politics and also on factional Interests In both parties. The mu nicipal machinery will have great Influence In the congress to bo held next month or later and candidates for gubernatorial nnd other slate nominations are conducting ng- grejwlvo canvasses now in connection with these municipal elections. The hearing on national politics Is seen In Senator Kornk- cr'ii presence nnd In the course of events. If n republican governor should bo elected next November who Is unfriendly to the senior Ohio senator that governor would no doubt be at the licad of the state ticket for his second term two years hence when members of the legislature are elected to choffo the successor of Koraker. And ttlo friends of the national administration want a solid Ohio delegation to the national re publican convention a year hence. The republican candidate for mayor of Cleveland , the homo of Senator Hanna , Is Hobert McKlsson , wbi > was the fusion can didate before 4 he legislature In January of last year for senator against Senator Hanna. It i stated throughout the state that McKlsson Is running for a third term not for the mayoralty alone but also for the purpose of opposing President McKlnley , Senator Hanna and others In the Ohio state convention this year nnd next year and of controlling tlio four delegates from the Cleveland districts and , if possible , other Ohio delegates 'to the national convention next year. In other Ohio cltlee these factional lines nro Irss directly drawn. At Toledo they are marked with two republicans running for mayor , while the democrats have but one candidate. In this city there is no election for mayor , but much Interest is taken In the election of two members of the Board of City Affairs , which controls the local mu nicipal patronage. The usual flpCit Is being waged by the democrats and Independent republicans against George U. Cox as the republican "boss. " TOLEDO , 0. , April 2. The most remark able political campaign In the history of Toledo closed last night , with demonstra tions In almost every ward by the three fac tious contending for the election of mayor on Monday. The regular republicans , with Charles K. Hussell ns mayoralty candidate , today announced through the chairman. Con gressman J. H. Southard , that they would win the fight by at least 2,000 plurality , while Lem P. Harris , the manager of Mayor S. M. Jones , confidently expects to carry the city by at least as large a plurality. The Independent movement , or the Jones faction of the republican party , has made the most aggressive fight , the candidate making his campaign on the platform of socialism and municipal ownership rjnd 'IP has secured endorsements from nearly every labor union In the city. CLEVELAND. O. , April 2. The municipal campaign which closed last night Is the most remarkable ever conducted in Cleveland. The candidates for mayor are Hubert K. McKlsson , republican , who reeks re-election for a third term , and John H. Farley , dem ocrat , former mayor. McKlsson and Kar- ley were the opposing candidates two years ago , when the former won by about 2,000 plurality. At that time Farley had the op position of a large number of sliver dem ocrats , who refused to support him because be had failed to give active support to llryan In the presidential campaign. Then there was no open opposition to McKlsson in his own party. DETROIT. Mich. , April 2. Voters of Mich igan will on Monday choofo a Justice of the stale supreme court and two regents nt the University cf Michigan. Local elections will ho hold In all the cities and townships of the state and judges of the circuit courts throughout the state will bo elected for terms of six years. Aldermen and some , or all , of the other city ofllcers will be elected In most of the cities. In Detroit only live Judges of the circuit court , two judges of the recorder's court and school Inspectors arc to bo selected. The state campaign has been n quiet one , but there Is some agitation among thn lahor unions against Chief Jus tice Grant , the republican candidate for re election , on account of a decision written by him in which was denied the right of boy- pott In the case of a Detroit strike. Thomas Harkworth , the democratic nominee for the supreme bench , Is believed to be strong with the working clauses , but has a natural re publican majority against him. CHICAGO , April 2. The municipal cam paign was practically closed last night , both parties holding largo meetings In eleven parts of the city. Doth the democrats and republicans claim to bo confident of the out come , but at the same time the practical men In both parties admit that It Is exceed ingly dltllcult to forecast correctly the re sult of thn vote on Tuesday. The unknown quantity In the campaign Is the vote to bo polled by the Independent democratic candi date , ox-Oovornor Allgrld. The republicans admit that a heavy vote for Altgeld IB their main chance for election by splitting the democratic vote. The democrats claim that Mayor Harrison Is certain of re-election and that ho will receive 170,000 votes , Carter , the republican , 120,000. and they allow but 20.000 to Altgeld. The republicans claim for Carter 125,000 votes , give Harrison 110- 000 and allow Altgeld a total of 76.000. The election commissioners estimate a total vote of 310,000. _ EASTER SNOW IN THE WEST of AVIil < . fir ' 0 H AVer hlier | anil I'lujH Iliivou wllli Klmt .Milliner- , CRKIOHTON. Neb. . April 2. ( Special Telegram. ) 'It ' began to snow about 2 o'clock this afternoon and Is still Knowing thick and fast. The prospects are now as fair for a heavy snow ns nt any time this winter. Although the wind Is from the northeast , the mercury Is falling quite rapidly and at the present rate will not be far from zero before morning. PIKUHE , S. I ) . . April 2. ( Special Tele- gram. ) An Easter snowstorm has been rag ing hero nil day with a fall of about six Inches , which has drifted badly. This , In connection with the enow already on the ground over this section of the state , will make it serious for some caulehohlcrt ; , as the long period for ' which winter has held on hero has prevented cattle from grazing and the hay supply Is practically exhausted. OH.VMUBHL.MN , S. 0. , April 2. ( Spe cial Telegram. ) About six Inehoa of enow Ml today and it Is still snowing this evenIng - Ing This la the laies' snowfall In many yvars. The Ice In the Missouri river is mill EUlllclently strong for travel and Uow i no elgns of an Immedla'o ' 'breaking ' up. Thto yrar's iTakup will bo the latest in the his tory of t'jlu country , NO MORE MONEY FOR CUBANS Uncle Sam Seta His Foot Down Hard on that Proposition. TIRED OF FOOL WORK OF THE ASSEMBLY Til lit Til roc .Million for tlir Molillcr * .Miiy lie lU-cnlli-il If ( In- Lender * Do Not ConnIn Their SelllPH. WASHINGTON , April 2. U was reported tonight by two members of the cabinet that no consideration will bo paid to any prop osition for money for the Cuban army out- sldo the $3,000,000 fund now awaiting their acceptance and furthermore It is hliixdi that if too much trouble and deliberate delay cccur preliminary to that amount be ing turned over to the Cubans the $3,000,000 may bo withdrawn and no payment of any sort bo made by this government on ac count of the Cuban troops. No proposition for an additional sum will be consldored In any form and the statement to that effect by Secretary Hay In the unotttelal Inter- vlow with the two delegates from the as sembly will stand. It Is also slated by cab inet olllclals that no attention will bu paid to the project for authorizing a Cuban loan. I'iK'ii mid HM | Solieme. C. M. Cocn , who , It is nllcgod , is en gineering the scheme for n. $20,000,000 loan Issue to the Cuban assembly and Is said to bo the author of the mysterious dispatches to the Cuban nreeniuly , urging the body not to disband on the ground of n good pros pect of securing more than the $3,000,000 offered by the Unltcvl States , is In Washing ton. Mr. Coon tonight was In conference with a Mr. Koienfeldt. He admitted that he was the man who had been working on the plan to establish a $20,000,000 bond issue to 'be ' paid for out of the Cuban revenues now collected by the United States. He eald ho represented a syndicate with $20,000,000 capital , which intended to place the loan. "I came to this city from Havana last ' Sunday , " ho said. " 1 have not 'been ' In bid ing. I spent one month In Cuba and was around In the open air every day seeing the members of the Cuban assembly. 1 met General Brooke and made myself known to him. I explained my views of the situation to him. If the three million payment Is forced on the army It will create .future dissatisfaction and disloyalty , while a bonded debt , paid out of the Cuban revenues , would solve the Cuban problem. " HUN \o Money IllniHcIf. "How about $20,000,000 ? " he was asked. "Who is back of it , and where Is it ? " Mr. Coen gave no satisfactory answer to this question. "I have assurance , " he said tonight , "that the money will be ready the minute the plan for a loan is adopted. I have already told you that 1 have no capital. I am simply doing the work. He said ho did not care whether the Cuban assembly continued In session or not. Mr. Cocn offered no explanation of bis business In Washington , and denied that he was hereto to see government ofllcials. "I have nothing to do with the adminis tration officials , and do not Intend to see them , " he asserted. WIRE IS HUNG ACROSS CUBA SuiitliiK" "ml llavunn ICiitiilillNh Coni- in n n lent I nil llitnilitH IleNceiiil I'linii TrnvclerM. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. April 2. The tele graph line to Havana constructed by the United States signal corps Is completed and will 'bo ' opened for commercial messages to morrow. Local merchants , however , say they do not believe the line can be regularly operated during the rainy season , which causes great damage. Flvo more bandits have been captured , including Nalnon , a noted desperado. The others who have been InffHtlng the San Luis district seem to have removed their opera tions to the north. A body of armed men a week ago attacked' two Americans in the neighborhood of Holguln , took their arms nnd horses and went still further north to rob the lighthouse nt Gibara. Colonel Grublo of the Second Immunea has gone In pursuit. The trouble seems to have grown out of the cessation of public works in the province nnd the delay in the approval of the estimates. Many who be came bandits during that period now refuse to return to work. VALUE OF SAMOA ISLANDS Cronji IION on HlKlMrny of Commerce from Orient In Cent nil Amer- ienn Ciiiinl. WASHINGTON , April 2. The people , pro ductions and commercial and strategic Im portance of the Samoan Islands are dis cussed In a publication just issued by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics. The Islands lie in an almost direct line between San Francisco and Australia and slightly south of the direct steamship line connecting the Philippines with the proposed Panama or Nlcaraguan Intcroccanlc canals. Their special importance , therefore , it Is stated , lies more In their position as coaling and repair stations on those great highways of commerce rather than In their direct com mercial value , their population being small and their Imports and exports of com paratively little Importance. The group consists of ten Inhabited and two uninhabited Islands , with nn area of 1,700 square mllus and an aggregate popula tion , according to latest estimates , of 36,000 people , of which sumethlng over 200 are British subjects , 125 Germans , 25 Americans. 2. . French , and 25 of other nationalities , while the remainder are natives of the Polynesian race. Tha bulk of the popula tion is located in the three Islands of Upolou , Savall , and Tutulla ; the number In Upolou being 1C.COO , In Savall 12.GOO. and In Tutulla , which contains the harbor of Page Page , ceded to the United States In 1873 for a naval station , 3,700. The Islands are of volcanic origin , but fertile , producing cocoanuts , cotton , sugar and coffee ; tha most Important , however , being cocoanuu , from which the "copra" of commerce Is obtained by drying the kernel of the cocoa- nut. The exportation of copra from the islands in 1S3C amounted to 12.165.P09 pounds , valued ut (231.372. A considerable proportion tion of this was exported to the United States , and a larger proportion to Germany , whose citizens control Its commerce through a trading company which has long been established there. In 1896 the Imports were $301,159 , of which } 17.r,52 came from the United States , 149,802 from Germany , $17,857 from the Australasian colonies , $7.044 from Great Britain and $2l,90i from other countries. The exports In 1890 were $263.047. of which $231.372 was copra. School of I'M ) dioIoK ) CHICAGO April 2 Many psychological experts are in Chicago for the purpose of at tending the sessions of a school of psychol ogy which will be opened tomorrow under Iho auspices of the Chicago Kindergarten college and which will continue during the vntlru SUICIDE OF REAR ADMIRAL lletlro.lnvnl Oltloi Mllli llrllllnnt lleooril Kill * lil.iil.plf In Ilnfi- tun Sniiilnrlitm. DORTON' , April 2. Hoar Admiral Chnrlcs C. Carpenter , Vnlted States navy , retired , committed suicide at a sanitarium In one of the suburban districts of this city yes terday. The udmlrnl had been In 111 honllb for some time- . Admiral Carpenter for the last six weeks was .in Inmate of the Adams Nervine nsylum In the Jamaica Plains district and nt the earnest request of Ms family details have been withheld from the public. Ho ohot hlinacH < n the 'head. For ti number ct years prevlmw to his retirement Adinlr.il Carpenter suffered se verely from nervous disorder * and soon after'being released from bet-vice went under medical treatment. Ho had apparently recovered , but dx weeks ago there came ft relapse and he was placed In the asylum , lie seemed to Im prove and bin family had hope that he would bo hinutrlf again. Charles C. Carpenter was born in Green field , iMass. , February 27 , 1834. Us was ap- pc.lntcd u midshipman from this Btuto Oc- Uber 1 , 1S50 , and was attached to the sloop Portsmouth oftho PaclHo squadron from 1S51 to ISSfi. He was In the naval academy from 1S.15 to ISCti , was promoted to passed midshipman June 20 of the latter year. On leaving the naval acndeiny ho served on the Hontioho , Mcrrlmae , Colorado and Dolphin phin of the squadron for two years nnd whllo on thu Dolphin unstated In the cap ture of the slave brig Echo , with 300 slaves aboard. After .bulng made a lieutenant he was attached to the steamer Mohawk , which raptured the slaver Wildfire oft the coast of Cuba , with BOO slaves on board. After the breaking out of the war the Mohawk was placed In the Texas and cast Gulf blockade , but Carponltr was transferred In 1SC2 to the steamer Flag of the South At lantic squadron , and on July 1C of that year was promoted to lieutenant commander. Ho next saw service on the Monitor Catskill - skill of tbo South Atlantic blockading fleet nnd was on ibcnrd during the operations nnd attacks upon -the defenses of Charles ton on April 7 , July 10 anil August 17 , 1S03. 1S03.During During the latter part of the war he was at the naval academy and after the close went to the Asiatic station with the sloop . Hartford , the flagship. His first command was the steamer Wyo ming of the same squadron and after being on It a year ho came 'back to this coun try and for two years was stationed at the Portsmouth navy yard , during which time ho was commissioned commander. Sea duty alternated with duty at Portsmouth for ten years following. In 1883 he was commander of the Hartford , which carried j \ the English and American Kclipso expe- | ditlon of 1883 to the Caroline atoll , j For three years 18SS to 1890 he commanded - j I manded the receiving ship Wabash at the 1 Charlestown navy yard and In June of the latter year was transferred to Portsmouth as captain of the yard aud later as com mandant. He received his commission as commodore in 1S03 and HB rear admiral a j year later. As commander of tbo Asiatic j squadron in 1S91 ho aaw many of the naval I movements , of the Cblnnvjap-meso war , j Under hid orders warf nj/ft the fhbt.&aC ! } only shot by an Amcrlcnn man-of-war at i a Chinese ship , thereby enforcing demands | of this government and averting the 1m- pending breach of relations between the United States and China. His action was . commended by our government. j Admiral Carpenter was retired In 1S06 , i after forty-six years of continuous and hononublo service , 'but ' during the Spanish war was recalled from retirement to act as commandant of the Portsmouth navy yard In place of Commodore Remoy , who had hoisted his Hag on the receiving ship . Lancaster at Key West. Admiral Carpenter leaves a widow and family , one son being assistant surgeon. ] , D. M. Carpenter , who was on the Raleigh i during the operations against Manila and who has teen transferred to the Olympla. I Another son Is with the Cramp Shipbuild ing company and a third son lives with Mrs. Carpenter and her two daughters at I Portsmouth. I EXACT DATA ABOUT COLONIES I WMP OtlloeN Direct Ti-pn rtliientiil CoiiiiiiiinilerN to Cnlleet Informa tion of Interent. WASHINGTON , April 2. Assistant Secretary - rotary of War Molklojohn has promulgated an order of instructions to departmental commanders in Cuba , Porto Rlco and the Philippines which. It literally and promptly carried out , promises to produce the exact Information which the people of the United States , as well as those of other countries , are anxiously seeking at this time. Alt of itho books 'that ' have been published upon the Islands named have necessarily been of a superficial charaoter , owing largely to the j difficulty of obtaining exaat statistical in formation of as varied a character as Is re quired by Secretary Molklojolin's circular of inwrnctlciiH. The order requires the departmental com manders to report upon the present civic conditions In their respective departments. I I It Is exported that regimental commanders I will select one or two competent line officera | from each camp or post located In the sev eral Isramls to collect the Information. The subjects embraced by the assistant secretary of war's circular are the geograph ical and physical features of the country , thu latter being accomplished by available maps , prints and surveys , Reports will j also bo made upon climate , mineral resources - ! sources , forests , character and products ot thu soil , pulillo lands , crops and markets thorefor , traiibpaHaUon facilities , railroads , available water power , bender ) Indebtedness , manufactures and other mattere of Interest. CIIIHAKO'S fltllSIJ .MAI'l'HIl OUT. All III I ml UlMVlhOll'M FIllKNllIll III Vll.lt \Ve l Afrlcnn I'nrtx. WASHINGTON , April 2. It has been de cided that Rear Admiral HowUon's flagship , the Chicago , -will proceed to the South At lantic via the Mediterranean and Red rcaa and thence around Capo of Good Hope , touching at all the principal ports on the West African coast. The department con- bldcrs It n good thing to make a display of an American war i > hlp occasionally at thii unfrequented ports of the world , and the magnificent cruiser Chicago will certainly create a deep impression on the west coast of Africa. The last American war ship which covered thla route wns the gunboat Costlne , when it was dispatched to join the South Atlantic squadron in 1594. Rear Admiral Howison will sail with the Chicago before the end of the month. The only other ship attaohod to the South Atlantic station Is the Wilming ton , which is now in Brazilian waters. The cruise of the Chicago will require about four month * . Prominent WASHINGTON. April 2. Vice President Hobart IB still kept to his house by the effe-is of his bad attack of the grip , but Is Improving slowly Ex-Secretary Sherman la continuing to Im- provi and is gaining etrcngb. Hg It able ] to sit up for sliorv periods , INSOLVENCY OF GULF LINE Recovers Appointed to Preserve Purpose of Western Interests. SKETCH OF THE ROAD'S ' DEVELOPMENT niiiii" City , IMHalmrw A ( Itilf Over- uomeN OliNlncloN In MM Count mo tion iitul l'n > liiinirillnli * 1'rolltulile Itcttirn. KANSAS CITY , 'Mo. ' . April 2. The re ceivership for the Kansas City , Plttaburg & ( Stilt railroad , granted In this city last nlfihl by Judge Gibson of thu circuit court , will , according to the company's olllrlals , Interfere - fore In no way with the operations of the property and the reorganization plans which have been making 'for ' some time since will , It Is claimed , go forward without delay. The receivers , nil of whom are Kanaaa Clt > men. are frfendly to Mm president of the road , Arthur 13. Sttllwelt , who has en- gincerod the property from Its Inception. The act , they declare , U a friendly one and was made necessary to head off unfriendly eastern stockholders who contemplated blmt- lar action. The history of the Kansas City , Pitts- burg & Gulf railroad and Its Joint enter prises , the northern connecting Hues and the Port Arthur ship canal , contains prac tically a revision ut the long desired short line to the gulf. The finishing of the line was accomplished mainly through the ef forts of A. E. Stillwcll , formerly vice presi dent , now president of the road. The road grow out of the old Kansas , Nevada & Fort Smith line , of which E. L. Martin was pre'l- dent. The Nevada & Fart Smith line was projected to run to the gulf , 'but ' only a comparatively short part of It 'was finished when Mr. Stlllwell picked up the proposi tion. The road was 'built ' during the finan cial crisis of 18U2-33 nnd was an undertak ing which few men believed would ever bo completed. The original purpceo .was to make Snbine , Tex. , the southern terminus. Kountze Urothera cf .New York owned -10.000 acres of land In and around Sablne. Stlllwell made a proposition to build his road to Sablne It Kountzes would give him 51 per cent of the interests there. The Kountzes declined the offer. Mr. Stillwell then wont to Holland and Interefitcd Dutch capitalists in the en terprise. It was finally decided to make Pert Arthur , Tex. , the road terminus and to build a ehip canal from that point to 'Sablno ' lake. Completion of Itonil. The last spike In the road was driven on September 11 , 1897 , and the first through trnin reached Port Arthur on that day. While the canal was building Injunction followed Injunction to delay the work , and It was only finished on 'March 2o. last , when the first nhipping was brought up to Port Arthur from the gulf. In the meantime Mr. Stlllwell assumed the presidency of the road , E , L. Martin i being made vice president. Branch roads ' becoming necessary for northern connec- tions , the Pittsburg & Gulf company bought and built lines giving them Omaha and Qulncy connections. Tliu.0 latter lines arc not included In tlie receivership. A bid for the Alton road , for , a Chicago entrance , was made , but fell ' through. Its long fight to Complete the canal made It apparent several monthn ago that the road would not for the present be nblo to meet the interest upon Its bonds and a. reorganization of the whole property was talked of. Mr. Stillwell spent three months In New York working on the project and when he returned to Kansas City last week it was announced that satisfactory plans had been decided upon nnd would soon bo announced. The reorganization plan was never made public In full , but it Included a scaling down of the bonds , a reduction In the Intor- eft rate , an Issue of preferred stock and a rc-dlstribtitlon of securities all around. It became necessary , however , to extend the date of filing of the bonds by stockholders , some of whom. It was stated , demurred In the reorganization. A few days ago it was learned , according to the local officials of tbo road , that the State Trust company of New York , which holds the road's bonds to Uio amount of $23,000,000 , was prepared to tnkn decisive action if the interest pay ments of J575.000 duo on April 1 were not met. Yesterday learning , as they claim , that certain eastern stockholders were In tent on applying for a receivership , it was decided by local ofllclals of the road to head them off. I'lnii of Iiiieiil liileroNt. Accordingly C. E. Grannls of New Haven , a heavy stockholder who Is favorable to the local interests , applied for 11 receivership , arousing Jud o James Gibson of the circuit court from bed late last night to appoint receivers. The men appointed , E , 1 , . Mar tin , Robert Gillham nnd J. Mel ) . Trimble , are respectively vice president , general manager nnd general counsel of the road and are friendly to Mr. Stlllwull. Mr. Still- well asked not to bo Included , fitallng ho believed lie could better servo the Block- holders In this If his jiands wore left un tied. tied.Mr. Mr. Stlllwi'll says : ' 'The uneared for In debtedness of the company. Including coupons pens , Is only $1,000,000 , or fi per cent of the capital. The earnings of the road for March were $330,000 , far In excess of any thing that It has expected before the canal was completed. With this amount of Indebtedness - dobtodness It will bo a very easy Job to reorganize the road to put It on Its feet in Tery short time. Had the road three or four months moro without Interruption It would hav easily paid Its floating debt without any trouble nnd would have had to take care only of Its coupons of $575,000. " The general allegation In the petition for receivers Is that the road is Insolvent in that It Is unable to meet the Interest upon lln bonds , which falls due April 1 , and which amounts to $575,000 , and la unable to clear away certain other debts which reach a total of between $300,000 and $400,000. The Journal tomorrow will say that Judge Caldwell or some other federal Judge will bo asked to overturn the receivership granted by Judge Gibson and 'bo petitioned to appoint as receivers men who are dis interested. X v Ilnnil tit Cripple CIMM-K- . DENVKK , Colo. , April 2. A railroad be tween Cripple Creek and Canon City is to be built this summer. The construction Is under the personal charge of George H. Prootor of New York City , who says that $1.000,000 has been subscribed for bonds uf the company , which has been incorporated In Arizona with a capital of $2,000,000 Mr. Proctor says that trains will bo running into Cripple Creek over the new road In seven months. In connection with the buildIng - Ing of this railroad another company has also been organized to build large ore reduc tion works near Canon City and to con struct a tunnel which will tap the Cripple Creek mines at great depth. ( Hit St < ir > lU'tiilil. CHICAGO , 111 April 2. The Tribune's St Joseph , Mo. , special cays \ npw railway Is to connect Kansas City with Omaha , passing through ft Joseph The brtwjeii St. Joseph and Kansas City CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Haiti or Snow ; Coldfr. Trntiirrnlurr nt ( Imntin yotli rilii > I will bo fifty-two miles , ton miles shorter thau any Mhor ro.id. The name of the road will be the Kansas City , St. Joseph & Omaha railroad. The Incorporators nro J. H. Pick ering , 10. R. Sweeney , Charles H. Kolth , Joseph O'nrniK'baugh ' , C. X. Atkln.'On , C. M. i Morris and George C. Moore of Kansas City : j-Milton j i Tootle Jr. . St. Joseph , and O. R. | I Herry , St. Joseph ; C. 11. Kook , Oregon , Mo. ; i W. C. Fleming , Graham. Mo. ; S. H. Prathor. j | W. F. luv.kln nn-l PaId Rnnkln , T.vklo. Mo The new company will be incorporated with a capital stock nf $2fiOO,000. The bonds have all been placed In London and Paris. SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT TniiiM-H on the Sntijcet < o Uf Itonil liy Student * of SocloliiKy nnil 1'olltli-N. PHILADELPHIA. April 2. The third an nual meeting of the Academy of Political and Social Science will be held on Friday nnd Saturday of this wock , with sessions afternoon nnd evening of each day. The meeting promises to be the most Interesting held ( bythe academy. On Friday afternoon the topic before the meeting will bo "Tho Government of Dependencies. " Papers on the subject will be read by Theodore S. Wolaey , professor of International law , Yale ; Prof. 'E. W. HolTout , Cornell ; A. Lawrence Lowell , Harvard , and \V , Alleyno Ireland ot London. On Friday evening 4Ion. Carl Schurz will deliver nn address on "Militarism and De mocracy. " "Our Commercial Relations with the Far East" Is on thn program for Saturday after noon , \Vorlhlngton C. Ford , ex-chief of I the United States nurcau of Statistics , and liobrrt T. Hill of thu United States geological logical survey are booked far addresses , Among those who will take part in tbo discussion of Iho subjects are John Ford , secretary of 'the American Asiatic associa tion , and E. T. Chamberlain , chief of the United States Ilureau of Navigation. The most interesting session will no doubt bo that of Saturday evening , when the gen eral subject will be "The Political Relations of the United States with the Far East. " The main address of the evening will bo that of the Chinese minister , Wu Ting Fang , on "China's Relation with the West. " Mr. AVu has brought 'himtielf ' prominently before the country during the last few years as one of the representatives of the most pro- Tcsslvo clement in the Chinese government. Ho Is a thorough master of English and a ready and able speaker. The Introductory address by Hon. John Bassell Moore , pro fessor of 'international law , Columbia upt- vcrslty. and formerly assistant secretary of state , on the "Policy ofthe United States In the Far Knst , " will 1io. on li.j'ortnnt con tribution to the question. GRIM WAR ENDS A ROMANCE KntiNiiM < ; lrl'oininllN Suicide IlfrntiNe Her hover IHex on 4 lie Plelil lit .llnlolon. CHICAGO 2. The ' , April Times-Herald's Wichita , Kan. , special says ; Miss Mary Wilson , a prominent young so ciety woman of Augusta , committed suicide upon learning that Alva nix , her lover , had been killed on the battlefield of Malolos. Alvn nix was n private In Company ( ! , Twentieth Kansas volunteers. Before he enlisted to fight for .his . country against Spain ho was a prosperous fanner in Wil son county nnd one of the most popular young men of tils neighborhood. Ho had bron courting Miss Wilson for Komo time ivrevlous to his enlistment and just before ho joined his regiment became her nlilanced I over. Mlns Wilson graduated recently from Vassar , - sar while her sweetheart was on his way to the Philippines. Yesterday Miss Wilson saw her lover's name in the list of the killed during the fighting before Mnloloa. Last night when * he retired she wrote a not to her fnllier and mother tolling them that he did not care to live any longer slnco Alvn wta dead and loft lit on n table in her room. Some time during the night she took mori/hliio nnd ended her llfo. The young people were to have been married In June. NEBRASKA ALUMNI IN A UNION UriiilnuleN of Antelope Stale t.nlver- Hly Turin n Snelely mil ! Hlecl Ollleei-N. CHICAGO. April 2. ( Special. ) Fifty n In ID n I cf the University of Nebraska mot at the Victoria hotel last night and formed a permanent organization. An guests and speakers there were George K. MRt-Loan , chancellor of the univeisity ; Jamus H. Can- field , formnr chancellor and now president c f the Stnto Unlvcnlly of Ohio ; Laurence Fosslor of the chair of Germanic languages , nnd H. D. liatabroak. ex-regent of tlio uni versity. The following officers \\-ero elected ; Prittldent , Horvoy 11. Hicks ; vice presi dent , Miss -Mary A. Homo ; secretary nnil trcnauror , Herbert E. Regan ; executive committee , MHS ! Elizabeth I ) . Ilonnull , James II. Hooper , Gertrude Yates , W. C. Van Gilder and J. J. Sayor. BETTER PAY FOR WORKERS Fiie < or > - anil .11111 ( Jratif.vliiK PHILADELPHIA. Pa. , April 2. Notice has been posted at the Delaware rolling mill of a 10 per cent advance in wugen , offt-ctive April 10. SCRANTON. Pa. , April 2. The employes of the Scrnnton steve works were notified yesterday of a 10 per cent Increabe in wages taking immediate effect. AVIII MeNlore WIIKON , SOMERSWOHTH. N. H. , April 2. The Great Falls Manufacturing company will re store the wage scale of 18H5 tomorrow. Over 2.200 hands are .employed in the mills. Cot ton goods are made. MiiveinentN of Occini VeNNclxprll 2 , At Philadelphia Arrived Minnesota , from London. At New York Arrived Lo Champagne from Havre ; Siberian , from Glasgow am Halifax : New York , from Southampton ant Cherbojrg ; Cuflc , from Liverpool. Sailed Ems , for Genoa find Naploe. At Southampton Arrived Bremen , from New York for Bremen. At Qucenstown Sailed Ktrurln , from Llv- t-ru ol for New York. At Capo Henry. Va The steamer Parla or rlvt-d at the capes at 2 50 from tlm Went Indies , At San Franriuco - Arnvd - Japanese strainer Nippon Muru , from Yokohama and H'HK Koug via Ho-rl'jlii , American barken- t'uo ' Mary WinUtliran. Kauulul , TPPTPf tTITlirMTT'Pn LEGISLA1URE QUI1S Twcntj-Sixth Annual Session Finally Its Finish , ADJOURNS AT SIX O'CLOCK ' P , M. SUNDAY Continuous Session Indulged In Sine * Friclaj Morning , MEMBERS WORN OUT WITH THE LONG HOURS tiast Fight Comes Over Paying the Claims of Newspapers. DISTRICT COURT FEE BILL GOES THROUGH lr of < lir Semite lleoolvcw Ituilc Sliiu'KDurliiH tinCIuxliiK ; Itourx HOIIHI * Ailjoiirim In n It unli. LINCOLN. April 2. ( Special Telegram ) - The last legislative day of the twenty-slxtfc session , which has been continuous wince Friday morning , came to an end thin evenIng - Ing at ft o'clock , when the enrolling clerics of the house finished up the bills nnd pre sented them to the olllcers of Iho IIOUBO for slgnuturoR. As soon an H. R. 501 was signed by the Beaker of the house n committee consisting ) f Hiirrls , Sturgcss and Ulako was appointed o wait on the senate nnd notify It that tha house wns ready to adjourn. The eommlttoa performed its duty nnd was met wltU ap plause In the senate. A few minutes later Iho house adjourned sine die without waitIng - Ing for -the appearance of n senate commit tee. tee.Tho The day had been one of very bard worli for the clerks In the house enrolling room , Some ot thorn had worked all night nnd the others had taken but a few hours' rest. The claims bills , district clerk fee bill , anti- corrupt Ion election bill and the general np- proprlallou bill wore the last to bo finished , the last mentioned not having been reached by the clerks until nftor 1 o'clock. When the iiouso adjourned there were probably twenty-five members and fifty em ployes and visitors present to witness the ceremony , which was devojd of speechmaking - making or other Incident. The last bills to he signed were transmitted to the governor's ofilce , and in the absence of the executive , who went homo late In the afternoon to get some rest , they were taken in charge by Privnto Secretary Jewell. Having been Informed by the chairman of the house engrossing and enrolling com- mlttoe that the bills passed could not possi bly all be enrolled 'before ' noon today , the members betook themselves to bed , nftor agreeing 'to ' return at 11 o'clock this morn ing. At that hour the enrolling clerks were citlll hard ut work on the bills and another "at case" till 4 o'clock wns taken. The en rolling of bllltt wns not completed until after 6 o'clock. Upon being reported the senate Proiiidi'.nt Gilbert concluded thti last . .busi ness of the session t > y attaching signa ture. .Semite Ailjoiirnn , At 6:12 : tbo committee of the house re ported that the house ihad concluded Its labors nnd was ready for final adjourn ment. A few minutes later the committee on enrolled and engrossed blllo reported that It had delivered the remaining bills to the governor for his signature. Senators Tal- bot. Smith and Reynolds were appointed as a committee to notify the house that the senate had completed Its labors and was ready to adjourn. After thanking the mem bers for their courtesies and kind considera tion for the chair during the session , Presi dent Gilbert declared the twenty-sixth ses sion of the senate of the Nebraska legisla ture adjourned sine die. The gavel fell at The dignity of the senate received a rude shaking up as the hours of night advanced toward tbo morning light. The necessity of a conference committee each upon ap propriation bill to settle differences between the two bodies gave the members some thing to look after while they were waitIng - Ing for the enrolling of the bills , so 'that they might bo signed In open session by the presiding ofllcers. The time "between " re ports of the conference committees was put In by rough and tumble oxeri-iscB as well as by singing "patriotic and popular" airs. The lust conference committee was on H. R. (103. ( The senate had made some 8lx- teim amendments to the hill. The prin cipal fight over the amendments to that bill 'was ' upon the allowance of the news paper claims against the state. The sev eral dally papers of the state that had printed the amendments to the legislature proposed two years ago had boon refused pay 'by ' the legislature because they wore republican papers and the dlipo. ? ltloii of the senate was to strlko out their claims as allowed by the house. The first confer ence committee favored paying the repub lican papers reduced amounts and disallow ing the others , but the house refused to con cur in the amendments and n new commit tee was named. ( Jin I nix Allotveil. It was finally agreed to pay The He * $1,200 and tlm Journal $1,200 , whlla the IIvo dallies of Hcatrlco , PlattHinouth , Norfolk , Nebraska City and Grand Island were al lowed ? fiOO each. It wns almost 4 o i-loi-k when the lust conference report was sub mitted to the hcimte. President Gilbert hud gone home to rest and President Pro Tom Tulbtt occupied the chair. Prout of Gage made u fight agaliut the report of tlm c n- forent-o committee. Ho thought the Heat- rlco paper ought to receive I he full amount of tlm claim ; that the claims were righter or they were wrong. If the former , they should bo paid In full. If wrong , they should bo entirely disallowed. The mem bers were worn out , however , and wlu-ti the news came from the house thut the con ference report had been adopted thu senate followed suit. BRAVE SOLDIE LAID TO REST ! 'nnenil Sorvleex of ( lie l.iidColonel John .11 , llinnlHiMi Are Ill-Ill at ( ienevn , \ , V , GENEVA , N. Y. , April 2. ( Special Tele gram.The ) funeral nervier * over the re mains of Colonel John 'M. ' Hamilton. Ninth United States cavalry , killed at San Juuu Hill July 1 last , were held In the armory of the Thirty-fourth Separate company , Now York National Guard , In this city be fore an Immense concouiuo of people tins afternoon. The caekut was draped In thu stars and stripe * . Thu Thirty-fourth Separate company acted as wort and fired three rounds over tint rumalnn. after win h "tap " wua sounded. The Interment waa In a private burying ground three mllrn weit of tlild city. < Glont-1 Hamilton rtill'Ud frrrn this city as a private In the Thirty third New York cavalry in .May. 18C1 .Mrs and the LMissto Hamilton , widow and two daughters of Colonel Hamilton , reside la Omaha.