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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 *
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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.
