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. * . V A HE $ EE ESTAIJLTSHED JUNE 10 , 1871. AH A , WEDNESDAY MOKNINC l&V'PIUTj 12 , ISO ! ) TWELVE TAG BS. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. LAWTON VERY ACTIVE Takes Two Gnnboata and Pour Launches on Santa Oraz River. BUT ONE CASUALTY IN THE ENGAGEMENT War bj No Means at Philippinl FIFTY THOUSAND AMERICANS Rebellious Natives Continue to Offer Strong Opposition to United States , KINDNESS TO WOUNDED HAS NO EFFECT 31 1 n n mo < ii nnil Ore-icon I.ONC Five Killed mid Six "Wounded In HciiellliiK Xitllve * to North of .Mint Hit. ( Copyright , 1KOO , by rres-s Publishing Co. ) MANILA. April 11. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Lawton has taken the Lmnban and the Pagaajan , two gunboats , and four launches on the Santa Cruz river. There was ono casualty. Whllo It Is probable that there Is an end to the big engagements In the Philippines between tbo Americans and the Filipinos , the war is not over toy any means. H is the universal opinion among army men hero that It will require the presence ot CO.OOO American troops to occupy the terri tory that has been taken and to keep open communication among the Islands. General Lawton'n advance promises to meet with a harassing resistance. Trenches are built by the enemy from town to town. On all sides the rebels arc In nightly communication by means of signal fires. They avoid being 4' caught In a trap and arc quick to harass the flank. - Slnco 'March ' 25 tlio enemy's Icsses have not .been more than double ours. Our kind ness to the rebel wounded and prisoners lees not allay the dogged enmity. Only a email portion of the population of the north have returned to their homes. Only the diseased and aged remained In Santa Cruz. .Agtilnaldo . Is reported to lie In San Fernando and still In absolute charge of the defenses of the new capltol , Calumplt. The Insur gents cut the telegraph wires and tore up the railway track 'between Blgaa and Bocavo at 3 o'clock this morning. In repelling them the Minnesota and Oregon regiments lost live killed and sixteen wounded. I.utvton' * Snoci-NHfiil Cn WASHINGTON , April 11. The War de partment has received a dispatch from Gen era ! Otis announcing the success of General Lawton's campaign In the capture of Santa Cruz. Ho says that General Lawton Is pushing the rebels Into the mountains be yond the city. General Otis also Informs the War department that the Insurgents made an attack upon General Whcaton's brigade and that they were repulsed with heavy loss. The following dispatch , has hern .received 4'f .Tn'fTMSstfYa.3&a ) ! : V : V.X - - MANILA. April 11. Adjutant General , Washington : Insurgents attacked Mac- Arthur's line of railway communication last night In considerable force ; repulsed by Whcaton with heavy loss. Wheaton's casu alties , three killed , twenty wounded. The following dispatch gives additional Information concerning the fight of Santa Cruz : MANILA , April 11. Adjutant General , Washington.Lawton's success at Santa Cruz more complete than reported yesterday. Enemy left ninety-three dead on the field and a number seriously wounded. Lawton captured city without destruction of prop erty. Ilia loss ton wounded , slight , except two. Lieutenant Elllng only officer wounded , Blight. In hand. Enemy retired eastwardly ; Lawton In pursuit this morning. OTIS. The attack of the Insurgents upon uho railway north of Manila Indicates to the War department officials that while General aiacArthiir was pushing north bodies of In- HurgcntB took to the mountains and Jungles to the right of the railway and had been watching an opportunity to capture the roart nt Bomo point and thus cut off the main body of file army to the northward. The re pulse of the natives shows that they hart not sufficient force to accomplish their pur pose. f Aft In fiiilNf of FrleiullleN. MANILA , April 11. 5:55 : p. m. It Is sup posed that many of the rebels who attackoi General MacArthur's line of communlcatloi nnd who were repulsed by the troops com Jimmied by General Wheaton were native who entered the region In the gulso o friendllea. They had seemingly secrottM arms In several places and fired on th Americans from the bushes at so close i range that they could bo huard talking Ono of the Filipinos yelled In English " \Vo will glvo you d d Americans enoug of this before wo are through. " The rebels undermined the railroad a Marllao and unsplked the rails In an cf fort to wreck a train , whllo the rallroa gang participated In the tight. The work of the rebels was discovered and repaired before a train arrived , General Wheaton Is preparing to punish the Filipinos. FILIHINOS WILL HOLD FAST iHllo llpnlfM < hr lc | > nrt tliilt HIM C'lilrf Would Arcrpt 1111 AutoiiomlNt Sj-Hlent. LONDON. April 11. Agonclllo , the agent ot Agulnaldo , who Is still In Paris suffering from Inlluonza , has written a letter to the Associated Press uaylng : It Is absolutely falsa that Aguinaldo Is willing to accept an autonomist system sim ilar to that In India. The Filipinos and their government have only ono Ideal absolute independence as tbo only source of general welfare. PARIS , April 11. In an Interview printed ill the Patrlu today Agoncillo was quoted us saying : "Tho Americans have fully realized that they will never subdue the Filipinos and that the policy of Major General Otis has completely failed. The Filipinos have re solved to defend themselves lo the death. They have In their power l.GOO American prisoners. The wet season Is arriving and foyer will attack the American troops and disorganize them. Thn situation of the Filipinos U far from desperate , " MMIILIIl UK AHMS lI'lllMI'l'l.MJS. . Oil * HUN ,1,111)11 ICriiK-JnrKonirii , In Addition ( o Thono of IteKiilnrx. WASHINGTON , April 11. Adjutant Gen eral Corbln had written to Representative H. F , Marsh a letter. In reply to 'a com munication from the latter , commenting on the arms In the hands of the American j troops In the Philippines. General Corbln' | ' states that General Otis now has 5,000 Krag-j Jorgenseii rllles In addition to the < e In the hands of the regulars of hU force. These rifles. General Corby adds , have been placed in the bauds of the volunteers. There Is also on-hand nt Manila an abundant sup ! ply of smokeless powder cartridges for ] Hprlngfipld rifles. He points out that for. many reasons the Springfield weapon ls considered by the officers In command ns In'p some respects superior for the use of vol-j tinlcer troops to the new Krag-Jorgensen and that there still may be a question as to whether this Is a superior arm for use against a partly savage foe. A greater * hock results from n wound from the Springfield , It Immediately disabling nn enemy , which Is not the case with the small caliber bullets. SOLDIERS MAY TAKE CHOICE Volunteer * lime I'reronnllve nx to AVhellier or Xot They Will lleiniiln nl I'ront. HINOTON , April 11. Under the of the army law allowing the ro-cn- lent of volunteers for six months who are nerving in Uio Philippines there will bo no reorganization of any kind ns n result or he exchange of ratifications of penra today. Those who desire to remain nnd those who wish to comu homo may do so. It Is ex- iccted that quite u large number will re- urn on the transport Sheridan. Movement * of Army 'I'riiiiNiiorlN. WASHINGTON , April 11. The Kllpatrlck ind Florida have arrived at Pulaskt with the Third Kentucky. The Thomas has gone to Clcnfiiegos for the Thirty-first Michigan and 'our ' companies of the Third engineers. The Havana has been ordered to Matanzas , where It will load four companies of the Third engineers , thence to Havana , where It will take aboard eight companies of the Second engineers , and then to I'lnar del Kin for four companies of the Third engineers , bringing all to Savannah. Artillery Slnrtx for Manila. NKW YORK , April It. Dnttery M , Sixth artillery , under command of Captain C. W. Foster and Lieutenant Samuel F. Bottoms , left Fort Hancock , Sandy Hook , early today 'or ' San Francisco. There they will be joined by the remaining batteries ot the regiment and board the transport Warren , which Is expected to sail for Manila April 18. TniiiNiiorl HeuelieN Home Port. SAN FIIANCISCO , April 11. The United States transport Morgan City arrived today from Manila after a voyage of twenty-eight lays. Captain Christie of the First Kansas volunteers and eight discharged soldiers came on It. The Morgan City also brought the bodies of Lieutenants D. D. Alford , James Mitchell and Edwin A. Hartlng. on Hie. AVny. CHICAGO , April 11. Three special trains bearing the Twenty-first United States in fantry on its way from Plattsburg , N. Y. , lo the Philippines passed through Chicago ihls afternoon. The regiment came Into the city over the Lake Shore road , and made no stop , the cars being switched directly to the western roads. GOVERNMENT QUELLS STRIKE " clKlit Move Uendlly oil tlie Cuban Itiiilronil Wlieii ( .eneral IlrooUv Takes n Hand. ( Copyright. 1SS9 , by Press Publishing Co. ) HAVANA , April 11. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Twenty- three men of the Second engineer corps , volunteers , at Marlanao , were ordered by General Bifjoko thh mori'liig to take tt"i ) XLt ! < i > f. I'Uit Mlrililirjv .asibUrtoi * an > ! fireman on thu Consolidated rallrodd for the purpose of moving government supplies. The strik ers met the soldiers at Vlllanucvo station and declared their willingness to handle mall and government freight. The soldiers then called upon Government Transporta tion Agent Johnson and said they did not care to usurp the places of the strikers under the conditions. Arrangements were' then made between the employes and tlie government for sending a detail from tlie corps on each supply train. The first freight train left for .Matanzas . at noon. The rail road ofllclals held a conference with the strikers' committee this forenoon. Althougn only two minor polnlo were positively agreed upon , it Is probable that the strikers will return to work tomorrow at their old wages. noon iiKAi/m OF THOOI-S ix CIJIJA. Ie H SleUiieNN There Tliuii In Canl | > H In .Southern SlnleN. WASHINGTON , April 11. General Arnold who has commanded the Second division o the Seventh army corps since its organlza lion , was at the War department today 01 his way to Nebraska , where he Is to resume i command of his regiment , the Seventh ln-j' fan try. He speaks In high terms of nl I condition of the troops In Cuba. They ar , , | In hotter health In the Island , he says , than1 they were In the United Suites , being more' ' free from fevers and other diseases. Gen-j oral Arnold does not anticipate any serious' ' ' difficulty on account of sickness among' ' the troops In Cuba. l.ooKliiK After I'orto Hlco Mallx. SAN JUAN. April 11. Perry S. Heath , the first assistant postmaster general , has arrived hero on board the United States transport Htiford. Ho will bo urged to Im prove the mall service , especially between Pence and San Juan. A great Improvement has lately 'been ' brought about by Messrs. Elliott and Robinson , but they arc hampered by the Inadequate facilities. BRYAN AT JEFFERSON CITY Airnliint Uio TriiNln , Ineonie Tax , GoldhiiK" mill Annexation , ( o MlNNOnrlaiiN. JEFFBRSON CITY , Mo. , April 11. W. J Bryan addressed the Missouri legislature ! this afternoon from the capltol steps In1 ! order to accommodate the big crowd , 2.000 , people being present. HP spoke against , trusts , the Income- tax decision nnd ile-i , ] nounce < I goldbugs and declared against the annexation of Cuba and Porto Rico nnd tho' ' conquest of the Philippine Islands. The speaker declared that the republicans sent a committee to England to get rid ot bi I- metallism nnd had the gold standard twonty- three years before they know it. Mr. Bryan was given a reception by Gov ernor and Mrs. Stevens at the executive mansion tonight. Members of the legis lature attended. PROPOSE NAME OF HADLEY Yule AliiiunlXMoelallon of Clneln null lleeoiuniendN Him for .Veil I'roNldent of College. CINCINNATI , April 11. At a largo meet ing of the Yale lAlumnl association of Cin cinnati , called for the purpose of consider ing ll\a \ subject of Yale's next president , after u full discussion the following resolu tion was adopted by n unanimous vote : Resolved. That In the opinion of the Yale aumnl of Clni-lnnati Prof. Arthur THadlcy possesses In the highest degree all the great qualities which the presldoncy of Yale do- | mauds ; that In hla charge thu high bcholar- ship and great prestige of the university would bo maintained and Its field of useful- ness would bo extended to meet the pro- I gresslva needs of thu future : that this ex pression of tUo view * of the Cincinnati alumni bo respectfully submit toil to the members of the Yale corporation lor their consideration. DRUGS IN II01IE11ADE SWEETS . | i Prominent Women of Hastings Narrowly 1 Escape Death by Poison. GUILT SUPPOSED TO REST WITH MANIAC Arllnt AVIIhoiit it Known K li lleoelreft llov of Itoitlionn nnd Din- 1 trllinlen Them AiniiiiK Her Afternoon Cutlerx. HASTINGS , Neb. , April 11. ( Special Tele gram. ) The mcst mysterious attempt at murder over known In this vicinity occurred yesterday afternoon. It was patterned after Uio celebrated Adams poisoning case In Now York. Yesterday afternoon whllo C. V. Moroy nnd wife were dining nt a local hotel some unknown person left a neatly wrapped and addressed ibex of bonbons at the door ot Mrs. Morey's studio , together with a visit ing card ot a prominent young society woman of this city , upon the back of which W.H written "homemade sweets. " When Mrs. iMorey returned she found the package and card , nnd not being at all sus picious , took It Into her studio. During the afternoon several women called nnd the candy wan passed around. As It had a peculiar taste , each caller expressed herself as having had n sufficiency with ono ploco. Airs. Morey ate two pieces. Soon after the candy had been eaten the supposed donor called to attend the meeting of the art class and Mrs. 'Morey ' Immediately thanked her for her gift , whereupon it was learned that the young woman know absolutely nothing In regard to the sweetmeats. Whllo they were discussing the matter Mrs. Moroy became deathly sick and a phy sician was summoned. The other women also became 111. Mrs. Morey's life was savea only by the promptness of the physician. So far there Is no suspicion as to the guilty person , but It la thought some onu has become affected mentally by reading the details of the Adams case. Mrs. Morey Is the wife of Attorney C. F. iMorcy , and Is ono of the most highly esteemed women of Hastings. She is not known to have an enemy In the world. The police are'at work upon the caso. LEAGUE OF THE PRESS CLUBS Miith Annual Convention of .Tniinial- IHH OIICIIN tit Ilaltlmore Slxly CltiliH Represented. HALTIMORE , April 11. The International League of Press Clubs began Its ninth an nual convention In this city today. About 150 delegates , representing sixty press clubs In all parts of the United States and Canada , nro in attendance. After an informal re ception to the delegates , alternates and vis itors 1 In the Journalists' club house the delegates 1P gates at 3 p. m. took themselves to the Royal Arcanum hall , where President P. C. Boyle of the Oil City Derrick called them to order. Ho Introduced Colonel John M. Carter , Jr. , president I of the Journalists' club , who wel comed the delegates on the part of the club In a few well rounded sentences. Mayor Malster followed and extended the hospital ity of tiho city. Ex-Mayor Latrobe also spoke felicitously to the visiting , newspaper mon'arid women. . * < V . 'Mr ; < . AAHoblnson or'tbd' Society ' 'of1 Friends offered a resolution In which the Icaguo woe asked to declare In favor of the movement for ttio purity of the press. The resolution was promptly adopted. Mrs. Belva Lockwcod of the Woman's Na tional Press association , Mrs. Alvla Brlggs of Washington , "the first newspaper woman In the United States , " and Mrs. Clinton Smith of the Woman's Christian Temperance union. Washington , also addressed the con vention. The appointment of the credentials committee wound up the first session. This committee , composed of G. Walden Smith , Boston ; George H. Hoffman , Phila delphia ; Mrs. Marian L. Odonoghu , Wash ington ; Colonel A. B. Cunningham , Balti more , and J. J. Benltz. Plttsburg , will report nt tomorrow's session , \\liich will be hold on the steamer Virginia , enrouto to Old Point Comfort. Tonight delegates and visitors are belne entertained by the Journalists' club at a theater _ party at Electric park. To'morrow all will take the steamer anil ccmblnc tbo business of the Icaguo with a pleasure trip and sight-seeing excursion to Old Polnr , where the last business session will bo'held In Hotel Chamberlain Thursday .j-afternoon. ! After u grand ball at that hostelry the party will make a night run up the bay , ar- riving Iiero at 7 a. m. Friday. COLLAPSE OF NEW BRIDGE Four .lien Crushed lo Death , a Mliy Die nnd Sl.v Otlierm Hurt. NBW YORK , April 11. The temporary superstructure of the big Willis avenue bridge now being'built over the Harlem river collapsed this afternoon , killing four men and Injuring six , ono of whom may die. Twelve or more other workmen also re ceived Injuries of a more or less serious na ture. ture.Tho The dead : M. LEWIS BEATTY. WILLIAM DELANEY , 65 years old. WALTER UELANEY , son of above , 22 years old. THOMAS GRADY , mason's helper. The most seriously Injured are ; Charles Puraloy , 31 years , skull fractured ; will probably die. Joseph Perry , 27 ; bead crushed. Daniel Shechan , 25 , hurt about head , arms crushed. S. C. Weld , crushed about head and body Simon Medbo , 28 , crushed. "REPORT HAS NO FINDINGS _ _ _ _ _ lloNiilt of IiivrMllifiitloiiH Into Stiind- nrd OH Coiiiiiiiny'H AITnlm In Ohio Piled In Court. COLUMBUS , O. , April 11. The supreme court runt today nnd the evidence token by Master Commissioner Brinsmald In the Standard Oil cases was opened. The report contained no findings , the only thing out of the ordinary report of the testimony being a statement hy the master commis sioner regarding objections made by counsel and the excluding of certain testimony by the master. The commissioner holds that In * had this right under the orders of the court. The attorney general does not agree with this pcsltlon. The testimony will bo printed at onco. No action was taken by the court on the report or the case. Trlnl of l.aUo. I'lty lo'aehem. CHARLESTON , S. O. , April 11. The trial of the Lake City lynchers was resumed to- day. Six witnesses were examined but iioth- Ing material was adduced save the facts of the killing and the destruction of the post- office , already reported. Four members of tlie llakor family , the wlfp and three chil dren of the dead postmaster , testified. All four witnesses themeelvos were sufferers at the hands of the mob and exhibited scars to the Jury. They related the ttcry of the tiring of the postolllco and the uhootlng of the family and bow they escaped and found refuge with the uatlvci. j ESTERHAZY I THE TRAITOR Sensational Tcalfiiifoiir Hi-foro Courl of CnNNfitlnt&ln the Droy- PARIS. April 11. b Kclalr this morn ing publishes the dentition of Senor Trar- leux ' made before the reburt of cassation In the } Dreyfus revlslonr'proceedliigs , In the course of which M. TlfrHeux eaid that Count Tornlelll Brusatl OfjjjjV ! > rnao , the Italian ambassador to KrnncjV told htm when the Matin printed a facsyfillo ot the bordereau that It was a flashlight reproduction , that the documents mentlCjncd had been given to the German attache , by a purson other than Dreyfus , and thnj the handwriting ot the bordereau was that of the officer who gave the documents tollho attache. Compari son , ho eald , would Ixj.casy , as the attache possessed voluminous correnpondcnco of that officer. Count Tornlelll further told him that nn attache of the Italian embassy showed him ( the ambassador ) a letter from the German attache stating this and asserting that he did not know Dreyfus and attributing to Count Estcrhazy the act for which the court-martial had wrongly found Dreyfus guilty. " nil. UAi'Tii , TF.I.LS OK iMii-riciJi.TV. 'oriuer PrcMldeiit of Alilit Municipal ity U In Iterlln. BERLIN , April 11. Dr. Joannes Raffel , the former president of the German munlcl pal council at Apia , Samoa , has arrived hero ] i and has had scverl long conferences with the officials of the German foreign office. | BERLIN , April 11. Tf c" Lokal Anzelger today prints an lntorvle.wjjwlth Dr. Raffol , In which ho Is quoted OR caylng : The decision of Chlt-t ! Justice Chambers In favor of Tantis wan . -\iartly duo lo the fact that Matnafa Is n Catholic , while Tanus Is a prosclyto of the English missionaries Matnafa Is the only klnu the Samoans will tolerate. There has been a sudden veering of views upon the part ot both the minister of foreign affairs. Baron von Buolow , nnd the emperor. " A foreign official saltl tonight to the correspondent hure of the Associated Press In energetic language that Germany before engaging In an Investigation of the com mission's work must Insist upon the Ameri can and British governments unmistakably disavowing the llacrant' violations com mitted by Admiral Kautz and Captain Sturdeo. In the absence of n disavowal for Germany lo join the commission would - boa a mere farce. He added : When the commission starlw It must start upon the status quo anfl not on a status created by the illegal aots of subordinates In Samoa. " More energetic still Is the semi-official announcement of the 'Hamburg ' correspond ent , which declares thaty "If England and America do not heed''the ; diplomatic re- * monstrances made In London nnd Wash ington these * remonstrances will bo forti- fled , " adding that "Germany Insists upon receiving full satisfaction for the number of breaches' committed In Samoa. " The tone of the German press during the last two days has been' ; most bitter. Inquiries made by the correspondent of the Associated Press at thoi foreign office have elicited ' the statement thjt nothing is known ! of the alleged 'BrltUhj/annexatlon ' of the Tong'a'fslanas amljl > is ni.elleved > . such ac- would 'be ' a gross violation ot the Anglo- German agreement of 1886. " CIIOATK AT IIEFOHM CI.UH Uc.spoiidN to llenrly Sentiments of ( id.ill AVIII lo railed StnU-M. LONDON , April 11. Joseph H. ciioatc , the United States ambassador , was the principal [ guest at a banquet given this evening at the Reform club by Poultney Blgelow. The company Included Admiral Lord Charles Beresfoid , Baron Monkswell , Baron Hob- house , Lord Reynolds , Sir Colin Scott Mon- crloff , General John Maurice , commander In the Woolwich district ; Gilbert Parker , ( Anthony Hope and George Alfred Henty. In responding- the toast to the queen ] Lord Charles Beresforfl spoke of his cordial reception by the American people and Pres ident McKlnley , which , ho believed , was accorded - corded him "solely on account of the good feeling now existing between our two conn- trie's a feeling which will make for the peace of the world. " At the conclusion of his response he pro- poFod the health of President McKlnley. .Mr. Choate , responding , alluded to his more than friendly reception here and said that while he did not believe the two coun tries would march shoulder to shoulder , ns Lord Charles Hercsford had suggested , ho. was convinced thorn would hereafter bo a good understanding between them , which would be a benefit to both and to the world In general. TO CIIAXGH IH-ilI.I.VH : CJOVKIIXMENT. Kmjipror IVIIIInm IMniiH to Cheokmnle < ir < MVtll Of Noelllllmil , BERLIN , April 11. A gentleman In the emperor's entourage tells a correspondent of the Associated Press the positive reason the emperor U withholding his confirmation of Berlin's now chief mayor , Jlerr Klrschncr , Is that his majesty is planning the forma tion of a separate province of Berlin , abolishing ishing Berlin self-government. The plan embraces dividing the city and suburbs Into n number of sub-districts , royal officials heading the administration in each. A bill embodying the tichemo will reach tbo direct session. The unchecked growth of socialism Is tbo prime factor actuating Emperor William's plan. nUVOM'TIOXISTS ' WIN A VlCTOIir. Ceiicral I'audo Iii-nilN Force * Into Ornro. BUENOS AYHES , April 11. Advices Just received here confirm the report that the Bolivian revolutionists have won a signal success. General Pando , the leader of tne revolutionists , has entered Oruro , President Alonzo's former headquarters , and the presi dent has fled. DlNi-iivi-m Citiieer MIerolie , ( Copyright , 1S99 , by Press PublUhins Co. ) PARIS. April 11. ( New York World Ca- blegram Special Telegram. ) In conversa tion Dr. Bra confirmed the report of his discovery of the cancer microbe , 'but ' said It 'was too soon to speak definitely of the discovery of a euro. Experiments ar pro gressing In several hospitals and .promising results faavo been obtained , but It will bo months before a definite announcement can ba made. He said : "What I have succeeded In doing Is to Isolate and cultivate a parasite from cancerous cereus tumors , and with the result thereof produce a cancer In animals. The parasite is of the fungus family and Is certainly tnu specific agent In cancer. " ( /Oil ill III ) II Of (111I'0U | - . ( Copyright , 18M , by Pros * PuulUhlng Co.- ) RO'ME. ' April 11. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) DwpUe the advice of the doctors , the pope Insists on attending St. Peter's day. Great prepara tions arc being made to Insure his safety and comfort. A cardboard tiara U hein ? prepared to save him the fatigue of wearing the genuine diadem. Forty thoutand ad- mletslon tickets are lo be distributed. Tbo doctors greatly fear the strain , DOUBLE SUICIDE IN OMAHA Two Young Married Women Shuffle Off the Mortal Coil Together , THLY TAKE SIXTY GRAINS OF MORPHINE .llntrlnionlnl lofellelly InipelH l ) Uy O'.Nell unit Kllllo Overto Take a Kliui ! 1'liuiHc Into the Having reached the conclusion that mar- rlago Is u failure nnd that life has more ot hardships than of pleasures , Daisy O'Noll and Kittle Overy , each " 6 years old , decided to put nil end to their existence last night and swallowed sixty grains of morphine. When found several hours later In their rooms at 1702 Webster street both were In a comatose state , and although physicians tried every available means to resuscitate them there Is little hope of their recov ery. ery.Tho The two women have been fast friends since they were girls nnd attended the public ti lic i schools together at Burlington , la. They were married and cnmo to Omaha to live In the same year and having quarreled with their husbands recently they decided to die ns they have always lived to gether , Both women have been employed as waitd losses In Homo Miller's restaurant , 1420 Douglas street , nnd they occupied apart ments In the Webster street flat. Daisy O'Nell lived with her husband on the third floor , but Mr. and Mrs. Overy have been living apart for two weeks nnd Mrs. Overy had a room on the floor below her friend's. The two had been together all the afternoon and circumstances Indicate that the sui cide was then planned. Violent Umirrel. At slipper tlmo Fred O'Nell and his wife had a violent quarrel and at S o'clock when ho left thu house to go to work Daisy was sitting by the window alone. When ho re turned shortly before midnight the room was dark and deserted. In Mrs. Overy's apartments there was a light and repeated rapping at the door brought a rcspouao that was scarcely audible. Suspecting some thing wrong , O'Nell kicked opwtj th * door and on the bed found the two wbmen al most unconscious locked In each other's arms. By dint of severe shaking the Overy woman was made to tell that they had taken morphine and the police and city physician wore sent for. Mrs. Overy said that she and her friend went to the corner drug store Immediately after Fred O'Noil started down town. There I they purchased sixty grains of morphine j I and a number of capsules , which they I themselves filled after returning to the i room. The poison was divided equally and ' after swallowing It they lay down on the bed without lemovlug their street cloth- Ing. Ing.The The physicians worked on the two women for nn hour without securing signs of a response to emetics. City Phj-slclan Spalding said they appeared to be too far . gone to be saved. j j Mrs. Overy's husband Is a fireman ou ! | the Burlington railroad. The couple quar- irolful. two , weeksago. . and , nepara'cd. Since that time they have 'mist occasionally' 'dim renewed the quarrel. , Fred O'Ncil Is employed by Constable Hardy. Ho said the trouble between him nnd his wife occurred nt supper time and that his wife's despondency was due to that. ' ' , ECCENTRIC EDITOR BURIED Former Oninhii Vntilor ConduelK Serv ice Over KraiiU < ! rlfllii. Killed on Slrc-elH of Mnryvllle. MARYVILLE. iMo. . April 11. ( Special. ) The funeral of Frank Griffin , editor ot Grift's Maryvllle Dally Review , who wen j | j killed hero Saturday , took place from the j Presbyterian church , of which ho was a I | member , this afternoon at 2 o'clock. An hour before the tlmo for the services ar rived the church was full. The services wera conducted by the pastor. Rev. S. M. Ware , formerly 'of Omaha. No event that has occurred In this part of ( Missouri in a quarter ot a century has caused so great a sensation as the killing ot Griffin , as he was known by almost every man , woman and child in this part of tne state. Public sentiment is still favorable to Jesse. Grllfin attacked hundreds of people - plo through his paper , and all of them arc strongly In sympathy with his wlayer. Grlfiln's course was so erratic and his dis position to turn against those who had most helped him so strong that ho had almost no friends. It leaked out today that Grlflln In IilB dying statement declared ho 'bcllevc-d that there wan a conspiracy to kill him and that ( Jpeao was merely a tool In the hands of more prominent men whom ho ( Griffin ) had attacked through his paper. The state's at torney Is proceeding upon this theory , it is understood , but the rumor Is generally dld- credlted. It Is probable that the publication of Grlflln's paper will bo discontinued. No Issue of It has been got out since he was killed. Ho did all the editorial work on It , and the typesetting and other work wore done- entirely within his family by his wife und daughters. William 'Hoblltzell ' and wife of Mound City , parents of 'Mrs. ' Jesse , were hero today and visited Jesse at the Jail , 'Mr. ' Hoblltzoll Is said to be wealthy and ho will help his son-in-law in his fight for life. It appears proba1 > lo that the defense will enter the Insanity plea and will attempt to show that Jrsao was so greatly exasperated by tliu attacks tlmt Griffin made upon him that he became mentally unbalanced and was not responsible for Ills act. SHERIFF IS REPRIMANDED fJovernor riiiirpri-H Him ivllli Xeuleot of firnvo IlexiMiiiNlhliltleN In Con- iieetlon wllh I'll n a Illot , SPRINGFIELD , 111. , April 11. A confer ence was held today between Governor Tan ner and 'Sheriff ' Downey of Christian county and other prominent officials and citizens of Pana In regard to tbo bHuatlon In that city. city.A A heate < l controversy arose between the governor and Mr. Smith of the Pana Gazette - zetto over the question of removing the troops from Pana , the result of which was that Mr. Smith was ordered lo leave the room. Governor Tanner asked Sherilf Downey why he left Pana when he did to take a prisoner to Taylorvillo when he had 200 armed deputies In Pana. Thn sheriff acknowledged that many of his special depu ties were as anxious as anybody to kill the prisoner. To this the governor Bald : "You fell down i when you left the scene of battle and left t your deputies without a commander. I do not think that you are capable of maintain ing order and I think If you had been left t In charge there would have been a turrlole massacre. U was very evident you had mis represented the situation to mo and I took j i tbo responsibility upon myself to cend troops I j CONDITION OF THE WEATHER I'orrraft for Nebraska Fair , iml OooKr , with Brisk South to West Wind * . Temperature nl Omaha j c terdu.vi Hour. Den. Hour. Men. 117 III ! 7O 70 IIS III ! Ill and I have Instructed all persons shall bo disarmed. " Sheriff Downey soon nfter practically ad mitted that It was his purpose , with the aid of the special deputies , to assist the union miners In getting the colored men out of Pana nnd preventing other colored men from coming In. The governor told the delegation that he would take the troops away as soon as order was restored. Company D of Mloomtngton went to I'ntia today. CITY ELECTIONS IN JERSEY DeinoeriilN anil IteniililleniiM Almost Initially Divide Vlelorlex mid .Mont of Them Are Clime. NKW YORK , April 11. City elections were held In New Jersey today. L. Fagan , democrat , was elected mayor of Hobokcn by about 1.100 against William Stuhr. The council will stand olght , democrats , ono re publican and ono Independent democrat. In Jersey City Mayor Hens , democrat , was elected by 3DG over Watson , repub lican. The democrats elected every councilman except one. Frank L. Tenbrocck , republican , was elected mayor of Asbury Park. The republicans carried Trenton , elect ing Frank L. Brlggs mayor by about 100 majority. In I'oterson Mayor HlnchlllTe , democrat , was elected by 2,500 plurality. In Newark the returns had not been com pleted by midnight , but the republicans carried the city by about SOO. The repub licans appear also to have carried the coun cil. DEWEY TO KANSAS CITYANS Sayn IIIM Movement ! " t'lioit the Oora- lon of HIM Vlnll Home Arc liulelliilte. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Aurll 11. Secretary Clendcniilng of the Commercial club today received a letter from Admiral Dowcy , dated Manila , March 11 , Ir. which he says : "I regret that the uncertainty ot the tlmo of ny arrival homo and of my future movement prevents mo from giving n defin ite answer to this very kind Invitation , but should ciicumstancos permit It would in deed afford mo much pleasure to visit your charming city. Thanking you most heartily for your courtesy , I am , yours very truly , GEOUGR DKU'EY. The Invitation was tendered upon the sup position that Admiral Dewey , when he re turned to this country , would travel by way of San Francisco. CHARGES' AUAIKST A 'SULONEL- , Conilnet of I.onnlinuNpr the Snliject of Sot-ret Inquiry hy Court- Mnrtlal. ST. PAUL , 'Minn. . April 11. The court of Inquiry into charges contained In an order by General Young against Captain Leon- hatiser , United States army , late colonel of the Fifteenth Minnesota volunteers , today held a short executive session. After con- sidcrnblo argument the court ruled against the admission of evidence taken ut the court-martial of riotous privates of the Fifteenth at Augusta. Ga. The depositions of Captains Bond and Crossflrld and Lieu tenant Tenny were called for today. There Is much complaint against the ex ecutive sessions of the court and a formal protest against them has been sent to Washington. FOUR OIL MILLS ABSORBED America it Com puny A * iuIr * N POHHOI Mlon of S * v rnl Ittirtxu IMmttn ituil Will CIiiHo I' | T VII. ST. PAUL , Minn. , April 11. The Amerl can Linseed Oil company nas absorbed fou oil mills of the Twin Cities , the property of Douglas & Co. and the .Minnesota Linseed Oil works of Minneapolis and Archer & Co , and the St. Paul Linseed Oil company of St. Paul. These four mills have a. capacity of S , 000,000 bushels a year and whllo they nro being temporarily oporatert by the Chicago company it Is understood two of them wil close very soon. The Mnnkato mill , which was absorbed some time ago , has been closed The transaction was for $3,000,000 , two- thirds catih nnd the balance In stock. IOWANS REACH NATIVE SOIL I'nrl of Korly-Nlulli HeKlment Ar- rlvpN nl I'uliiNkl on Hoard the Havana , WASHINGTON. April 11. The War de. p&rtment has been Informed of the arrival at Ptilapkl of fho Havana with part of the Forty-ninth Iowa and Sixth Missouri. Ttio Fourth Illinois has passed through the quarantine and Is going to Savannah. The Lfgan will go to Galventon and take part of the Tenth cavalry to Cuba. The SedR- wlck , with the Second Infantry , clears on Thursday for Clcnfuegos und will return with the Sixth Ohio. , OMINOUS MESSAGE OF CONSUL Cahlecrani Containing Single Word "I'limne" Ileeelved from Of. llollil ill HOOKUitnif , WASHINGTON , April 11.A cablegram received at the State department from United otaicft Consul Wlldman at Ilnng Kong contains a slnglo word , "Plague , " thereby anno'lnclng the annual appearance of the discon the Chinese coast. It will require the niOBt energetic efforts nn the part of our medical officers at Manila to prevent the plague from being Imported from Hong Kong. FARMER'S WIFE SHOT DEAD Cruel Heed Committed \Vaiiderinti Tramp , Wlioxe Motive In Ilnliher ) . SOL'TH CHARLESTON. O. . April 11. A tramp entered the homo of 'Mrs. ' James Hut- tieler , on a farm three miles went of this place , today an.l shot bur four times In the proeetire of her children. Ills purpose was robbry. i The man was captured at Jefferrfonvllle and hurried to thu London jail to ea'-ajie lynching at Iho hands of neighbors of thu murdered woman. Tokens of Amity Exchanged Between Spain find United States. PRESIDENT'S ' PROCLAMATION TO THE WORLD Bellamy Storor is Appointed as New Min- , later to Spain. NOTABLES WITNESS INTERESTING EVENT Ambassador Oambon Convoys Copy of tlio Spanish Treaty. CONSULSHIPS TO BE RESUMED AT ONCE otIMV Trrnfy of Commerce TrmH1VIII Ho ltv > ni'utMl llrMiiMMi ( lie Countries UN IlrTorc I lie WASHINGTON , April 11. The condition of war which has existed between the United Status and Spain sliu-o April 21 , 1808 , torml- nntod today when the last formalities in thn restoration of peace were performed by the exchange ot ratifications of Uio peace treaty. Coincident with this rrrnlilent McKlnley tanned his irrni'lamatlon declaring that t.ha war wan at 1111 end nnd the appointment of Bellamy Storcr was determined upon ua United States minister to Spain. The principal ceremony of the day oo- cuircd In the reception room at the Whlto House , when the oxclmiige of ratifications took place at U o'clock. In anticipation of the historic character of tlio event , many members of thu cabinet and officials promt- nont In the administration gathered nt Um Whlto notibo. These Included Secretaries Hay , Wilson and Hitchcock , Senator lavl ) , ono of the peace commissioners , who nego tlotod the treaty ; Assistant Secretaries Illtt , rUleti and Crldlcr uf the State department ; Acting Secretary of War Melklojohn , Adju tant General Corbln , Solicitor General Ulch- ards , Hon. Wayne. MacVeagh anJ Sidney Smith , cltlef of the Bureau of Diplomatic Correspondence of the State department , who had prepared the American copy of ttio treaty. Shortly before 3 o'clock the French am bassador , M. Cnmbon , arrived In company with M. Thlcbaut , the first secretary of the embassy , the latter bearing the SpanliU copy of the peace treaty. Mr. McKlnley cordially gieeted the ambassador and after a brief ex change of well wishes the formal ceremony began. The president Blood back of llio Isrgo desk presented to the government by Queen Victoria , while Secretary Hay and Ambassador Cnmbon occupied places at the desk. Around this central group were ranged the cabinet officers nnd others. I'rellniliiiirleM or Curcntoiiy. The powers of M. Cambon and Secretary Hay were examined , a protocol concerning the day's ceremony signed and other for malities concluded. These preliminaries took some time , BO that It was nearly 3:39 : bi-foro tbo actval oxcbniiRo ln-rnn. Thn tfening cr tUfrpttitbtoT-nr'uxcimtise djccun'c.i at 3:28 : p. in. , Ambassador Cambon signing for Spain and Secretary Hay for the United States. The protocol was In French and briefly recited the circumstances leading up to the exchange. This cleared the way for the exchange Itself , constituting the final act. The president took from the desk the American copy of the treaty , handsomely engrossed , bound In dark blue morocco nnd encased In n black morocco portfolio , aud handed It to M. Cambon. At the same time if. Cambon handed to the presldont the Spanish copy of the treaty , also engrossed , bound in morocco and encased In a maroon- colored morocco box. There were deferen tial bows as each received from the other this final pledge of peace. This exohango of ratifications occurred at 3:113 : p. m. The president was the first to speak. "Mr. Ambassador , " said ho , I will lssu my proclamation nt once. " -M 1'rocln mill Ion. After the ceremony connected with th * exchange of the ratification of the peace treaty , President McKlnley Issued the fol lowing proclamation : Whereon , A treaty cf pea-o between the United States of Amer anl her majesty , the queen legunt of Spain , In the namij of her august bon , Don Alfonso XIII. , was con cluded and blgr.ed by their re p ctlvd pleni potentiaries at I'nrlH on the 10thlay of De cember , 1808 , the original of which la in the Spanish language and Is word for word as follows : ( The full text of tuo treaty Is here Included. ) Anil , whereas , tin ; said convention has been duly ratified on both parts , and the ratllha- llona of the two govuninidiKH were ox- cl'iniiicd ' In the city of Washington on the eleventh day of April , ono thousand , eight hiindrod and nlnoty-nino , Now , therefore , be It known that I. WIN Ham Mclllnlo } . prtsldeut of the United State. ? , have caused the said convention to bt > made public , to tbo nnd that the enroc , and every article and cla'.iuo thereof , may ba observed and fulfilled , with good faith by the United States and the cltlzena thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused tlio seal of the Uulted States to bo affixed. Done at the city of WashlnRton , this elev enth day of April , In the year of our Lord , ono thousand , eight huiMnvl and nlnrty- nlno , and of the Independence of the United States the ono hundred and twenty-third. WII.MA.M M'KINLKY , Hy the President : JOHN HAY , Secretary of State. M. Cambon thankrd the president for the promptness with which tbo proclamation fol lowed. This ended the formal roremony and after brief felicitations the ambassador and other officers withdrew. Secretary Hay took with him the Spanish copy of the treaty rcr.'iilvud today and deposited It In thu ar chives of the State department. M. Cambon cabled the Spanish government of the final restoration nf peace and made known thi t the American copy of the treaty would be forwarded through the French foreign offico. Tim effect of the action taken today Is to completely renew the peaceful relations , trade , official , diplomatic , cimuulnr and in all other way * , between this country and Spain. Following the appointment of a United States minister to Madrid and a Spanish minister to Waxhlngton It Is ex pected that consult ) will bo cent t < > Har- celonu and tbo other largo places In Spain where our consular representations were suspended by the war. At the samn tlmu Spanish consula will be appointed through this country. For a tlmo the trade and navigation be tween the two countries will proceed without treaty prelection , as the war put an end to the commercial treaty , but a traaty ot trade , navigation and commerce , suitable to tbo new conditions and the needs of both countries , and also an extradition treaty will bo negotiated soon , MISSION OF IIKI.IiAMY STOIIKIt , CluiNfii lo IleiireHfiit I nlleil .Stnlen ut .Madrid. WNSIUNOTON , April 11H Is gcufrally unilurtUood totilgbt that Usllauy Storor , novr 1