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H LY ETT r/ ESTAlVJjTSHI'TD II ) , 3871. Oar AHA , SATURDAY , 1S90-TWELY.E PAGES. SEtfGLE COPY JBTVJB GENTS. MUST BENJ ) THE KNEE Filipinos Will Meet ; Speedy Alternative of Death or Oaptnra , M'KINLEY ' ORDERS OTIS TO FORCE FIGHTING Struggle Not to Bo Allowed to Drag Along for Extended Period. SOLDIERS TO STRIKE SWIFT AND HARD Vigotong Policy Prompted by Dispatches from the Front FRESH TROOPS ARE ADDED TO FIRING LINE Autliorlllen of the Opin ion ( lint UlMirKnitlrcit Koruro ot Utieiny Ciinnot Survive Smi tten I'oru-iinl .Movement. NEW YORK , Slay 12. A special to the World from Hot Springs , Va. , says : "Force the fighting. Penetrate far Into the Interior nnd capture or destroy every , -wurrinc Filipino. " That Is the pith of a long cipher cable- cram President McKlnley sent to General Otis in Manila. It was prompted by uoveral dispatches from General Otis , transmitted by Secretary Algor , which greatly en couraged the proiddunt. Prenli TroojiH to the Front. ( MANILA , May 12. 1:20 : p. m. Fresh ( troops are beginning to go to the front. U'wo battalions of the Seventeenth Infantry ( regulars ) that had been holding the lines about the city of Manila will Join Major General MncArthjir'a division nt San Fer nando tomorrow and ouo battalion of the Game regiment will reinforce Major General 2 Lawton's division near Bacolor. These A' troops will bo replaced here by thu Twenty- l | llrst Infantry regiment , which arrived from < ho United States on board thu transport Hancock yesterday. Captain Grant of the Utah battery , whoso success In managing the army gunboats , Laguna do Bay and Cavadonga , has won for lilm the sobriquet of "the Dewey ot thu array , " has been put In command of the recently purchased Spanish gunboats , whoso arms the Insurgents captured. These vessels are now being prepared for operation on the rivers and along the coast. The armIng - Ing of the gunboats Is being pushed with nil diligence. CASUALTY LIST FROM MANILA General O ln Iteiiortn n Short I.Ixt of Wounded Xo Nelirnxhu "Me 1 1 Iiicludeil. WASHINGTON , May 12. The War do- f.artmont today received from General Otis nt Manila the following list of casualties : Wounded : * FlrHt North nnUotii. Private Charles Olstnd , Company G , hand ( ( Major Arthur 0. Dlggloa , forehead , severe ; May 8. Private Frank Whlpllnger , Company D , iwrlst , ellght ; April 23. Prlvato AT. . Williams , Company G , shoulder , ellght ; April 25 , > -Seeoml Oi-i'Kon. Corporal John G. Miller , Company F , arm , slight ; May S. l < 'lrHl Montana. First Sergeant Patrick McBrlde , Company K , chest , savcrc ; May 9. Private Swift , Company.M , puncture foro- nrm , severe ; May ! > . Private Frank Smith , Company F , Thir teenth Minnesota , reported killed Mny 1 , should read Frank Lewis. Thlril Infiiiitry. Private Edward Hoe , Company K , thigh , clight. Prlvato Lendrum Benton , Company I , thumb , moderate. Fourth Ciivnlry. Private Charles H. Coo , Company I , thigh , moderate. 7 NEBRASKANS DESERVE REST' ' ; \VllliiiK to C.H Uncle lno ( Klulilln Line When They Have Ile- eiiierileil. ( MANILA. .May 0. ( Via Hong Kong , May 12.J The Firet regiment Nebraska volun teer Infantry Is taking the manual step of respectfully petitioning the division com mander , Major General MucArthtir , to tem porarily rollovo them from duty at the front. The regiment Is badly exhausted by the cnm- jmlgn In which It hdtt taken an active part , und not many more than 300 men of thn organization aio at present fit for duty. On Sunday last 160 men of this regiment rwpondud to the sick call. The men , in vlow of the facto , have prepared a respect ful memorial to General MauArthur asklug that their regiment bo withdrawn for a short time from the lighting line , In order that they may recuperate. The memorial elate.s that the men are willing to fight , but ore In no condition to do no owing tn tha drain of long marching , continual lighting and outpost duly In which they have been engaged. It Is added thnt many of the men liavc been unnble to Imva their clothing washed for months past , having been com pelled during all that tlmo to sleep In their uniforms to be in readiness for fighting. The memorial adds that slnco February 2 thu regiment has lost 225 men In killed and wounded , and llfty-nlnu slnco the battle of MuloloB. Tile officers of the regiment propose to present a ulmllar memorial on behalf ot the men. The splendid record of the First No- lirasku in thu entire campaign and the tone of thu memorial prepared by the men la euch that no Imputation of insubordination can bo brought against them. Officers of .tn regiment said to the correspondent of the Associated Press hero today that they thought the men had been worked beyond endurance and should bo given a rest and eomo of thu regular regiments which are now guarding the city be tient to the front. Fho volunteer regiments nnd tlio Utah battery of artillery are at San Fernando. They muster In all about 2,500 men. Many of the BolJIeru are In the hospital suffering from heat or other causes. The wounded iworc all suffering acutely nnd showed the effects of exposure to the sun when they ar rived , Three days' rest has already worked i\vonddri > . Since the army entered Malolos the sol diers have had little water to drink except that which was brought on railway trains from Manila , and that was of pour quality. The artesian \vulU lit San Fernando are tlolng much toward making tUem feel con- . Volunteer * Can he Depended On , ' WASHINGTON. May 12. No dhpfttah re- c-'ived ruceutly from Manila Ins Loen rt-ad m'lth deeper Interest at the War department than tlr.-t nlil'-h ' i\as sent by the Uaicluiel > ii > lions Koiij ; . War dep-iitmeut j fi and army officers did not ear" ! " bo quoted upon the stitmct , but th comm nt pcni-iully among army olflcsra was that the trwpt whlPh hftd been flghtlnn o Ion * anj i-ontinuously are exhausted and wure renlly In nt-u.l of rent. It w.w explained that thu iron old imt fdir fighting , but aftcllijYl'is stid ntarthlnn and conttant picket luiy t'icy ' were no doubt much exhausted. Some zrmv offlcatj iiSge ( ted that the action of tttc Ne- biaafca regiment v.a like a town meeting and that the army could not be conducted upon j'lch lines. Comment was mnd < j to thu ollect that the dispatches Indicated that the various regiments wore on duty constantly si.ti that there was no reserve to relieve them when they reached the limit of rn- durancc It was stated by nn officer In tha depolt- nintii thdt one roaaon why It had been Im- poshlblo to relieve the volunteers with the n-RUlars now at Manila was bec.iuio tbo rcftUlars recently sent to the Phll.ppl.'ies were at least Uo-thlrds recruits and v.cro nocejsnrlly untrained and lacked tha dis cipline of the Volunteers , who arc now vet- prans. It Is believed that General OlU'does not care to risk the hard fighting to untrlfd men that ho desires the volunteers to remain nt the front because ho Is sure of them in any emergency. DIVIDED ON PEACE QUESTION Twenty of Flllilm | > C'oiiurcKs Tnvor " Wnr , Twenty I'euee 11111 ! ( lie lle- iiinlniler AVtint lletler TerniN. LONDON , May 12. A special dispatch re ceived hero today from Manila says that the Filipino congress now sitting at San Isldro is composed of fifty-six members , of whom twenty favor peace nnd an equal number nre Irrcconcllables. The others , holding the balance of power are ready to admit that absolute Independence Is hope less of attainment , but demand better terms at the hands ot the United States. HISSES FOR THE NASHVILLE HxcitrnlmilNlM Are HIsplcnHecl irlth IniiiKlneil Iiielvlllty oi nn Olllcer 011 llmirtl. ST. LOUIS , .May 12. Despite the rainy weather 10,000 people Inspected the Nnsh- vlllo today. Tihe only Incident t o mar the smoothncra of the dayita I ho unusual spectacle ot American citizens hissing an American gunboat. Because one fen y. com pany han the monnpoly of transporting visi tors to the Nnshvlllo a steamboat from a rival company today advertised to transport visitors free ot charge. The firet boatload numbered -100 people. When the steamboat j 1 I reached the Nashville the captain sent a note to the commander asking to be allowed to unload his passengers. Lieutenant Kuenzll appeared and refused to permit the p.is- sengors to go aboard. Hot words passed be tween tihe two ofTleets and the passengers on the steamboat realizing they wore not to be allowed to board the gunboat hissed the Nnshvlllo and Its officers. After further parley the steamboat returned to the-wharf and the angry passengers landed. The officers and men of the Nashville are kept busy attending receptions. The first fatality Incident to the Nash ville's visit occurred today. John Moffat and Joseph Lawton , Jr. , rowed out to the gunboat In a skiff. The swell from n passing ctenmcr overturned the boat and MoITnt was drowned In full vlow of the people aboard the Nash ville. Lawton caught oropo thrown. ! : ! _ and ' TORNADO'S WORK IN MEXICO L''lxht IlodleM Jlecovere.il mill More Are Siiiipoxeil to lie In the HuliiH. - DALLAS , Tex. . Mny 12. A special to the News from Eagle Pass , Tex. , says : The Hondo coal mine. 100 miles south of here , In Mexico , was visited Wednesday at C p. m. by a terrific tornado , dealing" death and de struction in its path. The upper stories of the general olllcu , hotel , depot and pump house wuro blown away. A string of freight cars was carried several yards out onto the prairie. Eight bodies have been recovered and others are supposed to bo In the ruins. A great ninny were seriously wounded , among them Superintendent McKlnnoy. Lawrence McKInncy , his son , Is ono of the dead. ' The tornado also struck the town ot Sablnas , twelve miles away , klljlng two persona. This1 section has heretofore been considered as out of the zone of tornadoes. General Manager Johnpon and Superin tendent of Transportation Dickey of the International have gone to the eceno of the disaster with a relief train. Full particu lars are expected on their return. FOES TO MEET AS FRIENDS I'lnit Ailiimeeil for .Tohit Ilciinlon of Veteran * of Civil War lit \orlh nnd South. ST. LOUIS , May 12. A movement is on foot to have southern and northern veterans of the civil war hold a general reunion In this city some time to bo decided on later. It Is also suggested that thn Sons of Vet erans ot 'both ' ( ha north and .south also meet hero at the same time. To that end Gcorga Dolton , commanding thu Comrades of the Battlefield , woto on March 11 to the mayors of Philadelphia , Chicago , Now York , Boston und Cincin nati , suggesting that they put this move ment on foot In their cities. Goni'ral J. B. Gordon , commander of the Confederate Veterans , said ho strongly favored the proposition. As yet only one mayor , thnt of Philadel phia , has replied toMr. . Dolton's letter , favoring the plan. EIGHT HUNDRED JOIN STRIKE Coal llemerN niul ( Ire llnnillerN AViillc Out In Sympathy Midi ( Jralii ShnvelerH. BUFFALO , May 12. About SOO coal heav ers and ere handlers struck today , ns they say , to aid the grain shovelers to win their 'battle. ' Strikes occurred at the following places ; The Erie coal dock , the Minnesotaore , nnd coat dock and fuel gcaws , the Buffalo , Rochester and PlttGburg ere and coal decks and fuel scows , thu Buffalo pro dock , Noi- etrom's fuel scow and Williams' fuel scows. Jlui men at the Lackawannn and Lchlgh docks are also expected to go nut. Not only have the fihovclera nnd coal holsters quit work , but the engineers on the coal docks and on the scows us well. ( Jrnlii 'I'milu on the I.nkeH. BUFFALO. Mny 12. President Oowerby nf the Western Elevating usbocjatlon au thorizes thu following In relation to the elevation of grain : From the opening of navigation up to May 12 , 1SOS , 37,000,000 bushels of grain were elevatedUp to the present date this year , 0,304,000 bushels have been lifted. Navigation last year ppencd nn April 8. This year navigation opened May 1. nearly a mouth later. Lust jear in April there were handled 3S.OOO.OOO bushel's ; Up to this dale last yeur 37,000.000 bushcla and to May SI , 4CoooOviQ bushels. ThU year as already stated only li.J04.000 bushels have been unloaded. There are at present forty- three vessels In | > ( rt carrying 3,647 000 bUihel ? ot grim waiting to bo unloaded. IDEWEY STARTS HOM SOON i Will Not Wait for Conclusion of Peace in Philippine Islands. BARKER OF THE OREGON TO TAKE COMMAND Ilcnr A it in I rut AVntKon SnllN fit Onee for .Mil n I In AmcrlctiliN I'nuer to AVelconie the Nnvnl Hereon on His lletiirn , WASHINGTON , May 12. "Send Olympla's mall to B. F. Stevens , No. 4 ( Trafalgar square , London , England , " was tho. notice given out nt the Navy department today. This is the first formal indication thnt the famous flagship Is coming homo Immedi ately. Upon Inquiry It was ascertained that Secretary Long had last evening cabled Admiral Dewey permlMlou to return nt once. Ho has been relieved ot the obliga tion ot remaining at Manila until the Phil ippine commission completes Its work. Ho Is Hot oven required to await the cessation ot hostilities , but may start homeward at once , The notlca posted at the Navy de partment indicates that the Olyuipla will nut i cmaln long enough to receive the next outward mall. Mr. Stevens referred to Is the Navy department's agent at London to distribute all of the mall for United States war ships In European waters , so ho will sco to It that the Olympla receives Its mall as soon as It passes the Suez canal. It Is estimated ut the Navy department that Dewey will reach the United States In tlmo for n national demonstration on the Fourth of July next. The Olympln will not como under full steam , but nevertheless U should make the run to Now York In about fifty-fivo days from Manila. That ? It la to como to Now York Is nearly certain , as shown by thu following response mode by Secretary Long to the urgent message of Invitation to Dewey from Mayor Van Wyck of New York. It may bo stated that this was sent before the notice was sent to Dcwey that ho might come home at once : I am In receipt of your telegram with re gard to the return ot Admiral Dewey and expressing n dcslro that he arrive first In the country nt Now York. The time of his return has not been fixed and the depart ment has taken no other action than to au thorize his icturn whenever the condition of the Pence commission shall permit. As to the route ho shall take In returning , the department Is inclined to leave that to him. Ho haa served with great ability and must necessarily feel so much the effect of his arduous labors in n trying climate and under trying circumstances that the depart ment Is disposed to let him govern him self In this respect largely by the considera tion of his own personal convenience and wish. It Is understood , however , that Ad miral Dewey will elect to return to New York. Very respectfully , JOHN D. LONG , Secretary. HnrUer Will Tnlie Coimnimil. Admiral Watson will sail from San Fran cisco next Tuesday as a passenger on one of the regular Pacific Mall steamships , but j cannot possibly reach Manila before the j middle of June. Orders have been issued I placing Captain A. S. Barker in command j i of the Asiatic squadron after Admiral < Dowoy's departure until relieved by Ad- ] I inlral Watson. Captain Barker Is now In command _ . of the . battleship . . . Oregon . . ) the . _ prldu * " * i& * * 4Mf / t irf * * * * * tUJIj 'Is is an olllcer of ability and discretion nnd may be depended on to tnlco good care of the Interests of the United States. Ho was assistant chief of the Bureau of Naviga tion during Admiral Ramsey's term of of fice and a member of the naval war or strategy board during the Spanish war. At the close of Uiu war he relieved Captain Clark of command of the battleship Oregon and took that magnificent war bhlp from Now York around the Horn to Callao , Peru , and thence , by wny of Honolulu , to Manila , where it arrived several weeks ago. As soon as relieved of command ot the Asiatic squadron by Rear Admiral Watson , about the middle of June , Captain Barker will start for homo under a leave of absence granted a few days ago. DOING SOP IETHING FOR DEWEY l'oinliir Ten tlmoiiliil I'ropoNeil nt * Surprise for Admlrnl on Itei HlH Native Inoil. NEW YORK , May 12. The Now York Times , in an editorial entitled , "What Shall Wn Do for Dewey , " tomorrow will say : What shall wo do for the man who has done so much for us ? That Is the question which has for a long tirao been agitating the American people. It is qulto evident , according - cording to our precedents , \vo have bceti niggardly in recognition of the great serv ices of "Commodore" Dewey , as ho was a year ago. But tticro is n persistent and prevailing feeling that we ought to do more , that the American nation In somn unofficial nnd spontaneous way should recognl/o the services of Dewey ns the British notion officially recognized the servlccH of Welling , ton when It presented him with the cstnto of Strathfleldsay. Evidently It will not do to make any "ex clusive" acknowledgment of the services eton on American hero to whom nil Americans feel equally grateful. Evidently It will not do to leave him to the mercy of ix group nf mil lionaires. Evidently It will not do to exclude from the national testimonial to the aa- mlral any American citizen who detdrcs to bear his part In It. Why not appeal directly to the people through its immediate organs and agents , the newspapers , which gut their living by representing Its sentiments ? There are some 20,000 periodicals In the United States which are entitled to transmission as such through the mails. Among them are 2,110 dully pa pers , which represent most Immediately and most accurately the sentiment of the United States. Lot us assume that only one-fourth part of thcfo are .In a position to act as collecting and distribution agents ot a na tional Dewey testimonial and that each nf these COO Is willing to pledge to the collec tion from Its readers and the transmission to the appointed trustees of the sum of $500 for that fund. Surely this estimate Is mod- eiato enough and surely the amount of each Individual subscription which must bo strictly fixed and limited , Is moderate enough to prevent any newspaper from exploiting the admiral for the purpose of advertising Itself , And yet the aggregate of the sub scriptions would be 1250,000. Half of this should go to the erection of a residence for tho- admiral In whatever place In the United States ho mjght prefer to put It and the other half for his personal use. As a matter of fact , wo believe that more than the number of periodicals wo have named would bo willingly and eagerly In cluded In the project. There is no renbon why the aggregate should not bo correspond , ingly increased , with the rigorous limita tion of each Individual subscription to $500 , so there should be no taint of Belt-seeking or of advertising in the affair , This would bo truly a national nnd popular subscription. The admiral t\ould not bo nt liberty to re fuse It , slnco It would not be the creation of one obligation on his part , but only tha rcTgnltlou of an obligation on the part of the natlrii. He would be able to accept It It the whole amount \vero depotdtcd , as It could and should bo d t > osft l , subject to his order , before his arrival upon his native shores. The president of the United Slntcs , the secretary of state nnd the secretary of the treasury would be appropriate custodians nt the fund nnd their willingness to osgunio Its custody may bo taken for granted. ADMIRAL DEWEY NEEDS REST i\tlntu | * In ChleiiRO Aanoclntloii AVhy lie Cmmol nt 1're.tent .Vucopt Itn llooiiltntlt ) ' . CHICAGO , Mny 12. Judging from a cable gram received today from Admiral Dewey his health , despite medical ateurance to the contrary , la none of the bust 'fend ' to this fact Is duo the probable return by way of the Suez canal , Instead ot the Pacific coast route. The message IB ns follows : "Illinois Manufacturers' Association , Chicago cage : Many thanks. Impossible to accept Invitation now. Condition health nocesI I sllatea rest and quiet. DlSWEY. " The cablegram was In reply to one sent by the ausoclatton asking the admiral to become Us guest upon his return in this country , nnd strongly urging upon him the advisability of coming by wny of San Frau- ctsco and across the continent. nnltlniore OITern I BALT1MOHE , May 12. Baltimore today | i gave Admiral Ucwey an oltlclnl Invitation to ' bo the guest of the city on hjs retifrn. Mayor I Malstor cabled to the admiral the following message : "J ? "Admiral George Dewey , U. S. N. , Ma nila , Philippine Islands : Baltimore sends i greetings on your homecoming and asks that , you honor It with a visit , i Answer. "WILLIAM T. MALSTUIl , Mayor. " Preparations are being mads , to present Captain Dyer ot the cruiser , Baltimore with a beautiful sword on his return * tohls coun try this summer. | I.IIIIK 12xilnln | to/1'hclnn. / WASHINGTON , May 12.-7-Sccrotary Long ! , has written to Mayor Phclan of San Fran- ' clso n letter In regard to his proposition i that Admiral Uowoy return" from the Philippines - i i , pines by way of the Paclflo ocean In order j thnt his Hrst landing In this country should bo nt San Francisco. The Secretary's letter Is practically identical with that sent to Mayor Van Wyck. - > HARVARD WINS IN DEBATE CrliiiNOii Iletrleves Three llefentN by AVliinliiK Clone Content vrltH HI I'M SoiiH. CAilBHIDGn , Mass. , May 12. After a series ot three defeats Harvard retrieved Its position In debate "by " a victory over Ynlo In | the contest held In Chambers' theater to night. The debate waa closely contested and the Judgce wore absent from the room forty mlnutco before coming to a decision. The greatest excitement prevailed when , after explaining the difficulties , that beset the Judges In malting up their minds. Prof. H. B. Gardner of Brown university announced the result. Cheers for Harvard nnd for Yale were given with great enthusiasm. H. C. Belllngs , ' 00 , waa _ the first speaker for -Harvard on the alllnnatlvo of the ques- tlon , "Resolved , TJiat the preoeut method of I I electing United States eepatofs Is preferable to a method of election , bypopular vote. " I Ho was followed by B. : JEI. Tther pcakerswrs - : J. A. tl. Koltli , ' 99 , Harvard ; J. K. MarV , ' 9'J , Yala ; H. P. Parker , L. S. , Harvard ; T. A. Lord , L. S. , Yale. HUGE CYCLE COMPANY FORMS Coin-em in Mmnifiietiire Itnncl Ve- hlelen IiieorpornteH for nilUlon Dollarx. TRENTON , N. J. , May 12. Articles of in corporation were filed with the secretary of state tonight of the American Bicycle com I pany , with an authorized capital of ? SO,000- 000 , ot which $35,000.000 Is to bo preferred stock , with 7 per cent cumulative dividend , j and $15,000,000 common slock. The company I Is authorized to manufacture and sell bicycles , automobile vehicles and other motors. Incorporators are : James C. j Young , Charles W. Pieraon and A. Gordon Murray , nil of Jersey City. It is understood that Mio company will take over the bicycle manufacturing plants on 'wlilch ' A. G. Spalding holds options , which Include meat of the great concerns of this country , and that the ontoprise will bo financed by the United States Mortgage nnd Trust company of Now York , and Lee , Illg- glnson & Co. of Boston. It is fcald that the control'of a majority ot patents relating to 'bicycles and bicycle fixtures will probably i also be under the control of the company , i CHICAGO , May 12. The thirty-four mills engaged In the eash , door nnd blind manu facture In Chicago have combined , and on or about August 1 next , it is stated , will be taken over by a corporation probably to ba named the American Saab and Door com pany , with a capital of about ? C,000,000. The combined appraised value of liho mills Is ap proximately ? 2,000,000. Valuations nnd ap praisements will bo made , the work com mencing Saturday. MINERS CAUUHT UNDER SLIDE Slxleeii Men Are Covereil hy TOIIH of Knrlli I'orir Are Killed anil Two Katnlly Hurt. CENTRALIA , Pa. , May 12. An accident nt the Centralia colliery today resulted In the death of four miners nnd fatal Injury of two others. Six others sustained cuts and bruises. The killed nre : JAMES OAUGHUN. JOHN KOKO. JOSEPH SANCIIECK. JOHN COMYOCK. The fatally injured are : John Collins. Ooorgo Fctterlo. - Sixteen men were employed removing dirt from a bank which woo about seventy feet high when a slldo occurred completely cov ering them. Men hurried to the scene with shovels and aided In recovering the killed and injured. Tons of dirt had to bo removed before the last man was taken from the deathtrap , .SeurelN of 1'roilnnerH ixioKed , CHICAGO , May 12. The senatorial com mittee on pure food investigation devoted most of the day to the subject ot honey , nnd It was shown by expert testimony that not only was glucose UMI to a great extent for adulterating this article of food , but that jobbers Mere using fraudulent methods In handling tbo trade for honey ( substitutes , H was alto shown that glucose was not neces sarily deleterious to health when used as an adulterant. orcomurgarlne and the alum baking powders had nn Inning and experts on those two articles of commerce declared the prejudice against them was based on Ignorance and misrepresentation , Movement * of Oveuii Ve * HN , Mny VAt . At Now York Arrived Patrlu , from Hamburg. At Bremen Arrived Travo , from New Yoil : . At Liverpool Arrived Now England , from HoBtou. At Hamburg Arrived Fuernt Blemarrk frmi New Yorlc , via Cherbourg ud Southampton , MAIL ON STREET RAILWAYS Postmaster General Smith Si ns the Order Eliminating Words from Oars , ROADS ARE NOT DEPRIVED OF PROTECTION Uiunlia Company Mny Ho Cotniielleil to 1'nt on AViiKiin Delivery Serv ice to Meet CliiuiKOil Conditions , Under the llulttiic. WASHINGTON , Ma > - 12. ( Special Tele gram. ) 1'ostmnstcr General Smith loOay signed an order eliminating the words "Unlu-d Statist Mall" carried on street cnrs throughout the United States. This 1ms been done at the Instance of the Amalgamated | Association ot Stroe ( . Oar Emplojus , which In session In LouUvlllo recently , called , up.n ) the president to roqurut the postmaster general - oral to make euch a ruling. Assistant Postmaster General Heath , In apeaklng of the order toJay , said It was Issued along llnca outlined by labor , but had no particular reference to the opera tion of railway systems throughout the Culled Stdtcs In vlow of the fact that rail- roads and their carrying properties were recognized by { 'resident Cleveland In the famous Chicago case In 1W4. He enld the order uld net deprive ralln ails of that pro tection which they sought under Kivcrnmcn- tal authority ami order which ro > iulrod portable signs to bo used Instead of the stationary signs new painted upon many street railway systems throughout the United States , but was entirely In conson ance with the opinion of the attorney general - oral , who hold that unless cars wcro used for the purposes of transporting thu malls they could not bo said to bo used for that purpose except relatively. In the , Des Molnoj case the railway people there have placed null bo"xcs upon all cars passing the postofilco and cither the con ductor or motor man being sworn In the service of the government Is permitted- open the box , take out the mall deposited and place the same In the box Immediately In front ot the DCS Mollies postofflce. Whllo the government does not pay for this servIce - IceIt bolng purely an experiment under the rural free delivery system , It Is anticipated that a contract will grow out of the use of boxes on street cars. In the case of DCS Molnoa it has been held by the first as sistant postmaster general that no change IB nccossary In the lettering of cars hand ling United States malls , as all cars are equipped with boxes , but that in all other cases where cars are used and not the whole lines of railway , ' portable signs must bo used. .May Compel WIIKOII Servlee. Should the Omaha Street Hallway company under these conditions , as outlined In the story published In The 13eo of Sunday , 10- fuse to handle the malls , the first assistant postmaster gene-nil said today that while the government was not harassing any In dividual or corporation to "do anything not consistent with their Individual or corporate rights , yet should the Omaha Street Rail way company refuse to handle the malls as at present because of the elimination of the letters "United States mall" on the sides of the cara they would bo compelled to put In a wagon service to meet the second , assistant. that the Omaha. Street Railway company operates eight mlleo ot route over which wall Is carried 363 days in the year , and for which thev were paid last year ? 1,421 , having made on the three routes operated , Including the Omaha Exposition station , nearly 50,000 miles at the government rate of 3 cents per mile. Alrlu Beck , son of Captain W. II. Beck of the Tenth cavalry. Inspector general ot the Department of the Missouri , has been nominated to take the. examination for sec ond' lieutenant at Fortress Monioe May 29. 'Co rroteet J-'ore.st lleNorvi-M. NLand Commissioner Hermann has completed - pleted the apportionment of rangers to the various forest reserves for duty during the coming heated term. Rangers have be n assigned to duty in Wyoming reserves n I > follows : Flvo to the Yellowstone , eight to | i the Big Horn and five to the Tuton. The i Black Hills forest reserve in South Dakota has been given nine rnngow. Rangers have boon appointed and directed to report for " duty at"once. . From July 13 and during the continuance of the dry season nine ad- dltional rangers will bo nllowc-.l tha Wyo ming forest rcjcrvm and live additional for the Black IHIU reserve. The land cr-mmls- sioner snU today that the work ot pro- tcctlng the various reserves from flro will i bo carrlod on moat vlgoiouMy during the 'coming hcatoJ term. ' Land Commissioner Hermann today np- proved for laymont to the fitnlo of Iowa $2,530 as Indemnity for .selectlrns made by the state. The location of lands nnd sums allowed arc as follows : Buclnnan county , $072 ; Hanllii county. $ U17 ; Howard county. S4,0 ; ; Ilcnton county , $100. Postal receipts at. Omaha for April nggrc- Bi'f.J $30.153. against ? 28,1SS for the c..rre- Biwndlng month of April , 1898. Receipts at DCS Mclnoa were $21.321 , as compared with $1GCS3 for the corresponding month of 1S08. . Bids for the construction of warehouse , otablo and laundry at Crow Orcek , S. II. , a-cnty were opened today. Joseph M. Greene of Chamberlain , S. I ) . , bid $0,344 ami Owen & HIllo of Minneapolis $1.841. Both bids are In excess of the ultimate and advertise ments calling for now propobals will bo authorized. An order was Issued today establishing a postolllco at Luzon , Hancock county. lown , and Thomad C. 1'erlsho was commUsIoned postmaster ; also at Hamilton , Sheridan county. Wyoming , -with - Dwight g , Hamil ton postmaster. Ooorgo Pocatello of Idaho was today ap pointed harness maker at SlBBcton , S. D. , agency at $4SO a year. PRESIDENT'ON AH EXCURSION MoKlnley AVII1 Vary Seelnttlim liy Trip toniiirnl Ilrlilno wllli 1'iirty of J'"rli'inH. | HOT SPRINGS , Vn. , May 12. The preol- dontlal party will break Its visit hero to morrow morning by n trip to Natural BrWgo , Va. Besides President and Mrs. McKlnley , the party will Include Secretary and Mrs. Gage , Dr. nnd Mrs. Rlloy , Mr. Barnes , M. 13. lugalls and wife , Mr. Schmidt and wife airl Mr. Colston and wife of Cincinnati. The train will leave at S:1D : a. m. , going through Covlngton and Clifton , It Is expecled that about two hours will bo given to sight-seeing and thn party will return In time for dinner. The president Is resting qulotly. Today he walked about the roadways with Secre tary Gage , both In the forenoon nnd again after luncheon. His medicinal bath , under the direction of Dr. Rtley , occurred during the morning. Olllclal business has been very light , the signing of boiuo commissions for postmaster * ) and army promotions being the extent of those duties today. Mr. McKlnley has not availed himself of the drives about the mountains , from certain points of which the sccnrry is grand , on j h < -rount of Mrs. McKlnley's Indisposition. It lias boon on her account that he has kept so closely to his roams , The change to this high altitude affected her for a day or so , CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Vcri-ciist for Fair ; Northerly Winds TemjieriUnre it I Omaha > emenlnj I Hour. Deir. Hour. l e t. n n. 111 . r.s i p. TI . ( it ! n n. tit . r.ti u i > . in . . . . . . no 7 n. in. < i . . . n : t p. in. . . . . . ( IT M a. in . lid .1 p. in . ( I , " . t > ji. in . d'j n ii. in . * > : < 10 n , in . . . . . . 11:1 : it | i , in. . . , , , oi 11 n. 111 . ( II 7 | i. lit . fill IU in . ( HI S II. Ill . "II t ) 11. in. . 57 but slio Is feeling so well tonight thnt the run to Natural Bridge , which luul been held In abeyitncoM dccldoil Upon. MANY KILLED BY TORNADO Tuenty-Tno KiitnlHten n the Hondo Cnnl Mlnen unit Mini- llmlly Hurt. HOUSTON. Tex. , May 12. A special from I'agle Pass , Tex. , bays : News received to day from I ho Hondo coal mines places the dead resulting from last night's tornado at twenty-two nnd over 100 wounded. Many persons are still missing nnd probably In the ruins. The Americans killed and In jured arc : Killed : LAWRUNCB M'KINNUY. Wounded : Superintendent II. M. McKInncy. Fred McKInncy , oven boss. Spethen Backo , seriously. Young McKInncy was burled here today. A tremendous fall of hall accompanied thd tornado. Many were Injured by the hall. The mines' works \\cre not much dam- 'nged and work will bo begun In a few days again. COLLISION OF THE FAST MAIL Seven Curt Fllleil ultli I'ltKNenuei-N on New York Centrnl Itiillronil Are In Flumes. | UT1CA. N. Y , Mny 12. The fast mall on the Now York Central was In a collision hero this meaning nnd seven passenger cars llllau with paDscugers are burning. SCOOPERS' STRIKE SETTLED Coiiferenee lit IllNhoi Quisle.s HotiNe Snlil to Hiive Itenuheil Defi nite Agreement. BUFFALO. N. Y. , May 12. The settlement of the trouble with the grain shovulcrs and the contractors depends upon the outcome ot a confercnco at the rgsldence of Bishop Qulgley. The , committee ot ten , of which Bishop Qulgley Is chairman , was on liana shortly after 9 o'clock wild counsel. At 10 o'clock Messrs. Corrlgan , Wilson and Doug lass , representing the Lake Carriers' as sociation , with counsel , arrived at thu epis copal residence and the two committees Im mediately went Into executive session. At 130 ; o'clock this morning a member of the committee stated that the strike had practically been settled. The eub-comrnlttce ot four which , had been appointed will dr.H- % KS&l5f'So8 ? c > wlifcfi M'SS tl' milted to tfie full committteo at the raeet- ing. It was expected that this list could easily bo arranged nnd the entire matter closed up in-short order. COSTS CUIGNET HIS POSITION .Major IN t'linhlereil from French .Army for DIvtilKliiK DoeiiineiitH to 1'edt .Journal. PARIS. May 12. At a sltllng of the cabi net council In the palace of the Elysee toJay the president , M. Loubet , on the suggestion ; ! of the minister of war , M. Camllle Kranlz , ! signed a. decree cashiering .Major Culgnct ' on account of his having divulged to thu ' Pfetlt Journal the contents of certain let ters. , In the Chamber of Deputies today M. Reno Vivian ! , radical socialist , questioned the government regarding the lettcrn pub- , llshed In the Petit Journal. In reply the , minister of war. M. Kruntz , said that M. Culgnct came spontaneously to him and con- 1 frrood that ho gave the'leltcrs to friends , who had communicated thrm to the Petit . Journal. ! M. Delcas.'e , mlnUtcr of foreign affairs , sal.l that the letters as published were _ garbled and mutilated. Amid mingled i i cheers ami hisses M. Delcasso explained his own position In the matter ana asserted tint ( Major Culgnet , na u member of the AVar office , had Impugned the gnr.rt faith of the foreign ofilco In certain matters. Ho ( II. Dolcasso ) therefore wrote to M. do Freycl- t net , the then minister1 ot war , asking ' apologies for the war office and showing that Major Culgnct'u accusations wcic unfounded. The Impression gained from M. Dclcasse'a speech was that M. do Frcyclnet resigned thi ) war portfolio Instead of making ropara- , tlon. Thn discussion In thu Chamber endc. ) I with n vote of confidence In the government , | 3K9 to 01. j I In the course of lile speccd M. Dolcasso j I deflated that In reply to hlt > demand for , reparation Major Culgnct wrote regretting thu publicity given his statement but de clining to Withdraw It. M. Delcasso then , ho eald , demanded that translations of the tele grams should be Hubmlttcd to ilia court nf cassation In order that that tribunal might determine which was correct. M. Dclcnsso protested against the charge of having dic tated M. Palcaloguo's evidence and Bald thnt ho had only drnlrcd thnt ho prove to the court the good faith of the foreign office. The translation was countersigned by Ss. Chanolnc , Major Culgnet and M. Pnlcot. ItMIS this statement , hu continued , nlilch the foreign otllce sent to thu ministry of war , and therefore Major Culgnct's charge wns'n gratuitous ono , as hu had himself admitted the corroctners of the foreign ofllco translation by countersigning it , The nationalist deputy Laslrs has sent seconds to M. Delcabso to demand explana tions of the lattor's statements In the Cham ber of Deputies yesterday with rofrrcnco to Laslcs' attacks , to the effect that lie spurned them with his Iocs , although that was more than they deserved. DcleaBso In formed M. LaBlc-H * seconds that ho had noth ing to add to his previous remarks nnd that Uu declined to appoint nuconda. M , Grosjeon , a Judge ofthe Versailles court and an Intlmato friend of Major Culgnot , has been cited to appear before the superior council of the magistracy tomor row to explain his participation In the dt- viijglng ot lettcTB publlbhed In the Petit Journal. .liiinalciiiiN on the Aiixloiix Sent. KINGSTON , Jamaica , May 12. Repre sentatives today Interpellated the govern ment as to when U Intends to take steps to urge upon the Imperial government the necessity for securing American reciprocity before It la too late. The reply was that the governor will do BO. After the council adjourned the representatives In a body In terviewed the governor , representing the gravity of the situation and the popular de mand for prompt and effective action to prevent American retaliation , IVn p/Mr A'P IMf/Mlll OT/\\T MtUi Ol1 EXCURSION Many Lives Lost in Roar-End Collision of Passenger Trains. ENGINE PLOUGHS THROUGH THREE CARS Occupants Are Buried in Debris and Pow Names Are Obtained , t DEATH LIST NUMBERS ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE Hospital Train Garlics Many Dead and Wounded to Heading , SEN. PENROSE AND GLN , GRUBB ABOARD i\enr.iliinlstK Arc IteliiritliiK from the Unveiling of llurtriuift Monument When KiiKlne Crnnlien Into Tardy I2\iiren Trnln. HEADING , Pa. , May 12. A collision ot passenger trains occurred onthe Philadel phia & , Heading railroad tit Exeter , about six miles south of this city , tonight , and u great number of people wuro Hlled and In jured. There Is no telegraph office nt Exeter and details , therefore , nre dllllcult to obtain at this writing. Thu number killed Is vari ously stated to bo from fifteen to twenty-live. Fully fifty others are Injured. The regular express train from Pottsvlllo for Philadelphia connected at the station In Heading with a train from Harrlsburg , which was crowded with excursionists who had boon to the state capital to witness the cere monies in connection with the unveiling of the Hnrtrauft monument. Many of the Hnr- rlsburg passengers nt Heading went aboard the Philadelphia express , but It being found that all could not bo accommodated , U was decided to send nn extra train to Philadel phia to run as the second section of the express. The extra train lert twenty minutes later than the express. At Exeter the express - press stopped for orders and while standing still the extra train crashed Into it while moving nt great speed. Three of the rear cais ot the express were telescoped and itho first car of the extra train was also wrecked. The pas sengers In these cars wore terribly mangled , many being killed outright , while others had limbs and .bodies maimed. Word was at once sent to Heading and a special train , with physicians and nurtes , was sent to the scene as quickly as It could possibly bo put In readiness. The second relief train left Exeter nt 2:50 a. m. It brought to Heading twenty ad ditional bodies. The names are not yet known. Most of the seriously injured wore brought lipre on the first relief train. The rest of the Injured were taken to PottBtown jvndjltfqrr'.fltov/u. . . . * r * Tho"norTh-bound" haa 'been cleared anil the first train through to this city from Philadelphia was , the Buffalo cxpres . IlHt of tin : Head. Among the dead are : CAPTAIN STIIEBT of Philadelphia. JOHN LEAF of Montgomery county. WILLIAM SLATEH of Norrlstown. GEORGE SHAW of Norrlstown. , JOHN SLINGLUFF of Norrlstown/ FRANK SHOWEHS of Norrlstown. SAMUCL BEATTY of Norristown. MILTON LEWIS of Norrlstown. HENRY WENTZ of Norrlstown. LEAF , ( Montgomery county. WILLIAM STALER , Morrlstown. COLONEL GEORGE SHAW , Norrlstown , CHIEF JOHN SLINGLUFF , Norrlatown. JOHN JOHNSON , Montclarr. WILLLVM LEWIS , Norrlstown. IIAHHY HUNCHIMONOEH , Norrlstown. GEORGE SOWERS , Norrlatown. GEORGE H. ANDIiS , Norrlstown. HARRY WENTZ , Norrlstown. SAMUEL BATTY. Conshohoclcen. HAUP.Y THOMPSON , Nc.rristown. HIRAM SHELLY , Natboro. LENTON SILVIS. Heading. The Injured , as far an the names could ba obtained , arc : Eddie Smith , Norrlstown. Charles White , Norrlatown , Nathan O'Neal , Norrlstown. Luther Custcr , serious , Potlfltown. Patrick Kern , Norrlstown. Pascal Walters , Swedelund. Harry Leister , fiorlous , Phoenlxvllle. L. B" . Vnndorsllcc , Pihoenlxvlllo , Thepdoro Adle , Norrlstown' . William Frodorbern , Norrlstnwn. Charles ' .Madills , CnnHhohockcn , John Earl , Conahohocken. Harry Kantz , Norrlstown , David Carney , Norrlotown. A. Ashcnfcldor , Norrlstown. Piirdal Lint of CiiNimUleH. PHILADELPHIA , May 12. The Potts- vllln express , \\lildi was run Into at Exeter oter , arrived here after midnight with few of the Injurei ) . They were : George W. Kucker. common councilman of the Twentieth ward , this city , injured about the legs. Francis T. Steinbeck , Camdcn , N. J. , cut about the head ami bruised about the body , C , A. Beaver , Philadelphia , arm bruised and ncad cut. B. Barney , Philadelphia , leg , arm and hip badly bruised. Airong the reported dead are Jclin Sling- huff of Norristown and an unknown umuti , tali ! to bu a real estate dealer , also of Nor rlstown. When the train left the cccno of thn wreck r. man mimed Street , living In this city , wan lylrg uncoiihclous In thu wreck. The passengers could give no connectca Ktory of Ilio wreck and 'the number of dead and injured was not Known by any of them. According to Die account ot the passengcra the engine ) of the second train plowed tdiough the rear car of the flrut train , then through tha parlor cur and half way tlirougn the third car. The Hist cur on the second train was also telescoped. All ut the dead nnd most of the Injured were taken to Reading. The railroad officials In thin city can gtvo no detallH of the accident. They say they are Ignorant of thu number of casualties. Senator Ponrcse and General E. B. Urubh wore imHscngeru In thu Pullman car of the wrecked train. The rear end of the car In which they nnro riding was crushed and tdo two men , though budly shaken up , were uninjured. Hunator Pc'iiruso did not know how many passungcrn wore killed or In jured , but tatd that when the train left the eccno those ; needing attention were being cared for by phynluluna and residents of the neighborhood. A few of thotio whose Injuries were slight came on the train to Philadelphia , but tlio train left teen aftrr the accident and the more Korloualy Injured were left at the bceuo and sent to Heading ,