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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.
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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 ,
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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
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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 ,
