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( LAW RESUMES
Jtutioa Takes Up the Scales in Philippine ?
After Long Recess ,
PORTION OF SPANISH SYSTEM IS ADOPTED
Statutes Not Conflicting with American
Sovereignty Are Retained ,
INCUMBENTS TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Judicial Bench Made Up of Prominent
Lawyers of the Islands ,
SPANISH WILL BE LANGUAGE OF COURTS
Anglo-Saxon Ilnslncss Men Plend for
ISiiKllsh TOIIKUC , but ( Kin llcllcvrn
It Unwise to Uimet Usa c
of Cciitnrtcn.
MANILA , May 29. An order has been Is
sued ro-cstabllshlng the Philippine courts ,
. which have been closed since the American
occupation. It revives all of the Spanlnh
system not conflicting with the sovereignty
of the United States.
The chief Justice Is Caltuma Arroltano.
The associates of the civil branch are Man
uel Araulla , Colonel Crowder nnd Gregorla
Arallta. The Justices of the criminal branch
are Raymundo Molllza , Ambroslo Rlanzares ,
Julio Lorento , Major Young and Captain
nirkhlmcr. The attorney general Is Flor-
ontlo Torres. This corresponds with the
American supreme court.
The oath prescribed begins :
" 1 recognize and accept the supreme au
thority of the United States of America , "
etc.
etc.Tho Filipino members are all prominent
lawyers * Arreltano Is the leader of his pro
fession In the Islands. In the early stages
of the Filipino movement ho was Agulnal-
do's principal adviser. Molllza was presi
dent of the Insurgent government at Hello ;
Torres Is the leader of the local committee
working with the commission to conciliate
the Insurrectionists.
Himtilnli the Ofllclnl Tonmie.
Spanish will bo the official language of the
courts. There has been agitation among
the local British and American business
men and American lawyers who came to the
Philippines to make fortunes to have the
English code and language adopted , but
Major General Otis concluded that it would
foe unwise , oven If practicable , to upset long
usage. Ho thought It beet to glvo the na
tives courts In the language to which they
have been accustomed. The Spanish salaries
proved a stumbling block to obtaining good
men , the highest being only $2,500 , the
Spanish Judges receiving fees , which are
abolished. All the Judges'nro representa
tive men.
Two correspondents of a New York news
paper have been disbarred for fabricating an
Interview -with General Lawton. dated May
23 , and evading the censorship.
The steamer El Cano has arrived here
from the Island of Guam , bringing file FH-
iplnce who wore exiled there by the Span-
lards for participating In the old rebellion.
DEATH REPORT FROM MANILA
Disease Takes Off More Than Filipino
pine Ilullets Two From the
Twenty-Second.
WASHINGTON , May 29. General Otis re
ports the following deaths slnco his last
weekly report :
Typhoid malaria : May 10 , Claude R.
White private. Company Twenty-third
infantry : malaria , 21st , Dannie Hays , pri
vate , Company E , Twenty-second Infantry ;
26th , Edward Hylan , corporal , Company D ,
Sixth artillery , typhoid ; 22d , Joseph Sal-
whltka , private , Company E , Third infantry ;
23d Vernon E. Taggart , private , Company
F , Thirteenth Minnesota ; 25th , Charles
Mllkowckl. corporal , Company F , Twenty-
eecond Infantry.
From wounds in action : 24th , John C.
Byron , corporal , First North Dakota ; 2rth ,
Ernest Ryan , private , Company L , Twen
tieth Kaunas ; 26th. Arthur M. DIggles ,
major. Thirteenth Minnesota.
Drowned in Paslg river on duty 23d :
Privates , Company G. Twelfth Infantry ,
Ned Anderson , Jasper R. Whims , Joseph
Nunevlllc , Ernest Hcrrlman , Webber Har
rison.
FILIPINOS MUTILATE THE DEAD
Three American Soldiers Pound with
Earn niul Nones none and
Hearts Cut Out.
NEW YORK , May 29. A special to the
Herald from Washington says : Information
received here In private letters from officers
serving In the Philippines states 'that the
Filipinos show no respect to the American
flead. In one report nn officer who was on
the firing line soys ho was shocked to see
three bodies of American soldiers who had
been killed In an advance , and which
were brought within the American lines ,
badly mutilated. The ears of each of the
corpsca had been removed , the noses cut
off nnd the hearts torn out. Such mutilation
disproves Agulnaldo's claim that the In-
furgcnts nro conducting a civilized warfare.
The American troops giro the Philippine
dead a decent burial nnd provide every com
fort nnd afford the best medical treatment
possible to the wounded.
NATIVES FLY A WHITE FLAG
rirc nil n Calilc Party .lust the Same
When It Starts to
Ianil.
MANILA , May 29. 11:25 : a. m , Captain
Tllley of the signal corps , with a detachment
made up of other members of the corps ,
landed at Escalanto on the Island of Negros
to pick up and repair the cable , The natives
had a white flag flying over the cable house
when the party landed , The latter , how
ever , were no sooner on shore than they were
fired upon by the natives , They at once took
to the water and a number of them were
picked up by a boat , but Captain Tllley and
two native men of the party are missing.
General Smith , with a detachment of troops ,
has started on board a gunboat to Investigate
the affair.
The transports Senator and Ohio arrived
today ,
Thirteenth Infantry Ileiiche * Manila.
WASHINGTON , May 29. The War do-
partmeut has received the following cable
gram from General Otis :
MANILA. May 29. Transports Ohio and
Senator with the Thirteenth lufantry Just
arrived ; Private David R. Johnson , Com
pany E , drowned and five men deserted nt
Honolulu ; no other casualties.
The transports referred to left Snn Fran *
Cisco April 2S.
I.on Angeles Wants Camp.
LOS ANGELES , Cal. , May 29 The Mer
chants' and Manufacturers' association of
thk city has inaugurated a movement to In-
duce the Wnr department to locate n camp
hero , where soldiers returning from the
| llpplncs may be mustered out. H Is
that the climate of southern Call-
III pn ve moro beneficial to those
become accustomed to the tropical
.3 of the Philippines ,
I Leaves Heavily linden.
SAN FRANCISCO , Mny 29. The United
Stntes transport steamer Grant Is scheduled
to sail for the Philippines late tonight under
command of Captain N. B. Buford. Tlio
Grant Is heavily laden with supplies for the
army nnd navy In the Philippines and car
ries besides 1,200 recruits and Troops B and
M of the Fourth cavalry and two companies
of the Fourteenth Infantry. Stowed away
In the Grant's hold Is an Immense quantity
o ! material for the army nud navy In the
Philippines.
SPAIN REPUDIATES ITS DEBTS
Hank of Spain Stranded l y ( lie Decree
of the Olllclals Xo Security
for Note Issues.
NEW YORK , May 23. The Times' London
financial correspondent cables : Poor old
Spain seems about to throw up the epongo
and apologetically repudiate. No ono ex
pected any government there to ndmlt
bankruptcy squarely ; your Spaniard has far
too much dignity to do anything of the eort.
But nn Indirect admission docs Just ns well ,
so the next debt coupon Is not to be paid
u.itll the Cortes votes the new budget with
fresh taxes , which Is not n Job of lightning
express order. Worse still , In some re
spects the government has viciously kicked
the Bunk of Spain so that It may die of ill-
usage. Spain luis no commerce to speak of
except what fortlguers conduct. The Bank
of Spain has therefore been levied on by the
govc-nment by the- simple process of mak
ing It advances ae required out of Increased
Issu * ; notes. The security given consisted of
Cuban bonds , treasury notes , and 4-per cent
redeemable government bonds. The Interest
on tbo Cuban bonds has been frankly sus-
| .ended , that on all the other debt has been
postponed nnd harder treatment than that.
If possible the redemption drawings on re
deemable bonds have been stopped. The re
sult Is flmt the bank Is stranded high and
dry , with nssots of perhaps 33,000,000 , rep
resented merely by government promises to
pay , ' 'manana. " The onfy consolation Is
that the repudiation was done with high
Spanish dignity. The government had no
moro use for the bank because It could get
out no more notes , therefore It Is left lying
like a spent mule.
HEARING CELEBRATED CASE
.Murder of Colonel Fountain nnil Hln
Son I.aid nt the Door of
CnttUTliUvoH. .
HILLSBORO. N. M. , May 29. The hearing
of testimony In the trial of Oliver M. Leo
and James Gllllland , cattlemen , charged
with the murder , of 8-year-old Henry Fouu-
tnln , began today before DlBtrlct Judge
Prank Parker , the Jury having been secured
on Saturday. The case comes to the Sierra
county court on a change of venue from
Dona Ana county , where Indictments were
found charging the prisoners with the mur
der of Henry Fountain and his father.
Colonel Albert J. Fountain , a prominent at
torney nnd politician , who were brutally as
sassinated In January , 1S95 , when driving
homo" from Lincoln , where the colonel dad
attended a meeting of the Now Mexico Stock
association. Colonel Fountain had been ac
tive In the prosecution of cattle thieves and
It has always been supposed that ie and his
ton were killed by some of them. Some
of the best lawyers In Now Mexico are en
gaged In the case , District Attorney R. P.
Barnes , W. B. Chlldrcss of Albuquerque and
T. B. Catron of Santa Fe represent the territory
ritoryA. . B. Fall of Las Cruces , H. B.
Ferguson of Albuquerqtio nnd H. M.
Dougherty of Socorro nro attorneys for the
defense. The prosecution relies upon cir
cumstantial evidence for a conviction. It
Is said that the defense will sot up an alibi.
HELP FOR FEEBLE CHURCHES
Lutheran Synod Henrx Iteport of
Good AVorlc Done In Home
MlNNloii Field.
YORK , Pa. , May 29. This was church
extension day In the general synod of the
Lutheran church of the United States. Rev.
H. II. Weber , secretary of the board , made
the report , nn abstract of which follows :
The total net receipts from nil sources
for the last two years amounted to $91,103 ,
an excess of $1,070 over the receipts of the
prevlouH blennlum.
Sixteen churches have returned In full erIn
In part the money loaned them. Bequests
during the last two years amounted to
only $ % G.
The total nssets of the board amount to
$352,431. The report concludes by recom
mending that the general synod adopt a
resolution providing "that the general synod
apportion among the district synods the
sum of $35,000 annually for church extension ,
beginning with April 1 , 1900. "
The report Is considered to be the most
satisfactory ever presented by the board.
The appropriation for 'the ' next blennlum
was fixed at $80,000 , which Is $10,000 In ex
cess of the present appropriation.
The chair appointed n committee to nom
inate a board of trustees for the Homo for
the Aged.
MISSOURI ROBBERS ON TRIAL
Seven IliiiulttH Aliened to Have Held
Up Fort Sentt Train IIe lii
Their llearlnu.
HARTVILLE , Mo , , May 29. The trial of
John Kennedy , William Jennings , or "Bill"
Ryan , Joe Sheppard , Louis Nigh , Elmer
Byrum , James Fogley and Oscar Hey , for
holding up the Kansas City , Fort Scott &
Memphis train at Mncomb , Mo. , on the night
of January 3 , wasi called by Judge Cox In
the court house today. Ono hundred wit
nesses have been subpoenaed to testify
ugalnst the tmln robbers nnd more than
sixty have been summoned by the defense.
The attorneys for the Btato toy they have
evidence against the prisoners that Is com
plete In every link.
Kennedy and Ryan , handcuffed together ,
and Sheppard , were brought from Springfield ,
where they liave been In Jail , under a strong
guard this morning. "Quallhunter" Kto-
nedy had lost his former spirit of bragga
docio entirely and was sullen , while Ryan ,
the old-time member of the James gang ,
was the life of the crowd , his constant Joking
and blarney keeping the officers and the
crowd that followed .from the train to the
court room In continual laughter. But
little attention wue paid to the other accused.
I'urlVnxlinUle Detained.
CHEYENNK , May 29. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The energetic efforts made to re
tain troops at Fort Washaklo , on the Shoshone -
shone Indian reservation In this state , have
been successful. Senator Warren tonight
received the following telegram :
Interior department has reconsidered Its
recommendation , and having now urged
that Fort Waehakle be maintained as a
military post , the order abandoning U haa
been countermanded and Its garrison wlfl
be retained. R. A. ALGER ,
Secretary of War.
GRAND REVIEW OF TROOPS
Twin Cities Propose to Have the Returning
Soldiers Gather There.
PRESIDENT M'KINLLY ' TO VISIT ST. PAUL
Kxpcnae fit Taking the Hoys ( ci the
Minnesota. Ilender.voiiH to He Home
lijRnthnslastlc Mlimcapoll-
tniin mill St. Pantiles.
WASHINGTON , May 29. ( Special Tele-
gvam. ) The president announced this mornIng -
Ing that he would positively make a trip to
St. Paul to review the volunteers returning
from Manila.
The cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis
have decided to 'hold a grand review of all
( tie volunteers now In the Philippines and
are making arrangements to hnvo all Uio
ttoops taken to the Twin Cities at the lat-
tcr's expense. The United States govern
ment Intends to bring the troops to San
Francisco and glvo them transportation to
their homes , but muster them out In San
Francisco. St. Paul and Minneapolis , how
ever , Intend to bring all the troops to those
cities , paying their transportation both
ways. The First Nebraska , tlio Kansas ,
South Dakota , Colorado nnd probably Utah
and Oregon troops will be Invited to stop
over on their way homo to participate In
the review , which Is expected to bo
the largest since the clcso of the
civil war. The expectation Is now
that the troops will begin to sail from Ma
nila on June 15 nnd that the grand review
will take place In Minneapolis and St. Paul
between August 1 and 1C. Ttie Nebraska
troops are expected to sail directly after th
California and Oregon regiments get nwny ,
the latter being the first to go upon the
transports.
Senator Thurston and General J. C. Cowln
called on the president this morning , the
latter to present his thanks to the chief
executive for the nomination of his son to
take ( tie examination for second lieutenant.
General Wilson of the pay department of the
army , stationed at Governor's Island , also
accompanied Senator Thurston and pre
sented his son'siiiame , Charles II. Wilson of
Omaha , for the position of paymaeter In the
Marino corps.
Inspector Hathaway has been detailed to
make nn Investigation and report on several
applications for rural free delivery In South
Dakota.
Department officials announce that funds
for the establishment of rural delivery arc
practically exhausted and no money will bo
expended In this direction until after July
1. Many applications from Nebraska and
other western states are on file and while
the Inspectors now at work will continue no
action will be taken on their reports until
after July 1. Rural free delivery will be
established on a large scale after the begin
ning of the next fiscal year and the service
will bo extended In Nebraska , Wyoming ,
Iowa and the Dakotns.
The Fourth National bank , New York , and
the Chicago National bank of Chicago were
approved today as reserve asents for the
First National bank of Lincoln , Neb. ; also
the New York National Exchange bank for
the First National bank of Council Bluffs , la.
Comptroller Dawcs has been advised of
the fallowing -changes 1n officials -in western
national banks :
Nebraska The First National bank of
Genoa , L. L. Green , vice president ; B. D.
Gorman , assistant cashier.
Iowa iThe First National bank of Buf
falo Center , B. J. Thompson , vice president ,
In place of J. F. Thompson ; no assistant
cashier In place of J. P. Strong.
Wyoming The First National bank of
Hock Springs , T. W. Boyer , assistant cash
ier , Ih place of A. M. Gllderflleove.
John H. Will was today appointed post
master at Dorrlngton , Scotts Bluffs county ,
Nebraska , vlco C. B. Whlpple resigned.
The Civil Service Commission announces
that an examination will be held at
Dubuque on July 8 to fill the place of post-
office clerk and carrier In the local office.
W. II. Brcarly of Brule county , South
Dakota , was today appointed farmer at
Leech Lake , .Minnesota , agency.
The contract for supplying the Sioux Falls ,
< S. D. , postofflco with fuel for the coming
fiscal year was today awarded to J. W.
Parker at $1,067.
SOLDIERS MAY TAKE CHOICE
Option Ileuwith VolnnteerH no to
Where the MiiMtcr-Oiit Will
' TnUe IMiiee.
WASHINGTON , 'May ' 29 , It has been de
termined to allow the volunteers serving In
the Philippines to decide whether they shall
be mustered out at San Francisco or return
to their respective states as organizations
nnd bo mustered out there. Secretary Alger
! Is preparing a dispatch to General Otis , giv
ing In detail the allowances for travel pay
and rations to the respective states , and
this Information Is to bo submitted by him
to the regiments In order that they can de
cide with all the facts before them whether
they prefer to be mustered out at San
Francisco , or to go to their homes as organ
izations. In either event each soldier will
be entitled to two months' extra pay on
muster out.
NO Itl3II2ASH FOIl MHS. MAYIIHICIC.
Secretary Hay Innorniit of Any At
tempt to fialii Her Freedom ,
WASHINGTON , May 29 , Secretary Hay
eald today that ho had no official communi
cation with Ambassador Choato on the sub
ject of the release of Mrs. Maybrlck from
prison In England , and had received no
cablegram from the ambassador on that
subject.
While ambassador to London Mr. Hay
took an active and personal Interest In Mrs.
Maybrlck's case and at one time had almost
| succeeded In getting the consent of the Brit.
Ish government for her roi'easc , but official
conservatism prevailed ntx'i the effort failed ,
Effort has been made slnco that occasion ,
j but it has never came so near Its object ,
Movement * of Government Honlx ,
WASHINGTON , May 29. The Wilmington
has arrived at Rio nnd will dock there.
The Vixen sailed from Key West for Blue-
fields.
The Montgomery has arrived at Pernam-
buco.
The Marietta has been ordered north from
Port of Spain , Trinidad.
OreKoulHiiN Will MnUen Stop * .
WASHINGTON. May 29. Secretary Alger
j has received a cablegram from General Otla
| In response to his Inquiries , announcing
I that a majority of the Oregon regiment of
i volunteers at Manila had elected to return
by steamer directly to Portland , Ore , The
Washington regiment decided to come firtH
! to San Francisco.
H Strike * * Grow Scrlonv.
WEIR CITY , Kan. , May 29. The strike
situation here today Is not bright. The
rcmpanlfs posted notice this morning reQuesting -
Questing the miners to return to work by
Thursday or to remove their tcols , If they
do not go to work by the time stated they
j will be discharged from working for any
I of the company mines. The men tay they
I will all take thiir'tools ' out tomorrow. Pour
Choctaw half breeds arrived today. They
nro supposed to bo guards for the Kansas
& Texas mine No. 2. The strike Is having
n serious effect on Weir City and business
U Inlet fcrod with.
PITTSBUim. Knn. , Mny 29. The miners
nnd operators are holding conference * of
their own In which the executive committee
of the Mine Workers Is not recognized ,
and propositions nro made differing from
the agreement at the conference held hero
Tuesday. Men are continuing to work re-
cardless of nny rules on the part of the
executive committee , Ynlc miners did not
go to work today nnd held n picnic In the
woods near there.
TRAIN RUNS DOWN MOTOR CAR
Twenty-Five Pa nenneri Are Thrown
Into the liny anil One I ) I en
from HIM InjiirlcN ,
SEATTLE , Wnshi , iMay 29. 'A local pass
enger train of the Northern Pacific and r.
Grant street electric car collided near Wash
ington Iron works , precipitating about
twenty-ifive persons Into the bay. Ono passenger -
onger , E. Broad , died on the way to the
hospital. Another passenger named Hof-
fedltz wns seriously Injured. 'Some ' of the
other pnssengem were seriously hurt.
The water where the people were thrown
Into the bay wns about fifteen feet deep nnd
It was a miracle that some of them were
not drowned. So far as known every
passenger Is accounted for. Harry Sharp , a
motorman , saved his life by Jumping. Ho
struck against n fence and It Is reported
ho had two ribs broken.
The accident occurred at the crossing. It
Is not clearly understood how the accident
occurred , ns the stories conflict. The rail
road company hn the right of way nt the
crossing , but It seems that the gates wcro
not down. The motorman saw the train , but
It was too Into to stop. The track was very
slippery. The passengers also saw the train
coming , but expected the car to stop every
moment.
Broad , the man who died from his In
juries , was struck by the locomotive. He
was thrown Into the bay. and , though ter
ribly Injured , grabbed n pile , and , seeing an
other passenger about to sink , ho grasped
him with his free hand and held him until
both could bo drawn out.
BODY OF SOLDIER MUTILATED
Dcnil Man in the One Who , In tStii : ,
Stole ( lie Croivii Jewela of
Hawaii.
SAN FRANCISCO , May 29. The steamer
China , from Hong Kong and Yokohama and
Honolulu , brings news of the murder of a
soldier named Georgp Ryan near Malolos.
His frightfully mutilated body was found
by Company D , Thirteenth Minnesota ,
April 17. The body was lashed to a raft
floating In the rlvor. The skull had been
crushed nnd both arms had 'been ' cut off
at the elbows.
Ryan was the man who. In 1893 , while
serving In the provisional army of Hawaii ,
stole the crown Jewels. He was sentenced
to a long term , but was pardoned December
31 , 1S98. Ho stowed away on a transport
for Manila , where he entered the ranks.
Ryan was a native of Lexington , Ky. , and
was 47 years of age.
Judge Perry of Honolulu has passed sen
tence on three of the Japanese ringleaders
In the riot which took place on the Kahuka
plantation some time ago , -when someChl -
ncso were killed. One man 'Was sentenced
to-tang In .August , nncV-cr-to-BBr.vo , twenty
years at hard labor and another to servo
five years. A motion for a new trial Is
pending.
WHEAT AND CORN IN THE WEST
NcliniNkn. Putn In IiiereiiHeil AereiiRe
of Latter Cereal and llwual
Amount of Former.
CHICAGO , iMay 29. The Farmers' Re
view will print this week reports from cor
respondents throughout Illinois , Wisconsin ,
Iowa , Nebraska , Minnesota and the Dako ;
tas with reference to the acreage of spring
wheat sown and the crop prospects. A very
small acreage Is reported In Illinois , but
Its condition IB said to .be fine. In the
other slates the majority of the correspond
ents agree that the spring wheat Is about
the same as usual , or about the same as
last year , with the condition and prospects
good. A Minnesota correspondent considers
the prospects the best In seventeen years.
Reports from many of the winter wheat
slates Indicate that a largo part of the
wheat area plowed under has been planted
In corn. An Increased corn acreage Is no
ticed In Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Mis
souri , Kansas , Iowa and Nebraska. In Ohio ,
Kentucky , Wisconsin , Minnesota and South
Dakota the corn areas will bo about the
same as last year. No corn has been
planted In North Dakota.
IniiaiineN Come Home Healthy.
NEW YORK , May 29. The transport
Logan arrived today from Glbara , Cuba ,
with forty-seven officers nnd 636 men of the
Second United States volunteers , known as
Hood's Immunes , under command of Lieu
tenant Colonel Grubbs. This regiment re
turns In fine condition , the men looking
iiealthy nnd strong.
Projected Itallroad In
TACOMA , Wash. , May 29. J. E. Gurllng ,
president of the Alaska-Yukon River Trans
portation company , has arrived from Lon
don nnd will go north to look after that
company's Interests. With him nro En
gineer Blair of London and Mr , Hubbard of
Chicago , the company's attorney , Gurllng
proposes' to save 700 miles of water trans
portation between St. Michael and Nulato
by building seventy-five miles of railroad
i from a point on Norton sound , near the
I mouth of the Unalakllk , to the Yukon river ,
, about forty-five mlfcs from Nulato. Part
of the mute was located and the balance
' surveyed last year. As the route lies within
i the 100-mile military reservation around St. ,
, MU'hael , right-of-way must bo obtained from
ocngress. _ j
' I'roprrnm of HoiiKh lUilrrn.
, LAS VEGAS , N. M. , May 29. The program -
gram for the three days' reunion of thoRough
Rough Riders , which will occur Juno 21 !
I to 26 , has been prepared. It win begin
' with addresses by Governor Roosevelt and
Colonel Brodle , to be followed by a regi
mental review. On Juno 25 , which Is Sun
day , religious services will bo conducted by
Chaplain Brown. During the entire three I
days a cowboy tournament , consisting of ,
steer tlelng and broncho breaking nnd races ]
of various kinds , will be held. Palne's fire
works , representing the Rough Riders j
charging on San Juan hill , will bo given.
-
Thieve * I. out a Ilnrnlntt llnlldliifv.
OAKLAND , Cal. , May 29. During the
progress of a fire which partly destroyed the
fine residence of William C. Price In East
Oakland thieves entered and looted the
building. Among other things they carried
off a case filled with gold nuggets and other
valuable mining specimens. After the fire
small nuggets worth about $1,000 were
picked up on the lawn. The value of the
missing specimens Is nearly $3,000.
ElKhty Miner * MNHK. | |
SEATTLE , Wash. May 29. T. B. Robin
son of Oakland , Cal. , who has Just returned
from Copper river , Alaska , says that ho
knows of eighty prospectors In that section
who are missing. If riot already dead , they
will die In an effort to reach civilization.
Most of them went out In small parties
with only provisions to last them at best a
few months. Rescue parties have been uu-
abre to get trace of them.
WIND STORM LIFTS .ROOFS
Qnle Does Heavy Damage and Leaves
Fittsburg in Darkness.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED
Tornnilo Also Traverses riiampnlmi
Couiityt Illinois , mill Michigan
SulTIT * from Similar Atmos
pheric. Disturbance.
PITTS13UKG. Pa. , May 20. A terrific
wind nnd rainstorm passed over this sec
tion today , doing considerable money dam
age , but no fatalities resulted. The early
rumors had a number of people killed , but
later reports state that only one person was
seriously Injured , ( Annie Sullivan , a 10-year-
old girl , who was on her way homo from
school , She was struck by a live telephone
wire heavily charged by n cross with elec
tric light wires. The wire caught her
across the throat and burned Into the flesh
from car to ear. The physicians tonight
say she has a chance of recovery.
The Miller street school house In Miners-
vlllo was unroofed and several children
were supposed to be pinned under the
debris. This fortunately proved untrue and
no one was seriously Injured. The roof of
A. Warmcastlo'a livery stable In the East
end was blown off and the entire system
of telephone , telegraph and trolley circuits
was prostrated and street car traffic was
delayed for three hours. The East end
oloctrlc light plant was partly wreckeJ , re
sulting In the machinery being stopped for
the night , leaving the Kast end In almost
total darkness. The damage throughout the
city to trees , fences , roofs , etc. , Is heavy.
The storm also did much damageIn sur
rounding towns , but no fatalities resulted.
Two llvnil.
NEW YORK , JIny 30. v\ special to the
Press from North Tonawandn , N. Y. , says :
A tornado passed over the southern portion
of this city and adjacent country at 4:30 :
this afternoon. Two men were killed ,
houses were wrecked and much other damage -
ago done.
The dead nro :
CHARLES BROWNE , Tonawanda , farmer.
FREDERICK JOHNSON , Grand Island ,
farm laborer.
Browne was blown from his wagon while
driving along the river road Just south of
Tonawanda and hurled against a fence.
Johnson was killed by a falling tree while
ho was Boddng shelter from the great
downpour of rain.
MILWAUKEE , May 29. Reports of ft so-
vcro rain and windstorm In western Wis
consin are coming In. A sposlal from
Janesvllle , Wls. , says : In the town of La
Prairie the barns on Alex McClellan's nnd
Ed Paul's forms were wrecked. Twelve
windmills close to the city were destroyed.
On Edward Thornton's farms 800 rods of
fences were blown down. Largo trees were
uprooted and for half an hour a small cy
clone prevailed. Much of the early crops
are destroyed.
British Hollow , a hamlet near Potosl ,
was nearly destroyed by the heavy wind.
The town hall and several small 'buildings '
were blown down and other damage done.
La Crosse reports that In many places
crops were actually washed from the ground
and railroads , especially the Burlington and
Mllwaukmi 'roads , whpro much now.work .
was going on , are heavy sufferers.
Tornado In Illliiotn.
CHAMPAIGN , 111. , 'May ' 29. A tornado
passed across Champaign county from the
west to the east nt 2:30 o'clock this after
noon. The storm cloud struck on a ridge
five miles south of this city , doing slight
damage , and then rebounded Into the air.
It was seen twenty-five mllc further east ,
several hi-ndrcd feet in the air and was
then separating.
The cloud was followed by a terrific hall-
storm , which did great damage In the vicin
ity of Homer and Sydney. At Sydney hun
dreds of windows were battered Jn by the
largo hailstones. The hall did much damage
to the growing corn.
ST. LOUIS , May 29. A special to the Re
public from Grlggsvlllc , III. , says : This
community has been deluged with a rain
such as was never before known here. It
was accompanied by a high wind and hall ,
which did much damage to buildings , trees ,
fruit nnd crops. Bridges everywhere nro
washed out. A passenger train west on the
Wnbash is tied up at Valley City , five miles
east of hero , on account of washouts. Two
miles of the track between hero nnd there
Is washed out , Including several largo
bridges , nnd It will be several days before
train service can bo resumed.
OWOSSO , .Mich. , May 20. The tdrnado
which passed through the village of Perry ,
twelve miles from this city , last night , de
stroyed $25,000 worth of property. No one
was killed and only one person was Injured.
CADDO , I. T. , May 28. This city was
visited by a destructive tornado yesterday
evening , followed by a terrific hall storm.
The damage In this vlclnUy amounts to 1
thousands of dollars. Very few buildings In
the city escaped without some damage. ,
Many dwellings were unroofed and blown
from their foundations , while the streets are
blocked with wrecked awnings , signs and
roofs. The opera house Is among the
buildings unroofed. No lives were lost.
FAMINE IN EASTERN AFRICA
Missionaries Ileport that Natives Arc
Starving with Il lc Hope
of Itcllcf.
PHILADELPHIA , Way 29 , Reports re
ceived by the Philadelphia Missionary coun
cil Indicate that a , famlno Is working havoc
In Inland Africa , not far from the cost
coast , The council , which has Its head
quarters at Coatesvlllo , Pa. , exercises an
oversight over the Africa Inland mission
and messages from workers on the field tell
tales of painful suffering which they are
powerless to alleviate ,
OulliiK of I UN urn lice Agents.
ST. LOUIS , May 29. George Murkam , vlco
president of the National Association of
Local Fire Insurance Agents and chairman
f the program committee , furnishes the In
formation that the fourth annual conven
tion of the association will bo held at Buf
falo , N. Y. , beginning August 9. Delegates
from nearly every state In the union will
bo present and the meeting will bo the first
representative gathering at the men who ac
tually transact the Insurance business with
the policy holders. The convention will
open with a platform celebration nt Chau-
taufl.ua and an excursion to Niagara will fol
low Us close. Buffalo agents will supply
further Information on application.
Xrw York . \ulnmohllc Combine ,
NEW YORK , May 29. It IB reported that
a combination with a capital of $200,000,000
Is forming to control the automobile transit
of Greater New York. The chief members
of the combination , as reported , are the
General Carriage company of New York
and New Jersey nnd the New York Auto-
Truck company. The carriage company In
Now York Is capitalized at $100,000 and the
New Jersey company for $20,000,000.
Movements of Oeenn Vessels , May if > ,
At Gibraltar Arrived Saale , from Now
York for Naples and Genoa. Sailed Ems ,
from Genoa and Naples for New York ,
At New York Arrived Victoria , from
Napfes ; City of Rome , from Glasgow.
At Liverpool Arrived Carlnthla , tram
Boston.
CONDITION OF 'THE WEAKER
Forecast for Xebrnskn
Lee > l Showers ; Variable Winds.
Temperature nt Oiniilin yeotcrdayi
Hour. Urn , Hour. licit.
DREYFUS WILL BE RECALLED
( Sooil AtilltorUy for Announcement of
HIM llclrlnl llefore n Conrt-
Marllnl.
( Copyrighted , 1SDJ , by the Press Tub. Co. )
PARIS , May 29. ( Now York World Cable
gram Special Telegram. ) There hnvo been
nnd there still are many rumors ns to
what the conclusions of M. de llcaupro's
report will be , and so long ns this report
has not been read from beginning tn end-
that Is to say before Into on Tuesday after
noon no one , without special Information ,
can make any absolutely certain Affirma
tion of the outcome. Even the papers which
declafo that revision will bo voted cannot
maka this statement with complete cer
tainty. But , wishing myself to bo able to
speak with certainty , I set Immediately
about It to get the facts desired. 1 ap
peared before the most authoritative sources
nnd now I am happy to be able to declare
with absolute certainty that the official re
port of M. do Boaupre , who will bo fol
lowed by n largo majority of the court of
cessation , has cencludcd In favor of revision
with re-trial before court-martial.
This news will come as an Immense relief
to the conscience of the whole world. Be
fore the new court-martial Dreyfus will bo
acquitted. Ho will have to answer only to
ono document , and nothing can prove that
ho Is Us author. His accusers , Henry Du
Paty do Clam , Grlbelln , Lauth , Oonzet nnd
the others have disappeared , being cither
punished or Irrevocably compromised.
DE BLOWITZ.
OLYMPIA OUT OF DRY DOCK
Wnr Paint Hoiaovoil nnil Crulncr
Heady to Start oik tlic I.OIIK
Vo.vnuo Home.
( Copyright , 1599 , by Press Publishing Co. )
HONG KONG , May 29. ( Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Admiral
Dewoy's flagship , the cruiser Olympla , came
out of the dry dock today , the needed repairs
being finished and the war pnlnt removed.
The cruiser Is now ready for the leisurely
voyage to New York. The admiral Is re
gaining his health rapidly , but he Is kept
Indoors at his hotel tn the Peak district by
the heavy rains. Ho has frequent talks
with Lieutenant Hobson of iMcrrlmac fame.
I'adcrtMvuUl Secretly .Married ,
( Copyrighted 1S99 , by Press Publishing Co. )
LONDON , May 29. Now York World
Cablegram. ( Special Telegram. ) A cor
respondent at Paris writes that ho learns
unimpeachably that Padcrewakl was
secretly married last December to Madame
Elena Gorsky , the divorced wife of Ladlslas
Gorsky , n well known violinist and form
erly a member of the Lamouroux orchestra.
Madame.'Gorsky , who was In Geneva rp-
cently , signed herself Elena Paderewskl to
the manager of the Casino there. Madame
Gorsky and Paderewskl ore now living
amicably In Paris together awaiting the
pope's dispensation.
An ecclesiastical marriage dispensation ,
however , is not really needed , as Madame'a
marriage with Gorsky was Illegal , having
been without the consent of the parents , as
the Polish law requires. Madame Is a
woman of 41 and therefore older than
Paderowskl. She has Intensely black hair
and Jewish features which can look beauti
ful nnd ugly by turns. She has a rare gift
of fascination and Padnrowskl has been devoted -
voted to her since several years ago when
Gorsky took care of his Invalid son in the
days of Pndcrewski's poverty and obscurity.
Gorsky probably gave his wife away , as was
done by Ruskln to Sir John Mlllals. The
news has Just leaked out nnd caused n
sensation In the music world here.
KILLED BY PRACTICAL JOKE
IIre AVI re Coneenled In Tnh of Soft
Soap CailNeiH Death of Street
Car Kinploye.
NEW YORK , May 29. Frank McOlll died
suddenly In the car house of the Paterf > on
Railroad company at Pnterson , N. J. , Inct
night. It was given out at the tlmo Uiat
limit disease caused his death , but in
vestigation today Indicates that lo died as a
result of a practlc-al Joke , being killed by
electricity. Tonight Joseph Grant nnd
Christopher Ashfield , who were also em
ployed at the car house , were arrested upon
charges of manslaughter. County I'hyn'clnn
MoBrlde , who held the autopsy tonight , paid
the Indications ore that death was caused by
shock , but of what nature ho Is not pre
pared to say until the Investigation Is more
complete.
Grant admits that a practical Joke was
played on McGlll , a live wlro being con
nected with a soft Heap tub. It was ex
pected that when the men took out a hand
ful of soft soap to wash their hands they
would receive a slight shock. The wire
used , however , appears to have been a high
tension ono and the results fatal.
NO HELP FOR MRS. MAVBRICK
United StateM Will Continue MH lOlYortit
In llehalf of I'liforliinale
Woman.
NEW YORK , May 29. A special to the
Herald from Washington says : Great Brit
ain has again refused the request of the
United States that Mrs. Maybrlck bo par
doned. This Is tlio result of another appli
cation made frr her release by Ambassador
Chnnte , who has Just cabled to Secretary
Hay the answer he has received from the
British foreign office.
Despite the discouragement attendant upon
the reiterated declination of Great Britain
to cranl the request of this government , It
Is the Intention of the administration to con
tinue Its efforts In Mrs. Mayhrlck's behalf.
SCHLEY CALLS AT OGDEN
IniliicliMc Crowd Meetn Admiral at
Depot Party SlartH on He-
turn Trip ,
OGDEN. Utah , May 29. Rear Admiral
Schley and party arrived hero at B o'clock
this afternoon. At the depot they were met
by 2,500 people , Including students of the
High school , and escorted to the residence
of Hon. D. H. Peery. The admiral was In
troduced to an Immense crowd by Governor
Woua'Jlnd made a brief speech. Ex-Senator
Mandcrson also spoke.
A drive was taken up the Ogden canon
and the party then returned to the Peery
residence and took dinner. The party left
fci the east over the Union Pacific road at
11 o'clock tonight.
CUBAN PALMS READY
Reluctant llanelj Are Now Outstretched
for American Qmtuity.
THREE HUNDRED APPLY DURING DAY
Only Duo-Third of that Number Oan Be
Given Satisfaction.
REMAINDER MUST AWAIT RANDALL'S ' RETURN
Officers Turn with Tida and Give All
Assistance Possible.
ONE CHIEF THREATENS FOLLOWERS
I'llCar ( loon to IMnnr IJel UloVlicre
I'ONler * IllUe lleell niNtrlllllted
Annouiieliiu rinci'K mill
llntcn of Payment ,
HAVANA. May 29. Todny's events In
connecUdu with tlio pnymcnt of the Cuban
troops entitled to apply hero for n share In
the American prntutty hnvo effectually
hilled oft the opposition to tlio receipts oC
tlio bounty by privates. In Amorlcnn mili
tary circles It Is considered that n line start
has been made and that the opposition IB
defeated.
Thrco hundred privates arrived during the
day to apply for payment , but though Lieu
tenant Colonel George M. Hnndall of tlio
Eighth United Stales Infantry , the commis
sioner superintending the distribution hero ,
kept his office open from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
only 112 could bo paid during that Interval ,
as each man took up novcral minutes. Many
who brought arms were not on the rolls at
all. Nlnety-nlnci rlllcs were surrendered ,
most of the applicant ! ) declining to take any
chances In turning the weapons over to the
mayor of Havana , evidently believing It
would bo better to glvo thorn direct to tlio
Americana.
Paymaster In U
All day It was virtually Impossible to got
through the front door of the otllco unions
the sentry cleared the way. The Cuban offi
cers who on the first day tried to discourage
any who were dlspoecd to apply , finding now
that the title of feeling has turned , are offerIng -
Ing all the assistance possible to Colonel
Hnndall. - "
At the conclusion of tlio day's work there
wcro moro than 200 who bad not been paid.
Tlieso will have to wait until after the re
turn of the pay car on Juno IB , when there
will probably be extra days assigned for
Havana.
Tomorrow morning the pay car will leave ,
carrying money , Colonel Randall , his escort ,
a physician and the paymasters. One thou
sand pouters were sent this afternoon Into
the province of Plnar del Rio to announce
the places and dates of payment. General
Brooke gave the order for printing anil
Senor Domingo Mcndez Capote , secretary of
government , sent special messengers to af
fix the notices In prominent places.
General-Pedro .Dolgado , commanding
Cuban forces around GUannJay , called hla
men 'together ' today and told thmn they
were disbanded and ordered thorn to take
their arms and go home. O'f the 200 some
thirty who were mounted on ponies said
they would rldo to Havana nnd get their
money. Thereupon Delgado , who was
formerly u notorious bandit , called upon
the rc.st to draw up In line- and to Bhoot
any man who took the road to Havana ,
The thirty mounted men gloomily dispersed.
They will have an opportunity to receive
their shares later.
It Is said that most of the Cubans wtoo ,
though hnvlnv arms did not figure In the
muster rolls , " when they applied for pay
ment were furnished with the weapons liy
friends at finanabacoa , where many arms
had been stored with keepers of shops "by "
people who had purchased them from the
Spanish guerillas and volunteers. Theno
were given out to enable the holders to
secure shares In tlio American gratuity.
Some Cubans , undoubtedly entitled to pay
ment , have also obtained arms from the
same source and nro thus nblo to retain
the weapons that they used during the war.
.lionTroi > | iN MiiMered Out.
The disbanding of the troops continues.
Twelve hundred men , under the command
of General Jaclnto Hernandez , who were
encamped at San Jose do Las Lajas , about
twenty-one miles from Havana , have , been ,
mustered out. They were given certifi
cates of services , redeemable under the
first Cuban government. Some of these
men were In the Cuban service three and
a half years. Ono party of eighty , living
In Santa Clara , started Immediately for
their homes. Tlio horses of many , however ,
have died of disease or teen killed off and
most of the men go home by trains , which
glvo them free passage.
Major General Ludlow has been not a lit
tle annoyed at the appearance In the United
States of letters written by private Indi
viduals hero and the editorial comment upon
them , oeemlng to T > lacc upon him the re
sponsibility for certain municipal regula
tions In Havana which did not originate with
him. Thefio communications and articles re
fer mainly to such civic orders as bear on
smoking In street cars , theaters , etc. , and
the costume to bo worn by working classes.
He says that the mayor and council of Ha
vana have almost the fiarno civil liberty en
joyed In any American city , although the
Island Is under military ruin. As a matter
of form all orders leaned by civilian authori
ties must have the final approval of the
military governor , but General Ludlow
points out that ho would not think of vetoIng -
Ing any order emanating from the mayor
of Havana.
La Discussion today attacks the system of
"giving Americans preference In the cus
tom house. " It publishes a list of Incum
bents and salaries , and says the best Job ) are
given to Yankees , especially Nebrashans ,
' 'The natives of Mr. MolklcJ > IIII'H state , "
Juiys the paper , "nro protected by the ad-
inliilHtrntlon , which Is a sad reminder of
Spain's government. "
A 'Memorial day will bo observed by the
t'nltnd States military nnd naval T rces
here. Appropriate ceremonies have been de
cided upon and the graven In Colon cemetery -
tery and these at Camp Columbia will bo
decorated with flowers. During tlio after
noon General Drooke and etuff ulll go by
special train to Camp Columbia.
The tcmperaturo In Havana at 3 o'clock
this afternoon was 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mr. Lloyd , deputy collector at Guantanamo -
name , has arranged for ceremonies thero.
Foundry Supply FlrniN ( 'oiulilne ,
PITTSIIUIIG , Pa. . May 29. A combination
of foundry supply manufacturers Is In pro
cess of formation. The linns EH Id to bo
favorable to the combine are K. Obermnycr
& Co. , Cincinnati ; J. W. Paxson & Co. , Phila
delphia ; T. P. Kelly & Co. , Now York ;
Uulfulo Koumlry & Supply company , J. 0.
McCormlek & Co. , I'lttxburg ; Cleveland Fac
ing Mills ; J. D. Smith Foundry company ,
Cincinnati , and Hill & Grimth , Cincinnati.
The combination will bo capitalized at $2-
000.000