OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JTJotfE 19 , 3871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MOENIoSTG , AUGUST 115 , 1890 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CliTNTS. TWO TOWNSiidjM Santo Rico and Angeles Are Captured MaoArthnr's Men. ATTACK IS A COMPLETE SURPRISE Heayy Artillery Opens on the Eebels on Both Flanks a Moment Later. SCATTER INTO THE BUSHES LIKE SHEEP Effort to Draw tbo Americans Into an Ambush Fails Miserably. TROOPS FORCE THEIR PASSAGE THROUGH Officer * IIlKhly Commend ConrnRc of Xew UecrultB Next Step Will He the Tnkln c of AnsclcM. ' ' I ( MANILA , Aug. 12. 10:45 : a. m. Advices from Calulet , under date of August 11 , report that General MncArthur toolc the Ninth regiment , a battalion of the Twenty-second and a detachment of the First artillery from Calulet to Santo Rico , near Docalor , Friday morning , The entrance of tbe troops into the town was not opposed , the insurgents fleeing ca the Americans approached. The troops had a hard march of ten miles , In some places being obliged to wade waist deep In water. Many were exhausted. The troops will spend the night at Banta Rita and proceed Saturday. Lieutenant Hazard of General Whoaton's staff , .with flvo scouts from the Iowa regiment , marched up the railroad Into Angeles. A small force of rebels attacked the scouts outside the town and Lieutenant Hazard sent for reinforce ments. General Whcaton'B orders , however , were that the Americans should not occupy Angeles , and a force of 600 or 700 rebels ap f' pearing. Lieutenant ( Hazard retired. MANILA , Aug. 11. General MacArVhur'i troops remained last night at Calulet. The rebels had evidently fled far beyond rlflo range , tor the American outposts were not disturbed , and not a shot was flred during the night. At daybreak this morning a roconnolterlng party , consisting of a battal ion of the Seventeenth infantry , with one field ploco , started up the railroad track toward Angeles , four miles north. The party approached within 1,200 yards of the town and opened flrowith the field gun. The Americans were received with a badly directed rlflo fire , which the battalion of the Seventeenth returned -with a few vol leys.Tho The strength of the insurgents at Angeles not being known , the situation was reported to General MacArthur , who did not desire to send reinforcements , and directed the re- connoltering party to return unless the rdbels abandoned the town. Soon after the receipt of these orders It became evident that the rebels had set flro to the town and fled , leaving the place to bo occupied by ( he Americans. A battalion of the Twelfth Infantry was sent on a roconnoltwJugexpedition toward "the Tvest , but Up to' noon no firing had been beard In that direction nnd no word had been received from It at General MocArthur'e headquarters , and It Is be lieved that the troops encountered nothing. Everything indicates that all the rebels have scattered for miles In every direction around Calulet. The Insurgents lost heavily in the fighting around Calulet. It is be- llovod that 100 were killed and 300 or 400 wounded. The Iowa regiment killed thirty in ono place , and ono company of the Seventeenth suddenly encountered a party of rebels in a trench and killed twelve. The American loss was five killed and thirty-one wounded. Including three officers. ( I Surprise to Filipinos. ; The attack was n , complete surprise to the insurgents , who had no idea that a movement was Intended until the armored car opened a deadly flro with two Catlings , a revolving cannon and a slx-poundor. The heavy artillery opened on both flanka a moment later. A majority of the Filipinos were asleep when the attack was made. Men with largo bells wore heard running Among the shacks , arousing the soldiers. .A The Americans maintained almost a per fect line four miles long , through canebrakes - brakes , where they could see nothing ahead. Tha mud In places was knee deep In the rice fields nnd jungles nnd through the ditches flowed email rlvers- several feet deep. The Filipinos tried to ambush the Ameri cans several times , the country In the neigh borhood being well adapted to these tactics ; but the troops stoppsd far nothing , forcing their way through or over obstacles and firing whenever they could locate the fleeing enemy. The officers highly commend the recruits of the various regiments. There is reason to ibollove the reports recently received that the insurgents are short of ammunition , as well Informed peo- jilo at Calulet say the Insurgents had only forty rounds of ammunition each and that flvo rounds extra were issued just before the fight. Since the American occupation of San Fernando the rebels have torn up three miles of railroad between there and Calulet , nnd It Is Impossible to get the armored car more than two mlles beyond San Fernando , Oil * llci > ort on Operation ! ! . WASHINGTON , Aug. 11. General Otis cabled tbo War department today as follows : MANILA , Aug. 11. Adjutant General , Washington : MncArthur has taken posses sion of Santa Rita : reconnoltcred llorac , Angeles and other points. Insurgents driven north. Ono casualty yesterday ; nope today. Condition roads makes movements troops difficult , but considered necessary open up this country , as it virtually gives control of province of Bataan and relieves inhabitants there. OTIS. VOLUNTEERS ENTER DIAMOND Soldiers Will Play Union Iron Works Trnin < o Aid Cullforiiluim. SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 11. ( Special Tel egram. ) The Nebraska base ball team plays the Union Iron Works team next Sunday afternoon , Tbe proceeds will go to the California regiment reception fund. Over 1,000 tickets bavo already been sold. The following is Nebraska's lineup : Shuman , pitcher ; Rlley , catcher ; Fltchle , first base ; MoIIugh. second base ; Traver , third base ; Fike , shortstop ; Sheaf , left field ; Shelley , center field ; Stockton , right field , Substitutes , Camp and Wrlghttnger , Lieutenant Colonel Eager says he will de cline the nomination for clerk of the dis trict court , but rulds If the people of Ne X braska wish to do anything for its regi ment' they nerd not nominate its officers , tout should make some arrangements for trnniFportlng the regiment to Nebraska , as Utah , Pennsylvania nnd Colorado are doing for their troops. The Nebraska regiment finished turning In to the chief ordnance officer at the Benlola artenal today coon all guns and ac coutrements. Practically all enlisted men of the regiment have been given their phys- HBal examination. Officers will be examined ttcr. BUSHING MAIL TO SOLDIERS Postal Department Making Erery EfTort to Expedite Its Dispatch. WASHINGTON , Aug. 11. Interesting , as evincing the government's efforts to push mall for the soldiers to the front with all haste , Is a communication received at the Postoffico department from San Francisco re porting on a telegraphic order of July 27 to comply with a request of General Otla to have mall for the First Montana and First South Dakota regiments sent to Nagasaki for delivery. This order was received there at 2 p. m. The next dispatch of malls for Nagasaki was from Vancouver , B. C. , July 31 , to catch which the mall had to go forward on a train leaving San Francisco nt 7 o'clock , flvo hours later. But a day or two prior , the report says , the transport Solace arrived at San Francisco with about sixty sick and disabled soldiers from the First Montana and over 100 from the First South Dakota. Their rosters were hastily sent for , but were not finally delivered to tbo superintendent of malls till after G o'clock. Meantime , all the mall for the men on the Solace had been sorted by regi ments and companies and more than 400 loiters , duo them , held out and sent to the Presidio for delivery. The balance was for warded on the 7 o'clock train. MORE VOLUNTEERS RETURN Shcrl.liui S < iirtn with South Dnkotn nml .Minnesota Men Gcncrnl SclMViui Arrives. WASHINGTON , Aug. 11. General Otis cabled the War department today as fol- laws : MANILA , Aug. 11. City of Para arrived. .Private Cosley Reed. Company A. Twenty- fourth , died at sea. Sheridan sails today. OTIS. The City of Para sailed from San Frnnclsoo July 13 with Companies B and D , Fourth cavalry ; headquarters A , F , H nnd K , Twenty-fourth Infantry , and B , engineer bat talion thirty-six officers and 911 enlisted men , General Schwan commanding. The Sheridan win bring back the Minnesota seta and South Dakota troops. NO CAMP POYNTER EXISTS Impression tlint Governor's \nrnc In Applied to the Presidio In Corrected. LINCOLN , Nel ) . , Aug. 12. ( Special Tele gram. ) A message was received here to night from Bert Whedon , adjutant of the First Nebraska , denying the reports sent out from San Francisco to the effect that the camp of the Nebraska soldiers had been named after Governor Poynter. It has been claimed that this name was the choice of the regiment. The dispatch was in reply tea a message of Inquiry directed to Colonel Mulford today and stated that the camp was known by no other name than that of Presidio. OTIS TO RETAIN COMMAND Jin Intention to Supplant Hint In the Philippines Except at IIU * - Own Itcqacst. NEW YORK , Aug. 11. A special io the Herald from Washington says : Major Gen eral Otis will remain in supreme command of the Philippine Islands. Should he re quest to be relieved Major General Lawton will he assigned to duty as his successor. This is the decision reached 'by ' the president and Secretary Root during their conference at Lake Champlaln. CABLE : FIIOM ADMIRAL , WATSON. Detailed Account of HnrnliiK of Sutumus by the InsiirRonts. WASHINGTON , 'Aug. ' 11. Tbo Navy de partment late this afternoon received the following cable relative to the burning of tbo Saturnus by tbo Insurgents , which was reported In the press cables several days ago , and also the shelling of San Fernando , reported on Wednesday : "MANILA , Aug. 11. Secretary of the Navy : On August 2 the gunboat Pampanga , Lieutenant Junior Grade McNameo , patroll ing Llngaycn tay , Luzon Island , found the American steamer Saturnus on the beach , San Fernando insurgents having robbed the cargo. Naval Cadet Woodward in a dying hour secured hawser around tbe rudder post of the steamer under a musketry flro from strong Intrenchments of the steamer and town. Pampanga returned a hot fire , but could not move the steamer. The In surgents burned the vessel. Have sent the Yorktown to punish the piratical act. On August 7 the Yorktown and Concord and the guniboats Callao and Pampanga entered the port of San Fernando and found the Intrcnohmcnts encircling the water front fully manned. 'Noncombatants were eeen thronging substantial warehouses on the north side of the town. The vessels refrained from firing In their direction. The first shell from the Yorktown was answered without delay by field guns and muskatry flre ; the vessel shelled the town forty-flvo minutes. The extent of the damage can not be ascertained. Pampanga remained there. The Concord and Callao are also patrolling Llngayein bay , Luzon Island. The Yorktown has returned to Manila. I have sent particulars by mall. "Tho climate in Manila Is delightful now. No vessel can bo detached ; all are needed to prevent unauthorized trading. "WATSON , " Major Rockefeller a Prisoner. WASHINGTON , Aug. 11. The following cablegram has been received from General Otis : MANILA , Aug. 11. Adjutant General Washington : From southern Luzon report comes that an American officer is held there as a prisoner and description given indi cates Major Rockefeller. OTIS. Major Rockefeller Is tbo office ! who dis appeared several months aeo shortly after bin arrival In the Philippines and nothing has been heard of him since. necrnltK Start for Philippines. NEW YORK , Aug. 11. Three hundred and fifty enlisted men and eighteen officers of the United States marine corps left iirre today on a special train for San "Francisco , whcro they will go aboard transports and sail for the Philippines. They ore In com mand of Major George F. Elliott. Philippine Treamirer Named. WASHINGTON , Aug. 11. Major Charles E. Kllbourne , paymaster of the army , has been appointed to duty as treasurer of the Philippines and the Island of Guam. All moneys of the civil government of the Islands will be placed In his hands. Kroiimnii Held for Wife Murder. NEW YORK , Aug. 11. The Inquest in the case of Mrs. Annie Kronman. who was mur dered In her home last Monday , was ad journed today until August 22 to give the police tlmo to investigate. The ball of Nathan Kronman. the husband , who Is ac cused of the murder , was fixed at $10,000 , biilulilc lilfiitllled. LOS ANORLES. Cal. , Aug. 11. A man who committed suicide hero several days ago was identified as Aaron Wolkson of St. Louli. KROGER AIMS AT PEERAGE Threat to Wreck Afrioin Mines is Blow at English Aristocracy. ROYALTY BEHIND CHARTERED COMPANY Prince of Wales Snlil lo lie Inter- cstcil Throtmh the Agency of Duke of Fife , Depntr President of Hoard. ( Copyright , 1809 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON. Aug. 11. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) President Krugcr's threat towreck the diamond and gold mines In the Trausvaal moans far moro than It may appear to. Shares In those mlnos arc owned In this city and by many high personages In England , Including roy alty and members of the government. There Is reason to believe that the duke of Flfo not only was a director of the Chartered South Africa company , but deputy president of the board , and was supposed to repre sent at least the Interests of his father-in- law , the prince of Wales. After the Jame son raid the scandal of his connection with a company bellovcd to bo nt the back of the raid caused his retirement from the directorate. Ministers of the government may not appear among the list of stockholders , which Is carefully guarded from the -public eye , but some of their relatives and friends hold shares. The public Is satisfied that the aris tocracy Is openly represented In the Char tered company. The duke of Aberdeen Is president of the directors ; Earl Grey suc ceeds the duke of Flfo as vice president nnd Lord Glfford , Sir Sidney Sheppard and Rochefort Mngulre arc Cecil Rhodes' other colleagues on the board. THREATEN THE OUTLANPERS In Event of War tlic no-r Will Utterly Destroy MliilnR InvcutniotitH. LONDON , Auc. 11. The Boer organ In London , the Standard and Diggers' News , today pufbltshes a Johannesburg dispatch threatening Great Britain In the event of war , saying the Boers arc determined to wreck the mines and Irretrievably ruin the general body of shareholders by blowing up millions' worth of machinery , adding that war will mean the absolute ruin of Johannesburg , tooth ae a town and as a mining center , and saying : "Whllo It will doubtless end In a vic tory for England , the price of that victory will bo the ruin of thousands who ought to consider the price they must pay before authorizing the government to declare war. " Another Johannesburg dispatch , however , predicts further concessions , and says : "The reply of the Transvsal to the proposal for a Joint Inquiry la being delayed until the gov ernment has prepared a scheme granting the outlanders Immediate and substantial repre sentation , as the Transvaal will make every effort to avert Intervention In the Internal affairs of the country. " TROUPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA England Gets Heady to Send 12.OOO Trained Soldier * from Bombay to Use in Case of War. BOMBAY , Aug. 11. Preparations are about completed for the dispatch of 12,000 troops to South Africa. A number of trans ports are In readiness In Indian waters and In the event of war troops will be embarked simultaneously here , at Karacheo and at Calcutta. 1'ollccmen Are ChnrKod with Assault. JOHANNESBURG , Aug. 11. Three police men who recently cruelly maltreated Mr. Turnbull , the colored blacksmith , an Amer ican citizen who had protested against their abusive language when demanding that he show his pass , were charged 'With assault today. UPRISING IN SANTO DOMINGO Government Troop * IlelnK Moved to Monte ChrlHto All Interior Tele graph Ilne Iorrn. PUERTO PLATA , Aug. 11. Governor Poppln has moved to Monte Chrlstl with 1,500 men , Infantry and cavalry. The upris ing In Santo Domingo , Mir Cord arises , will bo put down In fifteen days. Scnor Cordero and Senor Alvarez , the minister of finance , landed hero today from an armed steamer and with their staffs departed Immediately for Santiago do Caballeros. The government announces that foreign money will bo allowed to enter and circu late freely without restriction from the government and that the retirement of bank notes wtlf begin August 17. All the telegraph lines are down and com munication with the Interior Is suspended. The railway also has been damaged by tbe storm. KINGSTON , Jamaica , Aug. 11. 'A ' mail dispatch from Santo Domingo , dated August 3 , via Haytl , confirms the cable Intelligence telling of tbo spread and significance of the revolution throughout the Dominican re public. Prominent men In civil and mil itary circles , it appears , are taking the field with the understanding that Jlmlnez Is the prime mover and that ho will shortly arrlvo there from Cuba with munitions of war. Among his military adherents bring ing armed followlugs , Including regular eoidlers , were the well-known generals , Ramon Pachcco and Pablo Heyes , who are advancing westward by forced marches for tbo purpose of cutting off Monte Chrlsto from reinforcements and to form a Junc tion -with the insurgent forces from Haytl , thus opening a way for the Jlmlnez expedi tion. Undoubtedly the popularity of the revolu tion is due to the use of the name of Gomez nnd should ho decline the presidency or Jlmlnez finally oppose his election , promi nent leaders are already considering the alternative of calling a plobesclto In order to ascertain whether the country would not prefer to renew the vote of 1871 for Amer ican annexation or an American protec torate rather than elect another dictator , thus securing permanent peace and pros perity. Kniiieror Open * a Canal. BERLIN. Aug. 11. Emperor William today attended tbe opening of the Dort- mund-JJms canal , Repl > lng to an address of the burgomaster , his majesty said be regarded tbe canal as a work to form part of a greater whole , which he himself and the government had Inflexibly determined to further , and ho hoped the nation's repre sentatives would place him In the position to do so before the end of tbe year. The emperor , In opening his speech , ex plained that the only reason that had pre sented him from coming to Dortmund sooner was his anxiety In regard to the accident which recently happened to the empress. Dominion Parliament Prorogued. OTTAiAug. . 11. The Dominion Parlia ment was prorogued by Lord Mlnto this aft ernoon. The eloping speech of the governor general contained only one paragraph outside the congratulations to tbe members and tbe reference to the continued prosperity of the country. The paragraph referred to reads ns follows : "I am glnd to observe that the action of Canada In deciding to unite with the mother country and the Australian colonies In the construction of a Pacific cable has met with general approval. " SPANISH ON THE RIGHT LEAD Inquiry Ordered n * lo AVhr SnntlnRO AVns Short of Menus of Defense. MADRID , Aug. 11. The Gazette today publishes the verdict of the supreme court- martial , which , In addition to acquitting Generals Toral nnd Pareja of surrendering Santiago de Cuba without hating exhausted all means of defense , orders nn additional Inquiry to discover the responsibility for the lack of moans of defence , which necessi tated the capitulation of . ( bat place , RAISE PRICE OF MANILA HEMP Closing of Philippine Ports Onuses Urentent Excitement In Lon don Markets. LONDON , Aug. 11. The announcement of the closure of Philippine ports caused great excitement In the London markets today. Manila hemp , which rose 50 shillings per ton , touched 38 ( J1P5) ) , the highest figure reached In many years. V ARE DEFEATED AT ill POINTS Chilian ItevoIutloitlntK Lose Gromul anil .Their Leader , Vlionrrn , a HeJiiitee. LIMA , Peru , Aug. 11. ( via GalveRton. ) The government has received dispatches an nouncing the defeat of the revolutionists nt all points. It Is said M. Vlzcarra , the rebel leader , will have to seek refuge In Ecuador or give himself up. PrepnrliiK for Possible Trouble. LONDON , Aug. 11. The Capetown corre spondent of the Dally MaJI'says : "I learn from a prominent ex-reformer that the Transvaal government has prepared warrants for the arrest of prominent-reformers when ever the condition of affairs at Johannesburg provides an excuse. The presumption Is that President Krugor means to secure the leadIng - Ing Ultlanders as hostages the moment trouble arises. " , I Iteportn of Ilnhonlo Plnftne. I LISBON , Aug. 11. An unconfirmed report is in circulation that a case of bubonic plague I has developed at Oporto , capital of the prov ince of Douro , on the River Pouro , 175 miles northeast of Lisbon. Tlio Official Gazette announces that cases of .suspicious Illness had been observed during the last two months at Oporto. . Movements of IVnvnl Vessels. LIMA , Peru , Aug. 11. ( Via Galveston , Tex. ) The United States cruiser Newark , , which arrived at Callao , Peru , July 25. on 1 Us way to San Francisco to Join Admiral , Kautz , and the Manblehead , which arrived | at Callao August 5 , on Its way to Mare Isl and , left Callao Wednesday nleht. War Storcn for Trniisvnnl. LOURENZO MARQUEZ. Delagoa Bay , Aug. 11. The German East Africa line steamer Reichstag has arrived here from Hamburg , Naples and Mombassa. with 400 cases of cart ridges and other war htorco. for the Trans- vaal. fl Expulsion of 'an American. PAiRIS , Aug. 11. 'An American named Black , who has been residing in Eplnal , capi tal of the Department of Vosgcs , has been expelled from France on suspicion of espion age. Ostensibly he deals In photographs. SEVERE STORM IN CHICAGO IlloTvit IJ CM vii , Avrnliius Torn Awiiv nnd I'lnto ( linns Windows dews Demolished. CHICAGO , Aug. 11. A severe wind and rainstorm Dassed over Chicago this evenIng - Ing , doing much damage. It came from the northwest and approached so rapidly and appeared so threatening that there was a general fear that a cyclone was about to burst upon the city. The wind blew very hard for about "en minutes and was fol lowed by a heavy fall of rain. In the busi ness part of the city signs were blown down , awnings torn away and a largo num ber of plato glass windows blown in. 'In Central 'Music ' hall many of the windows dews were blown out of the building and scarcely an awning was left in any part of the Masonic temple. The storm was ac companied by terrific lightning , which struck a number of places. A cupola on the Qulncy house , at 148 Halsted street , was knocked to splinters by lightning and the building set on flre. The blaze was not serious , how ever. The residence of Dr. Charles Dun can , 590 West Adams street , was sot on flro by lightning and badly damaged. A num ber of other houses on the West side were also damaged by lightning. In the parks great damage was done to the trees and shrubbery. Tbe storm played havoc with telegraph and telephone -wires in the downtown part of the city , many of them being rendered useless. During the height of the storm the schooner America broke away from the docks near the Wells street bridge and , do- splto the efforts of the crew of the flro tug Illinois , which pursued , the schooner was driven by the wind down the river , striking the Clark street bridge. Ono of the masts of the schooner was broken and the bowsprit was carried away. The schooner Lake Forest was dismantled of Us rigging In the outer harbor. The storm was very severe In the suburbs , particularly In those north and -west of the city. In Oak Park , Austin and Evanston great numbers of shade trees wore blown down , fences leveled and chimneys carried away. In all three villages the telephone ) werea wore burned out and for several hours their flre alarm systems were rendered use less. This was the more serious , as light ning struck In many placcft and small fires were started. Guests In tbo Avenue House , Evanston , WOT eseated at tbo dinner table when the storm showed in the west and the flrst lightning struck the electric light wires which led Into the dining room , A combina tion gas and electric light fixture was burned out and the curren played about the celling until It had melted the fixture from Us fastenings. The gas escaped ultb full force and burned fiercely. The flames were ex tinguished by the fire department after the hotel had been damaged to the extent of $ SOO. STOHM ON TIII5 HOUTIinil.V COAST. Weather Iliirenii llrports Condition * ThrrntenliiK In that Section. ATLANTA , Ga. , Aug. 11. The following was received by the Associated Press this afternoon from Jacksonville , Fla. : Storm seems to be approaching southern coast. Weather Bureau reports condition very threatening In that section at 1:45 : p. m , .Motrnienls of Ocean VciNcli , AUK. 11. Now York Arrived Ilecla , from Copen hagen ; Victoria , from Naples. Queenstown Arrived Ktrurla. from New York for Liverpool and proceeded ; Britan nic , from Now York for Liverpool. | JyiMI\ll'H.\ , AUK SA IISKIKI UrgOi HoweTori that Home Papers Qivo Publicity to the Proceedings , TRIAL JUDGES SEEM BENT ON CONVICTION German Prince , Posslhly Clinncrllor Ilohcnlohe , Snlil < i > lime In the Reports nt Secret Dossier. RBNNCS. Auc. 11. The Dreyfus court- martial concluded its secret sessions at 9 o'clock this morning , when M. Paleologuo of the foreign office completed his explanation of the secret dossier. The court will meet again at 6:30 : tomor row morning. ( Copyright , 1SOT , by Associated Press. ) RENNHS , Franco , Aug. 11. All the not able Droyfusltes hero are satisfied with the result of the examination of the secret dos sier. They have urged their newspaper friends In Paris to clamor for full publicity , knowing that If It be granted the military and nationalist party would 'be ' utterly dis graced. They are convinced that the diplo matic nnd war office dossiers teem with forgeries. Of course their Impressions are derived from the flvo counsel present at the examination of thcso precious papers. Pub licity would jncan the pillory for General Bolsdeffro nnd company. They would bo pelted with their own foul eggs , while Cap tain Dreyfus would be cleared In the face of the whole -world. The 'military ' caste here Is furious at the turn things arc taking. The correspondent of a Russian paper told me today that In a cafe frequented by officers ho unfolded the Drcy- fuslto Aurore to read. All the military men nearby scowled nt him In a marked manner and after coughing nnd otherwise showing their disapproval , went In a body to the other end of the cafe as if the Russian were a leper. All the officers at the Military club came out on the club balcony when n bun dle of Dreyfuslte Journals was being burned In the streets and they approved the per formance by unmlstnkablo gestures. One now sees the wisdom of the order forbidding officers not.attached to tbe garrison to stay here during the trial. I hear that In un clean Imaginings the secret military dossier exceeds the worst topshelf literature. 1)1(1 Not Slop nt Fnrnery. To secure secrecy the scribes who "worked for Henry and his friends did not hesitate to forge letters from high diplomatic per sonages. Nearly a score of love letters from a lady high In the diplomatic sphere were supposed to have been seized In the dispatch box of an embassy during transmission to Berlin. The person whom she Is represented as having bad as a correspondent was an attache of an embassy there nnd much younger than the lady. Of course , she men tions the Droyfus affair and asks tbe attache to help to whitewash the unfortunate cap tain. M. Jaures expects that there will be a great exposure of a conspiracy against tbe republic and that the high-handed measures of the present government against certain generals win be moro than Justified by the coming revelations. The examination of the diplomatic dossier wan concluded this morning. Dreyfus , on leaving the.Lyceum , looked brighter than he has ever previously appeared. Tomorrow's proceedings will < bo memorable in the his tory of the affair. M. Demange has 'lost ' no opportunity to conciliate these civilian Judges. He has let himself be interviewed In order to say nice things about them. That astute advocate understands human nature. He remembers that the seven are Ignorant of law , quick to scout at the rules of evidence and are mem bers of a caste who think they have been attacked by Jews , cosmopolitans and for eigners. Some of them boast of not having read the report of the Inquiry before the court of cassation , because they thought It published at the cost of a syndicate and In tended to cast odium on the army. Dreyfus * CouiiHel SniiKiilne. M. Labor ! is naturally sanguine and has always hoped ; but I can gather that both counsel still see that the Judges are deeply and strongly prejudiced against the prisoner and will try to condemn him on his looks , If all legal evidence breaks down. All tbo officers now read the Petit Journal , which they had never looked at before the Drey fus affair. The venom and vitriol of the Intranslgeant are grateful to them , because employed against their enemies , real or supposed. They devour the Galois , Echo do Paris and Eclalro because these papers cor respond to their own sentiment. M. De- mango has but a single fulcrum the pleas ure every human being takes in hearing himself praised. I have Just learned that the secret dos sier contains shocking reports of the epics of a German prince , who has held high places In the empire in the last two years , and ono of them In Paris , a city ho often visits. There Is only ono prluco answering to this description Chancellor von Hohen- loho. The pollco spies who informed tbo Intelligence department at the war office of the prince's secret doings did not attempt to establish a connection between them nnd the Dreyfus case. But ono must suppose that the sole object has been to prevent the dossier ever being published. M. Demange , I think , now feels that the dossier furnishes him with a case too strong for even the officers to resist. Anyway , ho looks really hopeful. EMILY CRAWFORD. COLONEL HENRY'S ' TREASON Stronir Proof of IIU Rullt In Dreyfus Cnwe _ London TlmrM Mvplolt- Whole Matter. RENNES , France , Aug. 11. Tbo London Times' statement this morning of the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry's treason caused considerable sensation hero And was much discussed among the newspaper men and nil others Interested in the trial , The affirma tion of Henry that Esterhazy was his accom plice Is only a confirmation of what has al ready many times been stated. nut -what was regarded as important Is the fact that the Times announced it In such categorical terms , demonstrating , according to the views of the friends of Droyfus'hcro , that the Times people have actually seen documents submitted to them by moro than one foreign military attache , presenting the strongest proof of Henry's guilt , and , more over , that this announcement can only pre clude the publication by the Times of the actual documents. The correspondent hsro of the Associated presa spoke to Major For- zlnettl , who was governor of the Chercbe Midi prison during Dreyfus' Incarceration there , and who was cashiered on account of bis declarations favorable to Dreyfus' atti tude while in prison , Forzlnettt said : "The Times' statement confirms my own view. I was convinced of Henry complicity from the very flrst , and always regarded him as the real culprit. " Regarding the court-martial , be said ; "Tomorrow will undoubtedly be the most important day of tbo whole proceedings , as General Morcler and M. Caslmlr-Perler ( for mer president of France ) , if tlmo admits , COMMISSIONS ISSUED EARLY Director of Census SemlN Credentials to Supervisor * of Census for Nebraska. WASHINGTON , Aug. 11. ( Special Tel egram. ) The director of the census has sent out commissions of supervisors of census appointed for Nebraska. As the * * appointments are of the "recess" variety , they will hold only until the senate con- I firms permanent appointments. The s mo men will , however , bo appointed. In each Instance. This action of the director is a departure from the usual course of pro- I ccduio , but commissions arc sent out nt this tlmo that supervisors may map out their districts , select enumerators and be ready to begin promptly on the morning of Juno 1. The aim of Director Mcrrlam Is to have the entire work for enumerators completed by July , 1900 , nnd ho hopes to ibo able 'to ' glvo an unofficial but approxi mately correct estimate of the population within thirty days of that date. INDIANS AT PA It IH ISVI'OSITION. Nehraskiin In > IMnnH to Display Hell Men Across the Water. WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. ( Special Tele gram. ) W. B. Backus , principal of public schools of Chadron , Neb. , Is in the city on business with the Interior department. It Is the Intention of Mr. Backus to secure , If possible , the consent of Secretary Hitch cock to arrange for an Indian exhibit at Paris next year. Ho was In charge of the Indian exhibit at Chicago during the World's fair , and after the signal success made nt Omaha last year with the Indian congress , feels that ho can make an exhibit at Paris ) which will bo ono of the leading features of tbe French exposition. He will be in the city several days. The comptroller of the currency has au thorized the City National bank of Lincoln. Neb. , to begin business , with capital of $100- 000. W. T. Auld Is president and J. II. Auld cashier of the new bank. Postofflces have been established at Carey and Hewitt , Sioux county , Nob. , with Harriet R. Grove and Christopher H. Crewell' post masters , respectively. NO RIGHT TO INDIAN FUNDS Auditor of Trcnitury Ulsnllows the ICxiicnue Account of a JV'otiro. WASHINGTON , An ? . 11. The auditor of the treasury for the Interior department has raised a question as to a negro's rights to Indian funds by disallowing expenses for the boajil and tatdlcal treatment of Jolts Woodruff , a negro from the Pine Ridge agency , now at the government insane hos pital here. The auditor says these expenses cannot be allowed as a charge against the appropriation for the support and subsistence of the Sioux until the man establishes a status as a Sioux Indian. The Interior de partment expresses the opinion that neither the Sioux nation nor any tribe or branch tribe has any voice In determining what disposition should be made by the govern ment of the fund question , so long as Its obligations to the Indians arc fulfilled. To Hnlsu ( lunriiiitlne. WASHINGTON , Aug. 11. Surgeon Gen eral Wyman of the marine hospital service has sent a message to the harbor authori ties of 'Boston ' , New York , Philadelphia and Baltimore Informing them of the desire of the authorities of the cities In the neighbor hood of Hampton , Va. , to raise the quar antine against that city and asking that In ccsi this step fboulJ be taKrn the northern cities wouU not quiirantlne against the plac s affected , Inrlullng Norfolk , New port News , Portsmouth and Old Point. Dr. Wyman says his own opinion Is that there was no rcaeoi for quarantining against any other place than Phoebus and tbo Sol diers' 1'ome. Dr. Wyman bfts received favorable - able responses from Dr. Doty and Dr. Jones , rrprcst-ntlnE the health authorities of New York ard Baltimore respectively. Surgeon Vlckery , the marine hospltnl service rep resentative at Hampton , Va. , wired head quarters hero today that the yellow fever situation continues favorable. Thurc had been no moro deaths from the fever. 1'reillctx .Storm on Const. WASHINGTON , Auc. 11. . The Weather Bureau Issues the following hurricane bul letin : 11-40 n. m. Hurricane center is apparently approaching Nassau , Bahama. Storm will Increase in Intensity upon reaching the gulf stream and will probably reach the south Atlantic coast towns of the United States tonight. WILLIAMS. Acting Chief Weather Bureau. ruhnii idl : oi-s Want WASHINGTON , Aug. 11. The editors of the Havana newspapers , the Reconcentrado , which was recently suppressed by the United States military authorities In Cuba , bavo employed an attorney \ Washington Ip pre sent their claim to tbo secretary of wir. They prooably wllir ask for damages nnd also that their rights shall bo determined In the civil courts. FORTY PRISONERS ARE SHOT General Torres AVreaks Summary VriiKeance on Captive Viiinils for Dentil of Ills N'ephevf , CHICAGO , Aug. 11. A special to the Chronicle from Kl Paso , Tex. , saya : News was received from Monteziima that when General Torres learned that hu ! nephew bad been killed by the Yaquls he promptly ordered that forty prisoners who had fallen Into his hands during the en gagement of three weeks ago bo put to death and they were accordingly taken out and shot. Only twenty Indians were killed in the battle , but the ofilclal returns gave it as sixty , accounting for the forty prison ers as killed in battle , RENEWED FIGHTING IN SAMOA Iteporl from him Krimrlneo Mnlieii that Amiouneeiiieiit , Hut .Nil DctMlU Arc ( iUcn. CHICAGO , Aug. 11. A special to the Tribune from San Francisco says : A bul letin telegraphed hero from Victoria , I ) . C. , says there has been renewed fighting In Samoa. No details are given , Die * from Her Injuries. NEW YORK. Aug. 11. Jennie Worrell , actress , who was found Tuesday nearly burned to death at Coney Isfand , died today In tbe Kings County hospital. APPEAL FROM POME Destitution Prevails in Stricken Country and Assistance is Asked. HUNDREDS OF LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST Secretary of War Root Sends Oiroalars to Mayors of Largo Cities. GENEROUS RESPONSL IS HOPED FROM ALL Transport McPlurson Will Be Dispatched Immediately with Supplies. WILL FORWARD CONTRIBUTIONS AT ONCE Itccent Storm Was General nnd tit * Mont Severe Ever Itccorileil further Dentil * Arc Likely o WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. The War de partment today took prompt measured for the relief of the hurricane sufferers In Porto Rico. When the press dispatcher und Gen eral Davis1 advices maJo known the extent of the dlsantcr steps were Immediately taken to send supplies and the transport Mcl'herson was ordered put In readiness to said from New York on Monday next. It will carry rations nnd other necessaries. Scci clary of War Hoot this Afternoon sent the following nppciil to the mayors of all cities of moro than 150,000 population. Sir The governor general of Porto Rico conllrms the report that upon the Sth in.t. a hurricane swept over that Island , entirely demolishing many of the towns , destroying many lives and reducing , so far as ho can estimate , not less than 100,000 of the Inhabi tants to the condition of absolute dcstltuJ tlon , without homes or food. Unices 1m- mrdlato and effective relief Is given thcsa unfortunates they will perish of famine. under these conditions the president looms that on appear should be made to the hu manity of the American people. It is an np. peal to their patriotism also , for the in habitants of Porto Rico have freely anil gladly submitted themselves to the gunrdlau- shlp of the United States and have volun tarily surrendered the protection of Spain , to which they were formerly entitled , con fidently relying upon more generous and beneilcent treatment nt our hands. The highest considerations of honor and good faith unlto with the promptings of human ity to require from the United States a generous response to the demand of Porto Rlcan distress. This department has directed the 1m- mcdlato distribution of rations to the suft ! r- ers by the army In Porto Rico , so far ns It la within the power of the executive , but in the absence of any approprlaton wo must rely largely upon private contributions. I beg that you will call upon the public- spirited and humane pcoplo of your city to take active and immediate measures in this exigency. The government transport Mo. Pherson will bo sent directly from the port of Now York to Porto Rico on Monday , the 14th lust. , to carry all supplies of food which can bo obtained. Further transports wlir bo sent at future dates , of which public notice will bo given. Any committee rhwrged with the raising of funds will receive fnir Information and ad- vlco upon co'mmunlcating with this depart ment. Very respectfully , ELIHU ROOT. Secretary of War. Ileport from Day In. The War department today received a ca blegram from General Davis giving fuller details of the damage done In Porto Rico by the hurricane. General Davis says a famine is Impending and asks authority to Issue rations to tbo destitute. The message Is dated yesterday and says : H Later reports show that hurricane was far moro severe in interior and southern part of Island than here. Data for estimate of number of Porto Rlcans who have lost every thing is deficient , but I am forced to bcllovo the number on Island cannot fall below 100- 000 souls and a famine Is Impending. I ask that 2.500,000 pounds of rice and beans , equal quantities of each , bo immediately shipped on transports to Ponce. Some here. Urgent appeals to nil post commanders for food for the destitute. Am I authorized to relieve distress by food issues ? Illco and beans only desired. There bavo been many deaths of natives by falling walls. So far only one Boldler reported dangerously In jured. Several towns reported entirely de molished. As vet have reports from only four ports. Complete destruction of all barracks at two and In two others one com pany of each had barracks destroyed. Troops nro in canvas. No reports yet from tbo larfieht ports , Pence and Mayaguoz , but they were in the vortex of the Htorro. At least half of the people in Porto Rlcn subsist en- tlrelv on fruit and vegetables and storm has entirely destroyed this source of support. DAVIS. The army transport McPherson 1ms boon ordered to sail from Now York to San Jiinn and Pence next Monday with supplies to re lieve the destitute In Porto Rico. Acting Commissary General Wcston has ordered the purchase In Neiv Tork of COO.OOO pounds of rice and 000,000 pounds of beans , to bo shipped on the Mcl'horson. Such other food supplies na may be obtained at the tlmo the ftlcl'hersou sails will bo sent on tb.it ship. A report haa been received nt the War department from an ofllcer at San Juan , Porto Rico , estimating that the number of killed amounts to COO , Tbo same ofllcer B.iys a very serious condition of affairs cx- > Ibts at Ponco. General Schwan today received the follow ing appeal by cable : "SAN JUAN , Poito Rlro , Aug. 10. My country la devastated , For God's sake help us. CAPTAIN LUGO VINA. " Lugo Vina In ono of the I'orto Rlcans whom General Schwan met during the cam paign. Five HiiiiilriMl IJies Iout , SAN JUAN , Porto Rico , Aug. 11 It u now said 500 persona lost their lives at Pence during the hurricane. Terrible distress pre vails there , Arroyo , on the south coast , has been de stroyed. Sixteen lives were lost there nnd the town la still submerged In water. At Guayamo the bouses are etlll standing , Sovcn persons were klllod there , A number of houses were pillaged. Squads of soldiers were unable to maintain order and utarva- tlon threatens tbo population. The water supply of San Juan has been stopped , The Coamo Springs hotel has been wrecked. It belonged to the Porto Rico company of Philadelphia. PONCE , Aug. 11. The worst storm ever experienced tero struck this place Tuesday mornlnc at 0 o'clock and lasted two hours. It came from the northeast. Pence wai flooded at midnight and at least 300 persons were drowned. Two hundred bodies , mostly I those of poor people and Including many ( children , have been recovered. All the bulldlncB are damaged and hun dreds have been destroyed. The soldiers and firemen worked all night , heroically eavlne lives. There Is no drlnklnx water , gai , Ice or electric light. Tlio commissary stores at Playa were de stroyed , the city IB short of food und the army olftccrs are dlntilbutlng rations. Fif teen vcbseU In the harbor were driven ashore. The weather bureau predicted tbe