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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUKE 10 , 387 ] . OMAHA , SATURDAY MOBBING , NOVE IBEK 31 , 1S99 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COrY JFIVI3 CENTS RUMOR. OF BIG LOSS Reported at Amsterdam British Regiment is Decimated by Free Staters. SIX HUNDRED ARE KILLED OR WOUNDED Also Slated That Three Hundred Horses Were Oaptnred by Enemy. SPEEDY RELIEF FOR GENERAL WHITE Bulor's ! First Task Will B s to Free the Garrison at Ladysraith , ARTILLERYLACKS LONG-RANGE AMMUNITION Ofllulnla Fear Hint Qulcnccnce of liner * Will .V > ( ] lc LOUR Continued Duller" * 1'oree Will Approach n Hundred Thonnnml Men. LONDON , Nov. 10. 'Another rumor ema nating from Amsterdam sources says ; "A British regiment was decimated Friday by Free Staters. " It Is added that COO of the British soldiers were killed or wounded and that 300 horses were captured. The British war office has received from General Bullcr the following dltpatch : "CAPETOWN , Thursday Evening , Nov. 9. Have received by pigeon-post from Gen eral Whltu today the following : 'The bom bardment at long tango by heavy guns con tinues dally. A few casualties nro occur ring , but no serious harm Is being done. . " 'The Boers sent la today a number cot refugees from the Transvaal under a flag of truce. A flag of truce from Ladysmlth met them outsldo the pickets. When the party separated itho Boer guns fired on It before It reached our pickets. " tMaJor dale of the Royal Engineers was wounded today while sending a message. " 'Tho entrenchments , are dally growing stronger and the supply of provisions is ample. ' " IlclRlniiH AVnrii Dr. I.cjtl * . The Belgian government , It Is said , Las ivarncd Dr. Leyds that Belgium Is a neu tral country. A corps of engineers from Gibraltar will accompany the siege train to the Cape and the men will bo used in mounting the heaviest guns in embrazures. Two battal- Jens ot mounted Infantry , every man so- loctcd for his riding and shooting qualities , will bo sent to the front. Among the few- Items that have arrhed from the Capo today la ono saying that the Boora are planting moro guns In the hills surrounding Ladyamlth. All the corre spondents In the beleaguered town are safe and anxious to reopen communication. A gentleman who visited Nicholson's Nek jitter the engagement counted twenty-five in killed and seventy In wounded. The latust advices from Klmberely , dated November 2 , say that all was well there then. An explosion had been beard and the supnosltlo/i was that JJie Boers had blown up the railway culvert south , of DoconflcJd. LONDON , Nov. 10. With the arrival at Capetown of the British tiansports Roslyn Co tlo and Moor , to bo followed by a con tinuous succession of troop-laden ships , the real campaign In South Africa may bo said to have commenced , nnd the fact that the first named ship wns ordered to proceed to Durban , Nutnl , forthwith , is said to Indicate nt least a modification In the plan of ad vance. It seems that Geneial Buller's first move will be to free General White , thus somewhat departing from the earlier plan crejlltcd to him , of advancing through the level country of the Orange Free State and southwestern Transvaal. It has been apparent for some days that the situation nt Ladysmlth could not be Indefi nitely prolonged , and It Is understood that Information has reached the government that the quiescence of the Boers will shortly bo changed by the arrival of tno slego train from Pretoria Into n determined attempt to deliver a te'.llng stroke. This , It Is added , led General Bullcr to prepare a countor- stioko and endeavor to push the Boers back by a dlicct attack. Such an operation , It attempted , will necessarily entail great ex penditure of life , as during the month the Boers have occupied noithcrn Natal they have forfeited most of the passes and other positions suitable to their style of fighting. Whllo the pigeon-dispatch of General White shows the beleaguered garrison was holding Us own yosteiday , it It. feared here that the sllenco about what the British ar tillery was doing in reply to the Boer guns Indicates that thu dread that General White Is short of long-range ammunition ! a not altogether groundless. If this Is true , the reported furthci destruction of the railroad near Colonso assumes greater Importance , Ono very serious passage In General White's message gives th flint official con firmation of the statements of Boer treach ery , which there has been a disposition hith erto to discredit , but which must now be accepted as at least partly true. ImmciiNc 1'oree Under Duller. With the additional division announced by General Wolselcy at tbo lord mayor's ban quet yesterday evening General Buller's torces will aggregate about 95,000 men by Christmas. The prince of Wales , the duke of Cam bridge and Lord Wolscley reviewed three squadrons of the Household cavalry at the Albany barracks this afternoon previous to their departure for South Africa. The prlnco of Wales and his party were greeted with a royal salute. After the parade the prince congratulated the troops. Ho said he was proud to be their honorary colonel , was con vinced that they would give a good account of themselves and , he added , his heart would bo with them across the sea. His ro > al hlghncfd also wished the soldiers a safe re turn. turn.Tenders Tenders for 3,000,000 In treasury bills , the first Installment of the war fund , were opened today. The total of the applications amounted to 10,721,000 , The l ue was al lotted as follows ; 2,000,000 nt six months nnd 1,000,000 at twelve months. The aver age rates were 3 18s 3d for the six-month bills and 3 BB 6d for the twelve-month bills , BOERS CUT OFF SMALL PARTY bmnll Con ! ! > ! Selieil and Six of Itx r.noort Are MUalnu Ilrlliiiin lle pcct Geneva Flntf. LpNDON , Nov. 10. The AVar office this evening Issued tha follow Ing : "From Buller , Captctovro , 12MO p , mil ny Messigo from Buluwayo , Dated Nov. 3 A email convoy nnd wcort under Sprecklej of Plumcr'a forru were attacked by Boers November 2. Six men missing nnd lost con voy. " The War office bus also Insued the follow ing : "A report having appeared In the gg\itb. \ Afj&ga Bapejs y l our Artillery vflrei on the Geneva flag , General Bullcr tcle- grnphs the following account ot the Inci dent given to the Standard nnd Diggers' News by Rev Mr. Martens , a Dutch clergy man , with the Boors " 'Directly after the first cinnon shot the English thought our men were nt the rail way station nnd fired there. They ware not , but ono of the shots went through an ambulance. As soon ns they found out their mlstako they ccasod firing. ' with the from the IP ' 1 cannot claim the flnglKli UiUuU - fr < civil ized warfare , but I do not think the Kn.jllsh would have fired on them had they known this. It was unintentional" DARES ENGUVSYMPATHIZERS | John F. rinnertj , President of I'nltcd Irldh Noelctle * , IIpllctPN Ainerl- ennii Iii\or the Itocrx. CHICAGO. Nov. 10. John V. Flnnerty , president of the United Irish Boilotlet , "Dares sympathizers with England to hold n mass meeting In any city In the United States. " The quotation la from todn > 'd Issue of thb Chicago Citizen. Mr. Flnncrtv Indignantly denies the assertion that this country's sympathies are with Great Brit ain in Its attack on the Boers. I * \entrnl , ( Copyright , 3899 , by Piess Publishing Co. ) LONDON. Nov. 10. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegiam. ) The Standard correspondent at Brussels cables. "I have reason to believe that Dr. Leyda has received from the Belgian minister of foreign affairs an IntliAatlon that ho should bear In mind that Belgium Is a neutral coun try and that Great Britain is not only on termn of amity with it , but also ono of the guarantors of Its Independence. " MlxNiinrl Mule * Mnrt for Trnnni mil. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 10. A special train of twelve cars of mules from the Kansas City stockyards started for New Orleans today , bound for the Transvaal. This Is the second tralnload of mules purchased In this market by the English government. Today's order Is n hurry ono and the train will try to make a record run. Troop Ship StillK for Cnpe. LONDON , Nov. 10. The troop ship Ba varian sailed from Queonetown this evening for the Cape , carrying the Connaught rangers , the first battalion of the Iloyal Dublin Fusllecrs nnd n contingent of mis cellaneous troops , altogether over 2,000 men and a large quantity of stores. TrniiMiort Ilenvlien CnpodiTvn CAPETOWN , Nov. 10. The British transport cMoor , having on board the officers of jtho staff of three divisions of the British army corps on Us way to South Africa , arrived here at 0:30 : o'clock this morning. Order * for Molilll/.iit Ion. LONDON , Nov. 10. Orders for the mobili zation of the necessary reserves for the eup- lementary division announced yesterday by Lord Wolselcy were Issued this evening. The men will Join between November 11 and 13. Colony OHern Volunteer * . WINNIPEG , Man. , Nov. 10 The North west Territory has offered 1,000 experienced mounted men to the British government for use In the Transvaal. Major HrKzi'iiliorn Joliifl Iloer . BERLIN , Nov. 10. It Is stated that Major Von Roltzenborn , winner of the long-dls- tanco ilde , has gone to Join the Boers. TUMULT IN FRENCH SENATE Violent Scencm Oecur IliirliiK Trlnl of Ucrnnledc nml Other * PARIS , Nov. 10. The Senate , sitting as a high court , resumed today , calling the names of witnesses In the conspiracy cases , which led to violent scenes. President Tal- lleres vainly tried to restore sllenco and Homo of thu witnesses had to bo removed by the ushers. When M. Montelfs name was called the tumult Increased. There wcro loud cries of ' 'Vivo Guerln , " "Vivo Deroulede , " "Abas Los Julfcs , " whllo from outsldo the Senata could bo heard the strains of the "Marseillaise. " A witness who thundered "Viva Deroulode , " "Vive 1'Armee , " was arrested , amidst the protests of the other witnesses. Finally partial order was re stored and the persons arrested were re leased. Kallleres then read the con clusions oC counsel , who heldthat the Senate waa incompetent to hear the case. The Senate was afterwards suspended. During the suspension of the sitting a nowspape/ vender named Rlmbart , ono of M. Guerln's witnesses , violently assaulted another witness , whom ho accused of being a policy agent. The municipal guards seized nimbirt , who drew a revolver. Ho waa in carcerated. The Senate resumed Us session during the evening und heard further arguments of de fending counsel , who submitted that the Sen ate Is Incompetent to try the conspiracy case. The Senate then adjourned. Itallroiiil l'rl lleisi-N Coiiiiironilne < l. BERLIN , Nov. 10. The agreement signed In behalf of Germany und the British South Africa company binding the company not to continue Its railroad to the west coast of Rhodesia , south of the fourteenth degree , except from a point on tbo Aaglo-Gcrmin frontier , has been approved. Germany alto will not construct a railroad north of the fourteenth degrcn to the west coast until the railroad is constructed south of that degree - greo through German southwest Africa. hanionn Settlement hntlitfiietory. MELBOURNE , Victoria , Nov. 10. Pre mier Turner considers the Samoan settle ment satisfactory. ADELAIDE. South Australia , Nov. 10. Treasurer Holder considers that the ad vantages of British supremacy In tbo Tonga islands are fully equivalent to the surrender of British rights In Samoa. AinliUNNiiilnr Oliouti * ( 'orillallj Trcuteil EDINBURGH , Nov. 10. Joseph H. Cho.itc , the United States ambassador , who was the chief guest ut the annual banquet of tbo Walter Scott club this evening , met with an enthusiastic reception. Sir Herbert Max well , who presided , made n cordial reference to the friendship that seals England and America. fiiiiini'r > liiNtriii'tor Arreitnl , SPANDAU , Prussia , Nov. 10. A gunnery instructor named Eckmann was arrested hern today on the charge of having nfo- Btractid the plans of n gun. under con struction. HiiMKlniiN Mnrt'hlnir to Prouder. BERLIN. Nov. 10. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Loknl An/elgor re peats the report that the Russians are marching toward the Afghan frontier. SliiuurocU ItuiirhrM Azorr * . FAYAL , Azores , Nov. 10. Sir Thomas Llpton's ateam yacht Erin , which left New York November 1 , passed here today tawing Shamrock. CliHiulirrlnln to Vlult I'rlnci- LONDON , Nov. U Mra , und Joeeph Cham- borlaln will > islt the prlnco ct Wales at CUBA'S ' FATE IN THE BALANCE Islanders Will Ba Given Chance to Show Ability to Govern Themselves. GENERAL BROOKt'S ' RULE ALMOST AT END Opinion of t.n.lloiv Will Ilr- iiiul Amount of Mherty Allowed to Culm AVII1 Depend on Ills .Iiiilmueiit. NEW YORK. Nov. 10. A special to the Times from Washington says The first task to which the president will address himself now that the election Is over Is the estab lishment of civil government In Cuba and Porto Rico. Ho Is displaying considerable Impatience to have this work , which hna been hanging flro so long , pushed through no soon ns possible. The first step toward the establishment of civil government In Cubi Is the completion of the census nnd that , It Is now expected , will be finished by the end of the month. The president's desire lt > to have Cuban self-government In operation at once , so that congrofp may bo enabled to observe Its prac tical workings nnd bo nlded theieby to frame laws for the permanent government of the Island. On the confercnco with General Ludlovv , more than on nnythlnc else , will depend the future of Cuba. The president himself Is not quite convinced that the Cubans are yet ready fcr self-government , but some of the members of the cabinet arc , nnd If General Ludlovv supports them in that view the future of Cuba will be assured. HrooKe'n Work \lniont Do no. In any event the cud of Brooke's term ns governor general Is close at hand. The de partment commanders will remain for a while , to bo ultimately superseded by civil governors , If the plan works well , but the governor general will go. I or is there any prospect that Brooke will exchange the gov ernor generalship for the position of civil governor That officer , It Is understood , will be either General Ludlow , General Wood or General Wilson. General Fltzhugh Lee is also advocated for the post. After the appointment of the civil gov ernor a portion of the army will be with drawn , but how largo a portion has not been decided upon. It Cuba does get self-government It will bo mainly due to Secretary Root. He has urged the substitution of civil for military government ever sli'co he entered the cabinet and has been the prime mover in the cause of belt-government. When the case of Porto Rico comes to be considered it Is believed that the appoint ment will go to Governor General Davis. I.mllovr Given nn Opinion. LONDON , Nov. 10. Brigadier General William Ludlow1 , ( military goveinor of Ha vana , after reading the special dispatches from Washington describing the Impend ing change In the government of Cuba , said : "Assuming tha ! the administration really pronpses a change as substantially set forth , It does not surprise me. The change as out lined does not , in my Judgment , appear so radical as at first thought. General Brooke In now virtually a civil governor as well as . > military governo : . General Wood , If he should bo made tbo head of the government In Cuba , would , as I understand the scheme , fan denominated an civil governor , but ho would not bo divested either of his military rani ; or ol military authority or power. A military force would remain on the Island and would bo necessarily , or almost cer tain,1 ! , subject to the prime head , the civil governor. It has been our constant aim and piactica to subordinate the military to the civil power as much as possible. "Hence I should not regard the change stated as a long step toward the establish ment of a purely native government followed by the absolute withdrawal of the United States from all active participation in the direction of Cuban affairs. The paramount obligation which rests on the government of the United States , to itself , to Cuba , and to the world , Is to see that there exist peace and order and protection to the lives and property of all. With this obligation fully assumed , as I believe It Is to be , the step sug gested as about to bo token cannot be In terpreted as abridging In any extent the period to elapse before the Cubans are full/ intrusted with their own destiny. Of the Cubin cabinet It may be said that It has not been entirely satisfactory , a fact chiefly resulting from tho&o fundamental defects of Cuban character to which I have Just alluded , which seem to pervade all spheres of native administrative action. "I should not think that our government contemplated any extensive woik on the fortifications In Cuba. The first thing for us to do Is to create In Cuba something worth an enemy's taking let us have schools there before fortifications. There Is not In Cuba a school house worthy the name , noth ing but the most dilapidated and disreputa ble hovels ever called by the name of school : . An effective educational system cannot bo established there until the ph > 6 leal foundation In proper school housra Js lild. " CAIIIMCT I.N moMx-vmsi ) .sissio.\ . UoincNtlo I'ONtiiKC Hilton AVIII lie UNtilhlinlifd In I'liJIIppiiit-N , WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. The cabinet meeting today lasted almost three houn ) . After the adjournment two of the cabinet officers said that the question of a civil governor for Cuba had not been raised , There were some exchanges of opinion upon the result of the elections , all the members regarding the result a nn endorsement of the administration's policy. It was decided to establish domestic postage In the Philip pines , as It bus been established In Porto Rico nnd Cuba , nnd Postmaster General Smith again brought up the question of the postal union , Ho Is Investigating the sttua- tlon thoroughly and will jepart at a later cabinet meeting. Tin question ot tha purchase of United State-i bonds by the government was under discussion for nearly an hour. Secretary Gag i explained tha situation fully , nnd It now appears to be settled that no purchases will bu made for the present , at least. Al though the secretary has not expressed his views on the subject for publication , It li > known the treasury officials are considering th funding oJ the 4 nnd C per cents Into long-time bonds bearing 2 per cent Interest. Thin action would necessitate congressional authorization , but whether they will request suc'i legislation h not Known. FIFER TO SUCCEED CALHOUN lix-Ciin rrnor of IlllnoU .Named for Vacant Place on Commerce L'oinnilNHlon. WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. The president hai appointed Former Governor Joseph W. Fife ? ot Illinois n member of the Interstate Crymmerco commission , vice W. J. Calboun , UClfilH'l ! . Uoiucxtlc KiporlH for October. WASHINGTON , Nbv. 10. atho October Uia . .feutfaja.ojr . Ustic sbaa ? V ( monthly statement of domestic exports , la- follows BreadstuffB , $2,194,099. ( decreajo ai compared with October , 1S ! > 8 , about 1450,000 ; cattle and hogs , $2,410,297 , de- $135,000 ; provisions , $ H.622S62 , In- $270,000 , cottqn. $28,347,741 , de crease , $2,256,000 ; mineral oils , $6,427OT * , Increase , $7,784,000. During the last ten months the exports of those artlclca wcro $37,147,000 less than for the corresponding porlod in ISOi. WORM RAZES PJNE FORESTS Destructive Pent linen Incalculable DnnifiKe to Timber I.ninln In the lllaeU Illlln. DEADWOOD , S. D. , Nov. 10. ( Special. ) The Black Hllla people are becoming alarmed at the destruction of the pine tim ber by the llttlo worm which first made Its appearance west ot thU pity , on the forest reserve , tvvo'jcnrs ago. The attention of the government hna been called to the mat ter repeatedly , but it 'was not until this week that a government Inspector , G. A. Stcelo of Portland , Oro.was sent to In- vcstlgato the matter. Forest Supervisor Hamakcr ot Ouster went over the reserve with the Inspector this Week and Mr. Steele estimated that 150 square mllea of the heaviest pine timber has already been totally destroyed In tbo two years' time by the llttlo woims. Whore the Insect came from no ono knows , but It Is increasing nt such an alarming rnto that the government will take hold of the matter Immediately. The worm is about three-quarters of an Inch long and a quarter of an Inch thick nnd travels In "packs. " The worms start nt the outer bark of a tree and soon bore In and drink up the eapwhich kills tha t.ree. George Jackson of this , city , who has been mining In the Bear gulch mining district for some time , was the first person to call attention to the work of the worm. HP has watched the Insect for two years and ho states that there Is ono district neir Spearfish that Is eight miles wide and thirty miles long , In the heaviest timber of the Black Hills , which has. been worked over by the worms until half of the timber stands dead. After a time the worms blossom out Into winged bugs , and , Mr. Jackson states , fly swiftly and In swarms. Until a jear ago the petts wore confined to Lawrence county , In the northern hills , but now they are scattered all over the flno bodies of timber in the southern Black Hills. There la at present no method known that will destroy them ; In fact , they nro nn entirely now Insect to the department at Washington. An attempt will probably bo made to Inoculate the worms and kill them off In this manner. The woodpecker will devour the Insects whenever It can find them , but there are not enough birds to go around. Thousands of feet of pine timber are now ready to bo cut in the dis tricts where the wormo have done the dam age , and unless the trees are made use of within a year after they dlo they are a total loss. Black Hills citizens will try to get the department to give people the right to cut off this timber from the forest reserve. LUNATIC LEAPS Flib M A TRAIN rni eiiRcr TaUcn 1'ln.iBe "Which May 1'roie Fatal Whll- } Traveling ; Fifty .tlllcH nu Hoar. HASTINGS , Nc . . NovV 10. ( Special Tel egram. ) P. G. Larned of. Poland , N. Y. , who was on his way with his wife an-1 llttlo son to Halgler , Neb. , Jumped from I the passenger train between Harvard and j Saronvllle this morning and received In juries that may prove fatal. The train waa running at the rate ot fifty miles an hour when Lamed took the plunge. It Is supposed , that ho had become suddenly in- sanc. sanc.Ho bad arisen from the seat In the car next to his wife and son and started down the aisle. Suddenly ho gave a scream and i Jumped , head foremost , through a window ! before a hand could be raised to restrain him. The train was stopped and backet to the plolnt at which he was lying at the. foot of a fifteen-foot embankment. The Injured man was brought to this city and taken to a local hotel , where ho Is under the care of the railway company's phjsiclan. It was found that he was ter ribly cut about tha head and that his left shoulder was dislocated. Ho is still un conscious. Mrs. Larned stated that her husband had been In good health , but during the evenIng - Ing he had complained of pains In the head. The Larneds ware onrouto to Halgler , where Mr. Larned is Interested In sheep raising and is also associated with his brother In th < j Empire Loan and Trust company. LAD MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH Se-\eiiteeii-Venr-Olil Arthur Ilr j ant IN CriiNhcil to Death by a Train lit 'reUainiih , TEKAMAH , Neb. , Nov. 10. ( Special Tele giam. ) Arthur Bryant , the 17-year-old son nf E. W. Bryant , a prominent bvelncss man of this cltj , wns killed by a train hero this evening. The youth boarded the tbiough St. Paul express on the Omaha road aa It came Into town at 7:12 : and rode a sboit distance as it pulled out. Ho then attempted to alight , but missed his footing and fell under the wheels , The lid's body was crushed and mangled beyond recognition nnd btrevved along tbo rnllroad track for six or seven miles. Young Bryant was a grandson of Miles Folsom of Omaha , who Is largely interested In real estate there. Mrs. Bryant , thp un fortunate lad's mother , Is an own cousin of Mrs. Grover Cleveland. The Folsoms have been prominent In Omaha and Nebraska for years. JOLLIFICATION IS A FROST Popocrntlc felebrntloii ( Her Tiiex. iln > 'H Clccllun Doen 'Sot Material ize to Any Pnrlleiiliir ISxteiit. LINCOLN , Nov. 10. ( Special Telegram. ) "I may never hold office , but I will ho in politics until tbo lid of my coffin Is nailed down , " said W. J. Bryan tonight In his ad dress to the small crowd that participated In the popocratle Jollification on the caplto ) lawn. About 150 men carrying torches pa wled the streets previous to the speaking. Silas A. Holcomb , Governor Poynter , Secre tary Porter and Mrs. Belle G. Blgolow spoke briefly. The expected delegation from Doug- laj county did not arrive , but Lee Herdmon of Omaha was hero as a spectator. Very llt tlo enthusiasm waa manifested. PicHlilcnt Sherman CHICAGO. Nov 10.-John U Sherman has tendered his icblgnutlon UH president of the Union Stook Yards nnd Transit company , to take eftect January 1. For thirty-four years Mr Sherman was an officer of th corporation and for thirty-three jears of thlH time ltn directing genius , .MoM-mciitx of Ocean Ve Nel , \ov , in. At Havre Airlved Steamer La Touratno , from New York At Philadelphia Arrived Steamer Penn- land , from Liverpool. At ( lenoi Arrived Steamer Allcr , from Now York , At QiucilHtown Arrived Campania , from New York for Liverpool. At New York Arrived Phoenicia from Hamburg. Sailed Barbarousa , for Bremen yjy , Sjoutji.ntnp.toiu BANQUET KANSAS OFFICERS General Fnnston Makes a Modest Response to Welcoming Address. EULOGIZES UNKNOWN HEROES OF WAR Colonel .MctrnU , l.lrntcnnnt Colonel Little nnd CoiiKrpMNinnii Dolllvcr of Ion n llnch Ilrniionil to Ap propriate Tonnlii. KANSAS CITY , Nov. 10. Generals Fred- crick Funstou , Colonel MetcnH , Lieu tenant Colonel E. C. Little nnd the staff officers of the Twen tieth Kansas regiment , were brought Into Kansas City today on a special train and are the guests of tbo Knife and Fork club. Ono thousands people met the olllceis at the depot. They were escorted up town by their old band to Convention hall , where a public reception vvns held , several thous and people passing before the officers. Tonight the officers wcro the guests of the Knife and Fork club nt an elaborate banquet at the Midland hotel at which 400 plates were laid. Much enthusiasm prevailed and the gathering proved one of the most brilliant held here in a long time. General Funston spoke to the toast "The Twentieth Kansas ; " Colonel Mctcalf to "On the Firing Line , " and Lieutenant Colonel Little to "Our Flag. " Other toasts wcro responded to by U. S. Upperson , president of the Commercial club , and Con gressman J. P. Dolllver ot Iowa. President Epperson's theme being "Make the Philip pines a Good Place to Live In. " There were probably 7,000 persons In con vention hall when General Funston re sponded to the welcoming speeches. In the course of a brief speech the general said : "I am not a hero. I don't feel HUe one. Just nn officer , I am , who has been very fortunate because the officers and men under him have never failed to follow when he went somewhere. I know that It has been my lot to receive the major portion of the honor that belongn to the men. I give them three-fourths and claim only a share of the rest. There were and are a great many officers and men In the Philippines who have done braver deeds braver were never done and whose names pass unchal lenged with no cheer. They never get Into the papers. On the night of April 27 , 1SOD , when General MacArthur told me that tha Grand river bridge would have to bo taken and I asked for sixteen officers and men to go with me , where to be taken meant cer tain death , fifty of them responded. Since I returned to America I have heard not one word of Captain O'Hara , who was one ot the bravest and most efficient officers In the Orient. Numberless Instances could be men tioned where bravery has not been ap plauded. " NATURAL GAS SUPPLY FAILS Dietrich Syndicate Oltcti Notice thnt It Will Abandon PInntn lit Smaller Indiana Towna. KOKOMO , Ind. , Nov. 10. Natural gas is rapidly tailing in the north part ot tno Indiana field.- The Dietrich , syndicate ? bis given notice that It will abandon its plants In the smaller towns. Five towns In this county and nearly 2,000 families are affected. Coal cannot bo had at any price and there Is no wood In the market. The syndicate controls the gas plants In over twenty cities and towns In various parts of the state. The field pressure has fallen from 320 pounds In 1893 to13. . ! pounds. INDIANAPOLIS , Nov. 10. The superior court today , on petition of the city de manding that the Indianapolis Gas company , owned by the Dietrich syndicate of New ' York , drill twenty-five gaa wells and lay another twelve-inch main at once from the gas field to Indianapolis , granted an alter native writ , returnable November 27. The | action of the city was to force a better I gas supply this winter. The company wants metera Introduced and the theory of tha I city Is that It is holding back tha full sup ply. ON LOOKOUT FOR METEORS Antroiiomerm of Ycrkcn Obnervntory I'rcnnreil for Appearance of Ln- inliiouN IloillcN Due > ext Sunday. WILLIA'MS ' BAY , Wis. , Nov. 10. The as tronomers of the Yerkes observatory are already on the lookout for meteors , al though none of the leonldos Is expected be fore Sunday morning. The twenty-four-lnch reflecting tcle- ecopewhich has just been completed In the Instrument shop of the observatory , has been set up temporarily on the roof of the building. It Is supplied with a tem porary equatorial mounting , which has boon tested and found to work aatlslac- torlly. Sixteen photographic cameras are being prepared with apertures varying In size from two to six Inches. They are to bo attached to the mounting of the telescope In such a way as to cover as much as possible of the sky where the metoorfl are expected to appear. It U hoped that a largo number of meteor pho tographs will bo secured and the position of the radiant determined with greater accuracy than ever before. Prof. Barnard considers from 2 to 5 o'clock In the morning of November 15 the most favcrablo time for making ob servations of the meteors. RAILWAY MAN DISAPPEARS W. P. ICiintr , ( ient-ral Kantera TrelKht anil I'liHHeiiKer A ent of Cotton Melt , In PITTSBURG , Pa. , Nov. 10. W , F. Kantz , gcneril eastern freight and passenger agent of the Cotton Belt railroad , with headquar ters in Pittsburg , suddenly nnd mysteriously disappeared from the city Sunday morning , October 29 , and since that time nothing has been ween or heard of him , although every effort has been made by the Cotton Belt company to ascertain his whereabouts , Mr. Kant/ had been summoned to the main offices of the company nt St. Louis , hut he never reached there. It Is feared that ho has met with foul play and that ho never got outside of this city. Mr , KanU came to Plttsburg from Tjlor , Tex. , four yearH ago He 1ms been connected with the Cotton Belt road for many yearn and was ono of Its most trusted and efficient employes , MINING SITUATION CRITICAL Trouble HriMvliiK In Tiellotllle lln- trlut ( Her Shipping Cool to Strike DlNtriftn * In bontlmcKt. SPRINGFIELD , III. , Nov. 10 Owing to the mining situation in the Bellvlllo dis trict having grown so serious , In consequence quence of the shipment of coal from mines in the district to the strike districts In the southwest , District President Heftl today telegraphed John Mitchell , the national president ot the United Mine Workers of CONDITION OF THE WEATHER I'oreciKt for Nebraska Cloudy nnd Warmer , Followed by llnln. Temperature nt Oiniitiii America , to como nt once to Bellvllle. or East St Louis for n conference. President Mitchell , who Is In Chicago , telegraphed In reply that ho would meet President Heftl lit East St. Louis tomorrow. MINERALS IN PHILIPPINES Very Ititle ( inlil. but II it'll Copper Dppoxltn nnd There \r < * Grent llniilitltlet of Kuel. WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. In a report to 4ho Interior department on the geology of the Philippine- Islands Mr. Becker of tha geological EUivey gives some Interesting Information regarding the mineral ro- j sources of the group , Mr. Becker ? ays , whllo i gold exists In both Luzon and Mlndlnao , It Is comparible rather to that cf the Caro- Unas nnd Virginia than to the westeut goldfields of the United States nnd a rush to the Philippine fields , he predicts , would result In disappointment. The- report sajs. "The coppct deposits of Lepanto seem rich and ex'cnslvc , but very expensive roads will bo npeded to render them available. The high quality of some" of the Iron ores ot Luzon 1 beyond question , but the lignite of the Islands Is not adapted to Iron smelt ing. The Eo-ealled coal Is a good lignite Its heating effect Is from two-thirds to three-quarters of that of the best steaming coal. There are great quantltco of this fuel and much of It probably could bo de livered at a profit on vessels at $2.50 , Mex ican , per ton. " CHEYENNE STRIKE SITUATION Illnlmn Iilitehnn ot WonilnH ; Kn- domorx to lln\e n Settlement Henelieil Through Arbitration. CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Nov. 10. ( Special Telegram. ) The Union Pacific shops worked with a full complement of hands today , excepting bollcrmakers and part of the machinists. Some of the Utter who wont to work yesterday quit today , the pressure brought to bear upon them by the strikers being moro than they could with stand. A meeting of the strikers was held today , which waa attended by Bishop Line- ban of tha Catholic dloccso of Wyoming. The bishop urged the men to adjust the differences existing between them and the company amicably and counseled modera tion. Ho afterwards called upon the com pany officials and urged that the difficulty bo settled by arbitration. Mr. McConncll , superintendent of mo tive power and machinery , who Is here try ing to effect an adjustment of the strike , will meet a committee of the men tomorrow and It is expected a settlement will be reached. OMAHA ARMY OFFICER WEDS. * * _ _ _ * Ijlentennnt nnmfonl of the Fifth In fantry Married Mrn. Mile 13. Ken dall O'llricn. ATLANTA , Ga. , Nov. 10 Word wr.s re ceived at Atlanta tonight of the marriage In Washington on Saturday last of Lieutenant F. E. Bamford , Fifth Infantry , and Mrs. Mae E. Kendall O'Brien. This Is a highly interesting sequel to the Romyn court-martial at Fort McPherson In 1897. Lieutenant Bamford nt that time was engaged to marry Captain Romyn's daughter , nt the same time paying marked attention to Mrs. O'Brien. Captain Romyn expressed himself freely on the matter and Lieutenant O'Brien , hearing of It , accosted the captain on the parade. His superior responded by knocking him down , the court-martial beIng - Ing held soon after. Lieutenant O'Brien died eomo time ago nt Dry Tortugas. Lieutenant Bamford Is at present stationed In Omaha. SUIT TO OUST SALT TRUST Attorney fleiiernl Moniiett Com mence * nil Action AKiiliint Na tional Suit O'ompimj. POMBROY , 0. , Nov. 10. Suit was begun In the circuit court today by Attorney General Monnctt to oust tbo National Salt company , familiarly termed the "salt trust , " Incorporated under the laws of New York , on the grpund that It has been doing bust- ness In violation of the Valentine anti trust law and has forfeited the right to do business ! n Ohio. A suit has alho been Instituted against the United Salt company of Cleveland , on pe tition of E. E. Hocox , prosecuting attor ney of Meigs county , it being alleged that this company had been merged Into the National Salt company , The salt works at this place , which vveio purchased by the National Salt company , have been closed nnd the prlco of salt has advanced , It Is Enid , 30 cents on the barrel. HOBART'S CONDITION BETTER Vice 1'ruNlilent Able to Sit lip In a Clinlr for n l.oiitf Period and llellMhen l ooil. PATERSON , N. J. , Nov. 10. There wjs another ctnngo for the better In Vice Presi dent Hcbait'n condition today. lie wns able to sit up In n chulr In his room nnd picked up a newspaper and examined It , eventually turning to Mrs , Hohart and a&k- Ing her to read for him , The patient was evidently ttronger and took more nourish ment than at any time el me his bad attack of nearly two weeks ago. Despite the state ments of attending phjalclans the family still has hopes for his recovery. They had renewed hopes today from the fact that ha was abla to nil up for n long period and by I ho way In which ho apparently icllshol Mb food , INDIANA CELERY CHOP FAILS Plant * HIlKhtfil nnd Killed l > > the Hot , Irciithcr During .11 on Hi of September. WABASH , Ind. , Nov. 10. Indians celery growers , at tbo head of whom Is William Gla&c-r of this place , say the celery crop of Indiana and Michigan Ix practically a failure. The plants vero blighted mil killed by the hot , dry weather of September. Indiana haa many thousand acre * devoted to the cultivation cf celery. Tbo same Is true , Mr , Glaser tayo , of tbo Kalaraazoo district In Michigan , Miter Collie nnd finlil NEW YORK , Nov 10 , The steanuhlp I'mbrlu , sa'llng for Europe tomorrow , will take out Go.OuO ounces of nllvci LONDON , Nov. 10 The amount of liulllon withdrawn from the Bank of England today was 353,000 Mont oC this cold wan fur Shipment to America , RUSHING THE REBELS American Forces Land at San Fabian Under Protection of the Fleet. GUNBOATS MAINTAIN A TERRIFIC FIRE General Whoaton's Troops Rust Waist Deep Through tbo Surf Meantime. BATTALIONS FORM IN GOOD ORDER Charge Bight and Left , Pouring Volley After "Volley at Fleeing Natives. FILIPINOS GO TO REINFORCE TARLAC General * Itin I oil mill MncArtluir 10 x- perlcncliiK Sonic Dllllciiltle * uu Account of I'mirecedentcd ' Hill ii ; Wenther. MANILV. Nov. 5 , B:05 : p. in. The landing of the American troops nt San Fabian , Tues day , was the most spectacular affair of Its kind since General Shatter's disembarkation nt Daiquiri. The co-operation of the troops and the navy was tomplcte. The gunboats maintained a tcrllllc bombarcimctit for nu hour , whllo the troops rushed wnlst deep through tbo surf under 11 heavy but Imdly aimed rlllo flro from the Insurgent tranches nnd charged right and left , pouring volley after \olley at the lloolng ichcls. Korty Fil ipinos wcic captured , mostly non-commln- sloned officers. Severn ) Insurgent dead and n\o wounded were found In a building which had suffered considerably from the bombard ment. The town was well fortlfle l. The sand dunes wcro riveted with bamboo twenty feet thick , which afforded n flno cover. When the transports arrived In the gulf they found the gunboats Princeton , Bennlng- ton and others waiting. After consnltatton with General Wheaton , Commander Knox of the Princeton and Commander Sheridan of the Dennlngton anchored two miles off ehoro. The gunboate formed a line Inside , the Hel ena , Callao and .Manila close In shore. With the first gun of the bombardment the small boats were filled rapidly without confusion by Major Cronlfa battalion of the Twenty-third Infantry and Captain Buck's battalion of the Thirteenth Infantry. Whllo the lines of boats moved shoreward the gun boats poured the full force of their batteries Into the trenches , soon forcing the Insurgents to flee through the burrows dug back of tha trenches. About 200 men hold their places until tha keels of the boats grated on the shore , when their Mauser bullet.1 commenced to sing over head. The battalions foimed In good order. Captain Buck pursued the insurgcnts'on the left into the bamboo thickets. Whentoti 1'erHnnnlly Co m in mi tin. On the right was a frail footbridge across the river , leading to the towns. General Whoatou , personally commanding , ordered n charge across the bridge and Captain How land of his staff led Coleman's nnd Klliott's companies of the Thirteenth and Shields' ' company of the Twenty-third , who behaved splendidly under their first fire , Into the town , which was found to bo deserted except by the aged nnd some Spaniards who had hidden in the buffalo wallows nnd who came shouting delightfully toward the Americans. Two companies of the Twenty-third had a skirmish along the Dagupan road with the retreating Filipinos. Major Shields of the staff , with his command , captured sev eral Insurgents. The troops camped In the rain during the night and In thu morning General Wheaton established his headquarters In a church , quartered his men In the houses and sent the captured beyond the outposts with orders not to return. The roads were found to bo practically Impassable and It is believed Agulnaldo has secreted n yacht In the river Longapo , near Sublc , for use In his flight when ho finds his capture is Inevitable. Wednesday was devoted to reconnoleeanoo. Major Logan went northward to Santo Tomas and burned the Filipino barracks. Captain Uncle's Thirteenth battalion went to San Jaclnto and disposed of small bands. Marsh'o Twenty-third went toward Magdalen on the Dagupnn road nnd had teveral sharp fights with small parties. They killed eight men , brought In twenty prisoners and had live men wounded. The Santo Tomas road fceoms to bo the only powlhlo meana of retreat - treat , for n largo body north from Tarlao and General Wheaton commands It. The In surgents of this section arc going to re inforce Tarlac. The battleship Oregon has arrived here from Hone Kong. Three VnierlcnnM Wounded. Captain Cheuowith and Lieutenants Da vis , Van Horn nnd Bradford , with two companies of the Seventeenth regiment , icconnoltcrlng c.iht of Mabalacat , attacked nnd routed n battalion of Insurgents , killIng - Ing twcnty-nlna of them. Three Amer icans were wounded. General Wheaton reports , by the Rcnnlng- | ton , that when the landing was raado at Sun Fabian the Insurgents encountered worn 300 recruits , who wore on their wajr to Pagupan , where they expected the ex pedition to land. They retreated to the mountains. Twonty-olght Spanish prisoners were icscued. It has been raining hard throughout the wesK , handicapping Generals Liwton nnd MacArthur. The transportation is the chlof dlfllciilty. In the advance General Liwtou depended on the rlvor to get his supplies. The San IMrtro ilvei In fed by mountain QtrotniB nnd Is alternately too shallow ( or navigation or two swift Tha troops were on short rations much of the tlmq. The only provisions the coun try yields ire lice , a few chickens and buffalo. The officers carry a supply of cash to pay the natives liberally for all they take. The highlands uro ccol and the health of the troops is good. General Young captured another Inrgo eluro ol Insurgent ammunition and muni tions of war , which they were obliged to leave In their hurried retreat General Wheaten Is bringing supplies from Angolea by tl'o USD of mule and caribou tcamb , ReconnolnantcB along the front 1m\c dip- covered the Insurgents strongly entrenched before Bambam , with Hovnral cannon and a lapld flro gun , but they are short of ammunition. Major Hell has been engaged In nnoth'r daring exploit. While scouting with five officers ) ati'J two men of the Thirty-sixth Infantry and Lieutenant Hawkins and ten men of the Fourth cavalry ho crept be hind a trench containing 100 Filipinos , rudn them down and killed and wounded twcn'y men and captured six. Ho also brought back thirty Mausers. rupture Ordnance Mi up I leu. WASHINGTON , Nov 10. The War de partment has received the following. "MANILA , Nov 10. General Law ton ex periences some difficulties on account of continued unprecedented rains In that sec tion of the country , bis advance at Baa