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BLOODY FIGHT
AT QUENGUA
Two American Officers
and Many Privates
Are Killed.
THE FILIPINOS RETREAT
They Suffer Smnll Loss, Owing to
Protection from Breastworks.
American Offlcers Fall Leading a
Charge Filipinos Stand Until the
Nebraska Troops Woie Bight in
tho Trenches Before Bolting.
Manila. Aptll 23. 9.S0 p. in. In nn
encounter with tho Filipinos today near
Qiiengun, nbnul four miles northeast
ol Mnlolos. seven Ainei leans were
killed and 41 wounded.
Hit following wore killed: Colonel
John M Stetsinburg, ot the First Ne
braska regiment, fnimetiy of the Sixth
cavalry. Lieutenant Slsson (pcrhnp-i
Lieutenant August C. Ntsson), of the
same regiment; two privates of the
Nebraska leglment. three privates of
the Fourth cavalry.
Musi of the wounded belong to tho
First Nebraska regiment.
The Filipinos retreated with small
loss.
The engagement developed Into a dis
astrous, though successful fight. The
Insurgents had a horse shoe tieneh
about a mile long encircling a riee
Held, on the edge of a wood.
Captain Moll, of the Fourth cavalry,
encountered u strong outpost. One
of his men were killed and live were
wounded by a volley. The Americans
retired, carrying their wounded, under
the and with great dilllculty. being
closely puisuid. a fog enabling the
enemy to creep up to them.
Two men who were carrying a com
rade were shot In the arms, but they
continued with their burden.
Captain HeP sent for reinforcements
to rescue the body of the killed caval
ryman, and a battalion of the Nebraska
regiment, under .Major .Mufford, ar
rived and advanced until checked by
volleys from the enemy's trenches.
The Americans lay about SOD raids
from the trenches, behind rice fur
rows, and were under lire for two
hours.
Several men were sunstruek, one dy
ing from the effects of the heat as they
lay there waiting for the artillery to
come up. j mally the Second battalion
arrived and Colonel Stetsenberg, who
had spent the night with his family at
..lanlla. came upon the Held. 'I ae men
Immediately recognized him und raised
a cheer.
Fell in the Charge.
Colonel Stetsenberg decided to charge
as the cheapest way out of the dilll
culty. lea the attack at the head of bis
regiment. He fell with a bullet in
the breast, dying instantly, about -X
yards from the breastworks.
Lieutenant Sisson fell with a bullet In
his heart, the bullet striking lihn tinir
the picture of a girl suspended by a
ribbon from his neck.
In the meantime the artillery had ar
rived and shelled the trenches.
The Filipinos stood until the Nebras
ka troops wire right on the trenches
and then bolted to the second line of
Intienelinients. a mile back.
The Nebraska regiment lost two pri
vates killed anil bad many wounded.
Including two lieutenants.
The Iowa regiment had several
wounded.
The I'tah leglnient had one olllcer
nnd tluee men wounded.
Thirteen dead Filipinos were found
in the trenches. Their loss was com
paratively small, on account of their
safe shelter.
The Americur can led ihe second
trench with small loss and ate holding
the town tonight.
.Colonel Stetsenberg has won a icpu
ta'ion as one of the biavest llghteis
In the army, lie always led his regi
ment and had achieved icmaikahlo
popularity with his men since the war
began, although during his llrst col
onelcy the volunteers, who were not
used to the rigid discipline of the reg
ular troops, thought him a hard olllcer.
The loss of the Nebraska regiment in
thv umpalgn Is the greatest sustained
bj anj leglnietn and today's disaster
has gioitlv saddened oilieers and men.
who promise to take llerce vengeance
in ihe next light.
Colonel .lnhn M. Stetser.burs was in
command of the Firm Nebraska Vol
ui'teer Infantry, as the remit of tho
Illness- of one olllcer and the detach
ment f another. Th First Nebraska
went to Manila In command of Col-
one! Mintt ami tinner ins coiiniiuim
took part In the operations south ot
Manila against Mutate fort and the at
taek and capuie of Manila uii Aug. 13.
In the selection of oftlcers for posi
tions in the organisation of govern
ment for the ey planned by Major
General Merritt and put Into execution
by Major Oeneiul Otis, Lieutenant Col
onel Colton, of the First N braska,
was made deputy collector of the port.
Later Colonel Itratt became ill and was
condemned bv u medical board, (cm
era! Oils ordered him hone- and then
as he did not e.tre to take Colton nut
of the custom house. In which be was
!"ing xcell.-nt work decided to select
sonic oilier olllcer for the command ot
the r"glnient. Choice fell upon Stet
mi'hurg and be was named. At llrst
tbi-r was airing opposition fiom with
in ihe command, many of the other
oillcors thinking that those In regular
line should bi) promoted, but that was
coon overcome. Colonel Stetseitluirg
, endeared himself to every ofHcer and
man In the regiment, and brought tho
command to u high state of eillelonoy.
Lieutenant C' lone! Colton still holdn
lily comiuh-slon with Mr regiment, but
Is now collector ot customs, having
succeeded Hneral Whlttler, of New
York, when the latter wns relieved as
collector.
Beports from General Otis.
Washington, April '?.' The following
message regarding the fight tit Quon
gtta was received at tho war depart
ment today:
M.ui'l.i, April M.-Ailjulant Genrinl,
Washington: A recoiuiolsnincc on Cjnen
gita pi, ice six miles northwest, id Ala
lolos. made by Major Hell and tteop of
cavalry tills morning resulted in contact
battle. In which four battalions of Infan
try and four pieces of artillery became
engaged. Ibiemy driven from strong en
treiichments nt Qucngu.i with eonslder
elile loss; our casualties qulto se.vcic.
Colonel Stetsenburg and Lieutenant Ses
sions, First Nebraska, killed, tilso scv
i ral enlisted. Conslileraliln number
wounded, not yet reported.
(Signed) Otis.
The following dispatch Was received
tit tho war department late this even
ing: .Manila, April 2:. Adjutant General,
Washington: Casualties at ijucngtiu to
day: Flint Ncbtuskn, two otlleers ,nel
two enlisted killed; two otlleers iad
twenty-six enlisted nun wounded. Fourth
cavalry, two enlisted men killed; live
wounded. Fifty-first Iowa, seven enlist
ed men wounded. I'tah light artillery,
one olllcer and two enlisted men wounded.
Total, forty-nine. Names in mottling.
(Slimed) Otis.
Colonel Stetsenburg's Career.
Washington, April 2II. Colonel John
Miller Stetsenburg, of the First Ne
braska Infantry, who held the rank of
captain In the regular nrmy, killed In
the recoiinolsaneo at Quengun. was
born In Indiana, November 21, 1S5S, and
war appointed a cadet at the military
academy .luly, 1S77. and graduated
number forty-one In his class, lie was
appointed second lieutenant of the
the Sixth cavnlry In 1S.S1. and became
a captain December 1 1, 1S9S. lie served
with his regiment In Arizona and New
Mexico from 18S7 to 1S00. at the close
of the latter year participating In the
Sioux campaign in the action at
Wounded Knee, S. D. He was at Fort
Niobrara from 1S91 to 1MI1. and then
served for a few months at Foi t Myer,
near Washington, going thence to the
Infantry and cavalry school at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was
graduated with distinguished honors.
Colonel Stetsenburg then served with
his regiment at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, until December, 1S97, and from
that time to the following April was
professor of military science and tac
tics at the University of Nebraska. Ho
was mustered in as major of the Flist
Nebraska Infantry May !, last, and as
colonel of the same regiment Novem
ber 10. IS'tR. He sailed with his regi
ment for Manila .lune IS.
In appearance ho was short and
slight and had rather an ascetic coun
tenance, partly perhaps due to the fact
that he was always a very studious
man. He was a strict disciplinarian,
and the raw volunteers he had to break
In during the early months of his com
mand of the First Nebraska resented
Ills methods so bitterly that they pro
cured the passage of a resolution ot
censure usalnst him through the Ne
braska legislature. Once they became
engaged In actual warfare, however,
the merits of his course became so ap
parent that In response to a very
strong demand from the people of the
state and the soldiers themselves the
resolution of censure by a formal vote
was expunged from the legislative
records.
GEN. OTIS' DEATH REPORT.
Washington. Apnl 21. The following
weekl. death repent from General Otis
received today Is as follows:
Manila, Apiil 2:!. Adjutant General,
Washington: Following (tenths since last
weekly report: Fiom wounds in action,
Apiil IS. Joseph Grabowsky, private,
Fourth cavalry; 1Mb, Archie A. Aldrich,
pilv.ite First Colorado; '.Mill, llrace L.
Mace.i, private, First Nebraska. Drowned,
accidental. 21st, John Montgomery, ter
geant. Third artillery: Sid, Jacob Iloyri,
sergeant. Fourth Infantry, variola; iJth,
Samuel J. February, private, Flghteeiitli
lufnutiy: 21st. Thomas (limbic, private.
Third Infaury. diarrhoea; l.'lh. Joseph
Gnnipm.in. private, Illghtenith infantry,
malarial fever; Sill, li, C. Chandler, pri
vate. Second Oregon, erysipi las; iWth.
t'hatles Parson", private. First Washing
ton, tuberculosis: 2(th. Jay K. Taylor,
pilvate. Sim und ilregon, peritonitis: 2l"t,
Michael It) an, seigvunt, Fourteenth in
fantry. (Signed) Otis.
DAUGHTERS AT PHILADELPHIA
Annunl National Conference Will
Last Several Days.
Philadelphia. April 2.'!. The annual
national confi reiue of the Daughters
of the Hevolutlon will convene in this
city tomorrow and will last several
dujH. One hundred and seventy-live
delegatus, representing every state In
the 1'nlon except two, are now beie.
This afternoon they attended ser
vices at the histotlc old Swede's
church. Archdeacon Hradv, of the
Protestant ICplscopal diocese of Penn
sylvania, olllclnted ut the services.
Among the new business which will
come before the confluence will he tho
final arrangements for the uniting of
the society with the Daughters of the
American Itevolutlnii.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Philadelphia. April 23. Ldwnnl Cam
eron, or. St. Louis, ussistani supervising
engineer of the I'nlted States treasury,
(ill il In a hospital here last evening fiom
typhoid pneuinaiila.
Lexlmuoii. Ky Aptll 2.1 Kev. Uohy
1'ylaiul. oldest lluptlst cletgyinan and
educator In the I'nlted States, died him
today, aged ill. lie was for twenty-eight
years president of Illelnnoiid college.
During muUi of this time he was also
pastor of the laigist African church In
the wot Id, three thousand members, near
ly all Virginia slaves.
Atlanta, (la., Aptll 23. Major General
A. Vanilegrlfi. paymaster In the fulled
States volunteer army, who was stiicken
with apoplexy yesterday died today with
out regaining consciousness. Major Van
degrlft wn born at Vlckshurg, In MO.
When tho civil war broke out he became
adjutant or the Second, Ohio Infantry,
hut wan discharged on account uf wounds
two years later. He mibsequcntly re
onlistcd as major of tho Thlrtj -seventh
Ohio volunteers.
Stanford, 111.. April 23-Hev. J. a. White,
fur sixty years a speaker and writer
against the Unman Cnthollo church, died
today aged k7. Ho whs known through,
out tho Union as a violent and persistent
iiHwallaut of tho iloctilnes nt tho church
of Home. Ho was often mobbed and ro
ten-egged.
NEGRO BURNED
AT THE STAKE
SAM HOSE ACCUSED OF
ATBOCIOUS CRIME.
AN
He Is Turned Over Without Trial
to a Howling Georgia Mob Ex
Governor Atkinson nnd Judge
Freeman Implore the Mob to Let
tho Law Take Its Course Upon
the Strength of Uncertain Iden
tification, However, the Poor
Wretch Is Chained to a Pine Tree
and Is Subjected to Tortures Un
surpassing the Fiendish Ingenuity
of the American Indinn.
New nan, Go., April 2".. -In the pres
ence of nearly 2,0(10 people who sent
aloft yells of defiance and shouts of
Joy, Sam Hose, a nesro, who commit
ted two of the basest acts known to
crime, was burned at the stake on Hit'
road one and one-half miles from hero
today. Before the torch was applied to
the pyre, the negro was deprived ot j
his ears, fingers und other portions of
his anatomy. The negro pleaded piti
fully tor bis life, while the mutilation
was going on. but stood the ordeal of
fire with surprising fortitude. liefcre
the body was cool, It was cut to pieces,
the bones were crushed Into small bits
und' even the tree, upon which the
w'-eteh met his fate was torn up and
disposed of as souvenirs. The negro's
heart was cut In several pieces ns was
also bis liver. Those unable to ob'ain
the ghastly relics direct, paid their
more fortunate possessors extravagant
sums for them.
One of the men who lifted the can of
kerosene to the negro's head. Is said
to be a native, of Pennsylvania. His
ni'ine Is known to those who were with
him. but they refuse to divulge It.
The mob wns composed of citizens of
Newnnn, Grlllln, Palmetto and other
little towns In the country round about
Newnnn and of nil the farmers who
had received word that the burning
was to take place.
Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, former gover
nor of Georgia, met the mob as lie was
returning from church nnd he appealed
to them to let the law take Its course.
In addressing the mob, he said: "Some
of you are known to me. nnd when this
affair is finally settled in the courts
you may depend upon It that I will
testify against you."
Hose confessed to killing Cranford,
but denied that be had outraged Mrs.
Cranford. Heforo being put to death
the negro said that he had been paid
$12 by "Lige" Strickland, a negro
preacher at Palmetto, to kill Cian
ford. Sam Hose killed Alfred Cranford, a
white farmer, near Palmetto, ten days
ago, and outraged Ills wife. Since that
time bi i'.css In that part of the state
has been suspended, tho entire popu
lation turning out In an effort to cap
ture Hose. He successfully eluded pur
suit until discovered near Macon.
Story of the Lynching.
Hose hnd been on the farm of the
Jones brothers, between Macon and
Columbus, since the daj after he com
mitted his horrible crime. His mother
Is employed on the farm und to her
little cabin he fled as a safe refuge.
She fed him and caicd for him, but it
Is not believed that she knew he was
being bunted for by the authorities.
The Jones bi others were not aware of
the crime until a few days ngn, nnd
were not sure that Hose was the much-
wanted man. Today, however, they be
enmc convinced that he was the negro
wanted by the authorities and they
took him into Macon and put him
aboard a train with the intention of
bringing him to Atlanta. Some one
sent word to New nan that the negro
was on the train bound for Atlanta,
When Newnan was reached a great
crowd sin rounded the train and pushed
Into the cars. The Jones brothers were
told that the negro could be delivered
to the sheriff of Campbell county there
and it was not necessary to takp him
to Atlana. This was acceded to and
the negro was taken off the train and
marched at the head of a yelling crowd
of ."Oil people to the Jail. Here they
turned him over to Sheilif Drown, tak
ing a receipt for the prisoner, thus
making themselves sure of tho $2SU to
ward offered for his arrest.
Woul was sent to Mrs. Cranford at
Palmetto that It was believed her as
sailant was under arrest and that her
ptesence was necessary In Newnan to
make sure of his Identltlcatlon. A
good-sized crowd soon gathered about
the Jail. Sheriff llrow n was Impor
tuned to give up the prisoner, and
finally, In order to avoid an assault on
the jail and possible bloodshed, he
turned the wretch over lo the wultlng
crowd.
Ex-Governor Atkinson's Appeal.
A procession was quickly formed and
the doomed negro was marched at Its
bead through several streets uf the
town. Soon the public sqttute was
reached. Here former Governor Atkin
son, of Georgia, who lives In Nuwimu,
came hutrledly upon the scene, und,
standing up In a buggy, asked the
crowd to let tlm law take Its course.
Governor Atkinson said:
My Fellow Citizens nnd Ft leads: I ;
seech you to lei this affair go no further.
You are hurrying this negro to deaih
without an Identification. Mis. Cinuloro.
whom he Is said to have asaulted, an I
whose husband he Ik said to hae killed,
Is sick In bed and unable to be here to
say whether this Is her assailant. Let
this negro bo letutned to .lull. The law
will take Its course und I piomlse you It
will do so quickly and effectually. Do
not stain the honor of the state with a
crime aueh as you arc ulii ut to peiform.
Judge A. D. Freeman, also of New
nnn, apoke In a similar strain and Im
plored the mob to return the prisoner
to the custody of the sheriff and go
home
The assemblage heard the words of
the two speakers In silence, but the
Instant their voices had died away
shouts of "On to Palmetto. Hum blm;
think of his crime!" nroe nnd the
march wiih resumed.
Mrs. Crunford'H mother and Bister
are residents of Nowniiii. The mob
was headol In the direction of their
house and In u short time reached the
MoF.lroy home, The negro wns match
ed In the gate and Mrs. McKhoy win
called to the front door. She Immedi
ately Identified the African and her
verdict was ugreed to bv her daughter,
who had often seen Hose about the
Cranford place.
"To the stake'" was again the cry,
and several men wnnted to burn him In
Mrs. Mcelroy's yatd. To this she ob
jected strenuously and the mob, com
plying with her wish, started for Pal
metto. Just ns they were leaving New
nun news was brought that tho 1
o'clock train from Atlanta would bring
1,000 people fiom AtlRiitn. This ivni
taken to be a regiment of soldiers and
the mot) decided to burn the prisoner
at the first favorable place rather
than bo compelled to shoot lihn when
the mllltla put In nn appenrance.
Leaving the little town whose Sun
day quiet had been so rudely disturb
ed, the mob, which now numbered
nearly l.fiOO people, storied on the road
to Palmetto.
Place of Execution.
One and n half mlls out of Newnan.
n place believed to be favorable for
the burning, wns reached. A little to
the side of the road was a strong pine
tf"e. lp to this the negro was march
ed, his back placed to tho tree and his
face to the crowd which Jostled closely
about him. Hero for the first time he
was allowed to talk. He tnld: "I ntn
t Sain Hose. 1 killed Alfred Cranford.
but was paid to do It.
Llge Striek
at Palmetto,
land, the negro preacher
gave ine $12 to kill him."
At tills a roar went up from the
crowd. The Intelligence Imparted by
'be wretch was spread among them.
"Let him go on, tell all you know about
It," came from the crowd. The negro,
shlvetlng like a leaf, continued his re
cital. 1 did not otitiage Mrs. Cranford.
Somebody else flid that. I can identify
them. Give me time for that."
The mob would hear no more. The
clothes were torn from the wretch In
an Instant and a heavy chain wns pro
duced and wound around the body of
the terrified negro, clasped by a new
lock which dangled at Hose's neck. He
said not a word to this proceeding, but
at the sinht of thtee or four knives
flushing lu the hands of several mem
bers of the crowd about him, which
seemed to forecast the terrible ordeal
he was about to be put to. he sent up
a yell which could be heard for a mile.
Instantly a hand grasping a knife shot
out and one of the negro's ears dropped
into n hand ready to receive It. Hose
pleaded pitifully for mercy and begged
his tormentors to let him die. His cries
were unheeded. The second ear went
the way of the other. Hardly had ho
been deprived of his organs nf hear
ing when his fingers, one by one. were
taken from his hands and passed
among the members of the yelling and
now thoroughly maddened crowd. The
shrieking negro was quickly deprived
ot" other portions of his anatomy, and
the words "Come on with the oil"
brought a huge can of kerosene to the
foot of the ttee where the negro, his
body covered with blood from head to
foot, was striving and tugging at his
chains. The can was lifted over the
negro's head by three or four men nnd
Its contents poured over him. Ky this
time a good supply of brush, pieces of
femv rails and other firewood had been
placed about the negro's feet.
The Match Applied.
This pyre was thoroughly saturated
and a match applied. The llanie shot
upward and spread quickly over the
pile of wood. As they licked the
negro's legs he shrieked once and be
gan tugging at his chains. As the
flames crept higher and the smoke en
tered his eyes and mouth, Hose put
the stumps of his hands to the tree
back of him and with a tertillic plunge
forward of his body severed the upper
portions of the chains which bound him
to tlie tree. His body, held to the tree
only as far as the thighs, hinged for
forward, thus escaping the flames
which roared an cracked about his
feet. One of the men nearest the burn
ing negro quickly ran up and pushing
him back, said: "Get back into the
fire theie," and ulekly coupled tho
disjointed links of the chain
The road for u distance of half a
mile on each side of the burning negro
was bluck with conveyances and wus
simply Impassable. The ciowd sur
rounded the stake on all sides, but
none of those nearer than 100 feet ot
the center was able to see want was
going on. Yell after yell went up
nnd the progress of the tlames was
communicated to those In the rear from
the shouts of the eye-witnesses.
The torch was applied about half
past two and at ;; ooiook ine ihkij- ot
Sam Hose wus limp and lifeless, his
bead hanging to one bide. The body
was not cut down. It wus ittt to
pieces. The chain was seveied by
hummers, tin- tree was chopped down
and such pieces of firewood as had
not burned weic can led away as souv
enirs. The Negro Preacher Captured.
Palmetto, Gu., Aptll 2:1. Klljah
Strickland, the negro preacher who Is
licensed by Sam Hose, the negro
burned to death near Newnan today.
of paying 11 use $12 to murder Farmer
Alfred Craitt'oid, wns captured by n
mob fiom this vicinity three miles out
of' town tonight. He was brought to
Palmetto at midnight and will prob
ably be lynched bufoie dayllgh.
AN APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY.
Garibaldi's Daughter Approaches
King Humbert.
Cupera, Islund of Hardina. Aptll 23.
King Humbert andtmeen Margherltu,
who left the hay or Arancl this after
noon on board the royal yacht Savola,
the bquadrous saluting, arrived hero
after a comfortable tiip und left for
Home this evening.
While In Caprera the majesties vis
ited the tomb and monument of Gurl
baldl und the room In which he died.
They lemulned In the apartment a long
time, Inspecting souvenirs and convers
ine cordially with Mcnottl Garibaldi,
the son ot 'he famous putriot, and
with other members of the family.
It is said mat Slguora Cunzlo. Gari
baldi's daughter, addressed to the king
before her father's tomb and appeal
In his name for clement y to political
inisoiiuta.
.iCcorditiB to reports, King Humbert
replied:
"My lioart Is not opposed to clemency
und 'l shall not fall to seize tho 'V.-st
favorable opportunity of acceding to
your teqtiest"
THE GOVERNOR AND
APPROPRIATIONS
MAY BE OBLIGED TO REDUCE
SCHOOL FUND.
He Declares That the Meritorious
Charitable Institutions Should Re
ceive Aid in Preference to the
Public Schools An Announcement
Made Before ApproachinRiConsld
eration of the Subjects.
Hnnishurg.Apiil 23. Governor Stone
said tonight In an Interview that In dis
posing of tho bills left with him by
the last legislature, he would keep the
appropriations within the limits of the
state levenues nnd at the same time
make provision for part payment dur
ing the next two years of the floating
debt, lie expects to obtain nccurnte
Information how much monev the rtuto
will have with which to pay the appro
priations made by the legislature be
fore considering any bills. The gov
ernor says that the llrst class of ap
propriations should receive preference
are those made for the expenses of the
state government, Including the na
tional guard and the viutnus depart
ments. Second In merit are the state
Insane nsyhims. the penitentiaries, the
schools for the feebleminded children,
the schools for the deaf, the dumb and
the blind. The third class of appropri
ations, which the governor says have
a claim upon the state, are thf pri
vate hospitals which cannot con
tinue the work they are doing
without state nld. He declares
that these meritorious Institutions
should be eared for and rendered
slate aid before the public schools nre
cared for.
'The balance of the appioprlatlons,"
Governor Stone adds, "may be elassl
iled as appropriation- for educational
purposes and first and foremost before
them all, I think the appropriation to
the public schools should receive at
tention and that It should be given
even to the exclusion of other educa
tional Institutions from whatever
money may be left. 1 have no doubt
ubout my power to reduce an Item in
nn appropriation bill. I shall deeply
regret If I am compelled to 1 educe the
appropriation of Stt.OOO.OOO to the public
sihool-i, but If I am compelled to do It
I shall not hesitate to assume the re
sponsibility. It wns the duty of tho
leglslatute to provide sufficient revenue
to enable me to approve this item. I
shall he very sorry If the revenue Is In
sullicient to enable me to approve the
full amount appropriated to the public
schools, but I shall rest my action with
the people of the state believing that
they will Justify me in withholding my
approval from appropilatlons that can
not be paid by reason of a deficit in
tho revenue. I make this announce
ment now before approaching the con
sideration of these subjects with the
view that whatever criticism and argu
ment is to be made with reference to
my contemplated eoutse may be
brought to my notice so that I may
have the beneiit 01 it befoie action."
THE ENGINEERS MEET.
Important Gathering of the Brother
hood in New York.
New York. April 2.1. The. Mrother
hood of Locomotive Engineers held a
meeting this afternoon which was at
tended by about 1.000 members of the
brotherhood. Including representatives
from the New York Central, Lacka
wanna. Pennsylvania, Jersey Central,
lloston and Albany, llaltlmore and
Ohio and the vnilous elevated lines.
The meeting was held behind closed
doors and was for the purpose of deal
ing with a grievance the brotherhood
says It has against the companies. In
a statement given out after the meet
ing It was explained that the railroad
companies all over the country have de
veloped a ptactlce of Oiling vacancies in
the engineering force by promoting
firemen Instead of hiring engineers who
are out of employment. The princi
pal speaker this afternoon was P. M.
Arthur, grand chief of the brother-
hood, who advised thoughtfu. cons'd
eratlon of the question before any ac
tion should be taken. It was finally
decided that the question of limiting
the promotions of firemen lie referred
to the boards of adjustment of the var
ious systems.
The next union meeting will take
place at Cape Charles, Vu., on the
lltst Suudav In Mav.
ELECTIONS OF CORTES.
Attempts of Carlos to Raise a Loon
Have Failed.
Madrid April 22. The senatoilal
elections tor the new cortes were held
today and pasf-edoff tranquilly through
out the country. They have resulted
in giving the government a larger illu
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In the chamber of deputies
It Is rcasseited In different tellaUU
quarters thai the attempts of Don Car.
los to tiiise a loan on the secutltv of
his Italian and Austrian estates have j
failed. j Kid Lavelle Put to Sieep.
One of the persons arrested yesterday 1 pittshuig. Apiil SI-Kid l.av.lli- ilic cul
i,v the Unrcelona police on the charge I oivil miulllst, who was pin 10 sleep by
,.f hoiiur Imiillealcil ill u Cnrllst Plot.
describes himself a a a general or bii
gade. The suspect most compromised
is Setior Mnrgenat, magistrate of the
village of Sardonoln. The police seized
n niinntitv of documents, which Indi
cated the Intention of the conspirators j
to raise bands without the authority
of Don Carlos. The titles seized were
of an old pattern.
Bogus Stamps at Pittsburg.
Pittf-biiiK, April 2A It Is leurned to
night that something over vm.ooo cigars
have been found by the Internal revenue
ollli ers In Pittsburg, heailng stamps Is
sued by the Jacobs firm at Lancaster.
Ueturns from the balance ol this dh
trlct have not as et been leportid.
Warehouse Burned.
(iinuhu. Neb., April if.:. -The live-story
warehouse of the KhiKiiian Implement
company was totally destroyed by tiro
tonlge'. together with all contents, l.osb,
Jle,uoiV partially covered by Insurance.
Flouring Mills Burned.
Nashville. Tenn., Aptll 2S.-MI1I A, or
the Cumberland flour mills plant, was to
tally destroyed by the laisl night. Loss.
J1W.W0.
THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU
Weather Indication rodiyi
INCREASING CLOUDINCSS.
General Disastrous Though Successful
Fight in tho Philippines.
Goturnor Stone's Views on Apinoprla-
tlons.
tieoigla Mob Hums a Negro at Stake.
Captain CoRhlnn Speaks ,11 the Army
and Navy (Hub.
Spoils Huso Hall News und Gossip.
FliiiitRint and Conimcri.lii!.
lllshnp Jo)ce at HI in Path.
Olllerra of the Law Attend Church at
Diinmoie.
Kdltorlul.
News and Comment.
Local General Manager Ilullstead Has
Not Heslgned.
Frightful Death of a Young Woman.
Local West Scrauton and Suburban.
News Hound About Scrnnton.
Local-Hev. G. W. Welsh 011 "The F.vlls
of the city ami Their Cure."
Sentence Dy In Court.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND
TO VISIT ORLEANS
Vill Deliver the Principal Address
nt Joan of Arc Celebration on
May 8.
Washington. April 2'!. The presence
of Archbishop Ireland In Kurope at
this time led to efforts among leading
members of the diplomatic corps here
to have the eminent American divine
preside at some notable ciiiinii occa
sion. As n result. It Is learned that
the archbishop will deliver the princi
pal address nt the .loan of Arc celebra
tion on Muy 8 nt the old Ftench lown
of Orleans, which gave the name of the
"Maid of Oilcans" to the girl saint
and soldier. The exeiclses will have
both a religious and national charact
er, bringing pilgrimages from all parts
of Kurope and having the special bene
diction of the pope. Il was thought
af first that Archbishop Ireland would
take this occasion to correct the appre
hensions which have arisen thioiigh
Kurope as to "Americanism," as set
forth In Father Decker's book. The
stories on this subject are ascribed
mnlnly to the criticism ot the book
by a French nbbe, so that It was felt
to be appropriate that the correct Ion
and elucidation of true "Americanism"
should be made on this, memorable
church and national occasion.
Quite recently, however, the leading
chuj-ch authorities In tills country have
known that Archbishop Ireland's dis
course would be contlned strictly 10
religious themes, dealing witli the in
spired character of Jo.'in of Arc. V 1.'
this may not give the discourse .
slgnlllcance nt llrst expected. yt ,
note expressed by those familiar wit
the arrangements that the fervor and
patriotic impulses of Archbishop Ire
land may lead to some discussion of the
American theme which had so tirotn
inent In church affairs of lale and in
which he has been one of the foremost
llgures. Catholic church affairs also
have been attracting the attention of
diplomatic circles of late In connection
with the attitude of Italy in refusing
to tnke part In the czar's dlsarmeiit
congress If the pope also was to lake
part. Hecause of ibis coiuroversy the
Invitations Issued bv the government
11 1 the Hague were delayed some
we"ks, and In consequence the .tiitisii
foreign otllce withheld the otllci.il 1111
nouncement of Sir Julian P.iiuieefoi"'s
selection ns one of the Ittltish dele
gates. The state department nlxi was
in the same quandary until the coin 10
ersy was adjusted. As explain d by
a leudlng diplomatic olllcial. rhe posi
tion ot Italy was similar to that taken
when the tempo! al power .if the pope
was denied and finally overthrown.
In opposing the pope's representation
at the Hague, Italy held that the sole
uuthority of the Vatican related to
moral and social atl'alis, and not ma
terial or political questions between
nations. In behalf of the pope it was
urged that Italy already recognized the
mateil.il and political authority of the
pope by admitting the appointment of j
ambassadors to the Vatican tram I
France, Spain, Bulgaria, Portugal and ,
some other countries. Ponding the set-
tlenieut of Italy's objections theif' was ,
much perplexing delay In arranging I
the details of the congiess. it was
finally determined that tie- pope would
not be reptes.mted, this decision. It Is
understood, being acquiesced in by tho
Vatican. Since then there hae been
Intimations that tho French delegates
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iii-irtM " that
unwuriant,,!
best posted dlplomatl
this surmise Is wholly
Doty's Body Found,
liulfalo, April St. -A W'nimi. Pa, .Us
patch to the Kxpiess kii: A Kiewucu
received here today from Portland, (lie.,
tells of the Dialing of the tmilv of Sum
pel II, Doty, a civil engineer uf Wuricii.
1 on .1 irull 111 tin?
null lu the mountains, tioiy unci
three others were sent out .1 Week ugo
to make a leport on a pi'iipiicil raliro.nl
unci 11 it being lieiml from feaicliera were
sent mil. Nothing bus been lend uf
Doty's
lllp.lllillll.
1 .liiliu Ciivaiiaiigh In the twelfth round of
a tight at Homestead l-ilitay night. n-
gained cunseloun.iHH at noon toda.v. lb.
1ms been able to take some noiliishinciu
since and the phvsicl.ins al .Mete) bud
phal think he has a chance now for re
covery. Glycerine Shooter's Fate,
liriidfoid. I'.i.. April Si - William !.
Ilmillck. a gljccrhi" sliootei. was blown
tu atoms at Ills magazine nar this city
this uftirnoon. lie was c.imIiiu 11 mu
of tlie explosive when last seen alive.
Thin was a few moments befoie Ills mag.
azlne. barn and boiler house went up In
11 cloud of smoke, only small fraeuunt '
of ISiirdlck'it body w -re found.
Mr. Hobart's Condition.
Washington. April if. -The condition of
Vice Piesldent llolmrt continues snls
factory. A 1 est fill night was succeeded
by a Hood day during which the patluni
sat up part of the time and took mini -Ishlng
food.
Steamship Arrivals,
New Yotk. April Sl.-Aiiived: La Gas
cogue, from Davie. Queenstnwn-S.illed:
LiicauUi. from Liverpool Havre -Ar-
lived; La Uietueue, fiom New Vork.
CAPT. COGHLAN
TALKS AGAIN
Speech at the Reception
of the Army and
Navy Club.
MEANS WHAT HE SAYS
Declares Willingness to Repeat His
Union League Club Speech Ho
Wants to Place Dewey in tho
Proper Light, He Tells the Mem
bers of the Army and Navy Club.
More Anecdotes of Dewey nt
Manila Bay.
New York, Aptll 2;'.. Tho Army nnd
Navy club gave a reception for Cap
tain Coghlau and the olllcers of the
l". S. S. Halelgh at the club. No. 10
AVest Thlttv-flrst street, last night.
The reception was purely informal and
unconventional.
The otlleers were received In the main
rciuptlon hall on the second floor, which
wns decorated with flags and bunting.
liievet Itiigadler General J. Fred. Pier-
son. I'. S. V., the president of the club,
Introduced the olllcer- to the members
of the club and invited guests.
As soon as, Captain Coglilnn and
Lieutenant Commander Phelps arrived
nt the Army and Navy club they were
escorted upstairs, and General Plersou
Introduced them to the members of tho
reception committee. Then Captain
Coghlau was escorted downstairs to
the main reception room, which at this
time was tilled with guests and mem
bers of the club. General Plersou in
troduced tile captain.
Great applause followed the speech
of General Plersou. Captain Coghlau.
dressed in fulf uniform, stood modestly
awaiting the applause to subside, lie
began In a low voice, and In the con
fusion of the loom was not readily
understood, lie spoke as follows:
"I am asked to make a speech. What
kind nf a speech shall I make'.' 1 feel
Inclined only to say a few words this
evening, because some one at Wash
ington took umbrage at what I salil
last night, and protested against what
I said. What I did say last night was
true, and what T said I will say again.
(Great applause.) I said It because I
felt It. I am certain we all felt that
we were being nagged at Manila. We
were nearly nagged to death. There Is
such a thing as being nagged too far
and. darn 'cm, we were ready for them.
1 hnd read a great deal In the news
papers of what had occurred at vari
ous places In the Philippines, and X
thought that the newspapers bad not
placed thnt grand old man. Admitat
Dewey, lu the proper light, and that Is
the reason I thought I was Justified In
plncing him lu the proper light.
"My remarks lu the papers were
garbled. I will not soy they were in
correct In substance or untrue, but
i they were distorted nnd twisteu so as
I to "put a different meaning In them.
I If nny one will reason a little they will
unilertand our situation. A e were all
' uwav from home a long time. Wo all
showed Admiral Dewey that we were
with him thoroughly and heartily. We
fell that we weiv being belittled and
nagged until our patience could stand
it no longer.
"The admiral was a man who could
stand It a long time. Hut when the
moment came he stopped It, and they
never moved a hair afterward." (Great
app.lau.-e).
Stopping a few moments and looking
ubout nt his auditors, C.iptnin Coghlau
raised his hands und placing: Ihe palms
cliiMi together, said:
"I diil not think at one time thnt we
v.eiv, Mint dose to killing them. (Great
applause), tine word, one net, would
have done It."
Dewey's Determination.
After relating several other Incidents.
I Ctiptuin Coghlau said that after the
1 battle of Manila he was rather nppre
Ihenslve ubout the conduct of tho
! Spaniards
"After May
1 Admiral Dewey wns
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1 itiimewliat lii tear of tlie movement or
t '" Hpanlsh. und he told the Spanish
Icmtnander if von tlro a single shot I
Will Wipe .Villi OH llie II"" Ul me i-imi'.
(Applause). Theru never was a trigger
pulled utter that. A holy calm rested
uti the place. When he mttd he would
do a tiling be meuiit It. ( vpplause).
it wu a tiylng time Jusi before tho
! i..iiil,. of Manila.
There was a mini
uml torpedo boats
llel' ot torpedoes
about. Just lierm-e we enterou tin
hurbor we had a coum II of war. and
Dewey suld; 'I will go ahead, nnd the
rest of you follow behind ine.' (Ap
plause!. W- went In nt night and we
were all a little nervous. We Imagined
that the enemy would do the same
thing that we would do under similar
fiicutnsinnces. bin tiny did not do it
"We paused through the whole field
of tnrp"(tnes, and thought theie must
have be. 11 some mistake, illtt there
was no mistake. As we entered the
harbor it was a beautiful gray morn
ing, and we could we all the batteries
of Manila. It made our hearts stand
sill!, but we went through the torpe
does, nnd after the flrst phot was fired
we felt our nervousness give way. and
we were ready to do everything we
could, knowing that we had a bravo
and nbl man to command us.
There Hci" Mime comical thing
that happened right on the eve of tho
inttlp. and. I might say. right in the
midst of the battle. Just us tho Alius
begun thtee 01 ihe amateur musicians
011 our ship iit-iick up A Hot Time In
the Old Town Toniyht.' "
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