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Evening star., 1898-11-19

MOVING WAR VIEWS.-The new view
spanish Bull Fights attracting atten-
tlon at the Wargraph, next Columbia
Theater. this week. THE Cavalry
Chargt' is likewise receiving favor The
o.d favorttes continue to please. Attention
IS drawn to The Hosting of the American
Rag at Cavtte.' This view is inspiring
and effective. Benefits are popular A new
picture, THE First Man to Fall in the
War" Is meeting with success Daily per
formances. including Sundays. Extra Sat
urday matinee, 2:30.
Evening star., 1898-11-19

HAVERLY'S MINSTRELS-J. II. Hav-
erly's American-European Minstrels will
come to the Columbia the week of Novem-
Der rs, presenting magnificent en-
tertainment; that is what is promised, and
Haverly never disappoints. The old re-
liable and established trade mark of Hav-
erly's Minstrels will never die out, for he
is TO minstrclsy what Barnum was to the
circus-the one event the public always
eagerly awaits and always attends How
ever, there is much more than the name
of Haverly. There are with the company
such names as Billie Rice, Frank Cushman.
John H. Backford. Neil OBrien, Buck
Shelter, E. II. Bogert, George Blakely,
Master Martin. George w. Lewis. Billie
Lyons, John DAILY, William Riley. Eddie
La Barre, H. c. La Barre, Fred A John
son, William Unice, Joseph NJ. Norcross.
Charles Whyte. John w. Erly, Joseph D.
Green, Thomas Woods, Gustave Vernon,
Charles E. Foreman. Ole Paterson, the
Nocholls Sisters and many other artists,
all of whom have proud records in the art
of minstresy Nothing more can be said
ii praise Of the American Europeans
Il an has already been said, for the great
Haverly show is a permanent attraction
whose past reputation is a guarantee for
the future.
Evening star., 1898-11-19

GRAND OPERA HOUSE-washington is
to be again favored with an opportunity to
witness the famous Passion Play pictures
on their return from the tour through the
Evening star., 1898-11-19

MIR. AND MRS. LENT'S CONCERTS,-
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lent, who have long
enjoyed the favor of Washington audiences,
will give one of their artistic concerts
"ednesaay evening, November 80, at Uni
versalist Church. They will be assisted on
this occasion by Miss Leonora Won Stosch
The second and third coLeerts will be given
January IS and March 5.
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A MIGHTY SUIT.
''Willie" Sells Brings Suit
Against His Uncles,
Peter Sells and Lewis Sells,
For $15O,OOO Damages.
HE MAKES THE CLAIM
That They Have Injured His
Business
And DETAINED His Character as
a Snowman.
He MAKES THE CLAIM

William Sells, adopted son of the
late Allen Sells, and erstwhile cele-
brated bareback rider and Snowman
has brought suit in the district court of
shawnee county against his uncles
Peter Sells and Lewis Sells, asking that
the court give him judgment against
them in the sum of $3.50. 900 damages
for an alleged defamation of character
The petition was filed yesterday by
Attorneys Eugene Hagan and Stafford &
Williams. In the preliminary para
graphs the petition states that William
Sells has been engaged In the circus
business for 80 years past. That he
learned bareback rider and
achieved fame as such, taking part at
high salary in Sells Brothers circus,
the Adams Forepaugh circus and later
the Barnum & Bailey aggregation. It
states that since 1898 William Sells has
managed a circus Of his own.
The claim of the defamation of char
acter is stated as follows: The plaintiff
claims that ever since 1893 Peter Sells
and Lewis Sells have in every way
tried to deprive him of the means of
livelihood. They no sooner heard of
him making arrangements for circus
management, he says, or contracts with
circus people, than they notified such
parties that If they entered into con-
tracts with him they would be sued
and made to pay heavy damages,
claiming that William Sells was not
his proper name. This is the allegation
on which the suit is based Willie
Sells, as he is Familiarity called, says
he has no other way of making a Iiveli-
hood than in the show business and he
claims that Peter and Lewis Sells by
their actions have almost ruined his
chances of securing good contracts in
his profession.
hot 7uT7 IAp ravETea 7AH
him in the sum OF S150,000 and that the
cost of the suit be added.
The reason the suit was filed yester-
day was because a chance would be
had to obtain service on the two Sells
brothers. The Sells Brothers & Fore
paugh circus played last night at Man
haitian. Today it shows at HoltOn. 1t
was known that the Rock Island would
haul the circus through Topeka some
time during the night. A man was
deputized with the especial mission of
serving the summons on Peter ana
Lewis Sells as they arrived in the city
The circus train arrived in the Rock
Island yards about one o'clock and the
deputy went to the sleeping car in
which the Sells brothers were riding.
He called for them but was told they
were asleep and could not be seen. He
insisted saying he was an old friend
and must see them on business Final
" the Sells brothers appeared at the
car door and the summons was read
to them The air was blue for few
minutes The deputy left the car feei-
ing that he had accomplished mission
which was hard and uncertain in exc
cutiOn.
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IN PULLMAN CARS
The Sick Soldiers at Chicka-
mauga Park
Will Be Sent Home In the MOsC
Comfortable Manner.
A HOSPITAL TRAIN
From Philadelphia Especially
Provided
For Conveying Pennsylvania
Men From Camp.
HOSPITAL TRAIN

Chickamauga Park, Aug. 18.-The
First Vermont regiment is expected to
break camp and leave Chickamauga
for FIT. Ethan Allen, VT, tomorrow
morning. The men have about COM
pIeted their arrangements and all their
baggage is aboard cars The SICK OF
the regiment, Al in all, are en- route
home on Pullman cars. Colonel Mlmms
who has been sick for some time has
so far recovered as to be able to re
sumo command.
The sick soldiers of the Pennsylvania
regiments are to be sent home in first
class style. The excelIently arranged
hospital train from Philadelphia will
arrive here tonight and the sick men,
about 125 in all, will be put aboard to-
morrow morning. The train will leave
for Pennsylvania tomorrow afternoon
The seats have been taken from the
coaches and comfortable beds placed in
their places. The officers Of the regi-
ments think the plan Of sending the
sick home Will save number of lives
Major Frederick R. BOStWick, OF the
staff of the paymaster general, arrived
today from Atlanta, where he has been
stationed for some time. He comes
to assist in the work of paying Oft dis
charged enlisted men and officers on
detached service.
A J. WEIGH chief clerk in the railway
mail service in this division, has been
ordered to proceed to Lexington, KY,
to arrange to furnish mail facilities to
the soldiers to be encamped there. No
orders have yet been received for either
the First or Second divisions Of the
First corps to move.
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The conditions at Santiago are caus-
ing a great deal of uneasiness and it is
believed that more troops will be or
dered there very soon. Already orders
have been issued directing the Fifth
regular infantry, now at Tampa, to pro-
ceed at once to Santiago. Inquiries
have been made as to the condition of
the immune regiments which have not
yet sailed with a view of sending them
to Santiago. The government intends
to take vigorous measures to preserve
the peace and keep order in Santiago
and the territory under United States
control The emphatic orders issued to
Gen. Lawton a few Gays ago will be
followed by orders sending sufficient
disciplined troops to enable him to car
ry out the instructions of the secretary.
As further step in this direction, the
president today directed that the Twen-
ty-third Kansas regiment, coIored, be
sent to Santiago, to form army of oc-
cupation Of Cuba. The Kansans had
rendered their services for this purpose
and had urged acceptance which Presi-
dent Mckinley and Secretary Alger
finally agreed to today, after a confer
ence with Representative Curtis of
Kansas. It was decided also to send
the Twentieth Kansas to Manila should
additional troops be asked for by Gen.
Merritt The Twentieth is now at San
Francisco
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One day in the early spring there was
particularly noisy fuss at the Pease
home. Scuffiing was heard and Pease
was seen to run out of the house and
across the street to the home of A. E.
EngstrOm a stone mason who lives on
the opposite corner. He had cylin-
der of a revolver in his hand and showed
ing it to Mr. EngstrOm he stated that
he had taken it away from his wife,
who had attempted to do both him and
herself injury. He asked Engstrom
possible when he was away as he
feared she would do herself injury.
For a week prior to the time he left
Topeka Pease refratned from making
any trouble at his home. The statement
that he left here six weeks ago was a
mistake He left this city on March
13, and two of his sons accompanied
him to the Santa Fe depot where he
presumably took the train for Kansas
City He told his family that he had
business in Kansas City and from there
fornia to secure work, but in the event
he decided to go to California he would
stop in Topeka on his way. That was
the last heard or seen of him. He took
along paper and envelopes for the pur-
pose of writing home, but no word of
any kind was ever received from him.
Pease did not enjoy good health pri-
or to leaving Topeka, and Mrs. Pease
says she believes his brain was slowly
giving aWay Her entire theory of his
disappearance is that his mind gradu-
uaIly became more and more unbalan-
ced, and that after leaving here it
became a blank and he was unable to
govern his actions or tell people any
thing about himself
After being absent before for II DAYS
without letting his family know of his
whereabout he said when he returned
that he was at work 90 miles south of
here. On investigation Mrs. Peese af-
terward found he had been in Pueblo
Colo. This was about a year ago af-
ter his return from California.
Mrs. Pease is a small woman about
As years of age She married Pease,
who was 40 years of age. in Pennsyl-
yania- She is well thought of among
her neighbors
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A SPANISH OUTRAGE.
They Massacre Eighty Porto
Ricans in a Cathedral.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug 1S.-Reports
are coming in from all directions of
outrages committed within the Spanish
lines. Doubtless many of these are ex-
aggerated, but the rumors of a massa-
ere at GALES are confirmed.
Some of the natives there took
refuge in the belfry of the cathedral
and fired on the Spanish troops, but
they were overpowered and macheted
to the number of eighty.
Battery N, of the Seventh regiment
under Captain McComb, was unable to
proceed along the mountain trail with
General Henry, and having lost a gun
and six horses over a precipice, return
ed here.
The health of the troops is steadily
improving. The typhoid fever brought
from Camp A1ger and Chickamauga. is
of a mild type and is fast disappearing
Strict sanitation is being forced with
the gratifying result that sickness has
decreased from ten to three per cent.
TOday's report show only 440 sick in
hospital quarters out of a total com
mand of $4,000. Most of these cases are
climatic complaints.
The army is being reVaccinated.
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TOLD BY MERRITT.
Official Report of the Capture
of Manila.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-The war de-
partment has received the following:
Hong Kong, Aug. 1S.-Adjutant Cen
eral Washington:
Manila, Aug. 13.-On 7th instant Ad-
rniral Dewey Joined me in 4S hour nOti-
fcation to Spanish commander to re-
move non-comb batants from city. Same
date reply received reply expressing
thanks for human sentiments and stat
ing Spanish without places of refuge
for on-combatants now within walled
town On 9Th instant sent joint note
inviting attention to suffering in store
for sick and nom combatants in case 1t
became our duty to reduce the defenSes,
also setting forth hopeless conditions OF
Spanish forces surrounded on all sides,
fleet in front, no prospect of reinforce
ments, and demanded surrender as due
to every consideration of humanity:
same date received reply admitting
their situation, but stating council Of
defense declares request for surrender
cannot be granted, but offered to con-
suit government If time was granted
necessary for communication via Hong
Kong. Joint note in reply declining.
On the 18th joined with navy in at
tack with following result:
After about half an hours accurate
shelling of Spanish lines, Mac Arthur's
brigade on right, and Green's on left,
under Anderson, made vigorous attack
and carried Spanish works. Loss not
accurately known, about so in all. Be
havior of troops excellent, cooperation
of the navy most valuable. Troops ad-
vanced rapidly on walled city, upon
which white flag shown and town cap
ituated. Troops occupy Malate, BIZ
nondo, walled city San Miguel All cen
ters protected. Insurgents kept cut. no
disorder or pillage.
MERRITT.
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23RD TO SANTIAGO
And the goth Kansas May Yet
Go to Manila.

Was hington, Aug. Dispatches of
import ance were received and consider
ed at the war department today. I'm
media5ely, after the arrival Of secre-
tary Alger at the department, he had
consultation with General Corbin and
denied himself to visitors.
The conference was a prOtracted one.
They were considering dispatches re
ceived from Gen. Merritt and from San
tiago 1t is understood that Gen. Mer-
ritt's dispatches were not of disquiet-
ing nature, although the conditions to
be faced in the Philippines are giving
the deI artment considerable concern.
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KILLED AT MANILA.
American Losses in the Fight
ing Before the Surrender.

San Francisco, Aug. ia special to
the Examiner from Manila of August
IA, gives the following names Of those
killed during the fighting which preced-
ed the occupation of that city:
John Dunsmore, First California
Edward O'NeiI, First California
Augustus Tohlen, Twenty-third reg
ulars.
Archie Patterson, Thirteenth Mime
sofa
William Lewis, Nebraska regiment.
Robert Mccain, Fourteenth regulars.
Samuel Howell, Fourteenth regulars.
Among the seriously wounded are:
Captains o. Seebach and T. BjOrn-
stead of the Thirteenth Minnesota
Captain Richarter of the First Cali
fornia, wounded in first attack of Ma
nila. died on August 4.
Charles Winfield of the Third regulars
died on the ID
George Perkins of California died on
the 7th of pneumonia.
William Robinson Of the hospital
corps died of typhoid.
New York, Aug. 18.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Camp Dewey August
6, via Hong Kong, says:
The Spaniards renewed the attack on
the American Outworks last night. The
trenches were occupied by battalion
each of the Fourteenth and Twenty
third regulars and the Nebraska vol
unteers, the latter holding the extreme
right and a company Of regulars the
extreme left.
They returned the Spanish fire, and
hot firing lasted half an hour. The
American losses were chiefly from
Shells
The killed:
Howell, S. r, private. COMPANY. D.
fourIeenth regular infantry.
Mccain, private, Company c. Four
teenth regular infantry
Saur, C., private, Company F, Twen-
ty-third regular infantry.
The wounded:
There We're eleven wounded, four of
them seriously.
Head. Claude F., Company G. First
Nebraska, shot in abdomen.
OConnOr, D J, private Companv d
Fourteenth infantry, shot in thigh
Lambert. Clinton, Company r. -Four
teenth infantry, shot in chest
snow, Lucius, Company d FO11r-
teenth infantry. shot in les
1here was a heavy artillery duel this
mo morning the Utah artillery replying
with a spirited fire to the S1ayiSb
guns, finally landing a shell near +ba
powder house. q 'li9
This must have disabled the guns
as the Spanish fire ceased inra7i.s3oiI- = oli-7
Corporal Ernest Dozier. of tba sie1oi
corps, has been promoted to a sa,e-e-1t 80
by General Green for distinguished e-a1-
lantry on the field during the ba5T--
artillery fire last night A te1eora15
line in the trenches was broken -
Dozier repaired it enabling cOmnn11Ti-
cation to be maintained with head
quarters at a critical moment.
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is 1T PEASE &?
The Body Identified at Arkan-
sas City by Young Pease
As That of His Father, Not Yet
Accepted
AS SUCH BY A. O. q. W.
Will Have to Pay So 900 InSUr-
ance if 1t Is.
History of Pease's Quarrels
With His Wife.

For two years prior to the time he
disappeared from this city o. H. Pease,
the Santa Fe carpenter of Parkdale,
repeatedly accused his wife of attempt
ing to poison him.
Six months prior to his disappearance
he accused her of being false to him
and asked several of his neighbors to
watch her.
During the entire two years family
quarrels in the Pease household were
of common occurrence, resulting from
his suspicious of his wife's actions
These suspicious, it appears, were en-
tireIy unfounded.
These are the essential facts con-
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WILL NOW UNLOAD
The Transport Vfgilancia Comes
Into Port
After Sailing Around For
Three Months
LOADED WITH RATION
And Trying to Catch Up With
the Second Massachusetts,.
The Supplies on Board Have
Not Been Touched.

New York, Aug. 1S-The United
States transport Vigilancia arrived to-
day and is held at quarantine for dis
infection. The Vigilancia is loaded with
supplies which she has carried for a
long time.
A large consignment of rations was
put on board for the Second Massa-
chusetts when the Spanish fleet was
supposed to be near the New England
coast. This rumOr was dispelled and
the Second Massachusetts having gone
south by rail, none of the rations was
used. The Vigilancia was ordered to
Tampa where a lot of hay and oats
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STARTS HOME
Dewey Consented to His LeaV-
ing Manila.

Berlin, Aug. 1S.-A dispatch from
Hong Kong dated August IS and evil
IDENTIFY official, says:
The Kaiserin Augusta, which left Ma
nila with dispatches from Admiral Won
Diederichs after the fall of the city,
will return there today. Gen. August
and his family arrived on board the
cruiser. Admiral Won Diederichs at the
request of Gen. August gave them pas
sage by an arrangement with the
American commander-in-chief. Gen.
August has left Hong Kong en- route
for Spain.
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ORDERS TO MERRITT.
Text of the Message the Presi-
dent Caused to Be Sent.

Washington, Aug. 18.-The war de-
partment today made public the order
sent to General Merritt last evening
regarding the occupation of the city of
Manila by the American forces. The
order follows:
Adjutant Generals Office, Washington.
D. C., August II, 1898
Major General Merritt, Manila
The president directs that there must
be no joint occupation with the insur-
gents. The United States in the pos
session of Manila city, Manila bay and
harbOr, must preserve the peace ana
protect persons and personal property
within the territory occupied by their
military and naval forces The 1nsur-
gents and all others must recognize the
the United States and the cessation Of
hostilities proclaimed by the president.
Use whatever means in your judgment
are necessary to this end. All law
abiding people must be treated alike.
By order Secretary of War,
H. c. CORBIN
Adjutant General
The officials of the department hope
there may be no trouble with the insur-
gent forces in the Philippines although
the dispatches which have been receiv-
ed and published in the press together
with the demands of AguinaIdo for
Joint occupation has indicated a temper
on the part of the insurgent leaders
which is not satisfactory.
The text of the presidents order can
not be misunderstood and the insur-
gents will be kept out of Manila, and
the city, bay and harbor will be held
as an American possession The possi-
bility of an attack on the city by the
insurgent forces has been considered
but as the insurgents with the bay in
possession of Admiral Dewey for three
months and 10, 600 American troops near
the city for a month past were unable
to cause the surrender of the city it is
not believed that they will be very
formidable against the forces of Gen.
Merritt.
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LEE FOR SENATOR.
The General Announces His
Candidacy in Virginia.

Washington, Aug. 18-The Post says:
General Fitzhugh Lee will enter the
senatorial race in Virginia This an
neuncement can be made without any
qualification. 1t is authorized by Gen
era1 Lee himself. who dictated +ba fol-
lowing statement to q. representative Of
the Post:
Upon being asked the question as to
his future intentions and appreciating
the interest felt in the matter through
out Virginia, General Lee said: 'I
shall be a candidate for United States
SENATOR"
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MUST SPEAK ENGLISH.
Spanish Peace Commissioners VIII
Need No Interpreter.

New York, Aug. 18.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Madrid says:
The Philippine colony in Madrid has Pc
dtioned for the authorization of the gov
ernment for the expulsion of the religious
communities from the Philippines as
sine quo non.
The government has made a special or
der that the members OF the peace COM
mission shall speak English and that the
commissioners for the evacuation of Cuba
and Porto Rico shall be nominated from
military men.
Ell Liberal says that when peace is sign
ed by Spain the perturbation there will
give plenty of subject of interest, not eX-
Guiding EurOpean eOmplicatiOn.
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Tobacco Cron R.nined.

Lancaster, Pa, Aug. 1S.-A series Of
terrific electrical storms accompanied
by high wind and heavy rain passed
over this county last night, doing great
damage. Hail in some sections cut and
riddled the tobacco, most Of which
was almost ready to cut, running the
crop. Several barns were struck by
lightning and burned.
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and secured employment in an electric
light works there
He wrote to his family regularly and
in his letters stated-that he was en-
loving better health than he had ever
en1oyed in Kansas. Finally he wrote
his wife asking her to sell the home in
this city and remove to California, stat
ing that he preferred to live in that
state But this Mrs. Pease refused to
do, and shortly afterWard Pease re-
turned to. Topeka
Almost as soon as he returned Pease
seemed to become suspicious of his wife
He startled her and the entire family
one morning at breakfast by declaring
that he believed she had put poison in
his coffee and refused to drink it. For
several days he went about the house
without speaking to his wife. After
that it became common for him to re-
peat the accusation.
Mrs. Pease says she believes that
while working in the electric light
works in California, his BRAIN already
weakened by the sunstroke, may have
been affected by the electricity, and the
fear that she was attempting to poison
him was the hallucination of an un-
balanced mind.
Mrs. Pease naturally became fndig-
nant at the accusations of her husband
and family jars resulted. The children
sided with their mother, and life did
not prove altogether a pleasure for the
Topeka carpenter.
Other Accusations.
One day in the midst of a row Pease
accused his wife of being false to him.
AfterWard he visited some of the
neighboring houses and asked the
neighbors to watch her as he felt suspi-
cious of her. The neighbOrs state that
he did not act as deranged man.
None of them believed his suspicious
of his wife's actions had any ground and
some Indignantly told him that he
should be ashamed of himself.