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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
NEW LEASE OF LIFE.
Wet Season Is Causing Insurgents to
Become More Aggressive-Are
Harassing Troops.

MANILA, May IS, S p. m.-The approach
of the wet season finds the insurrection
seemingly taking new lease of life. All
along the American lines the rebels are
showing more aggressive activity, in their
guerrilla style, than at any time before
since the fall of Malolos. They keep the
United States troors IN the trenches. sleep
ing in their clothing and constantly on The
alert against dashes upon our outposts,
and they make life warm for the American
garrisons in the towns.
The bands of General Luna and General
Mascardo, which retreated toward Iarlac
when they feared they would be caught
between General Macarthur and General
1awton, have returned in force to their old
trenches around San Fernando, where
there are daily collisions.
Opposite our lines on the south protect
ing Manila, all the way around to San
Pedro Macau, the Fillpinos have three
rows of trenches most of the distance.
Reports from prisoners indicate that the
insurgents construe the peace negotiations
TO mean that the Americans have had
enough of nghting. The Fiiipinos are en-
couraged by the belief that the Americans
are preparing for an interval of inactivity
during the wet season.
This period IS sure TO be followed by some
suffering. Thousands of acres of land that
were under cultivation last year have not
been plowed this year, and the government
VIII probably be obliged to feed thousands,
just at IL fed the Cubans.
Friendly natives, amigos, continue to pour
routes coming from the territory of the
insurrection into the country where the
passage OF the two armies has left no food,
and practically throwing themselves upon
the charity of their conquerors. Such able
bodied men are not in the Filipino ranks
have been kept by the insurgent leaders to
dig trenches, and old men, women and
children form the mass of the refugees.
These are doing some plowing, but they
will be confronted by hunger before they
can realize any subsistence from their
crops. The United States army has or
ganized system of distributing rice at
Malolos and some of the smaller towns
where Filipino stores were captured, but
the latter will soon be exhausted.
The United States transport Morgan City,
which arrived here from San Francisco
with 600 recruits for various regiments,
sailed to-day for Iloilo with the troops.
AS il was impossible to take 10 Spain the
remains of the Spanish general, Montero
who was fatally wounded in a recent en-
gagement with the Fiipinos in the island of
Mindanao. and who died while being
brought here from Zamboanga on the
transport Leon XIII, 1t was decided that
the interment should take place in Manila
The funeral took place to-day, hundreds of
Spanish soldiers and civilians attending the
services in the Cathedral and following the
cortege to the grave with wreaths and
flags.
The Spanish papers declare that Montero
was victim of the Spanish government s
neglect.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
LONDON STOCK MARKET.
Business of the Past Week Was Flat
and Movement in Prices
Jnimportanf.

LONDON. May 2S.-Business of the Stock
exchange last week was fiat. and the move
ment in prices unimportant. The fear of
dearer money caused weakness in consols.
which closed at 10s3i. the lowest figure this
year.
Americans were decidedly weak and much
neglected. Prices were irregular, though
they closed steady.
Among the increases were iAtchson To-
peka 6, Santa Fe preferred, which rose y
point; Deliver & Rio Grande consolidated.
Y: Baltimore * Ohio, X; New York Cen
tral. Il; Reading gold x; Reading common.
y; Missouri Kansas & Texas, is, and Nor
folk * Western common, II.
Among the decreases were Erie preferred,
which fell u point: Union Pacific preferred
u; Central Pacific IS; Pennsylvania. u ;
Erie common. u: Wabash debentures, 4
Chesapeake & Ohio. u. Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul, X; Denver & Rio Grande ordi-
nary. x; Louisville & Nashville, x; Ontario
G. Western, Il: Norfolk Ss Western pre-
ferred. X. and Union Pacific common, a.
There was renewed demand for bond is
sues for dealings during the current week
Money was scarce, the rate until Monday
being from to ~ per cent. and on three
months bills from 2 7-i6 to 2k per cent.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
CHATTED WITH ROYALTY.
gress Pleasantly Received by
the Kaiser and Queen.

BERLIN. May 2s.-Fifty-six delegates
who had attended the tuberculosis con-
gress, whose proceedings came TO an end
here yesterday. were presented at noon
to-day to Emperor William and Empress
Augusta Victoria. at Potsdam Two rep
resentatives were selected from each dele
CATION for the presentation. DR.. J. {.
Boyd, of the United States naval medical
corps. and DR.. Won Schweinitz, repre-
senting the United States
There were no speeches. The Duke of
Ratibor made the introductions TO their
maJesties. Emperor William chatted
pleasantly with each delegate and received
most agreeable impression manifestIy
from the American delegates, of whom he
made special inquiries regarding sanitaria
for tuberculosis in the United States. His
majesty expressed regret at the tendency
10 denude the United States Of forests
After the emperor and empress had with
drawn, a collation. was served. following
which the delegates returned 20 Berlin
where they arrived at o'clock
Yesterday they were entertained by Mrs
Andrew ID. White. wife af the United
States ambassador to Germany, who was
assisted by John B. Jackson, secretary to
the embassy.
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indicating that he had been captured and

indicating that he had been captured and
killed after his capture.
The successful campaign against Mari
Quina, to protect the water works, is set
forded of what at the time appeared Ia
have been a check experienced by the
advancing American forces. General Hale
tells how his troops had been eNcellently
placed. and stopped the advance because
of the approach of darkness, this deciding
them to remain where they were until
morning.
General Hale then says:
Lieutenant A. p. Hayne. California
heavy artillery, who had voluntarily ac-
companied Major Goodale as aide, express
ing desire to return TO the city, wds
10 the department commander with
grossly exaggerated report OF the situation.
on the strength of which the department
commander directed the withdrawal of the
battalion. Captain krayenbuhl and Lieu
tenant Perry, of the brigade staff with
carrying two canteens of water per man,
with larger supply on cart, were there
fore dispatched TO the relief of the Twenty
third battalion
AN orderly was sent to the water works
to notify Colonel StotZenburg of the with
drawal of this covering force on his left
So that he could take other means for pro-
lection. 1t was found that the report was
practically groundless. that the position
was strong one. and that there vas no
firing and no apparent danger, and that Ma
jor Goodale WAS reluctant to withdraw es-
pecially al night. They therefore left the
platoon there and returned. Lieutenant
Perry reporting the facts to the department
commander. who authorized me to leave
the battalion where 1t and proceed
according TO my best Judgment in the
morning: This was about $50 a. m, Feb
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
EMULATED STEVE BR0DIE.
Howard Kretz, an Art Student, Jump.
From the Brooklyn Bridge
Into East River.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-Howard Kretz, a
young man about % years of age, who says
he is an art student of the Academy of
Design in this city, made startling and
successful jump from the Brooklyn bridge
just before dusk this evening and came
out of the river uninjured.
Just before o'clock Kretz boarded a
trolley car bound for Brooklyn. 1t was an
open one and affoyded all the advantages
which he was looking for. When the troll
ley reached point about 100 yards from
the first arch, near the highest point of the
span, Kretz leaped from the car and like
a fash vaulted over the high railing. He
took no time TO steady himself for per-
pendicular drop and swung some distance
an upright position. The passengers jump
ed from the car and peered through the
railing. while hundreds of persons on the
promenade tried to get a glimpse of the
fgure. kretz body flashed through the
air almost in a perpendicular streak. He
struck the water. foot first, cleaving it
seconds and then shot up into view again,
only to disappear for the second time. The
waters had hardly closed over him when
he reappeared and Immediately struck out
strongly for the New York shore.
One OF the deckhands on the steamer
Vulcan. which was coming down the East
river at the time, saw KretZ flash through
the air and disappear in the water: The
deckhand gave the alarm and the Vulcan
was headed for the young man, who was
by this time swimming. line was
thrown TO KretZ and he was hauled
aboard the freighter, which Immediately
put in for her dock in the East river on
the New York side.
When taken on the Vulcan KretZ placed
his hands on his abdomen, as If in pain,
but when the boat reached her dock kretz
sprang from the boat onto the wharf. He
was at once taken into custody and hur-
ried to the Hudson street hospital Not
the slightest injury was found on his per-
son, but he was suffering from shock.
He was detained on the charge of at
tempting suicide.
Kretz is about five feet. eight inches tall
and weighs about $40 pounds. He lives in
this CITY. He said he had been reading a
book on theosophy, and that he wanted to
demonstrate that a man, by exercising his
will power, could do anything he wished
without injury to himself.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
COMMISSIONERS AT WORK.
sites in the Choctaw Nation
at Once,

VINITA. I. T.. May 2S.-S. NJ. Johnson
and j. ]. Starritt have just begun their
official duties in the territory. One is the
commissioner for the Choctaw Indian reser-
vation and the other for the Chickasaw
reservation The first duty OF the COM
mission is to lay out. survey, and plat the
town sites within the Choctaw nation hav
ing a population of 200 or over The plats
must be submitted to the secretary of the
interior for his approval, and must show
the name of the owner of the improvements
on each lot, their value and character.
When the plats are approved the commits
sioners must appraise the value of the lots
exclusive of the improvements. When this
value has been fixed the owner of the i'm
provemcnts must pay the amount so fixed
In three annual installments to the Indian
agent nearest his property. II the owner
of the improvements does not file applica-
tion to purchase the lot on which his i'm
provement is located within sixty days the
commissioners will proceed to sell the lots
and improvements at auction to the highest
bidder. All lots on which no improvements
exist are not to be appraised but simply
sold at auction. The only property cX-
empt is that on which actual work is being
done on mining claims 1t is pointed out
that the commissioners have almost unim-
tied power.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
DELEGATES UNANIMOUS.
There Is No Anti-MckinIey Wing of
the Republican Party I'm Ohio
This Year.

CINCINNATI, May 2S-The unusual in
terest in the Republican state convention
at Columbus this week Is due to its indi-
| rect effect on President Mckinley next
year, well as to its direct effects on
state factions and contendng candidates
this year. In the earlier skirmishing there
was talk of the possibility of a state ad-
ministration that would use its power to Sc
cure an anti-McKinley delegation from
Ohio to the Republican national convention
next year. Since all but four of the eighty
eight counties have selected delegates, it
is found that about the only thing the dele
gates are unanimous upon Is the indorse-
ment of the national administration. All
the candidates for other places on the state
ticket as well az those for governor have
had strong resolutions adopted in their
| counties for their delegates to indorse the
national administration. Even the kurtz>
Standardization element announce that
they are not against Mckinley, but that
they are against Hanna and any candidate
favored by Hanna.
1t is still claimed by some that the re-
suit of the convention this week may de-
termine what kind of a Mckinley delega.
ton will be sent from Ohio to the Repub-
lican national convention next year. 1t is
conceded that much depends upon the COM
far as both this. year and next year are
concerned. Cuyahoga county, the home of
Senator Hanna. has fifty-eight delegates
and leads the list of contests with three
different delegations. Hamilton county, the
home of Senator Foraker has the largest
delegation, eiShty-siN votes and it also has
! q dissenting delegation as well as the one
| mass convention will be held here to-
| morrow night to protest against the man
ner in which the Cox delegation was select
ed and to select eishty-six contestants, yet
no members of the county committee will
participate in it and it is thought that the
Hamilton county contest, as we'll as some
others. will be disposed of on prima facie
evidence irreguarly. Such will not be the
case with the contestants from Adams. AL
len. Cuyahoga, High@nd and Prebble coun-
| ties, involving almost 100 votes. out Of a
total of Sl3, and possibly a balance Of
power
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST.
Action of the Wisconsin COngressmen
in Supporting Henderson Causes
Surprise in WashinEton

WASHINGTON. May 2s-(Special) The
action of the Wisconsin delegation sup
porting General Henderson for speaker,
created no little surprise here. 1t had gen.
orally been estimated that Hopkins would
show strength in the northwest and Hem
derson would lead off In the southwest,
taking in Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas
But the turn of affairs in Wisconsin makes
II clear that Babcock is taking an active
hand and his strength in the northwest has
always been urderestimated. He has a
faculty of getting things and after the
work has been done some people wonder
how II all happened.
1t is believed that an effort is being made
TO consolidate the northwest for Henderson
and this to be relied upon as his positive
and aggressive strength. To this he will
try and get enough to lead any other West
ern candidate and then in the interest of
the West insist he be given the solid sup
port of the West.
Mr.. Sherman remains in position to do
business with the second man in the West
ern contest Should Hopkins turn up sec
ond, then Sherman can see him and care
for his friends and committees and should
the squirt made by Henderson in Wisconsin
be overcome and he be made second, Sher-
man can arrange to care for his friends.
Thus 1t Is that Sherman is simply waiting
to find out who to do business with in the
West
The only thing the Sherman forces fear
is union between Henderson and Hop
kns They are being referred to the two
"H's'' and this would make trouble.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
VICTIM OF TREACHERY.
Natives of Negros IsIand-Cap-
tain TilIey Missing.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-General Gree
ly to-day received a cablegram from Major
Thompson at Manila, reporting that a party
landing for the repair of the cable at Es-
calante, island of Negros. had been treach-
erously attacked by natives, that Captain
George E. Tilley, signal corps, is missing,
and that the worst is feared.
Tilley's services in the Philippines have
been marked by such ability. courage and
zeal that his superiors placed him in the
foremost rank of subordinate officers.
The cable operations referred to are not
those of the signal corps, but of the East
ern Extension Gable Company that has
been permitted TO repair and replace cer>
tain cables in the Visayan islands. Tilley
doubtless accompanied the expedition as
the representative Of the United States.
the supervision of all telegraph lines and
cables being a part of his duties.
No other casualties in the signal corps
have been as yet reported in this eXpedi-
ton. Tilley was appointed from California
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
NEBRASKANS FIRED FIRST.
General Irving Hale Officially Relates
Incidents Preceding Beginning
of Active Operations.

WASHINGTON, May 2S-The war de-
partment has made public report from
General Irving Hale who commanded the
Second brigade, Second division of the
Eighth army corps, at Manila. upon the
stirring events between the nights of Feb
ruary and ., there. This division was
quartered in the vicinity of the water
works, and a portion of it, the Nebraska
regiment, fred the first shots that began
the active fighting with the insurgents
General Hale tells the story of the oper-
ations Of his command with great precise
ness and military minuteness.
He says he received his first information
OF the outbreak along the front of the Ne
braska regiment through the lucky hearing
by one of his operators of part of a tele-
graph dispatch that was passing over the
wires from Colonel Stotsenberg, to diyi-
ginning Of the difficulty with the insur-
gents agrees in every respect with the
Macarthur, and he adds that mis- own
troops did not begin firing until the in
sursent firing had been going on for some
time.
The first opportunity that The United
States troops had to test the real qualities
of the insurgents appears to have been
Sampoloo cemetery. Here, says General
Hale, the First Colorado regiment made
a charge in fine style, rushing and halting
alternately in case the enemy fire became
too strong. When half way TO the block
house the insurgents broke from the earth
works, bushes and houses in surprising
numbers and ran for the hills, the Amer
leans picking them off they ran. Thirty
lve were gathered up in the immediate
vicinity. twenty-four dead and eleven
wounded. This movement broke the in
surCcnt center and showed that they
could not stand a charge Therefore, the
tactics were repeated and other charges
were made by other regiments of the COM
mand with like gallantry and success. the
Tennessee and South Dakota troops being
commended among others.
General Hale speaks in one portion of the
report OF finding the body of Assistant
Surgeon Young. of the Utah battery, with
. powder-stained bullet hole in his head,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
CRAFTY CUBANs NOW JINGLE UNCLE
SANS COIN.
THIRTY SELL THEIR "H0N0R"
MANY APPLIED WHO WERE NOT ON
THE ROLLS.
Names of Dead Men and Dummy Pa
triOt's Uncovered on the Official
List Given by Cunning Mar
plots-Extra Pay Rolls
Necessary.

HAVANA, May 2S.-There were Iii appli-
cantS to-day for shares in the 5000 600
which the United States has offered as
sratuity to the Cuban troops Thirty were
given SO each. The others were not on the
rolls, although they Lad guns which they
were ready to turn in, and certificates OF
service.
The United States military authorities
consider that the rolls are very unreliable.
Indeed, the opinion is freely expressed that
a large proportion of the names are iicti-
tious, and that the rolls omit a ma jority
of the names of those rightly entitled to
share in the gratuty. The object of this,
apparently, is to discredit the entire pro-
cfedinSs and to show the Cuban public that
"A large number of the troops refused to
take American money.
Lieutenant Colonel George NJ. Randall. of
the Eighth United States infantry. the COM
missioner experimenting the distribution
here, went carefully over the rolls of one
battalion with its commandant. He pointed
out thirty-four names of men who are dead
and names of others who had not been
heard of outside the rolls.
OF those paid to-day twenty-five turned
in arms-Mausers, Remingtons and car
bnes. The other five showed receipts from
the alcalde vouching for the delivery of
their arms.
me payment Will continue uhtli noon To-
morrow in Havana city, but Colonel Ran
dali says it will be necessary to have addi-
tional days after a while here and extra
paSroiis 1or men VINO nave uiiuouotediS
seen service. lie also neneVes mat were
the payment TO De continued IN hdVara LOT
the next three DAYS AT least 'p per cent oi
those entitled to Apply "oulo 90 So MOST
OF those VINO received shares 'o-uas assert
ed that tneS only hedra ps acciueh' 'iid'
the distribution was now actually taxing
place
CoIouo1 Randau will, send tn Senior Per-
III ~ arr,r
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
DEMENTED MoNTANANs REACH Ma
TIoNAL CAPITAL.
FOUGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES
SAY OTIS DROVE AMERICANS INTO
ENEMY's CAMP.
Declare He Prohibited Discharged
Soldiers From Engaging In BUS
mess During Their Stay in
Islands. and Made Rem
esades of Many.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-(Speciai) Eight
discharged Montana soldiers who served in
the Philippine campaign are in the city.
Three of them are in the hands of phys
icians. one being hopelessly insane.
These men relate some incidents in con-
nection with the war that have not been
published.
They say that General Otis issued an or
der prohibiting any discharged soldiers
from engaging in business during their
stay in the islands. AS result, they as
sert. a number of Americans who were
dishonorsbly discharged for some miscon-
duct or other. finding themselves stripped
of all means of support and unable to re-
turn TO their homes. joined the insurgent
army and were among the most stubborn
fighters the FiIipinos possessed. They
would occasionally appear on the picket
line of their former comrades at night and
exchange threats, but as a general thing
they were made a target for American
sharpshooters and quite a number of them
were killed. But nothing was said about
II publicly.
General Otis finally offered them return
passage home and a good many left the
insurgents to go back to the United States.
In consequence of this and other orders,
the Montana men declare, General Otis is
not popular with the troops. Many of the
men in the Western regiments in the Phil
ippines are Germans, and they are sore
over the talk of a British alliance.
The men now here corroborate the re-
port of the terrible losses of the Filipinos.
They say the slaughter was frightful, the
natives firing at random by holding their
guns above their heads when pulling the
trigger. they remaining in the trenches un>
til the Americans are fairly upon them
and then RIM
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
THEIR GUNS WILL ROAR.
ipnte in Inauguration Ceremonies
of Rhody'a Governor.

NEY YORK, May 2S-The ships of the
North Atlantic squadron-the cruiser New
York and the battleships Texas, Indiana
and Observation-Disclosures Sampson COM
manding sailed at Z o'clock tonight for
Newport, r. l.
The squadron is expected TO reach New
port some time tomorrow and on Tuesday
will take part in the Inauguration cere-
monies OF the governor of Rhode Island
The squadron will use Newport as the
base of the summer Inn eooiutions and will
feet will visit the cities on the New En-
gland coast, putting into Boston harbor
short time before Bunker Hill day.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-29
JONES DECLARED INNOCENT.
Jury Decides That He Is Not Guilty
of the Charge of Kid
napinE.

MUSKOGEE, l. T., May 2s-(Spacial)
William Jones, nephew of Deputy Marshal
Jones, who was last convicted in the Sem
mole kidnapping cases, was, after a nights
by the jury, declared to be in
nocent of the charge of kidnapping. He is
the third of the thirty defendants to be
tried and first to be acquitted, his uncle,
Marshal Jones, and Preacher having been
found guilty. Jones was defended by ].
Warren Reed. The court will Tomorrow
proceed with the trial of the other cases.