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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-11-17
FRISCO LINE.
81. Louis QDd Son FTQRciSCD
Railroad Company.

Take the most popular route to ST :.
Louis and all points East, Kansas
City and all poip:s North and West.
Santa Fe trains make close connec-
tions at Oklahoma City and Wichita
for all points on the Frisco Line.
St. Louis and Kansas City Mail and
Express leaving Oklahoma City $50
l. m daily. arrives in st Louis the
follow morning at 7:25, making
close connections with all trains for
the east. Train No I leaving St
Louis at 900 p. NJ. daily, arrives at
Oklahoma City 600 p. IN. the follow
iJg evening. Through reclining
chair cars free without charge, also
Pullman palace sleepers from Okla
homa City to st. Louis and Kansas
City, etc.
Further information will he cneer-
fully given by the nearest Agent OF
b. f. DUNN, District Pass. Agt. !,
Cor. Main st. ana Douglas Ave,
Wichita, Kansas.
BRYAN SNYDER, G. P. A,
st Louis, Mo
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-11-17

BRYAN SNYDER, G P. A,
St Louis, Mo
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
VALUE OF SAMOA ISLANDS
Group Lies on Highway of Commerce
from Orient 10 Central Amer
lean Canal.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The people, pro-
ductions and commercial and strategic i'm
portance OF the Samoan islands are dis
cussed in publication just issued by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics. The islands
lie in an almost direct line between San
Francisco and Australia and slightly south
OF the direct steamship line connecting the
Philippines with the proposed Panama or
Nicaraguan interoceanic canals. Their
special Importance, therefore it is stated
lies more in their position as coaling and
repair stations on these great highways of
commerce rather than in their direct COM
mercial value, their population being small
and their imports and exports of COM
paratively little importance.
The group consists of ten inhabited and
two uninhabited islands, with an area of
LOO square miles and an aggregate popula-
tion, according TO latest estimates of SO 900
people, OF which something over 200 are
British subjects l25 Germans, % Americans,
% French, and 25 of other nationaltties,
while the remainder are natives of the
Polynesian race. The bulk of the popula-
tion is located in the three islands of
Upolou, Savai, and Tutuila; the number
in Upolou being l6 600, in Savaii 70 500. and
in Tutuila, which contains the harbor Of
Pago Pago, ceded to the United States in
1873 for a naval station, 300 The islands
are OF volcanic origin, but fertile, producing
cocoanuts, cotton, sugar and coffee; the
most important, however, being cocoanuts
from which the "copra" of commerce is
obtained by drying the kernel of the cocoa
nut The exportaton of copra from the
Islands in 1896 amounted to l2, 1865, ,9O9 pounds
valued at $23l372. A considerable proper
tion of this was exported to the United
States, and a larger proportion to Germany
whose citizens control its commerce through
trading company which has long been
established there.
In 1896 the imports were S3O4 .159, of which
H7552 came from the United States $40, SOP
from Germany, Sl7,s57 from the Australasian
colonies, E044 from Great Britain and
S2l 9Oi from other countries, The exports in
1896 were s263O47, of which 1921 372 was
COBRA.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
EXACT DATA ABOUT COLONIES
War Offices Direct Departmental
Commanders to Collect Informa-
ton of Interest.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Assistant Sec
retary of War Meiklejohn has promulgated
an order of instructions TO departmental
commanders in Cuba Porto Rico and the
Philippines which, if literally and promptly
carried out, promises to produce the exact
information which the people of the United
States, as well as those of other countries,
are anXiously seeking at this time. All of
the books that have been published upon
the islands named have necessarily been Of
a superficial character, owing largely to the
difficulty OF obtaining exact statistical in
formation of as varied a character as is re-
quired by Secretary Meiklejohns circular Of
instructions.
The order requires the departmental COM
manders to report upon the present civic
conditions in their respective departments.
1t is expected that regimental commanders
will select one or two competent line officers
from each camp or post located in the sew
eral islands to collect the information.
The subjects embraced by the assistant
secretary OF wars circular are the geograph-
ical and physical features of the country,
the latter being accomplished by available
maps, prints and surveys Reports will
also be made upon climate, mineral re-
sources. forests, character and products of
the soil public lands, crops and markets
therefor, transportation facilities, railroads,
available water power, bonded indebtedness,
manufactures and other matters of interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
GRIM WAR ENDS A ROMANCE
kansas Girl Commits Suicide Because
Her Lover Dies on the Field
at NaIoIOs.

CHICAGO. April 1.-The Times Herad's
Wichita, Kan, special says:
Miss Mary Wilson, prominent young So
ciety woman of Augusta, committed suicide
upon learning that Alva Dix her lover had
been killed on the battlefield of Malolos.
Alva Dix was a private in Company G.
Twentieth Kansas volunteers. Before he
enlisted to fight for his country against
Spain he was a prosperous farmer in Will
son county and one of the most popular
young men of his neighborhood He had
been counting Miss Wilson for some time
previous to his enlistment and just before
he joined his regiment became her affianced
lover.
Miss Wilson graduated recently from Vas
sar while her sweetheart was on his way
to the Philippines. Yesterday Miss Wilson
saw her lovers name in the list of the
killed during the fighting before Malolos.
Last night when she retired she wrote a
not TO her father and mother telling them
that she did not caro- to live any longer
since Alva wGs dead and left e. on a table
in her room. Some time during the night
she took morphine and ended her life The
young people were to have been married in
June.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
EASTER SNOW IN THE WEST
Mantle of White Greets W0rshipers
ana Plays Havoc with Fine
Millinery,

CREIGHTON, Neb., April Especial
Telegram.)-It began to snow about o'clock
this afternoon and is stll showing thick
and fast. The prospects are now as fair for
heavy snow as at any time this winter.
Although the wind is from the northeast,
the mercury is falling quite rapidly and at
the present rate will not be far from zero
before morning.
PIERRE, S. D., April Especial Tele-
gram AN Easter snowstorm has been rag
ing here all day with a fall OF about six
inches, which has drfted badly This, in
connection with the snow already on the
ground over this section of the state, will
make II serious for some cattleholders, as
the long period for which winter has held
on here has prevented cattle from grazing
and the hay supply is practically exhausted.
CHAMBERLAIN, 5. D., April 2.-(Spe-
cial Telegram About six inches Of snow
fell today and 1t Is still showing this even
ing. This is the latest snowfall in many
years. The ice in the Missouri river Is still
sufficiently strong for travel and shows no
signs OF an immediate breaking up. This
years breakup will be the latest in the his
tory Of this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
RECENT DEATHS AT MANILA
Fruits of Disease and Bullets Are Re-
ported 10 the War De-
pnrtmcnt.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Following is
General Otis casualty list today:
MANILA, April 2.-Adjutant General,
Washington Following deaths have oc-
Cured since last report:
March %: Thomas f. Whiteside, private,
Company l., First Colorado dysentery.
March 2S; Adolph Kloplen, private. Com
pany A. First North Dakota, drowned, aoci-
dent.
March %: smallpox Pratt, pri-
vate, Company l., Thirteenth Minnesota;
Wallace Bolin, quartermaster sergeant,
Ffty-frst Iowa; Frank A. Partin, private,
Company l. Twenty-third infantry; Nelson
McKellar, private, Company f, First South
Dakota; James o. Stevall, private Company
d. Sixth artillery.
From wounds in artion
March 30: David Campbell, private, Com
pany NJ, First Washington.
March 26: Robert Brown. private, Com
pany G, First Montana; John Miller, pr-
vate, Company |, Twentysecond infantry
William G. Courtney, private, Company b.
First Washington; George II, Fortson, cap
tain. Company b, First Washington.
March 2S: Mat Sumers, private, Com
pany NJ, First Nebraska; Lee Forby, cap
tain, Company C, First Nebraska.
March 81 Charles Preachers, first ser
geant, Company NJ, First South Dakota;
VIII May, private Company l, First South
Dakota; William II. Heasperling, corporal
Company G, Third infantry; Fred II. Whea'
ton, private Company II, First Montana;
Joseph Wall private, Company H. Twentieth
Kansas.
April l: George A. Taylor. private, Com
pany IL, Tenth Pennsylvania. OTIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
WIRE is HUNG ACROSS CUBA
Santiago and Havana Establish Com
municntion-Bandi Descend
Upon Travellers.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, April 2.-The tele
graph line to Havana constructed by the
United States signal corps is completed and
will be opened for commercial messages to-
morrow. Local merchants, however, say
they do not believe the line can be regularly
operated during the rainy season, which
causes great damage.
Five more bandits have been captured,
including Nainon, a noted desperate. The
others who have been nfesting the San Luis
district seem to have removed their opera
tions to the north. A body of armed men
a week ago attacked two Americans in the
neighborhood of Holguin, took their arms
and horses and went still further north to
rob the lighthouse at Gbara.
Colonel Gruble of the Second Immunes
has gone in pursuit The trouble seems to
have grown out of the cessation of public
works in the province and the delay in the
approval of the estimates. Many who be-
came bandits during that period now refuse
to return to work.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
CHICAGO's CRUISE MAPPED OUT.
Admiral Howison's Flagship to Visit
West African Forts.

WASHINGTON, April 2.--It has been de-
cided that Rear Admiral Howison's flagship,
the Chicago, will proceed to the South At
lantic via the Mediterranean and Red seas
and thence around Cape of Good Hope,
touching at all the principal ports on the
West African coast, The department con
siders 1t a good thing to make a display Of
an American war ship occasionally at the
unfrequented ports Of the world, and the
magnificent cruiser Chicago will certainly
create a deep impression on the west coast
OF Africa.
The last American war ship which covered
this route was the gunboat Castine, when it
Was dispatched to join the South Atlantic
squadron in 1894. Rear Admiral Howison
Will sail with the Chicago before the end Of
the month. The only other ship attached to
the South Atlantic station is the Whining
ton, which is now in Brazilian waters. The
cruise of the Chicago will require about four
months.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
NEBRASKA ALUMNI IN A UNION
Graduates of Antelope state Uniyer-
sity Form n Society and Elect
Officers.

CHICAGO, April (Specal.)-Fifty
alumni Cf the University OF Nebraska met at
the Victoria hotel last night and formed
permanent organization. As guests and
speakers there were George T.. MacLean,
chancellor OF the university; James II. Can
field, former chancellor and now president
az the State University OF Ohio; Laurence
Fossler Of the chair of Germanic languages,
and IL. d. Estabrook. eX-regent Of the uni
versity. The following officers We're elected:
President, Heryey B. Hicks; vice presi-
dent, Miss Mary A. Horne; secretary ana
treasurer, Herbert Il. Regan; executive
committee, Miss Elizabeth d. Bonnell,
James II. Hooper, Gertrude Yates w. c.
Van Glider and ]. J. Sayer
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
BRAVE SOLDIER LAID To REST
John VI. Hamilton Are Held at
Geneva, \. Y.

GENEVA, n. Y, April Especial Tele-
gram.D-The funeral services over the re-
mains Of Colonel John NJ Hamilton. Ninth
United States cavalry killed al San Juan
Hin July J last, were held In the armory
Of the Thirty-fourth Separate company,
New York National Guard, in this city be-
fore an immense concourse Of people this
afternoon The casket was draped in tho
stars and stripes. The Thirty fourth
Separate company acted as escort and fired
three rounds over the remains, after which
taps" was sounded, The interment was
in private burying ground three miles west
OF thls city. Colonel Hamilton enlisted
from this city as private in the Thirty
third New York cavalry in May 1861, Mrs.
and the Misses Hamilton widow and two
daughters Of Colonel Hamilton. reside IN
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
New Road TO CrippIe Creck,

DENVER, Colo, April "A railroad be-
tween Cripple Greek and Canon City is to
be built this summer. The construction is
under the personal charge of George II.
Proctor OF New York City who says that
$1,000 900 has been subscribed for bonds Of
the company, which has been incorporated
in Arizona with a capital OF 81 900, 900
Mr.. Proctor says that trains will be running
into Cripple Creek over the new road in
seven months. In connection with the build
ing OF this railroad another company has
also been organized to build large ore reduc-
tion works near Canon City and to con-
struct tunnel which will tap the Cripple
Creek mines at great depth
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
NO MORE MONEY FOR CUBANS
Uncle Sam Sets His Foot Down Hard on
that Proposition.
TIRED OF FOOL WORK OF THE ASSEMBLY
That Three Million for the soldiers
May he Recalled if the Leaders
DO Not Come to Their
senses.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-It was reported
tonight by two members of the cabinet that
no consideration will be paid to any prop
osition for money for the Cuban army out
side the S30O0,000 fund now awaiting their
acceptance and furthermore it is hind
that If too much trouble and deliberate
delay occur preliminary to that amount be-
ing turned over to the Cubans the S., 900, 600
may be withdrawn and no payment of any
sort be made by this government on ac-
count of the Cuban troops. No proposition
for an additional sum will be considered
in any form and the statement to that effect
by Secretary Hay in the unofficial inter
Wow with the two delegates from the as
sembly will stand. 1t is also stated by cab
met officials that no attention will be paid
to the project for authorizing Cuban loan.
Coen and His scheme.
c. NJ Coen, who, it is alleged, is en-
gineering the scheme for $50, 900 900 loan
issue to the Cuban assembly and is said to
be the author Of the mysterious dispatches
to the Cuban assembly urging the body not
to disband on the ground of good pros
pect Of securing more than the SO, 900 900
offered by the United States, is in Washing
ton. Mr. Coen tonight was in conference
with a Mr.. RoSenfeldt. He admitted that he
was lut man WHO ldu Dteu WORKING on lDe
plan to establish a $50, 600 bond issue to
be paid for out of the Cuban revenues now
collected by the United States He said he
represented a syndicate with 500 OOO 900
capital, which intended to place the loan.
Il came to this city from Havana last
Sunday" he said 81 have not been in hid
ing. | spent one month in Cuba and was
around in the open air every day seeing the
members of the Cuban assembly. l met
General Brooke and made myself known to
him | explained my views of the situation
to him. If the three million payment is
forced on the army it will create future
dissatisfaction and disloyalty, while bonded
debt, paid out of the Cuban revenues, would
solve the Cuban problem"
Has No Money Himself.
How about $4,000 OOO?' he was asked
who is back of it, and where is it?"
Mr.. Coen gave no satisfactory answer to
this question.
Il have assurance" he said tonight, that
the money will be ready the minute the
plan for loan is adopted. l have already
told you that l have no capital. l am simply
doing the work.
He said he did not care whether the Cuban
assembly continued in session or not. Mr.
Coen offered no explanation of his business
in Washington, and denied that he was here
to see government officials.
Il have nothing to do with the admins
tration officials, and do net intend TO see
them" he asserted.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03

will be fitty-two miles ten miles shorter
than any ether road. The name OF the road
will be the Kansas city, st. Joseph & Omaha
railroad The incorporators are J. II. Pick
erng, T. X. Sweeney, Charles H. Keith.
Joseph O'Branebaugh, c. n. Atkinson, c. NJ.
Morris and George c. Moore Of Kansas City:
Milton TooNe jr.. ST. Joseph and o. 4.
Berry St Joseph c. u. Zook Oregon Mo,
w c. Fleming, Graham, Mo. s. II. Prather,
w. e. Rankin ana ra,id Rankin, Tarko Mo.
The new company will be Incorporated
with q capital stock of $4,000, 600. The
bonds have all been placed in London ard
Paris.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT
Papers on the subject to He Read by
Students of Sociology and
Politics.

PHILADELPHIA, April 2.--The third an
nual meeting of the Academy OF Political
and Social Science will be held on Friday
and Saturday Of this week. with sessions
afternoon and evening of each day, The
meeting promises to be the most interesting
held by the academy. On Friday afternoon
the topic before the meeting will be The
Government of Dependencies" Papers on
the subject will be read by Theodore S.
Wolsey, professor of international law,
Yale Prof. e. w. Hoffcut, Cornell; A.
Lawrence Lowell Harvard, and w. Alleyne
Ireland of London.
On Friday evening Hon Carl Schurz will
deliver an address on "Militarism and De-
mocracy"
our Commercial Relations with the Far
East" is on the program for Saturday after
noon, and Wor,hington c. Ford. ex-chef of
the United States Bureau OF Statistics. and
Robert T. Hill of the United States geo.
logical survey are booked for addresses.
Among those who will take part in the
discussion of the subjects are John Ford,
secretary of the American Asatic assoCia-
ton, and L. T. Chamberlain chief OF the
United States Bureau of Navigation.
The most interesting session will no doubt
be that of Saturday evening when the gen
eral subject will be The Political Relations
of the United States with the Far East"
The main address of the evening will be
that of the Chinese minister, WI Ting Fang,
on "China's Relation with the West" Mr..
WI has brought himself prominently before
the country during the last few years as
one of the representatives of the most pro-
gressive element in the Chinese government.
He is thorough master of English and a
ready and able speaker The Introductory
address by Hon. John Bassett Moore, pro
fessor of international law, Columbia uni
versity, and formerly assistant secretary of
state, on the Policy of the United States
in the Far East" will DE an II portant con-
trib hut I'M 10 Ia
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03

A priest and two men, members of the
selves in the woods during the fighting
which preceded the capture of Maloos, re-
turned there this morning and declared that
1000 of the Filipino soldiers were anxious
to give up fighting and would do so but
for their officers, who keep them under
arms
The country between Malolos and Caloocan
is now full of friendlies, women, children
and old people, who are returning to their
homes, carrying white flags. The Ameri-
cans are trying 10 gain the confidence Of
the inhabitants by proving to them that If
they will return and attend to their ordi-
nary work. peacefully, no harm will befall
them Two hundred and fifty civilians came
back to their homes in Malolos last even
ing. Two thousand women and children,
with a sprinkling of unarmed men, sup
posed to be warriors, came to the outskirts
of Malolos on the sea side OF the city and
afterward sneaked away, carrying all the
goods they could.
There has been no little good natured
rivalry as to which regiment-the First
Montana or the Twentieth Kansas-is en-
titled to the honor of having raised its
flag first in Malolos Colonel Funston and
twenty men OF Company f, Kansas volun-
teers. claim the distinction on the ground,
as already cabled, of having entered the
town at double quick and raised the COM
panys flag, but the first flag to be recog-
nized officially was that OF Company of
the Montana infantry
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03

while asleep by Indians, who wanted their
kits and supplies. The crime is said to have
been committed a number OF months ago,
while the prospectors we're near the mouth
OF Kuskokwin river
II is said that the massacre had been re-
ported to the Interior department, which has
taken the matter up.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
WIN ReAtnrc Wages.

sOMERSWORTH n. H., April 2.-The
Great Falls Manufacturing company will re-
store the wage scale Of 1895 tomorrow. over
22OO hands are employed in the mills. Cot
ton goods are made
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
Movements of Ocenn Vessels, April 2.
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N -AIIINtu-MInntsOIal fIOm
London.
At New York-Arrived-Le Champagne.
from Hayre; Siberian, from Glasgow and
Halifax; New York. from Southampton and
CherboIrg; Cuhc, from Liverpool. Sailed
Ems, for Genoa and Naples.
At SouthamptO -Arriyed-Bnemen, from
New York for Bremen.
At Queenstown -Sailed-Etruria, from Liy-
err oil for New York.
Al Cape Henry, Va.-The steamer Paris ar
rived at the capes at $3.50 from the West
Indies.
AT San Francisco - Arrived ~ Japanese
steamer Nippon Maru, from Yokohama and
Hong Kong via Honolulu American barken-
tine Mary W!nkelman. Kahului.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
SLAUGHTERED BY INDIANS
Beeh killed at Mouth of kuskok-
win river Alaska.

SAN FRANCISCO. April "a special
from Juneau, Alaska to the Call, contains
the report Of the murder Of sixteen prospec-
tors frcm Kentucky.
No details are at hand, but the story is to
tbe eject that the gold seekers were Killed
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
Prominent Patients Recovering.

WASHINGTON, April 2,-Yice President
Hobart is still kept to his house by the
effects of his bad attack OF the grip. but is
improving slowly.
Ex-Seoretary Sherman Is continuing to i'm
prove and is gaining strength. lie Is able
TO sit up for short periods.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
school of PsychoIogy.

CHICAGO. April MANY psychological
experts are in Chicago for the purpose of at
tending the sessions Of a school Of psychol-
ogy which will be opened tomorrow under
the auspices of the Chicago kindergarten
college and which Will continue during the
entire week.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
old Story RetoId.

CHICAGO, H., April 2-The Tribune's St.
Joseph, Mo, special says:
A new railway is to connect Kansas City
with Omaha, passing through ST. Joseph The
distance between ST. Joseph and Kansas City
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-03
BETTER PAY FOR WORKERS
Factory and Mill Employees Receive a
Gratifying Increase of
Wages.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. April 2.-Notlce has
been posted at the Delaware rolling mill of
10 per cent advance in wages, effective
April 10.
SCRANTON, Pa, April 2.-The employees
OF the Scranton stove works were notified
yesterday of a 10 per cent increase in wages
taking immediate effect