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VOL. XIV. NEWS DOCTORED. I " The Public Kept in the Dark as to the Philippines. THECORRESPONDENTS KICk ' They Charge that the Facts Have Been Systematically Suppressed by General Otis' Orders. The constantly increasing strictness of the censorship of press dispatches c \i :i- 1 * i . i irum iuuniiu, wuion nas prevented tnc i cabling to tlio United States of anything that did not reflect official views of important events and conditions, resulted in a united effort on the part of correspondents at Manila to secure an abatement of the rigor of the censorship. The initiative in this direction ' was taken a month ago and resulted in , tho framing of a statement which was presented on .July 9th to Maj. Gen. Otis, commanding the military forces of the I'nited States in the Philippine island, with a request for permission to telegraph it to the United States. Tho correspondents also asked that they be allowed to cable to their respective papers all facts and the different phases of events as they transpired at Manila. The correspondents had two long interviews with Gen. Otis, in the course of which tl.cy complained that the evident purpose of tho censorship was not to keep information from the enemy, but to keep from the public a knowledge of the real condition of affairs. It was also asserted by the correspondents that ?- newspapers printed in Manila, which reach the enemy quickly, are permitted to publish statements similar to thoso which correspondents are forbidden to cable. It was made clear to Gen. Otis that the objection was to the system and not to thtLcensor. Gen. Otis finally promised greater liberality, agreeing to pass all matter that he might consider not detrimental tn lin infnrnufu fl?n I vv/ V??V iiiivivuit) v/? tnv UUiVVU k'lUl'jn. Gon, Otis appointed Capt. Green, of his staff, censor. The statement of the correspondents is as follows: "The undersigned, being all staff correspondents of American newspapers stationed at Manila, unite in the following statement: "We believe, that owing to official dispatches from Manilo made public in Washington, the peoplo of the United States have not received a correct impression of the situation in the Pnilippincs, but that these dispatches have presented an ultra-optimistic view that is not shared by the general olliccrs in the field. "We believe that these dispatches in correctly represent the existing conditions among the Filipinos in respect to dissension and demoralization resulting from the American campaign and to the brigand character of their army. "We believe the dispatches err in the declaration that 'the situation is well in hand' and in the assumption that the insurrection can bo speedily ended without a greatly increased force. "We think the tenacity of tho Filipino purpose has been underestimated and that the statements are unfounded that volunteers are willing to engage in further service. "The censorship has compelled us to participate in thismisrepresentation by excising or altering uncontrovcrtcd statements of facts on the plea, as (Jen Otis stated, that 'they would alarm the people at home,' or 'haver tho people of tho United States by the ears.' "Specifications: Prohibition of bos pital reports; suppression of full reports of field operations in the event of failure; numbers of heat prostrations in tho t* . 1 _1 - . . ..... * neiu; systematic minimization ol naval operations ami-suppression of complete reports of the situation." (Signed) John T. McCutcheon, Marry Arthstrong. Chicago Record. Oscar K. Davis, R. 0. McDonnell, New York Sun. Koboit M. Collins, John I'. Dunning, L. .Jones, Tho Associatoid Dress. John F. Rass, Will Dinwiddle, New York Herald. E. S. Kccnc, Scr i pps M c liac A spoliation. Richard Little, Chicago Tribune. ' CAUSES A SENSATION. The publication of tho above document caused a sensation in the departments at Washington. Regarding the statement that war. and other news had been censored contrary to (he usual custom, Adjutant General Corbin today said: itrx ft ccnsuro of the so called censored press is without just cause; and evidently made under misapprehension of facts. There has been no information reccivod from Gen. Otis that has not been given to tho press promptly on tho bulletin boards in the hall of this office. "The standing instructions of tho president and secretary of war arc that tho publio shall bo given all informs inn urn rnnniun Tt.:? i -i i .. U .uvv>iw> -? 1110 nan ucuu UUI1U a.id will continue to be dono. Of courso plans of campaigns that would be of help to Aguinaldo and other rebels have not and will not be promulgated, but ull facts of events transpired have been given in fullness." ENGLISH COMMENT. A dispatch from London says most of the morning papers comment upon tho ^oint statcmont of the American oo^ .spondenta at Manila regarding tho censorship thcro. 3 Tho Times saj s: "Gen. Otis oanr.ot conceal nor explain away the great fact that he fails to bring tho war to an 1 end. lie might just as well censo playing the ostrich and allow the correspondents to tell tho public what they see." The Daily News says: "The moral of it is that the correspondent will turn i when you tread too hard upjn him and that his determination to let the eat out of the bag may still prove a blessing to modern states." WILL NOT UK RK(IAIII)KI). Tho President and Cabinet has do- ; eided to iguoro tho complaint of the , correspondents, and let Gen. Otis do as he pleases about the matter. THE BATTLE OF HONEY HILLAn Address to the Survivors of That Noteworthy Engagement. T > iV.e Survivors of the Hattlo of | Honey Hill. On Nov. 150, 18(H, a battle was fought | at Honey Hill, S. C., ami won by southern vulor. This was a particularly brilliant alfair. in which about 1,">00 Confederates defeated about 6, ">00 northern troops, preventing them from seizing the Charleston and Savannah railroad, near Grahaniville, and from cutting olf retreat for Hon. Hardee's army from Savannah, Ha. In this engagement nearly 1.000 of the enemy were killed and wounded. It s due the men who won this vict<M> that their achievement be placed on n c ird ir. order that historians may li id material in the future from which to construct a complete history of our country and State. It is hoped by the writer of this notice that survivors of the battle wili forward him through mail such infor- \ motion concerning this fight, that there may ho prepared an accurate narrative of Honey Hill, where Georgians and Carolinians, regulars and militia, otlicors and men, distinguished themselves and added to thn limtrn of <(iiilliom arms by dofoating a bravo and determined foe, where the odds were four to one. An effort to this end has been made i by a more worthy son of Carolina but | abandoned through lack of informa- | tion relating to tho Georgia troops; not however, until lie had contributed to ' history much of value and inti rest. Of the battle day Capt. Courtonay ould 1 not write, for which scanty information^ ho was unwilling to lower his high ideal of what the battle narrative should be in order to meet the importunity of friends urging him on. Surely survivors of Honey Hill can be induced to break silence by a consideration of their obligations to their posterity, and will furnish information to place for them on record brave deeds of valiant sires! Also perfect histories of (ioorgia and South Carolina require the narration of these deeds of patrio' ic sons. No time Bhould be lost, for veterans of the war answering to roll-call here are fast crossing over that river from whose other side no message can return. Survivors of the light at Honey Ilill are earnestly invited to write clear f.nd accurate information of tho battle, supplying names of their company, battalion, regiment, officers and men, that participated in the battle; timo when each command joined the fight; place occupied with reference to the road intersecting the breastworks; what service was rendered by his command and officers: any instances worthy special mention of individual usefulness or valor, etc. Address such communications to m.i i- ii in ? ^ ? uiiitnus i/. v^iiicuuKi I lay vine i". n.| D. C. . ' A Pitched Battle. The report is confirmed that fiyo men were killed in n pitched battle in Clay county, Ky., last week. The battle occurred at Hacker's school house, on Little Goose Creek Wednesday morning, Deputy Sheriff Hacker had arrest-' cd Robert Phil!pott. Whilo before a magistrate, preparing to give his bond, somebody shot at him from behind. The firing then bocamo general. When it ceased Robert Phillpott, I'M. Fisher, Aaron Morriss, Hugh and Jim Griffin were dead. Gre,co Griffin was mortally wounded and Granville Phillpott was seriously injured. Nearly all the county is in the saddle, heavily armed and more battles are expected. The First Bale. The first bale of cotton of the present season's crop has been shipped from Sinton. Texas, to Governor Saycrs to be sold for tho benofitof tho Toxas flood sufforcrs. It is proposed that it shall be sent to various exchanges and auctioned, and that the money thus raised shall be devoted to the relief of the flood victims. It is expected that not less than $10,000 will be raised thfousrh these sales. . Too Sensative. A Philadelphia murderer was so sensitive that ho committed suicide .opJuly 0, because the jailer woujd not , let him attend his wifo's funeral. She was, says tho Boston Pilot, the porson whom he had murdered?whijh rominds us of the Fronoh parrioide who pleaded for mercy "bccauso he was an orphan." Long Lived Family. There is a long lived family in Columbia. Little Paulino Green, daugh tcr of Mr. Win. Green and' grand daughter of Capt. Joseph Green, is the proud possessor of two grandmothers, two grandfathers and great grand mothers, all living. What is more Mis".Paulino lives in the same houso with two great grandmothers and one of the grandmothers and one of thegrandfathcrsr--State. m i CONWAY. S. C THE TRUTH TOLD As to The Doctoring of the News by Gen. Otis. FACTS ARE REVERSED. Creelmnn, Correspondent of the New York Journal, Refused to Send Dispatches Because Forced to Falsify. Appearing simultaneously with the "round robin'' of the American newspaper correspondents at Manila, oomplaining that (ionoral Otis is suppress ing the facts and keeping the people of tho United States in ignoranco of the alarming conditions as they exist in the Philippines, .lames Urcelman, the famous war correspondent of the New York Journal, cables from London his observations during a recent two months' stay in Manila and on the tiring lines in the archipelago. lie charges (Jen cral Otis with incompetence, and with "doctoring" press dispatches to paint the conditions as optimistic, when in reality they are and have been just the reverse, and with reporting "imminent success'" when in reality, caused by his own mismanagement, "imminent failure" has been the result. Mr. Crccltnan's letter goes into detail. It follows: MR. CllKKI.MAN'S LETTER. After having spent several months with our troops in the Philippines, I am firmly convinced that unless (Jpncral Otis is removed and a competent general put in command the whole campaign will be a failure. I have beer, in tho Cuban campaign as well as in the Philippines, and 1 can say honestly without the slightest prejudice that (icncral Otis is much more responsihle for the disastrous humiliating condition of affairs in the cast than (icncral Shaftcr was for the calamities in Cuba, for the war department furn ished General Otis with a perfectly equipped, well fed army, and he had months of dry weather in which to fight against an imperfectly organized enemy. To be perfectly plain, General Otis is a fussy old 'man, unaccustomed to anything but regimental command, and saturated with the ideaH and methods of a routine clerk. lie is a man who has grown old serving in a regiment, and his experience and abilities do not go outside of regimental lines. Now that he finds himself in command of a large army intrusted with the government of a large archipelago, it is no wonder that things arc as they are. It is bccauso of this knowledge that Admiral Dewey, without consulting General Otis, privately cabled to President McKiulcy asking him to send to Manila a small commission of men skilled in statesmanship and diplomacy. It was apparent to him, as to others, that General Otis was not omnipotent to deal with the far reaching, intricato problems involved in a war with the natives. Again and again Admiral Dewey expressed at the beginning of the present hostilities his dissatisfaction over the failure 1o make any advance against the enemy. When finally, in despair of any action by Otis, Dewey began to take possession of other islands, Otis wrote lo the admiral a bitter letter complaining that the navy was forcing the campaign too fast. . OFFICERS DENOUNCE OTIS. 1 was there then and I remember how generals and other officers on the firing line bitterly denounced General Otis in private for immersing himself in ,w>?t? ? i I'vivvj uuuuio in in?111 iuijmi iiuiiiiM, army contracts and custom house cases, while our firing line was stretched twentytwo measured miles around Manila, lying idly before an enemy growing stronger and more expert in infantry fire every day, whilo week after week of dry weather slipped away and the rainy season approached, Kven before the first insurgent attack on our troops, Aguinaldo was throwing up strong earthworks in sight of , our lines. . Major General Anderson, commanding the first division, .insisted that his troops were beiYrg endangered, and asked permission to stop the Filipinos from buiiding fortifications. "We will do nothing," said General Otis, "unless the Filipinos commit some act of war." "Hut they are entrenching themselves again?t.us," replied General Anderson, "and the moment a man puts a spado in the ground with hostile intent he has committed ah act of war." Anderson's arguments wero useless. The entreaties of other generals to be permitted to put an end to the belligerent work of Filipinos were of no avail. When 1 reached Manila a few days after the bloody outbreak the whole army was laying in trenches, being fired at night and day, while General <w;n ?.i v/iiD nns 11)191/^ IIU'I III [UinillC UUVItllH phat ar^ army clerk could have douo as well,. He refused to allow tho army to make any advance. So insistent was General Anderson that the only way to destroy the. enemy. was to light them that General Otis treated him with open hostility and finally hadithis splendid soldier return to the United States. General Otis' principal thought seemed to be to prevent real facts being tclcgrapcd to the United States, and his abuse of censorship has been almost incr6diblc. Whilo tbe army in the field wa,s anxiously awaiting orders during the advance on Malolos, ho spent a whole hour reading iirVy dispatches to The Journal striking out names of officers mentioned for gallantry, changing descriptive passages, erasing all mention of tho part playod by tho navy and oven f ? , , /, / liovvtt !.. THURSDAY. .JULY occupying five minutes in selecting a single word. This is tho sapio oxpcricnoo which other correspondents have had during tho war. General Otis has wasted hours of valuablo time during tho most critical days in revising press dispatches, eolorinc them to suit his own viows. NEWS COM I'I.ETEI.Y REVERSED. On the night of tho charge at Talihan river 1 went toGoneral Otis' palace, having ridden in from tho battlefield. Titn onnnrol inuiutn/1 /?n /?l.nn.?in.? . Itv uoiovv>V4 \MI Vjiinumil^ lliu dispatch I submitted to him, and actually struck out the name of Colonel Funston, whose regiment swam the river under firo that day, saying: "I proposo to mako all tho heroes ! that arc mado in this war." Colonol Thompson, tho press censor, ! has refused to allow mo to mention regiments distinguishing themselves in battle, saying he was ordered to do so by General < His. During General Wheatson's advance to l'asig and beyond with the Flying brigade Otis ordered all press dispatches I stopped unless they described tho enemy fighting furiously and said onor1 moils losses were infliotcd by our | troops. Asa matter of fact on this occasion tho insurgents were contemptible in numbers and ran away except in eases : of one <r two small bands, and their losses were very slight. General Otis' conditions for press dispatches wcro so outrageously dishonest that 1 refused to send any dispatches, preferring to let The Journal be beaten rather than to telegraph of> ficial lies. The most extraordinary thing is that up to the time I left Manila, which was after the capture of Manolos by McArthur and Santa Cruz by Lawton, I General Otis had never been at the front. Imagine this jealouselerk, who never went outside the city, directing with absolutely tyrannical exactitude the operations of divisions commanded by | soldiers like Lawton and MeArthur! 1 know from my own association with both division in the field that General Otis treated the generals as though they 1 were school boys. ; > *1.-1 i tv Iivu IV nao aiiiiuuiiuuu liiilt liik? KMl was on Ins way to the Philippines to | command all the troops in tho field as corps commander, every member of the littooli'iuo surrounding Otis was busy ! belittling Lawton. When Lawton arrived < His refused I to assign him to any command for fivo | days, although there was heavy fighting. Lawton begged permission to take part in it, offering even to carry a musket if necessary. I asked Otis what Lawton's status was and why he was not assigned. "General Lawton is merely an officer reporting to me for orders," he replied, "and when I got ready to givo him ori ders he'll know what his status is." Otis' jealousy of Lawton was so plain as to be childish. For several weeks Otis never consulted him, nor gave him the slightest information regarding tho plans of the campaign. The truth of tho situation is that General Otis is regarded by practically the whole army, officers and privates alike, as an incompetent officer who sacrifices everything to serve his own vanity and jealousy. 1 do not speak with the slightest fooling agaimt Ooncral Otis, whom I believe to be painstaking, industrious, and, according to his own light, patriotic OTIS SIMPLY A CLERK, lie has accomplished a groat deal in regulating the municipal alfairs of Manila, but his conduct, or rathor nonconduct of tho military campaign has been a serios of blunders, duo partly to timidity and lack of experience, partly to jealousy of other officers and partly to his incurable habit of wasting his time correcting press dispatches and uoing a clerk s work, whilo generals in tho field, powerless to movo without his orders, tire waiting for him to make up his mind in his ollice how to fight the enemy. When I complained to General Otis that he was striking out of my dispatches things I had witnessed with my own eyes and which the American pcoplo had a right to know, he said: "1 don't propose to allow the American public to know anything about this campaign that will agitato or excite it. So long as I am in command here the people of the United Statoa will know only such facts as I doom advisable to be known. "Any man who writes anything abouo this campaign contrary to my wishes will be expelled from the Philippines. We are not going to havo any public agitations about this campaign if I can prevent it." 8auses Many Deaths. Tho returns from the Fourth of July celebrations all over the country demonstrate that it is timo our people were instituting some more rational manner of observing the day. Tho Chicago Tribune s casualty list includo returns from 250 cities and towns. The leading figures are: Dead 33, injured 730, fire losses $233,070. injured by cannon orackers 731, injured by powder explosions 257/ injured by toy cannon 250, hit by stray bullets 00. Another LessonA dispatoh from Savannah, Ua., says Mrs. Annie McGuire. white, and Anna Cook, colored, are dead as a consoqucnce of two stove explosions. In each case the woman started to light tho firo in tho stove with kerosene oil. Uoth were horribly burned. Pretty Good Pay. Admiral Powcy's salary amounts to $37.50 per day; President McKinley's is,equal to $131 a day;cabinet officers, tho vice prosidont and the speaker of tho house got $22 22 a day; sonators and*congressmen, $13.90, and the ohiof justice of tho supreme court $29 a day. Wim 27, 189U. NEW ENTERPRISES. Chartered in the First Six Months of the Year. INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. Over a Million Dollars of Increase in Stock. A Number of Cotton Mills Projected. Sinoo the first of the your charters have been issued concerns in this State representing an aggregate capitalization of nearly livo million dollars. Of this amount $2,22(1,700 represents new concerns, and $2,(112,000 the capital of or ganizations increasing their capital stock; a total of $1,820,700. Those figures were obtained froiu the semi-annual statement of Mr. .), T. (iantt, chief clerk in the ofiicc of the secretary of State. There was great progress in the State last year, but Mr. (lahtt's comparative statement shows that, between Jan. 1, 1808, and July 1 of the satno year, charters were issued to concerns capitalized at $1,880,700 against $2,220,700 this year?a gain of $227,000. Hut while the aggregate capitalization of new oonecrns is very cnoouraging, thero is even greater reason for congratulation on account of the wonderful amount of capital stock increased. Tho first six months of this year South Carlina enterprises increased their capital stock from $1,2-17,000 to $2,012,000; a total increase of $1,22(5,000. In order to obtain a charter, tho originators or "corporators" must (irst obtain a "commission." This instrument authorizes thorn 10 solicit capital st(o'\, ete. After a certain per cent, of tho canital stock lias been mihsor'l?nit n charter may be obtained. It is under a charter that a joint stock concern can do business. A commission is rarely obtained, however, unless the company means business and does afterwards obtain a charter. So much in explanation of the fact that the figures above quoted represent joint stock companies which have actually raised the capital stock. Thcro were 117 proposed companies which liled "declarations" for commissions and have not yet sent in their "returns" for charters. Last year in the same time there were 00, representing a proposed capital stock of $11,049,560, against $5,14118,400 this year. This does not includo the societies, etc.. which arc chartered hut havo no capital stock. K NT Kit I'll IS EH 1*10 >.l ECTEI). The enterprises projected and not yet chartered are listed as follows: 1898. 1899. Warehouses '1 10 Lumber companies 1 4 Land and improvement companion 4 1 Building and loan Associations 5 4 Tclephono companies 4 5 Oil mills 0 11 Compress companies 1 2 Water, light and power companies 2 4 Hosiery and carpet mills... 1 1 Mining companies 8 Construction companies.... 0 2 Hanking and investment cnnnvini/'H '-1 ? Cotton mills 1 7 Other manufacturing plants 10 20 Mercantile establishments, cto 19 18 CHARTERS flRANTED. Charters wero in the first six months of last year issued 52 eoneerns capital ized at $1,889,700; against 71 companies with an aggregate capital of $2,220,700 this year. Following are the enterprises put on foot since .Jan. 1: 1898. 1899. Warehouses 2 9 Lumber companies 1 5 Land and improvement companies 4 4 Building and loan associations 2 I Telephone companies 0 2 Oil mills 0 5 Cotton compress companies. 0 1 Water, light and power companies .' 2 2 Mining companies....... . 2 2 Banking p.nd investment companies 5 2 Cotton Mills 2 5 Other manufacturing plants 8 G Mercantile establishments, etc 22 22 STOCK INCREASED. The following gives the namos of the concerns whioh havo increased their capital stock; the figures given first representing the amount of stock at present and those givon second showing the increase over the former capitalization: Georgetown Grocery Co. $75,000; in crease of $25,000. Daggett Printing Co. $10,000; in crease of $2,000. Clover Manufacturing Co. $200,000; increase of $50,000. Whitney Manufacturing Co. $850,000; increaso of $84,000. Abbeville Cotton Mills $400,000; increase of $100,000. Farmers' Loan and Trust $75,000; inoroaso of $25,000. Palmotto Ice Co. $75,000; increase of $40,000. I. J. Phillips Co. $28,000; inoicaso of $5,000. Anderson Light and Power Co. $175,000; increase of $75,000. Mills Manufacturing Co. $550,000; increase of $450,000. Warren Manufacturing Co. $500,000; increaso of $800,000. Kxcclsior Knitting Mills $50,000; increaso of $40,000. Carolina Manufacturing Co. $80,000; increase of $20,000. Mario Mills $100,000; increase of $50,000. Total. $2,0111,000, increase of $1,220, , 000. NKW COTTON M 110.8. I Tlio following are tlio cotton mills chartered and thoso projected since fan. 1: Capital .Stock. \ cHta Mills, Spartanburg $ 250,000 Valley halls Mfg. Co., Lolo, . Spartanburg county 75,000 Spritigstcino .Mills, Chestor 100.000 Olympia Cotton Mills, Coluiubia 1,500,000 Orr Cotton Mills, Anderson. 100,000 Helton Mills, Helton 250,000 The Florence Cotton Mill, Florence 200,000 n $2,875,000 SKVF.llAI. (?ll. MI1.1.S. There has boon an unusually largo number of nil mills chartered and commissioned. They are located as follows: Fair Forest Oil Mill Co., Fair Forest $ 25,000 Victor Cotton Oil Mill Co., Oatluoy 25,000 Fountain Inn Oil Mill Co., Fountain Inn 15,000 liowndesville Cotton Oil Co., Ijowndesville ...... 12,000 McCormick Cotton Oil Co., McCormiek 15,000 Cross Anchor Oil Co., Cross Anchor . 12,000 Hishopvillo Cotton Oil Co., Hishopvillc. 20,000 llonca Path Oil Mill, llonca Path 15,000 Catnpobcllo Oil Mill, Campobollo 15,000 Atlantic Cotton Oil Co., Sum ter 100,000 Cl'nton <)i 1 and Manufacturing Co., Clinton 20,000 Total capital stock $271,000 Tho whole State hoouis to be swinging forward and upward to resume its accustomed place at, the front. The H development is not confined to one sec- t lOtl Kilt nvoftr "o.i.J ?? ~ * ~ * vi vi/ v wuiit) nuuuin m HO tonditig upward.? State. I t Scorches Alger. li The London Times editorially says: !! "Alger has run the war oflioo as a po- . litical machine. Military posts have hocn bestowed upon political friends 1 without regard to iitnoss or the inter- ' chts of the country, l'ishonosty and '! corruption have heen rampant where- ( over there was public money to ho ' handled. Amorican soldiers were-kill- . cd by thousands on American soil by sueh agcneics as embalmed beef and 1 Hoandalous neglect of olemcntary sanitation. As the head is, so wo expoct ,n suhordinatcs to be. They were chosen without regard to fitness with every regard to political service. Naturally they act as the politicians they aro 1 rather than as soldiers and administrators, which they are not, The new im 1 porial policy of the United States is 1 thus discredited by association with a 1 system of more than common corrup- N tions. MeKinloy, for some reason or 11 other, is incapable of ridding himself ? of tho incubus of his secretary, who, 1 evidently regarding himself us having 1 the president in his pocket, serenely 1 defies tho public indignation that has r been aroused by his mismanagement." ^ What Next? 1 ,11 The new usos which aro being devel- ? oped for glass are manifold. Church bells of the purest tone aro now being made of glass; it is superceding gold for j tho filling of teeth; glass rails are said j to be superior to -teel, giving a smoot h- j er running surface and being less affect ed by the elements; Now York has a factory built of glass, slated with glass, and with a 100 foot glass chimney, a part of tho working machinery also ^ being constructed of glass, and Knglisb ( cities are considering its adaptability j for paving and roadway purposes, its j advantages being sot forth as oleanli ncss, durability, non-slippcrincss, and , tho retention of beat io winter arid ? cold in summer. I All Drowned. A special to the lice from Tekamah. ] Neb., .says: Word has been received < of the drowning in Northwestern Iowa, | near the Minnesota line, on Monday night, of A. W. Blades, his wifo and [ eight children while en route to Minne- ( sola in an emigrant wagon. The family was encamped for the night on a t creek, when a cloudburts raised the ] creek twelve or fifteen feet, and the 1 family, team and wagon wero swept away. No traco of them has been found save parts of the wagon, which were | found in trees some distance down the , creek. < Victims of a Poisoner. < A special from Dallas, Texas, says: | Two girls, one eight years old and the ; other ten, daughters of the widow of | .John Moore, lost their lives by drinking poison, which, it is claimed by the police authorities, was prepared for ' their mother, who is an important State , witness in the case against the men ao* ] cuscd of lynching tho Humphreys. The | poison was placed in a water pitcher in tho house of Mrs. Moore, llcr little girls bocamo thirsty and their motlior gavo each a drink from the pitcher. Death followed almost instantly. Ifto t Absolutely 1 Makes the food more d( NO. 2. what it Vosts" n Valuable Lives to Subjugate the Filipinos. VOLUNTEERS' HEAVY LOSS. Comparative Statement that Show tho Deaths and Wounds Suffered by Our Gallant T roops. Tho return of tho Orogon voluntoors iti'l tho prospective homo-coming of all ho other State troops who liavo been iclping to down the Philippine tobclion gives additional interost to a renine of the casualties in tho insular lampuigns. Full records of tho leases >y death, wounds, sickness and othervise since the beginning of operations here early in tho summer of 1898 show hat the Minnesota regiment was most uaccptihlo to the baneful influences of he tropical climate, 34 of those volunecrs having expired in the hospitals up o the last Fourth of July. Oregon vns next, with 24, and Nebraska third, using 21 men from sickness. The Ne>raska regiment lost more men in action hnn any other organization engaged, ixcopt the 14th infantry; 20 members o dng their lives at tho front from that >tuto, against 28 of tho regulars. A comparative showing of tho regincnts which lost most heavily, as cotn>iled from the press roports, is as folows: Killed 11th infantry. 23; Nobraska, ! !; Kansas, 2f>; South Dakota, 25; iVashington, I'd, 3d artillery, I'd; Oroion, II; Pennsylvania, 13; 18th infanry, 13; Montana, 11, 22(1 infantry, 1). Wounded -Nebraska, 183; Montana, 32, Kansas, 121; Washington, 109; 3a irtillery, 93, South Dakota, 87; Minuo(tf u mi ( li'nrrAiv *711 I t* * ?j ??I ** r\ ?f!Q "*??, v/M.guii, i i UIIIIOJI vauiil, VtT, !2d infantry, 07; California, fit!. Kxolusivo of the deaths cn tho trans* >orts, tho total number of tnon to loso lioir lives in tho Philippine war wan !! .'{. Of this number 050 woro killed ir succumbed to wounds or discaao. The number wounded in aotion was ,f>91. Five committed suicide; one, bo oolonol of tho Tennessee regiment, lied of uppoploxy in un engagement nd 1 ! wore accidentally drowned. In lotail the report, a< given in tho Assoliatcd Press <lispatehos from .Juno 30, 898, whon the first military expedition anded at Cavite, to -July 1, 1890, shows ho following items: Killed in action, 283; drowned, 19; Lcoidental deaths, 1 I; suicides, 5; apodexy, 1; sickness, 275, wounds, 92. Total deaths, 089. Wounded, 1,591; missing, 4. Total lasualties, 2,284. Nearly twice as many voluutecrs as cgulars were killed, although the volintcor regiments wore only one-third noro numerous than tho regulars. The 'oluntccrs were, however, engaged for i longer period than the regulars, nuuirous regiments of the latter not havng arrived in the Philippines until afer some of tho most serious engagononts had occurred. The number of cgulars wounded was 513, against 1,078 'oluntccrs. Sickness carried off inoro ban twice as many volunteers as reguars, the respective totals being 180 and If). Tubulated us to branches of tho orvioo, tho showing of killed and rounded is as follows: Keg. Vol. tilled 114 109 tied of wounds 24 08 tied of sickness 95 180 Total dead 417 Wounded 513 1,078 Amoug the regulars), the 23d infanry lost iiftocn by discaso and the 14th welvo. A tabulated statement of tho ossch by organization by disease folows: Regulars 23d infantry, 15; 14 infanry, 12; iHth infantry, 10; 3d infantry, 5; 4th infantry, 8; 22d infantry, 8; lospital ojrps, 7; 20th infantry, 5; 3d irtiilcry, 4; Oth artillery, 4; 12th infan ry, 4; signal corps, 2; Oth infantry, 2; 1st artillery, 1; 8th artillery, 1; 4th oavilry, 1; 17th infantry, 1; 10th infantry, 1; 21st infantry, 1. Total, 05. Volunteers Minnesota, 31; Oregon, M; Nebraska, 21; South Dakota, 10; Colorado, 15; California, 13; Montana, 10; Idaho, 8; Washington, 8; Kansas; i: Pennsylvania, 5; Tennessee, 5; North Dakota, 4; Iowa, 3; I'tah, 2; Wyoming, 2; Astor Dattery, 1; Nevada, I; unknown, 2. Total; 180. It is noticeable that the only casual, ty in the Nevada troops was tho single loath from sickness. None from that 3tato wore oithoir killed or woundoi.. Tho proportion of volunteers to sue* jumhto thoir wounds was nearly three* to ono regular. As in other casualties' Nebraska leads in this feature, having lost twelve men from their wounds. Montana lost ton from injurios, and Kansas and Washington oight each. I'hc greater loss among the regular army men was in the 3d artillery, five members of which diod from tho effects of thoir wounds. 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