“THE FILIPINO
ARE TREACHEROUS
the Battle With the
Constabulary.
WERE POSING BEFORE CAMERA.
Natives Pretended They Wanted to Surrender
and Ask to Have a Picture Taken of Them.
selves, But Whea They Were Posed Before
the Camers, 8 Whistle Was Blown aad They
Rushed Upon (he Constabulary.
(able) —According
the recent fight
Details of
to
(By
received here,
Manila,
advices
at Magtaon, Samar, between the con-
stabulary and Pulajanes was the result
of base treachery on the part of the na-
tives. As a result of the fight, 30 Pula-
janes were killed and 16 of the consta-
bulary were killed and wounded.
A dispatch received from Captain
Jones, of the constabulary at Magtac
says that on March 23, Governor Cur
Judge Lobinger and Superintendent of
Schools Hoover, arrived here and camped
night near the FPulajanes The
presence of the official was made knows
Lic
th hell 3 ate ard the
to the rebellious natives, and in
-
over
announced that he
force the next day.
As a result of this promise
cans returned t
accompanied by Ci
jane
jetween
stood the
Une
on the trail of
searching for Govern
Accused of Ambushiog a Party He Was Con-
ducting to His Alleged Mise.
san Fran
of his br
3 party of
fumng exp
Mond:
aga
ranged the
that
expert
vestigate I
this ambuscade to frighten the party
Coffin Too Big For Door.
Die! { Qe
Del, (Sp
Wilmington,
der that
Worth, a we
ed more than
moved from
Street here, it was ary to
away a part of the front of the building
The coffin was so missive that it was
he hewly
the body
$00 pounds, voul
i ui 4
home, 1134 Walnut
her
neces
doors or windows. A number of
maurners secured picks and finally
a hole large enough in the wall to permi
the coffin to removed and put in the
hearse.
$
bug
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Miss Anthony Hosored.
York Mrs
Chapman Catt presided at a meeting of
appreciation of the hfe and work of
late Suzan B. Anthony, held in
Hudson Theater, and attended by severa
hundred women.
der the auspices of the Interurban Poli-
tical Equality 1 of
New (Special) Carrie
Council
“Miss Anthony and the Civil Right of
Women;"” W. M. Ivins, the Republican
nominee for the New York mayoraity
last fall, read an address on "Miss An-
thony, the Reformer.”
Blew Himselt Up.
Hazleton, Pa, (Special). Herman
Reckling, of West Hazleton, committed
suicide in a horrible manner. He tied
a stick of dynamite about his neck and
struck it with a hammer. Reckling’s
head was torn into shreds.
Mock Haogiag Por a Boy.
Corning, N. Y., (Special). —~A special
from Coudersport, Pa, says that in im-
itation of the recent hanging of Charles
Brewster of Coudersport two school-
boys of West Branch hanged Eddie Bent-
ley, their schoolmate, to the bell rope of
a schoolhouse in West Branch while
“playing sheriff.” He was unconscious
when cut down by his teacher and a phy-
sician said he barely pacaped with his
life. Clarence 1 Glenn Hults
are accused of the ng.
LATEST NEWSINSHORTORDER
DOMESTIC
O'Sullivan, of General Ses
that if intent to fraud is
insurance contributions
of the compan
Justice
SIONS, states
shown in the
campaign funds,
i€S are guilty of laceny,
‘he Mutual Life Insurance Company
has taken action to recover $3,370,341.00,
with interest, alleged to have ex
pended by former President Richard A,
McCurdy,
The Intersate (
heard evidence in
underbilling and
freight by shippers
Edward Pullman, watchman of the
Kmapp Bank at Rochester, N. Y., was
shot to death by burglars he surprised
mn the Jak
The Western Pacific Railroad has con-
cluded the purchase of extensive ter
minal facilities in San Francisco to cost
about $7,000,000.
The Peary Arctic Club dispatched i
annual mail to Commander Peary, the
explorer, now in the Arctic regions
Miss Grace Zillner, aged 28, 1
and killed at Mansfield,
Shanks, who then «
officials
been
‘ommerce Commission
New York
misrepresentation of
It gard ng
States
ng to the
he Moroccan
until today.
regarding a mixed police
be pressed,
The Czar, Premier Witte and
members of the Russian ministry have
. gs 1
United
proceed:
ih
gun-
scene
conference
postponed
CAN Suggestion
will not
American - Transalaskan - Siberian Com-
pany for the consruction of a tunnel un-
:
der Bering Strait and 3.000 miles of rail
i
Way
The heroizing of Lieutenant Schmidt,
leading the mutiny
Sebastopol, is increasing, and Russian
revolutionists are raising funds to erect
The Austrian Foreign Office considers
annogncement that Bellamy Storer
sed hig connection with the United
s ambassador on March 19 as a
A supposed French spy was arrested
at Essen, Germany, for offering a sol-
dier money for a plan of the mobilization
in the Essen district.
The battleship Oregon, which arrived
at Honolulu, is reported to have devel-
oped structural weakness and her big
guns will not be fired,
Eight out of 13 soldiers condemned
to death at Bobriusk, Province of Minsk,
for mutiny has escaped with the aid of
revolutionists,
Bandits who looted the Credit Mutual
a large Moscow bank, of $432,500 used
bombs to intimidate the bank employes,
It is stated that former Ambassador
Bellamy Storer will take up his perman-
ent residence in France
Christian Hauge, recently charge d’af-
faires of Norway at Washington, has
been appointed minister,
King Alfonso has reappointed the Mo-
ret ministry, which has consented to con.
tinue in office.
Three French army officers, who re-
fused to order their troops to enter a
church at Rennes and assist in an inven-
tory, have been retired.
bill to place British and forei
ships on the same footing was offered
the British Parliament,
:
$1,480,000 FOR THE
JAMESTOWN FAIR
Appropriation Recommended By the
House Committee.
$200,000 FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Direct Appropriation of $250,000 and $400,000
for Plier at the Exposition-—-Two
Huodred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
for Government Bulldiogs— $100,000 for the
Negro Exhibit,
MEN ENTOMED IN COAL MINE.
Explosion Wrecks Shaw Bros.’ Century Col
tery Ten Dead.
ing their way tow:
shaft and
f the fescuers
were
uy
wand who ha:
previous fo the expl $30
ed that there are many 1
have not vet been ace
there are stil
his is ¢
the mine, with little
Erie
hope
NINE ARE SHOT BY MANIAC.
| Barricades House, Sets It Afire and Filoally
Eads Lite Whh Pistol
Brooklyn, Md. (Special). —~Walter Po.
| and well-known Democratic
{ living on First Avenue, opposite the Wal.
nut Springs Hotel, in Brooklyn, Anne
Arundel County, ran amuck Friday, and
after shooting nine persons, set fire to
the home of his brother, and then shoot
ing himself through the heart, ended a
pdday that had been terrorizing to the resi.
dents of the village,
His dead body was later dragged out
of the burning house by members of the
county and city fire departments, the lat.
ter having been summoned to the scene
by telephone.
Potee was unqestionably insane, and
had ‘been in that condition for some
months, as a result of an attack of ty-
phoid fever. The tragic events transpired
while the body of John Potee, Jr, son
of Mr. John Potee, the brother of the
maniac, lay in a casket in the parlor
of the little home.
Meossles Ruled
Philadelphia (Special). — An epidemic
of measles was prevalentin the American
Line steamship Haverford, which arrived
here from Liverpool and Queenstown,
Of the 890 steerage passengers aboard
200 were children, and a la number
of them were sick with measles duri
the voyage. re were nine cases ©
the disease when the vessel reached port,
and the patients were transferred to the
Municipal Hospital here. One child died
of convulsions during the trip and was
buried at sea
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
2,699 Veterans Dead.
the month of February
It
sued
During
cording t
sioner of
of 2,600 ( Var
trom the pe
I'he
0 4 report
Warner, th
pdier
$1001
Wert
on roll
net d
ya write y
GUawing pension
on account of
Th on i dur
he month was 4,211. Of these 3,901
fonsd 5 Ter i i
plete I he roll
i, by 1I% Dy
Affects Retired Generals?
iN ALS .
at the Yar
» army
» 4
€ nassed 1
passe i ¢
he officials that
1 intende
More Pay For Retired Officers,
Vetoes Texas Bill
ive regula
han by legislation
Roosevelt has written to
cvetary of the Fed-
that has issued
investigate all complaints
he
government
service
After a three-day session, the Ameri-
conference, to be held at Rio next July,
have adiourned, subject to the call
Secretary Dean,
Speaker's table
hree selected
he insurgents being again beaten
Plans have been arranged for the lay-
t
i
’
i
vorable report on the bill to incorporate
the Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Ca-
nal,
The government attorneys are trying
to find a way to Satvy the decision in the
packers’ case to the Supreme Court.
Secretary Bonaparte, before the House
Committee on Naval Affairs, urged the
construction of big battleships.
The United States Supreme Court has
decided to investigate the recent lynch-
ing in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Secretary Bonaparte was before the
House Committee on Naval Affairs to
advocate the construction of a drydock
at Solomon's Island,
The Semate committee made a favor.
able report on the bill to increase the
efficincy of the militia,
President Gompers and the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor submitted a list of labor's griev-
ances to the President, the president pro
tem. of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House,
Governor General Ide, of the Philip
pines, sent a Sabingtam, saying sensation-
al stories about Mount Dare slaughter
was false and that the troops deserve the
highest praise for their heroism in put-
ting an end to that gang of cutthroats.
*
AS INDIVIDUALS
PACKERS INMUNE
But the Indic’ ments Against the Cor-
porations Stand,
TRAE BEEF MEN WERE COERCED,
Judge Humphrey Jolds Theat Persons Charged
With Combigation In Packing
A REVOLUTION IN SEBASTOPOL,
Sailors Mutiny and the City Reported
Burning.
selves, Not Voluntarily.
summer on
charge
crsta
Were
criminal prose
is
thie
ree
To Double Cotton Crop.
Washingt i {So 1)
ng a
yer
series
SEVEral Years
nounced it had devel
new breeds of cotton
ready to be sent out
son's planting, which the
almost dou
crop wherever they are
ns have been
cotton
native and short staple
from a half t
longer in
from the paren
i
an nes
ters of
cotton grown
Press Button and \ 0.
St. Petersburg (By Cable )—The seats
i by members of the Nation.
al Assembly in the Tauride Palace here
have been equipped with electrical ap-
similar to the system proposed
several years ago for use in the House
of Representatives, at Washington, by
which the members press buttons and
register their votes at the clerk's desk,
thus avoiding the delays of roll calls
——
Jobson Most Cremated.
Cincinnati, O., (Special) ~The body of
Johann Most was cremated in this city.
There was no religious ceremony, but
some of Most's comrades delivered brief
addresses before the cremation. Mrs,
Most will take her husband's ashes to
New York at once, and the memorial
meeting is to be held there in a few days.
FINANCIAL.
The four retiring directors of the
Pennsylvania have been renominated for
re-election,
The Philadelphia Company's gross
earnings have increased $226,803 in Janu.
ary and February.
When Missiouri Pacific fell two more
nts to 93 Gould brokers went in and
t liberally,
Steel Rtip is 10 dhe wiiect that She
Sat coterie owns 400,000 shares
of Amalgamated Copper.
Schmidt, Hero of Revo 'gton
r
TWO BiG BATTLESHIPS
Our New Fighting Mousters May Surpass
the Dresdnsught
It Worries the British,
By Cab Tha
nerman said th
think any
at the present
was unable to
gseiul action aken
™
stage in
“oe 1
yr OD]
crnment
esy the probable
A
r IPPIng
but if the bill passed the consequences
would, of course, be carefully cons
¥
dered
Miners Assessed 20 Cents 8 Werk
Pittsburg, Pa, (Special) Telegram:
received here from Indianapolis stated
that John Mitchell, president of the
United Mineworkers, had decided ‘upon
an assessment of 20 cents a week for
the local miners, to be used in case a
strike is called April 1. Some months
ago the miners were assessed 10 cents
a week for a strike fund, but the order
was effective but one month. The miners
of the local district do not regard this
as a indication that there will be a strike.
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College Professor Attempts Salcide
Minneapolis, Minn, (Special). — Ar.
thur Upson, acting professor of English
literature at the University of Minnesota
and author of a book of verse, attempted
suicide by leaping from the Tenth Ave-
nue bridge, 100 feet into the Mississippi.
He was rescued, but his recovery is
doubtful. His suicide attempt, his
friends suspect is due 10 a recurrence of
a severe nervous malady, suffered two
years ago,