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INSURGENTS
Rebels Attack the Wash
ington Volunteers
at Taguig.
AMERICANS LOSE TWO
General Wheaton's Men Follow the
Enemy Eleven Miles, but Do Not
Get Nearer Than 1,200 Yards.
Many Prisoners Represent That
the Filipinos Arc Weakening,
xrms Are Scarcu on the Insurg
ents' Firing Line.
.Manila, March 1!. 6.33 p. in. Homo
of the rebels recently expelled from Ca
vite and the small towns In the vicin
ity of Paslg combined forces and last
night us already cabled attucked a
company of the Washington volun
teers, a detached post ut Tagulg, about
a mile and a half southeast of 1'aslg.
General Wlieatqn immediately rein
forced the Americana with two com
panies each of the Washington and
thp Oregon regiments. The post had
hold the enemy In check and the tins
of tho reinfoieing companies repulsed
thorn, driving: them across to an island
forming tho estuary. They were thus
In front of the Twenty-second regu
lars. On discovering that they were en
trapped the rebels fought desperately,
aided materially by the Jungle and the
darkness, but they were completely
routed, with heavy loss, after two
hour.'' fighting. The Americans lost
two hilled and twenty wounded, among
the latter Lieutenant Frank Jones.
General Wheaton determined to pun
ish the natives and at daybreak today
his brigade started in tho following or
der; The Sixth artillery, holding the
extreme right; the Oregon volunteers,
holding the center; the Washington
regiment keeping to the edge of the
lake, and the Twenty-second regulars
occupying the right of the line, which
swept the whole country along the lake
In a southeasterly direction, toward
General Ovenshine's position. The line
thus extending over two miles of coun
try, . rough and covered with thick
jungle, advanced eleven miles. Tho
enemy tied, the last of them being seen
at half-past three this afternoon. At
scarcely any time did the Americans
get within 1.200 yards of them.
The troops are returning to iPaslg to
night, exhausted by tho hard work
under a hot sun. The Oregon regiment
had' one man killed and four wounded,
and the Twenty-second regulars one
wounded. According to the official re
ports, no fewer than 200 Filipinos wore
killed.
General Otis says the American army
and gunboats command the lake. He
estimates that property of the Insur
gents valued at $500,000 has been de
stroyed while quantities of rice and
sugar, and 400 tons of coal, which Is
very valuable here have been captured.
Filipinos Weaken.
Many of the prisoners represent that
the Filipino soldiers are weakening.
The generous treatment that the Amer
icans administer to the native prison
ers and wounded seems to influence
the Insurgent army powerfully. In the
opinion of the Americans, however, the
Filipino leaders will continue to orj
voke lighting Just as long as they can
retain their hold upon their follower:!,
because they liar everything to gain
and nothing to lose.
The enemy have twice as many men
on their firing lines as they have arms;
and the fact that so few arms are cap
tured by the Americans Is because the
guns of the' wounded Filipinos and
many of those who surrender are spir
ited away.
The armed tugs Laguuo. de Hay and
Oeste have returned to San Pedro
Macatl and reported the result of their
tour of the lake. On Friday morning
last they shelled the town of Morentr,
the rebels llecing without making any
response to the lire. The Americans
landed a party which destroyed a yuan
tlty of stores and all the stone build
ings, except the church.
The expedition then proceeded to .Ma.
jayjay, where a sugar mill and saw
mill were destroyed.
On arriving at Santa Cruz, a town
of 1,100 inhabitants, it wus found that
the enemy was strongly entrenched
and prepared to defend the position,
assisted by two gun boats and sev
eral launches. Moreover the mouth of
the river was blocked with rooks and
bamboo.
A few shells caused an exodus of the
citizens but not of the enemy's troops.
The Americans did not attempt to
land. '
Captain Grant, who Is In charge of
the expedition, asks for j enforcements
and will probably take Santa Cruz to
morrow, 3.55 . m. The Fnllcd .States distill
ing ship Itls, which lert Honolulu for
Manila with the l.'nlted States battle
ihlp Oregon, on Feb. 20, arrived today.
This morning also artlved the San
Jouauin, the last of tho overdue Eng
Ish steamers, sailing under American
egisters, that were detained by tha
insurgents on the northwest roast of
Luzon.
Dispatch from Otis.
Washington, March lit. The war de
partment today received tho following
dispatch from, Major General Otis ro
gardlng operations against the lusuig
ents: Manila. March !&.
Adjutant General, Washington:
Our Improvised gun boat under Captain
Grant, Utah artillery, have full possess
ion of Lagunu do Hay; troops, Inhabitants
nnd property on shore of juke .it our
mercy, Wheaton's brigade on Paslg river
line drove the enemy northeast into prov
ince Moreng. Last evening enemy at
tacked portion of Ails force south of Paslg.
killing two men and wounding twenty of
the Twenty-seeopd Infantry. This morn.
Ing Wheaton moved against this Insur
gent force driving It to tho south fifteen
miles, experiencing very slight los-s.
Enemy kft SuoMoaU on (IMel.
(Signed) Otis.
IN THE WINDSOR TIRE.
A, P. Demorest Loses n Safe Con
taining $10,000 Worth of Jewels.
New York, March 19. A. 1. Demorest
called at the East Flfty-Ilrst street
police station today and reported that
he had a small safe filled with Jewels
valued at $10,000 in tho ruins of tho
fire. Ho, his wife and daughter and
son occupied rooms on the third floor
near Fifth nvenue and Forty-seventh
street. Thev were all in their rooms
I when the lire occurred. Ills daughter,
witen tne lire was discovered, went to
the small safe containing the Jewels
and tried to open It hut forgot tho
combination In her excitement. Mr.
Demorest stated that when he opened
the room door ho saw three men run
ning nbnut In the smoke and going
Into rooms. They were not firemen and
ho was certain they were not employes.
IIo thinks they were robbers. He and
his family then went out on the llro
escape and were rescued by firemen.
Mr. Demorest was apprehensive about
the safety of the safe and its valuables.
Thomas Cleary, of !)U Third avenue,
called on Inspector llnrley and .stated
that he assisted a woman from the
hotel whom ho afterward ascertained
was Mrs. Abner McKlnley. Ho took
her to tne street and put her In a cab.
Mrs. McKlnley told him that she had
dropped a hag containing some Jewelry.
He ran back and got the bag and gave
It to Mrs. McKlnley and she drove off.
Inspector Harley held Cleary In order
to verify the story. Of three trunks
taken from the debris at Forty-seventh
street and Fifth avenue Saturduy af
ternoon two were claimed by Abner
McKlnley.
AMERICANS IN HAVANA.
Many Prominent Men Visit Cuba's
Capital Charles Emory Smith to
Inspect the Postal System Plans
for Mustering Out Volunteers.
Havana, March 13. Postmaster gen
eral Charles Emory Smith, who ar
rived here yesterday afternoon by
steamer from Tampa, is the first mem
ber of President McKlnley's cabinet to
come to Cuba to inspect in person the.
results so far achieved by the Ameri
can occupation. Mr. Smith's stay will
he a brief one, but he will have man"
opportunities to gauge the difficulties,
political and social, which will nave
to be surmounted in any effort to set
up a stable and responsible insuiiir
government. While here the postmas
ter general will tnke a special look at
the wotk of the department of p-uts.
which, under the vigorous management
of Colonel llalhbun. formerly deputy
commissioner at Washington, is al
ready supplying the Island with a mall
service far In advance of any known
under the Spanish rule. In reaching
tho many remote points of the Interior
wholly inaccessible to tho military, the
postal service has exerted a powerful
educational Influence, and Us rapid ex
tension and betterment will be pushed '
as one of the most effective means of
bringing the people of the Island Inr.i
closer touch with the new administra
tion. Mr. Smith Is nccompanled on
his tour of inspection by the fourth
assistant postmaster general, Joseph U.
Brlstow.
Numerous other Americans promi
nent in public life have appeared In
Havana in the Inst two days. Repre
sentatives Warner and Smith, or Illi
nois, and Packer, of Pennsylvania, ar
rived yesterday on the Meade, und to
day Senator Tillman, of South Caro
lina, reached the harbor with a party
which included Representatives Lati
mer, of South Carolina; James Hamil
ton Lewis, of Washington; Shafroth, of
Colorado; Connolly, of Illinois: Cow
herd, of Missouri, nnd Showalter, of
Pennsylvania. These statesmen .are
now busy visiting the camps and emit
ting views on the political and com
mercial future of Cuba.
Tlie movement or the volunteer regi
ments destined to be mustered out of
service is rapidly going on. The Sec
ond Louisiana has broken camp, and
will sail tomorrow on the Havana, and
tho Two Hundred and Second Xoiv
York was brought in from Guanajay,
anl will start as soon as the troopship
Minnewaskn can be loaded. The other
regiments marked for early passage
home aro the First North Carolina, th"
the Second South Carolina, tho Fourth
Virginia, at Buennvista, and the Third
Kentucky, at Matauzas. As General
Lee will lose a great part of his com
mand by the discharge of these regi
ments, it is understood among officers
here that the city of Havann nnd the
province of Havana, now maintained
as separate departments, will soon bo
merged in n single military district,
General Ludlow retaining command.
Mrs. Place's Last Sunday.
New York, March l'.i. Toituy was M'.-m.
Martha's Place's lam Sunday on euitn.
She spent the day In her cell nt Slow
Sing prison rending her lilhlc. She nt"
hearty meals and displayed no sign of
breaking down. The sentence calls ;0r
bur execution during tho week beginning
at midnight, tonight but no one excepi
the sheriff knows ut what hour she will
be led to the oketrlc clialr.
Dr. Knapp Materializes.
London, March 1!'. Thu Rev. Ur. Knapp,
foimer principal of Hie Queen's college,
St. Johns. N. K.. who mysteriously dis
appeared from his residence In Brlshoin-e,
West Yorkshire, on January IS last,
wiltos to Ills friends In t lit s country that
he has reached Now York in a milling
vfsel.
Will Accept a Gift.
Palis. March ID. An olllelal decree .'list
issued authorizes the school uf mines In
this city to accept tho ulft of ?3,0uo offeree1
In February of lust year by Dr. Thomas
Kglostou. emeritus professor of mliier
ology and metallurgy t the School of
.Mtius Nw York.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
AugliSUl. (lu., March 19. Kx-Souutor
Patrick Walh died this morning at 7.:.
Allentown, Pa., Mai eh la. Owen Kurn,
hotel keeper ut Cedarvllle, whom Frank
Kraui-t:, Ills lioMtler, shot, tluough the
right lung on Match i. died lust nUnt
from his wound. He wau 35 years old ami
leaves a wlfu and two mnall TJuuehteis.
Cleveland. O.. Marcli 19.-Orvll!u II.
Sklniuir, for si veial years traffic. manas:r
of the Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati
and ludlun.ipoiu lallioud, died today,
aged to.
Chicago. Mn roh ID. Dr. Oliver Marcy,
dean of the Northwestern unlverslt; and
proj'esnor of natural history In that in
: llliulon, died today sit his home lu llvan
toii, used "'.'.
SEARCHING FOR
WINDSOR VICTIMS
TWO HUNDRED MEN AT WORK
ABOUT SMOULDERING RUINS.
Two Chimneys Ave Blown Down
with Dynamite The Workmen
Are Unable to Make Much Progress
on Account of the Excessive Heat.
Narrow Escape from Falling Wnlls.
Several Missing Guests Turn Up.
New York. Marcli 19. In a drizzling
rain more than 200 men continued to
day to work among the debris and
smouldering ruins of the Windsor hotel
sen rolling for the bodies of those who
perished In the (lames and to recover
any valuables that might huve escaped
the ravages of the lire. The efforts of
tho searcher.) were futile, however, as
tho ruins were too hot to permit much
progress, and the smiokc arising from
the burning ninterlul wus rendered
more dense bv the dampness of the at
mosphere. At Intervals during the
night (lames burst forth from the burn
ing embers and drove back the work
men. Work was begun this morning to de
molish the fragmentary portions of the
walls on the east and north sides of the
burned building, and luter the number
of workers was reinforced and the work
of removing the rubbish pushed as vig
orously ns was practicable.
The chimney, si feet high, standing
on tho 16th street side of the ruins near
Fifth avenue, was blown up at noon
today Thirty pounds of dynamite were
placed under tho base of this chimney,
and electricity was used to explode it.
Smoke and steam still rise from the
debris und now and then tongues of
flumes shoot up, een at this late hour
after the fire. The workmen have been
able to do only a little superficial work.
When they dig down a little way the
debris is so hot that they are obliged
to move to another locality.
During the day workmen were en
gaged in picking to pieces the six-story
wall standing on the 47th street side
of the hotel, in order to make a senrch
in tho ruins safer.
The second Sj-fnnt chimney was dy
namited shortly after 3 o'clock this af
ternoon. The explosion wrecked a
number of plate glars windows and
doors In nearby residences.
Personal Property Found.
A large force of men were at work
dm Ing tho afternoon on what was the
main entrance to the hotel. It was
expected that bodies would first be
found there.
A large amount of small articles,
principally the personal property of
guests, was found.
Daniel Sweeney, th" emergency
wrecker of the city building depart
ment, and three men had u narrow
escape from Injury nnd possibly death
about 5 o'clock. Tho four men were
mi ton nf the siy-st nrv wnll whleb
was still standing on the Forty-sev-
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tearing It down. A stiff north wind
blew up suddenly and Sweeney felt
the wnll trembling beneath him.
Sweeney cried out a warning and the
men hurried from their dangerous
perch. They were just outside the
danger zone when a great section of
the wall, thirty feet or more square
und including that portion where they
had been working went down with a
roar. A portion of it fell on the roof
of the house back of the hotel, wreck
ing the roof. The house had been
emptied by order of the building de
partment and nobody was injured.
Missing Guests Safe.
Archibald Claverlng Gunter. the nov
elist, reported last night as missing
since the Windsor hotel lire, escaped
from the hotel uninjured.
A. V. W. Van Vechten nnd Mrs. A.
C. Demorest. both of this city. Wind
sor hotel guests, heretofore reported
missing, are safe.
'Miss E. S. Adams, of Boston, who
hn been reported missing, Is safe.
Mrs. I. II. Purity, of Purdy's Station,
N. Y.; Mrs. M. Vail, her granddaugh
ter, and Eva Dressier, chambermaid,
repotted missing, ate safe.
Mrs. Demnrasoh (Demorest), Charles
Ford, Mrs. V. J. Johnson and Annette
,.,"'' i ,;";.". .I",.?. ,.,.
ujuiuiu, hi M-nnipiH, iMi-iuufii in iufi
night's list of missing, are safe,
Th Injured Are Improving.
Tlie hospital reports as to tho injured
are most favorable. .Most of tlie pa
tients an- Imprnvlna. Somo of them
won; able to leave the hospitals today
and others will be discharged tomor
row. Following Is a statement of tlie
condition of the Injured:
ItOACH. KATIE, servant; ankles btoken;
rccoveilng; Kellevuo.
SIMMONS. MRS. MAP.T1IA M., i?Tri-
erlck, Md.; burned; recovering; it lie-
vuc.
THOMAS, Ml'.S. XKLLII-:, .ibsLlunt
housekeeper of hotel; shock; im
proved: Ilellovue.
PRICE, MRS. ALICK M.. Macon, Oj.;
leg fractured; greatly Improved; llelle-
Vile.
MISCU. MRS. KATHARINE, Wife of
correspondent ol Ran Francisco l'.ut -
letln; Injuries slight; Improving; l'ivs
bytcrlan hospital.
SI1ACKLETON. EDWARD, bums nnd
dislocated shoulder' recovctiug; Pres
byterian. VAN SPKRILK, MRS. left leg and one lib
broken; recovering; Ptesbytcriun.
WlIKMl.ER, MRS. C. P.. und daughter,
Mlfs Dorothy; burns and shock; Im
proving; Piesbyterhin.
HOYCi;. MRS. WILLIAM II.. biinuM
and shouldor dUlocatid; n moved from
PrfJbyterl.in hospital to her home.
Dl'KE. JOHN, hotU tniplojo; ieinov,d
fiom Presbyterian hospital in Ills
home.
Fl'LLEll. MRS. A. M.. Philadelphia;
rfhoek: condition critical; Manhattan
hotel.
iiAll.I'.Y. MRS. CATIIARLN'K, Chicago;
condition fnonbh; Roosevelt hos
pital. HHEWER, MISS HELEN, rlaht thigh
broken; condition favorable: Roosevelt
liospltul.
WAI.DO, MRS. LOl'IS: burned; condi
tion favorable: Roosevelt.
Of the nlno victims who were originally
taken lo Flower hospital James McOuIro,
with leg broken, is tlie only on remain,
ing and his condition is not srious.
Wr'lnm P. Love, a clerk at the Wind
for; Ellen Curian, n domestic and Mr.
Sarah II. Calhoun are at the New Yojl;
hospital Improving.
I'p to midnight no bodies had besn
discovered nnd no more deaths from
Injuries received at the lire were re
ported from the hospitals, but a mini-
ber of the Injured were still in a se
rious condition.
Tho death list remains the same sut
yesterday sixteen and the list of
missing had been reduced to forty
four, ns n number of those previously
unaccounted for reported In person or
hud been located by friends.
The only things found during the
early part of the night were a set of
artlflcul teeth on a gold plate and some
articles of clothing.
Danger in the Wall.
Tonight the petsons living In the
three houses neurest to the wall en
Forty-seventh street were' ordered out
by the police, because of the danger
of Its being blown down by the high
wind.
Tho ruins still smoulder, and the
smoke and gases blowing Into the faces
of the workers made their task one of
great toll and hardship. From time to
time, men were compelled to desist for
it few minutes. By midnight the la
borers had excavated back from the
front building line and to tho sub
basement for a distance of fifteen feet.
The greut value of Jewels and Jew
elry In the wreck made the men work
carefully. Each shovelful of the refuse
was carefully examined before being
placed in the carts. Policemen, both
In uniform nnd In the guise of foremen,
mingled with the wnrklngmen and
carefully watched their every move
ment. More than that, the men were
searched at the end of their shifts.
Many of the men resented tills, saying
that It was unnecessary, and protest
ing that no man would think of taking
such property nnd especially under the
circumstances.
The contractors nnd tho officials of
tho building department wore obdurate,
however, and said they would take no
chances, and that every one must be
searched.
Strange Sights.
One of the strange sights of the day
to the police was the curlosify of the
crowds. The sightseers numbered thou
sands while daylight lasted, and even
after nightfall, the number of Idle vis
itors was uncomfortably large. So
much did they annoy the police that
late In the afternoon the lines were
shoved out to Sixth avenue on the west,
to Forty-ninth street on the north and
to Forty-fourth street on the south.
Tills made It Impossible for the crowds
to see anything, but they still remained
on the edge of the forbidden territory.
The Missing.
New Yoik. .March 10. Following is a
list of the missing corrected up to to
night: Aiigelin, Mrs. Mary, 45; wife of T. It. An-
gelln. New York.
Iliuit, Jane, 10 years; New York.
IJraelley, Mr.. N. K., aunt of Mrs A. M.
Fuller, of Philadelphia.
Ilischoflshuuseti, Aaron, Germany.
HruHli, Mrs. M. Q.
Uoyd, Mrs., and daughter.
Clair, Mary.
Kngau. Miss.
Fuller, Miss Margaret, daughter of A. M.
Fuller, of Philadelphia.
Guycn, Warren, elevator boy.
llaworth, Joseph, the uctor.
Hoffman, Miss Dora, liultlmoie.
.lose, Miss, servant
, Johnson. Alexander If
burvpoit. Moss.
and wife. New
Kelly. Alice. IT, servant.
Leland, Fred, room clerk. rouMii of War
ren Leliiud,
Lynch. D.
Lowry, Miss Maggie.
Luwile, Harry V 21 New York.
Lanuy, Marv.
McDonald, Mrs. Isabella. 42. widow, fam
ily living at Toronto.
Morgan, Miss Annie Taylor, K Niw
York.
Morgan, Miss Catherine.
McConnell. Kate.
McNulty. Miss M. C. .V.. New York.
McDonald, Lizzie, New York.
McCarthy, Catherine V., New York.
McCaithy, Henry. '
McKenna, Jennie, chambermaid. Now
York.
Moral. Jennie. !l, cliiilmbeimald, New
York.
Nash. Mr.
Nellie, Annie (known ut hotel as Annie
Mnlloy). New York.
Palerson. Mrs., wile of Judge Patersou.
of Colorado.
Held, Miss.
Salamon. Mrs. D. S.. widow, occupied
room on fifth floor -with daughter,
Rozenn.
Salamon. Miss Rnzenn. 27.
Shea, Kate. 40, servant.
Stokes, Mrs. James it., widow of Gen
eral Stokes.
Simpson, Miss Adelin. V).
Slcm.in. Mary. H. New York.
Soy. Mary. Z. laurdress.
i W.Uh. Mary, servant
i Vard Annie cl
hiiinlierinald.
FUNERAL OF LELANDS.
! Remains Will Be Interred at Chicago
i Tuesday,
i New York, March IS. Ftineial t'cr
j vices over Mis. Warren F. Leland and
I Miss Helen M. (.eland, wife- and daugh
i ter of the propile:or of the Windsor
lr tel. and who died from Injuries ie
eel veil at the fire, were beld this
morning at the Church i.f tho Heauuily
Rest, Itev. Dr. Parker Mort-an ntllcuit
ing. Mr. nnd'Mrs. Abivi- McKlnley. W.
S. Htuvk. Cl. Wetherbce and a few oth
er irietids of the family were present.
At 1 o'clock the bodl. were takin to
th- Orand Central station und sent to
Chicago.
There were two large baskets of Ens.
t tl.,. mil,H ne,. ti, Ci,skets. the gift of
President ar.d Mrs. McKlnley. Mr.
Leland and his son, Charles W. Lelar.d,
nccompanled the remains to Chicago.
The Interment will t.ik- place there
Tuesday.
Russian Story Denounced.
P.'i'lH. March 19. The Teiupn today pub
IWnes nn interview with tlurnn von Monr
inlielm, former Russlun ambassador to
Franco who now resides ai I'nu. In which
he denounces as a "clumsy invention"
the suiry that he Is the real culprit who
old both Russian and French military e.
erets to tho German government and that
It lias been only lo avoid a public scan
dal greuter than the Dreyfus nfCidr that
tie turn been unpunished.
John Sherman Improving,
KiuiMnu, Jamaica. March Hi. Tho
American line, steamer Pails, with tho
party of Americans tout lug In West In
dian waters, arrived lure today. John
Shernmii Is steadily tiiipiovlug though
be Is a very sick niuii and cannot with
safety be transferred tomorrow to itm
t'ldieil Slates cruiser Chicago.
Kipling Reads the Papers.
New York, March IH.-Rudyard Kipling
tonight road the papers, dictated ho mo
letters nnd saw a few friends. He spoito
of getting out soon and his physician, Dr.
Dunham, encouraged him with the prom
le that he will bo permitted to leave, tils
loom In a few days.
THAT BEEF HAD
BEEN PAINTED
TESTIMONY OF SERGEANT MA
SON, OF THE CAVALRY.
The Most Direct Since the Court Left
Chicago Armour's Agent Said the
Meat Had Been Treated to a Coat
of Preservatlne The Fresh Beef
Refused Canned Roast Beef
Thrown Away.
.envenworth, Kas,, March 19. The
army beef court of Inquiry concluded
the taking of testimony at Fort Leav
enworth at noon today and at 1.15 de
parted for Chicago, where the sessions
will be resumed Monday. The sole wit
ness examined today was Sergeunt Ed
ward Mason, Troop A, First United
States cavalry, located nt Fort Robin
son. Neb., who served as regimental
commissary sergeant at Lakeland, Fla.,
and during the Cuban campaign.
Sergeant Mason's testimony was
probably tho most direct that has been
adduced since the court left Chicago,
witness declaring that meat received
at Lakeland, Fla., In his regiment,
"was undoubtedly chemically treated."
An agent of Armour & Co.. he sai 1,
told him nt the tlmo that this meat
hail been treated with what was called
preservatlne.
Witness had refused to accept tho
meat.
Sergeant Mason was Interrogated In
dividually by each member of the court
and could not be shaken In his testi
mony. He told of the meat furnished
on the voyage from Tampa to Cuba.
No complaints were made of the
canned mast beef, but the meat was
tasteless and unsatisfactory generally
and had to be thrown overboard.
The Canned Beef Thrown Away.
In 'Cuba the men of his reginwot
would not eat the canned roast beef,
and us a rule It was thrown away. The
refrigerated beef, issued after tlie sur
render, was good lint as a rule It
spoiled before It could be used.
The witness' responses to questions
from Major Lee regarding the beet
rejected at Lakeland said: "The meat
we received was In appearance fine,
but It was undoubtedly chemically
treated. One morning, the 2Sth or 29th
of May, I went down to the refrigera
tor car to draw meat and I objected to
the appearance of it. An agent of Ar
mour & Co. was there. He told me at
the time that this meat had been
treated with what was called preserva
tlne. It was ns If It had been palmed
over with something like paraflne wax.
There was a light coating on the out
side of the meat. I objected to the
color of the meat and refused to ac
cept It. There was probably .1,000
pounds in tho car."
MISS HOFFMAN'S FATE.
It Is Believed That Her Body Is In
the Ruins of Windsor.
. Baltimore, March 1?. The relatives
and friends of Miss Dora Hoffman, of
this city, who was registered at the
Windsor hotel on the day of tlie lire,
nnd who has since been missing, have
abandoned all hope and given her up
for lost. Her nieces, the Misses Mc
Lane, who were also guests at the hotel
but who were at luncheon In nnother
part of the city when the building was
burned, returned to Ualtimore tonight.
With them came R. Curzon Hoffman,
former president of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway e-ompany, and brother to
Miss Hoffman, who went to New York
exncctlnc to Und that one of the wo
men who died nt Miss Helen Oould's
home was his sister. He learned that
such was not the case, however, and
now believes that Miss Hoffman's body-
is in tlie rums. He asserts that a Mrs.
Auze, who formerly lived somewhere
in the south, was seen with Miss Hoff
man on the nortlco of the hotel a few
minutes before the llro broke out, and
he believes both were lost, although it
has been ronorted that Mrs. Auze was
among those saved. The women were
wurm frli mis and Mr. Hoffman, thinks
his sister lost her life In trying to save
that i)" her companion, who was con
siderably her senior.
Ml"s Huffman was about tiO years old.
She was n daughter of tlie late Samuel
Hoirman. Miss Hoffman was an Intel
lectual and olmrmln? woman, and she
had hosts of friends In this city. She
was generous and charitable, and did
u great deal in an unassuming way for
the poor. ,
AN ATROCIOUS MURDER.
Two Women Are Beaten to a Jelly
By a Ferocious Negro.
irpper Marlboro, Md., March If).
Mary A. Clarke, aged re, was beaten
to death and her sister. Annie Clink,
aged 45. was fatally hurt luM night at
Rowee. .Md., it village near this place,
by John (Jerry, a 1,'i-yeur-old negio boy,
who is In Jail for tlie crime. The deed
was a reroclous one, the aged and de
fenceless women being surprised by tho
boy und Uteially beaten to a jolly with
n club. Miss Annie Clark saved her
self from Instant death by promising
to glvo the- boy .tlcO and pledging her
self not to betray him if ho spared her
life. Intense indignation prevails and
a lynching Is pot Improbable.
Tho murdei er wns. lodged In the Marl
boro jail, but later, for fear that he
would be lynched, was taken to Wash
ington and tonight wes tnken to Hal
tliunre on the in uVloek train for safe
keeping.
KRUGER'S SPEECH.
He Wishes to Retain the Dynamite
Monopoly.
Pretoria. March in. President Krug
er, lu an Important speech ut Heidel
berg on Friday, emphasized the neces
sity of the state retaining the dyna
mite monopoly because, as he argued,
tho South Afilean republic being an
Inland state', in tho event of trouble
with any of the powers Its supplies eif
explosives might otherwise be sudden
ly out off. "Where should we be then?"
he exclaimed.
lie announi'eil his Intention to modify
the mining laws and to 'reduce thu
period entitling an applicant to full
burgliership from fourteen to nine
years' residence.
THE XISWS THIS MOHNIN'H
Weather liullcatloni Today!
FAIR i HIOH WINDS. I
General Filipinos Getting n Taste of
War.
Tho West Experiences n Disastrous
Cyclone.
Hotel Windsor Fire,
Tho Beef Inquiry.
General Trade Halulicc Favors Uncle
Sam.
Financial and Commercial.
Loenl-Mcctlng of tho Welsh C. M.
Presbytery.
Editorial.
A Few Samples of Genuine Poetty.
Local Contemplated Changes on th9
U., L. & W.
Tramps Weru His Companion".
Go-slp About Men of the Hour.
Local West Scrunton and Suburban.
News Round About Scrnnton.
Local Arrested on a Charge of Murder.
Industrial Gleanings.
PRESIDENT AT CHURCH.
The Service an Event of the Day in
Thomasville Will Visit Jekyl
Island Today.
Thomasville, On., March III. Pres
ident .McKlnley went to church today
at the Methodist church of Thomas
ville. The service was the event of the
day to tlie village and country folks.
i and the large weather-stained church
was filled to tho doors. The president's
I carriage drove up in front of the church
j just before service began and Mr. lie
I Kinley, Vice-President Hobart and
I Mrs. Hobart. who were the only ones
to attend, were shown to it pew well to
"j0 tront of "I0 l,0' of tllc hiirch.
rhey were seated before ninny of the
congregation knew of their presence,
but thereafter wore observeil as closely
ns decency at the service would permit.
Mrs. 'McKlnley did not attend, the
weather having turned raw and cold,
making It prudent to remain Indoors.
Presiding Elder K. O. Rranch conduct
ed services. He Is well along In years.
In his prayer he Implored God to bless
the president of the United States, give
him wisdom for the conduct of his otrice
and that Increasing prosperity may he
our Inherltnge under his administra
tion. He chose for his text the seventh
verse of the seventh chanter of Mat
thew, "Every good tree brlngeth forth
good fruit, but a corrupt tree brlngeth
forth evil fruit."
The theme of his sermon was that
every individual continuously lias an
inlluence for good or evil on all per
sons. The president listened attentively
throughout the long sermon nnd joined
in the congregational singing. He
looked fairly well, but was decidedly
pale. The vice-president showed that
lie had not fully recovered from the
grip.
Tho party enjoyed a drive lu the
afternoon and then, owing tei the cool
northwest wind, spent the time Indoors
chatting. Dinner wns served at 4
o'clock.
Preparations have been made to leave
here lit a special car at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning for Jekyl Island.
There the party will remain till Wed
nesday, free from scrutiny, save by the
club members and their guests.
Polities, It Is repcateel, most positive
ly, have nothing to do with the trip,
and no political conferences, it is ex
plicitly asserted, will be held there.
The probability that Speaker Reed and
the president will meet is of course
ndmltted and the possibility Is that a
result of It may be better relations be
tween them, though neither will be a
party to any attempt to bring them
together.
TWO MEN KILLED.
Tragedy on the Pennsylvania Line
at Johnstown.
Johnstown, Pa., March in. Two men
were killed by fast trains on the Penn
sylvania railroad within the tlinits of
Cambria county, at Onllltzln. Saturday
night, approaching the climax In trag
edy. Durgess J. J. Mcdearry, who Is
also the Justice of the peace-elect on
the Democratic ticket, was struck and
killed by the Chicago limited west
bound, at a spot about one and a half
miles west of Oallltlzin. He was a
veterinary physician of long practice
and a much respected citizen.
Joseph Dougherty, the other victim,
wns struck bv a fast freight about
half a mile from the spot where Mc
e'learry was killed. His head was com
pletely severed frmn hl body.
At " o'elork yesterdny morning D
Klinemeyer. an emplove of the Ciiui
brlo Steel company, had both leg cut
off by a Pennsylvania railroad iru'n
near the; Coneniaugh yards, nnd died
afterward at the Memorial hnpltal In
this city.
VILLAMIL'S REMAINS.
Sinitliigo de 1'iilia. Mm oh lit-After cup
ful Investigation Major lUneral Wo id.
tlie military governor. 1 convinced 'hat
the skeleton found u few elays ago tied
In an arm chair amid the rocks on the
shore, ahoiit frui miles wsi of Cl Morro,
I- the remains of the Simnlt-h Admiral
Villa mil. who commanded the toipedo
boat dustioyers Fmor and Pinion In tho
battle which r Milled In the ilcsii notion
of ivrveia Kuu.iibv.n.
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Wages Increased Ten Per Cent.
You.lghtowu. O.. Marcli 19. Notices
have been posieil b. the Ohio Steel co.n.
pan. now contiolicd by the National
Steel compaii.v. thin talcing effect ,M..reli
IM. the wages ol nil men ensued lu cm.
stun tlou and ir..ek work woald be In
creased in per cent The company lias
i.mki uicii eontiuctliig two uiammotti lur
line c..
Volunteers Returning.
Havana. Mutch lli.-Tlie Pnllfd Stales
transport Thomas, feiiueiiy the Mlnne
vtult. sailed this moinlng for the I'nlted
Slates wllh '.C' volunteers. The Ward
liner, llavr.nn t-peiMally eharw red fin
this purpose, vUll will toninirow with he
Second LtiUlfVllle volunteers.
Pope Attends Mass,
Rome Muich Is. The nope attended
hums today in ills private chapel, and
later leeitved several permus In audience.
lie occupies his liUuio time In wultnu
Lathi verses.
Steamship Arrivals,
Nrw York, March l:t. Atrlved; La Tou
rulne. from Havre, tlavro Arilved: li
, Champagne, from New York.
DISASTROUS
CYCLONE IN
THE WEST
Arkansas, Mississippi and
Alabama Are Swept
by Storms.
FOURTEEN ARE KILLED
Reports from Points in the States
Abovo Mentioned Indicate That in
Addition to Deaths and Injuries
the Property Losses Will Run Into
the Hundreds of Thousands Many
Cattle Killed nnd Dozens, of Grain
Mills Destroyed Heavy Rains
Follow the Wind, Sweeping Away
Bridges and Covering the Streets
with Water in Some of tho Towns.
Memphis, Tenn., March 19. Reports
from different points In . Arkansas,
Mississippi and Alabama indicate that
In the storms which swept over these
states yesterday fourteen persons wcro
killed outright and twenty-one injured
as follows: Alabama, 16 killed, 4 'n
Jured; Arkansas, 1 killed, 7 Injured
Mississippi, 1 killed, 10 Injured. Tho
property loss will run Into the hun
dreds of thousands.
Chicago, March 19. The Times-Herald,
Rlrminghnm, Alu says: A cyclone
struck the belt of country lying be
tween Ilelfln nnd Edwardsvllle, Cle
burne ceiunty, yesterday afternoon and
wrought terrific damage, seven persons
were killed, five of them in one house.
It took railroad trains until 10 o'clock
last night to get through on account
of the trees and telegraph poles that
had fallen across the track. Cattle
were drowned and dozens of grain mills
were destroyed.
The house of the Coffee family wis
absolutely torn to pieces. There were
eleven inmates of the house, seven of
whom were killed outright and three
badly Injured. The storm swept a path
of twenty miles long nnd levelled ev
erything In Its way. Altogether twenty-live
persons were Injured. The havoc
wrought was terrific and the scenes c
suffering terrible In the extreme.
Bridges Swept Away.
Huntsvllle, Ala.. March 19. A torna
do passed thtough Hazel Oreen, a small
town In the northern part of Madison
county at fi o'clock last night and de
stroyed many houses. It Is not known
whether there wns loss tf life. Heavy
rains all day swelled the creeks and
small rivers of Madison county to un
usual proportions and many brldg.'S
were swept away. People In the law
lands of tlie southern part of the coun
ty will lose much property. Tlie water
covered portions of several streets in
Huntsvllle. Trains at tho Southern
railway depot plowed through water
fifteen Inches deep. Small houses on
Spring branch. Pink Hook creek, lniel
to be abandoned.
Little Rock, Ark., Marcli 19. A de
structive wind storm passed tluougli
tin' southern part of Pass and a po
tion of Pike county yesterday. At
Okolono, several houses were blown
down, three buildings being demol
ished. Two men were caught In the,
ruins and sustained serious injuries.
Tlie storm was followed liy a very
heavy tain, which extended till over
the southwestern portion of the state.
Atlanta, On.. Murch 19. A special tu
the- Constitution from Waynesboro, Ga.,
says n eye lone: passed over Burke coun
ty nt 3 oVfoek this morning. In tha
vicinity of Wuyni'sboro four peop.
were killed. Several houses were de
molished and much damage done,
Rirnilugham. Ala., March 19. Thu
family of W. II. Lewis, consisting of hU
wife and eight children, wus killed lu
the cvclune which swept over Edwards
vllle, Ala., vesieiday afternoon. A par
ty of farmers recovered the bodies from
tlie ruins of tlie house teljy.
Showalter Won.
New York. March 19. Showalter and
Jmiovvskl today ugrcvil to extend the se
ilns ot live guinea originally agreed upon
to six. each having won two games. To
day they contested tho llfth game, a
queen's gambit, offered by Janowskl and
after II moves Showalter won tho game,
having played Him lies throughout.
Score Sliovvaller. t; .lauouskl. 2. Tho
lliuil game Is to In; contested tomoirow
iil'teiniKiii.
Methodist Appointments.
llurrUlmrg. March I!'.-The Central
Pennsylvania Melhodlrt conference will
go Into execilllve sessleli tomorrow to
nrraiiiie tlie pulpit iipiieliiiiueiits for the
ensuing year. There vve-ie no nlllral ses
idoni today of th confucuce. the cleilcal
delegates occupying the pulpits of the
cl. an lies of llurilsliiirs and surrounding
towns.
The Talbot Arrives at Portsmouth.
Portsmouth, ling.. Muich n. Tho Rrlt
Nh clutter Talbot, with the body of Lord
. llervrhell on board, which sailed from
New York on .laich , m rived heretoiUy.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington. Muich 19.--Forecast
for Monday: For eabtern Ponn
f sylvnnla. fair: high northwester.
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