fv
'.TWO CENTS. TWELVE RAGES.
HCTt ANTON, PA., SATURDAY MOKNINO, MAKCU 25, 1,S.)).
TWELVE RAGES. TWO CENTS.
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VHE FINAL
BLOW WILL
SOON FALL
General Otis Preparing
to Round Up the
Filipinos.
A STAND AT MALABON
UVguinaldo's Followeis Arc Actively
Preparing Defenses, but Keeping
Under Cover Tho Rebels' Fortuno
Staked on the Coming Buttle If
Defeated They Will Take to tho
Junglo and Mountains Accoiding
to Tilipino Accounts 1,000 Amer
icans Have Been Killed.
Manila. Match 21. The enemy aie ex
tremely active In the iclnlty of Main
bon In prepailng defenses, evidently an
ticipating an attack. They keep well
under ener. A small hod, however,
emerged from the lunelo on the ex
treme left xosteiday and Hied upon the
Kanns tioops in the, ti em lies, tatallv
wounding Pi Kate Cohen, of Company
U, and Private Musr, of Company 13.
The Oiegon oluntecis and thoTwon-t-seeond
i egiilais mai ched to the ftont
toda The Thlid and Seventeenth
regiments hac di-einb.itked from the
Sherman. Geneial H.mlson Gi.iv Otis'
brigade stmck their tints- this morning,
and an eail move is piobablo.
Sixteen Knglish icfugees airlod hen
yestcrda from tingupaii, the tatlioud
terminus on bn,nd the steamer Katui
nus. The icpoit that the natives are
Keneially filendlv and the olliieis tn
ariahly ooiiitonus Mi Hlggins. man
ager of the lailioad, and about a elozen
unmairled men In ihaige of v.ulous
business interests tin lined to take ad
vantage of the oppottunlly to leae.
Stoiy of Piisouers.
XoMilns has been hi ml fimn the tw
Ameilcan planters at Calumplt slni e
hcstilitles began.
According l rillplno aciounts, a
thousand Amotic.tni b.ue been Killed,
the fatalities being1 especiall heavy at
Calooean, win re tin United .Stales
troops "iii'-htd like mailmen against a
utoini of bullets "
Two Spanl-di pii-oni'is, who have es
caped from Polo to the lines of the
Kansas regiment lopoit that the I lllp
inos bae roncetitiatud their r-ms .It
Malabon and I'olo. They mid that nnlv
Aguinaldo'a bodj guard Is at Malolos,
arid that the rebel leaders iipp.ir"iillv
Intend to stake theli ten tunes mi ,v
fight at Malabon. when It was exptci
cd an engagement would take plai
"Cbteiday M defeated, It Is fmthtr
nssetted the lebels lutein! to ilispeise
to the swamps and mouimltis The
lebels were putting their Holos lu fiont,
believing that the liolomen's ihums
xxlll avett the built tr The Polos of th-
"Filipinos greatly nutnuinbci the tides
In their hands. The libels tin fuither
said to have admitted tint they could
not stand the Amerlian shills :iml buy
unet charges
The escaped Ppanlatds e ninibniated
the stotles told of food shoilage rim in?
the rebels, and they add"d that their
hospitals are short of supplies.
GEN. OTIS' PLANS MATURING.
Placing Our Troops to Pt event
Escape of Insui gents.
Washington, March 21 It is undi r
tstod here that Geneial Otis has so fur
matuied his plans of campaign that
within a week in ten days he will be
able to begin the movement whlih Is
oxpertcrl to maik the destruction of
Aguinaldo's at my. Although straggleis
and fugitives niav Infest tin Island of
Luzon for some time, it is believed that
after Otis has dell vet cd his next blow
the insurgent aimy, as an mganlzatlon,
will have leased to exist. The new
movement will be. It Is undei stood, by
a combined land and vvatei attitik,
though It Is not expected that th"
navy's part in the piogiunimo will be
particularly piomlnent
General Otis has piocured thiiteeu of
the gunboats foimerly owned by the
Spanish government, and those nie to
play an Important pnit In the develop
ment of the campaign. Many of the
troops which had been engaged on tho
outer lines up to the date of Oeneinl
Law ton's arrival at Manila have been
withdrawn to the water front, and a
romplete reorganization or the aimy 's
now In ni ogress The lelnfortements
now arriving at Manila aie being used
to maintain the stitngth of tho lines
tunning from Manila to Paslg estab
lished by Wheaton's flying luigaile.
The next movement that Is expected
here Is to be by water. It Is believed
that Otis will place a tomplete brigade
on boa id vessels, steam inpldly north
ward and land them beyond the Insur
gent headquarters at Malolos
If this movement succeeds, as It
should If made with rapidity, tin rebel
army will lind Itself completely penned
In with no chance of tetreal. To tho
north will be this living brigade, on
the eaBt Laguna do Hay, acioss which
they will be pi evented fiom escaping
by the Ameilcan gunboats now afloat
there: tho Pnslg ilvir to the south Is
well policed by ironclads ami with a
strong line In the position occupied by
Wheaton's bilgade, will cut off uny
movement In that direction, while to
tho west the Hay o Manila Is closed
by Dewey's vessels. It Is hard to
conceive how, if this plan entries, tho
Insurgents can longer avoid a declslvo
conflict which must end cither In break
ing through the Amerlian lines or sur
render. It Is evident that Otis expects
tho latter, for he has already advised
tho war department that the Insurrec
tion cannot last much longer.
STOLEN CHILD RETURNS.
LP'Ie
Oeiald Laplner Recognizes
His Fi tends.
f'liti'URii, Muiih 2L Llttlo Oeiald
Laplnoi, the abducted hn, uecompnn
ied by his mothei, nil I veil In Chicago
today from Piilnosvllle. O Once In
side tlip Laplner home the little fellow,
who has been absent nearly ten
months, ran about examining famlllur
places and pla thlnps. The child look
cd pale and thin. He quickly reeog
Hissed his binthcm and sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Laplner will return
to I'alnesvllli' to appear Mondav w hen
proceedings against the nbductois will
be Instituted. Mi. Laplner sajs he
will devote all his energies to tho pun
ishment of those lesponslblo for th"
stealing of the bo. He Is firmly of
the opinion that Mrs. Ingeraull and the
men Collins, with whom the child was
found, wire not alone In their work,
and that the motive In kidnapping tho
hov was to hold him for lanson. Ke
qulsltlon papois hao been sent to
Palnesvlllo and aie expected to tosult
111 tin speedy .ippp.liaiire of Collins
and Mis. Ingoi.soll In Chicago to stund
tilal.
VICTORY OVER
AGUINALDO
Gieat Battle Tought, According to a.
Woild Despatch Heavy Loss of
Life.
New Yoik, Maich 24, The World
will tomorrow print tho following
Manila cable under date of Match 21:
"A sweeping letory over Astilnaldo'-j
foices has just befn won by the Unit
ed Slates troops.
"The total Ameilcan lo-s is estimat
ed at about one hundred, including
both the killed and wounded.
'The Filipino loss Is between three
bundled and four bundled."
FOUR MORE BODIES.
Recoveietl fiom the Ruins of Wind
sor Hotel.
N't w Yoik, Maith 21 F ur mole
bodies weie iccoveioel linni tin mills
of the Wliidsm hot I today. The iec
oid as it now stands Is twenty-three
dead, foitj ot nunc missing and a
l,n go lolleclloii of small bonis. Tin.
Injiued In ho'-plt lis and otl.ei places
aio i "Hireling. Anxiety on the part
ot friends of poisons who have been
icported nlsslng haf linna-sen to a.
cntnlnty ulrr.oht that they polished In
the flit. From the condition of the
bodies s-o far lccovered there Is bin
little hope that any of the bodies lb.it
may be lmtud heieafter irn be Iden
tilled.
Th" woik of lemming the dbils Is
proi ceding so nlowlv that luloeius
and merchants In the dlsliiit within
the the lines, extending a block In eilb.
el diiei tlon fiom tho si ene of the lire,
aie making complaint Huslncs Is
blockaded in the itilit Picldent
Muipiiv, of the health board? today
wioic to the contractor oidnlns him
peiemplorlly to hasten the work of ie
moval. TROUBLE FROM BANDITTI.
Lieutenant Hanna Captutes Fivo
Rcbbeis.
Santiago de Cuba, Maich 21 There
has been i onsldciable trouble fiom ban
ditti duilng the la-t lew ihos In the
iliinitv of San l.uli. When It was Hist
lepoitcd (Jetieial l.eomud S'ood suit
mounted tioops, as well as the entln
force of gendarmeile, into the distilct
with insti m t Ions to laptuie the ban
dits If possible.
They met with no sun ess, but finally
Lieutenant Ilaima, Ueueial Wood's
aide, went to San Luis to make a per
sonal Investigation, with the icsiilt that
within twenty-four hours the ilnglead
ei, rrancisio Diegue, and live otheis
weie captured, ami lati i two moto
taken ami one killed while resisting ai
iest. All aie now closely guaidtd In
the tnllltaiy prison heie.
SHOT A JUDGE.
A Texas Lawyer's Objections to an
Adveise Decision.
Pallas. Tex., Manli 21. At Sweit
watir, P. P. Woodi lift, a lawvei, at
tacked and shot Judge John II. Coili
leu In chambeis, with a involvei, the
trouble glowing out of the imirt's re
fUM'l to npprove a bill ot exceptions III
a law suit. Judge Cochran attempted
to defend himself and a bstamk-r
named It. P. Watts was shot in tho
hip. Watts and lludgo Cochian uro
in a critical condition. WoodiufC ts
muli i S2-,noi bond.
ludge Cochran is an ex-spenkcr of
the Tex'as house and was a candidate
for governor in 1MI.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Iiiillliluysburp Pa. Match 21 -Mujor
O.lver M. Irvine, u civil englneri and
major of the Seeni .sixth Peiinsv I
vanla viiluntci'is ilailug tho Civil war,
dlid lure last iiIrIU. aged i jeurt. lie
icased vnis a pioneer i.tllroad man and
ePived with Tluimas A Scott, on the "Id
Pottage initio. td u half iintiuj ago
I'lillnlrlplil.t. .March 21. Hlihatd A.
LtiiKliiini tho Invtiitoi of tho sand tilnst
dlid Iniu todav of llrlght's disease, aged
" venrs. He i ornes ol an old Man land
family, seviral numbers of which ills
tlngulBlicil thciiiHilves duiing the Itevo
lutlnn. A widow and flvo children suivivu
Mm
lluim. Herman, March 21-13, W l.ilt.
nii, the linguist. Is dead, aged OD yeats.
In tally life Dr. Liltncr, vMio was a i a
tlve of Himg.ir studied oileutal hmg
uiiges In the fast. After the fall of 8e
biiHlupul ho liicame piofistor or Aiablc
luiiKUiige and lltcratuii1 of tin Itoval
college London.
AtlaniU Citv. N. .1, Maich 2! -Frank
C Hklnner, ex-uoveinor of MassHcliu
scttH, died here todtj. Ills death ic
s ul l i'd fiom a complication ot diseases
whleh set in abtut a week ago. He was
l7 Sears of age
Flushing March 21 Hon. Francis
Hitirlsou Plctpoiit, tho first governor of
West Virginia died tonight In this city,
at tho residence of his daughter. Mis. W.
II Slvetei after an rHiieH of several
dujti Hon 1' II. Pierponl was iho
I'nlon governor of of the restored govern
ment of Virginia organUtd at Wheeling
ut the. outbreak of the war by tho citi
zens of what is now West Virginia und
opposed to secession.
POSTAL SERVICE
OFJFREE CUBA
CHARLES EMORY SMITH WELL
PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK.
Observations Mado During His Visit
to Havana Surprised to Learn of
the Pi ogress That Has Been Made
Under American Supci vision A
Geneial Undei standing Is Needed.
Havana, March .'I I'nltcd States
Postmaster Oenernl Charles Ihnoiy
Smith, who arrived here last Saturday
to taito n special look at the votk of
the department of posts under the man
ageinent of Colonel J J. O. Hathbone.
formeilv deputy commissioner .it
Washington, before sailing for the Uni
ted States today said In an interview
with a conespondent of the Associated
Press, legal ding the tesults of his
tiln:
"My dliect and Immediate put pose In
coining heie was to examine Into the
postal scivke of the Island as It has
been Inherited and leoiRaulzed, and
to see what Its K qulienients aie. Hut
of course, my eves and ears have been
open, and 1 have been Viiv much In
terested in my obsctvatlons and ron-
fetences of n moie general character.
I am gratified and even surprised to
llnd how mit'di has already been elona
hero bv the American reprerentallves.
"I did not see what Havana was un
der tho forniei nile. but I hive had
an nppni tunltv, at some points, of
speelallj netlng the contrast with
pietent conditions, and, I assure xntt.
It I one of the most signal clnracter.
1 have seen house s tipped up and laid
down as lluv were, and I have sven
houses ot the ranie kind next door,
where tcnovatlon and lecoiisttuc tlon
had been wiought. The dlffeienee Is
that between medievalism anil high
modern civilization. Tho change of
h.initaiy conditions Is enormous. N"o
one can begin to appieilate without
pergonal obsetv.'itlon what has been
accomplished here by Ameilcan Inter
vention In tin sTVlng of ;ifo and the
lnipiovlng of health conditions.
The Military Governor.
"The mllltaiy governor, Hernial
Ibooke, and his ns-sociatcs, have taken
up the woik of administration with
gieat capacity and judgment. I have
had considerable oppoitunlt.v of seeing
what Cleiieial F.rooke has inaugurated
and accomplished T believe that eveiy
Ameiliau, if he could pois-onally ic
and understand it, would be deeply
rim II fled with this work. (icneial
Iliooke has lieen elellbeiate, consider
ate ami viell poised; and. at the same
time, he has been Him and decided, lie
has eniefully gatheied the best infor
mation fiom the most tiustwoithv
soiiiies and has applied it to piesent
conditions with excellent judgment, lie
bus called Cuban count Ulors about him,
but h.is kept the dctci initiation of Im
mediate questions in his own hands
and has l.iboied faithfully and suci ess
fully to cairy out the spiilt and pui
pose of Ptcldent MeKinliy'a Instruc
tions and nollev.
' (Jeneral Hrooke Is te-establlshlng
the tlvll inachlnerv in Cuba on jut
Hues and Is eniefully ptnvldlng foi the
equitable adjustment of personal anil
propel tv tights as well as for public
protection. He has just completed the
oignnlzatlon of a supreme e mirt whleh
becomes the appellate tribunal, and
under whhh the law will In justly al
ininistctcd All blanches of tho civil
administration aie being taken up in
the same i aieful way.
"line lu the eltv of Havana Majoi
ncnci.il Ludlow has shown great vlgoi.
and a radical lefoiinatlon of police and
t-anltai maugements Is going on My
only oppoitunlty nt obseivatlon outside
Havana dining this huuied trip has
been In Mtjtanras. when Major lien
eial Wilson Is In command. His huge
public expei lence and mllltaiy capacity
aie lllustiated In the Improvement
which has been effei ted there and in
the admirable telatlnns he has estab
lished with the Cuban people.
An Undei standing Needed.
"The thing that Is now needed is a
geneial undei standing that those cop.
ditlons an to continue. The develop
ment of the Inland and even a geneial
feeling of security nie rotnnled by un
ccitaliit as to the rutin c. Theie Is
a Mel: of undei standing In many quar
tets that the I'nlted States authoiltles
will lemaln long enough to establish
and Insilie n stable government. This
uneoitalnty generates distrust and
hesitation In enteipilse and general
business leh.ibllltailon. The Impiesslon
needs to be diffused In Cuba that the
I'nlted States, having expelled the old
government, will accept the duty and
responsibility of leading the way to
the creation ot a. new government of
such a. character as will command uni
versal confident e and suppoit, became
fully capable of assuring perfect peace
and onler and tho full administration
of law nnd justice, nnd that the United
States will remain long enough, what
ever time may be neeessaty, to see
that this Is effectively done.
"Let mo say a word of the postal
sol vice It was found to be of the
most nude and Ineillelent chniactcr.
It will bo a work of some little tlniii
to teconstruct It completely and to
mnko It such a service as exists In
the United States, but this will bo ac
complished. Colonel ltathbone, who Is
In clinrgo as director general of posts,
Is a trained and exceedlngl capablo
oil) co i and has alieady vindicated his
selection for that position by tho en
ergetic and compiehenslve woil; ho Is
doing. Special elellveiy Is this week
Inaugurated In Havana, and fieo fre
quent dellveiles will be mgaulzed hero
nnd In other cities. Within a month
the post olllco will be tiansferied from
the tam-shacklo structuie which has
been a dlsgiaco to it to a new building
with completo modern equipment, as
good us exists in New York oi Phila
delphia. I believe that a Rood postal
service extending over the Island will
do a vast deal to educate nnd develop
tho people, nnd. nfter my personal oh
servatlon, I feel that under the present
ditector general of posts this will be
secured."
Postmaster Clenoral Smith sailed by
the eteameV.LIncolu, his traveling com
panion being Fourth Assistant Post
master General Joseph Uristovv,
TUNERAL OP KAIULANI.
Hoarse Drawn by 250 Hawnllnns.
U. S. Volunteers Participate.
Knn Francisco, March 21 The steam
er Doric arrived from the Orient la
Honolulu today and brliiRs news from
Honolulu under date of Match 15, tell
ing ot the funeral ot the late Ptlnccss
Kalulanl. who died on tho Cth Inst,
from Inflammatory thcumatlsm. The
funeral of the pilncess wa.s tho larg
est ever held in Honolulu und wns at
tended by membets of the family and
members of the ellffciont nations.
The hearse was diawn by 230 Havvail
ans. Tho Second battalion, United
States Volunteer Unginceis, patliclpat
ed. Fully 25,'JOO persons took patt In
the procession or witnessed It. llov.
11. 11. r in Iter made tho luneial nil
chess In tho Hawaiian language.
NOTHING EMBALMED.
Tho Soldiers at Manila Aie Satisfied
with Their Rations.
Washington, Match 21 Mall teports
have been received ft out Manila by the
subsistence bin can of the war depart
ment saving that the supplies sent from
the United States, Im ludlng all kinds
of vegetables, ai lived In good i onditlnn
There Is little or no complaint among
the tioops, sa8 the icpoit. A huge
number of sample bills of fate were
gatheieel fiom among the tioops, one
of 'hlch Is given as a bample as fol
io s.
T5tc.ikf.ist Heai s, oatmeal, salmon,
sm er, hi cad rail lea.
Dlnnci licefsteak bean gravv. pota
toes, stiweil onions siip.u, bronl and te i
Snppei Hulled bei f, tier i-oiip, potato
salad, sugar, bre id and leu.
BUSINESS UNCHANGED
Not Affected by Great Capitaliza
tions of New Companies or Wild
Fluctuations in Wall Stieet.
New Yoik, March 21 It. O Dun .fe
Company's Weekly Hov low of Trade
will iy tomorrow :
' Huslness is not f lightened either by
the gieat capitalizations of new i oin
panles or by the wild lluctuatlons in
Wall street. Xo matter how much
the stock opeiatlons In New Yoik may
count. buMness elsowheie Is huge
enough to watiant a wondetful expan
sion of Industiles, and that Is the thing
moht Important toobseiv-. In no con
siderable branch has production dimin
ished, but in practically all it has been
Ini'i eased iluilng tho past week. In
Iron and steel ,i Jlttle ninii mite for
Hcst-oirji pig cppeais In Plttsbutg, but
', -.m foiffo 7.". emits higher theie,
.i siulhir,' hoti ai , Mil' igc "0 cvis
to $1 higher. Thetc Is no niaiket lor
billets, as no winks cast or west cm
furnish lliciu at piesent, but quota
tions lnnge fiom $'-, at Plttsbutg to
$27 at Philadelphia. In finished pro
ducts then Is the tame tumble. It ids
can be bought at $2! nt Flushing and
Ml at Chicago, If at all, but small bus
have been sold at S.'fi at New York.
Chicago is taking many eoptiacts for
building In l!oton, New Yoik
and Washington, amounting to
four thousand tons, but makers
els where hip ovei-ctovvded wltl work.
No maikei can deliver plates within
any icasonable time and Plttshu'g
winks are solo on Jul sheets, though,
instead or ?2 40 theie, $2 C", at Chit ago
and JXOO at Philadelphia is paid. Plate
mills aio all full and theie Is heavy
d maud .it Chicago for bais with cn
mnkers' contract for 5 000 tons, piles
steadily growing monger.
The demand for lotion goods Is still
strong, but this week has not mutu
ally udv uueed pi ices. Cotton Is de
cidedly v eaker, though many bellne
that shoit supplies will In time Insiuo
higher pilcis. The wheat mink"t is
Just now somewhat stionger, w stein
letelpts tor the week aie J-i.uVI.OOO. The
expoi ts. Hour Included, huve been "cr
the week fiom At'antlc potts 2.020,ir.;
bushels, and fiom P.ultle ports S21.US3.
Western crop estimates aie large -ind
such tepoits as appear of the condition
of wheat for the coming ear aie on
the whole fa vol able, but prices aie "
cents higher than last week, while
corn Is 2'4 cents higher.
Falluics for the week have been 200
In the United States against 251 last
ear.
TEST DRUG CASE.
Based on Tatal Effect of Headache
Powder.
Pittsbuig, Match 2k Mis Maiy U.
Wist toda enteted suit tor $20,000
diuiingcs against Louis ibuamiel, a
piomlnent diugglst of tills city ami
piesldent of the Phninnueutical asso
ciation of Pennsvlvanla. The suit is
based on the claim of Mis. West th.it
Uimuiuel sold to her daughter, L'dna,
a headaehe powder which the youn,7
lady took and fiom the etfeets of with h
she died shottly ufteiw.u d.
'I he Impoit.inco of the suit lies In the
fact that the Issue will be sqiiaiitv
put to and the coutt decide on the
question whether or not a diuuKlxt In
this state can be held tesponslblo for
nil drugs sold by hlin, whethei tegulat
or patent medicine nostiums.
Kipling Has n Setback.
New York, Maich 21 Uudy.ud Kipling
who had steadily hrproved in his tecoi-e-v
Horn his long lllniss from pneu
monia, hud a tnnpoiniy setback last
night when In was seized by a fainting
spell Mr Doubleday said that Ml. Kin
ling had been mado somewhat Weaken b
the fainting, but he stated this evening
that tho author hud fullv recovcied. It
Is said that Ml. Kipling had exerted hlm
nlf a llttlo too illicit on Thuisday In
Milking and lending He Is still In bid.
James Cole Hanged,
lllmnaick. N. D, Maich 21 James W.
Coir, tho negro who tlnougli i.ige nnd
Jealousy on Decunber 12 shot and killed
his sweetheart, Sophronla Ford, expiated
hl criim on the scaflold today. Tho
ixeeiillon vxas the second legal hanging
In the state The condemned man xwis
ool and collected to the lapt. Cole did
not want any reunions consoler und
xxould not havo tho denth warrant lead
Big Tobncca Company.
Ticnlon, N. J.. Match 21 Ailltlcs of
Ititorporatlon of tlu i:gitlan Tobacco
company with a capital of Jl.500,000 were
Hied this afternoon. The comp.ui is
uuthorlzc-d to engage lu the manufacture
of cigarettes. There aro twenty Incorpor
ators in different tuwna In Now York
state. ,
GOVERNOR HAS
BEEN MISQUOTED
NOT OPPOSED TO THE APPRO
PRIATION TO SCHOOLS.
Objects to a Floating Debt of Four
Millions Is Simply Trying to
Preserve the Ciedlt of tho State
Which Has Been Tlueatoned by
Reckless Appiopriatlon in tho
Past An Effort to Make Accounts
Balance.
Hnnlfcbui B.March 21. Ciovci nor Stone
today wioto the following letter to J.
li. Heishey, of MeKecspoit, who asked
him for his vluws on tho proposed re
dui'tlon of the public school upprupi lo
tion: I havo been ver.v much misquoted In the
lie wspapers. 1 am not opposed to tho up
piopilatlim to the public schools anil re
gard It a ve iv wise und Judicious appio
prlntlon of tho public ic-venue, but the
amount here tofoio appiopil Ued Is not In
pioportlon to the amount ot levenuc in
celved bv tho staP We have appio
pil.Ucd live and one-hilt minions annu
ally, whllo our tevenues me mil eieicn
million dollars and genetally lens tlnin
that so that the apptopilation to the pub
lie se horils Is iiioio than out -half of tlfo
cntlio icveiiues tc celved by the slate. Wo
have accumulated a filiating Indebted
ness over nnel abovo tho stato funded
debt of neaily four millions of doll us
whleh the stale has not paid nnd cannot
pi. This appropriation to the puollc
schools Is muc.isonubli. considering the
tevcnuo used. Wc h.v to support the
slate government, we have to maintain
tho National gu.ud, we have to taio fot
the Insane, and the Inmates of peniten
tiaries, besides we havo schools for recblo
inlndrd enlldn it, schools foi solilleis' or
phans, schools roi blind and for cleat and
dumb children, and theie aie stall insti
tutions and have to be m ilntalncd out of
the icveiiues of the state.
A Seilous Condition.
Now we have leached a condition tlut
Is not an easv one. Wo havo the Moating
debt ot ncdil lour millions. Past legis
latures hnvo been nppiopilatlng nioro
than Iho icveiiuo anticipated 1 am slmi
1 trlng to do ono of two things nnd of
course the ligMutmi must ilect which it
will be. Hither increase the teveiiue or
i educe the apiiioiiilatlons. I llnd that
cutting off appiopri ulmis to a few schools
and oven to pilvate charities will not glv.
us enough ntonev to pay emr debts even
111 Instalments ot a million doll. us a vcar,
and contipiie this largo ap)i epilation to
the public sthouls and maintain the in
s?.litlii!is of tho stale to which the stale
Is beholden. Wo cannot hot tow money
Theie Is no powet under the constitution
to do o We i annul fund our Him ting
debt it mast be paid. The state ttcus.
inj no,, ' ri ao .or ""illi'ii "
'Iho treasui.'r ol lliti oiu is eomjif a
to tequest loipol.Ulnns to nd alien iiiniii
on taxes that nie not due until the next
fiscal jimi' lu oidii to pay tho lie -es-saiy
expenses or the stale. Thin is a de
jilolable eeindltltni and one for which
then Is no eeii-e'. I am simply tilug
to preset ve the nedlt ot the state, which
i an oulv b done bv pilng the honest
debts of tin state If the legist Ume re
tuses to pi oxide additional revenue, t
think It bettei to inline Iho appioprla
tlons to the public schools n llulr th 1 1
to go on Inei casing mil lloatlug debt. We
must be Just before wo i.m be dun liable
This Is inv opinion. It Is the only posi
tion 1 liaxe ivei taken.
Tho menthols of the legl-dituit ami
senators are iiatuiall lutiiosted In pio
cuiln appropiiiitlons lor hospitals and
ptlvnte instltutluns of learning In their
le-pectlvo dlstrleis. Siillli lent regard has
not been given to the i ex rimes eit the
state. I feil It to be nix dutv, otcupjlug
the position that I do, to tiy and make
tho accounts baliuce.
I thank .voil verx inueh for ou letter
and appreciate our aid in lids attempt
which I billcxo. to be luM and right and
which I shall not hesitiu to cany out
in so far as I am able
eix iiulx voius
AVIlllam A. Stone.
THE RIVALS DISCUSSED.
Ameiican Ti lists Blamed for Failure
of British - American - Canadian
Commission.
London, Mai eh 21 The Saturday He
vlc xx this evening atiimoniously ills
cusses tin futuio iclatloiishlp between
the Fulled States and Orent Htltaln In
a liiifrnit!clt entitled "The Rivals."
After pointing' iut that ' nothing ina
teilal has et been the outcome of the
passlmx wave of sentimental hypnot
ism." it mocetds to blamo the Ameii
can tiusts foi the tniluie of the Klitlsh-Ameilcaii-Cauadhin
commission, sa)
lug:
"Those tiusts ina.v be expected to
menace British ttado supieiuac with
the same unset upulous tlvaliy In the
tar east as is noxx show u in Camilla
and ultimately e'veiyxxheie In the w oriel.
And as the tiusts contiid Ameilcuu
polities, such Immediate advantages as
Fnglmid might gain from an nlllance
would be laigely iiveishadowed by the
dangers Into whleh the tiusts aio likely
tei force Ameilca by Insisting upon nn
Indefinite policy of expansion."
The ai tide concludes li advising
Hugland to pursue her own way, "tient
lujr Ameilca xxlth the same courtesv
which she extends to tho continental
nations, no less and no mote"
GARMENT MAKERS STRIKE.
Six Thousand Demand n Fair Pi ice
for Government Woik.
Philadelphia, Mnnh 21 Six thou
sand garment makers lu this city aio
piepailng to go on stilke tomonow at
noon. They demand higher wages, a
fair pi ice for government woik and
the abolition of sub-contiactois.
Nearly 2,000 nt the stllkeis nie wo
men. The movement has been caie
fully planned. lively meeting of the
woikeis has been setiet.
An Aged Pauper's Suicide.
uwign, N. Y. Muith 21 Nathan c
Kllbuiu, past M) ears old, who was re
cently plated lu the county almshouse
after making a stubborn iiHistauee,
Jumped from a thlid stoi window of
that institution todu anil was instantly
killed Years ago he xnis a piospeioia
grain and lumber meichaiit and was
win th In the t.elgliborhooii of (100,000
Twenty Millions in Beet Sugar.
Trenton. N. J, Match 21 Al lie lis of
IncorpoiiUloii of the American Rett Sugar
eoiupaii, with a capital of (2),0ii0,0u0, weie,
Hied toda Tho company is authoilzeel
to mauufacturo und sell sugar ami the
various ptocluctii of sugar bocttJ, sugar
cane und sorghum.
THH N1IWS THIS MOllXIXa
Weather Indications ToJjft
PARTLY CLOUDY i WARMER.
1 Oeneral Cleuciul Otis Getting Head
for tho Itouuel t'p of the Filipinos.
(Joxt'inor Hloui on tho Proposed lie-
dtietlon of Mcliool ApproprliUlou.
I'ostmaster (ieiieral Smith Pleased
with Outlook lu Cuba.
2 Cicnernl Worn t,f the Stale Legl-sla-
tuie.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local Religious' New u ot the Week.
I lMltorlal.
Ncxx'.s and Comment.
5 Local Social and Pctsonal.
One Woman's Views.
Haun.net ot Young Men's Fnium.
C Local List of Measures Killed or
Plpeon-Holcd by the Present Coun
cils. Charter llefued for n Xew Polish
Chute h.
7 Local Profcsfor Wlnchestet's Hrlll
hint Ltctuie.
('looks Succasisfiilly Ransack n House
on the Hill.
S Local West Seraiiton nnd Slibuiban.
0 News Round About Seraiiton.
10 Storv "WuiMicil '
II Siindav School i.esson for Tomonow.
Nicknames of the Vuiluus States.
1.' Local Com t Proceedings.
Dunmore I'otiiif,h Happenings.
FIREBUGS IN THE
LAFAYETTE HOTEL
A Determined Effoit Made to De-
stioy the Handsome Stiuctuic.
d'hlladelphla, Maich 21 A deter
mined effoit to set flit to the lifavette
hotel, in the heait of the city, with the
appaient purpose of causing a ttaged
similar to the Windsor hotel lite In
New Yoik city, wis made eaily es
terd ty moinlng beloie scaicelv any of
the m.inv guests in the hotel weie
avxnke. It was due to the suspicious
actions of an unknown well-elressed
sti anger, who wns seen leaving tin
lintel shoitly betene 7 n chic k. that led
a bell boy to go up staiis with a thought
that something might have been stolen
From parlor It, on the sesond floor, he
saw smoke coining, and enteilng, found
flies had been lighted in ttuee differ
ent places and weie then gaining head
way. In one toinei a number of late
curtains weie throxxn togethei and
xx en on Hie. He null kly summoned
assistance and the 1 del employes suc
iceil'd In extlngi -dilng the flames
without the guest i knowing of the
great r iger that b-id tlmatened them.
Vie nut J in i' !' i jlai v
was to i tuao another gieat hotel fire,
with the Intention of enintnlttliigwhole.
sali thetts dining the excitement. Is
the belief of the hotel piopiletor Local
detettives xxen assigned to the nise
and they sent for txxo New Yoik ele
tee lives to aid them The iilfnlr was
kept n seciet, but managed te leak out
tonight. It Is not known xxhether any
one Is susnei toil 11 Is the opinion of
some of the deteetives that It ma have
been a demented mans woik. As a
piceaution against a lepetitlou, all the
hotels In the cltv now have an extra
foies of watchmen on dutv
The I.afavette Is a huge elght-storx
stun tine, situated on Hioad street, bo
low Chestnut.
POLICY RESPECTING
THE PHILIPPINES
The Administration Will Not Decide
Upon a Fixed Cause in Dealing
with the Islands.
Thomasv llle, (la., Match 21. The ad
minlstiatlon will not decide upon Us
permanent policy leganllng the Philip
pines until the St hut maun lonimls
sion lepoits
It reels that Its piesent knowledge of
the islands Is too tndetlnlto as a basis
Tor a fixed policy. Moieover, a moic
definite decision is felt to be needless
since for the present the only pioblem
Is the lestoi.itlon of law and otdei and
the establishment of a stable, peace
ful condition. This and tho appoint
ment of a diplomatic iepitsentiillvo
at Madiid an two of the most Impor
tant mattets lomaiiilng open. The
Madrid mission piobabl.v will bo inlsed
to an embassy soon after the payment
of the twenty million tlollui.s Indem
nity. Geneial AVoodfonl iiuiv not be
the new envoy, owing to the fact that
New Yoik alieady has mull an undue
propoctlon of the highest diplomatic
appointments.
Western Base Ball League.
Mllwaukc. Wis Maich 2I.-Wctero
baso ball league magnates got together
lato today and adopted the fcuson's
schedule which takes In Columbiu. Should
tho National league drop Cleveland It will
bo fin eas matter to tiansfer the Colum
bus aggiegatlou to the Foie:t City with
out materially changing tin schedule..
Tho season open on Apill 27. closes Sep
tember 11 and calls foi l.S games,
Voyage of the Relief.
Washington. March 21 -Surgton (leuetal
Storiibetg has u celved the following front
Surgeon Hiadley In ehaige of the huspl
tnl chip Relief on her way to Moulin.
Peitm, Maich 21.
Aillved in good condition i.W Will
proceed tonlgot. Will nrilve Colombo
about March :il.
. - Mm
The Fight a Draw,
Nexv Yoik. March 2l.-Tho 2j-rouud light
at tho Rroadxxii Athletic club tonlgjit
bttxxciin Kid Mcl'aiihmd and Fddlo Cou
nellv ended In a diaw The bout was a
good 0110 th'oughuut and ncltliei man
shnxxeel any decided supuiloiily over the
other. The announcement of the icfiiee
dccltilng tho fb'ht a cllaxv was loudly
elicited.
Rough Riders' Reunion.
Albany, N. Y.. Mulch 21 -Gov. I nor
Room veil stated today that he would IT
possible attend tho proprscel leiiulem of
the Rough Illdeis to be held In the west
Juno 21. He can make no dollnlte prom
lee becaufo ho does not knoxx but that
business of state muy prevent his attend
ing Pennsylvania Peuslous.
Wiishlngtcn, Marrh 21 -These I'ennsM
Viilllii pt'llHluliH h.tve been Issued Orliii-lial-Arnold
I.loxd. Stanueeit Aa)ne, Xf
Addllonal Thomus Lavxellt Jissup,
Luckuw ultra $- 10 (12. Incroase Gilbert
II. Crundull, Sugar Run, Ilrudford, Jll to
(17 Reissue Special March 15. leauc 1).
Gcnzel, Shlckishinny, Luzerne, (S.
THE CUBAN
WAR HATRED
Courts to Ipore Actions
Against the
Troops.
Ok
OUTCOME OF CONDITIONS
Pioceedlngs Agninsl Spanish Ouer
rilas and Otheis to Bo Stopped.
Actions Committed in War Timo
by Soldieis Must Bo Foi gotten A
Deciee to Be Issued by Geneial
Biooke All Men Now in Custody
on Such Charges to Bo Released.
Havana, Mnnh 21 That tlf Cuban
and Spanish l. uncus and hatreds, tins
outgiowth of the war conditions, aro
still lu effect In Cuba ! evidenced by a,
communication recentlv sent to Clov-einor-Cieiieral
Riooke by Senor Lan
uza, head of the dcpiitment of ius
tlce anil public iiisttuctlon. He savs
It Is a matter of dallv oeeuuive tint
in elirt'oicnt parts ot the Island pio
ceedlngs art liken ,igiiliil thc.sp who
belongesl to gueitilln and other Spanish
fores dining the xxar foi cilmes Im
puted to have been committed at that
time. Cuba's P'.nie S-not Lunuza. adds,
iciiiIteM that this bt stopped. Continu
ing ho rays:
"If wc opened th" elooi to siph ac
cusations we should soon have a setles
of actions against Cuban leaders anr.
lesident Spanish soldieis, which xx-ould
constitute a continuation of the xxat.
but with othei aims Tho Cuban aim,
under the nciesslt.v of war, buineei
ptoneilv and seize I food and I'lnlluns.
Tho Spaniard i did si'nil.ir thing)-. Tlies
men shnuhl not now be piosceutrd in
the e emits for ,n tluns lomniltted lu
win time. Cula must forU the post
Such ptosecutlons disturb the country t
lceonsttut tlon. The matter should bt
handled at the toot, bv oideting thein
to cease all prisciution "
Following the suggestion contained in
Senor Lanuza's letter, Ciovernot-Cener-al
Htotike will Issue a electee to tho
effect that the civil und mllltaiy Judges
ti- t ioi leiignlsv and m"vi ilwrn
ni' pies nt nnd penu.'iir m Am nsiiia
tioops in the field lor epr .'.gmtiat M'atn
diirlur the vxai for acts committed
then. Furthci, the govoinor-gemral
Will erdei the Immediate release of all
men noxx held In custody on Mirh
chaises.
Colonel S. S, Dunwoody. tho chPf
signal olllcer on fJovernor-Genenl
lliooke'g stuff, has complttid the over
land telegiaph who to Puerto Film ipe
The line Is now upei to the publl at 2
cents a word.
FLOODS IN CHINA.
An Appetl Is Made to Chniitable
Ameiicaus to Aid Suffeicis.
Washington Manh 21 -Cltlens of
the Fnltetl States lesiding In Chi l'o...
China, haxe made an earnest appeal
thtough Consul Foxxh 1 at Che Fooel to
the chatltable In Auicilca and else
when on behalf of the suiTeiers trout
the appalling Yelloxx liver Hoods eit
this on 1. These floods have been de
sctibe'd by the natives as "China's Soi
iow" and the petltlonois state that
novel befole xxas the ellstiess so gieat
and heattiendlng as now.
The most conservative estimates
place the number of staiviug at 2 000,
000, ami time and tin im leasing cold
weather xx 111 undoubtedl gicatl.x aug
intlit the dlstn ss.
FIGHTING TRANSIT COMPANY.
Tho Mayor of Syiacuse Making
Things Lively.
Syiacuse, N. Y, Maich 21 Maor
McC.uIip today began a tight agains
the Rapid Tianslt i nmp.iny, whleh has
refused to e huuge Its mles rog.ii din.;
tiansfers. lie has otdeieel the lnpe -
tlon ot eats ny nn noani u iieaieu lim
ited the speed to 111 to ti miles an hour,
dliected suit for bat k ta.xes and .u
dered unused mils totn up and sold f"r
old Iron to apply on flu debt
The police, health und publb vx ik
depaitments an enfoii'ltig.the max r "
ordeis t the lettei. Cars are Im nig
tun at a sloxv speeei, which the max
considers an attempt to make Ins
movement unpopular with putmns of
tho road.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO.
They Aie Hcaitily Welcomed by the
Citizens.
Washington. March 2l.The Mei. an
ambassador. Stnor Hon Manuel Arpiet
oz, who succeeds the late Senor XX"
mem, nrihed lu Wnshingt m todiy
The nmbassidor spiaks In high t -ms
ot tho Ameilcans in .Mexico and savs
the country invites ilient as citizens
and lnvostoi- The Amerlian loimiy
nt Mexico Clt numbers nbnut 600 and
Ameilcans m scallered all tin ugli
the countr, devtloplng Hie iailus
and mines.
Senor Azpliroz Is aicompaitUs by
his wife nnd two datiBhttrs.
Reed Leaves Jokyl Island.
Rnmuwiek. Gi, Manh 21.-Spe.ik-r
Reteel left Jekl Island today foi a nip
lo the Florida n sorts. Ux-Sei let.irs"
Illlss who entert.ilni'd the prmliUut vxhllu
here, dopaitcd lor Ni iv York.
McCoy Gets Decision,
San Francisco. March 21. MeCo gpta
deslloii 0x1 r Chonvkl at end ol ixxeii
tloth round.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
-r-
Washington. Mnnh 21 -Forct ast
for Satunla For eaxlern Pi nn
sxlvanlii, 11 irtly cloud , wuimcr In
the southern portions, winds be
coming brisk caste il
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