Fill Cnuuiil ill innr; General Wheaton Falls Upon j TFfem and They Are Routed With Heavy Loss. TWO AMERICANS KILLED. General Otis Cables That the United States Army and Gunboats Now Command the Lake. Prisoners Say That the Insurgent Army Is Weakening- -One Half of the Men On Firing Lines Have No Arms—Half a Million Dollars Worth nf Insurgent Prop erty Destroyed. Manila, March 20.—Some of the reb els recently expelled from Cavite and the small towns iu the vicinity of l'a sig combined forces and attacked a company of the Washington Volun teers, a detached post at Taguig, about a mile and a half southeast of l'asig. Gen. Wheaton immediately reinforced tlie Americans with two companies each of the Washington and the, Ore gon regiments. The post hud held the GENERAL LLOYD WHEATON. Miemy in check and the tire of the re nforcing companies repulsed them, iriving them across to an island formed in the estuary. They were thus in front of the Twenty-second Regulars. (in discovering that t hey were en trapped the rebels fought desperately, j aided by the jungle and til." darkness, •.nit they were completely routed, with heavy ioss, after two hours' fighting, i'lie Americans"lost two killed and. twenty wounded, among the latter Lieutenant Frank .Tones. Gen. Otis says the American army ind gunboats now command the lake. He estimates that property of the in surgents valued at s."><>o.ooo lias been lestroyed, while quantities of rice and sugar and four hundred tons of coal, which is very valuable here, have been •iiptured. Many of the prisoners represent that the Filipino soldiers are weakening i'lie generous treatment that the Americans administer to the native irisoners and wounded seems to influ •nce the insurgent army powerfully. In lie opinion of the Americans, however, the Filipino leaders will continue to provoke fighting just as long as they •an retain their hold upon their foi owers, because they have everything to gain and nothing to lose The en 'iiniy have twice as many men on their firing, lines as they have arms, mil the fact that so few arms are cap tired'by the Americans is because the . r uns of the wounded Filipinos and of many who surrender are spirited iway. (Jen. Linares Want<*il to Fl«;l»t a Duel. Washington, March 21.—Gen. Lin ires, commander of the Spanish forces it Santiago until wounded, when Gen. Poral took his place, lias scored lieav l.v against Count Alinona. who several weeks ago in the Cortes declared that the Spanish generals were all cowards whose traitorous conduct was respons blo for Spanish., defeat. Gen. Linares, who lost an ai'm at Santiago, sent a challenge to Almonn. The latter apol ogized. The publication of the apology satisfied Gen. Linares and was balm to the wounded feelings of the other Spanish generals, all of whom were ■unarting under t.,e tongue-lasliing which Count Alinona had -given them. Serious Accident on Shore. Buffalo. March 22. —Passenger train No. IS. known as the Southwestern Limited, on the Lake Shore Railroad, was derailed at Rlaisdell and Engineer Henry Shattuck. of this city, was in stantly killed. Brnkeman G.orge W. Huberts is at the Fitch Hospital suflfer ng from a fracture of tin- left leg at the knee and several contusions of the Doily. Acc lined, Then iteat the Priest. New Orleans, March 21.—The •Rev. Father Leander Roth, of Kenner, a suburb of this city, is laid up as a re sult of an assault made upon him l>y Colonel Thomas Sellers, a wealthy planter. Sellers assailed the priest with a stick after accusing him of in sulting his daughter. Father Roth's friends claim the assault was the re sult of the priest's refusal to grant ab solution to certain members of Colonel Seller's family. K'wsla to flel|> China Kenint Italy. St. Petersburg. March 21—It is as sorted here that negotiations are al most concluded by which the treaty port, NewChwang, province of Leao- Tong. on the River Liaou. near the Gulf of Pochili, will become a Rus sian possession, Russia undertaking iu return to support China in resisting the demands of Italy. Shamr«ck*t» Ma in mast. London, March 21.—A squad of Fife's carpenters has begun making the Shamrock's spars and other wood work. The log for the mainmast has arrived. It is a fine stick of Oregon pine, a little over one hundred feet long. Therefore, it will be ten feet longer than Valkyrie's. Fife, It Is thereupon claimed, "evidently intends (togo the limit in canvas." FILIPINO ARMY CUT IN TWO. Gen. Otu Believes That He Can Crush th« ( Revolt In Three WmH Washington, March ~2l.—The most gratifying information in connection, with the Filipino insurrection that has come to the Government since the out break began was received at the War Department in a private telegram from Major-Gen. Otis. The most lm- ; portant statement in the despatch was the expression of confident belief by Gen. Otis that, with a continuance of the successes which have attended the present operations of the Ameri can troops, the military situation would develop an entirely satisfactory termination in about three weeks. The text of the despatch was tele graphed to President McKinley at Thomasville. Gen. Otis in his message gave some of the reasons for his belief that the Filipinos could not hold out much longer. He said that he .had cut the Luzon army of the insurgents squarely in two, had captured a large quantity of supplies au(l had taken many pris oners. The United States forces now hold the narrow neck of laud between the two divisions of Aguinaldo's army. Each of those divisions of the insur gents is being pressed back by Ameri can troops. Gen. Otis lias Indicated his purpose of dividing his forces into two columns, one to operate on each side of and away from the isthmus now held by the Americans. The final assault on the two divisions of tlieFil ipino army is expected to begin at once. Agtiinalrio Is Cutting: Off Head*. Manila. March 22.—Agumaldo is taking extreme measures to suppress signs calculated to cause a cessation of hostilities. Twelve adherents of the plan of independence, residents of Ma nila have been condemned to death be ?ause they wrote advising surrender, nud all loyal Filipinos have been called upon to perform the national service :>f despatching them. Gen. I.agarda visited Malolos for the purpose of ad vising Agllinaldo to quit. ll.' argued with the insurgent leader ana attempt ed'to convince him of*the friiy of his persistence in the face of overwhelm ing odds. Aguiualdo was furious at the advice, and ordered Gen. Lagarda to be exe cuted Immediately. The unfortunate General, was promptly decapitated. On Speaking Term# Willi Spain. Gibraltar, March 22.—As the Spanish squadron commanded by Admiral ya rn lira was leaving Gibraltar Hay it was met near Algecircas by the United states cruiser Raleigh, which is return ing home from Manila. The Kaleigh ran up the Spanish flag and the Span ish Admiral replied by hoisting tlie Stars and Stripes. This is the first act if international courtesy between the United States and Spain in European waters since the outbreak of the war. Kx-Senator \Val*h Dead. Augusta. Ga.. March 22.—Til? funeral if ex-United States Senator 11. Patrick 111. Walsh. Mayor of the city, and edi tor of the Augusta Chronicle, will be ittended by men of prominence from ill over the State. Mayor Walsh died liter a prolonged attack of nervous prostration, which is said to have re sulted from grief over the ingratitude jf some of his closest friends, dis played during the campaign for the Mayorality. War liallnonlat Dead. Boston. March 22.—Thomas Carroll Itoone. the telegraph operator who went up in the Santiago balloon under in awful Spanish fire, is dead. Boone, with two Government olhctrs. per formed heroic work in the airship, which was it target for the Spanish, until it fell into the trees and t'irew all three men out. Boone was caught in the drag anchor and received wounds from the effects of which he never ful ly recovered. American Syndicate Invades Nova Scotia Halifax. N. S.. Mar. 21.—The Nova Scotia Government is about to lease a large tract of timber. Crown lauds in Inverness nud Victoria counties, to an American syndicate for a period of thirty years for pulp and paper mak ng purposes. The lease covers about 1.000 square miles. The company, it s stipulated, must commence opera tions'by July and expend SIO,OOO In works the first year. They are to pay to the Government a yearly rental of ft!,ooo. The company will erect a large plant. Hurled l.ntft of Beef. i Chicago,' March 22. At the beef in | ltiiry. Col. I>. .lack Foster, of the-Sixth J Illinois Infantry, testified that at I 'once he drew refrigerator beef once. When the meat reached camp it was •ronounced bad and a board of inquiry •ondemned it and it was buried. He lid not try it again, ('apt. Udward J. Demmick, of the First Illinois, testi fied that some of the canned roast beef he.saw was spoiled and was thrown jverboard on the voyage to Cuba. CarlifttH Are Angry. Venice, March 21.—Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, is still here holding l petty court. It was announced that the signing of the peace treaty with the United States by Spain would be the signal for a Carlist uprising, but there are as yet no indications of de cisive action. The followers of Don Carlos are experated at his indol ?ace. Schley Before a Hoard, Washington, March 22.—Winfield S. Schley has successfully passed the physical examination for promotion to the rank of rear-admiral iu the navy before a medical board convened at the Washington Navy Yard. To complete the legal test lie must al so pass a moral, mental mil profes ! sionai examination, and his papers are before a board of rear-admirals, which convened nt the Navy Department. Aucmbly Hinders Payment of •1i.000,000. Havana. March 22.—A complication promising trouble lias arisen in the matter of distributing the $.(.000,000 given by the United States to tlit> Cub in troops. The Cuban Assembly is in possession of the muster rolls of the Cuban army, and refuses to surrender them. Without these rolls it will lie .mpossible to distribute the money. ft nil mi The Windsor in New York Destroyed and Many Lives Lost. LARGE LIST OF MISSING. Flames Eat Up the Well Known Hostelry as If It Were So Much Straw. Fire Started Willi* the St. Patrick'* Dmj Parade Was I'liMlng and Many liueets Watching It From the Windows—Prob ably the Moil Calamitous Hotel lllaze New York Has Kver Known. New York. March IS.— The Windsor Hotel, ont* of the best known and most popular of New York's older hotels, was destroyed yesterday afternoon by a tire in which fourteen persons are known to have lost their lives. The property loss is about $1,000,000. About fifty persons were iujured, either by bolus burned or by jumping from the windows of the hotel, many of them seriously and some of them fatally, while at a late hour last night about sixty persons, including guests and employees of the hotel and police men, were unaccounted for. It is thought that some of I hem were bur ied in the ruins and that their bodies will be found when a thorough search is possible. The fire was probably the most ca lamitous hotel blaze New York has ever known. It is thought to have been started from a window curtain taking fire from a lighted match that was thrown from a second-story win dow. The St. Patrick's procession was passing the hotel when the tire start ed, and many of the guests were watching it from the windows. The lire spread through the corridors with the speed of the wind and within twenty minutes the entire building seemed wrapped in flames. Several of the dead were killed by jumping from the windows. Panic seemed to reign inside the hotel from the first. The firemen saved many lives by their heroic deeds, but they were powerless to control the flames. New York. March I!).—As the details nf the great tire which destroyed the Windsor Hotel, in which so many lives were lost, on Friday afternoon, begin to smooth themselves into one Connect ed story, the more disastrous does the terrible affair become. It is possible to arrive at the conclusion that at least seventeen men and women are known to have lost their lives either by being burned or by Jumping from (he burning building into the street be low. The number of those who were believed to have been within the walls if the hotel when the tire started, but who have not yet been accounted for, lias been somewhat increased, but the list is considerably cliangeJ, as some ;>t those who had escaped but had not reported their safety found time and occasion to do so. It is not thought that when the ruins •an be searched thoroughly many bod ies will be discovered. It is impossi ble. however, for anything like a search to be made among the ruins, for they have not sufficiently cooled. It Is therefore probable that not for several (lays will the exact extent of the loss of life be known. A force if laborers began to work on part of the ruins, but did not accomplish much. I.ittle else is talked of any where. and little else is read in the newspapers. The awfnlness oft lie sudden fate that overtook so many persons in broad daylight gave rise to much speculation as to what would have happened had the tire broke out iu the middle of the night. From this point the public imagination turned to what would be likely to happen in •ertain other hotels that are no better prepared to cope with sudden out breaks of lire than was the Windsor Hotel. As near as can be ascertained it this time, the Windsor Hotel was provided with all precautions against tire, and all the lire escapes that the law demanded. But the fact remains that the tire could scarcely have burned with more rapidity had the iiiildiug been constructed with an eye to making one grand bonfire out of it. 'ommissioner Thomas .1. Brady, of the Department of Buildings, said that the hotel was a lire trap in the sense that »very hotel, hospital, theatre or build ing of a similar public character erect ed in accordance with the building laws that prevailed before 1592 was a lire trap, a place of certain peril in time of fire. C. W. Squires. the cashier of the Windsor, when seen at the Hotel Man liattun. where lie is now staying, said: •There were many persons in the ho tel when the lire started who were not suests, but I cannot say whether any af them were lost. All the afternoon let-sons had been coming into theoffice and asking permission togo upstairs *o that they might view the parade. Most of them were women, and all those who appeared to be respecta ble were told that they might do so. C do not know how many outsiders were in the hotel, but the number was large. "Most of the persons who had come into view the parade stationed them selves at windows on tlie parlor floor, ind a lot of them went out on the roof of the entrance to the front. These persons had every chance to escape, and most likely did so, as they were not far from the stairway and close to the ground, hut some of them may have perished. If any of them went up further than the parlor floor, how ever. they were caught there by the flames. Then. too. a number of the juests hail visitors in their rooms, and if any of these persons peris/ ed it may be several days lieforo the fact be ?omes known." Mrs. Nellie Thomas, the assistant Housekeeper, had an almost miracu lous escape from death, she was at work on the sixth floor when the fire broke out. She ran to the stairs and round escape shut off. She then went to the elevator iKiaft and was met by Hames pouring up from below. Then she went ton window and threw out w rope, which was placed there for such emergencies, and climbed down uand over Mind until within (ortj ted from the ground. Then she became unconscious nnd fell, but she was nol seriously Injured by the fall. The personal belongings lost by th« patrons of the Windsor Hotel In th« tire will reach a large amount. The po lice of the Kast Fifty-first street sta tion have in tlieir possession Jewelry alone the value of which they place at SIOO,OOO. It is impossible even to estl mate the loss which the puests have sustained. Mrs. Mary Kirk Ilaskin the daughter of Mrs. Nancy Ann Kirk, who died In Bellevue Hospital on Fri day night us the result of her Injuries, informed the police before starting for Chicago with her mother's body that she had lost jewelry worth at least S2OO.OtH). A great many of the valua bles which tin- police of the East Fifty-llrst street station are guarding were taken from the bodies of the dead mill from those who were badly injured. The reason why so much was saved is found In the fact that when the occupants of the hotel were alarmed .their first thought was to se cure as many of their treasures as pos sible. It is understood that the police will turn the jewely over to the care of Coroner Hauscli, on the theory that it was all taken from the dead. Even in so fearful a time as pre vailed when the lire broke out in the hotel, the looters got t<> work. In sev eral instances escaping guests saw men robbing the rooms of valuables which were lying around. One man was arrested as lie was making his way from the building with a bundle of clothing under his arm. When he was searched at the station house he was found to have in his possession, among other things, ahotit SI,OOO worth of Jewelry, which he had taken from the apartments of Aimer Mclvin ley. Following Is a revised list of the dead: John Connolly, aged forty-five years: hotel employe: Kate Flannigan, employe: Mrs. John Gibson. of Cincin nati. thirty-five years old: Eleanor Louise Goodman. seventeen years old: (laughter of Samuel Goodman. a bank er: Miss I.aselles Grandy. of Elizabeth City, N. ('., in the city 011 a shopping tour: Mrs. Maurice Henry, sixty-live years old: Mrs. James S. Kirk, of Evanstou. 111., widow of the founder of a large soap factory in Chicago; Mrs. Warren F. Lelniid. wife of the proprietor: Miss Helen Leland. daugh ter of Warren F. Iceland, proprietor of the Windsor Hotel; Miss Amelia l'ad ilock, of lrvington. X. Y.: Mary Sulli van. died at Hellevue Hospital: un known woman, midle-agcd. jumped from window, died in Miss Gould's house: unknown woman, who threw child and jumped after it. body not re covered: unknown child, thrown from window by woman, body not recov ered: unknown woman, jumped from window, died at Nil 0 East Forty sixth street: unknown woman died in Church of the Heavenly ltest. Typhoid In I'hitadclplilA. Philadelphia. March 21.—50 many typhoid cases due to the drinking of filthy water have arisen that the hospi tal doors are closed against such pati ents. There arc 730 cases of typhoid now tinder treatment in the city hospi tals. and every institution has been obliged to turn away patients. The medical fraternity is aroused and is up in arms over the condition of affairs, and the Medical Journal suggests suit being brought against the city for damages for typhoid fever due to the failure to supply pure water. More Woe for Spain. Madrid. March 21.—Placards have been posted at Castelion and Alcada lie Chlsvert calling upon taxpayers to refuse to pay their taxes. The placards, which were addressed to the repatri ated soldiers, were lorn down by the police. The Grain Market. WHEAT.—Crop advices from the winter wheat belt again turned the tide of speculation in a bullish direc tion. Demands from both local and outside sources, as the result of crop information, lias been quite brisk. It is said that big ocean charters have re cently been made In Boston on specu lation for April shipment, either wheat or corn. That export trade in the vari ous seaboard markets has been larger of late than the published reports is firmly believed in some quarters here, although difficult to confirm. So far this week the interior movement of wheat is 203.000 bushels behind last week's figures, and seaboard clear ances about a standoff. CORN.—A Chicago house bought heavily of corn, giving an impetus to the bull side that was followed up by small prospective receipts and seaboard clearances of a million bushels, bringing the week's figure thus far 152,000 bushels ahead sf the previous week. Reports from lowa and Nebraska reported email amounts in cribs and farmer's hands. OATS.—The market has been quiet nnd easier for spot property. NEW YORK MARKETS. I'roduc*. Wheal—March 8081«i May 74Vi® 76^ Corn—May 3h%<& 40 July 40'4@ 40^ Oats—May _'C-V July HUTTICIt. Creamery—extras 9 21 Firsts 20 ® 20 State Dairy tubs, extras. ® 20 Factory, Fresh, tirstt 13 & 14 CHKKSE. State—Full cream,new, large 9 12 Small live roui.rar. Fowl*, Vlb 10 OH Chickens, Vlb @ 10 Turkeys, Vlb (# 10 Ducks, 112 pair ...60 ® 75 (ieese, V pair 125®150 Pigeons, V pair 9 25 IMIIBSKU rouLTar. Turkeys, Western t? lb 11 Q 12 Broilers, l'hila 20 (§ 26 Fowls, State unci l'enn 11 eg n« - quab, V doz. 1 60(a;{ 00 I.IVK stock. • Bkkveh. —Steers, 7 l £ Usui—Fair to Prime Sheep &4.00 « f'2 tier 100 lbs.; Medium to prime lamb-. So 05 <4 $5.80 per 100 lbs; Dressed mutton, tl®7JaC. per lb.; dicssed lambs. 8 @ 0 penb. . Hogs >4 00 ®s4 25 ■MB HI 1 Well-Defended Village Car ried by Americans AfteT a Four Hour's Fight. FILIPINOS ON THE RUN. First Battallion of Twentieth Regulars Charges Across Rice Fields and Route 1,000 Natives. The Advaure Made Under a ll«avy Fire Kebrl I.<>,«** I* Ksthiiatf.l at Ou« Hun dred—Gunboat Silence* a Ualter> iu the Foot li 11 lit— Two AmeriraiiH Killed and Twelve Wounded. Manila. March 22.—The First Bat talion of the Twentieth ltcglmcnt ad vanced from Pasig. clearing i!ie coun try to Cnlnti, a well-defended village Df Tim Inhabitants live miles uorthwest 3f the foothills. The troops eucouu leretl ivbel outposts in the dense Jun gle on the river, and dislodged the en emy in half an hour. The Americans advanced in splendid order under a heavy lire until it was necessary to volley the rebels from the trenches. The natives had :i great advantage am! dropped a number of men. Hut the United Stales troop* charged across the rice fields, in tin: face of a cross-fire, made four advances on the enemy, who numbered a thousand, of whom live hundred were intrenched. Our troops carried the town after four hours' lighting, and burned the out skirts. The rebels tired from windows and kept up a running fire on the streets. The Americans afterwards withdrew to obtain more ammunition. The rebels lost about one hundred men. A battalion routed a small band of Filipinos on the Laguna road, and some sharpshooters who wore tiring from a house over wldeli a French (lag was Hying were dislodged. A gunboat entered the lake and silenced i one-gun battery in the foothills. Our losses were: Killed -Corporal John son and Private MeAvoy, of Company L. Wounded- Sergt. Cheek and Pri vates William Lafayette. Vance May han, .lolin (irilfith and Ueorge MeFnr lan, all of Contpain I.; Corporal Tinek ler and Privates Oliver Kinny and Michael Kelly, all of Company C; Pri vates William Early and Samuel Householder, both of Company F; Pri vates Thomas Varly and .loliu «!illey, both of Company «■'. Arthur Uauck inan. the mascot ot Twentieth Infan try. accompaiiV ! Coi. pany <; and was wounded. MRS. PLACE PUT TO D ATH *>IIO L'nys tlio v for 31 !f«T • tight ft'. Sing Sing, March U>i. .\lr<, Martha Place was pur ro death ill the electric •hair in Slit v. S iir P'-Ison i; •i >• morn ing for the mnriie." of Iter -vpdtiugli ter. Ida Place, I• i IS'MOI !yn. hist year. The execution look plac .1' 11:01 o'clock. 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Tho reason given is the ad vance of the season when the harbor 13 unprotected against severe tropical storms. The Fnited States cruiser Philadelphia and the British cruiser Porpoise will remain. The withdraw il of the Faike gives further evidence if tin' improved relations between lerniaiiy and America and of the pur pose of the German authorities to tvoid occasion for friction in Samoa. It is also said that it will remove an of possible menace, as it re luces to that extent the armed force supporting the several elements. 11..' Tinm In Havana. March 22.—The rioting which began at a negro ba 1 nas been ■juelled by the police, although It is feared that it may be resumed at any lioment. Fighting between the negroes ind the police was begun at Cerro and many on each side were wounded. A ;onipaiiy of American troops was des latehcd to Cerro to reinforce the police. Ihe trouble began at a ball, where aegro officers of the Cuban Army led :he rioters against the police. So far 'our have been killed and sixty wound- Mi. Oregon Arrives nt Manila. ' Manila. Marcli2l.—The Oregon has arrived with all well on board and in Irst-class condition after her long vo.v ige around the Horn, to reinforce Ad niral Dewey's squadron. Intense en ;husiasm. both on ship and ashore was ihown over her arrival. The men on :he warships cheered vociferously. : while the guns that sunk Montojo's ! squadron thundered out their formal ; welcome to the tigiiting In of Santi igo sea liglit. Captain Barker as soon is possible called upon Admiral Dewey tboard his tlagship. Wov. Tann«ri)rilorH Trnojm From Putin. Springtield, 111., March 27.-Sheriff | Downey, of I'ana, presented to (Jov. I'anner resolutions adopted by a mass necting of l'ana citizens. Tin Sheriff 1 said that lie and iiis deciitics were low able to cope with tii,- situation, ind that the troops inigiit safely be j withdrawn. Cov. Tanner d'/ccted the Xdjutant-C.eneral to wilhdiaw the roops on I'liursday. On the Sheriff's •equisitioii LI'HI stand of arms were 1 shipped t«> l'ana f:elaware, Elk, Erie, Fayettte, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Green, Hunting* don, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lan caster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lozerna, Ly coming, McKean, Mercer,Mifflin, Monroe, Montgom ery, Montour,Northampton,Northumberland, Ferry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Som erset, Sullivan,Susquehanna,Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyo ming, and York, and for these purpose*, to have, Etssess and enjoy all the rights, benefits aud prlvl ges of said Act of Assembly and Its supplements.