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 £ <a 0 cts per fat
dressed weight; refrigerator beef, 9}£ @lO
per lb.
Cai.vks. —Common to prune veals, $5 00
ID $7 50 ¥ 100 lb; dressed veals, Oc.^llo
per lb.
Shkep *wi> 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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Washington, March 21.— The Ger
man -iiinlioat Fall; is lo leave Apia.
Samoa. 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:<r the us.' of the
Sheriffs deputies.
yOTIC* ti hcUly (tlrin that mn application «IU
be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania, on Friday,
March 24, lfyy, by Herbert D. liennett,'William F.
Uurdell, A. M.Schoyer, R.O. Kamsey and J.II. Har
'«r, under the General Corporation Act of 1874 and its
supplements, for the charter of an In tended corpora
tion to be called The American District Telegraph
Company of Pennsylvania, which la formed for the
purpose or constructing, maintaining and leaaing
lines of telegraph for the private use of Individuals,
firms, corporations, municipal and otherwise, for
general business, and for police, fire alarm, or mes
senger business, and for the transaction In connection
therewith of a general messenger and delivery ser
vice, in the counties of Adams, Allegheny, Arm
strong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford,
Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Center,
Chester, Clarion, Clearfield,Clinton, Columbia, Craw*
ford, Cumberland, Dauphin, l>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.