The American Soldiers of Gen. Mac Arthur's Division Re ported Still in Malolos. AGUINALDO'S NEW TACK. Reported to Have Left Calumpit for Balinag to the Hast—The Only Safe Line of Retreat. Abandons Ills Previous I'lan ol Itetreat Along the Railroad—The Filipino Gov ernment. Is at Sun Fernando, the North ern ICnd ol the Kali way Line— lndication That Knemy's Force Is Exaggerated. Manila, April 4. —The American army will probably advance to Cal umpit to-day. Hundreds of native men ami women who tied before the ad vance of our troops are returning to their homes. Everything shows that Aguinaldo's forces are scattered iu confusion. Our scouts and skirmish ers are searching in vain for the Tag also. They cannot retreat much furth er up tlie valley without abandoning the Tagalou country and getting among the unfriendly and hostile tribes in the provinces of Tarlac and I'angaslnau. The only safe line of re treat now left to Aguinaldo and his followers is eastward into the moun lains of tlie province of Neuva Ecija. The Filipino Government is at San Fernando, at the northern end of the railway line. Malolos. where our troops now are, is about half way be tween Manila and San Fernando. Chinese residents report that Aguinal do has but 1,400 men left with him there. Aguinaldo and his staff were the lirst'to leave Malolos. taking a special train on tlie railway to carry them to a place of safety. Prisoners say that the natives refused to obey tlie orders of their generals and make a stand at Malolos, so a retreat was of necessity decided upon. It is reported that a vast multitude northward, are anxious to return home, but are held back by armed Tagalos It is also said this homeless population has sent a coniniitttce to plead with the native government to make peace. Our prisoners declare that before the people will consent to be driven into the mountains by Aguinaldo they will force liini to sur render or break through the native lines. Report, says: The warfare in the island is now. merely brigandage on a large scale: the bands that are at tacking tlie American lines > the east and south of 'Manila operating inde pendently. The last copy of Aguinaldo's official newspaper announced the natives killed 3.000 Americans and wounded 2.000 more in three days of lighting. * ' - FILIPINO HALL OF CONGRESS. In the prison of Malolos were found the names of four American prisoners written iu charcwnl on the walls. They were 11. Huber. William Bruce. Albert Sonrichsen and K. Honnyman. The natives say the four prisoners were several times marched through the streets to be jeered at and maltreated. There is no trace of them now. Major Bell and two companies of the Kansas regiment have gone back io Bulacan, where it is repored a large number of Spanish prisoners are held under a weak guard of natives. Gen. Mac Arthur yesterday made a reconnoissanee of the country in the direction of Calumpit. penetrating to within a mile of that place. No na tives were found. The Filipinos" treas ures. ammunition, etc.. are reported to have been removed from Calumpit to Balinag, eight miles east of Calumpit at the foot of the hills. Aguinaldo is also there. Two companies of tlie First North Dakota Infantry routed a native nest to the south, killing three of the en emy. One American officer and two privates were wounded. The monitor Monadnock was tired upon by the native artillery at Para naque yesterday. The vessel replied to the tiro and quickly silenced the en emy's battery. The natives are reported to be gath ering in force at Cainta and Taytay. The American troops are having a much-needed rest at Malolos. Gen. Mac Arthur has established his head quarters in the Filipino Hall of Con gress. and the troops are making them selves as comfortable as possible. Army gunboats will prepare a water base on the river when Calumpit is attacked, and an armored train is in readiness to be used further north when the advance of the troops is re sumed. The absence of extensive camp de bris on the ground captured by the Americans during tlie past week in dicates that the enemy's force has been greatly exaggerated. IHJJIIPI' Tlian Supreme Court*. Washington. April 3.—Solicitor Pen field, of tiie State Depart men l. lias been studying the decision of the Court of Cassation in Rome, delivered ou February 4, iu the case of Isaac and Samuel vs. Ernesto Cerruti. The court holds Ihnt no court of a nation can set aside the decision of an inter national arbitration. An agreement by nations is higher than that of any iuternal court. I.SftO.OOO Pills for Troops. Binghamton, N ,Y„ April 3.—A large force of men are at work making pills for tlie soldiers in the Philippines A local company lias just received a Government contract for 1.250,(KX three-grain quinine pills. The larger part of the supply will be shipped di rect to Manila. Another batch will gt to Government headquarters in Ha vana. Excited trading in Manhattan gav« rise to reports of a Metropolitan "L* combine. EOOIES TO EE SENT HOME. By (he President's Order the Fallen Will i Be Transported to This Country When the Weather Will Permit. Washington, April 4. —President Mc- i Ivinley, being extremely desirous that as far as possible the soldiers who have fallen in the Philippines be buried in the United States, has caused the War Department to cable (Ten. Otis, instructing him to take the necessary measures to embalm and otherwise prepare the bodies for transport. j General Otis cabled yesterday that it would be Impossible to send the bodies home now. The climatic con ditions are such as to make it danger ous to tlie health of the people who would handle the bodies, lie was of , tlie opinion liiat six months later the i remains of the dead could be returned ; to the United States. Instructions have accordingly been sent to General otis. directing him to j mark not only the graves of tlie fal len. but to see that each cotlin is care fully marked in order that there may be no doubt as to the Identity of the home. Politics in Toledo. Toledo. 0.. April 3.—The Republi can and Democratic Executive Com mittee have sprung a sensation by tak ing combined action to defeat Mayor .lones for re-election on an independ ent ticket. The committees tiled chal lenges with boards of electionsagainst 500 registered voters and the Repub lican committee followed by swearing out warrants for the arrest of 300 registered voters, who. it is charged, are repeaters. Some of the warrants have been served and the others will not be served unless the accused per sons attempt to vote at the election to-day. The men arrested were placed under bonds for their appearance for trial. Not. one of them could furnish bail and they were jailed. Mayor Jones was appealed to by the men for as sistance. but he refused to listen to them, saying that if lie interested him self in their behalf his political oppon ents would make capital out of it. The frauds practiced at registration were never equalled in Toledo politics. Scores of men registered as living at numbers which were found to be va cant lots. Other numbers given were j vacant storerooms, saloons which the ! men visited to get free lunch and I brothels. Must Wear a Hay.tlkerolilef. London. April 3. —The King of Siam | lias issued a decree to the effect that i no children who are entirely naked I will henceforth be allowed to play in i the streets of Bangkok, and that every person over the age of ten must be clothed from the knee to the neck. It is also made a rule that all persons entering the palace must wear socks. Non-compliance with this order will be punished by fine. Some Siamese children cover their nakedness with a silver medal about the size of a half crown, which Is tied around the body by a string, and which is a moot point with local jur ists whether this constitutes "dress" within the meaning of the decree. It is not generally known, by the by. that these silver coins are used in order to show that the child's parents are able to buy it a dress if they like, and that it goes naked not from pov erty. but from choice. .'I.OOO liricklurern Strike. Philadelphia. April 3.—Three thou sand bricklayers, members of the Journeymen bricklayers' Union, have gone out on a strike. It grew out of the failure of the bosses to sign the new schedule of wages for this year. An official of tlie Journeymen's Asso ciation sahi that three builders hud asked for men to lie allowed on spe cial work, but there request was re fused. There are about 700 non-union journeymen bricklayers in this city, iiut the strikers say that their continu ance at work will not affect the union's cause The new scale which the journey men want the bosses to sign is for 4." cents an hour. The men are now re ceiving 37Vt cents an hour for eight hours a day.and tlie bosses agreed to give them 42 1 !. cents for eight hours. Should the strike he of long duration it will seriously handicap building op erations. MOIH'.V Olrculation (irow*. Washington, April 4. -The monthly statement of the Comptroller of tlie Currency shows the total circulation of National bank notes on March 31 was $243.0."i2.317. nu increase for the year of SlN,<:ri4.2oß. and an increase for the mouth of $141>.0."0, The cir culation based on United States bonds amounted to $20i>.!12.">.080. an increase for the year of $1N.314.880, nnd a de crease for the inontii of $1.220.028. The circulation secured by lawful money amounted to s:n. 120,328. an in crease for the year of $330,0<»!». and an increase for the month of * 1.378.1)78. The amount of United States regis tered bonds on deposit to secure cir culating notes was $324,433,800 and to secure public deposits. $73,134,740. Two Immense Freighter*. Chester, l*a.. April 3.—Roach's ship yard in tills city lias signed a contract with Charles R. Flint »V Co., of New York, for two immense steamships for tin- New York and Hawaiian Com pany. The new ships will be the larg est freighters ever built In the United States, and except the St. Louis and St. Paul, the largest merchant vessels ever built In American shipyards. They are to be 4,">0 feet long. .">0 feet beam and 33 feet 0 inches deptli of hold. The engines will be 3.000 horse power, and the speed requirements are 12 knots an hour. The ships will be 10.- O'M) tons register, and are expected to deliver 8..VK1 tons of freight In Hono lulu and New York on each voyage. Hammond'* l'oiitl It ml need. Chicago. 111.. April 3.—11. TT. Ham mond. Who recently shot John T. Shuyne in the Auditorium cafe, while ; he was dining with Hammond's di vorced wife, has been arraigned in the Police Court, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Mr. Shayne was not able to be in court, and the hearing was continued until April 10. Justice Martin, however, reduced Hammond's bond from SIO,OOO to $5,000. Carllst Rl«ine After P.aster. London. April 3.—Thirty thousand S.ianish reserves hnve been called out, says the Madrid correspondent of the Dally Chronicle, and it is probable that there will be a Carllst rising. iii i in, Lives of Fifteen Citizens of j Lake City, Will Be | in J eopardy. WAS A HORRIBLE CRIME The Whole United States Stirred When the People Read the Details of the Double Murder. Pofiliiinslar Fru/er H. Ilflkur and Mis la rant Mm Were Killed anil tlie Past- | Offlre Itiimed » Year A|co— Klirhty Wlt nciseit Summoned for tlie (iocprnnimf j Kull I.i»t of Defendant*. Charles town. S. April 4. —Fifteen prominent citizen* of Luke City, S. C., will be put oil trial here in the Putted States Circuit < 'onrl luis week lo an swer the charge of having lynched Post II luster Frazer IV Maker more than u year ago. Besides killing the postmaster, who was u negro. the al leged lynchers will luive lo answer for the killing of Maker's infant child and the burning of the Lake City post ottice. with all iU effects. It is said here thai oilier arrests will lie made before the ease is taken up. Kiglity witnesses for the amoa—No Treaty Necessary to Bring the Trl-Na tional Commission luto Existence. Washington, April 4.—A joint high commission to settle the entire Samoau tumble has beeu practically agreed jpoli by the United States. British and G. mian governments. Lord Salis bury's absence from London alone delays the formal acceptance by Great J ."tain, though in his absence Sir 'II omits Sanderson and .Mi - . Villiers, v.lie are understood to In- especially fa.uiliar with the Samoau question, have approved the plan for a conitnis s en. The I. nited States lias informally e.piessed its approval, and the formal nc< eptance. it is learned troin the highest quarter, will follow speedily. T'le proposition ciime from Germany. TMs high joint commission, it is felt, affords a pacific solution to the w! Ole trouble at the moment when J-'a moan affairs began to look the most tipeatenlng. The plan lias been fully gone over by Secretary llay and the li'itisii ami German Ambassadors v'c. and it« essential details worked out. Each nation is to lie represented by one member of the commission. It is to have practically unlimited authority without the necessity of referring its decisions back to the several Govern ments for approval. It is felt that by conferring such complete and final nu ll ority 011 the high commission the danger will be obviated of any further deadlock and delays. Still another important provision t'lidei consideration is that King Oscar ol Norway mid Sweden shall be the umpire in ease the three commission i rs should tail to reach a determina tion. The plan of inviting Kiug Oscar to referee a disagreement meets the approval of the British and German authorities, and doubtless will be ap proved by the United States. King Oscar was agreed t'pon be tween the United States ami Great Piitain as a filial arbitrator in the pro posed Anglo American arbitration tieaty. as well as in the Venezuela r.taster, lie also Is mentioned iu the ti'-aty of Berlin as the one to name a Chief Justice of Samoa. It was this that led to the suggestion of his name .i' the present time to act as final ar bitrator. The expectation is that the sittings of the commission will lie iu Samoa, \«here for tin' time being they will have complete authority over the v iole range of Samoau affairs, as far as the High Commission may think fit to act iu order to fully restore order am! establish affairs on a stable basis. It will require no treaty to bring the commission into existence, as the ac ceptances of the United States and Great Britain will complete the agree ment. It is understod that the men selected for the mission will be of high stand ing. so as to give added weight and dignity to their findings, such as. for instance, the Consul General of Ger many. whose jurisdiction covers the v hole range of Pacific affairs. He is a man of complete information on Sa moa n find other Pacific island sub jects. as well as man of political influ ence. The United States and British < ommissloiiers will be drawn from the same high rank, with a view, how ever. to their information on interna t'onal matters of this character. Berlin, April 4.—The Unifed States Ambassador. Andrew D. White, visit ed the Foreign Office this morning and lrformed the officials there that the !an st proposals of Germany regarding Samoa had been favorably received at Washington. The attitude of the press IK fair and moderate, although some of the news papers are attacking the authorities bitterly. asserting that they are mak ing too many concessions to the Unit ed States and Great Britain. Ilrnri'a statue for Montpallar. Montpelier. Yt„ April 3.— A move meut has been started by forme? resi dents of Vermont to establish d me morial to Admiral Itewey, to be erect ed at the entrance to the State Rouse at Montpelier. Everett C. Benton, Wallace F. ltobinson and .Tames T. Phelps, of Boston: Levi I*. Morton, of New York: -lolm >l. Thurston, of Ne braska. and Joseph W. Babcock, of Wisconsin, all Vermonters by birth, are interested iu the project. It is proposed to erect an appropriate statue opposite that of Ethan Allen, which now stands at the left of the porch leading to the State House. Saldler tinier Sentence or Daath. Norfolk. Va.. April 3. —The career of Charles Babo, one of the two men who escaped from the Custer massa cre. is about to be cut short, according to a report from Havana contained In a letter to a soldier at Fort Monroe. He Is a regular from North Carolina, and Is now under sentence of death, pronounced by a court-martial, for killing a policeman. His stepfather, I>. A. Kanipe. o. Nnorth Carolina, has enlisted Senator Prltchard's sympathy in the case. Efforts will be made to have his punishment commuted. Sin ok* rs llaitt Drinkers. New York. April 3.— From the sal of war tax stamps In the second div slon during the month of March, th total receipts were $1,554,990.37, a. compared with $1,217,322.74 for tht month of February. The principal re ceipts were as follows: Documentary stamps, $1,108,874.59; cigars, sl99'. 800.80; proprietary, $84,108.12; beer $61,042.00: tobacco $51,569.54; spirits.' $28,227.19. * TELEGRAPHIC TICKS News Notes From Every Hart of the Civilized World. The first shipment of cherried tOI this season has been made from iVSca« ville, Cal. New fork's Prison Commission op poses the enlargement of the Elmlrti Reformatory. Mr. ami .Mrs. .lames .Mansfield are contestants for school trusteeship at Ualesbur.v, 111. Cleo de Merode, it is said, had a nar row "escape" from marrying the Duke of Manchester. Marconi believes liis wireless sys tem of telegraphy will lie used to span the Atlantic Ocean. Seven vessels were wrecked in the last three days in the English Chan nel, eutailng large losses of life. Dr. Felix Barton, Ihe English aero naut. says his new airship will "fly" from London to New York in two days. The rumors circulated in London and cabled lo the United States that the Pope was dead are without foun dation . Gold bullion worth s:t!•«.«mh► will be loaned by Utah miners for a statue of Maude Adams, the actress, to be ex hibited at the World's Pair in Paris. Wayne Parker, •'• years old. sou of Representative Kit-hard \V. Parker, of New Jersey, fell from :i second-story window in Washlugtoit and was killed. Joliu .1. Sclunitt, of Brooklyn, tried to murder all Ids wife's relatives. Jealousy was the cause. The result —his mother-in-law killed, and iiis brother and sister-in law wounded. In retaliation for the appointment of the Mazet Invesigntlug Committee to pry into the conduct of New York's municipal affairs. Tammany threatens to have a counter iuvesicating com mitee to probe the features of the As toria Gas Act. fCATHARTIC U ca^cw CURE CONSTIPATION 25c 50c DRUGGISTS Removed ! to mv new store in the GAREY BLOK where I will be pleased to meet all of my old pat rons and many new ones. We fit the young and old of all nationalities and color with Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Fine Assortment at Popular Prices. CALL OUST TTS Remember GAREY'S BLOCK, t he Place, DUSHORE. DUSHORE. J. S. HARRINGTON. New York Weekly Tribune. 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Roc e- I feller In securing a reduction In his assessments and his effort to compel | the town of Mount Pleasant to refund alleged illegally collected taxes amountiUK to SIO,OOO. the Board of Assessors will light the reduction. The Earl of Kiinberley has lieen ap pointed to succeed the late Barou ' M«»schell as Chancellor of the London I i iversity. j '1 hoirias Johnson and Kicfcard Hale, w'l ;te men. and Sam lllvers, a negro, j were hanged at Troy Ala., yesterday fiom the same scaffold. | Iteed. a colored man, was hung at | Kansas City on the same scaffold on ! which ills father, in 18i>4. was hanged j for the murder of his wife. The corvette Thetis Is t& be sent to i lie Siberian coast to secure reindeer to i>i' used in the transportation of the ! rut lis to and from the gol.l fields of AM. ska. | Dr. Kolf. the President of the muni i cipality of Samoa, with G. XI. Cham ' berlain. arrived in New York yesterday afternoon on the steamship Trave from Bremen. Louis Xluller, of New York, a passen ger. committed suicide on the Allen I Atlantic, j U«- will leave on June 17. i Tin greatest fall of rock from the | Niagara cliffs that has tak?D place in ; years occurred yesterday over 10,000 j tons plunged from the bank at | the Whirlpool Itapids down upon the | t-oigf Railroad tracks.