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.
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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 <iovennneiii have
been summoned, and iliere is a great
array of witnesses for the defense.
The defendants in this celebrated
case are: Kzrn McKuiglit. W. A.
Webster, M. V. Waril. Moultrie lOpps,
11. C. Godwin. C. .1. Joiner. Oscar
Kelly. Kdwin Hotlgers. Alon/.o Kodg
ers. Henry Stores. Allen Belli, Van
Soinerford. Marly I*. Lee. J. I*. New
ham and Marion Clark. They are rep
resentative business men from the
Lake City section. Marion Clark
formerly was the editor of a news
paper in that town. Stokes was a
Deputy I'nited States Marshall some
years agi». and the other prisoners are
merchants and fanners.
Ottawa. April :i.—The most recent
authentic news from ilie Klondike
gold mining regions is brought out by
Money M. Ogilvle, a son of the Can
adian Cold Commissioner, who reached
the city within the past few days. Mr.
Ogilvle says that the output of the
Klondike this year will exceed that
of I stis. a great many more claims
have been worked. Kldorado. Domin
ion. Bonanza. Hunter and Sulphur
will be the chief contributors. These
are practically all the creeks that min
ers have a comprehensive knowledge
of the development. The year 1900
should be the best year yet for the
Klondike, lie says for the new blood
will have got do\\ n lo business, the
after-the-hoom depression will have
passed and the regulation* will, in all
probability, be so amended that the
development of I lie country will be
prompted by them instead of retarded,
as is the case at present.
l.onhot'ft Double A4*M«Ninat«d.
Paris. April 3. —A wealthy man
named Tourret was shot dead yester
day on the Bois de Boulogne by a man
who mistook his victim for President
Lotiliet, to whom M. Tourret bore a
striking resemblance. The murderer,
whose name is ozouf. and who Is 38
EMILE LOt"BET.
years old. Is thought to be insane.
Ozonf is an electrical engineer who
lost his fortune in the Panama smash.
It is suggested that the mention of the
Panama scandals in connection with
M. Loubet's election is responsible for
the man's idea of assassinating the
President.
Will Ke<luc» I'oitßl luted.
Washington. April 3.—First Assist
ant Postmaster-General Heath will
sail oil Tuesday from New York on
the Arkadia for Porto Rico, where he
will canvas the condition of postal af
fairs on the island. Ills trip Is similar
in Intent to that of the Postmaster-
General to Cuba. Mr. Heath will con
fer with William H. Klllott, the Direc
tor of Posts for Porto Rico, outline an
administrative policy and place the
service on an independent basis. A
money order service will be estab
lished and some changes made in the
system which has been in operation
of combining the postal and telegraph
services. The postal rates in Cuba,
which were much in excess of our do
mestic rate, have been reduced to an
equality with the rates prevailing In
this country, and a similar change
will be Instituted In Porto Rico.
•14.A00.000 Coined In Mareh.
Washington. April 3.—The monthly
statement of the Director of the Mint
shows the total coinage for March was
$14,572,073. of which SI-'.17*1.715 was
silver. $2,340,550 gold 1 and $48,801
minor coins. The coinage of standard
silver dollars in the month amounted
to $1,000,301.
Ilefti««» lo Pay War Tax.
New York April 3.—The Hecker
.l ones-Jewell Milling Company pro
poses to test the War Revenue law,
that requires stamps placed on each
package of mixed flour. The com
pany refused to affix the stamps or
brand the packages "Mixed Floor,"
claiming the law Is unconstitutional
npna
Agreement Among American,
British and German
Governments,
GERMANY'S PROPOSAL
bach Nation to be Represented by
One Member of the Commission
With Unlimited Authority.
Kins Oscar of Sweden Mentioned At
Probable Final Arbitrator—Sittings of
Com mission te be Held in >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.
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j '1 hoirias Johnson and Kicfcard Hale,
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j were hanged at Troy Ala., yesterday
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| Dr. Kolf. the President of the muni
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Bremen.
Louis Xluller, of New York, a passen
ger. committed suicide on the Allen
I<irie steamship Allegheny on her way
to Jamaica front Port Union. He
was bound for New York.
The t states of the Karl of Warwick
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l-f'ity. "The I.ord and Lady Warwick
Company," for the purpose of devei
( ping the collieries and otiie- proper
lies.
Ci.ptain XV. A. Andrews is building
i seventeen-foot aluminum, canvas
■ovcred. folding, cockleshell boat, with
I which he expects to make his seventh
I end last voyage across th.> Atlantic,
j U«- will leave on June 17.
i Tin greatest fall of rock from the
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; years occurred yesterday over 10,000
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