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    ACOtNTEKFEtTING GANG
New York, April 22. In his speech
Sfjiaational Secret Service Arrests t the reception tendered to officers of
, , T , the Raleigh at the Union League last
' 1Q Pennsylvania Cities. night Captain Coghlan told of an in-
tervlew between Admiral Dewey and a
rTTATmrs AaTTfH.TY nrPTmiTn German officer 8eiU by Admiral Died
CaASBES AGAIK8 - El-OIl IOIALS. rlcng to make a complaint. As Crptuin
i Coghlan told the story Admiral Dewey
M,-.r. Ingham nncl Xrwttt, Former said:
IMfttrlct At torjary nnd AxMstnnrTM
trlrt Attorney of rhtlndi Ipliln,
rjfcnrircd With Aiding: Law MreuUern.
Philadelphia, April 28 The repn- j
tlon that has Veen looked for in the :
gigantic counterfeiting scheme un-1
earthed by the secret service bureau 1
jifter a year of patient work cane to
light yesterday afterr.;'rn In U.u a-re-t
f ex-United ftatesJHstrlct Atlun.ey
Hery P. Ingham, charged In the.
amp manner ajs h Im lav partner, ex-1
tssistant United Slates Dlstrift At- i
orney Harvey K. Kewitt, with having
conspired to bribe a secret service op-
eratlve to divulge secrets of the bu
reau that would Insure those engaged '
In defrauding the government protec- j
tlon from arrest. Mr. Ingham was
taken before Commissioner Edmunds. ;
who held him in $10,000 bail for a !
bearing today. The bail was furnished
nd Ingham appeared before' the com-1
tnlssioner ngain today, with Newltt,
fnd the casea were continued until 1
'hursday, the same ball being ac-!
tepted In both cases.
Chief Wilkle and Chief Burns ar- i
rived here late last night from Lancas-
tor with Deputy Internal Revenue Col- i
lector Downey in their custody. The j
was
United States Marshal Foster. Dow
ney was arrested In Lancaster yester
day, and being unable to furnish $10.--000
bail was brought to this city. He
has made a complete confession.
Chief Wilkle said to a reporter That
Downey had received between $900
and $1,500 from Jacobs as compensa
tion to keep the latter tniormed of the
movements of the secret servieo men.
"On Oct. 10 last," the chief said
"Downey called at Jacobs' office. The j
latter noticed that something was
wrong with the revenue officer, and
asked him what was the matter with
him. Iciwney Informed him that he
was In financial trouble and did not
know how he could get out of it. Then
Jacobs offered to loan Downey $100.
The latter accepted the offer and vol
unteered to keep Jacobs informed of
what the government officials were do
ing, Downey knowing that Jacob3 was
defrauding the government. From that
time on Downey frequently 'touched'
Jacobs for various amounts. The last
money paid to Downey was on April
17, when Jacobs gave hlra $800."
In rej.-ird to the aire3t of Ingham
Chief WMkle would not say much. "All
I can sa Is this," he said, "that Jacobs
ard the rest of the gang wanted to get
lnsid" Information from the secret ser
vice men In this city. Ingham and
Newltt were formerly United States at
torney and knew much of the Inside
work .-iigs of the government. Jacobs
knew this and approached them cau
tiously, but he Anally got there.
v "Triese arrests are the last that will
"be made In connection with this case,
unless there Is more in It than
we know of now. I am perfectly sat
isfied with the result of our year's
work. In results It was the greatest
capture ever made by the secret ser
vice. Taylor and Bredell Bad already
put Into circulation bogus $100 treas
ury notes to the amount of $10,000. and
Jacobs and Kendlg had placed coun
terfeit stamps on boxes containing be
tween 40,000,000 and 50,000,000 cigars.
The loss to the government from the
cigar stamps alone will amount to
about $140,000." ,'. . H
The first arrests In this case were
made on Tuesday of last week, when
Arthur Taylor and Baldwin S. Bredell
were arrested In this city. They are
the engravers of the famous "Monroe
head" $100 sliver certificate, first dis
covered a year ago, which was such an
excellent counterfeit that many gov- !
ernment experts were deceived. They
are also the engravers of the counter
felt revenue stamps used by the Lan
caster cigar manufacturing firm of Ja
cobs & Kendlg.
The two latter, William M. Jacobs
and William U Kendlg, were arrested
ut Lancaster last Wednesday, together
with their foreman, James Burns, and
two bookkeepers. The bookkeepers
were released, but Jacobs was held In
$45,000 ball and Kendlg and Burns In
$35,000 each. Kendlg secured ball, but
the latter two are in the Eastern peni
tentiary. The officials took possession of the
Lancaster factories of Jacobs & Kendlg
and attached their bank account. They
captured in Lancaster a large number
of counterfeit plates, and more coun
terfeit paper than Is owned by tho
government. The firm had a plant for
manufacturing counterfeit paper.
Another sensational arrest was made
In this city last Tuesday night. Harvey
K. Newltt, formerly assistant district
attorney, was taken in on a charge of
bribing Detective McManus to "let up"
on Jacobs. Mr. Newltt furnished $15,
000 ball. He protests his innocence,
as does ex-Dlstrlct Attorney Ingham.
It Is stated here that enough coun
terfeit stamps were captured by the
detectives in Lancaster to cover 440,
000,000 cigars. As near as can be
learned about $140,000 worth of bogus !
itamps have been used on cigars thus
far sent out from Lancaster.
Death of Kx-Govornor Ogleoby.
Elkhart, Ills., April 25. Ex-Governor
and former United States senator Rich
ard J. Oglesby died at his residence In
this city yesterday. The Immediate
cause of his death was a fall, his head
striking the sharp edge of a piece of
lurnuure. i ne remove cause was ver-
tigo, which caused the fall. Death
suited from concussion of the brain.
General Oglesby served four terms as
governor anu one term as uniiea
States senator, and served In both the
civil and Mexican wars. Ue was 75
years old.
Windsor Hotel Fire fin Accident.
New lork, April 25. The Jury in the
Windsoti hotel fire Inquest brought In
a verdict that the Are was caused by
accidento The police have still $10,000
worth oil unclaimed jewelry and other
valuable recovered from the ruins of
the fire. I
DEWEY'S DETERMINATION.
How Be Ill-ought tbe Ucrmnn Admiral
Dlcdrlchn to Tcrnm.
Tell your anmirai tnose snips or
his must stop when I say so. I wish
to make the blockade of this harbor
complete.'
"The German officer replied: 'Bat
we tly the flag.'
"The reply of the? admiral was .'us:
like Pewey. He said:
" 'Those flags enn be bought at n
half a drllar a yard anywhere.' He told
the Officer that any one could fly
German naR and that a whole Spanish
fieet might come upon htm with Ue.
man Hags up. He continued:
"'Tell your admiral i era block
ading here. Now note carefully wli. t
I say, and tell your admiral thtit 1 si y
It. 1 have been making this blocknda
as easy for everybody as I could, hilt
I am getting tired of the puerile work
here. It has been of BUCh 0 charade!
that a man wouldn't notice it, although
children might fight over it, but the
time has DOOM when It must stop.
Tell your admiral that the Slightest
Infraction of any rule will mean but
one thing. That will be war. It will
be so accepted and resented Immedi
ately. If your people are re.idy for war
with the United States they can have
It at any time.'
"After that," proceeded Captain
Coghlan, "they lld not breathe more
than four times successively without
asking permission."
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Terrii)ii Fnt of n Negro Murderer
nnd iinvixiiiT tn Geortrla,
Newnan, Ga.. April 24. In the pres
ence of nearly 2,000 people who sent
aloft yells of defiance and shouts of
Joy, Sam Hone, a negro who commit
ted two of the basest acts known to
crime, was burned at the stake on the
road one nnd one-half miles from here
yesterday. Before tho torch was ap
plied to me pyre me negro was ue
prlved of his ears, fingers and other
portions of his anatomy. The negro
pleaded pitifully for his life while the
mutilation was going on, but stood the
ordeal of fire with Surprising fortitude.
Before the body was cool it was cut to
pieces, the bones were crushed into
small bits -nnd even tho tree against
which the wretch met his fate was torn
up and disposed of as souvenirs. The
negro's heart was cut In several pieces,
as was also his liver. Those unable to
obtain the ghastly relics direct paid
their more fortunate possessors ex
travagant sums for them.
When the mob was leading Hose to
hi3 doom ex-(overnor Atkinson made
an appeal for respect of the law, de
claring that some of the lynchers were
known to him, and that he would cer
tainly testify n gainst them. His ap
peal was unheeded.
Before being put to death Hose ad
mitted killing Farmer Crnnford, but
denied outraging Mrs. Cranford. He
declared that he had been paid $12 by
"Lige" Strickland, a negro preacher
at Palmetto, to commit the murder.
Today a mob caught Strickland and
hanged him. He died protesting Inno
cence, Strickland's body, too, was
mutilated for "souvenirs."
Croker aviii ; to Burope.
New York, April 25. Yesterday's
session of the Maiet Investigating
committee proved far less Interesting
than any previous one. Tho session was
entirely devoted to probing the various
benevolent and other societies which
are supported solely by members of
the police force. John Proctor Clarko,
who conducted the greater part of tin
examination. Intimated My his qui s
tlons that while the single headed po
lice bill was pending at Albany lei
were made on all ranks of tho .'
for funds to oppose it, but his iv
cs failed to give any mfl
the implied allegation of
corruption. Mr. Cioker v."
as a witness, and on his p . '
turn to this country was
further attendance on the
mlttee until Aug. 20. Mr. Croli'
sail for England tomorrow.
ul
A Conflict of Authority,
Little Rock. Ark., April 26. Tho coal
mining strike In tho western part of
this state, which has been on for three
weeks, may cause a conflict of author
ity between Governor Jones and tho
federal courts. Some 6,000 miners are
on strike in Arkansas and Indian Ter
ritory, and the mines are practically
at a standstill. Negroes are to b
brought from North Carolina to work
these mines, and the United States
court at Fort Smith has Issued an In
junction restraining miners and others
from interfering with any one desir
ing to work, and Governor Jones has
Issued a counter order declaring that
the peace of the state demands the ex
clusion of the negroes and authorizing
the sheriff of Sebastian county to pre
vent their landing In Arkansas.
Trylnar to Knd tho Glnm Strike.
Brliigeton. N. J., April 25. A com
mittee of business men consisting of R.
W. Hunt, John Cheeman and John S.
Ware and Henry C. Mayhew, a glass
worker, yesterday accompanied Presl-
dent Hayes, of the Botttle Blowers' Na-
tlonal association, to the office of the
Cumberland Class company and thero
held a long conference with Clement
W. Shoemaker, the hoad of the com
pany. The proceedings were secret,
but President Hayes said after the con
ference that he Is confident an agree
i ment can be reached which will ter
minate the strike. The Cumberland
company is acting solely ior ttseir, Dut
, j. js
re-swr,n
believed the other manufacturers
uld readily accept any agreement
whlch would be satisfactory to the
Cumberland people.
New York's Antl-Trnnt Law.
Albany. April 25. Tho assembly last
night passed the senate anti-trust bill
by a vote of 105 to 2. The purpose of
the bill is to prevent monopolies in
articles of commodities of common use
to prohibit restraints of trade and
tommerce, providing penalties for vio
lations of the provisions of the act,
nnd directing procedure to enable the
attorney general to procure testimony
n relation to such violations.
tin m of mm
I
Lit J
la Lire Boaf Scandal Nearing the
TLd of Its Work.
TLE AL3LMENT OF MAJOR LEE.
Ilct:'!m- That He Act ns tlu Comi
ael ol General Rttlce in h TeOhtttcal
s.-n-i Relieves That h Great Fraud
u i. i a Crime Baa Been Committed.
Washington, April 25. The Wade
court of Inquiry appointed to investi
gate the allegations made by Major
General Miles in his testimony before
the war investigating commission con
cerning the meat furnished the army
during the late war with Spain he'.u
Its last open session yesterday, and la
now engaged upon the preparation of
Its report. The court has beon In ses
Its report.
Yesterday the court decldod not to
accept a report made by Lieutenant
Colonel Darlington, of the Inspector
general's office. This report had been
transmitted to General Miles through
Inspector General Breckenrldge. The
report of General Darlington covers
about 80 typewritten pages, and gnes
exhaustively Into the report! made by
officers ami men, without drawing any
general conclusion.
At the afternoon session Major Lee.
who had been Major Ge.iernl Miles'
representative before the board, sum
med up for his side of the OBSo. Re
corder Davis read brief reports from
General Brockenrldgo, the Inspector
general, and also from two of hie
subordinates, Major Philip Reade ai d
Lieutenant C lonol Darlington, as to
the result of their Individual work nnd
observations. General Breckinridge
condemned the canned beef r tlou, . a i,
(-peeking generally, s;:id that While tho
army ration fulfilled alone the scien
tific requirement nf food values, its
component parts should be oh ingi .1 in
meet the new conditions of servic e. As
the ration was tixod by law, this was
a matter for congress to remedy, He
also suggested thai articles required
by sick and convalescent soldiers
should be added. Major Reade's ro
port wps mainly devoted to the lack
of certain camp equipment among cer
tain roglmcnte, and that of Colonel
Darlington to the result of his per
sonal Inspection of the various ( imps
of the country.
Tho court then decided that if any
of the depositions for which General
Miles had called should be received
prior to the completion of the report of
the board they should be admitted ns
evidence, subject to the board's limita
tions. Major Leo then summed up the cane,
disclaiming al the OUtael that he WAS
acting as counsel for Major General
Miles In a technical sense, and adding
that he had been there simply to pre
sent and elicit evidence. He lead hie
argument from carefully prepared
manuscript, and was given careful at
tention by the three members of the
court ."ml the reorder, no one else
being preset.; except the representa
tives of the press. He declared that
the evidence showed conclusively that
the beef furnished the troops in Flor
ida, Cuba and Porto Rico bad been
chemically treated to Insure its keep
ing the specified contract time, that It
was perfd tly practicable to have land
ed beef cattle with the armies at all
points, and proceeded:
"There was no necessity for de
parture from the army travel ration,
which has I n found perfectly satis
factory. Instead of supplying the
troops during this war, as other ar
mies 1. ,ve been supplied, with whole
some I km (of which there was an In
exhaustible supply in the country),
there was gathered UP all of the can
ned food possible, much of which had
been stored for years in tho ware
houses of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, m other places and in foreign
storehouses, and falsely labeled 'prime
roast beet,' when there was not an
ounce of roast beef and, we believe,
not an ounce of prime beef contained
In the cans.
"We believe that a groat fraud has
been perpetrated upon the government
and a great crime committed upon iti
soldiers, and as to the party or parties
who had committed this offense, and
whether the evidence should be refer
red to the Judicial officers of the gov
ernment, In order that justice shall ho
done, are matters that we leave to the
consideration of your honorable court."
Major Lee's statement consumed
about an hour, and when he concluded
with the statement that the members
of the board must decide whether the
great fraud and great crime which he
believed had been committed should
be carried before the courts, Recorder
Davis arose and said simply: "I sub
mit the case to the board without ar
gument." Novel Suit For Dfininirex.
Washington, April 25. A suit for
damages has been instituted by one
Washington dry goods firm against
another which Involves a novel point
of general Interest. The charge Is
that the defendant firm "maliciously,
unlawfully and unjustly" conspired to
persuade ono of plaintiff's clerks to
leave his employ and enter that of the
defendant, by reason of which the
plaintiff was compelled to increase tho
clerk's salary in order to retain his
services. The purpose of the suit Is
to determine whether one has the legal
right to Induce employes of other con
cerns to leave the service of the latter
by offers of increased salary.
Ftve TeaM For rcnxlon Swindler.
Wilmington, Del., April 25. Charle3
Harris, who has numerous aliases and
who was convicted of swindling per
sons under promise of obtaining gov
ernment pensions for them, was yes
terday sentenced In the federal court
to five years' imprisonment and $2,000
fine. Harris carried on his operations
in all parts of the country. His plan
was to collect sums from relatives of
dead soldiers In return for his pre
tended services.
Rxteiifllni; iBUDlSTation Laws.
Washington. April- 25. Assistant
Secretary Melklejohn, of tho war de
partment, has Issued an order extend
ing tho immigration laws of the Uni
ted States to Cuba, Porto Uico find the
Philippine islands.
: A WEZK'3 NEWS CONDENSED.
w'eWteead . April io.
At the Tana (111 .1 election the main
i ue was union l'jor, and uulon la
bor won.
It Is believed that the war investi
gators' report will not sustain General
MI'es' charges.
It is believed that all volunteers who
' desire to return f:-nm Manila will have
opportunity by June 1.
By the wreck of the fishing schooner
Kllza. of Beverly, Mass.. Captain Hop
kins and 10 sailors drowned.
Wealthy and prominent Fillpinoe are
1 endeavoring to nrrange a truce be
tween the Americans and Aguinaldo.
New United Suites ministers: A. H.
Hardy, to Greece; to Persia, W. P.
i Lord; to Portugal. J. M. Irwin; to Bel
gium. La ween oe Townsend.
Lieutenant OUtttOre and 15 men of
i the cruiser Yorktown were captured by
Filipinos OH the east coast of Luzon.
P. I und are still held by the enemy.
In sentencing riotous Wheeling ( W.
Va.) strikers to 30 days' Imprison
ment and $.ri0 fine Judge Jackson de
clared public sympathy with strikers
"conceived In anarchy."
Thursday, April go.
Ex-Congressman Hilborn, of Cali
fornia, died in Washington, aged t" .
Speaker Reed has entered a Now
York law firm, atid will retire from
congress.
In a hurricane which swept the
northeast coast of Queensland, Aus
tralia, over 400 were drowned.
V. M. McFarland, ex-secret ry i f
state. Is on trial at Des Moll", In.,
charged with stealing state fund-;.
James P. Talifonu. a prominent ox
Confederate and merchant, Wi H elci icd
United States senator from Florida,
President McKlnley has loon in
vited to Bcranton, Pa., on Tept. 4 (La
bor day), ami has accepted condition
ally. United States Senator Jones, "f Ar
kansas, denies that tie will res!; n the
chairmanship of tho
IV.
.t.
tion.u committee.
Krtd iv, April Ul,
Our government officials
avoid further inco are 111 tin
hope to
a: my.
The Mexican senate ad
extradition treaty with
an l the row
the United
States.
Yale university will send a crew to
row against Annapolis naval cadets on
June II.
Congressmen Hepburn and Hender
son, "f Iowa, era i andldati b for Speaker
Heed's place.
it will soon be nocessary to resume
the free distribution of food i:i Ban
tlugO, owing to the general poverty.
The report of tin' court Investigating
charges against officers of the Seventy
first New York regiment declares Lteu-
tenant Col. it
tain Whittle
of cowardice
and Major Austin
and incompi tence.
.-in ii rdn;
General Oeorge
General Henry as
guilt;
. Vprll
W. Davis succeeds
military governor of
Porto Rico,
Court Secretary Roonocke was
fenced in Berlin to two years'
son-lm-
prlsonmenl for lose majeste.
ICdward Zikmoud t white) and Horace
Scott (colored) fought a duel with
pitchforks in Chicago, Scott was killed.
Congressmen annon and Hopkins.
Of Illinois, and Hull, of New York, an
nounce their candidacies ku- the speak
ership. Two
troops i
pirn's.
more skirmishes between our
nd rebels mvr Tagulg, Philip
fought ye torday, resulted In
two more victories.
The steamer Whitney, of the Morgan
line, was wrecked off Cape Canaveral,
on the Florida coast. Mate Phillips
and nine men were drowned.
Andrew Freedman, Croker's business
partner, and Abraham Hlmmolwrlght,
of the Roebllng company, defiantly re
fused to answer questions in New
York's investigation.
Monday. April e..
Dr. Nicholas Senn Is being boomed
for the Republican nomination for
governor of Illinois.
William Burdlck's body was blown
to fragments by exploding nit ro-glycor-lne
at Bradford. Pa.
The fiscal year 1898 was our banner
export year, the exports reaching $1,
210,291,918; Imports, $616,049,064.
A Spanish prisoner recently released
by Filipinos declares tho rebels are
well supplied with arms nnd ammuni
tion. Dr. B. K. Patton, probably dying at
Torre Haute, Ind., declines he was
poisoned by his wife. He Is her fourth
husband.
The funeral of Congressman s. T.
Balrd, of Louisiana, took place In
Washington yesterday. The body wa3
taken to Bastroy, La.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
As Reflected by Deallnscs In Philadel
phia mid Hull limire.
Philadelphia, April 14. Flour firm; win
ter superfine, t2.U4Jx.40; Pennsylvanl i
rulliT, eluur. $M00SJQ; city mills, extra,
$2.W2.75. liyu flour quiet at 1X20 per
barrel for chnim Pennsylvania, Wheat
dull; No. 2 red, spot, In elevator, "BlTi'
7614c. Corn firm; No. 2 mlxi-d, miot. In
elevator, tSU019Viei No. 2 yellow, for
locui trade, 41M4941c, Outs inactive; No,
I white, :)4jc; No. 2 white, clipped, MHO
I 85c. Hay steady; choice timothy, 112. M
! for luri'ii bales. Beef Arm; beef hams,
j 194i 1,5). l'ork quiet; family, IU01X.SO,
I L.'inl weak: western steamed, $."i.47'4. But
I ter steady nt a decline; New York dairy,
I S4016HC i do. creamery, mv?il7c; wes1
I ?rn do., 14Vi4il7c. ; factory, 14c. ; fancy
1'eiinsylvaiiia prints JobhltiK ut 214424c,
do. wholesale, 17c. Cheese easy; law,
white and colored, I24112Vlc.; small do,
I 12441 13c. ; new cheese weak; large, 10c.;
smnll, 10&104r. Kkks firm; New York nn.l
I Pennsylvania, 144ilP4c. ; western, I3-Vr
i 14c; southern, UCflUiO. Suenr steady;
, fnlr reflnlnc. 4 3-lCc; centrifugal, 4K,c;
! molasses sugar, 4 1-16c; refined steady;
I orUShed, 5c. ; powdered, br. ; Kranulated
I BV4c Tallow easy; city, 4e. ; country.
: (TMfllte Cottonseed oil easy; prime
, crude, 22ifi22Uc.; do. yellow, 26V427c.
, Kosln steady; strained common to good,
i J1.3541 1.40.
Baltimore, April 24. Flour quiet; west-
cm superfine, 52.254i2.40; western extra,
$2,504(3.10; western family, 3.354l3.60; wln
j ter wheut. patent, 13.754) M0; aprlng do.
do., $3.90474.10; spring do., straight, 3.654r
:IX. Wheat dull; spot and month, 77H
Qniic.! May, 77'c.; Bteamer No. 2 red,
' 'Jii72t4c.; southern, by sample, 714177e ;
! southern, on grade, 72'.i4t77',ic. Corn firm;
SPOt, 4u4j540Wc; month, 39Vj39?4c. ; May,
i 38&3y;c. ; June, SSy'Ac; steamer mixed,
tS&SiUe.: southern, white, 42c.; southern,
, yollnw, 41VjC. OaU Qrra; No. 2 whit-,
iW6Vc.; ... . )
in i n
Colonel Stotsnnberg and Six Others
Killed by Filipinos.
FORTY-TOUR SOLDIERS WOUNDED
Thi Colonol of tile NebNSBlM Horl-
meat Felt While Leading! Bla !
innt Volunteers The Battle lasted
In Victory Tot (he Aiiiertean Troops.
Manila. April 24. In an encounter
with the Filipinos yesterday near
(Juiugua, about four miles northeast of
MslolOS, seven Americans were killed
and 44 wounded.
The following wero killed: Colonel
John M. Btotsenburg, of the First No
braaka regiment, formerly of the sixth
cavalry; Lieutenant Lester B, Slsson.ol
the same regiment; two privates of the
Nebraska regiment; three privates of
the Fourth cavalry. Most of the
wounded belong to the Pint Nebraska
regiment. The Filipinos retreated
with small loss.
The engagement developed Into a
disastrous, though successful, figh.
The Insurgents had a horseshoe trench,
about a mi!'" long, circling a rice field.
on the edge of a wood.
Captain Ueii, with 4o cavalrymen,
encountered a strong outpost. One of
hi.i men was killed and live v.
Vounded by : volley.
Captain Bell sent tor reinforcements
to rescue tbe bodies of the killed cav
alrymen, and Inttnllon of the N -brntks
regiment, under Major Mufford,
arrived and advanced until cheeked by
volleys from the enemy's tren has,
The Americans lay : i ut fcOO yards
from (he tre'iches, behind rice furrows,
under (Ire. for two hifs.
Finally the Sec ml I i: linn arrived,
and then Colonel Stotseiihurg. who hi 1
spent the night with bis family nt
Manila. cmr' upon t!o (lold. The nn-i
Immediately rccogi i ud him and raised
a chei r,
Colonel Stotrenburg, docldlns to
charge nt the chenpesl way out of the
difficulty, led tho Pttnilt at the hoad of
his regiment, rie f 1 1 with 'i bullet
' In his breast, dying Instantly, about
2i'0 yards from the breastworks,
i Lieutenant I'lsson fell with a bullet
I In his heart, the bullol striking hln
i near the picture of a gin oust ended
i by a ribbon from his nock.
In the meant live the artillery had n -rived
and shelled the treni In s.
The Filipinos s:m,il until the i '
braakn troops were right ou t i
trenches, and then utey bolted to I', a
second line of utrenchments, a m
back.
Thirteen dead
In the trenches.
Filipinos were fni'M'I
Their loss wan com-
paratively small
on account of their
stife shelter.
The Americans carried tho second
trench with small loss, and are now
holding tbe town.
Colonel Btotsenburg bad won a
reputation as one of the bravest light
era In the army. He always led hit
regiment, and had achieved remark
able popularity with his men plnce tho
: war began, although during his first
colonelcy the volunteers, who were not
used to the rigid discipline of tin
regular troops, thought him n bird
officer. Indeed, they resented h!.
, methods si bitterly thai they procured
the passage of a resolution of censure
! against hlra through the Kebraskn
legislature. Once they became en
gaged In actual warfare, however, the
merits of his course became so ap
parent that In response t' ;; very
, strong demand from the people of the
state and the soldiers themselves the
resolution of censure, by a formal vote,
was expunged from tho legislative rec
ords, In the meantime Colonel Btot
Benburg had endeared himself t every
officer and man In the regiment, and
, brought the command to a iiih state
of efficiency,
M. S. QUAY ACQUITTP.I).
Ho Ih Promptly Appolntod (Senator by
i . i rnor stout,
Philadelphia, April 24. The Jury In
( the Quay case returned a verdict of not
guilty last Friday, and within an hour
afterward Governor Stone appointed
! M. S. Quay to the seat in the national
I senate left vacant by the failure of
! tho state legislature to elect a suc
cessor to Mr. Quay, whoso term as sen
ator expired on March 4.
When the verdict acquitting Senator
Quay was announced there was almost
an uproar in the court, but it was sup
pressed by vigorous cries of "silence. '
Out In the corridor an Indescribable
scene followed. A groat burst of cheer
ing rent the air, hats went up and tho
hurrahs echoed and re-echoed. People
rushed pell mell toward Quay, grasped
bis hands und ejaculated congratula
tions In all sorts of words. There was
an ovation, which no effort was made
to restrain.
! Nothing has ever been seen In this
city like the demonstration on the
street that greeted the silent man as
he left the city hall. Then the crowd
broke loose. With one wild yell they
formed around him, grasped his
hands, screamed, waved their hats and
1 threw them high above their hoads.
- Quay's shoulders were gripped, his
: back was slapped, his coat caught hold
, of, until It looked as if ho would suffer
I from the mad enthusiasm that gave
J itself full vent.
There are mnny differing opinions
- us to the right of Governor Stono to
fill tho vacancy in the senate. Dlscuss-
1 lng this question Senator Botes Pen-
i rose declares the governor's action
perfectly legal, and Insists that the
appointment will be sustulned by the
I national senate. Kx-Postmaster Gen-
I eral Wanamaker points to tho fact thai
In a similar case (Corbett of Oregon)
I Senator Quay voted against seating.
! Mr. Wanamaker declares tho gover
nor's action unconstitutional, as doc3
I George A. Jenks, the lato Democratic
candidate for speaker.
I. like City I.ynofiliiK Jury INnirrees.
Charleston, S. C, April 25. Yester
day the Jury in tho case of the Lako
City lynching reported Its Inability to
reach a verdict. The jury was out 23
hours. In dismissing tho Jury Judge
Drawlcy was again moved to 'ears as
he referred to the crime. .The case
goes over to tho next term of the court
for retrial.
THE ARREST OF DOWNEY.
fharaed VClth Fnrnlxhtnir Information
For rwh Consideration,
Lancaster, Pa., April 25. One of the
most Important arrests In the great
counterfeiting conspiracy was made In
this city yesterday by Captain Hums,
of the secret service. Samuel B. Dow
ney, an outside deputy revenue col
lector, was taken Into custody and bold
In $10,000 ball for trial. The town is
greatly excited over the arrest.
Karly In tho day Deputy Collector
Downey received an Inkling that the
secret service men were after him. and
he at once repaired to Ilrown & Men
sol's office, they being his counsel. An
he came out of the office Captain
Burns placed him under arrest and Ob
corted him to Collector Hershey' - of.
fire in the postoffice building. I I
he was taken to the office of 1'niiud
States Commissioner M. F. Hontg 01
ery, who fixed his ball at $10,niin. .. ii
ho was unable to secure.
Downey has made a complete con
fession, hast April, when Taylor and
Hredell, the engravers, of Philadelphia,
had made their arrangements With Ja-
oobs A Kendlg, Captain Burns me
hero and secured detailed Information
regarding the habits of tbe cigar tr.m
Ufacturers, They Introduced thi Bfl
cret service man to Downey, who ap
peared to Burns to bo over tealou In
his efforts to assist the detective, fie
was continually admonished,
Last October Jacobs A- Kendl !( in
ed out their plants, which arOUBi ' '
tain Burns' suspicion. He km they
had received information from Dow
ney. but attributed it to his an) v n
assist the secret Borvlco. Ja :. A
Kendlg did not trust Downey, and
made an effort to reach ih)
service. They hud paid Downc , ;ht
detectlvea say, $K00 to keep tit (.in
formed, but feared that he wns ' re
liable. After tii" alio .. il attu; !.od
bribery by Newltt. in i blladi i ' ia.
Burns told Downey thai tho been cor
vice was disgusted '..itii tho cs ,. and
Intended to dn p It. Thin Information
was conveyed to Jacobs Komi' . who
ther began to work like Leave i and
(hi; di d the country with clg con
taining bogus stamps. The secret ser
vice men ray they now have all the
culprits under arrest,
Downey was appointed four years
ago by Raymond E, shearer, Demo
cratic collector, and was so well
thought of that Collector llcrshoy, Ite
publlcau, retained hint la iff! e.
PENNSYLVANIA'S SCHOOLS
(Joveriioe Stone May He Compelled to
itt iinee Their Vpiiiirli(,tlon
Harrisburg, April 21, Governor
"'one s:;l in an Interview that In iiii
'!! f the bills loft with him by
t.
'as! legislature he would keep the
. latu m. Within the limits of tile
venues, and at the same time
h rovlslon for part payment dur-
next two yearn ot the floating
!" expects to obtain accurate
:; i h IW much money the
lid -o
i"'
dv '.
in. i
state
ive witli which to pay the
appro ri i is mad;.' by the legislature
before considering any bllis. The gov
ernor says that the lirsi class of ap
propriations that should receive prefer
ence nro those made for the expenses
of the state govern n including fh
National Guard an various de
partments. Hccoi I i i merit are the
state Insam i yiun . the penitenti
aries, the scii . ; it (ho feeble minded
children, the schools for the deaf, the
dumb and the blind. The third clasi
lot appropriations which tho governor
says have a claim upon the state are
the private hospitals, which the execu
tive believes cannot continue tho ex
cellent work they are doing without
state aid. He declares that thesi
meritorious institutions should be
! cared for and rendered slate aid befon
the public schools are eared for.
! "The balance Of the appropriation: ,"
I Governor Stone adds, "may be classi
fied as appropriations for educational
purposes, and first and foremost before
them all I think the approprlatl n to
the public schools should receive at-
i tention, and that ii should be given,
oven to the exclusion of other educa
tional Institutions, from whatever
money may be left, I shall deeply re
gret If 1 am compelled tu reduce the
appropriation of $11,000,000 to the pub
lic schools, but if l am compelled ti,
do it I Khali not hesitate to assume th
respoalblllty, it was tbe duty of the
legislature to provide sufficient reve
nue to enable me to approve this Item
I make this announcement now so that
what criticism and argument Is to be
made with reference to my contem
plated course may be brought to my
notice, so that I may have the benefit
of it before action."
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
i
Honesdale, Pa., April 25. The Wayne
county Republican convention yester
:day, by a vole of 19 to 16, elected Ed
: win c. Mumford, an anti-Quay man
as the delegate to the st:t" convention
(The anti-Quay fuel ion had 21 of tht
delegates, but two of them gave ox-
Shoriff Richard w. Murphy compli
mentary votes,
Pittsburg, April 25. Kid I. a voile, the
(colored pugilist from Chester. Pa., who
I was knocked out by John Cavnnuugh
in a boxing contest at Homestead Fri
day evening last, died Inst nigln A
post mortem was held, and the phyi i-
elans discovered a blood clot on tie
brain. Cavanaugh is still in jail
where he has been since the light.
Bradford, Pa.. April 24. William D.
Burdlck, a glycerine shooter, was
blown to atoms at his magazine near
this city yesterday afternoon. He war
carrying a can of the explosive whet
last seen alive. That was a few mo
ments before his magazine, barn and
holler house wont up In a cloud of
smoke. Only small fragments of l!ur
dick's body were found.
Philipsburg, Pa., April 25. The sev
eral thousand miners who have beet)
Idle In Central Pennsylvania for two
weeks resumed work this morning,
orders having been issued to that ef
fect by President Wilson, of the mill
ers' organization. Work was rest;-
ponding tho outcome of a Joint coff
ferenco of miners and the I leech Cn ..
'operators to bo held at Clearfield U
i Thursday, certain operators havlnt
agreed to a conference. They have 01
i promised to bring about a conference
of all operators in central Ponnsy
nia with their miners, In tho hop
reaching an agreement on mining
prices for this year.
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