REBUS ROOTED BIT MERIGIH ARMS
FILIPINOS DEFEATED.
Twenty Americans Killed and Hundred
Wounded Loie of Nattvee Said to Number
Thousand - Dewey's Effective Work.
Aguinnldn, pretender to the rule of
the Philippines ninl his rebellious fol
lowers lut Saturday tested the
stronnth of the American army nml
navy, According tn the London Tost
the skirmish, which wns Intended to
have n mot nl effect inm the Ameilc
nns. ecsl'tho Insurgents thousands of
lives.
Thi- Filipinos nttnckcl the AnnTlcnn
line from Cnlnocan to Santa Mesa, lit
8.4." Saturday evening. Thro wim
henvv tiring on both rl.lci nnd the ar
tillery wns used. Tlu- I 'tilt-l States
cruiser Charleston and the gunboat
Concord bombarded the enemy. Thn
Anicii nns. after mnRnlllccnt i hnrg .
cnpturcd tlx- enemy's portions.
The Americans lost l killed nnd 121
wounded. Tlii- rln mIi rami; when thr. e
dnrlng Filipinos darted past the Ne
braska regiment's picket nt HnnU
Mesa, tint retired whi n challenged.
They ivpmtfil tin- experiment with
out drawing tho sentries' tiro. Hut the
third time Corporal tireoly ohnlli iiffi d
the Filipino nnd then tiro I. killing one
of them nnd wounding nii'-thcr. Almost
Immediately nftirwnrd the Filipinos'
lino, from Cnloocnn to Snntii Morn,
commenced a fusillade, which was In
effectual. The Nebraska, Montana nnd North
Dnkotn outposts replied vigorously
and held their ground until reinforce
ments nrilved.
The Klllplnon In tho nionntliiie con
centrated nt throe point;, Cnloocnn,
Gngnlangln nnd Santa" Mesn. At
about 1 o'clock tho Filipinos opened
a hot fire from nil three places simul
taneously. The Americana responded
with a terrific fire, but owing to the
darkneKB they were unable to deter
mine the effect. The 1'tah light artil
lery finally succeeded In silencing the
native battery. The Third artillery
alao did good work on the extreme left.
The 1'nlted Ptatea cruiser Charleston
and the gunbon.t Concord, stationed on
Malabona, opened lire from their seo
ondary batteries on the Filipinos' po
sition at Cnloocnn, and kept it up vig
orously. At 2:45 there was another
fustlade along the entire line, nnd the
United States sea-going double mon
itor Monadnock opened lire on the
nemy from off Malnte.
With dayllsht the Americans ad
vanced. The Cnllfornia nnd Washing
ton regiments mnde a splendid charge
and drove the Filipinos from the vil
lages of Pnco and Santa Mesa. The
Nebraska regiment also distinguished
Itself, capturing several prisoners and
one Howitzer nnd a strong position at
the reservotr, which is connected with
the water works.
The Kansas and Dnkota regiments
compel lod the enemy's right flank to
retire to Cnloocnn. The Ygorntes,
armed with bows and arrows, mode a
very determined stand In the face of
a hot artillery fire, nnd left many men
dead on the field.
Several attempts were made at
Manila Sunday to assassinate Ameri
can officers.
The first news of the outbreak In the
Philippines came to the administration
In a cnblogram from Admiral Dewey
to Secretary of the Navy Long Sun
day. The message was as follows:
"Insurgents here Inaugurated gon
eral engagement yesterday nlRht,
which has continued to-day. The
American army and navy generally
successful. Inaurgcnta hove been
driven back and our lino advanced.
No casunltica to navy. Two American
soldiers killed, 40 wounded. Double
my order for ammunition.
DEWEY.
Monday the following dlspntch wns
received: The Flllplnon have apparent
ly reached the conclusion that the
Americana mean business, now that
the barriers are removed, as there were
no further hostilities last nlRht and
no attempt was made to recover the
lost ground. It is Impossible to ascer
tain as yet how tho news has been re
ceived at Maloloas, the seat of the In
surgent government, but the Filipinos
In Manila express the opinion that tha
movement for Independence has re
ceived Its death blow, and that an
nexation will soon be welcomed gener
ally. The following Is the list of killed of
the First Nebraska regiment In the
battle of Manila: James Pierce, musi
cian, David City, merchant; Harry
Hull, Company A, hotel clerk, Hast
ings; David Laggar, Company I. law
yer, was a lieutenant In State mllltla;
Sergeant Orrln T. Curtis, Ashland,
farmer, was at one time a member of
the Legislature; Charles Keck, Chad
ron. wealthy stockman; A. Bellinger,
on of a prominent doctor at Beatrice
and a young society man; Lewis Beg
ler, Lincoln, clerk; Edward Eggers,
Fremont, lawyer.
The American army In the Philip
pines numbers over 21,000 men.
The following Idaho men are report
ed killed In Manila: Major Edward
McConvllle, who was In command of
the Second batalllon, Idaho volunteers:
Corporal Frank Caldwell, Company H,
84 years old, born In Chicago, enlisted
at Harrison, Idaho; Private George
Hall, Company B. aged 25, Sweet, Ida
ho; Private Ernest Scott, Company B,
aged 21, born at Ashland, Wis.; Private
James Henaen, Company H, 85 years
old. born at Overton, Tenn.
Agulnaldo's forces number 30.000
men. Besides his soldiers General Otis
has at his back In Manila bay com
manding the city a veritable rock of
Gibraltar In Dewey's Meet. With the
vessels he now has and those about to
Join him Dewey will have 21 ships ct
various types.
During tho fight the Tenth Pennsyl
vania regiment were stationed at Cor
regldor Island, about 15 miles from
Manila.
Riot In Court Room.
A pitched battle occurred a few
days ago In Justice S mlth'a emi,
room in Drew, Wright county, la., re
sulting In two men, Charles Hull and
Fred Bartfleld, being fatally wounded,
another shot through the arm, and
five others more or leaa Injured by
blows from pokers, clubs and chairs.
Differences over the location of a
bridge had divided the townspeople
Into factions, the dispute finally cul
minating In a riot. The court room
was crowded at the time, and a panic
ensued when the firing began, many
people lumping through the windows.
Ammunition Car Destroyed.
Wednesday morning a speclul train
bearing the negro troopers of the
Tenth cavulry en route to Cuba passed
through Juka. Miss. Some unknown
persona set fire to the ammunition
car, which was almost filled with car
tridges und powder. It was entirely
destroyed and the rest of the train
was burely saved.
John Johnson of St. Paul la dead of
obesity. He weighed 433 pounds. His
flush is attributed to an enormous ap
petite and the use of Intoxicating- bev
rases. He was 42 years old.
TERM! TELEGRAMS.
New Tork's pay roll amount to $20,-
000,000 a year.
Aunt Charlotte Dunn died at Lancas
ter, Ky., Inst Thursday, aged 110 years.
Sir Frauds flare Ford, recently
British nnibnssndor nt Home, Is dead.
Andrew CnrncRie In building n II,
Ono.ooo residence on Fifth Avenue, New
York.
Joseph Loiter hns formed n milk
trust at Chicago. Capital stock, 110,-
0110.1100. .
A ten per cent. Increase hns been
promised Ishpcnnlng, Mich., miners
by March 1.
There nre snld to be 532 enses of
leprosy In the I'nlted Stntes, 10 of
which nre In CIiIciiro.
Finest I lay wood, formerly of I'pper
Sandusky. ()., killed his wife 111 Chi
cago ii tid then attempted suicide.
The oxford hotel nt St. Louis, wns
partially burned last Thursday and 30
gui-sts were rescued by firemen.
The keel of the new Maine will be
laid nt Cramp's ship yard on Febru
ary 1.1, the anniversary of the explos
ion. The remains of (!en. Oarcln were
Inst week transferred from Washing
toil to Cuba on board the gunboat
Nashville.
Two soap trusts nre now being form
ed, one at Chicago with JIiki.imkI.oiio
capital nnd the other nt Boston with
$2u.0U0,00O.
A combination of car building com
panies has been proposed. But the
i'lillmnn company refuses to enter the
compact.
The Klghth, Thirteenth nnd Four
teenth Pennsylvania regiments will be
mustered out of the military service In
u few days.
While operating a saw nt Bntvr
set. Pa., the cont talis of Charles Boy
man cuught In the saw mid he was
ground to dentil.
Frank Bears, a former well-known
Plttsburger. wns killed by a Ouata
nialenn sentinel some dnys ago at
Porta Cortex, Honduras.
A Chicago lawyer and a city em
ploye have been arrested for complic
ity with burglnrs In robbing C. Sehar
go, a miser, of $55,000.
William Miller, not 17 years old, wns
hanged at Le Orange, Ky., last week
for murdering Mrs. Gertrude Leet, a
farmer's wife, Inst September.
Anthony Burgle, a convict In the
San Francisco Jnll poured coal oil over
himself and then Ignited his clothing.
He was burned to death.
The Legislature of Colorado adopted
a Joint resolution recommending other
Stntes to give a trinl to the woman
suffrage system of Colorado.
Colvllle Y. Ingnte. American vice
consul at Patras, Greece, died of hy
drophobia. He was bitten two monts
ago, and refused treatment.
After shooting his sweetheart, Lau
ra Began, George Keppllngtr of Mar
lon. Ind., attempted suicide last Thurs
day. But the ball glanced and he was
arrested.
The grand Jury of Cook county. III.,
reported that an organized system of
jury bribing has been used In Chicago
In tho Interests of the traction com
panies. Herman Kapff. a 15-year-old boy,
committed suicide In the Homewood
cemetery, Pittsburg, by taking sul
phate of morphine. He left a puthetlc
note.
The Chlcngo Federntlon of Lnbor la
boycotting the "Record" and "News."
The papers however are being sustain
ed by the other Chicago dallies and in
dications nre that they will win.
About SB Toronto endetn, the first
armed foreign soldiers to enter 1'nlted
Stnt"s territory In a long time, crossed
the border nt Port Huron. Mich., a
few dnys ago, en route to Florida.
Miss Nellie Maxwell, of Williams
port. Pa., was married to Albert Frans
at Flmlro, N. Y last Wednesday by
telephone. The bride wanted to be
original. Tho marriage Is legal.
The wlfo and daughter of J. E. Yost
Thursday started from Buffalo, Wyo.,
to their ranch a few miles distant, In
the fuce of a billiard and lost their
way and were froxen to death when
found.
Seven convicts awaiting transfer to
the penitentiary at Wichita, Kan.,
Hawed their way through four steel
barred doors and escaped. Among
them wnB Kd Stewart, sentenced to 60
years for muider.
Admiral Sampson appeared In tho
visitors' gallery of tho New York
stock exchange Wednesday. Ho was
greeted with loud cheers, but simply
bowed his acknowledgments. Hand
shaking followed.
Gov. Roosevelt of New York admits
that large deficiencies have been dis
covered In Borne of tho state depart
ments. No charge of dishonesty Is
made but it Is evident that there has
been much extravagance.
An Englishman named Fleming and
Evangelist Pan were murdered by
Chinamen at Chong on Chiang Inst
week. The Chinese government offers
$30,000 to the relatives of the mur
dered men to quiet the affair.
In pursuance of his general order
for a reduction of municipal salaries
Mayor Qulnry of Boston cut $750 from
his own salary of $10,000. Firemen will
be cut. but not police. To save $200,.
000 he will reduce 6,000 out of 10,000
employes.
After killing his brother, Michael,
Thomas Malone gave himself up at
Chicago. He said that Mike was al
ways drunk and abuBlve and ao he
finished him with a raxor. This ouln-
lon Is seconded by the neighbor's of the
Malone family.
At the annual meeting of the Dia
mond Match Company held at Chica
go, the old management was re-elected
Profits for the year amounted to $1,
155.DD7. There was paid In dividends
$1,100,000. Earnings in 1897 were equal
to 11.61) per cent.
Hugo Wolfert would not give up his
seat for a lady In a New York street
car a few days ago and Dr. Wildes
called him a hog. Wolfert thereupon
Blruck the doctor and the latter drew
a revolver shooting Wolfert, whose
condition is serious.
Mynah, a wonderful bird of the ori
ent, which spoke five different lang
uages and Imitated all manner of mus
ical instruments. Is dead. He belong
ed to Miss Emma Thursby, a well
known singer of New York. Many
bird fanciers have spoken of Mynah
as the cleverest of his kind, and Miss
Thursby valued him at $10,000. He
was presented to her 12 years ago by
the Emperor William, of Germany,
Iniuranca Company Baatan.
There lies 111 with the grip in Evans
ton, III., one of the few men who have
beaten Insurance companies at their
own game. Mr. J. Stanley Ortmes, at
the early age of 78 years, hud long
been paying out money In premiums
on $10,000 and asked the company
what It would give him to withdraw.
They figured the risk ut $2,000 cash or
a stipend of $410 a year while he lived.
That waa twenty-one years ago and
he la living yet, enjoying his annuity
more and more with euch succeeding
year. He la now 01 years old and over
$8,000 ahead of the game.
GEN. MILES MUoT PROVE GHRRGES.
INQUIRY WILL BE MADE.
Tha Decision May Retult In the Court Mertlal of
the General or tha Punishment of the
Beef Packers and lnapectora,
The purpose of the president to ter
minate the unsatisfactory state of af
fairs thot hns existed for rome time
ns the result of numerous charges nnd
counter-charges and Interviews re
specting the character of the army
beef, by Instituting a formal Imiulry
In these mntters. nml endeavoring to
place the respotisllilllty where It be
longs, wus made known a few duys
I1RO.
This Inquiry will not be undertaken
before the commission to Investigate
the conduct of the war has mnde Its
report to the president. The scope of
this new Inquiry has not been dellned,
but It certainly will embrace the alle
gations made by Gen. Miles an to the
chnrnot'T of the army suppllen, nnd
will Involve that ollleer to the extent
that he must make these charges
Rood, nnd to that degree will be on
trial himself In a preliminary mnnner.
Should the chaiRes be found well
established a heavy responsibility
would be placed upon the packers and
persons concerned In the nient Inspec
tion, nnd perhaps others: should they
fall unsupported Gen. Miles may be
obliged to answer to a conrt-mnrtlnl
for reflecting upon the character of
other olllcers.
There are two methods by which
such an Investigation niny be con
ducted according to estnlillshed mili
tary usage. The first Is by the appoint
ment of a court of Inquiry, and tho
second by the appointment of whnt Is
known ns an olllcers' or Inspection
board. In the former case, It would
be necessary to name some officer who
Is to be the subject of the Investiga
tion. In the Intter the board Is
charged simply to Inquire Into a state
of facts, or alleged facts, without
reference to any particular person,
and to place responsibility If possible
for anything of which complaint la
mnde.
Their findings mny serve nn n basis
for a court-mnrtlnl quite ns effectunlly
as the findings nf a court of Imiulry,
nnd has some advantages In that It
does not begin with the presumption
of a court of Inquiry. Where a court
of Inquiry Is ordered, It Is said there
Is conveyed a. distinct rcllectton upon
the officer named.
Because of this, when the navy de
partment requested the war depart
ment to order a court of Inquiry to In
vestigate thn clreumstnnces attending
the killing of a number of Spanish
prisoners on board the Hnrvard, the
litter Instead ordered an Inspection
board, considering that the ordering
of the court of Inquiry might be looked
upon as a predeclslon against our
troops.
Such officers' bonrds are frequently
ordered to tlx responsibility for the
less or damage of stores, and severnl
of them have been appointed during
the war to look into the loss or ments,
notably In the case of that shipped to
Porto Rico and returned to Montnuk
point. Like a court of Inquiry, these
boards return statements of facts de
veloped by them upon which tho su
perior authorities can act.
It Is not possible at present to learn
In which direction the president leans,
but he hns been In conference on the
subject with the secretnry of war and
attorney-general, and the matter nun
been discussed In the cabinet to some
extent. As before stated, however,
no action is to be tnken on either plan
until tho report of the war Investiga
ting commission Is submitted.
A Cargo of Coffini.
The I'nlted States transport Rou
manian sailed the other day from New
York for Snn Ponce and Santlngo. On
bonrd of her Is a large party In charge
of Mr. Rhodes, superintendent of Na
tional cemeterleB. They are going to
exhume the bodies of our soldiers
burled at Santiago, which are to be
brought hack by the Roumanian on
her return. Tho party Is mostly
composed of relatives and friends of
the dead soldiers. The cargo of the
Roumanian consists entirely of coffins.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
There are now 8,150 civilians in Ha
vana from the United States.
Corporal Greely of Nebraska fired
tho first Bhot at the rebels lust Satur
day. Twenty-seven thousand rations were
distributed to Havana's poor lust
Thursday.
Famishing Cubans, It Is reported,
nre being furnished with spoiled beef
which they are refusing.
The steamship Empress of Jannn
carried over 1.000.000 bottles of beer for
Americans in the Philippines.
The news which Spain received was
to the effect that the Insurgents had
captured all the American outposts.
Agulnaldo has sent a communication
to Washington In which he asserts his
authority over all the Philippine Isl
ands. The Filipino Junta In Paris has a
cable message from Hong Kong say
ing the proclamation in August waa
the work of Agulnaldo and the gener
als, and the second Is the unanimous
work of the Filipino assembly.
Colonel Valllentes, of the gendarmes,
has found the body of a missing postal
courier, Antonio Arthuro Varlos, who
left Mayarl, Cuba, for San Luis Jan
uary 20. Many wounds from machetes
were found on the body. No trace of
the mall pouch has been found.
A dispatch received from an English
house at Hollo says business Is pro
ceeding satisfactorily, but the Hong
Kong agents of the same firm cable
that the Hollo telegram Is unreliable,
as "nothing unfavorable to the Amer
icans Is allowed to pass the censor."
Deaths among the troops In the
Philippines since arrival to February
1, seven months, 220, of which 41 were
due to wounds and accidents. Of the
remaining 178, 65 died of typhbld, 43 of
smallpox, 22 of dysentery, 8 of
malarial fever. The remaining deaths
were due to many various diseases.
Woman Sentenced for Lifa.
Mrs. Cordelia Botkln waa last week
sentenced to serve the term of her na
tural life In the Sun Wuentln, Cal.,
penitentiary for the murder of Mrs.
John P. Dunning, of Dover, Del., whom
she killed by means of a box of poison
ed candy sent through the mulls as a
gift from a friend and unsuspecting
ly eaten by Mrs. Dunning and some of
her friends. Her sister, Mrs. Joshua
P. Deane, also died from the effects of
the arsonlo with which the candles
were loaded.
. " Ml ' 1 '
Mrs. Belmont wants to sell her Mar
ble Palace at Newport. It cost $3,
000,000 and was a present from, her
former husband, W. K. Vanderbllt
from whom she was divorced. To keep
the plane Involves an expenditure of
$1,000,000 a year which Is beyond the
Dixans of Mr, and Mrs. Belmont
U-.kl. D.I... ... B.l.
ARMY OF FIFTY THOUSAND,
This Number May be Augmented at tha Dlacre
, tlon of tha Preaident Canteena In
Army Campa Abolished.
According to the Hull bill which
pnssed the house Inst Wednesday the
ntntiding army of the tTnlted States
will herearter consist of 50,000 men. At
the discretion of the president this
number may be Increased to lon.ooo
men. One of the Important amend
ments to the bill was the prohibition
of the sole of liquor In mllitnry camps.
The bill wns pnssed by a vote of 168
to 125, three Democrats In the affirma
tive and six Repulillcnua In the nega
tive. Among the Importnnt nmendments
adopted before the vote was taken
wn ono to exclude the nppolntment
of civilians to positions in the engineer
corps, one to nbotish canteens and the
sale of liquor In enmps nnd one to
strike out the provision for Hdilltlonnl
pny for the Philippines nnd Alaska.
The nmendment of .Mr. Cummin gs of
New York to prohibit tho use of troops
In the severnl states to suppress riots,
etc., except upon the application of
the stntes, was defeated by a lurgo
mujoiity.
WONDERFUL BLIND MAN.
Returns From tha Klondike Following Hla Dog
Team.
One of the most remarkable trips In
the history of Alnsknn travel has Just
been finished by Shubert Nichols, a
blind man, who walked all the way
from the middle fork of the Koyukuk
river, north of the Yukon, l.floo miles
to the const, crossing live rnnges of
mountains, lie arrived nt Seattle last
Wednesday on the City of Seattle af
ter an absence of several years.
Nichols' blindness wns caused by
the glare of the sun m the northern
snow fields. Thnt he ever managed to
follow his dog team over the difficult
broken country north of Dawson Is
remarkable. At times the cold was 64
degrees below rero and he had packs
of wolves to contend with. Nlcholns
reports the drowning of John G. Tnlt.
of Chlcngo, on September 29, In the
river. His body whb swept under the
Ice pnek. He carried $100,000 life In
surance, PROTEST FROM SANTIAQO,
An Order From Havana Reducea 8alarlea
Twenty Per Cent.
An order received at Santiago a few
days ago hns not tended to reconcile
the people to being ruled from a dis
tance. A deduction of 20 per cent Is
to be mnde In the case of all salaries
exceeding $600 per annum. This Is
really an old spnnlsn tax, niways ex
ceedingly obnoxious. It strikes those
who have most Influence over the
working people, the mayors, chiefs of
gendarmerie and Judges of the
province. These officials bitterly pro
test, for General Leonard Wood, mili
tary governor of the department of
Santiago, when recoRnlxliig their of
fices, reduced the salaries paid under
the Spanish regime 30 per cent. The
general impression here is that the
present conditions must change short
ly. There Is undoubtedly a growing
discontent.
Organs and Pinnoa for Manila.
The former hospltnl ship sailed for
Manila Thursday with the oddest car
go ever placed in an American naval
vessel. It Included 1.000 pounds of
powder, dynamite, shotted shells, 25
rapid-lire rifles, 2 cases of torpedo
heads, 4 pianos, 2 upright organs, 2
10-Inch rifles, 600 head of live sheep, 5
milch cows, household furniture, 200
barrels of flour nnd severnl refrigerat
ing and condensing plnnts. Seven line
olllcers and 15 cadets will sail on her.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Secretary Alger Is nrrunglng to make
a tour of Inspection through Cuba and
Porto Rico.
President McKlnley is said to be
sick, the result of a breakdown
through worry.
An soon as Agonclllo Agulnnldo's
representative nt Washington heurd
of the light he lied to Canadu.
The State Department now con
siders Agonclllo, Agulnaldo's Wash
ington representative, either a traitor
or a spy.
A plot has been discovered In Wash
ington to have Major General Nelson
A. Miles displaced and Adjutant Gen
eral Corbln placed at the head of the
army, with tho rank of lieutenant gen
eral. In the house of representatives a
few days ago eulogistic speeches were
mnde on Thomas Benton and Frank P.
Blair, whose statues have been pre
sented by Missouri fur erection in
Statuary hall.
Senator Pettus hns Introduced a bill
authorizing the secretary of war to
provide for tho reimbursement of
states for the military expenses in
curred in the late war .with Spain,
and appropriating the funds neces
sary for this purpose.
Reports from Washington say that
Secretnry Alger Is energetically en
deavoring to persuade the president
to order a court martial of Oen. Miles.
The charge is said to be that Miles'
public statements In regard to army
scandals tend to Impair the discipline
of the army.
It Is announced that the name of Dr.
James H. Canfleld, president of the
Ohio State university, was presented
to the President for appointment as
librarian of Congress, to succeed Mr.
Young. It Is also said Dr. Canfleld
will be strongly supported by leading
educators, librarians and public men.
President McKlnley to a delegation
of citlxens of St. Louis expressed his
npproval of the Exposition project.
Then the committee told him $5,000.
(100 would be raised In St. Louis by
private subscription, $5,000,000 would
be appropriated by the city, and they
expected by loan or otherwise to get
$5,000,000 from the national govern
ment. A bill has been favorably reported
on in congress to erect a statue to the
Maine heroes at Havana, suitably In
scribed, to cost $10,000.
Representative Tawney, of Minne
sota, has Introduced a resolution pro
viding that February 15, and on that
day thereafter, the United States flag
on all Government buildings through
out the United States be displayed at
half mast in commemoration of the
destruction of the battleship Malno
and the loss of 26A American Uvea In
the harbor of Havana.
The house committee on Invalid pen
sions reported favorably the senate
bill pensioning Gen. John M. Palmer,
of Illinois, the amount being reduced
from $100 to $'.0. The report says of
Gen. Palmer: "Nearly always an of
ficeholder and always strictly honest,
he finds himself now. In his 82nd year,
retired to private life without means of
Income, broken In health, blind In una
eye and rapidly losing the sight of the
other."
Ten thousand persona met at Albert
Hall, London, the other night to pro
teat against the ritualism of tha church
of England,
RECEIVED AID FROM SPANIARDS.
FILIPINOS WELL ARMED.
Oeneral Merrltt Dlacueeea tha Lateit Outbreak
In tha Philippine-Sye Wa Have a Splen
did Force of Men on tha Oround,
MnJ.-Ocn. Wesley Merrltt whs Inter
viewed Monday regarding the attack
by the Filipinos upon the American
forces about Manila Saturday mid
Sunday. Gen. Merrltt spoke first of
the condition of the troops when he
left there In September Inst. I".e said
he thotmht there Is absolutely no cause
for apprehension by the Americans ns
he considered the American troops
perfectly tiblo to cope with their
enemies.
"The Insurgents," snld Oen. Merrltt,
"hnve the habit of allocking their
enemies nt night. It was so when I
wns there. I think there Is no use In
temporising with them. The Filipinos
nre apt to InuiRlne that a tempoilzlng
policy Indicates fear.
"It Is n strange fact thnt nil our
fltrhtlug Is done on Sunday, even In
ihe far Kast. This seems to be our
fate."
He was nsked how Inrge he thought
the Filipino nriny Is. nnd he estimated
when he wns there thnt they hnd from
12.000 to 15,000 men. lie arrived at this
estimate, he explained, by counting
the rltles. The Insurgents, he snld,
fight In a rather peculiar way. A limn,
for example, stays In a trench for 48
hours and then Is relieved by another
man, who uses the same trim, it Is
therefore quite prnbnble thnt the
Filipinos nre much Rrenter In number
thnn the rllles which he counted.
"I hnve no doubt." he continued,
"that since I left there much ammu
nition has been smuggled to them by
the Spaniards from Hong Kong. They
hnve about 2,000 pieces from the Span
ish deserters, I know. Probably they
nre now well supplied with guns.
"My estimate hns been, nnd Is now,
thnt 2i',0ii0 to sn.ooo men can cope with
the Filipinos. Two-thirds of this num
ber might be natives. The experience
of the English with their colonies
shows us thnt good soldiers can be
mado of the colonists by manning
them with efficient officers."
The general was nsked If he had
any reason to fenr, nt the time he wns
In Manila, that the Filipinos would at
tack Mnnlla. He replied: "No, I
never thought they would nttaek us.
I think they hnve been led to this by
events thnt have tnken place since.
He said he did not wish to be un
derstood as criticising the present
military surveillance of the Philip
pines, but It was bis opinion that the
holding in abeyance of the treaty of
pence mny hnve Influenced the insur
gents to make this attack.
General Merrltt poKe or tne excel
lent troops that nre In Mnnlla and Its
suburbs. He referred particularly to
the First Minnesota, rommnnded by
Gen. Reeve, nnd the Colorado regi
ment, commnnded by Col. Hale, a
grndunte of West Point, and who hns
a superb staff of officers, and also of
the California regiment, which, he
snld. Is made up of magnificent men.
Gen. Merrltt said thHt when he wns
In Mnnlla he wns of the opinion thnt
he could hnve "denned out" the Insur
gents In half a day If he had orders to
force the fighting. He spoke of the
preparations which Admiral Dewey
had mnde during his stay there for n
possible attack upon the army, and
added that Admiral Dewey always
kept two picket boats In readiness to
aid the array. They never hnd been
needed, however. He thoUKht that
one good lesson would be sufficient.
Gen. Merrltt spoke of the swampy
environments of Manila and the diffi
culty to be encountered by our troops.
He said the roads are about SO feet
wide and are known as causeways.
On either side nre rice fields. There
ore also bamboo hedges.
Burning Men In the Btreets.
The London Dnlly Telegraph pub
lishes tho following dispatch from
Vienna:
"Terrible scenes were witnessed In
tho conflagration Inst Tuesday night,
which destroyed the whole village of
Nngyprobroea, in the Liptau district
of Hungary. Twenty men. literally In
flames, ran about the streets until
they dropped Insensible. Many were
trodden down by mnddened unlmals.
Others were frozen to death In the
open fields. Twenty charred bodies
have been recovered and 90 of the
survivors are suffering from dreadful
burns, several being blinded. The
flames destroyed 600 head of cattle."
Brutal FoCce Officers.
.limn nciiuioiii ot Aiit-Kiiviiy. a. ,
makes an awful charge against the
police of that city. He says that
while his wife was suffering from ty
phoid fever she threw her babe from
a window. The police thereupon
dragged her out of bed and sent her
to Jail. Next day she died from ex
posure. The babe was not Injured.
Mr. Schunun Is now demundlng
Justice.
CABLE FLASHES.
While conducting a funeral In Lon
don a few days ago Rev. Berry fell
dead.
Not In ten years has Great Britain
enjoyed such a business boom as she
does at present.
China wants Uncle Sam to with
draw his marine guard from the lega
tion at Pekln, but Minister Conger's
wishes are to decide.
Archbishop Ireland was received by
the pope and spent over an hour dis
cussing church affairs as regards the
Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico.
In addition to a proposal for a for
eign loan the Spanish minister of fi
nance Is said to propose new taxes
that will raise $130,000,000 annually.
China Is said to have raised $11,500,
000 In London on Northern railways
after giving Great Britain a pledge
they will never be allenuted to any
foreign power.
A large meeting of the Spanish Com
mercial club at Madrid has passed a
resolution demanding that the govern
ment use part of the $20,000,000 to be
paid by the United States as an In
demnity for the cession of the Philip
pine Islands fn the construction of
three warships for the defense of the
coasts of Spain.
' One thousand soldiers arrived from
Cuba at Barcelona, Spain, lust Wed
nesday. All were emaciated. Fifty
six died on the voyage and 350 others
are seriously sick.
The French government Is negotiat
ing with French and English finan
ciers for a loan of 8,000,000 or 10,
000.000 for tho express purpose of in
creasing the army and navy.
It is rumored at Brussels that tho
troops of MuJ. Lothalre (the Belglun
commander on the Upper Congo)
have Joined the rebels and thut he
himself is wounded and a prisoner.
Lemuel Smlthaon shot William Mo
Olnley five times at Norfolk, Va.,
last Wednesduy. McQluley had drop
ped a lighted cigar down Smlthaon's
back. He may recover.
CUBANS WILL DISBAND.
Oomes Accepts $3,00000 to be DUtrlbutW
Among Hie Soldiers,
Oeneral Maximo Gomes, the com
mnnder-ln-chlef of the Cuban army,
placed himself squarely In position
last week as an active ally of the Unit
ed States Government In the work of
the reconstruction nf Cubs. As a re
sult of the confernce which Robert P.
Porter, the sperlnl commissioner cf
President McKlnley, had with General
Oomex, the latter cabled to President
McKlnley, assuring him of his co
operation In disbanding the Cuban ar
my nnd In distributing among tha
Cuban soldiers the IH.nnO.OOO npprop
rlated for the purpose of ennbllng them
to return to their homes. The compact
rovld"S thnt the sum paid to each
man shall not be regarded ns part pay
ment of salary of wages due for serv
ice rendered, but to facilitate the dls
bandmnnt of the nrmy, ns a rlef of
suiTerlng and ns nn nld In getting the
people to work; the f'ulinns shall sur
render their nrms to the Cuban assem
bly or to Its representatives; the com
mittee on distribution ehnll use Its best
endeavors to distribute It among the
populntlon so thnt nil may securo
work: the $3,000,000 shall be plneed
subject to the order of General Brooke,
nnd thnt action In the matter shall bj
Immediate.
Tho Cuban rnmmnndcr opened th
Interview by referring to the change
for the better which had taken place
In Cuba since he wns Inst here In
September. He nlso Inld stress on th-
fnet thnt some people were asking
"Where Is Cuba's promised 1lb?rty""
"The answer to this," snld Mr. Por
ter, "Is thnt Cuba now has commercial
nnd Industrial llherty, nnd thnt Presi
dent McKlnley hns directed me In
framing the Cuban tnrlff to mnke no
dlscrlmlnntlons In fnvcr of the United
States In the manner that Spain fa
vored herself. Cuba Is free to-day to
buy In the cheapest market. People
are returning to the pursuits of peace,
and our military government will glv
way to civil government as fast ns)
possible."
Mr. Porter also said thnt the purpose
of the American government Is to lay
a Arm foundation of a noble govern
ment for Cuba, to give the Cubans all
the liberties they had fought for, and
that Oeneral Gomes must remember
that and more still. For Instance,
there are 25.000 or 30.000 Spanish sol
diers at Clenfuegos who have not left
Cuba; thnt we hnd only been a month
nn tho Island, nnd that President Mc
Klnley needed and was entitled to tho
co-operation of all Interested in tho
welfare and future of Cuba, and that
he needed the co-operation of General
Gomes above all others.
The first problem. Mr. Porter then
pointed out, was the dlsbandment of
the Cuban army and tho return of the
Cuban soldiers to work. The Cuban
commander-in-chief replied that he
was ready and willing to give the aid
required, but nsked how he could do
so.
To this Mr. Porter replied that Presi
dent McKlnley would be glad to have
him go to Havana and co-operate wllh
Oeneral Brooke In disbanding the Cub
nns, nnd In pnylng over the $3,000,000
appropriated for that purpose. Gen
eral Gomex snld the amount was too
small, but that was not his fault, and
he would mnke It go as far as pos
sible, while likening It to the mlraclo
of the loaves and fishes.
A CABINET RESIGNS.
Porto Rlcana Proteit Against American! Hold
ing Civil Posit one.
The Porto Rico cabinet Monday ten
dered its resignation to Governor Gen
eral Henry because, after dismissing
Senor Carbonell, General Henry or
dered General Eaton to take charge
of the department of public Instruction
and Major Pierce, to take charge of
the department of public works. Both
these departments belong to the In
terior. The cabinet demands the immediate
appointment of a successor to Senor
Curbonell, and that natives be ap
pointed In place of General Eaton and
Major Pierce In accordance with pre
vious enunciations of the policy of
General Henry and tho colonial com
mission that no Americans are to hold
ofllce here. General Henry promUes.
Oeneral Henry will place the reli
gious orders In possession of the bul'd
ings from which they had previously
been ejected.
A DECISION AWAITED.
Navy Hai Not Yet Received Prlio Money for
Destroying Cervera's Fleet.
Secretary Long has referred to the
court of claims the question of divis
ion of the prlxe money for the destruc
tion of Cervera's fleet oft Santiago on
July 3. The point to be decided Is
whether or not Admiral Sampson's
flagship, the New York, participated
In the battle. If it did not, naval of
ficers claim that the prize money
would be about doubled, as in that
case the Spanish fleet and land bat
teries would show a stronger fighting
power than our fleet.
Those Interested in the decision are
the officers and men of the Brooklyn,
Oregon, Indiana, Iowa, Texas, Glou
cester and Vixen. Another point that
may be bothersome Is the provision
that any ship within signaling dist
ance is entitled to its proportion of
prize money.
Tha Intentions of tha Crowd Were Good.
A strong woman knocked down Fred
Stuchel, a sick Santiago veteran In the
streets of Chicago a few days ago and
robbed him of his discharge paper
and $40. He succeeded in knocking the
woman down, but a crowd gathered,
thought he was assaulting a defense
less woman and held him while the
woman escuped with all his money.
When he told his story the crowd ,wa
sorry but his money was gone.
Phyelciane and DruggUts at War.
A war between physicians and drug
stories Is on. Muncie, Ind.. physicians
have purchased a drug store and they
will try to centralize their business by
having all prescriptions put up there.
The druggists announce that If such
a deal Is muuo they will employ half a
dozen leading physicians. If compelled
to go out of the city for them and wilt
give their services free.
Publicly Beheaded.
Peugnes, the young man convicted
of the murder of Mme. Bertrand and
her Infant nephew, ut Saint Maurice,
some time ago, was put to death by
the guillotine In the Place de la Ro
quette, Paris, Thursday morning. Des
pite the extreme cold weather a large
crowd, Including many persons well
known In fashlunable circles, gathered
to witness the execution.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, our retiring
Russiun ambassador and new secre-
tury of the interior says that Russian
relations to tho United States are most
friendly. Ho says that the czar's
peace plans are meeting with favor
and are inspired by the highest mo
tives. The formation of a combine of west
ern wholesale grocers la under con
sideration In New York. ' .