4 r INSANE ASYLUM DESTROYED BY FIRE. f- SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST. Altol Thin Who Perbhed Wert Womtn Thtr. mometcr Wat Twtnty Degrees Below Zero Tlute Who Eloped Nearly Froten. One cif thr most horrifying Ares In the history nf Yankton, P. D., occurred Sunday morning at 2 o'clock, at the State Insnne asylum, when one of the collages took Are III the basement, completely gutting the building and rousing thn loss of llvis of 17 Inmates eon Until 111- re. Thi' cottrif. wns erected of stone nnd granite wcils, with wooden Interior nnd Intended for lnundry purposes, but, owing to the crowded condition of the main building 40 of thp female pa tients were placed ri'Te, with the Inuti dry In the basement. Thn exnet case of thp Mrp Is not known, except that It originated In the dry room of the Inundiy. Here 'thorp In a coll of steam pipes, and the theny la that either fine particle similar to lint settled on thp pipes, which litnll-d. or that clothes, which were thickly hung here, dropped on the pipes and were fired. The lnck of water greatly hindered the work of the firemen. The Inline 1 cottage stands aotne 30 feet In the rear of the mnln building, the water tank for the fire protection standing HH) feet In the rear of the cottage. The steam piped used for pumping ran from the holler room of the mnln building through the cottage for heat ing and then to the artesian well or tank. The Intense heat In the burning building caused the plpea to burst shortly after the fire began, leaving the tire hoses without power, except direct pressure from the tank, widen wag In no way autllclent to quench the flames. Two streams of water were thrown on the building, but did little good. With the thermometer standing at 23 below zero, the Inmates who could escape came down the narrow lllght of stair In their night clothing and bare feet Into the bitter cold, and had It not been for the nearness of shelter the suffering and loss of life from freezing would have been terrible. The building was three stories high, ' with an nttlc and two entrances, one east and one west. There was one stairway from the second and third floors which led Into the main halls to ese entrances, thus giving but one ress for those on the second and third floors and attic. Fifty-two persons were In the burn ing building, 40 patients and 12 female attendants. The attendants escaped, as did the others who were saved, with none of their personal effects, many losing all that they possessed. The four wntls of huge stone still stand and will make the work of re moval dangerous, as a collapse In lia ble to occur without a moment's warn ing. In 1882 the asylum, then a frame building, was destroyed by fire and six Uvea were lost. A FLOATING HOSPITAL Nurses Alto and Buppllu will bt Bent to Manila. Special provision for the care of the sick and wounded at Manila Is being made by the medical department at Washington under the direction of Surgeon General Bternberg. In addition to the regular force of trained male nurses and the hospital corps men In the Philippines. It is pro posed to sent to Gen. Otis 150 addition al hospital corps men, ten to fifteen acting assistant surgeons, a number of hospital stewards and a large quan tity of medical supplies and delicacies, This force will leave New York about the 15th Instant, on the hospital ship Relief. The Itellef will go via Hues . canal and on arrival at Manila will form a floating hospital, for which purpose It Is provided with 300 beds. Dr. Anita Newcomb McQee, assistant surgeon In the army, has charge of all preparations for supplying the army with female nurses. Hhe said to-day that Gen. Otis' army Is now provided with 17 trained female nurses and ten more are en route to Manila from Ban Francisco. In addition to these nurses the national committee, auxiliary to the Red Cross, has provided for twelve nurses, four to accompany the Grant Sherman and Sheridan, while eight female nurses will also go on the He - Tlef. PRINCE NAPOLEON DEAD. Chief of Oldjr Branch of Uonaparte Family and Third Eon of rrince Lucisn of Cantno. A dispatch from Home says: Prince Kapoieon thanes Uregolre Jaoiu's I'hllllppe llonuparte, third son of Prince Luclcn llonapnrte, prince of Canlno, and chief of the older branch of the Honaparte family, is dead. The late Prince Napoleon Charles Honaparte, who was born In Hume, February B, 183, succeeded to the headship of the older branch of the house of Honaparte In 1895. on the death of Cardinal Prince Luclen Hona parte, his brother. He took part In the expedition to establish a Mexican mon archy, with the Austrian Archduke Maximilian as king. In 1859 he mar ried Princess Marie Christian, dough ter of Prince Jean-Nopemucene Huh poll, and leaves two daughters and inree sisters. SPANISH EYES OPENED. Tht Red Book 03 tht Real American Pealgnt I pontile Philippines, . The publication of the red book on Saturday at Madrid, giving a complete account or the peace negotiations, re veais mucn both curious and new. showing that Hpain, until the late negotiations in Paris, had not awaken ed to the real significance of the Ame rican designs iu regard to the Philip pines, out mat President McKlnley himself evidently had made up his mind when he carefully worded tho communications to M. Cumbon, and subsequently the preliminary peace protocol, with a view to reserve entire . liberty of action by the United States about the control of the Philippines. The must striking feature of the en tire correspondence Is the persistence of the Spaniard? In their Illusions to the possibility of beating down'tno American pretensions. . The correspondence shows tnat even until the middle of October, McKlnley contemplated only the annexation of ljUEun, ana nnauy aeciaea to increijeiP the demand to the whola archluelCs Bult Involving 88,ooo,oao. . Maurice Berger, of New York City, j,.. In the Interest of the minority stock- S riuiuers vi inv nuauuig, Cincinnati, inicaKo at eii. jouib rauroaa tfaunan, die), has begun suit against that com pany at Philadelphia, in which $8,000. 000 Is Involved. The suit Is really against tne Pennsylvania railroad, . which owns a controlling Interest In and elects the board of directors. Mr, Merger's complaint avers that while the Panhandle has been earning much - more money each year ths directors have been paying no dividends to the ttocknoiaera. , . . TERSE TELEGRAMS. A Chlcngn Justice has lined a man 125 for being a liar. Seventeen women gnmblprs were ar rested ot Chicago last Wednesday. Senator Quay's trlnl for alleged con spiracy has been postponed until Feb ruary 27. A ten ber cent. Increase has been promised Ishpennlng, Mich., miners by March 1. For n second time this venr New York t'lty Is suffering from an epidem ic ot tne grip. There wan an earthquake wllh pro nounced vibrations nt Muysvllle, Ky., Thursday morning. Mrs. Marin, wife of Cot. F.thnn Allen, grntidson of the revolutionary hero of that name, died In the Metropolitan Opera House Wednesday night. lllght Hcv. John Williams. DP-. IX. !.. rnnklns- hlshnii of the Episco pal church In America, died at Mld. dletown, Conn., lust Tuesday. ' Thirty-six thousand employes nf the American Steel und Wire Company nre to receive an Increase III wages ranging from 6 to 10 per cent by Mnrch 1. A bill has been Introduced In Illinois legislature making prize-llghtlng a misdemeanor, but nl owing spurring exhibitions before domestic utliletlo clubs. Temnlo Emnnnol congregation. New York, has extended a call to lr. Kmll G. Hlrsch of Chicago, nt n 111.000 salary, to succeed Dr. Gotthcll, re signed. Iennls Bonn, a farm hand blew clgnret smoke Into his employer's fnce and was shot. Plnnter Copeland. the employer, was acquitted by the Jury at rsormon, Gn last Wednesday. Frederick VIII and his wife Amanda are charged nt Pittsburg with having benten an old soldier nnmed Gabriel Kelly and then taking his pension money. The soldier died last Wednes day. On being told that a rich oil strike hnd been made on his farm, John Woods, of Bclo. fell dead. John Cole man of the same place also expired when told that he bad benefited by tne oil boom. Frozen In a huge block of Ice In the Inke, the body of Mrs. Kate Cusack was found by the police of Chicago Tuesday night. The body was chopped out, Mrs. Cusack disappeared from her home last Saturday. C. W. Moore and James E. Tluches ot the defunct Blue Ornfft made of Lexington, Ky., was found guilty In the United States court at Cincinnati of misusing the malls In the publica tion of that Journal. Copt, polos Hoyden and C. Brown of Toledo, O., froze to death last Tues day. They hnd been out on the Inke for two days In a small boat and had become so benumbed by cold that they could not help themselves. Clarence Williams, of Owensvllle, Ind., wiis frozen to death on Thursday. He was intoxicated when he wtnl to bed In his hotel. Some time In the night he fell nut of the bed and wus found dead In the morning. Andrew Cnrnpgle, the millionaire ttteel manufacturer, has offered At lanta, Gn $100,000 for a free public library on condition that the city fur. nlshes n site and maintain the library at a cost of nut less than $o,000 a year, The will of Wllford Woodruff, the late president of the Mormon church, was tiled for probate Frldny at Salt Lake City. The estate Is valued at (20.451, and Is divided among his three wives, twenty children and olio grand child. Mrs. L. 55. Lclter, of New York, mother of Lady Curzon, and her two daughters Saturday sailed for Europe on the Lucanla. They are bound for Calcutta, where she who was Mary Lelter now receives honor as the wlf of the Viceroy of India. John Hasgell of Bridgeport, Conn., put his heail In a furnace Wednesday night In order to light a clgaret which he held between his lips. A volume of Home burst Into his face. With a cry of pain he plunged his hend In a pail of cold wuter and died a few moments later. The body of an unknown woman was found Friday morning frozen In thn Ice In a pond nt Westwood, a suburb of Cincinnati, and it had to lie cut out with an axe. The body hnd evidently been In the Ice several days. It is be lleved the woman was murdered and her body thrown there. Mrs. Hnchcl Munro, a school teacher of Brooklyn, N. Y., died of apoplexy on Tuesday Inst at her home, and until Frldny, when a friend of the woman called nt the house. It was not known that she was dead. Mrs. Munro's 3-year-old boy was alone with his dead mother for three days. The child was starved nnd neurly frozen. John F. Bnss. the artist and cor respondent of Harper's Weekly, who was shot In the arm during the recent fighting near Munlla, is about 30 years nf age. He Is a graduate of tho '91 class of Harvard college and served as war correspondent for the Daily News of London, during tho Turkish-Greek wnr. Tho steamship Venus, which left Port Snld on December 30 for Boston with n cargo of sugar, put Into New York Saturday morning, short of coal She ran out of coal on Fcbruury 7 and was obliged to burn eight tons of sugar for fuel. DlRpatches from Porter county, Ind., say that very severe earthquake shocks were felt throughout that conn ty yesterday. Several buildings were damaged in Chesterton, a small village near Valparaiso, Fissures in the earth two or three Inches wide ran in all di rections. Everyone ran Inta the streets. The reservoir of the Big Dipper PTinvei iiiuitj, near i ouux, mi., uuibi M .1 .1 ., . . Hk( 1' 1. . . . . . . . , I. .1 , i;viiiiteiu mitiiit aiiu nuici I uniicu down the narrow canyon sweeping everything In Its path. Joseph Ferber unu live t-iuiit.e were oruwneu. JV II Iron beam weighing almost a ton was nlr.lsn.l tin 1. 1 lha t r r , , r, t . 1 . . ...... .1 ., ' . H l J ,,,w II, H1IU I.. 1 ..... fully a quarter nf a mile. The property loss was about (20,000. A shocking discovery was made at Pendleton, N. Y., when the body of James uigiey was exhumed on Thura day, for the purpose of an autopsy, He had been burled alive. Physicians now believe that he was burled while in a trance. On Wednesday of last week he was taken suddenly til and apparently died. Insurance com panies were not satisfied with the death report, ana it was ror tnis rea. son that the body was exhumed. " A- h'tter was received in Ft. Wayne. Ind., a tow djiys ago from Mrs. Susie Hijnhar, wife of the Rev. Peter Rljn hart, who hs murdered by the tribes men in Thlbkt. Tho letter encloses the dairy of Hev. Bljnhurt tip to the time of his murder. Mrs. Illjnhart Bays: "I have lost husband, baby and all my belongings at one leu swoop." The let ter was written from Ta Chlen Lu. - The cottage of Alexander Brlnton Coxa at St. Augustine, Tex., millionaire roal baron and philanthropist, of Drlf ton. Pa., was entered by a robber Tuesday, but owing to Mrs. Coxe s bravery and determined struggle with the burglar many thousand of dollars worth of Jewelry and silver were sav ed. KE FOR Hill' VI COM. SCHLEY IS ROASTED. Secretary Long'a Report to tht Senate Speaks of the Latter'! "Reprahemlbla" Conduct, but Stye It It Forgiven. Rncrctnry Long has sent to the Sen ate nn extensive report In reply to the resolution recently passed by that body cnlllng upon the navy department for all records In Its possession upon which the nominations of Admirals Sampson nnd Schley to their present grades were based. He says: 'The advancement of Admiral Sampson was proposed In recognition if his services In the execution of his duties ns cominnnder-ln-chlef of all our ships engnged In the cnmpnlgn In he West Indies: for the supervision of all Its details, wherever distributed for the blockade cf the Island nf Cuba; for the convoying and landing of the nrtny nnd cn-opcratlon with Its move ments, and for the pursuit, Wocknd" and destruction of the Spanish Heel, which destruction, July 3, by our lle-t under his command was the consum mation of his orders and preparations eglnnlng June 1. In this connection the dispatch of Commodore Schley, noted July 10. Is a permanent fnet. The advancement of Commodore Schley was proposed In recognition of his services as next In rank at the vlc- iry of Snntlngn. where so much was achieved In this culminating battle, and where bis ship was such a con spicuous force In the light. His con duct while In Independent command rlor to June 1, which by reason of lis unsteadiness In purpose and failure to obey orders, did nid meet with the ap proval of the President, the depart ment was yet not permitted to stand In the way of his nomination for promo tion to a higher grade for the part he took In that final triumph. On this connection a pertinent fact Is the let ter of Admiral Sampson, In which, while not overlook ng Commodore Schley'sreprehenslble conduct ns above referred to. he asks that ample justice be done him for his part In the action of July 3. It Is Just to both the officers to snv that each of them was selected for his command In the war without solicita tion or suggestion on the part of him self or anyone In his behalf. The hend of the department, under the approval of the President, is responsible for these selections, which were made In the exigencies of the war situation and In the exercise of the department's dis cretion In the assignment of officers. winch is authorised by lnw. This dis cretion was exercised solely with a view or tne nest Interests of tho public service, whether wisely or not results show." ON A WEST INDIES CRUISE. New York and Indiana to bt Joined by Other 8h pi. The cruiser New York. TIenr Admir al W. T. Hnmpson's flagship, nnd the onttiesnip Indiana, are under sailing orders, Issued Saturdny afternoon, for a two months' cruise ln the West In dies. The other ships of the North At lantic squadron w lo In them ns fnst ns they ore overhauled ot their pres ent stations. The New York nnd Indiana will snll Monday afternoon from Tompkins vllle, S. I., not to return until about May 1. They will touch at Bermuda first. Thence they go to Havana, w nere tncy will be Joined by the Tex as, now nt Galveston: the Brooklyn, Jtesoiute anil the Chicago, now at New Orleans; the Machlas. now nt Hon duras; Newark, now at Brooklyn navy yarn, and tne colliers Mnrcellus and lyehanon and the refrigerator ship Supply. The squadron will then visit Clen fuegos, Gunntnnnmn, Kingston, Son Juan, I'orto Hlco. Barbadoes. Trinl- dud. La Gunyru and Cartagena, Plllored In tht Cold. With the thermometer standing at zero three culprits were placed In the pillory for nn hour nt the New Castle, Del., Jnll yard Saturday morning. The men were well covered with blankets, but when released they were so be numbed that they could scarcely stand. I'pon being thnwed out.itwo of the three, together with six others, were sent to the whipping post. One man, convicted of murderous assault, re ceived 40 lashes, another 20, nnd six others lti Inshes ench. The back of the man who received the 40 lashes was badly cut, blood trickling from the wounds. A Vtry Cartful Sulcidt. A chnmbermald at LlndcH's hotel at Hastings, Neb., on Saturday found Frank Wolcott, of Belalre, Mich., lying dead on the floor In his room. He had placed a bowl In the corner and spread a comfort on the floor. Then he lay face downward over the bowl and with the small blade of a heavy pocketknlfe severed the Jugular vein. He was very careful not to allow any blood to stnln the carpet or comfort, nnd after sev ering the vein closed the knife and placed It In his hip pocket. Ol'R NEW POSSESSIONS. The henlth of the American troop nt Porto Hlco is excellent. There were no deaths between January 27 and February 4. The State Department now con siders Agonclllo, Agulnnldo's Wash ington representative, either a traitor or a spy. There are six case of yellow fever ln the Two Hundred and Second New York regiment at Guanajuy, province of Plnar del Ilio, one ot them being serious. The body of Surgeon Harry Young. of the Utah artillery division, who had been taken prisoner by the Filipinos, was found by our men. He had been murdered by hi captors. Gen. Henry, commanding at Porto Rico, cables the war department that Private Abraham L. Frost, signal corps, died Saturday of cerebral con gestion. If America should finally relinquish tho Philippine the native will have to refund this government the 120,000, 000 paid to Spain for the Island. Some of Oomei' Havana friends have started a subscription to buy him a house at El Vedado. Gen. Brooke would like to provide him a suitable place In the island administration. The Havana correspondent of the London Times say that Gen. Maximo uumri nan ubiccu iu imor to ine tu ban assembly at Marlanao the Amerl can offer of 3,0OO,00O to pay off the Cu ban army on condition of disband nient. The following dispatch was received from Dewey, on Thursday by the Navy I'epnruneiii; Aiier conunuea inter ference and Intimidation of our work men, I ordered armed Insurgents to leave San Hoque by 9 this morning, They left during the night, a few re maining, who burned thp vlllnnrA thli morning. It I now occupied by our iroou. aii timet. GEN. GARCIA'S BODY IN HAVANA. Morro's Our ind Thoat of tht Navy Saluted An Impretalvt Reception. Tho tTnlted States' gunboat Nash ville, bearing the body o( Gen. Callxto Onrcln, steamed slowly Into Havana harbor at 1 o'clock Thursday after noon, the guns of Morro Castle nnd the American squadron saluting her. Everywhere householders nnd ships lowered a thousand Hags to half-mast, nnd black strenmers soon surmounted the fuhnn banners. . - By the time the gunboat hnd come to anchor thousands of people crowded the water front. The marines lowered the casket to the tug chartered by tho Cuban committee and Onrcln' re mains were borne to Ln Mnchlna wharf. There Senor Federleo Mora, civil governor of Havana. Mayor Per fecto Laconic, the members of the mu nicipal council, the members of the Junta patriotic, Commodore B. J. Cromwell, captain of the port, many nnvnl ofllcers, MaJ.-Oen. Ludlow, gov ernor of the department of Havana, nnd severnl members of his staff, were assembled. Two companies nf the Eighth regu lar Infantry, with the regimental band, were lined tip to receive the coflln, which draped with the Cuban flag and bearing n wreath of flowers, was car ried on the shoulders of members of the junta between the saluting ranks of regulnrs to the hetirse. The silent crowds, with bnred heads, marched to the strains of n funeral dirge to the palace, where the body now lies In the municipal council chamber, guarded by details of Cuban nnd American troops. On the order of Gen. Ludlow all nlllclnl flags will be kept nfjhnlf-mast until after the public funeral nn Saturday. NO FAULT FOUND. Inveit!Btln Committee Findt No Fault With Alger or With Canned Beef. The war Investigating commission has now completed its labors and will report to the president and cease to exist. The report covers 1K0 printed pages. It makes on Important feature nf the beef Issue and dismisses ns a general proposition the charges that have been made against the beet furnished the army. It finds. It Is understood, thnt most of the beef was such as could be prop erly furnished ns on emergency ration, pointing out thnt the evidence showed it never was Intended to be anything but an emergency ration. It say there were only two witnesses who really testified against the beer. Gen. Miles and MaJ. Dnly, the chief surgeon, who made the report regarded as the most sensntlonnl forwarded to the commis sion by Gen. Miles. As to the testimony of these two wit nesses the commission. It Is under stood, goes on to point out the mass of evidence submitted to the contrary as offsetting this testimony. The report says that the evidence before the commission shows that Sec retary Alger exercised proper diligence and supervision, and that his subor dinates also were efficient, experienced nnd faithful. The commission Is a unit on Its report, and there is no minority report. INCITED BY GERMANS. Foreign Interference With tht Affaire of th Snmotna. Details from Snmoa of the fighting there show how openly the German of ficials Incited the natives to trouble. Before Chief Justice Chambers decided In favor of Tanus for king the Germans threatened war if ho did so. The Ger man consul refused to protect Chief Justice Chambers, as he had agreed with the American and English con suls, and went over to the Mataafa crowd, which looted and burned Sa monn houses and surrounded the chief Justice's residence, which wns defended by Hrlt.sh sailors and Mnlletoans. The American consul Osborne and Chambers next day sought refuge on the British warship Porpoise. To stop the looting the American and English consuls consented to a provisional gov ernment, with President Itnfiiel, a German, at Its head, pending the set tlement of the whole question. This government nt once seized the supreme court chamber, but Captain Sturdy served notice thnt he would open fire on the town If Matanfu did not with draw his soldiers. The native did so Immediately, i Ounrded by 23 British snllors Chief Justice Chambers mulched to the su preme court building, smashed In the door nnd reopened court. The Oermnns still Insist that Dr. Rafael Is chief Can't Undaraland American Kindneaa. Tho Americans worked nobly In their efforts to find tho wounded and brought hundreds nf suffering rebels to the hospitals for treatment. The na ttves are unable to understand the hu mane motives which prompt the vie tor to succor the wounded of the en emy. Members of the hospital corps have made the startling discovery that there are several women In male dre?s, and with hair . cropped, among the dead. Marritd Hit Oovtrneta, James W. Qulntard, a millionaire clubman of New York, representative of an Iron manufacturing firm known over the country and the owner of one of the finest country houses In the region lust north of New York, took for his wife last Wednesday Miss Hed- wig J. Ballenberger, the beautiful young woman who had been governess of his children. Miss Ballenberger was formerly of Switzerland. Mr. Qulntard had been married three time previously; Aator Diamlaue a Libel Suit. The action by William Waldorf Aator against the London Dally Mall for libel In having published a story of a dinner alleged to have been given by Mr. Astor on a tauie composed of a single section of a California redwood tree, ha been lettled without trial. The defendunt'a counsel made, on be half of his client, In open court an un qualified retraction and expression of regret ana tne matter was dropped. ' AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The house passed the bill extending; the tntl-contract taoor law to Hawaii. The naval committee of the House ha recommended 12 new warship and three more are under consideration. The president ha sent to the Senate the following nomination: Horace A. Taylor, of Wisconsin, to be assistant secretary of the treasury. The fortification appropriation bill was completed Saturday by tne House Committee on Appropriations. It car rie 14.744,798, a against estimate made for thi purpose of 112,151,8118. Feeling confident that there will not do an vxira session, oenuior Aiaricn, Lodge and Hale have their arrange. Aldrlch will start In a few day.' The omera win ku hvai inuiiiu. Tha Mnretiirv nf U'A e Vina ta,iAf orders for the mustering out of the inira negimeni or immunes, now The regiment was recruited by Colonel nay, a regular army omcer. NAVY ASSISTS THE ARMY. , After Three Hourt Fighting Filipino Routed With Heavy Loi Start ind Stripes Ru up Amid Tremtadoat Cheers, A speclnl dispatch from Manila on Thtirsdoy says: The American flag was raised at 6:30 this afternoon over the town of Caloocan, where Aguln nldo wns reported to have gathered the flower of the Filipino army. At 2:30 p. m. the monitor Monndnock nnd the gunboat Concord began the attack upon the town, throwing Into It a shower of shells which did a great deal of damage. Then the Sixth artillery division and the I'tnh battery opened fire on the Filipino entrcne lfmctits and at 4 o'clock the entire brigade under conimnnd of Brig. Gen. Harrison G. Otis, with the exception of tho Tenth Pennsylvania Infnnt.'y, which wns held In reserve, began to advance In the following or der from left to right: The Twentieth Kansas Infantry, First Montana In fnntry nnd the Third artillery, the Twentieth Kansas nnd First Montana being supported by tho First Idaho In fantry nnd the Third artillery by the Fourth cavalry. The Insurgents kept up a rattling fire upon our lines, but the American troops advanced through the woods on the left and across an open field on the right without stopping, firing only when they reached the enemy' en trenchment. In the meantime a company of the First Montana Infantry, under com mand of MaJ. J. F. Bell, who volun teered this service, executed a neat, right flank movement, arriving at the enemy's left flank back Into the town. Cheering like madmen the Americans rushed over the enemy' trenches, com pletely routing the Filipinos, who scat tered like sheep and fled toward the north. Tho residence of an English man named Hlgglns wns the only house in the town thnt had a flagstaff. This was borrowed for the occasion and the Stars and Stripes were run up amid tremendous cheers. As the Twentieth Kansas and the First Montana regiments entered the town from the south they set on fire a number of huts In which some natives had concealed themselves for the pur pose of firing upon the rear of our troops. The natives fled In a hurry. Our losses were very slight but those of the enemy were heavy, their casualties having been chiefly inflicted by shrapnel. Lieut. Col. Bruce Wal lace, of the First Montana Infantry, Is among the wounded Amerlcnns. Some of Agulnnldo's best soldiers were In the fighting line, Including the famous native regiment, which In the nst revolution deserted from Manila, after murdering their Spanish officers, Agulnaldo himself came In as far as Marllno, seven miles north of Manila, and reorganized his shattered army, DISMISSED FROM SERVICE. But Oea. Eagan Will bt Reinstated Before He Finally Retiree. The president Tuesday caused to be promulgated the sentence In the case ot Gen. Charles P.- Eagan. The court- martial sentence was dismissal from the army and the president has comut ed this to six years' suspension from duty, which covers the remulnder of the time prior to Eagan s retirement in January 1905. The following is the text of the order of the president: The accused, after a trial by a court martial composed of officers of high rank and distinguished services, has been found guilty of conduct unworthy an ofllcer holding a commission of the I nlted Stntes, nnd obnoxious In the highest degree to the discipline and good military establishment. Such be hnvior Is especially deserving of con demnatlon in nn officer holding high rank In the army and charged with tne performance of difficult and im pnrtant administrative duties in a time of great public emergency, and from whom, when subjected to adverse criticism, an unusual degree of res traint and constant and unfailing self control nre confidently expected. I ne proceedings, findings and sen tence ln tho case of Brig.-Gen. Charle P. r.ugun, commissary general of sub slstence. United States army, are therefore approved. In view, how ever, of his gnllant conduct ln battle upon more than one occasion, which merited nnd has received the warm commendation of his superiors, and of nis long and honorable record ol serv ice, extending over a period surpassing In duration that usually allotted to a generation; having regard, also, to the mitigating circumstances which were developed during the trial of the cose, and In deference to the reennf tnenda. tlon to clemency submitted in his be half, the sentence imposed by the court is commuted to suspension from rank and duty for six years. "WILLIAM McKINLEY. "February 7, 1899." It was stated by the adjutant gener al that Gen. Engan's suspension car rie him to within a few day of his retirement under the age limit. He will be reinstated In time to retire with the regular rank and pay provided In such cases. The sentence of suspen sion, according to legal officers of the department, doe not deprive Gen Eagan of any part of his pay, but as the sentence reads "without rank and duty," he looses his allowances, which Include commutation 'of quarters, ra tions and fuel and his horse allowance. Thi I quite a large financial Item. NO INDEMNITY GRANTED. Auatro-Hungary Can Gtt No Satisfaction for tht Death of Hanltoa Mintrt. The state department, after mature consideration, has declined to recog nize the claim of the Austro-Hun gurlan government for Indemnity on account of the Hungarian Btriker killed by Sheriff Martin posse a Hazelton, Pa., September 10. JVJ7. The opinion, written by W. L. Pen field. ay: "The respons billty of gov ernments toward foreigners is not more extensive than that of the foreign aovereign toward hi own subjects. In this case abundant remedies are af forded for redress. If any actionable wrong ha been committed: but tha disposition of this claim may be safely rested on higher grounds on the ground that aliens are subject to the same rule of law and order of peace and Justice, which bind the citizen of the United States. "There ha In thi case been no denial of Justice, which should be shown a a prerequisite to diplomatic Intervention, "There wa abundant evidence given at the trial and justifying; the verdict rendered. Dtwcy St'att s Cargo of Arms.' Admiral Dewey ha Informed th navy department of the seizure by one ot hi vessels of a schooner loaded with arm and ammunition ot war for th Filipino army. The data of tha leisure could not be ascertained, but It was said to have been recent. Admlnli tra tlon olllcial are reticent In giving opinions a to where and from wbcm tb arm were ecurea. TITLLU COUPLE IN JAIL. Chicago Police Havt Baron and Barcnte D Bars Swindling Schtmt Thty art Charged With Working. Postofflce Inspector W. A. Mayer ar rived In Chicago Sunday having lit ustody Bnron de Bara. The Baron s a linguist, who has circled the world. several times. Ho was formerly In the diplomatic servlep of France, and rep resented thnt country In the Orient. tils wife, accused with hltn of fraud. Is) of Oriental birth, being the Issue of a Scotchman, who was a Minister of England to Japan, and a Japanesa woman whom he married. Baron de Bara began operation here last summer, opening an office at cnicngo, and Is snld to have posed as E. Hlnschel, mnnnger, nnd thp Baron- pss as Miss E. Wllllron, a elprk. Let- ers were addressed to "E. Hlnschel, Manager Edison Phonograph Com- pnny." His scheme wns to advertise for agents In England, nnd after re ceiving their money for territory and snmples to notify them the firm hnd gone out of existence. The postal au thorities raptured the Baron nnd Bar oness In Florida, where they were or- cupylng a beautiful winter home. Thf couple were captured only after an ex- ended chase. The amount of their swlndllngs, It Is snld, will aggregate far Into the thousands. The Dally Telegraph of London pub lishes the following dlspntch from Cnyenne, capital of French Guiana: The Judicial officer who has lust re turned here from a vlHlt to Dreyfus on he He flu Dlnble, informs me that tha prisoner Is In good health, but de clines to reply to written Interrogn- lons of the court of cassation on tho ground thnt his answers are Inaccur ately transmitted to Paris." Italy and France have agreed to shore possession of Cope Dumelra, on ne Itnhelta Hed sea. It Is expected hat France will fortify her portion of the cape. HIS INFLUENCE DESTROYED, Enemy Again Routed Near Caloocan F ighting Qualities of Americana Burpriat tht Na tlvea Kanaaa Lieutenant Killed. The war department Thursday re ceived this dispatch from General Otis, at ninniin: "Situation rapidly Improving. Re- connolasnnce yesterday to south sever al miles, to Lngunade bay; to southeast eight miles, driving straggling insurg ent troops In various directions, en countering no decided opposition; army disintegrated, and natives returning to villages, displaying white flag. Near Caloocan, six miles north, en emy made a stand behind Intrench ments, charged by Kansas troops led by Colonel Funston. Close encounter, resulting In rout of enemy, with heavy loss, Loss to Kansas. Lieutenant Al- ford killed, six men wounded. "On the 4th Agulnaldo Issued flying proclamation, charging Amerlcnns with, Initiative and declared war: Sunday. Issued another, cnlllng nil to resist foreign Invasion: his Influence through out this section destroyed; now applies for a cessation ot hostilities and con ference: have declined to answer. "Insurgent expectation of rising In city on night of 4th unrealized. Provost marshal general with admirable dispo sition of troops defeated every attempt. city quiet: business resumed, native respectful and cheerful; fighting quali ties of American troops a revelation to all Inhabitants." This cablegram was received at tha navy department from Adml'sl Dewey In acknowledgment of Secretary Long'a congratulatory message of Tuesday: The commander-in-chief, officer ana men thank the President end aecretary of the navy for their congratulation." Secretary Alger had this from Gen. Otis ln reply to his message of congra tulation, "Sincere thanks for congrat ulations. All credit due to hearty res ponse of troops to orders of officers." The Filipinos at Manila accustomed! to Spanish methods are constantly In quiring of the American soldiers when the prisoners nre to he executed, and they seem unable to realize that orders have not already been Issued. Indeed, the headquarters are besieged by women anxious to plead for the Uvea of their relatives and friends. Secretary Alger Wednesday sold that he had given the general no Instruction since the battle. He realized that Gen. Otis, being nn the ground and having; proved his fitness, was in better posi tion to deal with the situation than anyone In Washington. The opinion is expressed by men who know General Otis' experience with the Indians thnt he will make the laying down of arms the condition of dealing with the in surgents at all, and if that condition Is met It will mean a speedy termina tion of the rebellion. CABLE FLASHES. The London Dally Telegraph, Cuu mentlng on the lighting at Manila, says: Last Tuesday Spain was notified that the peace treaty had been ratified by fhe senate. Thousands of peasants are dying of famine In the country districts of Rus sia. There have been l.Bof) deaths from plaguo In Bombay, during the past week. Oermnn editors now believe that the Americans will never attain to suprem acy in the Philippines. They must re tire and allow the Islands to be ruled by swashbuckler of the Agulnaldo tripe. Activity In the British navy still con tinues. Sixteen battleships and 27 cruisers are soon to be put Into full commission. It is reported also that England ha ordered submarine tor pedoes. German at Hong Kong are accused of furnishing the Filipino with 30,000 stands ot arms. The barber of the late Prince Bis marck, by shrewd forethought, has a fortune In sight. For eight years he saved the clippings from the head of the iron chancellor, and is now having; little wisps of the hair put up In brooches and lockets, which he U sell ing at fancy prices. S. Odagakl. representing the Mitsui Bussan Kalsha and other interests of the Mitsui family in Japan, Is in Seat tle, Wash., for the purpose of search ing for a number of bright American boy to be sent to Japan and China and educated in Oriental method with a view of extending trade with, the United States. The Mitsui family, it la said, Is the richest in Japan, and their various Interests are capitalised at over $50,000,000. Alexander MacDonald of Dawson City, Canada, known as "the gold king; of the Klondike." and reputed to be worth from 25.000.000 to 30.000,000. was married Thursday in London to Mis Margaret Chtsholm, daughter of Mr. Chisholm. superintendent of tha Thame water police. The will of John Russell Young, tha Journalist and librarian of congress, who died recently at Washington, was offered for probate on Saturday at Philadelphia. The will wa rejected as Invalid because It was dated before 'the marriage of the librarian to hi third wife and widow. The estate will be apportioned among tb widow and two son.
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