AGDINALDO'S FIGHTING MEN.
Filipino Method of Resisting the Americans i'3 to
Mass Forces Instead ol Using the
Skirmish Formation.
The
INSURGENTS RECRUITED PROM
Most of tli American in the Tint
' Innines are beeommo convinced that
the backbone of the insurgent oppoai-
tion is broken. There are numerous
rumor pointing to an early collapse
of the insurrection. One of these ia
that General Tio del Pilar, the best
tighter among the Filipino officer.
will desert Agninaldo and give his
support to the American.
The Spaniard)!, reasoning from
their experience with the natives, re
(use to believe that the rebellion is
anywhere near pnt down. They de
clare that the Filipinos will not take
their defeat at Malolos, with the loss
of the city and the removal of their
so-called government, seriously to
heart. On the contrary, the Span
. iards predict that the insurgents will
hover near the American lines, both
ering them as mnch as possible, and,
when attacked iu force, dissolve, only
to reappear at other points. This
sort of tactios, the Spaniards say, will
be followed until the wet season
compels the Americans to be housed
in barracks, and then the Filipinos
will return and reoccnpy such towns
as the United States troops do not gar
rison. With the next dry season a
repetition of the present operations
will begin. Time alone will show
how much there is in this theory;
bnt, as against it, it must be borne in
mind that the Spaniards in all their
domination of the Philippines never
gave the inhabitants a demonstration
of power comparable in effectiveness
to that given them by the United
States.
' A priest and two members of the
flo-called Philippine Congress, who
hid themselves in the woods during
the fighting which preceded the cap
ture of Malolos, retnrned there and
declared that 2000 of the Filipino sol
diers were anxious to give up fight
ing, and would do so, but for their
officers, who keep them underarms.
The whole country between Malolos
and Caloocan is now fall of friendlies,
mostly women, children and old peo
ple, who are returning to their homes,
carrying white flags. The Americans
are trying to gain the confidence of
the inhabitants by proving to them
that if they will return aud attend to
their ordinary work peacefully no harm
will befall them. Two hundred and
fifty oivilians have come back to their
nomes in Malolos. Two hundred
women and children, with a sprink
ling of unarmed men, supposed to be
warriors, came to the outskirts of Ma
lolos on the sea side of the city and
afterward sneaked away, carrying all
the goods they could.
The mainstay of Agninaldo'a army
are natives unnsed to the arts of mod
ern warfare and schooled only in the
crude methods of the savage. Their
"' INSCBdENT COUBrEB WITH A DISPATCH
yOB AOUINALUO.
" w .
chfefarm is the bow; their sole ambi
tion revenge. They right from fear,
not through eourage. They serve the
ambitions of their ohiefa. To them
the majority love of country is con
tracted to love, through dread, of ruler
-despots.
To them the Bed Cross emblematic
of humanity and civilization in war
means only the suggestion for a new
tieooration for their half-naked bodies.
FILIPINOS IN A0TION
They would shoot without further
thought the wearer of it simply to get
that decoration.
These native have beeu described
iu dispatehes: their guerilla style of
tkting;. their cruelty to foreigners
who fail into their hands; their heiedi
ty notion of revenge.
VARIOUS SECRET SOCIETIES.
The more intelligent natives, brought
np in and about Manila are the only
ones who are intrusted with the mod
ern gun. The Tagalos and other
tribesmen would be as apt to kill them
selves as the Americans with the Mau
ser rifles.
The reports of the tremendous
losses to the natives are not mirpris
iug to one acquainted with their mode
of warfare. Their method of attack
differs widely from the cautions and
stealthy approach of the American
Indian. The Filipinos seem to gain
WIS Ir . " I V '. ' ' -
FIUPIXO SOLDIEItS OP AGUINALDO'8 ARMY ON DRESS PARADE.
courage from companionship, and
nothing in the least degree hazardous
is ever attempted by a solitary native.
They go huntins in naira. The flsh
from their wabbly dug-out canoes al
ways in company, and no native ever
thinks of venturing out alone at night.
In fact, a characteristic of their
plex character is their lively desire
TrMPINO WATCH-TOWER SEAR PACO.
for conioanionahin. Thia trait u
strongly brought oat in their method
of fighting. They mass themselves
together like a lot of sheep, and, in
stead of spreading out in skirmish
lines, eaoh man taking advantage of
some natural obstacle for nrnt.nnt.ion
they rush forward, often with arms
thrown around eaoh other, much like
a gigantic flying wedge on the football
field. With this method of approach
it is not mtuouit to see bow the rapid
fire guns of the American artillery
could tear holesin their formation and
no doubt layout more men than would
have been the case had the attack been
made by skirmish lines.
At present it would be a most dif
ficult matter to say what course the
insurgents will pursue. Aguinaldo
has a fond hope for a Tagal Eepublio
composed of the entire trrorm. Tim
whole Tagal race is most ambitious.
In the iusurgeut army every man
j wears some mark indicating position,
ior ail oiaira to be otlioers of various
rank. It has not been long sinoe
- ',IRE AT WILL!"
Aguinaldo deolared that he was ready
to disbaud his army just as soon a
assured that the United States in
tended permanently to occupy the
islauds. But that does uot mean that
Aguinaldo means to keep his promise,
or that he ever bad any intention of
doing to. for on former occasions the
insurgent leader has violated hit
promises. If the insurgents lay down
their arms the? will avert oreal trouble
and if they are indnced to do this it
in i. - a ... .
win ue one greatly to tue fear inspired
by our soldiery.
Most of the insurgents now with
Agninaldo are recruited from the
numerous native secret organizations
The principal of these is the Catanu
nan Society, which is said to have
some connection with Free-masonry.
This society has been in existence for
several uunureu years, ana no ilonht
was connected with some of the nh
risings against Spanish rule in the
Philippines. In past years thousands
01 i ue members of this society have
been subjected to (mnriennmont ami
hundreds have paid the death penalty
ior supposed connection with tne so
ciety. But to-day the Catannnnn So
ciety is stronger than ever, and has
now a membership of over COO.OOl)
in these islands. Another prominent
society is the Philintnnn Socinl Club.
originally formed by Dr. Itizal, who
. ' I y , -
:M '4'
was executed for supposed participa
tion in insurgent uprisings. For a
long time the natives were not able to
maintain au organization in Manila,
owing to the vigilnnce of the Spanish
police and spies. But the Philippine
Social Club lived aud to-doy numbers
in its membership the leading Fili
pinos of Manila. Just what position
these societies have taken in regard to
our occupation is not known. Un
doubtedly they .can be a great aid or
great menace to us.
FREE-A FINE TROPICAL ISLAND.
Met On the Coast of Porto Rlro anil May
lie 11 ixl For the Asking-.
Who wants a fine tropical island in
the West Indies a veritable "Pearl
of the Antilles?" Such an island now
belongs to Uncle Snm, but nobody
lives on it except a lighthouse keeper,
and Uobodv Seems to cara anvtliinn
abont it. It is lying down there in
the Southern seas waiting for some
enterprising homesteader
along and stake out his claim.
Mona has a luxuriant vegetation, is
well watered aud well drained. Every
variety of tronieal fruita wilt 0rn.1v
here, and it possesses every natural
advantage that oould make life easy
and pleasant. It has an area of fifteen
miles nearly 10,000 acres.
Mona lies fnrtv-twn mila
of Porto Kico, in the middle of Mono
1 assage, to which it gives its name,
and which is one of the liin-Wm,. nf
travel in the West Indies.
widest break in the great coral roof
that joins the Antilles like a string of
beadi,
Mona comes to the United States by
virtue of the second clause in the peace
treaty, which cedes "the island of
Porto Kioo and other islands now un
der Spanish sovereignity in the West
Indies." It has been celebrated in
West Indian histnrv for h
years, and just why it remained nnin-
uauuea except oy nomadio fisher folk
is hard to surmise. Nevertheless it
is true that here are nearly ten thou-
MOHA ISLAND, UNCLE BAM'S TEOPICAl
PARADISE, TO BB OPENED CP CNDKB
THK HOMESTEAD ACT.
sand acres of land without a private
owner, and which is or soon will be
open to any citizen of the United
States to homestead or pre-empt. In
other words, hers ia an nnnnn nar-
' fnin-
dise that will grow every kind of tropi-
cm crop uananaa, oranges, limes,
guavas and other fruits; that is the
nestinsr Dlace of thousands nf tni-Ho
the green turtle of the Northern res
taurants, and the waters around which
teem with the finest varietv of
ready to be, given away to the first
comers.
A Mexican Want.
Iu Mexioo there ia noLanfflnianf an.
nual rainfall to keep oisterns filled
with drinkincr water, ami almnat. h
only source of fresh water is seoured
by hand pumps and windmills. They
are necessary at every Mexioan home.
a an mining camps ana on the cattle
ranges. At the oampt and on the
ranges windmills are used and they
are invariably of United States manu
facture. There is growing demand
for windmills and hand pumps of the
latest aud most approved pattern. A
windmill or pump is as essential to a
home in Northern Mexioo as a oooking
stove. In consideration of the fact
that pumps are such an important fac
tor in tue ecouomy 01 domestic estab
lishment, the Mexican Government
admits them free of duty.
The per capita cost of maintainino
oonviots at the Michigan prison is
thirty-eight aud a half cents a dav.
and the average daily earnings ore
tbirty-flra and half cents. - -
JOCKX3 OOOOOO OOOOO CXXJOOOOOOO
FARM TOPICS:
5O003OO0OOOOOOO000OOOOOOC
A Sklinmllk Starter.
The method of making a skimmilk
starter, taught by the Ohio dairy
sohool, I think is about as successful
as any. Four or five clean pint jars
are filled with milk from different
patrons or difforent cans. These are
covered and placed in a warm place
until they ore coagulated. Thry are
tneu examined and tasted, and one
selected which meets the require
ments. Then a can of skimmilk equal
to six or eight per cent, of the amount
of cream you expect to ripen the next
day. This is placed in a tank of water
heated by steam until the milk reaches
pasteurizing temperature, 155 degrees.
It ia then Allowed to stand ten or fif
teen minutes, then placed in cold
water and cooled to seventy-five or
eighty degrees, and a selected jar of
good sour milk added. If kept up to
proper temperature in twenty-four
hours tbo entire amount will be soured
iu the same condition, ready for use
ns a starter. The starter is kept ten
unys or two weeks, or as long as it re
mains good, by pasteurizing more
milk cnoh dny nud adding a dipperful
of the old starter. C. H. Eckles, oi
the Iowa Dairy School, before the
Massachusetts Butter Makers.
The Cellar.
The bnildings on a farm should he
as commodious and practically beauti
ful as the farmer is able to build. In
some States the farms have indifferent
houses, but large and elegant barns,
if the term elegant may be used in
such a connection. This plan is not
to be commended. The most valuable
crop grown upon the farm is the crop
that is growing iu the house, and it
should lie housed iu a building that is
as perfect that mechanism and ob
servance of the laws of hygiene can
make it. There is plenty of room on
the farm for the construction of the
house, aud it should be built of suffi
cient sizo to permit of lnrge, airy
rooms, if the pocket book will admit
of such a structure. The cellar de
serves more attention than it usually
receives. A hole in the ground is not
necessarily such ns should be under
a house. It should never be forgotten
that the dampness aud odors of this
hole will permeate the whole house.
Bad cellars have been the cause of an
immense amount of disease and death.
On ground that is not nuturally abso
lutely dry and there is comparative
ly little such ground, and is exclu
sively found in the arid sections the
outside of the cellar wall should bo
cemented to keep out the water. It
should contain a cement floor. If
there is uo coment floor, at the bot
tom of tho wall flat stones should bo
lnid to extend a fow iuchos beyond
the wall. This will be an absolute
prevention of the entrance of rats at
tho bottom of tho wall. The rat wheu
it enters at the bottom of the wall al
ways goes straight dowu the side,
straight down the aide, and it does
not know enough to go outside the
protruding stone. If there is a oement
floor that precaution will not be neces
sary. A cellar thus constructed will
be dry, and if the entrance is proper
ly guarded, which it always should
be, it will be rat proof. The Epito
mist. A Complete Compost.
First, pnt down a layer of vegetable
matter, such as barnyard manure, night
soil, heu mauure, refuse from the vege
table and fruit piles, scropiugs from
the woo Ipile, rubbish from the gar
den, in fact anything and everything
in the shape of a litter. Make the
layer ten feet wide by twenty feet long.
and six inches deop. Over thin sprin
kle fifteen pounds potash, dissolved
in five or six gallons of water, whioh
will turn it into a jelly. Then over
this scatter evenly one or two barrels
of unslaked lima and cover the whole
evenly with two in of fine earth; the
finer the better. Repeat this as often
as you have enough matter to make a
layer, as above desoribed.
When the pile is three to fonr feet
high put on enough water to slake the
lime, and thoroughly saturate the
whole mixture, but not enough to wash
or leach it, as that would carry away
the best of the fertilizer. The water
will cause the potash and lime to pro
duce a powerful heat, and a very sud
den decomposition of all vegetable
matter. This amount of material will
make one load of fertilizer worth three
or four cf common barnyard manure.
tteflidAM it will Anmn nnt n a (In.
ashes, and conitrerytU be very easily
bandied. Tue mpo't can be made
without potash d lyue. but not with
out the water. xtTvill not be as rich
plant food without the lime and
potash nor pearly as well balanced
chemically.' The potash may be ob
tained from the crude potash, or two
barrels of good hard wood ashes evenly
spread over each layer, instead of the
nueeu pounds or potash, will be iubI
as good. It is one of the best and
cheapest fertilizers I can get. Any
thing and everything can be put i-ito
it, even to a dead horse, ox, horns,
hoofs, old rags and the scrapings from
the woodpile, simply by adding more
potash to the last named matters, and
it will all be converted into a splendid
fertilizer.
The wash suds and the slops from
the chambers should be saved for wet
ting down the pile, or can be thrown
on as made, as they will increase the
value ol the mauure. The liquid
mauure from the stable should not be
allowed to go to waste, but all putintc
the compost heap, so that nothing be
lost. 0. J. Prowse.
The lnd of Inun.
In proportion to size, Switzerland
has mora inns than any other country
in the world. The eutertaiument of
the tourists has beoouie Ute oUfct in
4uetrj of the land,
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE
Houie.
Then Mr. Towler launched Into
dcminrlntlnn of the system which en.
cournajed such cheap labor and asked
the members to assist In abolishing; It.
When he finished the members broke
out Into the applause and the bill was
passed unanimously.
Fow's nntl-trust bill passed the
house finally Tuesday by a vote of 140
to 4.
These bills also passed finally: Ren
flte hill to enlarge the competency of
the wife to testify aa-nlnst hrr hus
band; to enable the county commis
sioners of any county which hns aa-
s!ted any townships or borough un
der existing law In building; the whole
or any portion of a bridge, but hns
not entererl the same upon record ns a
county bridge, to nfterwnrd enter anld
brldR-e upon record a a county brlda-e;
lo prevent the spread of contagious
rilaenae known n yellow black knot
peach, rosette nnd penr blight among
orrhnrd nnd nursery tree.
The new cnpltol project we brouRht
"P In the house Thursday morning nnd
disposed of In short order. Chairman
Adams of the public building nnd
grounds committee stated thnt there
were three bill on the postponed
calendar making appropriation to
rotuplvte the present structure. The
advocates of these, after a conference
witn tlov. Htone. have failed to agree.
nnd he would call un for third rending
the hill of which he I the nuthor.
This mensure appropriate $4,000.0(10 to
complete the cnpltol by the committee
it I now constituted, within four
yenra. The motion to consider the bill
wa overvhelmlngly defented by a
viva voce vote.
The following bill tnsaed flnnllv In
the house Inat Wednesrlny: Authorising
the employment of male prisoner f
jnu and workhouse e ght hours 1
dny, except on Humlnv and holiday
extending the provision of the act of
June 2. 1S97. relating to the condemnn-
tlon of turnpikes, road and high
waya, so ns to authorize the condemna
tion of any turnpike, rond or highway.
in wnoie or in pnrt. located unon the
line dividing two counties, and to
asses the damage payable to the
owner thereof equitably between such
two counties: amending the act of June
, iv8, relating to mandntnu. enlara-
Ing the right of the common nleas of
ine county in wnicn the neat of gov.
ernment I or may be located to Issue
wriln or mandamus.
The following appropriation bill were
reported:
wnrren mergencyOR hospital. 11.000:
St. Mary's hospital. 1'hllndelphla,
$5,000; Ick Haven hospital, $2,000;
Lackawanna hospital, Rcranton, $5,000;
Mercy hospital. Wllkesbarre. $5,000:
Meadvllle City hospital. $5,000; city
nospitnl, Aleadvllle, 50,000; William P.
Powell, aeeond lieutenant, Company I,
Ninth regiment, for disability Incurred
nt the Ilnselton riots, $750; Children'
Aid Society, Westmoreland countv.
82,000; Todd hospltnl, Carlisle, $1,000;
St. Francis hospital, Pittsburg, 30,000;
Wagner' Free Institute, Philadelphia,
f2,000; Charles N. Itohlnsnn, seaman,
for Injuries received at San Francisco.
1150; to Investigate diseases of domestic
animals, $8,000.
In the house Friday the Itosack hill
imposing a tax nf 1 cent a gallon upon
all vinous, rpliltunus liquor manu
factured In Pennsylvania finally passed.
j ne diii aimnumg tne general corpor
ations for any Inwful purpose not
otherwise apeclMrnlly provided for by
the net passed finally.
1 he house Friday adopted a resolu
tion directing the secretary of the com
monwealth, after the closing nesslon of
the legishittire, to prepare and have
published In pamphlet form lii.OOt
copies nf the game and fish laws of
thl commonwealth, together with th
warden and forestry laws.
Ccnat.
These bill, among other, were con
curred In by the senate: Extending tht
benefits of the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Orphan school and the Soldiers' Or
phan school to the children of honor
ably discharged veterans of the Spanish-American
war: appropriating $70,
000 to the State Hospital for the In
sane at Danville; $45,000 to the War
ren Insane asylum; $360,000 for the
education and maintenance of or
phans of soldier and marines; $150,
C00 to the House of Refuge of the
Kastern district of Pennsylvania:
$26,000 to the Pennsylvania Working
Home for Blind Men; $175,000 to th
Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors'
Orphans' home at Erie; $131,000 to the
Western state penitentiary; $6,608 8J
for the expenses of Gov. Stone's Inau
guration, The following appropriation bills
were also passed Anally; For a dor
mitory, Infirmary and nurse's annex
for the soldiers' orphans' schools ol
the state; for the Harnot hospital;
Erie Florence Crittenton home; sol
diers' and sailors' home at Erie; and
the Cottage state hospitals at Con
nellsvllle and Phlllpsburg.
The bills providing for the publica
tion of a roster of the Pennsylvania
troop In the Spanish-American war,
and for the licensing of transient re
tail dealers In cltlea, etc.. fixing a fee
ransrlng from $25 to $200 per month,
were also passed.
The senate passed finally bills regu
lating life Insurance business, and to
prevent buying Junk metal from
minors and Irresponsible persons.
In the senate Thursday morning
bills on first reading were taken up
after which the appropriation bills on
second reading were gone through
with. The house revenue bills provid
ing for a tax of three-fourths of a cent
a gallon on foreign and domestic beers
were read for the second time without
developing any oppoaltlon.
On motion of Mr. Grady the Cham
ber insisted upon Its amendment to
the Baldwin mercantile tax bill, and a
committee of conference was ap
pointed. The seventy-t'ilrd ballot for United
State senator, luken Wednesday, re
sulted as follows:
Quay, 96; Jenks, 76; Stone, 52; total.
224: necessary to a choice, 113; paired
or not voting, 29.
The house mercantile tax bill, Repre
sentative Baldwin's, as passed finally
by the Senate Wednesday, taxes every
retail mercantile business $3, and In ad
dition I mill per dollar, regardless of
the amount of business. Wholesalers,
In addition to the uniform $3, are to
pay V a mill per dollar. A retail busi
ness of l,uuu annually would pay $J
plus $1; $100,000 annually, 03 plus $100,
and $1,000,000 annually, $3 plus $1,000.
The following appropriation bills
passed finally: lie-uniforming and re
equipping the National guard of
Pennsylvania $08,000; fur an emergency
fund to be used in epidemics, $50,000;
for the support of the National guard
and naval force, $776,000; Pennsylvania
Institution for the deaf and dumb,
$240,000.
The seventy-fifth senatorial ballot
was taken Friday and resulted:
Uuay, 86; Jenks, 66; Wells, 50; total,
vote, 202; necessary to a choice, JUS;
absent ttr not voting, 60,
The following bills were approved by
the governor; Authorising the courts
of common pl-n nnd the orphans
coiltt to enter'. an order or decree
granting to the proper officer of nil
benevolent and charitable Institutions,
asylums or corporation the right to
hind out and Indenture minor children
who have been maintained nnd cai-fd
for one yenr or over; providing for pre
paratlon nnd publii-ntlon of the ntme
and records of Pennsylvania volunteer
In the Bpanlsh-Ainerl.'an wur; nmUing
nn appropriation of $5,000 for the pay
ment or the expense of the Inaugura
tion of the governor; nnd extending
the benellt of the oldlr orphan In
dustrial schools to the children of hon
orably discharged aoldlcr. sailor and
mnrlne of the Hpnn war.
IERIH SlljiSllliSED
IN THE FIRST DECREE.
Uewtllvn Stout Pound Oullty of the Murder
Harvey Wuittr, a Telegraph
Operator.
The Jury at Enston In the esse of
Llewellyn Stout, whose trial for the
murder of Harvey Wuster, the Phlla
dclphln & Keudlng railroad telegraph
operator at lllngen station, returned a
verdict of murder In the first degree
after being out three hours. Wuster
was tho night operator at the railroad
station, and on the night of January ft
hi body wa found lying In the olllce
by a railroad brakemun. He had been
beaten to death with an Iron coupling
pin. Suspicion pointed to Stout, and
on being arrested he confessed to the
olllcers thnt he had killed Wuster. H
Is only IS yenr of age. The motive
for the crime Is supposed to have been
robbery. Evidence wn presented at
the trial that be hnd told several pert
10ns before the crime thnt he wanted
money to go to Philadelphia to Join tho
army. Tht defense endeavored to show
that Stout wn Insane when he com
mitted the deed.
The following pension were granted
Inst we: Frnnk IJ. Kerr, Hooks
town, Heaver, $10; Charles Huch. El
liott, Allegheny, $6; Fonter F. Dennett,
Oil City, $((; Edward J. Collins, Sol
dier' Home, Erie, $8; John Moore,
Washington. $8 to $8; James J. Mlllen.
Soldiers' Home, Erie, $6 to $8; James
Hence, Dlxonvllle, Indiana, $6 to $8;
William Murphy, Jennnettn, $0 to $8;
Hezckinh Morris, Athens. $12 to $24;
Thomas Ragor, Patchlnvllle, Clearfield,
$8 to $12; James Hosborough, Liver
more. $8 to $10; Daniel E. Helts. Llg
onler, $8 to $10; Samuel S. Patterson,
Cutler, $20; Harriet William, Hlavla
Corners, Clarion, $12: William N.
Henry, Peru Mill, Juniata, $8 to $12;
James K. Beaumont, dead. Onkdale,
Allegheny, $30; James ui. Church.
Itogersvlllo, Greene, $16 to $17: Henry
Hogg, Evan City. $4 to $8; John W.
Mastroller, Stoycstown. Somerset, $6 to
$10; Conrad It. Heechllng, Erie, $6 to
$10; John M. Armstrong, father, Etna,
$12; Frances E. Strasbnugh, Glendale,
Cambrln, $8; Ella J. Beaumont, Onk
dale, Allegheny, $12; Frances Cump
bell, Millwood. Westmorelnnd. $8;
Susan Htedman, Conncuutsvllle, ('raw
ford, $15: Oeorge Carter, Lock Haven,
$0; David L. King, Brick Church,
Armstrong county, $6: Hussell J.
Hutchinson, Wlllamsport. $8 to $10.
Oeorge E. Parker, Phlllpshurrr, $8 to)
$10; Katherlne J. Brown. Pittsburg,
?8; Newman Rafters, Hlckernell, Craw
ford county, $0; Charles F. Ylnnle.
nidgway, $12; Jacob Heichard, Pitts
burg. $6: George L. Morlock, Lock
Haven. $; William J. MeKlhaney, Mc
Mlnn, Allegheny, $12 to $14; Henry
O'Nell, Smlthflcld, $6 to $8; James F.
Akley, Russell. Warren. $8 to $12;
Charles Streavy, Liberty Corners,
Bradford, $12 to $17; Ellaa W. Ellis.
Towanda, $24 to $50; George W. Det
ivlller, Altoona, $24: Timothy A. Allen,
Corry, $24; Elisabeth L. Vaughon,
Johnstown. $8: Martha J. Roberta.
Sweden Volley, Potter, $8.
The following letter wns received re
cently by Thomas 8. Wood of the
Baltimore A Ohio railroad: "Flagship
Olympla, Manila Bay, March 11, 189.
Mr. Thomas 8. Woods, Unlontown, Pa.,
Dear Sir I am Just In receipt of your
letter of January 23. announcing the
birth of a boy and Informing me that
he had been named George Dewey
Wood. I greatly appreciate the honor
thu accorded me and thank you most
heartily for the honor. Your letter
reached me enclosed In a note from
your son, John W. Woods, who ex
plained that he wished to deliver per
sonally your letter, but that the pres
ence or ntB regiment on the tiring line
prevented. With my best wishes for
the future welfare of George Dewey
Woods, 1 am, yours truly, Oeorge
Dewey."
Tho special auditing committee ap
pointed to Inveatigute the Blevlns
murder at New Castle and net as an
Information bureau for the hired de
tectives Is devoting all Its energies to
collecting evidence In the case. Nu
merous persons acquainted with the
facts In the case have been summoned
before the committee within the last
few days and their testimony taken.
By a fall of slate In the mines of thtt
Redstone Coal, Coke and Oil Company
at Grindstone, near Unlontown.
Alnosy Kartollz, alias Charles John
son, a Hungarian, 22 years old, was In
stantly killed. Andy Zavocek, a Bo
hemian, was killed In the same way In
the Frlck mines at Lemon t. He was 39
years old and leaves a wife and seven
children.
Tho derrick and machinery at Fon-
ner well No. 6. near Waynenburg, was
burned last week. Men named Wil
liams and Mugtnnls were badly burned.
William T. McLaughlin, a brake-nan
on the Western New York & Pennsyl
vania railroad, fell between the cars
at Oil City a few days ago and was
killed. Ho was 22 years of age and un
married. Adam Kauffman, a workman, was
assisting In lifting a heavy casting at
waynesooro. A nook slipped und a
large Iron balance weight fell, strlk.
Ing a hammer in KaufTman'a hand.
The handle of the hammer was driver
Into his side, fracturing two rlhs and
penetrating one of his lungs. He may
die.
William E. Cowden. nn emnlove of
the Pittsburg Rrldite Comnanv. wna
picked up dead on the Pennsylvania
railroad at Huntingdon Wednesday.
It Is thought he was riding between
baggago cars and fell from the train.
He was en route from Pittsburg to
Philadelphia to meet his wife.
George Schall, one or the Wlndber
victims of smallpox, died Thursday.
There are now 80 patients at Wlndber.
Dr. Benjamin Lee has appointed W,
W. Uakor, of Dunlo. a deputy officer.
and ordered him to quarantine Dunlo.
Johnstown la still well protected, the
quarantine being most rigid.
John Methrlc, a laborer at the Amort.
ran Steel Costing Company's works, at
vnaron, reii 10 reel into a gxa producer
the other night and sustained nroh.
ably fatal Injuries. J. R. Wheeler, a
carpenter, fell 13 feet off a house the.
same day, had his right leg broken and
was omerwiss lnjurea.
O, L, Hartzel, one of the oldest
freight conductors on the Perny. '
vanla railroad, was killed by a shlftlna?
engine at Altoona a few days ago.