I'll FIGHT WITH THE HMOS. AMERICAN LOSSES. Seven Were Killed and Forty Wounded-Rebels Firmly Entrenched Until Dltlodeid by Bravo Nrbrsika So'dlers. The Filipino made n strong rrsls tnnce attains! the American advance liutt Sunday. Before they were dis lodged from tliflr ciilicnchmonls seven Americans were killed. The battle no tuned near ynnlngiia ii'ven tulle northeast nf Mulolos. Tlir following were killed: Col. John M. Sloolsoiibiiig nf llic Flint Nebraska regiment, formerly of the Sixth cavalry; Lieut. Lester K. Slss.m nf thi same regiment ; two pil vatos of Hi'' Nebraska regiment; three privates of tho Fourth cavalry. . Most of the w minded. initnlx-rliiK fentv. belonging to I In First Nebraska regiment. The I'-Utpltnm retreated With Hlllllll InHS. Till- engagement de veloped Inter a disastrous though suc cessful Unlit. Tin- Instii-gcnts hail a horseshoe trrtirh iilmut a mile long cn tircllng H lire field oil thi! edge of a wood. IM 11 J. Boll, with 40 cavalrymen, en countered o strong oiiIiiohI. tine of hi men wan killed and live were wounded by it volley. Th Anioiiciins retired, carrying their wonnili d tinder lire, mid w ith great illtllciilly, being el ly pursued, u foK enabling Hie enemy to c reep up to them. Two men who were carrying a enm lade wiTf shot In the arms, lint they continued with their bunion. MaJ. I loll Kent for relnl'oreeinenln to rescue the lioily of tin- killed eiivalrv mnii, unci a liattnllon of Iho Nebraska reKlment. under MaJ. MulTord, niiiveil nnd lulvonccd until chocked liy volleys from the enemy' trenches. The Americans lay almut K00 yards from the trenches. Iiehlnil lleo fur rown. under lire, for two hours. Several men were siitistrnck, one dy ing from the effects of the heat, iih tliey lay there wailing for the artillery to eume up. Finally the Second liatlallon arrived nnd then Col. Hlotsonburg, who hail spent the night with lil" family nt Mnnlla. fame upon the Held. The men Immediately recognized It I til and rained a eheer. Col. Stntsciiburg, deciding to charge a the cheapest way out of the dllll eulty, led the attaek at the head of hi regiment, lie fell with a bullet In the btensl. dying Instantly, about 200 yards from the breast winks. Lieut. Slsson fell with ii bullet In hlx henrt, the bullet nlrlkliiK blm near the pleture of a girl suspended by a rib bon from bin nock. In the meantime the artillery had nr lived nnd filielled the trenches. The Filipino Ktood until the Nebraska troopn were right on the trenehen, and then they bolted to the second lino of Intrenehmentii, n mile baek. The Nebraska regiment lost two pri vates killed nnd had many wounded Including two lieutenants. I Thirteen dead Klllplnos were found In the treneh. Their loss wns compar atively small on account of their tsufc shelter. The Americans carried the second trend with small loss and arc holding the town to-night. The loss of the Nebraska regiment In the campaign Is the greatest sus tained by any regiment, and Sunday's disaster has greatly saddened ollloei and men, who promise to take tierce vengeance In the next tight. DIED AT THE STAKE. A Southern Mob Fiendishly Tortures a Negro Murderer. Bam Hose, a negro. Sunday admitted that he had murdered Alfred Cranford at Newman, On. He was Immediate ly taken In charge by a desperate southern mob. His fingers and ears were first cut off and distributed among: his torturers. He was then tied to a pine tree; brush- was plied at hta feet and kerosene was poured over his body. The match was applied and the shrieks of the suffering negro could be heard for a mile, with his mutilated arms he forced the upper portion of his body forward away from the flames, but was pushed back again. No sooner was he dead than the body wan cut In pieces and dls trlbutcd to the mob as mementos. Four thousand persona witnessed the tor ture and excursion trains were run to the scene of the most barbarous mur der ever committed in the south. Manufacture Their Own Cartridges. r "A Spanish prisoner recently releas ed by the Filipinos says that the In surgents have 60,000 rifles, plenty of ammunition and ZOO pieces of artillery. some of them the latest pattern nf qulck-flrtng guns. According to his description of the situation they have established two large cartridge factor lea, and, as It la Impossible tor the Americans to blockade such a coast as that of Luton, the Killppinos can easily procure from abroad everything they require. The Informant asserta that Chinese, European and even American merchants doing business In China are helping the Filipinos in this way. 7 Another Consumption Curt. In a paper read before the Toung Men s ciud, or AiDany, is. y, recently on "Defective development and dis eases, with special reference to the curability of consumption and cancer, . Dr. Veeder, of Lyons, N. Y., said that consumption in five cases out of six is a curable disease because of certain peculiarities of the bacillus on which It depends. The cure. Dr. Veeder says, la simple, una consists in lowering the tenmera ture of the lungs to a degree or ao be low normal, which causes the death of tne germ, explaining that the tuber cle bacillus will, only live at a tern perature closely approximating that of the body. This Is accomplished by a system which the doctor has perfected in tne course or two years' study. Smokeless and Notee'cea, Two remarkable military Inventiona are announced at Vienna. An Aus trian colonel has designed a quick- uring gun surpassing all previous in ventlona. - Its advantages are not only In the great range and rapidity of fire, but it causes no smoke, flash nor . report, being practically noiseless. A boy of 17, named Mapan, has also invented a weapon, discharging CO shots In a quarter hour, requiring only lo cariricige ana oniy one loading. New Ministers Named. 4 The following diplomatic charges nave neen announced: w. w. Rock hill, now minister to Greece, has re signed that position: Arthur Bherburn Hardy, or new Hampshire, now mln later to Persia, has been promoted to succeed Mr. Kockhlll. William P. Lord, ex-governor of Oregon, has been ao pointed minister to Persia. John N. Irwin, of Iowa, formerly governor of Idaho, has been appointed minister to , Portugal to succeed Lawrence Town TERSE TELEGRAMS. Colonel M. Lewis Clark the famous turfman, shot himself at Memphis. In Nebraska People along the low Innds are flying from the rising Mis- loun river. At Notre Dame. Ind.. Thursday Prof. Been telegraphed a mile ant! half without wires. James Farrell. naed 111. of I'lllshurg, had both legs taken off by nn electric ar last Holiday. Two Wnrren ft'n.) bulldogs are snlil lo have killed tM fowls biTore venge ance overtook them. Hmll Kypstia killed his fi-year-nld son with a butcher knife nt Chbagu last Thursday. He In Insane. The reiinsvlvniila legislature- ad journed Inst Thursday without electing a senator to succeed Matt tjlliiy. Kilmnnd Koslnnd. author of "Cyrano lie Iteigetne" linn become mentally craiiKcri, following prolonged insom nia. The Toledo (II.) clly rommlltee nn ii 1 1 1 n i In w ill renort. It Is believed, 111 favor of a strict line lu be built by tho My. Houlherners nre ngllnted beenuse Ill-van bnniiiieled with negroes lit the JefTerson celebration In New York '""I Hatiirilay. The Oliver Mining Comnnny (Carne gie) ptirchiiKcd all the property of the l.nke Hupeiior lion Company in me ore region. Two vlllnaes In the province of Itlo- Ja, Argentine republic, have been le Ktroyeil by curt Input ki. Many persons were killed. Ilev. Hen-din lloirnn was sentenced to prison for three years nt Ft. Worth, Tex., last Tuesday. He admitted hav ing live wives. Twelve men were drowned nnd IB are still missing from the steamer Uen ernl Whitney, which sunk off the. rlorhla coast. Hudvnrd Klnling sued 1. V. I'ut nam's Hons nnd four other firms of publishers for t'.'-'i.oon for alleged In f lingement of copyrights. At Fergus Fnlls. Minn.. Duffy Tllor- son nnd Mnrtln Dnhl have died from drinking ginger ale, which they had flavored with lemon extract. Dynamite was used lost Tuesday to open the vaults of tho savings bank nt HaydenvHle, Mass. The burglars were frightened nwuy before they secured any money. The entire National Cluard. of Ohio, has been wiped out. A new military orKaulxatlou will take the place of thii disbanded one which wan very neglect fill In obeying orders. Ail International copper combine, with a capital of over Moo.ooo.ooo, was said to have been formed. A $00,000,- 000 chain trust nndit $7,300,000 safe company were also organized. The steamship (llenogle collided with the City of Kingston off llrown's Point near Taeoina, Wash., last Huniluy. The City of Kingston was cut In two but nil of her passengers were rescued. The Hennlurlal contest In Florida ended Thursday with the Hist Joint ballot or the Legislature. Tallarerro received Ml votes, Pasco HO and Call 6, ill votes being required for nn election. The mutilated body of Miss Adelnldo Tucker, an aged and wealthy woman who lived nloue on Lookout mountain, Tcnn., wns found In her residence. It Is supposed trumps committed the mur der. Five thousand Cherokee Indiana, dissatisfied with conditions In the res ervation In Oklahoma, left for Mexico to establish a union reservation nn a lnrge tract near Ouudulajura. They have $t2:,000. An association has Just been formed nt Troy, N. Y., having In view the establishing of a cemetery to be used exclusively for pet animals and birds. The association Is known as the Dell- wood national cemetery. Prof. Jerome J. Green continued his experiments in wireless telegraphy In Chicago Sunday with success. He sent algnals from the life saving station to a moving tug on the lake for a dls- tunre of a mile and a half. The recent demonstration upon the part of the German societies of Chi cago, in condemnation of any at tempt to cause trouble between the United mates and Germany, lias been hailed with great satisfaction by the newspapers In Ueiiln. The Ilrltlsh steamer Manukee had some queer experiences on her trip from Turkey to New York where she arrived last 1 Thursday. She passed through a snaw and dust storm and encountered several gigantic water spouts. The Bherbourne school, a boarding Institution for boys, located in the aub urban town of Han Itafael, near Han Francisco, w as burned Bunday. There were a number of daring rescues, but Charles Armstrong, the R-year-nld son of an army officer now In Manila, rushed Into the burning building and was lost. An order for 45 locomotives from the government of India has been received at Philadelphia, the order covering various sizes, including many especial ly adapted to mining districts. Tho Ilaldwin locomotive works has just finished tne lirst locomotive of the recently ordered by the Midland rail way of England. The board of trustees of Carnegie II brary, at Pittsburg, have received a communication from Andrew Carnegie offering ll.f&u.ouo, to De used In erect ing the much-needed addition to the library building, ine oner was dls cussed, accepted, and the building committee was directed to prepare fin ished plans for consideration by the trustees. , Three Orphans Burned. The orphans' home at Berne, Adams county, Ind., was destroyed by tire Thursday morning. There was a ter rible panic among the 67 Inmates, mree or wnom were-Durnea to aeatn The dead are: Katie Dlddelbaker, 1 years of age, of Cleveland; Mamie Braddick, IS yeara of age, of Chicago Adella Taylor, aged 7, of Linn Drove, III. The fire started from a atove In the third story and swept through the frame building with terrible Intensity Many of those sleeping on the third floor were rescued by being- passed from the windows of that floor to a portico on the second dor, and then to the ground. The damage to the home la estimated to be $5,000. The home contained Inmates from nearly all the central states. Canada Will Retaliate. A special to the Globe from Ottawa says: "If, as a private wire from Washington states, the McKlnley cabinet la Serious. y considering the advisability of granting the demand of the Michigan lumber men. that Ca nadian lumber be excluded from the United Btates, and If they decide upon taking such a step the consequence, so far aa the Canadian administration la concerned, will be the immediate Im position of an export duty on nickel or ana matte, aa the mass nickel. quay, imiii of unci APPOINTED SENATOR. Gov. Stone, on Hesrlcg of the Dsclalon, Selects film to Represent ths ttsts Until tht Nest Meeting of the Legislature Senator Matthew Htanley Quay of Pennsylvania was last Friday ac quitted of the charges of conspiracy 0 defraud Ilia state of Pennsylvania, iy using the fluids deposited In the Peoples Hank nf Philadelphia. The senator wns nearly mobbed In the court room by people who cleaned to shake his hand. He escaped In the narrowest way from being carried down the corridor to the elevator nn the backs nf his friends, like a captain if a winning football leu in. He was heered. Jostled, grabbed, pulled, mauled end shoved nn his way down llroad street to the nltlee nf bis law yer, Mr. Hhnpley, and nnly the fact that his admirers couldn't get near him. In the crowd, prevented a woman from fulfilling her loudly expressed determination lo kiss Ii Im. I'he charges against Hemitor (Jiuiy followed the collapse of the Peoples batik In March, lN'.iH, and the exam ination nf Its books by a receiver. The warning were Issued In tho fol lowing (Niolier, nnd Ineuiueii ocaiucs Mr. Quay and Ills son the names of Attorney Charles H. MeKee of Pitts burg and ex-Hlnto Treasurer Benja min J. Haywood, tin November 2 the grand Jury found true bills against all but Mr. MeKee. The suicide of Cashier, Hopkins Just prior to the bank's failure prevented bis cnmltin; within the scope of criminal action. The indictments were live In number. These were reduced to four by the death of Mr. Haywood on February 2.1. INTO. One week after true bills had been found counsel for Mr, Quay nnd the other defendants filed demurrers to four of them, nnd moved to quash the III th. Judge Finletter on December 1 decided against the defendants. Counsel then carried the enso nf the other contentions, that the prnsecutlun was actuated by political motives which would prevent an Impartial trial In this county. Tho supreme court declined to Interfere. The trial was set for February 20, and wns post poned until the 27th, when It wns again postponed until Monday nf last week. As the statute nf limitations does not bar the commonwealth Instituting civil proceedings. It has been suggested that civil suits might be entered against Hrnntor Quay to recover Inter est money. Beeelver Barlow nf the Peoples bank said that no such suit wns contemplated nt present. Immediately on receipt of the news that Col. Quay was ncqultted of the charges against him. Gov. Htnne of Pennsylvania appointed him United Plates senator to till the vacancy i- lil the next legislature meets, and no- tilled Vice President Hoburt as fol lows: "Harrlsburg, To., April 21, "To the President of the United Rtittes Hennte, Washington, D. "Hlr By virtue of the power vested In me ns executive of tho Btato of Pennsylvania, under nrtlcio I., clause 2, section 3, of the Constitution nf the United States, I hereby make tem porary appointment of the Hon. Mat thew Htanley Quay to be United States senntor from Pennsylvania until the next meeting of the legislature of Pennsylvania, to fill the vacancy ex isting In this state. Very respectfully, "WILLIAM A. 8TIINK, "Governor of Pennsylvania." LYNCHED IN HIS CELL. Masked Men Administer ths Law to a Mur. derer. Will Harden was shot to death In his cell at the county jail, at Clinton, Ark., Wednesday morning by a mob of about fifty masked men. Harden waa accused of murdering Hugh Patterson and seriously wounding aeveral mem- Ders or the latter s family In December, 1897. Harden and Lee Mills were ar rested for the crime. Several at tempts to lynch them were frustrated, and an attempt on the part of friends to liberate them resulted In a guard being killed. Mills waa convicted on Harden'a testimony, and he paid the death penalty severnl months ago. Harden was convicted Inst September and sentenced to death, but his case has since been In the courts on appeal. Cannot be Aroutad. An extraordinary case of catalepsy now occupies the attention of the Philadelphia medical profession. The case ia that of Julia Jones, aged IV. She was a strong, healthy girl up to within a month ago, when, without ap parent cause, her mind seemed to have become affected In some Inexplicable way. The first and most alarming result was that the young woman lapsed Into a aleeplng condition rom which during the last four weeka It has been Impos sible to arouse her. She has not been unconscious during this time, but she doea not answer questions addressed to her. To all appearances she had been alive to her surroundings and yet totally Indifferent to them. So far the case has been a puzsle to medical men. Looking for sn Impostor. C. E. Allen, the reputed president of the Ohio Clay Manufacturing com pany, with headquarters at East Liv erpool, o.. is being sougnt by tne po lice authorities of East Liverpool and Allegheny, Pa., on charges of obtain ing money under raise pretenses, Claima aggregating $2,000 are Hied against Allen In East Liverpool and 18 attachments were taken out against the company Monday night. OUR XEW POSSESSIONS. Clarksburg, W. Va., has secured one of the Vlxcaya's guns. The only volunteers remaining- in Cuba, are some immune. American teachera only receive $30 a month In Porto Klean schools. Spaniards at Havana say they will leave the Island If United States troops are withdrawn. There were 288 deaths In Havana during the fortnight ending April 16. It la calculated that the Cuban sol dlers will get but $76 each out of the $3,000,000 to be distributed by the united states. The Spanish commissioners tried to enter Agulnaido's lines to treat for the release of prisoners, but were turned back by the Insurgents' outposts. Qen. Nodrase, of the Cuban army, who has heretofore been friendly to. ward Gen. Gomes, Wednesday resign ed command of the Cuban troopa In Havana province. He announces that he side Ith Uin. Muvla llodrlgues against j.-i.met. , THE BEEP INQUIRY. Mare Then Thirty Thoussnd Dollars Expended and Ind cstlons Are That fco Ons Will Be fcund Oullty. The Beef Court nf tnouliv will shortly complete Its labors and from indications lilnme will be attnehed to no one. There may b some mild cen sure, but nil will go free. Considering the enormous amount of money which nun neen expended in coniiueiiug nm Investigation the people expect somr) return for l.nl- ,,,.,,., ml tvfllllfl lie satisfied If n number of the guilty one were nenvuy puiilxMeci. Assuming that the Wade Court nf Inquiry will report and be dissolved by April 30, It will have cost the tax pliyeis fully $20,000. Here Is nn estimate nf the Hems nf esill.nsnl I 'ril,tltil iilnrlea flf Clfllccr composing the court, r..iMid : allowance in meiniiers nr court, si.uini: irips in Chlengo, Omaha, Kansas city. New York and elsewhere, $;l.000: expenses of witnesses, $!i.noo; stenographer and typewrlttlug, $,0(i0; printing of tes timony and report- Il.tMiO; rent of quarters, $.100; expert testimony nnd chemical analyst. $1,000, Incidentals, $1,000. Tot n , $111,1100. The court will conclude Ihn Inking of testimony this week. It doubtless will take the rest of the month for de. liberation upon the conclusions -to be reached. Only two more witnesses will lie nearil, altliougn nenerni nines ha submitted the names of a number. In refusing to henr further from Miles' witnesses, the Court admit that there has been an nbiinilaiicn of evidence to prove the charge. Recretnry AlRcr Will be ebsolved from nil lilnme. It will be reported Hint there ha been no evidence show Ing collusion between the Secretary and the beef contractors. The beef combine has worked hard to niako a favorable showing, but the findings will undoubtedly sustain General Miles, even though It I In a mild wny. A for Gonernl Kgnn, tho friend of General Mile do not expect n recom mendation that he be courtmartlnled. It may be found that he erred In Judg ment, but It will be alleged Hint none of hi net was a willful violation of military law. , i A CHEERFUL UUROLAR. Chats With a Bank Pre dint While Hs Rots His Room. Mr. Hhermnn, president of the Bank of Commerce, of New York, had an in teresting experience with a burglar early Thursday morning. He awoke to find the Intruder walking about hi room and spoke to him thinking he wns one nf the servnnts. The burglar walked to the bedside, told Mr. Sher man who he was, cautioned bltn to keep cnilet Hnd thereby avoid unneces sary trouble. The two men engaged In conversation while the burglar gathered together Mr. Sherman's watch and a few highly prized trin kets. Mr. Sherman offered to pay the burglar any reasonable sum and guaranteed Immunity from at rent If he would leave the trinkets nnd call nt the bank, but the man laughingly refused the proposition, saying be had better take what was In sight. When he had secured as much plunder ns he cared about the burglar warned Mr. Shermnn not to give the alarm too quick a something might happen to him. Ho then bade him good morn ing and made his escape. ACCUSES HIS WIFE. A Dying Phyelc sn Telle Who Hss Brsn Oivlni Him Poleon. Dr. B. E. Patton. a physician who I known throughout three state ns a specialist In the cure of cancer, the proprietor of a large sanitarium at Terre Haute, Ind., I at the point nf death from what ho claim In the ef fect nf arsenic and chloroform poison administered by hi wife. For rorne months the physician has been losing strength. Dr. Patton has reiterated In the hearing of his brother physi cian that his wife was the cause of hi condition. Mr. Julia Patton, the accused wom an, ha filed proceeding for a divorce. and I now at one nf her farms near New Market, Ind. She has been mar ried four times, and I worth some thing over $100,000 In her own right. No step have yet been taken to ap prehend her. AN AMERICAN PROTECTORATE Favored for ths Present by Geo. Oomei in Cubs. General Maximo Oomei has deter mined to announce to the people of Cuba his support of an American pro tectorate until such time as a stable Independent government may be founded. General Gomes has made It known that he Intends to take thi step after consulting, the views of the leading men of his following. He la content to co-operate with the American un til the Island Is pacified, the rural pol ice organized, the Cuban soldiery at work and Insular reconstruction far advanced. No definite period for the occupation by the Americans will be mentioned, but the manifesto will favor a cessation of the agitation for the Immediate withdrawal of the United States troop. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Chinese Minister Wu's resignation Is officially denied. He has left for Spain, lo which country he Is also accredited. Gun. Brooke cables from Cuba that typhoid fever among the troops In Porto Principe has been reduced to the minimum. Representative Sereno Psyne, of New York, announced himself a candi date for speaker of the House of Representatives. Ratifications of the new extradition treaty between the United Statea and Mexico were on Saturday exchanged at the City of Mexico. Spain has selected the duke of Tet uan as her delegate to the Interna tional peace conference, which meets at The Hague next month. The affairs of the ladle' committee in charge of the battleship Maine re lief fund were closed at a meeting Wednesday, when it waa reported $30. 000 had been received and distributed among dependent families. Of this over $10,000 came from naval officer and seamen. Cbsncs tor Marriageable Oirla. In consequence of the complaint of French colonist that it 1 Impossible for them to find French wives, unless they return home, the Ministry of the Colonies Intends to Install a central emigration office for women In Paris, with branchea In the country. Approved maidens who are con sidered suitable for colonial marriages will be provided with a wedding out fit costing $60, with $20 pocket money and wiith a free passage to the colony aelected. The first experiments will be mad In Madagascar. SHREWD DETECTIVES. Secret 8r ce Men Run Down ths Counterfeit ers Who Hsd Clrcutsted lbs Spurious too Sliver Certificates. Tho Secret Service department has rntisecl the arrest of four men who were engaged In making nnd circulat ing $100 silver certificate. The cap ture I one of the most Important III the lilntory of the department and was made Thursday In Philadelphia by chief John K. V.'likle and his agents, when they arrested Arthur Taylor and Baldwin H. Bredell, .the maker of the tn mon - counterfeit "Monroe! head" $100 silver certificate. These arrests were followed by the capture In Lancaster. I'll., of William M. Jacobs and William !.. Kenillng. two prominent cigar manufiietiirers, unci James Burns, who was In Jacobs' employ. There were also captured the original plate from which the sliver certificates were printed: a ti"W $lwi counterfeit plate and a new I Ml plate, nnd also three sets of plate fur the printing of counterfeit revenue stumps, rolls, other paraphernnlla, nnd nboiit five tons of paper and a large amount of counterfeit stamps. J he "Monroe bend" plate, and iiIhci the stamp plate and the other materials, were found In Lancaster, where the printing wn clone. I'he plate for the new $iio note mill the $;0 note wire found In Philadelphia. The oflleei have taken possession of the factories of the cigar makers, and have also attached their bank account Taylor and llrcdell. It Is sold, were rnfitilreil while actually nt work on the new plates. They are young men who were employed In Philadelphia ny cur ferent firms, but some time ago start id In business for themselves. They are snld to be expert engraver nnd never before have been under suspic ion. The men will be brought before the United State Commissioner nnd will undoubtedly be brought to trial at the earliest possible, moment. They ore, "U to luive ccjiiHecj tv-day that less than $T,0"0 of the famous notes were put Into circulation. "The sliver certificate, which wn tlmt discovered a year ago last fall by an olllilal nf the Hub-Treasury nt Philadelphia, was probably the most dangerous counterfeit ever put Into circulation, nnd even the expert of the Government for a long time were undecided as to whether the note was genuine or counterfeit. After a most careful search, however, a distinguish ing mark was discovered which decid ed the question and enabled the of flcinls readily to distinguish tho genuine from the spurious. Secretary Gage recognized the very great dan ger of this new note, nnd nt once call ed in the entire Issue of ninny million of dollar. At the same time he sent warning to nil parts of the country, fully describing the nnte. This prompt action balked the counterfeiters nt the very beginning. Although not less than 1'tO notes were Issued, only about 26 have been dis covered. linn were set nn foot to apprehend the counterfeiters, and, acting on the nclvice of Assistant Secretary Vander llp, John K. Wllkle, n newspaper man of Chicago, who was known to have clone some very clever detective work, wn sent for and placed In charge of the flccret Service Bureau. .He Im mediately laid his plans and, on Feb ruary 1. ISM, found the clew which resulted In Important captures. From the very first appenrence of the note Secretary Gage and Assistant Secre tary Vanderllp have taken a great In terest In the capture of the culprits. nnd during the last 14 month have been In close touch with every move that ho been mncfe. and have ma terially assisted Chief Wilkie In his long hunt. MAV BE REPRIMANDED. Capt. Coghlan Tells of ths Oermsns' Conduct St Msnila. The German ambassador. Dr. von llolltben, called on Secretary Hoy a few days ago, which led to reports that attention of the state department had been called to the remark nf Capt. Coghlan of the cruiser Raleigh at a New York banquet Friday, .relating his personal observations nf a rebuke and threat administered by Admiral Dewey to the German naval com mander at Manila. It wax stated positively, however, that no protest or representations were made. In naval quarters there I a dispo sition to regard Capt, Coghlnn'a state ments as giving some rather ugly truth, which have hitherto been glossed over on ground of public pol icy. Secretary Long Is reported to have communicated with Capt. Cogh lan, deprecating hi reported remarks, nnd asking If he had been correctly re ported. Wrong Msn Centcncad. Hlrsch Coppelman, who pleaded guilty a month ago to swindling Jacob Bernstein of Cleveland out of $13,000 by means of the gold-brick scheme, wns a few days ago sentenced by Judge Ncwburger, at New York, to four years and ten month in prison. Saul Jacobs is now serving a sentence of seven and a half years In Sing Sing prison for the crime committed by Coppelman, who waa arrested In Chi cago after having made a confession to Minnie Jacob, the daughter of Saul Jacobs. Mis Jacob searched the country for the real offender In order to effect the release of her father.' A petition Is now being signed for the pardon of Jacobs. It will be sent to Gov. Boose velt. CABLE FLASIMi. The ucces of wireless telegraphy Is beginning to depress cable stock in London. ' Just, ss King Humbert was leaving the station at Cagliarl. Italy, last Tuesday, th depot roof fell in killing one "man. Fenor Antonio Gonzales de Mendosa, who has been choosen president of the newly-constituted supreme court at Havana, Is one of the best-known law. 64 years of age and the head of the dla- by all classes and all parties. He I 64 yers or age ana tne neaa or tne ai tinsuished family. ' The English weekly press generally encouraged the American admlnlatra lion in its policy of Imperialism. The retreat of General Law ton from Santa Crux waa alleged to be a scheme of the administration, which feared American losses would strengthen the antl-i perlallat party In this country at th next election. Aa Order lor js.ooo Rifles. An order for $2,000 Remington rifles has been placed by the Mexican gov ernment In New York City. This order Is the largest placed In th cast S years. THEIR FATE UNKNOWN. Th Yorevn Hsd Detailed i Number Men to Effect th Rescue af tpsnlsh Prieite snd Soldiers. The Filipino have captured an of ficer and fourteen of Admiral Dewey's men. The Tnrktnwn vllterl IJnler, Luzon. east coat of Luzon, P. I., April 11, for trie purpose or rescuing and bringing awny the Spanish forces, consisting of eighty soldiers, three officer and two pru-sis, winch were surrounded by 400 Insurgent. Home of the Insurftent artnecl with Manner rifles attacked I .lull. J. c. fill more nnd hi men while they were drawing near and captured them, Admiral Dewey cabled that their fate wss unknown a the Insur gents refused lo communicate after ward. The following nre missing: Lieut. .1. C. clllmore, Chief Quarter master W. Walton, Coxswain J. Ells worth, gunner run to H. J. Hygnrd, salliniikers' inkle Vendgrlt, seamen W. H. Ilymlers and c. w. Woodbury, ap prentice 1 1. W. A. Venvllle, A. J. Pe terson, Old I limy seamen F. Brlsolese, O. It. Meliciniild, Inndsmen I T. Ed wards, F. Anderson, J. Dillon, C. A. Morrlsely, Tho'oiipliirn of the Yorklown's men was dlnciised with much feeling In naval circle. At Washington the mis fortune wan felt with added keenness, nn the navy ha prided Itself thus far on Immunity from reverses. That the capture should hnve been Iffeeted while the American forces were on a mission of mercy toward the Spaniards, rather than In the prosecution of a campaign, led to the belief that Spain would hnve no furth er ground for questioning the good faith with which the American were socking to relieve the condition of the Spanish prisoner. Although the dispatch gave no Indi cation that Lieut, clllmore and hi men hnd lost their live, yet great anxiety was aroused by the mystery surrounding their fate while In the hand of an uncivilized enemy. Thi Is the first capture-of any Americans, military or naval, so that It I unknown how the Insurgents will treat our men. NOT A NEW EXPERIENCE. Enf!:th Oenerale Hav Oft-n Ton What Americana Are Now Doing. The "London Time." commenting editorially upon Major General Law- ton retirement from the Lnguna de Bay district In Luzon, find In it nothing surprising or dlirouraglng. "British general have often had to do tho samethlng," say the "Time," "In similar circumstances, A much graver matter I the reported discon tent nf the American troop, but here also all countries pursuing a foreign policy have bad the same difficulties to contend with, and no doubt the United state will soon find It advis able to Imitate European measure and to enlist a regular force for the purpose of holding the Philippine. Foreign po-scsslon cannot be h.ld by volunteers." MaJ. Gen. Brooke, the governor general nf Cuba, ha approved the Man nf the Cuban General Monte- ngueclo to establish In Santa Clara a rural guard of 600 men. with Montea- a-iiedo ns Its commander and Col. Con sutgra a second In command. STRUCK THE SHOALS. Scheoner's Crew. ConeieUng of Eleven Mea Drowned T wo Eecsped. The fishing schooner Eliza, of Bever ly, Cnpt. Hopkins, which sailed from Hyannl Wednesday for fishing ground, struck on Boss and Crown shonls, Mass., during the night, and 11 of the crew of 14 men were lost. The three survivors reached 8iaeonset In the schooner's dory. They report that the schooner I a total loss. Follow ing are the name of the lost member of the crew: Capt. Martin M. Hopkins, Seth Hop kins, Emerson Hopkins, Oscar Hop kins, Lorenzo Smith, cook, John Smith, Herbert Smith. Kinsman Smith, Moses Bethel, John Mathewson, James Mat hewson. Seth and Emerson Hopkins were brother of the captain, Oscar Hop kin wa hi cousin. John and Her bert Smith and John and Jamea Mat hewson were brother. TO RELIEVE VOLUNTEERS, Fourteen Tf.ouisnd Regulsre Will be Sent to Manila. Fourteen thousand regulars are to be aent to reinforce General Otis at Manila as soon a the necessary marine transportation can be provid ed. It I not expected that the bulk of the large body of reinforcements can reach Manila until the end of the rainy season, which ha Just begun; but they will closely follow the departure from the Philippines of the volunteers With the regular troops already or dered and on the way to Manila, Gen eral Otis will have an effective force of 21.72" men, In addition to she re cruits being sent every few day for (he regiment already in the Philip pine. Thi force is to be raised to 35. 000 men by the time aggreaslve opera tion can be pressed In the early autumn. DEFY THE LAW. Ssn Francisco Newspspers Will Not Attach 6 if natures to Persons! Art.cles. The newspaper signature law as passed by the recent California legis lature, went Into effect last Wednes day, and. a many papers In the state, including all the San Francisco dallies, will pay no attention to It, there will probably be some lively tl.nes for Callornla Journalism. The law provides that all published" newspoper articlea that reflect on any person a character, or tend to hold him up to ridicule or contempt, and articles reflecting on the memory of the dead shall be signed by writer. The penalty la a fine of $1,000 for each violation, $500 of the fine going to the person who brings action against the offending newspaper. The newspaper publishers hold that the law Is uncon stitutional and will fight it In th courts. Alter Minnesota Volantaora. The governor of Minnesota Tuesday sent a message to the Legislature urging action looking to the apeedy v return from Manila of th Thirteenth Minnesota volunteeas. He state all appeal addressed to the President and the war department have been ig nored "save in a lew individual cases hat were influenced by partisanship. ' asserts the volunteers are being contrary to law and he baa been ed by Colonel A mea that th regt- meir desired unanimously to return home? 1
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