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FILIPINOS NUN 1 Ptt
MUST ACT QUICKLY.
Ban. Otle Eaye tha Surrender Muit b Uncoil'
dltieri! No Opportunity Will bt Olven
to Consult ttit Inaurgent Congreea.
The Filipinos are seeking peace.
Col. Manuel Arguelcses Hnl Lieut, Joso
Hemnl, chief of Gen. Luna's staff, en
tered Gen. MaoArthiir's line bearing
a ling of truce last Friday on routa
for Mimlln by trnln to confer with Uen.
Otis regarding terms of surrender.
Their advances for peace have been
fruitless. They told (len. Otl that
they were representatives of Uen.
l.unn, who had tieen requested by
Agulnaldo to nxk den. Otis for a ces
sation of hostilities In order tn allow
time for the summoning of the Fili
pino congress, which liody would de
cide whether the people wanted peace.
Gen. Oils replied that he did not
recognise the existence of a Filipino
government.
The Filipino olllcers walked down
the railroad track to the Kansas regi
ment's outpost. The Kansas captain
In command there escorted them to
lien. henton s headquarters, where
they wtre provided with horses and
sent to the headquarters of Uen Mac
Arthur. The Filipinos were then escorted by
MaJ. Mallony of Uen. MncArthur's
staff to Manila. Uen. Otis' aide. I.leut.
riladen, was awaiting their arrival at
the depot with a carriage, In which
they were driven to the palace en
trance. They were escorted directly to the
nlTlce of lien. Otis. Jacob G. Schur
man. president of the Philippine com
mission, and Hon. Charles Donby, a
member of the commission, soon
Joined the pnrty there.
The news of the arrival of the Fili
pino olllcers under a flag of truce
spread through the city rapidly and
many olllcers gravitated to the corri
dors of the palace, while a crowd of
natives gathered In the square oppo
site the palace.
At 0 o'clock the two Filipino officers,
escorted by Lieut. Slodrn and MaJ.
Mallony, left the palace. They did not
look at all elated as a result of their
talk with ien. otls and the members
of the Philippine commission.
While It is the general expectation
among the Americans that the Filipino
emissaries w ill return with revised pro
posals from Ucn. Antonio Luna, Uen.
Otis Is not letting this prospect Inter
fere with his preparations for pushing
the war. Sunday he ordered Maj-Oen.
Lawton to return to Angnt, a few miles
northwest of Norsngaray, and not to
advance aggressively while the nego
tiations are pending.
Uen. MnoArthur Is apparently acting
on the snme policy, but he Is repairing
bridges and strengthening the lines of
his force, which Is stretched out with a
four-mile front and within a quarter of
a mile of the enemy.
MRS. GEORGE ACQUITTED.
She Wat Charged With the Murder ef Oeorge
6axton Offera to go on tht Stage. I
wrt. Anna E. George, accused of
ling George Baxton at Canton, O.,
Is last Friday acquitted by the Jury.
Ml nf the telegrams received by
George were not mere eongratula-
tins. Tint It l nnnmincoil Ifl frnm n
mS theatrical company In Columbus, of
fering her I'iOO for a 'week's engage
- ment with the company. Another of
fer is for the same sum for a lecture
In Pittsburg on ''Woman's Itlghts."
One of her relatives, speaking for her,
said both offers had been declined, as
would be all such propositions.
FEARED DETECTION.
Italian Murderer Jumre Down Shaft I. coo Feet
In Depth.
At an Italian boarding house at
Kanapolla, Kan., a few days ago, the
woman In charge recognized In one
of the boarders an escaped murderer,
wanted in Italy for killing a man,
woman and child. Learning that his
Identity had become known, and fear
ing he would be given up, he deter
mined to kill the family. Ho started
In by shouting the husband and wife.
The woman, who was not seriously
wounded, gave the alarm. In escap
ing the murderer plunged headlong
Into a shaft at the salt works. The
1 "feudy. bounded from side to side, splat
tering-, tne timDers with brains and
blood. Until It reached the bottom, 1,000
feet btldw. The head and hands were
torn from Vie body by the force. The
remains wire gathered ud In a sack
and brought to the top, where they
were taken Jn charge by the coroner.
Certain Hunt Dead. 1
Captain ilfred Ephralm Hunt, of
' Pittsburg, the late Commander of
Hampton ,'ltattery B, Pennsylvania
Llgnt Artillery, died at the Lafayette
Motel, Philadelphia, Wednesday after
noon, after an Illness of but three
days.
Captain Alfred 13. Hunt was best
known to Pittsburg through his cpm-
manu oi nailery a, united mates vol
unteers. This command he organised
10 years ago next May. It was later
I tnleen Into the National Guards of
(Pennsylvania. It is famous all over
(the country as a crack light artillery
Ibattorv. being brought to that mr.
Sjcuon inrougn tne efforts or Its en
rgetlo commander, Captain Hunt,
ast year It was recruited to Its full
uota and was sent to Puerto Tttco.
aptaln Hunt was In command during
( ttji entire campaign there.
' A Cargo of Coffina.
Another shipload of the bodies of
American soldiers who were killed or
dlqd In the Cuban and Porto IMcan
campaigns was brought Into New York
tail Thursday by the transport Crook,
thel same vessel which brought a
former and similarly sad consignment.
Thin time 356 cofllns are plied In rows
upon tne vessel s aocks. Ninety-eight
of these bodies were dug up in Forto
RUM twelve at Guantanamo and 246
at Santiago. They have been Identi
fied $s far as possible.
Thilse bodies which. In spite of the
greatest care, havs remained unidenti
fied vhll ba burled with their fellows
In Arlington cemetery. The others
will bt forwarded by the government
to relaltlvea In any part of the country
who dlxlre to bury their dead else
where khan In tho national graveyard.
Ncb'.cman't Wife Murdered.
Mrs. M. L. Mandarasy, a 1 wealthy
lady of Ban Antonio, Tex., wife of a
Hungarian nobleman, who was ban
ished from his country tn or SO years
ago, wai murdered . and her body
, burned lust Monday. Robbery la be
lieved to Vr.ave been the Incentive, and
m Mexican luucrer. wnu wurneu un ion
place, has been arrested on suspicion.
Mrs. Mandarasy'a house, which was
on a magndrlecent estate near Kan An
tonio, was! found to be on fire, and In
the 'ruins 'her body was round, badly
thai-red -and covered with knlfo
' wounds.
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
Pittsburg traction lines bars spent
1117,000 In new summer cars.
Fifteen people were killed by a tor
nado at Newtown, Mo., last week.
Armed guards were put about the
smallpox pesthouse at Loyton, Pa.
An earthquake shock was felt In In
diana and Kentucky Saturday night.
Germans throughout the land are
passing resolutions against Imperial
ism. Lewis linker, ft well-known editor
and politician, died at Washington
lust Sunday.
F.x-Oovernor Altgeld, nf Illinois, Is
vtry III. He Is suffering from loeXim
otor ataxia.
Willis Sees, a negro, was hanged by
a mob at Osceola, Ark., a few days
ago for barn burning.
A scheme Is on foot for supplying
Cincinnati with natural gas piped
from the West Virginia gas tlelds.
Eighty labor bodies held a mats
meeting In Union square, New York, In
favor of an eight-hour working day.
John l Welty, who was chief
counsel for Mrs. George, aspires to the
Democratic nomination for governor of
Ohio.
A large mass meeting was held at
Chicago lust Sunday to protest against
the course of the administration In the
Philippines.
Several bad breaks have occurred In
the levee at New Orleans and serious
dnmnge has resulted to the shipping
Interests.
Six hundred persons at Omaha,
Neb., have been driven from their
homes by the high waters of the Mis
souri river.
The sale of the famous St. Vincent's
beer, made by the Itenecllctlne brothers
of the monastery near Ureensburg, l'a.,
was discontinued.
Hlshop Taylor, of the African M. K.
Church, says that slavery Is preferable
to his people to the present condition
of affairs in the south.
Hillary S. Starr, superintendent of
Oak Knoll ranch, California, has dis
appeared, and evidences of a struggle
point to his murder.
Mitchell Daniel, a negro was lynched
at Leesburg, Ga., last Friday. He had
Indulged In Inflammatory talks against
certain white families.
Michael Ruzzl, a brutal New York
father, has been committed to Jail for
cruelly whipping his daughter who, he
says, is possessed of devils.
Five men were killed and one fatal
ly wounded by an explosion of smoke
less powder at Dupont's works at Car
neys Point, N. J., Inst Saturday.
Edward Oswald, of Camden, N. J.,
last Tuesday murdered his wife and
un 8-year-old daughter. He failed In
an attempt at suicide. Jealousy caus
ed the crime.
"The Signing of the Protocol" a pic
ture, prominent In which are President
McKlnley, Secretary Day and M.
Cnmbon hns been purchased by H. C.
Flick of Pittsburg for 120,000.
Charles W. Williams, alias James, a
negro, was shot to death In the Ga
lena, Knn jail by a mob of negroes
lust Wednesilay, He was suspected of
having killed Laura Carafax, a
negress.
United States District Judge Kohl
raat has discharged Chlng Ling Foo, a
Chinese conjuror, and his troupe. It Is
held the alien labor law does not apply
to performers in the same sense as to
laborers.
liev. Dr. Ttookor, secretary of tho
papal legation In Washington, says he
does not think the pope will appoint a
representative of the United States to
the college of cardinals. There are 20
vacancies.
Admiral Schley and Gen. Wheeler
were guests at a Giant banquet at
Pittsburg last Thursday, Admiral
Schley visited Homestead and was
greatly Interested In the process of
making armor plate.
While performing an operation Dr.
Reuben Ludlam, Sr., of Chicago, was
stricken with heart disease. His son
seized the Instrument from his hand as
he fell and continued the operation,
saving the patient's life.
Fires In abandoned mines have
caused a number of Pittsburg families
to change their residences. Dense
smoke Is pouring from fissures In the
earth and the city authorities ara at
a loss as to how to proceed again the
(lames.
Tom Robinson, colored, was hanged
Friday at Hlllsboro, Tex., for assault.
He claimed to be Innocent. The con
demned man Invited Mary Adams, his
victim, and her mother to be present
at the execution. Mrs. Adams at
tended and wanted to "pull the rope."
Striking miners at Wardner, Idaho,
blew up the plant of the Hunker Hill
and Sullivan Company. Over 1,000
shots were exchanged between them
and their own pickets by mistake. Jack
Smith being killed and Jim Chayne
badly wounded. The miners had de
manded the discharge of non-union
men.
Twelve thousand employees of the
H. C. Frlck Coke Company, of Con
nellsville, were notified of an Increaso
In wages ranging from to 1214 per
cent on Monday, The advance be
comes effective Monday and affects
also the employees of the McClure
Coke Company, which la controlled by
tho Frlck interests.
ule'da Claimed to bt a Monater.
Patrick Fleming, 43 years of age, of
Jersey City, plunged Into the river
Wednesday night from the Pennsyl
vania railroad ferryboat Baltimore.
He left a hat on the deck. This note,
which was written In lead pencil on a
scrap of paper, was found In the hat,
and It led to his Identification:
"I am tho greatest monster ever sent
on this earth. I have ruined a woman
and nine children. A more terrible
thing never occurred since God mode
this world. There Is not a dollar or a
thing for them. There Is nothing left
only tn starve If something don't be
done for them. 230 Duncan avenue,
Jersey City."
In Honor o( Grant.
In the presence of President Mc
Klnley and his wife, members of his
cabinet, three generations of Gen.
Ulysses 8. Grant's family and a great
crowd of people, Miss Rosemary Sar
torls, granddaughter of Oen. Grant,
Thursday unveiled an heroic equestrian
statue of her illustrious grandfather
In Falrmount park, Philadelphia,
There was a great outpouring of pa
triotic citizens. Flags were every
where displayed throughout tha city
and all the ships In tha harbor were
gayl; tressed In colors.
Efficient Signal Service.
General Qreely, Chief Signal Officer,
has been Informed that tha most ef
ficient telegraph service aver used In
time of war has been established In
the Philippines. A flying 11ns la used
to connect the different commands
and telephone service Is used at the
front. Over 1,000 messages daily ara
transmitted between tha olfloara of
uenerai mis commaa.
dirnBriiiraoE
FIFTY DEAD.
Klrkerllle, Mo., Devaetated-Houees Carried
From Their Foundation and Reaeuers
Run Upon Many Horrlb e Sights,
As a result of the tornado that
Swept through the eastern portion of
Klrksvllle, Mo., Inst Thursday even
ing, demolishing half of the residences
and other buildings, 200 families are
homeless and nearly 60 dead bodies
and 70 Injured persons have been re
covered from the ruins. Moro than a
dozen of the Injured will die.
When tho tornado struck the city
most of the residents were at supper.
The tornado cut a clean path one mile
long anil sou reel wide tnrnugn tne
residence section, leaving death and
destruction In Its wake. Kulldiiigs were,
demolished and twisted apart and
scattered to the four winds. A con
servative estimate places the 'aggre
gate amount of damage at $200,00'", the
Individual losses ranging from 11 00 to
I 8, 1)00.
The wind played many pranks and
there were some miraculous escapes.
J. C. Coondeld and his family were
eating supper when the tornado
struck their home. The house was
picked up and carried across a slough
and dumped up against a hill, the
building was not completely wrecked
and the family escaped without any
thing worse than a severe shaking up.
Houses on both sides of the residence
of W. M. Hull were blown Into splin
ters, but the wind was content with
twisting his house off Its foundation
and leaving It Intact. The house was
In the center of the district and It was
used as a hospltnl after the storm.
P. J. Relger, a prominent attorney,
ran right Into the path of the storm to
save his family, who were helpless
with fear. Dashing Into the house he
carried his wife and children Into the
cellar. As he stumbled Into the place
of safety the building was leveled to
the ground. He was just In time to
save his loved ones and is happy, al
though his loss by the cyclone amounts
to 13,000.
The scenes that met the gaze of the
rescuers were horrifying. An aged man
and his wife, clasped in each other's
arms, were found dead on tho ground
some distance away from where their
home had been. No trace of their
house has been seen. Several of the
dead were found In places which would
have been the center of the house had
the building not been blown to spllnt
ters. This was the case with Mrs.
Pnnsehott, who suffered a most terri
ble death. Her headless body, with Its
arms clasping her lifeless baby, was
discovered on the floor of the house.
which was left as a raised platform In
an open field. The head Is precisely
severed as If It had been done with a
knife and was about 20 feet distant.
Two children had been lying In a eot
In one of the destroyed homes. The
house was carried away, but the floor
of the first story and the foundation
were left, the wind lifting the house
from the sills and tumbling It a long
distance. The cot on which the llttl'i
ones lay was lifted un with them on It
and carried fully a block and a half
and set down on the ground.
Two more victims of the tornado died
Sunday.
CAR LEFT THE TRACKS.
Train Round a Curve at a Oreat Rate of Speed-
Death and Dlaaeter Follow.
A car on the Ray Railroad at
Rochester. N. Y left the track last
Sunday while going round a curve at
full speed. Two prisoners were killed
and more than 50 Injured.
The train which was crowded with
excursionists bound for different
points along the shores of Lake On
tario, In the Irondequiot Ray district,
left the Ray station at Rochester
Sunday about IS minutes late. Every
seat in the coaches waa filled, and a
large number of people were standing
on the platforms. There Is a grade
about 10 yards from the corner of
North avenue and Rldge road, and
when this grade was reached the
speed of the train Increased percepti
bly.
Next to the engine was the closed
carriage, divided Into two compart
ments, and when It reached the curve
It veered over to the north and rode
around the curve on the left wheels.
it naa gone out a pari oi tne Denu in
the track when it left the rails and
shot straight ahead. There was a sud
den crash as the couplings between the
engine and coach were severed, and
then the coach again veered over and
plowed through the earth for several
feet before dropping on Its side In tho
front of the Rldge Road Hotel.
The engine whirled on down the
track and did not atop until It had
gone nearly a mile. The engineer,
Adam Zlmmer, jumped as soon as the
first coach broke away. As soon as
the extent of the disaster became
known threats of lynching were made
against Zlmmer, but he had left the
scene and was hiding. John Helberg,
who was standing between the cars
waa crushed to death.
TOOK OUT THIS WRONO EYE.
A Prominent Oculist of Montreal Makes a Terri
ble Mistake.
Seven years ago Thomas Stewart, of
Montreal, then 10 years old, lost the
sight of one eye, the blade of a pen
knife having been accidentally run In
to it. Dr. Alexander Proudfoot at
tended him. Recently Dr. Proudfoot
advlred the removal of the useless eye
as the only means of preserving the
other Intact. This was agreed to, and
the delicate task was entrusted to Dr.
Proudfoot, who is assistant aculist and
aurlst to the general hospital.
The operation took place at the fam
ily residence, and at its conclusion It
waa found that a terrible mistake had
been made the healthy eye had been
removed. On recovery from the effects
of the anaesthetic the patient found
himself blind.
Murdered His Wtvta.
A sensational trial has begun at
Dreslau, Germany, where a man
named Hermann Is charged with mur
dering his three wives, and twelve
children of his second mar
riage. He la also charged with a
whole series of other murders. It Is
alleged that Hermann, after murder
ing his wives walled their bodies In the
cellar of his house. Tha children all
died young, and it Is. asserted they
were poisoned with cyanide of potas
sium, . ,
OUR XEW POSSESSIONS.
The Marines who fell at Outanamo
are to be Interred In Arlington ceme
tery. Urlg.-Gen. John C. Bates. V. S. V.,
who was recently recalled from Cuba,
will go to Manila
Tha transport Morgan City, left San
Francisco for Manila last Wednesday
with 600 recrulta.
A member, of tha Tenth Pennsyl
vania regiment, now In the PhlllD-
ptnea, writes that ha has not slept
With HI snoes on tur to asva.
CUBAN PROGRESS.
Tha Tobacco Crop Wilt Reach 300,000 Tons Cot
lectlone $806,95 In March,
Acting Secretary of War Melklejohn
has madn public a very Interesting re
port upon the commercial anil Indus
trial conditions In Cuba. Tobacco,
which will continue to be one of the
most Important crops of the Islnnd, Is
already being cultivated In sectlops of
the Islnnd where It has never been
grown hitherto, The crop, estimated
at the beginning of the present year at
21(0,000 tons, based upon the actual pro
duction at the end of March, It Is esti
mated, will reach 800,000 tons.
The scarcity of domestic oxen Is
greatly retarding the operation of su
gar estates. Iiurlnn March 18,3.10 hales
nf leaf tobacco mid SKI. 000 packages of
cigarettes were exported from Ha
vana. The total collections during March
were $896,925, a collection exceeded on
ly twice at Havana during the past
ten years (1H!5 and 1898). In consid
ering the large Importations Into Ha
vann last month It must be borne In
mind that the duties under the Ameri
can regime nre at least CO per cent,
lower than the Bpnnlsh rates. For the
first three months of American rule
the total receipts for all the ports of
Cuba were as follows:
January, 11.0111,228; February, $976,
918; March, $l,2ll.845 while the cost of
collections for these months was ex
ceedingly low, as follows: January,
2.01 per rent.; February, 4.61 per cent.;
March, 8.4:1 per cent. The money
transferred from the custom fund dur
ing these three months of American
rule to the other administrative de
partments totals $l.fiS.400, divided
mainly as follows: II 4H.4XO for "bar
racks and quarters," $!24,986 for "sani
tation," 1268.390 for "rural police and
administration," $197,986 for "public
works, ports and harbors," 1103.000 fnr
charities and hospitals," and I3rl,s3
for "civil government."
During March 200 vessels of 213,26!i
tons entered the port of Havana. Of
these 107 were American, 82 Ktigllsh,
26 Spanish and 35 of other countries.
Of the 4,349 passengers landed, 2,634
came from the United States; 6.46S
passengers left Havana. A total of
15,341,972 were Imported Into Havana
during the past three months and a to
tal of $2,010,250 exported, of which 12.
009,rr"i9 went to Spain and only $1,200
to tho United Stntes.
INDISCREET LETTERS.
Admiral Kaute Writea Concerning the Attitude
of ths Oermena.
Capt. Coghlan, of the United States
cruiser Rulelgh, recently made a
speech which gave offence to Ger
many. This officer has been repri
manded by the state department a
will receive further attention from the
secretary of the navy. Germany la
satisfied that the United States has
acted so promptly In the matter, and
the Incident Is evidently closed.
No sooner has this matter been set
tled than Admiral Kautx, who Is now
stationed at Samoa writes a letter
which again throws the state depart
ment In consternation and arouses
fury In Uermany.
The letter was made public by Mrs.
Llndley, a cousin of Admiral Kautz, at
Cincinnati. The objectionable part
reads:
"I am not a king here, but Just plnin
'boss of the ranch.' The Uerman con
sul had that position up to my arrival;
since then he has been a very silent
partner. I am very much afraid he
does not like me In fact, I am not at
all popular here with the Germans.
Rut I am all right with the Englisn
and hope to pull through with them.
I have no doubt of being sustained by
the Uovernment In all I have done."
The letter was brought to the attent
ion of the President, and some sort of
a reminder may be sent to the officer
to be more careful In his correspond
ence. No orders have been Issued to
the Philadelphia to leave Samoa, as
the admiral says In one part of his
letter, so It Is probable that he mad-!
the statement In the belief that he
could adjust the differences between
the factions In Samoa within that
time.
CHINESE OUTRAOKS.
Catholics Burned to Death r Public Bon
fires. Europeans In Hong Kong are delight
ed with eGrmany'a promptitude In tak
ing measures to Inflict punishment for
attacks made upon German subjects
at Ichou Fou In Southern Shan Tung.
An Ichou Fou correspondent says:
"To the southwest, 20 miles from us,
there have been a number of riots, but
no one has been punished as yet. - A
Catholic priest who Is just In from
that vicinity says that his life had only
been saved through the fleetness of his
horse.
"Three Catholics have been killed In
Felheln, about 40 miles to the west of
us. Six of them have been killed at
Shen Shan, of whom two were burned
to death In a big public, bonfire. This
Is a different affair from the one tn
which a child was burned, and two
had their eyes put out by a fiendish
mob.
"The perpetrators of the outrage to
the east, who dismembered the bodies
of two Catholics, burned them over a
fire and burned a living child, having
received no punishment of any kind,
have been emboldened to attempt still
further outrages.
America Lett Out
T. ngltsh newspapers say that Amer
ica will not share In the partition of
China.
"America," says the Dally Chronicle,
"will apparently be left out In the cold,
and she really deserves no sympathy,
for. If her statesmen had been willing
to join us at an earlier stage In keep
ing China open to the world the pres
ent situation would never have arisen."
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Oen. Joe. Wheeler will not go to the
Philippines. He will likely be placed
In command of tha department of
Texas which Is to be revived.
Emperor William and President Mc
Klnley exchanged friendly cable mes
sages concerning the new cable to be
laid from Germany to the United
btates.
President McKlnley visited New York
last Saturday. At the Orant monu
ment, as he was boarding the yacht
Nina, for a little trip up tha Hudson,
he surprised several laborers by shak
ing hands with them.
Japan Is In danger of a serious re
bellion If three famous old generals
carry out their plans. Reduction of
taxes Is to be the cry of this army,
which will be composed entirely of
farmers from tha Interior regions.
While Secretary Alger waa with the
president Thursday, Uen. Miles called.
He waited fifteen minutes and; on tha
secretary's departure,, waa with tha
president ten minutes. This Is tha first
call in six weeks and ba refused to
talk about It.
Prince Mln Yong Whan, Korea's
new minister to the United Btates, Is
first cousin to tha emperor of Korea,
second cousin to the lata queen, ami
uncla of tha crown prlnceia.
I KIN 10 HI IB
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BROOKE IMPATIENT.
He Ineiete That Oen. Oomee Prodiiee ths Mut
ter Rolls 80 That Ha Can Distribute
to tha Soldiers Their Duef,
Governor General Brooke) of Cuba,
purposes to bring the matter of the
payment of the Cuban troops to a
head Immediately, Monday he sent a
reiiuest to General Maximo Uomes
that the lattr and theftintn of con
sulting Cuban Genernls should come
at once to a decision ns to whether
the Cuban muster rolls are to stand as
now mnile up, or are to be reduced, as
General Gomes hns been expecting. If
he could consult his own desires. Gen
eral Hrooke would pay $100 per ninn
to such as are entitled to share In the
13.000.000, but, If General Gomes con
tinues to vouch for 39,9:10 troops, pay
ment will be begun without further
delay on that basis.
The Culmn people are pessimists.
The average Cuban Is now whispering
his fears of a wild outbreak of bri
gandage as soon as the troops are paid
off. The planters are suspending Im
provements until developments an;
known and projects for Investment arc
held In abeyance.
Every business house In Havana, ex
cept the drug stores and cafes, was
closed at 10 o'clock Sunday morning,
In pursuance of Major General Lud
low's special order. The clerks, who
petitioned the Military Governor to Is
sue the order, are much pleased at the
result.
1 he non-commissioned officers and
privates of Company M, Second United
States Arftlllery, held an Indignation
meeting at Camp Vedado Monday ev
enlng and denounced the shooting,
last Thursday, of Private E. H. La
conte, of that company, by a police
man. Laconte Is the fourth member
of the regiment who has been shot by
the police, and the men are very much
exercised over the matter.
ALLUREMENTS FOR THE NEORO.
It Has Been 8uggeeted That Hs Colon is the
Philipp nee.
It has been suggested at Washing
ton that the President order the f'lur
negro regiments now enlisted to the
Philippines and at once call for vol
unteers to fill up five more regiments.
The hope Is Indulged that there would
be real "benevolent assimilation" be
tween the colored soldiers and the
egro native population, whose num
ber Is estimated at one-third the Is
land Inhabltance. They would become
rulers, because the original natives
would prefer them to the Malays un
der Agulnaldo. The families of the
transported soldiers would accompany
them, and among the rice fields find
n congeninl ocupatlon and subsis
tence The prospect of the American nfgro
holding office abroad Is one of the al
lurements held forth, with all the
glittering attraction of owning homes.
The American system of government
would be Introduced and a tide of
emigration started among the negroes,
which so signally failed In the Llber
lan experiment. Agulnaldo once sup
pressed, extensive public works would
be projected to give employment
where field culture Is impossible. This
Is the barest outline of the new proj
ect conceived as a means of extrica
tion from the rapidly continuing oppo
sition to the present system of Inef
fective campaigning.
Now Floats Under the Americsn Flag.
Spick and span under her coat of
white, no one would recognise In Uncle
Sam's new cable steamship Genersl
Hooker, the old Spanish passenger
steamship Panama, captured during
the war by the little tug Mangrove,
Rut such Is a fact, and the Panama,
now the Uenerai Hooker, under the In
fluence of hard rash liberally spent by
her new owner, has taken a new lease
of life. If all goes well she will leave
this port to-morrow fur the Philippines,
where she will lay at least 300 miles
of cable.
The mission of the vessel and her
officers and crew is to lay branches to
connect all the military stations on the
Islands. The task may take more than
two years.
Ont Hundred Bulldlnge Shaken.
By the explosion of 75 gallons of
benzol In the laboratory of Frank H,
Fleer & Co., Philadelphia, Tuesday)
two men were killed, three Deraons)
seriously Injured and over a score.
more or less Injured by flying debris,
The dead are: Walter Maawarlng,
assistant superintendent, and Charles'
McKlnley, engineer. Of those Injured
Harry Randall, an employe, and Mrs.
Oivlson and her 1-year-old child ara
the most seriously hurt.
The explosion was a terrific one. No
less than one hundred buildings in the
vicinity, most of them very small
dwellings, were damaged.
Melt tht Bride's 8avinge.
Stanislaus Grxybouskl while on his
way to church at Pittsburg with the
girl whom he was about to marry, ex
cused himself and returned to the
house for the marriage license, as he
claimed. The bride waited for some
time, and on returning home found
that her trunk had been opened and
1350 taken. Stanislaus was later cap
tured, acknowledged his guilt, return
ed the money, was forgiven and ac
cepted by the girl as her husband.
Traina Wert, Waiting.
Gen. MacArthur's division Thursday
crossed the Rio Grande and advanced
on Apallt, completely routing the
flower of the rebel army. Most of the
rebels fled to Apalit station, where
two trains were waiting them. They
left hurriedly, presumably for San
Fernando.
CABLE HASHES.
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender
Is said to have sent a fresh manifesto
to his adherents.
Sixty-two miners were killed by the
collapse of a shaft in the Kltschnar
gold mine at Trolzkl, Russia.
The German newspapers criticised
the kaiser as being the cause of the
presence of Admlrul Diederlchs' large
fleet at Manila and the consequent
troubles with the United States.
The town of Uuta, near Buda Peat,
was almost destroyed by fire last Wed
nesday. The bodies of seven women
and children have been . recovered.
More than 300 houses were destroyed.
The strike that has been In progress
at Budweis, Bohemia, for some tima
has culminated In rioting, and tn the
collisions between the troops and the
rioters several persons were wounded.
Senor Antonio Gonsales de Mendosa.
who has been chooaen president of tha
uewly-constltuted supreme court al
Havana, la one of the best-known law-
64 yeara of age and tha head of the dls-
by all classes ana u panics, tin la
4 yera or ags aim um neau 01 ids. 018'
tlnguUtwd family.
FAMINE IN PORTO KIC0.
houtandt of Famlllet Have Beea W.thont
Bread and Meat tor Weeks.
Oen. Roy Stone and the member
ff the executive committee of tha
National Red Cross called upon tha
president Wednesday to lay before him
plan for the relief of some of tha
Destitution In Porto Rico. Over 100,-
"0 of the 'natives, according to Dr.
lenna, have been without bread and
neat for six weeks, and are on the?
erge of starvation.
Oen. Fred D. Grant has reported 39
eaths from starvation In a single pro-
ince. The aid the mllltnry authorl-
es in Porto Rico were able to give
le natives In the way of distribution
f rations and employment on tho
onda has been greatly reduced slnoe
Ihe free distribution of rations was
njuspended, anil some of the Porto
Klcnn planters and merchants have
devised a scheme which they believe
uill afford much relief to the desti
tute, and at the same time serve them
l y Introducing Porto Rlcan goods In
fo American markets.
I The price of coffee In Porto Rico la
very low on account of the large crop
In Hrar.il, and they offer to contribute
Of large amount to be sold In this
1 untry through the agency of the
I led Cross, the proceeds to go toward
t ie relief of, the distressed upon the
I 'land. The Porto Rlcan 8tcamshlp
ompsny hns offered to carry these
c 'ntrlbutlnns free.
They nlso offer to contribute crystal
s igar, fruits, preserves, cigars, clg
p. rettes, etc., and suggest the sale of
these products at coffee rooms to be
entahllshed In the principal cities by
tl e Red Cross. They desire that these)
inrltable contributions shall be ad
mitted to this country free bf duty.
The contributors of these articles hope
tm profit later by the Introduction of
trielr products In the American
arkcts.
BOGUS REVENUE STAMPS,
Millions of Cgara Se nd by ths Government
Counterfeiters Arreeted.
Treasury officials believe that tha
total number of cigars seised because
of counterfeit revenue stamps will
reh between S.000,000 and 10,000,000.
All such cigars are confiscated. The
offer of Innocent holders to stamp
thlem properly has no effect because
the Inw Is mandatory. The retailers
win have a legal claim against the
Jobbers, who In turn must look to the
manufacturers, but the latter are like
ly to be In Jail for some time.
The climax In the gigantic counter-
felt conspiracy, which was brought to
light at Philadelphia last week, waa
reached Tuesday, when former United
States District Attorney Ellery P. Ing
ham, of Philadelphia, and Deputy . In
ternal Revenue Collector Samuel B.
Downey, of Lancaster. Pa., were ar
rested by United States Secret Service
officers on the charge of aiding the
chief counterfeiters in their efforts to
flood the country with bogus certifi
cates and Internal revenue stamps.
The arrest of Ingham created a
great sensation on account of his pro
minence and his former connection
with the Government as the United
States Attorney for the Eastern dia-x
trlct of Pennsylvania.
NEW METHOD OF REVENGE.
Actreaa Prcasnted With a Boquet la Which a
Poiaonoua Snakt la Hiddtn.
When Miss May Cook, soloist and
violinist, had finished the first part of
her net at the Cook Opera House at
Kochester, N. Y.. the other night, two
bouquets were handed to her over the
footlights by the head usher. She took
up the bouquets and retired to hep
dressing room.
A moment later tho employes heard
her shriek, and, rushing In, found her
In a fainting condition, while an ugly
looking copperhead snake writhed and
twisted on the floor. One of the stage
employes crushed the snake beneath
his boot.
on the floor the contents of two
pasteboard boxes wero strewn In con
fusion. The larger one had been filled
with handsome carnations, while the
smaller, held by a number of rubber
hands, had evidently been the resting
place of the reptile. The snake waa
taken immediately to Peter Gruber
("Rattlesnake Pete"), an expert In
such matters, who pronounced It a
copperhead, and said that its bite
would mean certain death.
When Miss Cook had recovered suf
ficiently to talk she said the larger
box bad been covered with plain
paper, on which was written In an un
known hand "Yours, etc."
Long Dietanct Ttltgraphlng.
The record for long-distance prac
tical telegraphing waa broken Wed
nesday by the Associated Press on Ita
regular system of wires leased from
the western Union Telegraph Com
pnnyl A continuous circuit of 6.001
mllesl reaching from New York City
to tlife Pacific coast, from Chicago to
New Orleans, touching Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Mem
phis, St. Louis and Kansas City.
Omalta, Denver, San Francisco and
all the larger Intermediate point
smith and west, waa successfully
workd for several hours.
I Montana Lead, tht World.
The' annual rport of Eugene B. Bra
den, bt the United States assay office.
Just published, shows Montana's min
eral il rod net for 1898 as follows:
Gold, 2,r3,867 fine ounces, value 13,247.
912: Hdlver, 14.818.Htil fine ounces, value.
$14,1."'.,482: copper. 210,979.354 fine
prundH, value 126.102.616; lead, 21,403,
4:12. vklue l'.)09,65n; total value of min
eral production, 151,319.067.
The state leads the world In total
nlni-ral output, but la the third state
11 the, production of gold, Colorado and
Ufornia leading In that product.
liver' in Montana la entirely a by pro
uct. I
i Murdered While Thty Slept.
The bodies of Mrs. Henry Davie and
lay MlUstead, of Murphysboro, III..
4ho Had been murdered while they
slept, tvere found Monday by two men
who iere working near the bouse In
which Francis M. Davie, hla wife and
one boarder lived. Two trunks were
found I open and the contents wore
scattered about the floor. Besides a
gunshot wound In tha temple, Mlsa
Mlllstlad'a head la cut and gashed as
Davie skuii was crusnea.
Mother sad Children Murdered.
A stleclal from Maiden, a email
Mrs. Jn.no Tettaton, a widow of Was
Tauattm, a prominent man of that sec
tion, nbid her four children were mur-
deled
Thursday night. The bodies
ware
home,
Ipartially Incinerated In their
which waa set 011 Are by the
murdefer.
J. n
Tettaton, a son of .Wash Tet-
tat on
for tl
ly his first wife, la under arrest
crime.
an
dler General Davis la now gov
eueral of Rorta Rlvo.
rnior