BOCOLOR WILL NEXT BE IIUD.
REBELS ARE CONFIDENT.
Have Never Met tha Americana Bui Are Sure
They Can "Whip the Wholt Lot"
Strongly Entrenched.
To rlmr the Filipinos out of Bacolor,
about five miles southwest of Hiin Fer
nando, will be tin; next tiiBk of the
Americans. Tho rebel general. Mas
enrdo, him a force or 6,0')') men there,
Well urmid nnd possessed of jilcnty of
ammunition. HI troop have never
met American soldiers, and they think,
according to reports rnrrloil to. San
Fernando, that tiny run "whip the
whole lot."
Paoolor In w ll Intrem hod, nnd thou
sand of tmtlviH die working like
beavers digging trenches nnd i-nrrylmt
the el i tt In baskets. The enemy uc
llln nib-mcn for lighting only, lint
compel the biilomen nnd Chinese, and
even the women, to labor Incessantly.
Thr sotond conference held Wednes
day morning botwi en Major tleneral
Otis and the Filipino emissaries, Col
onel Manuel Ai-rio-IIc and Lieutenant
Jomp Omul, terminated without uny
definite result.
Major Manuel ArgurHo nnd Lieut
enant Jose Bornnl returned to renew
and press the reiitient of iletierul Luna
for a cessation of hostilities. Tiny
have found the Held of labor ft most
uncongenial one. Tho two ofHecr
were received In conference by Major
Oi'iierul K. P. Otis. The proposal
which they had to submit differed but
sIlRhtly from those which they brought
front the Filipino commander In the
Aral hildi'f. ' They desired n little time
In which to summon n congress, and
expressed thems'lve nit being corv
fldenl fiat the congress would decree
peace, because the people desired It.
They represented that Agulnnldo whh
without power to surrender the armv,
nnd that tho coiiri-iss must decide that
question. Incidentally the Filipino
envoy asserted that ARiilnnldo had
not yet made a fair test of his strenRtli
against the American forces, because
only one-third of hi army had been
assembled together.
The envoys presented a letter from
Penor Mablnt. preshb tit nnd minister
of foreign affair In the cabinet of Ar
ulnaldo, and who I the backbone of
the Filipino organization. The com
munication wn personal and unofficial,
and seconded Major Arguolles argu
ment. Whether or not Genernl Luna I sin
cere In hi overtures, the negotiation
nre giving the Insurgent a much
needed opportunity to rehabilitate
their demoralized forces. The truth Is
thnt dissension nre helping on the
dlsorgunlr.ntion of the Filipino nrmy
almost a much as the American cam
palgn. In the course of the conference with
the Filipino envoy tleneral Otis
agsjed with the statement of Major
Arguelle that the people of tho Philip
pine Island wanted pence nnd he add
ed that requests for protection were
pouring In upon him from, all parts of
the country.
The following cablegram from Cien-
eral Otis at Manila wn received by
Jle war department Wednesday:
'General Low-ton- column, passing
westward from Norzagaray. captured
Balinag and .villages In vicinity Tues
day, si altering and pursuing 1.800 In
surgent troop. HI only casualties
two wounded; Insurgents los Bevernl
killed: large number wounded nnd
enptured. Numbers not tnted. Have
opened communication with Law-ton
via Malolos by mean of Hale's troops
and detachment from city."
Oen. MacArthur' division advanced
to San Fernando last week, nnd found
that the plnoe had been evacuated by
the rebels, who left only a small de
tachment to cover their retreat by
train. Oen. MacArthur occupied the
burning town without los.
OLYMPIADS SAILORS RETURN.
Dewey's Men Bring Home Monkeys. Pig end
Ooate.
The cruiser Buffalo arrived at New-
York Inst Monday from Manila after
a run of 44 day, which Includes stops
st Singapore. Port Paid and Gibraltar
Buffalo brought bdoui uwj omcers
nnd men of Admiral Dewey's squad-
mtv
On the Buffalo are 49 senmen who
were on Dewey's llngshlp, the Olym
nln. when Montoto's Meet was sunk
f6 from the Baltimore, 7 from the
Concord, 90 from the Boston, 14 from
the Petrol and . 42 marines. Some of
these men have served 12 months or
more since the terms of their enlist
ment exrlred. There are men who
have not been In the United States for
five or six years.
Th.e men brought home a choice col
lection of mascots. Including monkeys
pigs and goats. The Buffalo ha two
six-lneh guns from the Relna Chris
tina. Month's flagship, which are In
tended ferUhe Smithsonian Institute,
a well as me wheel from the- same
ship7 the bell of the Isla de Cuba,
Sonne torpedoes ana a great, quanuiy
of guns ana old brass cannon, all cap-
tured from the Spaniards.
A OIQANTIC TRUST.
Bteel Comranlee My Perfect on Organization
With 8550,000,000 ispiuk
Dally conferences are belngr held In
New Ynrk bv renresentatlves of the
largest companies In America, and the
formation of the huge $550,000,000 trust
eems to be a short way on. jn laoi
therjiit Sens been practically cioseu,
witx iW the great corporations.
but so far the Federal Steel Company
and the Cambria iron ana meei v-oio
pany are outside of the fold.
It 1A nnltlY'eiV Known Ullil iiic s ?u
rert-fcteel Company Is not avcrso to be-
'ine- a member or me irusi, out n
"lolding out for unusually large ln-d-s..m,.ttts.
The combination of the Carnegie
v-i,. Federal Hteei. national meei.
merlcnn Tinpiate, American oicei nu
Ire and the uocKeieoer iron
crests will pronaoiy u tuiitiuu
the basis of 525,OOO,0(K cai italua-
n.
Plotted Ags.mt Ureylut.
rh. Journal, of Paris prints the
,,j,.r of M. De Crlon, who was one
t t-ni Henry's agents, before the court
e cassation. The witness made tho
.n.ationnl statement that he had forg
d sevc-ral documents against Dreyfus
.h order of Col. Henry and had
broken Into Mme. Dreyfus' apartment
0 secure samples oi per nunnuiiu
handwriting. The Figaro announce
hn discontinuance of Dreyfus ttstl
mony for the present.
Minleter Favors Lynching.
Hev. A. D. Carlile, pastor of the Tab'
ernacie Presbyterian Church, of PltlS'
burg dropped a bomb Into the meet
ta. of the Pittsburg presbytery yester
,iv at Swlssvule by declaring tha
'vnch law Is sometime tustltlable. 11
nself would cheerfully pull the ropi
c' sent a ravlsher Into eternity, h
1. A perfect cy lone of protests.
( aroused. Tno aeuaie wus not
ra
I
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TERSE TELEGRAMS.
Kx-Froretnry Phermnn will spend
the summer at Mnnstlcld, Ohio,
The American RiiRnr Iteflnlng Com
pany ha ndvnnced tho price of sugar
ic per pound.
Indian at Mohnin. Bolivia, put to
oath with terrible tortures lo:i soldiers
of Pando's army.
Safe crnokor got IXIO from Ihe dry
od store of Mr. M. Joyce nt Pitts-
ifrg, Sunday.
Iniluth. Minn., street enr strikers
sed dynnmlto Inst Friday to prevent
the operation of cars.
The reorganized Carnegie Pteel Com
pany In now the greatest Industrial
orperatlon In the world.
Joseph Kennen. a coal miner or
Pittsburg, was murdered a few days
go by two tioRrocs who escaped.
llitilyard Kipling ha been offered
ml has agreed to accept a degree of
,L. D. from McUIII I'nivcrslty, Mon
treal.
p-tiikers created dlsoider nbout the
mines at Wnrdncr. Idaho, ami soldiers
now on the scene by orders of me
overnor.
Harry FllblnRir of Pittsburg, ran
way Horn Sunday School last Sunday
o play with boards In the river. Ho
wn drowned.
Miss Mnrgaret Sullivan, while wnlk-
Ing In her sleep at New York the other
night, fell a dlstarce of 30 feet and
was fatally Injured.
The Croat Central Ballwny company
f Croat Britain ha ordered 20 freight
locomotive from the Hnldwin locomo-
ive works, Philadelphia.
More tlinn HM) street car windows
were broken at Duluth Monday ny
tones thrown by strikers, and several
pnsseiiRors wore Injured.
I.ewiH Cnir nnd Co orge Dent don, of
ernardi lMy. wore In :t boat on On-
Ida lake, N. Y., snd are suppos-'d to
hnve dtownod in a storm.
BiiR.-non. Thomn M. Anderson,
who returned recently from the Philip
pines, has boon usslRiiod to command
of the department o'f the okes.
William Strather nnd Charles Wlns
m wore hanRod at Washington, 1. C.,
Strather for tho murder of Hose Talbot
nnd Winston for killing his wife.
Isaac Croswoll. of Philadelphia, lind
Just recovered from the grippe. Al-
hotiRh HO yenrs of nge ho committed
uleldo Inst Sunday by Inhaling gas.
Charles Kkllllnir tn.l Kdwnrd True-
worthy were killed nnil several other
hurt by nn explosion of acid at the
nnebec pulp null, Benton tails,
Me.
Cnpt. CoRhlan. of the BolelRh, has
presented the Nordonfclt ennnon ta
ken from tho Spanish cruiser iteina
'rlstlana nt Manila to the city of Itu-
Iclgh, N. C.
Hugh CnvannURh, 22 yenrs old, a
ball player, was killed by a swift ln
shoot In a game between the Washlng-
on Athletic club and the Ksmeralda
Athletic club nt Mont Clair, N. J.
.Mrs. William C. Whitney, wife of
the former secretary of the navy, died
at New York from the effects of a fall
In a fox hunt over a year ago. She has
been completely paralyzed ever since.
Last Sundny the fourth victim
within three months, died from the
use of headache powders at Pittsburg
Tho authorities arc endeavoring to
prevent the sale of this patent modi
cine.
The Kngllsh speaking elegy of the
Mty of Mexico have been dtnounolrg
the coming full light nt Dui-angos but
one clergyman cannot see now It Is
more sinful than pugilism or horse
racing.
Charles B. Towns, a New inrk
stock broker, was convicted In that
Ity of appropriating TO shares of the
stock of the St. Louis and Southwest
ern rnllrond, belonging to Surgeon
Cordlerlo, of the navy.
Dr. Broughton, of Atlanta, da., pas.
tor of a Baptist church, last Sunday
denounced the lynchers of Sam Hose,
Next day he received a portion of flesh
cut from Sam Hose's body and a
warning to leave the state.
Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton, Jr., 30 jears
old, wife of the son of den. Schuyler,
tiled Thursday afternoon at her home
In New York from morphine poHonlng.
It Is said that an overdose of the pois
oning was taken by mistake.
The Gallagher Oil Well Agitator
Company has been organized In Pitts
burg with a capital of $500,000. With a
device on which tt holds the patent It
proposes to reopen old oil well, once
gusher, now merely holes In the
ground.
The executive committee of the
Pennsylvania Civil Service Heform a
soclatton, meeting In Philadelphia,
adopted resolutions disapproving the
removal by Gov. Stone of State officer
for the alleged purpose of making
places for partisans.
Bessie Kgbert, daughter of Colonel
H. U. Egbert, of the Twenty-second
Infantry, In a letter said that her
father's last words as he lay mortally
wounded In the charge on Caloooan
were: "We took tho town, anyway,
genernl.
William Menaonnnii, a student in
the medical department of the West
ern University of Pittsburg, started to
speculate four months ago with $25.
His Investments thus far have netted
him $18,500. He also keeps up with
his studies and expects to pass his ex
amination.
Bev. Thomas C. Cnrmon, of Borden
town. N. J., died Wednesday from the
effect of poisoning caused by eating
canned meat about a month ago. He
was the pastor of the Methodist Epis
copal church at that place and was a
son of tne late inomns camion or.
Bordcntown. He was 69 wears old.
Mrs. Augutus Studwell, of Mount
Vernon. N. Y., Is In a precarious con
dltlon from Injuries Inflicted upon her
last Tuesday by a great Dane watch
dog kept by her husband. He sank
his teeth Into her back and lifting her
from the ground shook her like a rat
Her cries brought neighbors to the re
scue.
Tho attempt to enlist Cubans and
Forto Hlcans In tho American army
has proved a dUmal failure." Only
three Puerto Hlcans responded tu the
call.
The Industrial Commission now In
vestigating tho sweat shop system at
New York has learned that handsome
Fifth avenue tailors send their clothes
to sweatshops. They receive $75 for
these suits while a man, wife and
child will work on it for a week from
14 to 16 hours a day, and set $12 for
making the clothes.
Admiral In Good Health.
On the iteamshln City of Peking,
from China and Japan, which arrived
at San Francisco last Monday, was
Dr. K. Page, passed assistant surgeon
l.'nlted States navy, and surgeon on
the flagship Olympta for the past year
and a half. He makes me louowin
statement regarding Admiral Dewey
hanith:
"Admiral Dewey Is In perfect health,
He has not been mora than 20 miles
away from Manila slndfl the 1st day of
last May, and no nus iiu ten in nec
essity of a physician's bid In that tlmo,
The renorts concerning tha admlral'i
physical condition bate been grossly
beef inn ii m end.
MILES CENSURED.
Court Finds that Refrigerated Beef Was Not
Treated With Chemicals Beef Packers
Were Not at Fault
By direction of tho president, who
pproves tho finding". Acting Secre
tary of Wur Mciklcjohn ha mndo
tibllo the report and findings of tho
military court appointed to investigate
ho charRos made by MaJ. Uen. Miles,
ommandlng the army, that tho hoof
upplled to the army during tho war
with Spain was unlit for the use of the
troops.
The most Important feature of the
report are: The llmllng that the gen-
ral s allegations that the refrigerated
oof was treated with chemical were
ot established: that hi allegation
oncoming llv; canned fresh or canned
ronst hoof were sustnlni d as to Its un
sultablllty for food a used on tho
ransport nnd as a long continue.) llepi
ntlon; censure (ion. Miles for "Krror"
n falling to promptly notify the sec-
rotary of war when hi; Hist formed tho
pinion that tho food was unlit; con-
ure of t hi; commissary general ttlien
leu. F.gnn) for Ihe too extensive pur-
iiises of the canned bei f as an un
ited ration; censure of Col, Mans of
Oon. Miles' staff; the finding that the
acker wore not at fault anil that tho
uents supplied to the army wore of
ho same iiualtly nn those supplied to
he trade generally and tho roeoin-
londatlon that no further proceeding
taken In the promises.
Tho conclusion of the court adverse
i further procedliiR bluiod upon
ho charges I ns follows:
'It has been developed In Ihe course
f the Inquiry, as recited In this report
hnt In some Instnni-os certain In
dividual fulled to perform the full
measure of duty or to observe tho
ropiiotle which dignify high mili
ary rommand, but the court I of the
opinion that the mere statement In
h otllelnl report of the fact devol-
iped nu ots the end of discipline, nnd
hat the Interest of the service will
ho best subserved If further procecd
Iiirs be not taken."
There Is more or less rrltlclsm of
Con. Mile In vnrlou part of the re
port. Probably the most direct In-
tance I the one which states that bo
und the criticism of olllcers found
elsewhere Is the report:
The court Anns thnt agnlnst none
of the olllcor commanding corps, ll-
Islons, brigades and regiments nnd
heir staff otHers should a charge of
guilt be brought.
The court also find thnt the mnjor-
gonernl commanding the nrmy had no
uniclont Justification for alleging that
he refrigerated beef was embalmed
or wn unfit for Issue to troop. it
also find that ho committed an error
n that, having belief or knowledge
iih claimed, that the food was unlit.
hat It caused sickness nnd distress,
thnt Borne of It wn supplied under tho
iresenee or experiment, that other
)oof wns embalmed, he did not Im
mediately report such knowledge or
belief to the ecretury of war to the
end that a proper remedy might be
promptly applied."
Considerable attention I given to
Dr. Daly' testimony concerning the
refrlgerutcd beef on tho trnnsport
Panama, and also to hi report con
cerning the beef supplied to the Im-
munes stationed at Chloknmnuga.
Referring to the doctor's analysis of
residuum from beef secured on the
ransport, the court calls attention to
the fact that he approved the finding
of the board of survey and that not
withstanding there were ather medical
officers on board, no reference was
made by him to his suspicion that the
meat had been chemlcnlly treated.
TROOPS ILLEOALLY DETAINED.
Colorado'a Oovernor Determined to Have His
Volunteers Released.
Oovernor Thomns, of Colorado, has
announced that within a few days, If
President McKlnley and the secretary
of war continue to Ignore his com
munications on the subject ot recall
ing the Colorado regiment from the
Philippines, he will take steps with a
view to securing the Immediate recall
of the troops. He doenn't ay what
he will do, but It I believed he will
take legal proceeding. He said:
I have tried quiet, peaceable means
and have failed. Now I will be oblig
ed to resort to something more forci
ble, and It will be made public. Of
course, t do not desire to take any
action that will unjustly hamper the
administration, for I am an American,
but I do not propose to sit Idly by
and see the volunteer from Colorado
fighting and dying In the Philippines
In defense of tho policy which I actu
atlng those In charge of the move'
mi nts of our armies abroad.
'In the Hrst place, the volunteer
troops are being detained Illegally
and In defiance of the Constitution.
They enlisted for the Spanish war.
That war Is over, and still they are
detained In those Islands. Under the
Constitution the Colorado volunteers
will be perfectly Justified In laying
down their guns where they are, and
returning to the United States. If
they should do anything like that
probably they could be court-martlul-
ed and punlxhed under the strict let
ter of military rule, but In that event
the same military rule would be
placed above tho Constitution of our
republic.
CUR XEW POSSESSIONS.
The total customs receipts of Porto
Illco from August, 198, to lhbD, were
$-.ki:i.161.
The shares or tne $:,ooo,ooo for the
Cuban soiaiers win De allotted on a
basis of an army of 40,000.
The total Internal revenue receipts
at Manila from August 14, 1SV8, to
February 28, 1SD9, were $172,779.
As soon as the lighting ceases In the
East Admiral Dewey and his famous
cruiser, the Olympla, will start for the
United States.
H. a. Curtis, of the United States
insular commission, said that an
election will soon be held In Cuba to
decide the Inland's future.
Tho country beyond Calumplt Is full
of all sorts of Ingenious trenches and
pitfalls In the roads, with sharpened
bamboo. Fortunately, the Americans
escaped the latter.
In the swamps near Ban Tomas,
where Oen. Wheaton'a troous did their
hardest fighting the men sinking tu
their waists In mud, are many bodies
of Filipinos, smelling horribly.
Orders have been sent to Oen. Bios,
the Spanish commander In the Philip
pines, for the Spanish troops at Zam
boanua. Island of Mindanao, arid In
the Sulu Islands to evacuate their posi
tions and return home without wait
ing to be relieved by the Americans,
The transport Kllpatrlck, now In the
harbor ot Havana, which was to be
sent to Porto lllco to bring awsy the
Nineteenth Infantry, has beou found
unseaworthy and may abandon the
trip and return to .New York
WOULD CAUSE MUTINY.
Pamphlets feeued by the Antl-lmperlallet League
of Bnton Barred Prom the Malls
to tha Philippine.
The government officials hnve for
bidden thnt cltlxcn communicate with
Americans at Mnnlla on the subject
of tho Philippine wnr. Pamphlets,
which are claimed to be nothing more
than proceeding nnd debntes of tho
United States congress have been
barred from the mall leaving for tho
Philippines.
The postmaster general ha directed
the postmaster nt San Francisco to
take out of the mull for Manila three
pamphlet Issued by Kdwnrd Atkinson
of Huston, vice-president of the Anll
linporiallst league. This order does
not iipply to the circulation of the
pamphlet by mall In thl country,
but bars their dispatch to the Philip
pine. Tho throe pamphlets, copies of
which have boon prohibited In the
nulla for thi Philippines, lire thoe
which have the following titles:
"Criminal Aggression by Whom?"
"Tho t'ost of a Nntlonnl Crime." nnd
"The Hell of Wnr nnd Its Penalties."
These, unless something should de
velop to necessitate further notion,
nay be ririulutod through tho mall
within this country. The matter was
brought to the attention of the postal
oMIelals by the war department. It Is
thought that there Is little possibility
of any of those publication getting
past the San Francisco otllee, but If a
few should tho military authorities In
the Philippines will promptly suppress
thorn. Postmaster Oeneral Smith
made thl statement:
"Theso pamphlets actually Incite to
mutiny nnd It would be utterly unju
tlllablo to permit their circulation
among the soldier In the Philippines.
Their circulation Is a movement to In
duce tho soldiers to disobey orders
and In efTcct to embnrruss nnd resist
the government In whose services they
uro eiiRiiged. Not only nre they
designed to Incited to mutiny tho
American soldiers In those Islands, but
also to foment nnd encourage Insur
rection on the pnrt of the Filipinos
themselves. The law covering the ense
I:, ample. What action might be taken
and the offense Is of the gravest
character I not to bo discussed. I
do not believe there I any Intention
to prosecute Mr. Atkinson as the mat
er now stands.
Edward Atklnnn. Vice-president or
the Antl-Imperlullst League of Bos
ton, was shown the Washington dis
patch stating thnt the postmaster rub
ral had directed that certain v -ihlets
nreoared bv Mr. Atkinson be
nkon from the malls to Manila. He
explain, d that the documents were
compilations of fact and figure taken
from the debate In the national nouse
und senate and calling attention to
KilnlS overlooked In debnte.
Mr. Atkinson stated that any notion
excluding those pamphlet would Indi
cate that the congressional recoru
and ofllclnl documents were unsuitable
to be sent to olllcers of tho volunteer
oRlments now at Manila whose terms
of service have expired and whoso re
turn Is demanded even by certain
state ofMcluls. He said:
"There are two namnhlcts only. I ne
first edition of the first printed In No
vember was dedicated to President
McKlnley, In support of his statement
thnt 'forcible annexation would be
criminal aggression.' The fnots nnd
figures given In that pampniei were
made the frequent subject of debate
In the house of representatives und
the senate during the session, and Ihe
first pamphlet ns a whole was Anally
irlnted by order ot tne senate as sen
ate document No. 62. 'lne seconu
mmnhlet was Issued late In rebruary.
when It appeared that acts of criminal
aggression were being committed In the
Philippine islands. In that pamphlet
certain facts and statements were sub
mitted to the attention of the senate
and were the subject of dehnte, and
that pamphlet again, by order of the
senate, was printed as a senate docu
ment. I have a copy or wo. , anu
have sent for a copy of the latter.
"If It Is unlawful for a cltiren or ine
United States to communicate wltn
other cltlsens In Manila by sending
them documents In a private edition
which have been printed by order ot
the United States senate as public
documents, I am content to leave the
matter at that exact point, which re
oiilrea no comment from me.
If this attempt to ioroia ire
speech and free malls to the people
of this country has been made, which
cannot believe, I think tne people
will decide themselves what to do
about It."
SWEPT BY FIRE.
Farmers In South Dakota Loe Heavily Orain
and Stock Eurned.
Definite reports show hundreds of
thousands of dollars of damage by
in-airie fires In various parts of South
Dakota. in rsanoorn anu .lorauui
counties several dosan farmers lost
everything. South of Armour a large
number of farmers were uuinea out.
In Northern Brule and Southern Buf
falo counties nearly three townships
were burned over.
Nearly 8,000 head of live stock was
lost. Damage In these two counties
will amount to thousand nnd It is re
ported two men lost their lives. Near
Castlewood Mrs. Erlckson was burnej
to death while trying to nave horses
Mrs. Joanna Daven, to years mu
burned to death at Cortland, N. Y,
whllo trying to save valuublu papers
from her burning house.
A Heartbroken Suicide.
Louise Fischer, 45 year of age, tho
widow of Henry Fischer, w ho commit
ted suicide Inst December, because of
financial troubles, was found dead in
her flat In New York the other day,
having asphyxiated herself after fret
ting for months over her husband's
death. She left a letter addressed to
"the public of New lorK city," in
which she snid she was heartbroken
nnd cou id not live witnoui ner nus
band. She asked to be Durieu pesiue
him.
Thoueande Support McKinley.
Three big mns meetings were held
in 'Chicago Sunday to voice approval
of tho policy of the administration
with reference to the Philippine Isl
hihIh nnd to protest against the sent!
ment expressed last Sunday at the
"anti-expansion" meeting In Central
Mimln hall. Sunday's meetings were
held In the Auditorium, Central Music
hall and the First Methodist cnurcn,
and In spite of the Inclement weather
the aggregate or attendance was proo
ably lo.ooo.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
The war department Insular coinmls
slon Is engaged on a preliminary repot
upon the economla conditions In Porto
ltlco.
The bodies of 350 soldiers brought
from Cuba and Porto Rico were In
terred at Arlington Cemetery las
Tuesday, -
Congressman John Dalsrll's candt
dacy for the speakership ot the House
Is favored by Washington society Be
cause of bis wife's popularity.
STEEL MO COKE COMBINE.
CARNEGIE RETIRES.
Hla Name Will Be Retained by the Management
of the Oreat Works Will Aggreselvely
Enter Foreign Territory.
Andrew Cnrneglo, whose name has
for yenrs been Identified with the
grentest Iron works In thu world has
retired from business. It. C. Frlek,
who for years hail been Mr. Carnegie'
right hand man has mado tho follow
ing alatomont:
"The cuiient rumor that tho Cnr
neglo Steel Company, limited, nnd the
11. C. Frlek Coke company contem
plated combination with other steel
Interests were wholly unfounded. What
wa In contemplation, and what I now
practically consummated, Is the amal
gamation tinder one corporate organi
sation of nil of the properties and In
terest of the Carnegie steel company,
ltd., und the- II. C. Frlek Coke com
pany, ami their subsidiary und ulllod
organisation. Practli ally tho only
chaiiKe In tho situation will be the re
tirement of Mr. Andrew Cnrneglo
from the organization, ho having sold
to Ills partners his entire Interest; Mr.
Carnegie's intention being to give bin
entire tlmo In tho future to the prose
cution of his great philanthropic
Works.
"With reference to the charters
which have been obtained In Pennsyl
vania and Now Jersey, there I nothing
to ay Ht present, but It should be well
understood that there will be no
hiingo In the management of the
arlou companies."
It Is stated that Andrew i.arnegio
will receive $Pmi,000,0iO In S per cent,
bond. - Tho public will be given un
opportunity to subscribe to a modor-
to percentage of tho capital.
It wrts also announced that the nor
mal stoc k of the Cnrneglo Stool com
pany would bo Increased In a few days
n u sum HUlllclent to acotilre the n. -..
Frlek Coke company, which controls
40.000 acres of the Connollsvllle, Pa.,
coke lands, nnd three smaller com
panies, which control smaller tract.
Tho deal Include tne stool pinnis ot
the CarnoRlo Stool company, limited,
besides numerous piers on lake ami
Ivor, several hundred siuare miles of
atliral gas lands, seven miles of river
ront In tho vicinity of Homestead, and
all tho stook, ores, buildings and nc-
ounts of the companies to be ab
sorbed. The plan of tho compnny
provides for tho purchase of all the
f'nrnegle nnd Frlek properties and
other allied Interest, numerous smnll
companies dependent upon tho man-
Roment, which has boon centered in
ittsburg. It was confidently asserted
hnt the earning capacity of the new
oneorn would be between iio.oou.uoii
rid jr.o.ooo.ooo unnunlly. Tho business Is
constantly growing, and It I proposed
i use tho additional capita! put into
ho company for tho purpose of dovel-
oi
dng the" export trade. This giant
omblnatlon expects to enter Into live
ly competition with KnRland. Coke Is
worth In this country from $1 65 to 2
n ton, ns iiRalnst 1 1 in KnRland. With
tho control of n Rrent coke field and a
railroad, the projectors of the new
company expect to make themselves
elt In the markets of the world. They
Intend to sell stool Ingots, rail, beams
nnd slab. They will make a specialty
of atru'-tural Iron work, for they be-
llevo that the use of Iron work In
building Ih still In it Infancy. Messrs.
Philip and Schwab will be associated
with Mr. Frlek In the management of
he new company. The combination
will retain the nnme of The Cnrncgle
Work.
PRISONERS HEARD FROM.
The Yorktown's Men Safe in the Hande of the
Filipinos.
The first authentic lnformntlon re-
gnrdlng Lieutenant J. C. Oilmore and
hi party of 14 men from tne unueu
States s-unbnat Yorktown. who were
captured by tho Filipinos on April 12,
was received Wednesdny at the hands
of Major Arguolles. at the staff of
Oeneral Antonio Luna. It is In tne
form of a list of the missing men nnd
I signed by Lieutenant Oilmore. The
lieutenant reports that he and bis
party have been brought across the
mountains from Buler, where they
were captured.
This Information was brougnt in re
sponse to a note which Major Oeneral
MacArthur sent to oeneral iuna oy
Major Shiels and Lieutenant Hayne,
and which these officer, bearing a
flag of truce, carried across Oeneral
Luna's lines. The note, after asking
for Information regarding American
prisoners In Oeneral Lunn's hands,
concluded with the message that he
(General MacArthur) would be pleased
to meet Luna.
Malor Shiels and Lieutenant Hayne
found a span of the railroad bridge, a
mile from St. Thomas, broken, 'iney
left 10 day' provisions for the prison
er on a hand car at the end ot the
bridge, placing the car In the keeping
of Filipino, whose conduct tnrougn
out the various negotiations has been
all that could be expected of a civilized
nation.
Crime Againet Chrlit.
Cardinal Olbbons, In the course of
his sermon at the cathedral In Balti
more last Sunday on the unity of the
church, characterized the recent di
vorce and marriage or a society laoy
In New York as a crime against
Christ. He said:
'Consider the pontiff In relation to
King Henry VIII., who asked for the
popes sanction to a divorce so mat
he mlaht marrv again. The pope re,
fused to give It, saying, 'Whom Oon
hath Joined together let no man put
asunder.'
'Only a few days ago the country
was shocked at a woman In hiRh life
who was divorced at 3 o clock and
married again almost before the Ink
was dry on the divorce papers. This
I a crime against the law of Jesus
Chsjst!"
CABLE FLASHES,
A Cuban bandit, Junn Caballero, has
been executed at Santiago.
The pope proclaimed a sacred year
of Jubilee beginning December ia next
English scientists are energetic in
detracting from tb4 value of Marconi's
recent Invention of wireless telegraphy,
The weekly Kngllsh press was full of
reports of big cuntructs for machinery
ot all kinds secured by American
manufacturers In market hitherto
considered England's preserves.
The val.'t, of the Earl of Strathmore,
while bathing near Monto Carlo a few
days ago was devoured by a fchark In
the presence of a number ot people
V ho were unable to render assistance,
A sensation nan ceen caused in Ja
pan by the withdrawal from Chris
tlanlty of three leading orthodox Chris
tians. Their action has given the
cause of Christianity a great setback
In Japan.
Word has been received at Cap
Town that a caravan unuer tne com.
mand of two Europeans was recently
attacked near the headwaters of tRe
Iiovuma rlevr, east of Lake Nyaasa,
tha tribesmen killing 60 porters and
capturing all tht goods.
SHOT A BANKER.
Murderer Left a Statement In Which He De
clare! That He Was aa Instrument Carry
Ing Out the Almighty's Wrath.
Alexnnder Mnsterton, o director of
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company
and 72 yenrs of age was shot and kill
ed Wednesday nfternoon by James
Nenle Plumb In the Burlington hotel,
Now York. Mnsterton wus shot five
time and died within an hour.
Tho murder wns premeditated ns evi
denced by a voluminous statement
written In advance by Plumb and giv
en out nftcr his arrest.
At present tho real motive for tho
crime I unknown. Ilumb In his state
ment Issued "To the Public," nnd en
titled, "Why I, J. Ncnle Plumb, Shot
Alexander Mnsterton," declared thnt
he had boon actuated to do the shoot
ing because of a systematic hounding
of him by Mnsterton. Plumb declared
further that Mnsterton had not only
ruined him llnnni-lnlly, but had at
tempted to nllennte the affection of hi
wife and children to cause his soclnl
downfall.
Plumb's statements, one of which
was addressed to the Associated Pres,
deal with a period of his cnr.jor em
bracing the past .'11 years, are rambling
In many places and conclude with the
following:
"No man has a higher regard for
human life than I hnve. Hut the Just
nnd righteous punishment of Alex.
Mnsterton Is decreed by nn outraged
Ood, and I am simply tho humble In
strument In III hand, a He hns sel
ected mo n HI chosen Instrument of
wrathful vengeance. I have rid the
world of n man who was not fit to live
nnd whoso death a thousand times
over could never atone for the mon
Btrou wrong done mo."
Mnsterton and plumb met by agree,
ment In the Hotel Burlington nt I:H0
T. m In tho npnrtment occupied by
Manager Colo. They had been there
but a short time when five hot were
llred In rapid succession. Plumb then
came out of tho apartments and walk
ed Into the reception room awaiting ar
rest. The murderer wns tnkofi before Pol
Ice Captain Price of the tenderloin dis
trict of whom he Is an Intimate friend.
Ho was later taken before a magistrate
in tho Jefferson market police court
and hold. Nothing wus brought out
at the hearing thnt could bo necipted
ns a reason for the killing boond the
statement made by Plumb that Mnster
ton had hounded him for many years.
Friend sny that the killing wn the
result of an enmity that had existed
between the two men for nearly 41
years.
Mr. Mastorton was a man or large
ncome. Mr. Plumb had nn independ
ent fortune nnd has never engaged In
nny business. He hns always lived a
Ife of leisure In this country, In t.reac
Britain and on the Continent, spend
ing nbout $.'i0,0'i0 annually. For the
nst 20 yenrs ho has lived abroad most
of the time. Prior to that he was a
conspicuous figure In fashionable and
cluh life In this city, being the chum or
ex-I'resldont Chester A. Arthur. Clin
ton Wheeler, Stephen B. French and
men of that type.
WEDDED IN JAIL.
On ol Roosevelt's Rough Rider Marries a
Havana O rl.
Emll Cassl, the former chief burtier
of Itoosovclt's Hough Hlders, has been
married In Jail at Havana to his sweet-
heart, Hendrloa Lolnns Castillo. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Father O'Sulllvon. a Catholic priest
on duty with the American troops.
Cassl, who Is an Italian by blrtn, ac
companied Oovernor Hoosevelt In hi
tampulRn last autumn and did some
speeehmaklng nt the smaller towns
on the eat side of New York City.
After the election he went to Havana
and became a Lieutenant in the police
force organized In that city after the
American occupation.
While In citizens clothes he at
tempted to arrest a Cuban, who was
firing a pistol in me street, ana was
forced to shoot the man. The wound
finally proved fatal and Caiud was
n aced In in II. Ho sent to .-New xora
nnd Governor Boosevelt for assistance.
but wns not bnlled out. He will De
tried by Spanish law.
COST OF THE WAR.
The Sum Will Exceed taoo.ooo.ooo Expenses ot
the Navy Again Normal
The attempt to fix the real cost of
the wnr with Spain to date appears
to be futile; but with the delivery of
the $20,000,000 Monday to Ambassador
Cambon for Spain the total certainly
exceeds $MO,000,000. This amount paid
(,.. tha Vhiilnolnes Is charged at the
Treasury under the head of "civil and
m seel aneous." but mat cannot ex
clude It from Its proper location.
For the ten months of the nscai year.
since June 30, 18S8, the Government ex
penditures have been $533,35,30J, an
Increase over the corresponding
months of the preceding year of 1220,
E!3,421. Practically all of this Increase
has been due to the war, as ordinary
expenses have remained about the
same. In fact. In pensions a reduc
tion hns taken place, and this amount
of 17.000.000 is swallowed up in me
war budget. Adding to the ten months
the army and navy expenditures oi
April. May and June. 1898. of $54,984,
176. the total Increase is 1275.S77.C97.
When outstanding obligations are
met, the aggregate cost will transcend
the $300,000,000 mark. Tne navy ex
penditures have regained the normal,
but the cost of the army Is still at
floodhelght. The average from 1893 to
1S!7 was $50,000,000; but In the ten
months of the present fiscal year It
ha been $210,000,000.
The aggregate strength of troops
employed during the war with Spain
was approximately 175.000, covering a
period from May, 18V8, to April, 1899.
Inclusive. During this time the death
from all causes were 6.190, or 2 per
cent. The mean strength of the first
year of the Civil War was 276,371.
with an aggregate loss by deaths of
19,159. being a percentage of 6.8.
Nothing to Good fee Can. Funetoa.
Kansans are happy over tho promo
tion of Col. Fred Funston to a brigadier
generalship and declare there Is noth
ing In Kansas he may want and can
not have. At the same time an In
dication of what he may get Is on the
tongues ot his fellow cltlsens ot lola,
Kan. It Is nothing less than a seat In
the I'nlted States senate. This, they
say, is as easily within his reach as the
position of town marshal ot lola.
Col. Fred Funston Is now In the
Philippines. "Lent week the rebels de
stroyed a bridge blocking further pro
gress ot the Americana. In a rain of
bullets, Funston with a number of
men, swam across the river, routed
the enemy and opened the way for tha
American soldiers.
Treasury receipts for April fell $13.
4O0.0O0 below those for March, whlla
expenditures were $22,100,000 more.
The great difference, however, does
not Indicate either a large falling oft
In the ordinary receipts or a large la
crease In the ordinary expenses.
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