I1ED STATES 10PS FOR QUI NINTH REGIMENT Under Orderi-Will Sail From Manila When Directed Concord li OR With Mort Matlntt. A special dispatch from Shanghai, dated Thursday, says: An unconfirmed report linn reached there from Ticn-Tsin to the effect that a foreign legation has been burned and that a minister has been killed. The names, it is added, arc withheld, pending a confirmation of the report. Later reports from Ticn-Tsin confirm the news of tne burning of the Japanese legation, but the rumor that a minister lias been murdered is not confirmed. It is regarded as certain that the Japanese government will take active steps concerning the murder of the chancellor of the Japanese legation. A special from Shanghai says the positions dl the legations at Peking arc most critical. According to this dis patch .vi.ooo Chinese troops arc drawn up outride the gates of the city to op pose the relief force, and guns are train ed on the American, British and Japan ese legations. The American, Russian and Japanese ministers have sent cour iers to Tien-Tsiu nsking for 3,000 troops of each nationality. This is the situation in China as it np- 'ears to a Shanghai correspondent, ca lling Thursday evening: "It is really a state of veiled war. The members of the foreign legation in I'ekin are virtually prisoners, and the Chinese troops are only restrained from attacking them by fear of the legation Rtiards. The g.ites arc guarded by 100, 000 imperial troops. The gates arc heavily defended with modem guns. Cien. Tung, acting under orders from the empress dowager, says that no for eign troops shall enter the sacred city. ".The streets of Pckin are reported to be seething with anti-foreign mobs, clamoring for the destruction of the le gations and the deaths of the foreign ministers. Even were the Tsung l.i Yamen disposed to restrain the violence f the re-actionat ies, it is considered highly improbable that they will be able to hold them in check, For the foreign ministers the crisis will arise when the relief column comes in sight of I'ekin. It is still fel that the foreign force is wholly inadequate to battle with the hordes of Chinese troops massed out side the gates, which now include the imperial troops from Slian-llai-Kwan." From Tien Tsin it is reported that the foreign forces in the harbor will at tack the Taku forts, ami if necessary bombard them. Gen. Ncih is moving 2.500 troops from Iu-Tai to Chun Lai Cheng, Gen. Tung's Shanghai troops arc moving to I'ekin. A di -patch from St. Petersburg says that the ships of the Russian Pacific squadron on the active list, as well as those at Vladivostnck, have been order ed to proceed, with all haste, to Chi nese waters. Orders have been issued to the con tingent of Hriti.sh troops assembled at Hong Kong for service in the north to sail for Tien Tsin June 14. Maj. Mor ris, of the artillery, will be in command, 1 ii im 111,111 iiiiirii mou- uay, to a. m., say: 1 lie Ninth regi ment has been ordered to Manila, whence it will proceed to China. Tin gunboat Concord, with marines aboard, nas sancn under scaled orders, suppos edlv fnr Phinn "The British cruiser Bonavcntura has sailed lor Hongkong with troops and stores for Hongkong and Ticn-Tsin. Telegrams from Hongkong, dated Monday, say: All the unprotected for eign buildings in Peking have been de stroyed. Hundreds of natives have been murdered. The "Boxers" have cut the railway behind the column of British, Ameri can and other foreign marines sent by British Admiral Seymour to the re lief of Peking. This has shut off the column's supplies. The column is re ported to have had an engagement with the Chinese, but with what result is not stated. All wires to Tien-Tsin arc cut. The cruiser Terrible and a transport with 700 troops have sailed for North China. The armored cruiser Undaunt ed left suddenly for the Nort'h Satur day under scaled orders. The cruiser Bonaventura is expected from Manila to-day to coal and rush north. The sloop Rosario and two torpedo boat destroyers will leave soon. The suth ern provinces of China are still quiet. The United States battleship Oregon is taking on coal and provisions here preparatory to leaving. Great activity is displayed by the British naval authori ties in Hongkong. ASK FOR CONCESSION. Cuban Planters In Financial Straits as Result of the War. ' Telegrams from Havana say: Scnor Fcrfccto Lacostc, secretary of agricul ture, has presented a petition to Govern or General Wood asking that all own ers of properties destroyed by the war who succeed in making private arrange ments with their creditors between this date and May I, 1901, may be declared exempt from the payment of alt fiscal taxes on documents. He says he asks this small concession tor the planters, many ol whom are en tirely in the hands of their creditors, and would probably not be able to go to the expense ot paying stamp dues. In numerous instances the creditors. Senor Lacoste says, hope to drive very profitable bargains, and will not come to any terms with their debtors, owing to the enormous gains they expect to make when able to enforce their claims and get the properties at one-fourth of their value. Troops From Africa for China. The British government is consider ing whether a substantial force should not be sent to China from South Africa. It is thought unofficially that Lord Roberts could spare a brigade' or two, and the necessary transports are now in South African waters. The commander of the expedition, it is said, would probably be General Sir William Nich olson. LATEST NEWS NOTES. The treasury exchanged $-)).5f),230 In bonds for the new 2 per cents. Two men, to win a bet of $50,000, have started to roll an empty cask from Vienna to Paris. Senator Clark, of Montana, has grnnt ed the request of his miners for nn eight hour day. The Union Grain Elevator at Kansas City was burned Sunday; loss $100,000, covered by insurance. A gas explosion In the Canmore coal mines, Alberta, killed eight men and injured several others. The Midland steel works nt Mmvie, Ind., closeil for an indefinite period on account of short orders. A new Mahdi has appeared nt Wady Haifa proclaiming the early coming of Christ. He was arrested. The May collections at the Havana custom house were $1,005,000, nearly $So,ono more than in May.lHijo,. The lVtnocratic Congressional Com mittee figure they will gain enough seat J to control "the next House. Five men were instantly killed by a remature explosion of ('ynamite in the lale mine, near lliwnbik, Minn. There have been t.l fatal cases of ellow fever nt Ottemados. Cuba, where United States troops arc stationed, Charles R. I .tiit.lv. a fireman, was lowly cooked to death ill the wreckage iter a collision nt 1 oiingstown, I). The Berlin Koval Library has imr- hased the recently discovered corre- pondence of Alexander von Humboldt. The new Hamburir-Ameiican liner Deutschlatid was lloated from the bar near Stettin, where she grounded June 3- The total number of emigrants who eft Hamburg and Bremen last month was ,l.l,tn, and in May, 1N00. it was 20, 63S. The governor of New York declared at Rochester that if he were nominated or vice president he would not ac cept. Frank Discrt, nged 3. was struck by a lt of lightning and instantly killed at C'hanilerbiirg, l'a., Thursday after noon. A movement to secure Washington's anions camping ground at alley orge, Pa., for a National park is under way. Governor Mount, of Indiana, has re fused Kentucky officers requisition pa pers for ex-Governor Taylor, of Kcti- ucky. The plant of the Tiffin (O.) Bent Wood and Lumber Company was de stroyed by fire Friday, entailing a loss 1! syio.ono. Dr. Silas C. Swallow indicated that he might decline the Prohibition nomi nation for the presidency were it ten dered In in. Judge John M. Kennedy handed down decision that school boards have a right to bar out children who have not een vaccinated. The large auditorium used for Con vention Hall in JJes Monies, la., was turned Sunday at a loss of $i0,ooo; in surance $.27,000. Twelve hundred hogsheads of tobacco. valued at $114,6,12, and filling two train.), were shipped from Pnditcah, Ky., con signed to Europe. The St. Louis World's Fair Commit tee will canvass that city for additioti.il .tubscriptions as soon as the street car troubles arc ended. Engineer Reuben R. Mavfield and Fireman William Davis were killed by a train collision on the Southern Kail' way, near Atlanta. Representatives of the civil engineer mg societies 01 American cities were at the first of a series of banquets given by the fans society. Georgia Democrats have endorsed Bryan and the Chicago platform, re nominating Governor A. D. Candler ami a full State ticket. Near Guamcchito. Mexico, maraud ing Yaqui Indians fired ranch buildings and seven cowboys barricaded in the place were burned to death. Richard Crokcr sailed from Liverpool for home. He predicts that W. J. Bryan will not lose a vote he had in 1H06 and will gain thousands in every Mate. John F.. Sullivan, clerk of Marion county, Indiana, who lied to Canada 11 years ago, short $80,000 has returned to Indianapolis and urrendercd. , An inlormal interchange ot views among the Ohio Democrats at the close of the State convention in Columbus developed the fact that most of the delegates favored W. R. Hearst for the vice presidential nomination. General John B. Gordon, of the Unit cd Confederate Veterans, has been in vited to be the guest of the G. A. R. en campment in Chicago in August. Senator T. C. Piatt, of New York, is said to be in a serious condition at Philadelphia with a fractured rib caused by a fall in his New ork olhce. Captain John L. Powers, indicted in connection with the Goebel murder, has eluded capture, although a posse was sent out from Barboursville to arrest him. The body of Thomas J. Flagg, a New York merchant, was found in Long Island Sound, near Bridgeport, Conn, It is supposed that he tell Irom a steam er. The sneciat train carrying the Cali fornia delegates to rhiladclphia had a collision with a fruight train in South Chicago, but no one was seriously m jured. Between December 31, tnoo, and March 31, 1000, in New York State there was a net gam ot 02 unions ot 0,153 members. The total membership was 233.533. A white man in ambush killed Hen son Williams and his son. colored, in Brazos county. Texas. Williams was 1 Confederate veteran, and the white vet erans of the county are out hunting for the assassin. A party of five men discovered gold in the Northwest and became mad, four being killed in fights among themselves, wane tne oilier is wanuering aooui ;e inented. Harry Thaw, of Pittsburg, astonished Paris a second time by giving a dinner which was attended by more lovely wo men than had ever been gotten to gether before. United States Judge Thayer, at St Louis, decided that the fraud order is sued by the postoffice department against the school of magnetic healing at Nevada, wo., it legal. iranir beaten lust wiek STRONGHOLD TAKEN. Sixty Filipino Killed and 200 Captured by Our Troops Americans Lost Thret Men. Civil Commission at Work. Telegrams from Manila, dated Sunday, say: The United States forces had two en gagements of importance last week. The troops under Gen. Ftmston and Jen. Grant organized an ndvance, with parts of five regiments and two guns, igamst 500 rebels in a mountain spong ioid east of Binchabnta, where it was upposed Cnpt. Roberts, of the Thirtv- lillli regiment, who was captured last month nt San Miguel de Maynnio, was held captive. The Americans operated tinder many difficulties nnd over an ex ceedingly rough country; but the rebels retreated, only a few resisting nnd 'he Ironglmld was occupied nnd burned. As the result of last week's scouting 00 Filipinos were killed, 200 were cap- urcd mid 300 ritles with 25,000 rounds f nniniuuition were surrendered. Three Americans were killed. Malarial fever has been prevalent since April in parts n v..aviie nun iiatnugas provinces, which ire garrisoned by the Forty-sixth and Thirty-ninth regiment. Thirty tier cent, of the men of each regiment are on the sick list. (Jf two battalions in Da- angas province one has 150 sick and flic other 1 1)0. Judge Taft nnd his colleagues of the civil commission, arc studying the legis- alivc phase of the situation prcpara ary to enacting new laws on September 1. when they assume executive power. fhe subjects have been divided among them. UNCLE SAM'S COMMERCE. The Business ol the United Slates It Larger Than Evor Before. The commerce of the United States 1 the fiscal year, which ends thi3 month, will by far exceed that ol any preceding year; its exports will surpass those of any earlier year by more than $150,000,000, ninl its exports of manu factures will exceed those of any pre ceding year bv more than $75,000,000. As to the details of this wonderful year, every class of articles shows an in crease. Manufactures, as already indi cated, will show an increase of more than $75,000,000; products of agriculture will show nn increase of nearly $50,otx), 000; products of the mine, an increase I nearly Sio.ooo.ooo; those of the forest about nn equal sum; fisheries nrc $-'.- 000,000 larger than last year, and the miscellaneous class shows a marked in crease. Probably the largest increase s in manufactures of iron nnd steel, hough cotton will show n considerable nereasc, owing to the marked ndvance n price. Nearly nil grades of manu factures of iron nnd steel show an ad vance. Other lilies of manufacture show n large advance. Leather and its manufac tures show an increase from $M),ooo,ooo to nearly $-.t,ooo,ooo during the petiod under consideration, and mineral oils nn nereasc from S.io.ocxi.ooo to S50,ooo,ooo, though this increase is cliielly due to the advance in price, the quantity exported in the 10 months ending with April, 1800. being 650.000.000 gallons and that for the 10 months ending with April, 1900, 0X4,000,000 gallons. A review ol our loreign trade In agri cultural foreign products during the 10 fiscal years 1800- qrj, compiled by Frank II. Hitchcock, chief of the foreign mar kets section of the agricultural depart ment, was made public Saturday night. It shows that the average annual agri cultural imnorts for the oast decade amounted to about $.(87,000,000, while the total imports of all kinds averaged about $750,000,000. During the first half of this decade, the average ot agri cultural imports was $406,365,441, or over 51 per cent, of all imports; of agri cultural exports, $669,644,253 or 75-5 per cent.; and the excess of agriciiltur.il exports over agricultural imports aver aged $.163,278,812 annually. For the re maining five years, the annual average of agricultural imports was $366,064,708, or over si per cent. 01 the whole; ot agricultural exports, $694,874,000, or ov er 68 per cent, ol all domestic exports, and the agricultural exports exceeded agricultural imports by an average of $327,000,292 annually. In i8yq, for the fourth time in the history of our loreign commerce, the annual value of domestic merchandise exported by this country exceeded $1,000,000,000. EATEN UP BY ANTS. Indians Wreak Horrlblo Vengeance Upon a Whlto Abductor. A mining mnn who reached El Paso, Tex., from the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, Tuesday, tells a story of horrible punish mcnt recently inflicted on a prospector named Wilson, by Mayo Indians. Wit son is said to have decoyed a girl to his camp in the mountains, bhe finally es caned to te kthe storv. Wilson was brought to camp. It was ordered that lie be put to death. He was stripped of his clothing and bound across an ant hill infested by large red ants. After many hours of horrible suf 1 . 1. . r . 1 1.. 1 lering. as 111c insects aiuwiy gnawed away his flesh, Wilson expired. Wilson was reputed to be a fugitive from justice from Oklahoma. Rain Hat Fallen In India. The viceroy of India has cabled to the secretary of state for India, announcing that a good rain has fallen in Southern India, that there have been scattered showers elsewhere and that the meteor ological reporter forecasts a good but late monsoon. The hot weather, however, still pre vails and the famine relief situation 'has not altered. There are now about 5. 802,000 persons receiving relief. Seven Drowned In Alaska. A report that seven persons are be lieved to have gone down in Lake Ben nett about the first of the month through the overturning of a scow is published in Alaskan papers. The names are: W. G. Mergeau.'Mrs. Playmate, Mrs. Wer ner, C. E. Pcabody, Joe Rose and two men whose names could not be learned, all from Skaguay. A strong wind caught the craft at Big Windy, and cat tle on board, becoming excited, over turned it. . GOT RICH ON WHEAT. Remarkable Record of an Oklahoma Family Who Began Penniless and In Debt. Four years ngo, without n dollar nnd In debt; to-ilny worth $lno,ocx). That Is the record made by one family in wheat raising In Oklahoma a fortune of $100,000 in four years, half of that money rash In flic bank. They will net the other half in rash within two weeks, for the 150,000 bushels of wheat they are now holding. The Miller family operate the "l" ranch, nine miles southwest of Guthrie. The rnnch lias 40,000 acres of land that is divided in batf by the Salt Fork river. Of this land 6.000 acres are in wheat, I, loo in corn, 200 in oats, Ooo in sorghum, 1,21x1 in hay nnd 1,100 in wat ermelons and musknielons. On this ranch is one wheat field of 2,250 acres three miles long and 2't miles broad, a solid wheat field without a fence or road through it. The harvest on this ranch began last week. Twenty five reaping machines began at once working in a row one nfter the other. The first swath cut was five miles long around one wheat field. The reapers cut ami hind foo ncres a day. The cut ting will be done this week. Threshing will begin next Monday. A harvest of 150,000 bushels of wheat will be gather ed. It will be sold from the thresher in the field for rash, nil except 5,000 bushels, which has been sold lor seed at 30 cents a bushel more than the reg ular market price of ordinary. Mr. Miller contracted to sell the first 10.000 bushels threshed nt 52 cents a bushel, regardless of quality. TORNADO CAME BACK. Swept Through Bealrlce, Neb., Twice Over the Sam Path. Beatrice, Neb., was visited Wednes day afternoon by a tornado, which did considerable damage in the western and northern parts of the city. The storm struck the West end about a half mile from the city limits, and tore its way down Court street, breaking off large trees here and there in Its path as though they were straws. Small building were picked up and whisked awav and shingles blown from the roofs of more substantial houses. One large ciuht-room house was lift ed a couple of feet off the ground and dropped back again on its foundation, while its frightened occupants vainly strove to hold the doors shut. A pig pen, together with its shed nnd one porker, was picked up, carried over house tops nnd deposited on the bank of the river, a half mile away. A barn III North Beatrice was blown away and a horse in it killed. flic storm moved from west to east, then northwest, and then, making a complete turn, came down again in West Beatrice, passing again over its former route. At one place a piece of scantling was wrenched from a porch, carried about a hundred yards and driven into the ground about 4 feet. 1 he twister finally bore away to the north and cast. No reports from other districts have come in yet. The storm was preceded bv a heavy ram. which cleared away as the wind passed. Many narrow escapes from injury are report cd. COLOMBIA REVOLUTION. Largo Armlet Faco Each Other Rosults In Great Doubt. Although there is much conflict as to the status of the revolution in Co lombia all advices agree that armies ag gregating 25.000 or .10.000 men have been facing each other with sanguinary results. The Colombian charge at Washing ton, D. C, Dr. Luis Cuervo-Marquei, states that the official information com ing from the Colombian capital showed that the revolutionists had been forced back to the Venezuelan frontier. He says the government has an army of 70,000 men at various points, and that the main body of about 15,000 men nas borne the brunt of recent engage ments. They are armed with Mauser rules, with Kennngton smokeless pow- dcr and have Maxim rapid-fire guns and heavier field guns of the Creusot make. The revolutionists have Mausers and Maxims. The revolutionists also have a gunboat and another vessel used (or transport and fiuhting purposes. The government has four gunboats, three on 'the Atlantic and one on the Pacific side. The revolutionists are well organiz cd, not only on the field but abroad with influential friends. In official quarters it is stated that some ol the countries adiaceut to Co lombia, not.ibly Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua, are lending assistance to the revolutionists, and that its effect may be more far-reaching on this ac count. Oificial advices from Carthagcna and Bogota give details of the revolution in Colombia. The complete and utter ov erthrow of the rebels in aantandcr oc currcd after a battle lasting 21 days, the government forces remaining masters of the field. The casualties were 1,800 dead, belonging to the enemy; a.ooo wounded and 1.800 prisoners of war, Among the prisoners was Gen. Vasyas Santos, who is now on his way to pris on. The revolutionist. Gen. Avclino Rosas, was captured at Cartago, and the rebellion seems to be virtually at an end. Six Instantly Killed. Six men were instantly killed and an other fatally injured on a logging rail road at Cammal, about 36 miles from Williainsport, Pa.. Vv cdnesday after noon. The train jumped the track in some unaccountable manner and pinna ed down a 300-foot embankment. Both fireman and engineer were instantly kill cd as also were four Italian laborers, The cars and engine were literally smashed in kindling. Gen. Grant Wlnt Victory. Gen. Grant, who ted reinforcements, with artillery, against the insurgents in the mountains east of Samiegut, reports the capture ot the rebel stronghold, af ter four hours' fighting. The rebels were scattered, and the Americans are pursuing them. Gen. Grant's column had no casualties. Gen. MacArfhur at Manila cabled Tuesday at follows: "Report capture of Gens. Htzon, near Mexico, and Caves tanv. at Alcalo. both important: latter very important leader ot guerrillas in. : : .. f .. 11 . BOER WAR fittl'll'lili' THE END REPORTS FROM LONDON. Natal Voluntcert Dltmhsod to Their Hornet. A Brlllih Division Will Likely See Service In China. Roberts telegraphed as follows from Pretoria on Saturday: Rustenburg was occupied yesterday ly Baden-Powell. A column starts from this place to-morrow to meet Baden- 1'owcll and repair the telegraph between Pretoria and Kustcuhurg. Hunter is moving from Potehefstroom. His ad vance brigade expects to reach Johan nesburg June 19. lluller, I hope, is at Standerlon. Heidelberg will be occu pied from this place shortly, nnd then the Orange river colony will be com- neteiy cut on Irom the I ransvaal. Baden-Powell reports that the district through which he passed is setting down satisfactorily. Over l.oon stands of arms were surrendered nnd Hans Eloff nnd l'iet Kruger, son of the president, were to make submission to hint yes- erdav, having been previously disarmed on their farms. Botha's nrmy has re tired nnd is believed to be nt Middlr- mrg. His rear guard was surprised nn I entirely routed by Ian Hamilton's mounted infantry. There are some indications flint Rob erts considers the end of the struggle n South Africa not far ('istant. One of these is the fact that the Natal volun teers, who had seen hard service, were lisnnsscd to their homes by tien. lluller Saturday. Another indication is the re port that a complete division of regulars is to be withdrawn from Gen. Buller's army nnd embarked nt Durban for China. J lie troops drawn Irom India will probably go next. President Kruger, according to a dis- fiatch from Lourciijio Marques, keeps a ocomotivc with steam up attached to the car in which he concentrates the ex ecutive offices of the government and intends to leave Machadodorp soon and to establish the I ransvaal capital nt Net Spruit, in the mountains, a line de fensive region. THE NOBLE RED MAN. He It In the Political Game and Will be a the National Conventions. The original inhabitant of the Ameri can continent, the noble red man, is becoming civilized to the extent of showing interest in national politics. and one of fhe picturesque features of .!. T, 11: x...: 1 ...:n 111c ivcpumicnn iaiioiiai emivciiinm win be the presence of 11 lull blooded In dian delegates selected from among the inhabitants of the Indian territory. Among the number will be an Indian woman. The delegates nre nil said to be wealthy, and go to Philadelphia on a special train. They have declared for William MrKinley and a good time. for nearly half a century the Choc- taws, Chickasaws, Cberokees, Creeks and Scminoles have maintained scparat governments, and each tribe was ruled by about 250 officers each. Now Congress has declared that the five tribes must be abolished and these politicians nre getting into American politics. Already the Republican P11- dians nnd the Democratic Indians have met nt Purcll nnd South McAlister re spectively, nnd selected their own dele gates. 1 he Republicans will send four half-breeds and seven full-bloods, and the Democrats six full-bloods an 1 three half-brccds. Besides the regular delegates about 30 full-blood Indians will accompany their friends to Phila delphia to hurrah for McKinlcy. Hawaii is sending a delegation to the convention. Hawaii was not included in the call for the convention, as it was not a territory at that time. Four delegates and as many alternates were chosen, while a territory is entitled to only two delegates. INDIANS ON WARPATH. The Chippewa Tribe In Minnesota Heavily Armed and Prepared for Hostilities. The 1,800 Chippewa Indians on the Leech lake reservation, Northern Min nesota, are again on fhe warpath, and white people are in great danger. Unit ed States Marshal Grimshaw has been notified of the trouble, and a big force of deputy marshals has been ordered to the scene. The reds have been growing ugly for a long time past, having been made bold by the fight of two years ago on Bear point, when seven soldiers were killed. Nearly every one of the I.800 Indians on the reservation is well armed with a repeating rifle, and it is known that they have stacks of ammunition ready for instant use. The red men have "ent runners to all parts of the agency, par ticularly Cass lake and to Ball club, where there are large settcments, with instructions that all of the red men arm themselves at once and come to Walk er, where a council of war is now being held on Squaw point. ANOTHER BRITISH DEFEAT. Ashantis Succestlul in Checking the Advance of Imperial Army. Telegrams from Akkra, Gold Coast, dated Tuesday, say: Details have been received here of another serious re verse to the relief column under Colonel Carter and Major Wilkinson, a day's march north of the Prah. There were heavy casualties. The latest rumors re port a further disaster to a detachment on the north bank of the Prah, which is now flooded, and where the Ashan tis were found strongly entrenched. Colonel Willcock's advance has been delayed by rains, which have destroyed the bridges on the Prahsu road. The continued absence of news from Ku massi tends to confirm the pessimistic views as to the safety of the governor and his staff. The coast towns are ap prehensive of their own safety. Colombian Army Defeated. The steamer Don. which arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, from Colon, Colombia, brings news of an important battle fought F'riday about to miles out side of Panama. According to this in formation, the insurgent forces were victorious and some 200 of the govern ment troops were killed. It is inferred that Panama may be in possession of the rebels. They are strongly intrenched at San Joaquin, near Santa Marta, and all the government troops at BaranquilU had been dispatched to Santa Marta when the Don left Colon. SPENDING A FORTUNE. West Chester, Pa., Man Precludes Postl bllily of 11 Battle Over hit Money. In order to preclude the possibility of a contest ovrr his will after he it dead. John G. Taylor, of West Chester, Pa., is now engaged in expending fortune of $100,000 in monument. Mr. Taylor's avowed purpose is to use all bis money in improving Lafay ette cemetery, on the heiglils of Brandy- wine unttictichi, a short distance from the spot where General Lalayette fell, wounded in battle. The bodies of Tay lor's father, mother, sister, wife and chilil, are buried there. Ouietly and without ceremony, Mr. Taylor unveiled his fourth monument. The shaft is of white enameled brick, containing a niche in which is a life size figure of Christ in marble. Tha statue was marie in Carrara, Italy. Near this pile Mr. Taylor has completed ths base of n $25,000 monument commemo rate of General Lafayette. ANOTHER PHILIPPINO SURRENDER. General fVlacabulut Yieldt at Tarlac Routed by Fumton. Dispatches from Manila, dated Thurs day, say: General Macabiilus, who hat been persistenly active in the Tangascn an district, has surrendered to Colonel Emerson II. Liscuin, at Tarlac, witll eight officers and 124 men, all armed with rilles. Senor Pedro Taterno, former presi dent of the so-called Filipino cabinet, has been released temporarily and he it now conferring with Scnor Felipe Biicncamina, former minister of agri culture and commerce, witli reference to the latter's peace platform. Two hundred men of the Eighteenth infantry, who nre sick, are returning by the transport Hancock, in charge of Captain Lewis. Upon information furnished by Major Wheeler to the effect that General La cuna intended to attack Papaya, prov ince of Ncuva Eeija, General Funston, with staff officers. Captain Koehler and Troop G, of the Fourth cavalry, and half a company of fhe Thirty-fourth infantry, repaired to Papaya. Lacuna was found with 200 men, occupying a position on a ridge, two miles south of the town. (ieneral Funston attacked him vigor ously, 60 Americans charging the enemy under a hot fire. The insurgents fled. On their attempting to make a stand later, Captain Koehler, with a detach ment of troops, charged and scattered them. The pursuit over the rough country lasted until nightfall. Twenty-two of the insurgents were killed. One Amer ican was killed and one wounded. MANY KLONDIKERS RETURN. Miners Eslimalo the Season't Ylold Will Reach $22,000,000. One hundred nnd fifty Klondikcrs with an aggregate gold dust wealth of per haps $.125,000 in their possession arriv ed nt Seattle, Wash., Monday on tha steamer City of Seattle. Col. Jos. Green, a resident ol Seattle, estimated the steamer's total treasure at $100,000. He brought out $50,000 in exchange whiclt represents probably not more than one third of the fortune he has accumulated since he went to the Klondike in l83 practically penniless. V. C. Noyes had 250 pounds of native treasure. About $.too,ooo of the individ ual dust found lodgment in the ship's safe and a strong box in the purser's office, which was kept under guard throughout the voyage from Skaguay. Monday's arrivals say the season's Klon dike output has been materially lessen ed through the scarcity of water, though the general impression appears to be that the yield will not be under $22,000, 000. SAMPSON-SCHLEY DECISION. The Court of. Claims Pastes on the Naval Battle of Santiago. rRear Admiral W. T. Sampson, U. S. X., was the commander-in-chief of the United States naval forces or fleet, and Commodore W. S. Schley. U. S. N., was the commanding officer of a division or squadron thereof, on duty under the orders of said commander-in-chief." In these words the court of claims hat judicially determined the famous Sampson-Schley controversy. The words are part of a finding of fact in the deci sion of the court on the claims of Rear Admiral Sampson and his men to boun ty for the destruction of Ccrvera't sqtiadron. The Spanish squadron is found to have been inferior to the American force, and a bounty of $100 has there fore been awarded for every officer and man under Admiral Cervera s command. The total amount of bounty allowed is $166,700, of which Rear Admiral Samp son will receive $8,.U5 and Rear Ad miral Schley about $3,000. Bribes for Boers. According to a dispatch to the Lon don Daily Express from Machadodorp, dated Sunday, via Lorenzo Marques, those around President Kruger say that Louis Botha and Delarey have been offered indirectly 10.000 a year to lay down their arms, and President Kruger expects the same offer to be made to himself, President Steyn and DeWet. President Kruger believes that the British make these offers to close the war on the princ... 'j that it would cost less than to fight it out. CABLE FLASHES. Over 360 native Christians are said to have been burned at the stake in China. Lord Roberts is being criticised for not trying to capture Botha's troops, instead of marching into deserted Pre toria. Kaiser Wilhelm was present at the opening of the new Elbe-Trave canal at Lubeck. In a collision near London three per sons were killed and 61 injured, most of them person en route to the Wind sor races. United States Ambassador and Mrs. White, at Berlin, gave a large dinner in honor of President Daniel C. Gil man, of Johns Hopkins University. The Berlin police are hunting R. E. H. Winkel. a German-American shoe dealer who disappeared, leaving his shot stores bankrupt with liabilities of 8p 000 marks.
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