Local News. _ !
Atown meeting will be held dentI
onday evening.
Mrs. Alvah Lockwood is ill at her i
ome on Beldcn avenue. '
Mrs. R. J. Cutbill of Spring street, I0
visiting in New York. ILO
Mrs.'Gel11ndus Worden is ill at her
ome <111__()1ehui-d street. . I
Dr. \V. E. Wright, of New Jer‘Sey, is .
pendingr a few days in town.
Miss .\manda Smith of Merwin street.
svisit: 11g friends in Winsted.
Miss Mamie McGonha- .1, efSt 1111.01 d,
as been a guest of it lends in town.
Rev. Augustus Beard leaves town for
0110 Rice on Saturday of this week.
.11» Sarah L. bessey of Merw 111
reet is visiting relatives in'Staml’oz-d.
Ca}. .tain C. Fted Betts of New York
ent Sunday with ielativ es in this city.
Cli’lierd and Miss Laura Shel wood of
lamp street, are visiting friendsdn New
ork city.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Ambler, of
‘ nicn, Park, have returned from their
eddi 11g trip.
~Miss Blanch Aiken of Main street,
as been entertaining Miss Mary Hard
1’ Bridgeport.
Frank Buttery and Miss Emma Spicer
1‘ this city, were married in Lewisboro,
. Y.. Monday.
Miss Clara Bell, of New York, spent
aster with her mother, Mrs. George
ell, of Cove stl eet.
Miss Ma1 ion A. \Vilcox has letut ned
Blooklvn aftera visit to bet grand-
thet, Edwin W ilcox.
Mrs. C. H. Davis of Cottage avenue
visiting Mrs. James 0. Davis of Port
fferson, Long Island.
Mrs. Fannie Bissell, of Newark, New
rsey, is visiting Mrs. Charles 0.
1. Betts on the Green.
The Pure Ice Co. has purchased an ~
e house full of ice on the New Canaan
ad, from John Wilson.
Miss Sallie Betts spent Easter in
ew York, the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
an Rensalear H. Bissell.
Mrs. W. T. O’Brien, of New Britain,
visiting her mother, Mrs. F. A.
acken, of Livingston place.
Rev. H. E. Burnes, of Bridgeport,
ll preach in the Methodist church at
uth Norwalk, next Sunday.
liiss May Parscelles spent Easter
h her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augus-
Parscelles, of Seaside place.
eorge B. St. John and Jarvis Kel-
, of Norwalk, have returned home
'a trip to Washington, D. C.
rs. E. J. Morgan of East Norwalk.
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
arles Savage in Ivoryton, Conn.
r. and Mrs. Burr Mills, of George-
D. were Sunday guests of Mr. and
s. W. F. Bryant, East avenue.
here were 1,000 persons at Vesper
ice in the South N orwalk Congre-
ional church Sunday afternoon.
udge James T. Hubbell writes from
enville, S. C., that he is convales-l
t of a protracted attack of rheuma-
collection for the benefit of those
ying for the priesthood was take 11
t. Mary’ s and St. Joseph 5 chu1ch
day.
Iiss Clara McDonald of Bath, Me.,
5 a guest of her brother, Robert A.
Donald of Crescent Terrace, over
d Friday.
rs. James 0. Davis, of Port. Jefier-
. L. I.', has returned home from a
t to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Rider. of
tage avenue.
iss Mildred Moran, of Vassar Col-
, Poughkeepsie, N. 32, is spending
Easter holidays at her home -in
th Main street.
iss Nellie Weeks. of Bloomsburg,
nsylvania, is visiting Miss Anna
qkway, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
. Brown, in South Main street.
rs. Peter Dewsbury nee Miss
nie K. Nash is in town. Havtng
gned her position as organist in
'church out west she will probably
ain here.
.v. and Mrs. F. A. Scofield are at-
ing the New York East Confer-
2 at Mt. Vernon. The pulpit of the
walk Methodist church next Sun-
"will be supplied by a clergyman
the conference.
e adjourned annual meeting of the
w alk Methodist Sunday school, will
eld Wednesday evening, April 22,‘
he election of officers. Following
e nominating committee: Henry
smar. George W. Selleck, Floyd
coe. 3115. Henry K. Selleck and
s Hattie Scofield.
iss Ann E. Lockwood died Sunday
room at the home of her cousin
. R L. Watkins, in Day street. She
erly lived in West Norwalk, but
resided in South Norwalk for the
six or eight years. She was a dis-
t relative of the late LeGrand
ck1veod.
"‘ards are out announcing the mar
ge of ThorntOn Smith, the well
wn summer resident of Smith’s
nd, to. Mrs. Gertrude Bradley
_e wedding took place on Thursday,
'ch 23, and the couple will be at
me, after April 3, at. 81 Madison ave“
e, New York.
WEEKLY - 11111121.; ALK .
COL. SAUNDEoSBUNcoEoJ
well '
Tuesday noon a 0col looking,
dressed stL-anger entered the Orient
bit, ey le empox ium of Col. Hod Saunders
1N 01th Mam stleet, South Nol -,walk
andl ented a wheel.
.Hod was especially delighted 10
lent the str:"tnge1 21. 1111011 as he. 11: s
ext-1e mcly Well (11 es sod and said he
11 as a guest of t..\ maym Boh 111111111 of
South Main street.
The Colonel is something of a politi-
clan. and when the stranger mentioned
the doctor brother of Stalnferd’s
whatever
great
free silver 'vcto mayor,
ispic ion he may have had of the stl .111—
vanishc as quickly .1s .1. dream,
and (1‘ "Din" his right
hand man, dusting oil and oiling a $35
mounted
51
gel
he soon 1:1d
bicycle, which the stranger
and rode ell'.
Prior to mounting
which was also to be a disappearing
wheel, the young man dolled his culls
and donned a handsome sweater, which
he had been carrying on his arm.
He handed the cuffs with their shin-
ing gold buttons to the Col. to retain
until he returned with the wheel at 4
the silent steed, .
o'clock.
Four o'clock soon put in an appear-
ance, but no sweater-clad bicyclist was
in sight.
The Colonel began to get anxious
and paced up and down the sidewalk,
but yet his customer failed to return,
The suspense was too much for the
gallant knight of the Orient, and he
decided to call upon the ex-mayor and
ascertain if the stranger’s story was
true.
As he journied down South Main
street towards the doctoi' s residence,
Col. Hod thought to himself that if the
story was straight he could turn the
conversation on free silver and politics
and thus turn the ex-mayor’s suspicion
of his doubtihg one of his guests.
Arriving at the physician’s resudence
Col.‘ Hod put on a bold front and rang
the bell. He was at once ushered into
the presence of the genial doctor, who
in a few sympathetic words informed
him that he had been cleverly buncoed
and that the cool, handsome, well dress-
ed stranger was not a guest of the bes-
pitable house of the ex-mayor. _
The Colonel returned to his Orient
palace and taking his gold sleeve but—
tons visited jeweler Homer B. Hoyt,
on Washington street, where he learn-
ed that he had exchanged-a $3.5 bicycle
for a. $2 pair of bull buttops.
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St. Paul’s Church.
The annual meeting of St. Paul’s
c'iurch was held Monday night and'rt-
sulted in the election of the followirg
officers:
Senior Warden—~Allen Betts.
Junior Warden—E. K. Lockwood.
Clerk—St. John Merrill.
Treasurer—E. K. Lockwood.
Vestrymen——Charles T. Leonard, Le
Grand Jackson, Daniel C. Nash, R. b
thford, Oscar W. Raymond, Homer
Merrill, James L. Stevens, Horace E.
Dann and LeGrand Jackson.
Delegates to convention—LeGrand
Jackson andD. C. Nash.
Seed Oysters.
The seeding season among the oys-
termen has begun and from now on the
growers will be busy shipping away
stock varying from three to five years
old for transplanting on beds in other
waters. The season has opened some-
what earlier this year than before: but
the growers are prepared to meet what-
ever call there will be, and there are
indications that the demand will be
great this year. ' '
Connecticut Pesionns.
Pensions granted to residents of Con-
necticut are: Original, Charles F. Shel
den. New Britain, $12 additional, Sam-
uel M. Banning, Salem, $6 to $10; re-
storation, reissue and increase, Daniel
Sullivan, $4 t02810; original widows’,
reissue, Mrs. Elizabeth Phalen, New
Haven, $2. .
Bishop William’s Memorial.
The sum of $24 000 has been pledged
towards a memorial fund of $75, 000 for
the endowment of the professorship in
Berkeley divinity school, Middletown,
Conn, which was willed by the late
Bishop John Williams
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Attempted Suicide.
Susie McCue, aged ‘19 years, attempt- :
ed to commit suicide in Stamford late
Monday night by takmg carbolic acid.
The girl recently came from Philaoel
phia and was despondent because she
was unable to obtain employment. She
will recover. '
“ Av >
Irving Wilmot, a. cadet on the Ameri-
can liner New York, who was an assis-
tant quartermaster on the gunboat
Princeton during the recent war, spent
Monday at his home, Haviland street.
He called for Southampton his morn-
ing. ' - .
' interval of three years.
GGIIIG III IIIIIIIIIIIII.
Father Winters Will
Leave St. Joseph’s
Parish.
HIS GOING REGRETTED.
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Will Be Succeeded by Rev. Father Maher of
Milford.
Rev.
Easter was a sad day with the com-
mun icants of St. J oseph’s parish in
South N orwalk when it became whisper-
ed about that Rev. Father Winters was
to leave and take up his life-work else-
where.
ln the morning Father Winters gave
notice to his parishioners that he de-
sireda full attendance at the evening
service as he had :1. communication of
importance which he desired to make
to them. The'announcement caused a
large congregation to assemble in the
evening, and after delivering his ser-
mon Father Winters read a letter from
Bishop Tierney .ordering him to Hart-
ford. o _
After reading the Bishop’s
Father Winters read his dfarewell ad-
dress to his congregation, and stated
that his successor would be Rev Father
Maher of Hartford who delivered a
lecture on the “Catacombs” in Music
Hall about a year ago.
Father Winte1s came to South Nor-
next fall, and
letter
walk four years ago
during his residence here erected the
handsome St. Joseph’s church on South
Main street. He had just given out
the contract for the completion of the
interior of the ediface and announced
to his parishioners that he would leave
some $2300 in the bank towards paying
for the same.
During Father Winter’s residence
in South Norwalk he has made a host
of friends both within and without his
church. He has endeared himself to
all, and his going away at this time
will make a vacancy which will be
hard to fill.
Recent Deaths.
Charles H. Wheeler died at his home
on Orchard street, Saturday afternoon,
aged 69 years, after a very short illness,
he being at his work in the Wheeler
Straw hat manufactory as late as Wed'
nesday, at which time he was taken ill
and assisted home. The deceased had
served tne town as selectman, and had
filled otherofiices of public trust. He
was a member of Our Brothers Lodge,
I. O. O. Rand Messrs. St. John Mer-
rill, Bradley S. Keith and Charles L.
Glover of the order will act as pall-
bearers, at the funeral which took
place Tuesday afternoou from his
late home, Rev. A. S. Kavanaugh offi-
ciating. His wife and two children,
ex-Mayor Arthur C. Wheeler and Mrs.
C. W. Littell, survive him.
John Frederick Bennett, one of the
oldest and best known dry goods mer-
chants in town, died at his home No.
13 Park street, Saturday, aged 78
years. He was a son of the late ‘Eli’
and Anah Bennett. His wife and one
son survive him.
The deceased was a clerk inthe dry
good business with his father for a
long time on Main Street and later in
partnership with him, and yet later
conducted the business himself. Still
later he took into partnership Daniel
Nash and Edward Street, ‘which firm
was afterward disolvcd and the business
again conducted by Mr. Bennett, until
about three years ago when he, to, re-
tired. His wife, Helen, B. Curtis, 3.
daughter of the late Stiles Curtis, and
his son Frederick C. Bennett survives
him.,- The funeral was attended
Tuesday afternoon .at 2 o’clock from
his late home, Rev. T. K. Noble of-
ficiating. ‘
William Mitchell was in receipt of a.
letter, this merning, announcing the
death in East Orange, N. J., of Rev.
Edwin Daniel Bentley, in the 70th year '
of his age. The deceased was a former
pastor of the Baptist church.
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Coming Shad Season.
Connecticut river shad are plentiful,
according to fish and game warden
A.C.Collins. These shad were released
by the fish commission from the re-
taining pond near Lyme three years
ago Last season there were released
from'Joshuatnvn, nea1 Lyme, 9,600,000
shad fry and these fish will return to
the river in two years more, 01' 'season
after next.‘ This season there will be
released between 7,000,000 and 10,000,-
000 of shad, which will return after an
The commis-
sioners intend to release a large num-
ber of fish in the Housatonic river this
season. Shad. have never been caught
in the. Housutonic in great quantities,
but the fish commission expects that.‘ in .
.threc year-«1’.- out they will he quit.‘
plentiful. .. ‘ j
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11111 @1111.
A Big Blaze Near Rowayton
Saturday Night, Fought
by Volunteer Firemen.
BUILDING DESTROYED
’ Boylston’s Carriage Factory Saved by Hard
Work of Residents.
At about 9:30 o’clock Saturday night
Mrs. Ackert discovered the
long building situated in the rear of
Boylston’s baby carriage factory in
Harry
Rowayton on fire.
She gave the alarm and the neighbors
turned out in force, but were unable to
S‘LVG the structure which was totally
destroyed. '
The building was owned by Harry
Pepper of this city, who recently pur-
chased it of Selectman Themes. The
up stairs portion was used ‘as a dwell-
ing but no one was living in it at the
time of the fire. It is situated just over
the lihe in the town of Darien.
The down stairs part was used for
storage and Constable Ladrigan had
sevenal carriages stored therein. These
were gotten out as was a horse and
carriage belonging to George Low, al-
though the latter lost his harness.
The fire is supposed to have been
caused by rats knawing some matches
stored in the lower part. '
As all efforts to save the building
were fruitless. the volunteer firemen
turned their attention to Boylston’s'
carriage factory which was in great
danger from the sparks, and by good
.work with buckets managed to prevent
its taking fire.
M r. and Mrs. Pepper desire to ex press
their thanks through the columns of
the GAZETTE to the men who composed
the volunteer brigade and who by their
efforts prevented the destruction of the
Boyston factory.
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HOUSE BURNED.
The Home of Lewis Barnes and Its Contents
Destroyed by Fire.
The home of Lewis Barnes on Chest-
nut hill was destroyed by fire yester-
day afternoon, together with its con-
tents.
The house was occupied by Mr«
Barnes, aged 85, his daughter Mrs.
Melville Downs, and his two sons, all
of whom, with the exception of Mr.
Barnes, were away at the time.
. The first. intimation the old gentle-
man had of the fire was a roaring noise
and glancing towards the roof of the
house he saw that it was enveloped in
flames.
So rapidly did the fire burn he was
unable to rescue a Single article, and
the entire household furniture in-
cluding an organ were destroyed.
The fire is thought to have originated
from a defect in the chimney. There
was no insurance. A subscription paper
to in part remunerate the old gentle-
man for his loss has been started by F.
F. Clark who heads the list with a sub-
scription of $5. The loss was about
$1,700.
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Selleck Youngs’ Will.
Under the conditions of the will of the
late Selleck Youngs, which has been
offered for probate, the widow, Helen
P. Youngs, receives the household fur~
niture and organ owned by the de-
ceased. This is given to her absolutely
with a request that she give such arti-
cles of the same as she deems best to
their children and grandchildren as
mementos. A bequest of. $3, 000 is also
dc to her 11 be r .
ma ’0 b condition that the e deliver the valise found by the Chicago
shall be no question over the division
of the, estate. To , the son, Elmer S.
Youngs. is giventhe goldwatch and an
old time bible owned by the deceased,
whilealife insurance policy is given
to a son, Homer, to be cellected and di-
vided amengthe children, The residue
of the estate, the testator 1 provides,
shall be divided into equal shares for
the following children; Caroline A.
Lounsbury, Wilbur F. Youngs, Homer"
and Olive S. Youngs, Annie S. Sayer
andElmeli S. Youngs. Joseph W. ~John-
son is named as executor. The instru-
ment was-drawn on the 5th of Febru-
ary, 1892. Judge Nobbs has appointed
J. W.‘ Thompson administrator and
A. J. Cable and J. F. Keaneappraisers.
——-b‘ridgeport Standard.
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Mr. Sanford Buys a Yacht.
Ex-commodore P. G. Sanford of the .
N orwalk Yacht club has purchased the 1*
cabin cat Shippan, built by Robbins at.
Bridgeport last winter, for Arthur M.
Bradley of Stamford av :.-
:in New York.
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DRIVING CLUB
Westport Fast Homes to Trot on the E::u
Grounds. fi, '
A driving club ,has been organized
in Westport, and the following officers.
elected: President, Frank N. Taylor;
vice president, Thomas Quinlan; sec-
retary and treasurer, Dr. J. M. Nolan.
The club will hold a trot open to
W estport horses only, on the Norwalk
fair 0‘1‘01] nd track on Monday,‘May 15th.
Only Westport horses can enter and
they must be driven by their owners.
The entries will be open until the 15th.
Prizes will be offered and some fast
time is expected as some of the horses
entered have a record of 2:16. Among
these who have entered their horses
are William T. Williams, John K.
Gault, Frank N. Taylor, Thomas Quin-
lan, Eli Mead and others.
SENT CAT UPON KITE.
The Experiment Tried Yesterday by Deer Hill
Avenue Boys.
Three youngsters were flying a. large
box kite yesterday afternoon from a
h1gh point on Deer Hill avenue.
Swinging below the kite was alight
basket that swayed with the wind, but
seemed to be weighted down with
something. One of the youngsters
kept scanning the kite through a pair
of field glasses. The sight was unusual
enough to attract the attention of
older people who stopped to learn what
.was going on. The youngsters had
been reading in a recent magazine of
attempts, more or less successful, to
carry human beings into the air in cars
suspended from kites. They had. no
kite sufficiently powerful to perform
such a feat, but they rigged up a small
basket in such a way that the kite
would liit it, and then 'put. a tiny kit-
ten in the basket for a paesengmu
What the cat thought of its journey
into the clouds was not ascertained,
but the boys were certainly getting a
great deal of fun out of their experi-
ment ——'Danbury News.
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Able to Sit Up.
Arthur J. Smith. business manager
of the Newtown Bee, who was stricken
with paralysis a month : g 1, is improv-
ing rapidly and is now now to sit up.
Though still under the care of a physi-
cian, Mr. Smith is greatly improved, a
fact which will be pleasing to his best
of friends
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Engagements Announced.
Word has reached South Norwalk of
the engagement of two young ladies
who formerly lived here. Misses Mollie
and Castella Hasktns, daughters of
Mrs. Mary Haskins, who now resides
Miss Mollie is to wed
Emil} Milcent. of Hohoken. N. .l.. and
Miss Castella will take for a husband
Joseph J. Suarez, of BrOoklyn.
SWAPPING ISLANDS.
Proposition to Exchange the Philip-
pines For West Indies.
WASHINGTON, April‘5.—Much in—
terest is felt here in the proposition
originating with the inhabitants of St.
Kitts, in the Leeward islands, for the
exchange" of the Philippines for the
British West Indies.
There are strong arguments in favor
of such an exchange if Great Britain
can be induced to part with her West
Indian colonies, and there is little doubt
that if the people of the United States
had an opportunity to choose between
the Philippines and the English pos-
sessions in the Caribbean sea they
would prefer the latter. This is par-
ticularly true of the residents in the
eastern states.
The residents on the Pacific coast,
who see in the possession of the Phil-
ippines the possibility of building up a
great oriental commerce, would per—
haps be inclined to prefer the reten-
tion of those islands.
The possession of the British West
Indies would be of great importance to
the United States from a military point
of view, as it would make the Carib-
bean sea. practically an American lake
and would enable this country to domi-
nate completely all approaches to any
future isthmian canal from the Atlan-
tic side. It would also bring the Unit-
ed States into closer relations with Cen-
tral and South America and would tend
to develop commerce. withtall the na-
tions-south of Mexico.
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Suit Over a Value.
LOS ANGELES, April 5.-—A suit has
been filed here to determine to whom
the Wells-Fargo Express company shall
police some weeks ago and containing
$80, 000 in bonds belonging to J. N. Sig3-
fuss of Ferris, Cal. A number of Mas-
sachusetts men have large judgments
against Sigaf-uss and have been unable
to find anything to attach. Vi'hen they
learned the valise was being sent to
Sigafuss theyattached it. The Lnited
States marshal brought suit.
Smokeless (.ar triage Awards.
WIXSEIING T ‘Tb‘. Ap“i1 |‘-._B (.15 have
been opened at to; ordnance huleau fox
Suppl) 111:3".le O’I “.Tlfk’el .gg mrhidges,
45~cal=lr=r in 53?“. 'l'hree firms. the U'n-
ion Metalfir Cartridge company. the
United States l‘nrtr'dgé company and
the VVinchr‘stO-r ('( *YIY‘RTI)’, (23! h bid $23.80
per thousand, and rat-h company was
awarded one-.hlid of the let to he sur-
plied.
Boston Dog Show Open.
BOSTON. April 5.—Nearly 800 (103'.
the pick of the kennels of this country,
occupied thé benches at the Opening of
the fifteenth annual bench show- of the
New England Kennel club in Median-
building In almost every class
ihér'e‘ is a’ 1110“; and interesting "compe-
. was .su,» ‘
title-.3.
lands yesterday.
bin-led at 11mins. mouth
7111113 PROCLAIGGD:
Philippine Commission State:
' America’s Purpose.
11111 1111011113 1111 11101113111.
An Enlightened System of Govern--
ment, Libel-fl Home Rule, Civil
and Religious Privileges old
the Establishment of Jul-flee.
MANILA, April 5.—The United States
Philippine commission promulgated a
proclamation to the people of the is-
The proclamation is
divided into ten paragraphs, containing
in all 1,500 words. The first paragraph
declares that a historical treaty has
been ratified ceding to the United States
the sovereignty of the Philippines com-
plete and indefensible, the second ex-
plains the appointment ’of the commis-
sion and the third assures the people of
the American government’s good will
and explains the government's aim for
the prosperity and happiness of the
Philippine people and their advance-'
ment with the most civilized peoplt s.
The fourth paragraph declares that
President McKinley believes that their
advancement in possible by t1": zissuiw
once of peace and order. It guarantees
civil and religious liberty, the estab—
lishment of justice, the cultivation ,of
letters, practical arts and intercourse
with foreign nations, and finally, by un-
interrupted pursu‘t of useful objects.
the realization of the noble 11." :15 con}
stltuting civilization.
The fifth paragraph says ”1:1! unfor-
tunately the pure aims of the. Ameri-
cans have been misinterpreted by the
inhabitants of certain of the islands.
The’ sixth asks why there are any hos-
tilities on the part of the Filipinos and
also asks what the Filipinos desire. The
commission asserts that the United
States are willing and anxious to estab-
lish an enlightened system of govern-
ment by which the people may enjoy
the greatest measure of home rule and
the most ample liberty consonant with
the aims of the government and com-
patible with the obligations which the
United States government assumes 10-
ward the civilized nations.
The commission declares in the sev-
enth parag1aph that the United States
government stands ready to furnish ar-
mies and navies to maintain its rightful
supremacy over the islands, so that it
is even more solicitous to spiead peace
and protection among the Filipinos, ac-
customing them to self government.
, The eighth paragiaph says that it is
the expectation of the commission to
visit the people in their respective prov-.
inces, learning the forms of government:
best adapted to their customs and tra-
ditions. The policy of the commission
will be to consult the wishes and secure
the advice and co-operation of the Fil-
1p '.nos —
In the meantime attention is invited
to the regulative principles guiding the
United States supremacy, which must
and will be enforced in every part of
the archipelago. Those resisting can
accomplish only their own ruin. The
most ample liberty of self government
will be granted which is reeoncilable
with the maintenance of the wise, just,
effectixe and economical administration
of public affairs compatible with the
severe. gn and international rights of
the United States. The civil rights of
the Filipinos are guaranteed and will
be protected, and religious freedom is
assured, and an honest and effective
civil service is guaianteed to the fullest
extent. Natives will be employed, at
the fiscal system “in be established up-
on a sound basis. Public funds will be
used only in defraying the expenses of
the Philippine government. Loca1,funds
will be used for local purposes. A re—
duction of taxation is probable, and a
pure administration of justice will be
established, correcting the evils which
delay reconstruction. Public works will
be promoted, the ievelopment of trade
and commerce fostered and elementary
schools established.
Reforms are promised in all of the in- -
stitutions touching the common life of
the people. Such, the commission de~
elares, is the spirit in which the United
States government comes to the Fili-
pinos. The commission invites the per-
sonal acquaintance and exchange of
views with the leading representative
men.
While arranging ’the proclamation the
commissioners carefully reviewed the
Malolos constitution of the Filipinos,
giving special attention to specific evils.
The belief is spreading among the
residents here that the effect of the cap-
ture of Malolos, the former rebel capi—
tal. followed by the proclamation of the
United States ,Philippine commission,
will be to convince the. natives that
Aguinaido’s bubble has burst.
Dr.
mission, said: “The Filipinos have been
asking uneeasingly, ‘What do you pro-
pose to do for us?’ The proclamation
answers the question, and it should sat-
isfy them.”
Colonel Charles Denby, member of
the commission and former minister to
China. remarked: “It is the most im-
portant proclamation since the Declara-
tion of Independence. Spanish, Tagal-
man and English versions have 'been
printed, and it is proposed to circulate
them about Malolosand'at all the sea-
ports. .. They will be sent to the large
towns by gunboats.”
General MacArthur reconnoitered in
force yesterday, with the Montana regi-
ment, the Fourth cavalry and two gun.
of the light artillery; as far as the river
north of Malolos. The reconnoissance
developed the fact that there are fully
1,000 rebels, armed with Mauser rifles.
preparing for defense. Shots Were ex-
changed, and two of the Montana regi-
ment were wounded, but there was no
engagement.
Lateli in the day General MacArthur
moved northward, as the water supply
of Malolos is inadequate. '
The insurgents are massing strong
forces northof Calumpit. about 5171»
miles northwest .of Malolos, and, ac-
cording to the observations of the
reconnoitering parties, they have fine
intrenchments there.
It is expected that hard fighting will
be necessary to dislodge them at that
point and at San Fernando, where
Agulnaldo is supposed to be. Large
'rlvers strengthen both positions.
The Montana regiment had one man
killed and three wounded yesterday.
Twenty-five men were prostrated by
the heat and brought to the hospital.
Two new big Krupp than, 0115- Mud:
and the other 8-inch. which‘wm found~
Schurman, president of the com-v _
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