& L k . G A Z f EUEAN NEWSPAPERS General Ludlow 'Warns Of- fending Editor. mo MANY “WORTHLESS AMERICANS" «Havana. Public Improvements Must Wait Until Autumn For Lack of Funds—Village Raided by Out- laws—Firearnis Prohibited. HAVANA, May 2.——During the last few days some of the local papers that are printed in English have published sensational stories‘regarding the dis— putes between the Soldiers and the Cu- ban police, evidently with the intention of preventing an understanding} be- tween them and, if possible, of stirring up more trouble. Without doubt there have occasionally been instances where both the Americans and Cubans have been blameworthy. Still there has really been nothing to warrant such com— ments as have appeared, and conse- quently Major General Ludlow, milita- ry governor of the Havana department, summoned an offending editor before him and warned him that he must de- sist trying to embroil the soldiers and the police. - “If you refuse, I know of two ways to compel you. One would be to put in force the military regulations and send you to 'the guardhouse. The other would be to send you before the local judges for the application of the old Spanish law. Personally you may abuse me as much as you like, but for the fu- ture you must'abstain from your pres- ent methods in the other matter.” General Ludlow complains that one of the principal difficulties Havana is now suffering from is the presence of many “worthless Americans”—men who come here virtually to change their usual sphere of idleness. In the opinion of General Ludlow it is advisable to wait until autumn before endeavoring to raise the $10,000,000 or $12,000,000 necessary for the contem— plated system of sewerage and other public improvements in Havana. He be- lieves it quite probable that the money can be obtained here in Cuba. According to dispatches from Puerto Principe province, the village of San Andres was recently raided by a band of 40 outlaws led by Antonio Barcelo, formerly a. citizen of Holguin, Santiago province. The place was completely packed, the bandits carrying off 20 horses, a. large quantity of clothing and groceries and $1,200 in money. Five mounted armed men, the dispatches say, attacked a store in the village of Tiena Azue, abducted the proprietor and his "wife and carried away $200 in money. The people of the locality are frantically begging" for proteCtion, and a force of rural guards is greatly needed. The Country folk are moving into the larger towns for safety, while the planters, many of Whom have bought quantities of sugar cane in isolated localities, fear that the marauders will destroy it be- fore it can be gathered. Under the terms of a new order, pub- lished yesterday, the rule against car— rying arms extends to all arms except .those to be used in hunting or for per- sonal defense. La Lucha, commenting upon the or— der editorially, says: “This does not involve what some might imagine. The government does not expect trouble. The prohibition is merely precautionary. There is no ne— cessity for ’instruments’ of that class. What we need is plows for the pacifi- cation and reconstruction of Cuba, to. complete which calls for the establish— ment of a strong, equitable government and a judicious expenditure on the part of all classes.” Republican Financial Committee. ATLANTIC CITY, May 2.-—The na- tional house of representatives Repub- lican caucus committee has closed its session. The chairman of the commit— tee, Mr. Henderson of Iowa, made this statement: “The committee appointed by the Republican caucus of the house to recommend financial legislation met at Haddon hall, Atlantic City, on April 17 and have worked steadily and ear- nestly for two weeks. Yesterday the committee reached unanimous agree- ment and is ready to meet the Republic- an members of the finance committee of the senate to submit their views to the consideration of the joint conference. Until such meeting the work of the house committee will be withheld from publication.” - Strikes In Cleveland. CLEVELAND, May 2.—There were several strikes here yesterday. Two hundred lathers struck for an eight hour day and $2.50 a day. Before noon they had secured what they asked for and returned to wérk. Two hundred plasterers also struck for $3 a day for eight hours. About 50 hod carriers went out on a demand for an advance from $1.50 to $2 a day. Seventy-five structural ir‘on workers also struck for 35 cents an , hour and for an eight hour day. There was no disturbance of any kind. Fellowship Winners. ITHACA, N. Y., May 2.—The names of the successful competitors for fel- lowships in the American school at Athens are: Benjamin Powell, gradu- ate of Cornell, 1896: graduate student at ’lornell, 1897 to 1899, and fellow of Cor- nell, 1899, and James Tucker. Jr., grad- uate of Brown university, 1897; student at Berkin, 1897 to 1898, and student at Athens, 1899. Illinois Will Support Hopkins. CHICAGO, May 2.—-Ten of the 14 Re- publican members of congress from Illi- nois met in caucus here yesterday and unanimously decided to support Con- gressman Albert J. Hopkins of Aurora for speaker of the national house of representatives. Congressman Walter Reeves presided. Large Order For Cars. TOLEDO, May 2,—General Manager Ferris has let contracts for 800 new coal cars for the Ohio Central road. It is the understanding that the road is to [go more extensively than ever into the coal business. . Apt-ll Customs Receipts. WASHINGTON, May 2.—The follow- ing customs and taxes were collected at the ports mentioned during April: Ma- nila, $457,002; Iloilo, $45,534; Cebu, $30,- 757; total, $533,293. Weather Probabilities. Fair today; brisk southwesterly . . winds; cloudy tomorrow. DEWEY'wEEATDEED Fittingly Remembered. A NATION CELEBRATES. THE DAY. School Children In Many Cities Slng Patriotic Songs and Write Essays About the Adnlirul and His Vic- » tory—The Raleigh Honored. NEW YORK, May 2.—Throughout the country yesterday was fittingly ob- served as Dewey day. In schools, churches, clubs and private residences old and young sang the praises of the great. admiral under whose direction such a signal victory over the Spanish fleet was won in Manila bay just a year ago. Nature smiled on the celebrations. Finer weather could not have been de- sired. / Practically unknown to a majority of his fellow citizens and seldom heard of until the beginning of the war, Admiral Dewey has become a great popular hero, fairly idolized in all parts of the Union. Four hundred thousand school chil- dren in this city were told how Dew- ey’s words, “You may fire when ready, Gridley,” began a new page of history and how, when the American guns stopped speaking, every ship in Monto- io’s fleet had been sunk or captured. , By special legislative enactment some states have made the day a legal holi- day, but in New York no concerted ac- tion was taken by state or municipality. Joseph J. Little, president of the board of education, vas requested to make the day a, school holiday, but he thought a better mode of impressing upon the ADMIRAL DEWEY. children’s mind a lesson of patriotism Was to have part of the day devoted to appropriate exercises in the schools. At sunrise the stars and stripes were hoisted on all the forts and warships in New York waters. Salutes were fired from the forts, and at noon, the ap- pointed hour, yachts in the harbor boomed out a salute. The Day In Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, May 2.—A most notable demonstration occurred in this city. The cruiser Raleigh, the only one of Dewey’s victorious ships yet return- ed, was the central figure in the cele— bration arranged by the officials and prominent citizens of the city. Previous to the naval parade Governor Stone and Mrs. Stone, Mayor Ashbridge and Mrs. Ashbridge and a number of other state and municipal officials boarded the Ra- leigh. As the governor stepped on the warship the governor’s salute of 1? guns was fired. The visitors, after shaking hands with Captain Coghlan and his staff officers, were shown about the ves- sel. The Raleigh was besieged with vis— itors all day long. The greatest crowd was. 5;. board. during the parade, Boston Remembers the Event. BOSTON, May 2.——The Essex club cel- ebrated Admiral Dewey’s splendid vic- tory of a year ago with a banquet at Young's hotel last evening, at which were entertained as guests Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, two heroes of the Manila bay fight, Captain VVildes of the Boston and Lieutenant Com- mander Reese, formerly executive offi— James R. Seifridge, formerly of the Pu— ritan, and Lieutenant Commander F. A. \Vilmer of the Monadnock. Chicago Celebrates. CHICAGO, May 2.—Flags were un- furled throughout the city yesterday and portraits of Admiral Dewey were displayed on every hand. although there was no cessation of traffic on account of the holiday. In the public schools the thrilling events that took place in Ma- nila bay one year ago were told in song, poem and story. The Ashland club cele- brated Dewey day with a banquet, at which patriotic addresses were given. A banquet was also given by the Quad- rangle club of the University of Chi- cago. College Boys Remember. NEW HAVEN, May 2.—The Yale stu- dents celebrated Dewey day in a man- ner that recalled the noisy demonstra- t on of a year ago just prior to the for- mation of the Yale battery. The pro- cession that_paraded the campus and adjoining street was perhaps the lar- gest of years and for noise and enthu- siasm has seldom been equaled. Holiday In California. SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.—The lst of May having been made by act of the legislature a state holiday, special ex- ercises in commemoration of Dewey's great victory took place in almost every city and town in California. In this city the national salute ‘was fired from the cannon from which was fired the first shot of the Spanish at Corregidor. St. Paul Keeps the Day. ST. PAUL. May 2,—The general ob- servance of Dewey day in the public schools of this city was accompanied by the celebration of Arbor and Bird day, this being also the date designated by the governor for that purpose. Flags on public buildings was the only observ- ance outside of the schools. In New Orleans. ' NEW ORLEANS, May 2.——Dewey day was celebrated here in the SChools. Children wrote compositions on the ad- miral and his feat of a. year ago and read them in the schools. At Saratoga; ' SARATOGA, May 2.—Dewey day was universally observed in this city by the display of flags and celebrations in the public schools. It was virtually rem;- nlzed as apatriotic holiday. s. " 1:: E K L Y A 0 R cer of the Olympia, besides Commander ’ w ' ' AFFAIRS IN HAVANA. General Brooke Would Pay Troops at Once—Cubans Are Pessimisis. HAVANA, May 1.—Governor Genera.) Brooke purposes bringing the matter of the payment of the Cuban troops to a head immediately. He has sent a re- quest to General Maximo Gomez that the latter and the junta of,consulting Cuban generals shouldcome at once ix a. decision as to whether the Cuban muster rolls are to stand as now mad! up or are to be reduced, as General Gomez has been expecting. If he could consult his own desires, General Brooke would pay $100 per- man to such as are entitled to share in the $3,000,000, but if General Gomez continues to vouch for 39,930 troops payment will be begun without further delay on that basis. Three months will have elapsed tomor- row since Mr. Robert P. Porter, Presi- dent McKinley’s special commissioner, came to a formal agreement with Gen- eral Gomez that it was of the first im-. portance that the Cuban army should be 'paid and disbanded. The average Cuban is now Whispering his fears of a wild outbreak of brigand- age as soon as the troops are paid off. The planters are suspending improve- ments until developments are known, and projects for investment are held in abeyance. Washington wishes the army problem settled as quickly as possible so as to be able to withdraw at least two more regiments. Every business house in Havana ex- cept the drug stores and cafes was closed at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in pursuance of Major General Lud- low’s special order. The clerks, 1,000 or more, who petitioned the military gov- ernor to issue the order, are much pleased at the result. Not so, however, the storekeepers and the general pub lic. -:r_.‘__A . . Alger Would Not Refuse. DETROIT, May 1.-——Secretary Alger, being asked whether he will be a candi- date before the next Michigan legisla- ture for United States senator to sue- ceed Senator McMillan, replied: “I will say frankly that I did think that if the state should see fit to send me to the senate I would appreciate the honor, but after all my state has done for me I shall not enter into any scramble for it.”_ Being informed that it had been reported that Senator McMillan would seek a. third term the secretary of war replied: “I do not think so. Senator McMillan assured me himself a long time ago that he probably should not be a candidate again and that if he was not he would do all he could for me." America Left Out. LONDON, May 1.-——Pending detailed information the London papers com- ment approvingly, but cautiously, upon the news of the Anglo-Russian agree- ment regarding spheres of influence in China. The Daily Chronicle points out that this agreement will produce simi— lar arrangements with Germany and France, resulting in the partition of China, which Lord Charles Beresford predicts will bring about war. “Amer- ica,” says The Daily Chronicle, “will apparently be left out in the cold, and she really deserves no sympathy, for if her statesmen had been willing to join us at an earlier stage in keeping China open to the world the present situation would never have arisen.” The President In New York. NEW YORK, May 1.——President Mc- Kinley, with his brother, Abner McKin— ley, attended morning services in the Calvary Methodist church, at Seventh avenue and One Hundred and Twenty- ninth street, yesterday. The church was not overcrowded. At 3:30 p. m. the pres- ident and Mrs. McKinley. Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKinley and William S. Hawk went out for a drive. At the suggestion of Mr. Hawk they stopped for a few minutes at the Church of Zion and St. Timothy, on West Fifty—seventh street, where the annual children’s exercises were in progress. The presidential par- ty leave for Washington tonight. Russia Gets Concession In Persia. BERLIN, May 1.—According to a dis- patch from St. Petersburg to the Lokal- 'Anzeiger, the shah of Persia on March 1 signed a concession to a Russian min- ing company covering the whole prov- ince of Azorbaijan, the most northerly province of Persia, having an area of 30,300 square miles. The concession is for 70 years. The province contains rich copper deposits, and the company will explore the tract for metals and gems and construct railways, roads and har— bors. ‘ ._._l___.. Sunday Closing Enforced. . TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 1.—All the saloons in the north part of the city were closed yesterday for the first time in years. The closing was brought about by the clergymen in that portion of the town, and a meeting of ministers has been called to effect the Sunday ob- servan‘ce throughout the city. The sa-' loon men are circulating a subscription list, and cases arising out of the cru- sade will be carried to the highest courts if necessary. - A‘Tornndo In Nebraska. .. VALPARAISO, Neb., May 1.-——A tor- nado passed through part of Saunders county about four miles west of here yesterday, destroying everything in its path. Several horses anda large num- ber of hogs were killed. One child was slightly hurt. The damage to property will amount to several thousand dol- lars, with but light insurance. The storm was about a quarter of a mile. wide. Tin Plate Workers Ask an Advance. COLUMBUS, 0., May 1.—The scale committee of the Tin'Plate Workers' National Protective association prac- tically completed its report to be sub- mitted to the convention which meets here next week. The members of the committee refuse to discuss the report, but it is understood that an advance of 10 per cent over present wages will be asked. Mexico‘s Trude Incl-easing. CITY OF MEXICO, May 1.——The shows that in eight months of this fiscal year the‘exports have increased nearly $9,000,000 and are now at the rate of nearly $150,000,000 yearly. The imports have increased 13 per cent and are now at the rate of $38,000,000 in silver an- nually. A,“ Hot In Chicago. '_ ' CHICAGO. May.1.—Chicago is experi- encing a' torrid spell unparalleled in the history of the weather bureau. Eighty- eight degrees were registered Sunday on the Auditorium thermometer. This people is a nation of pessimist‘s.. treasury report of otoreign commerce, CUBA’S AWAKENING. Rapid Progress Under Amer- ica’s Stable Rule. BUSINESS RECOVERING EVERYWHERE Tho Estimates of the Great Staple. Tobacco, Re'nch Three Hundred Thousand Tons—Large Exports of the Island's Products. WASHINGTON, May 1.—Acting Sec- retary of War Moiklejohn has made public a very interesting report upon the commercial and. industrial conditions in Cuba, showing that the future of the island under a stable government prom- iaes a wonderful development of wealth.' the beneficial effects of an economical administraition of the island's affairs, such as is now being given under the di- rection of the war department, are al- ready apparent. A good deal of the capital which was removed or which went into hiding prior to and during the Spanish war has returned, and new capital is being attractedlby the safer and more stable conditions. The in- crease in the business‘of the custom house demonstrates better than any- thing else the revival Of general trade. Tobacco, which will continue to be one of the most important crops of the is- land, is already being cultivated in sec- tions of.the island‘where it hasnever been grown hitherto. The crop, esti- mated at the beginning of the present year at 200,000‘tons, based upon actual production at the end of March, it is estimated will reach 300,000 tons. This despite lack of facilities, the confusion and hurry with which the crops were planted and the fact that much of the machinery was totally or partially de- stroyed. The scarcity of domestic oxen, due to the wholesale slaughter of stock by both Cubans and Spaniards f0r food purposes during the war, is greatly re- tarding the operation of sugar estates. The total collections during March were $896,925, a collection exceeded only twice at Havana during the past ten years (1895and 1898). The apparently large collections last year, which reach- ed in the equivalent of American money $921,128, is accounted for by the fact that the duties on large quantities of war supplies and materials shipped ‘into Havana under the title of “libramen- toes" were paid by check and figured in the collections as money, which Went into the treasury, but which as a mat- ter of fact never represented money at all. In considering the large importa- tions into Havana last month it must be borne. in mind also that the duty under the American regime is at least 50 per cent lower than the Spanish rate, showing that none of the revenues are being sequestered, as under the old Spanish rule. For the first three months of American rule the total receipts for all the ports of Cuba were as follows: January, $1,061,228; February, $976,918; March, $1,261,845. The cost of collection for these months was exceedingly low. Fire In Boston. BOSTON, May 1.—A five story brick building on Dover street, occupied by a. number of manufacturing firms and on the ground floor by the Boston fire de— partment as a storage for extra appa- ratus, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The loss is estimated at $100,000. The fire department had a number of pieces of valuable apparatus in the building, and two engines and a number of hose carriages in the rear were buried by the falling walls. An- other portion of the building was occu- pied by the fire alarm. Dr. ,Evnns’ Trustees Quit. NEW YORK, May 1.—The trustees of the West Presbyterian church, of which the Rev. Dr. Anthony H. Evans is pas- tor, have resigned in a body, and as a result the war within the church has broken out afresh. This step was finally decided upon at a joint meeting of the trustees and the members of the session held on Saturday night. Of the trus- tees the only absentee was H. M. Flag- ter, and he telegraphed his assent to the signing of his name to the notice of res- lgnation. Secretary Long’s Sunday. HINGHAM, Mass, May 1.——Secretary and Mrs. Long. together with their daughter Helen, attended church yes- terday at the “Old Meeting House,” where they listened to a sermon by Rev. John Snyder of St. Louis, who was formerly Secretary Long’s pastor and associate on the local board of school commissioners. At the close of the ser- vice Secretary Long and family were warmly greeted by many of the towns— people. A Pennsylvania Murder. DUBOIS, Pa., May 1.-—A woman named Habiland, housekeeper of Fred- erick Walker of Brockwayville, Jeffer- son county, was shot and killed at Brockport yesterday and Walker was found near the dead woman suffering from the effects of laudanum. It is be- lieved Walker shot the woman and then attempted suicide by swallowing the laudanum, though when found he said the woman had shot herself. Much Gold In the Transvaal. PRETORIA, May 1.—In the course of his speech at the opening of‘ the volks- raad President Kruger announced that the Transvaal was now the largest gold producing country in the world. He said the output in 1898 was £16,240,630, being an increase of £4,586,905 over the output of the previous year. Oxford League at Yale. NEW HAVEN, May 1.—About 100 of the Methodist students of Yale univer- sity formed the Oxford league. Its purpose is both religious and social. It is planned to inaugurate a series of annual sermons at Yale by eminent Methodist clergymen. ' Last night Bish— op J. H. Vincent addressed the league. Ice Leaves the Kennebec. WATERVILLE, Me., May 1.—The last of the ice went out of Kennebec river yesterday, and it was a record breaker for quietness. The driving of timber has fully commenced upon the branch wa- ters and the season is expected to be a. successful one. Africans Protest. CHICAGO, May 1.—Meelings were held in African churchesthroughout the city yesterday to protest againstdynch- ings in the south. The services, were iiargeiy attended. and at each of them an address to the public was adopted. 'ENORMOUS EXPORT TRADE. The ‘Month ,of 'March. Returns Show-' ing the Best on Record. WASHINGTON, May 1. —American manufacturers made their‘ highest rec- ord in foreign markets in the month of March. The figures of the exportations, which the treasury bureau of statistics has issued earlier than ‘on'any pre- vious'occasion, show that the March ex- portations of manufactures were $36,- 025,733, or more than 25 per cent in ex- cess of any preceding month and 50 per cent more than February, 1899. In March last» year the exportations of manufactures were $28,214,450; in March, 1897, $25,876,861, and in March, 1896, $19,- 125,795. On only two occasions, March and December, 1898, have the exports of a. single month ever reached $28,000,000. Prior to 1897-exports of manufactures never averaged in any month as much as $1,000,000 for each business day. In five months of 1898 they averaged $1.- 000,000 for each business day, and in March, 1899, $1,400,000 for each business day. The increase in the exportations of manufactures is apparent in nearly all lines. Of agricultural implements the March, 1899, exports were $2,379,744 against $1,470,397 in March of the pre- ceding year. Exports of cotton cloths increased from 27,030,657 yards ’ in March, 1898, to 45,266,959 yards in March, 1899. The experts to China alone'were 23,433,596 yards against 13,635,874 yards in March of last year. Instruments for scientific purposes, including telegraph. telephone, etc., increased from 8230;018 in March, 1898, to $481,790 in March, 1899, thus showing an increase of more than 100 per cent. Builders’ hardware in- creased 33 per cent, sewing machines nearly 30 per cent, typewriters nearly 50 Per cent, leather about 40 per cent, boots and shoes 80 per cent. naval stores 60 per cent and vegetable oils nearly 40 per cent. During the nine months ending with March, 1899, the exports of manufac— tures amounted to $242,883,645 against $208,788,036 in the corresponding months of last year and formed more than 26 per cent of the total exports against 23 per cent in the corresponding months of the preceding fiscal year. .izitlexpansionists Protest. CHICAGO. May 1.——-Central Music hall was yesterday afternoon filled with an audience gathered to protest against the course of the administration with reference to the Philippine Islands. Once or twice the proceedings were in- terrupted by protests of those who disa- greed with the sentiménts of the speak— ers. Professor J. Lawrence Laughlin of the University of Chicago, in speaking of the national policy toward the Fil- ipinos, said, “There the flag is the em- blem of tyranny and butchery.” Cries of “Treason! ”‘came from the gallery, but the cries were quickly drowned out by approving cheers. When Bishop J. L. Spalding of Peoria declared that “Eng- land has never been a. friend of this country,” an Englishman near the plat- form cried, :‘That’s a lie!” Without no- ticing the interruption the bishop con- tinued his address. Dr. Henry Wade Rogers, president of Northwestern uni- versity, acted as chairman of the meet- ing. Ninth Immunes Arrive. _ NEW YORK, May 1.—-The United States transport Meade, Captain W‘ill- son, arrived in quarantine at 7:22 p. In. last night from Santiago, having on board the Ninth United States volun- teers (immunes) under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. J. Crane. They number 39 officers and 897 men. They left New Orleans on the 17th of August, 1898, and during their stay in Cu- ba they have been stationed in Santia- g0. General Otis Returns to His Paper. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—Brigadier General Harrison Gray Otis, States volunteers, who arrived from Manila on the transport Sherman, came on shore yesterday. General Otis asked to be allowed to resign as soon as he foresaw the termination of hostilities with the fall of Malolos and expects to leave for Los Angeles today, where he will immediately resume his position of editor in chief of the Los Angeles Times. Captain Coghlnn’s Sunday Trip. ATLANTIC CITY, May 1.——Capta~in Coghlan, the commander of the cruiser Raleigh, spent the Sabbath in this city in company with his wife and Dr. J. M. Moore, Lieutenant Frank Chadwick, Assistant Paymaster H. A. Pearson and Engineer Percy Neil. The visitors were extended the' freedom of the city by Mayor Thompson shortly after arriving. The captain and party returned to Phil— adelphia last evening. Wealth For Dewey’s Seaman. CHICAGO, May 1. —Joseph Lynch, who was under Dewey on the Petrel at Manila and who is now in this city, has fallen heir to 850,000. William Ulysses Lynch, the grandfather of Joseph, died April 20 in Orange, N. J ., and bequeath- ed to him one—fourth of his estate. The estate consists of railway bonds and property, and the estimated value is $200,000. ” Business Dull In Spain. MADRID, May 1.——Spaih’s economic situation, according to El Liberal, is unfavorable, tested by the official re- turns for the first quarter of'the cur- rent year. The imports showed an in- crease of 45,000,000 pesetas, while the exports fell off 43,000,000 pesetas. The customs receipts showed a heavy de- crease. Sundstorni In Kansas. KANSAS CITY, Kan., May 1.——-One of the worst sandstorms in years prevailed . in central and western Kansas yester- day. At Newton, where the velocity of the wind reached 60 miles an hour, the sun was obscured by vast clouds of dust, trees were broken and small build- ings overturned. Ex-Scnutor J. M. Palmer Ill. SPRINGFIELD, 1115., May 1. --—Ex- Senator John M. Palmer is confined to his bed at his home in this city, suffer- ing from kidney trouble.» It was his in- tention to move to Carlinville today to spend the summer, but owing to his ill- ness the .change will necessarily be postponed. An A‘dvance In Wages. JOLIET, Ills. May 1.—Employees of the Joliet, Rookford and Lemont quarries of the Western Stone company have been notified of an advance in wages of 25 cents a day, to take effect today. Six hundred men are benefited. Other local quarries will make a similar advance. United ' EILEMORE IS " SAE I here of consumption. Yorktown’s Missing Men Pri oners at Luna’s Camp. unions CELEBRATE DEWEY DA'l l‘wo Officers Push u Bandeau-t L‘oade With Food For the Prisoners Five Miles—A Request For anvEx- change of Prisoners. MANILA, May 2.-—-General MacA thur yesterday afternoon sent Maj- Shields and Lieutenant Hayne to t. Filipino lines under a white flag wit ten days’ rations and a. supply of ad :acies for 16 Americans, prisoners, te of whom, according to Colonel A guelles, the Filipino envoy who visite General Otis the other day, are 'me‘ bers of the Yorktown's boat crew, wh with Lieutenant Gillmore, were ca tured near Baler. Men with suppli- pushed them on a. handcart from Ap let to General Luna’s headquarters Santo Tomas, five miles north. Gener MacArthur also sent a-letter to Ge- eral Luna suggesting the exchange of number of Filipinos for the Americ prisoner's. ' A party of 100 residents of Maccabe. entered the lines Sunday asking f American protection against the Tag los. When Major Bell with a party . scouts visited Maccabebe yesterday, t entire town turned out to welcome hi Bells were rung, and the people shout “Viva Americanos!” until they we hoarse. They eagerly besought t Americans to garrison the town f their protection. Five Tagalo prisoner including a lieutenant, who, were ca, tured by the Maccabebes, were about be put'to death as the Americans a rived. , They were rescued by Major Bell a brought to Manila. The Maccabeb are anxious to enlist in the Americ army and fight the Tagalos. They a armed only with bolos. The situation is unchanged. There no fighting, and under the circu . stances none is desired, everything b ing given up here to the celebration the anniversary of Dewey’s destructi of the Spanish fleet in Manila bay. AI miral Dewey granted the fleet a holid yesterday and held a reception on boa. his flagship. He was visited by t ~American commissioners and received large number of congratulatory di patches. - . The Nevada cavalry, which was f0 merly at Cavite, has been transferr to Manila. The commands all along t lines are being rearranged preparato to resuming operations. The Rio Grande de la Pampan bridge has been repaired sufficiently permit the bumping of the artille over the girders, and the baggage tr will be taken across today. Calum is likely to be the future base of o erations. Cavalry For Otis. WASHINGTON, May 2.—The six maining troops of the Fourth cava have been ordered ,to the Philippln The troops are to be assembled, mou ed at San Francisco immediately, a there put in readiness for duty at th new station. To relieve two troops the Fourth now serving at Fort Yello stone, ‘Wy., a troop of the First cava. has been ordered there from F Meade, S. D. There are now only f troops of mounted cavalry, part of I Fourth regiment, serving in the Phil pines, and some very creditable w- has been performed by these men the recent operations. After the maining troops of the Fourth cava reach Manila there will be ten troops mounted cavalry at the service of G eral Otis. Lieutenant Gillmore Is Safe. WASHINGTON, May 2.——The n department has information. from . miral Dewey of the safety of Lieut ant Gillmore and ten of his 14 men the insurgent headquarters. The n department knows nothing more ab the safety of Lieutenant Gillmore . the ten enlisted men referred to in D- ey's dispatch, but the natural supp tion of the naval authorities is that other members of the boat’s crew not alive. McKinley to Dewey. NEW YORK, May 2.—While at navy yard yesterday President Me * ley sent the following cablegram to . miral Dewey: “On this anniversar your great victory the people of United States unite in an expressio affection and gratitude to yourself the brave officers and men of your fl whose brilliant achievements mar an epoch in history and which will in the annals of the world’s he deeds." The Speakership Contest. WASHINGTON, May 2.—Represe tive Dolliver of Iowa,-who is pus General Henderson for speaker of house of representatives to succeed Reed, in an interview said that Sherman of New York in his opi would Win unless the western congr men united on a candidate and - consequently when he reached Chi shortly he would suggest to Re sentative Hopkins of Illinois and 0 western candidates that the wes men enter into an agreement to for the western speakership candi- receiving the highest number of v on the first ballot. To Consider Atkinson’s Cale. WASHINGTON, May 2.—The circ tion of the anti-imperialistic docum admitted to have been sent out by ward Atkinson of Boston was offic called to the attention of Postm General Emory Smith yesterday, the matter is now awaiting official tion. In all probability it will be- t up for discussion at the next ca session. Machinists Meet In Buflalo. BUFFALO, May 2.—The eighth nia’l convention of the International sociation of Machinists has opened . with 120 delegates, representing members of the organization in United States, Canada and Me present. Mayor Diehl welcomed delegates to the city. The treasure ported $13,000 in the treasury. The sion's are secret. Commander \Vard’s Daughter D' SAN JUAN, Pcrto‘ Rico, May Constance, the 12—yearvold 'daught LieutenantWard, commander of United States transport Panther,
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