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General Wilson Visits Many
Points and Finds All Quiet.
RURAL GUARDS WILL BE 1115111111111
The No ‘ih American Trust Company
Made the Gov crnnlent DepositorI-
Aniericnn Bunliing'”1VIethods
* Are Being Established.
HAVANA. May- 9.—Maj0r General
Wilsonfmilitary governor of the new
department of Matanzas and Santa
Clara, has visited within the last ten
days every railway point in Santa Clara
province and seen everyalcalde, judge,
priest, schoolteacher, banker and im—
portant planter in the localities he has
visited He now intends to go on 1101 se-
back to many of the communities off
the railwav lines.
At several points where he received
reports of brigandage he made it a
point to investigate these personally or
through members of his staff. While he
was near Calabassa he was told that six
bandits had attacked the Los Angeles
estate and been driven off by the police
after a sharp interchange of shots. He
sent Lieutenant Colonel Reber and the
Cuban general Jesus Monteagudo to
make inquiry. They found that there
had been no bandits near the estate and
that the only basis for the story was
that Mr. McCullagh, owner of the lini-
dos estate, had seen flashes and heard
firing in the direction of Los Angeles.
The theory is that some Spanish tobac—
co buyers had arranged to have shots
fired to give color to rumors of the pres-
ence of bandits in order to cause timid-
ity among tobacco sellers and thus se-
cure sales at 1011' prices, the buyers em-
phasizing the danger of the w arehouscs
being burned if there 11 ere any delav.
Very greatly impressed General VS 11-
son was with the docility of the people
in the country which he traversed, and
heearnestly deprecates the acceptance.
without proper investigation, by the
newspapers of “w'ildcat stories circulat—
ed by gossips or designing persons, es-
pecially by those who wish to get jobs
as rural policemen.’ He believes he
says, that there is no more need for
rural guards in his department for in-
stance, than in the United States.
President McKinley, through Adju—
has instructed
Governor General Brooke to make the
North American Trust company here
the depository of all the funds of the
government in the island, and conse-
quently the money now in the strong
rooms of the custom house will be im-
mediately moved to the bank. Yester-
day $500,000 was deposited, and today
$1,500,000-wi11 be transferred.
It is expected that American banking
methods will increase in popularity in
the city, particularly the check system,
which was formerly practically un-
known Many customers of private
banks now demand the introduction of
this featu1e. The North American
Trust company is loaning largely on
bills of lading and other equally good
securities. The institution refuses at
present to lend on mortgages. as the
laws regulating them are apparently
not quite clear.
During the month of May 340.000 in-
digent rations will be distributed in Ha-
vana.
According to a dispatch from Puerto
Principe city. an American syndicate
has secured the electric lighting fran—
chise there for $70,000. and another syn-
dicate has purchased about 33 1—3 acres
of land for $100,000 and will construct a
sugar factory.
Doings in Santiago.
SANTI AGO Cuba Mav 9.——The mu-
nicipality of lilanzanillo this prov,ince
has pu1chased an oil painting (11"0111-
nel Pettit. mili tary governor of the c 11,
and has hung it in a conspicuous posi—
tion in the city hall with elaborate (711'-
emonies. The Tenth United States ('3‘.\'-
airy has arrived at Manzanillo, Heavy
rains have. fallen every afternoon of
late in this section. The United States
survey steamer Yankton, formerly the
Penelope, has begun a survey of the bay
of Guantanamo.—
Faith (‘urist Arrestcd.
NEVV YORK, May 9.-——P1‘esident Nil-
' chael C. Murphy of thevhealth board
has ordered the arrest of Mrs. Maria
Mller of 31'2 East T11'elft11 sheet. the
fa th cure doc'to1 who attended Lizzie
Kranz, the little girl now dying of gan-
grene in the Eastern District hospital.
Brooklyn. Not in years has such a
shockin‘g case of cha11atan1y at the ex~
pense of the untold tortures of a girl of
12 bee —n brought before the boaid of
health. The details—the reciting of in—
cantations while smoke curled from 13
jars' by the bedside, the monstrous clu-
elty to the child. whose fiesh decaved
unt'l _the foot was ready to drop off——
reads like some horrible st‘ory of the
incredulity' and superstition of the mid-
,dle ages.
Firhting on the Nile.
LONDON, May 9-—The foreign office
has received nexvs from Unyoro that
Colonel Evatt attacked Chief Kaba ega
.on the east bank of the ,Nile on April
9 and completely defeated him. Three
hundred of the enemy were killed, and
Kabarega himself, who ‘was severely
wounded. and King Mwanga were taken
prisoners. Colonel Evatt’s losses were
two it lied and 20 wounded Uganda sol-
diers.
Our Peace Conference Instructions.
LONDON, May 9.—The Berlin corre-
spondent of The Standard says: “The
United. States delegates to the peace
conference at The Hague have instruc-
tions to advance thiee leading princi-
ples—the mstitution of courts of arbi-
tration, the extension of the declara-
tion of Paris of 1856 to the nonconfisca—
tion of all cargoes not contraband of
war and the extension of the Geneva
Convention to war by sea."
Oil? For Hot Springs.
WASHINGTON. May 9.—Presider.-t
and Mrs. McKinley left the city last
night for a vacation of a week or ten
days at Hot Springs, Va. The trip 11 as
made in a handsomely equipped special
train, which left here at 9: 45 o’clock
over the Chesapeake and, Ohio railroad ,
'l‘hc Rounoke‘s Quick Trip.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 9..—The Unit—
ed States transport Roanoke has arriv-
ed from Manila with Captain Kimball
and Surgeon F. Fiaser of the First Cal-
ifornia volunteers and 22 privates, from
different regiments as passengers; The
trip from Manila occupied 28 days.
’BILERRILRORDIRUST
Will Include All Lines Be-
tween Boston and Chicago.
SOME OUTLINES OF PROPOSED PLAN
The Small Lines to Be Apportioncd
Between the Vanderbilt, B. and 0.
and Pennsylvania Corporations.
Will Prevent Rate “’urs.
CLEVELAND, May 9.—The Leader
today says:
“According to a high official of the
Vanderbilt lines in this city the details
of a big railroad trust which is to in-
clude all the lines between Boston and
Chicago are now being worked out, and
the consolidation may be completed
within the next few weeks. The recent
purchase of short lines in New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi-,
nois was in line with the plans for the
consolidation which has been in contem—
plation.
“It is not the puipcse to have all the
lines under one management exactly.
but to apportion them among the Penn—
sylvania company, the Vanderbilt inter-
ests and the Baltimore and Ohio com—
pany when it shall have been reorgan-
ized, giving to each system the lines
that it can use to the best advantage.
“The first inkling of the scope of the
plan came when the Vanderbilts an—
nounced the other day that they con—
trolled all the roads in New England
with the exception of the Boston and
Albany. with which they now have a
traffic agreement and which they ex—
pect to take in soon. The Vanderbilts
now control all the trunk lines between
Buffalo,and New York with the excep—
tion of the Erie. the Lackawanna and
the Lehigh Valley. The Erie. it is said,
will come under the control of the Van—
derbilts through the influence of the
Morgans, while the Lehigh Valley may
go to the Baltimore arid Ohio. The
Lackawanna is now operated in con-
junction with the Nickel Plate, a Van-
derbilt line.
“These are the outlines only of the
plan which is being worked out, but
those who have been watching the
changes in the railroad world do not
doubt that it will be carried Through
successfully.
“The purpose of the consolidation is
said to be to prevent rate cutting and
to accomplish practically what the
Joint Trafi'ic association was organized
to do.”
Timber Laws Violated.
WASHINGTON, May 9.—Inspector
Nessler of the interior department, who
has been investigating violations of the
timber laws in the Chippewa reserva-
tion in Minnesota, reports to the de—
partment that he has found 7,000,000
feet of green timber which has been cut
~ by contractors under the pretense that
it was dead and down timber. Secre-
tary Hitchcock has wired him orders,
not to deliver this timber to the con—
tractors until they pay the necessary
additional $3 'per 1,000 feet, the price
fixed for the green timber by the gov-
ernment being $5 per 1,000 feet and only
$2 for the dead. This extra payment
will inure to the benefit'of the Indians.
Big; Furnacéfllo Start Up.
BELLEFONTE. Pa., May 9.—An ex-
tensive deal in the, iron industry has
been practically closed here by which
a syndicate of eastern capitalists will
become owners of the Collins furnace,
the 150 ton plant built here by Collins
Bros. in 1887 and which has been idle
since 1800. The new company also pur-
chased the extens-‘ile ore mines of the
Carnegie company at Scotia, 16 miles
west of here, as well as the ore rights
on hundreds of acres of la 11d. Operations
will be resumed within ten days at the
ore mines, which have been idle six
months. \Vork will be given to over 500
men. 1
Albany" -1 )c—w Hotel.
ALBANY. May 9.——Yestcrday marked
the formal opening of Albany‘s modern
hostelry. the new Hotel Tcn Eyck.
which was inspected throughout the
day by hundreds of citizens. The build-.
ing is not finished, but the work has
been progressed far enough so that
guests may be accommodated. The
building is nine stories in height and
strictly fireproof. James Ten Eyck, aft—
er whom the hotel is named. was the
first to enter his name in the new regis-
ter. H. J. Rockwell and son, who for
many years have conducted the Ken-
more, will manage the Ten Eyck.
_ General Force Dead.
SANDITSKY. 0., May 9.~——General
Manning F. Force, commandant of the
Ohio Soldiers’ home, died at the home,
near this city, yesterday afternoon. He
entered the army in 1861 as lieutenant
colonel. was promoted to brigadier in
186:3 and brevetted major general in 1864. ’
He was appointed colonel of the regu-
lars in 1865 and declined. He served on
the bench over 20years at Cincinnati as
'iudge of the superior court. He was
frequently mentioned for governor,
member of congress and senator, but
declined all.
Another Negro Shot.
CUMBERLAND, Md. May 9.—Wil-
liam Parish, a negro 18 years of age,
was shot and killed yesterday-by John
Meyers, white. Meyers, it is said, caught
the negro attempting a felonious as-
sault upon Mrs. Kate Haier, an aged
white woman of Sulphur Spring Hol-
low. As Parish after being discovered
started to run away Meyers fired and
almost instantly killed him.
Harbor Contract Approved.
WASHINGTON, May 9.—Secretary
Alger has approved the contract of An—
drew Onderdonk for deepening the east
channel of New York harbor to 40 feet
”for a width of 2,000 feet. The project
will cost about $4,000,000. The recom-
mendations as to the Bay Ridge and
Red Hook channels were returned to
Major Adams. 'the engineer in charge,
for a,.more _detailed report.
Speak Ensics at Princeton.
PRINCETON. N. J., .May 9.——Ex-Sen-
ator Vanderbilt went before the council
of Princeton yesterday and complained
that Princeton has 24 “speak easies,”
Many ,of them. he said, are open all
night and on Sundays. He says an in—
vestigation is likely. '
British Cruiser For Iceland.
LONDON, May 9.—Th'e British first
class armored cruiser Galatea has been
ordered to Iceland owing to recent seiz-
ures of English fishing boats in contra-
' vention of the Danish regulations.
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Otis Reports Apparent Failing
of Filipino Forces._
AMERICAN GUNBOATS SHELLTRENCHES
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The Country Being Clcnrcd of In-
surgents and the Population Re-
turning to the Towns Occupied
by United States Forces.
MANILA May 9,—The army gun-,
boats Laguna de Bay and Cavadonga,
which were recalled from Laguna de
Bay and sent to Guagua, four miles
southwest of San Fernando, to establish
a. water base for the American supplies,
were fired upon from the _enemy’s
trenches at Sexmoan. The boats 1eplied
to the fire with al‘of their guns and
drove the insurgents out. The gunboats
then proceeded to Guagua, which place
they also shelled. Though the boats
were subjected to heavy volleys of mus-
ketry fire no one on board of either was
hurt. After shelling Guagua the gun-
boats returned to Manila to get supplies
for General MacArthur’s troops.
The insurgent forces have been di—
vided, one body under command of Gen-
eral Mascardo going to the west of San
Fernando, and the other, commanded
by General Antonio Luna, moving to
the north. "Both of these leaders lay
claim to the supreme command of the
Filipino army. General Luna will prob-
ably fall back to Terlac and from that
place move toward San Isidro.
General MacArthur will probably 11e—
tain San Fernando as his base of oper—
ations, sending out detachments of
troops as may be necessary.
Insurgents \Vcnken.
WASHINGTON, May 9.——A dispatch
was received by the war department
yesterday from General Otis. The fol-
lowing is a copy of the message, with
certain parts eliminated: _
“Situation as follows: Lawton at
Maasin and Baliuag; scouting parties to
north and east; MacArthur at San Fer-
nando. * * 1‘ Population of country
between Manila and nerthern points
held by trodps returning to homes ap-
pear cheerful and contented. Army gun-
boats operating in rivers; have clea1ed
country west of MacArthur of insui-
gents. * * * Signs of 1nsu1°1ents
weakness more apparent daily.”
Watson to Succeed Dewey.
WASHINGTON, 'May 9.——Admira1
Dewey is to be succeeded as commander
of the Asiatic station by Rear Admiral
Watson, commander of the Mare Island
navy yard. Orders were issued yestere
day by the navy department detaching
Rear Admiral Watson from his com-
mand and ordering him to report to Ad-
miral Dewey at Manila, to relieve that
brave officer when he feels that he can
start home. Rear Admiral Kempff will
succeed Rear Admiral IVatson as com-
mander of the Mare Island navy yard.
Cuba and Chinese Exclusion.
WASHINGTON, May 9.—The Chinese
legation here has made a strong protest
to the state. department against the ex—
tension of the Chinese exclusion act to
Cuba, this having been one result of a
recent executive order extending the
immigration laws: of the United States
to Cuba and Porto Rico. Mr, Yung
Kwai, an attache of the legation. said
yesterday that the legation had made
such a protest and hat in view of the
fact that the Chinese would make the
best kind of citizcns for the settlement
of Cuba he believed that tlr1 coder
11 ould be I‘lOdlllL d so as not to e (clude
his count1ymen.“The do11.n:el em-
mess, ” he added, “has recentlv granted
the most liberal motet tion to Ameri—
cans and wishes to Income more closely
allied with America, and this country
will be going against its own interests
if it refuses to meet China half way.”
llooscvclt Starts Electrical Show.
ALBANY, May 9.—At the executive
mansion last night at 8:50 o’clock Gov-
ernor Roosevelt pressed a button that
set in motion the entire machinery
which is being used in the monster
electrical exhibition at MadisonSquare
Garden in New York city. As soon as
the machinery was started the lever
mechanism was disconnected, and a key
and sounder was attached to the New
York end. The governor sent a con—
gratulatory message to Chairman Haw-
ley, and another was passed back
thanking the governor for opening the
exhibition. The governor‘s message
was read at the New York end by Unit—
ed States Senator Dene“ and 11 as wild-
1y cheered.
Monnett Names Squires.
COLUMBUS, 0., May 9.—Attorney
General Monnett has filed in the su-
preme court the name of the man a1—
Ieged to haVe figured in the offer made
to him of a bribe of $400,000 to drop the
suit against the Standard Oil company.
He says G. B. Squires of Cleveland is
the man who made the offer. Monnett
says Squires said to him that he repre-
sented F. B. Squires, secretary of the,
Standard Oil company; Frank Rocke-
feller of Cleveland. a stockholder, and
Charles N. Haskell of New York.
Matrimonial Contract Must Stand.
DONIPHAN, Kan.. May 9.—District
Judge Stuart has refused to grant a di-
vorce to Ellen Phillips from P. 0. Phil-
lips because their marriage was brought
about by an advertisement in a matri-
monial paper. Mrs. Phillips came from
Arkansas. “This court ‘will not lend its
power in dissolving a contract brought
about by a matrimonial paper ” said
Judge Stuart.
Dubois to Be Colonel.
SACRAMENTO. May 9.—Governor
Gage has. appointed Lieutenant Colonel
Dubois to be colonel of the First Cali-
fornia regiment at Manila to succeed
Colonel Smith,‘who was made brigadier
general by the president. The promo-
tion is gratifying to Californians who
have followed the work of the officer
since the regiment went to the Philip-
pines. '
Secretory Adec‘s Vacation.
WASHINGTON. May 9.~—Second As-
sistant Secretary of StatelAdee has sail-
ed for Europe on a two months' vaca—
tion. Mr. Adee goes first to Genoa and
thence will 111ake his way on his bicy—
cle through Italy and southern France
to Paris. _
IVeuthcr "Probabilities.
Fair in the izitcriOr and showers near
_the coast today: fair
marrow; strong northeasterly winds.
and warmer to- i
THOMAS GETS ANGRY
WILL FORCE THE PRESIDENT 10 1101
Says the Boys Would Be Perfectly
Justified In Laying Down Their
Arnxs In the Philippines and Re-
turning to the United States.
DENVER, May 8.——Governor Thomas
has announced that within a few days,
if President McKinley and'the secreta-
I‘Y of war continue to ignore his com-
munications on the subject of the C010-
rado regiment in the Philippines, he
will take steps with a view to securing
the immediate recall of the troops.
“I cannot as yet say just what course
I shall follow," he said, “but I will ex-
haust every resource at my command
to bring those boys home. I have tried
quiet, peaceable means and have failed.
Now I will be obliged to resort to some—
thing more forcible, and it will be made
public. Of course I do not desire to take
any action that will unjustly hamper
the administration, for I am an Ameri-
can, but I do not propose to sit idly by
and see the volunteers from Colorado
fighting and dying in the Philippines in
defense of the policy which is actuating
those in charge of the movements of
our armies abroad.
“In the first place, the volunteer
t1'OODS are being detained illegally and
in defiance of the constitution. They
enlisted for the Spanish war. Tiat war
is over, and still they are detained in
those islands.
“Unde1 the constitution the Color.ad<1
voluntee1s 11ill be perfectlv justified in
laying down then arms 11he1e they are
and returning to the United States. If
they should do anything like that prob—
ably they could be court martialed and
punished under the strict letter of mili-
tary rule, but in that event this same
military rule would be placed above the
constitution of our republic.”
It is regarded as possible that in the
event of the failure of any “public at—
tempt” which may be made to bring
about the return of the troops the gov-
ernor will resort to legal proceedings.
If such proves to be the case, the su-
preme court may be called upon to de-
cide a test case regarding the powers of
thepresident and that provision of the
constitution relating to the purposes
for which volunteer soldiers may be
called into service.
Italy and Dreyfus.
ROME, May 8.—-The Tribuna, in an
article exonerating Italy from any con-
nection with Dreyfus, declares that the
bordereau was sent to the concierge of
the German embassy in Paris, who re-
transmitted it to Lieutenant Colonel
Henry. It asserts also that the docu-
ments quoted in the bordereau were
sent on tracing paper by Esterhazy to
Colonel Schwartzkoppen, then attache
of the German embassy, who was not
aware of the existence of the bordereau
until it was published by the Matin. Ac-
cording to the Tribuna, the petit bleu
was dictated by Colonel Schwartzkop—
pen to a person whose identity will soon
be made known to the public, and the
phrase “canaille D" was meant to apply
to Dubois, the secret service agent.
A Dreyfus Sensation.
PARIS, May S.—-.\Ille. Elodie \Vattier,
daughter of a French officer now under-
going imprisonment at Amiens for
swindling g, has 11 ritten to M. Mazeau,
Iii t president of the court of cassation
declazing that the late Sergeant Majm
Lorimier, at one time secretary of the
late Lieutenant Colonel Henry, who.
like Henry. committed suicide, secretly
brought her documents, including let—
ters from Dreyfus to Emperor IVilliam.
which, she says she buried in an iron
box in the f01est of Marly,north11 est of
Ve1sailles. She for'aw ..rded a cabman’s
receipt for the trip and declared heiself
ready to produce the documents.
Porto Ricnns Friendly.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—Owing to the
large number of inquiries’that have
been received by the members of the
insular commission since their recent
return from Porto Rico, General Rob-
ert P. Kennedy has prepared a state—
ment as to resources and conditions in
Porto Rico which he thinks will cover
the points upon which the greatest in»
terest has been manifested. Concerning
the people themselves General Kennedy
says: “There can scarcely be found up-
on the globe a more hospitable and
warm hearted people than those of Por-
to Rico. They are in full Sympathy
with American institutions.”
. A New Torpedo Bout.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The torpedo
boat Dahlgren will be launched May 13
from the Bath Iron works. The con.-
struction of the Dahlgren was author-
ized by congress in 1896, and the con-
tract for her censtruction was signed
with the Bath Iron works of Bath, Me.,
on Oct. 6 of that year. The contract
price for the hull and machinery, ex—
clusive of ordnance and outfit. is $194, -
000. The boat is 147 feet long, 16 feet
41/» inches extreme breadth and has 8
mean draft of 4 feet 71/2 inches and a
displacement of 146 tons.
Jailbiuls Escape.
TOLEDO, May 8.—William Miller,
George Jones, William White. Thomas
Burns and Fred Williams,
postofiice robberies at Leipsic and North
Fairfield, 0., escaped yesterday by
ciimbing through the chimney of the
jail. Miller unlocked the cells with a
piece of wire and climbed up the chim-
ney. putting down a rope made of
sheets, by which the rest of the prison-
ers got out. They dropped to the roof
of the jail and then to the ground.
Futul Bicycle Accident.
NEW YORK. May 8.-—While crowds
of bicycle riders were returning from
Coney Island last evening about dusk
an unknown young man about 18 years
of age received a bad tumble from his
wheel and sustained such frightful in-
juries that he cannot live. The accident
occurred on the bicycle path running
between Prospect park and the parade
ground, in Brooklyn.
Germans Want No English Alliance.
TOLEDO, May 8.—TheGerman—Almer-
lrans of the city held a monster 11,355
meeting yesterday to protest aga nst
the proposed British- American alliance
Speeches were made by the leading Ger-
mans of the city and strong resolutions
were adopted. .
in jail for '
ONE QUIET SUNDAY.
Neither Lawton Nor MacAr-
thur Moved on Filipinos.
BACOLOR'THE NEXT 110111 011 1111011
The Inhabitants of San Fernando
Not In Sympathy With the In-
surrection, but Receive the
Americans Gludly.
MANILA, May S.—To clear the Fil-
ipinos out of Bacolor, about fi1e miles
southwest ofS can Fernando, will be the
next task of the Americans. The rebel
general Mascardo has a force of 6,000
men there, well armed and possessed of
plenty of ammunition. 'His troops have
never met American soldiers, and they
think, according to reports carried to
San Fernando, that they can ‘whip the
whole lot.”
Bacolor is well intrenched, and thou-
sands of natives are 11 31111111r like beav-
ers digging trenches and carrying the
dirt in baskets. The enemy uses his ri-
fiemen f01 fighting only, but compels
the bolomen and Chinese and even the
women to labor incessantly.
The rebels have an outpost about a
mile beyond San Fernando. with a
trench that holds between 200 and 300
men. From that point several volleys
were fired Saturday night upon the
camp of the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment.
Neither Major General MacArthur nor
Major General Lawton moved yester-
day, although each reconnoitered the
COUNTY in his own vicinity for some
miles from headquarters. developing the
Presence of small forces of the enemy.
In the vicinity of Laguna de Bay the
rebels are extremely active. but the
lines of General Ovenshine and Colonel
W'halloy, who is commanding General
King‘s brigade during the latter's ill-
ness, have been materially strengthen-
ed. and there is no danger in that direc-
tion.
The armed steamers Laguna de Bay
and Cavadonga, under Captain Grant,
11:11” gone to Guagua, about five miles
southwest of Bacolor, presumably to
establish there a base of supplies for
the troop! engaged in the northern
campaign.
The entrance of the Americans into
San Fernando was virtually anopposed.
The few Spaniards and Filipinos who
were left welcomed the Americans and
opened their houses to them, General
MacArthur accepting entertainment at
the hands of Senor Hizon, a sugar mag-
nate.
If the inhabitants of the San Fernan-
do region are to be believed, there is lit-
tle sympathy with the insurrection in
that quarter. Before evacuating the
city the rebels burned the church and
the public buildings and looted the Chi-
nese quarter. They drove many rich
Filipinos, with their families, out of the
city before them, as well as hundreds
of Chinese, to prevent them helping the
Americans. They cut the throats of
some. Many Chinese hid on roof tops 011
in collars. and some escaped by cutting
off their cues. There are 50 fresh graves
in the churchyard.
The army is really enjoying life at
San Fernando. which is the most pic—
tureSquea and 11 calthy town the Ameri—
cans have enteied since the occupation
of Manila. It is hugely built of stone,
the river is close at hand and high hills
almost sur1ound it. Many sugar facto—
1ies indicate a tl1111ing indust1y in that
1espcct, and there a1e numelous fine
residences. General Mac-Arthur’s per—
manent headquarters are established in
the best house in town, which is richly
decorated with frescoes and carved
woods.
Brigadier ,leneral Charles King has
sailed for the United States on board
the transport Pueblo.
Coxvnrdly Seventy-first Olliccrs.
ALBANY. May S.—-The findings of the
court of inquiry appointed to investi—
gate. the conduct of the officers of the
Se1enty— fi—1st regiment at the battle of
San Juan Hill wm e officially made pub-
lic yeste1day. hey find that Colonel
\Vallace A. Downs, Lieutenant Colonel
Clinton H. Smith and Major John H.
\Vhittle in that affair were cowardly
and incompetent. They find that Cap-
tain Elmore F. Austin of Company L
was guilty of serious breach of disci-
plinc in disobeying orders, and he is pub-
licly reprimanded. Governor Roosevelt
in his comment upon the findings cen-
sures these officers with much vigor.
The President’s Vacation.
WASHINGTON, May 8.——President
McKinley will lea1e Washington to-
night for his vacation at the Virginia
Hot Springs. He 11111 be accompanied
by Mis McKinley, Dr. Rixey of the na-
vy, his family physician; Assistant Sec-
retary C01telyou,a stenographer and
the necessary se11ants. The party will
leave the Baltimore and Potomac sta-
tion in a special train ove1 the Chesa-
peaka and Ohio railroad, arriving at
Hot Springs about 9 o’clock Tuesday
morning. The president now expects to
remain away from Washington about
ten days.
I'nited States Volunteers Arrive.
NEW YORK, May 8.—The United
States transport Thomas, Captain Gib-
bons, arrived yesterday from Guanta-
namo and Baracoa with 55 cabin pas-
sengers and 650 men of the Fifth United
States volunteers. The cabin passen-
gers are the officers of the regiment,
their families and a few civilians. The
regiment is in command of Colonel H.
H. Sargent and. will proceed to Camp
Meade, Pa., after their release from
quarantine.
An Oklahoma Tornado.
PERRY, O. T., May 8.—A tornado
struck Chicasha late on Saturday aftera
noon, wrecked 16 residences and seri-
ously injured 14 persons. It is thought
thatJ. H. Murray,a arailroad man, who
was found under one of the buildings,
will die. Four freight cars were lifted
off the Rock Island track and smashed.
The roundhouse was unroofed and all
the railroad buildings were damaged.
_ Back From Porto Rico.
NEW YORK, May 8.——The United
States transport McClellan.,‘ Captain
Brickley, has arrived from San Juan.
Ponce and Santiago, with 17 cabin pas-
sengers and 102 discharged soldiers.
A Neyv W'orlgl’s Record.
SAN FRANCISCO, May S.—Tom Car-
roll has made a new worlds recoid of.
52317 feet for putting the 12 pound ham—
mer. His previous record was 201'. feet.
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THE FUTUREOFCHINA
To Strengthen the Govern-
ment the Proper Policy.
THE EMPIRE IN AN ABJECT CONDITION
No Immediate Danger From the
Open Door Policy—Provincial
Governors May Be Brought
to Terms by Force.
NEW YORK, May 10.——C. J. Dudgeon,
one of the best known members of the
Anglo-American mercantile community
of Shanghai, has paid a flying visit to
New York on his way home to England.
Mr. Dudgeon has been for some years
chairman of the Shanghai branch of the
British—China association and was for-
merly chairman of the Shanghai Cham-
ber of Commerce. He has had a long
and intimate knowledge of the condi-
tions affecting foreign trade in China
and holds decided views in regard to
the responsibilities which recent events .
there impose on the governments of
Great Bfitain‘ and the United States.
Mr. Dudgeon was asked by a press
representative: “What, in your judg-
ment, is the policy which should be pur-
sued by the two great commercial na—
tions of the far east for the protection
and promotion of their interests in
China ‘2"
“Unquestionably the strengthening of
the government of that empire,” was
the reply. “The Chinese government
never was in so abject a condition of
weakness as it is today. It is hopelessly
corrupt, and it is helpless to refuse any
demand backed by force that may be
made upon it. But it is a great mistake
to assume that the influences which
make for reform in China are few or
feeble. 'VVe in Shanghai think that Eng-
land and the powers which want noth—
ing from China but the maintenance of
their trade and treaty rights missed a
great opportunity last September in
failing to come to the support of the
emperor in carrying out his farreach—
ing and in the main intelligent and
practicable projects of reform.
“Don’t you recognize a danger to the
future of the open door for commerce in
China in an agreement like that just
made'between Great Britain and Rus-
sia ?” was asked.
“Not immediately at least. Russia.
has advanced as far as she is likely to
do for some years to come, and while
her ambition in China is purely terri-
torial, as that of Great Britain and
the United States is purely commercial,
I have no doubt her government honest-
ly means to respect the existing treaty
rights of other nations.
“The only way to bring the provincial
governors to terms is by a display of
force, and I would have the power of,
the maritime customs officers support—
ed by a flotilla of river gunboats carry—
ing the Chinese flag and doing the work
of the government of China. A few of
them would make a very quick rid-
dance of the likin stations maintained
Sn defiance alike of central authority
and the treaty rights of foreign nations.
‘No one who has not had actual ex-
:5 911cc of the working of the present
s1sten1 can realize what the open: ng of
communication by modern methods on
land and water in China. would mean for
trade. Only a very little enterprise is
needed to have direct communication by
steamers all the way from Shanghai to
the headwaters of the Yangtse. Some
excellent pioneer work in this direction
has already been done. and the British
governn‘ient has taken up with some
earnestness the question of navigating
the rapids of the river above 11 111mg
But this is only one of a hundred cases
in China. in which the touch of modern
civiliyzztion is bound to yield rich re-
sults. In the province of Hunan there
are vast deposits of coal which might
be easily tapped for the use of Shang-~
hai, and yet the mills and factories
there draw their supply of coal from
Japan. But so much has happened in
China during 11113. last 18 months to
break down the old traditions and let in'
light on. new places that it is not too
sanguine to believe that the immediate
future will bring with it a greatly as-
cclcrated pace of improvement. With
Great Britain and the United States
going hand in hand for the furtherance
of the interests of commerce in China.
there should be no limit to the improve-
ments which will shmtly be effected in
the whole organization and political and
material status of this ancient empire.”
A Department Store Tux.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 10.—
Thc department sto11e bill passed the
house as amended by the senate by a.
vote of 81 to 20. It only needs the ap-
proval of the governor to become a law.
As amended it gives the collector 10 per
cent of all licenses collected, making it
the most lucrative office in the state.
The bill provides for a license fee of
300 or $500, in accordance with the
number of departments conducted in
the same store, and its object is to
crush out this method of carrying on
business. The constitutionality of the
law will doubtless be tested in 'the _
courts, for merchants of St. Louis and
Kansas City contend that it is class leg-
islation pure and simple.
Life Sentence Commuted.
WASHINGTON, May 10.—The presi-
dent has commuted to three years the
life sentence of Clyde Bennington, con-
victed in California in 1898 of robbing
the United States mails. This commu- ,
tation is granted in consideration of the
valuable aid rendered the government
by the prisoner in the prosecution'of his
colleagues.
Four Killed In a Quurrel.
MEMPHIS, May 10.-—Dr. J. H. Murfee
and his son Howard and Charles and
Walter Clarke, brothers, were all killed
in a street fight in Okolona, Miss, yes-
terday. They lived next door to each
other, and the fight occurred in full
view of their families.
_ Successful Safe Crackers.
WILMINGTON, Del.. May 10.—Six
masked robbers held up Emmitt Meyer,
night watchman at Lenger’s Bavarian
brewery, and Engineer Frank Festing
at 3 o’clock yesterday morning. blew
open the safe and carried off $500 in
cash and $900 in c hecks. ‘
Eighty-:13]: Birthday of Twins.
SYRACUSE, May 10:——Samuel T. and
Joseph M. Jeffrey, twin brothers, whc
were born on May 9, 1814, at Trux-
ton, Cortland county. celebrated their
eighty-fifth birthday together yester-
day. Together they have 33 descend-
ants. Both the twins are in good health.
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