BANDITSJAPTURED.
Filipino Army Takes to Guer-
rill'a warfare. '
A REIGN 0F TERROR ESTABLISHED.
The Plan Seems to-Be to Render the
Country Uninhabitable For Amer-
- icons and Compel Natives to
Aid the Insurrection.
MANILA, Dec. 13.——Colonel Smith,
with a detachment of the Seventeenth in-
fantry, surrounded and captured in a vil-
lage near Malasqui a party of guerrillas
who had made their headquarters there.
The. party included the band which as-
sassinated seven officials at Malasqui for
friendliness to the Americans. All are
insurgents who became bandits when the
disintegration of the Filipino army he-
gan. They kept the country around Ma-
lasqui in a state of terror for several
weeks and committed 25 murders in less
than that number of days. When they
were caught, they were promptly sent to
General MacArthur’s headquarters, at
Bayambang, by train. It is expected
thatthey will be speedily tried and either
shot or hanged as an example. w
The whole country north of San Fer-
nando and between San Fernando and
Manila, except within the. permanent line
of troops around, the city and the closely
patrolled stretches of railroad, sv‘varms
with similar bands. Probably they will
be increased by men ifrom Pilar’s army,
many of whom are making their way
south to join the insurgent force in Cav-
ite province. These people for the most
part succeed in dodging General Grant’s,
Colonel Bell’s and Colonel Hood’s troops,
who are scouring the country for them.
They devote their energies to ambushing
commissary wagons and to picking up
soldiers who leave their commands. Every
day some wagon train is fired upon or
some soldier disappears. General VVheel-
er’s secretary, Mr. Garrett, was disarmed
and slashed by a boloman almost within
sight of headquarters, his assailant pur—
suing him almost into the headquarters
building.
The policy of these ruflians is to make
the country uninhabitable for Americans
and to frighten natives into refraining
from giving any assistance to the Amer-
icans, as «well as to compel the inhab-
itants to support the insurrection.
Frequently they raid and loot towns.
The brother of the president of Imus
went'outside the town the other day to
harvest some rice. He was captured by
his compatriots, accused of being a spy
and executed. '
Only a small proportion of the insur-
gent arms have been surrendered, and
the problem of suppressing this guerrilla
warfare/is anything but easy of ,_solution.
Some of the American olficers think it
worse thanfighting Indians, owing to the
* difficulties Of the country and the trouble
of locating the enemy. who resort when
hard pressed-to the amigo dodge and hide
their guns.
Some of the Americans favor the is-
suance of a proclamation declaring all
natives found with arms to be bandits.
punishable as criminals, instead of being
treated as prisoners of war.
General Young reports the rescue of
Brutnc of the Nevada regiment and Ed-
wards of the gunboat Yorktown, who
- have been held prisoners by the Filipinos.
. General Tino, conveying the American
prisoners north, is hotly pursued. Agui-
naldo is a fugitive in the mountains, his
bodyguard having been destroyed 'and
Gregorio del Pilar killed. General Con-
i cepcion has surrendered.
, The Lepanto province has been cleared
of insurgents. The navy cooperated
with the army on the west coast.
Two thousand eight hundred released
Spanish prisoners are coming to Manila.
GUERRILLA WARFARE NOW.
Filipino Junta 80 Reports and Says
General Lawton Is Missing.
LONDON, Dec. 13.—Reuter’s Tele-
gram companyhas received the following
dispatch from Hongkongr ,
“The insurgent government, so called,
of the Philippines will be changed to a
dictatorship to continue hostilities against
the Americans exclusively by the meth-
ods of guerrilla warfare.
“The Filipino army is being split up'
into small hands, the troops taking an
oath before separation that they will
fight until their country’s rights are rec-
ognized.
“A forcevof United States marines who
landed at Vigan, South Ilocos province,
from the battleship Oregon was defeated
by the Filipinos under General This on
Dec. 4.
“The Manila newspapers. despite the
censorship: admit. that General Lawton
.. is missing. ’
' Root With McKinley.
CLEVELAND. Dec. 13.~——A \Vashing-
ton dispatch to The Leader says:~“Many
conferences are being held in the apart-
ments at the Arlington hotel of Senator
' Hanna and Henry C. Payne, respectively
the chairman and vice chairman of the
national committee: Senator Platt of
New York, Senator Spooner of VViscon-
sin, Senator Scott of West Virginia and
Senator Platt of Connecticut, who live
i there, while other well known members
of the senate nightly throng the lobby.
Two of the questions that are receiving
the attention of these men are, first, who -
shall be McKinlcy’s running mate next
year, and, second, shall the ticket be
nominated by acclamation. It may be
stated almost without qualification that
the Republican national ticket next year
will be McKinley and Root. In all prob—
ability. the Republican convention will'be
held the second week of June. Mr. Payne
said last evening that- it would assemble -
very likely on t‘he.12th.of the month,
which will be on Tuesday.
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Presidential Appointments. .
“’ASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—The presi-
dent hassent the following nominations
to t a senate: John J. Sullivan of Ohio,
.. to be United States attorney for the
Northern district of. Ohio; Joseph A. Gill
of Kansas. judge of the United States
T court of the Northern district of Indian
Territory. .. , - . ‘
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W'ASHINGTON, Dec. 13.——.Secrctaryi
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gress appropriate $35,000 toenable this
government to take Oflfl'lfll'pm't in an in-
. ternatienal exhibit to beheld at Glas- '
‘gow in 1901. 'l '
L - Forced n-‘ ilrond Sale. ‘ 1
. SIOUX CITY, I. ., Dec. l3.—The Sioux !
n uilroad. was sold an.
s rday for $1,500,000
- {Tod of the firm of "
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THE YAQlJl WAR.“»
tle With the Indians. ‘
AUSTIN, Dec. 13.—Inf.o.mati0n reach-
ing here iS'to the effectthat .on“Dee. 3 the
Yaqui Indians and the Mexican forces
under General Torres had a" battle near
’Rio Chicago, on the Yaqui river. The en-
gagement was between the main. body of
Indians and Mexican soldiers numbering
4,000. . ’
About ten days ago several bands 01
roving Yaquis who had been out on
scouting expeditions and depredating
tours began gathering at the main camp
of. the Yaquis, located invthe mountains
on the Paphigochic river. The Mexican
troops attempted to head them 91f, but
were unsuccessful, and in a short time
they had joined the main body of the In-
dians. Evidently fearing that the troops
were preparing to invade their camps, the
Indians pushed the fighting themselves
by attacking the-Mexican camp. .
The onslaught was vigorous, but not ef-
fective, as the Indians did not advance
in a solid body, preferring their old war<
fare from behind bowlders and trees.
The fighting lasted for a day and night,
when the Indians withdrew, having sus-
tained considerable loss.
.The militia made several attempts to
dislodge the Indians from their retreat in
the rough, woody country without suc-
cess, and upon each deploy the soldiers
lost quite a number of men killed and
wounded. The soldiers report that they
observed a numberkof squaws fighting
among the bucks. 'While the Mexican
troops are engaging this main body of
Indians there are a number of smaller
bands of Yaquis roaming around the
mountainous country laying ranches in
waste and otherwise playing havoc. The
Mexican forces have the Twentieth in-
fantry marching to their assistance, when
they hope to follow the main body of the
Indians and either capture or annihilate
them. '
A FAMOUS“ CASE.
“Cone Against the United States Ex-
press Compnny” .on Trial.
TOLEDO, Dec. 13.—Judge Lurton, in
the United States court yesterday. began
the hearing of the case of Calvin Cone
against the United States Express com~
pany. Frank Platt of New York is con-
ducting the defense, and Senator T. C.
Platt is expected as a witness on behalf
of the company. Calvin Cone, the plain-
tiflf, who asks for judgment for $30,000
on an nlleged contract, occupied the stand
throughout the day.
Cone began service with the United
States Express company in 1855. Until
1887 he was general superintendent of all
lineswest of Buffalo. In that year his
office was abolished. He at once opened
correspondence with Senator Platt. inti-
mating that his long experience in the ex-
press business had givenhim experience
which he characterized as being both of
“the positive and negative sort.” He
wrote that he had just been struck with
the importance of a well posted express
man as an adviser to railroad companies
in the matter of express contracts.
This letter brought a reply from Sena—
tor Platt asking him to New York for a
conference. In the presence of a witness
Mr. Cone suggested to Senator Platt that
he be made general western agent of the
company for life. with a salary of $3,600
and advisory duties. Mr. Platt. he claims,
reduced the salary to $3,000. It is for
this alleged promised salary that Cone
has brought suit. The defense as outlined
is that after making this contract Mr.
Cone became general manager for the
Toledo Steamboat company, thus pre—
venting him from giving any time to the
express company.
Gigantic Sugar Refining Conlpnny.
DOVER, I)cl., Dec. 13.——\Vhen the An-
glo-American Rapid Vehicle company
was incorporated here recently with a
capital stock of $75,000,000, it was
' thought to be the largest industrial con-
cern that would ever come under the gen-
eral law of Delaware. but last night
preparations were begun for the incorpo-
ration of a $100,000,000 concern. The
new combine is to be known as the Colo-
nial Sugar {clining company. Large
sugar making companies now outside the
American Sugar Refining company, which
operates under the New Jersey laws, are
gong-erned in this new Delaware corpora-
tion. Its specific object is to extend the
sugar industry in the_islands of Hawaii,
Porto Rico and Cuba. The state will
profit by the incorporation c“: this com-
pany to thc‘cxtcnt of $15,000 in state
tax and $5,000 in annual tax.
Cyclone In Illinois.
BLOOMlNG-TON, llls., Dec.
During a cyclonic storm which swept
over this county late Monday night the
l'ln-istian church at (Tooksville was de-
ploiishcd and the schoolhouse badly dain—
agci'l. At Saybrook roofs were blown
from business houses and chimneys were
wrecked. At Lexington considerable
damage was done the new schoolhouse.
and a panic started among the 2-;00 schol-
ars. No one was seriously injured. Sev-
eral other buildings were unroofed.
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‘Wis’consin Snow Bound.
(,‘lIlI’l’EVVA FALLS. \I’ism Doc. 13.
—'~All wagon roads reaching into this city
are impassable after Monday’s storm.
From 0 o'clock in the evening until sun—
rise the' wind blew at a vcldcity of 4.0
miles an hour, and the snow has drifted
in many places to a depth of four or five
feat. Traliic on the “'isconsin Central
railrrmd from Chippewa Falls west is
suspended. -
“the Sedgwick‘s Cargo.
\VASI‘IINGTON, Dec. L:5.—'l‘lie quar—
termastcr general is informed that the
transport Scdgwick has left Havana for
'INew York with 95 passengers. $1.25l,'l,000
funds of North American Trust company.
$108,445 postoflice funds, 71/; tons gener-
al cargo and 4 tops of ordnance.
"I Deep Snow In Minnesota.
HARMONY, Minn; Dec. 13.——Snow
drifts 15 fcet‘high have resulted from a
60 hour storm in this section that has
just terminated. Public highways are ob-
structcd and trains tied up. The wind
is in the northwest, and the weather is
freezing. ' ‘
. Postmaster-s Appointed.
“'ASI—IINGTON, Dec; 3.—The fol-
lowing fourth class postxnastcrs have
been appointed: New Hampshire—North
Boscawcn, .1". L. Ham. New York—Pur-
(ly Station, R. F. W'hite; Riclnnond, G.
1). Sharpe. Ponn'sylvania—Hub, Moses
l Cobb;~l’-ansy, B. C. R'éitz.
Light English \Vheat vat-m,
LONDON, Dec. 71°.——According to...
preliminary statement? issued by the
boardvof ‘ agriculture, the total wheat
yield :in ,Greaterritain-,foia'180!) is. (35:1.
mated? at (35,529,325 bu
,with,'3,02 856-. ’ shells--
ast ye r,
shels as com Jared“ . -- ~
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Colonel Metcalfe Captures a
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so‘ns FEAR A. mom CHARGE.
Heavy Loss of Horses Among Offl-
cers—British Press UrgesSend-
"ing of 'More Troops—Lady
Wilson Exchanged.
LONDON, Dec. 13.—With the excep-
tion of vsund'ay’s sortie at Ladysmith,
which themorning papers are unanimous
in regarding‘as‘ a brilliant piece of work,
there are no further advices from‘ the
seat of war. A war olfice dispatch, re-
ports that Mafeking was safe up to Dec.
4, but that the Boershad been shelling
the town since Nov. 27 with increased
effect. Rations had been considerably
reduced, meat by half a poundlind bread
by a‘ quarter of a pound, in view of a
probable long siege. \Vater, however,
was still plentiful. ., .
The. war oflice publishes the following
dispatch from General Buller, dated Dec.
11: '
“Last night Colonel Metealfe and 500
of the Second Rifle brigade sortied to
capture a Boer howitzer on a hill. They
reached the crest without being discov-
ered, drove off the enemy and then de‘
stroyed the howitzer with gun cotton.
When returning, Mctcalfe found his re-
tirement barred by the Boers, but he
forced his way through, using the bayo-
net freely. The Boer losses were 'consid.
erable. The British losses were the fol-
lowing: Lieutenanthrguson and 11 men
killed, 3
and 6 men captured.”
The Boers fear the British bayonets. :
This is illustrated in the full accounts
now arriving of previous sorties. It
seems that in Sir Archibald Hunter’s
sally from La'dysmith to capture the
Boer guns the British did not carry
bayonets. “'hilc they were storming the
hill the Boers. suddenly aroused from
sleep, rushed to the edge and opened an
indiscriminate fire upon them. But just
before the British secured a footing on
the top of the hill some one among them
shouted, “Fix bayonets and give them
cold steel.” At this the Boers turned
and fled into the darkness. ‘
Little mention .is made in the war office
dispatches of horses, but it is understood
that the losses in this respect have been
exceedingly heavy.
alone from 20 to 30 per cent of their
mounts have been shot under them, the
Boer tactics being to shoot first at an
officer's horse and then at the rider when
dismounted. ‘ ~ .
General Gatacre‘s disaster at Storm-
berg has been blamed to a lack of- knowl-
edge of the country, but according to The
Daily Telegraph when the war began
there were no oflicial maps available at
Cape Town, and therefore it is probable
that General Gutacre is still without
them. . ,'
The Times, while praising Colonel Met-
calfc's brilliant feat at Ladysmith, ex—
presses the opinion that, relief being now
so near, such sortics'arc rather perilous,
and it would be better for General thite
to avoid them so far as possible._
The Morning Post again endeavors ed-
itorial y to arouse the British people to a
recognition of the “serious nature of the
struggle and of the grave position in
which matters now stand.” It urges the
government to prepare immediately to
send more troops to South Africa.
A special dispatch from Lourenco
Marques says a Boer telegram from Ma-
feking announces that Lady Sarah \Vil-
son, aunt of the D‘uke of Marlborough,
who .was captured by the Boers while
acting as a correspondent for the London,
Daily Mail, has been exchanged for a
Boer woman who was a prisoner at Ma-
feking‘. ’ ' . '
Hurt Elected In Boston.
'BOSTON, Dec. 13.—After a most spir-
ited campaign the Republicans won a
great victory in the municipal—election
yesterday. -Hon.- Thomas N. Hart de-
feated_Gencral Patrick A.‘-C_oll,ins, the?
Democratic nominee for mayor, by 1,800
votes. . The Democrats, however, still
control both branches of the city govern-
ment," the board of alderuien by a some- _
What increased majority.‘ The city ‘as
usual voted for license, but the all a'b-
sorbing question of relaying the street
car tracks on Tremont sfl'ect which had
been taken up when the subway was
completed was negatived. The Repub-
lican victory was in a great measure due
to the "knifiug" of General Collins by
the supporters of John R. Murphy. who
were severely disappointed at their favor-
ite’s defeat in the caucuses: ‘
The Molinenx Trial.
NEW’ YORK. Dec. l3.—chterday's‘
session in the trial of Roland B. Moli-
neux was devptcd entirely to the exami-
nation of “'illiam J. Kinsley. the hand—
writing expert. Speaking in general
terms, the proceedings were devoid of in-
terest, the scene in the courtroom résem—
bling the classroom of a business college,
Expert Kinsley, with his large sheets of
paper and crayon pencils, corresponding
to the instructor in penmanship: the ju-
rors, photographic albums with speci-
mens of writing in hand, carefully fol-
lowing, resembling nothing so much as a
class of pupils. .
Mexican Criminal Sentenced.
CITY OF "MEXICO, Dec. 13.—Santi—
ago Morphy, a young man of good fam-
ily who was a trusted clerk of the Na-
tienal Bank of Mexico and. robbed it of
$70,000, has been sentenced to nine years
in prison; The case attracted much at-
tention, for Morphy fled after the rob-
bery; to the United States, and was finally
captured by American detectives, onCe
escaping in New Orleans from Mexican
officers sent to bring him-back here. His
crime was forgery and robbery.
Open Switch Cost '3. Lite. 0
LAKE BUTLER, Fla., Dec. 13.——
About 6 o’clock yesterday morning a con-
struction train was wrecked six miles
northeast of this place on the ncfw J ack-
sonville and'Sou’thwestern railroad. The
accident was caused by an open switch.
Henry Miller, the fireman, was instantly
killed, but the engineer jumped and saved
his life. Four trainmen, were more or
less seriously injured. _ - - ' .
A Horriblejlenth. . - .
COLUMBIA, SJ 0., ‘Dec. 13.—'Curtis
M. Taylor, superintendent of' machinery
,at the hosiery mill at'the state peniten-
tiary, was » caught ' in; the shutting yester‘
-da’y and killed: Thexbody .WaSItérl'ibly'
mangled. 7 ' _,: Every 1 limb was: broken ;and .
one ear torn' off. :-~ Taylor had come. 1min,
Manchester. ' Halaift‘SaturdaonI” kc
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With All on board Wen
Steamer
» Down In a Storm.
BUFFALO, Dec. '11.—It is. now cer- ‘ , - '- 1
Senator Pettigrew Has a. Tilt
tain that the Canadian steamer Niagara,
Captain Henry 'l-chlory; founder-ed on
' Tuesday evening with all h‘fafnds, number-
ing v.16 persons. I
‘Port Colborne and from Bufi’alo to search
for the missing steamer have returned,
bringing with them great quantities of‘
wreckage picked up near. where the
steamer is supposed to have foundered.
The wreckage was of such a nature as to
prove beyond a doubt that the Niagara
had founder-ed, it having consisted of a
part of her deck, portions of the cabin,
deck beams, other material and a quanti—
ty of. shingles marked “Parry Sound,”
from which port the Niagara sailed for
Buffalo. ,
Judging from the quantity of wreckage
that has been found, the Niagara must
have broken up “badly in the storm. It is
the opinion of lake captains that the boat
went down in deep ‘water about eight
miles east of Long point, as none of her
spars have been found, and if she had
gone down in shallow. water they would
' be sticking up.
The storm which destroyed the Niaga-
ra was one .of the worst that ever raged
over Lake Erie. The wind was blowing
a ~gale. of 45 miles an hour, and it was
snowing heavily. '
CRAIG 001.0an
Flattering- Report , of This Asylum
For Epileptics, Recently Founded.
officers and 41 men wounded.
Among the officers-
ALBANY, Dec. '11.—-The annual re-
port of the board 'of managers of the
Craig colony, of which Dr. - Frederick
. Petersonof New York‘eity lsgthe presi‘
Tugs sent out from'
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dent, which has been ,submitted to the .
state board of charities, is very flattering.
to that institution.
Since its opening, Feb. 1, 1896, 504 epi-
Ieptics have been received 'at' the colony,
of which 378 rema.n." When the new
buildings now inthe course of'construc-
tion are completed, the capacity 'of the
colony will be increased to a total of 720
beds. These-will be filled as soon as
they are ready, and there will still remain-
some hundreds in almshouses, hospitals
and outdoor departments of dispensaries
throughout the state unprovided for.
The board of managers especially de-
plore the fact that the infirmaries for
helpless and crippled epileptics of each
sex now in almshouses, an appropriation
for which was asked last year, was not
granted by the legislature. The board
suggests that the $4,000 appropriation
devoted to scientific work should be given
annually, to the end that the cause of
epilepsy may be learned and better meth—
ods of treatment and cure discdvered.
CONDENSED DISPATCH ES.
Lizzie Miller Ecker of New Brunswick,
N. J., who was married when
old, is divorced at 18.
Dr. Max Lange, the famous German
chess master, theoretician and problem-
ist, is dead at Leipsic.
The Danish government has made an—
other elfort to sell the Danish \Vest In-
dies to the United States. '
Signor Crispi was operated on in Na-
ples for cataract. The final operation
will be performed in a fortnight.
Thus far the subscriptions to the fund
for perpetuatihg in marble the navy arch
in New York city aggregate $160,000.
A Terrific Explosion.
BRADFORD. Pa., Dec. 11.—The nitro-
glycerin magazine of the Pennsylvania
Torpedo company, located in Bolivar hol-
low, one and a half miles from this city,
blew up yesterday with a report that was
heard for 30 miles. The shock was felt
at Olean, Salamanca, Ellicottville and
other surrounding towns. The magazine
was blown to atoms and a hole madein
‘ the earth 15 feet deep by 30 feet in cir-
cumference. Trees were torn into, splin-
ters at the scene of the explosion, End the
bricks of which the magazine walls were
constructed were reduced to reddish pow-
der which covered the snow over a wide
area.‘ Much ‘damage was done in this
city ”and vicinity by ‘the breaking of
glass, ’overturning of chimneys, etc. It
is not believed any one was killed. An
oil store, fed‘automatically, is believed to
have caused the explosion.
\Voolen Mills Burned. .
ENFIELD,‘ N. H., Dec. 11‘.’—:—A fire
that proved'one of the most disastrous
with which this sectionhas ever been vis-
- ited broke out on the upper floor of the
Baltic mill. owned by the AmeriCan
Woolen Mills company, shortly after 5
o’clock yesterday morning. and before it
was under control had destroyed the
whole of the main building, in which the
finishing department was located, and a
large quantity of manufactured goods,
causing a'loss of $100,000 or more. The
town's electric lighting plant, which was
located in the mill. was. ruined, and the
town will be in darkness until a new
plant is put in operation. The mill em-
ployed 200 hands. »
Big Blaze In Augusta.
AUGUSTA. Ga., Dec. 11.—The worst
tire that Augusta hashad in years start-
ed early yesterday morning and caused
$1,000,000 damage. . It began in the
heart of J. B. \Vhite’s big dry goods
house, the nearest approach Augusta had
to a big modern department, store. The
origin~ of the fire is unknown, but it is
.,.surmised that an electric wire may have
come in- contact with the woodwork after
the insulation on it became imperfect, or
possiblya spark from a sputtering are
light may have tumbled into the dry
goods.‘ ‘ ’ ‘
Short of (30:11.,
ALTOONA, Pa.,: Dec. 11.—-Unless the,
Standard Steel company of Lewistown.
Pa., can get a consignment of coal within
the next few days the entire works, em-
ploying 2,500 men, will be forced to shut»
down because of the scarcity of that par;
ticular fuel. A representative of the
company was at Windbear, near here,
yesterday‘to see the Berwind-White Coal
company Officials about getting coal, but
failed to get any. He also visited all the
. local operators, but was...unable to_pro-
cure a ton.’ _ - ‘ "
.. Wholesale Burglary Unearthed. ‘
-. CHICAGO, Dec. 11.——In a raid by the
police on two houses in W'est Van Buren
street property the value of which is es-
timated at $12,000 was recovered, The
property consists of sealskin garments,
dress go‘ods, silverware, 'laces- and ., ‘cut
glass supposed to be the proceeds of bur-
glaries in residences and stores net only,
in Chicago,.but in other large cities by. an
organized, gang of thieves. .
. / Weather Probabilities, _ ,
Cloudy, with rain: colder tbmbrrow aft-
.Winds.'becomiug‘iwrsterly- ‘ 3, .,
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' :With Chandler.
Louisa nsc‘ussrs. mm“. nu.
'l‘hree- Night Sessions Ordered to Ac—
eommodn'te Those Who Wish to
Speak—Bill to Permit Loans
on Bond Deposltp. V
WASHINGTON; Dec. lift—Whether
Admiral 'Dewey, acting for the 'United
States government, formally or informal-
ly rec‘oguized the Philippine republic 'at
Manila is a question whichMr. Petti:
grew of South Dakota desires the navy
department to answer. He introduCed a
resolution yesterday directing the secre-
tary of the navy to supply'the senate
with information on the subject, but. Mr."
Chandler of New Hampshire objected to
its immediate consideration. '
Following this objection Mr. Pettigrew
and Mr. Chandler had a sharp tilt over
the resolution offered by the former 'de-
manding from the secretary of 'ar an
explanation of certain charges against
General Merriam in his conduct of the
C(eur d’Alene trouble. Politics were in-
' jected into the controversy, and the per-
sonal references made by each: senator
against the other lent some liveline'ss to
I
an otherwise quiet session. J'
In the house there is such great pres
sure for time on the part of members on
both sides who desire to participate in
the currency debate that three night ses-
sions have been ordered. Interest in the
debate is not keen. judged by the attend-
ance in the galleries, although the mem-
bers themselves are listening attentively
to the speeches.
Only one Democrat thus far has. spoken
in favor of the bill, Mr. Briggs of New
York, who announced yesterday that he
had pledged himself before electionpto
support the gold standard and proposed
to redeem that pledge. He will be joined
by several of his Brooklyn colleagues and
probably several others. The features of
the debate were the speeches of Mr.
Grosvenor of Ohio for the bill and of Mr.
Cochran of ,Missouri and Mr. Newlands
of Nevada against it. The other speak-
ers were Messrs. Parker of New Jersey,
William Alden Smith of Michigan.
Prince of Illinois, Lawrence of Massa-
chusetts and Powers of Vermont for the
bill and Messrs. Shafroth of Colorado
and Sims of Tennessee against it.
Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania
introduced a bill providing that any hold-
er of United States bonds may deposit
them in the treasury and receive 80 per
cent of the face of such bonds in trcasury'
notes, with a certificate of deposit cover-
ing such bonds. The treasury notes are
to be receivable the same as national
bank notes. During the deposit of the
bonds they shall not draw interest. and
they may be withdrawn on presentation
of the certificate of deposit and notes
equal to the amount deposited.
The Roberts Case.
\‘VASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—-The Rob-
erts investigating committee has resumed
its session; but, «contrary to expectation,
the early hours were behind closed doors.
This, it was explained, was to permit the
committee to receive and discuss reports
on procedure, form of subpoena, etc.
Meantime Mr. Roberts himself and quite
a gathering of Mormons and gentiles
stood outside ‘the committee door await-
ing admission. Mr. Roberts was pre-
pared to continue’his argument on the
demurrer to the right of the committee to
try him. The gentile delegation was
more numerous, including the . white
bearded Rev. Dr. Ilil’f, M r. Schroeder, to
whom Roberts interposed rather 's'ensa-
tional objection on Saturday, and the
others who have come on from ”Utah" to
direct the proceedings against him. 3“
New Postofiiee For New' York. ,
\VAS‘HINGTON, Nov. 13.-—The bills
to provide for a new postoflice in ;New
York city- make an aggregateapilropria-
tion of $2,671,387. One directsthe sec-
retary of the treasury to purchasej'or a‘c-‘
quire by condemnation a site for and
cause to be erected thereon'ia substantial
and commodious pestoflice buildingtwith
fireproof vaults. The sum appropriated
for the building is $2,500,000, and the;
other bill appropriates $125,000 for es-
tablishing stations and substations in lieu
of present independent postoffices in
’Manhattan, Bronx, Richmond, ,Kings
. and Queens, to be consolidated with the
New York office, and for employees. etc.‘,
and $40,387 for letter posts and boxes
throughout the city.
, . Bank Ofiicers to Blame.
LIMA, 0.. Dec. it}. A verdictrfor $18,-
000 has been returned against N. L.
Michael and Gus Kalb, vice president
and cashier of the American 'National
bank, by the jury in the shit brought by
the board of directors. The bank was
mysteriously robbed in December of last
year. the time-lock being found set and
running. but the vault doors were open
when the bank was opened on Monday
morning. The defendants.testified that
the doors were closed and locked Satur-
day .night. but experts; swore this to be
an impossibility. The suit was brought
on the ground of negligence.
Taylor Inaugurated Governor.
FRANKFURT, Ky... Dec. 13.—W’il-
liam S. Taylor was inaugurated as gov-
ernor at noon yesterday. The crowd was
smaller than in past years. due to the
weather, which up till last night was
rainnyollowed by a blizzard. There was
no disturbance. * The Democratic candle
dates for state offices began se‘rving no-
tices“ of contest today against the- Re-_
publican candidates who, were given cer-
tificatcs of election last week.
Hendricks Carnot Accept.
'. ALBANY,- Dec. 13.—'—Governor Roose-
velt and, former Senator Francis Hen.-
ldricks of Syracuse conférred- yesterday,
during which the governor told Senator
Hendricks that helmd his name under
consideration for. appointment as 'state
superintendent of insurance to succeed
Superintendent Louis‘ I“. Payn. Senator
Hendricks informed the governor that it
would be impossible for him to “ac-rcpt
the appointment in- consequence 01' his
private business. : » ‘ - '
' Against Privatc’Detectivenl‘ '
ALBANY, Dec. 3.—.—State. Comptrol-
ler Mo'gan has-inaugurated a crusade
against unlicensed, private detectives.
Thescfiaj'e guilty of a misdenieanor. Sev-'_
.mi-al delinquents detected had in their
on- a members by certificate [for
issued by the American.‘Detect-
"Hero of the Battle Tot ~Manila
‘3 13:163.; centrifugal, 96 test, 436;. b d
f \MOLASSES—
l office- at :I'n- '
DEATH OF COMMANDER WOOB
Juccumhsto Fever. , ,
WASHINGTON. D'ec. 12.—cammand-;
er E. P. Wood, 113‘s. N., died of typhoid:
fever at his residence in. this cityuyes—g" '-
terday. “He Was in command of the gun-I - “
boat Petrel at the b'attleof Manila Bay. ,
» Commander ,Wood, had been seriously
ill for only a week before his death.’ ‘ He
was 'in charge of theFifth lighthouse
district, with his oflice in Baltimore, but
had been in the habit of coming over to
his home in this city in the evenings.
COmmander W'ood was detached from
the Asiatic station Dec. 31, 1898, and,
coming home, was 'after a short leave of
absence placed in charge of the Balti-
more lighthouse district. ,
The deceased will be given a full naval
funeral, Which will take place at A114
napolis tomorrow afternoon. ('A battalion.“
of cadets will participate, and services
will .be held at the chapel 'of. the Naval
academy. The pallbearers will be se-
lected from among naval oflicers who are -
intimate friends of Commander 'VWopd.
Admiral Dewey will. attend the funeral: .‘
with a number 'of naval people from...
Washington. Deceased leaves a ‘wife‘"
in this city and a son, an ensign in the"
navy, now at Manila.
Admiral Dewey was very much alfect-T
ed by the news of the death of Com-L:
ma'nder Wood, with whom he had beenw
so closely associated during the trying
times of their services at Manila. _While,
on that duty they had ‘seen each other
every day, and he had learned to lo
and admire Commander Wood for hi
personal character and because of hi3
duty and: devotion to his country; . j; ._
the six commanders with him at Mani: ,
Admiral Dewey said two of them, Gri ,-'*
ley and Wood, had passed away. , They
were two of the men of whom Admiral
Dewey had said in his official report of
the operations lat-Manila that “I doubt-7
if any commander in chief was ever sup4
ported by more loyal. gallant or a braver
set of captains than I have been."
CUBAN SCHOOLS.
Teachers Petition For More Pay
Throughout the Island.
HAVANA, Dec. 12,—The teachers of."
Havana have presented 'a petition to
General Brooke, in the course of which
they say:
“It is frequently asserted by Ameri-
cans that 80 per cent of the Cubans cam
not read and that for this reason then
are not fit to govern themselves. It is
therefore very important to educate‘the
Cubans, but with the salaries quoted in
the recent order it is impossible for the
teachers to live. They see with much
mortification that salaries in othei'
branches of the public service are. being
raised, while the salaries of teachers are
being lowered.
“They ask that the salaries of teach-
ers in Havana be fixed at $125 a month
and that in the other principal towns of
the island the compensation be fixed at
$100 a month. _ ,
“There are not eight teachers who
know English. In no other country in the
world is a public school teacher required
to teach other than his or her own lan-
guage. If English is to be taught in Cm
bar, the petitioners request that special
teachers be provided and that all teach- "
’ers be Cubans or Cuban citizens, except,
if necessary, those who are to teach Eng-
lish.”
Mr. Alexis E. Frye, superintendent of
Cuban schools, maintains that the Cuban
teachers on the average receive higher
pay than public school teachers in any
other country in the world, considetin
the fact that, they are paid throughout
the entire 12 months.
Suit Over Mining Property. .
HELENA, Mon., -Dec. 12,—Between
$2,000,000 and $3,000,000 worth .,-of copy .
per mines in Butte is the issue involved
in the caseof E. Rollins Morse",of Bos<
ton agginst the Montana Ore’PurchaSv" '
ing company, the trial of which began in
the United States court here yesterdayk
The mines whose title is,claimed by both
litigants are three of the riche copper
‘mines in the United States, the Michael
: Davitt, Burns and Johnstown. The case
was recently tried, but resulted in a dis.
. agreement after the most stubbornly con-
tested and one of the longest mining tri-
als on record.
Ice Blockade Begun.
ST. JOHN’S, N. F., Dec. 12.——The an-
nual ice blockade of the northern coast
of the island has begun. Vessels n'ow ar-
riving report innumerable icebergs and
impassible floes drifting in a southerly di-- '
rection, choking the bays and threatening;
to ’close navigation with the present
week. Already the strait of Belle Isle
is closed for the winter. The ice is
packed thickly along the Labrador coast.
Within the next fortnight transatlantic
steamers will _be in danger of collision
with bergs crossing their route;
Reduced Grnin Shipments.
MONTREAL, Dec. 12.—The grain
_'shipments from the port. of Montreal
during the navigation ‘season just closed
showed a large decrease. The total shipc
ments were, according to the custom
house figures, 31,591,551 bushels as
against 39,102,082 in 1898, a decrease of
7,511,131 bushels.
A Red Ma'n Sentenced.
EASTON, Pa., Dec. 12.——T- D. Tanner, ‘
one of the best known. members of the
Improved Order of Red Men in the Unit-
ed States. has been sentenced to serve 60
days in jail for embezzlement of funds
from a local tribe ,of the order.
_ ‘New York Mnrkets.‘
, FLOUR-State and western dull and
easy. being lower tosell: winter patents,
[email protected]~: winter Straights. 333550335; Min-
nesora patents, $3.801“: 'winter extras, $2.60
11.3. .
CVVHEAflfi—No. 2_ red opened easy and
unchanged, declining, later because of
lower cables and general unloading; De-
cember, 72%@73c. ; - March, 7514@75%c.»
RYE—Steady; state, 570.; No. Ziwestern,
61%c., f. o. b., afloat. _
CORN—No. 2 opened steady, but sold off
under proflt‘taklng and liberal Chicago
receipts; 'May. 38 11:16c./ .
ATS—No. 2 dull; track, white. state, 31 » -
track. White. western. 3l@34c.
K-éFirm; mess, [email protected]; family,
$11.50@12. - . .. ~
LARD~Steady; prime western steam,
0.340. ;
CFOR
ominaJ. . . ..
nBI'IT’I‘ER--Stea.dy; state dairy,,18@25c.;
state creamery, 23@2i'c.
C
HEEsE—Firm; fall made, fancy,gsmall,'
12%@13c.;‘ fall made, fancy, large,. v1zyz@., .
EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylvania, ‘
24@250., loss off: western, ungraded,-16_@
fining.‘
21lélélf‘llAfl.—-- Raw steady; fair re
fined quiet; crushed, 59-169; p4
a,I/II‘IIJ-RI-’lih\iTINilk-Dunno; 5i@511;£c?
’il‘m: New Orleans
domestic, '4@61,§¢
. .. \
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