J' 7/
N 0 FIGHT YET AT ILOILE
Gen. Otis Thinks 3. Conflict Can'
Be Avoided.
NOAMERIOANS YET LA NDED
Advices from the Scene of trouble. lst
California. Regiment Embarks in Trans-
pors at llfanila Presumably for Iloilo
Gunboat Castine to Go to the Philip:
pines.
Manila, Jan. 4.——Advices from Iloilo
were received here yesterday by the
steamship Bolinao which left there on
“Sunday. ‘
At the time of the departure of the
Bolinao the insurgents were still in
control of the city and no American
troops had been landed.
‘ The First California. regiment em-
barked here at four o’clock yesterday
afternoon on board the steamships
Campania and Martima, presumably to
report to General Miller at Iloilo. The
steamships were convoyed by the gun—
boat Concord.
Though it has not been officially an—
nounced, it is supposed that the ex~
tension of American occupation will
now be systematically begun in the
southern islands.
General Rios, the Spanish governor
of the Visayas, who arrived here yes-
terday from Zamboangs, on the island
of Mindanao, where he took the Span-
ish troops when he evacuated" Iloilo,
visited General Otis in the afternoon.
General Rios denies the imputation of
his collusion with the insurgents, say-
ing that he gave up only when he was
ordered to do so by the government at
Madrid.
Aguinaldo is evidently organizing his
followers to oppose the Americans.
Yesterday he hastily summoned the
Filipino cabinet and congress to assem-
ble.
The British gunboat Rattler left
here yesterday for Iloilo and Cebu to
protect English interests at those
places.
Washington. Jan. 4.—A dispatch
from Major General Otis, dated at Ma-
nila, was read at the meeting of the
cabinet yesterday morning, giving re»
assuring information in regard to the
situation among the insurgents at
Iloilo, island of Panay.
General Otis said that he believed
the disquieting reports from the scene
of the disturbance had already proved
unwarranted, and he believed that a
conflict of arms, at any rate, could be
averted.
The dispatch was evidently based on
direct and recent information from
General Miller, the ofiicer in charge of,
the United States troops sent from Ma-
'nila to the Panay capital.
The belief now is that the moral
effect of the presence of the United
States soldiers will be sufficient to im—
press the insurgents with the folly of
provoking an actual encounter with
“General Miller’s forces, and that the
ative troops will therefore submit
quietly to the authority of the United
tates.
In response to a suggestion from Ad-
miral Dewey. and on account of the
serious situation in the Philippines, the
navy department yesterday ordered
the gunboat Castine to Manila for use
in shallow rivers and harbors. The
Castine is at Havana and will proceed
to the east by the Suez route.
Alleged Heiress A rrested.
Boston, Mass.,,Jan. 4.—-—Mary Parson
Foster, claiming to be one of the heirs
to the estate of George Washington
Newton Yo'st, the inventor, has been
arrested here on a charge of obtaining
1,600 under false pretences from John
C. Fredericks of No. 12 City Hall ave—
nue.
The allegation was that Miss Foster
called upon Mr. Fredericks about a
year ago, represented that she had :1
quarterly income of $1,500 from Ward
and Cameron, trustees of the Yost es—
tate at Albany, N. Y., and wanted a
loan.
Another warrant was issued on a
similar charge, the amount being $1,-
200.
It is claimed by her friends that
Miss Foster obtained the money in n
egitiinate manner. I
The Hartford Evening Post.
Iartford. Conn., Jan. 4.—The Times
icsterday afternoon announced that
he negotiations .which have been
ending for some time for the sale of
the Hartford Evening Post have been
uncut-ally completed. -
An agreement is said to have been
reached by which the controlling inter-
st in the paper is to be transferred to
I-"‘. L. and H. D. Clark of of New Ha—
en.
The new officers of the company will
e as follows‘ President, E. L. Clark;
‘icc president and treasurer, H. D.
.lark; secretary, Henry E. Taintor oi?
lartford; business manager. J. A.
,paulding, recently of New Haven.
Fatal Fire. at Providence.
Providence, R. I., Jan. 4.——A fire
roke out in the building, No. 6 Lime
treet yesterday morning, and before
ll the eight families who were ten-
-nts in the house, could be rescued,
‘rank "McDermott, twenty-four years
,f age, was suffocated, and Mr. and
Irs. John O’Brien were overcome by
make.
McDermott was rescued alive, but he
lied on the way to the hospital. Mrs.
l’Brlen is in a serious condition.
Cartridge Making in England.
London, Jan. 4.———It is a nounced
hat the Kynoch Company of irming-
am has begun making ten million
artridges for the United States, at the
ate of one million weekly.
An American inspector examines the
"ork, and profiting by the war expe-
iences, a special metal is used to pre-
ent the cases from jamming in the
arrels.
Drawing Trade to New York
New York, Jan. 4.—The Merchants“
ssociation has made arrangements
'ith the railroads by which round
rip tickets can be bought for country
erchants at one and one-third the
ingle fare rate.
It is hoped that this will bring a
and of spring buyem to New York
ity.
'lliE LVllNl
THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE.
Its Meeting To:day. Military and Judica'.
Reforms.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 4.—The state
legislature, which meets to—day, will
contain a Republican majority of four
in the Senate and 108 in the lower
house, with the seats of Senator Calla-
han and Representative Bree of this
city contested.
The latter had a majority of several
hundred votes, and his seat is contest—
ed under an almost forgotten but ex—
plicit law disqualifying a candidate
who takes part in the count of the bal—
lots.
It is reported on good authority that
the state commission on expenses will
recommend to the legislature the abo—
lition of a number of the lower. state
courts on the ground that they are
unnecessary, and the pay of court
clerks by salaries instead of by fees.
which in the larger counties now am—
ount to two or three times what the.
highest paid judges of state courts re—
ceive.
The new governor will have two ju-
dicial nominations to make for the
places on the supreme and superior
_ court benches now filled by the tempo-
rary appointment of Judges Hall and
Roraback. But both will probably suc-
ceed themselves. .
A more interesting question is that
of the
Porter man, and whose nomination will
be regarded as a test of the relations
of Governor Lounsbury with the Re‘
publican machine.
Applications for new trolley roads
now call for nearly four hundred miles
of tracks, or about the whole length
of operated trolleys in the state.
Nearly one hundred and sixty miles
of the proposed layouts parallel exist-
ing steam lines.
Quay Carries Caucus.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 4,—Despite thc-
efforts of the opponents of Senator
Quay to obtain a postponement of the
senatorial caucus, the adherents of the
senior senator carrried their point last
night and secured the indorsement 01
their favorite by 109 of the 154 Repub-
licans of the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture.
This is nineteen less than the num-
ber necessary to elect a United Stotes
senator on joint ballot, the total mem-
bership being 255, of which 128 is a ma-
jority.
Senator Martin was not present, but
Senator Magee was. and it was on his
motion that the nomination was made
unanimous.
The anti—Quay leaders are jubilant
over the result of the caucus and as-
sert that the man they are fighting
can never succeed himself in the Sen-
ate.
MBonons Beats Pingree. _
Detroit, Mich” Jan. 4.—Govern'01
Pingree has given up hope of defeat-
ing Senator Burrows for re-election
and is now banding every effort to save
his candidate for speaker of.the house
Seventy—three legislators have signed
the Burrows call for a caucus to-night,
and there is no question that all the
signers will vote for him. Sixty-sever:
votes are all that is required to elect.
Pingree is trying to arrange an opei'
ballot for the speakership when the
house is organized, hoping to swing
the votes of Democratic members 1‘01
his candidate, John J. Carton of Flint.
Representative Adams of Grand Rap-
ids is supp08ed to have the support 01
Burrows members.
New Horticultural Buildings.
New York, Jan. 4.——Ground was bro-
ker. for a range of horticultural build-
ings at Bronx Park yesterday. Park
Commissioner August Moebus dug the
first spade full of earth, and members
of the Botanical Society delivered ad-
dresses.
'I‘he city granted the lands in Bron);
Park for a botannical garden. and tin-
buildings were designed by Lord and
Burnham.
John C. Sheehan has the contract fm
building the buildings, and it is ex—
pected the work wll be completed in
elev en months.
The city has appropiiated $375, 000 tt
complete them.
To Ellanui'acture Corduroy.
Pawtucket, R. 1., Jan. 4.—The Charl—
ton Manufacturing Company of this
city, which has a mill at Ingraham-
ville, has leased a mill of the United
States Cotton Company at Central
Falls, and will fit it up for the manu—
facture of corduroy, and will consid-
erably increase its production.
The mill will accommodate several
hundred hands.
Connecti cut. Labor Statistics.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 4.—The an—
nual 1eport for 1898 of the Connecticut
Lu1 eau of Labor Statistics, just issued,
gives retu1ns from 564 manufacturing
establishments, which in 1898 employ-
ed 65,669 persons, an increase of six
per cent. over 1897.
Wages disbursed were $32,498,659, or
14.6 per cent. more than in 1897.
Senator Allison Out. Again.
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 4.——Senator
Allison of Iowa, who has been con-
fined to his home with the grip, was
able to be at the Capitol yesterday
afternoon.
BITS OF NEWS.
The police of Brooklyn made 35,25(
arrests during 1898.
General Isaac S. Catlin of Brooklyn
has been awarded a medal of honor for
bravery .at the battle of Petersburg,
by President McKinley.
Russia has ordered a payment 01
seventy—five million roubles to the Imw
perial Bank, and it is denied that the
government has been seeking loans.
Governor Roosevelt St New York
has refused to pardon Decker, the
Tottenville wife murderer, and he will
be electrocuted at Sing Sing next
week.
The main sewer at Blevres, France.
burst Monday and much alarm is fell
in Paris on account of the danger to
the exposition buildings from recent
rains.
Reports from Paris say that oppo-
nents to Dreyfus’ revision declare that
the court of cassation has waived its
intention of recalling Dreyfus from
French Guiana. It is stated that the
fear of lynching and riots con-In! this
determination.
reappointment of Insurance
Commissioner Betts, who was a strong '
A GRAND DUKES VISIT
Cyril of, Russia Talks Interesting-
ly of the World’s Affairs.
AMERICAN WOMEN LOVELY
[he Partition in China Certain and Eng-
land‘ France, Russia and Germany will
Get the Spo\ils. Not Disturbed by Eng-
land’s Attitude.
New York, Jan. 4.——The Grand Duke
Cyril Vladimirovitch, cousin of the
czar of Russia, who arrived in New
York Monday night on his way to Eu—
rope after two years’ duty in Chinese
waters, visited the Russian Orthodox
church, at No. 323 Second avenue, yes-
:erday.
The grand duke’s stay Will be brief.
[-Ie sails on the Fuerst BiSmarck to--
day, to attend the wedding of his sis-
ter, the Grand Duchess Helena, to
Prince Maximilian of Saxe. The duke
leceived the representatives of the
press in the state parlor of the Wal-
Llorf- Astoria, which was profusely dec—
orated with palms and roses. Lieu-
tenant Koube was in attendance.
The duke looks to be 26 or 27 years
old. He is six feet tall and good look—
ing. His face is rather feminine in
feature. It is almost too perfectly oval
for a man, and the high cheek bones
of the typical Russian are absent His.
eyes are large and very intelligent. His
mouth is small, and he wears a little
brown moustache that is not at all'
Russian. His hair is straight and
brown and he wears :it short.
His highness speaks good English,
and speaks it as if firing off orders-—--
sharp, quick and curt.
The duke thinks that the American
success in the late war with Spain,
while it is a source of congratulation,
will also bring about new obligations
and burdens not easy to bear.
He believes that we will have much
trouble with the natives in the Phil-
ippines, in fact, will have war. with
them sooner or later. '
The presence of the United States in
the Far East, he said, vas entirely
satisfactory to Russia, and would lead
to peace in the Orient. The opposition
of England to all Russian possession
in China did not disturb his people.
He thought the partition of China is
only a question of time, and France,
Eng-land, Russia and Germany will
share the spoils.
The grand duke spoke enthusiasti-
cally about the Trans—Siberian Rail-
way, and thought that it would be of
the greatest value in colonizing Sibe—
ria, and also in affording easy access
for troops to the Pacific.
The American women will be happy
to hear that his highness considers
them “the most beautiful in the
world.”
Bishop Nicholas, retiring prelate of
the Russian church in America, who
will take ship with the grand dukc,
to- day, presided at the church service
vesterday and made an address. The
little church, which occupies the front
and back parlors of a residence house
on Second avenuefwas decorated es-
pecially f01 the occasion.
The church, by the way, is the gift
of the czar to the Russians of New
York in return for the sympathy ex-
pressed at the death of his father. .He
sent the clergy over and pays the ren-
tals and expenses to a great extent.
Shortly after 11.30 the duke and his
aides arrived from the Waldorf in a
carriage. 'He was escorted up the
steps of the house and into the hall-
way.
There Basil Pankevitch, president of
St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Brother—
hood. advanced with a salver and :1
loaf of brown Russian bread, with a
little gold salt cellar upon it. He pre-
sented it to the duke, and invited him,
after the Russian custom, to taste of
the bread and salt, welcoming him on
l_>-:-half’of the orthodox Russians.
Then iishop Nicholas stepped out
from the inner chancel as the duke ap-
proached and greeted him. He bowed
and handed the cross for the duke to,
kiss.
He then addressed to the duke a
welcome on behalf of the church and of
the people present.
This \\ as follow ed by the Litany and
mayors.
Dingley’s Condition Critical.
Washington, Jan. 4.—The hope for
the recovery of Representative Ding—
ley, resulting from a slight improve-
ment in his condition and the tenacious
hold on life be exhibited, gained a lit-
tle added strength yesterday, though
his condition remains decidedly criti—
cal. ~
Dr. Deale, the attending physician,
said that he was certainly no worse
and that this was a good sign, con—
sideiing his age.
Breathing, perhaps, was slightly eas-
ier yesterday, but it Is expected that
it will be at least several days before
any marked improvement can be ex—
pected. v
Firms Deny Bad Army Beef.
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 4.—Commis-
sary General Eagan is steadily prose-
cuting the inquiry into methods follow-
ed by the big meat packing houses of
putting up the meats supplied to the
army during the war.
He has given out for publication the
letters addiessed to Lieutenant Colo-
nel 0. M. Smith, purchasirlg commis-
sary at Chicago, which came from all
save one of the firms which supplied
the army meat, either refrigerated or
canned.
All deny supplying beef that
dangerous as food.
was
Affairs of Paper Company Settled.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 4.—The Cleveland
Paper Company,_which was placed in
the hands of a 1..-...ier a year and a
half ago, with liabilities of over three
hundred thousand dollars, has beena
absorbed by the Standard Paper and
Bag Company.
Since Receiver Horr assumed charge
of. the property 87' 1-2 per cent. of the
liabilities have been settled.
“’aym- Mauveagh Improving.
Washington, D. 0., Jan, 4.—Ex-At-
torney General Wayne MacVeagh’s
condition is about the same as yester-
day, and he continues to hold the 1111-,
prayement Shown
G GAZLTTE
GOV. HASTINGS SPEAKS PLAIN LY.
rm State Treasury Scandals. Better Bal-
lot. Law \Vnntéd,
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 4.-——Governor
Daniel H. Hastings, whowill retire on
January 17, sent his annual message
to the legislature yesterday.
The massage shows the state reve—
nns for the year ended November 30,
1898, to have been $13,325,120, and the
expenditures $13,973,803. The public
debt is $6,815.299, to the credit of which
there is a s'..king fund of $5,789,317.
The net debt of the state is, therefore,
only $1,025,982, no part of which can
be paid until 1912.
Concerning the state
governor says:
The management of the state treas-
ury has for many years been the sub—
jcct of public criticism. While it may
be true the state has lost no money
deposited ‘ in the various banks
thxoughout the commonwe e,alth it can-
not be questioned “that in the past the
public funds have been used for politi-
:01 purposes by depositing them in fa-
vorite banks, where such deposits were.
expected to yield returns in the shape
of political influence. This
cannot be defended. It should not be
in the. power of any man to say that
banks shall handle the millions of dol-
lars that are annually paid into . the
state treasury. It would be far better
for the state to receive no interest upon
deposits rather than to suffer a sys-
tem to continue which can be used for
political purposes, and it is submitted
that the evil will never be corrected
until the state keeps its own money
in its own vaults, as do many of the
states and as is done by the United
States.
The governor criticises the new state
capitol. The new building, he says, in
its present condition “is hardly fit for
human habitation. much less the offl—
cial abode of the representatives of the
great commonwealth.
“There are scores of farmers’ houses
in Pennsylvania more attractive in ap-
pearance than this building. It is
made of common brick embedded in
cheap mortar, looks
erected factory building and is repul—
sive to the eye. Although the act 01‘
the assembly requires that the build—
ing shall be ‘made as nearly fireproof
as possible,’ the roof and most of the
treasury the.
interior fittings are as combustible as.
EX-GOV. BLACK TURNS TO LAW.
He Comes new Prep Ircd for Praclice of
His Profession.
New York, Jan. 4.—Ex—Gov. Frank
S. Black started in yesterday on his
"ctreer as a New York lawyer. Immc—.
diately after Governor Roosevelt had
been installed in office, Mr. Black be.-
gan preparations for his momentous
departure in professional life. He tel-
egraphed his partners, cx-Judge 'W'. M.
K. Olcott and Abraham Gruber, that
he would be on hand yesterday ready
for work.
Yester-(ay morning he left his old-
home on. T-la Hill. in the city of Troy,
and boarded the 10.30 train for New
York. Afterea lunch at the Holland
House, where he will make his home
for the present, he. came down town
and at 3 o'clock was ready for busi—
ness.
lt is the ex-governor's intention to
return to Troy every Friday evening
during the winter and spring. Four
days of the week he will be at the Hbl-
land I-Ious‘c. Mr. and Mrs. Black live
during the summer in the Berkshire.
Hills.
The new firm, the title of which is
Black Olcott, Gruber and Bonynge,
have a handsome suite of offices on
the fifth flog-1' of the Singer building,
No. 14!) Broadway. The cit—governor‘s
room faces Broadway.
The Year at the Mint.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 4,—More mon-
Ly has been coined during the past
year at the Philadelphia mint than
any time since 1890. The total coinage
during 1898 was 100,258,433 pieces, val-
ued at $27,654,452.39. Of this there was
coined a subsidiary coinage valued at
$11, 77 ,359 75.
Besides this, the mint coined for the
government of San Domingo during
1898 511,873 pesos, a coin about the size
of an American dollar. ‘
Orders have been received to turn
out two hundred thousand more of
these coins. Superintendent Boyer
started yesterday to coin $40,000,000 of
the gold bullion which lies in the vaults
of the mint.
Of this three million dollars will be
coined into double eagles and the re-
mainder into such denominations as
the treasury department may order.
Gulf of California. Storm.
San Ill-ancisco. Jan. 4.—A communi—
cation has been received by the Mer—
chants’ Exchange from Captain Von
Helms of the steamship Ciracao telling
of a storm in the Gulf of Califor—
nia.
it began on December 23 and lasted
through Christmas day.
Thiee hundred feet of the breakwater
at Santa Roselya “as wsa lied away,
and some damage was done to the
ships Star of: France and Falkland
Bank. '
The Mexican schooner Rebecca. for-
merly of this p01t, sprung a leak on
Christmas day and bald. to be run
aground in La Defensa bay. She will
probably be saved.
li‘uizal Locomotive. illxplnsion,
Reading, Pa., Jan. 4.——-The boiler of
an engine on the Philadelphia. and
Reading Railway blew up near Bowers
Station, a short distance from this
place, yesterday morning, instantly
killing William Weaver, engineer, and
probably fatally injuring Joshua Robe—
son, a conductor.
The engine was drawing an extra
freight at the time of the explosion
and the injured men. together with
two others, were on the _Iocomotive at
the. time of the explosion. None of'the
cars were wrecked.
The Nebraska. Legislat u re.
Loncoln, Neb., Jan. 4.—The Republi-
cans will organize and control
houses of the legislature. After a
midnight caucus, which terminated in
an apparent split among the House Re-
publicans. a. second caucus was called
which continued until nearly day-
light.
The five recalcitrant members came
in aftei concessions had been made to
them in the way of appointments to
omces.
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