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"AWE WANUGUINALDO
Gon.,0tis Expected to Make the
Filipino Leader 3. Prisoner.
GERMAN PLAN IS BLOCKED
Filipinos Reinforced by Better Drilled
Men from the Northern Provinces—
Dewey Ordered the Insurgents to Leave
San Roque, and Th’ey Left—Now Occu-
pied by Our Troops.
Washington,. D. 0., Feb. 10.——The
navy department has received the fol-
lowing dispatch: »
Manila, Feb. 9.
After continued interference and in-
timidation of ”our workmen, I ordered
insurgents to leave San Roque by .‘1’
o’clock this morning. They left dur—
ing the night, a few remaining, who
burned the village this morning. It is
. now occupied by our troops. All is
quiet. -
-DEVVEY.
San Rooue is a village on the neck
of land connecting Cavite and the
mainland of Luzon.
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All Qiict at blanila,
Manila, Feb. 10.—-—Al1 is quiet here.
The Filipinos are lying low, except on
the extreme left and right.
evidently concentrating between Ca—
loocan and Malabon. Judging from ap—
pearances the insurgents are being re-
inforced by better drilled men from the
northern provinces. In front of Ca-
loocan they are as thick as a. swarm
of bees.
The American troops are beginning
"to feel the heat at midday in the open
and they are also anxious to proceed.
.The soldiers are impatient'of restraint
_.while in sight of the enemy.
Sergeant Major Smith of the Ten-
nessees, has been ordered to proceed to
the United States by the ”next trans-
port as an escort of the remains of
Colonel William C. Smith of the First
Tennessee volunteers, who died of
apoplexy during the recent battle with
the Filipinos.
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To Capture the Dictator.
’ Washington, D. 0., Feb. 10.—The war
department is certain that the Aguin-
aldo rebellion has been broken, and
it is waiting for the announcement
’that General Otis has captured the
Philippine dictator and is preparing to
put him in a safe place.
The president and the war depart—
-ment officials have nothing but praise
for General Otis and his course to-
":ward Aguinaldo. His refusal to recog-
nize or consent to a conference with
.Aguinaldo has prevented many diplo-
2mat'ic complications, and has blocked
once more the scheme of the Germans
to interfere in the islands.
General Otis has had suggestions
from the war department that the best
thing he can do is to “Get Aguinaldo,
the sooner the better.” The president
does not want General Otis to go after
the. Filipino, as he would after a bad
Indian chief, which means’get him
dead or alive, but he does desire the
capture Of Aguinaldo, so that the lat—
ter can be brought to some place where
he can be reasoned with without rec-
ognizing him as a belligerent. It is
probable, therefore, that as soon as the
Filipino is captured, he will be ship-
. ped to the United States as a military
prisoner and kept there.
Had General Otis responded to Agui-
naldo’s request for a conference he
would have been recognizing the bel-
ligerency of the Filipinos. Germany
would have at once proclaimedthe
right to sell arms to the insurgents
without having the course legally con-
sidered as an unfriendly act. It is said
in congressional circles-that :if this
country recognizes Aguinaldo as a bel-
ligerent Germany will have an excuse
for intervening in the-Philippines just
as We did in Cuba, although the offi-
cials at the state department deny
that there is anysuch critical state in
our relations with- Germany.
It is nevertheless a fact that Ger-
many has been trying ever since last
May to force a declaration of policy
from the administration but without
success, of course. The German am-
basgador's instructions, it is said, were
to sound this government on a propo-
sition to make reciprocal arrangements
with regard to naval bases.
Germany. it-is claimed, was willing
to Offer the United States a naval and
cable. station in the Marshall islands
for the privilege of Manila bay on the
same terms as Spain for a period of
ten years. and the use of a harbor for
a naval Station. .
In addition, Germany was to propose
to help us restore and maintain order
in the Philippines and to make it :‘t
penal offense for any German to sell
or take arms into the island. This
offer was to draw out the administra-
tion and at the same time excite. the
British government’s suspicion as to
the sincerity of our professions of
friendship to Great Britain.
At present there is no likelihood of
such a. proposition being made, be-
cause the diplomatic relations between
the United States and Germany, in
view of a recent discovery of German
ammunition and field guns in the hands
of the' Filipinos, are not of the most
cordial nature. .
General Otis telegraphs that the to-
. tal casualties resulting from all en-
gagements since February 4, aggreo
gate 268, as follows. .
Killed—Three ofi‘icers,’ 56 enlisted
men; wounded, 8 officers, 199 enlisted
men; missing, two enlisted men.
N. 1'. Capitol Deficiency.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10.-—Su-perinten-
dent of Public Buildings Bender has
presented to the commissioners of
public buildings and the finance and
ways and means committees of the
legislature a statement claiming that
there will be needed to complete the
year’s work. ending October 1, 1899,
the sum of $221,000, and there is eight
thousand dollars in the treasury. Tho
deficiency is therefore about $213,000.
The appropriation made last year for
Superintendent Easton was supposed
to last until that time.
Mr. Bender makes no charges either ;
Of extravagance on the part of his pro-
decessor, or dishonesty.
Mr. Easton says the deficiency was
caused by alterations to suit the em
larged assembly and senate, and that
the expenditures were approved by the
commission.
They are ,
THE SITUATION AT .ILOILO'. -
FArmed Natives Prepared to Resist the
Forces of Gen. Miller,
Vancouver, B. 0.: Feb. 10.—Hong
Kong mail advices describe the situa-
tion at 110110, when [it was first expect-
ed that General Miller’s troops would
be landed, as follows:
For days armed natives have been.
coming into town in a steady stream.
and fully two thousand soldiers, arm-
ed with Remingtons and Mausers have
taken possession Of the church and
government buildings. Officers are
scurrying about on ponies, ammuni-
tion is being brought in from Malo,
and an apparently stout resistance is
being provided for any landing attemp-
ted by the Americans.
Stores and banks are closed, the ex-
citement is intense. Outside of the
city are nearly ten thousand mixed na-
tives armed with knives and spears.
They are anxious to be allowed in the
city. In Negros, a nearby island, it is
reported that some twenty thousand
men are in arms awaiting the call.
Several schooners, loaded with men,
are daily entering the river. They are
not being interrupted. Day and night
preparations continue for a. lively re-
sistance. Every hour of delay is made
to account in throwing up works and
barricading the streets. It is threat.
ened that if the Filipinos should meet
with defeat the town will be burn—
ed.
The transport Francisco Reyes came
in on the ninth with five hundred and
fifty Filipino soldiers, who were allow-
ed to land without interference.
Altogether fifteen hundred soldiers
have been landed in this manner, and
this is not counting tne hundreds that
have come from other islands On
scho‘oners and small boats. Fully
twenty—five hundred men with riefls are
in the city.
The Spanish gunboat El Cano is still
lying just off the fort, and it was re-
ported that some two thousand stands
of arms had been landed by her.
Filipino Generals Flee.
Manila, Feb. 10.-The Filipino gen-
erals whose forces were so unmerci—
fully punished by General King’s bri-
gade in the fighting last Sunday, near-
ly one thousand of them having been
killed in the attacks upon Santa Ana,
San Pedro and Macati, to the south—
east of the city, are reported to have
fled to the interior in disguise to es-
cape violence at the hands of their
own people.
The oflicers in command of the main
body of insurgents have asked Agu‘in-
aldo to send them reinforcements, but
say they don’t want any more Taga-
los.
\Vith the exception of the general
-advance of the American troops on
Sunday morning, which was made for
the purpose of teaching the Filipinos
a lessen because of their attack upon
our lines on the previous night, and
our capture of the water works on
Monday, every forward movement of
our troops thus far has been imme—
diately provoked by an attack by the
enemy.
The territory to the east and south-
east of the city is now deserted by the
insurgents far in advance of our
lines.
Reconnoitring parties are finding vil-
lages in every direction flying the white
flag, and there is every indication that
the villagers have had quite enough of
the effective warfare waged by the
Americans.
Interest 'now centers in front of Gen-
eral MacArthur's‘division on the north
of the line, several regiments of Sta—
lolos having reenforced the insurgents
at Caloocan, where they :fired upon the
Americans from their» intrenchments
for half an hour last evening.
The newly arrived native troops are
very aggressive and are much in need
of such a lesson as was given to their,
companions in arms last Sunday.
Boom Prices in Iron.
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 10.—-The iron
trade has moved farther up in the
past week, and is coming close to the
line that in the minds of many of the
leaders maynOt be crossed with safe-
ty. There is not the same conservatism
in all quarters that has been shown in
advancing ore and coke, or even Bes—
semer-pig iron; .and this fact, together
with the control of intermediate pro—
ducts, already exercised in some cases
and aimed at by pending negotiations
in others, presents some possibilities of
complications later.
Plate demand continues out of all
proportion to the ability of the coun-
try’s present capacity, and prices are
determined by the urgency of each in—
dividual want. Bridge and shipyard
work continues on an immense scale.
Structural mills are probably in bet-
ter shape to make deliveries than those
in any other line.
Big Fire in Saratoga.
Saratoga, Feb. 10.—Fire early yester-
day morning totally destroyed the. Del-
aware and; Hudson Railway depot here,
the depot restaurant and baggage
room, J. T. Sweeney's hotel and gut-
ted Dwyer’s hotel. All adjoining prop-
erty was damaged, including bowling
alleys owned by J. M. Marvin.
James V. Snyder, night watchman in
the depot, was asleep and was burn-
ed to death. , The fire caught from the
electric light wires in the depot. The
mercury was .at zero and several fire-
men had their feet and hands frozen.
The ruins, were burning It a late hour
last night. The loss is estimated at
$60,000. ‘-
Presmont's Trip to Boston.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. III—The
president will leave Washington at]
p. m. February 15, on a, special train,
for Boston, where he'wlll attend the
banquet of the Home Market Club. He
will not decide until he reaches Boston
whether he will address the Massachu—
setts legislature. _
Mrs. McKinley will not make the
trip. Several of the speakers at the
banquet will be members of the presi—
dential party.
Coldest in Twenty Years.
; low zero
Pittsburgh-Feb. ill—Ten degrees be-
low zero by the weather bureau ther-
mometer, and fifteen to twenty degrees
‘ 'below in more exposed places, was the
record here. This is the coldest it has
”been since January 3, 1879, when the
mercury dropped to twelve degrees be-
., -:._-. Am... i does the rest
I soon 1'0 mains.
' If My Norwalk Mother Has
Looked For This, Fol-
low This Advice.
Wherever we go and among all
classes, we find children sufiering from
weak kidneys. The intelligent. mother
knows that. this is not a habit and
searches for a remedy. It is something
very hard to cure, and the family phy-
sician tells her that the child will out-
grow it in time. Sometimes they do,
and sometimes they do not. In the
meantime annoyance and embarrass-
ment is the result. If anyone knows a.
remedy, is it not. an act. of charity, is it
not a. duty to make it. public ? Should
selfishness or pride keep it concealed ?
Mrs. Nellie Dunn, of Winter- and
Fourth streets, Ansonia, Ct., has used
Doan’s Kidney Pills in her family and
makes the following statement for the
benefit of anxious mothers and the re-
lifc of interesting little children. Mrs.
Dunn says :
" I have a little boy of eleven years
of age that was very much troubled
with weak kidneys. When he was six
years old he would go in bathing fre-
quently and remain in for a. long time. .
That was when I first noticed any diffi-
culty with his kidneys, but he got so
that, he would wet; the bed every night.
I have taken him up at. eleven o’clock,
but. it would occur two or three times
before morning. This caused me any
amount of work and I was not strong,
besides I knew that it should not be
neglected, yet we, got. nothing to re-
lieve him. Finally I read somewhere
that Doan’s Kidney Pills would pre-
vent such occurrences and I procured
them from a. drug store. They have
really been the means of strengthening
the kidneys of the child, and prevent—
.ing the nocturnal urination. I am very
grateful to Doan’s Kidney Pills and I
heartily recommend them to any moth-
er having a child so afflicted. They
will relieve the mother of an enormous
amount of work, the child of much em-
barrassment, besides performing a.
duty the parent owes the child to pre-
vent it from growing up with weak
kidneys.”
Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by
Foster-Milburn 00., Buffalo. N. Y.,
sole agents for the U. S. Remember
the name Doau’s and take no substi-
tute.
Honors C . me Maine’s Chaplaiii. I
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 9.-—An unusual
distinction was given the Rev. Father
John P. Chidwick, chaplain of the bat-
tleship Maine, yesterday by the as-
sembly of New York state. Upon mo-
tion of Assemblyman Trainor of New
York, not only the privileges of the
floor were extended to him, but he
was also asked to occupy the speaker's
chair. from which he briefly addressed
the assembly on the blowing up of the
Maine. Great applause greeted the
'chaplain as he took his seat in the
speaker’s chair.
He said that the assertion frequently
made that the officers of the Maine
were on land when the explosion oc-
curred was a base falsehood. He re-
cited the incidents of the awful night
when the Maine’s brave sailors became
the victims of Spanish treachery.
I—Ie thanked the assembly on behalf
of the sailors of the Maine for the dis-
tinction conferred upon him, which he
said was Offered in their name rather
than because of his own personality.
Anxiety for Overdue Ships.
New York, Feb. 9.—The reports of
the terrible hurricane encountered in
mid-ocean on the last westward voy-
age of the big liners St. Louis, Lucania
and La. Champagne, have made the
owners. and agents of delayed vessels
somewhat uneasy regarding their
ships. . .
Seafaring men. have, given up all
hope of ever seeing the British freight-
er Almida,‘which sailed from Shields,
England, for this port, on December
19 last, in command of Captain A. Mc-
Grcgor, with a. crew of twenty-five
men.
The Tweedie “ Trading Company’s
steamer Catania, from Glasgow, De-
cember 21, left St. Michaels, Aozres,
'on" the sixth of January last, and up
to the present time the vessel has not
been heard from.
Bowering & Archibald, the agents-of
the Catania, say that the boat ought
to have been here several days ago,
but that it has probably been delayed
by the hurricane.
The overdue liner is in charge of
Captain Furlong and has a crew of
thirty-five.
I
Justice Killed a Burglar.
Altoona, Pa., Feb. 10.—W. I. D. Se-
christ, justice of the peace at John~
sonburg, last nlght shot and killed an
unknown. burglar, after a struggle in
which the Justice came near losing his
life.
Two men were seen entering a house
and Sechrist voluntecr'd to help two
policemen capture the ir.
One of the men rushed out of a door
and grappled with Sechrist, trying to
shoot him, but the cartridge did not
explode. 1n the struggle Sechrist fired
instantly killing his adversary. _
The other burglar jumped out of a
window in the confusion and shooting
back as he ran, escaped.
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_ -. Panama Strikers chakv-ning.
Colon, Colombia, Feb. 9.—There are
now signs of a termination of the
strike of the wharf laborers at Pana~
ma. The warehouses and piers are
blocked with cargo, of which fiftaen
thousand tons are awaiting transporter-
tion.
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lngNING GAZETTE:
‘1 ml U H N3” “of
OF- NEW YORK.
RIoHARB A. McGURDY, President.
Statement for the ho *
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
INOOME.
Received for Premiums . . i“ . . s 2 18 -
From all other Sources . . . . . 123853;?) A . 7"
$55,006,629 . ]
nIsnunsEMENTI.
To Policy-homers for Claims by Death . . . $13,265 903 .
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . II 485,751 - :. i
[for all other Accounts . . . . . 10:493:379 l 3
iAsinTs.
United States Bonds and other Securities . ,. $160,956 14, 1
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 68,503,580 ;
Loans on Bonds and other Securities, ‘. . 9,396,619 “9.-
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents , -
at $23,5.34,826.88 : Book Value . . . . 20,604 649 ¢-,
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . . 11,621,377 : ‘1
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,434:957 ”1.,
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LIABILITIES.
Policly Reserves etc.. . . . . . l
Contingent Guadantee Fund, , . . - , . 232’2g3’ggo g l
Divisible Surplus . . . . . . . . $2;2ao:oog 0
Insurance and Annuities in Force '. . . 5W1
i
lhave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same 1: .
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES, A. PRELLOEII:a £3533. .
From the Surplus a. dividend will be apportioned as usua
Board off'I'rustees.
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ADRIAN ISELn .l a
GEORGE S. Bownous '
WILLIAM C. W HITREI
WILLIAM BOCEEEELLER
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DIOKEY JR -
ELBRIDGE T GERRY
JAMES SPEYER;
HENRYH. ROGERS
JNO. W AUCHINGLoss
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABcocE
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R. GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
FREDERIo OROMWELL
'JULIEN T. DAVIEs
A. N. WATERHOUSE
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRIcE
WM. 1’. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNIss
GEORGE G. HAVEN ,
SAMUEL D. BARcocA ‘
RICHARD A. Mchnm
J Arms 0. HOLDEN
HEBMANN C. VON Posa- 1
WILLIAM J. SEWELL l
OLIVER HARRIMAR
ROBERT OLYPHANT l
GEORGE» F. BAKER
Conner Omorr [
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
_ WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. -
iSAAf.) I". LLOYD, 2d'I'Vice.President. DUES .du-P. BREUK, Corresponding Secretary
WILLIAMJ. EAsTON, Secretary. z~ ALBERT KLAM‘I'tOTH, Assistant Secretary
1 ' FREDE RIC CBOMWELL, Treasurer.
JAMESTIMI SON. ‘Zd Assistant Treasurer.
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MoGLlNTOCK, Actuary. ’
~ . _ JOHN TATLocK, .13., AsSistant Actuary
CHARLES A, PRELLE R, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.;
C. CLIFFORD GRETSIMIER. Assistant. Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
JOHIT C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. I '
E") \r‘. ARI) LYMAN SHOh-T, General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
EMA-s J. MARsl-l, M b- thANVILLE M. WHITE. M p
, U. S. WINSTON a}. D. Consulting.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier.
arcades a stunner, @emekdl Agents.
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A... E. (RAMP, Roost Agent, ' _: ~
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