z/(‘ REBELS FIRE 1111111 A Thousand Houses and Many Business Places Burned. ANOTHER MANIFESTO BY AGUINALDO. Hanna’s First Celebration of Wash- ington’s Birthday—Negros Com- missioners Received by Otis. They Profess Friendship. MANILA, Feb. 23. ——Notwithstanding the close watch that has been kept up- on the natives in the city, they, as the result of a conspiracy among their lead- ers attempted last night to destroy Ma- nila with fire In order to make sure of success the incendiaries planned to start the fire in three different quai ters of th city, believing that the flames would soon get beyond control and that they would then have a chance to kill the foreigners here and pillage their prop- erty. Santa. Cruz, San Nicolas and Tondo were the quarters selected for the start- ing of the fires, and those who were chosen to apply the torch did their work only too well. In a short time after the fires were discovered the flames had spread to such an extent that the de- struction of the city was threatened. The troops and foreign residents worked manfully to check the fires, but, it was not until this morning that the flames were under control and the city was out of danger. It is estimated that the loss will be very heavy. During the confusion attendant upon the work of fighting the fire, native sharpshooters who VV ere concealed in the vicinity of the burning quarters fired upon the troops. In the Tondo , quarter seven members of the Minneso- ta regiment were wounded, including Captain N. C. Robinson of Company C. There was the wildest excitement among the natives, and they were prim- ed for a general uprising. Strong guards were stationed .everywhere about the town, and the natives were awed into submission by the show of force. Matters are quie-ting down at the time this dispatch is sent. Aguiualdo Issues Another Manifesto. HONGKONG, Feb. 23.—Aguinaldo has issued a manifesto accepting the situa- tion caused by the “unexpected provo- cation of the Americans,” While lament- ing the hostilities, which, he says, he "tried to avoid by every means” in his power, "making humiliating concessions and tolerating insults and outrages of the army of occupation against the peo- ple of Manila.” He adds that he is pre— pared to sacrifice everything to main— tain the “integrity of the national hon- or," calls upon all “to witness the good faith and honesty” of his intentions and complains that he has been treated as a. rebel “because I defended the national interests‘instead of becoming the tool of the American preposterous preten- sions.” The rebel leader further alleges that the country is unanimous in his sup— port, that the people “will perish rather than accept the odious American do- minion” and that “even the corrupt Spanish dominion is preferable.” The Philippine commission is consid- ered by Aguinaldo to be a farce, and Otis, Denby, Dewey and Secretary Har- den are classed as “pronounced annexa- tionists,” the latter being charged with having "maliciously defamed” the Fil- ipinos in newspaper reports. He is class- ed as being "especially obnoxious to the Filipino government.” Finally Aguinaldo expresses the wish to “proclaim to the world and officially dispel the false rumors that Germany or any other power has rendered assist- ance, moral or material,” to the Filipi- nos, adding “nor haVe the Filipinos so- licited it.” Negros ls Loyal to Us. MANILA, Feb. 23.—While the guns on the city walls and those on board the ships of Rear Admiral Dewey’s fleet in the bay fired a salute in honor of Wash- ington’s birthday four commissioners from the island of Negros had an inter- view with Major General Otis and in— formed him that the American fiag had already been raised over that island and that its inhabitants were ready, anxious and willing to accept any proposition the Americans might offer. The insur- gents have been driven from the island entirely. Although the Iloilo rebels have given the people of Negros much trouble, es- pecially in the matter of demands for financial assistance, the inhabitants of Negros have persistently held aloof and now, through the commissioners, an- nounce that they want the advice and help of General Otis. The latter assured them that the Americans would provide an acceptable government, and meantime he instructed them not to pay the rebels anything. The Negros commissioners were delighted with their reception. The Agoncillo Mystery. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—It has de- veloped that Sixto Lopez, Agoncillo’s secretary, left here quietly Monday night on the train for New York. Since then nothing has been heard from him. His hotel room is still reserved, and the hotel people say they think he will come back. Dr. Losada, the only Filipino left, is still confined to his bed. First Hawaiian Vessel. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. —The first Ha- waiian vessel that has visited this port since the annexation of the islands ar- rived yesterday. She is the Foohng Suey, from Shanghai and Hongkong, and the last time she was here she flew the Hawaiian flag. A new big silk American flag flew from her monkey gaff as she came up the bay. She hails from Honolulu and is owned by Brewer & Co. Sufi-age For Women. ALBANY, Feb. 23.—There was a gath- ering of distinguished women in the senate chamber yesterday, who partici- pated in the joint hearing given by the judiciary committee of both houses on the three measures that have been in- troduced ,in the legislature extending the right of suffrage to Women. To Increase the Forest Preserve. ALBANY, Feb. 23.-‘ large delega- tion from Ulster coun headed by ex. Judge Clearwater, Benefa- Davis and Deputy Attorney General Hasbrouclr. waited on the ways and means commit. .tee yesterday to urge use means: the bill for increasing on no“ meat preserve in the Cats in the. L DALY BEFORE THE COURT. : l‘hc Pittsburg Doctor the Principal Feature In Yesterday’s Inquiry. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—When the court of inquiry to investigate the army beef controversy met yesterday, Colo- nel Davis, the recorder, announced that the examination' of witnesses so far summoned and reported was about con-' cluded. ' The court should consider‘ now, he thought, the questions of further sum— mons and procedure, and at his sugges- tion the court went into secret session. When the executive session conclud- ed, Dr. William H. Daly. of-Pittsburg, who was major and chief surgeon of volunteers during the war and who tes- tified before the wa1 commission that he had discovered by chemical analysis boracic and salicylic acid in refrigerat— ed beef furnished to the army, was in— troduced. His examination by the re- corder was conducted slowly and with great care, developing with minute- ‘ness all of Dr. Daly’s duties while at— tached to General Miles’ staff. Colonel Davis questioned the witness in regard to his duties and the source and character of his orders, evidently -with a view to the bearing these devel— opments might have upon the witness' analysis and report upon beef. Dr. Daly’s testimony was soon sus- pended in order that the Chicago pack- ers might be represented when he is examined specifically as to his report alleging that beef was chemically pre- pared. Washington’s Farewell Read. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The house' yesterday inaugurated the custom which has prevailed for many years in the senate of.listening to the reading of Washington's farewell address on Washington’s birthday. The address was read at the request of Mr. Bailey of Texas, the Democratic leader. Two hours were devoted to the naval appro- priation bill, but seemingly only the threshold of the debate upon the cost of armor plate has been‘ passed. Mr. Boutelle’s amendment fixing the'maxi- mum price of armor plate at $545 per ton, but restricting the provision to the appropriation made in the present bill, was ruled to be in order. Honor For Dewey and Schley. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Mr. Lentz of‘Ohio introduced yesterday a bill re- viving the rank of admiral and vice ad- miral and naming Rear Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Schley as the persons to fill the respective positions. Mr. Lentz’s bill is as follows: “That to pro- vide prompt and adequate reward to Rear Admiral George Dewey and Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley the grades and ranks of admiral and vice admiral in the United States navy be, and the same are hereby, revived, with the same duties, pay and privileges ap- purtenant thereto that were by the law given to the former appointees to said ranks, the grades to exist, respectively, only during the lifetime of said officers, but should said George Dewey die or re- tire before said Winfield Scott Schley the said Winfield Scott Schley shall be advanced to the rank of admiral." A Torpedo Explosion. WALLINGFORD, Conn. ., Feb. 23.- Upward of 16, 000 torpedoes heaped on the second floor of the M. Backes' Sons' paper cap and torpedo factory on Wallace street exploded at 4:30 yester- day afternoon from some ‘unknown cause, but resulted only in a money loss, which, it is thought, will not ex— ceed several hundred dollars. Fifty op- eratives were employed on the floor at the time, and with the exception of three, who were slightly hurt by flying glass, all escaped injury. The force of the explosion made a hole about 25 feet square in the floor and forced out the west side of the building. The glass in the windows on all the sides was shat- tered, and many of the window frames Were wrecked. There were 16,000 more torpedoes near by, which did not ex- plode. ' Mr. Porter’s Friendly Reception. BERLIN, Feb. 23.—The German press comments in a friendly tone upon the arrival of RobertP. Porter, the com- mercial expert, who was President Mc- Kinley’s special commissioner to Cuba and Porto Rico, and reproduces his re- cent statement to a correspondent in London, in the course“ of which he said there could be no commercial difficulty between the United States and Ger— many because, apart from Great Brit- ' ain, America. is knit more closely to Germany by bonds of kinship or mutual interests than to any other power. The Berliner Tagcblatt says, "Even if Mr. Porter’s mission be unofficial he will . find himself welcomed in both official and private circles, and there will be everywhere a willingness to give him any information he may desire.” The Dreyfus Report Soon. PARIS, 'Feb. 23.—The Soir announces that M. Manau, theprocurateur gener- al, will submit his report in the Dreyfus affair next week. The report will ask the court of cassation, it is said, to an— nul the conviction without ordering a retrial. If this be correct, it shOWs that the evidence before the court not only proves Dreyfus innocent, but that the crime for which he was punished never existed, as the French law only. allows the court of cassation to quash a sen- tence without retrial when there is proof that the offense alleged was never perpetrated. An Old Question Revived. ST. J OHN’S, N. F., Feb. 23.—The fail- ure of the joint high commission to reach an agreement revives the ques- tion whether Newfoundland is not en- titled to demand from the British gov- ernment the right to negotiate a fish- eries treaty with the United States in- dependent of Canada. Roosevelt In Syracuse. SYRACUSE, Feb. 23.—GovernorRoose- velt was the guest of honor at the tenth annual banquet of the Chamber of Com- ,merce held at the Yates last night. The banquet was attended by about 400 or the representative business and profes- sional men of Syracuse. No Fight In Glasgow. GLASGOW, Feb. 23.—Two thousand persons gathered last evening to wit- ness the championship fight between Bobby Dobbs. the Minneapolis colored boxer, and Pat: mm; a round the police interte‘i‘v finds“ both combatants. A scene 61' gm: ex- citemeiit ensued. .- Weather Pbobabfli“ Generally fair; somewhat fildcr; brisk to fresh westerly winds. , , $5.3 the“? 95,. , , for,“ 131‘ deed; Her only 11111131}: the wise ‘ 1 31111111111 PEACE. Another Stormy. Debate~ In the Spanish Chamber. Senor Sugasta Defends His Position- Suys the United States Drove Spain to Warn-Linares Has Challenged Count d’Almenas to a Duel. MADRID, Feb. 23.—The meeting 01 the bureaus last evening to appoint a commission to examine the bill for the cession of the Philippines resulted in only a nominal ministerial success. Al- though the ministerial candidates cho- sen were four and the opposition candi- dates only three, yet on a division the opposition will muster 92 votes as against 87 ministerialists. The opposi- 'tion will therefore submit a counte1 measure. The Republican motion in favor of summoning the constituent assembly led to a 'stormy debate in the chamber of deputies. P1ofessor Salmeron, the Republican leader, in the course of a violent speech, said the Republicans had resumed their seats in parliament 'in order to force the government to ac- cept its responsibilities. .In his opin- ion not only those governing, but "pres- ent institutions themselves, would fall victims to the present disasters. He se- verely censured the ministers for en- deavoring to save the monarchy rather than the country. “Your colonial policy,” he said, “was disastrous because you joined sword and cassock in order to restore a feudal theocracy with all sorts of privileges. The government has surrendered to the United States Spain’s whole colonial empire, and the peace that has been signed is the most shameful recorded in history.” Senor Sagasta, replying, said: “We lost the colonies, but we have avoided civil war. When you were in power, greater calamities occurred. The United States drove us to war, for which no regime is blamable, and no regime could make a nation, weakened by two colonial rebellions, strong. "I‘will oppose reaction with all my force. I am incapable of destroying the nation’s liberties. It is the Repub- licans alone who endanger” the liberties of the country by breaking the law." The result of the debate in the cham- ber upon the motion of Senor Silvela, leader of the Conservatives, censuring the government for “indifference to the country’s troubles” was the withdrawal of the resolution. Professor Salmeron, after being call- ed to order for a veiled reference to the crown, declared that the‘ Conservative party was primarily responsible for the country’s disasters, since it had failed to apply in Cuba reforms voted by all parties, and that the present govern- ment must also be held responsible for making a dishanrable peace. He ad- vocated calling the constituent assem— bly, which, he said, would “kill forever both Carlism and any attempt at dic— tatorship.” He appealed to all the Lib- eral and Democratic forces ,to co-op- the Vatican and the reactionaries.” General. Linares, who was in com- mand of the Spanish troops at Santia- go at the time of the capitulation, has challenged Count d’Almenas to a duel ‘on accountof .the attacks which the count made 'upon him Monday and yes- terday in the senate in connection with his arraignment of the conduct of the Spanish generals engaged in the war in Cuba. President .Faure’s Funeral. PARIS, Feb. 23.-President Loubet has notified M. Dupuy of his intention to accompany the funeral procession from the beginning to the end of the route, though his friends have vainly tried to dissuade him by pointing out the danger of a hostile manifestation. The League of Patriots applied for a place in the procession, but M. Dupuy refused the request on the ground that “the league is a center of anticonstitu— tional agitators and has already insult- ed the president:” Deroulede are very angry and are talk— ing of revenge. ‘Troops have been pour— ing into the city for the ceremony, and it is estimated that no fewer than 100,000 are already here. The police are ready for any emergency. Seats along the route are being sold at extravagant pr1ces. Noted Engineer Dead. SCHDNECI‘ADY, N. Y., Feb. 23.—John 'Ki usi, one of the best known mechan- ical engineers in this country, died at his home in thiscity late yesterday, ged 56 years. At the time of his death Mr. Kreusi was the chief mechanical en- gineer of the General Electric company. He was a native of Switzerland. Com— ing to this count1y in 1870, he entered the employment of Thomas A. Edison at Menlo Park, N. J., and in a short time became the inventor’s confidential man. It was to him that Edison gave the task of constructing the first phonograph. Mr. Kreusi was the inventor and per— fector of the underground tubing sys- tem that is now in general use. Germany’s Army Bill. mittee of the reichstag, which has re- army bill for an increase of ten squad- rons in the cavalry, yesterday rejected the proposal to increase the infantry. Both rejections were made at the in- stance of the Centrists. The minister for war, General von Gessler, at the close of yesterday’s sitting said, "It is imperative that something should be done to arrive at an understanding,as it is impossible to agree to abandon for five years all prospect cf strengthening the cavalry.” A Monument to Washington. CHICAGO, "Feb. 23. —The directors of the George Washington Monument as- sociation, which was recently formed here, have announced that plans are completed for the erection of, a $25, 000 monument in Chicago to the memory of Washington. Mn. Zachariah Chandler Dead. DETROIT, Feb. 23.—Mrs. Zachariah Chandler, widow of the Michigan sena-. of Senator Eugene Hale of Maine. Still Another Ballot. SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 23. «One bal- lot for senator yesterday showed no chance. erate and so “prevent the triumph of, BERLIN, Feb. 23.-‘—The budget com- jected the government's proposal in the, 1111 11. 11V '11le '0 11.12. 14. (3135101 01‘ 1111111111115 01103111.; 1 The: followers of M. ' those, the least prized of the lot, have a STARTLING BLUNDER. Russian Court Minister Disposes‘ of Memorial Wreaths. l l l Mlsunderstands an Order Given by‘ the Czar and Hurts His Mas- l ter’s Feelings—Ills Resigun- . tion Is Inevitable. I Amusing to an outsider, but serious enough to all concerned, was the acci- dent that recently befell the memorial wreaths offered by the various Euro- pean sovereigns on the death of Czar Alexander 111., which, up to a short time ago, still lay, as they had lain a‘ since the funeral, in 1894, on the tomb of the father of the present monarch of Russia. Emperor Nicholas was re- cently visiting the tomb at theimperial burial place in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, St. Petersburg. In this church, which is situated within the Petropavlovski fortress on the banks of the Neva, all the emperors and em- presses of the Romanoff dynasty lie buried. His majesty observed that the floral tributes Offered by high person- ages in all Europe, and indeed in all ’ the world, had fallen into decay. The leaves of the wreaths were covered with an accumulation of dust; the petals of the flowers had crumbled, and the rib- bons, with their inscriptions of com- pliment and sorrow, were time-stained and- discolored. “I wish you to take immediate care of these dusty wreaths,” said the czar, turning to Baron Vladimir Fredericks, minister of the imperial court of ap- panages. “They are in most disrep- utable condition!” Unfortunately for Baron Fredericks, says the Chicago Record, he misun- derstood the order, and it was impos- sible—so he thought—as it seemed un- necessary, to trouble the emperor for a. iurthcr explanation of what appeared to be so simple a command. Accord- ingly, he made haste to remove the dust—covered and broken wreaths from their place on the tomb, and the relics of the late czar were sold to shopkeep- ers in the capital. These in turn sep— arated the wreaths and their ribbons and passed them on at a. vastly in- creased price to private persons, who considered the exorbitant sums they had to pay full cheap enough for relics so interesting. The wreath ofiered by Kaiser Wil— helm of Germany was sold to the pro— prietor of an Amsterdam curiosity shop, while the ribbon, whereon the German emperor had ordered placed in gold an inscription dictated by him- self, in honor of the dead monarch, BARON FREDERICKS. (Imperial Russian Minister of Court and Appanages.) was bought by the custodians of the Hungarian National museum at Buda- pest. The price paid for the ribbon alone was 12,000 guldens ($5,820). In time the czar bethought him to. ask Baron Fredericks if he had execut- ed his order. “I have removed all the dusty old wreaths,” replied the minis- ter, with all the pride of a faithful servant, “and they have even been sold for a considerable‘sum.” “What!” cried Nicholas, in a rage; “sold the memorials to my father? You will return them at once, sir! I told you to take care of them. not to 1emove them—far less to sell them! “’11? tever it costs to recover these wreaths you shall restore them!” . Fredericks did not prolong the in- terview. He sought out the dealers who had purchased the relics, but the flowers were gone beyond reach, some to unknown Russians, others beyond the confines cf the empire. Where his excellency could get track of the wreaths and ribbons he telegraphed to the purchasers beseeching them to sell back the now priceless mementos. In the case of the Dutch and Hungarian purchasers of the wreath and ribbons, sent by William the German,.however, he met with a stout refusal to part with them, though he offered a small for- tune for their restoration. In all, only a small portion of the lost wreaths have been brought back to Russia, and been placed once more on the despoiled tomb. To such a blunder there can be but one ending. Whether the court minis- ter isto leave his office by force simply of his own chagrin, or on the emperor’s suggestion, it isrumored that his resig- nation will not be long delayed. The czar’s first furious resentment has given place to profound regret, and it is not likely that he can long tolerate in his cabinet the presence of a minis- ter so stupid. Every Day Is Sunday. By diflerent nations every day in Hie I week is set apart for public worship- Sunday by the Christians, Monday by the Greeks, Tuesday by the Persians, Wednesday by the. 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