PRIICLAlI-ATION READ Leading Filipinos Approve", but Doubt 1123 Efficacy. j ___ AGUINNLDO SUCCEEDED BY" LUNA? —— i The Insurgent Anny Is Still Massed at Calnnipit—Americans Prepar- ing to Attack—Rebels Send Out I False Reports of Victories. E . a ‘ MANILA, April 6.——The proclamation . issued by the United States Philippine commission has been widely distributed _ both in the Spanish and ,Tagalo lan—i guages. and‘in Manila and Malolos it is attracting great attention. Representa- tive Filipinos approve the proclamation, I but express their fears that to .the masses it will be inaccessible, owing to its interception by the native leaders. Many, however; while realizing the opportuneness of the moment for issu- ing the proclamation, recall the native aversion and suspicion with which the former proclamation was received. The pacific inhabitants are still re- turning to their homes, but the insur- ‘ rectionists are sending word into all of the provinces announcing the infliction of terrific losses upon the Americans, who, they represent. have been driven into the walled .city by the Filipino ' troops and are suing for peace. The nucleus of the insurgent army is still at Calumpit. Dredges are at work clearing the channel of the Rio Grande preparatory to sending the army tugs ,. 0 attack Calumpit. ‘uRepresentatives of General Rios, the Spanish commander, have visited Ba— tangas in behalf of the Spanish prison- ers. Their request for an audience was refused by Aguinaldo and his advisers,» Iand they had to return. They report having experienced severe hardships. The United States cruiser Charleston, which has been cruising along the west coast of Luzon to the north, sent a boat inshore near Dagupan~ last, Saturday to make soundingsfl . ' , . The” rebels ‘opened fire, wounding a -. United States officer. ' , The cruiser thereupon bombarded the town, the insurgents evacuating it. . May Be More Fighting. . WASHINGTON, April 6.—The war de-- partment has as yet received no official confirmation of the ‘news that the Phil- ippine insurgents have strongly in- trenched themselves at Calumpit, in the region north of Malolos. The report is by no means discredited, however, and it has given rise to speculation as to its effect on the Philippine campaign. On Tuesday the war department was in- clined to believe that the insurgents were pretty effectually dispersed and that there would be no more organized fighting at present. While admitting the uncertainty of a situation where a half savage foe was concerned, the . probabilities seemed to be strongly on the side of a cessation in the campaign. The latest information, although not official, has given a different aspect to the situation. If the insurgents are really bent on making a decided stand, however des- perate, at Calumpit or any other point ' in that vicinity, the American military commanders in the Philippines will probably not be sorry to learn that such is to be the case. It may afford the opportunity so greatly desired of bringing the campaign to a decisive conclusion rather than to an unsatis- factory and uncertain end, as has seem- ed to be probable for the last few days or since Aguinaldo took his capital in his pocket and retreated beyond Ma- lolos. - guinaldo Deposed? IVASHINGTON, April 6.—A dispatch from Manila reports that there are per— sistent rumors in that city that Agui— naldo’s misconduct of the insurgent forces has resulted in his being deposed from the leadership in insurgent affairs and that General Antonio Luna,” 2. reb~ e1 who believes in fighting to the last. : has been given control in his stead: Luna has always been the general in chief of the Filipino army. Our Losses In the Philippines. WASHINGTON, April 6.—A table pre- . pared at the war department shows that the total number of casualties among the United States ti’bops in the _ Philippines since hostilities '_ began is f 1.160. The first conflict with the Filipi— 5 nos began on I'cb. 4, and the figures are complete to April 4. when hostilities practically ceased. The list of casual- ties includes 18-1 officers and men killed and 976 wounded. Russir‘. 'l'oo, Has Her Troubles. I LOND "N. April 6.——The St. Peters-‘ burg cry-:cspondent of The Times tele— graphs ”.n alarmist statement regarding the Sp: and of serious labor troubles and strik-t»: in the manufacturing districts of Prussia. Ominous rumors, he says, are in circulation in St. Petersburg—reports of troops sent to suppress outbreaks, of’ the wholesale destruction of property, of numerous arrests and of the gagging Nine press—yet not half of what is lappening ever reaches the ears of the capital. Towns. mills and factories, the correspondent declares, are literally in- undated with secret socialist and revo- lutionary proclamations by agitators who are undoubtedly assisted from abroad. All this. together with the anti-.9 tation fostered by the students, creator. a. serious political outlook. ' Artist Strong Dead. -‘ SAN FRANCTSCO, April 6.—Joseph D. Strong, the artist, died here yester- day from the effects of an operation. Joseph Strong was born in Connecticut - 45 years ago. His parents came to Cali- fornia in his early youth, and it was here that he had his first instruction in art. He went around the world paint— lug the portraits of many celebrities. Mr. Strong was twice married, his first wife being the daughter of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. Mr. Strong's scoond- wife was a niece-of ex—Governor Haight. The second marriage took place about a ‘ year ago. BuflIngton Succeeds Flagler. WASHINGTON, April 6.—The presi- dent has appointed Colonel Adelbert I. Bufllngton to be brigadier general and chief of the bureau of ordnance to-suc~ ceed the late General Flagler. Librarian Putnam at Wot-IL. WASHINGTON; April 6.-—Mr. Her- j hart Putnam, the new librarian of coin grass, took the oath of office yesterday and immediately entered upon the du- ties of his new position. ' ; tung province. '_ THE CHINESE REBELLION. Shristlaus Being Attacked and the .Devastatlon Spreading. VANCOUVER, B. (3., April 6,—Native advices received at Shanghai from Chentu in regard to the Szechuen re— bellion say that about 1,000 rebels in Lichuan Hupeh are giving trouble, at-' tacking Christians and spreading dev- astation into Szeéhuen. The Mandarins, as usual, have applied for soldiers to guard their cities. _ An indemnity of $3,000 has been paid for the demolition of Christian proper— - ty in Anyohsien, and other cases will be similarly indemnified. The hospital at Chiangpoi, owned by an American doctor, has been. rebuilt, and three of the chiefs of the volunteer corps have Ibeen deprived of their degrees and hon- brs, and a guard of two men has been permanently posted there. ' Shanghai advices throw light on the news from Berlin that Germany is to send an expedition to Tschou, in Shang— received at Shanghai from Tschou, Ger- many’s real purpose is to compel the Chinese government to grant German firms big commercial concessions. Offered $5,000 to Vote For Quay. HARRISBURG, Pa., April 6,—Wilson, the VVestmoreland member of the house, who had refused to tell who offered him $5,000 to vote for Quay for senator, yes~ terday told the bribery investigators that the man was John R. Byrne. Byrne is a well known labor leader and a de— feated Republican candidate for state senator. P. E. Timlin, Democrat, of Lackawanna county denied that he had been approached corruptly, whereupon Chairman Fow read an anonymous let- ter saying that two Witnesses Would swear that Timlin received money from ex-Senator Coyle. One of these wit- nesses'has been subpoenaed. Sloane-Haniznond Wedding. NEW YORK, Vanderbilt Sloane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, and John Henry Hammond were married at 15 minutes past noon yesterday in St. Bartholomew’s Protestant‘ Episcopal church, corner of Forty—fourth'street and Madison avenue. The Rev. Dr. Da- vid H. Greer performed the ceremony. Hundreds of society folk thronged the pews and overflowed into the broad cor- ridor. Wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride’s parents, Fifth avenue and Fifty—second street. The honeymoon will be spent at Biltmore, N. C.- The Central Secures More Laud. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., April 6.—The New York Central and Hudson River railroad has for some time past been negotiating for the purpose of purchas- ing a tract of land at Hoffmans, nine miles west of this city, on which they could locate yards and build a bridge aeross the Mohawk river to connect with the West Shore line. The deals have now been closed whereby the rail.- road company gets the land they de- sired. An official of the road last even,— ing said thatthis connection with the West Shore was needed for the purpose of transferring ocean freight. Mayor Jones For Governor. . TOLEDO, April 6.—The friends of Mayor Jones in Toledo and Columbus . have simultaneously started a boom for him as a candidate for governor of Ohio. A number. of his Toledo repre- sentatives are in Columbus, and they will announce his candidacy in that city. Mayor Jones, when seen about the matter, stated that he had not sanc- tioned the action of his friends. Peru Politics Peaceful. LIMA, Peru, via Galveston,_ April 6.——- The political outlook in Peru is improv— ing, and it is believed that the presiden- tial election will pass off peaceably. Ac- cording to the latest advices from the seat of hostilities in Bolivia, the Feder~ alists, or insurgents, now hold Cocha- bamba, Potosi and Santa Cruz. but President Alonzo has reduced their po— 5 I sitions near Oruro. Loving, Cup For Captain Clark. PHILADELPHIA, April 6.—Captain Charles E. Clark, late commander of the battleship Oregon and since assign- ed to the command of the League Is- land navy yard, has been tendered a dinner by the Union League. A silver .oving cup was presented to Captain Clark. ' Guilfonl Trial Postponed. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 6.——The murder trial of Nancy A. Guilford has been postponed until Tuesday next at 10 a. m., to await the result of the ill- ness of Juror Gregory. who has been stricken with pneumonia. Silk, ‘Veuvers Will Resume. NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April 6.— Thc labor troubles at the Acushnet mills ' have been adjusted, the silk weavers re— turning to work today and the speeder tenders who work nights taking their speedcrs last night. Ne‘v York Markets. FLOUR —— State and western ruled dull, weak and lower to sell: winter pat- ents, $3.75@4; winter straights, $3.55@ 3.60; Minnesota patents,[email protected]; win_. ter extras, $2.60@3. WHEAT—No. 2 redopened firm on cables. but at once turned weak and broke badly under general liquidation prompted by warm weather west; 'May', 751/z@761,éc.; July, 7fi%@76c. RYE—Dull; state, 590.; No. 9 .4 western, .541/2ci, f. 0-1)., afloat. CORN—No.1 2 opened steady. with wheat, but broke under liquidation in- duced by large country offerings; May, " 39 5+16@39%c. OATS—No. 2 dull; track. white. state, 35@38c.; track, white, western, 35@38c. PORK-Dull; mess, [email protected]; family, $10.50@11. LARD—Easy; prime western steam, $5.52%, nominal. ‘ BUTTER—~Steady; state dairy, Lil/3(1) 200.: state creamcry, 16@21%c. CHEESE—Steady, but quiet: white, 12@12%c.: small, white, 12%@13c. EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylva~ nia. 13@131,4c.; western, 12%@13c. SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining. 3 15-16c.; centrifugal, 96 test, 4 7463.; ' refined firm; crushed. 5%c.; powdered, 31.4.0. MOLASSES—Flrm ; ©1370,. _ TURPENTINE—Firm, but quiet, at 52%@43c. RICE-Steady; domestic, 41/2@7c.; Ja- pan, 5@5%c: TALLOW—Weak; city, 41,9“ 41/z@-i%c. New Orleans, 32 country. TRAY—Quiet; shipping, 35@45c.'; good - to choice, 55@65c. According to a letter . April G.—Miss Emily ‘ large, 5 THE 1 MRZRT INQUIRY New York Saturday. POLICE CORRUPTION FUND FIRST. Startling Revelations Are Promised .ut the Public Sessions of the Com- lnlttee—Alleg‘ed Election Law Violations Will Be Probed. ‘ALBANY, April 6.—The Mazet inves- ‘ tigating committee did not meet yes- terday at» 10:30 o’clock, the hour to which it adjourned, but held a session in the afternoon immediately after the adjournment of the assembly, at which time it was decided to meet in New York on. Saturday. ' It is the present intention of the in- vestigators to begin the inquiry into Tammany’s administration of the city ' affairs at that meeting. In the mean- time Counsel Frank Moss will continue the personal investigation he is now conducting and will formulate the evi- dence which is on hand for presentation to the committee. It is understood that he will be assisted in this work by Su- perintendent of Elections John McCul- lagh, who~has valuable and damaging evidence against Tammany Hall which came under his observation ,in his cam- paign against election law violators last fall. Proffers of evidence of TammanY’S methods in raising the enormous cor- ruption fund which was sent to‘Albany to defeat the police legislation continue to pour in upon the investigators, and, as one member of the committee said yesterday, *‘revelations of the most startling character” will follow the pub— \ lie sessions of the committee in New . York. The determination of the committee to have the subpoenas to be served placed in the hands of those in no way subject to political in. uence is looked upon as significant. It'shows the deter- mination of the confmittee to secure the attendance of every witness sent for without the substitution therefor of the excuse of hasty flight or failure to find the desired witness. The plan of inves— tigation for the first few sessions of the committee and the character of the evi- dence sought to be deduced will be de- , cided upon at this afternoon’s session of the committee. ‘ More Resolutions Against Roberts. NEWBURG, N. Y., April 6.——At the one hundredth annual session of the New York conference of the M. E. church yesterday Dr. Clark Wright presented a preamble a d resolution protesting against allowi g Congress— man Elect Roberts of Utah to retain his seat in the house of representatives of the Fifty-sixth congress, as he is an avowed polygamist. The resolution fa- ‘vors the immediate expulsion of Rob- erts from the house. It also proposes ‘ an amendment to the national consti- ' tution making polygamy a crime to be severely punished, thepenalties to in- clude disqualification to vote or to hold any office of honor, trust or emolument ‘ in the United States or state or terri- tory therein. Pingree’s Municipal Ownership Plan. ' DETROIT, April 6.—Governor Pingree keeps moving along in his scheme of municipal ownership and operating the street railways. He'has established the fact. that the railways cost $8,703,000 and . that theyhave bonds out for nearly $11,— ' 000,000, while the roads could be repro- i duced for about $5,000,000. The governor has written a letter to Professor Bemis of Chicago, asking him to come on here and help appraise the property of the lines. The commission appointed by the council to purchase these lines has gone forward and will, if uninterrupted, bar— : ring disa‘greements,close up the trans- action in three weeks. i ' Peace Conference Invitations. ; THE HAGUE, April 6.-—The formal ; invitations to attend the peace confer- ence will be issued today through the ministers to the Netherlands of Great Britain, {ussia, Germany, _Austria, France, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Sweden. Denmark, Belgium, Luxem— burg. Servia. Roumania, Montenegro, Greece. Switzerland,'the United States. Siam, Persia, China and Japan. The note of invitation remarks that only the questions specified in the second Rus- sian circular will be discussed. ' All na- tional political questions will be rigor- ously excluded. Iowa Mines Closed. DES MOINES, April 6.—As a conse- quence of the strike ordered by the Miners’ union for the central district of Iowa only 4 out of 30 mines were’ in operation yesterday. The strike has thrown out of employment 1,200 men. , The operators held a meeting and an- nounced that they would not recognize , the union or meet its demands. It is ' reported that the operators will com- blue and ship negro miners in from Mis- souri. Against American Cereal Company. AKRON. 0.. April 6.—Judge Kohler has overruled the motion to dissolve the restraining order against the American Cereal company combine. He held that the new company, incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, was a trust, formed for the purpose of regulating the output. limiting business and rais- ing prices and therefore illegal and against public policy. Bliode Island Elections. PROVIDENCE, April 6.—A light vote was cast 'in the state election yester- day. The indications at 8 o'clock last night pointed to the re-election of Dyer (Rep) for governor by over 10,000 plu— rality. The legislature will be over- leelmingl.)r Republican. as usual. I -——-——_—_— 3 George Jury Not Complete. I i try Mrs. Anna E. George for the murder of George D. Saxton, brother of Mrs. . McKinley, is not yet complete. When the court adjourned last night. only ten of the jurors had been selected. Torpedo Boat Somers Disabled. PLYMOUTH, England, April 6.—The United States torpedo boat Somers, which left FalinOuth yesterday en route for this port, broke down off Plymouth . and was towed into Plymouth sound 5 disabled. Weather Probabilities. ‘ Fair; fresh northerly winds, becom. ”as variable“; Will Open For Business In, CANTON, 0.,' April 6.—The jury to~ ,' I N ' age. _ Cuban Army Question Now ,. Cansidered Settled. minimum DELEGATES REPORT Roped For Loan Did Not Materialile. Cisneros the Only Member to Vo‘te'l Against Dissolution—Brooke to Be Given the Army Rolls. HAVANA, April 5.—The army quesa tion is considered settled. “As the shadows of the might fall over the city we finish our work. So is Cu- ba’s future clouded and dark. I take leave of you with sori‘bw, and my last WOrds are, ‘May Cuba some day be free ' and independent.’ ” . 'With these words General Fernando Freyre de Andrade, president of the ‘military assembly, closed its last ses- sion at 7 o’clock last evening. The whole meeting was calm and dispassionate. It lasted four hours. General Sanguily’s flights of oratory, in which he likened the members of the assembly to a “band of faithful workers devoted to Cuba’s good, but finally vanquished by uncon- _ trollable conditions,” were received with applause. The assembly ordered the disbanding of the army in accordance with Senor .Despaigne’s motion and passed}? upon the details and methods of the disband— ment. A new executive committee was then appointed to attend to the routine work connected with the commissions of Cuban officers, and this committee will supply General Brooke with the copies of the Cuban muster rolls. Twenty-two members attended the closing session. Senor Salvador Cis- neros of Puerto Principe, who was chosen president of the Cuban republic at the meeting of the provincial dele— gates at Puerto Principe, Sept. 23, 1895, and was ultimately succeeded by Senor Bartolome Maso, was the only member to vote against the resolutions to dis- band and to dissolve. To the very last he declared that in any event the ram- lution to dissolve was unconstitutional and that he would never give up his position until a new assembly had been elected. Senor Cisneros is a very old man, his voice is weak, and his pro- leagues. Senores Hevia and Villalon arrived yesterday morning from Washington, and the assembly was convened in the afternoon in order to hear their report regarding their efforts in Washington. Not until after an hour's delay was a quorum secured. The following were present: Senores Andrade, Cisneros, Despaigne, Parraga, Nunez, Riva, Co- ronado, Villalon, Gualberto Gomez, La- cret, Sanguily, Valiente, Portela, Ti- rado, Portuondo, Betancourt, Hevia. Ducasse, Menocal, Trujillo, Yanez and Aguerra. v {tests were hardly heeded by his col- . Harrison Wins In Chicago. CHICAGO, April 5.—Mayor Carter H. Harrison was re-elected yesterday, his plurality over Carter, the Republican candidate, being 39,610, and he beat his old enemy, former Governor John P. Altgeld, by 101,513. Had he received A 5,791 more votes than he did he would have run even with both Carter and Altgeld. Thirty-six councilmen were chosen, and the Republicans get the majority \of them,‘ but the council will still remain Democratic by a vote of 39 to 29. There were many surprising fea- tures in the vote, one being that the mayoncarried his own precinct. this being the first time it ever' went Demo- cratic, while Zina R. Carter, the Re- publican candidate, lost his precinct, which never went Democratic before. Nicaragua Reports False. KANSAS CITY. April 5.—A New Or- leans special says: “Churchill Guthrie ~an.d Augustus S. Flourney of Kansas City, who were reported captured and shot as filibusters in Nicaragua; arrived here yesterday from Bluefields on the steamship Breakwater. They are said to have departed quietly for Kansas City. The government had ordered the gunboat Machias to Honduras to pro- tect the Americans. R. Niezad, a Ger- man consul who arrived on the Break- water, declares that as far as he was able to learn not one of the six men who were reported to be in a Nicara- guan prison awaiting execution were ever taken into custody by the Nicara— guan authorities.” The Junta Again Heard From. HONGKONG. April 5.——The Filipino junta here has issued another of the extraordinary statements which have been features of ‘the newspaper cam- paign directed from here by the agents of Aguinaldo. In the present instance the rebel agents claim to have obtained their “information” from American sources at Manila. They assert the ex- istence of ”mysteriousintrigues” be- tween the Vatican. Major General W'es- ley Merritt. Prcsident McKinley, Major General Elwcll-S. 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