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WAR BREAKS
AIIV 111 AIIIAH
UUI IN 5AMUA
l laiaafa's Followers Rise in <
Rebellion Fostered by
tbe Germans.
DEBETQ ATTAnFCTI 1PTA
lliiUJjlJiJ ii 11 nujiuu in in
British and American Warships Then
ShelleJ the Town.
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j- rebels Killed by the Ships' Fire Intr
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the Jungle?Villages Along the Coasl
Earned-UennRD Consul Upholds Ma1
taafa, Despite tho British and American
Admirals' Order Disbanding Bit
Government? Feeling Against the Germans
Hitter?Foreigners Leaving Samoa?Natives
Kill an American Sentry
and Three British Seamen.
Apia, Samoan Islands (By Cable).?The
troubles grcwing out of the election of a
Sing of Samoa have taken a more serious
turn, and resulted in a bombardment of na,
live villages along the shore by the United
States cruiser Philadelphia, Admiral Kautz
commanding, and the British cruisers Porpoise
and Royalist. Thbbombardment ha;
;ontlnued intermittently for over a week,
Beveral villages have been burned, and
there have been a number of casualties
imong the American and British sailors
md marines. As yet it is impossible tc
estimate the number of natives killed 01
Injured.
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8CENE OF OUR MILITARY OPERA.1:
(The map shows the capital of the insurg<
captured by United States forces wfc
Filipinos.)
As Mataafa and his chiefs, constituting
v , ' the provisional Government, continued tc
defy the treaty after the arrival of th<
Philadelphia Admiral Kautz summoned
the various Consuls and the senior nava
Dfficers to a conference on board the Phil
adelphia, when the whole situation was
rarefuliy canvassed. The upshot was t
resolution to dismiss the provisional Govsrnment,
and Admiral Kautz issued t
proclamation culling upon Mataafa and
his chiefs to return to their homes.
Mataafa evacuated Mulinuu, thy town h<
bad made his headquarters, and wont int<
?- . -. the interior.
Herr Rose, the German Consul at Apia
issned-a proclamation, supplementing th<
ono ho had issued several weeks before, up
holding the provisional Government. As {
result of this the Mataafau3 assembled k
large force and hommed in the town.
Tha British cruiser Royalist brought tin
Malietoa prisoners from the Islands t<
which they had been transferred by tin
provisioual Government. The American:
then fortillel JIulinuu, whero 200D Malicto
nns took refuge. The rebels?the ad<
herents of Matua'a?barricaded the road
within the municipality and seized thi
British houses.
An ultimatum was then sent to them
ordering them to evacuate and threatening
them, in the event of refusal, with a
bombardment.
This was ignored, and the rebels com
menced an attack in the direction of thi
United States and British Consulates abou
halt an hour before the time ilxed for th<
bombardment. The Philadelphia, Porpoise
md lioyallst opened Are upon the di3tan
Tillages. There was great difficulty in lo
eating the enemy, owing to the dense for
est, but several shore villages weile soon ii
flames.
A defective shell from the Philadelphia
exploded near tbe American Consulate,an<
tbe marines outside narrowly escaped. I
fragment struck the leg of Private Rudge
shattering it so badly as to necessitati
amputation. Another fragment traverso<
the German Consulate, smashing tb
crockery. The Germans then went 01
board the German'cruiser Falke.
During the night the rebels made a bo
attach on tho town, killing three Brltisl
sailors. A British marine was shot in th
leg by a sentry of his own party; anothe
was shot in the feet, while an America)
sentry was killed at his post. The bom
bardment continuing, the inhabitants o
the town took refuge oil board the Royalist
greatly crowding the vessel.
Many people are leaving Samoa, the Cap
tain of the ltoy* list urging them to go, s<
as not to interfere with the military opera
tions. Tho Porpoise has shelled the vil
lages cast and west of Apia and capture^
many Do&t9.
. The Americans and British are flghtln]
Ouuboat Machlai Ordered to Gaatemals
The United States gunboat ilachius ha
\eea ordered to Guatemala to investigat
the reported arrest of six members of th
recent expedition organized in Kansas Cit
to go to Guatemala. They are said to b
in danger of death.
>*o Georgia Peaches Tills Year.
At a meeting of the Georgia Vrult Gro^
rri' Association at Macon it was aRrce
that there would be no peaches for shi[
meat from the State this year. Tha roaso
given is that tho trees were injured by tL
r-eant freeze.
Tho Labor World.
Boer bottlers at Kansas City, Mo., ha\
p . formed a union.
A branch of the National Buildin
? . ~ !i i.~- l.aan ATmml at f!nlnri
u raues uouucu uiu u ?
do Springs, Col.
Unions of the various building crafts <
Memphis, Teun., are agitating the formi
tion of a building trades council.
Tho Btriuing miners in Arkansas and Ii
dian Territory aro still out and are fln
for their demand for a restoration <
wages.
During 1808 tho Labor Commissioner <
8<?attle, Wash., found employment for 18
154 people, in addition to a large numbi
JWt to tfco 1*0P Pick hops.
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splendidly together; but there Is a bitter
feeling against the Germans. Two men, a
British and a German subject, have been
arrested as spies. The bombardment of
the jungle was for a time very hot.
The American and British troops are vy?
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CHIEF MACAl'i'A.
(One of the supporters ot Mataafa.)
i . uu -..v. (? f|,? nnaf
1U? nuu cauu uiuci iu v-wucjiuh ?.?*? j'v?
. of greatest danger. During the night
llghtiDg they both displayed the greatest
bravery.
SCHLEY GETS HIS PROMOTION.
All tlie Officers Advanced to the Rauk of
) Hear-Admiral Oualify.
i Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Naval
i Board of Promotion, consisting of Rear.
Admirals McNalr, Howell and Howlson,
i has completed Its work and submitted Its
! report. The board was convened to deter.
mine the qualifications of those officers recently
advanced to the rank of Rear-Ad'
miral, under the term3 of the Naval Per>
sonnel bill. The report passes favorably
1 on all the officers appointed, so that all
. question of their advancement is removed.
The list is a3 follows: Rear-Admirals
1 George C. Rsmey, Norman H. Farquhar,
> Johu C. Watson, Henry B. Robeson, Winr
Held S. Schley, Silas Casey, William T.
Sampson, Bartlett J. Cromwell, John W.
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/iwCranacue IP" /s.i?fA 06
riONS.AGAINST AGUIJsALDO'3 ARMY,
mts, Malolos, and the towns which have been
lie on their way from Manila to subdue the
Philip, Francis J. nigginson, Hsnry F.
Picking, Frederick Rodger3, Louis Kempff
and George W. Sumner.
In addition to this favorable action was
taken on Captain Benjamin F. Day. The
retirement of Roar-Admiral Robeson
caused a vacancy which makes Captain
Day a Rear-Admiral.
KANSAS MURDERER LYNCHED.
TUlrtV .Hashed Men Hang nim'From a
Itallroad liild~o For Killing a Woman.
Holtos, Kan. (Special).?Hafry Sanderson,
the young farmer who shot and killed
Mrs. John Fleischer at Magette, in Jackson
County, while she was attempting to protect
l^pr niece, Meda, from his attack, was
lynched by a mob of thirty men. Sanderson's
object was to kill the niece, of whom
he was jealous.
They went directly to Horr's Hotel, where
Sanderson was in bed guarded by Deputy
Sheriff Riggs. Arousing the landlord and
his wife, the mob demanded the location
of Sanderson's room. Horr refused to tell,
but his wife told them tosavo her husband,
who was threatened with death. Rushing
upstairs, the mob forced tbe door of the
room, overpowered the Deputy and bound
' the wounded prisoner, whose arm had
been shattered by tbe accidental discharge
" of his shotgun after the death of Mrs.
t Fleischer.
. Sanderson was taken to a bridge in the
outskirts of the town, the rope with which
? he had been bound being used as a noose;
The other end was securely fastened to the
* railing of tbe bridge.
He wa3 picked up by n dozen men and
thrown over the railing, where he slowly
^ strangled. The body was found swinging
j from the bridge by Sheriff Haas and tiis de,
puties. It was cut down and brought to
the city, where an inquest wa3 hel l, the
j verdict being death at the hands of unj
known persons.
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1 FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
t Aruiour Felt Factory Destroyed and T5inJ
l>!oycs Trapped tn Upper Stories.
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i have been taken out of the ruin3 of the
j Armour felt factory, which was destroyed
by Are.
The dead are William Rickdskl, John
- George, James Flanigan, William Gillson
> and Ella Hemmelwrlght.
All wore employes and were trapped on
- tbo upper floors of the building. Ten peril
sous were injured by jumpin . The fire
spread over the entire building iu a few
g minutes.
t "Honor Thy Father and Tlij Mother.*
s In a case of a husband suing for damages
e for the alieuation of his wife's affection at
e Fittsburg, Penn., Judge White refused to
y allow a Rirl to testify against her mother's
e character, saying that ic would be in violation
of the commandment to "to honor thy
father and thy mother."
r_ Ex-Senator Gray Appointed Circuit Judge
,1 President HcKmlov, at Washington, ha?
nrnftinfftj (Innvrnx flvwr fnrmAflv TTnilfttl
a States Senator from Delaware, to be
;e Uuited States Circuit Judgi lor the Third
Judicial Circuit.
Zeltnei'R Held For Doul>le Murder.
6 Coroner Triehler, at Bowling Green,Ohio.
has completed tha inquest in the Hoyts?
villo trajiedy and holds John and Taul
Zeltner for murdor in tlie first distfree,
finding them jointly guilty of tho murdet
if nt V TT lVaalniil<iiv?r nnrl f'lnr?nr'fl
Wittenmeyer. Thu brothers were taken before
Mayor Campbell and bound over withi
out ball.
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}[ General Eag&n Azain Testifies.
General Eagan ha3 testified agala bofore
s? the Army Beef Court of Inquiry, at Washlngton,
and was subjected to a severe
9r cross examination by Major Lee, the reprncAntatfva
of GMHAPUI XTIl#ia.
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M'KtNLEY TO SAMPSON:
The Prenldent Olrei the Admiral Credit
For the Santiago Victory.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?A. high
tribute to the services rendered by RearAdmiral
W. T. Sampson In tna war with
Spain has been paid by President McKInley
in responding to the Rear-Admiral's request
that officers about whose conduct in
the war there has been no question be advanced
to the places for which they were
nominated to tbe Senate. Tbe President
had hoped tbat the bill for the creation of
tbe grade of Vice-Admiral would be enaoted
In-order that he might confer tne honor of
tho rank on Rear-Admiral Sampson, as he
Is firmly oJ the belief tbat .Rear-Admiral
Sampson deservod greater credit than any
other man for the destruction of Cervera'a
fleet. How sincere he is in this opinion is
shown by his letter:
"Executive Mansion. )
"Washington, March, 13, 1899. f
"My Dear Sir?I am In receipt of your
very "considerate letter of the 9th inst., la
which you express a desire that, without
reference to your Interests, the other naval
officers who rendered such conspicuous
service in the naval campaign in the West
Indies may have tho advancement which
you recommended for them and in which
you ask nothing for yourself. I highly
commend this disinterested action on your
part, Let me assure you that I have the
highest appreciation of your services as
Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic naval
forces during the Spanish war la blockading
Cuba, co-operating with tbe array,
directing the movements of the great number
of vessels under your orders, and at
last, after the most effective preparation,
consummating, with the gallant officers
and men under your command, the destruction
of the Spanish fleet. It was in recognition
of your services and of your groat
skill that I recommended you to the Senate
for the advancement you had earned.
Very truly yours,
"William McKixlet."
The letter was sent to liear-Admiral
Sampson while he was at Havana with tbe
squadron of evolution, and n copy of it has
been received at the Navy Department and
placed on the official (lies.
A SUPREME COURT FOR CUBA.
It Will Consist of One Presiding Judge
nnrl SI* AaRnr.in.tn .Tutl^ca.
Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?The decree
establishing a Supreme Court for Cuba has
been published. The court, which is a
provisional institution necessarily, is
adapted to the present needs of the island.
It will consist of one presiding judge and
six associate judges. Tiie salary of the
presiding judge will be $5000 a year in
American gold. The law under which it
is constituted requires the presenco of five
judges in rendering sentence in an ordinnry
case, and of all seven in the case of a
sentence to death or perpetual punishment.
The court will have jurlsdlctisn over
criminal actions against oven its presiding
judge, as well as all civil officials and the
military secretaries in the provinces. Ic
will decide questions of jurisdiction batween
inferior tribunals, and will generally
supervise the administration of justice
in Cuban territory. The directiou and
control of the court is vested in the presid
ing judge, and nil its members must be
Cubans, or swear to accept th? new Government
of Cuban territory.
CUBAN BANDITTI CAPTURED.
Eight Robber* Arrested Near San Lul,
and One Killed by Soldiers.
Santiago, Cuba (By Cablo).?There has
been considerable trouble from banditti
during the last few days in the vicinity of
San Luis. When it was first reported, General
Wood, the Military Governor, 6ent
mounted troops, as well as the entire force
of gendarmerie, into the district with instructions
to capture the bandits if possible.
They met with no success, but finally
Lieutenant Eanna, General Wood's aide,
went to San Luis to mako a personal investigation,
with the result that witflin
twenty-four hours the alleged ringleader,
Francisco Dleguez, and five others were
captured. Later two more were taken,
and one was killed while resisting arrest.
All are now closely guarded in the mili
tr.ry prison here, tne jail not being considered
safe, owing to the friendship felt for
the prisoners by several prominent insurgent
officers residing in Santiago.
FOUR KILLED IN A MEMPHIS FIRE.
Ono Man Lost His Life in Attempting a
Rescue.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special).?In a fire,
which broke out in the boarding house of
Mrs. Nolan, four people lost their lives und
others were seriously iDjurod. The doad,
who ull lost their lives by suffocation, are
Mrs. Chapln, widow; Roy Chapln, her son,
aged ten; Chester Chapln, aged four, and
Thomas Uull.
Mr3. Chupln was a stenographer'for Bradstreet's,
and occupiod a front room on the
third floor. Three persons were badly Injured.
Bull lost his life in a heroio attempt
to save the Chapln family.
The flro was a remarkably rapid one, and'
had made considerable hoadway by the
time the firemen arrived on the ecene. Its
origin is unknown. It was the second flro
in the samo building during tho night, and
it is thought that possibly the earlier blare
was not entirely extinguished.
SHOT IN COURT BY A J'JDGE.
The Jade? Had Boon Assaulted and H?
Uaed Ills Revolver.
Dallas, Texas (Special).?At Sweetwater
County Judge John H. Cochran, of Nolan
County, was attacked in cour^ by C. P.
Woodruff, a prominent attornoy, and badly
Injured about the head. Woodruff left tho
court, and as ho was go'ng Judge Cocbran
opened lire on him. R. P. Watts, a bystander,
was shot In the hip. Ho and Judge
Cochrau were seriously Injured. Attorney
Woodruff was placed under $3000 bond.
He attacked Judge Cochran because the
latter refused to approve a bill of exceptions
in a suit In his court.
A Child Slnrderer'i Confession.
John A. Moore, who murdered his five
children at Hutchinson and who was taken
to McPherson,Kan., as a precaution against
a threatened Ivnchiuir. has confessed his
crime before a notary public. The prisoner
said be had quarrelled with hi.s wire nod
that a separation was talked of, in which
event he feared that his children would
come under the control of his wife's family,whom
he dislikes. It whs brooding over
the prospect of his children being reared
amid suoh surroundings, ho deposed, that
prompted him to crush thoir skulls with a
hatchet, cut their throats and tire tlie house
in which their bodies Jay.
Must Pay 84000 For a Uoc'4 lilte.
The 3tandard Oil Compauy, at Louisville,
Ky., will have to pay $4000 to a woman
who was bitten by a dog ownod by the
trust. In January, as Mrs. Jennie Montgomery
was passing along the street the
dog jumped at her, knocked herdown, and
wnnndnil h?r in thi? Ave. She SUOd fOT $10,- |
000. but the jury a lew (lays ago awarded
only S4000.
The Sherman Arrives at Manila.
Th*? transport Sherman has urrivor. at
Manila with reinforcements for Con. Otis.
Prominent People.
Senator Beveridgo, of Indiana, with his
wife, has started on a trip to visit Japan,
China and Manila,
There aro three Bonapartes left?Prince
Roland, a widower, with one daughter, and
the Frlnce Victor and Louis.
For years Thomas Edison slept only one
hour out of the twenty-tour. Now he needs
about Ave hours for the same period.
Queen Victoria owns two of the oldest
watches In the world. Both have silver
dials and are as large as half crowns.
Sir Herbert Kltchenor Is an Egyptologist
of the keenest kind, and i9 Intimately acquainted
with the art of unrolling a mummy,
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FIGHTING IN LUZON
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Town of Maliota Captured 6;1
United States Forces After
a Fierce Encounter.
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REBELS FLEE TO IAL0L0S!
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Filipinos Apply the Torch to Malabon -
Before Leaving the Town.
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General MacArthur's Division Sweep* the j
Country North of the Fatlc-Towna
and Railroads Captured by United J
States Troops? Natives Stoutly Resisted j
Behind a Series of Intrenchinonts?
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Colonel Egbert Dies In a Charge?His
General Takes OS flis Hat and Says:
"Colonel, You Have Done Nobly"?Ma- '
linta Taken With a Rusli, Despite a
Heavy Rebel Fire?Prince I.udTrljr von
Lowenstein-TVertlielm Killed In Front
of the Firing Line?The Losses on Both
Sides?Enemy's Casualties Heavy.
Manila, Philippine Islands (By Cable).?
A great battle was fought on Saturday, resuiting
in a signal and sweeping victory for
the American troops.
General MacArthur's division, consisting
of the brigades of General Harrison Gray
Otfs, General Hale, and General Hall, sup- j
plemented by General Wheaton's brigade^ i
advanced at daylight and cut the enemy's
forces in two.
They captured the towns of Novnllchos i
on the left, and San Francisco del Monte <
and Marlqulna on the right, clearing the i
rebel trenctes in front of the line north '
from the river to Caloocan.
They also secured possession of the rail- i
road, practically cornering the flower of '
UTAH'S LIGHT A.RTI:
Agulnoldo's army at Malabon and In the
foothills at SIngalon, twenty miles apart.~
The troops engaged were the Third Ar- :
tlllcry, as Infantry; the Montana, Kansas,
Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado,
South Dakata, Minnesota und Oregon
Volunteers, the Third, Fourth. Seventeenth
and Twenty-second Regulars, the
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Begulars.
The movement of the American troops
on Saturday swept ther insurgents back
toward Malabon. The American troops
ndvanced on the double quick, yelling
fiercely, and occasionally dropping in tho
grass and firing by volley,
" The natives stood qntil the Americans
were within 200 yards of their position, and
then broke and ran for the woods. About
thirty of them were killed In tho outskirts
and seventy on the roads.
Tho Montana and Kansas troops met the
hottest resistance in a strip from which the
rebels have greatly worried the Americans
recently during the night.
Ninety minutes after the -start?at six j
o'clook?the whole front for a distance of
three miles to the north had been cleared.
General Hale's brigade had simultaneously
Swept In a northwesterly direction, routing
the enemy and burning the town of San <
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rrancisco uei juuluo auu a uuuuvi v?
tered buts.
The line was opposite Norallches, the ar- ,
tlllery-advanclng along a good road from
Loloma to Novaliches, the wagons carry- :
Ing pontoons, telegraph supplies, and ammunition,
following. The Infantry moved
In splendid order.
8moke from the burning hats marked the
line of the American adrance. Ambulances
?nd horse litters, led by Chinese, brought
in tbe wounded, among whom were a few
Filipinos. Tho Americans who were wounded
endured their Injuries 'bravely, one
BBIOADIEB-QENEEAL LOTD WHEATOIf. 1
group which had been brought into the
hospital singing "Comrades."
The Pennsylvania troops took nine pris- I
oners, among them a great: naked Captain J
of the Macabebee tribe and ons Japanese. All
the prisoners were greatly terrliled, ex- 1
pecting to be executed immediately. . '
The United States troops, under BrigH- ]
dler-General Loyd Wheaton, captured the I
town of Mallnta, beyond tbe Tullahan |
River on Sunday after a sharp flglit.
Colonel Harry C. Egbert, of tbe Twenty- 1
second Regular Infantry, was killed. <
Prince Loewenstein, formerly aide de camp I
on the staff of Brigadier-General Miller at j
Tl " Af fho flrlnf? i
llOUO, BUILlCiiuw nuv 1U uuut WV ---?r, ,
line, and was shot iu the side: dying almost ! I
A Locomotive's Boiler Explodes.
The boiler of a locomotlv-9 drawing a
train of empty coal car3 on the Philadelphia (
and Reading Railroad exploded nine miles
north of Reading, Penn. Oscar Leisy, a i
brakeman, wa3 killed by flying fragments ,
of the wrecked boiler, and Lymnn Enierlcb,
fireman, and George D. Zimmerman, en- (
gineer, were injured.
Two Boys Killed in a Railway Yard.
Fred Firth and William Stem, boys, both ]
thirteen years of a^o, w?ro killed while |
walking on a track in tba Delaware and '
Hudson Railroad yard nt rhiilipsburg, N. 1
J. Their heads and legs were crushed.
Cyc'ilnc Notes.
The cycling clubs of Rochestor, N. Y., are
no longer assoclatod, and the fa ilure of last '
year's big race meet is said to be the cause. 1
tn Pncland and Wale3 last year an aver- '
age number of ovor 100 bicyclists a week '
were fined for offenses agalust the highway 1
laws.
Charles W. Miller, ths six-day cyclist, in- '
tends to go to Paris, whore ho will enter
the soventy-two hour race which Is to be
started In May,
According to an English paper "a cyole
baptism" took place recently at Ixelles, a (
Buburb of Brussels. The child was carried 1
In a perambulator attached to the father's 1
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Instantly. A German who accompanied
blm was wounded.
A column of smoke at daybreak was the
Urst intimation of the enemy's Intentions,
but others followed at various points, alt T
soon blending in a dense balloon-shaped c
:loud. The flames of the burning rice mills j
and large buildings could be plainly seen
from CtUoocan, despite the strong sunlight.
When the Americans were within abont
300 yards of the intrencbments the Filipinos
suddenly volleyed heavily. The Twentysecond,
which was holding the centre, suffered
considerably, but with the Oregons
on the left and the Kansans on the right In
the woods, the fighting was kept up for half
in hour, the Twenty-second Infantry advancing
up the slope, through the thick
ijrass under the hottest Are.
General Wheaton and his staff were all
the time under a rain of bullets. Colonel 1
Egbert, who was in the thickest of the
lighting, was shot in the abdomen. He
was placed {upon a stretcher and au attempt
was made to carry htm to the cars,
but be died on the way.
It was a most affecting scene. General
Wheaton, baring his head, said, "You have
lone nobly." Colonel Egbert gasped in reply.
"I must die. I am too old." !
No Filipinos were found in the trenches, i
Though apparently their force was much
smaller than that of the Americans, they
bad au immense advantage in position and
in opportunity to retreat.
The evacuation of Ilalabon was a picturesque
rout. Thousands of men, women
and children, loaded down with household
fjoods, some with their dearest treasures?
Bgbtlng cocks?under their arms, poured
ftoross tho swamps in the early morning.
General MacArthur's advance guard, the
Third Artillery, and the Twentieth Kansas
Eegiment, joined General Wheaton's
brigade shortly aftar Malinta was taken,
approaching along the Novallches road
wflQterlv. The soldiers were much ex
hausted, and thoro were several proatra- v
tlons from the heat, which was intense. t
The Second Oregon Regiment encountered
1090 Filipinos west of Mallnta, t
who were retreating from Malabon. The f
enemy bad taken up a position behind c
four rows of intrenchments, but was driven s
out after an hour's heavy firing. One
Oregonlan was killed and five were
wounded. J
Tbe Third Artillery, acting as Infantry, *
with two guns of the Utah Artillery and ?
the Kansans, had a sharp fight oast of J
Mallnta. Tbe Americans had but slight c
I033. Five Filipinos were found dead and
several were taken prisoners.
In tho fighting west of Mallnta, tbe Oregonlans
captured a Spaniard, but he denied l:
that he was taking part in the battle. The j
surgeons from the fleet and the British t
Bruiser Powerful volnnteered their assist- g
ancc, and were Indefatigable in their ser- J
vicea at tbe frost. (
The American lo?ses in thess engage- (
mentsare forty-five killed and 145 wounded.
The Filipino losses are estimated to be ]
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about 500 killed and wounded.
A thousand Filipinos, composing the
rear guard of tbe rebel army, made a stand
on Monday in some strong entronchments
about Marllao, across the Marilao River.
In the engagement six Americans were
killed, Including three officers, and forty
were wounded.
The American forces advanced from
Meycauayan, the brigade commanded by
General H. G. Otis being on the left of the
railroad and General Hale's on the right.
The rebels had an unfordable river In
front of them, and they poured in a Are so
effective that it showed they were veterans,
probably members of tbe native militia
which th9 Spaniards organized.
The American artillery put a dramatio
end to the battle. Approaches, under
cover of the bushes, to about sixty yards
from the trenchns, the artillerymen
emerged upon an open space commanding J
the town. When the Americans appeared
they gave a yell, and the Filipinos were
panic-stricken, about a hundred seeking
safety in flight, while a white flag was
raised by those who were In the trenches,
who ulso shouted "Amigos!" ("Friends!")
Colonel Funston, with twenty mon of tbe
Kansas regiment, swam across the river to
the left of the railroad brldgaand captured
eighty prisoners, with all tnelr arms. The
Pennsylvania regiment captured forty pris- s
oners. By this time the right of the Fili- C
plnos was demoralized. The Americans re- b
[rained from burning the town. e
TWO BROTHERS DEFY A M03. ^
Murdered an Attorney and Surrendered v
After an AU-XIght Siege.
Bowlino Ghees, Ohio (8peclal).?The J
murderers ot E. H. Westenhavor, ol North 1
Baltimore, and of Clarence Wlttonmyer, ot I
Hoytsvllle, are now In jail here, where they *
weie lodged on Sunday at noon, after a 2
siege at the Zeltner homestead lasting all t
Saturday afternoon and all night. Paul n
and John Zeltner surrendered. q
The two men and Mr9. John Zeltner held ?
six hundred men at bay till the crowd was
augmented by two companies of militia,the
Bloomdale Rifles and the Noitli Baltlinoro f
Cadets. Often during the night men endeav- *
ored to creep under cover of darkness to '
within such distance of the house that a concerted
dash could be executed,but the occu- 5
pant3 of that well-barricaded fortress were t
ever vigilant, and <tvery time a shot from f
the rifle of one ol the brothers or the women i
sent the approaching men scurrying back v
into the darkness of the woods which adjoin n
the Zeltner place. Again and again efforts J
wA?t? annr\ti man hv vhlo.h A ll
woro IllttUO LW liuia swuiv *?*ww ...... _
few men could get inside the house, but
every effort of tho kind failed signally. j
When the men turned over their arms ^
and ammunition to ex-Sheriff Biggs and j
Sheriff Kingsbury, they had four rifle3, r
two revolvers of thirty-eight calibre, and {,
seventy-ftve' rounds of ammunition for ^
both kinds of weapons. This would indl- t
cato that they had prepared for a siege. n
The Zeltners are men of much more than
average intelligence, and were fairly wellto-do
farmers. 1
E. H. Westenhaver, ex-Solicitor, of North ?
Baltimore, had been counsel for the Zelt- J
tiers in numerous cases, and sued tbom for
Ills fees. The jury and witnesses had J1
been sworn on Saturday before Justice ''
Burgoon in the township bouse at Hoyt'a *
Corners, when raul Zeltner demanded
some papers from Westenhaver, and attempted
to take them from his pooket. John
Zeltner thou joined in demanding the fc
papers, and immediately fired the shot (
that killed Westenhavor. As the Zeltners 8
had their horses roadv for mounting and
jscapo, it Is thought they had arranged to .
?et Westenhaver iuto a flgbt for the pur- ?
pose of "doing him." They did not give
their victim time to make any demonstra- ^
tlon toward tnem.
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A Schooner Given Up as Lo?t. ^
The schooner A. M. Burnham, of Glou- p
cester, Mass., wltii a crew of twelve men, h
mostly Scandinavians, is givon up for lost.
3ho left Gloucester on January 21. and I
was last spoken during the storm ofFebru- c
tiry 13, whoa she was making hard work r
5l it. 1!
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Ontario Settler* in LHitrei*. G
The settlers in the Townships of Kenne- tl
l>ec and Alden, in Addington, Ontario, are
In such destitute straits, owing to a bad .
jeason last year, that the matter has been ?
laid before the Ontario Government in the *
hope that aid will bo speedily offered.
l'oth tlio BWlvrclU Dead. (George
Biiwoll, the elder of the^two j,
broth rs whose swindle of the Bank of Eng- o
land made such a sensation, died a few days v
igo in a lodging house In San Francisco,
Cul. He was taken with pneumoniaa week e
after the rccent death of his brother, and v
Ills coustltutioa proved unequal to the I
ordeal. The Bidwells wont West several o
HiontLis ago to engage m mining.
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Cuban Assembly Will Not Dissolve. n
The Cuban Military Assembly, lu sesslou fi
(it Havana, has decided against a dlssolu- b
tion at present, and bas sent two representatives
to stato its case to President He- n
tinUy. b
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THE NEWS EPlTOMi^&P.
Washington I tami.
The State Department baa granted proiaioual
recognition to several foreign Coauls
in Cuba, Porto Blco, and the PuilipJine9.
Attorney-Generarftrlgirs has decided that
he application o( tbe Commercial Cable
Jompany to land cable? la Cuba and Porto
ilco could not be granted.
In answer to a letter fron the Paymaster
leneral of the Army, requesting a deision
as to the class of enlisted men of the
' - gular army entitled to the benefits of exra
pay on discharge from the army, Comproller
Tracewell of the Treasury bas deman
n?hn onllafmt ,%trr flirt
IUOU lUilk IUD UiCU vumwvm ?V. - ? ear
only," and are entitled to extra pav,
ire those who went in after the Act of
iprll 26,1893, which authorized the increase
of the regular array.
Arrangements have been completed by
he PostoiflceDepartment for the dispatch
if mall by steamer from New York to Saniago
every Thursday, instead of alternate
Thursdays, as at present. Mall for Santluro
is also forwarded by rail to Miami or
!"ampa, to connect at Havana every Thurelay
with the matter dispatched from the
utter point
The President has authorized MajorJeneral
Brooke, the Military Governor of
3uba, to Issue exequaturs to Consuls of
orelgn Governments in Cuba for the period
if the exercise of American authority in
he island.
Brigadier-General JloyaL T. Frank,
Julted States Volunteers, ha9 been placed
n temporary command of the Department
if the Gulf, headquarters at Atlanta, Ga.,
is the relief of Brigadier-General A. C. $f.
'ennlngton, United States Volunteers.
The Dolphin has sailed from Washington
or Norfolk and thence to sea to destroy a
creek on the Carolina coast, which has
teen a danger to navigation.
While In Cuba Secretary Alger will act
tpon the proposition to divide Cuba into
oar military departments. Tills has been
inder consideration in the department for
ome time.
The Ordnance Bureau of tho War Dopartnent
has sent a circular to the Governor of
iach State in the Union stating that the
irma and ordnance stores furnished tiie
'olunteers during the Spanish war will be
eturned to the State in kind.
Domestic.
Frederick T. Clark shot his wife at the
lome of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Richard
Ioyne at McKeesport, Penn? and then
;liled himself. The shooting was the remit
of jealousy. The couple had not been
iving together for some time, and Mrs.
3lark bad applied for a divorce because of
Clark's alleged neglcct and drunkenness.
Henry Sanderson, a young farmer of
ackson County, Kun., in a lit of jealousy,
hot and killed Mrs. John Fleisher la an atempt
to kill Mada Flolsher, the young
laughter who hudjiltod Sanderson.
J. F. Bully, an employe of the Tostofllco
it Toledo, Ohio, was caught in the act of
teallng money from the mall3 and placed
inder arrest. Bully is a well-kuown
nuslclan, and choir leader. Money lias
>een disappearing from the Toledo office
or years, and the aggregate sum wa3 large,
le was trapped by means of marked
loins.
Lightning struck M. E. Howertoa's barn
it Oakville, Ky., killtug Robert Panrod and
laugerously injuring Mr. Howerton. The
iarn and all its contents wero destroyed.
Henry Bothburt. a prisoner la the Tombs,
few York City, nwaiting trial for petty Jarony,
committed suicide by jumping from
be balcony of the fourth tier of cells to
be courtyar*! below. Kothburt was sixtyIve
years old.
Governor Pingreo, of Michigan, has
igned the bill authorizing the City of Derolt
to purchase and operate the street
ailways of tint city.
Frank Pearson, a bookkeeper in the First
National Bank at Chicago, and holder of
be mile amateur championship bicycle
ecord for Illinois, accidentally shot and
nstantly killed himself at lilver Forest, a
uburb west of Chicago. He was alone
rhen he shot himself.
The Court of Appeals at Frankfort, Ky.,
ins rendered a decision declaring the slot
oachine to be a gambling contrivance.
?he machines were owned by the Cullie
Jompany, of Detroit, and were seizsd by
he police. The Callie Company instituted
' _ _ t ? J ?I I
uit against cue ponce nuu <uu.au iui a tum
gainst city officers.
At Durham, N. C., a flvo-inch pipe In a
lump-house at the Durham Cotton Mannacturing
Company's mill burst with fatal
esults. W. H. Branson, Secretary and
.'reasurer of the mill, was so terribly
calded that he died from his injuries, J.
5. Mathes, the Superlntendeut. was also
turned about the face, and will loso his
yeslght.
Patrick Hass was beaten over the head
rlth an Iron bar by Mrs. Thomas Carey at
Worcester, Mass., and killed. Mre. Carey
rus insane.
Frank P.. Swanstrom, twenty-eight, comQitted
suicide at Worcester, Mass., by
wallowing prussic acid. A quarrel with
lis sweetheart. Annie Lind, was the cause,
le wanted to make up, but the girl reused
and sent him away.
Just after leaving hor dock at Charleston,
!. 0., the Clyde steamship Carlb ran down
he sloop Florlne and cut it Into shreds.
Miree meu of the sloop were drowned.
?hcy were William Edwards, William
larray and rrcieau aianigauic, an coioreu.
Eugene Stewart, eighteen years old, a
on of a Baptist minister, shot and killed
Miomus Blvely, near Kingspolnt, Tonn., a
ew days ago.
John Jackson, of Lonaconlng, Md., and
Irs. Charles Bowman were found dead in
he Bowman house, at Douglas, W. Ya., a
ew days ugo. Their heads were crashed
n by blows from a bed slat wielded by the
woman's hNisband. Bowmnn was arcested
,t Cumberland, Md. He says he found
ackson in his house and jealousy caused
lim to commit the deed.
The State Court of Criminal Appeals at
)alias, Texas, affirmed the sentence of
eath imposod upon Jim Darlington, alias
im Qarlington, on the charge of partlcllatlnqr
in the robbery of a Gulf, Colorado
nd Santa Fe passenger train near Fort
forth on July 21 last and In the murder of
he fireman, Watson Whltaker. The englieer,
Joseph Williams, was also killed.
Mrs. Molter, near Lagrange, Md., caused
he death of two of her children a few days
go by administering morphine. 8he atompted
to commit suicide, but failed. It
3 said she feared her husband was becomQg
insane, and for that reason thought ft
est tbat the rest of the family should die.
.'he family relations were pleasant.
Foreign.
The German battleship Oldenburg broke
ler anchor and went aground noar Kiel,
?ermany, a few days ago, during a heavy
nowstorm.
The Vorsvaoris, at Berlin, says that the
.dmiralty has issued an order saying that
he Emperor is opposed to naval officers or
ion wearing mustaches only, and in conequence
they must either be clean shaven
r grow lull boards.
The death is announced at Mentone,
'rauce, of Countess Dzlalynskl, formerly I
'rincess Czartoriska. wao once ruiusou iuo
and of Napoleon lit.
Llewellyn W. LongstafT, a member of the
toyal Geographical Society. London, has <
ontributed 8125,000 toward the fund being !
uised by the British Association and tho
loyal Society for the British Antarctic Ex- (
edition, which will co-operate with the
lertnan Antarctic Expedition in explornlon
next yenr, though each will take a dif- 1
jront route. \
The sealing steamer Aurora, Captain ]
brilliant Keene, arrived at St. John'.*, N.
from t!io icefields with 24,000 sials, a .
jll load. Tlie sealers Leopard and Aigor- 1
10 followed hor with full loads.
The Spanish Frenier has inf. rned the !
jueen llugont that her ratification of tho
eaco treaty has improved the commercial '
ntlook for Snain. and that there is noihiug | '
rhatever to fear from the Curllsts. 1
The application of Mme. Dreyfus for the
xclusion of certain Judges from the re- j
islon Inquiry lias beeu rejected by the
rench Court of Cassation. A formal line
f $20 was imposed upon the applicant. ]
A German-American named 0. W. H. .
leif, has been sentenced at Dresden, Gor- ,
lany, to forty-two months' Imprisonment
jr obtaining jewelry from a court jeweler
y false pretenses.
The whole Korean Cobinet has loen dis- (
ilssed and two of the ministers have been ,
anished because of wholesale changes
lade by the Cabinet in provincial offices.
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A TEMPERAUCE COLUMN,
THE DRINK EVIL MAOc MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
The Temperance Araiy-Drnnltennni la
France?Fear Tbatthe Whole Working
Claat Will Become Habltnal Drank'
ard?? A Vigorous Teetotal CampalgnThe
Philippine Isles are takea
Bv Dewey, wise and brave,
And we are ta.the army
Oar land from drink to save.
While Sampson's on the lookout.
With ready fleet and strong,
We, too, are In the army
To battle 'gainst the *rong.
The Peril of France. ' r J
Some time ago a Frenchmau compiled ]
new statistics concerning the consumption
of alcohol In the different countries of Europe.
The statistician found himself com- /
pellod to assign the somewhat doubtful
honor of first place on the list to his own
countrymen, and, what is still worse, the
"Grande Nation" was not closely followed
by the drinkers of whisky or schnaps, but, V
to use a racing term, simply won in a can*
ter. When these statistics became generally
known the first impression in France v;
was one of unbounded astonishment.
Frenchmen bad always been accustomed to ''3
look on dsonkenness as a horrible vice essentially
peculiar to their neighbors across
the Channel and across the Bhine. The
feeling of astonishment soon gave way to <
one of mingled paulo and anger?panic on
account of the future of the nation, and . *j
nnffAF flfffllnof tliA "mAtivola nnHrtfA" whn
baa dare to tell bis fellow-countrymen an
unpleasant trntb. However, now the ?>'jj
truth has bteen recognized everything Is to 3
be dene tbat can be done in order tLat tha
situation may be ameliorated.
We have already touched on one curloua ;
feature of the French teetotal campaign; \
the barracks have been placarded with
pictures showing tbe results o( drfnlc, and <
a number of medical men have started a >
special crusade agalhst the evil. It ap?
pears that drunkenness in France has not Sjjj
been communicated to the people from ' '.
nbove, that is to say, whereas in the laboring
classes the examples are unfortunately m
frequent, tbe cases of alcoholism in the -*
upper and middle classes have up to the '
present been relatively rare. The statlstics
before us show that the favorite bever- -j
age of the French worklngman is the horrl*
ble concoction known as absinthe, and Its
effects upon him nro really disastrous. The
harm done in England by tbe over-consumption
of whisky and by schnaps In
Germany Is small compared to that'done
by absinthe in France. Dr. Laborde, of
the Academy of Medicine, has r.ffirmed ln^^M
a brochuro upon the subjeot his conviction 1
that, unless something is quickly done to 1
remedy the present state of affairs, within- J
a relatively small number of years the 'vy
\7holo of the working classes will have be
come habitual drunkards. Special legisla- ,
tion on the subject has already been proposed,
but as the "marchands de vins" are Jy
exceptionally influential electors, it is to
be feared that -ine deputies will be slow to *: r
support any measures likely to dadreas#
the consumption of alcobol in France.
English Author* and Abstinence.
Waller, one of the liveliest and wittiest
poets of the Restoration period, was an Inflexible
abstainer from all intoxicating , .
liquors.
Lord Byron confessed: "The effect of
wine upon me is to make me gloomy? ^
gloomy at the very (boment it is taken; bat
it never makes me gay."
De Qaincey wrote In eulogistic terms of
the modern temperance movement: "It has
attained, both at home aud abroad, a no
tional range of grandeur." *
Doctor Samuel Johnson abstained for 9
considerable periods from intoxicating
drinks, with great advantago to his mind s I
and feelings, aDd always absolutely con- ' 1
tended for the wisdom of this course. ]
juora JLytton wrote (in 1345): "i agree m
the main in the principles of the temperance
society, and heartily wish it success,
us having already done much good, and
being calculated to do much more."
Shakespeare, In several of his dramas,
depicts the misery of Indulgence in strong
drink, and pats into Casslo's mouth the
celobrated words: "Ob, tliou invisible spirit
of wine! It thou bast no nnme to be known
by, let us call thee?Devil!"
Sir Isaac Newton, John Locke and Bobert
Boyle were examples of remarkable abstemiousness,
amounting almost to'total abstln- i
ence from all Intoxicating drinks. When
composing his treatise upon Optics, Sir
Isaac used only water as a beverage; and
Locke, in his writings, strongly recommended
abstinence, especially in the physical
training of the young.
William Cobbett wrote: "In the midst of
a society where wine aud spirits are considered
of :more value than water, I have
lived two years with no other drink than
water, except whon I have found It convenient
to obtain milk. Not an hour's Illness.
not a headache for an hour, not the
smallest ailment, not a restless night, not a
drowsy morning bare I known daring these
two famous years of my life."
EvilESect of the Cocktail.
If one goes to a dinner party of three or
a banquet of three hundred;.the first duty
is held to be to potir a highly alcoholie
"'cocktail" into an empty stomach?an insult
to the digestive organs as brutal as
could be offered them, and for three hours
these poor structures are staffed with an
excess of nitrogenous food and flooded
with many kinds of acobollo mixtures until
in the early morning hours they are at
last allowed some chance to repair their
injuries. But what an Idea of nutrition
and of life it all pre?upposes! If a visitor
from some other planet should stumble on
our fashionable drtckiag Habits he would
surely be long in fathoming the mystery of
wby otherwise sensible and honest men
make themselves such slaves to the drink
fiend. And what the result of it is we all
see and know. The reliance upon alcohol
once established in youth, the tyranny be
comes ail tne more rurious in later years.
A Champion's Testimony.
A champion cyclist was asked: "Do you
ever take spirits of any kind? I mpan
whiskey or brandy."
"Nor they cut tbe breath short. You
can't pee and take brandy. It may help s
little but It leaves you worse. I believe
that if Ave or six men were together in a
race, say two miles from the tape, and one
was handed a drink of brandy, it might let
him break away and win easily; but If he
had ten miles, or a lon>j race before him,
he wouldflnd great difficulty in riding. His
breeth would be cut short. The man who
drinks brandy or whiskey will soon b?
broken-winded."
"So you don't believe in brandy?"
"No; it may help for a short f-purt, bnt
It is no good for a long run. Only a tem?
iterance man can be a cood racer."?Pacific
Ensign.
The Crusade In ParucT&ph*.
There are 3516 saloons in Missouri.
Tbe saloon was born of evil, but it exists >
because good men tolerate it.
Sixty thousand tODS of corks are used fox
tbe bottled beer consumed In England. k..
In January, 1887, there were in St. Louis
1007 saloons. This year finds that number
reduced by statutory regulation to 2029, a ;
decrease of 2038. Tbe Mi330url law prohibits
the adulteration of liquors.
Belgium spends $212,600 a day on strong
drinks.
Confirmed drunkards are shamed Into
reformation in many of the towns of the ,
Argentine Republic byl>eiii? compelled to
jweep the streets for eight days each time
they may be arrested for intoxication.
The saloon club may appear harmless,
but it is a deadly weapon.
Kecent statistics of alcoholism published
by the British Goyernment show that there
has been an alarming increase in the number
of deaths from delirium tremens and
other alcoholic diseases during the past
twenty years. The percentage of victims
to population in 1896 as compared with
1870 is greater by fifty per cent. In men,
and by 110 per ccnt. in women.
In Waldeck, a little German principality,
a decree has been proclaimed that a license ,
to marry will not be grauted to any Individual
who has been iu the liablt of getting"
druuk.
Tbe 300 new saloons In Manila are doing
a bad work. Visits of our soldiers to them
ought to be restricted. If they bad their
canteens there would be no temptation to
drink anything stronger than beer, or lo
visit bar rooms and get int.o trouble.
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