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NO FOREIGN ALLIANCE President McKinley's Speech at Annual Dinner of the Ohio Society. h!S REMARKS ON IMPERIALISM. President McKinley the Honored Gnest of the Ohio Society?He Declares Thai We Are Neither in Alliance Nor Antagonism With Any Foreieu I'owerThe Other Speakers. New Yohk CiTv(Spoci.iI).?President McKinley, wltli Mrs. McKinley, arrive! In this city Saturday to attend the annual dinnet ot the Ohio Society at the Waldorf-Astoria. The distinguished guest, in a carefully prepared speech, said that there would be no imperialism, because the people were opposed to it; reafflrmedhis adherence to the gold standard, announced that there would be no entangling alliance, and pronounced in favor of following out the consequences of the war with Spain. Mr. M. J. Southard, president of the so ciety, introduced President McKinley with an appropriate speech. It was several minutes before the applause subsided sufficiently to ^Uow. the President to begin his speech. When finally qii'Iet was resumed President McKinley spoke, in part, as follows: "Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen?I appreciate your welcome and thank you for this renewed expression of your good will. There Is a bond of close fellowship which unites Ohio people. Whithersoever they journey or wherever t'aey dwell, they cherish the teuderest sentiment for their mother State, and she in turn never fails of affanHnrnta intArflut in her widely scattered children. . "We \rtll soon have legislative assurance ot the continuance of the gold standard with which we measure our exchanges, and we have the open door in the far East through which to market our products. "We are neither in alliance nor antagonism nor entanglement with any' foreign Power, but on terms of amity and cordiality with all. "We buy from them all and sell to them all; and our sales exceeded our purchnses In the last two years by over one billion dollars. Markets have been increased and mortgages have been reduced. Interest has fallen and wages have advanced. The public debt is decreasing. Theoountry is well to do. Its people for the most part are happy and contented. They have good times, and are on good terms with the nations of the world. "After thirty-three years of unbroken peace came an unavoidable war. Happily, the conclusion was quickly reached, without a suspicion of unworthy motive or practice or purpose on our part und with fadeless honor to our arms. I oannot forget the quick response of the people to the oountry's need and the quarter of amillon men who freely offered their lives to their country's service. It was an impressive spectacle of national strength. It demonstrated *our mighty reserve power and taught us that largo standing armies are unnecessary wheu every citizen is a 'minute man' ready to join the rank3 for national defence. "Out of these recent events have come ?0 the United States grave trials and re jponslbilities. As it was the natiou's war, jo are its results the nation's problems. Its solution rests upon us all. It is too 9erious to stifle. It is too earnest for repose. No phrase or catchword cau conceal the sacred obligation it involves. No use ot spithets, no aspersion ot motive by those who differ will contribute to that sober udgment so essential to right conclusions. "No political outcry can abrogate our treaty of peace with Spain or absolve us from its solemn engagements. It Is the people's question and swill bo until its determination is written out in their enlight ened verdict. "We must choose between manly doing and base desertion. It will never be the flatter. It must bo soberly settled in jus/ i tlca and good consclonce, and It will be. Righteousness which exalteth a nation must control in its solution. "There can be no Imperialism. Thosei who fear it are agairst it. Those who have! faith in the Republic nro against it. Set, that there is universal'abhorrence for if' and unanimous opposition to it. Our only difference is that those who do not agree with us h*v<> no confidence in the virtue or capacity or lilgU purpose or good faith ot this free people as a civilizing agency, while we believe that the century of free government which tho American peonle have enjoyed ha3 not rendered them ~ir?A<>r>iiitn and faithless, but has fitted them for the great taslc ot lifting up and assisting to better condition and larger liberty those distant people who have through the Issue of battle become our wards. "The liberators will never become the oppressors. A self-governed people will never permit despotism in any government which they foster nud defend. -,i/' "Gentlemen, we have the new care and * cannot shift it. And, breaking up tbe camp of ease and isolation, let us bravely and hopefully and soberly continue tbe march of faithful service and falter not until the work is done. I* "It la not possible that seventy-flve millions of American freemen are uuable to establish liberty and justice aud good government in our new possessions. Tbe burden is our opportunity. The opportunity ' Is greater than the burden. May God give as strength to bear the one and wisdom so toembraoethe other as to carry to our distant acquisitions the guarantees of 'life, liberty and the pursuit ot hupplness.'" Governor Nash, of Ohio, followed the President, and spoke on "The Governors of Ohio." Speeohes were also made by Lleuienant-Governsr Woodruff, former Governor Caupbell of Ohio, and Governo: Boosovelt. President McKlnley and his party returned to Washington after u pleasant DUJJUav 111 iuo uiuuv^iu. RUBBER PROSPECTORS KILLED. Party of Kannani Massacred by Indians In South America. FoaT Scott, Kan. (Special). ? Frank Greenfield, of Mapleton, Kan., who la3t fall came home from South America and obtained the co-operation of the Government In a relief expedition to soarch for a party of rubber prospectors that was sent from Kansas City to the Interior of Brazil iu February. 1893, has notified his parents, from Cuguba, Brazil, in a letter just received, that the entire party was massacred by Siiuis Indians far up the Xinga River. There were five or six men In the party, It was in charge of M. E. Kirk, a civil engineer, of Kansas City, and consisted of Alfred Greenfield, ofllapleton, Kan.; two men named Williamson and Birownly, of Ohio, and one or two unkuown men. The Brazilian Government assisted in the search. Representative Epea Dead. Representative Sydney Epes.of Virginia, who was operated on for appendicitis, died in Garfield Hospital at Washington. Mr. Epes was born in 1865, was a journalist by profession and had served in the Firtyflfth Congress until unseated by the Republicans and ia the present Congress. Hf was a Domoorat. . vy i 8ufree?tloit, of Industrial Commission. In its preliminary report to Congress the Industrial Commission reoomtaended that trusts bo required to make public full derails of their business "necessary for.safe and intelligent investment." Utah Instructs For Bryan. The Dpmocratlo State Convention o< Utah, which met at Salt Lake City, elected as delegates to the National Convention J L. Rawlins, O. W. Thalcher, A. J. Weber. A. H. Tarbet, R, C. Chambers and W. F. Knot. Mrs. J. M. Cobn was selected as one of tbe alternates. The delegates wereunan* imonsly instructed to vote for William Jennings Bryan for President. Loubet Getn First Lafayette Dollar. Robert J. Thompson, special Commis sloncr on behalf of President McKlnlej fas presented to President Loubet, ol ranee, the first Lnfayetto dollar that was struck from the mint THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.! Wanlilncton Items. Sen.iie Conmittee on Foreigu Relations otod to former Queen Liliuokalanl )f Hawaii ?20.000, with an annuity of $10.)00 hereafter. ' The term of Lord Pauncefoto, the British ! Vmbassalor, has been iadeflniteiy extendid. Representative Levy introduced a re30utioii requiring: Cuba to reimburse the Cnit?d States.for expenses incurred on the island's account. The auxiliary cruisers Bad<?or and Resolute Lmve been transferred from the Navy to the War Department. The appeal of Admiral Dewey and his neu from the award of the Court of Claimn the matter of the bounty due for the detraction of the Spanish fleet at Manila has :>een filed iu the United States Supreme Court. Steps have beeu taken by the War Department for the return "to the United of the entire Fifth Reeiment of cav airy, now distributed at different posts in Porto Rico. Geueral Otis, Military General of the Philippine Islauds, is expected to return to the United States on leave of absence soon after the arrival of the Philippine Commission. General McArthur will assume temporary command of the military forces on the islands when Geueral Otis leaves. The total receipts of the United States for the mouth of February were $45,631,* 265, and the expenditures $37,738,472. leaving a surplus for the mouth of 87,892,793. Our Adopted IiIkiiiIii. Lieutenant Koehier, of the Ninth Infan try, was lured into au ambush and killed by Filipinos near Tarlac. General Maximo Gomez has written tc the Havana newspapers to say that he cannot accept any offer of monetary assist' ance, especially at a time when, owiug tc Cuba's misfortunes, her treasury is in the hands of the foreigner. The Philippine insurgents are planninp guerilla warfare on a lurger scale as soon as the rainy season sets in. Brigadier-General Funston took 200 men through the. mountains to Baler on thf eastern coast without meeting an insur sent. The people of Porto Rico are showing some signs of discouragement at the failure of Congress to provide a government for the island. Governor-General Wood of Cuba says h? has decided not to open any more school; at present, as the 2300 schools already es tablished practically meet all the require meats. General Ruls Rivera, Secretary of Agrl culture, announces that the total encum brances on Cuban real estate amount t? $248,000,000. Ten men of the Third Cavalry wero ambushed by Filipinos near San Fernando de la Union, and one American was killed. Four troops of the Fifth United State; Cavalry in Porto Rico are under orders tc return to the United States. Native troop; are being recruited to fill their plaoes. It is estimated that there are 233.00C beggars out of a population of 1,000,000 Porto Rico. l>oine*tie. A dnngerous new counterfeit bill, a com binatiou of ond-dollar note and a ten-dol lar note, has been discovered through tin arrest of Douglas Force, a card writer It Chicago. A proclamation has been issued by Gov ernor Stanley declaring a quarantine whict I practically Aoludes the shipment of dairj cnttle into Kansas. The quarantine is es cablished in order to prevent the furthe introduction of tuberculosis into Kansa: herds. , An appropriation of $40,000 ha* beei voted Dy cue wissisyppi ijOKisimuto iu. tlie establisment o( a textile school at th> Agricultural aud Mechanical College. The transport Warren arrived at Sai Frtinciico, Cul., from Manila, after a voy age of forty-one days, with General JosepI Wheeler on boar.d. The order for the shipment of guns ant ammunition from the State armory a Frankfort to London, Ky? by the Republi can State authorities has been revoked. A heavy storm prevailed in Minnesota Michigan, Illinois aud Wisconsin. Snow sleet aud raiu fell iu turn. Burglars entered the office of the Hanc Brewiug Company atPawtucket, R. I., anc Mew open the safe with dynamite. Be tween 83000 and $4000 is missing. Miss Georsianaa Peck, of Minneapolis. Hinu.. a ulrtoe of Senator Burrows's wife, was killed in a bicycle collision at Detroit, Mich. As the result of a street duel at Linton lud., Bryan Cullen was shot and killed anc Allen Marshall and Desoto Ward wer< wouuded. William J. Garland. charg9d with thi murder of his wife at Phoebus, Va., on Feb 'A nriia nonnlf-t-Ari nft?r /I (letOlltlOl j of two weeks to jaU. His-wife was seventj years old. He is forty-flve. Edward Cavanaugh was arrested fn Nev York City charged with stealing $600( worth of jewelry. Dr. Ashton Buchaaai * Tulbot is his accuser. ? i Schaeffer, of the University of Peunsyl vania, made a new amateur swimming record for 200 yards at Boston, his time being 2:30 2-5; previous record, 2:37 2-5. The North Atlantic squadron will Join li celebrating the 125th anniversary of thi battle of Bunker Hill, at Boston, June 7. Charles L. Davis, proprietor of the Alvii Theatre at Pittsburg, Penn., died of pur alysis, aged fifty-two. He leaves, qb far a I isknowu, no relatives. Davis made a for tune with the play of "Alvln Josiyn," ii which he played the chief part. i Lemuel S. Cook, President of the Coo' Nail Company, was arrested in Boston oi a warrant charging, lilm with the larcen; of $5000, upon com plaint of Eben Perkins of St. John, N. B. Mr. Cook says th charges against him are entirely false. Three prominent members of theChlcagi Board of Trade were arrested charged with complicity in the alleged McLttl' Brothers' '-bucket shopping" fruuds. i, ? Foreign. On nccount ot the discovery or severa Nihilist plots Id Russia, great precaution; i are being taken to gaard the Czar. ! The British House of Commons, In Com mittae of toe Whole, adopted a resolutloi to authorize a loan of $175,000,000. Th vote stood 161 to 26. The Japanese Navy will hold oxtenslv manceuvers In the Straits ot Korea. A case of bubonic plague has developei on board a steamer at Cape Town, Sout! Africa, from Rosario, Argentine Republic The vessel has been quarantined. The Prince and Princess of Wales opene< the new tenement buildings at Cethns Greeu, London, oostlng $1,650,000 an accommodating 5380 people. A formidable rebellion against the gov ernment of the Empress Dowager has bee organized in China. , Returns of the election in Chile indlcat that a majority of the Senators and De puties elected favor a gold standard. The Newfoundland Conservative Minis try of Sir James Winter has resigned. Mr Bond, the leader of tbe Liberal opposition was asked by Governor McCnllum to forn a cabinet. The Yaquis Intercepted the mail at Po tam, Mexico, dispersed 300 soldiers am hanged two of them to trees. Colonel Parra, Miaister of Home Affairs has left Lima, Peru, with live liuudred sol dlers to subduo the revolt in the depart meat of Amazonas. j Sixty natives were killed and two thou taud houses burned by a British punitiv jxpedttion in Burmah. The Prussian diet is again strugglin{ ,vith what is familiarly known in thi (Jnited States as the "department ston problem." France has been warned that Hollanc will not recognize the Swiss award of t section of Dutch Guiana to the forme' ^.country. Germany announces that packages sen by mairto the United States must go uu sealed. Dispatches received in Berlin from Kle say that the German battleship Sachfen j which stranded oft. Buelk, near the Kle lighthouse during a fog. has been re (floated. BOER FORCIS SBTBEAT. General French's Cavalry Turns the Burghers' Left Flank. DUTCH RISE IN CAPE COLONY. General Roberts Win* a Victory by Strategy?Drives the Boer* Out of Well-Made Trenches at Osfouteln With Little Loss?Rebellion or the Dutch Spreads In Cape ColoDy. London* (By Cable)?General Roberts'3 cavalry under General French have repeated the tactics wtilch drove General Crouje from Magersfontein, compelling Commandants De Wet aud Delnrey to withdraw the Boer army which had intrenched itself opposite tne British at Osfontein. The War Office has received the followng dispatches from Lord Roberts: " ''Poplar Grove, Wednesday.?We had a very successful day and have completely routed the enemy, who are in full retreat. ' The position which they occupied is extremely strong and cunningly arranged with a second line of intrenchments,which V INSPECTION OF A (Scene in a market place, such as Is a fr< troops gathered for reinforcements would have caused as heavy loss had a direct attack been made. "The turning movement was necessarily wide, owing to the nature of the ground, and the cavalry anl horse artillery horses are much done up. "The fighting was practically cou lined to the cavalry division, which, as usual, did exceedingly well, and General French reports that the horse artillery batteries did great execution among the enemy. "Our casualties were about fifty. I regret to say that Lieutenant Keswick was killed and Lieutenant Batley was severely wounded; both of the Twelfth Lancers. Lieutenant De Cresplgny, of the Second Life Guards, was severely wounded. "Generals De Wet and Delurey commanded the Boer forces." Earlier In the day Lord Roberts sent the following: ; "Osfonteix.?Our operations to-day nrnmlse to be a creat success. The enemy ocouptcd a position tour miles north and eleven miles south of the Modder River. I placed General Colvllle's division on the north bank and Generals Kelly-Kenny's and Tueker's divisions, with cavalry, on the south bank. The cavalry division succeeded in turning the enemy's left?flank, opeaing a road for the Sixth Division, which is advancing without having been obliged to Are <i shot up to the present time. . "The enemy are in full retreat toward the north and east. They are belnR closely followed by cavalry, horse artillery and mounted infantry, while Tucker's Seventh Division, Colvllle's Ninth Division and the Guards Brigade, under Pole-Carew, are making their way across the river at Poplar's drift', where I propose to place my headquarters this evening. "Oar casualties will, I trust^ be few, as the enemy were quite unprepared for bei^c attacked by the flank aud having their communications with Bloemfontein threatened." The only detail that can be added to General Roberts's luold account of the movement is that the Boers abandoned one guti, immense quantities of forage and a large number of tents. REVOLT IN WEST CAPE COLONY. Colonial Dutch.Rebel in tlie Prieska and Kenliardt Districts. Carnarvon, Cape ColoDy (Ey Cable).? The rebellion of the Colpnial Dutch is anrAnriin<i> aonth from Grl6ualand West. Many Dutch are reported to liuve joiued the movement, including Piet Moolmun, aa influential farmer. The Prleska and Kenhardt borders are patrolled throughout by Boers. London (By Cable).?A dispatch to a news agency from Cape Town snys that the number of Colonial Dutch who have risen in rebellion in the districts of Prleska and Kenhardt is estimated at 3000. The districts have been proclaimed Free State terrltory. . Boer* Wilt Fight to the Death. ,L0JiD0tf(Bj>C<rt>le).?A correspondent of the'Dally News, who was captured by the Boers, bnt who ia n6w at Stdrkstroom, having wen released at Bloemfonteln by hte captors, cables that white at the capital of the Orange Free State he had an interview with President Steyn, who said that the Boers would fight to the last man. He admitted the possibility of Pretoria capitulating, bat said it would be preceded by events that would astonish Eutope. He added that the struggle in the Free State would be child's Dlav compared with what would follow In the Transvaal. British on Transraal Soil. London (By Cable).?JJajor yrendergust's flying column, after operating In Zoluland, crossed the border oh February 23 uud intrenched at Catasa Hill, Tjhich is nine miles within the Transwaal. / Cronje to Go to St. Ilelena. London (By Cable).?The military authorities have decided that General Cronje and the other Boer prisoners sball be sent Immediately to the Island of St. Helena, there to remain until the end of the war. Qaeen to Visit Ireland. 1 Dublin (By Cable).?Earl Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Irelaud, has notified the press that it is the intention of the Queen to visit Ireland at the end of March or the beginning of April. The visit will have no political significance. It will be undertaken entirely ou her Majesty's own Initiative. She Intends to reside for a fortnight or longer In the Vlce-IiegaH lodge. Buller Advances in Natal. London (By Cable).?General Buller ha9 forwarded a force in the direction of Hur* rlsmith, Orange Free State, using two locomotives captured frdm the Boers. Itoer-Brltinh War Notes. An immense quantity of supplies of all kinds has been sent to Ladysmitb. Lord Roberts and General Kitchener visited Kimberley a few days ago as guests of Cecil Rhodes. Ono nf PpaqM an f- TTrnrrar'a rffa ni^aAnii 4a **VdlUUUl ikiUftV* QkltuuOUUO 19 among the killed in the stubborn flghtthat occured in Natal. Henri Roohetort has started, a fund in Purls to present a sword ot honor to Gon? era I Cronje for bis heroism at Koodoesraad. To mobollze the entire ffjfoe of the Boer Army when war was deolared took but seventeen telegrams from General Jouber1 . itSit.-. - WEDDING GIFTS GALORE Philadelphia Politicians Lavish Presents on the Mayor's Daughter. Detail From 1'olice and Detective Depart partiuentg Neceanary to Guard tile Collection, Valued at 950,000. Philadelphia (Special). ? Never w.a. there such a wedding as that of Miss Kar lene Theitsa Ashbridge, stepdaughter o Mayor Samuel H. Ashbrldge, to ychuylei Armstrong, one of the prominent young undertakers in Philadelphia. It was a purely political weddine. Tr it was bidden every man in Philadelphia who had, has or hopes to have political in fluence, and an invitation was equivalent to a present. There were $50,000 worth o presents. No fewer than 5000 people at tended the ceremony in Grace Temple. The bride received enough presents to enable her to set up half a dozen housekeeping establishments, and the streets about the house were blocked for hours ' ,lL ? ~ a sfollirat* fhA frlffq in Willi WU((UU3 ll/iuh iv o time for exhibition after the ceremony. Presents began pouring in in floods upon the residence of the Mayor early in the day, and it was not possible to And room for the gifts. Cases of jewelry, piano boxes, boxes of silver plate, boxes containing oil paintings that should showtc the appreciative bride and her stepfather \ ^ "\) if ^ f ? K-" i * - - Till . BOER COMMANDO. >quent occurreneVin the Various towns whet i are reviewed by -heir commandant.) ^..:;v , t I the taste and remembrance' of tbe giver? I all were left on thepavement^'and a special 'detail orpolloemon and'detectives had to be sent up to guard the traaftgi y MpafV Here are some of the prlftsr Thir?#Su diamond brooches, 123 oil paintings',' 4'grand pianos, 3 upright pianos, 49 out glass Jrull bowls, 68 pickle dishes,. '3 sets of partot furnliure, id solid silver table services, 11 plate-glass mirrors, 458 pieces of silver, 102 salt and pepper boxes. 93 clocks, 17 pie knives, 9 music boxes, 23 ohtna dinner sets, 16 china breakfast sets, 11 flsh sets, 326 articles of brlc-a-brac, 28 silver toilet sets and 216 flower vases. In honor of the occaslou the Mayor sent cards to everybody he knew, aud the Mayor's acquaintanceship covers ubout everybody worth knowing in political life in Philadelphia. It is said every man on the city payroll received official information of the event scheduled to take place in tbe Ashbrldge homo. As a result (there has been great, rivalry in the selection of gifts for the daughter of the city's head. Members of the City Council, 180 in number, taxt>d themselves $10 apiece; tbe police captalus subscribed enough to purchase a $600 piano, abd ,?o oc through the officialdom of Philadelphia There was such a plethora of present indeed,/that many were left in tbelr cases', so th&t they could be the more readily sent to the future home of the bride. , The arrangements for the wedding were on a scale be'.ttlng the occasion. The ceremony wa3 performed in the church most nearly approaching the National Convention Hall in size, the Baptist Temple, as the bride's own churcu was not large enough, though its pastor, the Rev. Dr. John R. Davies, lately of New York, performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. Dr. George A. Peltz, of the Temple. Afterithe ceremony there was a reception at the Hotel Stratford, which was attended by nearly two thousaud guests. The bride and bridegroom then started for Palm Bwach. 1 SMALLPOX KILLS MANY. * ( One Handred Deaths In Six Weeks in s Mliglsnlppi Coanty. Jacksos, Miss. (Special).?An official re< port made to the Hinds County Board oi Supervisors reveals an appalling state oj affairs in the Jonesville neighborhood it the southern pnrt of the county. The community is literallv honeycombed with smallpox of the most virulent and inutAsome form, and during the past sir weeks nearly 100 deaths have occurred. On some days the death rate has been so large that It was impossible to secure coffins; and rude caskets were made from rails. Whole families have been wiped out of existence, and of several large families only one or two children are left. The Board of Supervisors will make an effort to check further spread, and carte blanche was given to tbe physicians to purchase supplies and medicines. A bill for forty-three coffins used within the past two weeks was allowed. BROMO-SELTZER FOR MOLINEUX A Bottle or the Drag: Sent to the Prison For Hiua. Siso Sixo, N. Y. (Special).?In the mai.1 that came to the State prison a few days ago was abottleof bromo-seltzer addressed to Roland B. Mollaeux, in care of Warden Johnson. Besides tho address, the package bore the sentecca: "Give'lt to Moli? neux and tell him to brace up." Th? hottle was an original package ol bromo-seltzer, und bad apparently never been opened. Warden Johnson turned it over to Dr. Irvine, the prison physiclan; who after a casual examination said that he could not tell whether the package con* tained anything of a poisonous or harmful nature. Mollneux was not told of the receipt of the package. . . . ./? Destructive Flood* In Peru.. It is reliably reported that recent Inundations In the Department of Mu^uogua Pertj, have caused losses to property est! mated at $1,500,000. Bomb Throwing In Paris. A bomb was tbrown ttirougn h winaow of tha Paris residence or M. Alfred Plcard, Commissioner-General of the Paris Exposition. It did not erplode. A woman who saw two men light the fuse, aud who gavt the alarm, was attacked and severely handled by them. Spain May Sell an Island. The Duke of Veraguu, who conveyed the Oolden Fleece to the Crown Prince at Ber lin, Germany, was also intrusted by Spain with the task of negotlatlug as to the future of-ceftain small islands In the Suiu Archipelago. , - ? Prominent People. ?r. Couden, the blind chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, shaves himself. Though bitter political opponents, John Morley and Joseph Chamberlain are personally bosom friends. Brigadier-General Theodore 8chwan,who is distinguishing himself In the Philippines, Is a graduate of the ranks. 8eoretiry of the Navy Long Is known as tbe green-bag member of the cabinet. This comes from a habit acquired when a Mass-/ h.iaa^a lawver. He always carried bis i0eal papers to court ia * green Dagt&? sbapeor a woman's shopping bag, with a tuck-strlas in *be opening OCCUPYING SOUTH LDM.! Bates's Expedition Drives the Insur- | gents to the Mountains. i t FILIPINOS WIDELY SCATTERED. Tjientenant Oalleher Killed in a Fight at Lihmauan-120 Filipinos Killed?Cap ital oT Soath Cauinrines Province Oc- ' cupieil?Southern Ports Will Soon Be Opened?Tvro Towns Occupied. Manila. (By Cable).?News ha3 been rejeived of the expedition commanded by General Bate?, consisting of the Fortieth md Forty-Qftb Volunteer Infantry and lenley'a Battery, which sailed for the provnce of South Carmines on February 15. The expedition arrived in San-Miguel Bay on February 19. Colonel Godwin, with a battalion of the Forty-fifth Regisent, disembarked, under the direction of Commander Gheen, of the gunboat Marlstta. on the southwest side of the bay and iccppled the road to Nueva Caceres. He narcnedto Llbmanan, northwest of Nueva Daceres, and demanded the surrender of :he town, which was refused. The Ameritans then attacked the rebels, killing 129 it them. Thtf American loss was one offlier, Lieutenant John B. Gnlleher,' killed, tight men woanded. Two of the Americans were woanded by bolomen. A second column, consisting of two bat:alions under Lieutenunt-Colotttl.Parker, disembarked under the directldi Lleu:enant-Commander Irwin on the southeast ! * * - ??J side of the bay aaa occupies mo iu?m . highway of Sodth Camarines, meeting with \ only slight opposition. Meanwhile the vessel conveying Colonel : Bell and three companies of the forty-fifth Regiment grounded at the mouth of the Blool Blver, on which Naeva Caceres 13 situated. General Bates took three battalions to attack Naeva Caceres. When he arrived at the town be found the gunboat Paruxua, Colonel Bell and a company of the FortyQffch Regiment In possession of the place. The enemy were fleeing to the mountains. On February 24 Colonel Dorst, with six companies of the Forty-flfth' Regiment, started on areconnoitrins and foraging; expedition, which will occupy an indefinite ^ time. The other columns will be occupied i for some time iasopurliig the hills in search I j.of the rebels. * ?. The expedition was delayed by the low : :ides. NTbe vessels frequently ran aground ? ^6'a the mud. When the troops went ashore r ?^hey were compelled to swim, it being Im| possible for the vessels to And a place (There the men could be landed dry shod. The portsof South Camarines will soon . je opened ?o coflAerce. It is impossible 'or the rebels tojBer auy organized oppo ' -jitlon to the^umRpans. A>^UtlPPINt: BILL. ?enat? Meafiir* Providing For Control After'tlifclusurrectlon Ends. WASHiMoroqer', Dv C;gf8peolal).?The Senite Commltteeron the'Phlllpplnes decided :o report favorablv, the bill Introduced by Senator Spooaer (B Jp., Wis.) for control of the Philippines. The bill provides that when all iasarreo:Ion against the sovereignty and authority >C the United Spates In the Philippine Islinds shail have been suppressed, all miliary, olvll and judicial powers necessary to i govern the Islands sliall, until otherwise j provided by Congress, be vested la suoh j person and persons, and shall be exercised j in such manner as the President ot the | United States shall direct (or maintaining ind protecting the inhabitants ot the isliads in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion. Agalnaldo Correnpomlencs Sent to Senate. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The-President in response to a resolution, sent to tho * Senate the correspondence between our military commanders in the Philippines und Lguinaldo. *<\RSHIPS TO CENTRAL AMERICA. ThS Detroit and Alarbleliead Ordered Vhere to Frotect American Interests. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The crais- j ?rs Detroit nod Marblehead have been or- j lered to Central America to protect Amer- I :can interests. In a statement on tin j tubject, the Nnvy Department says that :ho two vessels were ordered to Central I , America "on account ot dispatches re ] . jeived from our representative there wblob ' indicate some recurrence of the disturbed ! itnte ot affairs, and for the purpose of pro* :ectlng American interests there." The acute featuro of the present excitemeiu in Central America Is the organiza :(ott&f a revolutionary movement In Nicaragua by Costa Rican refugees, who are preparing to cross the frontier into their bwnfountry. This movement to headed oy Mora, the Costa Rlcau who was oonrlctefa In New York City som$$WkH?;sj(0 of lounAerfeltiug several .dollars in CdSta Rlcun bonds and recently released from prlap&jti&'weatio Nicaragua, where, aooortlng to the i&j: :ounte received here,he Immediately began < plotting to overthrow the Government oC , Costa Rica. ? >mi i inn cactfb ! O IA I I IIIIUUIVIl^ tonv I Mit ym -mt Seventy-five Per Ctfft*Iaer?ti? In Stlti-' -The "Filipino E^JC." New Yobk Citt (Special).?Wholesalers report that the trade la ooi^dy Easter e/fjgi is booming a* It bas never boomed before, and the dealers have not baon abfe^jj|jtell "It is no exaggeration to sasr 9ale3 will be twice us great as ^bejr'were last year," said one of the largest raanafacturers. "We shall seil about'200,000boxes of Easter eggs thle-season, and wa supply somewhere neat* ft thlfd. ot those marketed. TbAt would malce 600,000 boxes j altogether. There are us unify a .hqnd red eggs In a box, so you won't be: far wrong in siiyiag that tbe children of.'thia qountrj will buy olxty million Easte* egg* 10*1900." A number of novelties are on tbe;market, Chief among these is tbe ''Jillplgio ,eggv" 1 This is au ordinary red, yellow,,. Q^btuj ( spheroid of candyWith tteflgorbofa Filipino on one side.-;' The head Is/printed lu colors on a bit of piiperand pasted' on; another triangle or white paper-forms the > 9lngle gurmeat wlilehoar new wardB'vare. supposed to wear, anafh^?arms- ani'iegt are streaks of chocolate" pat'bfrito skltfalfy that they look sarpristugiy llke real Uttibs Lord Piiuacefote Betires Jprll 1. .. . The diplomrttlp career? of: Lord Padribe-;; I fote of Prestoa,.the British Ambassador, > to the Uatted States, will terminate on April 1, whea he will be plaood on there-']' "lred Hat. ' Cuban Election on Mmy 1. i. Governor-General Wood, of Cabal that as soon as the complete oebsu3c?tttgM; are received the Recommendation oi-tM Election Committee will be form^y ap*! proved and published, thus enabling pre f narations to be made;.forthwith through] out the Island for elections of May lv "1, " Play Stopped in New fork City. The polioe stopped the performance o Olga Nethersole's "Sapho" at Wall&ok'f Theatre in New York City after Magistral Mott had held the actress,her manager an< and leading man for trial on the charge o indecency. t Divorced From Senator Wolcott. An absolute divorce was granted to Mrs Frances M. Wolcott from United Statei Senator E. 0. Wolcott In Judge Allen's division of the District Court at Denvei Col. The charge was desert ion. No testl mony was introduced by the defense. Th decree provided that Mi's. Wolcott sha. receive $7500 a year alimony. Predict* More Trouble in Samn i, According to mall advices from Samoa he Samoa Herald predicts grave compll attonath connection with a serious natlv? (disturbance la the Islanl of Savall oi : February 3. -?*. iittiii 11 rrtflfi l a.-:. v h % 3EATH ENDS LONG SLEEP. / Remarkable Case ot Elida Wilbur, of San Francisco. Cal. S-Irl In a Trance For More Than Two Years and Could Not be Restored to Coneciouxness. Sax Francisco, Cal. (Special). ? Hilda Wilbur, a beautiful girl, wno had been la a ranee for more than two years, died here Cuesdaj morning. Her relatival had hoped jecause of signs of returning consciousiess that in a day or two she would je;over. The case has been a mystery to the mod cal profession, but it is believed the girl luffered from n rare form of hysteria. She irent to sleep ia February, 183i, and never j?ally awakened. Her mother found her lying on a lounge la her room with one hand extended as if she bad just dropped i novel which was lying on the floor. Tiie yas was turned on, bet there was no ;hought that she had attempted to commit >ulcide. It looked as If, overtired, she had (alien asleep. James Dunphy, a young m:m who had jaid court to her, called up the Wilbur aouse ou the telephone at seven o'clock :hat morning, and Insisted that be must ipeak with the girl. Mrs. Wilbur, annoyed it so early a call, And at Dunphy's perslstjnce, consented to go to her room p.od see It she 'was awake, and found her iu ttrerance. Her eves were open and staring. Physicians were summoned, and from that :lme on every possible effort was made to t waken her. , - .V, "y. Electricity and aft.means known to phyliolars were tried without effect. Then :hey tried hypnotism and'esteopathy, but hese methods also failed. The young voman lost flesh to some extent, but wa9 lot emaciated. No one could tell what the natter was. Miss Wilbur spoke aboot six week9 ajro is if in a dream, saying,. "Nobody loves ne," and then .relapsed ioto silence a^aln. For the last few days the gtrl has been Jinking. Her oonstUutioa'had given way inder the losg^^aln. , < 50,000 MEN'jp^E- IN C^CACQ. Sulldlngr Ilrnw Close Thelt' Plants oa^^cuntof Um Strike. Chicaoo (Special). ?BaUding material lrms whloh sufJpiytlie Chicago market roted to olose theii plants iiatll conditions n the building Industry ot the city a ball iave ohangedfortfcje better. The reason given for Ibis more was that >eoause of tbe paralysis In building operaIons bmoght on (jjy-laW trouble# they iave been conducting their business at a o?9 since lait October. - , By the closing 10,000 n\eo employed 1ft he stone qdirrles, brickyards, and plants rbere lime, cemept, rabbl^ stone, coping, irusbed stone and othet aaterials aro landled aro madeldl*. > Added to tbe 30,000 Idls'ln the building ndustry, tbe 70c0strllcing machinists, and :he 3000 on strike in other Hoes, it . makes :he total number ot**uneoployed in thp *lty fully 50,000. . ^B^.vW N CURRENCY BILL'yftfrejjfED;' ' Fh? Senate Adopts tlw^nfmnM Bepor, By ? Vote oI 4j^to 88. Washinotox, D. C. (Special).?The Senate passed t'ue currenpjr and bond oonfer>nee report by a vote of lit? 26. The vote jn the passage of the Currency bill itself :>n February 15 was 49; SO that tb'ta trote shows an apparjfctBigela of one tor :he advocates of the fldH-^&ndard. Mr. Chandler was tfif&nly Republican to oppose hi? party's eflfcrta to make good 3ue of the vital pledging its moat recent N'ational platform. gjfcgars. Cftffay, of Louisiana, iind LiaM|y, of Kentucky, the ;wo Gold Demooriqfv-Mt in the Senate, 70ted for tlie recMt,a? tbey did on 'February 15 for the bm iUelf. Jtr^Ky ia? of South Dakota, now claself!w%?>va Bepublican, vas again uba^tijraBmpqttf^.''. CONCREi^M^^ARMER DEAD. 'Father of tbo Hori??" Expire* at Hi* HowiMWMfpiMtbirn. Philadelphia ?[8t>ecl|^. ? Congressman \lfred 0. Hurmer,of tlie^pithPennsylvania District, and the 'Pathef of the House/' died at his home in Germancown, a suburb ot this oity. Hr. Harmed bad been ill since last November when J&vWas stricken with asevure attack of JtfdMPtrouble. He recovered 3ufflclentty-to'?ittend the opening of Congress in December, but later was again a An A/I frt hla- KA4 ? JUUUUQU VV MAO vw ( . A tew days niter 1 a relapse and speedily failedymtil Monday eveulng, wUen be died, surrovffiiffdby bis wife, t Urea sons and two diuighte$^ Alfred C. Hotinet gra* bora I li'Germantown oa Angust ^:lw, -He was elected to Congress iq lOTVlfcpd re-elected to every ?a b*eqaen t 0 agrees. wi th the exception of MRS. UWTQN.CEtS PEOPLE'S GIFT. The Fond of S98,407.07 Transferred t? th?t Widow of too Onml. WiaknroTo^ D. C/(8peet*I).-An inter. ; eating soeue occurred at the Biggs National-Bank a few days , ago, when the, fond raised by the people'ta recognition of the *rrtees of Chelate Major-General Lawton .eras formally'transferred to his widow. General Oorftln, as treasurer of the fond, drew a check lor U) favor oi Mary 0. Lawton, and saw that it wa.i \1ranaferiedk to her credit; on tfo books of the bank.1' General CorWn sald be did not sare lor a receipt, but Mrs. Lnwton,inlisted on giving him ,one$- r ;v' y . In addition,fo the money the committee ThLs completes the Commission, whose personnel 19 as follows: Judge Tuft, ol Ohio, President; Professor Deau C. Worcester, of Michigan; General Lute ?. Wright, ot Tenuessee; Henry C. Ide, of Vermont. *nd Bernard Moses, of California. College Professor a Suicide. Francis L. Harvey, Professor of Natural History at the University of Maine, committed suicide at Orono, Me. Professor Harvey has been breaking down for some time on accouut of overwork. Professot Harvey was born near Ithaca, N. Y., in 1830, and graduated from Iowa Agricultural College in 1863. He went to the University of Maiue in 1886. He leaves a wl/* md live children. a [Congressman Hitt Renominated. R. R. Hltt was renominated for Oongresi by acclamation at the Republican Congrea* Convention at FreeDort. IlL * jj : *. ' k ' flCTIS OF FIRE MP. "errible Disaster in a Coa! Mine in West Virginia. I ? CIRE FCLLOWED THE EXPLOSION t >rer One Hundred Miners Entombed by ^ an Explosion at the.Ked Asli Mine? ( Hard Work of Kssctte?Scores ol Bodies Recovered?Governor Atkinson Orders an Investigation. Chablestok, W. Va. (Special). ? The _ greatest mlatng horror in the New Rivet region occurred at Red Ash about elghl j'clock Tuesday morning by an ezplosloo li the drift mine of the Red Ash Coal Com- ^ ?any. There were 125 men In the mine and she explosion occurred near the entrance, ffhloh was closed by falling slate. The ex| plosion made only little noise, and the ac iident was first discovered by a laoorer ai the entrance. The scene of tLe accident is three miles ibove Thurmond, on the Chwapeake and Dhlo road. The principal owner of the nine is J. Fred Efflntjer, of Staunton, Va. Che manager id Fenliuand 'Howell. * The news.of the^tffwwter swept through the town and within a few minutes nan- * lredsof men, women and children, relalives of the unfortunate miners, were upon (he scene. As the conviction that th? rescue of the entombed men altve was hopeless, they became frantic in their endeavors !o reach their dead and dying in the wrecked shaft, and the work of attempted rescue was organized with extreme difIculty. The mine is on the mountain side above jater, and the ooai is similar to that found In the Pocahontas district. On this account it is said here that the accident cannot lave been caused by firedamp or by gas, t | >ut from dust? as was the case in one of the :ragedles some years ago in a Pocahontas nine. The diBtrieris a wild one on Rush Run, irbioh Is a south branch of New River, hav'nif itanj'outh at Thurmond. It la about ilxty#Ve miles from this clcy. The force of suoh an erplosttm caused an immense falling of the slate and otbet lebris, so that the entrance was filled op tors great distance, aud tbe difficulties in digging through it caused delay la the fork of rescue. As many men as eould work at one time . rera digging away with all their might, lad were relieved In short relays by other nen,*o a? to expedite tbe work of rescuing ismuoh as possible. The first sacoessiul strike of the-rescuers iras about tea o'clock in the morning, when ' lea bodies were recovered. Seven of them ?? nireadv dead, and the other three irere dying. As the miners were located at liferent plaoes In the drift, and the erplo' lion canted the falling slate to- blookade the looms In different parts of the mine, :he work otxQQCue met with one great ob<ractloaT3tfanother. Afterthe men got under headway- In the irork of resoue they reached the flrst party ai less thjui.an hour,'but they met greater UfflcultlM after that time. It woe then that telegrams were sent to Montgomery, Dharleston and other places for physicians, inrses and coffins. Allwork was stopped In the surrounding nines of the district, and the people wlth> in a radius of many miles assembled on the (rounds of the Bed Ash compuny.. ' The population of the mining village U Ire" hundred. All are miners, and th? ' alaoslty wlll reach almost every littl* . touse in the mining town. . The managers and bosses of all th? mines In this district came to the scene ai toon as possible and joined In the work ot re? cue. It Is Impossible to describe th< ' : imonnt of work done by this concentrated iroy of men, but they were greatly im* ' peded because of the extent of the enornone blockade at the entrance to the drift. The large heavy side tires of the entrance were blown ont to some distance, togethei with a lot of heatxl;trjinbera. Even mule* .srere blown out somp instance. * Chief Mlno Inspector J. W. Paul, Got- ,J . truer Atkinson and,others left here Tires- M Jay night for the scene of the disaster to J make an Investigation. Mr. Paul stated ' that the mine had been In splendid con. | flltlon, and It the explosion was caused bj 1 Ire dampj as reported, he was at a loss ta -^P ICO on nt tor Its pmenoe. The mlda was last Inspected on Octobet 14, lSQOrwben It was found to be perfeotly lafe. The Bed Ash mine was operated by :he Bed Ash Ooal Company, composed ot J. Fred Efflnger, of Staunton, Ya., and other Staunton parties. . / REAR-ADMIRAL WATSON REJEVE& 9rder*d to Transfer HI* Flag to th? . \r-v> "Baltimore and Proceed Home. 1 Washington, D. C. (Special).?On ao< jount of the delicate condition of BearAdmiral Watson's health he has been or< iered to transfer his flag to the Baltimoreand to proceed home by way of the Suo? Canal and Mediterranean Sea, stopping at luoh European ports ns he deems proper, is Was done In the oase of Admiral Dewey. [Bear-Admiral Remey 1ms beoa appointed hla successor In oominaud of the Aslatlo f Station.)'./ Ha will probably arrive Id European ivaters some time durlaar the summer, and may visit the Paris Exposition. . Bear-Admiral Bemey, ut present la command' of tlie Portsmouth (Nf. H.)' Navy ?ard, will be ordered to succeed Bear-Admiral Watson In command of the Asiatic Station. PROFESSOR MOSES APPOINTED. Fifth and Lait Member of the New Philippine Commission. Wasbixotok, D. C. (Special).?Profossoi Bernard Moses, of the Uuiverilty of California, had a conference with the President t few days ago. Mr. MoKlnley tendered the vacant plaoe on the uew Philippine Dommkslon to Mm, and Professor Moses icceDted it. letters reofclvijd Iron CEbsorlbers to tile V pXttfY LINES SENATE. WI^Hir. |B*pabllc?na B^^Jones and Stewart, ot 99n^B^^epldem[c of earache In New 2?orE City. The olinlcs In the ear wards ot Sfhe hospitals and Infirmaries are kept busy, ftnd the usual treatment does not seem'effective. It is no inflammation ot a. coneshaped boue behind the ear, and If It Is not taraited promptly is apt to result In an ah> mm .? > Japan'* Crovrn Prlure Engaged. Diplomatic circles In Berlin have received Information that the Japanese Crown Prlnoe, Yoshiliito Harunomiya, is engaged :o Princess SaJa, ot the Japanese House o' Kujo. The Labor World. The steel casting plant at Lima, Ohio, which has been Idle tor a number ot years, Is being repaired and equipped for early resumption. Because recognition of their union was refused 600 machinists of the works of " ?- " r,.l nt PrnaKi' O.n rrUfcCl U' WUClltllOia ?uu ui Wiwau; u. ww., *.* Chicago, 111., went ou strike. The two hundred watch case engravers who are ou strike against the Watch Case Trust iu Sag Harbor aud Philadelphia are leaving for other cities. All the cabmen of Naples, Italy?numbering not far from ten thousand?9truck in an endeavor to prevent the introduction of automobile cab3, as proposed by their employers, t . 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