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f. ? ? > > FC VOL. X. A WAR CLOOD IN THE EAST Anglo-Russian Dispute Over a Railway Sidine at Tien-Tsin, China. JAPAN MOBILIZES HER FLEET Crnnral Wn^irk Culled on llie ltrltl?li to Vacate tlin Siding and ItfquMtfil an Apology ? (irnonil Itarnw Itffiimil Colli DrmnniU and Hurried Itclnforrrmrnt* to tlio Scone of Dispute. T.011 don.?'"(.eneral Wogaek litis refused to accept Count von Waldersee's arbitration at Tien-Tsin." wires the I'ekin correspondent of the Dally Mail, "tincl demands t licit the British not only withdraw, but apologize for removing the Russian flag. "(leneral Barow refuses to do either, and in so refusing has th" support of the British Government. "British reinforcement s are being Pent." Such accounts as can be obtained here represent General Wogtiek. t lie Russian coininander and General Lord Campbell, the British commander, as obeying implicit instructions from St. Petersburg and London. between which capitals negotiations are passing harmoniously. A dispatch from Tien-Tsin states that Count von Waldersee did n<>i offer a compromise, but on learning that both officers were under insiructions from their home <Jovernments. declared that it was useless for him to even give an opinion on the matter, which was outside of his iurisdietion. On tho other hand the serious view is somewhat supported by the sending of reinforcements. In addition to ninety British marines. sixty Australians and two companies of native infantry have been sent to Tien-Tsin front IVkin. although their dispatch seems mainly to he a precaution against the irritated 1'retieh soltllery taking a hand in the dispute. Count von Wnhlersee lias returned to IVkin. v JAPAN MEETS RUSSIA'S MOTE. Ofts Squadron Itcndv to Follow Cnr'* Fleet to Korea. Shanghai. China.?The Tokio correspondent of the North China Hazel to says that all the Russian warships off tite Japanese coast have sailed for Korea. A Japanese squadron is being mobilized for immediate departure lotKorea. T .on don.?"Russia's proceedings In Korea." says the Kobe correspond out of the Daily Mail, "are now openly aggressive, and it is hollered that sinis about to make further demands in connection with Mnsampo." AMKKICA MIGHT I N'TKKV EN K. If Invited. Would I'm- Its Good tlfliCM (? Settle tlir TIoh-TmIh Washington. D. C. If Russia ntnl Croat Britain tleslre it, t lie I'nited Stales is willing to use its good oflioes to settle tlit* Tien-Tsin dispute. "Wo fire interesteil i-i the trouble because in it* possum* general PUCM." Sllid 11 high official of the Administration, "hut we have nothing 1o do with the attitude of the British troops toward the Russian troops, or vice versa, or with tlie condiiions which caused tliem to assume the stand they have taken. The United States iias no right to intervene. nor will it do so. hut if the disputants should intimate their willingness to have the American government exercise its pood offices it will ho glad to do so." lltmiilnii I'm*- Nail Alsrmril. St. Petersburg. Russia. The Russian press is not alarmed about the Tien-Tain affair. The London correspondent of the Novoe Vretnyn charaeterizes tlie dispute as unimportant. The situation at Tien-Tsin. China, according to reliable reports. appears to he strained, especially between tin* Russians and British. The Russians took possession of a railway siding, and they objected to encroachments by tlie British. While the difficulty may be settled amicably, it is undeniable that an indiscreet move on cither side might precipitate a war in which ' some of the other powers would inevitably lie involved. ROMANCE OF A NAVAL DESERTER For tin- Snko of it l-'illjiino Sweetheart lie Joined tlie I imurgetit*. Washington, !>. For the sake of n Filipino sweetheart. Private Frederick M. Baker, of the United States Marine Corps, deserted and accented a commission from the insurgents. To save tlic life of u friend, an American, niul fellow deserter, he surrendered himself and received a life sentence at hard labor in San (Juentin prison. Baker enlisted at Mare Island, t'al . in 1W4, and until June rj. isito. Ids record was excellent. Then he fell a victim to the charms of a l.'ebu island girl and deserted, and became a drill master and lieutenant in the Filipino forces. He found another American deserter among Ids companions at arms, and a strong friendship grew up between them. The friend refused to lead an ambuscade against the Americans and was condemned to death. To prevent his execution. Baker rode to the American camp, surrendered himself and told ids story. The rescue of the condemned man was attempted, hut failed, and nothing Is known of ids fate. Baker was tried by court martial and found guilty of desertion and treason. Only the extenuating circumstances saved hiiu from a ?Uat!i sentence. ; .. i ^ p. >RT F wii i iiPR ^iy run nRFM I insane Mother Murders Her Little Onos and Attempts Suicide. Klilr?t dillil llcr Ft rut Victim, an'l 111# OlliU'it Sluiii Witli Axe Hint Club, Arcoi'ilin; to A??. Cold Brook. Mass.?Mrs. T.iz/.ir Xnrramore. while in a fit of insanity, killed her entire family of six children at her home, a farmhouse half a mile front this vil'n and then tried to take her own life. The children ranged front ten years to a ha he of ten months.and their lives were taken by the mother with an axe and a club. Then site 1m * I ?lie blood drenched hoilies on the beds, two on one bed and the other four on a bed in another room. The terrible sight met t tie eye* of the husband and fat iter. Krank Narratnore. when lie returned honie.sotne hours later. Mrs. Narraniore then attempted to take her own life by cutting her threat with a razor.and when discovered site was in the bed on which the bodies of four children were lying. Although she cut a deep gash in her throat and suffered the less of much blood, it is believed slto will ?vof Mrs. Narrnmore. when asked how she did the deed.said that site took the lives in four different rooms, smd as she killed each ehihl tile hod.V was |ti:ieeil in a lied. She tit'si tntirdered Ktliel. the eldest ehihl. ami then followed with the live others. She appeared rational in the evening and displayed sipns of sorrow for the deed she had eouimitted. although site Is imahle to give any reason why she killed the ehildren. KanilPV Kilts His Three Children. Clinton. Me. .Ineob itearhorn Marr. n farmer living eight miles from this village, killed his three eliihlren Aliee M . aged thirteen: Klwin. < ;:< d nine, ami 11 < I u. a set I seven, with an axe shortiy after '.he family in happy mood had risen from the dinner talde. Marr had hern despondent for some time, hut hit anions were not stleh as to make his wife helieve that he had any serious trouble on his mind to brood over. I alter he was taken to Wntervillo uuder aires.. Mittl Mother Drown* Onnglitor. Mil ford. N. 11 While mentally deranged Mrs. William II. Wilkins drowned her daughter. Mnnd. eleven years old. in the Souhegan Hiver. TROUBLE ENDS AT TIEN-TSIN. " ?I1U nniiNii I IOOJM U KlullilW From IM*>|iulri( Point. Pekin. China.?Count von Waldorsoe. Ccneral Harrow ami Ceneral Wosriirk wore in consultation and <5ener:il Wogack agreed to withdraw the Kussiau troops from the disputed ground at Tieu-Tsin provided the Hritish also wit lidraw. llo insisted also upon a pita ran too that work on tin* railway siding should not proceed tinii) tin* matter had boon diplomatically adjusted. This proposal ami stipulation were satisfactory to ?.'etieral Harrow and were accepted hy him. Consequently the Hritish and Russian troops were withdrawn, thereby avoiding all trouble at present. Will lie Srlllril by l>i|>1?imt <v T.ondon.? Hold J.ansdowne. the Foreign Secretary, aniioiiiiced in the llottse of Lords, that hy agreement between the Hritish and Russian <?overniuents. the danger of bloodshed at Tien-Tsiti had been averted bv each side agreeing to withdraw the troops from the disputed territory, leaving the merits of the controversy to he settled ivy i he two tlovernim ins. APPE \L TO THE LEGISLATURE. I'avpiils of ? Texas Itritte Want liter Marriage Aimulcil. Austin. Texas.?The Texas Legislature has been called upon for the first time in the history of that liody 10 perform the functions of a divorce court. Several months ago Frank Williams and Bcttie (7reen. both belonging to prominent families of Brown County, eloped and were married. They were hoi it under marriageable age. and the parents of the bride took her away from iter youug husband. Although the collide are :.u\i<.o< :<? carry out their marriage vows and to 1 iv?* together as 111:111 aud wife, the parents of the yourg . woman are firm in their stand a sains 1 ihe proposition. and at ilieir request a bill was introduced in 1 lie State Senate by Mr. curry out 1 lioir marriage vows and 10 (iriunan to annul and set aside the marriage and to restore to Mrs. Williams her maiden name. Her young husband and his friends will oppose the passage of the bill. Swfdc* .Mukliig Steel l?y Kleetriell.v" Consul Nelson, at Bergen. Sweden, in a report to the State Department, at Washington, says thai 0 suceessfill attempt has heen inatfce to p~oduce steel by electricity in that country. Experiments arc being carried on in a factory there, ami already about 2."i,? DOO pounds have been produced, in six drafts daily .This steel is of an excellent quality, and meets with ready sale at high prices. On account of the cheap method of production, the profits are declared to he large. Mr*, r.lnlm nivri Away Sl.OOO.'fl I, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, according to an announcement by President William it. Harper, at the I'niverslty of Chicago convocation, lias given $l.o00,1 000 to the University of Chicago School of Education, lately organized bv the nl'iliation of the Chicago institute aud the university. i ':?v ; / ' MIL ORT MILL, S.C., WED TOW ID A SBi OF FIRE A Flood of Blazme: Oil Pours Down on Glen Gardner, N. J. TANKS BURST IN TRAIN SMASH riif Town i* Almost Wipul Out by n Uunltlni; Strmm of lAvIug Klro ? Atrikfiird liv the XoIm- the InhabitnntM Klro to the Hill*?Destruction of J'rojiertv K*t tmnteil at Slft.ono. I fJleti (inrilnor. N. .T.?Fire borne on I n rivor of oil rushing down the mount aitt at the foot of which this village is located almost engulfed the town and desiroved a large section of it. The catastrophe was the direct result of a freight train wreck on the Central Railroad, near the town. In the wrecl<cd train were thirteen oil laden cars, and the concussion of the two sections coining together caused two of the tanks to explode. The escaping oil took tire immediately, and formed a riverof burning oil. which ran down the grade in'o the town, setting tire to everything in its path. The lire was under control at noon, and the firemen continued to battle with the burning oil tanks the rest of the day. The loss of oil is estimated at be iliui ....11...... i?..r ii... .1 I IMMM III'* ll.l III 'N WITI' extingttishod property valued at about ?7.".(kmi was destroyed. The wreck occurred shortly after f, o'clock, before many of the residents were astir, and before they realized what the matter was the Masonic Hall, the linest building in the town: a big storehouse belonging to William Corling. containing a lot of new agricultural tnaehinery. and eleven dwelling houses were the prey of the flames. Tiie occupants of the dwellings barely escaped with their lives Most of those wlio escaped from the burned district tied to the big hill north of the town. The fit Ml inhabitants of the place made hurried preparations to flee to the hills, but the burning oil van down the hillside into a mountain stream which carri.ed it away from the town. Appeals for aid to fire companies in Washington and Somerville were made and were responded to. the apparatus being brought here on a special train, and after a hard tight the flames were checked. The tire extended to the other eleven cars, and before they could be drawn away front the wreck one after an other hurst, until the contents of all of litem aided in increasing the sea of flame that for a time threatened to engulf the town. FOLLOWED HER LE3-.R HUS3XND. Drvoltttl lfiiwiiliAii "Wlfo .loin Him in Kxllr on Molokiil I*lnn<!. Ran Francisco, t'al.?Front Honolulu comes a story of a wife's devotion which led her ,o simulate leprosy in I order that she might be sent to exile on Molnkui island with b?r leprous husband. She was a beautiful native girl, l.tthia. the daughter of a chief. She married l.ui llulnpa. a young na \ live, who two years after the mar- ! riaue developed signs of leprosy. So- j eretly he made all preparations t?> go to Molokai island and left a letter : for his wife, bidding her an eternal I farewell. The young woman was inconsolable I and after vainly trying to be allowed in }iii in MuioHiii miii" ciiiisicu i in- ser* - i ice of a kaliunn. or witch doctor, lie gave her a preparation Hint when ruhhed on the skill for several weeks made it silvery white, as though she were in the last stages of leprosy. Tlien she applied to the health hoard to he sent to Molokai. The doctors suspected her. as her face showed no traces of the disease and when pressed she admitted her deceit. Tlie doctors were so much impressed with her devotion that they set aside the rule and permitted her to join her husband. PROPHET DIED PRAYING. Prunoiiiu eil an Importer. 11 Vowed Not to Sliiy on tin* Kiirtlt. Tendon. Advices from Mongo, Uganda, are the effect ti.sit Mu1 it i, th new Moliatnmeilan Madi, who recently proclaimed himself in Uganda, appeared before the court of the Sultan of Mhogo, who is the nominal head of Mohammedanism in that country and sought to establish his claim as the successor of the Prophet. Mhogo did not appreciate a rival and denounced him as an impostor before i' " assembled chiefs. Muludzi tried effect of eloqttnce, hut this was received ritli ridicule, whereupon lie indignantly declared that he would no 1 ager remain in a world which was unfit to ceive him. lie ascended a small hill outside Mhogo romp mit, knelt and called aloud on Moh.-tt ined after which lie Instantly expired. ANOTHER RUSSIAN SECT MAY COME 5(1,OOO Moliilianf!) of Tr?iik-CuucumIii AV i*h to Seek llntnm in Nortli Anirrlcn. Washington. 1). United States ('on.siil-ttcncral tiuenther writes front Frankfort to the Department of State: "It is reported from St. I'etershurg that the people belonging to the religions seet ealletl Dotikholinrs having left tin* Caucasus ami found a new home in Canada, the Molukaiics, another Ktissinn seet residing in Trans-Caucasia. tt 1 >-?? wish to emigrate to North America. They ntiiuhcr ahout oil,ono, and are located at Titlis, .lelsawetpol. itakli and Kars. They are known as industrious agriculturists and they desire to emigrate on account of lack of laud and increased taxation.'' r 7^ NESI)AY, MARCH 27, THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEM S. fV*Wi?tny .V declared hv a diplomat /n Wnshintrtot# have inspired Knjrland's rejection of the canal treaty. Director Merriam unused the arrest of a Washington policeman on account of * 1??? alleged census frauds in Maryland. Confronts for furn.ishinc the T'nitod States army with nearly a million pounds of meat, for us" in the Philippines. were awarded to Chicago nark ers. Secretary of War Moo. assumed full responsihilitv for (leneral Wood's course in Culm and enmmended it. The first steps were taken in a sehetne to provide a park system eostinir many millions of dollars for Washington. The old Corcoran Art nailery, at Penn Avenue and Seventeenth street. | is to lie bought by the tloverntnent for sr.on.ooo. ont ADnrTK.n ISI.ANDS. A lartre number of insurgent oflieers and men were captured by American troops in Cjtvlte Province, l.uzott. P. T. Congressmen returning from Havana declare that Cuba must wait until Co tigress meets again, and that the wealthier classes favor ntincxat ion. cinventor Ccneral Wood appointed a commission to revise the Cuban customs. Lieutenant-Coneral Miles is in Cuba inspeetfng the principal militt.ry posts. The l'liilippines Commission decided t<? make a separate province of the Island of Mnrlndtnpte. Tlte Municipal Council chanced the name of the principal pla/.a hi Vigait. I*. T.. to "iloneral Lawtnn Square." as a trihute to the memory of the hrave American. DOM KST1C. The applications of forty Japanese for citizenship papers at San Francisco. Cal.. were refused. Miss Tint 1 i Mills, a rich actress, ended iter life with carbolic acid, at Troy. N. Y. After blindness of t wenty-eicht years Valent'ne Hal/.. Hnltimore, Aid., had his sight restored. Fire Chief Webber, of Hoston. Mass.. was retired on half pay because of injury to his eyes. The battleship Massachusetts ran aground at Pensneola. Fla. She is not I damaged. It is proposed by a syndicate to build the world's largest dry docks on flats between Hetlloe and Kills islands, at New York City. fleorge St. Cyr. who killed .Tames Davis, at Dawson City. Alaska, had his death sentence coin muted to life imprisonment. Judge Nobhs, in the Probate Court In ltridgeport. Conn.. named the ltridgeport Trust Company as administrator for the estate of Ccorgc F. t.'ilman. the milliotiairo tea merchant. The shortage in the National Hank i at Nlles. Midi.. i< . >immi. < ! m?-i i iTMiii'iii 11 iirrison s will, filed ni ludimiapnlis. I nil., gives SI'J.".( < 111 in liis willow mill family relies mid portraits to his son. Kiissol), whose debts are cancelled. I A young oleplnmi escaped from " zoo in Indianapolis. Ind.. and 1 <?It???1 111rou.cli a large plate-glass window Into a harbor shop, frightening tin* inmates and upset tins the furniture. | A full tiohot of women was nominated bv the Prohibitionists of Denver. Col. Colonel John 11. Ashe, a well-known I cotton manufacturer, committed suij oid? by throwing himself into a deep well at Columbia. S. C. FOKKION. Two thousand soldiers were sent .o assist the authorities in the suppression of the troubles Incident upon tin strike at Marseilles, France. In the British House of Lords Lord Salisbury's motion to appoint a joint committee to revise the King's antiIlifmaii Catholic accession oath was | adopted. Fifteen lives were lost in floods in Italy. Philip Hot ha. brother of the Boer Commander-in-Chief, was killed in battle in South Africa. I'rinrc Henry was installed a mem.10r of tlio State Council. at The Hague, Holland. Queen Wilheluiiiui opening the session. The British gunboat Plover went ashore in the Yangtse-Kinng, below KinUiang, China. Despite the expenditure of ?21,133,0(H) for famine relief. India, had a surplus last year of ?S,200,000. Might soldiers and customs oflieers were killed by an avalanche near Lake Conio, Italy. The Ambassadors and .Ministers at the Court of St. James, in London, presented their credentials to King Edward. Edwin A. Abbey, the American artist, was commissioned by King Edward VII. t i paint the scene of his coronation. Seven gunners were killed by the explosion of a howitzer shell at Secutiderabnd, India. Huge catches of seals were made by the Newfoundland fleet ofl' Labrador. Owing to a vote of no confidence in the Chamber of Deputies, the new Chilean Ministry resigned. General ISHten Catted ISouie. fTeiieral John <'. Hates, now in command of a force of volunteers in the Philippines, lias been ordered to re1 urn home to relieve Ociieral Mcrriatn in command of the Department of the Missouri. IMEi 190!. THE BOER NEGOTIATIONS] Conditions Genera! Botha JVusri tc Accede to Announced. AMNESTY FOB ALL BUT REBELS ! Question nf I iKlrprndiMK'f I'or T'ovmnl State* Kllillt nut? V I'ii.t V <11 ii t * i ?trillion in tin- 1"<> n? of h I I'niin <"o'oiij Willi Hi'iirrirntxtivr Coiprn?n?*iil a* Soon no l'ooltiir?Tl?c Oilirr 'frrmi T.ondou. Poinds ??,' lite nosotiatioii* liotwoon Uonora! V itlia s'!t(i llonoral Kitolionor ?-iv snow why tin* Root loador rofusod In nooopt tho tonus fot j his surrondor. Rothn \ ivi 1 1 Kit<-It. r or on I'Vliruary "_'s in Middloio.irs. and , n'lor tho iitiorvion npponrod i?> in- will- j ills to Slooopi till- lot-ills ili'llpOSOl! by tlio Itritish i ioiii'1'jil. anil lofi .Mhiiiio-j loirs to prosoiii tiio ooiulii'ops t.? the i Door soiiorals. lloforo loavins Mnhllo j loirs iio. liowi-vor. said ho wa-' mo sure ho could sol his ootiiiirvin.il io lay down ilioir arms wnlio.t. '.udopoiii oitoo. hut itonoral Kit It -no,- roViist d IO disoilss this ipios; Ion w .; .1 hinAll thai lo-noral Kiioip-p.or h;ul proposod was ipialilinil by hoi its soh.ioot lo ooiitinnaiion hv his ?Io\ovninoni. and on Ma roll Sir Alfrod Milnor o:i hlod too following oondilions to sub init to liouornl Itoihn. wlib ii dift'oroil soinowhai from tlioso proposod by I Kitoiiotior: Tho Drilish on i"?. ..r i.-.-.n I ties and surrender of all war malarial i liy the tn j;i'an; atnnesiy in I Transvaal and Oratcre Ktver colonies for avis of war in t In* hosi ilit ins. All prisoners to lie sot free and brought \ back !o their country. Military law in l?e replaced by civil law. ami as soon as passible a represent.*"! ive troverm luciit to la* csiablishcd. \ hiirli eonrt, lnd< pendent of tin* executive, to be established m administer the laws, l.ainl property and religious institutions m be respected. The Kntrlisii and Dutch lantruatres to he taucht in the public pchools and allowed in the law courts. The (loveritineut would not undertake any debts of the former republic, but would set aside $r?.nnn.nnn to repay the inhabitants for the soot's reutiis tinned. The Katlir franchise, when Civen. would Ite so limited as to obtain n just predominance of the white race. These terms were forwarded to Hot:oral Hothu. who. on March HI. sent iuo following reply to tleneral Kitchener: "After the mutual cxe-unrje of views In our interview on February "JS. it will certainly no. sttrpris** vour Kxeeb leney to know tiiat I d* not feel di> posed to reeoiomentl the terms of said letter, but they shall have the earnest consideration of mv (lovernment. I may add tluti my tloverumen and mv chief odi* rs iter.* entirely nmve with j my vh v. t retire tit ?It ? ltrili?ii I'tf o. l.oinloit li i- sitrni Ilea lit I in: I the jo\t?rinrt> tleneral Kit e-ite:* was til I tinscil mi nlTer 11M1 ltd rs contained | srtt coiicr^-iioMs tit.--11 S.r .VI?1 Milter jiikI Mr. < 'li:i nther'aiti would ' permit. :in?! til!- has eau-eil :i pi -simij tie rod in-. :is suggest in:. 1 In? i the Itri. ish military pn. iiioit ! no. lv,'illy no mil t<> ending tin* \\ aI*. :itnl .!i:ii tii<> Kng, lis'.t will liavi' to liny peare. The jingo pr> >s is particularly irritated. Tin1 Daily Mail, n11?1 < tii" li'iuHoic of "W ,r 011 Kasy Terms." savs ii is painfully snrprisi'il that tin- Kvitish <iovernnicnr -lion 1?T capitulate on so many vim! points. Tlii' Covernment. it add-, is willing to concede as nim-li as any litile Ktiglnmlcr niitninisiraiioii would daiv grant SHOT FOR TREASON. ."ii*i? < ol?.iil?l- SutTor tin* llrntli ?fiitrnii Fur Train U rurkln);. London. \ dispatch from Cap:' Town states that 1'. Miualicr. S Minahcr jiihI .1 A. Nciiwoudt were flint ar lie Aar for treason and ninr tier, in pnrstianec of the sentence of J court-martial. The death sentence was passed ri Week ago in connect ion with the wrecking of a .rain near " 'aashnscit. L?y which five men were killed. thnriitl Kitchener confirmed the \erdict. Tile garrison was paradetl and the prisoners were led out a. sunset. Death w as instantnni otts. A Dnteii minister and relatives remained with tiie prisoners till the end. Two others concerned in tiie train wrecking were sentenced to terms of live years' penal servitude. verdict for a school expulsion t r or !5oy Turnfil Out of lli^li School Kccehm l>)in?:?j?c Auunl ol to I ; I. Lawrence, Mass. In the Supreme Court a verdict of .*471.157 was awarded to Charles Morrison in his suit Bgaiust Hie "inhabitants of Lawrence." The action was brought by Mr. Morrison for llie expulsion of lii* foe Wilbur from the High School Inst year. Mr. Morrison charged thai his son had been barred unjustly from receiving instruction in the school, and he sod'ght siimhi damages, as well as the reinstatement of tin* boy. 'I e ease will go to the Supreme Court, on rx'.-eptious. panay insurrection ended. Cent- fa I Ktillon, Willi ISO Men, stirrertier* to Colonel Sent I. Washington. D. C. Ceneral MaeA tliur, at Manila, rabies the U.ir lbpari men! as follows: "Hughes reports surrender i'nllon and comniainl, Anti pie, Province i'a nay. I so rides. This end", iiiMirrcriiou l'a nay." Another dispatch says the su;; ndct was made to Colonel Scott, of tut Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry. ">. _ NO. 2. FUNSTON'SBOLD PROJECT Has Set Out With r. Few Wen to Capture Aguinaldc. H+ Kx)ii?rt? to I'.i' It rou i;li1 l.?*r.?rt* Itto Inniircml I'litof ? ? ? t'risoju Hint TImmi Si'iif Itii i. Manila I,.ris:ndior-(io:io\,i' o.i fs :i??\v enframed In :t oarim: ]> o.ooi. whieii promiso*' to i>" iho ^ron'i's amt inosi roinantio aoliieveir.ont o" hi-? eventful career. lit January, 'nri his hilling place ii iho !*ro>ii:o> ; I ; holla. Ajrnitialihi \vote let'.cr.s ana tlmniatIziiijr ill s.il - iiiei" win iiliil talo n tho oath of nlieiriance > tlr* Fniteil Stan's. l.ator Aui inah'.o ?: iloroil cortaiii itisurjret.i fot.vs nt Southern l.u/.oii to join him at a rendezvous in IsMltrlla ITovinee. Tho insurgent otlleer insi.'iisioit will# tho aforesaid ordors seereil> tiatoil with tho Auiorieatu at* lIn: neeessary Information "Tfono-if I llusion planned Auuinahlo's oa pi tiro, ami. with Conoral MnoArt hut's an thovi/alion. ho prooeodoil two ? ? a !.> ajro to make iho attoinpt. Conoral Fuustoii. with S'i/jhii Major Harris. Captain Now ion. .in* Thirty fourth Infantry; l.ior.tonati: \?l mire. of iho Twenty-second Infantry, six votoran soonis ami a eoinpany of native soonis. all iiiokod men. oinharkoil on tho irnnhoat Viokslmn; am) wore lamloil on a ronmio noaoh above r.aler. 11 was arraiifroil that Avruitiniilo's omissaiw ami Iho native soonts stuniuf pass themselves off as in.*iiri;etii troops, who. having oaplnreil Conoral Funston ami others, were tar it.a. them as prisoners to Aruinahlo v.i tho rifrht time, when hronw'ol before Afrtiinahio. Conoral Funston wis ,.i fjive a si-anal. whon tho tahVs wen* m? II-IIII'II ami ARUIIUtlilU 'VUS 11> II' seized. v six days' march nr.n t'-n Interior was <-<>nt1111>l:it< <1 Treat ; j cry was ronsideretl possible. hut cvi ri I prcrautinii was talten. Tin* troops tr New Yizeaya ami New Kei.ia ami ? ? I Riinboals YiekshnvR ami Albany w.r. ! in co-operate with (leneral l'Liust'?r. -i force. to iti niti: imi?i.irri>k r >iti i . Kt-lirvr.l 11..u I tii|ii-..vi'.l Oiimiainn. lily it K.-ritll of Many Troops. WashillRtotl. I >. <\ It IS s Mil" 'M I tlm War I ii-pari nii-iit that a red in | lion of tlm Ainericnn forces in tltc ; Philippines is ntmuiR lint probabilities ' nf tin* in-xt fi'W inmiths, if naiilii ion*? there continue In improve saint 1 nianiici'.in which they havo Iiim-u im ! provhiR for tin' past few months. Ih iii'ial Chaffer, whn ill sii *r. I'll t.I'tiiTiiI MarArthur. is to rnai.i an examination of tin* stale of things j at all tin* principal points, in nnii't* that lie may lie able to inform tlm dc pariiiii'iit wlti'ilmr. in h.s jiulmneiii. | such a reduction is advi-aldc. anil, it i so, to how Riant :iii I'Xieni. This is not to he delayed until itinera! Ma. Arthur's roiurn. but is in lie lone mi der tlm I otllcer's direction. SPANISH ISLANDS BOUGHT. M inl'-liT ;it Wimliiligtou IIcimm \ *100.000 ami l't rffH* Titl?*. Washington. I). lialilletilions <>( . .IV < nijr in i ?rril I III" I II? M*( I ? , am! Spain l?y which tin* former si ' cures possession of tin1 . 'amis ??r Si Imtii ami Ciigtiyuu. to I north ?! j tin* island of Luzon in the 1 hilippines' . Wfi'c exchanged at tin- I >epnrtincut ?>t i State by tlie Duke d'A reus, the S[>aa j isli Minister, ami Secretary Hay The consideration prnvitleil in tin i treaty was the payment to Spain by I the i nite.l States of $100,0(10. This 1 amount was appropriated by ('oii^res* in tlie Deficiency nil) and payment was made to Duke d'Areos hi the ferin of a Treasury warrant for the full sum. j The slands of Sllaitu ami fa^aynti were not inelm'ioit in the Treaty of j I'aris, lint were eotisidereil dcslrahh I by (lie rlilted Slates, both to eoni plete tlie possession of the entire f*li;i | ippiiie uronp ami to prevent their oc en pa my by any umlesirable power. IT VMS THE BODY OF HIS FATHER. to Surfurn Nfiir I'mil Prom H tii< !i tin* Son TV a * II hIi i mi; In st'iiiTii ICIvri'. Syracuse, N. Y. While Jesse itrori son, sixteen years old. was tislhiiK in tlie Seueesi Kiver, at lialdwiiisv ille. tlie decomposed dead body of a man rose to tlie surface of the water e.'osi to the boat. Tlie lad pulled the body over tne tfunwiile. and as lie did towns horror stricken by tlie discovery that tlie corpse was that of his own father. Lafayette Itrouson. The eld er ltronson, forty-live years old. Iintf been missing since December - lttsi leaving no Hue. The body evidently had been under the lee all winter. Second |*alr of Twin# I'nr .Mr#. I.illlc. Mrs. James Utile, of AlH ?n. Kail gave Idrtli lo twins a few uavs ago. Kiuliteen months ago sin- also gave Idrtii to twins. Mrs. Little's hushaiuA was a twin and his father was a twin. Jfhe was a twin also. .Indue ItrfilM' to I'lnc I > rn n k it I d ?. I'oliee J.olge L. \V. Waehenheimer. at To!? do, Ohio, has decided that drnnk< nness is a disease and not u crime. Prisoners '-harged with that 0IT1 use apprft.iiig ire him are Uiarhargt d and the coms reuiitb d. Itnlht i Soldiers in Slavery. An Italian who has returned Lain Abyssinia declares that in the uior<? distatit parts of that country there arw still a large number of Italian soldiers living In slavery. They are mostly men who were wounded at the hatll* of Adowa, left on the Held and 8Ul/"fqucatly taken prisoners.