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'"?* / _ " * ** :"VT^ ' j*nT^ 'rT^ jXgu^jQSiE i The Bamberg Herald. i i m ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 4.1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, -gjgjl >/>.*, ___ ? ^3^ <**Srjy33 ? T nmirT uinnrn r7.n 1 ^^..tnrtn MIIPT f?ir?IT 1 111*1/1 A HICD CIINCTAH?^^ FUNSTON TEL ? t rrz Thrilling Aceour Capture by I HAND TO HAND STRUGGLE Resistance Was Desperate But of Short Duration?Party Endured Many Hardships. A Manila special says: Aguinaldo, who was captured by General Funston ? -i i vj. ^ iv.^ SOU Uruugut iu xuauiia uu iuu wuiv^u States gunboat Vicksburg, was bronght ashore at 3:10 p. m. Thursday and taken before General MacArthur at the Malacanang palace. He talked freely, but seemed ignorant concerning recent events. He appeared to be in good health and was even cheerful. He luaohed with the officers of General MacArthnr's staff and was then escorted to the Anda street jail. Aguinaldo's oapture was attended with considerable difficulty, an insurgent major being killed at the time of the event Twenty rifles and a number of important papers were captured. General Fred Funston, who captured Aguinaldo, wheninterviewed, made the following statement concerning the capture of the Filipino leader: The confidential agent of Aguinaldo arrived February 28th at Pantabangan, in the provinoe of Nueva Ecija, north ern Luzon, with letters, dated January 11, 12 and 14. ^hese letters were from Emilio Aguinaldo and directed to Baldermero Aguinaldo to take oommand of the provinces of Central Luzon, supplanting General Alexandrina. F.milio Aflruin&tdo also ordered that fear hundred men be sent him as soon M possible, saying that the bearer of the letters would guide these men to where Aguinaldo was. General Funstou secured the corre^ spondence of Aguinaldo's agents and laid his plans accordingly. Some months previously be had captured the camp of the insurgent general Lacuna, , incidently obtaining Lacuna's seal, official papers and a quantity of signed correspondence. From this material two letters were constructed, ostensibly from Lacuna to Aguinaldo. One of these contained information as to the progress of the war. The other asserted that, pursuant to orders received from Baldermero Aguinaldo, Lacuna was sending his best company to Presidents Emilio Aguinaldo. His plans completed and approved, ' General Funston returned to Minila and organized his expedition, selecting seventy-eight Macabebes, all of whom spoke Tagalog fluently. Twenty wore insurgent uniforms and the others the clothing of Filipino laborers. This Maoabebe company, armed - with fifty Mausers, eighteen Remingtons and ten Krag-J or gen sens, was commanded by Captain Russell T- Eazzard of the N "Eleventh United States volunteer cavalry. With him was his brother, Lieutenant Oliver P. M. Hazzard of the same regiment. Captain Harry W. Newton, Thirty-fourth infantry, was taken because of his familiarity ? "*** n Rar and Lftintenant Burton J. Mitchell, Fortieth infantry, went as General Funston's aide. These were the only Americans accompanying the expedition. With the Macabebes were four exinsorgent officers, one being a Spaniard and the other three Tagalogs, whom General Fnnston trusted impKcity, General Fnnston and the American officers wore plain bine shirts and khaki trousers. They carried each a half blanket, but wore no insignia of rank. The Macabebes were carefully intrusted to obey the orders of the four ex-insurgent officers. EXPEDITION EMBABKS. On the night of March 8th the party embarked on the United States gunboat Yicksburg. It was originally intended to take Cascoes from the island of Polillo, and to drift to the mainlaud, but a storm arose and three of the Cascoes were lost. This plan was abandoned. At 2 a. m. March 14 the Vicksburg put her lights out and ran in-shore twenty-five miles south of Casiguran, province of Principe. The party landed and marched to Casiguran. The Americans had never garrisoned this place, and the inhabitants are strong insurgent sympathizers. Having arrived there, the ex-insurgent officers, ostensibly commanding the party, announced that they were on the way to join Aguinaldo between Pautobagan , and Baler, that they had surprised an American surveying party and that they had killed a number, capturing twenty-five. They exhibited General Fnnston and the other Americans as their prisoners. The insurgent president of Casiguran believed the story. Two of the Lacuna letters, previously concocted, were forwarded to Aguinaldo at Palanan, province of Isabel. General FunTUUHR HIT, WELLS. News of Another Strike at Beaumont, Tex., Sends Property Values Skyward. Beaumont, Texas, now has three gushing oil wells. The third one materialized Thursday afternoon. It was drilled for the Guflfey Company by Sharpe Brothers, and its output will equal that of the Lucas geyser, from which it is distant about a quarter of a mile. News of the strike reached the city about 7 o'clock. Property values jumped skyward. IMPEACHMENT TRIAL COSTLY. North Carolina Council of State Fix Fees of Various Attorneys. A Raleigh, N. C.? dispatch says: The council of state met Thursday afternoon with the managers of the impeachment trial and allowed the claims of attorneys. There were five attorneys for the state and tbey ask in fees $2,600, which was allowed. Pay of fifty senators and nine managers at $4 a day amounts to $3,254,while witness es' fees and employees' pay will not exceed $1,000, making a total cost of not over $7,000. ' ;V " IS THE STORY it of Aguinaldo's 3rave Kansan. ston and the others were kept imprisoned for three days, giving orders at night. On the morning of March 17th, taking a small quantity of cracked corn, the party started on a ninety mile march to Palanan. The country is rough and uninhabited, and provis- j inno /?/%??/} nnt hfl RPfnfpd. Wading swift rivers, climbing precipitous mountains and penetrating dense jungles, they marched seven days and nights, and on March 22d had reached a point eight miles from Palanan. They were now so weak that it was necessary to send to Aguinaldo's camp for food. Aguinaldo dispatched supplies and directed that the supposed American prisoners be kindly treated, but not be allowed to enter the towD. On the morning of March 23d the advance was resumed. The column was met by the staff officers of Aguinaldo and a detachment of Aguinaldo's body guard, which was ordered to take charge of the Americans. CAPTUBE OP AGUINALDO. While one of the ex-insnrgent officers conversed with Aguinaldo's aid, another, a Spaniard, sent a courier to General Funston and the rest, who, with about eleven Macabebes, were ohnnt an linnr behind. Havinsr re I ceived this warning, General Funston avoided Aguinaldo's detachment and joined the colnmn, avoiding observation. The Tagalogs went ahead to greet Agninaldo and the column bIowly followed, finally arriving at Palanan. Aguinaldo's household troops, fifty men in neat uniforms of blue and white, and wearing straw bats, lined up to receive the newcomers. General Funston's men crossed the river in small boats, formed on the bauk and marohed to the right and then in frout of the insurgent grenadiers. The Tagalogs eutered the house where Agninaldo was. Suddenly the Spanish officer, noticing that Aguinaldo's aid was watching the Americans suspiciously, exclaimed: "Now, Macabebes, go for tnemr' The Macabebes opened fire, but their aim was rather ineffective and only three insurgents were killed. The rebels returned the fire. On hearing the firing, Aguinaldo, who evidently thought his men were merely celebrating the arrival of re-enforcements, ran to the window and shouted: "Stop that foolishness! Quit wasting ammunition!" Hilario Placido, one of the Tagalog officers, and a former insurgent major, who was wounded in the lung by the fire of the Kansas regiment at the battle of Caloocan, threw his arms around Aguinaldo, exclaiming: "You are a prisoner of tho Americans. " Colonel Simeon Yillia, Agninaldo's chief of staff; Major Ahmbra and others attacked the men who were holding Aguinaldo. Placido shot Villia in the shoulder, Alambra jumped out of the window and attempted to cross the river. It is supposed that he was drowned. Five other insurgent officers fought for a few minutes and then fied, making their escape. When the firing began General Funston assumed command and directed the attack on the house, personally assisting in the capture of Aguinaldo. ~ ?^ I AQXT. lue tusur^tui uwuj ^ut^u u^u, iv?< ing twenty rifles. Santiago Barcelona, the insurgent treasurer, surrendered without resistance. When captured Aguinaldo was tremendously excited, but he calmed down under General Funston's assurance that he would be well treated. General Funston secured all of Aguinaldo's correspondence, showing that he had kept in closo touch with the sub-chiefs of the insurrection in all parts of the archipelago. The expedition rested March 24tb, and then marched sixteen miles the following day to Palanan bay, where General Funston found the Vicksburg, which soon lauded the party in Manila. Commvnder Barry, of the Vicksburg, rendered General Funston slendid assistance. Aguinaldo, who talked freely on past events, said he supposed General Trias would proclaim himself dictator, even not knowing that Trias had surrendered. He behaved courteously and gave no trouble. GEORGIA BAPTISTS MEET. State Convention Held In Yaldosta With Large Attendance. The Georgia State Baptist convention convened in Yaldosta Thursday morning with something over seven hundred delegates on hand. They were from every part of the state and visitors from other places. The convention was called to order at 9 o'clock. Mayor Denmark deliverod an address of welcome. Dr. Headden responded. Ex-Governor Xorthen was unani? AMAIM V\VAC1/1nT>f I lUUUSi V C1CUICU )J1V,Q1UI.UU Maryland Legislature Qnits. The Maryland generai assembly adjourned at Annapolis on Thursday. Among the bills passed was one providing for the appropriation of $25,000 for state exhibits at the Buffalo and Charleston expositions. Knox Confers With MeKinley. A Washington special says: P. C. Knox, of Pittsburg, Pa., called on the president Thursday and was offered the attorney generalship. NEBRASKA DEADLOCK BROKEN. Legislature Klectn Millard anil Dietrich to the United States Senate. A special from Lincoln, Neb., says: j J. H. Millard, of Omaha, and Goverj nor Chailes If. Dietrich, who were j nominated bv the ropnbliean caucus ; * i Thursday morning for the long and ; short term of United States cenator' ship, respectively, were elected by the ' joint session of the legislature at noon, j Each received seventy votes, tho cnj tire republican strength. V j t-siiNjrsirs?rsiroiNJtN?j 11 SOUTH CAROLINA I } STATE NEWS ITEMS. ) s rjicsnNjrocMCMrsJrsiJ Watts Assured S300 Damages. Bj a decision of the supreme court in the case of George W. Watts against the Seaboard Air Line, the road must r><.i7 Wofta ?-iOft Wnttfl was ft fTUflrd I V^VV. '? ??* ?' ? O j at the penitentiary in Columbia. He j fell in a cut at night and hurt his back. Cure ton Get* Respite. Governor McSweeney respited to April 26th Miles Cureton, colored, sentenced to haug in Greenville the past week. *? The Money Is Ready. A Charleston dispatch says: Regarding the statement sent from Columbia that the city of Charleston | would have to raise S10,000 additional i before the Charleston exposition could I receivo the state appropriation of $50,j 000, the statement is officially authorized by the board of directors that this additional amount was secured some days ago. On a second call more than the amount required was subscribed j and other subscriptions from the city have been seut to the exposition company. The exposition finances are in excelleut shape and the project will in ! no wise be altered or cut by the re! fusal of the government to make the $250,000 appropriation. Tribute to Dead llaristers. The Greenville Bar Association passed resolutions touching the late Judges Wallace Witherspoon, and Fraser. A number of addresses by members of the bar were made. Judge Benetpaid a tribute to the memory of the dead | jurists and the resolutions were ordered spread on the records, and court adjourned as mark of respect to the mpmnrv nf t.hp defeased ill dees. I J - ? ? t O ?% Charleston Police Scored. I The finding of the body of M. B. Hemmingway in a cell at the CharlesIon police station after he had been dead nearly twenty-four hours has aroused public indignation, and denunciations of the department are severe. Hemmingway was without funds and asked for lodging. It is supposed | that he killed himself immediately after entering the cell. Not until the cell wjs wanted for a prisoner twentyfour hours afterward was the door opened. The officer of the day,whose duty it was to make a report of the man's presence, occupied quarters just opposite the cell, but he failed to inafce a proper inspection. Hemmingway was the son of a prominent merchant and planter in Georgetown, and being in the city late at night without funds, found it necessary to seek shelter at police headquarters. In an editorial which seems to represent the sentiment of the community, The Charleston Post demands a reorganization of the entire police department, and points out the poor system by which a man could kill himself under the eye of the officers and remain dead for twenty-four hours before being found. ?* Constable Uses dun. "Bud" Darby, aged twenty-one, was mortally wounded near Campobellc one night the past week by J. Broadus Mabrv,constable for Magistrate Poole. The constable had gone to Darby's home to arrest him for theft and was met by Darby with a pistol and his wife with an ax. Darby fired at the officer, crrazincr his ear. Constable Mabrj drew a gun and fired at Darby, hitting him squarely in the stomach. Darby is only twenty-one years of age, but has been in numerous serious scrapes. The United States government has been after him, charging him with robbing the postoffice at Gowensville. He is said to have been hiding in the far-famed Dark Corner of Greenville county. % Will Not Abandon Port Royal. A Washington special says: The scene of the negotiations for the transfer of the naval station now at Port Royal to Charleston has been transferred to New York. Mrs. Lawton's attorney called at the navy department where he had a long conference with Rear Admiral Endicott. Nothing definite was decided at that time. Admiral Endicott wrote to Mrs. Lawton making a last proposition to her immediately after this conference. He then left for New York and will have another conference while there with the attorney after receiving Mrs. Lawton's reply. The navy department has decided to use Port Royal as a winter station for the training squadron. Therefore it is unlikely that the naval station there will be altogether abandoned. Dredging operations when completed will give a channel of sufficient depth to accommodate all but the very largest vessels. * * * Slump In Price Alarms Growers. A recent Columbia, S. C., special is highly important and significant in regard to the subject of reduction of the cotton acreage this year: "The recent drop in the price of cotton has had the effect of alarming the planters, who have been making preparations to plant a larger acreage than for several years past. They believed that 10-cent cotton had come to stay, but the recent slump has awakened them to a sense of the danger of overproduction, and they now realize that o hicr nottnn nron next season Uilu M w _ J- . 5-cent and 6-cent cotton may be expected. That would mean growing cotton at a loss, and to avert, such a contingency steps are already being taken to bring about a curtailment in acreage." **? Money Still Missing. A New York dispatch says: President Efendrix, of the National Bank of Commerce, said that nothing further had been heard respecting the missing $5,000 in the express package consigned to that institution by the Bank of Columbia, at Columbia, S. C., which was found to contain nothing but brown paper. At the offices of the Adams Express Company, which handled the package for the Southern Express Company, it was stated that no light ou the loss had yet been obtained, but that the i Southern Express Company had ordered a rigid search for the package. i Double Ihe First Verdict In January, 1900, J. B. Davis, employee of the Southern railway, was killed by a freight train at Westminter. His widow brought suit and at the last term of the court at Greenville got a f verdict for $10,000. The verdict was * set aside by Judge Aldrich on technical grounds. This term a suit was brought for $20,000 mrainst the South- t em railway and the case was concluded a day or two ago with a verdict in favor of Mrs. Davis for $11,000. An effort will be made to set aside the verdict. Sheriff Declined Bond. t F. D. Dean, claiming to be the son c of a prominent railroad man of Cbi- , cago, was arrested at Florence on the . charge of obtaining the signature of 1 J. H. Millster, of Startanburg, to a 1 uote by false pretense. The note was t for $1,000. Dean's father wired $1,000 t bond, but the sheriff declined it. : l BILL MAKES BREAK. ; ? In Sensational Speech German ? Ruler Pleads For "Loyalty" | Of His Subjects. I A special from Berlin says: The con- c servative German papers do not dis- * cuss Emperor William's speech to the j Alexander Grenadier regiment at their i new barracks Thursday, but the lib- 1 ?ral papers generally comment on his majesty's uiterauces, emphasizing the 1 statement that the emperor is ill-in- t formed concerning the character of the * March (1848) revolution in Berlin, The National Zeitung expresses its ^ inability to comprehend what current * events induced the emperor to refer to t the revolution of 1848, and says that * it does not see .any signs of his majesty needing a body guard. ' The Yossiche Zeitung is also unable < to see any occasion for the emperor's * words, since nobody in Berlin is think- < ing of revolution, and his majesty's 1 predecessors repeatedly recognized the 1 loyalty of Berlin's population. < The Vowaerts cites a number of '< previous speeches oi tne emperor, ex- ' borting the soldiers to fight for him 1 when necessary, and claims that it has authentic information that his words were literally as follows: < "If the city of Berlin should < again impudently and disobedi- ] ently rise against the king, as in j 1818, then, my Grenadiers it will j be your duty, with the points of < your bayonets, to annihilate the ] impudent and disobedient." j The Tageblatt is amazed and asks what has occurred to justify the em- i peror's words. It points out that the i revolution of 1818 was not directed against the Hohenzollern dynasty and < appeals "from the ill-informed emper- < or to the rightly informed." : According to The Kleine Journal, ] Emperor "William, during a toast last evening, said: 1 "Attempts have been made to dis- 1 turb the cordial friendship between Russia and Germany. It is certainly < not my fault if such attempts have temporarily proved successful." j The Berliner Tageblatt, which confirms this statement, asserts that the i emperor made a speech, when replying to a toast to himself, in which he went j deeply into politics, and especially the Rusto-German relations and his own ( relations with the chief of the Em- , peror Alexander Grenadier regiment, j namely, Emperor Nicholas. : In the Prussian house of lords Friday, after Count Zlethen had saddled < the socialists and anarchists of Bremen ] with the offense of instigating the attack upon the emperor, Dr. Studt, ] minister of public worship and educa- j tion, stigmatized the attempt as "due < to the demoralization of youth," and i promised that public education would ; be so changed as to "inculcate a fear of God and respect for authority." The Hanover Courier says: "There is method in the fiction that the Bremen attempt was a deliberate, murderous assault. The conservatives, under * j all conditions, wish to make capital out of the attempt. The pessimistio views ' of the emperor explain themselves in the light of authentic information that his majesty's entourage are assiduously at work to convince him that the attempt was a deliberate crime, although the Bremen court has not fonnd the slightest confirmation of : such a theory." The Berliner Neneste Nachrichten ' f.pproves the emperor's sentiments on the ground that "socialists and an* archists constantly teach hatred of the kaiser." , The Cologne Gazette blames the emperor for "throwing a new firebrand into party strife," declaring that there is no disposition anywhere to revolt! The Kreuz Zeitung considers the kaiser's words regarding revolution as "timely and appropriate." The Tageliche Rundeschau regrets that the emperor dropped "words which will have a disastrous effect upon those hitherto loyal," and expresses a hope that he will not commit "faults which on former occasions have led to revolutions." The Berliner Post approves his majesty'3 utterances, "because the socialists are known enemies, whose programme could oDly be realized through bloodshed and revolution." Buck Leaves This Month. Minister Buck, of Georgia, expects to return to Japan on the 15th of April. At the state department the report circulated to tli9 effect that - he might be transferred to some other station is denied. FILIPINOS AUK SENTENCED. Five Ringleaders of Mnrderons Secret Society to lie Hanged April 5th. A Manila dispatch states that General MacArthur has approved the sentence of the military commiss^pn which tried the leader of the Philippine secret society known as the Mando-Dueat, who murdered Quisimbiming, native president of the town of Calamba, on Bay Lake, and took his head to the headquarters of the insurgent general, Cailles, of that district. Five , of the ringleaders of the Mando-Ducats were sentenced to be hanged at Calamba April 5th, one to imprisonment i for life and four others to imprisonf ment for twenty years. IAPS READY FOR FRAY likado's Subjects Feel That Ros* sia Most Be Licked. ;lash seems near at hand Activity at Various Naval Stations?Washington Off iciais Have Doubt of War. Advices from Yokohama, Japan, are o the effect that the feeling that there an be no peace in the orient, save by dministering a drubbing to Russia, s growing stronger. It is almost the tnanimons voice of the native press hat if the powers do not take measires to curb Russian aggression, Japan uust undertake the task alone. Coupld with the strong undercurrent of mblic opinion is the evidence that the ;overnment is preparing for the emergency with the utmost possible dillijence. Unceasing activity at the :arious naval stations and yards is reicrted. The nation is evidently gath:ring its resources and energies for he struggle. The Yokohama newspapers say it is >ropcsed to relieve the Japanese troops n the Chinese priv'nce of Pe-Chi-Li jy a force 50 per cent stronger. Although May is the usual month in vhich the relief of the force at Seoul akes place, the relief of the troops here will take place immediately, rhree officers of the headquarters slaff vill also proceed to Korea. These novements, with the usual activity at :he arsenals, is taken to point to the nf n ctrnn or nnli/>r V> V .Tnnatl. luwFV4:'u VA ** *******& 'J 1 A dispatch received in St. Petersburg from Yladivostock, dated Tuesday, March 26th, says that a conspiricy on the part of the Korean minister )f justice and General Tchu-Sei-Men :o bring foreign troops to Seoul was betrayed to the Korean cabinet. The bbject of the conspirators, the dispatch ldde, was to cause the downfall of the ministry. The principal plotters have been deported. THINK WAR IMPROBABLE. A Washington special says: State iepartment officials are not as much exercised over the probability of war between Japan and Russia as might be indicated from the published reports rrom the far east. It is asserted in liplomatio circles that Russia has much to lose and little to gain by going to war with Japan. I A high authority on Japanese affairs 3aid that there is but little danger of i war between Japan and Russia while the present government of Japan sxists. In the first place, it is conceded that Japan has a navy far superior to that of Russia, and in case of hostilities between these two countries Russia would be at a disadvantage. Manchuria would probably be the battleground in the event of such a war. [n that event Russia would have bnt one base of supplies in that vicinity, which is Port Arthur. Japan would at once seize that point and render Russia destitute of a naval station or any haven of refuge for her warships. In addition to this consideration, the present government of Japan is inclined to be pro-Russian in its policy, and for that reason neither the Japanese nor Russian representatives in this country anticipate war in the uear future. There was a report in circulation a few days ago that all the naval and military attaches of the Japanese govarnment in this country and in other countries bad been hastily summoned back to man Japanese warships in anticipation bf early hostilities with Russia. This statement was promptly denied at the Japanese legation. JOB FOR MEIKLEJOHN. Beaten Candidate Will Go to Mexico or to the Islands. Senator-elect Dietrich, of Nebraska, announces that he will not resign as governor until late in the fall, probably not until after election. Friends assert Mr. Meiklejohn, the defeated senatorial candidate has been tendered a position of responsibility with a land and manufacturing company in Mexico. It is also stated that a position awaits him in connection with some of the newly acquired island possessions. MAY STOP ENLISTMENTS. No Necessity For So Many Soldiers Since Agulnaldo's Capture. As a result of the capture of Aguinaldo and the belief among Washington officials that a speedy and complete collapse of the insurrection in the Philippines will follow, the full strength of the army authorized by the recent army reorganization act may not be enlisted. The question is being canvassed by the president and the authorities. If conditions turn out as the officials here now believe they will there will be no necessity for recruiting an army of 100,000 men. WON'T ABANDON STATION. Government Is Likely To Ketain Naval Post at Port Royal. A Washington dispatch says: It is unlikely that the Port Royal naval station will be abandoned by the government, for it is the intention of Roar Admiral Crowninshield, chief of the bureau of navigation, to use the place as a winter station for the training quadron. Dredging operations, when completed, will make the station more convenient for large vessels. ACTOR ROLAND REED DEAD. VVhh Most Popular Commedlsn Who Toured Southern Statas. Roland Reed, the actor, died in New York city Saturday. He had been ill for some time with cancer of the stomach, though at times he would ally, and np to three days before is demise his friends were hopful of ris recovery. For twenty-four hours ?;ior tohis death he was unconscious. For a dozen years Roland Reed has ten regarded as the most popular < mmedian who visited the southern . lates. HULLtl MlSStU UA*. Officer of Nicholas' Household Did the Shooting?Tolstoi Banished From Russia. A dispatch to The London Morning Leader from Kieff. Russia, says that an officer of the household tried to assassinate the czar. He fired at his majesty, but missed, and then shot and killed himself. TOLSTOI BANISHED. It was rumored in St. Petersburg several days ago, but generally disbelieved, that Count Leo Tolstoi had been banished from Russia because of the attempted assassination of Privy Councillor Pobiedonostzeff, chief procurator of the Holy Synod, who was shot at early in tlksv Axnmrp s\ f AfornU OO/l Tl'Vlll** CI IUC i m n II1IW- v/L iuaitu MMvi, II Ultw w?? ting in his study, the attempt being attributed to a desire for revenge, growing out of the excommunication of Count Tolstoi. Owing to the indefiniteness of the rumor, it was disregarded by the correspondent of the Associated Press at St. Pelersbnrg. Now, however, the correspondent has received a private letter from a usually trustworthy source in Vilua, capital of the government of that name, saying that Count Tolstoi was reported to have passed through Vilua March 2Gih, being escorted to the frontier by two gendarmes. The trial of Peter Karpovitch, the aisa-sin of M. Bologiepoff, the Russian minister of public instruction, who has been sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude with a loss of civil rights, was strictly secret. Admittance was only by card. STUDENTS LOYAL TO TOLSTOI. "A thousand students of the University of Kieff have forwarded a petition to the holy synod," says the ! Odessa correspondent of The London Daily Express, "in which they ask to be excommunicated with Count Tolstoi." GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. A List of Industries Established During the Past Week. Among the more important of the new industries reported for the past week are box factories at Mobile, Ala., Norfolk and Boykins, Va.; a 825,000 brick plant at Fulton, Ark.; 8100,000 brick works at Chilhowie, Va., and brick works afc Fort bmitn, Art., ana Concord, N. C.; bric'c and tile works at Norfolk, Ya.; broom factories at Norfolk, Ya., and Caldwell, Texas; a chair factory at Owensboro, Ky.; a $100,000 coal and land company at McDonald, W. Ya.; a $30,000 coal mining company at Oak Hill, Ky., and a $25,000 coal company at "Woodstock, Ala.; a cotton compress at | Scottsboro, Ala.; cotton gins at Jes! sle, Kerby, Peoria and Rockett, Texas; a cotton and woolen mill at Fayetteville, N. C.; a $1,000,000 development company at Norfolk, Va.; an j electric plant at Bowling Green, Ky; ; an electric powtr plant at Smithville, j Ky.; a $25,000 electric light and power i plant at Cleburne, Texas; a flooring I mill at Planteau, N. C.; a $25,000 ! foundry and machine shop at Bir| mingham, Ala.; a $50,000 fuel company at Corsicana, Texas; furniture factories at Vaiden, Miss., and Budisill, N. C.; a $250,000 gas company at Petersburg, Ya.; a $20,000 glass factory at Chattanooga; a grist mill and gin at Pnrsley, Texas; a hardware company at Yan Alstyne, : Texas; a harnees and saddle factory at Richmond, Ya.; ice factories at Knoxville, Tenn., and Clarksville, Texas; an ice aud cold storage plant at Covington, Tenn.; and irrigation plant at Kittrell, N. C.; a $30,000 land and improvement company at Waco, Texas; a laundry at Wadesboro, N. C.; lumber company at Cleburne, Texas, and Welch, W. Va.; lumber mills at New Orleans; a $50,000 oil company ai Houston, Texas; an oil company ai Dallas, Texas, and another at Mart, Texas; packing plants at Fort Worth end San Antonio, Texas; a paint factory at Birmingham, Ala.; a $30,00C rice mill at Gnevdan, La.; a $20,000 rice mill at Charleston, S. C.; a sash, door and blind factory at Greenville, N. C.; a $25,000 saw mill near Mem % n fcOAA Ann onrrat* mill a{ pUlO) 1CUU. % a VAUUjVUV UU^UA AMA4A W< Glenflora, Texas; a $1,000,000 tele phone company at Louisville, Ky.; an other with $250,000 capital at Inver ness, Fla.; telephone companies ai Fairview, Tenn., and Temple, Texas a trunk factory at New Orleans, and t wagon factory at Churchpoint, La.? Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) NEW TRIAL FOR POWERS. Kentncky Court of Appeal* Ilevcrsei Findings of Judge Cftutrlll. It is known unofficially alLexington, Ky., :hat Caleb Powers and Jamet Howard, convicted as accessories ir the assassination of Governor William Goebel at Frankfort in January, 1899, will be granted new trials by the court of appeals. Except in such cases as this, in which there is tremendous interest, the decisions of the court seldom reach the public except through the official announcement, but it has leaked out in some way that the findings of Judge Cantrill have been reversed. GRIGGS LEAVES CABINET. Solid Silver Pitcher Is Given to the Retiring Officer By Associates. Friday Attorney General Grigga took leave of his associates in the cabinet and in the department of justice and will leave at once for his home in Paterson, N. J. Solicitor General Richards, on be1.-1* -f ftffinaro and pmnlnl I XJItll U1 IUO VU1V&1U uuu ? J _ the department, presented to the re tiring attorney general a large, solid silver pitcher. BROWN CH1MPI0NS FILIPINOS. Ohio Republican Congressman Stronglj Condemns a Colonial Folic*. The consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill in the house Saturday developed something of a sensation, when Representative BrowD, of Ohio, standing in the centei of the Republican eide of the chamber, made a speech strongly condemning a colonial policy and urging {bat congress should at once give assurance tc the Filipinos that the pnrpose cf the United States was to give them independence. iniMht mum Russia Seems Determined to Pre* 1 cipitate Oriental War. CZAR THREATENS TO USE FORCE j China, On the Other Hand, Stands Steadfast In Her Refusal to Relinquish Hanchuria. Information lias reached Washing* ton to the effect that the Russian government, being seriously perturbed by ] the course of ChiDa in not signing the Mauchurian agreement, largely bej cause of the protest made by the sevI ai-ol nrtirors linn onnvAved a distinct , ?? rf__ _ and unmistakable indication to China that if this coarse is persisted in there may be an interruption of diplomatic | relations between Russia and China and a termination of the present intercourse between tbem. This is little short of an ultimatum that China must sigu or take the consequence of a termination of her friendly relations with Russia. To what extent the United States will take cognizance of Russia's disposition to enforce the signing of the agreement has not yet been made apparent. It appears to be the policy of the Chinese authorities to consider this as a subject which concerns the powers quite as much as it does China. The matter has become further complicated by reports reaching Washingington that the Chinese authorities themselves are divided on the course * | to be pursued, some of the most in> fluentia), including Li Hung Chang, ?J urging that acquiescence be given to i ; the Russian proposals, while others insist on rejecting the agreement. The attitude of Li Hung Chang is accounted for by his well-known friend, liness for Russian interests. In this case, however, there appears to be ar, rayed against him the strong influence . of the southern viceroys, Chan Chi Tung and Lia Kun Yi, who oppose i the signing of the treaty. The reports , ; reaching Washington Monday morning showed that the agreement not yet been signed. A London special says: "The Chinese emperor, I am officially informed, has instructed the Chinese plenipo' ' tentiaries," says the Pekin corres! pondent of The Daily Mail, "not to sign the Manchurian convention even in a modified form." Dr. Morrison, wiring to The Times , from Pekin March 28th, says: | "The Yang-tse viceroys have carried ' the day. Li Hung Chang, who wired , Tuesday urging Emperor Hwang Su , to reconsider his decision, received an answer that the throne's decision, in , ' the presence of the unanimous advice r?r/-*-rinninl officials. WSS VI IUU V/U4V,Jk V f AMvaw* _ 9 , irrevocable, and that the Manchurian , convention could not be signed, j "In spite of her threats, Russia seems destined to slam the door. No* gotiations between Li Hang Chang , and M. De Giers were certainly proceeding yesterday when M. De Giers , agreed to several formal amendments . to the text. Russia's cynical and bold diplomacy appears for once to have ! over-reached itself." MORE TIMB ASKED. > It is claimed here on reliable author' ity that China has asked Russia to ali low her a farther extension of time - before direotmg the question of signing the Manchnrian agreement Both M. De Giers and the Chinese officials i refuse to talk on the subject. i WILL BE PROBED TO BOTTOM. i Bank Will Not Shield CommiMarj Officer* ; Charged With Frand at 9|anlla. , A Manila special, under date of l April 1st, says: The sensational frauds . in the commissary department, which > were developed Sunday by the arrest ) of Captain Frederick J. Barrows and , others, will be probed to the bottom. , Orders have been issued that no guilty man escape. The number of men imb plicated in the frauds is undetermin ed, and high rank will not suffice to rtl in/innr>ta BLIIOIUO uciiu^uvutu. Colonel Woodruff, the chief commist nary at Manila, said to the representa; tive of the Associated Press that tfee i irregularities were exaggerated, and that the troops were always well supplied with stores. WILL MAKE NO RETRACTION. Attorneys of the Dnke of Westminster ' "Threaten" a Knoxville Newspaper. The Knoxville, Tenn., Sentinel re1 ceived a letter from attorneys for the i duke of Westminster demanding a i "retraction" of an alleged statement L that a divorce suit was filed against the duke of Westminster and that a : statement was "disparaging to the English press" had been made in The , Sentinel's editorial referring to the Atherton vs. Atherton divorce suit in l London. The Sentinel did not say i that the duke had sued for divorce, but did say he was named as co-respondent. It will make no retraction. RUBBER TRUST IS LIBERAL. Redaction In Prices Announced Which Means a Loss of ?2.000,000. The United States Rubber Company at Boston has announced a further reduction in its price of 5 per cent. The 5 ?li:? T*? annual price list is maae puuuu m comparison with the price list of April 1, 1900, it shows a total redaction of , 28 per cent. It is figured that the cut in prices means a loss of 82,000,000 to the com* 1 pany on rebates and orders on hand. WHOLESALE SURRENDERS. Great Droves of Filipino Insurrectionists Give Up Uneqnal Contest. ( A Manila special says: Thirty men ( of General Caille's command have sur* , rendered. Of this number five were ( officers, including Colonels Herrera , and Reloya. The recent surrenders include Gen| eral Gonzales, eleven officers and fortyfive rifles, at Malabon, and Colonel ( Herrara, three officers and twenty, five men, with rifles, at Lagans, and Colonels Pablo, Tecson and Sibul, at Bulacan. - - DKiUAViCR ruivjivn .-an President Inclndes Brave Kaasai In List of Promotions* SOUTHERNERS ALSO ADVANCE! JB Wbeaton is Appointed Major Geo* eral and 5mith Brigadier?AU In the Regular Army. The following important armyap* ^ pointments were annonnced at tha .}*: r'white house Saturday night: J To be major general United Stat& 3 Brigadier General Lloyd Wbeatoa? ; % vice Miles promoted lieutenant gea??^^ | To be brigadier generals in theregn- j^ ^ Colonel Jacob H. Smith, Seven-^ teenth United States infantry, brigudier general volunteers, vice DagetV Brigadier general, Frederick ston, United States volunteers* vwa*' .$*|j Wheaton, promoted. The announcement of these appointments was made after a conference ^f JH between the president, Secretary Boot and Adjutant General Corbin, and at - \ \"|| the same time the long expected of appointments of majors and cap* ~ tains in the quartermaster's and com- - 0 missary departments and chaplain! was made known. All of these appointments are in the .V ,iB regular army, under the recent aci-rf^ ?9 congress enlarging and reorganising^- ^ H the army and without exception thi . staff appointees' are from vo!nnteeirf| The chief interest, however, oenter- ' ^ ed in the three high appcintmenU-iot^^j ;^ a major general and two brigades, " M and more particularly in the seleetioft^ ta of General Funston after his gallast^^ - 'B exploit in capturing Aguinaldo. V/.?paB H Vnllnviiiff tVia annnnnoement eral Corbin sent the following to 0<p<fII83| "Washington, March 30.?Ma?|S "'~|S Arthur, Manila.?The following ?ppointments made: Wheaton, majors' general. Smith'and Fnnston, brig^^H diers general. Secretary of war joist t:*0. me in congratnlations to all. Among the other appointment were To be captains and assistant qaar?^i ;. fl W. M. Coulling, Virginia; W$ Bpv "'-M Barker, Mississippi; A. W. Butt, Geor- jlS gia; H. L. Pettus, Alabama; L. Garrard, Jr., Georgia; K. J. Hampton* Kentucky; B. Frank Cheatham, Tea*||. , nessee: Frederick W. Cole, Floridl^^H^ Charles T. Baker, South Carolina. m To be captain and assistant commit^*! r'JM sary of subsistence: ':j% H. G. Cole, Georgia; T. B. Hacker, 1 John \J. Moose, Mississippi; Gharltt^^^ T. Wright, Georgia; A. A. Pruden, . ":'jM The promotion of General Funs6^S. . shows that President McKinley has|| not been influenced by the disposition^ on the part of what is known as tHM j jH regular army combine to discount importance of Funs ton's sensational^ 1 achievement. The fact that a volunteer offioar. 4^gM without the assistance of the regular-. SS army, has been able to locate make a captive of this notorious pino is not relished by the regulars. Funs ton is not popular with the ragifc%j?| lar army combine, which was demonstrated by the stubborn opposition to every effort that had been made to . ,4 promote him. He was urged for pro- motion to the rank of brigadier gen- j - ; eral, but he was without sufficient ndlV^i r;-| itary or political influence to obtain1;^ ^ the recognition which many persons gg claim he was entitled to. p Four New Steamers Ordered. 9 The North German Lloyd Steam* ship Company has ordered the con- " struction of four large steamers ??3" v-Bremen, Germiny. .g Glass Works to Close Down. |? The Indiana glass manufacturers M notified all their plants in the United1 States to olose May 1st until lata ia' ; ^ v the fall. This is two weeks eariiar'-i^gB _ ' * FOUB DIE IN FLUES. ^ ? Members of Uncle Tom's Cabin Comf?f. ^ Csnrht In a Burning Car. v. At Olive, a station forty-five milec i west of Missoula, Montana, Saturday, : ^ a special car containing the Ed Davis "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Company, was burned, four members of the company losing their lives?three musician* and ',.f fp the company's cook. The car was attached to the regular eastbound train due to arrive in Mis8oula at 9:30. Shortly after leaving^ U j/jaine cue car was uidwtg>cu w fire in the sleeping apartment, and be* PS fore the alarm could be given the wbolf ear waa in flames. MARTIAL LAW PROPOSED. ^|| Boasian Capital to B? Baled By Bayonet* . Unless Trouble Subsides. A special from St. Petersburg sajsj It is reliably reported that at a min- Zjjpm ' isterial committee meeting held in tho . . presence of the Grand Duko Vladimar, commander of the St. Petersburg gar* . rison, tho proposal to place the capital uuder martial law, should the indications presago further difficulties, was | heatedly debated. OTIS IS JUBILANT. He Receives Newa of Ajruinaldo'a Captors With Expression ok ricmnro. *538 A Chicago dispatch says: General El well S. Otis was awakened Thursday morning with the news that Agn^naldo bad been captured by General Fun- I T am very glad to hear it," said He added, however, that he made H a rule never to be interviewed after ha bad once retired for the nigbtr and ha smilingly declined to say anythiag; . %