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Still Fighting io the Philippine. Washington, Feb. ll.-Gen. Otis had another victory to record this morning and, though the action be fore Caloocan did not result in as heavy a loss to the American side as the battle of iast Saturday and Sun day morning, it is believed to have been quite as important in results. Caloocan is on the line of railroad connecting Manila with Maloios, the insurgent capital, and it may be that this capture of the first named town k will make it possible to advance rapidly by rail apon the insurgent headquarters if it shall be deemed secessary to force the fighting and undertake the capture of .aguinaldo The officiais here were encouraged to day by Gen. Otis* quotation of the -opinion of credible persons, Filipi nos, it is understood, to the effect that Aguinaldo BO longer has the power to keep the insurgents under his lead, as this points to an early submission of the insurgents to the American: government None "will be allowed to came to Manila, however, until they have aid down their arms for good As for Agu i naldo, it is now believed that he will refuse to the last to make terms that -would meet with the approval of Gen. Otis, and that when the insur- j rection mils through he will make his escape to the continent rather than i remain in Luzon. SOME MORE FIGHTING Manila, Feb. ll, 2 30 p m -Early to-day the monitor Monadnock and ihe cruiser Charleston began drop ping shells into the rebel camp be tween Caloocan and Malabon. The enemy's sharpshooters io the jungle on the American left had been particularly annoying since daylight, j so the Third artillery drove the rebels j ont of tbe jungle at noon Bass, an artist representing Har .par's Weekly, was ehot in the arm j yesterday The loss of the enemy is j estimated at folly 50 killed andi wounded to one American killed or I wounded. j THE INTENSE HEAT Manila, Feb 11, 5 25 p. m -The i %eat to day knocked out many more i of our men than did the Filipino -hallets, especially in the marsh lands north of Malabos, where the Kansas -regiment wag stationed Fully a score of them were taken to the hospital v Among the incidents of the day, it is claimed that Privates Hartley and J Fitch, of the Thirteenth Minnesota ; regiment, were both wounded in the legs by the same bullet, and Private Mitchel! of C . B of the Kansas reg Iment, while assisting a couple of tuen to the rear, was shot in the left arm The railroad is now open to Caloo j can and snpplies for the troops are j being forwarded by rail. NO FIGHTING YESTERDAY j Manila, Feb 12, 4 50 p m -Coo | trary to general expectations alt is quiet along the entire line Nothing -has happened up to ibis hour to dis turb the "peace of Sunday - In Manila the inhabitants bave i generally recovered from the alarm occasioned by the fear of a native uprising, and are resuming their ordinary business The shipping interests are natur- j ally suffering, since there have been mo clearances for Philippine ports for a week, but on the other band, for eign shipping has increased, espe ciaily for Hong Kong, every steamer bound thither being crowded with { timid refugees FIGHT FROM THE JUNGLE Despite ibis quietude many are; asking whether the problem is not still far from solution A week ago those who took aa optimistic view predicted that the terrible lesson just administered to the rebels would set tie the question of Filipino indepen dence io short order. But this pre diction bas not been fulfilled As a matter of fact the rebels are now -scattered throughout the country hushwackers, except at Malabon, where they are gathered in force -Even there their methods savor more of guerrilla than of civilized warfare, every boah and clump of trees furn Ashing a cover for their sharpshooters Unfortunately, for miles around the land is studded with bamboo jungle, and open spaces are few and far be tween This affords the natives, who taght better under cover, a distinct advantage in many places (be jon gie is so dense that the eye cannot .penetrate it, and only by the sashes of their ri Ses are the whereabouts of the enemy indicated Under such conditions it is re markable that the American casual ties should be so few, while tbe num ber of dead natives found in the brueh after every skirmish testifies to the precision of onr fire Last week there was not a single day without fighting, but the Americans steadily advanced, carrying everything before them, and gradually increasing their semi circle, until now it spreads fan i shape from four to ten miles around Manila, the waterworks being the I most distant point It is now known that the Filipino ^ss is fully 2.500 killed, with wound I ed 7 as t'y io excess of that D a m ber, j aod thousands are held prisoners. ! AU this bas been achieved at the j cost of 65 Americans killed and 257 ; wounded. There are two Americans \ missing and unaccounted for. No fewer than 10 of the native j villages have surrendered or been ! captured Several have been de etroyed because their houses harbor ; ed men, frequently disguised in female attire, who shot from windows and roofs at the American troops Many rifles and a ton of ammunition have been seized As might be ex peeled, there has been looting in the outskirts, but it has been doue in direct violation of orders The only incident that has broken the quiet of the day followed the arrival! of the German first class cruiser Kaiserin Augusta When she saluted Admiral Dewey this afternoon a report spread rapidly that tbe American Vt arships were bom bard i Dg Malabon To-day crowds have visited the scenes of last week's fighting All the roads from the city were throng ed with vehicles Bot beyond burn ed villages and the new mounds in tbe fields there was little to be seen A close inspection show that most of the enemy's dead bad remained at their post to the last, as the bodies were usually surrounded by empty cartridges, while in the trenches, wherever there were no dead, there was little and often no ammuuiton Among the distinguished prisoners captured in Manila since the outbreak of hostilities are Capt. A G Esca n*ildo, Aguinaldo's private secretary; Capt E P. Veraguth. Col. Martin de loa Reyes and Senor Thomas del Rosario, a member of - tbe co called Filipino congress io session at Ma lolos A few minor Filipino officials are also in custody I An English Account of Fight ing .London. Feb ll -A dispatch io Renter's Telegram company from Ma nila describing the captare of Caloocan, dwells upon the excellence of the Amer ioao plans and the precision with wbioh they were carried out. The dispatch adda : At 4 p m . the American ships war ed firing Theo the army fired three sacs, ar au interval of teo seconds, sig Dating tbe advance of the whole lioe, the Kansas regiment leading through the jungle The rebel 's lett wing was di verted by Msj Bell and a hundred men T< was like clockwork There was no hitch anywhere. * Tbe rebels, estimated to have nam bered ten thousand men, were demoral ized by the shelis The Americans ad vanced io open crder At 500 yards there was a hal* and then a cn arge and f he rebels stampeded from their trench es wbioh were admirably constructed. The Americans refrained from wasting ammunition, but rushed on without fir ing and used their bayonets and the butta of their rifles. There was no hea vy shiugbter The railroad is practically uninjured To day the ships are sbelliog beyond Cal ocean The Americans will probably reach Malabon to dav and M alec es in a fort night Dispatches to the Globe from Bong Kong say the Filipino junta there has received, by -(tamer from Manila, far ther news of the recent fighting Tho Filipino agents say the Ameri cans piaeed vessels along tbe shores of the hay sod commenced hostilices "un expectedly at midnight on Saturday, simultaneously bombarding the defence less towns of Foodo Malak a&d Malabon " The agents of the rebels also say, "the slaughter of womeo and children was frightful, the Americans burning and devasratiiig all fefore them, coo dacti i a war nf extermination and shooting every Filipino 7 The age ts of the Ft H pis oa declare their intention of "appealing to Cbris tecdom" and say their indignation against tbe American is intense A amusing extract from the opin ioD of an Englishman of this country appears in a paper in Harper's Mag azine for February The Englishman is frank and open eyed He sees bow reckless this country has be come, and what wild ideas fill the heads of the people He is much struck with the vigor, the extrava gance, the grasping ideas of Uncle Sam We copy what he says : ' All who look twenty years ahead in their calculions are aghast at the mere brute force of this insular giant, America, who is ignorant of and indifferent to the traditions of Euro j pean policy, who cares nothing about i spending 200 000 a day in a need less war They see the mischief which this giant can make with a few ships of war, interfering io Europe to day, leaping into Asia to morrow, bombarding right and left, and discussing the advisability of throwing their shells at the coast of Europe itself Already the Ameii cans are a pfople who grow their j own food supplies and 'corner' them ; j who make bicycles steam engines, 1 machinery and fine instruments ! cheaper and baiter than the Europe I ans ; who underbid the English for j railway construction in London and j ! who are already landing steel rails in j Liverpool This is to day The mind is terrorized if it tries to con ceiv ! what that giant will do in twenty years' time " ILOILO CAPTURED. Washington, F*b. 13 -Shortly before midnight Adjt. Gen. Corbin made pnblio the following dispatch from Maj. Gen. Otis, reporting the capture of the town of lloilo by the American forces under Geo Miller OD the 11th inst : Manila, Feb. 13. General Miller reports from lloilo that town taken 11th instant aod held by troops. Insurgents given until evening of 11th to surrender, bot their hostile actioQ brought on an engage ment during the morning Insurgents fired native portion of town, bat little loss of property to foreign inhabitants No casualties among the United States troops reported. (Signed) Otis HOW IT WAS DONE. Manila, Feb U, 9 45 a m.-The United Stales gunboat Petrel arrived late last evening with dispatches from Brig. Gea Marcus P. Miller to Maj Gen Otis, announcing that lloilo had been taken by the com bined military and navy forces on Saturday morning. Gen Miller, on receipt of his in structions from Manila, Bent the native commissioners ashore from the United States transport St Paul with a communication for the rebel gov ernor of lloilo calling upon him to surrender within a time stated, and warning him not to make a demon stration in the interval. The rebels immediately moved their guns and prepared to defend their position Thereupon the Petrel fired two warning guns, aud the rebels immediately opened fire on her. The Petrel and the Baltimore then bombarded the town, which the rebels, having set on fire, immediate ly evacuated. American troops were promptly landed and extinguished the fires in all ca&es of foreign property, but not before considerable damage had been done. It is believed that the enemy's loss during the bombardment was heavy, but no American casualties are reported A COMPLETE CORDON Manila, Feb. 13.-4:05 p m. The Twentieth Kansas aod the First Idaho volunteers have been recalled from the marsh lauds north of Malaboo, and the former regiment is now en trenched in front of Caloocan Toe American lines form a complete cordoo 22 miles in length, from the coast north almost to Pasaqua, sooth of Manila. There has been no change in to-day's position of the troops, except that the Fourth United States cavalry has relieved the First Idaho volunteers and a battalion of the Twenty third io fan try ba been stationed on the left flank to prevent the rebels sneaking along the beaob. The enemy are nosy throwing ap entrenchments on their eft, sharpshoot ers io the jangle ooveriog their opera t ons. Several Americans were wounded in the frenches. Second Lieutenant Geo A. Seaman of Batter? B, Utah artillery, wss shot io the leg while standing near bis gun. Four men of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers were wounded slight ly. List night Private Briotao, Cc B. and Private Steven of Co. G, Twentieth Kansas, were wounded. j THE CHARLESTON OFF MALO LOS. All the enemy's dead at Caloooan have been buried-127 last Sunday and 300 yesterday Toe United States cruiser Charleston bas moved np the coast and is now off Maiolos, the seat of the so caiied Filipino government, at & distacoe estimated at aboot eight m ilea FILIPINOS AND THEIR LEADER. Maniia. Feb. 4, via Hong Kong, Feb 13 -Native papers assert that at a conference at Maiolos, on Thursday, February 2, Aguinaldo's generals peti tioned for an immediate and formal declaration of war. Aguinaldo refased to comply, oo the gronnd that be had promised the foreign condula at Manila tbat war would not De declared without doe warning. TRIED TO HIRE SPANIARDS. London, Feb. 13 -Renter's Tele gram company, limited, bas reaeived the following dispatch from Manila, dated February 13 3 45 p. m : "Alter the capture of Caloocan, a Spaniard who bad been a prison there came to the Amerioaos, holding op his bands, and said that the Filipinos bad offered to release the Spaniards, espe cialiy the artillerymen, if they would undertake ebe 6ght against the Ameri caos ct $4 a day Most of the Span iards refu.-ed. and even those who accepted the offer did so io thc hope of effecting au escape " Tbe Pie^s and Bant er this week de votes a oolanta to tbe excoriation of J -bo J Dargan for bis recent letter condemning the people ot' Greenwood ana Abbeville counties for their atti fude toward the Tolberts, but we are inclined to believe that it was a neeuie* wa-iie of time aod space The editor of Pres* and B*nnrr ^pent four yeats up "near the flambing of tbe guns" and should know better than to use 13 inch sbeilo in trying to kill guat9.-Green wood Index. Severe Blizzard in South. Practically Every Southern State Reports Record Breaking Tempe rature. Washiogtoo, Feb. 13 -The weather department to-night issued the following statement : Since Sunday night the Atlantic coast 6torm has moved from Florida to the Massachusetts coast, with a velocity and increased- intensity, sure as bas been seldom equalled in tbe history cf the weather bureau. Remarkably heavy snow has aacom pnaiedthis storm, and still continues at 8 o'clock p. m. from Virginia northward. Accompanying the snow there were northerly winds of hurricane velocities, and hurricane warniogs were issued at noon on the Atlantic coast from Dela ware breakwater to Eastpcrt. So severe has been this storm t at there has been an almost total paralysis of all classes in the middle Atlantic States In the vicinity of Washington this storm has greatly exceeded all previous records. About 20 inches of snow has fallen since Saturday afternoon, and 34 inches during the past eight days. Of equal interest with this storm bas been the record-breaking low temperatures of the south. At New Orleans this morniog the temperature was 6 degrees above zero, 9 degrees lower than any previous record, while at Jacksonville it was 10 above zero,'or 4 degrees lower than any previoua reoord. The observers at Jack sooyiile report heavy snow and sleet j during Sunday night, and that great damage has been done to tbe crops. Toe line of freezing temperature in Florida extended tbroogb the upper two-thirds of the State, with a maximum i ot 28 degrees at Tampa At Key Weat to night the temperature is only 28 I degrees, 23 degrees below the oormal j Warnings of this destructive freeze were issued during Saturday and Sun day, and suppplemented for Florida this morning. Warnings of much colder weather were issued this morning for Habana and the Bahamas, the same being indi cated for Tuesday morning The line of zero temperature this morning extends through Southern Alabama and Georgia, bot there has been a steady rise, and to-night tbe temperature raoges from 20 to 50 degrees Throughout the central val leys, the lake regions and the west the temperatures have risen from 10 de grees to 38 degree?, and are above the freezing point of the slope region Generally fair weather bas also coo ticued in these districts j Clear -weather is indicated during Tuesday morning in the middle Allan tio States aod New England, except on the New England coast, wberotbe soow will likely continue during the day Fair weather is indicated for he re mainiog districts except tbe upper Mississippi valley, where light snows are likely Rising temperatures are indicated generally from the Mississippi to the Allegbaoies. and also io the Golf and South Atlantic States. Io the middle Atlantic and New England States cold weather wiil con* tinue for another day. Dangerously high northwesterly winds will prevail during Tuesday io New Eoglaod and tbe upper portion of the middle Atlantic States; high north westerly winds on the North Carolica and Virginia ooasc, slowly diminishing during the day. and brisk west to south winds on the south coast. Hurricaoe sigoals are displayed oo the Atlaotio coast from Delaware breakwater to Eastport and storm north west signals from Baltimore to Wil mington. THE BLIZZARD IN NEW ORK. New York. Feb. 13 -Tbe storm 7bich has beeo raging since Saturday night increased in violence to day, becoming a thorough blizzard. Soow foil ail day and is still coming down A bitter northwest wind drives the snow io clouds through tbe streets, sweeping the sidewalks in some plaoes aed io others piling up 3 foot snow drifts. The street cleaning department, after struggling for 36 hours to clear the priooipal streets, gave up entirely, even surrendering Bruadway to the wind and snow. CHARLESTON ASTONISHED. Charleston, Feb. 13 -When tbe city awoke this morning it found itself wrap ped io a blanket of snow. It was bit terly oold all of last night, the ther mometer registering as low as 13 de grees. Until after midnight rain and sleet fe i i The snow did not come till towajds morning The fail was var ioasly estimated to from 2 to 3 inches oo a level. Business hap practically been suspended all day Merchants, clerks, business men and private citizens hav<> paraded the streets, engaging in snowball batties. Toe street oars have not been able to run, and no trains have entered or gone out of the city to day. The weather if the ooldeet ever j experienced here, the thermometer reg j sitering 9 degrees at 2 p. m to-day Five years ago there was a small snow ! storm io the city, but the conditions then were not (qua! to those prevailing here to day Charleston'a weather re cords show no parallel to the storm which started yesterday aod which still continues. The injury to vegetables Sunny cannot yet be estimated, but it is enor maas. Norfolk, Va , Feb 13 -No scboon i er has arrived or cleared at Norfolk since Saturday. The harbor is frozen, as is the Hampton Hoads and Chesapeake bay to a mile outside of Capes Henry and Charles. Only one steamer arrived to-day. All transportation lines are cut off, ferries running only hourly and will be forced to stop to night The snow is 14 inches deep and stitt failing, and getting colder Nothing since 1857 to equal it Beats all previous ^eather bureau records. Ice ic the harbor is 4 inches thick . COLDEST ON RECORD. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 13 -Augusta is in the midst of the coldest spell oo record. The scow ceased falling at 3 30 a m. and the soo shone all day, but without caus Dg aoy diminishing effect io the bitiog cold The lowest poiot reached by the mercury for 24 boors eoding at 8 p m was 4 de grees The maximom was 17 de grees, and the deficieocy of tempera tore over the same date last year was 40 degrees Mach damage is reported by the farmers aod fruit growers, though the foll exteot is oot yet obtainable. There is great suffering among the poor, though oo fatalities are report ed At Camp MacKenzie the meo are fairly comfortable amid the tryiog conditions which the unprecedented ly cold weather imposes All the tents have floors aod are furnished with stoves and while the experi euee of camping out in a blizzard is rathe? disagreeable there has been no severe suffering. Cleveland, Bryan, Carnegie. Atlanta, Ga , February 10.-The semiweekiv Journal, an agricultural paper ruo io ccccecticn with the Atlanta Journal, by the Ho Hoke Smith, will, in this week's issue, pub lisb views oo the Philippine question from Ex President Cleveland, tbe Hon. W J Bryan and Andrew Carnegie. Mr Clevelaod 83ys : "If there is anything that oan arrest the attention or challenge the thought of our people in their mad rush towards yawoiog disaster, it is more likely to be the earnest, well informed and patriotic warnings of tbe decent press than any thing else 91 Mr Bryan says : "I have confidence that the Ameri can people when they have a chance to speak, will reject imperialism, and mil itarism, and remain true to the doctrine j of self government " Mr. Carnegie says : 'The influence of a superior race upon an inferior io the tropios is injur ious, demoralizing, and never elevating Imperialism is the orazs of the boor Thorough Americanism, euch as the South now stands for, is for ail time I congratulate the South upon its adher ence to the principles of Washington and Jefferson, which are bound to pre vail. Now for Trouble With Ger many. Monday's telegram from Washing ton says that our government has deter mined to disoover wbo recently sup plied the Filipino insurgents with mod ero goos and ammoomoo. A prominent official who is eminent authority bas made the statement that. the German agencies have largely sup plied the Filipinos with arms. He said thirty thousand stands of arms were se cured at Hong Kong for Aguinaldo by a German firm, and thai a German con sular agent was instrumental io effect iog the Durchase. The agent is said tc have participated ic the purchase notas an orlcial, but as an individual. An Allegheny urchin has a baby j sister of which be was at first extremely proud, but soon he became tired of ber tendency to vocalism Wheo the baby was only a few days old he heard his mother and older sister denouncing a store manager who refused to take back some dress goods which had been kept by the family for three or four days The boy began to cry and managed tc explain bis grief as follows : "I am just sore the docter won't take the baby back now, as she is damaged goods We have bad ber iu this house j for four days " Washington, Feb. 20 -The House naval committee bas struck a total on the naval apporpriatioo bill about to be reported, showing that it will carry something over 345,000,000. of which $11,000.000 wili be for tbe first year's appropriation OD three oew battle hip*, j three armored cruisers and six small | cruisers. - - BUCKLING ARNICA SALTS. The beet Bal re io tbs world for Cots . .-*> , Sorts, Ulcer*. Seit Rheua, Fever, j . -.? Triter, Chapped litada, Chilblain*, Corni j ?.? xii SLla Krnptions and positively eare* et or no pa.7 required. It is gnarant#ed tc j '.vt perfect satisfaction, or aoney rei anded ! oo 24 cent per box; For sale by Dr, J. ff, ' l/a J*oraie. Good Sewing Machines from $10 00 up at Randie's. The "White" is the best on earth. RIOTOUS ACTS OF SOLDIERS. Mustered Oat Otoo Volun teers Commit Wholesale Robberies. Macon, Ga , Feb. 10 -The mer chants and business men of Macon are highly indignant to night over the atrocion8 robberies committed bj the members of the Second Oaio regiment to day as they were being mustered ont of the service of the United States - A large number of the merchants sent wagons loaded with merchan dise ont to the camp to sel! to the * discharged soldiers The colonel ordered them to leave the camp The " robberies committed by the men did not end here, bat they came to the city and, while ander the influence of whiskey went into several stores and walked oat with goods right ia the face of the amazed merchants. Several of them were arrested, and , after taming over the goods, were released They also went to houses of ill repute and committed al! kinds of depredations, one of the charges against them being rape. This conduct was not general with the members of tue regiment, and ls deeply deplored by a large number of the better class of the men A number of officers of the regiment sigoed the following writisa state ment : '.The officers and men of the Sec ond Ohio, with the exception of the colonel, J A Kuert, feel very much chagrined at the outrages perpetrated tbfs morning upon several of your merchants at the camp ground. They were there as free American citizens selling, their goods and de livering them to men who had pre viously engaged them The colonel I ordered them out of the grounds and I threatened to turn the boys loose on their wares if they did not go This was practicaliy telling the men to go ahead and rob the merchants, and was an outrage by which a majority of the men are very much humili ated." This was signed by Capt. R I>. Smith, Lient C C Rutledge, Lieut. J F Henkle, E E Sykes, W a. Wilson, Maj Worthington Kautzaiao, John Corey and Maj Campbell. This statement was prepared hur riedly just before the train started, otherwise many more signatures would have been added When the regiment came to Macon a number of the mea looted stores along the way and were furious when the local papers took op the matter. The regiment left the city in dis grace and a number of those who were not included in the riotous set stayed behind because they were ashamed of the conduct of their com rades Three of the men are held at police headquarters now The loss to the Macon merchants will amount to considerable One merchant had to close bis store, so heavy was his loss, and he says that he is ruined forever He was even robbed of his overcoat, and his negro driver, who had on a pair of gold rimmed spectacles, was relieved of them. A requisition will probably be made on the governor of Onia for the return of Col Keurt to this State for w prosecution for aiding and abetting robbers. KEURT DENIES IT Macon, Ga , Feb 10 -Col Keurt of the Second Ohio regiment was waited on before he left today by one of the merchants, and he said that be was not responsible for the conduct of the men. as they were no longer under his command, and be had nothing to do with them. HOME ENTERTAINMENT Is so largely a matter of ausic tb*t there ia very little entertainment at home without a Piano. Have solid merit as attested by the high praise of everyone who has bought a Stiefif Piano for the past fi?ty years. Call and examine our stock or write for Il lustrated Catalogue. OHAS. M. SHEFF, BALTIMORE 9 North Liberty Si. WASHINGTON 521 11TB ST. N. W. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, 8. C. City and County Depository Transacts a g nerai Banking business, ai > has A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per aonuo. Payable quarterly, on first da?gof Januarv, April, July and October W F. B HAYNS WORTH, W F. RHAME. Cashier. President. Jan 13. The Drug Store Kimi, but price tlie same as ordinary brands. Druggists buy Anvil Soda in bulk and sell it at live cents an ounce, (irocers sell it tn packages at !0o. a ix>und or 3 ixuinds for 25c. * it is Exactly the Same Soda* \ To get the l>est you must insist on packages put up by the manufacturer with the ANVIL BRAMO TRADEMARK.