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Bill MM WllKlY IEIIIR i 1 I MAKES A STROWJ TALK IN RE- 1 HARD TO LYNC'IIINOS. I HE WADES INTO THE CRITICS. : i i Bill llrclkroa That Sit (luoil Man Hal Ilea- ' tin t<> Ki-ar For tlic Kttiulli of 1 Moll I.HIT. s 1 The lynching of Sam Holt is over. < The press anil the preachers have ex- * pressetl their horror or their approval ami the *orhl moves on?not a stay ? nor a stop nor a jolt is felt either so- 1 cially, religiously, financially or com- ^ mercially. Tlio fulminations of tho northern press nor the apprehensions t of editors nearer lioine amount to any- i thing. History in just repenting it- ? self. Every few years something like , this happens ami the press ami tho t preachers explode in about the same i languuge until they get tired ami theu c subside and wait quietly for some si other burrowing thing to happen. \ We remember well what the press t said about the burning of tho brute at I Dallas a few yenrs ago nml the same r adjectives were used nml the same a anathemas hurled upon our people. The brute who ravished a child of six * yenrs and then killed her and threw ln,r < mutilated body into the bushes nctu- ? nl I v foiinil frtiitiila nmntirr mir ttiiontiuu They said it was hiatal to burn him. i We remember when tlio negro as- a saulted a little girl near Madison as 1 alio was going home from school alone s and fcjien cut her throat and threw her 1 body "in a gnlly and covered it with I, brush. When vengeance overtook t hiin the'', northern press howled as k usual. I It is their business to howl. They 1 like it. and do doubt are glad this t thing hart happened. It feeds their << appetite and nurses their wrath and v will lust tliem a week, perhaps longer, a In the language of Governor Oates, 1 1; would rise to a pint or order and usk, "What are you goi.ig to do about it?" v Nothing, of course, nothing. Such t tilings will happen sometimes every- v where at long intervals, hut they do t l) >t afl'cct a single item of civilization. 1 Who is afraid to move to Georgia or c Texas because of lynchings? Nobody, \ save, perhaps, a few laid men who f think of coining because they are in had repute at home. Fitzgerald was not afra^fl^^^me, nor nfraid to stay, tin while I write. no man pursuetli. No good man is in danger of the lynchers. No law-abid- 1 ing citizen lias any fear for himself or his household. It takes a terrible crime to arouse a u whole community into such a remedy, and so 1 feel 110 personal alarm. Header, do you? The truth is that lyneliings are not r as frequent in the south as they have n heen, but are getting quite common i over the line. We read that they tried P to lynch a man in New York the other 1 day for stealing a horse. Why they ' have long since quit that in Texas. 1 Mr. Inninu is right or nearly so. He n says in liin answer to the symposium n of opinions that "there is no just i cause for alarm among the country people?no greater cause than there has been. That 'do per cent of the people, both white and black, are harmless and law-abiding and we will have to watch and punish the other 5 per cent just as wo have been doing for many years." The per cent of bad negroes is greater than he thinks, f The number in the chaingangs prove j this, but their crimes are generally misdemeanors, larceny and bur,',la?y, ' and education does not correct this. 1 Hooker Washington says it does, but tobservation and statistics of the prison x commission prove the reverse. 1 We old men who owned slaves before the war are established in our opinions that education does not les neii crime, neither anions whites nor blacks. Mr. Stetson, the chairman 1 ?if the school commission Jhf Mi.ssaohHsotts, ileclareil this in A pamphlet ^ several years ago,and pr ovcdlhat educution increased crime not a little, but to an alarming extent. 1 have great respect for Hooker Washington,, ami believe that the kiml of education he is giving will lessen crime among the ' pupils he is educating. <?ur riaves were educated by fear of the lash or I the whipping post, ami yon can pick ' tliein out today. It is their children, born since the war, or their grandchildren who are in the chaingnng. , Why should there be 4,Odd negroes in these state and county chaiugangs of (Scorgia when there are only '210 , white convicts? It will not do to say j the negro is punished and the white . man escapes. That is a lie and every | observing man knows it. My own oh- , serration is tliat the courts lean to the , negro rather than against him. No small per cent of the colored convicts , arc now serving a second term and some a third term, which proves that imprisonment does not reform the uecro. When he conies out his Inst condition is worse than the lirst. But the whipping post would so thoroughly reform a young negro that he would not repent the ofVense. Confinement in jail nearly crushes the soul out of a white man, hut a negro is perfectly contented there. Ask the slieritVs or the jailers if this is not so. Now, it will take perhaps ten years to do it, hut my candid opinion is that the number of convicts would in that time he reduced from 4,000 to 400 were the whipping ]>ost used instead of the chaiii.gnng. Delaware has ex peri merited with this for hali n century ind will not abolish it Jt is u?ed for ill colni's? white. hliu'k anil mulatto. If tbat little state was south of the ine wouldn't she catch it from the northern press utid northern preaches? tint how can we make the change, 'or as long as the negio has a \ote he will v<>te against a candidate who fa rors it and the candidates aie genet ully demagogues and dare not disdease the negro? No, they won't veil pass a dog law for fear of oflendng their eolored constituents. Kvery low and then my wife asks uie to Imy tonie mutton and savs we used to have nutton. but tlie negroes own tlio logs niul the dogs have exterminated he sheep in llartow county. Wo night to change the constitution and fleet lawmakers for four or six years ind after thnt they should ho ineligi>Ie. Then they wouhlent .talk and rote for buncombe. Some of the symposium writers bought that the law's delay and the awycrs were to blame for these lynelir.gs. Not so. A lynching for that rime is but the outburst of human in lignatiou. The law's delay is not in heir minds. Il l know myself I am as rood a inun as any horror-stricken >ditor or preacher. I am kind in lienrt ind love my fellow men und fellow vomen. I respect the supremacy of he law just as much as (iovernur Atkiupon or any other governor, but 1 ejoiced when the brute was caught tnd burned. How much he suffered is c f no consequence to me, nor am I afraid of the 'rowd that did it or that wili do it igain. It was the unanimous verdict >f a very la-go jury, a jury of men and vomen, and I am not chicken-hearted ibout such suspects ns Lige S.trick atul, nor would I take very much ympAthetic talk from other negro cuders who raise their hristlcs. I ;no\v ami feel that the white people of he south have been kind; yep, over;iiul to the negro since the war and hat vunkco emissaries have alienated iim from us ?n<l we have got no hanks for all we have done. Sooner >r later we will have to take away his ote and establish the whipping post nd then, and not till then, will we inve peace between the raees. If these remedies affected a few bad vliite men, let them share it or leave he country. Some of us remember vlien the knklux was our only prctceiou, and it raised a howl that Mas icard aerofs the ocean, but it saved ur wives and our daughters when the vorld, the tiesh and the devil were gainst us. . And so, let the procession proe^fTl. 1*. S. ? Dr. F,. Van t'loidtsj^f^.]), 0f Ulanta, is a scholar nnd^f^^ll^|,.?1!llK le sends me the traji^fulion of Bishop |^j|^^^^jj^eadf<l cane: "Kpis STew York." Thanks.?Bill Anr, Atunta Constitution. THIS LEHALIZBS I'OLYIUHY. IriltM' IitMiicil Itv Uenel'ill Wooil at Snutimi?<> Hits Fiir-liea<'liiii'{ KHVi l, A dispatch from Santiago tie Cuba, ays: It is pointed out thai a curious esult of (ieueral Wood's announcelent that the marriage ceremonies of II religious sects are legal may be the emporary legalization of polygamy, u any event there were some 11,01)0 irregular" marriages in this province luring the war and as there are no uarriugc laws except those of the llouan Catholic church, the new order isnres the legalizing of the offspring f such unions. VI 11,1, l?r. I U.tl l'l.r. I T. I? Iliu Itur Iron Trust IV<>|il? Now Have Kvriyt liltic IScmlv. A special to the Chattanooga Times rum Birmingham, Al t., says that it is earned hero that the organization of he new Republic Iron and Steel comany, with a capital of Sofi,00(1,000, generally known as the bar iron trust, vill be completed in New York during ho lirst three days of next week. CHOKKK OFF FOR KlKOl'F. I'tuai muiiy < lih?f l.raV4?^ ?w Vork For Hon Y<?y;t|g?* Ahroail. lticliar 1 Broker sailed Wednesday ront Ne\s York for Knrope. When the Tammany chief reached llie pier half an hour before tho big liner pulled out of her berth, he was met by a party of friends, who had onto down to say "bou voyage." Mr. Broker was all smiles, and he nodded pleasantly to as many as caught his ye. COMMISSION SKNOS ICKl'OKT If ilic ( iilifrrrliri' At X| mitl.i Willi l!r|irrHciitativ?'H nl' Atfiiliinlilo. The state department received a long eport bv cable Monday from President Schurman, of the 1'hilipinc comnissioii, of the conference that was I 1 a I fit \I il II I 1 tl V ii t 11 u V !?/. uwtnii !?*? nembers of the commission anil three epresentatives of Aguinahio. The text of tlie dispatch was not mule public, hut it was stated that Mr. Seliui man's report agreed precisev w ith the Associated Press statement f the proceeding* in the; conference i > cabled from Manila. 4>K0l{<alA COLONELS KICK. Tlicr I'rolfnt AkhIikI I'avlntc Their Own Y. * cense* To Atlanta. A Savannah dispatch says: "The (ieorgiu colonels in this section of the state have all received invitations from (iovernor ('andlcr to accompany the party that is going to Chicknmauga to the unveiling of Georgia's monument. In the invitations the colonels here were also invited to pay their own expenses to Atlanta and other expenses generally. They have come to the conclusion that they will not go." PMIEIS1HEID OP. MAIL FOR MANILA IS STOPPED AT SAN FRANCISCO. ANTI-IMPERIALISTIC LITERATURE. Poituiiiler UtDtml Smith Takaa Action Through the Orders of the Cabinet at Tuenlav't Meeting. A Washington special Hay*: The postmaster general baa directed the poatmaater at San Franciaco to take out of tlio mails for Manila three pamphlets issued by Edward Atkinson, of Boston, vice-president of the Anti-Imperialistic league. " This order doea not apply rtf the circulation of the phamphletajjyf mail in this country, but bars theij/ dispatch from this country to tbv^hilippines, discontent and even mutiny among the soldiers bring abated by the department to be the desigu of these publications. The three puinplilets are especially described ami iu uo eircu ustnnces are they to be forwarded by mail to the Philippines. The absentees from Tuesday's cabinet meeting were Secretaries Gage, Long, Alger and Wilson. One of the subjects of discussion was the circulars which were mailed to the troops at Manila criticising the Plilippine policy of the government nnd advising volunteers whose term of service is about to expire not to reenlist. A member of the cabinet, in speaking of tko matter, said that Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, who is believed to have been largely instrumental in the preparation and sending out of these circulars, was unquestionably guilty of assisting an insurrection uguiust the authority of the United States and was subject to a term of imprisonment or a heavy Hue or both. The law, which, it is said, has been violated in section 5JW4 of the revised statutes, is as follows: "Every person who incites, sets on foot, assists cr engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, slial 1 bo piUM\bed by imprisonment not more than ten years'or by a Hne of "hot move ten thousand dollars, or by both of such puuishments; and shall, moreover, be incapable of holding any office under the United States." What action, if any, will bo taken in the matter haf^^^been deter Mr. Atkinson as person without any proper im^^^^biu of the gravity of the offense ^^^Eitted, and the government may noWrfc this time take action against Mr. Atkinson and his assistants. The postmaster general stated at the cabinet meeting that he had ordered the circulars stopped at San Francisco. Members of the army department regard Mr. Atkinson's alleged act as seditious and disgraceful, and it is not improbable, if repeated, prompt and ! energetic action will be taken. WOMEN Sl'FFKAfiTSTS MEET. , ItfnolntIoiih On Thflr Siilcri^ In tli? South Tii'iifil Down. At a convention ii Grand Kapijjf, Mich., Tuesday the >atioual Woiihs Suffragist Association elected Su?tn ' It. Anthony presidmt; Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, vice president; Rachel 1 Foster A vary, coresponding secre- 1 tary; Alice Stone Rkckwell, recording secretary; Harriet'Jiylor Fpton, treasurer; Carrie Chnptau Catt, chairman > 1 of committee organizations; Laura ! Clay and Catheriu Waugh Taylor, ' auditors. A colored wonu'i from Michigan 1 offered a resolution demanding that colored women in he south be permit- 1 ted to ride in tlio sine cars with white women. Laura Clay, ofKeutucky, warmly attacked the resoltiou as ail insult to the southern whitovouien. * After a warm dbate the resolution was thrown out a tending to create factional feeling. ^ Resolutions wer adopted protesting against the word "male" in the suf- 1 frage clause proved for the llawuii constitution. Reommemls a commission of women toinvestigate the con- ? ditions in our is! id colonics. 1 XSOHK 0 THIEVES. At'ler Kolihiiitf Homo Tlioy Attempt to Cremate to Iiinmfe*. Thieves entereitke liuu.se of H. II. McAllister, a wil-known citizen of c lirunswick, (lu., Monday night and i after stealing $ .."> in eush from the family upstairs aturnted the lower A floor with kerome oil and set tire to i it, hut hy someunkuown means the t hla/.e went out. i i The crime wi discovered Tuesday J i morning and foa time was kept very < \ quiet in order tcntch the criminals, j 1 Nine person!were asleep upstairs j I and the effort <> cremate them has | i aroused intens indignation among a those who knovthe facts. J c SIM I IS 11K \1>Y. 4io%'<>riiineiit l'r#?r?nt to K^rrlvr I'ayiiient ' Kin'lillllipllii H. A Wnshingti dispatch says: Acting , on cahle insftetions from the gov- J f ornor of the tank of Spain, at Mad- ( rid, the Trem ambassador, M. Cam- | ' hon. has couleted arrangements for , the transferrg to Sjiain of the 820,- I t 000,000 recced from the United ; t Stntes. | s ~ HXMPT UN 8 HOME BURNED. Afzcti Uenrrul I* Nltgcil la Flaiues of tn? | cemllnry Origin. A special from Columbia, 8. C.. says: The ".Southern Cross," home of ( General Wade Hampton, was burned Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock, the general escaping with the loss of part of his mustache, eyebrows and hair. This house was built of briok taken from the ruins of Hampton maneiou, burned when the uuion army passed < through. It was erected by the general's slaves aud has been the homo of himself ami daughter since the war. During the night General Hampton awoke aud noticed a light shining under hiH door. He at first suppesea < the sun had risen, but the light flick- ( ered, so he strapped on his cork leg . and went to the door. He found the lllllllin in 11.11111111 Ho oroll.oil V?i? 1 (laughter, who was still sleeping, and I some servants. ] It was too lato to save anything of value except the swords of three generations of Huuiptons. These the old 1 warrior rescued himself. During the height of the Are Oeueral , Hainption heard the c i s of a pet collie dog, of w hich he and his daughter wero very fond. It was in a room that was enveloped. Although over eighty one years of j age, he inndo a dasli at tho door and opened it, was drived back by tho fire and again attempted to enter, when the ( flames licked about his face, burning oiV tho hair. Speaking of it afterwards, he said , he had never made a more desperate struggle in his life. The loss he feels most keenly is his library, which was probably the most valuable private colleotiou in the south, one of his books being but twentyfour years younger than the printing press. Six thousand volumes, the choicest of his libraries, were destroyed. He a'so lost all his private papers, and au English saddle, the only one of its kind in the country, which he rode all through the war and has used on every parade in which he has ever narticinated. A week or two ago General Hamptou <letecte<l n servant whom he had recently taken in hie employ stealing money and discharged her. The woman'e had character has since been established and there is no doubt that the house was set oa tire, the flnmeu starting on the outside of the library, where there had been no tire or matches. A trunk containing family jewels was secured after the lire, not greatly damaged. Two months ago General Hampton himself extinguished fire on the roof of his house without arousing the inmates. A few days ago he attempted the same thing and was over- ( His losses are severe, as his c infn ui bii "vl n#> k he is hearty and cheerful, saying that ] this was but one of many reverses he , has had, and he thought he was well seasoned to bearing it. ( ALABAMA SPECIAL SESSION. ! Die Hcpcul Ami Am l-ltrpcal Forces Ke- ' uln Tlieir Content. The general assembly of Alabama onvened in special session Tuesday m >rning and tlio stato capitol was thronged with the leading citizens of he state, every section being repre- ^ ented in the corridors and roouiH of ^ lit > historic old building. Even before the gavels of the pre- ^ iding ollicers had fallen in the two chambers of legislation, the intense feeling which had been swaying the l. people of the stute for the past few ! weeks was apparent on all sides. In the senate and the bouse the feelings >' the members was no less tense than iv.is that of the citizens looking on. , Soon after the session was opened j the message of Governor Johnston was , -ent in, and during its reading the f 1 >sest attention was given overy par- < i rrnnli. evprv smit??in?? nvnri, < . . ^ "J I it >t only l?y tbo members, but by those t n the galleries and those gathered at ( l> data where they could bear. r Those favoring the repeal of the net t luthori/.ing the constitutional eonven- i ion presented a solid front and but ttle sparring was necessary for them ? succeed in getting their bill regu- r .irly referred to the special committee j ?ut not until after there were several s rjtes. a The final vote for reference showed e heir strength to be fifty-nine and on mt) of the motions it fell as low as f orty-eight, but at all times the gov- ? irnor's forces showed a clear majority j n the house. a OTIS LOCATES GILMOKE. c SoiilU-H l>?*|>Hriniei?t That tlie rri*oii*r* Are FnrliiK Well. The following cablegram was re- ^ piveil at the war department Tuesday light: v "MANii.A.May 2.?Adjutant General, iVashington: List prisoners in hands y nsurgents just received shows Tdeu onniit Oil more and seven enlisted | uen navy lost from Yorktown mid six nlisted men of army; three of the six vrongfully arrested in .lannary before lostilities commenced; all reported to >e doing well. Besides the above,two ^ nen in hands of insurgents; South nid Captain Rockefeller still unac united for. Oris." SII.VKH I'OK BATTLKSIIII'. iri vlcr In lit' I'rufiilfil to * li ? Kmliirk v lv Will Coat e.ooo. A Louisville dispatch says: The outract to furnish the silver service tl or the battleship Kentucky has been ti jiven ti - iv Philadelphia firm at a cost o ?f Sti.OOO. II The service will be composed of a nore than seventy pieces and next to ti hose of the battleship Indiana ami s he cruiser New York will be the hand- tl loinest on any ship in the navy. fi i mint is IB CONFERENCE WITH FILIPINOS SO FAR FRUITLESS. AMNESTY ONLY WILL BE GIVEN. 3onora?l Otl? Inform* th? Envoyi Tb?t Filipino OoTornmeiit Will Mot Be Heoo(nlied. A second conference was held Saturlay at Manila between General Otis ind Golonol Manuel Argueleases and Lieutenant Jose Berual, who came from General Luna under n flag of truce Friday to ask for a cessation of liostilities. The mectincr wan fruitless. It is understood that thc^ilipino commissioners were giveu^^rius upon whieh the Americans \nll consent to negotiate. ? The Filipinos admit they have been defeated, and it is expectod that they will return with fresh proposals from General Luna. The envoys from General Luna were hospitably trentod by General Otis, who provided them with a house nml with a guard and permitted them to visit their friends. Returning to the palace Saturday morning the envoys saw an illustration of American resources. A long train of wnyns and pack mules was just ?WhfrViug with provisions for General Lawtou, who has reached Mnruuco. The conference at the palace lasted three hours, Jacob G. Schuriuau, of the United States Philippine commission, attending and Admiral Dewey dropping in for an hour. The discussion was mostly between Geueral Otis and Colonel Argueleses, who had been selected for the mission by General Luna because he had known General Otis. Colouel Argueleses had served ou the Filipino commission which met the American authorities before the war in an endeavor to smooth over the impending troubles. Mr. Scburnian emerged from the palace between ino iwo snocK-uaireu, savage-loomug natives and drove unattended to the office of the United States Philippine commission, where they talked informally for about an hour. Manila is divided between two opinions?the majority believing that the Filipinos desire peace, while others think they are sparring for time in which to rehabilitate their demoralized army. The latter opinion gained color n vr.u - - n. w m-1 i iiatyrc-efton^piiitU L have been sent to the Sbivi*. opposite! the American lines. Colonel Argueleses, who is a lawyer, splendidly illustrated the Malay subtlety at words. While he declared with apparent frankness that the Filipino leader wanted a chance to give up the struggle gracefully, through the eongress, instead of surrendering ignominiously, ho asked for a fortnight's armistice so that the congress might be summoned on May 1st, and jndeavored to commit the Americans to greater concessions aud wanted lernis guaranteed by treaty. Ho was told that recognition of the Filipino government was impossible, ind ho was given to understand that i written guarantee of amnesty for all nsurgents was tho utmost that could >6 given. OH* Will lie Cuulloiia. A Manila dispatch of Sunday states vhiie it is generally expected umoner Americans that the Filipino emissaries vill return with revisetl proposals rom General Antonio Lmua, General )tis is not letting this prospect interero with his preparations for pushing he war. lie has ordered Major Gen>rol Lawton to retfSrn to Angat, a few niles northwest of Norzogaray, nud | iot to advance aggressively while the legotiations are pending. General MacArthur is apparently .cting on the same policy, but he is epairing the bridges nud strengtheung the lines of his force, which is i tretched out with n four-mile front, j ,nd within u quarter of a mile of the neiny. The possibilities of pence are grati- i ying to a great majority of the army rho have regarded the war as an un- I dcasnnt duty that must bo performed j ccording to American traditions. i M'KINLEY IIOAItltS ItALEIUIf. !lilef Kxecutlve Make* Visit to Famous < Cruiser from Manila. At Philadelphia, Friday morning, ^resident McKinley and his party , nnde a visit to the cruiser Haleigh, \ rliick lay at anchor in the Deleware. | Mrs. McKinley and the other Indies < rho came from Washington rode in arringes with the president and mem- | icrs of his oiliinpt Thn nvnuiilAiit xpressed his delight at the prospect f inspecting the ship that tired the | irst gun at Manila. , After spending an lionr or two on | lie famous cruiser, the president rourned to his apartments for lunch, < ud then left for New York. j THREE KILLED IN WRECK. xcur.lon Train tlia Track Willi / (imrlivi llfindy Crnwilril. Three persons were killed, more liau a dozen seriously injured and c fty loss seriously hurt, as the result i f u wreck .Sunday afternoon on the i lochester and Lake Ontario railroad, > hout one-half mile north of Roches- I nr, N. Y., when two cars on an excur- J inn train, Hlled with passengers, left n lie track while rounding n curve at nil speed, and were wrecked. ' ' KILLS IS CRITICISED. Work of "Beef" Inquiry Board Ended and Report I* Signed. Tlio Wade court of inquiry concluded its work at Wasliingtou Saturday iu counectiou with the allegation of General Miles concerning the beef supplied to the army during the war with Spain. The report was signed At 2:30 o'clock p. in. by every member of tho board, and soon afterwards the members of the court left the Lemon huildiug, where all the meetings in Washington have been held. Colonel Davis, the recorder of the court, carried the official copy of the ftudings to the war department, and, in tho absence of Secretary Alger, delivered it to Acting Secretary Meiklojohn. Mr. Meiklejolin immediately deposited tho document in an envelopo and forwarded it to the president in New York. The report is of ahout30,000 words, and goes fully into the questions which have been raised in connection with the army beef. The text has not been lnado public, and will not be until nfter the president shall have read it. It will then 1 est with i.im to say whether tho report shall be given to the public. Tho verdict, however, is known to be that the charges which General Miles made ^teforo the war investigation commission are not sustained in reference to tho refrigerated beef, nl- . though his contention that tho canned roast beef was not a suitable continuous ration is admitted, 'ilierc is direct critmism of General Miles for failing to promptly bring to the attention of the war department the reports made to him concerning had beef, and "several individuals" are censured for failing to observe the proprieties of their position as coiunmutling ollicers iti tins and other respects. The forecast of tho report us emtio hy tho Associated Press on the IHtli instant was an accurate one. As was then stated, the court takes the position that the testimony is conclusive that both tho refrigerated beef and tho canned beef were in good condition when delivered to tho government, and continued so until issued to the troops, except in especial instances where the deterioration was due to accidental conditions in transportation or to the influence of the trcpieal climate. oris' action i:m>okski>. TrriiiH Clvi-n KI1l|i|?liiu Itr|iroa<'iitutiv??n Approved lly Wadiltijflfm Oniciul*. A Washington special says: War department officials are very much gratified with the tone of tho reply of General Otis to the Filippino delegation. It is considered ns comporting with tho dignity of the United States. It would not bo possible for tho United ft* ten to^'cr-ognize tho existence of the Filippino congress or a Filippino government. It is believed that when General Otis* reply is communicated to the Filippino commanders they will ask another conference with the expectation of arranging favorable terms of peace. It is said at the war department that it is not likely that any further concessions than that of general amnesty will be made. Peace and freedom, it 1U lOI'All It. 11 ? 1 --- -? a ?, ' ? ... uv.iu>cii, ?iu ii|i|it'in inure strongly to the Filipino army tliiui any argument Aguiutthlo ami his ottieers may make. Meanwhile it is the belief of the officials of the war department that any further hostilities on a largo scale are not probable. MOB WRECKS MILL. Striker* llcntroy VmIiihI?Io Property lly I'm of < i I it nt Powder. Ward nor, Idaho, was the scene Saturday of the worst riots since the deadly labor war of 1802. One inau is dead, another is thought to he mortally wounded and property valued at $250,001) has been destroyed by giant powder and tire. The damage was done by union men uml sympathizers on Canyon creek, two miles from Wardner. The strikers took possession of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill, which they found deserted, the manager having directed his employes not to risk their lives by battling with the mob. Powder was called for uml placed under Ihe mill. Fuses leading to the charges were lighted nnd the mill blown to Fragments. The loss to the company is estimated at from $250,000 to $500,000. TIItEI) OF WAITING. , Ueneritl llrooke I* Anxlotia to Pay OCT tin Cnhun Troop*. A dispatch from Havana say s: Govsrnor General Brooke purposes to bring the matter of the payment of the Cu uou iroops io a nenu immediately. Saturday lie sent a request to General Maximo Qomex that the latter and the junta of consulting Cuban generals diouhl oonio at once to a decision as to whether the Cuban muster rolls are to stand as now made up or are to be relucc.il, as General Gomez has been expecting. If he could consult his own desires General iirooke would pny Slot) per man to such as are entitled to shure. C'AIIIXKT \\ I Mi IX VKSTHiATK. Lull-1 inperialliillf' OoenniPiil In HimkIk <>| 1 , III*- I'oHllllllHl*!!- (icUKI'Kl. A Washington dispatch says: The irculntion of the nnti-ini]>erialistic lociimcnts admitted to have been sent >ut by Kdward Atkinson, of boston, vas officially called to the attention of 'ostniaster General Kmory Smith Holiday and is now pending olliciid iction. j In all probability it will tie taken tp for discussion at u cabinet session* # ' A