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t t- : '^''rfwrgnyp W ~v~\ ai ON DA'S APRIL 3 1899. PRICE TWO CENTS. { five ?:nts. YOLUME XLYII--yUMBEIll91. _ WHEELING. " ^ A" 310M>A1. A1KiL ? ' TROOPS RESTING ' < At Jklalolos After Their Recent ( Hard Fighting. 1 SOME DESULTORY FIRING | i Between Insurgents mid Soldiers j Forming the I.lnes o? 1 GENERALS LAWTON AND HALL j ] 1 Which Compcmjp.mcn nndOfllcersto i Sleep in Trenches in Ilea din ess to ( Itcpcl Passible Attacks ? Humors Pointing to .the Collnpsc of tho llcl)Cllioiw-A gut mil do's Force "Want to Quit?Only Kept in IjIuc by Their j ?P(>ohln\vlm PInd FVnm tlio Insurgent Capital Returning. Agonelllo Talking Again. MANILA, April 2, 6:30 p. m.?The American troopa under General MacArthur, are still resting at Malolos, where everything has been quiet to-day. Hostilities elsewhere, so far as officially reported, have been limited during the last twenty-four hours to an occasional exchange of shots between the Insurgents and the troops forming the lines of General Lawton and General Hall, extending from the water works to La Lonla. Hut this shooting has been just active enough to mnke the lives of the *oldlers u burden and to compel the officers to sleep In trenches, clothed and ' In readiness to repel possible attacks. ; Most of the Americans are becoming | convinced {hat the backbone of the Inj eurgent opposition is broken. There arc numerous rumors pointing to an 1 early collapse of the Insurrection. ! One of these Is that General Plo del Pilar, the best lighter among the Fllli plno officers, will desert Agulnaldo and give his support to the Americans. Spanish Predictions. : The Spaniards, reasoning from their experience of the natives, refuse to believe that the rebellion is anywhere near put down. They declare that the Filipinos will not take their defeat at Malolos with the loss of the city and the removal of their so-called governmert. seriously to heart. On the contrary ti...- Spaniards predict that the insurgents will hover near the American l:n< c. bothering them as much as possible, and when attacked In force, dissolvv only to reappear, at other points. This sort of tactics, the Spaniards cay. will be followed until the wet season compels the Americans to be hous'-l in barracks and then the Filipinos will return and reoceupy such to'.vns bccause the United States troops do not garrison. With the next dry season a repetition of the present operation.* will begin. Time alone will show how much there Is In this theory; but as against it. it must be borne in mind that the Spaniards In all their domination of the Philippines nevtr jrave the InhnhJtnnti :i ilnmnn ^ration of power comparable In effectiveness to thai given them by the United States. i Want to Surrender. I A priest and two members,of the so- , called Filipino congress who hid them- ] selves in the woods during the-fighting 1 which preceded the capture of Malolos, ' returned there ihis morning and de- ' clared that 2,COO of the Filipino soldiers ] were anxious to give up lighting and 1 would do so but for their officers, who 1 keep theni under arm?. The whole country between Malolos 1 and Caloocan in now full of friendlien. ' women, children and old people who < are returning to their homes, carrying white fiat's. The Americans are trying i to j;nin the confidence of the inhabi- i K tarns by proving to them that If they 1 will return and attend to their ordinary work peactjfullly no harm will befall j them. Two hundred and fifty civilians ] came back to their homes In Malolos 1 last evening. Two thousand women i and children with a sprinkling of un- i armed men, supposed to be warriors, i came to the outskirts of Malolos on the \ eea side of the city and afterwards sneaked away, carrying all the goods , they could. , There has been no little good natured ; rivalry as to which regiment, the First Montana or the Twentieth Kansas, Is entitled to the honor of having , raised its ling first in Malolos. Colonel | Funston and twenty members of Company L. of the Twentieth Kansas, ; claim the distinction, on the ground as I aireauy canted, o? having entered the | town at double quick and raised the company's flap, but the first flag to be , recognized officially. was that of Company G, of the Montana infantry. AGONCJLLO^PREDICTION. That War Will Continue as Long as a Single Filipino Remains. PATHS, April 2.?Agonclllo, the agent of Agulnnldo, In the course of an interview published to-day in La Patrie, says: "The capture of Malolos la not as important as the Americans are trying to make it appear. The Filipino government had already determined upon removal to San Fernando and a small detachment of troops wns left with orders to burn the town ond thus to draw the Americans inland. "Two months of rain and fever will pave the Filipinos their ammunition and a good deal of trouble and the war will not end while a single Filipino remains to bear arms." He charges Major General Otis with opening the hostilities, and holds the Americans responsible for the transfer of the Spanish prisoners and for preventing the Filipinos negotiating a treaty with Spain. Agonclllo Is confined to his room with the influenza. CASUALTY LIST. Gen. Otis' Report of Deaths Among Troops In Philippines. WASHINGTON, April 2.?Following is General Otis' casualty report from Manila to-day; MANILA. April 2. j To Adjutant General, Washington: The following deaths havo occurred wince hint report: Mnrch 25?ThomnH F. WhltoBlde. private, Company M., Flrat Colorado; dy?? eatery. March 28?Adolph ICoplen, private, Company A.. Flrat North Dakota, drowned, accidental. DftnthH Tronj smallpox: March 25?Edward Pratt, private, Company L., Thirteenth Mlnneaotn;. Wallace Holln, quartermaster sergeant, Fifty-first Iowa. March 20? Frank A. Martin, private, [ Company J., Twenty-third Infantry. March 27?Nelson McKellar, private, Company F., First Bbuth Dakota. March 28?James O. Stevall, private, Company D., Sixth artillery. From wounds In action: March 29?David Campbell, private, Company M., FirBt "Washington. March 20?Robert Brown, private, Company 0., First Montana; John Mller, private, Company I., Twenty-sec>nd Infantry; William G. - Courtenay, private, Company B., nrst. Washlngon; George II. Fortson, captain Comjany B., First Washington. March 28?Mat Summers, private; Company M., First Nebraska; Lee Forjy, cuptaln, Company G. First Nebraska. March 31?Charles Preachers, first lefgeant, Company M., First'south Dacota: Will May, private, Company I., First Dakota; William Heaeperllng, :orporal, Company G. Third Infantry; Fred H. Wheaton, private, Company I., First Montana; Joseph Wahl, private, Company H? Twentieth Kansas. Aprn 1?George A. Taylor, private, Company R., Tenth Pennsylvania. ' (Signed) OTIS. ADMIRAL'S SUICIDE. [loar Admiral Carpenter, Retired, Takes His Own Life at a Sanitarium Near Boston?Was in Ill-Healtli. BOSTON, April 2.?Rear Admiral ^iiuucB v,. v-urpcmer, unueu ataies Javy, retired, committed suicide at a lanitarium In one of the suburban dlsrlcts of this city, yesterday. The admlril had beqn In Ill-health for some time. Charles C. Carpenter, was born In }reenfleld, Mass., February 27, 1834. lie vas appointed a midshipman from this itate October 1, 1850, and was attached 0 the sloop Portsmouth, of the Pacific iquadron, from 1851 to 1855. He was In ;he naval academy from 1S55 to 1856, vas promoted to passed midshipman on rune 20, of the latter year. After leaving the naval academy, he ?erved" on the steam frigates MerrJnac, Colorado and Dolphin, of the home >quadron for two years, and while on he Dolphin, assisted in the capture of :he slave brig Echo, with three' hunIred slaves aboard. After being made 1 lieutenant In 1858, he was attached to he steamer Mohawk, which captured .he slaver Wildfire off the coast of Cu)a, with five hundred slaves on board. His War Kccord. After the breaking out of the war, the Uohawk was placed in the Texas and 2ast Gulf blockade, but Carpenter was ransferred in 1S62 to the steamer Flag, )f the South Atlantic squadron, ami on fuly 16, o[ that ear, was promoted to leutcnan: commander. He next saw lervlce on the monitor Catsklll, of the van on board during the operations und ittacks upon the defences of Charleston in April 7, July 10 and August 17, 2SG3. During the latter part or the war he vas at the naval academy and after the' dose went to the Asiatic station with he sloop Hartford, the flagship. His first command was the steamer Wyoming, of th> same squadron and tfter being on her for a year, came back ;o this ell/,* and for two years was staione-1 at the Portsmouth navy yard, luring which time he was commission>d commander. Sea duty alternated vlth duty at Portsmouth for ten years ollowlng. In 1S83 he was commander >f the Hartford, which carried the SJngllsh and American eclipse expedl.Icn of 1883 to the Caroline atoll. His Later Work. For three years?1SSS to 1S90?he commanded the receiving ship Wabash at :he Charlestown navy yard, and In .Tune Df the latter year, was transferred to Portsmouth as captain of the yard, and later as commandant. He received his .-ommlsslon as commodore in 1S93 and is rear admiral a year later. As comnan'der of the Asiatic squadron in 1S94, fie raw many of the naval novements of the China-Japanese ivar. Under his orders was fired :he ilrst and only shot by an American [nan of war at a Chinese ship, thereby nforclng demand*? of this government ind averting the impending breach of -elations between the United States ind China. His action was commended sy our government. Admiral Carpenter was retired In 1S9G lfter forty-six years of continuous and, Honorable service, but during the Span-' sh war was recalled from retirement to ict as commandant of the Portsmouth navy yard in place of Commodore Remey, who had hoisted his flag on cho receiving ship Lancaster at Key West. Admiral f!nrr>pntpr lpnvrw rt. widow and family, one Hon being assistant surgeon D. M. Carpenter, who was on the Raleigh during the operations against Manila, and who has been transferred fo the OlympJa. Another son is with the Cramp shipbuilding company and a third son lives with Mrs. Carpenter and her two (laughters at Portsmouth. PEACEFUL SOLUTtOX Of the Samoan Difficulty?Regarded as a Triumph l'or Diplomacy. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.?The opinion Is expressed Jn official circles here that the outlook for a satisfactory and peaceful final adjustment of Samoan affairs is decidedly hopeful. The statement was made to-day In a well informed quarter that it is altogether likely that the Joint high commission, by virtue of the plenary powers vested in its individual members, will be able to conclude a settlement of the Samoan question satisfactory to all the powers concerned, and that there is such an understanding between the three powers as almost certainly will prevent any disagreement such as would make It necessary to ask King Oscar of Sweden and Norway to act as umpire. The peaceful solution of this delicate question, full of of possibilities of serious trouble, is regarded as a triumph of diplomacy, and ns furnishing the strongest kind of evidence of a desire on the part of Germany, as well as of the bther two powers, to maintain the most amicable relations, one with the other. An English Suggestion. LONDON, April 2.?The Times in an editorial on the Samoan controversy, says: "We do not suppose that England will offer an objection to the Joint commission proposal. -Although Admiral imiuu. n uuwiiiih'*1- ihbiiiuii <7l tiu-ywt, what ho meana Ih Ill-adapted to sooth the BUacoptlbllltlos of othere, hie dispatch has the merit of raining a dlrcct IfiKue. Probably the best way of oecurIhk a moduB vlvendl would be a gtnornl change fn personnel until a more per? rnanent nranKament can lw made," Implicates Another. COUDERSPORT, Pa? April 2.?Horace Keck,who h In Jnll charged with the murder of hln father-in-law, Solomon A (lamp, nt Woodnnull, two yearn oro, ban made a confeaidon to the authorltle?. He Impllcaten another pernou whoso Identity the police will not reveal. Keck nayn he laid In wait for A damn In the lattorH' barn and brained him with a club. cerver^sdepeat Seen Through a German Naval Officer's Eyes. SPANIARDS WERE WHIPPED Before a sinsU: shot ^'ns Fired at our fleet. T1IEY FELT THEIR IMPOTENCE Against tho ^V"ell flipped. Vowels of Sampson's Squadron ? T,1? Mistake oruio sPt\nlfll> Admiral was in Coming oi*1 or the Hn^or in Day- : light?Lack ordaining on Spanish Ships ? Americans Conscious of Power and Oon*ld?ut of Victory. Porto Uican camimiKn. WASHlX^TOXt p. C., April 2.-The bureau of na\*m intelligence of the navy department jl0s Issued tho last of tho series of 'ho 8kctche& of the Spanlah-Amerlcon. War &>' Commander Jacobson, of the Gernian Protected cruiser Geler. The lafJt 0f thls Interesting series deals with the condition of -the Spanish shiPs after tlje battle of Santiago. This portion 0f the sketch contains a number of observation8 regarding the technical effect cf our Kun Are which will Interest n^yal oncers. The most Interesting observations to the laymen are those upon (he strategy, or lack of It, displayed by cetera. The Spanish admiral having ki*?n ordered to leave the harbor, to rem?VA the main object of the attack upon Santiago, Commander JflC?bs0n gays his position was mo6t dlfllcult. jje did not dare make the attempt at nig*1' and so decided to go out in broad da^iBht. "The whole Cre*''" he says, "fell a victim to this ftttal decision. Instructions (or the KOrtle and the western course were lssued. The admiral was entirely conviUced of the Impossibility of defeating tho enemy, or of reaching another Cuban harbor; oven if he should succeed in steamini* right through the Vinafll.. .t .of I. . ... fhl? lll'i-" *1 IS l" *"ii? "Cijilessness and impotence us against the American n*Vni f?rces more than 10 anything e'so * attribute the defeat. The sbani?b ships hail spent a month an?J a halfln *lIie harbor without ever attempting to attack the Ldockading Meet tfhon a favorable opportunity presented H" ' if. of ^v'C'n of harassing it. Tlie two torHedo boat destroyers were not used f?r the purpose for which they were intended. This inactivity and lack of initiative must have hail a very derti?rtUlzinff effect on the officers nnd men. If we ?dd to this the certain knowledge that lhe opposing forces were much utron^er? it will be readily understood thQt the idefr?ft?... gfincrul , Ulght aftpr coming out of the harbcr entrance w&s the only acceptable one. especially >n vletf ?f the possibility of beaching aiH torpedo boat destroyers. It is mainly due to these deficiencies that the defeat \Vqs hastened and that the American shlpS sustained go few losses. Icicle <?1' Training. "The traihing ?* *he engine personnel also was toimjy unreliable, which Is not surprising i^ vie*v ?f the fact that the Spanish h'hlns, a* a rule, are not sent out on ^^nsive cruises. The bottoms of the Spanish nhlpt, had not been cleaned f?r a long time, as they had been lying jn Santiago harbor for a month and u half they were considerably fouled, rj-nus the cruisers Maria Teresa. ^Qhendo and Vis cay a which In ail olllciul boolcf are credited with 1S.5 knots sPc^d, Went into the battle with a speed of fr?>m JO to 12 knots at most and the Crlstobm colon, which is the latest Hhlp and to r"n 20 knots, hardly at/ talned a spect] of 13.5, Under these cir cumstances, m every way unfavorable for th? ?Panish? whose crews were Insufficiently lrained ?nd physically and morallF enervated by long- Inactivity, whose sMl>s ^ere Inferior In number, ?Peed and efficiency. it is no wonder that thc victory of the Americans was c.asy and jwid for with Insignificant Orifice:'"There Was only one chance Tor the success ?f the sortle. It should have been matle at P*?ht in scattered formation. After a Personal investigation of the locality, it i? my opinion that it is entirely Practicable for a fleet to leave Santiago harbor at night. The wreck of the Merrl<nac did not constitute an obstruction. It 1? true that Admiral Sampson's rePorl ?n the night blockade states that the llghtahlps were lying from ?ne to two miles from Morro Cattle, according to the state of the atmosphere, and that they lighted up the channel for h&lf a mile inside. Even the best searchlight, however, does not reach farther t!,an one mile. Therefore, the iHuminntl?n could not have been Very effective. Moreover, the shore batteries, by opening lire upon the lightships, could have compelled them to change their positions, but strange <o say this w/is never done. The dark nights ut the time of the new moon about the middle of .Tune would have been best suited for the enterprise, the ship?- thereby rendering them unserviceable, und eventually rescuing the erefl'8. Worn the very moment that this feelinff of impotence took possession of the Spanish and led to the above reflections. their Tale, psychologically speaking, ^aS sealed. "We do not mean to disparage "their valor and tenacity, in the Jntdut of the hostile tire, but on the other hand it is quite natural that the admiral, seeing that everything was hapPcning as he had foreseen, was the one who net the example of running his ship ftahore. All the other commanders followed thla example. A*nof|ca?,s Conscious of Power. "On the American side the situation was Just the reverse. Admiral Sampson's fleet was fully conscious of its , poiver. The blockade was being conducti ed W accordance with carefully pre. pard j>iaps, as were nl?o the urrnrtnomcnts in cane of the enemy's attempt to I escape. Frequent engagements with the ?Panlfln loriK naci Riven coinmand! er? and crc^'9 that calm and assurance I in the handling of their weafionn which , guarantees SUCC(?HS. The lonff foloeknde ecrvice, cxhauntive and monotonous, hardly interrupted by any action on the part of the SpnnlBh had nti-iing the nerven to the hlgheHt pitch, and everybody Was anxloua for the end to come. r Suddenly <h? enemy Attempts to cfieapc. All the pn??slonK that had been atnolderin(f under the afihe? break forth. The ! welcome opportunity Tor settling ?ci coUiU? with the enemy hnd come at . last mid with u wild ru?h the American ?hlPH fell u"?')on their victims. At the I bc&lnnini? *h0 American Are, owing to the excitement 0f the personnel and DASTARDLY PLOT Of the Filipinos to Burn Jtnnl and Massacre Every AMERICAN AND EUROPEA Which Culminated in a Most D astrous Conflagration. SOME INTERESTING DETAI1 Of a Sis ht of Terror?Three Thousn Buildings were Destroyed a Many Rebels >vcro Shot?A Vc Ticklish Situation?Fire Hose C and Firemen and Soldiers \vr Fired Upon by llobcls Secreted lluildings Adjacent to the Scoi IVhy the Murderous Plans of t Filipinos Miscarried. Correspondence of the Associated Pre MANILA, P. I., March 1, via Stean Nippon Maru, to San Francisco, Ap 2.?After many false alarms and fusti ted attempts, the oft-repeated thrcs of the rebels to burn Manila and mass the great distance, was probably not very effective; but when the Spanish admiral turned to westward and the other ships followed him the moral superiority of the Americans reasserted Itself. The commanders, calm and cool-headed, had their 6hlps follow the same course, and the Americans, having every advantage on their side, recommenced the fire on the fleeing ships, which soon resulted In their total annihilation. "I have already spoken of the lack of training of the Spanish crews, the neglect of gun and torpedo target practice, the inadequate education of the commanded of the ships. "If the fleet did not dare attempt a night sortie and was nevertheless compelled to leavo the harbor in obedience to orders, then the ships should have been headed straight at the enemy. All weapons, including the torpedo and the ram, should have been used. A bold attack in cloBe formation was the only chance of success, against the superior hostile lighting forces who would hardly have found time to form their lines." The le5BOns Commander Jacobson derive a from the battle briefly stated, are: Abolition of all wood work; no unprotected torpedo tubes; protection for all gun crews against shell fire: protection of the Are extinguishing apparatus against shell fire; smokeless powder; greatest possible simplicity la the service of the gun;* and the greatest possible rapidity of Are; good speed of vessels under normal conditions, and thorough training of the crews in ail brnnohes of the service. Commander Jacobson also gives some of hla observations of the Porto Rlcan campaign, but these contain nothing of special moment except an account of the attack of the Spanish torpedo boat Terror, and the gunboat Isabel II, upon the St. Paul outside of San Juan harbor, Jupe 22, 1898, concerning which many conflicting accounts may have been published. This was the only attempt made during the war to torpedo one of our vessels. Commander Jacobson gives the following account of the occurrence which he obtained from the commander of the Terror; Porto Rlcan Campaign. "At 9 a. m. on June 22 the lookout at the fort signalled a suspicious vessel. The commander gave orders for the Isabel II to go out to reconnolter and for the Terror to be ready for action. By 11:30 the vessel had come closer and the Isabel II went out.. Upon sighting her the hostile cruiser Immediately hoisted her flag and waited. The Isabel II opened lire on the foe. The destroyer then received orders to go out and assist the Isabel. The Terror, which had been left by her fleet at Martinique, had not been able to recover her sons and ammunition, which UUMU& vuj"6C imu uecii u.iiia?i:ui;u to the Maria Teresa in order to make room for coal. The Terror therefore had no other weapon* than her torpedoes and two tlfty-seven-milllmetre guns, with little ammunition. The Isabel fought the St. Paul at a range of from 10.000 to 12,000 metres. As the utmost range of our nuns was only 4.000 metres, we could not asslat the Isabel by going closer to her. 1 therefore gave orders to head the Terror east so as not to interfere with tht? Isabel tiring north on the enemy. When we were sufficiently cje.ir of her and had the open sea before us, I headed straight for the St. Pauljat of fronx twenty to twenty-one. knots. t Steering Gear Destroyed. "The enemy, who hitherto had been firing on the Isabel, now directed upon us the well aimed rapid flre of both her batteries, the lower one of which appeared to have eight, the upper one ten or twelve guns. At 4,000 metres we opened fire with our guns in order to keep up the spirit of the crew during the long interval between the beginning of the hall of projectiles and the launching of the torpedo. Our lire was very accurate; at the first shot we saw the shell explode on the stern. Several other shots also hit their turget, and our men were wild with joy. We had approached to within 1,200 metres and were about to launch the torpedo when the Terror commenced to veer to starboard. I had the helm shifted to port, but toe ship kept on turning/ Then I ordered the port engine stopped, and still the ahip continued to turn to starboard. I then learned that a shell had exploded on deck and de?troyed the leads to the steering: Rear anu teicgrapn, so uiat rne vessel followed the movements of the screw and was unmanageable. A hand steering gear was at once put in opera-^ tlon; but an we passed the enemy a? such close range, several projectiles hit U8, one of them passing through the port side into the engine room, where it burst. The engine room became flooded and the engine appeared to have been disabled. We Just managed to steam into the harbor." From an inspection of the Terror, says Commander Jacobaon, it appeared that the fatal shell, ranging obliquely downward, had passed through the ship's side, torn oft' a steam gauge, killed three men and struck the lower edge of th^ main steam pipe, tearing off its covering. This had deflected the shell, and it had passed out through the starboard side. It was through the hole made by the projectile In passing out that the engine room had been flooded up to the lower edge of the steam cylinder; but the engines continued to run so that the Terror, though with gradually slackened npeed, was able to reach the harbor under her own steam. The shortest distance between the Terror and the St. Paul had been SOO metres. The gunboat Innbel II, I was told by her eommmander, had not gone closer than within G,000 metres of the enemy." romantic and tragic. French Canadian Murders His Indian Sweet heart, aiul Kills Himself. CHICAGO, April 2.?The Times-Herald's Toledo, Ohio, special says: A romantic and tragic story comes from Point Pales, Ont. James La Blanche, a young French-Canadian, killed his sweetheart, an Indian girl, named Olga Postamle. The Frenchman lived on the mainland, and had not aeon the girl during the winter. When he went to her home he learned that she had given her love to another, an American. He begged the young woman to take a walk with him. When iney arriveu m covers nor k, a spot made famous becauso an 1mlIan chief hud thero murdered a French girl who refused to marry him, La Blanche Is said to have slabbed Miss Postamle. Hu threw the body Into the lake, and then drove the knife, with which he had killed the girl he loved, into his own heart, falling dead Into the water after her. Voluntary Increases. WILMINGTON, Del., April 2.?Srvernl of the Industrial establishments here have voluntarily increased the wogea of their employes. The Diamond Htcue Iron Company will Increase puddiets wages twenty-flve cents per ton and the Malleable iron Company announces an increase of from f? to 10 per cent in moulders wages. The McCuilough Iron, Company will Increase all wugwj 10 per cent* cri." ijuiv.'111-.ill UUU .TVUIUl It within its walls, culminated in a dlsi trous conllagration and an attempt uprising which was promptly check on the night of "Washington's blrthdi That preconcerted aroMgcmcnla h been made to lire the city In lial? dozen places simultaneously, there c be no doubt, but, fortunately the pin miscarried for various reasons and t natives themselves, or at least th sympathizers, lost as much If not m< than those upon whom they Bought wreck their vengeance. A quieter day than that of Februfl 22 it would be dllllculL to imagine. . the banks and leading inorcant houses were closed, and oxcept for 1 fact that the saloons were open.lt see ed more like Sunday than a holldi the excessive heat and the condition uffalrs outside having kept most pi pie Indoors. About sundown, howev the town bestirred Itself and the stre were soon tilled with people taking airing after dinner, It being the custi here to dine at S o'clock and retire J mediately afterward. Just as the lo strings of carriages which daily p; and repass each other on the Lune were forming for the procession hon ward, a dense black column of smc rolled up abo\*e the Intervening ro< and almost immediately afterward ominous red glare was retlected fr< the sky. Murmurs of horror were followed sharp orders to coachmen and th? was a wild scramble for the city. Ev when this was reached and it was ; certained that the lire was in th* Sar Cruz district some distance from 1 residence section, the alarm was i abated, for no'one doubted that lnct diaries were at work and none kn where the next blaze might not started. - * * ~ The Burned District. On the streets in the vicinity of 1 lire, whicli was within two blocks of I Kscolta, the wildest confusion reigr for some time, people scurrying he there, nnd everywhere. The blaze h started in a row of two story mod( buildings, with brick foundations on t Calle la Coste, in the center of the CI neso section, and as several of tht had been fired within a few minutes each othor, it soon assumed alarml proportions. The local lire briga turned out with commendable promp tude, but with more zeal than disci tion, proceeded to pour three tl streams uf water from as many lir of hose upon the red hot brick walls the buildings fired, which wero alrea doomod, Instead of attempting to pi vent those opposite and adjacent frc igniting. The consequence was that the time General Hughes and his m arrived on the scene nnd commenc to clear the streets, the fire was sprea lng on both sides of the Crtllo la Cof and a stiff breeze was fanning: It ft ward. During the excitement the hose w cut five times and other Impedlmer placed In the way of the flrem< Upon learning of this, General Hugh iswued orders to his men to shoot t first man who interefcred with t checking of the flames, or attempted start others. Several natives w picked up burning wands and start off with them were either shot or bay netted 1)5* the guards, and then a go eral round up of all natives on t streets In the vicinity was ordered. . thousands of people were vacating tlv houses and carrying off their effe< and the sidewalks and roadways wt littered with furniture for blocks, tl was a work of some difficulty, but degrees the soldiers corralled hundrc of protesting natives and hustled th< into yards and vacant lots, where th were guarded until the excitement bu 6ided. About 0 o'clock the European volu teer Are brigade arrived on the 6ce with a modern ennlne and after thr hours' work, the fire was contrtlh Meantime, the whole of the block which the blaze originated, two-thlr of that on the opposite side of t street and a block nnd a half west of had been completely putted. Another Conlln^rat ion. Shortly after midnight, just as t weary workers nnd watchers were r pairing to their quarters, congrntuk lug thetnaelves that the fire, bad thou; it was, had been no worse, anotli blaze was reflected from the smclte I clouded sky In the direction of Tom This being the moat densely populat native district In the city, which h always been identified with the rel cnuse, preparations were at once ma for the trouble, and it was not long coming. Xo sooner had the fire brigade coupl its hose and commenced to play up the flames which had again started Ir block of buildings occupied by CI nese, than shots were llred at the m from the windows of adjacent housi Companies E and M, of the Second Oi Bon volunteers, nnd M atid F, Th: teenth Minnesota volunteers, und Major Wills were hastily reinforced i Major oGodale's battalion of the Twe tv-tlilrd lnfnntrw nn nftomnf was tnn to clean out the neighborhood. Sudde Jy, however, shots wore ilred down hi n dozen streets at once, and when tl fusllade war. followed by volleys frc Mausers In the vicinity of the rn way station, It was realized the eneti had sneaked around to the left llank the outposts nt Calotcan by way at t creeks and estuaries. In the Vita.-? dl trlct and that there was other wo than llfthtlnfT lire to be done. An t rtrength of the enemy was unknown, was a ticklish situation to cope wit but It had to be met, and the Amei cans, .regulars and volunteers, nlH met it like men. A skirmish line ful \ a quarter of a mile long, was formal qv and advanced under cover of tyuts and H trees until the rebels were discovered 1 behind hastily formed barricades of paving stone* and street car rails, comila mandlng two streets, and within two jjr atone buildings. The firing from bushes and shacks became so hot that it was found necessary to set tire to other N shacks to windward In order to smoke the- rebels out, and this having been p? done, an advance was made upon the (j? barricades. js. Determined Stand. Both ware carried with a rush, but ^ Ihe rebels made a determined stand within the ruins of an church, and It 15 was not until a detachment of Oregon volunteers flanked them from an adjacent building that they were moved. Tl ^ Thirty were shot within this enclosure * * wiiu a>.\ muiu in uuouicr. viice uic ieund els commenced to fall back it was easy to keep them moving, although they By 3 threw up barricades and hastily en!ut trenched themselves near the terminus 1 of the MaJabon street railway. This, c rc however, occupied nil of Thursday in morning, the rebels not being driven out .? of the city limits until after daylight. c 1C* "While, thef/ left 113 dead on the ground he and several hundred were taken prison- * ers, many escaped into the swamp ^ lands north of the city, this side of Cnloocan nnd. arc still believed to bo In * hiding there. In order to guard against : ' further attacks of this nature, the whole of this section has been cleared, * ?ril all -the native, shacks having been de- the :a- stroyed by Ore. The American loss was jir J*,, one private of the Twenty-third lnfan- firr try, killed, an olllcer and three pri5a~ vateR of tho" Minnesota volunteers and tro an a private of the Oregon volunteers tal ?a- wounded. cle :ed While all this was happening, beyond jU(; ' , the scene of (Ire, the flames rapidly con,c sumed whole blocks of bamboo struo- pei iy. tures, the popping of the exploding P"i ad canes conveying <the impression that a juc a battle was being fought. So long as the jgp Are was confined to this class of build- an( an lng3, no effort was made to suppress it; j ins but when It spread to other streets lined jja. .he" with stone and brick buildings, a bat- w ejr tallon of the Twenty-third Infantry re- Rr( lieved the' firemen and founht the mc >rc flames until noon when they were final- an< t0 ly eubdued. am It is impossible to estimate the j iry amount of damage done by these two crl, \\\ fires, fully three thousand buildings be- for :lle >ng aestroyea, together with their con- mo ;lie tents. ma m- ap] 5 INSATIABLE DEMAND jo- to er, Pot* Steel?Advance in Price Cuts no ^ Figure ? The Mills are Crowded c 3in "NVith Orders. leti ;n- PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. April 2.?The mil demand in this market for steel appears sotQS 10 absolutely insatiable. Price cuts ie- very little figure in the majority of ^ >ke cases: the point is to get material to vjk ola keep the men at work; In referring to res ^ this extraordinary demand for the pro- ^ duct, a local paper says: ?j by Prices of angles, beams and channels act fcfre Vf.ere advanced two dollars per ton on coi jg" Thursday, and on Saturday plates vlrita tually made a four dollar advance. cor the Pittsburgh and Chicago buyers were tlo Jn" here on Saturday, begging to have a an( n~ price named, intimating that two or ass three dollars per ton would be no detrl- crr meat, to business.ifi.th-Cii.coul'L have .de- on livery guaranteed, large lots, if possi- wll ble, falling which, a few hundred tons Pa,ho would be acceptable. cl(l ifte So far as known, no orders from . these sources were taken, and no price 53,( ica made, s.mply because the mills are the re, crowded with local work. sa^ ad A JI.000 ton order was taken for one tlo n of the Delaware ship yards, however, the , and a vast amount of other business is ,, waiting to see what can be done tur Jae with it. of OPTIONS EXPIRE, ng to de Which Proves to lie tlic Death of the 0bj f'" American Potteries Combine. Chj ny EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio, April 2.? upi les Saturday night, at midnight, the op- cri tlons held by John Dos Passos, the head .e_ of the New York syndicate which at- ind >m tempted to organize the pottery trust, a 1 by expired, and to-day the American Poten fnHrtD ed TO d. On Saturday Col. John E. Taylor, of th< |te the Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Com- bee )r. pany, of this city, who was to have cej been-president of the new trust, admit- qu< aa ted that the scheme had failed. Local In its manufacturers received letters from lut ?n> Mr. Dos Passes last w*ek, saying that doi M the prospects were not of the brightest, cer ]jj> but that he would advise them to al- ass j10 low their options to remain in his hands scl? another month, to allow him to make ide jj0 a final effort. This the western manual facturers, at a meeting last night, re- sid .0. fused to do. tai n- the he Bulgarians and Turks Collide. Inp As VIENNA, April 2.?A serious collision ^ has taken place between Bulgarian and tjlc >r0 Turkish frontier guards at Kozyl-Agob, out lis between Jamboll, Eastern Roumania, tha by and Adrianople, on the banks of the jjjjj ijjjj Toonja, fifty-six miles south of Jampy boll. According to a dispatch from Sob lia, capital of Bulgaria, the Turks at- cor tacked a weak Bulgarian outpost, but ' n" the Bulgarians, aided by armed itihabnC Hants, repulsed their assailants after a 8en ce four hours' light. Both sides suffered in jL' losses of killed and wounded. m{? Tno Turns, the uispaicn says, wore wj, seeking to secure an outpost hitherto Cni, nc held by the Bulgarians. rea Trouble Near Canton. LONDON, April 2.?-According to a thn !l? dispatch to the Daily ilail from Hons H0] "e" Kong serious disturbances have recent- f0r lt" ly occurred in the vicinity of Canton, Tel 5h and a British torpedo bont destroyer pre lCr has been sent there to protect British ns.? Interests. The destroyer will soon be thli r~ followed by other vessels carrying a 1< troops. tho pos "Wages Increased. hoi ad PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 2.?No- 13 1 In tice has been posted at the Delaware . _ rolling: mill, In this city, announcing n ^ ten per cent increase In the wages of (^t] i n the 350 employes, to take effect April 10. x\_ SCR ANTON, Pa.. April 2.?The em- pro on ployes of the Scranton stove works wore G,>1 r.s notified yesterday of a ten per cent In- w" ' crease in wages, taking immediate ef- so-? I*" feet. bnt lr" . thr Ijy "Weather Forecast for To-tiny. ^01 n- For West Virginia and Western do Pennsylvania?Warmer, with rain Mon- p n_ day afternoon or night; probably rain Ptn' jjf Tuesday; east winds. * ,..j !ls For Ohio?Rain in southern portion or ,m snow in northern portions Monday; *,e , U_ clearing and colder Tuesday; increasing northeasterly winds. of Local Temperature. he Tho tomperotutv, Saturday, n.q observed ^ Is- by C. Sehnepf,' druggist. eorner Market aut rlc and Fourteenth streets, was as follows; K T a. in 31 IS p. m thc , u u. m S4|7 p. tn S5 inn ?t l'j m.; 3!>|Changeable. ing l>. SUN I>AY. obc 7 n. m. 2'!S p. m u !c? a. in 55 7 p. m 30 5175 ly, 1- m 3$iFair* cou /'|TS HECUBAN COURTS. ibcry and Fraud Dlrcct Them as Under Spanish Rule. NERAL BROOKE'S DECISION i Clean out Corruption and Revise Proccduro. IE BARBAROUS PRACTICE "Which a Jndgo may Imprison for jifoa Person Ignorant of tho Ac?>! ? ??* V ?a?WUM i>hi>uiDU Mini U?U ilttlULU f Accusers to bo. Abolished ? Genrnl Gomcr. Reviews his Differences Vith tho So-called Military Assninly ? A Clcar-cnt Statement ? Tho tidlculous Armed Situation. IAVANA, April 2.?To-day no under i Spanish regime, bribery and fraud, oct tho Cuban courts. Thi9 la the n conviction of the military admlnistion. Governor General Brooke la ting the matter up and lntenda to an out the corruption, to revise tho licial procedure, to change the court sonnel and to abolish the barbarous ictlco of Incommunicado, by which a Ige may Imprison for life a person orant of tho accusation against him 1 of the names of his accusers, t is true that the statutes allow three ys detention incommunldo but a Ige under the practice that haa )wn up, may make a new commltnt at the expiration of the third day; 5ther at the expiration of tho sixth 1 bo on without limit. lore than this, the evidence in minal causae Is taken by clerkB, who a conclderatlon write into tho testlny things never uttered, thus often I>ln? IV... kul ->* tUr. ?..... ? uuok. iiiviiuo \fi. mu ULUUOClt pear to condemn him. Apparently whole criminal end civil systems re been aranged so as to make It easy buy and sell justice. Gomez's Letter to His Wife. Jeneral Maximo Gamez, in a long ter directed to hie wife in Santa Dongo, reviews his difference? with the called military assembly. He begins describing the situation ns It was en Robert P. Porter, as the special rcsentatlve of President McKlnley, ited Cuba, after the assembly's repentatlves at Washington had obtaina promise of 53,000,000 from the Presnt. "ho writer, proceeding, says: "This Jon on the part of the assembly's nmlltee, I aprpoved. It was then .t Mr. Porter appeared and asked mo commander-in-chief to decide to acit the 53.000,000 to aid in its distribun and In the disarming of the army 1 to proceed forthwith to Havana to :1st the Ignited States military govlor. General Brooke. I agreed, and arriving at ^avana, I conferred h General Brooke concerning the .*ment and disarmament, It was deed that General Brooke should re?st Washington to ship to Cuba the )00,000 which had been obtained by representatives of the assembly. I v to the adjustment of all the quesns that led up to the termination of ; ridiculous armed situation, and hern ir. of on nirlir r-o n. to San Domingo. Before the Assembly. The assembly then, called upon me visit its president, Baying: that the iect sought was an unofficial cxinge^ of Jdeas. But they placed me Dn the bench of the accused, my me being that I was included to ac?t the $3,000,000, which the assembly slf, through its representatives, had iuced President Ulclvinley to promise, natter as to which I had not been lsulted. It appeared that I had )ken oil negotiations for $13,000,000. all this, I replied that I had acted in i best faith, but that nothing had in lost, as I would withdraw the acitance I had given. They then rented me to array myself on their sido order to givo strength to their resoions. I answered that I had always 10 so and would continue to do bo exit in cases where the course of the lembly tats opposed to my conduce, to ny sense of justice ond to my; a of the nest interests of-Cuba. Regarding the matters under eoneratlon, I said I had no hope of obning more than the 53,000,000 from United States, and disapproved ask: charity, contending that the only thou left was 10 nuso a loan, tor ich tho asembly lacked adequate au riratlon. Furthermore. I pointed : that tho soldiers could not wait; .t already they wore too great a buri upon tho people of Cuba and that ger delay appeared to me to be cruel. A Strango Proposition. Tho conference ended without ncnpllshlngr anything. I saw I could . make myself understood bj* tho ?isibly, and decided not to bo mixed up ita doings, but to await developnts. A few days later three men om I did not know visited me and il that several millionaires stood dy to facilitate a loan of many mills, but that the mattcrr was possible y with my co-operation. I answered ( ,t I could not consider any proposln of the kind and regarded it as cinse that any one would be ready, lend money without a guarantee, in a committee of the assembly npached me, asking me to support tho embly's efforts to obtain a loan. To * I replied that Cuba could not mnko jan, as she locked tho necessary aurity. The next day the assembly deed mc. I consider that I have acted lorably and my strongest desire now 0 return home." riculturnl Conditions Improving. [AVANA, April 2.?Agricultural conons throughout the country are imvlng. The tob:icco crop Is good and ines, the market garden of Havana. 1 put on the market in a few days 00 barrels of Irish potatoes, at a Tel and 150,000 pounds of onions at eo cents a pound. A large propor^ of both will bo supplied to tho icrlcan troops through the commisy department. 'ostmaster tThompson has been inlled in his ofllclal duties and the mil 7 orancn ot ine pascal wrvicc nan n abolished In Havana.. It will eoon abolished at other points. Million Dollar Improvement. OIINSTOWN, Pa., April 2.?It was liorltatlvely announced to-day that Cambria Iron Company will m.iko movements to their blp works durthe coming: summer, which will ovist iut a million dollars. The pay roll terday for two wveks amounted to i.OOO. tho largest In tho history oC tho ?pany?