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Ax JUH VOL. XXXII. XO. 90. WILMINGTON, X. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1899. SI. 00 PER YEAR r TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. The Brooklyn reaches Gibraltar. Mr. II. C. Moss, of Wilson, is dead. Fitzsimmons knocks Thorn out in the first round. Recruiting for the volunteer regi ments is ended. Bryan starts on his flying trip through Nebraska. The Agricultural college ti(?3 the State University at -foot ball. New Orleans reports no new cases of yellow fever and one death. At Atlanta a demented negro kills one man and wounds another! The registration of voters in Ohio cities is greater tlhan that of 1898. The former Cuban .officer General Laoret, declines an appointive office. Sharkey backers want 10 to 7 on Jef fries. Both men are in good condition. The president of the Louisville base ball club has purchased the Pittsburg club. Key West has six new cases of yel low fever and Miami reports eight new cases. A son of General Lee is appointed a Lieutenant in .the Thirty ninth regi ment. It is rumored that President S'teyn, of the Orange Free State, is to be de posed. At Dundee the Boers capture cases of dum-dum bullets left by General Yule. They were not allowed be used. The Universities of Chicago and Pennsylvania play 'a foot ball game to a tie 5 to 5. Senator Pettigrew denies unpatriotic utterance attributed to him in his Woonsocket speedh. One of the leading lawyers of Chat tanooga is arrested in court for de nouncing the Judge. England cannot accommodate four army officers from each nation with her forces in South Africa. A trestle of the Richmond, Peters burg and Carolina railway collapses, fatally wounding two men. While the German people are strongly anti-British the government is unusu ally friendly to the nation. Ottmar Merganthaler) the inventor of the Linotype setting machine has just died of consumption 'at Baltimore. News from South Africa is very mea gre. It shows the Boers are steadily advancing southward from Dundee. The Manila correspondent of the Chi cago Tribune writes a very graphic account of the true condition of affairs in Luzon. John Barrett, ex-minister to Siam says the far east will eventually con sume all 'the surplus cotton of the south. A Britisher and a Frenchman nave a prize fight in Paris in which kicking is allowed. The latter wins on a kick in the groin. Dewey is banqueted by the same per sons who gave him a farewell dinner before leaving to command the Asiatic squadron in October 1897. The Prince of Wales excuses himself from attending George Washington me morial services at Mount Vernon, on account of press vjf public business. NOVKL IMUZK II G IIT. Ui-ltlsher and rirncliincn Contest. Former Wins on u Kiek In the Ciroin. Paris, October 25. A fight for 25,000 francs between Charlemont, the French champion, and "Jerry" Driscoll, former champion of the British navy, this af ternoon, resulted in a victory for the former. There was a great crowd pres ent and the fighting was very hot for six rounds. In the seventh round Dris call was knocked out by a smashing kick on the groin, the French being al lowed to use his feet, in accordance with the French custom. The seats sold as high as $40 each. The Englishmen and several b rench men protested against the decision be ing given in favor of Charlemont, but the majority greeted the announcement with wild shouts of triumph and cries of "Fashoda!" The Englishmen who witnessed the fight declare that it was most gro tesquely unfair from beginning to end. The umpires were both Frenchmen and one of them actually was CharlemoirVs father. The match was supposed to be under the Queensbury's rules, but "kicking in the groin" was barred. The ring was five and one-half yards square. The contest consisted of two minute rounds, with intervals of one minute and ten seconds. Charlemont was heavy and fat. Driscoll was light and sinewy. Charlemont wore walk ing shoes and five ounce gloves were used. The Frenchman was no match for Driscoll, who pounded his opponent's face to a jelly and finally got him in chancery, but he immediately released crying out: "He has bitten my lip!" Driscoll, however, tackled him again, whereupon the crowd jeered and hoot ed him, nobody knew why. Finally, Driscoll. hearing some one shout "Time!" stopped and the uproar in creased. One of the umpires threaten ed to withdraw. Whereupon a French man in the crowd rose and said he would act as umpire. This led to a discussion, lasting four minutes, giv ing Charlemont, who was groggy, time to recover for the second round, during which Charlemont was again punished and the round was stopped before the time half expired, Charlemont being out of breath Rowdy disputes lasted during the in terval, until Charlemont was ready for the third round, in which Driscoll drew blood and landed on the Frenchman's wind, sending Charlemont reeling time and again until the round was unfairly called. The fourth, fifth, sixth and sev enth rounds were repetitions of the foregoing, though Charlemont succeed ed in getting in a few kicks. In the eighth round Charlemont landed an upward kick on Driscoll's groin. Dris coll appealed to the spectators against this foul, hit and then doubled up in agony and was carried out of the ring. A joyful yell of "Vive la France!" came from the crowd and a number of people rushed into the ring and took Charlemont in their arms, kissed him and proclaimed him the victor. The fight lasted an hour. Charlemont takes the 25,000 francs. New Mattings and Window Shades are still arriving at The C. "W. Polvogt Co. KRUGER'S PREDICTION THAT THE CONFLICT WOULD STAGGER HUMANITY. COST OF ENGLAND'S SUCCESS Iuthe Three Weeks of the War Bears out Ills Prediction No' Real Advan tage Secured by England In Her Tem porary Success-Uneasiness as to Re sults when the Boer Forces are Concentrated-Delay In Getting Buller's Army Iuthe Feld Another Undecis ive Skirmish. (Copyright by Associated Press.) London. October 28 The South Afri can war has now been in progress near ly three weeks, and, so far, the British arms have been consistently crowned with momentary successes, though at a cost which verifies President Kruger's prediction that the conflict would stag ger humanity. But, though victory has fallen to Great Britain whenever and wherever the issues were of paramount importance, General White's position today is scarcely .more reassuring than at the outbreak of the war. So far, he has only shown his ability to outwit by strategy the Boers' strategy. That in its conception meets with high praise from the British military critics. Now he appears to have reached the limit of this game of war by which he was able to prevent the massing of the Boer columns, and must either meet the enemy's combined forces or retreat. Many people think General White should rest content with the successes so far achieved and fall back on Colon so. pointing out that he appears to be fully able to move his forces quickly and without deterioration. It is scarce ly probable that he will follow this course, preferring rather to hold Lady smith, though against much superior numbers, until reinforced. It is the feeling that the general intends to fol low the latter course that creates un easiness, for victories over Boer units are not believed to indicate that the same result can be achieved over the Boers when massed. Compared with this impending move ment about Ladysmith, the fate of Kimberley and Mafeking and the prog ress of the other independent opera tions are almost insignificant. The ra pidity of the Boer advance and the tenacity of the endeavors of their col umns to concentrate on General White have proved clearly that the Boers' plans -were matured long before hostil ities displaced negotiations and though they may not be able to stand before the brilliant ..barges of the British troops or serve their artillery with the skill of their opponents they are a mobile force and operate harmoniously under a carefully prepared plan of campaign No one seems to have the faintest idea of what conditions will confront the British army corps upon its ar rival in South Africa. Will it be an avenging force whose duty will be to wipe out the defeat of General White and the capture of Mafeking or Kim berley, or will it simply be a walkover into Pretoria, dispersing Boer bands disintegrated by the strain of a long campaign and discouraged by constant reverses? These questions are upper most in the minds of all connected with the war office. By November 4th the last troopship should have sailed, but the army corps will scarcely take the field until the end of December. There is a lull in the departure of the troops forming the army corps owing, the ad miralty officials say, to the troops not being ready. According to a special dispatch from Cape Town received here today rumors of dissension at Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State, have reached Cape Town. It is said a movement is on foot to depose President Steyn and install Mr. Fraser as president. The lull in the news from Ladysmith, Natal, which was beginning to be re garded as ominous, has at length been broken by a Cape Town dispatch un der this morning's date, saying: "Scouts from Modderspruit having reported the Boers in force on the Help makaar road, General White ordered out a strong force of artillery, mounted infantry and cavalry. A small patrol of mounted infantry was shelled by the Boers nine miles from Ladysmith, and the Boer position was finally located three miles beyond Modderspruit. The British force is now four miles from the Boers." The dispatch does not give the date of the above occurrence, but it must have been since Thursday, when the last news arrived from Ladysmith, so the Boer advance from Dundee south ward and from Besters station east ward evidently proceeded steadily in the interim and the engagement fore shadowed by the above dispatch may already have been fought. The other news frfcm the front does not enlighten the situation in Natal. Fragmentary details are arriving of the occupation of Dundee by the Boers. It is alleged that twenty men of the town guard occupied an outpost a couple of miles from the town, when a Boer shell dislodged them and the men fled to a neighboring hill, where 300 Boers surrounded them and shot the majority. The Boers then entered Dundee, dragged several civilians out of their houses and pistoled them in the streets. BRITISH DUM-DUM BULLETS CAP TUBED. As appendant to the above comes a story from Cape Town to the effect that several cases of dum-dum bullets were found by the Boers at Dundee, which the British abandoned in their flight. Some of the Boers wanted to use the dum-dums in the next battle, but President Kruger vetoes this, say ing: "No, it must not be so. What ever the British are, we Boers are at least humane." The bullets we then destroyed. Further details from Puleucyao, Rhodesia, show that the armored train from there on October 17th sent to wards Mafeking under the command of Lieutenant Llewellyn, got within seven miles of Lobatsi, when the Brit ish found the railroad badly damaged. Boers were -visible on hills in the vi cinity. Lebatsi had been looted, me train encountered the Boers three miles south of Crocodile pools and the Brit ish opened fire with their Maxims and drove the Boers back to the hills whence they had advanced. Besides eight men killed, the Boers lost eleven horses. Cape Town, October 28. The Gordon Highlanders, the Devonshire regiment. the Manchesters, the Liverpools, the Dublin fusiliers, the Liverpool mounted infantry, the lancers, the dragoons the Seventeenth hussars, the Natal vojun teers, the Tenth mountain batteryand the Thirteenth. Twenty-first, Forty second and Fifty-third batteries pro ceeded to Lombard's kopf. A squadron of the Eighteenth hussars located the enemy, who opened fire with shells and rifles. Two horses were shot and a trooper was wounded. The enemy occupied a strong position at Dewaal's farm, and tiie mounted Infantry tried without success to draw them out. "As nothing was to be gained by an after noon attack, the column bivouacked and at daylight the cn my retired to Piotfortein." The foregoing is pr.oabiy an account of the engagement given earlier in this report between the Boers and a recon noitering party from Ladysmith. PRITCIIARirs sov IN" TIIE ARMY. Ittrttalion Adjutant of a Xero Regiment- Butler and Prltchard Make their Trade for Next Year-A ILiloigh Ite's New Telepnone. Messenger Bureau. Ralegh, N. C, O eta bar 28. Senator Pritchard's son is adjutant of a battalion of the Forty-ninth color ed regiment, now mobilizing at Camp Thbrnas, preparatory to going to Ma nila. The negro newspapers express anger because negroes were not given higher positions than captain in the new volunteer regiments. The suit 'brought by this county against ex-Sheriff H. T. Jones, for $4,000, alleged shortage on taxes, comes up next Monday. He says that if he is given a proper allowance for insol vents the matter will quickly be ar ranged. It is asserted that the republicans represented by Senator Pritchard and the populists whom Senator Butler represents have already made their political 'trade for 1900. Tine basis of the division of the loaves and fishes i3 not yet stated. William Wynne, of Raleigh, goes to Richmond next Monday, taking with h:m a new telephone of his invention. in order that the Home Telephone Com pany, of Richmond, may examine it. Revenue officers l ast night seiz ed an Illicit distillery in Granville. The. own ers ran as the officers came up. John L. James, white, agekl 18 years, was yesterday put in the penitentiary here, to serve a year and a day for breaking into the postofnee at Aurora. United States Marshal Dockery has served papers on Arthur Sewell, of Maine, at Beaufort, in a libel suit. One of Sewell's vessels, lumber laden was a derelict Two crews at Beaufort sight ed her. The one which first sighted her did not reach her untifl, after the other crew was on board. The latter crew was paid $1,300 by Sewell. Now the crew which first sighted the vessel brings the libel, claiming salvage. The suit in which the validity of the Oraig "domestication" law is in valied will not be orally argued be fore the supreme court but will be heard upon printed briefs. It is learned that Judge Simonton's decision in the railway assessment case, reviewing the power of the corporation commission to increase the assessment of the property of the Southern, At lantic Coas't Line and ' Seaboard Air Line railways some $9,000,000, will prob ably be handed down by next Monday or Tuesday. There is no intimation as to what the decision will be. 'Six counties have failed thus 'far to make settlement of taxes for 1898. The state treasurer say the main trouble is that the commissioners have not filed correct returns of taxables with the state auditor. The supreme court yesterday heard argument in the case involving the legall status of the new county boards of education, against whom the old or prior boards are trying to make a fight. The attorney general decides that Spark's circus is by law to pay $50 tax to the state and $50 to the county for each day it performs. The owner of the circus says he cannot pay this tax and will leave the state. A TIE GAME. University and Agricultural College Break Even on Foot Hall. (Special to the 'Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, October 28. The Ag ricultural and Mechanical college foot ball team was delighted at tying the university . team in the foot ball game today, the score being 11 to 11. The students paraded in the city this after noon, and again this evening, chering lustily. Recruiting for the Forty-ninth regi ment stopped today. This ends recruit ing for volunteers. Southern Loan and Trust Company, of Greensboro, notifies the state treas urer it will engage in banking business January 1st. Lawyer Arrested In Court for Con tempt. Chattanooga, Tenn.. October 25. Judge John A. Campbell, one cf the oldest and most highly respected law yers in this city, was arrested today in. the circuit court for contempt. He was representing a client in asking that a suit be thrown out of court on his ap plication. Being refused he rose In open court and charged Judge Estell with fraudulently attempting to hold the case, whereupon he was orderec arrested. General Lacret Declines Office. Havana, October 28. General Lacret, the former Cuban commander, , has been offered the post of inspector of prisons and police by Senor Capote, head of the depart ment of government, at a salary of $200 per month. Lacret replied that ha was very grateful for the offer, but that he could not accept a position In which he would have to take the oath of fidelity, In spite of the fact that he badly needed the money which the acceptance of the place would bring to him. GERMANY'S NEW NAVY. EMPEROR WILLIAM BENT ON A POW ERFUL ARMAMENT. NEUTRALITY AS TO TRANSVAAL Germany Most Anxious Just Now Not , to CufTend England or Her Clone Friend. theUnlted state-Recent Evidences of Her JeIroto Conciliate the Latter Nation Anxious for Territory In the Sanaoan Islands-Popular Hostility to England. (Copyrighted by Associated Press.) j Berjn, October 28. Emperor William j is locking for another cabinet but has not it found the material for it. In place of Dr. von Miquel, the minister of firimce, his majesty wanted Herr Siemens, of the Deuitsche-Reichsbank, and ii place of Herr Thielen, the min ister of public works, he wanted Herr Jencke, ithe Krupps' general manager; but tiey both declined on Sunday, the reasoii being that their present jobs are more lucrative, so the emperor is still seeking cither suitable men One of the poitent reasons why he de sires hew men is that he wishes the navy greaitly increased and faster than at 'th present rate, and he deems the existing cabinet too yielding to ef ficiency push the v.ishes before the reichstag. The emperor's Hamburg toast is generally interpreted as urging the necessity of a much larger navy, while an inspired article in The Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zietung, appar ently contradicting Ithe idea, is regard ed as intended to smooth matters. Admiral von Tripitz, secretary of the navy, has received his majesty's sanc tion to project an enormous increase of ithe navy, giving it fifty-seven battle ships, fifteen large and thirty-six small cruisers, and making it equal in size and efficiency to any other navy, Great Britaia's excepted. This would involve an expenditure of 1,700,000,000 marks and make the naval budget 212,500,000 marks annually. The emperor has been of the opinion since 1897, when the present Floten plan was adopted, that the political situation of the world has changed so enormously since the' Spanish-A.-ciW can war, the seizure of Kiao Chou, the looming up of tthe whole Chinese ques tion and the development of Japan as a big maritime power, (that it would be suicidal policy for Germany to sitick to that plan; that it would be tantamount 'to her abdiction as a big power, and he trusts there is enough patriotism in tthe reichstag .'to ensure the increased navy which Germany needs to fully play ithe role he believes is her due. The correspondent of the Associated Press recently had a conversation with an employee of the foreign office, who fully enjoys ithe emperor's confidence, and he took special pains to assure 'the correspondent that the projected in crease must in no sense be consflrued as a menace (to any power or group of powers. He added: "For a colonia power like Germany it. has become a matter of necessity to get a bigger navy. Recent events show how neces sary it is." It is interesting to note how public opinion has taken this idea of the em peror. Its reception has been most va ried. The whole agrarian press seizes the opportunity to assure the emperor that the agrarians are quite willing to vote for a bigger navy if he will drop his canal project. The Kreuz Zeitung says there is not enough money to pay for both. The centre organs declare that the absolute necessity for the in crease muslt be shown before the dele gates to the reichstag vote for it, and the national liberal Reichspantei, pan German, anti-Semite, and a number of non-partisan papers notice the plan rather favorably. On the other hand, the whole radical and socialist press decries the need of the increase. These papers claim that (the masses have about reached the limit of taxation and ought not to be further burdened under any circumstances. The war news arrives here in contra dictory shape and Is often unintelligi ble. The comments of most of the pa pers, irrespective of party, is anti-British and often couched in a satirical and tauniting tone. The belief is gener al thait Great Britain thus far, has got the worst of the fight, buit that the news is suppressed by the cabinet cen sorship, the result of which, it is ar gued, demonstrates that it is necessary that Germany should construct and operaite cables, for, in the present state of things, with Great Britain owning all the cables, Germany, in the event of war, will be entirely in the power of Great Britain as regards news. Hence many papers advocate ithe laying of a number of German cables There have been many complainfts this week of fthe non-delivery of cables' to and from South Africa and iit is charged that the British authorities have been suppress ing them ENGLAND HAS AMERICA'S FRIENDSHIP. It has been learned by the correspond ent of the Associated Press from a re liable source that the ami-British cru sade is greatly against the wishes of the emperor and the government as a whole. A high official of the foreign office said to the correspondent: "This violent anti-British campaign in a part of the press, notably the pan-German organs, even going to the length of threatening a couater demonstraition in case the emperor goes to England, may -have the oppo site effect In official attitude from the one intended- Germany cannot act with less consideration toward Great Britain than France and Russia show. It is a grave mistake on the part of our rabid anti-British statesmen to say that Great Britain Is isolated. She has the United States as a close friend, as has been again demonstrated, recently, when the Venezuela decision was ren dered and the American press found no fault with the verdict, though the mat ter, not so long ago, was made almost a casus belli by the United States. "Great Britain- has Japan as another friend, and may even count on Russia's support In many Instances. Above all, it seems doubtful whether It would be wise for Germany to make an enemy of Great Britain at this Juncture." The correspondent also learns on unex JTSZS&SiZZ ?. tain in South Africa, now or later. All rumors floated to that effect are base less and probably circulated for a pur pose. All appeals to the emperor and government this week by meetings and urgent letters from Africa will have no effort in German policy. During the whole duration of the war Germany will be strictly neutral, as the Asso ciated Press correspondent has pointed out from the start. Samoa continues to exercise the pre?s, which Indulged ithis week, in the wild est surmises. On the authority of the foreign office and the United Siatt ambassador, Mr. Andrew D. White, the correspondent of ithe Associated Press is in a position to say "that the present situation is that the negotiations be tween Berlin and Washington some time ago reached a satisfactory agree ment, and those boitween London and Berlin are progressing satisfactorily. The chances that they will shortly reach a defigni-te and satisfactory con clusion have appreciably improved during the last few days. Great Bri tain seems on .the point of yielding, to a certain extent, to Germany's claims and representations of major rights in the islands. At present it looks as if Great Britain would renire altogether and leave Germany in sole possession of Upolu, Sevaii and other islands, ex cept a coaling Station at Pago Pago, belonging to the United States. The solution in fact, has been reached in principle, but what equivalent Ger many is to cede to Great Britain is yet in doubt What has jusit been said shows the earnest desire of the German govern ment to remove all ground for friction with the United States. As indicating an equal wish to cultivate the most friendly relations, may be mentioned the delicate compliment paid the Unit ed States on the occasion of former President Benjamin Harrison's visit o the new palace at Potsdam, when the Stars and Stripes were hoisted on the palace. This Avas the flrtt time they ever floated over a royal Prussian or imperial palace. Another attention was shown General Harrison. When the personnel of the United States embassy was entertained at dinner by Prince Hohenlohe he latter and all the Ger man oinciais present uui not wear their decorations, as a delicate compli ment to the American guesits. THE CITY OF AVI LSO.V. First Evening of IS Allegro Club. Heavy Tobacco and Cotton Receipt m. Cotton Sales Slow. (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Wilson, N. C, Ootober 28. The L'Allegro Club, composed entire ly of ladies, gave its first evening last nignt m Herring's hall. Kach young lady member has the right to bring one young gentleman. xneir nrst entertainment was a Gibson Evening." Members of the club posed as some of Gibson's famous fcKeicnes. Alter mis ieaaure came a dance. All report a very pleasant evening. Music was furnished by Pro fessor Beale's band of AVashington. L. C. A Jay from Jaysville Comedy Com pany gave a creditable performance in the opera house last night. Wilson does not get the benefit of many good snows, lhe accommodations here are so poor (that none of the larger compa. nies care to make a date. There has been much talk of erecting an opera house, but nothing definite has yet been determinca. This has l)een quite a busy week in tobacco circles. The weather has been very fine and the farmers have been taking advantage of it. Sales have been heavy every day at all ware houses. There have been no rush sales, out the tobacco has come in steadily auring tne entire week. The total sales ior August, September and October will amount to over 11,000,000 or within l.oOO.OOO pounds of last season's total sales. This has also been a very busy week with exporters. During the past two aays tne shipments have averaged 150,000 pounds daily. As the farmers stop selling tobacco the shipments will increase. During the rush of tobacco into the town the shippers have very lititle time for getting their tobacco in sape for movement. This has been a sluggish week on the cotton market here. The receipts have been larger than any week during the season; but very little of this cotton has left Wilson. The Wilson cotton mill has bought a six months supply and cotton dealers are having some trouble in disposing of their supply to an advantage. Schley not Tendered the Nomination Tor Vice President. St. Louis, October 28.CoIonel Nich olas M. Bell, ex-superintendent of the foreign mail service, returned to Wash ington today. He said to the Associat ed Press: "The story floating around to the ef fect that I had, by authority of some members of the national democratic committee tendered to Admiral Schley the nomination for the office of vire president of the United States is pure w - -w wwv. I MXLLLiJ has no such authority, individually of collectively. The convention will at tend to that." Presidential Party to Visit IMchmnnd. Washington, October 28.--The party which will accompany the president on his trip to Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, the occasion of the launching of the torpedo boat Shubrick will consist of Mrs. McKinley, the secretary and Mrs. Gage, the secretary and Mrs. Hitch cock, the secretary and Miss Wilson. Secretary Long, Secretary Root and Secretary Hay. - Death of a Wilson Merchant. (Special to the Messenger.) Wilson, October 28. Mr. 11. C. Moss senior partner in the dry goods firm of H. C Moss & Co., died here this evening at 4 o'clock. For several months he has been In declining health, but not until last week was he unable to attend to his affairs. Consumption was the cause If his death. Read The Polvogt Co. advertisement they have the largest stock in the city to select from. - SITUATION' IN LUZON US GIVEN BY CORRESPONDENT OF AM AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. PESULTS OF SEVEN MONTHS' WAR Wo Hold One Hundred und seventeen Square Mile- out or th Forty-Two Thousand of t ! Iluud-OiitMe of I,uoii the IiiMurrvcttou Spreading. Otis RcortorContltctM with Rob ber Hand -Trouble In Keeplm, up. the Railroad. Chicago, October 2S.Thi Tribuna prints a summary of the situation In the Philippine islands from Irs special correspondent thcrv, Klohard H. Llttl The letter which is daui Manila. Sep tember Hth pays: "Here are son? figures, made sev n n:onths and a half after our campaign against the PhUIpplnos began. Say it is Ave miles to Angeles we hold pos session of the railroad up to that point. We can fairly claim possession of th land a half mile on each sld of th? track. We have possession of ine wag on road, and, let us ay, a hall mile on each side from San Fvmando. .hrousrh Racoloor to Santa Rita, tigiu miles, with four miles to Guaga. V have a road from Mololos, t Ballauag, eleven miles northeast. We can claim eleven square miles here. "We have Manila, out as far as the water works, five miles away. That gives us, say, twenty-live miles around the citv -Then we have the road ami a half mile each side down eighteen miles to Imus. Then we have Calamba and some other points on the lake that General .L.awt.on captured before he was order ed back. These towns are not approach- ea oy roau, out by boat aen .- tho La guna do Bay, and we only control the lanu they stand on. Adding up our total io.s.sc.js.oii. we find we have 117 souare mile. Th Island of Luzon contains 42.00") s.iuare miles. "Outside of Luzon the insurrection seems to be growing. Tire Insurgent hold port in Mindanao.the the Unrest island to Luzon in the Philippine and said tx be incalculably rich in g Id and silver mines, iron and copper on, and other minerals, besides possessing won derful forests of hard wood. No Amer icans have dared venture there m yet, as General Otis has sent no tn ; to the island. Englishmen and-Ursatt3 are prowling about the islan 1 .itln? all the concessions they can. It i paid several prospecting parties are at work. "General Otis reports conllirts be tween the 'robber bands' anl Ameri can soldiers in Negros and Cebu. Tho Nineteenth, the Eighteenth and th. Sixth, and one battalion of the Twenty, third infantry are now in thes- Islands lighting the robber bands, v. i dig trenches and occupy towns ai.u make night attacks after the fashion or the insurgents in Luzon. A kite rej rt form CVbu is that some 2.ooo 'robb were menacing our forces and a col ion was imminent. "Next campaign In going to be::nr i from 'the last. We will get out of i -j flat, open country into mountaino .. thickly wooded country. If we d i..t end the war here we will have to c.r ry it into the high, rocky-ribbed moun tains of Luzon. "It will be no violation of a. state secret to say that the first object of the next campaign will be to get the r t of the railroad from the hand. of the insurgents. The Insurgents ought to be lirmly convinced by this time mat we want the Manila and Dagupan railroad, as we have fought along that line seven months. They know we want it, and they also know that we are going to get it, for they are already teaiing up the track, burning the ties, anJ burylnp the rails north of Angeles. "The country east of the railroad, north of Angeles to Dagupan Is much like it is south of Manila, except higher and broken. West of the railroad are high mountains that will offt-r th- In surgents better opportunity to retreat and escape than they had in the low country. With the taking of the rail road we will have cut off Che provinces of Zambales, Paggasinan, Tarlac, hnd I anpanga, and liataan, from the main part of the island and can lay claim to a good deal more country than th pre cise amount of real estate on which our army is now camping. "From the railroad Agulnaldo's army can hardly retreat anywhere but north ward across tho mountains to th" fer tile valley of the Rio Grande de Ciga yary. "The 'walled city cannot unde:-tand why the army has much trouble with the railroad. When the officer in th fiel-r notify the 'walled crty that the rails have been torn up from the sec tion of track Just completed and that the ties have been burned and th grade destroyed they got an order to 'fix if So, after a few miles of rail road are completed the xoldlers have to scatter up and down the track and go mining for steel rails. The insur gents bury the rails live or six f-ct deep. They observed that the Ameri cans located the rails by sounding w ith a crow-bar, io they resorted to the ex pedient of putting a layer of ties over the rails. To replace the burned ties the quartermaster's department wam forced to use planks, two board. eaH two inches wide being nailed together for ties. The side track, xchr-revpw tv sible, all the war back to Manila wn. Jerked up, carried north and put down vmer tne rails could not be found. The American army is badly in need of railroad ties and steel rails. Another great need of the army is light draft steamboats for use on rh many rivers and lakes of Luzon. Ther is hardly a place in the world where an army could use river steamers to a Tea5lr. vantage. The Rio Grande the Chico, the rtio Grande Pampanga the Agno. the Bicol and the Paste all flow through fertile and densely rxpti- !5i XfUSV1 offer a mean to the army of bringing up supplies and swift ly transporting large bodies Soldier ttt would be invaluable w n n?mz! ost Co-. Tour choice at $L a '.V