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VOL. XXII.— NO. 7 4.
PASIG IS BURID
ENEMY ENCOUNTERED BY GEN.
WHEATON IN FORCE BETWEEN
PATBRO9 AND TAGUIG
CAVALRY ATTACK THE REBELS
SUCCEED IX DRIVING THEM INTO
THEIR STRONGHOLD IN THE
DENSE JUNGLE
FILIPINOS CROSS A RIVER
Two CwmpauiCK of the Second Ore
gon Infantry Clear the Right
Bank After a Sharp Engagement
—Three Americans Wounded and
One Ivilled Scott's Battery
ShellN the City and Woods.
MANILA, March 15.— Gen. Wheaton's
brigrade continues the work of clearing
out the rebels around Paslg.
The Washington volunteers have cap
tured and burned Pateros, meeting with
a sharp fire from the enemy while cross
ing the river.
Today's fighting was like that of the
past week, the insurgents occasionally
making a stand, but eventually fleeing.
Their loss is supposed to have been small,
as the Americans were unable to see the
enemy in the thickets.
The progress of the American advance
Is slow.
MANILA. March 15, 8 a.m.— Late yester
day Gen. Wheaton's column encountered
the enemy in such force between Pateros
Rnd Taguig as to necessitate a change in
the original plans. The cavalry attacked
a rebel stronghold in the jungle, driving
the enemy into Pateros. The Americans
had one man killed and three wounded.
Scott's battery shelled the city and
woods effectively.
Later the enemy crossed the river from
Pasig. Two companies of the Second
Oregon Infantry cleared the right bank
after a sharp engagement, and then re
tired with three wounded. In the mean
time the Washington volunteers closed
In, driving small bodies of the rebels
back upon Pateros. One man was killed.
During the night the enemy burned the
town of Paslg.
Two of yesterday's wounded, Private
Stewart, of Company B. Twentieth regi
ment, and Private Munson, of Company
X, Twenty-second regiment, are dead.
WILL SUPPORT OTIS.
The General Actetl on His Own He
spou.sil>lUty Concerning Prisoners.
WASHINGTON, March 14.— Gen. Otis,
In forbidding further negotiations be
tween the Spanish at Manila and the in
surgents touching the surrender of the
Spanish prisoners held by the latter, act
ed upon his own authority. The govern
ment has not sent him any instructions
upon this point, but it will unquestionably
support him to the extreme in any ac
tion of that kind he may take. It 1b
said at the state department that there
have been sorr.e exchanges between the
Cnited States and Spain, through mcli
Tect channels, touching these particular
prisoners, dating back to the signature
of the protocol last August. The United
States government undertook finally to
secure the release of the prisoners. It
never contemplated trying to secure their
release by ransom, but simply through
the suppression of the insurrection, and
cannot be held by any requirement of
International law to do more than has
been done to secure the release of the
prisoners. There will be no relaxation of
the efforts in this direction, but, as the
United States campaign in the Philip
pines is being conducted with all the
energy possible and as the release of
the prisoners depends upon the issue of
that campaign, there can be no complaint
of failure on the part of the United States
to meet its obligations.
CLEMENCY EXTENDED.
Terms of Imprisonment of Two
S;ia:»isli Officers Commuted.
MANILA, March 15.— Branlis Zorlta
and Joseph E. Ruiz, the Spanish officers
who were recently tried by a military
commission for the embezzlement of $10,
--64$ funds devoted to the maintenance of
prisoners and who" were convicted and
sentenced to pay a fine of $2,500 gold and
\indergo three years' imprisonment at
hard labor, have had the term of Impris
onment commuted to six months, in view
of previous confinement and certain cir
cumstances justifying clemency. Carlo 3
Aymerich, who was charged with them,
has been tried and released on the ground
that he established an alibi.
To Slop the Philippine War.
BOSTON, Mass., March 14.— An appeal
to the people of the United States urging
"all lovers of freedom" to co-operate
with them in an endeavor to persuade
the government to suspend hostilities In
the Philippines and confer with the Fili
pino leaders, with a view to preventing
further bloodshed by recognizing their
independence upon the guarantee of pro
tection to property by the natives, has
been issued over the signatures of more
than a score of prominent men. Among
the signers are ex-Gov. George S. Bout
well, of Massachusetts; ex-Senator
George F. Edmunds, of Vermont; ex-
Becretary of State John Sherman; Sen
ator Donelson Caffery, of Louisiana; W.
Bourke Cockran, of New York; Henry
U. Johnson, of Indiana; Samuel Gom
pcrs, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor; Charles Francis Adams,
of Massachusetts; Edward Atkinson, of
Massachusetts; Carl Schurz, of New
York; Herman Yon Holtz, of Chicago
University; Patrick A. Collins, of Massa
chusetts; Andrew Carnegie, of New
York; Rev. Dr. Charles Parkhurst, New
York.
M'KINLEY IN DIXIE.
Presidential Party Arrives at Thorn.
anvllle, Ga.
THOMASVILLE, Ga.. March 14.— The
presidential party arrived at 2:30 this
efternoon. The party was met at the
fitation by Mayor Hopkins and a num
ber of prominent citizens. The distin
guished visitors were immediately driven
to- Senator Hanna's house on Dawson
street. By special request there was no
demonstration, but bunting and decora
tion were seen everywhere. The mayor
had issued a proclamation Inviting ev
erybody to decorate their buildings in
welcome of the chief executive, and th«
request was liberally replied to. On the
porticos of the houses on the streets
through which the presidential party
passed were ladies and gentlemen, who
saluted the president as he passed. To
these the president bowed and smiled as
he raised his hat. Thousands of people
lined the streets and cheered.
This afternoon a committee of school
children called on the president and Mrs.
MoKlnley and presented them with a
large tray of violets having the word
••Welcome" in white in the midst of the
purple pillow bordered with green. Mrs.
McKlnley entertained the children. They
were the only callers during the day, no
tice having been given that the president
is here for rest. This evening the gen
tlemen of the presidential party enjoyed
their cigars in the starlight on Senator
Hanna's spacious front piazza.
Residents of the place who met the
president four years ago here and saw
him again today note that he Is paler
and thinner now. The presidential party
consists of President and Mrs. McKin
ley, AMce President and Mrs. Hobart ar.d
Master Hobart, Senator and Mrs. Hanna,
Miss Hanna and Miss Phelps, Dr. J. N.
Rixey, and Mr. George B. Cortelyou, as
sistant secretary to the president.
DON'T WANT THE CASH
GEN. SANGUILLY DECLARES THAT
THREE MILLION DOLLARS
IS INSUFFICIENT
CANNOT ACCEPT HONOKABLY
Gen. Gomez Asks Those Who Have
Sent Petitions to Gen. Brooke on
His Account ta Call and Get Them
He Has Ceased to Exercise the
Functions of Commander-ln-
Chlef.
HAVANA, March 14.— The action of
Civil Gov. Mora and the police depart
ment in attempting to prevent yester
day's popular manifestations in favor of
Gen. Maximo Gomez is strongly censured
today, and the ill feeling against the po
lice runs high. Gov. Gomez is receiving
hundreds of telegrams from all parts of
the island, expressing the people's alleg
iance and loyalty to him, and to Cuba.
Gen. Cespedos, who defended Gen. Gomez
at Saturday's session of the military as
sembly, has resigned his membership of
that body.
To all callers Gen. Gomez speaks of the
assembly, declaring that it was his crea
tion as he did not wish to appear a dic
tator and that the real military members
who took nc part in the vote to depose
him will now resign. He calls the as
sembly "a collection of black clouds with
much thunder but little rain."
He did not communicate with Gen.
Brooke today, but will confer fully to
morrow. The military assembly met this
afternoon with the ordinary guard. Most
of the time was occupied in discussing
the pronouncement which is to be issued
with a view of justifying last Saturday's
action in the eyes of the people.
Gen. Sanguilly introduced a motion pro
testing against the acceptance of the $3,
--000.000. preceding It with a long preamble,
declaring the assembly was ready to co
operate with the United States in main
taining order in Cuba. The motion call
ed for the adoption of resolutions "in the
name of the armed people of Cuba," the
first extended the thanks of the assembly
to the United States for aid during the
recent war. The second thanked the
United States for the offer of $3,000,000,
but went on to assert "that owing to
the assembly's exact knowledge of the
needs of the Cuban soldiers, its mem
bers consider It their duty to declare the
amount Insufficient.
"We cannot honorably accept It as a
gift, but only as a loan," the resolution
proceeded, "as President McKinley's au
thorization is necessary to raise funds
needed to accomplish the disarming of
the Cuban troops and exclusively used
for this purpose."
Gen. Gomez Is about to Issue a state
ment begging those who have entrusted
petitions to him for his own action or for
recommendation to Gen. Brooke to call
at his office for their return. Having
ceased to exercise the functions of com
mander-In-chlef he says he must not ap
pear to usurp powers of which he has
been bereft. The statement will lament
his Inability to serve the public. Gen.
Mayal Roderiguez will Issue a manifesto,
reciting the action of the assembly on
Saturday and then addressing the sol
diers In the following strain:
"We would a thousand times prefer to
march to our homes clad in misery and
honor than to stain the last four glorious
years by a single action of insubordina
tion or the acceptance of a reward un
authorized by the assembly which is our
supreme authority and to which the army
owes obedience because it Is the guardian
of our interests and honor."
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INDIANS ARE RESTLESS.
Fears of Another Outbreak of the
Leech Lake Red Men.
WALKER, Minn., March 14.— (Special )
-Old Bug was in town today. A United
States marshal was here, but refused to
go near him.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 14.-Michael
Goglns, a well known and conservative
pine cruiser, says that the Leech lake In
dians are in a dirty temper and ready for
any sort of deviltry. They have been
holding councils two or three times a
week, and the proceedings are kept very
quiet. The Indians' grievance is based
on a fear that after prospective pine
sales are over they will still be in debt,
something that has been known to hap
pen before. Cogins says the Indians
could muster, In case of trouble, fully
I.2CC fighting men, nearly all armed. The
government has lately ordered the two
companies of the Seventh regiment away
from Fort Snelling, and the state now
has no available military force except
newly organized militia.
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PAI'XCEFOTE NAMED.
British Ambassador Will Be a Dele
gate to the Czar's Peace Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 14.— 1n consult
ing Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador, as to whether an appoint
ment as one of the British delegates to
the czar's disarmament congress would
be agreeable to him, the purpose was
made known to have the delegates accom
panied by army and naval attaches and
by a staff commensurate with the impor
tance of the mission. These officials
doubtless will stand in the position of
experts able to show the extent and cost
of the great standing armies and navies
of the world.
Sir Julian's appointment as ore of the
delegates is practically settled, although
the official notification has not yet been
given.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1899.
TO RAISE PRICES
REPRESENTATIVES OF A NUMBER
OF TRUSTS GET TOGETHER
IN CHICAGO
THEY GO BEHIND DOORS
A VARIETY OF OPERATORS MEET
TO ADVANCE THEIR
INTERESTS
WOULD NOT BE INTERVIEWED
Cotffln Manufacturers, Maker* of
Glass Bottles and Indiana Coal
Men Form Trusts Embracing
Millions of Dollar* of Capital
Prices Certain to Go Up In the
Near Future.
CHICAGO. March 14.— Cofflin manufac
turers, makers of green and flint glass
bottles and the owners an<l operators of
the coal mines in Indiana met here to
day for the purpose of increasing prices
on their products. Each of the meet
ings was held behind closed doors, and
Inquiries for information were met by the
officers and members of all these as
sociations with a refusal to disclose any
thing.
The object of the manufacturers and
coal mine owners was admitted to be t*.
advance their interests both in prices and
regulating competition. The bottle man
ufacturers met in the Grand Pacific hotel
in separate rooms, the green bottle man
ufacturers and the flint bottle manu
facturers belonging to separate organiza
tions. The present conditions of the mar
ket were discussed at both sessions. A
joint meeting was then held and the
manufacturers of both kinds of bottles
agTeed that they couJd secure better
prices. A plan for a joint organization
was submitted and will, be acted upon
later.
A preliminary meeting of the coffin
manufacturers waa held In the same
hotel to arrange for the convention of the
national association of that industry to
morrow morning. Increases In all lines
of trade are viewed by the members as
sufficient reason for an Increase in the
prices of coffins.
Ten owners of large mines In Indiana
attended the meeting of coal mine opera
tors. At the close of the meeting it was
saM their action would not have as much
effect_this winter as in the future. While
prices will be advanced before the pres
ent winter ends, the advance will not be
as great as the operators expect to make
it next fall. By that time they expect to
have an organization which will control
the Chicago market and be able to dic
tate prices.
SHEET STEEL. COMBINE.
It Starts Out Will, a Capitalization
of $50,000,000.
PITTSBURG, Pa., March 14.— 1t de
veloped here today that ex-Judge W. 11.
Moore, of Chicago, the successful pro
moter of trade combinations, has had
placed in his hands the engineering of
a combination of sheet steel manufac
tures. It is stated that options have been
taken on a targe majority of the plants
including all except one of the larger
concerns. This company Is expected to
soon come Into line, when the consolida
tion will be complete. The capital of tha
combine Is put at $50,000,000 equally di
vided into preferred and 7 per cent cumu
lative common stock. Headquarters
will In all likelihood be in Fittsburg. It
is believed the tin plate and the new
sheet steel combines will have a trade
agreement, but will be separate or
ganizations.
WHISKEY MEN COMBINE.
Corporation Comprised Some of the
Largest Blending? Companies.
NEW YORK, March 14.— The Mer
chants' Distributing and Distilling com
pany has been incorporated under the
laws of this state with a capital of $5,
--000,000, of which half will be common and
the other half preferred stock. The new
corporation comprises some of the larg
est whisky blending and distributing
companies in the country, including the
Merchants' Distilling company, of Terre
Haute, Ind.; Duffy Malt Whiskey com
pany, Rosskam Gerstin company, of
Philadelphia; Gottschalk company, of
Baltimore, and Cook & Bernhelmer, Luy
ti & Brcs. and H. Heller & Co., of this
city. Another big Eastern rye distilling
company has also been approached, and
Is expected to pool with the new com
pany.
MILLIONS IN STEEL.
J. Pierpont Morgan Interested In a
Gigantic Combination.
WHEELING, W. Va., March 14.— The
largest iron and steel deal yet projected
in this district may be closed Thursday,
when the stockholders of the Riverside
Iron works meet to consider the offer of
the iron tube combination for the ac
quisition of the great plant at Benwood.
Representatives of J. Pierpont Morgan
have been In the city several days In
consultation with ■the Riverside officials.
The plant consists of a steel- mill, skep
and tube mills, blast furnaces and bi
product Cook plant, and It is said will
bring about $6,000,000. The Riverside is
capitalized at $3,000,000, employs about
2,500 men, and is the largest Iron and
steel plant In the Ohio valley.
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WANT ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Washington Citizens Seek to Make
Peace Jubilee a Success.
WASHINGTON, March 14. — Admiral
Dewey will be in Washington May 20, if
the plans of a committee of prominent
citizens here do not fall. An imposing
delegation will wait upon the secretary
of the navy and ask him to authorize the
admiral to accept an invitation from the
city of Washington be the guest of honor
at the peace festival to be held here the
latter part of May. Secretary Long will
refer the request of the citizens' commit
tee to the president at Thomasville, and,
if he gives it his approval, the commit
tee is sanguine that Admiral Dewey will
accept and arrive here in time.
SEW RECRUITING STATIONS.
St. Paul and Minneapolis Will B«
Open to Increase Regular Army.
WASHINGTON, March 14.— The follow
ing additional recruiting stations have
been established for the purpose of en
listing men lo fill the regular army up to
tho maximum of 00,000- allowed by the
new army law:
Allegheny, Va. ; Charleston, S. C; Chi
cago, Dayton, O. ; Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Knoxvllle, Wash.; PL Paul, Minn.; Min
neapolis, Minn.; Sterling, 111., and Wheel-
Ing, W. Va. In addition to these stations
the war department will bave offices at
every place where volunteers are mus
tered out to enlist such men as wish to
remain in the army. Gen. McKlbbon, one
of the officers who was ordered mustered
out yesterday, was at the war depart
ment today and, discussing the subject
of enlistment of volunteers said that
many were willing to enlist, but all first
desired to go home with their regiments
and see their families and friends.
Gen. Corbin said that there would be
no difficulty on that point, after the men
left the muster-out camps.
An order has been issued by the war
department increasing the age limit for
enlistment from thirty to thirty-five
years. The youngest age at which a man
can be enlisted is eighteen years. The
results, so far, for the enlistment of
troops, is very encouraging. AH the men
appointed second lieutenants in the ar
my yesterday will have to pass examina
tions before they are commissioned. They
will take rank according to the examin
ations which they pass, the men from the
regular army taking precedence over
those appointed from civil life.
WINES DAMPEiTOPES
ACTING CENSUS DIRECTOR GIVES
OUT A DISCOURAGING STATE
MENT TO APPLICANTS
SUPERVISORS TO APPOINT
Educational Test to Be Applied to
Official* Receiving; Over $000 Per
Year Special Agents Not Needed
Before 1000 Enumerators "Win
Not Be Employed to Exceed Thir
ty Days.
WASHINGTON, March 14.— Acting Di
rector of the Census "Wines today gave
out a statement designed to offset the be
lief that a large number of census ap
pointments will be made at once. It says
that under the census act not more than
sixty places are provided for above the
grade of class one, with a maximum
compensation of $1,200 per year, and that
one-fourth of these are staff positions,
for which none but experts need apply.
Applicants for clerkships of higher grade
than class one are expected to enter
lower classes and be promoted on merit.
All employes at over $600 per year, it Is
stated, will undergo an educational test.
Applications to the director for appoint
ments as enumerators are stated to be
useless, the supervisors, who get $1,000,
appointing them. Enumerators' employ
ment will not exceed thirty days, with a
compensation of about $150. Special
ag«Qts -win not be needed before June,
1900. Theju-will be paid not to exceed $6
pei day, with traveling and subsistence
allowances, and their qualifications should
be akin to those of a good ordinary com
mercial traveler of a wholesale house.
All applications should be accompanied
by recommendations, and the number ol'
employes will average about one to every
county In the United States. The state
ment concludes:
"Young and vigorous men and women,
In the prime of life, will have the prefer
ence over the aged and decrepit, whose
poverty may move compassion, but whose
practical utility for the purposes of the
census office is on the wane or at an
end."
FEBRUARY STATEMENT
Of Imports and Exports of the Unit
ed States by Bureau of Statistics.
WASHINGTON, March 14.— The Feb
ruary statement of the Imports and ex
ports of the United States. ls"sued by the
bureau of statistics shows as follows:
Imports of merchandise during Febru
ary, 1899, $60,260,032, of which $28,072,179
was free of duty; Increase over Febru
ary, 1898, about $7,186,000. Exports of
merchandise, $93,854.149; decrease, $1,000,
--000. Imports of gold, $5,148,906; decrease,
$1,000,000. Exports of gold, $324,1,1 ; de
crease, $700,000.
Imports of silver, $1,427,027; decrease,
SG58,000; exports of silver, $4,562,196; in
crease, $800,000. For the eight months
ended February 28, 1899, thero was an in
crease In the imports of merchandise aa
compared with the same period in 1898
of $33,512,234. Increase in the exports of
merchandise, $30,195,560; increase in the
imports of gold, $36,657,433; decrease in
the exports of gold, $820,211; decrease in
the imports of silver, $1,861,619; increase
in the exports of silver, $573,076.
OUR SOLDIER DEAD.
Gen Corbin Making Arrangements
to Return Remalnx to Friends.
WASHINGTON, March 14.— Gen. Corbin
has been making arrangements for the
return of the dead soldiers In Cuba and
Forto Rico, with a view of providing for
their interment at such places as the
relatives and friends of the deceased
may desire. Many applicants have al
ready been received asking that the re
mains be sent to the former homes of
the soldiers, and all these requests will
be complied with. The department de
sires to know in each Instance where the
friends of the dead soldier desire his re
mains to be sent. The name of the soldier
and the address to which the remains
are to be sent are cabled to officers in
Cuba or Porto Rico as soon as received,
and the casket is marked accordingly.
As soon as the Roumania arrives in New
York, which, however, is not expected for
a month, each casket will be forwarded
immediately to the place designate!
without difficulty or confusion.
NOT VILLAMEL'S BODY.
Remains Found Near Santiago Not
Those of the Spanish Admiral.
WASHINGTON, March 14.— The secre ■
tary'of the navy this afternoon received
the following telegram:
Portland, Or., March 14.— Remains found
In chair about four miles west of Santi
ago, as reported in today's papers, not
those of Villamel, but of Spanish sea
men. Report follows by mail.
—Proctor, Assistant Engineer.
The officer from wh.om the above mes
sage was received was an engineer on
board the Gloucester, which was the In
strument tliat destroyed the 111-fated
Pluton, on board of which Admiral Villa
mel started from Santiago. He was In
charge of the landing party which went
to the succos of the Spanish sailors who
managed to reach the shore from the
sinking vessel and were being fired upon
by the Cubans. While bringing the par
ticular seaman down to the shore to take
him aboard the Gloucester the seaman
died, and his remains were allowed to
sit in the cha^in which the body had
been conveyed. The department officials
believe that Villamel'* body lies at the
bottom of the sea.
BRYAN TO BELffIONT
CORRESPONDENCE BY WIRE CON
CERNING THE THOMAS JEF
FERSON BANQUET
MR. BRYAN ASKS QUESTIONS
PERRY BELMONT REPLIES TO EF
FECT THAT INDIVIDUAL OPIN
IONS ARE IGNORED '
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
It Is Hinted In Mr. Bryan's Reply
That Some of the Principles Con
tained Therein Were Repudiated
by the New York Democracy
Invitation Extended to the Ne
braska Man on Behalf o* the Club.
NEW YORK, March 14.-The following
dispatch has been received by Perry ]sel
mont, president of the Democratic club,
In response to an invitation which was
Bent to William J. Bryan to attend the
banquet to be given by the club in honor
of Thomas Jefferson on April 13:
Lincoln, Neb., March 13, 1899.— H0n
Perry Belmont, Democratic Club, New
York: Invitation received. Remembering
that you openly repudiated the Demo
cratic platform in the last campaign, I
desire to know before answering invita
tion whether you have, since the election,
publicly announced your conversion to
the principles set forth in that platform.
—William J. Bryan.
In answer Mr. Belmont telegraphed as
follows to Mr. Bryan:
"The Invitation extended to you Is on
behalf of the Democratic club. Individual
opinions have not been considered In
issuing the Invitations to celebrate the
birthday of Thomas Jefferson.
—"Perry Belmont."
RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATS.
Resolutions Welcome the Return of
Peace and Condemn Alger.
PROVIDENCE, R. 1., March 14.-The
Democrats of Rhode Island held their
annual convention and Hon. George W
Green, mayor of Woonsocket, was nom
inated for governor. The convention was
attended by a large number of delegates
The remainder of the state ticket was
nominated by acclamation as follows:
Lieutenant Governor— Robert P. Wade
Gloucester. »»«*"c,
Secretary of State-Miles McNamee, of
Providence.
Attorney General— George T. Brown, of
Providence.
General Treasurer-Albert Walker, of
South Kingston.
The resolutions welcomed the return of
peace and expressed gratitude to the sol- •
diers and sailors for their services dur
ing the war with Spain, and condemned
the incompetency of the war department
"which," as alleged, "has resulted in so
much privation, suffering and death
among the soldiers." Secretary Alger
and other officials held responsible were
emphatically condemned.
NEW YORK'S VIEWS.
' Chairman Jones Asks for a Direct
Expression.
NEW YORK, March 15.— The following
letter, which Chairman James K. Jones,
of the democratic national committee,
has sent to each delegate to the last
democratic state convention In this state,
is printed here:
Washington, March 11, 1899.— My Dear
Sir: In view of the fact that the demo
cratic party in 1896 In your state did not
give the Chicago platform unanimous
GEN. LOYD WHEATON, WHO CAPTURED PASIG.
Gen. Loyd Wheaton, who commanded
the American troops In the taking of
Paslg and in the engagements preceding
the capture of that Philippine city, was
an officer in the regular army when ap
pointed to his present position at the out
break of the Spanish war. He has a splen
did record as a soldier. Born in Michigan
sixty-one years ago, he entered the army
as a volunteer in 1861. He began his mili
tary career as a sergeant, in which ca
pacity he served four months and was
discharged, He re-entered the volunteer
support, I am anxious to know what you
think is likely to be the attitude of the
party in New York state on this ques
tion of the coming national convention.
My own impression is that the feeling is
overwhelming in the party In the South
and West in favor of a practical reaffir
matlon of the Chicago platform.
I would be glad to know what in your
opinion is the feeling of the party In your
state on this question, and whether the
state is likely to send a delegation to the
next national convention ready to co
operate with what seems to be the wish
of the majority, or whetlier a course simi
lar to that pursued In New York In 1836
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IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY.
Weather Forecast for St. Paul.
Snow or Rain.
I— Town of Pasig Burned.
Trusts to Advance Prices.
Wife Murderer Becker Confesses
Damper for Census Applicants.
Gomei Sensation.
Bryan Asks Questions.
2 — Sunday School Review.
Church Prayer Book.
S— Farmers Fight Hard.
Cyclists' Petition Died.
4— Editorial.
Army Beef Board Adjourns.
6— Sporting News.
News of Railroads
6— Dally Market Reports.
May Wheat, 00 I-4c to 69 3-Sc.
Bar Silver, 59 3-4 c.
7— Northwest Elections.
B— ln the Field of Labor.
Caring for Cripples.
New Health Commissioner.
Snap Shot Society.
ATLANTIC LINERS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Kensington, from
Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Cufic, New York.
NEW YORK— Sailed: Cevic, Liverpool;
Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, Bremen;
Patria, Marseilles.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
METROPOLITAN — "The Idol's Eye,"
8:15.
GRAND— "Hogan's Alley," 2:15 and 8:15.
Palm Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 8.
Ms likely to be followed In case the Chi
cago platform should be practically re
affirmed. I write you on account of your
prominent connection with the party and
hope you will let me hear from you
promptly on this question. Very truly
yours, —James K. Jones, Chairman.
STRIKERS ARE ARMED.
Italian Miners in Colorado Break
Open an Armory.
DENVER, Col., March 14.— A special to
the Times from Lake City, Col., says that
armed Italian strikers prevented other
miners from going to work in their places
this morning at the Hidden Treasure and
Ute and Ulay mines. The sheriff may
call on the governor for troops to main
tain order. The strike was declared on
account of an order requiring all miners
without families to take their meals at !
the mine boarding house.
The armory was broken open last night
and all the arms and ammunition there
were stolen, presumably by the strikers.
The county commissioners will hold a
conference tomorrow with the mine su
perintendents and will notify them that
unless they will agree to discharge all
Italians they will be left to cettle their
difficulties as best they can. The mines
have employed 200 Italians. If these are
discharged, Sheriff Deck will endeavor
to protect other men who may wish to
work In the Hidden Treasure and Ute
and Ulay mines.
NO FRICTION.
Admiral yon Diedrlch's Retirement
Had No Political Significance.
NEW YORK, March 14.— An official of
the German embassy, speaking of the
cabled reports in reference to the retire
" ment of Admiral yon Diedrich from the
command of the East Asiatic squadron,
says there certainly is a misconception
as to the causes leading to the admiral's
retirement. He states that the admiral
was appointed to the Asiatic command
for a prescribed period, and that his tour
of services was completed after leaving
Manila and joining in the celebration in
forces as a lieutenant In July, 1861, an<s
was mustered out as a colonel in 18G6. In
the same year he was appointed a captain
in the regular army. Gen. Wheaton was
given the brevet rank of major, U. S. A.,
for gallant and meritorious services In
the siege of Vicksburg, and brevet colonel
for brilliant service in the attack on
Fort Blakeley, Ala. He fought in nu
merous battles, and with credit in all. Be
fore entering the service he was a civil
engineer, and with the learning he need
ed for the practice of that profession was
perfectly qualified for the army.
honor of "Wilhelmlna's accession to the
throne, when ho paraded his squadron at
Batavia. The official contends, there
fore, that the admiral's retirement would
have taken place irrespective of the sup
posed friction between the American and
German naval officials at Manila.
Pope Had a Fainting: Spell.
LONDON, March 14.— A special dis
patch from Rome announces that the
pope suffered a renewal of fainting flta,
but It ia added that his physicians do not
[ regard his condition as serloua.
BURIDIASTOVE
HORRIBLE BTORV TOLD BY SAU»
SAGEMAKER BECKER, SELF
CONFESSED UXORICIDE
CUT TBE BODY TO PIECES
POLICE FOUND A PORTION OK A
HUMAN LUNG IN A
BARN
BOILED BODY IN A KETTLE
The Man Now Makes a Second Cou.
fesslan, More Revolting Than the
First One One Blow on the
Head With a Hatchet Sufficient to
Cause Death Police ltefti»e to
Disclose Whereabouts of Bone*.
CHICAGO, March 14.-August Becker,
the sausage maker who has been under
arrest for four weeks on a charge of
murdering his wife, made a full confes
sion tonight. He said that he cut his
wife to pieces and burned the remains in
a stove.
Becker, when first arrested, admitted
killing his wife, but declared he pushed
her off Randolph street viaduct into the
lake and that she was drowned. The
police have never placed any reliance In
the drowning confession and have kept
up their work on the idea that Becker
had killed the woman in his house and
made away with the body. The finding of
a portion of a human lung three days ago
in Becker's bam put strength in their the
ory, and Jate tonight they induced Becker
to confess.
In his confession Becker said he had
killed his wife by striking her on the
head with a hatchet in the kitchen of his
home. He then cut the body to pieces
and boiled it in a large kettle. After
watching the disintegration of the re
mains for several hours and when
nothing was left that resembled a human
body, Becker says he took what remained
and burned It in a red hot stove, the fire
having been prepared by him. The bones
which would not burn he buried on the
prairie near his home. Jan. 27 is about
the date Becker says he committed
the murder. He says the crime was not
premeditated, but that he quarreled with
his wife and struck her on the head •with
the hatchet. Only one blow was needed
to cause death and after that had been
struck, the sausage maker says, he
thought of the way to destroy all chances
of detection. The piece of lung and a
portion of calico which were found under
the barn, and which the police believed
to be strong evidence against Becker, he
Bays could not be any part of the body
of his wife, as he is certain that he de
stroyed every particle of flesh, and he
maintain? the dress she wore was also
entirely burned.
The police will look for the woman's
bones tomorrow. They refuse to tell at
present the location of the spot where
Becker says they are buried.
THE DEATH WATCH.
Rudyard Kipling; Told of the Vigils
Passed by Reporters.
NEW YORK, March 14.— Rudyard Kip
ling was feeling very well tonight, and
asked Mr. Doubleday a number of Ques
tions. During th 6 conversation Mr.
Doubleday happened to mention "the
death watch," which the reporters had
kept on Mr. KiDling, using their own
expression. The poet was interested at
once and asked for all details. He sai.l
It was his first experience and would
try to avoid a repetition.
"By the way," continued Mr. Double
day, "they are a little bit slack now th.it
you are getting better. Can't you do
something to stir up a little news for
them?"
Mr. Kipling was silent for some mo
ments and then he replied:
"I cannot think of anything unless to
go through everything again. Tou can
depend upon It I have no wish to do
that."
Since his illness was first mado public
more than 500 messnges of sympathy anil
expressions of good cheer have been re
ceived by Mr. Kipling. Some of them
are in verse. Mr. Kipling will not con
sent to the publication of any of these
letters. As might b« expected some ut
the verses are hardly classical and some
are very crude. But they are all mes
sages from honest hearts, according to
Mr. Kipling's ideas, and as such they
will be treated.
Dr. Dunham remains in constant at
tendance at Mr. K'pling's side and Dr.
Janeway makes one call each day. Dr.
Dunham thought tonight that he would
permit the sick man to sit up in two or
three days more if the improvement con
tinues.
FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
The Qnatermaater'H Department
Awards Transportation Contract*.
NEW YORK, March 14.— The quarter
master's department in the army building
today awarded contracts for the trans
portation of troops ordered to the Phil
ippines as follows:
For the transportation of eleven com
panies of tho Ninth infantry from S;iek
ett's Harbor, N. V., and one company
of the same regiment from Oswego, N.
V., to Ogden, Utah, at $18.70 per capita
for officers and men; horses at $342.50 a
car; and for the transportation of four
companies of the Ninth from Fort Ni
agara to Ogden, Utah, at $15.90 for offi
cers and men; horses at $317.80; awarded
to the New York Central railroad.
For the transportation of the Twenty
first infantry from Plattsburg, N. V.,
to Ogden, Utah, at $22.10 per capita for
officers and mf>n, horses at $426.-80 a car,
to the Delaware & Hudson Canal com
pany. For the transportation of four
companies of the Thirteenth infantry,
now at Fort Columbus, and two batteries
of ii;e Sixth artillery from New York to
Og'^n, Utah, at $36.50 per capita, horses
at 40 a car, to the New York, Onta
rio & Western railroad. The Ninth in
fantry will begin to move at. noon Fri
day. Dates for the moving of the other
troops have not yet been agreed upon.
.^B»-
Carllsts Seek Soldier Support.
MADRID, March 14.— The presence of
300 soldiers, repatriated from Cuba, at
the Te Deum celebrated yesterday in
memory of the Carllsts who wore killed
in the colonial wars, exemplifies the in
trigues of the Carlists to gain the sup
port of the disbanded troops. An in
vestigation shows that the Carlists paid
five pesetas to each soldier attending.