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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE j
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1599.
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THE WEATHER.
•RECAST FOR TODAY.
Minnesota Pair; warmer; southeast
winds.
Wisconsin Fair; warmer; fresh wester
ly winds, becoming variable.
Dakota Fair; warmer; southeast
winds.
Dakota Fair; warmer In eastern
portion: south winds.
lowa Fair; warmer; east winds.
Montana Fair; warmer in northeast j
portion; winds becoming southerly.
BT. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the j
I'nlted States weather bureau. St. Paul, i
P. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty-four j
hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected for temperature and |
elevat lon.
Highest temperature 20;
Lowest temperature 5:
Average temperature 12 1
Dailj range 15 I
Barometer -10.20
Humidit} 71 i
Precipitation d
7. p. m.. temperature It;'
7 p. m., wind, west; weather, clear.
TEMPERA-TORES.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the j
91 " - weather bureau. Washing
ton, 1> i-'. j
Temperature.] Temperature. I
High.*Bpm.| High."*Spm. '
Battleford ..14 10 Boston 36 32,
Bismarck ....18 12 Buffalo 30 30'
Calgary 30 2s Chicago 2S 28'
Duluth 26 22 Cincinnati ..43 +0
Edmonton ...30 22 Cleveland ...30 2S
Havre 16 18 Denver 68 s**]
Helena 42 38 Detroit 28 26:
Huron is h* Jacksonville .80 72
Medicine Hat.36 21 Los Angeles. 62 58 i
Mlnnedosa ...!. 1 New Orleans.76 68 i
Pr'ce Albert.. l 614 New York ..44 38
-•lie ..12 10 Philadelphia 48 40 I
Swift Cur'nt.2o X Pittsburg ....36 3z !
Williston ....26 20 San Fra'co .56 56!
Winnipeg ...it, 14 Washington .50 40 1
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul 1
.11 vr STANDING IP FOR HASTINGS, j
To these who know him, but do not
know the back pressure that ls upon him,
the position and the reasons for it taken
bj Senator Schaller, the gentleman from
Dakota; will be something of a surprise.
isually possessed by a good com
mon sense which be brings to bear upon
matters of public concern, and he is also
dispose,!, generally, to take that broader
public view of them which characterizes
the Democrat; that view which takes in
the whole unobscured by the intervening
• '■ r. St. So when the senator ad
dressed the senate in support of the
Staples bill that proposes, if it ever reach
maturity, to buy a site at or near Hast-
Ings on which, sometime in the remote
future, the state will erect the fifth build
ing of the class euphoniously styled ln
the acts "hospitals" -probably because
hospital functions are of second Im
portance- and when he brought to aid his
cause the sort of arguments he did, those
who know him, we repeat, were sur
prised.
Bui the senator is not to be taken too
seriously. H e does not, In this particular
matter, we are satisfied, so take himself.
We have no doubt at ail that when, after
his speech, he met his colleague from
Goodhue county— who, we assume, shares
the views of his county's representative—
the gentleman from Dakota thrust his
tongue into his check and slowly winked,
after the manner, it .Is said, of ancient
augurs: So when he said that he did not
like this talk of the cheapness of ths
county plan, he was only giving the Re
publican members a sly dig in the ribs
with a paraphrase of their president's
sclaration that he did not like cheap
things because "cheap and nasty go to
gether." Of course, as a Democrat, the
tator Is for economy as against prof
ligacy or even extravagance, and he
perfectly well that the economy of
the county system of care for the chronic
Ins:<ne is accomplished without any sac
eomfort for the inmates. If he
docs r.ol know It he could very easily
obtain the knowledge.
Again when the senator so vigorously
depicted the enormity of letting the in
mates, sane in body lf infirm In mind,
be pul to work, or be allowed to work
e.<p farms under cheap politi
cians," he was again slyly prodding the
ribs of his Republican colleagues whose
party Is responsible for the purchase of
hospital sites and for the character of
inagcrs of those retreats for the
Insane. The six hundred odd acres for
the purchase of which the house bill ap
propriates $27,000 would, for Instance,
nol be considered as a "cheap" .farm ln
any other than the sarcastlcal sense ln
which the senator spoke, and surely the
exposure Flank Examiner Pope makes ot
the double and treble salaries drawn by
the politicians of the state board of
health puts I! out *>£ the question to call
politicians "cheap" m any serious use
of that word.
So we caution our readers against tak
ing tha senator seriously. Ho is but
yielding as gracefully as he can to that
back pressure we mentioned. He is from
and of Hastings. and Hastingß , 8 ,_ th _
Insane hospital deal. It is to get a state
farm foi the present and a hospital j
some lime. This, you see, makes it one !
of Ha ' k ' s ••'""'''l issues." one that has j
"come up" in the senator's town, and he I
cannot. 0 f course, go back on his town, j
Bo bis wondering friends will have to ex- j
tend to him the condonation given by the i
Texas editor to _»hll Sheridan, who had
said that if he owned Texas and hades
ho would sell Texas and live in hades.
■which moved the Texan to remark:
'•Well, blank a man anyway, who wont
Stand up for his own country."
A MERITED ADVANCE.
The many employes of the Twin Clty
Rapid Transit company are to be con
gratulated. It has been definitely decided
by the officers of this system to raise the
wages of the men In their service two
cents an hour. This is a liberal ad
vance, and while lt means considerable
of a monthly Increase to each Individual
employed, to the company lt signifies, In
the aggregate, an addition of many
thousand dollars to t lie monthly pay roll.
This is a voluntary advance made by
the owners of the street railway system.
It comes, not at the end of any labor
trouble, but in the spirit of fairness that
ls actuated by more prosperous times at
present and a better business outlook for
the future. The employes of the Twin
City Rapid Transit company are a hard
working, courteous and efficient set of
men. They deserve to share in the pros
perity of the company, and the officials
appear to appreciate this fact The raise
in wages will go Into effect June 1, 1899.
TO Kill. THE KIIDKIUIAUTESS.
The McNeil bill to raise the school age
limit from live to six years has been re
modeled since its last killing and was re
ported out of the committee on education
yesterday with a recommendation for
passage. This is a deliberate attempt to
lull the kindergarten schools of the state.
We understand that the author of the
bill and his supporters make no conceal
ment, of this purpose. They say that the
country districts have and can have no
kindergartens; that It is. only the cities
that can have them, and that it Is un
fair that ihe cities should draw from the
apportionment of the general school fund
for the support of kindergartens when
the country schools do not and cannot.
There is also some specious talk about
the hygienic effects of sending children to
school before their sixth year which, as it
is put forward as a pretense to coyer the
real purpose, need not be considered.
The apportionment of the school fund
is made by using the number of children
enrolled in all the schools between the
ages of five and twenty-one as a divisor,
and the total fund available as a divi
dend, obtaining the share of each pupil
as a quotient. Of course, If the divisor
is reduced tha quotient is enlarged, and
by cutting out the pupils In the kinder
gartens the per capita of the others
would be Increased. There are forty
seven kindergartens In the state, twenty
seven of wliich are in St. Paul, with a
total enrollment of some 5,000. Of course
thi3 bill will not operate on the kinder
gartens alone, but will cut down the en
rollment ln every school district ln the
state. In fact its severest effect may be
ln the country districts where the sum
mer school is largely composed of very
young children, too young to work on the
farms.
At this time we purpose, however, to
consider a feature of the case that bears
upon the question of fairness and jus
tice. Admitting, for the moment, that the
bill, lf enacted, would affect the cities
only and reduce their share of the ap
portionment as intended, are the gentle
men who support this bill aware of the
fact that the cities already contribute to
the support of all the state schools much
more than they receive from the distribu
tion of the school fund? Would it be
fair to deprive St. Paul, for Illustration,
of the small amount lt recel%-es for Its
childen in the kindergartens while lt ls
paying over two dollars for each one re
ceived from that portion of the fund de
rived by direct taxation? Possibly the
gentlemen are not aware of this fact.
The records in the state auditor's and
state superintendent's office contain the
proof of Its truthfulness. From them we
present the following figures:
Total state apportionment 1897-8. .$1,020,768
Deduct amount state 1 mill tax... 569,079
Remainder derived from gen
eral fund $151,689
One mill tax, percentage of total
apportionment 55.8
Percentage from general fund .... 44.2
Ramsey county apportion
ment $77,266
From 1 mill tax, 55. S per
cent 40,914
Paid into treasury from 1
mill tax 96,290
Excess of tax paid over tax
received $55,376
That Is to say, Ramsey county paid, In
the direct tax of one mill, Into the gen
eral school fund. $55,576 more than lt
received from that portion of the sum
apportioned that was derived from the
one mill tax. We submit in all candor,
to the gentlemen from the country who
may be disposed to support the McNeil
crusade on our kindergartens if it is fair
or just to take a few thousand dollars,
six or seven at the outside, from a county
that contributes over $55,000 to the sup
port of their schools.
THE I-'I.ISIVE AGUINALDO.
A certain brunette with a gold whistle
named Aguinaldo, the Bombastes Fu
rloso of the Philippines, ls again erup
tive. It is generally supposed that he ls
in command of the Filipino forces on
the island of Luzon. At least it has been
so represented to Admiral Dewey and
Gens. Otis, Wheaton. Hall and others.
But so far as getting onto the firing
line himself it must be regretfully ad
mitted that Gen. Aguinaldo has been ex
traordinarily coy and bashful. His reti
cence in this respect excites remark. His
advances could not be met half way by
American generals because he never ad
vanced, personally. Invariably he has
sent forward a mob of howling, half-wit
ted dervishes who have received the fire
of our troops. Our boys have industrious
ly fed them bullets until the demoralized
.pagans have turned tail and plunged into
the jungle up somewhere nearer the shy
and diffident Aguinaldo.
Then the man with a golden whistle has
gotten action on his typewriter, and a.
fusillade of bombastic proclamations has
been shed all over the territory, piling
American losses to the maximum and re
ducing Filipino disaster to the minimum;
the shattered ranks have been recruited
with some more decollete bowmen and
spearmen and axmen, with a sprinkling ot
alleged sharpshooters, and they have
again been pushed up to the front by
Agulnaldo. As a pusher he's a cracker
jack. Occasionally a stray Filipino gen
eral would fall back on Aguinaldo and
gently remonstrate against such Insane
military tactics, and Aguinaldo would cut
his head off and put a less talkative man
In his place.
Recently, however, the Filipino army
has refrained from such pernicious activ
ity. It appears to have drawn off for
some kind of a consultation. During the
pending lull the American forces have
been gobbling prisoners right and left.
One of the last ones taken has bean talk-
THE ST. PAUT, GLOBE, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1839.
ing. He says that Agulnaldo is preparing
for a coup de main that will certainly
make our genera Is look sick. He says
that Agulnaldo will, himself, personally
appear on the tiring line, direct his forces,
conduct the reserves at Malolos and
march Into Manila within twenty days.
"unless the Americana withdraw ln the
meantime." This last statement Is a
trifle ambiguous, lt is rather reasonable
to suppose that if the Americans would
kindly withdraw the grand entry of
Aguinaldo Into Manila would be less diffi
cult of accomplishment.
Hut the point is right here. If this pris
oner has told the truth, Americans are iv
luck. This is just what is wanted to ter
minate the present complication. There
has been altogether too much sprinting
and side-stepping and going Into the
Jungle to avoid punishment on the part of
the agile Aguinaldo. If he will walk up
to the dough dish and take his medicine,
a la fusillade, we won't ask for twenty,
not even ten days to make him look like
a punched twenty-cent piece. The state
ment of the prisoner is somewhat
strengthened by recent concentration of
insurgent forces in the vicinity of Main
bun. If the prisoner Isn't lying, the pros
pect for crushing Aguinaldo ls excellent.
Let him break cover, draw near Manila,
remain lor a short period in action, and
the rest of the Philippine war will be
more like a sweet dream of peace. The
news that he Will make a stand appears
almost too good to be true.
. -<e»-
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes that
"Many Roman remains, including a
colossal head of Marcus Aurelius, have
been dug up at Carthage." Possibly if
they keep on digging they may strike
some of the stuff that gave Marcus the
colossal head.
The considerate attention of Cecil
Rhodes ls directed to the fact that the
impending scrap for "territorial acquisi
tion" appears more likely to break out
near the Canadian line than in the
tropical latitudes.
Colncldentally with the announcement
that Japan ia casting about for a new
language, the fact is developed that there
ls not a single cuss word in her whole
vocabulary. This ls suggestive of advanc
ing civilization. '
The Chinese pronounce their dowager
empress the most beautiful woman the
Celestial kingdom has ever known, which,
en passant, Is a good way to keep one's
head on his shoulders.
It ls given out that President McKinley
will visit St. Paul the coming summer.
This will afford Tom Reed another op
portunity to look him up.
New Jersey is attempting to put a stop
to race track betting. By the way, isn't
New Jersey the state where the trusts
breed?
The "ongwong cordwaul" between Mr.
Jacobson and the senate appears to be
suffering from the strain of a heavy ten
sion.
A new moon has been discovered by
a Harvard professor. Can it be possible
that we are becoming more Luna than
ever?
And now little Denmark joins in the
concert of powers and plaintively pipes
for a piece of that Chinese pie.
At last the Hotel "Windsor is being "in
spected." They are inspecting the ruins
for dead bodies and diamonds.
Sunstroke is still killing more Ameri
can soldiers in the Philippines than Agui
naldo's bullets.
But, Mr. Gage, we have the best and
most Industrious little tea tasters ln the
country.
Irish stew ls a dish never seen in Ire
land. Is this a boom advertisement for
Ireland?
If the glue manufactories fall to unite
It will not be owing to the quality of the
glue.
Jerry Simpson is writing a book on life
In Washington, a touch of high life, as it
were.
Mr. Bryan has evidently arrived at the
conclusion that politics is war, not a
picnic.
The American linn that is now export
ing clothespins to Europe has a snap.
It is positively stated that Mr. McKin
ley's handicap ln 1900 will be Hobart.
Nothing in life so became the Cuban
assembly as its quitting it.
- EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.
They are telling one on John Selb.
You know John took quite an Interest in
politics last spring arid fall, and among
the faithful that helped him swing the
Fifth ward into line was Steve Plcha.
Now, Steve or some of his friends wanted
a few crumbs from the table of the board
of publlo works, and Selb, wishing to
help Steve out, chased around to the
mayor's office to see the king about it.
John was received with the suavity which
the mayor is noted for, and Selb pre
sumed on this to ramble a little from the
beaten path of his prepared speech, men
tioning the fact that there was a dead
lock in the board of public works.
"What is that?" interrupted the mayor.
"A deadlock? There Is no deadlock. Two
of the members are voting for one man
and the other two for themselves. That
Is all. There is no deadlock."
Plcha' s petition Is hung up somewhere.
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But Selb is not always after things for
his friends. Johnny got a notion a little
while ago that he wouldn't mind dropping
Into a federal job, something under *W.
R. Merriam, for instance. So John went
around to see if the mayor would not
write him a letter of recommendation. In
view of his valiant political efforts. The
mayor heard his plea and then said, en
couragingly:
"Certainly, Mr. Selb. You write the let
ter and I will sign It. Write anything
you want to. Call a spade a shovel if
you like."
And Selb ls qtlll wondering what the
mayor meant by that.
—The Philistine.
THEY GO TO MIITMEAPOLIS
And ReftiKe to Indortie the Eagle
Street Site.
To the Editor of The Globe:
Having noticed the editorial in last
Sunday's Globe in reference to a mar
ket site, I wish to state my satisfaction
at having found one honest and fearless
paper. I have resided in St. Paul and
engaged in market gardening many
years. For the last five years over 199
gardeners, including myself, have taken
our produce to the Minneapolis market.
When this market question was first
brought up. it was stated one of the prin
cipal objects was to reclaim for our own
city this large number of gardeners. This
cannot be accomplished by locating the
market on Eagle street, the most inac
cessible and out-of-the-way spot which
could be found, not to mention its exor
bitant price (more than double its actual
value) and the large cost of filling. $4,500,
as estimated by the city engineer.
Why Is lt the city council snaps at this
offer, the worst made? Why should the
interests of the entire city be subserved
to the selfish wishes of the commission
man, one Seven corners grocer and three
or four milk men, butchers and book
binders, masquerading before the council
as gardeners?
Now, as to a proper site. The ideal lo
cation undoubtedly Is the block bounded
by Robert, Jackson; iNlnth and Tenth
streets, offered to 'fhi| city for, I believe,
$150,000. If, howevwr,, .as the comptroller
has plainly stated!' the city is unable to
expend this sum, the next best site would
be that between Jackson and Temperance
and Tenth and Eleventh streets, offered
for $f>2,."i00, on the most' liberal terms. The
public will carefully watch the individual
vote of the council when this matter
comes before them for final action, and I
am convinced if they persist in favoring
j the Eagle street site, it means an easy
j victory for the Democratic party in the
spring of 1900, for the matter will not be
forgotten. As a Republican I regret io
confess this, lt is a fact nevertheless.
— A. Rowe,
Phalen Avenue, near Mackubln Street.
St. Paul. Minn.. March 22, 1899.
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPO LI T A N.
"The Prisoner of Zenda" will be pre
sented for but three more performances
at the Metropolitan this week, tonight,
tomorrow night and at a popular price
matinee tomorrow afternoon.
"A Bachelor's Honeymoon" will be the
attraction at the Metropolitan opera
house for four nights and matinee, com
mencing Sunday- evening.
The Fills Grand Opera company, with
Melba, Zelle de Lussan, and others, in
cluding some of the most famous operatic
ai-UFts in the world, directed by Walter
Damrosch. has been secured for the Met
ropolitan for April 10, 11. and 12. The an
nouncement of sales of season and single
tickets will be made Sunday.
GRAND.
The story of "A Trip to Coontown"
centers on the numerous schemes invent
ed by a pair of scamps to separate from
his money and old soldier, who has re
cently obtained a pension of $5,000. There
is an abundance of music, dancing, coon
songs and a cake walk.
The engagement of the comedian, L. R.
Stockwell. will commence Sunday night
at the Grand with Charles Hoyt's "A
Mldnlght Bell." L. R. Stockwell will play
the Deacon. "A Midnight Bell" Is a four
act drama of New England characteriza
tion.
FLOOD OF TRUSTS.
Belnie Financed at the Rate of
Twenty Each Week.
NEW YORK, March 23.— Trusts are be
ing financed in Wall street at the rate
of about twenty a week. Nearly every
artlcle of food, clothing and luxury has
been placed under the control of these gi
gantic industrial combinations since
March 1, yet new ones- continue to spring
up dally. The street is flooded with the
common stock of these greatly overcapi
talized corporations.
CHICAGO. March 23. —It was an
nounced today by W. T. Blain, president
of the Victor Telephone Manufacturing
company, who is the chief promoter of
the new telephone combination which ls
to become the opponent of the Bell com
pany, that the new company controls
twenty independent telephone manufac
turing companies, and that the union of
their Interests was practically complete.
CHICAGO, March 23.— A local financial
bureau today says that the baking pow
der trust has been completed and that
the $20,000,000 capital stock was subscrib
ed twice over.
NORTHVILLE, Mich.. March 23.— The
Globe Furniture company-, of Northvllle,
ha 3 sold its plant and business to the
American School Furniture company,
New York, a recently organized corpora
tion with a capital of $10,000,000. Sixteen
other concerns manufacturing the same
line of goods are aum members.
TRENTON, N. J., March 23.— Articles
of incorporation were filed today with the
_secretary of state for the New England
"Electrical Vehicle and Transportation
company with a capital of $25,000,000.
WHATCOM, Wash., March 23.— The
last doubt of the -consummation of the
deal whereby the Pacific American
Steamship company, of Chicago, acquired
the fish traps of lower Puget sound was
removed today, when $100,000 of stock,
which the company asked the men to
subscribe, was taken.
WABASH, Ind., March 23.— The organi
zation of the American School Furniture
company, capital stock $1,500,000, has been
completed, and today absorbed over
twelve large manufacturing plants, scat
tered throughout the Union.
CUBAN ASSEMBLY
Appoints Gen. Maso, Commander-in-
Chief of the Army.
HAVANA, March 23.— The executive
committee of the Cuban military assem
bly has appointed Gen. Bartolomo Maso,
formerly president of the Cuban revolu
tionary government, commander-in-chief
of the Cuban forces in the orient or
eastern provinces.
The assembly was In session this after
noon. The motion proposed yesterday
by Senor Guallberto Gomez for the re
organization of the Cuban army was
passed, but, nnder existing conditions,
the action of the assembly ln this respect
is unimportant.
A dispatch was read from the Vete
rans association of Santiago asking the
assembly to restore Gen. Maximo Gomez
to the post of commander-in-chief. From
Gen. Maso a telegram was received, rec
ognizing on his part the superior au
thority of the assembly, acknowledging
lt as a duty to sustain the assembly,
and lamenting the controversy with Gen.
Gomez.
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TOWN DESTROYED.
Liberty, Tennessee, Devastated by a
Cyclone.
NASHVILLE, Term., March 23.—Liber
ty, In Dekalb county, is almost wiped off
the map. A furious cyclone swept over
it last night, wrenching trees from their
roots and felling houses In all directions.
The Christian church, a handsome brick
structure, was blown to pieces at the out
set and people were pantc-strlcken. Dam
age to property ln the storm's path is
enormous, but no fatalities are reported.
MRS. GEORGE IN COURT.
Alleged Slayer o>f George D. Sax on
to Be Vigorously Prosecuted.
CANTON. 0.. March 23.— Mrs. George,
accused of the mtfrder of George D. Sax
ton, the brother of Mrs. McKinley, was
In court today when commissioners were
appointed to take, depositions In South
Dakota and lowa for Jfce trial, which will
begin April 4. Judge Taylor named Judge
Frank R. Alkens,: of "Sioux Falls, S. D.,
to take depositions in Canton, S. D., and
August Freiberg, of Sioux City, 10., to
take depositions in Sioux City and Tn
wood. To. Mrs. George was divorced ln
Canton, S. D. I
Million for -Public Cliarity.
BOSTON. Mass:, 1 March 23.— The will
of Edward Austin 1 , of this city, leaving
$1,100,000 to public charity, was admitted
to probate here today. Some of the helrs
at-law object to the terms of the will,
but a compromise Is probable. The will
leaves $500,000 to Harvard college and
$400,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Reunion of Rniijgh Riders.
GI'THRIE. O. T.. March 23.—Arrange
ments are being made for a reunion to be
held here in June next, for the rough rid
ers, who fought in the battles about San
tiago. A letter has been received from
Gov. Roosevelt, of New York, accepting
an Invitation to attend.
FIGHTING AT ILOILO
AMERICANS HAVE A WARM EN
GAGEMENT WITH FOIR HUN
DRED NATIVE SOl, ■■■•<:■-<*
REBEL LOSSES ARE HEAVY
AmerlcatiM hour One Mini Killed and
Have Fifteen Wounded to Care
For RebelN Sent in a Heavy
Fire Despite <he Vlgortinn Attack
Made by Gen. Miller's Forces
AKolnnlild'n Mail Intercepted.
MANILA, March 23.— Details of the
fighting at Hollo, on March 16, show that
400 rebel riflemen from Panay were met
by seven companies of the Eighteenth
regiment of the United States Infantry,
and a battalion of the Tennessee volun
teers. As supports these troops had three
two-inch Hotchklss guns, under Gen.
Miller, north of Jaro, across the river.
The Americans were met with a heavy
fire. One man was killed and fifteen werei
wounded of the Eighteenth, and there
were several cases of sunstroke. Gen.
Miller estimates that fifty rebels were
killed and 100 wounded.
TORT! RED BY SAVAGES.
American Photographers Jusi Re
leased From a FlMjiino Prison.
SAT* FRANCISCO, March 23.— A letter
from Capt. McQueslen, surgeon of the
Twentieth regulars, now at Manila, tells
of the release of A. H. Peters, the pho
tographer, who was captured and tor
tured by the Filipinos. Peters was made
prisoner while taking pictures outside the
lines. He was thrust Into a filthy jail,
where he was visited by a native captain,
who tested his sword on his body and
threatened to kill him. The rebel chief
then called in a number of naked sav
ages, all armed, who executed a war
dance and made passes at Peters, one
of which wounded him in the arm. The
next morning he was takn to Malolos,
where he found eight Americans, two
Englishmen and a Spaniard. From here
he finally secured his release through the
intervention of American officials.
"The savages who attacked Peters,"
continues Capt. McQuesten, "were of the
tribe known as head-hunters and canni
bals. They live in the interior of this
island, and will not show any mercy after
this to any unfortunate white man who
may fall Into their hands."
CAPTURED AT CAI.OOCAN.
Mall Intended fe>r Agnlnaldo and
His Officers.
WASHINGTON, March 23.— The capture
of Coloocan, in the Philippine island of
Luzon, by the United States forces re
cently, resulted ln the confiscation of con
siderable mail addressed to the insurgent
government. One letter Is addressed to
Aguinaldo's so-called secretary of tho
treasury, and is in reply to a request for
money. The writer is apparently the
fiscal officer at Lucenla, Luzon, to whom
the insurgents had entrusted the duty of
"squeezing" the merchants, and he had
apparently confiscated for the Insurgent
cause a lot of cocoa fiber from a large
tobacco company. When asked to turn
over the property the agent remarked
that only $3,500 had come into his hands,
and that amount he had paid to the
troops, who were clamorous for more.
WORSE THAN SAVAGES.
Filipinos Use Brass-Tipped Ballets
That Poison Victims.
NEW YORK, March 23.— A special from
Washington says reports received at the
war department from the medical officers
serving with troops In the Philippines
show that Aguinaldo's army ls -using
brass-tipped bullets. Several Americans
soldiers have been wounded by the poi
sonous projectiles, and in consequence
the wounds are more difficult to heal
than those caused by the ordinary bullet.
Of course the authorities can do nothing
to prevent the insurgents using any kind
of bullets they see fit. They have no
government to which an appeal can be
made. Their action in this respect, of
ficials say, is another Indication of their
utter unfitness for self-government.
REGULAR TRIPS.
Buffalo Will Make Two Per Year
Between New York and Manila.
WASHINGTON. March 23.— The Buf
falo sailed today from Manila for New
York. She comes by way of the Suez
canal and will now ply regularly on that
route between New York and Manila,
making two round trips per year, at least,
bringing invalids home and carrying out
supplies for the American fleet ln the
Philippines.
Casualties at Manila.
WASHINGTON, March 23.— Gen. Otis
today reported to the war department the
following casualties:
March 16, near San Pedro Macatl:
Wounded— First Idaho, H, C. A. Benedict,
forearm.
March 21, near Maraquina: Wounded—
First Colorado, H, Artificer Archie A
Aldrich, armpit, moderate.
March 16, at Jaro, Panay: Killed—Six
teenth infantry, B, Private Richl. Wound -
ed— Eighteenth infantry, B, Joseph Daly,
thigh; Theodore Burr, chest; Preston
Savage, forearm; William McCushke,
chest; L. Taxform, forearm;H. James M>
Creary, hand; William Loman, thigh;
John E. Rodger, thigh; William Bixman,
leg; H, Riley G. Callaghan, scalp; Wil
liam Roden burger, hand: X, William
Marwood, leg; E. William Buster, leg; I,
Corporal Charles E. Bates, foot; First
California, L, Private T. A. Marlow,
shoulder.
To Watch American Tactics.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 23.— Lieut.
Feruclo Vitnli, military attache of the
Italian embassy at Washington, has ar
rived here en route to the Philippines,
where he will watch the military opera
tions as the military representative of
the Italian government. He has been
assigned comfortable quarters on the
transport City of Puebla, which is to con
vey part of the Ninth Infantry to Manila.
WEDDED ON HIGHWAY.
Indiana Lovers Elope and Have
Their Wcddins? in a liimnj .
VINCENNES, Ind., March 23.— A sen
sational elopement and romantic wed
ding took place at Monroe City. Miss
Mamie Lloyd, the daughter of Postmas
ter Ellas Lloyd, eloped with Frank
Owens, and they were married by Rev.
Mr. Denny, of the Methodist church.
Miss Lloyd went, presumably, to
church, but instead met her lover, who
was waiting with a buggy, and they
drove rapidly toward Rev. Mr. Denny's
home, a mile away. They met the cler
gymen on the way and made their wishes
known, and there In the middle of the
road the minister tied the knot, while
they were seated in their buggy.
They all drove back to the home of
the bride's parents to ask the usual
blessing. ' When told what had hap
pened the girl's mother swooned, and It
was with difficulty that she was revived.
The girl's parents objected to the match.
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DOUBT THE STORY.
.No Proof of an Encounter Between
Americans and Canadians.
WASHINGTON, March 23.— 80 th the
state department and the British em
bassy, which have been giving the sub
ject close attention, are so far unable to
locate the scene ejf that reported collision
between the American miners and the
Canadian mounted police, which was the
subject of a story brought by a minor
returning from Alaska to Vancouver re
cently.
LONDON, March 23.— 1n the house of
commons today James Francis Hogan,
anti-ParneUlte, asked whether a modus
vivendi had been arrived at ln thematter
of the Alaskan boundary, and whether
information had reached the foreign of
fice concerning collisions arising out of
the dispute. In reply, the parliamentary
secretary of the foreign office, the Rt.
Hon. St. John Brodrlck, said the pro
posals for a modus vlvendl had been
made by the United States government
and, he added, they are now under con
sideration. The government, Mr. Brod
rlck continued, had no news of a col
lision.
TO MITIGATE FEVER.
Prof. Koch, nt Cholera HacilliiM
Fame, Has a \ew Ut.siea.
BERLIN, March 23.— Prof. Robert
Koch, the celebrated bacteriologist, who,
In IW3, at the head of the German cholera
commission, visited Egypt and India and
then discovered the so-called "comma"
cholera bacillus, will start with an expe
dition next month for the tropics to con
tinue his investigation as to the nature
and origin of malaria. The relchstag has
made- a grant of ("0,000 marks in aid of the
undertaking.
The expedition referred to in the fore
going dispatch ls ln line with the efforts
of Prof. Koch to mitigate tropical fevers.
When he returned last year from a simi
lar expedition to the German East Afri
can coast, he advanced the theory that
in the case of human beings mosquitoes
play.d the pari In communicating ma
laria which ticks play ln the cattle dis- I
ease known as "Texas fever." He had 1
reached the conclusion that where there
are no mosquitoes there Is no malaria.
Moreover, he reported lt was possible
by microscopic examination of the blood
of a patient to discover, from the nature
of the microbes, the exact stage which
the disease had reached. This discovery
he regarded— according to his report at
the time— as of the highest Importance in
Its bearings upon the administration of
quinine shortly before the attack, or
shortly after. His theory as then ex
pounded Is that the quinine, taken at the
right, moment, stops malarial fever, not
by the killing of tho germs, but by ar
resting their growth; and his conclusion
was that a proper employment of quinine
with the establishment of mountain
health resorts would rob tropical fevers
of many terrors.
MR. ALGER RULES.
den. Miles Must Not Detuil Olll.er-
Without His Approval.
WASHINGTON, March 23.— The follow
ing order has been issued at the war de
partment:
Headquarters of the army: Adjutant
general's office, Washington, March — ,
1b99: The following decision has been
made and is published for the informa
tion and guidance of all concerned:
War department, Washington, March
22, 1899: Ordered, that hereafter no chief
or acting chief of staff corps shall be
detailed or ordered to any duty, by any
authority, without the approval of the
secretary of war. (Signed) R. A. Alger,
secretary of war. By command of Maj.
Gen. Miles.
— H. C. Corbln, Adjutant General.
This order of Secretary Alger has been
issued to set at rest all question as to
who is the supreme authority in the war
department.
The cause for the issuance of ihe order
was a recent order of Gen. Miles to Lieut.
Col. Garllngton, acting chief of the in
spector general's corps during the ab
sence of Gen. Breckinridge, directing
Col. Garllngton to visit certain points in
the West on an Inspection tour.
HARVARD-YALE DEBATE.
Subject Is Sleeeted and Foirwarded
to Yale.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 23— The
choice of a subject for Harvard-Yale de
bate, which is to be held In Cambridge,
May 12, was announced tonight by the
Intercollegiate Debating society, as fol
lows:
Resolved, That the present method of
electing United States senators is prefer
able to a system of election by popular
vote.
The question was sent to Yale today,
and the latter's choice of a side will be
announced ln two weeks, or five weeks
before the debate itself.
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REJECTED TEA.
St. Paul Furnished 27,5>-*_: I'ouuds
of It.
WASHINGTON, March 23.— A state
ment has been prepared at the treas
ury department showing the kinds of
tea, the number of packages and quantity
passed and rejected at the leading tea
Importing porLs of the United States dur
ing the calendar year 1898. It appears
that the number of pounds rejected under
the act of March 2, 1597 and previous acts,
were as follows: New York, 1,474, 200; San
Francisco, 173, 35!; Port Townsend, Wash.,
121,727; Chicago. _*),_6l; St. Paul, 27,992;
Portland. Or., 7.829; Philadelphia, 600; Bos
ton, 200: Baltimore, 200. Total rejected,
1,858,373 pounds. The amount admitted to
entry during the year Was approximately
£-,040,963 pound 3,
PROBABLY^MURDERED.
Cleveland Mechanic Found in a Dy
ing- Condition.
CLEVELAND, 0., March / 23— Joseph
Hausman, forty-eight years old, an em
ploye of the Variety Iron works, was
found in a dying condition today, lying
in the back yard at his boarding house.
Blood was spattered about in all direc
tions. There was evidence that a des
perate struggle had taken place. Every
thing within ten feet of the body was
besmeared with blood. Hausman died
shortly after he was removed to the
hospital. Seven wounds were found on
the dead man's head. The police have as
yet made no arrests.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
MANKATO, Minn., March 23.— (Special.)
—Charles I. Braeen. formerly city engi
neer of Mankato. died today, aged 45
years. He was a brother of City Record
er Brown and a brother-in-law of Mayor
Pfall.
DES MOINES. 10.. March 23.— J. W.
Geneser, cashier of the German Savings
bank, of this city, dropped dead on the
street today of heart trouble. He was
about 45 years of age and one of the best
known bankers In the state.
MILFORD CENTER, 0., March 23 —
Aunty Katie Suodgrass died today of
the grip, aged 103 years. She was the
oldest woman In the Woman's Relief
Corps ln the United States.
SARATOGA, N. V.. March 81— Mrs.
Anna Hayes Alexander died today at
West Charlton, aged 101 years.
WASHINGTON, March 23.— The navy
department has been advised by the state
department of the death of Capt. Green
leaf Seilley, at Buenos Ayres, where he
has lived for a great many years. He
served ln the navy during the Civil war
and soon afterwards retired.
ATCHISON, Kas., March 23— George
Brenner, aged fifty-five years, a wealthy
wine merchant, died here today of pneu
monia. The Brenner vineyards are among
the largest ln the West.
NORFOLK, Va., March 23.— Maj. James
F. Mllllgiin, a veteran of the Mexican and
Civil wars, is dead at his home in this
city, aged seventy years. He resigned as
midshipman in the United States navy
and personally tendered his services to
President Jefferson Davis, of the South
ern Confederacy, and was placed In
charge of a signal corps that operated in
this section and along the James river.
He was a Republican and held office as
inspector of hulls under several admini
strations.
LONDON, March 24.— The death is an
nounced at Jerutclem of Rlchird l'ad
bury, head of the great cocoa manufac
turing firm of Cadbury Bros.
NEW YORK. March 23.— John Butter,
said to have been the oldest bachelor In
the Cnlled States, Is dead at Huntington,
1.. 1., in his 101 st year.
Ouml Friday Holiday.
NEW YORK. March 23.— The governors
of tho stock exchange voted the usual
holiday Good Friday.
FREIGHT MEN CONFER
HI'SILT IS A SATISFACTORY I\.
DERSTANDING THAT WILL,
PROMOTE HAH MOW
TWENTY-FIVE ROADS AGREED
InlerstHte Commerce Commission
Acted as Intermediary in the
Cause of Pence Committee Ap
pointed to Formnlate Plan of
Procedure Anti-Trust Law Dis
cussed From Various Sides.
WASHINGTON, March 23. -The presi
dents, general managers and other repre
sentatives of about twenty-five railroad
companies, comprising almost the entire
Trunk line service between Chicago and
Lake Michigan and the Ohio and Miss
issippi rivers and beyond, were in execu
tive conference throughout today with
the interstate commerce commission. Tha
result was a verbal assurance on the part
of all the roads represented to maintain
uniform tariffs, thorough co-operation
and the appointment of a committee to
confer with the commission tomorrow
looking to more definite and specific
action for securing general stability in
freight rates.
This committee consists of Paul Mor
ton, vice president of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe; H. G. Burt, president
I'nion Pacific; A. C. Bird, general traffic
manager Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul;
B. F. Yoakum, vice president St. Louis
& San Francisco; <*. O. Warner, vice pres
ident Missouri Pacific, and Edward S.
Washburn, president Kansas City. Fort
Scott & Memphis. This committee will
meet with the commission tomorrow at
10 o'clock.
The' general conference closed after be
ing in session from 11 this morning till 6
tonight, and most of the members have
returned home. Among those who par
ticipated in this conference looking to
absolute rate uniformity ln the West
were: Mr. Storm, of the Minneapolis, St.
Paul & Sault Ste. Marie; Vice President
McCullagh, Chicago & Northwestern;
Vice President Harris, Chicago, Burling
ton & Qulncy; Receiver H. F. Whitcomb,
of the Wisconsin Central; Receiver Sam
uel Hunt, Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas.
City.
HARMONY PREVAILS.
At the conference every road repre
sented was called on to report its freight
tariff conditions generally, whether its
published rates were being carefully ob
served, and what future difficulties were
anticipated. Each reported absolute
maintenance of published schedules, and
the reports summarized indicated the
most thorough co-operation In the West
ern territory. No road had any definite
complaint or secret rate practices to re
port and, on the contrary. It was brought
out that several reports of secret prac
tices were groundless.
The anti-trust law. taking away the
legal sanction of any concerted effort
among the roads to maintain rates and
at the same time requiring the observance
of published rates, was discussed and ef
forts to overcome this obstacle were In
formally mentioned.
The general sentiment as to the results
of the conference Is that each road will
make a consistent effort to act fairly with
each other, and with respect to shippers.
The officials present pledged themselves
not to deviate from their published
tariffs, and not to discriminate between
the large and small shippers.
At the meeting tomorrow definite action
may be taken looking to insuring, as far
as possible, against possible future con
tingencies which might precipitate de
moralization in rates.
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WORLDS NEWS MIRRORED.
Paris— The president of the chamber
of deputies, M. Dechanet, denies that h*
is to marry a wealthy American.
Berlin— The German battleship Olden
berg broke her anchor and went aground
near Kiel today during a heavy snow
storm.
London—A dispatch from Nice an
nounces the arrival there of the Marquis
ot" Salisbury, who left London yesterday
for the Riviera.
Dcs Moines, lo.'— Prominent dairymen
of lowa in session here today resolved
to demand a reduction in freight rate
on dairy products.
Chicago— Digby Bell, the actor, filed a
petition in bankruptcy yesterday, in
which ho asks to be relieved of liabilities
aggregating $27, 00"'.
. Uniontown, Pa.— Mrs. Frank Wllsick,
of Oliver, U3ed kerosene in kindling a, fire
today, and as a result she and her two
little" children are fatally burned.
New York— A petition ln voluntary
bankruptcy has been tiled against Georg*.
Hyman, manufacturer of bedding. Mr.
Hyman's liabilities are about $140,000.
Pittsburg, Pa.— The engineers of tho
Jones & Laughlin Steel company's mills
have been notified that their wages
would be advanced 10 per cent April 16.
Louisville, Ky.— C. W. Jefferson, con
ducting the largest grocery in Louisville,
today tiled a voluntary petition in b.ink
ruptcv. Liabilities are $7n,170; asset.-. $60,
--000.
Kansas City. Mo.— Col. M. K. Payne,
ex-mayor of Kansas City, filed a petition
in voluntary bankruptcy ln the federal
court here today. His liabilities are $125,
--000.
Pittsburg. Pa.— Six hundred employes
of the Fox Pressed Steel company havo
quit work because the firm refused to
grant an advance of 10 per cent in theli
wages.
Lagrange, Ind.— Mrs. Molter, near this
city, caused the 'death of two of her
children last night by administering mor
phine. She attempted to commit suicide
but failed.
Havana — A detachment consisting of 123
privates and ten officers, belonging to the
Second South Carolina regiment, sailed
for the United States yesterday on board
the Olivette.
Youngstown, O. — Yesterday Mahoning
valley mill operators voluntarily advanc
ed wages of laborers from $1.15 to 51. 25 a
day. Fifteen hundred men will be bene
fited by the Increase.
New York— The Philadelphia company,
of Pittsburg, has declared a quarterly
dividend of I*4 per cent, payable April 5.
The previous dividend was declared on
Jan. 10 at 1 per cent.
Appleton, Wis.— Chris Bosser shot and
instantly killed nis mother-in-law, Mrs.
Brehme, yesterday, and then probably
fatally shot his wife. Domestic trouble is
said to have been the cause.
San Francisco— A special from Seattle
says tho steamer Laurada, which re
cently arrived, brought $150,000 from t.ie
Klondike, being the first treasure to ar
rive from there this season.
Philadelphia— lt has been decided that
the next general meeting of the Brother
hood of St. Andrew will be held In Cal
vary church. Conshohocken, a suburb of
this city, on Thursday. May 25.
Newburg, N. V.— The plant of the New
burg Wire and Nail company was sold
under judgment of foreclosure here yes
terday and was bought for $,».0t)0 for
Frederick P. Voorhees. of New York.
London— Inquiries made at the Kotb_
(hild's banking louse show there is no
trutli in the report that the Rothschilds
have decided to establish a bank at San
Francisco with a capital of $5,000.. KM.
San Francisco— The monitor Comman
che' which has been bought from the
government by a local firm, will be con
verted into a freight ferryboat to run
in San Francisco bay.
New Haven, Conn.— The will of the late
Prof, -)■ H- Marsh, which was tiled for
probate today, bequeaths all his property .
to Vale university, with the exception
of $10,000 to the National Academy of
Science.
Lansing. Mich.— The Michigan supreme
court today affirmed the judgment of the
circuit court at Detroit, enjoining the city
from using public funds to pay bit's in
curred ln entertaining the League of
American Municipalities.
Pittsburg. Pa.— The window gtasa fac
tories of D. O. Cunningham, Cunningham
& Co. limited, and Phillips & Co.. on th»
South side, were entirely closed dow*\
today by the strike of eighty Lehr tender
and shove boys for an advance of 10 per
cent.