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VOL. XXII.— NO. 90.
IMEMMDODT
IHKLLS FROM "WARSHIPS HAVE
NOT DRIVEN THEM TO YIELD
TO FORCE
WHITES ABAM THEIR HOMES
EXILED CHIEFS OF THE TANUS
PARTY ARE BROUGHT BACK
TO THB TOWN OF APIA
INTEREST AT WASHINGTON
J*l«m I'liicnt. of Diplomatic Repre
sentative* of Great Britain and
•iermnny Carefully Noted Brlt-
IkU Foreign Office Officially Noti
fied of the Bombardment News
Received ln Berlin.
BERLIN, March 30.— A brief official
dispatch from Apia, Samoa, dated March
20, says:
"The bombardment continues. In pur
suance to military orders the whites have
evacuated many houses.
"The chiefs of the Tanus party who
were exiled to other islands have been
brought back from Upolu. The firearms
and ammunition taken from Tanus on
Jan. 2 have been returned."
LONDON, March 30.— The British for
eign office has received official dispatches
confirming the dispatches of the Asso
ciated Press from Apia, Samoa, announc
ing the outbreak of hostilities there.
INTEREST IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, March 30.— The serious
condition of affairs ln Samoa engaged the
attention of officials throughout today,
and there were : conferences at the White
house between -the president and Secre
tary Hay, and at the state department
between the secretary and the British
ambassador and Baron Speck yon Stern
berg, first secretary of the German em
bassy. Nothing additional in the way of
news was contributed from any official
source. The only authoritative statement
came from the navy department, giving a
brief despatch from Admiral Kautz. This
threw no light -on the latest outbreak,
and, owing to a tangle of dates, it served
only to further involve the mystery. In
view of the fact that the fighting was
\^_^^h jAritKLM COMMANDER W SAMOA ) CftlJ ISHR
====S^^^^ ? PHILADELPHIA.
widespread and long continued, and that
the foreign offices at London and Berlin
had been officially advised of tl)e affair,
lt was regarded as somewhat strange
that the state and navy departments
should be entirely without Information
of a bombardment by an American ad
miral. Up to the close of offlce hours it was
stated nothing had come from any of our
representatives In Samoa dealing with
the outbreak of hostilities. The calls of
Sir Julian and Baron Sternberg were
mainly for information, "for at neither of
the embassies had there been a report of
the occurrence or instructions, up to the
time of the calls.
SIGNIFICANT VISIT.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
bassador, went to the state department
at 11 o'clock, accompanied by his secre
tary, Mr. Elliott, and conferred with
Secretary Hay. As this was the regular
diplomatic day, little significance would
have attached to the call under ordinary
circumstances, but, with British and
American warships operating in a bom
bardment, more than usual interest at
tached to the call. There ls no doubt that
the serious developments ln Samoa were
discussed.
As to the German attitude, lt ls stated
positively in a quarter thoroughly famil
iar with German official sentiment, that
the outbreak now reported can under no
circumstances be construed as an overt
act against Germany, nor as a casus belli.
This ls from such a source that lt largely
relieves the possibility of international
complications. As an evidence of the con
ciliatory sentiment of the German govern
ment, lt was said today that the note de-
llvered to the state department last week
urged ln behalf of the German govern
ment that the good relations existing be
tween two such nations as the United
States and Germany would not be inter
rupted by a matter of such comparative
unimportance as an official dispute in
Samoa. It ls said that the German gov
ernment probably would have accepted
Admiral Kautz as a sort of an umpire,
taking his decision as final, but the objec
tion quite forcibly expressed to the state
department was the manner of his going
to Samoa, while friendly exchanges were
going on, without notice to Germany.
NO PROTEST EXPECTED.
The German ambassador has received
no advices and no instruction relative to
the reported bombardment, and there is
no evidence thus far that Germany will
protest or assume a belligerent tone. From
the German standpoint the most serious
aspect ls that the bombardment will ex
cite public feeling on both sides of the
water, leading to popular outbursts whleh
will overcome the efforts to secure a set
tlement. One of the latest propositions
toward a settlement ls that three commis
sioners be appointed, one from each
country, to meet tn Samoa, and sit as a
court in settlement of the difficulty.
The state department has not yet re
ceived official advices. The demonstra
tion ls regretted, but the opinion is ex
pressed that Admiral Kautz acted on his
best judgment and information. The
state department acknowledges that no
permpnent agreement can be reached un
der a .reaty ln which all three powers do
not agree, and hope some settlement of
the difficulty may be brought about when
lt is seen the Islands cannot exist as at
present.
Admiral Kautz, it is stated, acted with
in his instructions. It Is believed he con
cluded, after consultation with Capt.
Sturdee, of the Porpoise, the senior Brit
ish naval officer, and the United States
and British consuls, that a state of an
archy existed which called for action. The
fact that the edicts of the chief Justice
were disregarded and were Ignored, al
though sustained by the representatives
of two of the governments, made such a
course imperative. There is no doubt,
with the facts now at hand, that Admiral
Kautz will be sustained by the United
States government.
ADVICES FROM ADMIRAL KAUTZ.
Assistant Secretary Allen has Issued
the following statement:
"The latest dispatch from Admiral
Kautz ls as follows:
" 'Auckland, March 29.— Secretary of
the Navy, Washington: Situation is im
proving since telegram of 18th, via Syd
ney, N. S. W. —'Kautz.' "
This is the only dispatch received from
Admiral Kautz at the navy department,
Assistant Secretary Allen says. As will
be observed, it contains no details con
cerning the reported trouble at Apia. j
It is learned that the dispatch of Rear
Admiral Kautz, dated Samoa, March 16,
to which he referred In his cable dated
Auckland, today, gave the result of his
Investigations into the situation after his
arrival. His conclusion fully sustained
the contention of the British and Ameri
can consuls, which was ln exact accord
wtth the conclusion already reached by
the British naval commander, Capt. Stur
dee, of the Porpoise. The dispatch of
the 18th probably left Apia on or prior
to the 10th instant. The German embassy
here ref.-elved advices forwarded by the
same steamer to Sidney, which reported
the arrival of Rear Admiral Kautz, and
said that he had called a meeting of the
consuls aboard the Philadelphia for the
11th. So far as the text of the dispatch
given out today goes, absolutely no men
tion ls made of the result of the meet
ing aboard the Philadelphia, or of any
of the subsequent events reported ln the
dispatches. Through the advices given to
the public by the navy department, it is
only known that Admiral Kautz's in-
vestigatlon sustained the position taken
by the American and British consuls,
and that the situation since the date
of that report has Improved during the
time before the last brief dispatch re
ceived today via Auckland was sent.
BERLIN PRESS SILENT.
LONDON March 31.-The Berlin corre
spondent of the Times says
"Pending further Information from Sa
moa the German press refrains from com
ment calculating to embitter the feelln or
Imperil pending negotiations. The events
that have occurred are deplored, mainly
because they may Influence public opin
ion adversely to the government's pol
f/. _ cuUlvati "*"*" England's friendship,
it ls feared they may give occasion for
suspicion and cause the public to
reproach the government for the flrst
fruits of Its rapprochement with Eng
land and the United States. On the oth
er hand, no information exists to form a
premature judgment on the action of
Admiral Kautz and the British and
American naval ofllcers."
DR. RAFFEL'S SUCCESSOR.
NEW YORK, March 30.-The North
German Lloyd steamship Trave, which
reached here today from Bremen and
Southampton, brought Dr. Wilhelm Solf,
the newly appointed president of the mu
nicipality of Samoa. Dr. Solf ls accom
panied only by a valet, and went to the
Holland house, ln this city. Though he
declined to be Interviewed, a reporter
finally succeeded ln obtaining from him
the following statement of facts:
"Ten days ago I left Germany, and
during that time I have had no opportu
nity to keep myself Informed by the
newspapers or otherwise about the devel
ment of the kings. Having just stepped
down from the steamer I- intend to com
municate at once with the German consul
Continued on Seventh Page,
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1899.
DANGER OF EMPIRE
SENATOR HOAR, OF MASSACHU
SETTS, DISCUSSES FEATURES OF
PHILIPPINE PROBLEM
WAR THERE IS imiULASTED
SO CONTENDS THE VENERABLE
SENATOR IN A LETTER TO HIS
CONSTITUENTS
FILIPINOS BOUGHT LIKE SHEEP
Says Noi Such Proceedings 'Were
Contemplated by Those 'Who
Framed the American Constitu
tion Defines His * Position,
"Wl> toll He Declares Cannot Re
Challenged by Imperialists.
BOSTON, March 30.— A letter bearing
date of Feb. 4, and signed by 100 or more
of the most prominent men in and around
this city, headed by ex-Gov. George S.
Boutwell, commending the attitude in
congress of Senator Hoar, and Inviting
him to address them at a future date,
was made public today. Accompanying
it is the letter of acknowledgment from
Senator Hoar, bearing date of yesterday,
ln which he says:
"I do not think thero is any reason
personal to me for holding such a
public meeting. Undoubtedly there should
be and there will be, many public meet
ings the country over to protest against
trampling under foot the rights of a
brave people struggling for their liber
ties, the violations of the principles of
our own constitution, and of the declara
tion of Independence, and the continuance
by the American people ln the costly
and ruinous path which has brought
other republics to ruin and shame — which
will dishonor labor, place intolerable bur
dens upon agriculture, and fasten upon
the republic the shame of what Presi
dent McKinley has so lately and so truth
fully declared to be criminal aggression.
"I think it will be wiser to have meet
ings of that character a little later rather
than just now. We do not yet know
whether the present war for the sub
jugation of the people of the Philippines
is .to continue Indefinitely, or whether
there Is to be a speedy submission to
the overwhelming power of the United
States. If the war shall shortly be ended,
we shall then be able to discuss the
question of our national duty, free from
the disturbing Influences which exist al
ways when the country ls at war. If,
on the other hand, the war should long
and Indefinitely continue, the people will
begin to feel the burden of Increased
debt and Increased taxation* the loss of
life and health of our youth, and the
derangement of trade and peaceful in
dustry."
After quoting some personal ex
periences growing out of his position
Senator Hoar says:
PEOPLE BOUGHT LIKE SHEEP.
"The blood of the slaughtered Filipinos,
the blood and the wasted health and life
of our own soldiers, is upon the heads
UNITED
STATES
CRUISER
PHILADELPHIA.
of those who have undertaken to buy
a people ln the market like sheep, or to
treat them as lawful prize and booty of
war; to impose a government on them
without their consent, and to trample U T
fler f oot not only the
Philippine islands, but the principles
upon which the American repuWlc ltse,f
rests.
Continuing Senator Hoar refers to the
pledges of the country toward Cuba, and
the president's declaration that any other
conduct on our part would have been
'criminal aggression," and continues
on V^..?* righteou8 ness and justice
on which the great and free American
people should act and in the end Jam
sure, will act, depends, not upon parallels
of latitude and meridians of longitude
or points of the compass. It Is the same
yesterday, today and forever. It Ls as
!f? ?™ as when ° Ur fatherß declared
™£, 7 .V aS b,nd,ns u P° n William
McKinley today as it was upon George
Washington or Abraham Lincoln. The
only powers of government the American
people can recognize are just powers, and
these powers rest upon the consent of
the governed.
POSITION DEFINED.
"No man during this whole discussion
has successfully challenged and no man
will successfully challenge:
"First— The affirmation that under th«
constitution of the United States tho J.
SW^t 0 ' terrlto . r y. asofother proper-"
ty, ls not a constitutional end, but only
ft-f^, *?., a constitutional end' and
that while the making of new states and
?, r n ° n V i, dln8 _* a *»«<>•«•* defense Th! constftu*
tional ends, so that we may acquire and
hold territory for those purposes the
Bovexnlng of subject people is not ft con!
stltutlonal end, and that there ls, there
fore, no constitutional warrant for ac
quiring and holding territory for that
purpose.
"Second— That to leave our country to
stand on foreign soil ls ln violation of th*
warnings of our fathers, and of tho fare,
well address of Washington.
"Third— That there waa never a tropi
cal country governed with any tolerable
success without a system of contract la.
bor.
"Fourth— The trade advantages of the
Philippine islands, If there be any, must
be opened alike to all the world, and
that our share of them will never begin
to pay the cost of subjugating them by
war, or holding them ln subjection In
peace.
"Fifth— That the military occupation of
these tropical regions must be kept at
an Immense cost both to the souls and
bodies of our soldiers.
"Sixth— That the declaration as to Cuba
by the president and by congress applies
with stronger force to the case of the
Philippine islands.
"Seventh— That Aguinaldo and his fol
lowers, before we began to make war
upon them, had conquered their own ter
ritory and Independence from Spain, with
the exception of a single city, and were
getting ready to establish a free consti
tution.
"Eighth— That while they are fighting
for freedom and independence, and the
doctrines of our fathers, we are fighting
for the principles that one people may
control and govern another In spite of Its
resistance and against its will.
"Ninth— That the language and argu
ment of those who object to this war are,
without change, the language and argu
ment of Chatham, of Fox, of Burke or
Barre, of Camden, and of the English
and American Whigs, and the language
and argument of those who support it
are the language and argument of George
111., of Lord North, of Mansfield, of Wed^
derburn, of Johnston, and of the English
and American Tories.
"Tenth— No orator or newspaper or
preacher, being a supporter of this pollcy
of subjugation, dares repeat ln speech or
in print any of the great utterances for
freedom of Washington, of Jefferson, of
John Adams, of Abraham Lincoln, or of
Charles Sumner.
DANGER OF EMPIRE.
"The question the American people are
now considering, and with which they are
about to deal, ls not a question of a day,
or a year, or of an administration, or of
a cenutry. It is to affect and largely de
termine the whole future of the country.
We can recover from a mistake in regard
to other matters which have interested
or divided the people, however critical or
serious. Tariffs and currency and reve
nue laws, even foreign wars, all these,
as Thomas Jefferson said, 'are billows
which will pass under the ship.' But if
the republic is to violate the law of its
being, If lt to be converted Into an em
pire, not only the direction of the voy
age Is to be changed, but the chart and
the compass are to be thrown away. We
have not as yet taken the Irrevocable
step. Before tt is taken let the voice
of the whole people be heard."
MOHAWK CLUB BANQUET.
Sliver Democrats Exchange Compli
ments at Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich., March 30.— Four hun
dred Detroit Democrat?, with a con
siderable company of ladles, enjoyed to
night the third annual banquet Of the
Mohawk club, the leading silver Demo
cratic organization of Michigan. Letters
of regret from Col. Bryan and other
were read, with a. telegram from Con
gressman J. Hamilton Lewis, of Wash
ington, who was to have been one of the
speakers.
Hon. T. E. Tarsney, .president ot the
club, Introduced Mayor Maybury as
toastmaster. In his opening remarks the
mayor paid his respects to the trusts
by saying that no mob was ever so dan
gerous to the people's .'lnterests as the
capitalistic greed which is culminating
today, when great aggregations of capi
tal are seeking to lower cost of pro
duction, particularly so at the expense
of labor. The mayor predicted that the
time is coming when fh# advantages be
ing taken for the enrichment of the
few will be turned to the beneflt ef the
many.
Hon. Thomas E. Barkworth, Demo
cratic candidate for justice of the state
supreme court (the bench of which is
occupied wholly by Republicans), re
sponded to the toast, "Partisanship and
the Judiciary; Are They Always Separa
ble?"
The principal address of the evening
was the response by Congressman John
J. Lentz, of Ohio, to the sentiment, "Re
form the Trusts First arid the Filipinos
Afterward."
MR. BRYAN AT TOPEKA.
Discusses Issues o* the Campaign to
Come in 1900.
TOPEKA, Kan., March 20.-A Demo
cratic conference and banquet, under the
auspices of the Democratic state central
committee, was held in this city this
evening. Prominent speakers, Including
Col. William Jennings Bryan, of Nebras
ka; Champ Clark and.Gov. William J.
Stone, of Missouri; Allen O. Myers, of
Ohio, and Sidney Clark, of Oklahoma,
were present.
Mr. Bryan stood out squarely for the
Chicago platform, and, said there had
been no retreat from the" positions taken
ln 1896.
Mr. Bryan closed with a denunciation
of militarism, and what he termed the
tendency of the present administration
towards Imperialism. He said:
"The Republican party came Into ex
istence in an attempt to apply the De
claration of Independence to the black
man; it seems likely to go out of ex
istence for its refusal to apply the same
principles to a brown man— only half
black."
IMPORTANT RULING.
New Jersey Judge Corrects an Error
as to Election Law.
NEWARK, N. J., March 30.— The cir
cuit court today ordered the board of
elections to print the Democratic city
ticket on the Australian ballot. The tick
et was not certified by the Democratic
committee to the board of election fifteen
days before, election day, as required by
law, and State Supervisor of Elections
Kinney ruled that the ticket could not be
placed on the ballot. The court reverses
the supervisor's decision, holding that
the law ls directory and not mandatory.
NOT INVITED.
Ex-President Cleveland on the Ten.
Dollar Dianer.
PRINCETON, N. J., March 30.— Ex-
Presldent Grover Cleveland was asked
today whether he expected to attend the
Belmont $10 Jefferson dinner to be given
in New York city on April 13. He said he
had not received an invitation. All he
knew about the dinner was what he had
seen ln the papers.
i
Baltimore Democrats Nominate.
BALTIMORE, March 30.— The Demo
cratic city conventlbn met in Music hall
tonight and nominated the following:
For mayor, Thomas G. Hayes; president
second branch city council, Skipwith
Wilmer; comptroller, James H. Smith.
W~i-
Sharp Acid-Thrown Case.
FOND DU LAC, Wis., March 30.— The
Sharp acld-throwlng> case Will probably
go /-..J 1 , 6 - lury tomorrow. District Attor
ney trill, of Oconto, having finished his
opening argument for the state, today
«£! _* t !' k *J n v ?. b > r Attorney Falker, who ,
pleaded for the defendant ■'
Hi SALE IS OFF
THE SECRETARY OF THE IN
TERIOR ISSUES HES LONG
DELAYED ORDER
ESTIMATING ALSO STOPPED
DECIDED STEP TAKEN IN THE
MATTER OF THE CHIPPEWA
RESERVATION TIMBER
AHE JEALOUS OF ST. PAUL
Eastern Tea Importers Endeavor to
Prevent the Appointment of an
Inspector for the Twin Cities
St. Paul Delegation Given a Hear
ing, by Secretary Gave Question
Taken Under Advisement.
WASHINGTON, March 80.— (Specials-
Late this afternoon Mr. Hitchcock, of
the interior department, took a decided
step in the matter of the sale of pine
on the Chippewa Indian reservations in
Minnesota. The long-expected order ls
that the pine land sales scheduled to take
place ln May shall be postponed to some
Indefinite time, pending the further Inves
tigation and action by the department
and the land commissioner. In addition
to postponing the sale, the order of the
secretary also suspends the work of tim
ber estimating In the reservations.
For several months conflicting pressure
has been brought to bear upon the secre
tary in the matter of these pine sales.
Memorials from the legislature of Min
nesota, petitions and protests from vari
ous sources and the presence in Wash
ington of Indian delegations have all
served to complicate the situation and
to delay action. The Leech lake Indians
have been especially active ln urging a
postponement of the sale, and the action
taken, according to the secretary, is ln
line with the wishes of a majority of the
Indians. They have, lt is stated, urged
that their Interests would be endangered
by the sale, and that the proceeds of the
lands would be Increased ln the end by
a postponement of the sale ordered and
by stopping the expenses of pine estimat
ing, which last has been a principal griev
ance, as the case of the Indians has been
presented. One argument advanced has
been that the carrying out of the order
of sale would tend to cause renewed
trouble at Walker with the Indians of the
Bear island band, but interior officials
say that the decision of the secretary bas
not been influenced by this fear. The
whole question is an unusually compli
cated one, involving the opertaions of
the dead-and-down timber law, in con
nection with which hints of an extensive
.scandal are already, in circulation here,
the rights of the Indians, the political po
sition of a host of Inspectors and esti
mators and the interests of big lumber
concerns, whose wishes are not plainly
apparent on the surface, but who doubt
less have brought weighty Influence to
bear in one way or another.
JEALOUS OF ST. PAUL.
Eastern Tea Importer* Oppose the
Appointment of an Inspector.
WASHINGTON, March 80.— Secretary
Gage and Assistant Secretary Spauldlng
gave a hearing today to Senator* Davis,
Representative Stevens and a number of
Importers and jobbers ln tea at St. Paul
and Minneapolis, in favor of the appoint
ment of a tea expert at St. Paul under
the provision of the pure tea aot of March
_, 1897, as amended by tne adt of June
18, 1898.
Some weeks ago the department stated
Its purpose to appoint a tea examiner at
St. Paul, which, lt ls said, has developed
Into an important tea distributing point.
Subsequently numerous remonstrances
were received at the department from
the tea trade at New York and other
Eastern cities, against this appointment,
mainly on the ground that uniformity ln
the tests could be secured only by limit
ing the examiners to the lowest possible
number. The members of the government
board of tea experts at Now York also
reported against making St. Paul and
Minneapolis a tea examining point.
The importers and jobbers ln these
cities, however, insisted that there was
no more difficulty in arriving at a uni
form and just conclusion as to the qual
ity of tea than there was ln the ex
amination of wheat, and that under the
present arrangement they were being dis
criminated against ln favor of Chicago
and the East.
The secretaries took the matter under
advisement.
Those composing the delegation are: J.
W. Cooper, St. Paul; J. L. Harper. Min
neapolis; S. L. Moore, of the Northern
Pacific; F. P. Clark, Great Northern, and
J. W. Skinner, Canadian Pacmb.
ARMY OF APPLICANTS.
Census Commissioner Merriam Ad
vises Seekers to Go Slow.
WASHINGTON, March 80.— The census
offlce has called special attention to the
extraordinarily large number of applica
tions for places that have been filled and
to the fact that for some time to come
but a small skeleton corps engaged for
preliminary work will be appointed. So
far there has been, at a conservative es
timate 2,500 formal applications for of
flce under the census, while with the let
ters and preliminary Inquiries that have
come ln, the applications ln sight may be
figured at about 10,000. Until preparations
can be made for the examination of these
seeking employment. Director Merriam
discourages the pressing of applications.
The work now ls being directed largely
to getting out the examination papers for
the ordeal to which all applicants must
be subjected.
PINE SALE PROTEST
Signed by Three Archbishops and
Presented at Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 30.— Secretary
Hitchcock today received a protest
against the sales of Chippewa timber,
signed by Archbishops Ireland, of St
Paul; Ryan, of Philadelphia, and Cor
rigan, of New York. Gus Beaulieu also
presented a protest ln person and told
the secretary something about the condi
tions that prevail ln Minnesota. The
secretary said, however, that he would
not render a decision today. The secre
tary also said that nothing had been
don* toward carrying out the resolution
PRICE TWO CENTS^{gr v ti r c^W
HULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul.
Fair; Northwest Winds.
I— Malolos Is Taken.
Perils of Empire.
Status in Samoa.
Pine Sale Postponed.
It— People's Party Address.
Shops Secured for St. Paul.
Mr. Kirke After McCardy.
»— The Legislative Session.
Earnings Tax Walts.
4— Editorial.
Ramsey Delegation Acts-.
Gen. Gomes Is Weary.
•6— Sporting News.
After a Bank Wrecker.
Employment Agency Case.
6— Markets of the World.
Bar Silver, 59 3-40.
Chicago May Wheat, 73 1-B— l-te.
Stocks Active and Irregular.
T— Minneapolis Matters.
Notrthwest News.
B— ln the Field of Labor.
Return of Fifteenth.
Civic League Meeting.
ATLANTIC LIVERS.
NEW YORK-Arrived: Ema, Naples;
Trave, Bremen and Southampton.
Sailed: Cymric, Liverpool.
BREMEN— Arrived: Lahn, New York.
LIVERPOOL — Arrived: Teutonic, New
York. Sailed: Pennland, Philadelphia.
QUEENSTOW..— Sailed: Britannic, New
York.
ROTTERDAM-Sailed: Statendam, New
York.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
METROPOLITAN-Dark.
GRAND— "A Midnight Bell," 8:15 PM.
Falm Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 8 PM.
authorizing the investigation of timber
matters by the Indian Inspectors and spe
oial agents of the Indian offlce. The en
tire force of inspectors Is widely scatter
ed and cannot be used for that purpose
very soon.
FILIBUSTERS SAFE.
fii» Americans Condemned to Death
ln Honduras.
WASHINGTON, March 30.— Secretary
Hay today received the following:
Guatemela City. Guatemela, March 30.—
Hay, Secretary, Washington, D. C. : Ad^
vised by president of Honduras, and oth
ers, Americans not condemned to death
nor in peril there. The death penalty
does not exist. — Beaupre.
The dispatch Is from the United States
consul, and relates to reports that Amor,
leans were to suffer death ln Honduras.
ss _—
DR. KENNEDY GUILTY.
New York Man Convicted of the
Murder of "Dolly" Reynolds.
NEW YORK, March 81.— The Jury In
the Kennedy trial brought in a verdict
of guilty of murder ln the flrst degree.
The jury came ln at 2:25 o'clock this
morning (Friday). The verdict was
"guilty of murder "in the first degree."
At the request of counsel for the de
fense Justice Williams had the jury
polled, and the twelve men signified their
approval of the verdict as announced.
The prisoner, Kennedy, was very cool
under the trying ordeal, and never mov
ed a muscle. None of his relatives was
ln court.
Justice Williams remanded Kennedr
to the Tombs, and said he would ad
journ the court until 2 o'clock this after
noon, at which time he will hear any
thing counsel may wish to bring to his
attention.
The prisoner was then led away by
the detectives, and the handfull of spec
tators filed out of the court.
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SEEKS A DIVORCE.
Cissy Loftus McCarthy Want*- Her
Freedom.
NEW YORK, March 80.— Cissy Loftus
McCarthy, the actress, has begun suit m
the supreme court ln this city for an ab
solute divorce from her husband, Justin
Huntley McCarthy, son of the Irish po
litical leader and author. He has filed
an answer to her complaint denying her
charges, but lt is understood that this ac
tion ls formal and intended to prevent
the trial of the suit ln open court ln ac
cordance with the rules governing unde-'
fended cases. Mrs. McCarthy's complaint
ls based upon statutory grounds. Her
husband in his answer makes no counter
charges.
BURLINGTON WRECK.
Seven Persons Were Injured hy
Spreading of Ralls.
PARK VILLE, Mo., March 30—South
bound Burlington passenger train No. 20,
from Omaha, was derailed three and a
half miles north of JParkvllle, this after
noon. Seven persons were more or less
seriously hurt. The injured are: E. T.
Nortin, Kansas City, head badly bruised
and face mashed; O. E. Hende. mall
clerk, Kansas City, face and head bruis
ed; T. B. Yok, Atwood, Kan., hip bruis
ed and wrists sprained; Peter Moore,
Palmyra, Mo., hip and shoulder hurt;
William Rogers, brakeman, Topeka,
Kan., shoulder and knee injured. Maria
Miller, Milo, Mo., foot mashed and head
cut.
The mall and baggage cars were turn
ed bottom-side up, and the sleeper turn
ed on its Bide. The diner left the tracks,
but remained upright. The cause of the
wreck is supposed to have been spreading
rolls.
CONSCIENCE TROUBLED HIM.
Forger Returns From Mexico to
Take His Punishment
LISBON, 0., March 30.— John G. Stouffer,
Indicted for forgeries aggregating about
$5,000, gave himself up to the sheriff to
day. After his Indictment he forfeited
his ball and left the country. He says
that he has been In Mexico, but that his
conscience troubled him so he returned to
stand trial and take his punishment.
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IRELAND'S PLANS.
The Archbishop Will Not Leave
Rome for Two Weeks.
ROME, March 30.— Archbishop Ireland
has just returned to Rome from a tour
of Italy. He will remain In this city at
least two weeks longer before sailing for
New York.
m .
Gen. Miles at Home.
WASHINGTON, March 30-Gen Miles
returned here tonight from his trln i
through New England. *
M'ARTHUR'S MEN
TAKE MALOLOS
INSURGENT CAPITAL CAPTURED
BY AMERICAN FORCES, AFTER
A STUBBORN RESISTANCE
REBELS HAD BO» THE CITY
AGUINALDO AND MKMfilCltH OF Hlg
CABINET MADE THEIR EXIT
TO THE NORTH
TROOPS MET A TERRIFIC FIRE
Filipinos Fought From the Jungle,
Keeping Out of Sight, Thus
Avoiding Heavy I_«» Mt ., Three
Line, of strong Entrenchment*
Were Encountered Sharpshoot
ers Take a Shot at Mao Arthur.
MANILA, Starch at— Ma*. Gen. Mac.
Arthur entered Malolos, the seat of
th« so-called insurgent government,
at half-past © this morning, the
rebels burning the city and simul
taneously evacuating it. They are
now ln full retreat towards the
north, where Aguinaldo and the
cabinet have been for two days.
GEN. OTIS CONFIRMS.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The war
department at 1:30 this morning made
public the following dispatch from Gen.
Otis:
MANILA, March 31.— Adjutant Gen.
eral, Washington— Mac Arthur cap
tured Malolos at 10.15 this morning.
Enemy retired after slight resist
ance and firing city. Particular*
later. Hall had quite a severe en
gagement beyond Mariquina. Cas
ualties twenty. Enemy driven.
—Otis.
j MANILA, March 31.— The United States
troops rested last night In the jungle,
about a mile and a quarter from Malolos.
The day's advance began at 2 o'clock and
covered a distance of about two and a
half miles beyond the Gulgulnto river,
along the railroad.
The brunt of the battle was on the right
of the railway, where the enemy was ap
parently concentrated. The First Ne
braska, First South Dakota and Tenth
Pennsylvania regiments encountered
them in the entrenchments on the border
of the wood, and the Americans, ad
vancing across the open, suffered a ter
rific fire for half an hour. Four men of
the Nebraska regiment were killed and
thirty were wounded. Several of the Da
kota regiment were wounded, and one of
the Pennsylvania was killed.
Gen. Halls brigade Is advancing north
from the water works and driving the left
wing of the enemy across.
The Americans finally drove the Fili
pinos back. Although there were three
lines of strong entrenchments along the
track, the enemy scarcely made any de
fense there.
M'ARTHUR'S CLOSE CALL.
Gen. Mac Arthur and his staff were
walking on the track abreast of the line,
with everything quiet, when suddenly
they received a shower of bullets from
sharpshooters ln trees and on housetops.
But these were speedily dislodged. The
enemy's loss was apparently small, the
Jungle affording them such protection
that the Americans were unable to sco
them, and In firing were guided only by
the sound of the Filipino shots. The
American artillery was handicapped for
the same reason.
Last night's long line of campfirea
made a beautiful sight, with the Twen
tieth Kansas regiment on the left of
Gulgulnto station and the Pennsylvania
regiment on the right beyond the river.
The provision train was delayed by
broken bridges, but the stores of grain
and flocks of ducks ln the locality fur
nished ample forage. The hospital work
is remarkably efficient, as lt has been
throughout.
The signal corps continues abreast of
the line and maintains a constant com
munication with the city.
The Minnesota regiment was sent for
ward from the water works yesterday, In
order to strengthen the advance line for
the final assault.
FORCED TO FIGHT.
NEW YORK, March 30.— A dispatch
from Manila says: "Insurgents have
been found with their throats cut. This
ls taken to indicate that they were thus
punished for refusing to fight.
"It ls now believed the insurgents' faith
in Aguinaldo Is destroyed.
"Gen. Mac Arthur ls making ready an
armored railroad car for future opera
tions."
RED CROSS WORK.
Scenes of Carnage That «o to Mako
History.
WASHINGTON, March 30.— The follow
ing extracts are furnished from a report
just received by the Red Cross from F.
A. Blake, of California, In charge of the
Red Cross work at Manila. The report
ls dated Feb. 15, and says:
j "Just one week ago today did the fight
ing actually commence, and the past
week has brought about changes little
dreamed of. The Insurgents have been
pushed back on all sides, until our circle
and outposts have advanced In some di
rections as much as twelve miles. Our
boys fought like tigers, and made such a
name for themselves for bravery, encftir
ance and strict discipline as will be hand
ed down to posterity for ages to come.
With the thirty-three wounded last night
at Mnlabay, it brings our total dead and
wounded up to date a trifle under 200. I
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