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L»ailjrior.ly ...... * .40r"52.25j $+.00
Daily and" Sunday ' -5G| 2.75| 5.00
S+tr.day 1 . 15; .751 IS*J
COUXSRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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Pally only .............. .2»| lOffi $3.00 i
- DatTy ana Sunday 35| 2.00! 4.C0
1 Sunday .7f>| 1.50
;•■•• Weekly | .75| 1.00
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BRANCH OFFICES.
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"WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Minnesota—Fair Saturday and Sunday;
(<>.i;.-r Saturday; northerly winds.
North Dakota—Fair Saturday and Sun
day: northerly winds.
S.iu'n Dakota—Fair Saturday and Sun
day; pooler Saturday In eastern portions;
northerly winds.
Montana—Generally fair Saturday and
Bundaj ; wesl to north winds.
Wisconsin—Fair Saturday and Sunday;
pooler Saturday; fresh northerly winds.
ST. PAUL.
. Yesterday's observations, taken by tli«
Unitr<l States weather :>ureuu, St. l\iul.
P. V. Lyons observer, for the twenty
f< ur hours ended at . o'clock fast night.
Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature 96
Lowes! temperature 67
Average temperature !*'<
Daily range IS
Barometer 2.'.w.\
Humidity 52
Precipitation 31
7 <• in., temperature so
7 j.«. m.. wind, northwest; weather, dear.
RIVER BULLETIN.
Daager Stage Changain
Station. Line. S A. .\l. 24 Hours.
St. C'<:il 14 3.S »0.2
Davenport 15 3.0 —0.2
Kansas City 'il J4.7 —0.2
La L'rosse Id 3.1 0.0
Memphis Z>. '.>.i —0.3
Omaha 1S !i.B 0.0
St Louis 3» 16.2 ♦I.S
*ltis\ —Fall.
River forecast till 8 p. m. Suiuiday: The
Mississippi will continue nsh:g slowly in
the init} of St. Pan!.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
Hlßh Spmi High*Bpni
B:>ltU'."«>r.l ...'ii) .Si Boston tj^ t»)
Ji;.-.mar-k . T'J 7')| Buffalo 86 76 j
C'aiutry 3C stj Chicago ..1..54 6S
Mulutli '■:' TiJCineuinati ...88 84'
Edmonton ...64 (SO.Cleveland ...S8 SO
Havro V2 SKjDemer SS 82
ll'-liMi,i 61; Cb' Detroit ss so
Ifuron 66 «fi Xew Orleans.!»2 S4
M ulicine HataG atijNew York ...IS 70
Mlr.n.wiosa ...<i:: ;'>t Omaha SS SI
Prlnee Albert.sß Philadelphia .78 72
Qu'Appelle ..58 r»4|Plttsburg ....SS 72
S. Current .S><) 5S Sl 1.1,1s 98 84
Wii'tirttnn ....70 f'P,i'!'"i 'is. -o 80 00
VVlnrUpog ...so .90 78
;-* ishfngton time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
ROOSEVELT STILL ROARS.
N • one ever knows wh< n the colonel
■ late rough riders is likely io break
out. He is like a barrel organ. He la
\v. rk;'.| by a crank, and the cranls is usu
in she hand of some astute director
"!' political monkeydom like ihe illustri
■ . I'.ut the last known Gutbreak
of Miis vociferous person is one of his
*■■•.-;. It presents him in a new role—
that of warning the world against his
own chief characteristic. '!,. crk-s aloud:
'"■'•■ not hysterical'." Whereupon he pro
-<•.•.•,!.-. to lapse into one nt liis well-known
lit;- of i>o!iilcal hysteria, more [jvolonged
i'V.-\ n-.0r.? jiiiirul than any to which. he
I>;i:-: '>-'■.: s-übjeeted sine*- his famous out
bi -i'.i ai the Auditorium, Chicago, last
VMM. 1 .
Tli • burden of the sorr oi" riatffi
y.'!it.< _\S:-.!i is thai ike situation in the
I*i'.i!ij»pinc's, maudlin, weak-k-.ueJ, design
ed only for the benefit nf pet contractors
Riui military ninoompi s. is all due to
■ isoning ! i. 1,1.x i;, i opposition.
lti«ti.«evelt specifies, llc-r.- is h:s specifica.
tlc.n:
'■' will rail for the m- rest fraction of
rvngth, provided only w<- choose to
■>■•■■■ si rength. If. however, <he peo-
I'1" :• : their representatives in congress
}■•'—■■''<■ the administration as they did
■ ' ivinti r when they refused to put
th( army upon a proper footing as to
size. |i?imanence, and organization, then
■ -;>l.- have themselves to thank if
ngers with difficulties and dan
j; •'. s increased.
Now. just think of any man capable of
genius off idiotic matter of this kind
;; ' ■ ng others not to stow hysterical!
'n,i. ■-•!■' of thing is not only hysteria;
H :; the hysteria of the dangerous polit
'" l! ' alfc, a firebrand .ind a blather
skite. His calliope howl would suffice to
v.a!;.- the dead of the (>lo «iy shirt era
from ihelr long sleep.
Wiiiu ■l.irs :;ii iiiis vio!< n< rh< domontadc
{■•.p. unt to? Just this: That because the
Democratic minority in congress
of last winter, having voted all
t!:% money the imperi;illst crowd
">•■■-••' !'"— having givi n Its hearty
hi to the war for the liberation ot
ng held up ,l:e hands of the
administration in every iaudabli undeiy
taking', and the men whom ilv. > repre
nlistt 1 by the thousands
' tanks of the Union army, that mi
i ■ now to be traduced b cause it
held the hand "f the imperialist coterie
In the in.did- or establishing a standing
army. By reason of that minority hav
ing so done, ih ■ disgraceful Incompetence,
th shifting uncertainty, "the falsehood
and concealment, and all the crime and
Buffering that have sprung from these
things, is, according to this wild ass of
the political prairies, to be charged up
against the Democrats in congress.
He tells us we t.p exert a frac
tion • ■;' our strength in order to bring
to the Philippines. Why have we
n..i exerted if.' Who has held tl>.' hand of
McKinley or <>( his advisers, Hanna and
l'latt. of Otis or of Alger, or of any of the
res!, of them. Why have not the 50,000
in.-n that Root is now sending out not
been sent out any time sine,? that army
reorganization bill became a law last
winter? Is the Democratic minority in
congress responsible, too, for the outcry
that is raised throughout the length and
breadth <>f th^ land, and which has been
echoed by every soldier that has returned
from the Philippines, against Gen. Otis,
and his senile management of the cam
paign?
It is about time that this loud-mouthed
harlequin should be stripped of some of
liis gay political attire and be revealed
to tin- people for what he is--a noisy, po
lltical catspaw and mountebank.
"What kind of a Democrat are you?"
fiercely demands a Republican exchange.
After .1 casual examination of thp con
flicting opinions m" Messrs. Hunna, De
pew, Hoar, Reed Pingree, Dolliyer, Davis,
Boutwell, IJJmunds and Hal,?, one can
reasonably ;isk, with which wing of Ro
pul'ii.-anism do you flop?
NO POWER TO PUNISH.
The report made by the diplomatic
representatives of the Italian govern
ment to their hum ■ authorities presc-nta
the most serious view that can be taken
of the lynching oC the five Sicilians by
certain citizens of Louisiana. It can
hardly be a subject of serious considera
tion between the two nations whether
or not the murdered Italians were the
aggressors. From every point of view
they wore entitled to the protection of
the criminal authorities of the state ol
Louisiana^ Not having received that
protection, but having been done to death
I>y mob lav.-, the resentment shown in
this report is quite natural and the
Italian government very properly seeks
the fullest reparation.
Just at this point arises the difficulty
pointed out by President Harrison. The
United States government enters Into
treaties with foreign powers whereby,
among other things, It undertakes to pro
t> cl the lives and property of the sut>
jects of such powers sojourning in this
country. Yet it Is practically beyond
the power of the United States govern
ment to carry out its undertaking-. The
courts of the I'nited States have no pow
er to bring the murderers in this or cor
responding cases to justice, or to assure
the injured power that they shall be
tried, and, if found guilty, punished.
All recent experience goes to show
that those who lynched these men will
escape justice. The matter will natural
ly rest with the local courts of the state
of Louisiana to be disposed of by them
according to the prevailing condition of
public sentiment in the state and locality.
No more than In the Mafia cases is there
likely to be a vindication of justice
here.
The most extreme adherent of the
sovereign rights of the several states
will hardly insist that this bl?mlsh in our
political system should not be removed.
These crimes, affecting the lives of for
eign subjects, find being in disregard of
oiir treaty obligations, «;ught to be pun
ished by the federal authorities.
If it were .joss-ible to have a federal
grand jury take those lynching cases un
der consideration there would be the
fullest assurance that justice would bs
done. As the matter now stands, tha
probability Is quite strong that nothin?
whatever will L2 done to punish the
murderers. Among the first acts of the
next congress should be the passage of
a law providing, if necessary, for a con~
Etitutlonal amendment to cover cases of
this character.
WE \RK BEHIND.
To whatever cause it may be due, the
Interest in the establishment of good
roads has increased remarkably within
j the past. few months. The increased
! Interest Is not confined to any one lo
cality or section. It extends all over the
■ country, but stems to have found its
j Northwestern limit at the boundary lire
of Lhe state of Minnesota. lowa, Wis
: cousin and Illinois-are well in advance In
• the movement, while in the East and
I t^.uth the work In Us practical aspect is
i advancing apace. Tn Kentucky the move-
I ment is in active progress, and there are
already hundreds' of miles of well built
:' roads in the adjacent states of Tennessee
;tii(l North and South Carolina. The ef
fect in the South is making itself visible.
Knoxville, Tenn., for instance, has one of
. the best, if not the best, local markets
jln the South. This fuet is now generally
j conceded to be due to the excellent con
dition of the country roads in that vlcin
ily. Knox county having more good roads
! than any other county in the South.
In the advancement which is being
made in the Bast, New Jersey may be
said to lake the lead. The construction
of the macadam roads in that state last
year was eighty-seven miles. The chief
trouble- now lies in Ihe inability to con
struct reads enough to meet the public
demand in that state. A system of con-
Linuous avenues ha^ been adopted, so
that lines of good roads are now nearly
completed through the heart of the state.
Atlantic City and Jersey City are now
united by such roads, while many lateral
roads join these main ones and run out
to county seats and Important towns.
Farmers, who at ihe outset ot the move
ment went into court to save themselves
through mandamus proceedings the in
creased expense of such roads, are now
enthusiastic in support of them, and It
Is highly probable that the popular de
mand for a state appropriation of at
least $300,000 for good roads will be
adopted.
The progress of the movement in the
Middle Western slates is indicated by the
fact that between Sept. 5 and 23
there will be twelve good road conven
tions held in the slat-? of Illinois alone,
one being a >tate convention to be held
at Springfield on the last date named.
The others are all district con\enlion3,
each covering several counties. They
will be attended by prominent speakei-3.
They are all held in prosperous and pro
gressive cities, and the railroads in each
case have given reduced rates to them.
So also in lowa and Wisconsin good
roads conventions are being provided for
at several points, the dates, however,
havhu-r not yet been decided upon.
Strange as it may appear at first
thought, the best friends of the good
roads mowmi'iit are the railroad corpor
ations. But these concerns know how
materially the movement afiYets the gen
eral welfare and how greatly localities
are benefited by it. Hence their interest
in the movement. It would lie an ex
ceedingly gratifying circumstance if the
railroads or some other equally strong
influence could be induced to take the
necessary steps to awaken the people of
Minnesota from their strange indifference
to this important .subject.
Mr. McKinley is probably well aware
of the fact that a sudden termination of
the Philippine war would set afloat more
presidential booms than Mark Ilanna
wishes to encounter.
A society journal editorially discusses
the question as to the "prdfer way a man
should leave town." O:i Jhe face of it
THIS ST. PAUL GLOBE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, l»yy.
tbi? would seem to include practical hints
to bank cashiers.
Gen. Otis has informed the newspaper
boys at Manila that he, himself, proposes
to attend to the making of heroes In that
locality. How about commencing with
Otis?
Secretary Root may now see the neces
sity of increasing the army to the Phil
ippines, but he cannot overlook the plump
fact that Julius Caesar Burrows saw it
first
Think of it! A man -suffering from
the jim jams in the Jurassic age was
obliged to contemplate lizards and things
seventy feet In length.
The man who rocked the boat at Balti
more last week went down with his vic
tims, which is rather unusual, but per
fectly satisfactory.
Down in Texas they are naming babies
after Gov. Sayers. Can it be possible that
there are not Deweys and Schleys enough
to go around?
To Russell Sage, at the age of eighty
three years, the fact that there are richer
met in the world must be as gall and
wormwood.
The facetious statement that Steve
Crane has dropped out of poetry is hard
ly accurate. He was never in it.
A~s between Nemesis and Vice President
Hobart one might as well have one as
the other on his track.
There is a chance for another feud in
Kentucky. The Prohibitionists have nom
inated a state ticket.
\\ hen it comes to a question of whiskers
Otis will make rather more of a realistic
scapegoat than Alger.
A prophet may be not without honor,
save in his own country, but It la different
with a watermelon.
By Aguinuldo the rainy season was
looked forward to as a holiday time. Well,
it is about over.
Extremes meet in Omaha, where both
ice and coal trusts are in fine, flourish
ing condition.
AT THE METROPOLITAN.
The Xeill company will close ius present
engagement in this city with the matinee
and evening performances of "Lord
Chumley" today. At the evening per
formance each lady in the audience will
be presented with a handsome souvenir of
the company. The play-goers of St. Paul
will regret the departure of this popular
stock company, but it is expected that
they will return here in the course of
four or live weeks. In case they decide.
to play another engagement they may be
assured of a warm reception from their
thousands of friends and admirers.
The attraction at the Metropolitan next
week, commencing tomorrow night, will
be the Edison vitascope pictures oC the
Jeffries-Fitzsimmons tight before the
Coney Island Athletic club last June.
These pictures are said to be the clear
est, most distinct and most satisfactory
in all respects ever placed on exhibition.
The engagement will be for the entire
week, with daily matinees, and the prices
will remain at the regular summer scale
—25 and 50 cents.
The Banda Rossa will appear at the
Metropolitan opera house for one week,
commencing Aug. 27.
Hoyt's "A Black Sheep" will be the
first attraction of the regular season at
the Metropolitan, commencing: Sept. 3.
LIND AND THE BARNACLES.
Mr. I'.rick ho n DlscnMKO* Peoplp in
and Out «■!' Politics.
To the Editor of the Globe:
Judging from the amount of noise made
by office hunters and public employment
hunters of all kinds, a stranger might
suppose that at least 09 per cent of the
population were trying- to elbow them
selves up to the public crib. But the
truth probably Is that 99 per cent of the
people are- not office hunters and don't
care a row of pins whether or not thi3
or that man is turned out and another
put In his place. But this part of the
population is not heard from, and con
sequently it seems to be taken for grant
ed that it does not exist.
These reflections are the result of read
ing the Globe's kick because Gov.
Lind i.s not turning out present incum
bents fast enough, thereby "trying the
souls of his political friends," and. "in
stead of gening his friends into posk
tions which they can lill as well na the
barnacles which t:an be found around
every institution in the state," he simply
intimates his wishes and then trusts to
luck to have them carried out. This may
be, and undoubtedly is, very important
to those who want the places of those
barnacles, but is not of the slightest in
terest to the 90 per cent of the popula
tion who are not looking for feed at the
public crib. They would probably like
to see the barnacles scraped off if others
did not take their place; but as long as
we must have barnacles, it i.s of no con
sequence to those on the outside what
variety or brand they are.
Gov. Lind has done some good work
since he became governor. Among other
things, he succeeded in holding off a
raid on the state treasury for unlimited
sums for the "encouragemeni of infant
industries," and ha would have suc
ceeded in making the corporations pay
something like a fair proportion of taxes
if the corporations had not had too many
of their retainers in the legislature. Re
may succeed in this yet. if he isn't called
upon to devote too much time to remov
ins: barnacles. But thes? things, being
of interest only to the people in general,
are probably forgotten by this time.
But every time he scrapes off a barnacle
the opposition sets up a howl; and every
time he allows one to remain, his "no
liticai friends" set up a howl. And
there you are. No doubt Mr. Lind real
ized what he would be up against if he
should be elected governor, and it is no
wonder it required n tug-of-war pull to
get him out of private life and into tho
hands of his "political friends."
The people who are now calling en Gov.
Ijind to "turn the rascals out"
and turn themselves in are laying- them
selves very wide open to the suspicion
that their enthusiasm for Lind was dua
more to the prospects of political favors
than to a desire for Improvement in the
state administration.
B. A. Erickson.
Minneapolis, Aug. 11.
Bfo Wore "Blind Baggase."
A radical change is being made in the
appearance of the basrgage, mail and ex
press cars on the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road. The platforms and hoods are be
ing removed ;o Increase the element of
safety and save weight. The favorite rid
ing place of tramps Is also eliminated
when the platforms are removed General
Manager underwood has also issued an
ord< r to remove the numbers from
motive tenders, so that in cases of emer
gcnc\ those of the same style will he
Interchangeable
An iilrror Corrected.
Notices have "•■■• ■ n a i I out to some of
the resident >.; isons stating erroneously
that the corner stone laying of the new
tempi* for S immil lodge, A. F. and A.
M.. would tak.- place at 3:30 i>. in. today.
Aug. 12. The correct date is Saturday
Aug. 13. at a p. m.. and all brethren are
requested ;•> be at Summit lodge room at
4:30 p. in. sli.u ;>.
I.alie Shore Pavilion.
The attractions offered nightly .■'• the
T.ak,- Shore pavilion, White Bear lake,
fully warrant th - Increasing attendance
music, combined with the superioi
vaudeville entertainments, u<> to make
up a nmst attractive programme. Asid-i
from this there ar.' pro\ided the be« of
food and drink, "our.d trip fare on th*
at. Paul & Dulutli road. 25 cents.
FILIPINOS AND FREEDOM.
Wkat «en. Weyler Would Be Saying
*ow If lie W*re Talking.
The New York Evening Post of Wednes
day has a pleasant quarter of an hour
with the irapei-ialists •by putting a speech
on the-situation in the Philippines in the
mouth of Gen. Weyler. The Post says:
On the, r subject of Aguinaldo's appeal
to the powers to bring influence to bear
?*, " ash^igtojn for the purpose of ending;
the unjust war which is devastating the
country,"- we are fortunate in being able
to lay -before jour readers a speech to be
delivered in the Spanish senate today.
it cornes'to us from Madrid by our pri
vate telepathic wire, and is the sub
stance or the remarks to be made by that
distinguished3senator and general, Don
\ aleriano Weyler. He will say:
"I tak» the floor (pido la paiabra), Mr.
President, .to . call che attention of the
senate and Ihe ; government to the re
quest of .the |'"iiipino republic for recog
nition by the European powers. Grave
questions of international law and comi
ty are involved in this matter, upon
which it) might be thought that I, a
brusque .soldier, would have no compe
tence to.speak. But your Senorias will
not forget that during my administra
tion of fhe island of Cuba these same
questions' were fully discussed in the
senate of the United States. It was my
duty to take cognizance of what was said
by the able jurists in the American sen
ate. The swords of the .insurgents I
could well despise, but who woui'd not
tremble before the tongue of a Frye, a
Lodge, a Morgan? A mere child myself
in all these niceties of international law,
I sat at the feet of the Gamaliels in the
senate at Washington, and it is from
them 1 learned the great principles reg
ulating the attitude of one nation to
wards the colonies of another, and deter
mining the recognition of insurrection
ary forces. Simply using the word Fili
pinos where the learned American sena
tors said Cubans, I will show your se
norias that it is our duty, as it is that
of ali the European powers, to interfere
in the name of humanity and liberty to
put an end to the cruel war In the Phil
ippines.
"One of ihe dicta of the illustrious
Lodge, Air. President, was that there was
'something unnatural and abhorrent in
the arbitrary control' or an Island, con
taining ],500,000 people, by a country 3,000
mJles away. What shall we say, then,
of sending' troops, to subdue 8,000,000 peo
ple 7,000 miles away? Again, it was ar
gued by the enlightened Morgan that
recognition of the. Cuban insurgents was
due them because they -were supreme
in a large part of the island. What did
it matter, he demanded, if Spain held
the capital and all the seaports? The
Cubans held the mountains and swamps
in the interior, a larger area, all told,
than that controlled by the Spaniards,
and were therefore entitled to be known
as the masters oi' the island. This is
an overwhelming (contundente) argu
ment for the immediate recognition of
the Filipinos. They rule a rar larger
part of Lu'-jori than the rebels did of
Cuba. On the five-foot map of the Phil
ippine*, 'all the territory in the control
of the Americans can be covered by a
child's hand, j If we heed tiie appeal- of
the Filipinos., we shall simply, therefore,
be executing ihe principles taught us by
distinguished Americans.
"The prolonged and bloody nature of
the war in the Philippines, Mr. Presi
dent, is another leason for interference
by neutval powers. Gen. Otis' predic
tions of a speedy collapse of the insur
rection have, proved as illusory as those
I used to issue in Havana. The Filipinos
are lighting more stubbornly than the
Cubans. There is no hope of subduing
them except' by exterminating them.
Many American soldiers say that the na
tives will have to be killed off. But when
I said tne same thing of Cuban rebels,
the Amefteampublic cried out on 'Weyler
the butcher,' and senators clamored for
American interference to prevent the ex
termination of men who could not con
quer, but would not submit. Is it not
time for us, and for all civilized powers,
to say to President McKinley, as he said
to Spain: 'In the name of humanity, this
war must stop?'
"Point after point in the American
argument for recognizing Cuban bel
ligerency might be pressed, Mr. Presi
dent, as conclusive reasons for our grant
ing belligerent rights to the Filipinos.
The latter have a larger army than the
Cubans ever had. They have a fully or
ganized congress, composed of 100 men,
who, writes one American observer,
'would compare In behavior, manner,
dress, and education with the average
men of the better classes of other Asiatic
nations.' As for their fitness to govern
themselves, we have the testimony of the
victorious Dewey and the American Gen.
King, tha£'tfiey"are far superior to the
Cubans in that particular. An American
correspondent-wrote of Aguinaldo's gov
ernment that 'he has made life and prop
erty safe, * * * made brigandage and
loot impossible •"*..* and a woman's
honor safer in Luzon than it has been for
thirty years.' There is thus a far strong
er and more promising republic in the
Philippines than there ever was in Cuba.
The American publicists who taught us
that it was.right to recognize the one will
be the last to complain if we recognize
the other.
"Spain, your senorias, has especial rea
son for moving in this matter. Several
thousand Spanish prisoners are in the
hands of the Filipinos—not only soldiers,
but civilians!, many women and children.
Their sufferings wring our hearts. The
United States undertook, by the treaty of
Paris, to secure their liberty, but has not
been able to do so. Our country offered
to ransom them for a great sum. but the
Americans would-not allow it. Aguinaldo
now proposes to release the captives if we
will recognize his government. How long
would the Americans have hesitated if
the case had been as llagrant in Cuba?
They say of <.'i Filipinos-, as we said of
the Cuban reb.-'.s, that they are bandits
and savages. But let me read what a
Frenchman, M. Jean Hess, says of the
Filipinos, after being long with their
arm'y. Tie is an impartial witness, and he
writes in the Figaro: 'It is surely a
marvelous thing, the resistance of these
peasants, led into battle by generals of
twenty years, only yesterday in college,
beardless bdys, young lawyers and doc
tors These Filipinos are not the savages,
the stupid brutes, that they are said to
be in America. They are polite and de
voted and courageous to an extraordinary
degree If the Cubans deserved rescue
from destruction, do not these young
heroes?
"But it may be said. Mr. President, that
for Spain to interfere would give offense
to the United States, and might lead to
war. Ah your senorias, let me tell you
what I have learned from reading the de
bates in the United States senate. In the
speeches in that body it was clearly laid
down by its most influential members,
that for America to recognize Cuban bel
ligerency would really be an act of great
friendship towards Spain; that Spaniards
could not possibly resent it. Boldly com
mending their own chalice to their tips,
let us then take the action in behalf of
the Filipinos that the United States, for
less provocation, took in behalf of the
Cubans, ana welcome this noble people,
struggling against foreign oppressors for
their liberty, (o the rights and privileges
of an independent nation. He dicho."
Dancing at Wild wood.
The Bio.Tfcry afternoon and ev< nlug
concerts at Wildwood by the Twin City
Vfandolin club are proving occasions of
I inten st to the visitors of that
resort, and the popularity of this de
parture is thoroughly demonstrated by
the marked increase in the attendance.
Tomorrow afternoon and evening the
Twin City Mandolin club will present a
most enjoyable programme of popular
and classical selections, and there will
be the usual ;.mount of music provided
for those who enjoy a hop.
( ase of Too Much Smoke.
John Anderson appear* 1 in police court
rday, on complaint of Police Officer
me, charged with violating the
city ordinance No. ISO, regarding smoky
chimneya Hs la fireman and engineer of
the National laundry. His case
was continued until Tuesday.
NEWS OF A DAY IN BEIEF.
Chicag ■ -The final meeting of the del
egates MS the convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America was
held today. A discussion as to the best
methods pf waging war against saloons
occui ssion.
Carrol. 111.—Ivy Crabtree, who killed
r to. an attempt to poison her
family, v ! today and entered
a pi*- '■>'. throwing herself upon
the merffy ol the court. Judge Pearce
to the peniti ntiaTy Cor
eighteen yeaqb
Albany. X. Y.-Onv. Roosevelt has ap
pointed &>' following delegates to the
conference etj trusts to be held in <'hi
cago beginning on Sept. 13 next Ho.i.
Cbauncey M. Depew, Hon. John G. Car
lisle, Dr. Albert Shaw. Hon. W. Bourke
Coccran, George Gunton, 1". B. Thurber
and Henry White.
East Liverpool—The Eastern Amateur
Journalists'- convention adjourned today.
Following officers were elected: Presi
dent. Wallace; B. Grubb, Philadelphia:
vice nresident, Charles Patten. Phila
delphia: secretary, P. P. McCord. East
Liverpool; -"treasurer, Russell B. Abbott.
Jackson. Mian, . . „
TROOPS IN ANGELES
FILIPINOS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN
1 KO.M ALL THEIR WTK.YTKUIC
STROMiHOLDS
REBELS BEYOND RIFLE RANGE
"Were Surprised in the Attack l>jr
Gen. MacArthar'a Forces, and
Heturned a Bad I -Directed Fire—
Endeavored to Aiuliuhli Ameri
cans, but the Latter Marched
Right Over Them, and They Fled,
MANILA, Aug. 11.—Gen. MacArthur's
troops remained last night at Calulet.
The rebels had evidently fled far beyond
rifle range, for the American outposts
were not disturbed, and not a shot was
fired during the night. At daybreak this
morning a reconnoitering party, consist
ing of a battalion of the Seventeenth in
fantry, with one field piece, started up
the railroad track toward Angeles, four
miles north. The party approached with
in 1,200 yards of the town, and opened fire
with the field gun. The Americans were
received with a badly directed rifle lire,
which the battalion of the Seventeenth
returned with a few volleys.
The strength of the insurgents at An
geles not being known, the situation was
reported to Gen. MacArthur, who did
not desire to send reinforcements and di
rected the reconnoitering party to return
unless the rebels abandoned the town.
Soon after the receipt of these orders it
became evident that the rebels had set
fire to the town and fled, leaving the
place to be occupied by the Americans.
A battalion of the Twelfth iniantry
was also sent on a reconnoitering expe
dition toward the west, but up to noon
no firing had been heard in their direc
tion and no word had been received from
them at Gen. MacArthur's headQuar
ter3 and it is believed they encountered
nothing.
Everything indicates that all the rebels
have scattered for miles in every direc
tion around Calulet.
The insurgents lost heavily in the
fighting around Calulot. It is believed
that 100 v.-ere killed and 300 or -100 wound
ed. The lowa regiment killed thirty in
one place, and one company of the Sev
enteenth suddenly encountered a party
Of rebels in a trench and killed twelve.
The American loss was five killed and
thirty-one wounded, including three of
ficers.
ATTACK A SURPRISE.
Ths attack was a complete surprise to
the insurgents, who hatf no idea that a
movement was intended until the armor
ed car opened a deadly fire with two Gat
lings.a revolving cannon and a six-pound
er. The heavy artillery opened on both
flanks a moment later. A majority of
the Filipinos were asleep when the at
tack was made. Men with large bells
were heard running among the shacks
arousing- the soldiers.
The Americans maintained almost a
perfect line four miles long, through cane
brakes, whore they could see nothing
ahead. The rrud in places was knee deep
in the rice fields and jungles, and
through the ditches flowed small rivers
several feet deep.
The Filipinos tried to ambush the
Americans several times, the country in
the neighborhood being well adapted to
these tactics; but the troops stopped for
nothing, forcing their way through or
over obstacles and firing whenever they
could locate the fleeing enemy. The of
ficers highly commend the recruits of
the various regiments.
There is reason to believe the reports
recently received that the insurgents are
short of ammunition, as well informed
natives at Calulet say the insurgents
had only forty rounds of ammunition
each and that five rounds extra were is
sued just before the tight.
Since the American occupation of San
Fernando the rebels have torn up thiee
miles or railroad between there and Cal
ulet, and It i.< impossible to get the
armored car more than two miles be
yond San Fernando.
FIELD OF OPERATIONS.
The theater of Gen. MacArthur's opera
tions is in the northern part of Pampan
ga province, and his advance is toward
Tarlac, where Aguinaldo's headquarters
were as late as July 24. He has pushed
up nearly to Angeles and Porac, about
ten and twelve miles from San Fernando,
taking in Bacolor, Mexico, Guagua and
Santa Rita on the way.
Bacolor is the capital of Pampanga prov
ince, is forty-seven miles from Manila,
and has a normal population of over 10,
--000. Guagua, Santa Rita and Mexico have
populations, according to the last Span
ish poll tax returns, of 10,722, 7,359 and 17,
--099, and lie northwardly lrom Bacolor.
The latter town was previously occupied
by our forces, but was abandoned at the
beginning of the rainy season for sanitary
reasons.
MacArthur's left is in front of Porac, a
town of S.OOO, lying fourteen miles north
west of Bacolor. His center is in front
of Angeles, eleven miles up the railway
north of Bacolor, and his right extends
eastwardly toward the Rio Grande de la
Pampanga. Tarlac, capital of the province
of the same name, and MacArthur's ap
parent objective, is twenty-six miles up
the railway from Bacolor, and about fif
teen mihs from MacArthur's front.
San Fernando de la Union, which was
shelled by the American gunboats, should
not be confounded with the San Fernando
where MacArthur has been encamped
since the rainy season began. San Fer
nando de la Union is th<- capital of the
province of La Union, is a port on the
China sea, is 171 miles from Manila, and
has a population of 12.592. The rebels th°re
recently seized and burned the steamer
Saturnus, which is probably the occasion
of the punishment inflicted upon them.
BCRMXG OF SATURN VS.
Navy Department Receives Report
From Admiral Wat*oo.
WASHINGTON, Aus. 11.— navy
department, late this afternoon, received
the following cable relative to the burn
ing of the Saturnus by the insurgents,
which v.-os reported in the press cables
several days ago, and also the shelling
of San Fernando reported on Wednes
day:
Manila. Aug. 11.— To Secretary of the
Navy: On Aug. 2 gunboat Pampanga,
Lieutenant Junior Grade McXamee, pa
trolling Lingayen bay. Luzon island,
found the American steamer Saturnus
| or. the beach it San Fernando, insur
gents having robbed cargo. Naval Cadet
Woodward, in a dingy, secured hawser
around rudder post of the steamer, un
■ der a mu3ketry fire from strong intrench
menta • • * of the Bteamer and town.
i ampanga returned hot tire, but could
r.ot move the steamer. Insurgents burn
ed vessel. Have sent the Yorktown to
punish piratical act. On Aug. 7 the
: Sforktown and Concord and the gin:
i CaHao and Pampanga entered port of
San Fernando and found intrenchment
ei :ircling water front fully manned.
Non-combatants were seen thronging
: substantial warehouses on the north side
:of the town The vessels refrained from
P.ring In their direction. The first shell
from the Yorktown was answered with
out delay by Held guns and musketry tire;
! the vessel shelled the town forty-live
minutes. Extent of damage cannot be
ascertained. Pampanga remained there;
the Concord and Callao are also patrol
ling Lyngajren bay, Luzon Island; the
Forktown returned to Manila. I have
sent particulars by mail.
Climate Manila delightful now; no ves
sel can be detached. All are needed to
prevent unauthorized trading.
—Watson.
GES. OTIS' RKI'OHT.
Telia of the Occupation of Santa
Kilti !»y AmerieanM.
WASHINGTON. Au*. 11.—den. OtU ca-
bled th« war department today as fol
lows:
"Manila, Aug. 11.—Adjutant General,
Washington: MacArthur has taken pos
session of Santa Rita; reconnoitered
Berac, Angeles and other points; insur
gents driven north; one casualty yester
day, none today. Condition of roads
makes movements of troops difficult, but
considered necessary to open up this sec
tion of country, as it virtually gives con
trol of province of Bataan and relievea
inhabitants there. —"Otis."
MAY BE ROCKEPELI.KK.
American Officer Held Prisoner by
the Filipinos.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-The following
cable has been received from Gen. Otis:
"Manila, Aug. 11.—Adjutant General,
Washington: Prom Southern Luzon re
port comes that American officer held
there prisoner and description given in
dicates Maj. Rockefeller. —'Otis."
Maj. Rockefeller is the officer who dis
appeared several months ago shortly aft
er his arrival in the Philippines, and
nothing has been heard of him since.
OTIS TO REMAIN.
President nud War Secretary So De-
cided After Conferring.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—A special from
Washington says:
"Maj. Gen. Otis will remain in supreme
command of the Philippine islands.
Should he request to be relieved Maj.
Gen. Lawton will be assigned to duty as
his successor. This is the decision reach
ed by the president and Secretary Root
during their conference at Lake Cham
plain."
Thirteenth** Sailing- Reported.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Gen. Otis to
aay cabled the war department as fol
lows :
Manila, Aug. 11.—City Para arrived,
trivate Cosley Reed, A, Twenty-fourth,
died at sea, Sheridan sails today.
-Otis.
MB. ATKINSON'S MAIL.
Boston Anti-Imperialist Is Undis
mayed by His Former Experience.
WASHINGTON, Auff. 11. - Secretary
Hitchcock and other government officials
in this city have received copies of a
circular signed by Edward Atkinson,
which, the author says, has been, or
will 1 be, sent to the commissioned and
non-commissioned officers of each re-
turning regiment returning from the
Philippines, together with pamphlets, con
taining articles on the Philippine situa
tion from an anti-imperialist point of
view. The circular is dated Boston, Aug.
S, is headed "The Anti-Imperialist," and
is addressed to the survivors of the vol
unteer regiments returned from Manila.
Mr. Atkinson says that having- been in
formed that telegraphic messages from
the mothers and sisters of volunteers
from Nebraska, urging them not to re
enlist, had been refused delivery, he
thought he would test the Question. He
then recounts his efforts to wend through
the maihs to prominent officials in the
Philippines the pamphlets seized by the
postmaster at San Francisco, some time
ago, for which the author of the circular
says he "was threatened with prosecu
tion for treason and sedition, because of
this effort on my part to convey infor
mation to you citizens and voters, which
would inform you as to the work being
done in this country to stop what we
believe to be criminal aggression in tho
Philippine islands."
Mr. Atkineon adds that the three ar
ticles referred to, viz: "The Cost" of a
National Crime," "The Hell of War and
Its Penalties," and "Criminal Aggres
sion; by Whom Committed?" are in
cluded in one of the two pamphlets sent
to the officers of the regiments, and he
asks their views upon them and upon
the whole course of the warfare in the
Philippine islands, promising if liberty
is given to print the letters 10 make a
careful selection therefrom "whether ad
verse to the position I have taken or sus
taining it."
BROKERS ON THE RUN.
Wild Scenes Enacted on tin- Floor
«*f the -\>w York Cotton Exchange.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The New York
Cotton exchange was the scene of wild
excitement today. Recent reports of seri
ous damage to the crop, particu'arly in
Texas, had been disregarded by the
shorts, who continued to sell on the the
ory that there was no speculative com
petition for cotton, while the surplus
would be something like I'.UlW.wio from the
old crop, and that the movement of new
cotton, whatever the actual yield might
ultimately prove to be, would fall imme
diately upon spinners of this country and
Europe. In this way a very short inter
est accumulated. Latterly, however, the
market has been showing self-assertion
and some long-headed Wall street parties
commenced to absorb the cotton offered
by the over-confident bears.
Gradually the ranks of buyers com
menced to fill up from other directions,
and prices took an upward turn, until
within a faw days an advance of more
than half a cent had been established.
This is an unusual advance for these
times.
The excitement extended to the English
and Southern markets, which also ad
vanced rapidly. No less than eleven of
ficial cables were read on 'change today,
one after another, in rapid succ< ssion,
and all adding to the excitement by re
porting addatonal advances, while the
Southern markets and dry goods markets
caught the fever and marked up prices.
Before the session ended, however, pru
dent holders undertook to secure profits,
which caused a partial reaction.
FIXED BY ORDINANCE.
Hate to Be Clsarj?ed l>y l»eiroit
Streot Cur Lines.
DETROIT, Aug. 11.—The common coun
cil at a special session this afternoon
adopted, by a vote of 24 to 1, the amend
ments to the ordinances of the Citizens'
and Fort Wayne lines, changing the rate
of fare from 5 cents to eight for a quar
ter. There will be a hot legal light
over the plan to reduce the rate. The
company will undoubtedly refuse to ob >y
the ordinance, and mandamus proceerl-
ings will be commenced to force the com
pany to show cajuse why it should not
obey the enactments of the council.
MAY BE DUNHAM.
Louisville Police Figuring on a Bis
Reward.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 11.—The local
police are beginning to figure on the $11,
--000 reward outstanding for the arrest of
James Dunham, the sextuple murderer,
wanted in California. About a week ago
a suspect was arrested here, and a photo
graph was sent to the California authori
ties. Today the police received the fol
lowing telgram from the sheriff at San
Jose:
"Your suspect has strong resemblance
to Dunham. Hold for further investiga
tion."
TitEED BY BLOODHOUNDS.
SaHpectcd Murderer, of an l^lkhurt.
Ind.. M»lit Watchman.
EL.KHART, Ind., Aug. 11. — Night
Watchman Cranston, at Constantine,
this county, was shot and killed last
night by burglars caught trying to foice
an entrance to the postofflce. Blood
hounds were put on the trail, tracing one
nf the men to the residence of Thomas
J. Hamner, formerly of Columbus, Ind.
Hamner was arrested and brought here
for safe kef-ping.
Army Enlistment*!.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The enlist
ments yesterday were :;ji, making a total
'>] 12,158. Five regiments are now com
pleted, the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seveatta
Twenty-eighth, Thirtieth and Thirty-first.
FEATURES OF TRAD 1
R. G. Dl'N & co. report THV
EXrAXSIOX OF BUSINESS NOW
.. HESITATES
NO CAUSE FOR SURPKISJ
Only Astonishing: Feature Is Tli.i
Hesitation Has Been So Slight
In One Brnuch After Anothc
Buying: Him Halted Only to II
Followed by, Larger Buying:—lroi
Industry < ontiniios Actlrei
NEW YORK. Aug. 11.-Dun & Co.'
weekly review of trade will say:
After great expansion business heai
tates. At this time of year it is aston
lshing that hesitation has been so slight
In one branch after another buying ha
halted only to be followed by larg
buying.
The output of iron furnaces in bias" "
Aug. 1 was 269,032 tons weekly. 60.8 pe
cent more than in 1592, and 2.07 per ccn
more than last year. With a decreas.
of 27.367 tons in unsold stocks, nearly hal
in charcoal iron, the apparent consump
tion and exports do not exceed 1,210,71
tens, which barely equals the lowest ic
port of production Aug. 1, and other fur '
naces have started since that date, witl
several more to follow. The supply ap
pears to be at least equal to the demand
although new demands for the week hav,
covered 2,100 tons for new buildings a'
Chicago, with much for bridges and 1
tons for eastern buildings at Pittsburg
In bars, both East and West, the milk
are unable to take all orders offered, not
In plates can thoy take all orders any
where, while in sheets the Western mill
are overcrowded, though the Eastern de
mand is lighter. The Connellsville coke
output is again 192,530 tons for the w"eek,
with only 550 ovens idle, and prices are I
unchanged. Tin, following London, >kh
risen to 32c, but fallen to 31.85 cents, BAd
copper is hard to get at 18V, cents fo»
lake. Lead is quoted at 4.50W4.60.
Sole leather has sH. : -Ju.iy advancea
with buff and split, but the convention
of boot and shoe manufactures pioposos i
to advance prices, though without \
definite authority. New orders are now !
in some lines larger than the works can— *
accept, though in many oth^r m..i,
moderate, and not exceeding half ;?■ ■
output. Chicago reports hides slightly
lower for packers but a shade higher f.ir
country buff and heavy cow3.
Cotton has risen three-eighths, owing
to crop reports, but nobody believes that
the year's production, with the heiCy
stocks carried over, will fall below the
requirements for consumption.
Wool is a little less active after its
great rise, and concessions are sometime*
accepted, but sales at the three chief
markets have been 20,206,690 pounds in
two weeks, against 23,495,800 in the same
weeks of 1897. and 16.136,600 in the same
weeks of 1892.
RATHKH BULLISH TIOMI'EH.
Br&datreet'a Summing' l i> of S(«c'v
.Market Conditions.
NEW YORK. Aug. IL—Bradstreet'a
financial review tomorrow wili say: A
rather bullish temper prevailed this
week, in spite of the continuance '>r nur
row professional speculation. A sligti.
relaxation of call loan rates, which,
though by no means general nor in all
appearances apparently permanent, in
sulted in quotations of 2 l-/aV^ per cen<
toward the end of the week, had a k'«><^
effect and supplemented th<- favorable
conclusions of Wall street about tin
crops and their results in connection with
railroad traffic and earnings.
There was a disposition to take an ex
aggerated view of the significance of the
secretary of the treasury's order to re
sume the issue of gold certificates to the
extent of $10,000,i»H). The plausible view
of this matter is that it is an experiment
which, if successful in relieving the de
mand for notes, will be followed by a
return to the more or less unrestricted
issue of the certificates in question. The
market, however, was Influenced for i
moment by unfounded reports that the
plans of the treasury included an in
crease in the government's national bank
deposits, or other measures calculated
to help the money market while subject
to the pressure of the crop movement,
combined with the augmented demands
arising from the activity of business.
Increased interest is shown in the con
dition of Western hanks, and In the ques
tion of how far they can provide the
money needed to harvest and move the
crops without any large demands on New
York for assistance, the matter being
emphasized by the fact that considerable
amounts of money from other eities are
said to have been loaned In New York
this week. The further decline in ex
change and the probability of gold Im
ports as soon as the autumnal grain cx _
port movement begins was an additional
reason for the increasing indifference
with which Wall street regarded the
question of higher money rates as an ob
stacle to a further exhibition of bullish
speculation. Consequently, the firmness
of time money, which has been held at
4%@G per cent, had decidedly less in
fluence, though in conservative quarter)
the necessity of caution is urged, in view
of the high prices for securities and the
probability that more money will com
mand permanently better rates.
CROPS THE BAROMETER.
Yield Hns Had Much to Do Witii
nnsiiifss Couilil ions.
NEW YORK, Aug. Bradstreefs to
morrow v.'ill sav. Crop reports and prob
abilities have constituted an important
contribution to general trade and busi
ness advices this week. Among the un
questionably favorable features have
been the reports; regarding the corn crop
government estimates pointing to a yield'
of probably 2,300,000,(100 bu. a heavy In
crease over lasl y^:ir. and almost within
touch of the record total of 1336. Spring
wheal indications apparently bear out
earlier trade advices in showing a de
crease in condition during July The re
duction of 25,000,000 bu In the probable
outcome estimated, however, •■'.'.:' allows
of a total, wheat crop of 53r,000,900 b:i
considerably smaller, it is true, thai last
year's, but, with the exception of I'<9S
and IS!U the heaviesi recorded.
Cotton crop deterioration is indicated
by the government report, and prie<
%c higher on the week, on a decline oi
nearly 4 points over July and of iiearly
17 points as compared with .i year
Visible supplies of cotton :ir<- nearlj
000 bales larger than at this time a
ago, and are nearly double what
wore in 1897, but against this is to be
cited the generally profitable bu?in< ?s in,
manufacturing linos ths world over, . ud
the belief that good p ulea may
be scarce.
Business failures for the w . '; in the
United Statea number 156, as compared
with 5G last week, 137 . a year ago and
214 in 1597. Tn Canada failures for th«
week i)amber 27 against.2S la.st year, 33
a year ago a^id 31 m 1?87..
Wheat, Inducing flour shipments for
the week, aggregate 3,fi1G,154 l,u, against
4, 71], Gil bu last vteek, 3,928,C0C bu In 1537.
2,53r.,213 bu in ISB6, and 1,824,628 bu Lit IS Y-
Since Juiy 1 this season tho exports of
wheat aggregate 22,125.000 bu. against
18,354,72s bu last year, and 16.115,5 ! bu
in 1507-98. Corn exports for the wei i ag
gregate 5,f50,35l bu,. against 5,027,7 !>u
last week, 3,5!7,925 bu in tl Is week a year
ago, 3,275.652. bn in ISO7, 5?.::C7,f.35 hu lnuS96.
and 044,545..bu in 1803. Since Julj 1 this
season corn exports aggregai 2i.CP.".."Ct
tm. against 37,032/44 bu during the sam«
period: a year ut;o and 15,736^:"-., ; u in
1897-ftJ.