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WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Minnesota—Fair Saturday and Sunday;
< ler Saturday; northerly winds.
North Dakota—Fair Saturday and Sun
<i-iv; northerly winds.
South Dakota—Fair Saturday and Sun-
Say; pooler Saturday In eastern portions;
hi rth -i-'y winds.
• Montana fair Saturday and
Sunday; west to north winds.
Wljsconsin—Fair Saturday and Sunday;
cooler Saturday; fresh northtrly winds.
ST. PAUL.
. .Yesterday's observations, taken by tlie
U.'riit-il States weather bureau, St. Paul,
P. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty
fcur hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected for temperature
ami elevation.
Highest temperature 86
Lowest temperature 67
Average temperature •. 7»>
isiiiv range 19
Barometer 29.69
Humidity 52
l*reclpitation 31
7 p. in., temperature 80
7 p. m., wind, tiorthwst; weather, clear.
RTVER BULLETIN.
Da ig<?r Stage Changa in
Station. Line. sA; M. 24 Hours.
St. Paul 14 3.9 *0.2
Daven]M»rl 15 3.0 —0.2
Kansas City 21 M.7 —0
I.a Crosse 1" 3.1 0.0
Memphis ..'.'.'''.y.i'.-'.Si 8.4 —0.3
Omaha IS S.B 0.0
St. Louis 31 1G.2 *1.6
•Rise. —Fall.
River forecast till S p. in. Saturday: The
Mississippi will continue rising slowly in
ill.- vicinitj uf Si. Paul.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
lliuh'Spm; lligh*Bpiii
P.'.ttltO.r I ...'Hi i* Boston G2 CO
i.i.::naivk . 7J Ti) Buffalo 86 7<i
I'algrivy 36 51 Chicago 84 6S
•ulutli •.■ 7 .Cincinnati ...88 84
Jv.tmonton ...G4 t'-O Cleveland ...88 NO
Havre ■.-_' iiv.Denver 88 82
H«*len;i 6C Rii'Detroit XK so
Huron 66 66 New Orleans. 84
Medicine ITmts<; .V-j.Vew York ...7* 70
MfMiodos.l ...t>J atiOmaha SS SI
Prince Albert.sß MJPhiladelphia .78 72
Qu'Apnelle r.3S 54|Pittsburg ....88 72
S. Current ..GO SS.SI Louis 98 Hi
Willi.ston —7'! Cfij'Frisco 60 60
Winnipeg ...SO sil Washington .90 76
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
ROOSEVELT STILL ROARS;
N . one ever knows whrn the colonel
«'•' tho late rough ritlors is likely 10 break
out. lie Is lik< a barrel organ. He is
w< rked by a crank, and the crank is usu
ally in <he h:md of some astute director
"■' }.(.litl<al mnnkeydum like the illustri
ous Platt. But the last known outbreak
of this vociferous person is one of his
»...r*t. It presents him in a new role
that of warning th< world against his
own chief characteristic. He cries aloud:
"!:•• not hysterical;'' Whereupon he pro
c«*ed.-i to l;<i»s«- into one .if iii< well-known
n s uf political hyprerhi; more prolonged
■'"■| more pitiful ilmn any Lo which he
feats b ■•■! subjected s-ino- his famous out-
ik'at the Auditorium, Chicago, last
; 'Th« burden uf the sorrows of Platt's
Y«.<iins -Aiun is that thi situation in the
ri'ilippines, maudlin, weak-kneed, design
el <.-,!!>• for ihe beiif-lit <>f pet contractors
juul milil iry nincompoops! is all due to
■-'•■;■■ iifce •■ b?,< u5..." •.-;. - •" ..itmiitetii^ii
uiiivisoning Democratic opposition.
!;•■•..-. - elt specifies. U«-r.; i-^ his eifica.
lien:
; will call for tht merest fraction of
<■'■:■■ -■ rengt h. i>rovin< d onlj we choose to
exerl thai ptivnj I v.« ver, the peo
j>! • I■• their ivpr< ,• ctivea in congress
"an i' 'i; the admii istration us they did
las* ivii !• ■• «hen they r< fu< -.1 to pul
th :i ii;y upon a pi "i er footing «s to
*'■'••■• i»eim!i;ic-i»>>. and organization, then
'!'• ;'"'!•;•• ha\< themsHves! to thank if
enlti< s and dan
iii 1.-.. •■■:.
Ismv, just thinl! of any msin capable of
< uff ldi.Hi( matter uf this kind
•■ l\'sing othci s not to ;vov, ■-.-■., rical!
Th' ; s.irl of thins is u->i mlj hyst< ria;
1 -■■■'■:.■ rous polit
i-atic, and a blather
• wl would >;!;;ice to
v >'•■ i \-.<- «.!.■:. J ol tl bloody shirt era
:
>s sill this ■ ■■ ,montade
is: l'lu!i b: cause the
iiy in congress
of last wsnt< r, ha\ ini voted all
*!- money the imperialist crowd
given is hearty
S:" : ion to Lion of
I'l '■ ■: ha * ing h v up ihe hands of the
administration In i ■. i ry I udable under
- me n whom ih. y repre
sands
1 at mi
nority i- now to '!>■ traduced because it
held Ihe hand coterie
In the matter oi establishing a sending
army. By n ■ . n Lr.ority hav
i-' , so done, ill ■ di?g ra •■ :. | ence,
th [lifting i . the falsehood
and cone a n the ci irae ana
Buffering Lhai havi : from these
things, ■ ■ aceordi - to this wile! ass of
th'; I ilitical ]■:■: iri. -. to be charged up
-
to exert a frac
.■! order to bring
i Ines. Why have we
has held the hand of
McKinley I [anna and
Platt, of < • :•.- or of A •-<:■. or of any of the
m. Whj the 50,000
men thai Root is now sending out not
been senl oul any time since that army
i ! mization bill became a law last
winter? Is tl». Democratic minority in
for th" outcry
tha; is raised throughout the length and
breadth of the land, and which has been
Bchoi d by ler that has returned
from ihe PhiH; Gen. Otis,
and hi.-, senile management of the cam
paign?
It is about tim< that this i lud-mouthed
harlequin should be stripped of some of
his g;iy political attire and bo revealed
to the peopl< for what he is- a noisy, po
litical catspaw and mountebank.
"Wii.-u kind of a Democrat are you?"
fiei ly demands a Republican exchange.
After a casual examination of the con
fllcting opinions I ■. Hanna, De
!'•<■■• Hoar, Reed Pingree, Dolliver, Davis,
Bout well, Edmunds and Hale, one can
reasonably ask, with which wing of Re
publicanism do you flop?
NO POWER TO IMMSH.
The report made by the diplomatic
representatives of the Italian govern
ment to their homo authorities presents
the most serious view that can be taken
of the lynching of 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 were entitled to the protection of
the criminal authorities of the state of
Louisiana. Not having received that,
protection, but having been done to death
by mob law, 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. Tho
United States government enters >nto
treaties with foreign powers whereby,
among other things, ii undertakes to pro
tect the lives and property of the sub
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 United States have no pow
er to bring the murderers in this or cor
responding cases to justice, or to assure
the injured power thai they shall be
tried, and, ft found guilty, punished.
All recent experience goes to show
ttat 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 blemish In our
political system should not be removed.
These crimes, affecting the lives of for
eign subjects, and being in disregard o?
our treaty obligations, ought to ba pun
ished by the federal authorities.
If it were possible to have a federal
grand jury take these lynching cas,>s un
der consideration there would be the
fullest assurance that justice would b«
done. As the matter now stands, the
probability is quite strong that nothing
whatever will b? 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-
EtiUitional amendment to cover cases of
this character.
WE ARK BEHIXD.
To whatever cause it may be due, the
interest in the establishment of gqpd
roads has increased remarkably within
the past few months. The increased
interest is not confined to any one lo
cality or section. It extends all over the
country, but seems to have found ita
Northwestern limit at the boundary lire
of the state of Minnesota. lowa, Wis
consin and Illinois are well in advance in
the movement, while in the East and
South the work in its practical aspect is
advancing apace. In Kentucky the move
ment is in active progress; and there are
already hundreds of miles of well built
roads in the adjacent states of Tennessee
and North and South Carolina. The ef
fect in the South is making: itself visible.
Knoxville, Tenn.', for instance, has one of
the besi. if not the best, local markets
in the South. This fact is now generally
conceded to be due to the excellent con
dition of the country roads in that vicin
ity, Knox county having more good roads
than any other county in the South.
, In the advancement which is being
made in the East. New Jersey may be
said to take the lead. The construction
of the macadam roads in that state last
year was eighty-seven miles. The chief
trouble now lies in the inability to con-
I struct roads enough to meet the public
demand In that state. A system of con
tinuous avenues has 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 the outset of 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
j is highly probable that the popular de
! mand for a state appropriation of at
i least $300,000 for go i I roads will be
: adopted.
The progress of the movement in the
Middle Western states is indicated by the
ta< : thai b stween Sept. 5 and 23
there will be twelve good road conven
tions held in the stat ■ of Illinois alone,
onvi ntion to be held
at Springfield on the last date named.
The others are all district conventions,
each covering several counties. They
will be attended by prominent speakers.
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,
having not yet been decided upon.
Strange as it may appear at tirst
thought, the best friends of the good
roads movement are the railroad corpor
ations. But these concerns know how
materially the movement, affects the gen
eral welfare and how greatly Idealities
are benefited by it. I ;ir interest
in the movement. It would be 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 v ; more
presidential booms than Mark Hanna
wish* s to en< ounti r.
A society journal editorially discusses
the question as to the ".'i-c^er way a ir.au
should leave town." On Jhe face of it
THK ST. PAUL GLOBE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1!4, i»yy.
this would seem to include practical hints
to bank cashier3.
Gen. Otis has informed the newspaper
boys at Manila that ho, 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 in 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 rathe- 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
men 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.
As 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.
When 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 is different
with a watermelon.
By Aguinaldo 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 Neill company will close ita 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 of 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 howse 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.
. .4^. '111—-)--'
LIND AND THE BARNACLES.
Mr. KrickNon Dlncminkvm People in
and Out wf Polities.
To the Editor cf the Globe: j
Judging from the amount of noise made
by office hunters- and public employment
hunters of all kinds, a stranger might
suppose that at least 99 per cent of the
population were trying to elbow them
selves up to the public crib. But tho
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 this
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 Glob e' s kick because Oov.
LJnd is not turning out present incum
bents t'ast enough, thereby "trying the
souls of his poliiical friends," and, "in
stead of getting his friends into posi-.
tions which they cin lill as well as the
barnacles which can be found around
every institution in the. state," he simply
intimates his wishes and then trusts to
Hick to "nave 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 fee/1 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 is 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 "encouragement of infant
industries," and he 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. He
may succeed in this yet. if he isn't called
upon to devote too much time to romov
ing barnacles. But thes? things, beirg
of interest only to the people in general,
arc- 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
litical friends" set up a howl. And
there you are. Xo doubt Mr. Lind real
ized what he would be up against if he
should be elected governor, and it is no
wonder it required a tug-of-war pull to
get him out of private life and into the
hands of his "political friends."
The people who are now calling on Gov.
L,ind sf> loudly to "turn the rascals out"
and turn themselves in are laying them
selves very wide open to the suspicion
that their enthusiasm for T.ind was due
more to the prospects of political favors
than to a desire for improvement in Ihe
. dministration.
E. A. Eriekson.
Minneapolis, Aug. 11.
\o More "3!iiiil I*iigrg,Hfire.**
A radical change is being made in the
appearance of the baggage, mail and ex
press ears on the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road. The platforms and hoods are be
ing removed to increase the element •■(
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
order to remove the numbers from loco
motive tenders, so thai in cases of emer
these of the same style will be
;:.•' rch i geable
An Error Corrected.
Notices have been sent out to some of
the resident Masons slating erroneously
that the corner stone laying- of th^ new
tempi. for Summit lodge, a. k. and A.
M.. would take place at 3:30 p. m. today,
The correel date is Saturday,
Aug. 19, at •" p. m.. and all brethren are
requested i<> be at Summit lodge room at
4:30 p. in. sharp.
i.ake Shore Pavilion.
The attractions offered nightly at the
Lake Shore pavilion. White Bear Uke,
fully warrant the Increasing attendance
Good musk', combined with the superioi
vaudeville entertainments. g;<> to make
m> a most attractive programme. Asid-?
from this there are provided the best of
food and drink. Round trip fare on th«
St. Paul &. Duluth road. 25 cents.
FILIPINOS AND FREEDOM.
What Gen. Weyler Would Be Saying
Now If He Were Talking-.
The New York Evening Post of Wednes
day has a pleasant quarter of an hour
with the imperialists by putting a speech
on the situation in the Philippines in the
mouth of Gen. Weyler. The Post says:
. On. the' subject of Aguinaldo's appeal
t(? ™e Powers to bring influence to bear
at Washington for the purpose of ending
the unjust war which is devastating the
country, we are fortunate in being able
in y beforeiour readers a speech to be
delivered., in the Spanish senate today,
it comes to us from Madrid by our pri
vate telepathic wire, and is the sub
stance of the remarks to be made by that
distinguished 'senator and general, Don
\aleriano Weyler. He will say:
I take the floor (ptdo la palabra), Mr.
President, to : call the attention of the
senate and the government to the re
quest of the Filipino 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 forg<?t that during my administra
tion of the 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 would 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 I 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 fortes. Simply using the word Fili
pinos where the learned American sena
tors said Cubans, 1 will show your se
norias that it is our duty, as It is that
of all 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, Mr. President, was that there was
something unnatural and abhorrent in
the arbitrary control 1 or an island, con
taining 1,500,000 people, by a country 3,000
miles 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 ot' 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 of the island. This is
an overwhelming- (contundente) argu
ment for the immediate recognition of
the Filipinos. They rule a rar larger
part of Lu%on 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. ;Jf we heed the appeal 1 of
the Filipinos, we shall simply, therefore,
be executing the principles taught us by
distinguished Americans.
"The prolonged and bloody nature of
the war in the Philippines. Mr. Presi
dent, is another reason for interference
by neutral powers. Gen. Olis' 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 the same thing of Cuban rebels,
the American public 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
nation?.' As for their fitness to govern
themselves, we have the testimony of the
victorious Dewey and the American Gen.
King, that they are far superior to the
Cubans in that particular. An American
correspondent wrote of Agulnaldo'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
I Tnited States undertook, by the treaty of
Paris, to secure their liberty, but has not
been able to do so. Our country offered
to ra.nsom 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 flagrant in Cuba?
They say of Ih« Filipinos, as we said of
the Cuban reb Is, 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
army. He 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 boys, 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 Rive offense
to the ITnited Stales, 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 hud
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 nossibly resent It. Boldly com
mending- their own chalice to their lips,
let us then take the action In behall of
the Filipinos that the United States, for
less provocation, took in behalf of the
Cubans, and welcome this noble people,
struggling against foreign oppressors tor
their liberty. to the rights and privileges
of an independent nation. He dicho.
Damcing at Wildwood.
The Sunday afternoon and evening
concerts at Wildwood by the Twin City
Mandolin club are proving occasions ol
decided interest 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 amount of music provided
for those who enjoy a hoy.
Caae of Too Mneli Smoke.
John Anderson appeared in police court
yesterday, on complaint of Police Officer
Pat Murnane, charged with violating the
city ordinance No. isll. regarding smoky
chimneys. He is fireman and engineer of
the National Steam laundry. His case
was continued until Tuesday.
NEWS OF A DAY IN BRIEF.
Chicago The final meeting of the del
egates to the convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America was
held today. A'discussion as to tho best
methods qt wgfring war against saloons
occupied the session.
Carmi. til.—lvy Crabtree, who killed
her brother in an attempt to poison her
family, was arraigned today and entered
a plea of guilt-.-, throwing; herself upon
the mercy of {he court. Judge 1' arce
sentenced her to the penitentiary for
eighteen years.
Albany. N. Y.— Gov. Roosevelt has ap
pointed ttye following delegates to the
conference on trusts to be held in Chi
cago besinniner on Seut. 33 next Ho;i,
Chauncey M. Depew, Hon. John G. Oar
lisle. Dr. Albert Shaw. Hon. W. Bourke
Cochran, George Gunton, F. B. Thiuber
and Henry White.
East Liverpool—The Eastern Amateur
Journalists' convention adjourned today.
Following officers were elected: Presi
deat. Wallace -B. Grubb, Philadelphia;
vice president. Charles Patten. Phila
delphia: secretary, P. F. McCord. East
Liverpool; treasurer, Russell B. Abbott,
Jackson, Minn. _.—.•- " .Vr -
TROOPS IN ANGELES
FILIPINOS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN
FRO3I ALL THEIR STRATEGIC
STRONGHOLDS
REBELS BEYOND RIFLE RANGE
Were Surnriaed In the Attack: b>-
Gen. JHa.o Arthur's Forces, and
Returned a Badl;-Directed Fire—
Endeavored to AnibuHU Ameri
cana, but the Latter Marched
KiKln 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 fire,
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 we3t, but up to noon
no firing had been hoard in their direc
tion and no word had been received from
them at Gen. MacArthur's headquar
ters and it is believed they encountered
nothing.
Everything indicates that all the rebels
have scattered for miles in every direc
tion around Calulet.
Ths insurgents lost heavily in the
fighting around Calulet. It is believed
that 100 were 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.
Thfl attack was a complete surprise to
the insurgents, who had 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, where they could see nothing
ahead. The lrud in places was knee deep
in the rice fields and jungles, and
through the ditches flowed small rivers
several feet deep.
Ths Filipinos tried to ambush the
Americans several times, the country in
the neighborhood being well adapted to
these tactics; but th-ri 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 infonnad
natives at Calulet say the insurgents
had only forty rounds of ammunition
each and that five rounds extra were is
sued just before the fight.
Since the American occupation of San
Fernando the rebels have torn up thiee
miles or railroad between there and Cal
ulet, and It in 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 21. He has pushed
up nearly to Angeles and Porac, about
ten and twelve miles from San Fernando,
taking in Bacolor, Mexico, Guaguti 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,
--089, and lie northwardly irom 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 8.000, lying fourteen miles north
west of Bacolor. His cemer is in front
of Angeles, eleven miles up the railway
north of Bacolor, and his rigrht 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 miles from MacArthur's front.
San Fernando de la Union, which was
shelled by the American gunboats, should
not be confounded with the San Fernando
whore MacArthur has been encamped
since the rainy season began. San Fer
nando de la Union is the capital of the
province of La Union, is a port on the
China sea, i? 171 miles from Manila, and
has a population of ]2.s;>_'. The rebels there
recently seized and burned the steamer
Saturnus, which is probably the occasion
of the punishment inflicted upon them.
BURNING OF SVTIRM.s.
Xhv.v Department Receives Report
i'r.nii Admiral --Vjilsim.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The navy
rtment, late this afternoon, received
the following cable relative to the burn
ing of the Saturnus by the insurg
which was reported in the press cables
several tys ago, and also the shelling
of San Fernando rc-ported on Wednes
day:
Manila. Aug. 11.—To Secretary of the
I Navy: On Aug. 2 gunboat Parapanga,
j Lieutenant Junior Grade McNarnee pa
trolling Lingayen bay, Luzon islarid,
I found the American steamer Saturnus
! or. the beach at San Fernando, insur
gi nts having robbed cargo. Naval Cadet
Woodward, in a dingy, secured hawser
around rudder'post of the steamer, un
i der a musketry lire from strong intreneh
ments * * * of the steamer and town.
Pampanga '.-eturned hot lire, but could
p.ot move the steamer. Insurgents burn
ed vessel. Have sent the Yorktown to
punish piratical act. On Aug. 7 the
Yorktown and Concord and the gunboats
Cailao and Pampanga entered port of
San Fernando and found intrenchment
j encircling water front fully manned.
: Non-combatants were seen thronging
I substantial warehouses on the north side
of the town. The vessels refrained from
firing in their direction. The first shell
from the i'orktown was answered with
out delay by field guns and musketry fire;
the vessel shelled the town forty-five
minutes. Extent of damage cannot be
asc< rtained. Pampanga remained there;
the Concord and Cailao are also patrol
ling Lyngayen bay, Luzon Island; the
Yorktown returned to Manila. I have
! sent particulars by mail.
Climate Manila delightful now; no ves
-1 sel can be detached. All are needed to
prevent unauthorized trading.
—Watson.
GES. OTIS' REPORT.
I —
! Tells of tlit- Occupation of Santa
Is;i:i l»y American*.
WASHINGTON. Au*. IL—Oeo. OU» c«-
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 relieves
Inhabitants there. —"Otis."
MAV BE ROC'KKFEMER.
American Officer Held Prisoner by
the Filipino*.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The following
cable has been received from Gen. Otis:
"Manila, Aug. 11.—Adjutant General,
Washington: From 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 REJIAIX.
President and 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's Sailing Reported.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Gen. Otis to
ciay cabled the war department as fol
lows:
Manila, Aug. 11.—City Para arrived.
Rrivate Cbsley Reed, A, Twenty-fourth,
died at sea. Sheridan sails today.
—Oti3.
MR. ATKINSON'S MAIL.
Boston Anti-liuneriallAt Is Undis
mayed hy Hla Former Experience.
WASHINGTON, Auet. 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 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 send through
the mails to prominent officials in the
Philippines the pamphlets seized by tho
postmaster at Sun 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 the
Philippine Islands."
Mr. Atkinson 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 sen I
to the officers of the regiments, and he
asks their views upon them and upon
the whole course o£ the warfare in the
Philippine islands, promising if liberty
is given to print the letters to make a
careful selection therefrom "whether ud
ver.se to the position 1 have taken or sus
taining it."
BROKERS ON THE RUN.
Wild Sci'nex Unnoted on tli«* Fluor
nt the Xew York Cotton Kicliange.
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, particularly 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 2,000,000 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
Eun pe. In this way a very short inter
est accumulated. Latterly, however, the
market has been showing self-assertion
and some long-headed Wall street parlies
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 few 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 les.~> than eleven of
ficial cables were read on 'change today,
one after another, in rapid succession,
and all adding to ihe excitement by re
porting auda tonal 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 r< action.
FIXED BY ORDINANCE.
Hale is» Be » :iar«e«l 1»> Detroit
Street Car Lines.
DETROIT. Aug. 11.— The common coun
eil at a special session this afternoon.
adopted, by a vote of 24 to I, the amend
ments to the ordinances of the Citizens'
ami Port Wayne tines, changing the rate
re from 5 cents to eieht for a quar
ter. There will be a hot legal fight
over the plan to reduce the rate. The
company will undoubtedly refuse to ob^y
the ordinance, and mandamus proceed
ings will be commenced to force the com
pany to show cause why it should not
obey Hit' enactments of the council.
MAY BE DUNHAM.
Louisville Police FignrluK on a Ui>;
l{t'^var«J.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 11.— local
s>olice are beginning to figure on the $11,
--000 reward outstdhding 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 authorl
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."
TREED BY BLOODHOUNDS.
Susi>ectet3 Jlui'dercr of nn EH.harf,
bid., Vit^lit Wai *'h in au.
ELKHART, IncL, Autc. 1L — Night
Watchman Cranston, a.t Constantine,
this county, was shot anil killed last
night by burglars caught trying to force
an entrance to the postoflire. Blood
hounds were put on the trail, tracing one
of the mt-n ;■> !h^' residence of Thomas
J. Hamner, formerly of l n -j
Hamner was arrested and brought here
:•• keeping-.
An:;y Enlistmeiltll.
WASHINGTON, Aug. U.—The enlist
ments yesterday were 321, making a total
of 12.158. Five regiments are now
pl»ted, the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh
Twenty-eighth, Thirtieth and Thirty-flratl
FEATURES OF TRADE
R. G. DUN * CO. HiiPOHT THAT
KXPAXSIOV OF BUSINESS >'OW
HESITATES
NO CAUSE FOR SURPRISE
Only Astonishing; Feature is That
Hesitation Han lieeit .So Slight-
In Ouc Branch After Another
Buying: Has Halted Only to Be
Followed hy Larger Buying— --«
Industry Continues Active.
NEW YORK. Aug. 11.-Dun & Co.'a
weekly review of trade will say:
After great expansion business liesl- -\.
tates. At this time of year it is a.ston- *
ishing that hesitation hag been so slight.
In one braneh after another buying has
halted only to be followed by larger,
buying.
The output of iron furnaces in bla*t
Aug. 1 was 269,082 tons weekly, CO.S per
cent more than in 1892, and 2.07 per cent
more than last year. With a decrease
of 27,367 tons in unsold slocks, nearly half
in charcoal iron, the apparent consump
tion and exports do not exceed 1,210,741
tens, which barely equals the lowest ve- x
port of production Aug. 1, and other fur- , %
naces have started since that date, with
several more to follow. The supply ap
pears to be at least equal to the demand,
although new demands for the week have
covered 2,100 tons for new buildings ut
Chicago, with much for bridges and 4,00 J
tons for eastern buildings at Pittsbur,^.
In bars, both East and West, the mills
are unable to take all orders offered, nor
in plates can thsy take all orders any
where, while in sheets the Western mills
are overcrowded, though the Eastern de- » '
mand is lighter. The Connellsville cok?
output is again 192,550 tons for the we^k.
with only 550 ovens idle, and prices are
unchanged. Tin, following London, has ■>«.
risen to 32c, but, fallen to 31.85 cents, and .
copper is hard to get at 18% cents for
lake. Lead is quoted at 4.50@4.50.
Sole leather has siio.'nHv advanced
with buff and split, but the convention
of boot and shoe manufacturers proposes
to advance prices, though without
definite authority. New orders are now
in some lines larger than the works can
accept, though in many other m..r?>
moderate, and not exceeding half ;h«
output. Chicago reports hides sligh'iy
lower for packers, but a shade higher for
country buff and heavy cows.
Cotton has risen three-eighths, owing
to crop reports, but nobody believes th.it >
the year's production, with the he ivy
stocks carried over, will full below i lie
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 20.200.fri 1) pounds i'i
two weeks, against 23,495,800 in the same
weeks of 1897. and 1G.«r>,600 in the sime
weeks of 1892.
RATHER HI ! I.ISII TEMPEII.
Itriiilstrcet's Summing I i> of Stock
Market Conditions*.
NEW YORK. Aug. tl.—Bradstreefa
financial review tomorrow will say: A
rather bullish temper prevailed this
week, in spite of tin* continuance of nar
row professional speculation. A slight
rclax.-i t ion of call loan rates, which.
though by n<> means general nor to all
appearances apparently permanent, re
sulted in Quotations of - '-/irv:. per cent
toward the end <>( the week, had a good
effect anil supplemented the favorable
conclusions <>r Wall street about the
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 $10,000,000. The plausible view
of this matter is that it is an experiment
which, if successful in relieving th
mand for notes, will be followed !>y a
return to the more or loss 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 d >mands
arising from the activity of business.
Increased Interest is shown in the e<>n
dition of Western bunks, and in the ques
tion of how far they can provide the
money needed to harvest and move t'ie
crops without any large demands on New
York for assistance, the matter being
emphasized by the fact th;! t considerable
amounts of money from other cities are
said to have beet) loaned In New York
this week. The further decline in ex
change and the probability of gold im
porls as soon as the autumnal grain ex
port movement begins was an additional
n-.ison for the increasing indiffei
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%@5 per cent, had decidedly less in
fluence, though in conservative quarters
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.
field llns !■:.(! Much lo !)<> Witii
Rusiii'.'y.s CondltlonN.
NEW YORK. Aug. It.—Bradstroet's '<<>-
morrow v.-iil say. <v>p reports a"d prob
abilities have constituted an important
contribution to general trade ;';i<i busi
ness advices this week. Among the un
questionably favorable features have
been the reports regarding the corn crop,
rnmeiit estimal is pointing to a yield
of pi bably 2,200,000.<*G bu. ;; heavy in
crease over last year, and almost within
touch of the record total of 1330. S;> i:-.;?
wheat indications apparently bear out
earlier trade advices in showing a de
crea -■■• in condition during July "\ I
in of 25,000,000 bu in the '•:■'.!> ible
outcome estimated, howe\ >r, :;:iii allows
of a total wheal crop of SST.OOO.OOO tm
considerably smaller, it is true, than last
year's, but, with the exception of
and iv!'l the heavie ■ r >corde I
Cotton crop deterioration is indi<
by the government \ port, and prices are
■ 4 c higher on the week, on a decline of
nearly 4 p'ji:it.« ovi r July and of nwirly
IT points as compared with ,i year ago,
Visible supplies of cotton are near!
les larger than at this lii
ago, and are nearly double what thoy
wore in 1897, bul against this is to be
cited the generally profitable buein*
manufacturing linos tha world over, . nd
tho belief tha; good s;)h.i I
bo scarce.
Pusiness failures for the «
i tatted Stat< i number 156, a
with 50 last week, 157 a year
214 In l v; f'T. Tn Canada failun
■neck numb tln3i 26 la I
a year ago and 31 In 1597..
v7h< including flour shipments for
the v.< ek, aggregate 3,G1G : 134 bu. against
4,711,611 bxx last eek C.S23.COC bu tnlltffi
2,fvJr.,213 bu in 1*96, and 1,824,628 bu in IS?5!
Sinc-2 July 1 this season the e: torts of
wheat aggregate 22,125.(K;0 bu, ' against
18,354,72S bu last year, ami 16.115,513 bu
in ISO7-9S. Corn exports tnv the week.ag
gregate 5,f50,361 bu. against 5.027,706) hu
last week, 3,5!7,925 bu In t; Is weels a ye:ii
ago, 3,275.652 bu in 1597, 2^67455jbu in 1-SSG,
and D44.646 bu in 18D5. Since July I this
reason corn r-xports aggregete 2G.&35,?61
b:i. agairst 17,032.4!4 bu iiurir.g the s-airirt
period a year ajjo and 15,7ais,£^ bu in
ISOT-W.