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CARNESVILLR ADVANCE.
VOLUME II.
DEFEATED, DULLER RETIRES
His Attempt to Rescue Ladysmith Proved to
Be a Dismal Failure.
CAPTURED KOPJE GIVEN IIP
Boers Were On Both Flanks anti
Position Was Hade Impos¬
sible to Mold.
London accepts as true the Boer
statement that General Buller has
once again failed to succor the be-
leagnred inhabitants of Ladysmith.
These statements were passed by the
British censor at Aden and are road in
the light c£ Mr. Balfour’s announce¬
ment in the commons that General
Buller is not pressing his advance.
Mr. Winston Churchill wires that
Vaalkrantz was impracticable, for the
guns which were needed to support a
further advance. His cablegram leaves
General Buller on Tuesday night send¬
ing a fresh brigade to relieve tho tired
soldiers of Vaalkrantz.
The descriptive writers with Gen¬
eral Buller were allowed a rather free
hand again in explaining tho ugly po¬
sition which the British held and the
natural obstacles which had to be
overcome. So it is easier to infer that
with Boer riflemen and artillery de¬
fending them, these hills, ravines and
jungles have not been overcome and
thus tho public i3 prepared iu advance
for bad news.
Hsliograms from Ladysmith dated
Monday describe the effect General
Buller’s cannonade had on the worn
garrison. Hope ran high that the long
period of inactivity and tedium was
drawing to a close. The crash of guns
was almost continuous for ten hours
and at times it seemed as tUough as
many as twenty shells burst in a min¬
ute.
BRITONS WERE OUTFLANKED.
A dispatch dated Frere Camp Fob.
8, probably written with the advanced
lints, says:
“The forces of the enemy our on both
onr flanks and continue to render our
positiou extremely difficult to main¬
tain.”
( This makes evident that General
Buller after devoting Wednesday to
bringing more artillery and troops
across the Tugola, was badly in need
of re-enforcements. ILis-mlbim patent
that it is impossible for him to advance
until the artillery has been enabled to
fakolip forward positions for the pur¬
pose of subduing the Boer guns on
both flanks.
Almost all the critics now point out
that the mere pushing through to
Ladysmith without securing a decisive
victory on tho way there would only
add danger to what is already a criti¬
cal situation.
Another Frere camp dispatch says a
Boer prisoner asserts that the bnrgli-
ers expected General Buller to eross
at Skiets drift and that thousands of
Boers were being posted at Docrn
kloof to oppose such a passage, while
on the captured hill there were only a
few hundred Johannesburghers. This
tends to increase the anxiety of those
who believe that General Bailor has
scarcely begun the serious part of his
advance.
RETIRE FROM KOIME.
Tho British who were in possession
of the kopje at Molons drift abandoned
it after a bombardment by Boer enn-
nou Thursday morning and retired
across the Ttigela river to their former
JEFFRIES AND CORIIETT.
Will Meet Before National Atlethic Club
In San Francisco.
The twenty-five round battle be¬
tween James J. Corbett and James
J. Jeffries for the world’s heavyweight
championship will take place before
the National Athletic club of Sail
Francisco on or about April 1 next,
William A. Brady aud George Con-
sidine, the respective managers of the
two principals, met in New York for
the purpose.of selecting a location for
a battle ground, and after a brief con-
ference, decided to accept the offer of
the Calforinia organization, which is
75 per cent of the gross receipts.
FREE COINAGE SUBSTITUTE
To Financial Bill Is Introduced By Sena¬
tor Jones.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has in¬
troduced a free silver coinage substi¬
tute for the pending currency bill.
The substitute provides that “from
and after the passage of this act the
mints of the United States shall bo
open to the coinage of silver and there
shall be coined dollars of the weight
of 4121 grains, troy, of standard silver
9-10 tineas provided by the act of
January 18, 1837, and upon the same
terms and subject to the limitations
and provisions of law regulating the
coinage and legal tender quality of
MOLINEAUX CASE CLOSED.
Jury Takes ITp Question of Guilt or Inno-
cence of Prisoner.
A New York dispatch says: Assist¬
ant District Attorney Osborne, Friday
. Saturdfi'PplcfccJ his argument in the
E(l TPert ; aecoun^|. Mfneaux for the
was ” a V“* acquitted the superior - ! .'> nf f 7 |a urday *
lanta, n Ga., W ednesday afternoon t
The jury was out a little more A??’ at .
an. ,hour, and returning at 5:50 o’clock he
Vad announced been agreed that a verdict of not guilt/^ 0
FUNERAL OF GFN. LAWTON.
Remains of Ideal American Sol¬
dier Laid to Rest In Arlington
Cemetery.
A Washington special says: Major
Henry W. Lawton was buried Friday
in the National cemetery at Arlington
The services at the grave were pre¬
ceded by those at the Church of the
Covenent in the city, where President
H. M. Stryker, of Hamilton college,
delivered a funeral oration that has
seldom been equaled in beauty of ex¬
pression, nor could it have been in
more perfect accord with the spirit of
tho solemn occasion that called it
forth.
Never in the history of the capital
has ihere been a more representative
gathering of the nation’s official life to
pay a last tribute to the nation’s hon¬
ored dead. No mark of military pomp
and ceremony that the regulations
could provide was wanting to render
tho occasion solemn and impressive.
Nearly all the available troops of the
regular military remaining in this
country were called ont. Three thou¬
sand men, infantry, cavalry and artil¬
lery, followed the flag-draped Caisson
to the grave.
Lawton was to the people the ideal
American soldier whoso exploits in
three wars made his name a household
word and who being a soldier, first and
only, died in the line of duty, leaving
nothing to his children but the herit¬
age of an honored name.
It was in tribute to this soldier’s
ideal that American generosity for
weeks past had swelled the “Lawton
Fund” beyond all expectations of its
originators, and in further tribute Fri¬
day that tho great ourpouring of peo¬
ple filled the streets long before the
hour when the services at the Church
of the Covenant were to commence.
But mere official formula) were
dwarfed beside the deep popular demon¬
stration that the burial of the dead sol¬
dier called forth. Every department
of the government paid its official
tribute. Flags bung at half mast.
Tho president and his cabinet, rep¬
resentatives of the supreme Court, of
the house and senate, and of the army
aud navy, all combined to fill the
darkened church to its utmost. But
these official representatives of fhe
were lost in tho great crowds
surrounded the church and lined
streots along which the procession
President McKinley was among the
early comers, accompanied by the
secretary of war. They came to the
church with Adjutant General Corbin,
w ho, assisted by Colonel John Bing-
ham, had charge of the official arrange-
me nts. The secretary of the navy,
the secretary of the interior, the at-
toruey general and secretary of agri¬
culture were also there.
The supreme court was represented
by Chief Justice Fuller and several of
the associate justices. Admiral Dewey
was absent from Washington, but was
represented by Captain A. 8. Barker.
Ex-Secretary Alger was alRO present
by proxy, having sent from Michigan
Mr. Victor Mason, his secretary while
in the Avar department, who brought a
great wreath of flowers for the already
overladen casket.
Tho Presbyterian burial service was
read by Rev. Hamlin, pastor of the
church, and President Stryker then
arose to deliver tho oration.
After tho oration the casket, light¬
ened of part of its burden of flowers,
was lifted to the shoulders of trooperp,
borne down the ais’e to the street,
past the great crowd outside and
raised to the caisson waiting at the
door.
Tho waiting ranks of the cavalry
moved forward and closed about it as
a guard of honor and formed into line,
Then w ith a rumble of wheels and a
c | a sh of trace cha i ng , field an d B i e ge
batteries joined the procession, and
the hero of three wars moved on his
] ast mavc h to his final resting place on
the Virginia hillside beyond the Po-
tomae.
PARTIAL CONFESSION MADE.
Prisoner Throws Some Tight on the As¬
sassination of Goebel.
Two men suspected of complicity in
the murder of Governor Goebel were
arrested in a boarding house at Frank-
f° r t Friday. Their names are Silas
Jones, of Whitley county, and Gotts-
chalk, of Nelson county,
The authorities expect to obtain im-
evidence from Jones, who has
made a partial confession. He
declares that he personally knows
nothing of the crime, but says that
Harlan Whittaker, who was arrested
after the shooting knows
great deal about the crime.
STRIKERS WIN VICTORY.
Core Makers at Cleveland, O., Are Granted
Demands For More Wages.
The Core Makers’ strike which was
inaugurated at a number of foundries
in Cleveland, O., several weeks ago
^
a day as demanded, get pay for time
and a half for over hours and double
fori , v for work on Sundays 1 and
The -. St. va
forfeit and >
with A1 Smit
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1900.
TAYLOR DON’T SIGN
Peace Negotiations In Kentucky
Aro Broken Off.
TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM FRANKFORT
Liiglnlntorii Aro Ordered Buck to Cnpltal*
Content Wilt Now do to
thO Courts
A Frankfort dispatch says: Nearly
every Republican committeomau was
in the oity Saturday. Several Repub¬
lican members of the legislature were
among tho uutnbor, including Senator
Kirk and Johnson and Representative
Lewis.
Shortly before 11 o’clock the doors
of the capitot were opened and the
state delegates first went to the assembly
room, the time it has opened since
the shooting of Q-overfior uoebel.
At 11 o'clock Governor Taylor ac¬
companied by Private Secretary towers Todd,
Secretary of State Caleb and
Thatcher entered tile lissemiily rooms.
His arrival was tho signal for a wild
outburst of oheering, men standing on
chairs and yelling and waving their
hats in greeting. The doors were then
locked and a guard placed at the door.
After a two hours’ session Governor
Taylor definitely decided that he would
not sign tho Louisville agreement, and
decided to allow the matter to be set¬
tled in the courts and will abide by
their decision,
Shortly after the meeting the fol¬
lowing statement was given ont:
“After mature deliberation and con¬
ference with my friends from every
section of the state, I have concluded
to allow this controversy to take its
dne course, vigorously contesting
every inch of ground and upholding
ihe rights of the people to the utter¬
most. If those Fights bo destroyed,
the responsibility for that destruction
must rest with those who sit in judg¬
ment.
“It, is due to say that the eminent
gentlemen, my friends, who secured
tho proposition resulting from the
Lousville conference, acted in perfect
good faith, from the highest motives
of patriotism and did the very best
they could. W. S. Taylor,
During tho conference Governor
Taylor stated to the members that
there were t wo courses to be pursued.
First, to sign the Louisville agree¬
ment; the second to quietly withdraw
the troops, allow the legislature to re¬
convene in the capitol building in
Frankfort; to call off the session now-
being held in London and to ignore
the Louisvillo agreement entirely.
Several speeches were made and it was
soon apparent that the sentiment of the
gathering was very strongly in favor
of the second course, and this was ad¬
PROCLAMATION ISSUED.
The following proclamation was
issued Saturday afternoon;
Frank fort, Ky., Feb. 10, 19l>0.—
The excitement recently prevailing in
this city having to some extent sub¬
sided and there appearing now to be
no necessity for the general assembly
to remain iu session in London, I do
hereby by this proclamation reconvene
the same in Frankfort, Ky., February
12, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon.
W. S. Taylob,
Governor of Kentucky
Orders were at once issued to Gen.
Collier to prepare for the departure of
the troops, and in a very short time a
largo number of them were ready to
leave. Six companies left Saturday
night; more departed Sunday and only
a small detachment remained by Mon¬
day morning. These, it is said, are
retained only as a peace guard.
Word was at once sent to the mem¬
bers of the Republican legislature, in
session in London, that the next ses¬
sion would be in Frankfort, and a
prompt reply was received to the effect
that they would all leave in a body on
Sunday,and be in Frankfort Monday.
The action of Governor Taylor
now returns the gubernatorial fight to
the exact position it occupied on the
day following the Goebel assassina¬
tion, with the additional complication
that there was then but one legislature
and one governor in fact, whereas
there are now two claimants for the
position, and two separate bodies,each
claiming to be the lawmaking power
of Kentucky.
CHANDLER FOR SILVER.
Senator Says He Cannot ConnUtently Sup¬
port the Financial Hill.
The financial debate was continued
in the senate Saturday by Mr. Chan¬
dler, who opposed the gold standard
and strongly urged the double stand¬
ard. In beginning his speeoh he said:
“The passage of the bill without
adequate recognition of the desire and
determination of the American people
that silver shall be remonetized is a
defiance of the Republican platform of
1896, and without such recognition in
the bill I cannot give to it my vote.
It would be unqualified gold monomet¬
allism, and to advocate it is an aban¬
donment of Republican principles.”
GATE CITY AGROUND.
Sea Grows Kough and Vessel Is In Great
Danger.
A New York dispatch says: The
sea grows rougher and the Gate City
is still aground off East Moriches,
were she struck Friday. The outlook
is considered bad .now. Sixteen men
and the crew were brought ashore |
Sunday, so as to make the work of <
taking off the remainder in case of I
danger as easy as possible, .
FUNERAL OF GOV. GOEBEL
Last Sad Rites Over the Dead Democratic
Leader at Frankfort.
ORATION BY BLACKBURN
A Terrible Arraignment of The
Dead Tlan’s Enemies By
Kentucky Senator.
Rain came down in sheets Thursday
while tho fitmral service was being
held over the body of William Goebel.
Kentucky's dead Democratic leader.
The morning dawnfe l dark and threat¬
ening, and after an interval of sitn-
ehino the flood began to descend.
There were dry intervals, but after
them the water crime with increased
viciousness and just as the hearse loft
the Capitol hotel a heavy shower be¬
gan, which continued all through the
afternoon.
The exercises in the cemetery were
conducted before a crowd much smaller
than would have been tho case had
the weather been pleasant, but they
were carried ont to tho letter, and Fri¬
day night the body of William Goobel
lay in the chapel of tho Frankfort
cemetery after one of the greatest
funeral demonstrations ever seen in
the state. As soon as the weather
clears sufficiently tlio casket will be
consigned to tho grave.
It has been feared that there might
arise trouble between tho soldiers in
the capitol grounds aud Democratic
partisans in the line of march whon
the parade passed tho capitol occurred. square,
but nothing of the kind
The soldiers were kept back on the
level with the front of the capitol and
a lino of sentries was posted in front
of them to prevent them from going
near the fence on the north side of the
grounds at the time the parade was
passing the square.
Orders had been issued on tho Dem¬
ocratic side, as well, that no comments
Bliould bo made by the men in the pa¬
rade as they passed tho grounds where death
Governor Goebel received his
wound. The wisdom of tho command¬
ers of the troops and that of the Dem¬
ocratic leaders, added to the fact that
for twenty-four hours all of the saloons
had been closed, enabling the day to
pass without any exhibition of feeling
shown on either side.
Governor Goebel’s body lay in state
at the Capitol hotel ail of Wednesday
night with only a few guards around
the door and very few people passed
through the parlor after nine o’clock.
As early as six o’clock Thursday peo¬
ple began to arrive from the country
for the purpose of attending the funer¬
al services and by seven o'clock there
was a stream pouring through tho room
in which the body lay, so great that
the few policemen who were on duty
bad groat difficulty in handling it.
The crowd kept growing larger with
great rapidity, and judging by the
number that came early in the morn¬
ing there were no less than 10,000
people present.
AT TIIE CEMETERY.
At 11 o’c'ock the formation of the
parade began. Every place in line
was quickly taken and with a delay of
but few minutes the procession moved
west to the cemetery on the summit of
the hills above the Kentucky river.
Long before the parade itself had
reached the cemetery grounds the en¬
closure was packed with thousands of
people awaiting tho arrival of tho cor-
tego. Around past the left of the state
monument erected to the memory of
the officers and soldiers of Kentucky
who hare fallen on different battlefields
from the beginning of Kentucky’s his¬
tory up to the Spanish war, the pro¬
cession passed to the vault where the
casket is to lie until a suitable burial
place and site for tho monument to be
erected have been selected.
Simple services had already been
conducted in the parlor of the hotel,
consisting merely of a short scriptural
reading by Dr. Taliaferro of the Meth¬
odist church, a solo by Mrs. Jessie
B. Caldwell of Covington and a prayer
by Dr. Schmitt. These had been for
WILL LEAVE KENTUCKY.
Offices and Shops of D. & N. to Be Remoy-
ed to Another State.
The Louisville Evening Post says
the general offices of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad company will be re¬
moved from that city to St. Louis
It was also stated that the shops of
the company, except those necessary
for local purposes, will be removed to
Nashville.
It is said that the proposed removal
is a result of the friction between the
company and the state ef Kentucky,
growing ont of political troubles. The
Democratic party is antagonistic to
the company because of the part it
took in the Goebel camnaisrn.
KILLED IN WRECK.
Two Engineers and a Fireman Are Crush-
ed to Death.
Three persons were killed and three
seriously injured in a head-end collis¬
ion Thursday between fast freight
trains on the Bereh creek division of
the New York Central railroad at Gor-
don Heights, Pa.
Both engines were demolished and
thirty-seven cars wero wrecked. The
trains were running at highest speed.
the friends and immediate rolativos of
tho family.
The ceremonies in tho cemetery
proper Were on a milch larger scale
and were intended for the people at
large.
Elder William Stanley opened the
service with prayer, 'ihui eamo a
solo by Mrs. Jessio D. Caldwell, ad¬
dresses, religious in character, by Dr.
T. N. Arnold, Rev. E. G. B. Mann,
Dr. Schmitt and Elder William Stau-
ley. Then came America, sung by a
quartet, and then the oration of the
day, delivered by Senator Blackburn.
In tho course of 1 uh address Senator
Blackburn said:
( i The tyrannous and bloody net is
done. The most arch deed of piteous
massacre that eVer this land was
g'ii'ty-”, “Goebel . dead, but that , which he
is
stood for and that which ho died for
still lives. Some men iu their deaths
render greater service to tho cause
they ndvocato than it were possible to
do in life.
“The shot that struck Goobel down
sounded the death knell of the politi¬
cal organization of his opponents for
all time in Kentucky, and in its effects
will reach to the limits of tho land.
“From the ashes of William Goobel
let there spring a champion of the
people’s cause. The brunt of the bat¬
tle that lie waged uooded only a con-
tiiiuance of his efforts to crown it with
success, and that result was reached
more speedily in his taking off.
“Revolting ns wore the methods
employed to compass his destruction,
there were features connected with
the end that tend to comfort and rec¬
oncile ns to it. He had been given
the high commission to reclaim bis
state, and to redeem his people. Aud
this work he had nobly done.
“The full raonsuro of his ambition
had been attained. Dying, he attested
by his smile the satisfaction of his
soul when the oath of office was ad¬
ministered and breathed his last lis¬
tening to tho prayers that his people,
grateful for their deliverance from tho
dominion of anarchists and assassius,
sent with his unfettered spirit into tho
presence of his God.
“Murder will out. Stones have been
known to move, trees to speak, augers
and understood relations to bring
forth the secretest men of blood.
“Let the law be onr shield. Under
its protecting aegis our rights and our
liberties find shelter. When its force
shall have been expended then, and
not till then, will we be satisfied.”
Following Senator Blackburn, Gov¬
ernor Beckman made a short address,
in which he said:
“The bleeding heart of Kentucky is
here today to pay its tribute distinguished of love
over the bier of its most
statesman. Never before in tho his¬
tory of the state has a sadder blow
been dealtits people and never again, I
fear, will we have leader like the brave,
gallant aud intrepid William Goebel.
However much we may grieve over his
untimely end, wo must at least rejoice
that for generations to come our peo¬
ple will have before their eyes his
character as a model and inspiration
to every patriotic citizen.
“Iu his death Kentucky hns lost her
greatest son and her people have lost
their most faithful friend. By reason
of his loyslty to the cause of the com¬
mon people and his advocacy of tlnse
principles that were for their interest,
and by reason of his conspicuous abil¬
ity in advancing those principles, he
lies here today, the victim of corpor¬
ate greed.”
The remainder of the program was
composed of addresses by Z. Phelps,
Judge James A. Scott, ex-Governor
McCreary, J. H. Kehoe, Willard
Mitchell, James Mulligan, Allie
Young, Frank Peak, John J. Hen¬
dricks, C. K. Wheeler, Louis Me*
Quown, Allie James, Judge William
S. Proyor, Robert Franklin, South
Trimble and L. II. Carter.
Music, followed by the benediction,
closed the services at the cemetery.
Immediately after the benediction
tho procession returned to (he square
in front of the Capitol hotel, where it
disbanded.
BRITISH CASUALTIES
At Folgletor's Drift Up to Tuesday Wai
233 Killed and Wounded.
General Buller has cabled to the
war office at London that the approxi¬
mate British casualties in the fighting
at Potgieter’s Drift up to noon Tues¬
day was as follows :
Two officers killed aud fifteen
wounded.
Two hundred aud sixteen non-com¬
missioned officers and men killed and
wounded. The officers killed were
Major Johnson-Smytli and Liontonaut
Shafto, both of the Durban Light in¬
fantry.
New Tennessee Cotton .Mill.
Col. C. M. McGhoo and Col. L. D.
Tyson, of Knoxville, Tenn., will begin
at once the erection of a cotton mill at
an expense of 8300,000.
Slgned Reciprocity Arrangement.
Minister Carson, for the United
States, and Baron Fava, Italian am¬
bassador for his government, at tho
state department at Waskiington sign¬
ed a reciprocity arrangement under
the third section of the Pingley act.
IGNORED WHEELER.
That Is Why Little General Is
Coming Back.
THE TRUTH IS AT LAST LEAKING OUT.
Wurn In Host of tho Hatties and Took Con¬
spicuous Part, But Otis Never
Mentioned Ills Name.
A letter received at Washington
from a prominent officer who served
under General Wheeler in tho Philip¬
pines throws some light on "Fighting
Joe’s” sudden decision to return homo
and sever his connection with the
military branch of the government.
The writer, who is thoroughly re¬
liable, confirms tho reports received
in Washington aud the opinion so
frequently expressed that General Otis
hns been successful in bis efforts in
depriving General Wheeler of any
glory whatever in tho military opera¬
tions iu the Philippines.
Tho ofiieer in question not only
charges that General Otis systemati¬
cally endeavored to keep General
Wheeler in tho background, but
through the red robin scheme pre¬
vented any reports of the operations
of Geuernl Wheeler’s command from
entering the states. The letter of the
officer in part is as follows, his name
being withheld for prudential rca
sons:
Letters are being received from the
United States asking why General
Otis has never mentioned General
Wheeler in his reports.
A letter from San Francisco address¬
ed to an officer here iu the Philip-
2 >ines says:
“I have watched the reports from
Manila, as I thought such a fine officer
as General Wheeler would bo iu the
thick of tho fight but for some unac¬
countable reason his name is not men¬
tioned. I am very much interested in
him, as I read of him in Cuba in the
magazines.”
Other letters of tho samo tenor bavo
been received. One letter says:
“A statement has been made that
‘No matter what General Wheeler did
in tho Philippines his name would nev¬
bo mentioned. t >r
er
We believe this has been proven to
be literally true.
It is known that General Wheeler
has constantly studied the location of
the enemy’s troops and has repeatedly
solicited authority to attack them, but
every such application has been ro-
fused. Notwithstanding this, Gener¬
al Wheeler has been in a number of
engagements, but his service has been
entirely ignored or the credit given to
others.
On September 9th General Wheeler
had a fight with a force of insurgents,
infantry and artillery, commanded by
the Filipido general, Tomas Mascardo.
at Santa Rita.
General Otis cabled an account of
the tight to Washington, but tho pub¬
lished report does not mention Gen.
Wheeler, lmt does mention other offi¬
cers who were not in tho fight in such
a way as to convey the impression that
the credit was due to them.
On September 16th General Wheeler
had another fight at Santa Rita, but
no mention whatever was made of it.
Ou September 28th bo commanded
the troops which charged over the
enemy’s breastworks at Porac and
pushed through and beyond tho town
before any other troops were in the
town, killing and capturing insur¬
gents, together with guns and other
property. This fight was reported to
Washington, but General Wheeler’s
name was not mentioned, and here
again officers who were not in the
fight and who at tho time were miles
away from it are mentioned.
On October 14th General Wheeler’s
troops had quite a warm fight at An¬
geles with tho insurgent brigades of
General Hizou and Colonel Queri, un¬
der General Conception, nnd portions
of brigades under General Mascardo
aud General Akiuo. The insurgent
force was about 3,500 strong. The
fight lasted for three hours with a
free use of artillery aud small arms on
both sides. We lost six wounded.
General Wheeler rode his horse along
tho firing line during the action, go¬
ing from post to post re-enforcing the
points where the enemy appeared to
be strongest, but General Otis’ dis¬
patch does not mention his name.
On October 16tb, General Wheeler
was in another fight with a still strong¬
er force of insurgents under the same
insurgent commanders. General
Wheeler again rode the firing line
during all the action. Our loss was
one killed and nine wounded. Hero
again no mention was made of General
Wheeler, and yet the insurgent force
engaged iu these two fights was far
greater than in most of the fights in
the Philippines.
General Wheeler nlso engaged in
nine other fights or skirmishes at An¬
geles as well as many others later on,
and in no instance was his name ever
mentioned in connection therewith.
FEARED ASSASSINATION.
Texas Postmaster Secures Abolishment of
His Office.
The postoffice at Wilmouth, Tex.,
lias been ordered discontinued from
February 14th. This action was taken
by the postoffice department as a re¬
sult of representations by the post¬
master there that he wished to resign
because of open threats that he would
be assassinated. The postoffiee offi¬
cials have no other information, in re¬
gard to the case.
NUMBER It.
HARRASSED
BY FILIPINOS
Insurgents Shoot Flaming Ar»
rows Into Garrisoned Towns.
ONE TOWN PARTIALLY BURNED
Guerrilla Warfare Continues and
Frequent Attempts at Am¬
bush Are Made.
A Manila special says: Of late the
insurgents iu Albay province, Luzon,
have adopted harrassing tactics against
towns which the Americans have gar¬
risoned. They camp in the hills and
mountains and constantly fire upon tho
American outposts. When the troops
sally against thorn they scatter, re¬
turning when the Americans retire.
They shoot burning arrows, and
have thus burned a largo part of the
town of Albay. Indeed, most of tho
larger towns iu the province are prac¬
tically deserted, except by tho garri¬
sons. Scarcely any of the inhabitants
roturn to their homes. They are camp¬
ing in the interior, and it is supposed
armed insurgents prevent them going
back. It is reported that there is much
suffering among them owing to lack
of food. As a result of these condi¬
tions the hemp business in that sec¬
tion iH seriously hindered and ships
going for cargoes are compelled to
take gangs of coolies to do their land¬
ing. Hemp held in the interior is
quite inaccessible.
General Bell will take two regiments
and a battery through the provinces
of North Oamarines and South Camar-
ines, going there on transports. Many
insurgents retreated to that part of
the island from Cavite and Batangas
provinces. expedition will start
Another soon,
to garrison towns along the north coast
of the island of Mindanao.
Guerrilla warfare continues south of
Manila. Two attempts have been made
to ambush the Americans. Colonel
Schwnn, while returning to Manila
with his staff and an escort of 100
from Batanges, was attacked by the
insurgents. The latter wero tlis-
persed, but tho Americans had nvfSTl ■
men wounded.
Lieutenant Colonel Beacom, with
six Co,. .Snies of the Forty-second in¬
fantry, had a two hours’ fight with
General Bio del Pilar’s command,
which attempted to ambush the Amer¬
icans along the trail through Morong
province near tho lake. Hero also
the insurgents were dispersed, but tho
Americans had several wounded,
among thorn a captain.
General Bell is operating southward
through Zambales province with a
small force.
Another expedition is proceeding
northward from Subig. It is reported
that tho insurgent general, Alejandro,
lias recovered from his wound and
has assembled a large force in that
district.
The bubonic plague continues. Eight
cases were reported last week among
tho natives and Chinese. There is no
excitement, however, and business and
social life in Manila are undisturbed.
Smallpox is prevalent among the
natives along tho railroad, aud in tho
towns on the northorn coast. Two
officers of tho Thirty-sixth infantry
have died of tho disease and another
officor aud several soldiers have been
stricken.
LEGAL HARRIER REMOVED.
Ronboaril Alrl.lm,Can Now Proceed With
Consolidation.
What is claimed to be the last legal
barrier to the consolidation of the va¬
rious lines composing the Seaboard
Air Line system was removed Satur¬
day by Judge Waddill, sitting in the
United States circuit court at Rich¬
mond when he delivered his opinion
refusing Ryan’s application for ir
junction. RiV
The state senate committee at
moud has, by a vote of 10 to the ^0,
cided to report favorably
incorporate tho proposed Washingt^ya- new?/
from Richmond to
LEAK IN GAS PIP /( j
U
Canoes Death of KbrI
Ilnby at (UBS II—
Martin Jordan, Ms*
ata gooi,
wife, Mary, and their
boy, were asphyxiated* #
urdny night iu their I- J
A leak in a gas
ment deluged the In' 1
..
when found by other «
family had been dead for
IP
San Salvador Flame Swept.
A cablegram from San Salvador,
Central America, states that the city
has been visited by a serious fire. The
total loss is estimated at 81,000,000.
CENSUS OF CUBA COMPLETE,
Population of I.land, According to the
Report, I. 1,872,840,
Under General Sanger’s direction
the Cuban census supervisors have
completed the preliminary of Cuba, enumera¬ and
tion of the population handed to Secretary
the results were
Boot Thursday. *
The population of the entire island
is 1,672,840, which is between 60,000
and 00,000 less than it was when the
last census was taken by Spaniards.