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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.