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DEWEY HOMEWARD BOUND. He Leaves Manila Admidst Deafening Din of Cannon and Cheers of Thousands. ALL VESSELS IN HARBOR FIRE ADMIRAL’S SALUTE. Bands Rendered “Home, Sweet Home,” and Flags Signaled Many Good Byes aod Bon Voyage. Tlie cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey on board left Manila on her homeward journey to the United States at 4 o’clock last Saturday after noon. As she steamed away the Ore gon, Baltimore and Concord fired an admiral’s salute. At the first shot the band on the flagship’s aft deck played a lively air and her white clad sailors crowded the decksjand gave a tremen dous cheer. As the Olympia passed the Oregon, the crew of that battleship gave nine cheers for the Olympians, who responded by throwing their caps so high that dozens of them were left bobbing in the wake of the cruiser. Then followed the noisiest half hour know'n in the Manila harbot since the battle which linked its name with that of Dewey. The din of guns and brass bands echoed through the smoke, a fleet of steam launches shrieked their whistles, the musicians of the Balti more played “Home, Sweet Home,” her flags signaled “good-by” and those of the Oregon said “pleasant voyage.” The merchant vessels in these waters dipped their flags, the ladies on the decks of the vessels of the fleet waved handkerchiefs and the great, black British cruiser Powerful, which lay the furtherest, saluted the Olympia. The latter’s band then played “God Save the Queen,” and to this the crew of the Powerful responded with hearty cheers for the Olympia. Admiral The last music heard from Dewey’s ship was “Auld Lang Syne,” while the guns from the forts at Cav ite and from the Monterey, on guard off Paranaque, too far to be audible, puffed white clouds of smoke. The Olympia was disappearing past Corregidor island when a battery be fore the walled city spoke Manila’s last word of farewell. Admiral Dewey sat on the deck of the Olympia and received the adieu of his friends during the most of the’day. The launch of Major General Otis was the first to arrive alongside the cruiser at 7 o’clock Saturday morning and terwards the admiral landed and called upon the major general and the United States Philippine commissioners. enthusiastic Admiral Dewey was over his home going, but wlien tion was made of the welcome to be extended to him he said he appreciated the friendship of his countrymen deeply, but hoped they would not be too demonstrative. He intends to go directly to bis home at Montpelier, Vt., and live there. On it being said that the people wanted him to go home by the way of San Francisco and across the continent, the admiral replied: “If I was twenty years younger and had ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION Placed to the Forefront at tlie Peace Conference. The second sitting of the peace con ference at The Hague took place Sat urday morning and lasted thirty-five minutes. The president of the conference, Baron De Staal, read the replies of the czar and Queen Wilhelmina to the telegrams sent to them by the confer ence on Thursday. The president, M. De Staal, then addressed the delegates on the subject of the labors before them, and it was decided not to publish the speech. It was learned during the day that he placed the question of mediation and arbitration in the forefront during bis speech. The question of the laws of war rendering war as humane as pos sible by the extension of the regula tions already existing was then touch ed upon by the president and he rel egated the question of the reduction of armaments to the third place. ORDER IS FINALLY RIVEN for the Payment of Cuban Army—Work Begins May 2*th, A special from Havana says: The order for the payment of the Cuban troops and the delivery of their arms to the mayors of the various munici palities under the supervision of the civil governors was signed by Governor General Brooke Saturday. The first payment of the troops has been set for May 27th at the foot of the Prado in Havana, and the second for May 30th at Santiago de las Vegas, in Havana province. The payments will be continued at other places in the provin ce day b y day thereafter. HAMPTON DECLINES GIFT. OKI General Will Not Accept the Home Offered Him. ■ General W<wle Hampton has written a card to the people of 1-outh Carolina in which he feelingly and gratefully declines to accept the home it was pro posed to build for him, replacing the horne recently destroyed by lire. He says the reward of a citizen who ; has has done done work work for for the, the state state is is “well! done, good and faithful servant. ” He prized the people’s commen lat’.ou . more than any gift. I political ambitions I would not miss that chance,” Speaking of the situation, Admiral Dewey said: ‘‘I believe we are near the end. The in surgents are fast going to pieces. The send ing of a third co–mission shows that they believe this commission moans business.” Captain Walker, of the Concord, the last of the commanders in battle at Manila, went to the admiral and said: “Don’t leave me behind.” So he was relieved and went home on the Olympia along with Admiral Dewey. DEWEY ITINERARY. Navy Department Will Soon Issue a Bul letin for the Public. , A Washington special says: So far the navy department knows nothing except in the most general way of the itinera ry of Admiral Dewey’s cruise from Manila to New York. He has reported that he will .. come by the Suez canal route and has not indicated officially how long he will take in mak ing the trip. The actual departure of the Olympia was made known in the following five words coming by cable from Captain Baker at Manila: “Olympia, Hong Kong. Assumed cammand.” The understanding at the navy de partment is that the admiral will spend about two weeks at Hong Hong, for the Olympia is to be docked and her drab war paint must be covered with the spotless white which makes the American naval ship the most beauti ful in the world. In the absence of other information, it is assumed that the Olympia from Hong Kong will follow the usual course of the warships coming home by way of the Suez canal. She will touch first after Hong Kong at Singa pore, then at Columbo, then, perhaps, at Aden, at the entrance of th“ Red sea, to take on a crew of Lascars to fire the boilers in the intensely hot passage through the sea and the Suez canal. Stops will be made of necessity at Suez and at Port Said. It is assumed that Malta will be touched, and per baps Genoa or Nice before reaching Gibraltar. Leaving the MlSditerra nead, the Olympia will stand straight across the Atlantic, though she may put in at Azores for two days, The time that should be occupied by ! such a trip is variously estimated by naval officers, but the average is about seventy days from date. However, the public will soon be able to get a more accurate knowledge of the itinerary, for within a few days the navy department will be in possession of the schedule of the ship’s movements. IN OLD SHENANDOAH. President HIcXLinley Reviews Battlefields Whereon He Fought. The president and Mrs. McKinley, with the friends who accompanied them, reached Washington at 5:30 Sat urday afternoon. The outing has been of great benefit to the president and he resumes his official duties thor oughly refreshed and invigorated. Ihe party left Hot Springs, 1 ! a., Fri- . day night and Saturday traveled slow ly through the Shenandoah valley, rich in beautiful scenery and points of his interest. Thirty-five years adjutant ago Mr. McKinley, as assistant general on the staff of General Crook, marched through the same valley par ticipatiug in the heavy fighting which occurred during Sheridan s famous ra ^ The president went over this ground and from the rear idatform of the spe cial train which carried him recalled with great distinctiveness the places which saw so much bloodshed. The roadways and stations were lined with people to catch a glimpse of the chief of the nation or to warmly grasp his hand where brief stops were made. SCHLEY IN OMAHA. Bear Admiral Given Reception and Ten Thousand People Shake Hid Hand. In the face of a biting wind of a raw day, 10,000 people attended a public reception tendered Bear Ad miral Sebley in Omaha Saturday. The rotunda of the city hall was elaborately decorated and from 4 until 6 o’elock a constant stream of humanity passed through. for closing the When the hour re ception came there wero still people in line. As he drove away in a carriage a large crowd around the city ball cheered him vigorously. In the even ing Admiral Schley was banqueted by tbe members of the Loyal Legion. BRYAN TO NORWEGIANS. XebrRskaII Entertain* Forel C ner* At Clil caffo With a Speech. Norwegians of Chicago celebrated the e ighty-fifth anniversary of the Norwegian declaration of independence Wednesday. A banquet was held at the An ditorium at night and representa fives 0 f a n the Norwegian societies of c j(y (shared in the programme, Among the speakers was Colonel william Jennings Bryan, who took f 0 r his subject, “Our Adopted Citizens in Peace and War.” BRAVE WOMAN DEFENDS HOME Negro Tries to Enter Her Room And Is Shot Dead. USED HER TRUSTY WINCHESTER Mrs. Wood Was Alone In the Farm House During Husband’s Ab sence at Midnight Hour. Mrs. James Wood, of Esom Hill district, Paulding county, Ga., sent a ball crashing into a negro’s brain shortly after midnight Thursday night and thereby* escaped the clutches of a negro assailant who was seeking to enter her bedroom. A few hours after the fearless use of the winchester Mrs. Wood’s husband found the dead body of the negro lying under the window through which he was trying to enter when the brave woman pulled the trigger in self defense. Mrs. Wood is the wife of one of the most successful and prominent plant ers in that section of Paulding county. He is a progressive man and finds it necessary to be away from home a good deal. He and his f amily are close readers of the papers, and of course have not overlooked the many assaults upon defenseless women throughout the south by law-defying negroes. More than once the matter has been discussed by the man and his wife, and as a precaution Mr. Wood taught his wife how to handle the pistol and the gun and has kept good weapons with in her reach at all times when he was away from home. It was Mrs. Wood’s custom to keep all her winchester in one place at times. This was near the head of her bed. Thursday Mr. Wood found it neces sary to leave home. He knew he could not return until late at night, and so informed his wife. At the usual hour Mrs. Wood, after seeing that the doors and windows of her home were all se curely locked, retired. Her winches ter was near her bed, and though alone, she felt no uneasiness and soon fell asleep. How long she slept she does not know, but it must have been late in the night when she was awak ened by a noise at one of the windows of her bedroom The room was dark, but outside there was some light, the night being clear. Leaning ^against the side of the bouse, she saw plainly the head and shoulders of a man. She could not tell at first whether it was a white man or a negro, but she knew no one had any business there at that hour. Quietly she reached for her winchester. Just then both hands outside the window were raised so as to catch the sash. There was a movement as though an effort was being made to hoist the window. Mrs, Wood watched all this closely and then cautiously raising her gun, but without moving her head from the pillow, she pulled the trigger. Not knowing what was half the expected effect of her shot, Mrs. Wood every second to seo the face appear at the window again, and had made up her mind to try a second shot the instant it came up. But no face appeared. Mrs. Wood did not feel safe in leav i ug bei . bed for the purpose of making an investigation, and decided the best thing she could do would be to remain quiet until her husband should return. During the interval she bore up well, rea i izi n g that if danger were still pres- 6 ut she would need all her self-control. An bour or more passed—it seemed an age to the lonely woman—before ber husband came. Then it was that sbe gavo way. Her husband finally quieted her aud listened to the recital of her horrible experience. Mr. Wood quickly found the hole the bullet had made through the window, and then left Ihe house to investigate. Under the window he found the body of a ne gro already growing stiff. The ball had struck him in the center of the forehead and buried itself deep in the negro’s brain, causing instant death. BOUNDARY ISSUE DROPPED. High Joint Commission l«To Meet Again In the Pull. As a result of a conference held at the foreign office in London between Lord Salisbury, Sir Julian Pauncefote and Ambassador Choate, tbe latter acting under direct instructions from Secretary Hay, it can now be predicted that the high joint commission to ad just tho issues between the United States and Canada will be reassembled during the coming summer or early fall. The negotiations have taken a new turn by the suggestion that the Alas kan boundary question be submitted to arbitration. Consolidation Encouraged. The Missouri house of representa tives has finally passed the senate re vised bill which allows street ruilroads of cities to consolidate. It now goes to the governor for his signature to become a law. G. A. R. Men Invite Wheeler. General Wheeler has accepted the invitation of Kinsley post, Grand Army of the Republic, in Boston, Mass., to deliver an address on me morial day. THE MANIFESTO OF OLD fiOMEZ Long Expected Letter Is Finally Issued to the Cubans. TELLS OF HIS LOYE AND TRIALS. Insurgent L.eader Recounts His Work and Strongly Justifies His Position. A special from Havana says: The expected manifesto of General Maximo Gomez was issued Thursday evening. It reviews his part in tho negotiations with Governor General Brooke and speaks of his love for Cuba and his sufferings „ . ....... her behalf the past. on in r General ~ Gomez part: says in Ihe , hour , has now arrived . for me to raise my voice in justification of my position and to describe the arduous work I have done since my first visit to General Brooke. I protested to him ngainst the sum offered by the United States as insufficient to accom plish the good intended. Awaiting an answer to my protest I songht a solu tion of the question. General Brookg, representing the chief magistrate of the United States, announced his in ability to add to the sum already set tied upon. “Speculators then attempted to in tervene, offering suggestions which were refused by me. They presented a proposition to the military assem bly, but the scheme was frustrated by President McKinley’s refusal to rec ognize that body. I deemed the for mation of militia a practical solution, and General Brooke, who approved the idea, asked me for a summary of my views on the subject. To this I replied that 10,000 men were all it would be possible to get from the Cu ban army without distinction as to race. My answer was sent to Presi dent McKinley, together with a per sonal letter giving explicit reasons why such a course was necessary. “I had mauy conferences with Gen eral Brooke in my endeavors to dis cover such a plan of payment as would not exclude the men who had never carried arms. “General Brooke insisted upon the surrender of same before the receipt of money, and I also desired that such arms as had already been surrendered «nd such as should be surrendered hereafter, might be delivered to ware Jiouses in the care of Cubau armorers? to be paid out of the Cuban treasury. I do not think it a diegrace that the Cuban soldiers should receive from a government which is able to pay, sums that will relieve their immediate needs. I am convinced that it is compatible with obtaining peace to have an army with arms reserved to defend Cuba against her enemies, and in the mean time to be guarded as the relics of a glorious struggle. “In my judgment, whether the arms were disposed of to the municipal au tborities or to armorers, it would be all the same under the intervening government. The Cuban commission ers, however, refused to agree with General Brooke and tb® Americans, and declined to fix dates and places where the Cuban soldiery could de- liver up arms aiid receive payment from the American paymasters after identification by their respective chiefs.” After further praise of “Genera! Brooke’s consideration” and a decla ration of hi3 own desire to correct an error existing in Cuba, with respect to the United States, he goes on to say: “I did not act alone, as seems to be popularly believed, but always con sulted with our officers. “My advice to you now is to return to your homes with the amounts offered by the intervening government and to practice patience, which will be an ad ditional proof of your heroism. “In this way we shall reconstruct most rapidly the homes consecrated by the blood of martyrs, blood poured out in behalf of a purpose now attained and thus begin this cycle of liberty, with tho grandest prospects, preceded by the heralds of future prosperity and peace. This work is your portion.” PUSHING BIG COMBINE. Promoters of the Carnegie Consolidation Hold a Conference. H. C. Frick arrived in New York city Thursday from Pittsburg and was in conference at the Holland house with W, H. Moore, of Chicago, and other men interested in effecting the consolidation of the Carnegie Steel Company, limited and the H. C. Frick Coke Company, in the now $625,000, 000 Carnegie Steel Company. It is understood that the plans for financing the gigantic combination were carefully gone over and effected, and the public announcement of them will soon be made. TO DISCUSS LYNCHING. Women of Boston, Mass., Will Meet to File a Protest. The women of Boston, headed by Mrs. ( issued Julia Ward Howe, have a call for a meeting to be held to pro test agaiust “the barbarism of lynch ing.” Besides Mrs. Howe, the call for the meeting was signed by many women well known in connection with tin leading reform movemeut of the day. AT THE HAGUE - Powers’ Peace Representatives Gather in Dutch Town to Discuss Disarmament. EVERY NATION REPRESENTED IN THE CONFERENCE. Little City Is Gaily Decorated For the Occasion—M. De Staat Will Preside For Czar. All the delegates to the international peace conference arrived at the Hogue (Holland) Wednesday and the first day was spent in a general exchange of visits. The permanent president of the conference will be M. De Staat, Rus sian ambassador to Great Britain, and the bead of the Russian delegation. The Dutch town was brilliantly dec orated with foreign flags, denoting , .. the ., national .. , ? headquarters. , . In _ the various evemn S M - TT ^ an Ivarnebook, ... former Hutch minister of foreign affairs, gave 8 dinner to introduce the foreign del egates. 0n the convening of the conference ttree commissions will be named to grange programmes for discussion, ^ je fir fi t relates to restrictions of armaments and military expenditure, Tlje second deals with the laws gov erning civilized warfare and the third ^'tl 1 mediation and arbitration, A great mass of diplomatic docu ments will be submitted on these sub jects—documents including the mem orandum of Prince Metternich of Austria in 181C, regarding the sugges tion of the prince regent of England, supported by Alexander I of Russia, for an international peace conference; the opinions of David Dudley Field,of the United States, as to fixing a per manent limit to military forces; the argument of M. Merignhac in favor of simultaneous disarmament; the pro posals of Napoleon III, to convoke a European peace conference at Paris in 1863, and similar papers. The second commission will consid er the declarations of the congress of Paris, 18J0, and the Geneva conven tion, 1864; the unratified clauses of tho Geneva convention of 1868; the acts of the St. Petersburg convention prohibiting the use of certain projec tiles by civilized nations; the minutes of the Brussels conference of 1874; the suggestions of the Oxford manual re garding the same laws and observances of war; the rules for the bombardment of cities adopted for the institute of in ternational law in Venice in 1896; the declarations of France aud Great Brit ain feguiw’2" the Uhadopted rules of the Geneva convention; the views of REBEL CAPITAL TAKEN, Bawton’s Advance Guard Swoops Upon San Isidro. A Manila special says: General Lawton’s advance guard, under Dol. Summers, of tho Oregon troops, took San Isidro, the insurgents’ capital, at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning, Colonel Summer’s command, pre ceded by scouts and accompanied by Scott’s battery of artillery, advanced from Baluarte at daylight. The troops first encountered the enemy two miles from San Isidro, the rebels retiring when our artillery opened fire. Just outside the towu a rebel force, esti mated to number 2,000 men, was en trenched. Jt made a slight resistance, Imt quitted its pOsu.J 11 when our troops turned its right flank. The enemy’s loss was 15 men killed and ”0 wounded. Our troops captnr ed three prisoners and many rifles. n tie American side one soldier of the Oregon regiment and one of the Minnesota regiment were slightly wounued. After capturing the town, Colonel Sumners’ troops continued their ad vance, pursuing the retreating rebels for severai miles. Chief Scout Young Dies. The death of William H. Young, chief of scouts of General Lawton’s division, reported from Manila, is con sidered a serious loss as he was very efficient. Young was one of the scouts with General Howard in the Nez Percez campaign in the west some years ago. FATAL IOWA CYCLONE. Sfnriu Whs Worst Ever Experienced In the State. A dispatch from Manchester, la., says: The details of the cyclone which , passed over the northern part of this county Tuesday mght are most har rowing. As a result of the storm four people are dead and three others are fatally injured. The storm started on its path of de struction three miles north of Greely about 8:30 o’clock, taking a direction due east for six miles, then veered northeast for four miles, demolishing everything in its course. Every farm house in the track of the storm cloud for a width of forty rods was either totally destroyed or wrecked. VIRGINIA TOWN DEMOLISHED. Storm at Coliburg Wrought Destruc tion and Doss of Life. Colsbnrg, Delaware county, Va., was practically destroyed by a storm Tuesday night. Two men and a child, names unknown, were killed, It is feared great damage was done in the farming district aronnd Colsburg. The storm covered a large area, and many towns north of Colsburg report severe damage. the Amsterdam chamber of commerce, appproved by successive Netherlands foreign ministers, urging the adoption of the minutes of the Brussels confer ence of 1894 deaiing with the laws and observances or war, which did not lead to the conclusion of any conven tion, anc] the circular of the Dutch minister of foreign affairs in 1871 re lating to the adoption of the princi ples of inviolability of private proper ty, and urging a clearer definition of the the term “contraband of war.” The third commission will consider the proposals of Lord Clarendon at the Paris congress in 1856, for the in termediation of a friendly state pre vious to a recourse fer force, the mo tion of Signor Mancy, in the Italian chamber of deputies in 1875, in favor of arbitration, the acts of the Berlin and Zurich conferences on compromise and mediation; David Dudley Field’s plan for an arbitration tribunal; the proposals for an arbitration tribunal for the north, central and South Amer ican states adopted in Washington in 1890; the Marquis of Salisbury’s let ters to Sir Julian Pauncefote in 1896, relating to the conclusion of an arbi tration treaty between Great Britain and the United States, and the terms of the ratified Anglo-American treaty, and many similar documents. M. De Staat will open the confer ence by summarizing the objects of the gathering and expressing the con fidence of Emperor Nicholas that the powers will support the beneficent work of the conference. After the ap pointment of the commissions the con ference will adjourn for a week. The American delegates, it is un derstood, will carefully abstain from mixing in purely European questions, but will take an earnest part in the dis cussion of the application of arbitra tion and improvements in the general rules fer the protection of field hos pitals, giving also specialattention and tho to the abolition of privateering from exemption of all private property seizure, except contraband of war, this policy being the same as .hat adopted by Benjamin FranLiiu in ne gotiating tlie treaty with Frederick the Great, and successively urged by Presidents James Monroe, James Buchanan, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. ALLEGED CONSPIRATORS TRIED. Affidavits Alioi;e That TtSVd Thousand Men Were Implicated. Advices from Pretoria, Transvaal, state that the alleged revolutionists who presented the appearance of ordi nary loafers, were arraigned in court Wednesday charged with the capital offense of high treason. They were remanded for a fortnight. Sworn affidavits allege that 2,000 men have been enrolled for military service and that it was intended to arm them in Natal, to return them to the Rand and, at a given signal, to seize and hold the fort of Johannes burg for twenty-four hours, pending the arrival of British tro^g, The Press ZayB the government re gaftls tlie matter which as will “an unfortunate local incident not affect the general political sttutUoti,’* The government also cofitfrtfls the report that the arrangements between President Kruger and the governor of Cape Colony and the high commis sioner of South Africftt Sir A)fred Milner, for a meeting at Bloemfontein, . capitol of the Orange Free State, are nearly completed. To Extend Road. There is a well defined report that the Chattanooga, Rome and Southern railroad, extending from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Carrollton, Ga., is to be ex tended to West Point, Ga., there con necting with the Chattahoochee Valley railroad, which is to be extended at once to Columbus, the contract having been let. ADMIRAL DEWEY’S SWORD. Praientatlon Will He Made at Washing ton By President McKinley. A notable feature of Admiral Dewey’s arrival in Washington will be the presentation by tbe president of the superb jeweled sword made by authority of congress as a testimonial from the government. The sword was completed some time since, but owing to its delicacy and great value, it was deemed best not to send it to the admiral. It is now in a safe deposit vault awaiting his coming. The presentation to the officers and men of the admiral’s flagship of the handsome medals authorized by con gress will occur probably at the same time. THREE NEW “ADMIRALS.” In Till* Ca»e, However, They Were Born, Not Made. On Wednesday Dight Mrs. John O’Keefe, wife of a well known and popular sign artist, of Norfolk, Va., presented her hdsband with three sons. Tbe proud father has named them Dewey, Sampson and Schley, in honor of the three naval heroes of the late war. The mother and the three young rear admirals were doing well.